Flowers, Swords and France

The sudden railway construction accident disrupted all Charles's schedule. He had to stay at the site of the construction accident and try to solve the accident as ideally as possible. ..

After discussing with local officials for a long time and making the decision to compensate the relatives of the deceased as much as possible, he was finally able to temporarily escape from this troublesome incident and rushed back to Paris on the third day after the accident.

Before he rushed back to Paris, news of the accident had already reached Paris and appeared in the newspapers.

As Charles expected, the public opinion circles that were already dissatisfied with the recent actions of the Ministry of Railways issued various comments after receiving the news of the accident, criticizing the actions of the Ministry of Railways - although according to their respective The severity of press criticism varies depending on the political stance, but the general tone of public opinion seems to be very unfavorable to Charles's department.

It is precisely for this reason that when Charles returned to Paris, he rushed directly to his workplace without even going home. Because he was so preoccupied, he rarely said hello to the employees who passed by him along the way. , but walked quickly to his office.

When he returned to the office of the Ministry of Railways, his secretary Clement Lechinsky was already waiting there.

"How is the situation in the ministry now?" Charles walked to his desk and asked without looking.

"The situation is not very good, sir." Clément's face was very pale because of lingering fear, but he still maintained the most basic calmness. "The ministry is currently having a meeting. They are just talking about this matter. I heard...listen "The minister is very unhappy now and got angry several times in meetings."

"Really? This is normal. It's strange that he's not angry." Charles nodded calmly, "What about the others? Is there any other news?"

"Yes, there is..." Clément lowered his head and lowered his voice, "It seems that some people in the ministry are secretly rumoring that it is because you are acting too...too radically, so...so now The ministry will face so much... so much trouble."

Ciel frowned.

Although this is true, it must be an attack and slander.

"Write down the people who said such things. Give me the list then."

"OK."

After giving this order, Ciel walked straight towards the conference room.

"What did you do? How did you create so many problems? Everyone is criticizing us now..." When he was at the door, he heard the minister yelling loudly. A palace official who was always kind and polite. Now in the face of this kind of crisis, I can't help but become a little anxious.

Haha, it probably won't be long before he doesn't have to worry about these things. Isn't it?

With this complete sneer in my heart. Ciel opened the door. "Sorry, everyone. I'm late."

"Char, you're finally back!" After seeing Charles appear at the door, Count Diliion could not conceal his joy. "How's the situation over there?"

"It's not very good, but it was finally dealt with reluctantly. I've already paid the pension. So there shouldn't be any more trouble." Charles calmly walked to his seat and sat down, "However. Sir, I just returned to Paris, and I heard that the public opinion circles are now very critical of us?"

"That's right! Now almost every newspaper is scolding us, each and every one of them is impassioned, as if they have done more for the country than us! I don't believe it, can they just write a few words in the newspaper? Our achievements?" Upon hearing Charles's question, the minister couldn't help but burst out again, "Our reporters and gentlemen are all uneducated, so we just To be reduced to making a living by penning pens and making a few small sums of money, and only relying on some useless sensational articles to sow discord all day long, and everyone thinks they are great, as if they are the only ones who have a sense of justice and conscience, and the country is lacking. It’s like they have no hope! Bah! If we don’t correct the excessive and out-of-control public opinion, no one in this country can do anything right now!”

Then, he sighed heavily again, "It would be fine if it were just these poor devils who were stirring up trouble. The key is that there are too many people, too many people who are jealous of us... We will have to teach them if we are not careful. The population is real.”

He just said this lightly and stopped talking, but of course Charles also understood what he meant - the newly established Ministry of Railways holds such huge financial resources and power, which will of course arouse the dissatisfaction of those who cannot get a share of the pie. Jealousy is usually fine, but when you get the chance, how could you not take advantage of the situation to attack them?

