Flowers, Swords and France

"You are so smart, how can you still not understand the situation? Charles?"

As if he had a clear idea of ​​Charles, Viscount Dilion was very seductive to Charles.

His thoughts are now obvious. Louis Bonaparte is looking for a way out for himself. Now that the Dilion family has discovered it, they will not stand and wait for death. He also wants to find a way out for himself.

Now that he finally got the position of minister, he naturally didn't want to give it up easily. So it's not surprising that he wants to use his current position and power to pull Charles and others to do their own thing.

After thinking about this problem, Ciel immediately went to think about the next question.

How should I answer him?

In theory he did give a good idea. As long as two people and two families join forces, they can be reused even if they change families, no matter which side they join. But... Charles knew that no matter what ups and downs he had to go through, he didn't need to change his family at this moment. He just needed to follow the Bonaparte family and rise to the top.

"Charles, of course I'm not saying that you should abandon the Bonaparte family now. I'm just saying that we should keep our eyes open and safeguard our vested interests. Let's make plans for the future together. What's wrong with that?" Charles seemed to be hesitating, and Viscount Dilion quickly followed. He continued, "Think about it, if we have been loyal to him, if he really steps down, do we have to follow him and continue to chew the mud? Are you that kind of person? Where are you today? You made it on your own, not a gift from the Bonaparte family, right?"

"But betrayal is not without price." Ciel replied thoughtfully.

"Hey, what's the price?" Of course Mr. Minister couldn't understand the depth of Charles's words. He laughed again, "If the Bonaparte family really falls, what can he do to deal with us? They You have to find a way to help us keep the money you invested in the railway! Besides, your grandfather is the commander-in-chief of the expeditionary force and has promoted so many officers. Are you still afraid of this? "

"Your grandfather is the commander-in-chief of the expeditionary force." This sentence suddenly made Charles's heart move.

That's right, no wonder he is so diligent in wanting to partner with me. It turns out that the weight of our family in the eyes of others is completely different, and we have become someone that others have to win over.

A Secretary of State with huge budget and railway construction powers. A commander with tens of thousands of expeditionary force soldiers, which one of them cannot be said to be hot and powerful?

Suddenly, among the long-standing Treville clan, the long branch led by Duke Philip has been completely overshadowed by the young branch led by Marquis Victor. Who would have imagined that just a few years ago, this family was living in poverty and could only survive by hoping for the future? The mystery of political speculation is really amazing.

When he thought of this, Charles felt excited for the first time in a long time.

Is this temporary glory or eternal glory?

It has to be the latter. Ciel said coldly in his heart.

If you stay down there, you may still feel at peace. But once you climb to a high place, it will be extremely painful to be swept down again. After tasting the beauty of power, people can rarely leave the nourishment of power.

At least I can never go back to those days.

"Charle, do you think what I said makes sense?" As if he took Charles's reverie as his heartbeat, the Minister showed a satisfied smile. "It's great that you figured it out so quickly."

"Aren't you worried at all about me going to report to Mr. President?" Charles suddenly changed the subject.

"Will you do this? Would it do you any good to push away someone who has been sincerely seeking cooperation with you?" The minister looked at Charles, "If you think so, then just go ahead and tell him. Anyway, he can’t get rid of his position now even if he wants to.”

Charles was silent.

"Well, I really won't tell him." He shrugged regretfully. "It really doesn't do me any good."

"Hahahaha, let me tell you, you are indeed a Treville, Charles..." The minister grinned, then stretched out his hand and patted Charles on the shoulder. "As long as the two of us join forces and find a way to get rid of Jean Calvert first, we don't have the final say in this ministry? Why should we have to rely on others?"

Dillion, Treville, and many other political families are unprincipled and only interested in profit. He even did not hesitate to change the door when necessary. As he said, "After years of training, they have more or less developed a cold attitude towards survival. They only care about what is good for themselves and don't care at all about the trouble their actions will cause to others." .

However, the reason why Charles acted so cooperatively was not because he really intended to betray the Bonaparte family, who were destined to win, but because he suddenly had a good idea.

