Morny listened to Jérôme. Bonaparte sketched the blueprint for the railroad for him, and his heart was extremely excited.

Of course, he was not excited about the railroad itself, but about the rolling interest behind it.

Not to mention anything else, just the article of "delineating some qualified companies", which companies are qualified to issue stock claims, can be said to be a long time.

Not to mention that the guidance and procurement of private companies by the road and bridge troops is a large amount, and there are also many ways to face the problem of safety performance.

Morni, who was intriguing in one fell swoop, instantly thought of the follow-up, and he blurted out: "The follow-up public maintenance is also a large expense, and the Ministry of Public Works has the obligation to inject funds into the follow-up public maintenance!" ”

"That's right!" Looking at Molny, who was gradually moving "on the right track", Jérôme. Bonaparte nodded with satisfaction: "The railway commission can issue debts at the right time to serve as public maintenance funds, and for a financially stable country, a small debt problem is more conducive to the operation of the government." ”

Jérôme. Bonaparte gave an example: "I once heard the joke that if you owe the bank 1,000 francs, the bank will force you to pay it off. If you owe the bank 10 million francs, the bank will treat you like an uncle. ”

"That's right!" The huge interests have made Morni completely forget about his own negative railway statements, and he just wants to quickly establish a railway committee, and then make as many "contributions" as possible to the country.

"Mr. Morni, I hope that you will be able to write a report on the proposal for the formation of a railway commission and submit it to Prime Minister Barrow!"

Jérôme. Bonaparte bowed his head in satisfaction, he withdrew his hand on the table, shrank his upper body back, made a relaxed gesture, and then raised his hand to press on his temples to relieve the mental pressure.

"Will Barrow really approve of this plan? Now he is worried about the finances of France! Morney's brow furrowed, he was a little unsure of Barrow's attitude.

"Politics is politics, business is business!" Jérôme. Bonaparte said to Morny in a strange tone: "Besides, it is politically correct to build a railway!" We are also for the stability of France, even the most meek people will become thugs in the face of unemployment! ”

"That's right! It's all for France! Morni responded impassionedly, and at this moment he seemed to have become a noble man, a man who asked for his life for the people, and a man who forgot to die.

If you look closely, you can see the greed in Morny's eyes.

How can a guy who is full of greed become a truly noble person.

"That's it! It's time for me to get off work too! You can discuss the relevant legal provisions with our Minister Ruet! We want to avoid provisions that are unfavorable to us as much as possible! "Jérôme. Bonaparte stood up and stretched his body and waved his hand to suggest that Morny and Eugène. Ruie leaves.

Rue and Morny, who were holding top hats, looked at each other and stood up to greet Jérôme. Bonaparte bowed, then turned away.

When the two were about to leave, Jérôme. Bonaparte suddenly shouted: "Wait a minute! ”

Eugène. Rue and Morni turned to look at Jérôme. Bonaparte, Eugène. Rue spoke: "Your Majesty, what else do you command! ”

"After the plan of the railway committee is formulated! Don't leave it to Prime Minister Barrow, who is now preparing for the "restoration of the salt tax"! "Jérôme. Bonaparte replied to the two.

"Yes!"

The two left the study of the Élysée Palace, and only Jérôme was left in the study. Bonaparte was alone.

It was already 3:40 p.m., and it was already dusk outside the window.

The cold wind beat the glass windows of the Élysée Palace mercilessly, making a "crackling" sound, and a few snowflakes sprinkled from the clouds onto the land of Paris, and the real winter was about to come.

After a while, night also fell quietly, and as the night fell, the snow became heavier and heavier, and the snow particles turned into snow flakes and fell all over the sky, falling gently like goose feathers on the roof of the Élysée Palace, and on the glass windows of the study.

Pesini carefully opened the door of the study with a kerosene lamp, and the faint kerosene light turned the fugue into Jérôme. Bonaparte recalled.

"Your Majesty, it's snowing!" Persini, who had placed the kerosene lamp next to his desk, whispered a reminder.

"Huh?" Jérôme. Bonaparte glanced at the lattice behind him and nodded, "Yes!" It's snowing! ”

……

The snow fell intermittently for several days, and the whole of Paris was shrouded in white.

Wealthy families have changed into heavy cotton clothes and gathered around a charcoal-burning fireplace to talk about the past and the present.

Poor families snuggle up to each other and warm each other with each other's body heat.

Despite the cold weather in Paris that year, the atmosphere in the halls of the National Assembly at the Palais Bourbon was unusually scorching.

Since Prime Minister Barrow submitted a proposal to the National Assembly on January 15 for the "resumption of the salt tax", there has not been a single day in the following days when the National Assembly has not closed in a noisy environment.

Even though Malaster, as Speaker, has repeatedly stressed that the National Assembly should remain silent, no political party is willing to follow his arrangement.

For the Republicans, Prime Minister Barrow, who has made the "reinstatement of the salt tax" the first step in his cabinet, is a good target, and a certain percentage of the National Assembly can use this opportunity to unite and kill two birds with one stone, both as an opportunity to overthrow the cabinet and as a role to protect the interests of the peasants against the chosen person of the peasants. (Referring to Jérôme. President Bonaparte)

The reinstatement of the salt tax was unsurprisingly vetoed by the Republicans in the National Assembly in a coalition of the Montagnard Party.

At the same time, the Republicans in the National Assembly and the members of the Mountain Party's Constitutional Committee voted a "no-confidence" in Barrow, and the Order Party, which did not yet have a majority in the National Assembly, was also unable to help Odillon. Barrow.

[Constitutional Commission: After the June Revolution, a small number of members of the National Assembly were elected to write the constitution, most of whom were republicans. 】

If Barrow does not fight back, he will be removed from the National Assembly for less than a month as prime minister.

January 15, 1849.

Unable to bear it anymore, Barrow went to the Élysée Palace, and under the guidance of Pessini, he found Jérôme, who was listening to the veterans tell the story of the Emperor and Empress Josephine at Marmaisonburg. Bonaparte said murderously: "Mr. President, I request that the clubs be banned, that the functions of the city government be suspended, and that the Einsatzgruppen be disbanded!" ”