"You are absolutely right." Charles nodded slightly, "But now is not the time for us to curse them. We should first find a way to solve the current trend. We cannot let these things affect our entire life. Work planning…”

"That's what I said, Charles, what can you do?" Count Diliion looked at Charles expectantly, "We have been meeting for a long time today, but..." He glanced around fiercely again. The officials glanced at each other and made them shrink back, "But no useful conclusions have been drawn yet."

Of course they can't come up with a useful conclusion. What does this have to do with them? Besides, who dares to tell you clearly that "the best solution is for the Minister to resign now"? Ciel replied coldly in his heart.

Then, he looked hesitant.

"You all should go out first!" Your Excellency the Minister understood immediately, and then waved his hand heavily.

The officials who had been trained for a long time quickly left the conference room as if they had received an amnesty. Soon, only Charles and Count Diliion were left in the conference room.

"Char, can we talk now? Do you have any good ideas?" Perhaps his hope was ignited by Charles's pretentious mystery, but now the minister's eyes were full of expectation, "We are the only two people in this ministry who share the same position. Yes, we will be in trouble if we don’t support each other.”

"Don't be anxious, Your Excellency." Charles was still very calm, "Yes, the outside world is very dissatisfied with us now, and there are unfair attacks everywhere now, so because of this, we cannot panic and lose our pace. "

"You're right, we can't mess up our position." The minister nodded. "As long as we stay still, those people can't really do anything to us..."

"I will try my best to calm down the public opinion during this period." Charles once again gave his guarantee, "Isn't that what public opinion is like? People's interest can only last for a short period of time at most. We ourselves are not in chaos. We can get through such a difficult period, and as long as we get through it, the next thing won’t be that difficult.”

"Things in the public opinion circle are easy to handle..." The minister still looked at Charles, "Although the form of public opinion is indeed very unfavorable to us, I am not really worried about them. I am more worried about... the person in the Elysee Palace."

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"Mr. President?" Charles was a little surprised.

"Yes, Charles, Mr. President has not expressed his position, which makes me most uneasy." Count Dilion sighed softly, "Shouldn't he continue to support us? But he has been Not taking a stand on this matter... is really worrying.”

After listening to his words, Ciel also fell into silence.

The minister's words reminded Charles that Louis Bonaparte has not made any statement on this matter so far. What is his attitude? Are you trying to calm things down, or are you just trying to suppress the anger in your heart, waiting for the opportunity to burst out?

"Charle, you have been asking more about Mr. President's intentions lately, okay?" Count Dilion's words broke his thoughts, "Let's see how he plans to deal with these things. If he doesn't have any opinions, just Well, if you have any objections... you should be careful and tell him our position. The situation is really serious now and we cannot deal with it easily. "

"Okay, I will go meet Mr. President and tell him about our difficulties," Charles nodded, "There will always be various accidents during construction, so what if the accident is relatively big? Who can completely avoid it? Besides, other problems cannot be entirely blamed on us. As a newly established department, we have achieved great results. It is completely unfair to attack us with these things!"

"That's it!" The Earl also agreed, "So you should also say these words to the president. You have such a good relationship with the president, he should listen to your opinions..."

"Well, don't worry." Charles smiled, "As you said, we have the same position and are on the same front. What else can we do besides helping each other?"

The minister was deeply moved by Ciel's words. He reached out and patted Ciel heavily on the shoulder, "Ciel... don't worry, as long as the two of us work together, there will be no crisis that we can solve." It won’t work!”

Then, he frowned and said, "Let's focus on the recent work here. Let's keep our position first, and let other things go slowly."

"Well, other things can be slowed down, but the new round of railway bond issuance cannot be slowed down! We can't stop all railways because of the accident, right? To continue construction, we need money, and if we need money, we have to issue bonds "We can't slow down this matter." Charles seemed a little excited, "These railway planning and construction are all my hard work. Even if there are so many people attacking and slandering me, I must continue to implement them and never stop. !”

Seeing that Charles was so determined, the minister had no choice but to nod his head, "Okay, then I'll do as you say, Charles... go see the president as soon as possible and tell him our opinions."

"Okay, Your Excellency." Charles lowered his head and replied respectfully. (To be continued...)