Make France Great Again

Chapter 202 March of Suffering

"Republicans are waiting for me at the Elysée Palace? What do they want to do?"

Jérôme Bonaparte looked at Pesigny with confusion, as if he was asking Pesigny.

Logically speaking, the relationship between the republican congressmen and him is not only mutually beneficial, but also estranged from each other until death.

At the beginning, I had acquiesced in the suppression of the Republicans by the Party of Order, which caused the power of the Republicans to decline to the point where they were even inferior to the Elysee Palace faction.

Do they want to win over themselves and become the vanguard of the anti-Order Party?

Jérôme Bonaparte rejected the idea.

If the Republicans are really serious about it, they would not mind acting as a Republican in the period after abandoning the Party of Order.

But after he dismissed Odilon Barrow, the Republicans did not make any move. Isn't it a bit too late to win over him at this time?

"Your Majesty!" Pesini carefully expressed his suspicion: "Is it related to martial law? The election time is coming soon!"

"Martial law? General election!" After Pesini's reminder, Jérôme Bonaparte instantly remembered the regulations that the Legislative Assembly must postpone during the period of martial law.

"The Republicans still want to make a comeback in the general election?" Jérôme Bonaparte had a mocking look on his face. In his opinion, the end of the Republicans would come after the lifting of martial law.

Thiers' order to restrict the law of universal suffrage was a decisive blow against the Republicans and the Montagnards.

Of course, they don't know Thiers' plan now.

Since they insist on seeking death, Jérôme Bonaparte certainly doesn't mind giving them a gentle push in the back.

The life of the Legislative Assembly is about to enter a countdown stage!

"Let's go! Go back to the Elysée Palace!" Jérôme Bonaparte responded to Pesini.

"Yes! Your Majesty!"

Accompanied by Pesini, Jérôme Bonaparte summoned all members of the Ministry of War in the conference hall to convey to them his love for the army.

After several consecutive purges, the War Ministry completely became a Bonapartist party. Administrative and military bureaucrats applauded Jérôme Bonaparte at the same time.

At the end of the meeting, Jerome Bonaparte said with a smile: "Everyone, a new era has arrived. We must arm our army with new army-building ideas and new equipment to strengthen our combat effectiveness! I hope that the Ministry of War and Secretary The Ministry can work more actively with other departments to jointly respond to this change. The future European continent must belong to the entire France! Long live France!"

"Long live France, long live Bonaparte, long live the Empire!" members of the War Department cheered together.

Jérôme Bonaparte looked at his colleagues in the War Department with satisfaction. He waved and left the War Department.

Minister Renault, who watched Jérôme Bonaparte leave the Ministry of War, returned to the minister's office and ordered his secretary to call the Secretary of State Saint-Arnaud.

"Sit down!" Minister Renault did not act like a chief, but invited Saint-Arnaud to sit down in a calm manner.

In Minister Rennault's opinion, although Saint-Arnaud's position is half lower than that of Minister Rennault, his military rank and future potential are indeed the same as his own.

Renault heard the president say more than once that he wanted to separate administrative orders from war orders. Saint-Arnault, who controls the Office of the Military Secretariat, will undoubtedly one day separate the Ministry of War and become an existence at the same level as him. There is no need to use orders. attitude towards a soldier of the same level.

"Your Excellency, Minister!" General Saint-Arnault maintained a respectful attitude towards Minister Regno, and it was also beneficial to him to strictly enforce the etiquette of the army's upper and lower levels.

"Did you hear clearly what His Majesty just said?" Minister Renault asked Saint-Arnaud.

"You mean cooperation with other departments?" The astute Saint-Arnault instantly grasped the focus of Jérôme Bonaparte.

"That's right!" Renault nodded with satisfaction: "The president wants us to strengthen cooperation with the Ministry of Railways. I hope this cooperation can start from the Office of the Military Secretariat!"

"Minister, what do you want me to do?" Saint-Arnaud asked Minister Regno.

"The Ministry of Railways has been established. I hope that the Secretariat Office can allocate some of its manpower to set up a permanent agency in the Ministry of Railways to strengthen the connection between the military and the Ministry of Railways!" Minister Regno put forward his own suggestion.

"This..." General Saint-Arnaud hesitated for a moment.

No one knows his subordinates (as they are affectionately called) better than him. As a group of military elites with brilliant futures, let them stay at the Ministry of War to make plans for marches to the Near East and draw near-moving maps. It is already for the sake of the immeasurable future of the Military Secretariat Office, and what is the future of going to the stationed agency?

For an outstanding elite who is eager to fight on the battlefield, there is nothing more terrifying than dealing with coal, charts and data all day long, performing tedious calculations mechanically, and breathing the air filled with black dust.

