Make France Great Again

"The above is the total expenditure of France in 1849-1850!"

After Prime Minister Opal reported all the expenditures in a calm tone, he stood on the podium in a standard military posture and waited for questions from Republican members about parliamentary expenditures.

The "social democratic" members in the audience gathered together and whispered to each other, and the silent legislative assembly was noisy again.

Standing on the stage, Opple looked down at the "social democratic" members of the audience with a complicated expression. After serving as prime minister for nearly a year, he had never really faced the National Assembly directly. This was his first battle and also his last. In this battle, he must draw a successful conclusion to his career as prime minister.

However, the "social democratic" members in the audience did not seem to have the intention to rush to Opple to ask questions, until Speaker Duban knocked the wooden hammer, he cleared his throat and reminded: "Members, please seize the time! "

After some hesitation among the "social democratic" members, they finally chose Jean Bastide as their representative to ask questions.

"Mr. Prime Minister, I have a question for you!" There was no trace of aggression in Jean Bastide's words, as natural as a friend sincerely seeking an answer from another friend.

"Please speak!" Opple couldn't help but straighten her body, her round belly trembling slightly under the influence of her body. The congressmen in the audience smiled knowingly at the funny scene in front of them.

"I remember that when Mr. Odilon Barrot was the prime minister the year before, the French Republic's finances were about 1.5 billion francs, right?" Jean Bastide set his sights on Odilon on the side of the Elysée Palace. Barrow, other members of the "social democrats" also turned their attention to Odilon Barrow.

Faced with Jean Bastide's sudden inquiry, the veteran Odilon Barro did not immediately respond with "yes or no", but said lightly: "This was already a year ago. How can I remember things so clearly!"

Say it, Odilon Barrow took out his handkerchief and wiped his monocle with an attitude that it had nothing to do with him.

Facing the non-stick pan Odilon Barro, Jean Bastide still felt a little regretful.

It would be great if we could successfully provoke a conflict between Odilon Barro and the Bonapartists.

There was obviously no chance at the moment. Bastide looked at Prime Minister Opal on the stage and gave out the data slowly: "Although Congressman Odilon Barrow no longer remembers it, I still remember the original data. Previous In 2009, when he was Prime Minister, Congressman Odilon Barrow reported to the Parliament that the annual expenditure was about 1.53 billion francs. Why did France overspend by more than 100 million francs in just one year?"

Jean Bastide's tone began to become aggressive: "Is it because the government's uncontrolled spending cannot make ends meet or is it due to other reasons? Mr. Prime Minister, I need a reasonable explanation!"

In response to Jean Bastide's question, Prime Minister Opal was stunned for a moment, and then he reorganized his words in his mind and said plausibly: "Mr. Bastide, all our expenditures are based on the principle of "making the economy faster." Based on the principle of "smoother recovery", in my opinion, increasing fiscal spending is not only not a bad thing, it is also a good thing!"

"Huh? Good thing! Mr. Prime Minister, I don't think it is a good thing for the government to bear huge foreign debt! Every penny of foreign debt is an overdraft of the government's future national strength to meet current affairs!" Jean Basti immediately argued In a sentence, he holds financial conservatism and has roughly the same views as some members of the board of directors of the Banque de France.

"If the government does not increase fiscal spending, how will those jobs be created! How should workers find jobs? Once they are unemployed on a large scale, they will become a destabilizing factor in society! Numbers in Lyon, Rouen, and Paris Isn’t the loss caused by this turmoil to us much greater than those financial expenditures?” Opple criticized Jean Bastide from the perspective of “revitalizing industry and reducing unemployment”, and at the same time it also played a role in dividing “society” democrats' purpose.

As expected, the Montagnard MPs in the "social democratic" camp nodded frequently to Opple's theory.

Jean Bastide was also aware of the changes in his own camp. He also did not expect that the other party would despicably use the phrase "expenditure = employment": "But Mr. Prime Minister, I am not in the government expenditure column. See the economy you’re spending on jobs!”

In response to Jean Bastide's "attack", Opple showed a look of compassion and said: "Our government does too much and says too little, which is why you have such a misunderstanding! All our expenditures on jobs are It is included in the two columns of administrative expenditure and agricultural expenditure. In our opinion, there is no need to write it in such detail! If you are willing, you can come to the Palais Matignon and I will sort out the detailed information on employment positions and give it to you."

