Flowers, Swords and France

In the office of the Minister of Railways, His Excellency Minister Dillion looked at Charles with a smile.

The Minister's very deliberately affectionate tone indicated that the relationship between them was not just a simple superior-subordinate relationship.

Although it was already midsummer, both of them were wearing black coats and ties meticulously, as if the weather could not have any effect on them.

"I'm very happy, Your Excellency." Compared to the other party's casualness, Ciel still maintained the necessary respect. He also smiled, and the two of them stood in front of the large glass window, looking at the square in the distance.

"Oh, that's good." The minister nodded, "Only when you are in a good mood can you play with them..."

Of course Ciel knew who "they" meant.

"Have they really started?"

"Yes, that's right... without us being in the way, of course they have to hurry up and get things done." The minister was still looking out the window, his expression unchanged, but his tone suddenly became somewhat meaningful, "Our dear Jean Calvert Sure enough, the gentleman has already begun to prepare a budget and uses for his fund..."

"Isn't this a good thing?" Xia replied with a smile, "If it is as you expected before, then they are working hard to weave evidence for themselves, and all we have to do is to uncover their evidence at the appropriate moment. It’s just crime.”

"But the problem is, only crimes that can be convicted are called crimes?" Viscount Dillion looked at Charles in pretended surprise, "Char, isn't it like this? We must let the people hidden deep in our ministry Crimes should not be covered up by the people behind them..."

"Of course."

then. The two looked at each other and then laughed at the same time.

As stated before, the two of them wanted to deliberately stand by. Let your political opponents do what they want, and then induce Jean-Calvert and others to get greedy and jump into the mire of money, and then step on them so hard that they can never climb out.

However, with such a huge amount of money, Jean-Calvert and others will definitely not just make it for themselves. They must be colluding with high-level officials in the government to share the profits. Maybe the backstage behind this is the Prime Minister himself. So, generally. Of course they are confident.

Of course, this is only in general.

Now, President Louis Bonaparte and Prime Minister Odilon Barrot are already at odds with each other, and the Bonapartists and the Party of Order have already begun their journey of fighting against each other. therefore. As Bonapartists, the Minister and Charles have no intention of giving the Prime Minister any face at all - or rather, even if the Prime Minister is innocent, they intend to try their best to drag future scandals to the Prime Minister or his They go to their cronies to create opportunities and excuses for the president to attack dissidents.

To put it simply, in order to attack their political opponents, they deliberately allowed their colleagues to embezzle and misappropriate state funds, so that they could use this crime as a weapon to attack their political opponents when the time came - as to how much damage the people's property would suffer during this period. They don't care.

"By the way, Charles." The minister suddenly looked away, "You accompanied Mr. President to Le Havre before?"

"Yes, Mr. President received a warm welcome there, a very warm welcome. The Bonaparte family's popularity remains high everywhere."

"That's good, as long as there is the support of public opinion, everything will be easy." The minister nodded again with a smile, "So, I heard that in exchange for the support there, Mr. President decided to build the railway there first? "

Viscount Dillion understood that although he held a higher position than Charles in public office, when it came to his status in the heart of Louis Bonaparte, the two were completely incomparable, so he did not dare to show his superiors in front of Charles. No matter what, treat him kindly. Louis Bonaparte's decision was made clear by first telling Charles and then casually informing the minister.

"Yes, the mayor and wealthy men over there have agreed that as long as their wishes are met, they will support the Bonaparte family and agree to anything the president does."

Such as usurping the country and proclaiming himself emperor or something like that.

"That's great, we just need their support." The minister echoed again, but there was not much joy in his tone.

Charles felt a little strange, but didn't say anything.

"Then does Mr. President intend to let us handle these matters and select contractors, or is he going to be responsible for it himself?" the minister suddenly asked again.

Ciel's heart skipped a beat.

It seems that the private arrangements of the Bonaparte family have made the minister feel that something is wrong.

"Oh, how can Mr. President have the energy to take care of such a trivial matter." Although he felt a little uneasy, Charles still forced himself to smile and tried not to show any abnormality. "He left it to us to handle, so during this period I I will take good care of things there so as not to cause any trouble and make the president unhappy..."