"What's wrong? Are there any difficulties?" Minister Renault asked with concern.

"No problem!" General Saint-Arnaud said decisively.

Since the minister handed over the task to the Military Secretariat, Saint-Arnault must not be able to live up to the expectations of the president and the minister.

Isn’t it just to arrange for personnel to be stationed in institutions? It's as simple as forcing them to go. Who doesn't want to just take off their military uniforms and go home?

The experience of managing the army in Africa tells Saint-Arnault that the more forcefully you treat the army, the more it will obey your control.

On the contrary, if you have a weak character, the army will take your orders less and less seriously.

"Okay!" Minister Renault showed a satisfied smile. Working with Saint-Arnaud undoubtedly made him worry a lot. Saint-Arnaud appeared in many places where he could not show up, so it was inconvenient for him to be dismissed. The people were also represented by Saint Arnaud.

In general, Saint-Arnaud is a qualified executor (tool man)

Poor members of the Military Secretariat did not know that they were about to be dispatched by their superiors to the engineering troops of the Ministry of Railways to carry out calculations and inspections day after day.

The carriage carried President of the Republic Jérôme Bonaparte and Secretary General Pesini back to the Elysee Palace.

It was already around 4 o'clock in the afternoon, and the sky in Paris was gradually darkening.

In the afterglow of the sunset, the cold winter wind roared and hit the glass of the Elysee Palace, making a "crackling" sound.

This is the last dawn before darkness.

Under the leadership of Pesini, Jérôme Bonaparte soon came to the room where the republican deputies were located.

Gently opening the door, Jérôme Bonaparte saw many of his "old acquaintances".

Cavaignac, Carmartin, Bastide... He walked up to Lamartine with a smile, stretched out his hand to shake Lamartine's hand and said: "Mr. Lamartine, members of the parliament, welcome to the Elysée Palace!"

"Your Excellency, thank you for taking time out of your busy schedule to meet with us!" Lamartine immediately complimented Jérôme Bonaparte.

After the two exchanged pleasantries for a while, they got down to business.

"Mr. Lamartine, what do you want to do by leading so many congressmen to come to the Elysée Palace in large numbers?" Jérôme Bonaparte asked Lamartine, still smiling.

"Mr. President, we are here for the matter of martial law! My party and I agree that the evil forces in Paris and those who murdered you, the President, have been tried, and the martial law can be lifted! We do not need to keep the people of Paris at all times We are always in an environment of fear." Lamartine said sincerely to Jérôme Bonaparte.

"Afraid?" Jérôme Bonaparte stopped smiling and put on a serious expression: "I don't think the people of Paris have anything to worry about now! Is it possible that the current environment Is it worse than before? Is our army more terrifying than the bed bugs lurking in Paris? Or..."

Jerome Bonaparte looked around and asked: "Some of you are associates of those evil elements! Do you want to intercede for those people?"

As soon as this statement came out, many people present did not dare to refute it.

Fighting against gangs is always a politically correct thing to do, and they don't dare to talk nonsense in front of big issues.

Jerome Bonaparte's questioning left Lamartine speechless.

Upon seeing this, Bastide stepped forward again and said to Jérôme Bonaparte: "Your Excellency, no one is an accomplice of those evil elements. We also agree with your decision to crack down on gangs. Nowadays, most gangs have After being pulled out by the army, the remaining gangs only need to be handed over to the police. There is really no need to waste resources to exterminate the gangs. What Paris needs now is peace."

"You mean that lifting martial law will bring peace to the people of Paris?" Jérôme Bonaparte changed his harsh tone and asked calmly.

"Your Excellency, the people of Paris long for freedom. The military's control will gain the gratitude of the Paris people in a short period of time. However, if you stay in Paris for a long time, it will inevitably make the Paris people feel constrained, and their gratitude to you will be It turns into complaints. We need to lift martial law before the people of Paris complain and restore peace to Paris! The people of Paris will always remember everything you have done, President!" Bastide did not mention the benefits that lifting martial law could bring to the country. What are their interests? Find Shuyuan www.zhaoshuyuan.com and instead point out the benefits that lifting martial law can bring to the president.

This is the quality of a qualified politician. Compared with Bastide, Lamartine and Cavaignac are obviously like children playing house.

After Jerome Bonaparte thought for a moment, he pretended to be unwilling and asked Bastide: "The series of accidents that happened during the martial law..."

"Since it was an accident, of course I am not willing to discuss it!" Bastide immediately replaced Lamartine and said that everything that happened during the martial law period would be repeated after the martial law period.

"I agree to lift martial law!"

Bastide and other Republican congressmen showed joy on their faces.

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