Chapter 286 12.2 Coup d'état (1)
"I have always believed that Your Excellency, Your Excellency, is the great man sent by God to save France!"
As a royalist, Bife did not hesitate in the slightest, and he took over Jérôme. Bonaparte handed over an olive branch.
This meant that his identity had to be completely changed from Orthodox to Bonapartist.
"Welcome to you, Minister Bife!" Jérôme. Bonaparte shook hands with Minister Bife again and gave him a hug to welcome him.
Then, Biffer asked Jérôme. Bonaparte inquired about the thirty million francs.
"Your Excellency, I take the liberty of asking! Did those 30 million francs be used to mobilize the people of Paris to overthrow the parliament! "Minister Bife tactfully addressed Jérôme. Bonaparte said that "the people overthrow the parliament" always sounds better than "military coup".
"That's right!" Now that Bife has become his own man, Jérôme. Bonaparte had no need to hide it, and he nodded frankly in agreement with Bife's statement.
"Then how should I report to the council!" Minister Bife asked vaguely.
Minister Bife's subtext is whether he should make a false account in the National Assembly!
"Minister Bifei, you don't have to do anything! Just wait for the dawn of victory! "Jérôme. Bonaparte patted Minister Bife on the shoulder and continued: "Come with me!" ”
Jérôme. Bonaparte got up and left the room, and Befe followed Jérôme as well. Bonaparte departed together.
The two walked down the stairs one after the other to the study on the second floor, and Bifei, who entered the study, found Morni and others in the study, and his face showed confusion and confusion.
The faces of Morni and the others also showed a little doubt on their faces.
"Minister Bife is willing to join us!" Jérôme. Bonaparte said to all the people present.
Then, he turned to Bife and said, "As you can see, we will give an order to dissolve the Legislative Assembly at 12 o'clock this morning!" After the dissolution of the Legislative Assembly, who cares about the movement of the 30 million francs! ”
Jérôme. Bonaparte's explanation made Bife's expression a little glazed, he had never imagined that he was so close to a coup d'état.
What he didn't expect was that the whole coup d'état in Paris was not revealed at all.
It also meant that the Bonapartist faction had taken full control of the army.
Win!
Bife's mind had already simulated the look of a member of the Legislative Assembly who had gone from panic to despair during a coup d'état.
Thinking of this, Bifei's heart couldn't help but feel a little more happy, and he hurried to Jérôme. Bonaparte said courteously: "Your Excellency, do you know if there is anything I can help with?" ”
"All you have to do is stay with me at the Élysée Palace and wait for news of victory!" Jérôme. Bonaparte said with a smile to Buff.
Although he believed that Bife would not recklessly run to the "social democrats" to inform, it was better for Bife to stay at the Élysée Palace just to be on the safe side.
Bife naturally understands that this is the president's disguised house arrest against him.
Now that you have agreed to join the president's coup plan, you must show some sincerity.
Naturally, Bife agreed with Jérôme. Bonaparte's house arrest in disguise.
As night fell, the coup group met in the leadership of Jérôme. At the invitation of Bonaparte, after enjoying a pre-victory dinner in the restaurant of the Élysée Palace, they went to their own departments to get to work.
Jérôme. Bonaparte and Bife waited in the bunker of the Élysée Palace, under the protection of the presidential guards, to announce the victory of the coup group.
December 1, 10:30 p.m.
The bitter cold wind blew mercilessly through the whole city, which was known as the "old revolutionary area", and the biting cold made people's noses and ears as uncomfortable as pins and needles, and every step of the two feet seemed to be punished.
Under the severe cold weather, the original hustle and bustle of the city gradually became silent, only the stars in the sky still twinkled constantly, as if telling the city about their upcoming fate.
Even in such an extremely harsh environment, the War Department was still brightly lit, and everyone in the department was working with a grim expression, and from their expressions, it seemed that they had already anticipated what was going to happen.
10:45 a.m., St. Minister Arnault summoned a meeting of military bureaucrats at and above the department level.
In addition to Secretary of State Benjamin. With the exception of Clemenceau (who belonged to the moderate republicans), all the military were present at the meeting.
After the meeting began, St. Arnault read Jérôme. A letter from Bonaparte to all front-line commanders.
"The state is first and foremost the law, that is, all attempts by me as the legitimate representative of the power of the people...... The parliament has tried to encroach on my authority to the whole people, and I will fight them to the end! ”
The military bureaucrats present did not understand the meaning of the president's words, who had already become the most loyal representatives of the Bonapartist faction after many purge of the War Department.
Now that the president has decided to overthrow the National Assembly, they naturally have no reason to oppose it.
After all, the Legislative Assembly is also an eyesore for the military!
