Flowers, Swords and France

After seeing off Mr. Charles Havas and completing the rest of the news agency's affairs, Charles came directly to Louis Bonaparte's mansion at ten o'clock in the evening.

According to the preferences of the future emperor, his reception room was placed in the deepest part of the mansion. Dark tapestries were decorated on the walls, and the windows were blocked by scarlet curtains, which were almost insulating. Everything outside.

In this artificial, gloomy silence, Charles stood respectfully before the seated Louis Bonaparte, and the scorching summer heat seemed to completely disappear between the two men.

Even when meeting others, Louis Bonaparte frowned slightly and thought about his own affairs, looking a little tired.

He is now a member of the National Assembly. On weekdays, attending the assembly is a very busy job. In addition, he also has to participate in various political affairs and planning, so it is normal to be tired.

Ciel waited quietly. He currently had no power to interrupt the future master's thinking.

"Charles..." After he waited for a while, Louis Bonaparte finally spoke. I don't know if it was Charles's misunderstanding, but his expression seemed to become more solemn, "I know, at the moment, what worries me the most is What's the matter?"

Big shots always like to titillate people's appetites like this before they speak. Of course, Ciel didn't think too much about it, and he guessed cooperatively, "Is it about the future elections?" he asked cautiously.

"No, although that is a troublesome thing, it is not worrying." Louis Bonaparte shook his head gently, "What's more, our situation is getting better and better now. There are more and more people supporting me, and we There is no need to worry too much.”

Then, without waiting for Ciel to ask again. He continued talking to himself, "What worries me most now is that we currently lack a clear understanding of the goal, and we are not firm and united enough."

"A clear understanding?" Charles was a little confused.

"Yes, that's it." Louis Bonaparte sighed softly, "Don't you think? The Bonapartists still haven't been able to condense into a strong enough entity. We are too loose. If we could be more united If so. Then I think our achievements will be much greater than what we are now... How can we fight against the enemies in this situation in the future? "

Then, he glanced at Ciel slightly.

"This point. Maybe you don't see it clearly enough?"

This look and these words, paired together, made Ciel feel a little creepy unexpectedly.

Of course he couldn't say he couldn't see clearly. At this time, you must follow the leader closely.

"That's right. Many times I also feel that we must be more united." Ciel quickly agreed, while trying to figure out what the other party meant.

Fortunately, Louis Bonaparte didn't have much thought about playing charades with him.

"I have decided that we can't just live on as a loose organization, we must find a way to twist it into a rope." He said coldly, "It will be held after the presidential election. I want to turn our supporters into For a group with fighting spirit, this matter cannot be delayed.”

Then he glanced at Ciel without any emotion. "Young man, do you have any good ideas about this situation?"

After hearing his words, Ciel finally understood.

Louis Bonaparte wanted to recruit a group of confidants - real confidants.

A confidant who regarded him as more important than the emperor.

Yes, what bothered Louis Bonaparte was that his supporters mainly supported the Bonaparte family and not others. He did not have enough prestige to make people worship him as an emperor, even if his colleagues The same goes for the partisans - perhaps because they are closer, his comrades have a more calm and objective attitude towards him than the average person.

In a word, the Bonapartists were attached to him because he was the emperor's nephew, not because of anyone else.

In the stage of seizing power, he naturally didn't care about this, and even took advantage of it to promote his inheritance of the emperor's spirit all day long. However, what about when he himself became the president or even the emperor? Doesn't he need a group of people who are truly only loyal to him and obey his authority?

Moreover, when that time comes, can we still rely on my uncle’s brand name to dominate the world?

Therefore, under this consideration, he planned to form a private political group by himself, a political group that would only be attached to him and obey his prestige.

In order to achieve this goal, after being elected as the president, he asked his confidants to set up an organization-the "December 10th Society", which was the organization that the revolutionary mentor mocked in an extremely contemptuous tone as "full of shackles and careerists". , veterans, criminals, liars, thieves, gamblers, private prostitutes, and brothel owners”.

This organization completely worships his leader and promotes the personality worship of others. It often goes to the places he inspects and cheers, and its fanaticism reaches a level that even the original Bonapartists themselves cannot stand.