Opple's words made Bastide feel as if a fishbone was stuck in his throat. Having served in a government department, he certainly understood the government's water injection economics, and it was impossible for him to find any loopholes.

Bastide's silence gave Opal the opportunity to counterattack. He continued to peddle the same rhetoric borrowed from Jérôme Bonaparte: "To increase fiscal expenditure now is to save France, and to cut fiscal expenditure is dogmatism. Now Fiscal expenditures must be increased, and expenditures must be actively increased, especially administrative and military expenditures. The people demand that the French government increase expenditures. Without increased expenditures, the French people will have no jobs. Without increased expenditures, the combat effectiveness of the army cannot be effectively guaranteed. France will It cannot stand on the European continent.”

As soon as Opul finished speaking, the Bonapartists headed by Prince Montfort on the Party of Order side gave Prime Minister Opul a warm applause.

Applause resounded like thunder in the Bourbon Palace. Amid the applause, Prime Minister Opal bowed to the Legislative Assembly and left the podium.

When the real owner had left, Jean Bastide sat down again.

After the government report was completed, the parliament also entered the next stage.

After being silent for a long time, Speaker Duban looked around and slowly said: "Members of Congress, do you have any proposals you want to submit to the parliament for review? If not, then the Legislative Assembly will be here first today!"

"Me!" Walewski, who served as the chief secretary, stood up from the crowd of the Party of Order and came to the podium under the gaze of his colleagues in the Party of Order.

"Members of Congress, as members chosen by the people, should we abide by the will of the people?" Walewski did not directly state the content of his proposal at the beginning. He first asked the members present to introduce the topic.

The congressmen did not speak. They responded to Walewski with a silent attitude. Walewski replied: "Personally, I think we should follow the will of the people. We have the people." By choosing to serve as a member of the parliament, betraying the people is tantamount to betraying ourselves!"

The Party of Order in the audience and some Republicans who did not know the truth agreed with Walewski's words.

Only now did Valewski get to the point. He spoke to the members of the Legislative Assembly in a measured tone: "During the recess, we received a joint signature from all the French provinces, a total of 250,000 signatures! They come from all walks of life in France, including Senior officials, lawyers, as well as workers and farmers, all of them, without exception, expressed their support for the president and the republic."

When Walewski said this, some of the "Social Democrats" leaned their heads together and whispered quietly.

"Look! The usurper finally shows his true colors!"

"I knew they wouldn't be willing to just sit there for four years!"

…

The whispers of the "social democrats" did not affect Walewski's performance. He spread his hands and emphasized in a quick and unquestionable tone: "The people hope that the president can continue to serve and continue to complete his unfinished mission! We! This request should be taken seriously and we must abide by the will of democracy! Amend the constitution!”

The Party of Order in the audience once again burst into warm applause. Amidst this applause, Walewski compiled his speech and nodded to the audience: "Thank you very much!"

The applause disappeared as Walewski returned to his seat.

Next, there is time left for members to think.

At this time, the interim leader of the Montagnard Party came up to Victor Hugo and asked Hugo in a low voice what he thought.

"Victor, I'm in a dilemma! Jerome Bonaparte has made all preparations to maintain the power in his hands! Should we support him? If we don't support him, there may be a coup!"

"No!" Victor Hugo responded resolutely: "We cannot let fear dominate our votes! The Constitution of the Republic should also not be threatened by fear. If the Constitution is amended, Jérôme Poe Nabal will gain the greatest possible power. Believe me, he will soon demand more! Four years may turn into ten years, then life or even emperor!"

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As for the Republicans, they have decided from the beginning to fight any attempt to amend the constitutional terms of office.

"The voting begins!" Speaker Duban banged the wooden hammer to announce the beginning of voting.

The Party of Order camp all voted in favor of "amending the constitution to limit the president to one term."

As for the "Social Democrats", except for a few Montagnards and moderate republicans, the vast majority of members voted against it.

The final vote ended with 536 votes in favor and 214 votes against.

“Since less than three-quarters of the votes were cast this time, the proposal to amend the constitution was not passed!”

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