May 13, 1849.

In the days when the beginning of summer has passed and Xiaoman is approaching, the election of the Paris Legislative Assembly is nearing the end.

On the night of the announcement of the election results, a torrential rain fell in the city of Paris.

Despite the rain, the Palais Bourbon was still brightly lit.

The candles on the crystal chandelier hanging from the ceiling have all been lit, and the entire hall of the National Assembly is shrouded in candlelight.

Not only on the crystal chandelier, but also on the rostrum two candles, and the Speaker Mastra sat on the rostrum with a straight face and waited for the start of the parliament.

As the clock ticked to 8 p.m., the rain gradually subsided, and the sound of insects pierced through the alleys of the Parisian city, and the first session of the Legislative Assembly officially began.

Speaker Mastra tapped the gavel in his hand and shouted, "Quiet! ”

The originally noisy parliament fell silent for a moment, and people turned their eyes to the "tumbler" Mastra on the rostrum.

"Ahem...... Cough" Facing the silent parliament and the parliamentarians who were watching him, Mastra cleared his throat and said: "Parliamentarians, after two months of preparation and elections, we have waved goodbye to the Constituent Assembly, and finally established the Legislative Assembly. The French Republic has moved from constitution-making to legislation, which is a victory for democracy! ”

As soon as Marast's words fell, the audience burst into thunderous applause, among which the original Party of Order and now the "Freedom Alliance" applauded the hardest.

After the January military exercises and the threat of a coup d'état, the Republicans and the Monthill Party completely lost the ability to compete with the Party of Order, and many moderate Republican legislators joined the side of the Party of Order, which directly won 450 seats in one fell swoop in the next two months, and the Party of Order, which occupied the vast majority of seats, successfully changed its name to become the "Liberal Alliance".

The Mountain Party, which played the role of a loser in the January military parade, also won 240 seats, making it the "second largest party" in parliament.

[There are three major parties in the parliament. 】

As for the even more miserable republicans, they won only 60 seats.

Under the strong targeting of the Party of Order, the Republican faction, which had been close to the Party of Order, was completely expelled.

The Hills took their place as the second target of the Order Party's expulsion.

The Order's magnates, including Thiers, apparently did not want to see the existence of a man with Robespierre's mark on him, especially the Catholic rightists like Montalembert, who hated this guy even more, and they were already gearing up to take action against the Monthills.

The Mountain Party knows nothing about all this, and they have somehow become the second largest party in the parliament, and now they can only choose to take one step at a time.

After Mastra's long official speech, the next step was the government representative Odillon. Barrow's speech and debriefing.

Odilon holding a speech. Barrow stepped up to the podium, put his speech on the rostrum, straightened up, and said in a standard Parisian accent: "I would like to congratulate the Government on the establishment of the Legislative Assembly!" ”

"Good!" The orderists shouted loudly.

Odilon. Barrow smiled confidently and continued: "Over the past six months, our government has tried to cut as much as possible on the basis of everything that remains the same......

Odilon. Barrotian shamelessly claimed that under his wise leadership, the French government had not only not overspent on the first half of the year, but had some surpluses.

But he forgets that his two policies, the restoration of the salt tax and the wine tax, brought France nearly 100 million francs, but the surplus of fiscal expenditure was less than 20 million francs, which means that the expenditure in the first half of 1849 had exceeded that of the first half of 1848.

"I believe that the French economy will get better and better in the future!" Odilon who finished the report. Barrow bowed like a victorious general like the councillors present and waited for their inquiry.

"Mr. Prime Minister, I would like to ask!" Leudre. Roland stood up and questioned Odillon. Barrow, he wants to expose Barrow's lies: "You keep saying that the government is not overspending, but as far as I know, the government has greatly exceeded the previous year's government budget, you must know that we have not reinstated the salt tax and wine tax a second ago!" ”

"At that time, we didn't abolish the personal progressive tax either!" Odilon. Barrow sneered that after the June Revolution, the Monthill Party joined forces with the Republicans to abolish the personal progressive tax.

"Now is not the time to talk about this!" Leudre. Roland said angrily, and then calmed down: "I would like to ask Mr. Prime Minister how to explain the recent public bonds issued by the Ministry of Public Works to the public, I heard that the amount of the first batch of bonds issued by the Ministry of Public Works is already nearly 20 million, which is more than whether the bonds are all government expenses!" ”

[The actual amount of the first public debt was 200 million francs.] 】

"This is a special bond issued by the Ministry of Public Works for the construction of the railway! Everything is self-financed by the Ministry of Public Works, and of course it is not counted in it! "Odillon. Barrow immediately responded, and said confidently: "We have formulated perfect railway investment and management regulations to ensure that the situation will not be the same!" Senator Ludre, we are stimulating France's weak economy, boosting French employment and consumption, and the public works department is self-financed, and the parliament has no power to interfere with the operation of the department! ”

Odilon. Barrow's interpretation is a rule of law. Roland could not say anything to refute that unemployment had always been a major problem in the republic.

"As far as I know, the construction of the Paris-Marseille railway has already begun, and I believe that it will not be long before we will be able to reach Marseille directly!" Odilon. Barrow secretly changed his concept and said: "These railways don't cost the state a penny!" ”

The Order Party, which knew the inside story, immediately applauded, which made the Mountain Party and the Republicans who wanted to find fault a little unwilling.

Odilon to achieve the goal. Barrow stepped down to a round of applause, and after Mastra took the stage again and announced the seats of his party to all the MPs present, the first Legislative Assembly ended and everyone left Parliament.

Odilon. Barrow, Thiers, Molay, the Duke of Broy (Orthodox), the Count of Montalembell, and the Count of Falou met after the end of the council to talk in rue de Poitiers.

"Mr. Prime Minister, your speech is wonderful! That guy from Roland is going crazy! Montalembell, who sat on the sofa, praised Odilon in a gloating tone. Barrow.

"It's too much!" Odilon. Barrow modestly responded.

Duke Breuy suddenly interjected: "By the way, you found that the faithful lackey of the Italian kid did not seem to have come today!" ”

[Referring to Chief Secretary Pesini]

Percini may be helping his master build his "little toy"! Thiers said in a slightly sarcastic tone.

"Small toys?" The Duke of Breuy's eyes were full of doubt, and he had just entered Paris from the countryside and did not understand what Thiers meant.

"It's the Military Secretariat! Our Mr. President's mind seems to be stuck in the era of the Revolution, and it is no longer the time when whoever controls the army will control Paris! ”

Thiers, who had lived through two dynasties, apparently no longer believed in the idea that the army could dominate Paris, and in his view the army was nothing more than a dispensable armed force.

You don't see Charles X and Louis who were in charge of the army. How did Philip fall from the throne, and only by firmly grasping the National Assembly can he seize the future.

Thiers was convinced of this.

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