Can't I just do something secretly and use this family as a shield? ——At that moment, this thought suddenly flashed through his mind.

Although he has not yet thought of a specific idea or how to operate it when the time comes, this idea still makes him feel the value.

Being branded as a "die-hard of the Bonaparte family" was both an honor and a shackle for him. There were many things he couldn't do at all, but if he got the help of this family, wouldn't he be able to do them? And if something went wrong, he could just be pulled over as a scapegoat.

He quickly figured out the result, without showing any abnormality on his face, and just glanced at the smiling Viscount Dillion.

You can't blame me for this, it was your own choice.

"Anyway, Mr. President is still in his position safely, and we should do our best to serve him." Charles said seriously, "Besides, if we do our job well, we will be reused even if we change our jobs, right?"

"Yes, yes, of course, I think so too." The minister nodded repeatedly.

Then, with a sense of relief, he walked briskly away from the window, walked back to his desk, and picked up a document.

"Charles, since we have made clear our future plans, we should start making some preparations from now on."

"What is this?" Charles asked casually, and then took the document.

He was immediately stunned.

"Is this true?" He immediately raised his head and asked.

He was just venting his emotions in a sudden situation, and his reason told him that this must be true.

The original text is in the six # 9 @book/bar!

"This is indeed true." Viscount Dillion nodded, "They want to take action. Now the majority party in the parliament wants to propose a bill as soon as possible to revise the election law, restore the property restrictions on voting rights, and abolish universal suffrage. The sooner the better, and they even want to get things done before the recess. Our family has many friends, so we can get this first-hand information. That's right, Charles, Mr. Bonaparte's danger has come."

According to the Constitution of the Second French Republic at the time, the National Assembly will stop meeting from mid-August to mid-October and enter a recess period. During this period, it will perform its duties by appointing a permanent committee during the recess.

"Is that so..." Charles replied meaningfully. "That's really unfortunate."

It is indeed very unfortunate that a parliament elected by universal suffrage is now planning to deprive voters of their universal suffrage in order to attack the president elected by universal suffrage and restore the monarchy. This is the bitter fruit of France's first implementation of universal democracy. If Louis Bonaparte is a villain, then aren't his political opponents also the same kind of people?

The tragedy of the Second Republic was doomed at the moment of its birth.

At this moment, in the eyes of Louis Bonaparte's political enemies, this is a fatal blow to Louis Bonaparte - in their view, Louis Bonaparte has mediocre talents, shallow knowledge, no ambition, poor eloquence, and his only capital is the reputation brought by his uncle's glory. So as long as the majority of voters are deprived of their right to vote, what can Louis Bonaparte do even if he has the majority of public support?

However, they underestimated Louis Bonaparte.

No wonder the Dillion family started preparing for a rainy day so quickly, it turned out that they had already smelled the breath of the storm.

So that's it.

However, Charles knew that they greatly underestimated the future Napoleon III. His Majesty the Emperor was definitely not someone who would only hide in the shadow of his uncle and survive, and his supporters would not be so weak. Although he was called the commoner emperor, the commoners were just the signboards and puppets in Bonaparte's hands. His real supporters were a group of ambitious, shrewd and cunning people who dared to take risks for this, a group of ambitious people and big capitalists.

This was the case with Joseph Bonaparte, Baron de Bovan, the mayor of Le Havre, and Charles. They are much more powerful than the common people in the parliament.

Even if the support of the votes was cut off, the power of the Bonapartists was many times greater than others imagined.

So the Bonaparte family had the last laugh.

Haha, haha, you will know who is more powerful by then.

While sneering in his heart, Charles dealt with Viscount Dillion with a normal expression.

"This matter is very important, so I will report it to Mr. President in a while, do you mind?"

"Of course I don't mind, anyway, he will know it sooner or later, and if we tell him in advance, we can please him." Viscount Dillion smiled and nodded, "What you said just now is very right, at least for now, we should still concentrate on serving Mr. President."

"At least for now." Charles repeated it in the same way.