Obviously, Charles's answer did not satisfy the Minister. He still looked out the window quietly without saying a word. Charles knew that his answer would not fool him, so he stopped talking.

"Char..." After a long silence, the minister sighed softly, "Even now, do you still want to hide it from me?"

The smile on Ciel's face slowly disappeared, but he didn't answer.

"I know that our family joined the group halfway. Mr. President does not regard us as his own, and he does not want to say hello to me for anything. This is nothing. It is understandable for you to have such an idea..." Viscount Dillion seemed to They were talking like gossip, but Ciel felt extremely uneasy.

"...But, Charles, I think I still have a good relationship with you, don't you? Putting aside the partisanship, the Treville family also has many connections with our family. Shouldn't we be more open to each other? ?”

Ciel still didn't speak, waiting for the other party's next words.

"If I'm not mistaken, the contractor you selected will definitely be a company related to the Bonaparte family, right?" Sure enough, the minister asked quickly.

Although Charles remained silent, his mind was spinning rapidly, trying to figure out what the other party meant by suddenly doing this today.

In the newly established Ministry of Railways, it was no secret that Louis Bonaparte trusted Charles more than Vicomte Dillion. This ministerial position was just a reward for their support at that time. .

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Under normal circumstances, even if he sees it, he should never say it out loud - even if the leader does not trust you, can you say "I know the leader does not trust me" to the whole world? Especially telling the leader’s confidants?

Unless... he was frightened, because the Bonaparte family clearly showed his guilty conscience, so he was also worried that his bet this time was wrong, so he planned to have a showdown with himself first to determine his future.

Is this the Dilion family's love of changing families again, or is it because the middle-aged man himself is not determined?

It’s unclear, but it’s never a good thing.

No matter what, let’s find out what the other party is playing before we talk about it.

"You are right, Mr. President does have such a plan." Now that he has been forced to this point, Charles certainly does not intend to make any more excuses. "Since the collapse of the empire, the Bonaparte family has been living in embarrassment for many years, so is it normal for the president to want to get some money for himself?"

"If it's just to get some money, what does it matter? I still want to help the president make it." The minister smiled slightly sarcastically, "But, Charles, do you still want to tell me that you can't see it? Isn't it because the Bonaparte family is so eager and secretive because they feel guilty about their current status?"

The minister's words completely made clear his current distrust of the stability of the Bonaparte family's position. But it’s no wonder that the Party of Order is indeed dominant now, and it’s no wonder that the Bonaparte family themselves do this and others think so.

"I don't know what this means, and I have no interest in it." Charles replied firmly, "Now that I'm in this position, I just plan to do my job well."

"Really? Is this really the case? Charles?" Viscount Dilion still looked at Charles with amusement, "In my eyes, you are not such a person..."

"Who is that?" Charles asked.

"There is a kind of person who grew up in a world where they thought they were superior to others. They have always regarded others as usable or disposable pawns. They cannot feel other people's thoughts and do not bother to feel them... Then, after years of training, they are more or less ready I have developed a cold attitude towards survival, only caring about what is good for myself, and not caring about the trouble or disaster my actions will bring to others - to put it simply, I don't take my conscience seriously, let alone loyalty. ” Viscount Dillion stared at Charles and said word by word. "Mr. Treville, have you ever seen a man?" "

"There seems to be such a person." Ciel shrugged.

"Of course." The minister replied with a smile, "Some people call these people nobles. By the way...it seems that we are all nobles, right?"

Charles didn't answer anymore. He already understood what the other party wanted to say.

"Do you understand what I mean? We have this kind of capital now. No wonder we have so many resources in our hands. Do we still need to tie ourselves to someone's warship? Does the ups and downs of a family require us two nobles? I don’t think this is reasonable? Are you the kind of person who takes conscience or loyalty seriously? No, in my opinion, you are the same person as us, aren’t you?

The minister looked at Ciel and smiled. (To be continued...)