Of course, the fate of this entire organization is easy to guess - the essence of Bonapartism is the supremacy of ambition and the king of winners. It is not a formed political theory, so it cannot become a real political party at all. The people in the organization were no different from the old Bonapartists. They all only used the Bonaparte surname as a tool to seek glory and wealth. Therefore, they were unable to influence the fate of the Second Empire and Napoleon III. How much help.

Of course, Louis Bonaparte could not know these "future things" at this moment, so he confidently planned to give himself a private hilltop.

After thinking about all this, Ciel finally breathed a sigh of relief.

He knew how to express his opinion.

"Now the whole of Europe is in chaos, and our country is also suffering from disaster. The only way to save the country now is that I have always believed that we must unite firmly in the core group and implement all instructions with the most serious attitude. Only This way we can be invincible.”

After hearing his words, Louis Bonaparte smiled with satisfaction.

This smile encouraged Ciel and he continued.

"I believe that we must form a real political group and firmly obey and follow all instructions of the Party. Only in this way can we achieve the above goals."

"It's great to be able to think of this!" Louis Bonaparte sighed softly, "After all, he is a young man with a flexible mind... Well, pay more attention to it and make more friends with like-minded people. , Only in this way can we truly strengthen political groups, and now we have propaganda tools, right? Let’s go for it, young people, we all believe in the ability..."

Of course Ciel understood the purpose of his words.

In his eyes, young people like Charles are easy to win over and manipulate, and are much more obedient than those old people. He plans to let young people like Charles find people for him to enrich the, uh, "lumpenproletarian organization."

"Of course this is necessary." Charles nodded quickly in agreement.

In this way, he found himself one of the future founders of the December 10th Society.

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Then, he frowned slightly, "However, when it comes to publicity, I have encountered some problems here recently..."

"question?"

"That's it..." Taking advantage of this great opportunity, Charles quickly revealed his previous disagreement with Havas News Agency.

"You mean, after Tuch knew what happened, he specifically paid attention to others to make things difficult?" After listening to Charles's account, Louis Bonaparte asked calmly.

"Perhaps it's not intentional," Charles replied cautiously, trying not to sound like he was complaining - even though he was indeed complaining. "Anyway, I will most likely take this matter down." , everyone in the ministry had negotiated with me, but...he suddenly stood up and vetoed my request, and now Mr. Havas has taken the lead... ugh..."

Louis Bonaparte had been listening to Charles's words expressionlessly. After pondering for a long time, he slowly spoke.

"I understand, he is targeting us." Then, he added, "But don't worry, this thing will definitely be there when the time comes, and it will never escape! We have helped our family so much, how could this be the case?" Can’t we give you anything in return? Just wait patiently! As long as I’m on stage, that’s it!”

After hearing his words, Ciel got what he wanted and secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

This is what Charles has prepared. If the normal path doesn't work, he will take the route of Louis Bonaparte, intending to directly drain the firepower and make the Havas News Agency work in vain - as long as Louis Bonaparte comes to power, the Cavaignac cabinet will If it's going to end, then the Minister of Agriculture and Commerce will also have to be replaced. At that time, won't it be easy to change the decision of the previous Minister?

Since it was no longer possible to play according to the rules, Ciel had no choice but to play his cards without following the rules. Anyway, as long as he could achieve his goal. The setbacks Mr. Havas brought to him not only did not dishearten him, but gave him new motivation.

However, Ciel still felt a little pity. The king’s favor is like a credit card. There is always a limit, and it is impossible to take whatever you want. Which king likes to see his ministers and subordinates being greedy and asking for this and that all day long?

Because of this consideration, Ciel didn't come to ask him for help at first, just to try not to waste his care for him. However, things didn't work out as he wished, and now he can't care about that much anymore.

Louis Bonaparte asked him to help organize political groups, and he allowed Louis Bonaparte to fulfill his wish. The two completed this transaction tacitly.

"Charles, let's do it properly." After the negotiation was completed quietly, Louis Bonaparte raised his head and looked at Charles gently.

"Yes." (To be continued...)

ps: For those who don’t understand clearly, you can look at it this way:

Think of taking the party as kmt

Treat Louis Bonaparte as Captain Chiang Kai-shek

Think of the December 10th Club as the Blue Shirt Club

You can almost understand...

The endings of the two are almost the same...