Flowers, Swords and France

The early morning sunshine replenishes the whole city with vitality. .People who wake up from the silence of the night slowly start a new day in their lives. Among them are conscientious businessmen and workers, idle and dissolute children, and of course careerists and members of political groups. The sunshine gives everyone the same day fairly. However, people live different life trajectories on the same day.

In a newly rented mansion on Rue Saint-Roch, the Bonapartists arrived as scheduled to start their latest gathering.

Led by the carriage, Charles arrived in front of the garden of a large house. After accepting the concierge's confirmation, he received permission to enter, and then walked in with great strides. Behind him, carriages gradually arrived, sending off faces that were either familiar or unfamiliar.

Soon, the participants gathered in the living room of the mansion. They greeted each other and exchanged greetings with the people they knew. Their expressions also showed a sense of relief, and the tension that existed between each of them in the past. , now almost gone. What overflowed here was a joy and excitement that had never been seen in every regular meeting in the past.

Seeing this scene, who would have imagined that just over half a year ago, when this group of people had their last gathering, they had to squeeze into dark alleys and hide in small, dirty shabby rooms!

Just over half a year after the last conference, the July Dynasty collapsed as everyone present had prayed for many years. Louis-Philippe left France in disgrace, and each of them saw that their long-cherished wishes were fulfilled in one fell swoop. of dawn.

This situation. How can we not make people lament the vagaries of the world? Yesterday I was on tenterhooks, today I am singing and cheering; yesterday it was a mean street, today I am in a luxurious house; yesterday I could only hide. Today, I am full of excitement and waiting to take this country into my arms! Isn’t this the unpredictable France that has changed over the past few decades?

Soon, Mr. Carrion, the general manager of the Paris region, pushed the atmosphere here to the top. This shrewd and capable middle-aged man, a veteran of cultural relic fraud, shouted loudly with an unprecedented intensity.

"Gentlemen, let us drink to the Bonaparte family!"

"Cheers to the Bonaparte family!" Everyone shouted with the same spirit, and then raised their glasses at the same time.

This large gathering of careerists, bankrupts, lumpenproletarians, retired soldiers and fraudsters was under the shadow of the high spirits that filled it at this time. It actually has the charm of a "congress of victory and a conference of unity".

After drinking a glass of wine, Karion spoke again.

"I am very happy to see your fighting spirit and feel your optimism. This is good. But..." He looked around, "I hope everyone will not lose their enterprising spirit so quickly. In the future, we need We still have a long way to go, but what does it mean to defeat Louis Philippe? We haven’t won the country yet!”

Under his gaze. Everyone nodded.

"You're right. We haven't captured this country yet." Charles replied calmly, "But I think that day is coming soon."

Karion clapped lightly.

"Mr. Treville, you are right, this day is coming soon! We just need to have this momentum!" Then he looked at the others with a smile, "Here, let's drink another drink for this country?"

"Cheers!" Everyone had another drink.

"However, everyone, although it is a good thing to have confidence, we still have to be careful after all. I think you all understand that we still have many enemies now. They are all trying to stumbling us overtly and covertly all day long..."

Then he relayed to everyone the message which the Duke of Treville had conveyed to Charles, and who in turn conveyed it to the Bonapartes.

Unsurprisingly, his statement elicited exclamations of surprise.

"These bastards! I didn't expect to want to play this trick! How shameless!" Someone else cursed.

"If we didn't know in advance, this would be a big trouble. Hey, I didn't expect those people to still want to play these dirty tricks. Bah!" The organizer of the meeting waved his hand to signal everyone to be quiet, and then continued, " But now that we know that and we have time to deal with it, then they There's nothing we can do about it!" At this point, he looked at Charles with approval, "There was news from over there, and he gave us a lot of ideas, and he also thanked Mr. Treville for his report. He was of great help this time... Mr. Treville, come, let us drink to you again!"

He raised his glass again and winked at Ciel.

Charles smiled and drank another drink with him.

There is no doubt that such high-level public praise from Carrion must have been specially authorized by Louis Bonaparte. From the wording of this public commendation, it is not difficult to see Louis Bonaparte's personal gratitude to Charles.

Great, isn't this what he wants?

"This is just what I should do." Even so, he still said modestly, "Of course we must try our best to remove all stumbling blocks that stand in front of us."

"You're right, the July Dynasty has been eliminated, and the same goes for the others. We have to remove the stumbling blocks one by one!" Karion took over and waved his hand vigorously, "Just because those two want to Don’t you think that poor regent wants to stop us?”

Then he looked at the other attendees.

"What we need now is for the interim government to give up this crazy idea and withdraw the deportation order. Mr. Treville and I have already discussed it. This is not a big problem, as long as we work harder to open up the Way, and then build momentum outside, and the pressure from all walks of life will make the interim government retract..."

Then, he named them one by one and assigned tasks to several participants. It was already arranged who was responsible for opening up the joints and who was responsible for preparing public opinion.

And everyone he named accepted the task with a serious attitude. Everyone understands that whether Louis Bonaparte can return home smoothly is the biggest key to realizing their dream of seizing power, so no one has thought of neglecting it - on the original historical line, they have also gone through the same process. Even greater efforts were made to welcome Louis Bonaparte, who had been expelled, back to France.

"Gentlemen, the Bonaparte family has always seen your efforts. Now that we are just one step away, will we allow any mistakes to happen? No, absolutely not. I believe we can easily rule it out. With this obstacle, we can seize the political power supported by tens of millions of people." After assigning the task, Karion smiled. I continued to encourage the participants, but there was something inexplicable in my eyes, "Our hard work and watchfulness over the years will finally usher in a successful result. Here, I sincerely hope that we can continue to do so in the future." Let’s unite together to protect the Bonaparte family and create a better future for France. Let’s have another drink!”

"For France!"

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The attendees cheered again.

Carlion's last encouragement and promise for the future made the people in the room more energetic, and they all raised their glasses and continued to drink.

Similarly, people also understood the implicit meaning in his tone - in the future, when the Bonaparte family returns to rule France, we old people should unite together to support the Bonaparte family and what we have come to do. Hard-earned status and benefits.

This suggestion is also very consistent with the psychology of other people and has received great resonance. What is the reason why everyone has fought life and death, taken huge risks, and served the Bonaparte family for so many years? Isn’t it the future position of power? There are only so many positions with power and wealth, shouldn't they be divided among these time-tested loyalists?

In this way, after overthrowing the July Monarchy and achieving stage victory, the Bonapartist group felt more and more that victory was in sight. At the same time, there was also a natural tendency for the old members to form a group and exclude newcomers. It is not surprising that this phenomenon will occur in every political group on the way to success.

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This meeting, after assigning their new tasks, turned into a large banquet. Everyone was drinking and cheering, venting the emotions that had been stored up for many years, and thinking about their future. The whole living room almost became as noisy as a tavern.

And even at this time, there are still a few people who remain calm.

In the midst of the noise, Charles, who was still toasting with others, suddenly felt his sleeve being pulled.

He looked back and saw the middle-aged Karion winking at him.

After understanding it, he followed Karion out of the hall and came to the corridor outside the window.

The spring breeze blew against his face, taking away the noise in the hall and dispersing his slight drunkenness.

Karion moved closer to Ciel and whispered.

"Mr. Louis Bonaparte and other members of the Bonaparte family will return to French soil the day after tomorrow. Mr. Treville, if you have time, let's go together to greet him..." Then, without waiting for summer Er replied, and he blinked slightly, "Do you remember what I told you before? Mr. Treville, work hard, you will definitely have a bright future!". )