"Long live the Empire!" Saint. Minister Arnault shouted loudly.
The remaining members of the War Department also shouted the slogan "Long live the Empire".
The whole Ministry of War has become the nest of the Bonapartist faction, and the next St. Arno gave orders to everyone within the War Department.
December 1, 11:45 a.m.
The barracks on the outskirts of Paris were also brightly lit, and the commander of the 1st Division in Paris, Kuzan. Montauban waited at the headquarters of the 2nd Brigade in Paris for orders from the Ministry of War to march.
He was joined by Major General Nomar of the 1st Brigade in Paris (in recognition of Normar's abandonment of darkness and surrender to light. Bonaparte promoted Nomar to Major General), Major General Conrobert of the 2nd Brigade and Major General Perrault of the 3rd Brigade.
As soon as the order of the Ministry of War was given, they would immediately lead their soldiers into Paris to occupy the Palais Bourbon, and by the way, dissolve the Council of the Palais Bourbon.
Why hasn't it come yet!
Restlessly Kuzan. Montauban paced back and forth in the tent, the spur kicks on the soles of his boots making rhythmic noises on the ground.
Conrobert and Perrault also glanced at their pocket watches from time to time, and then at the presence of anyone outside the tent.
At 11:45, after a "long" wait, the three finally waited for the messenger from the War Department.
The messenger was none other than Jérôme. Bonaparte's new adjutant, Brigadier General Leboeuf.
When Brigadier General Leboeuf handed over the order to march from the War Department to Montbonto, a relieved smile spread across Montbonto's face.
Now that the War Department has given the order, they are also able to act.
At this moment, Brigadier General Leboeuf spoke again: "That's right! Your Excellency the President asked me to bring a word! ”
The generals present all looked at Brigadier General Leboeuf, and Brigadier General Leboeuf turned his gaze to Conrobert of the Second Brigade and said: "Major General Conrobel of the Second Brigade, raise troops for a thousand days, use troops for a while, you will take the lead, and you must occupy the Bourbon Palace and the roads along it!" ”
"Loyal! Honest! Conrobel replied with a loud voice.
Perrault, Nomar and even Montauban all cast envious faces at Conrobert, and the occupation of the Palais Bourbon and its roads along the route was undoubtedly the most important task, which illustrated the president's desire for Conrobel's new appointment.
The establishment of an empire is now a sure thing, and the future of Conrobell is conceivable.
Montauban quickly spread out the Parisian urban area, making some minor modifications to the original battle plan.
December 2, 12 a.m.
The 1st Paris Division began to move, and this force of nearly 40,000 men entered Paris from the Montmartre district (Paris 2nd Brigade), the Saint-Denis district (Paris 3rd Brigade), and Saint-Martinpo (Paris 1st Brigade).
The soldiers of the 2nd Brigade who entered the Montmartre district quietly walked through the streets of the Montmartre district under the orders of the battalions at all levels, and the few "lonely ghosts" who wandered in the Montmartre district in the middle of the night showed frightened expressions when they saw this silent army.
Although they did not know why the army had chosen this time to enter Paris, they knew that if they made any noise, they would face bloody retribution, and they held their breath as they watched the army leave.
When the army disappeared into the night, they breathed fresh air again.
Compared to his cousins of the same period, Jérôme. Bonaparte was even more decisive, and the arrival of all the members of the 1st Division in Paris undoubtedly sealed the victory of this military coup.
[In the middle of the OTL World Line, December 2, 1851, Napoleon III in St. With the help of Arnault and others, a military coup d'état was carried out due to Louis. Napoleon's reason for looking ahead and backward, St. Arnault used only one brigade (more than 10,000 men). Although he eventually won, such a victory would have been too dangerous. 】
At the same time, the commander of the Self-Defense Forces at the headquarters of the National Guard in Paris, General Magnan, was also under the orders of the Ministry of War.
[General Didiget, because of certain problems in his position, was arrested by Jérôme in less than a month as commander-in-chief of the National Guard. Bonaparte was replaced, replaced by the old general of the Bonaparte faction, Manion. 】
The War Ministry ordered the National Guard to exercise restraint, and no regiment was to act without an order from the War Ministry or the President.
Although General Magnan was somewhat reluctant to play a marginal role in the coup, he had to follow the orders of the War Ministry.
To this end, he approached Colonel Fleury, who was chief of staff in the General Staff of the National Guard, and after deliberation the two men decided to summon all the corps commanders in the name of the National Guard Command.
1:20 a.m. on December 2.
With the exception of the Ninth Legion, which was stationed at the Palais Bourbon, all the commanders of the National Guard were present.
General Magnan and Colonel Fleury read to the corps commanders present the order of the War Department to stand by no matter what happened.
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