Flowers, Swords and France

The disaster that Victor Hugo encountered did not happen to him alone.

At this moment, an arresting team composed of a large number of soldiers was traveling through every corner of the city. Following the routes planned in advance, they carried out arrest operations in the deepest part of the night, breaking the original silence of the city.

And when the arresting teams began to hunt down the opposition as planned, the entire city woke up from its sleep and fell into a commotion and panic. Wherever the arresting team passed, residents got up from their beds and secretly watched these murderous soldiers roaming the streets.

However, although many citizens were secretly watching their actions, no one made any noise to disturb this group of ferocious spirits. Everyone just held their breath and watched the sudden major events in this country, and secretly rejoiced that they did not have to be one of the victims. At the same time, they also used the usual lively minds and political sense of the people in the capital to guess what might happen next. everything that happened.

Generally speaking, due to the precise layout and well-chosen timing, the arrest operation was quite smooth. Most of the planned arrest targets were caught in the net smoothly, and some were even caught suddenly while they were sleeping. The soldiers who broke in took him away.

Only a small number of targets learned what happened in panic, and were unwilling to accept the sudden misfortune and chose to resist, so sporadic firefights occurred in some places. However, there are only a few people who can resist with force.

At four o'clock in the morning, when messages came from various places to the headquarters, it was determined that the initial goal of the coup had been basically completed. Finally he breathed a sigh of relief secretly.

Although he always pretended to be nonchalant on the surface, he was a little uneasy in his heart. But now, his heart can finally let go.

That is to say. After tonight, he will take more than one step on the road to the highest peak...

The blood and passion made him almost unable to control himself. He bit his lip and let the pain help him to barely maintain his sanity.

Then he took another deep breath.

"Gentlemen, God has rewarded our hard work, we succeeded!" He shouted to this group of equally uneasy officers, "From now on, there will be no opposition to His Excellency the President. Oh. No, it is His Majesty the Emperor, There are no more rebels in front of him! Long live the empire!"

With his cheers, the restlessness and nervousness on other people's faces slowly disappeared. Everyone looked at each other, and then suddenly became joyful.

"Long live the Emperor!" Everyone shouted as if to vent their anger. Some people even threw the papers and pens on the table into the air, and these things fell to the ground. There was a crashing sound.

The temptation before them was so great that they forgot their fatigue.

"Although everything went very smoothly, tonight, I'm sorry. I still don't allow everyone to open champagne to celebrate," Charles allowed them to celebrate at first, and waited until the excitement slowly subsided. He waved his hand gently, signaling everyone to quiet down. "Because... there are still many difficulties before us, and we have no right to relax now. We can only continue to move forward, ruthlessly pursuing our opponents, so that they can no longer put up any resistance!"

Then, he put on a smile that looked like he was joking, and looked around again, "In addition, and more importantly, I need you all to have a good rest and have enough energy to attend my wedding... "

His words, as expected, triggered a burst of laughter.

"We will all be there, sir." Viscount Alex de Lautrec replied with the same smile. "You can save the champagne for that time, but Madame de Treville will be unhappy then. !”

His words once again caused laughter to resound throughout the entire conference room.

"Then you are looking down on me. You can't defeat me!" Charles straightened his back pretending to be serious. "Even if I have a celebration banquet with you, I can still go back and serve my wife well..."

"You can make arrogant words at this time, but then you have to show your real skills, haha!" Viscount Lautrec was still laughing, "Don't think that I usually only like to drink black tea and drink alcohol. I was still very powerful at that time... What's more, we still have so many helpers. I think you should stop showing off and admit defeat to us as soon as possible. "

"Oh, then I really want to give it a try." Charles shrugged, and then he waved his hand gently, "Okay, now you can stay here and continue to act according to the plan. If anything unexpected happens It’s an uncontrollable situation, please send someone over to inform me immediately!”

"Yes!" Seeing Ciel giving the order again, everyone became serious again at the same time, and answered his order with their chests raised.

"Very good," Charles nodded, "Then, sir, see you later."

Now that the initial violence has basically ended, he no longer needs to stay here to command. What he needs to do now is another thing - how to take the lead and inform all parts of the country about what has happened.

This doesn't bother him either.

In the dark night, after he walked out of the gate of the War Department, the carriage that had been prepared immediately started, and then drove him towards the depths of darkness.

For safety reasons, he was accompanied by half a company of soldiers this time.

The sound of the carriage and the soldiers marching in neat formations rumbled and seemed to be able to be heard half a mile away.

There were no pedestrians on the street at this time. They walked recklessly on the street and rushed all the way to the location of the Ministry of Railways. Soon they arrived at St. Michael's Square. Then, Charles got off the carriage and walked into the building of the Ministry of Railways accompanied by several officers.

Although it was this time, the building of the Ministry of Railways was brightly lit, and it was obvious that they had already prepared for what was supposed to happen.

There was already a large group of people waiting for them there.

When Charles appeared at the door, a group of soldiers in military uniforms and officials in black coats saluted him.

And Charles smiled and nodded in response.

The smiles of these officials were both flattering and fearful. Obviously, even though he had been away for a year, Charles still had a terrible prestige in their hearts.

Then, he raised his head. He looked around the lobby of the Ministry of Railways and saw the luxurious decorations that he had personally set up. He suddenly felt strange.

Perhaps it was because he hadn't been back here for a long time and he was a little reluctant to leave.

He calmed down and bowed to Count Dillion again.

"Mr. Minister, I'm really sorry to bother you..."

"No, Charles, you're the one who's working hard!" The Count waved his hand with a smile, "Is everything going well tonight?"

"If it wasn't, I wouldn't be here." Charles also smiled and replied. "Mr., when the day comes again, the President will become the unique ruler of the entire country."

In front of such a large group of people, he couldn't say the word emperor, but it was actually no different from saying it.

"Fifty years of reincarnation!" As if he had thought of something, the Count suddenly sighed. "In just a few years, so many earth-shaking changes have happened. What else can't happen in this era?"

Yes, everything is so earth-shaking!

Even just five years ago. No one could believe that the Bonaparte family, which had been knocked to the ground, lost everything, and seemed unable to stand up again, would actually stand up again and become the master of this world power.

Two republics have been replaced in sixty years. One empire, two dynasties, and now a new empire is about to come...

What an unimaginable era this is. What an unimaginable country this is!

The minister's sighs and reverie were soon awakened by reality. He looked at Charles with a little embarrassment. He was relieved until he found that the other party did not have any impatient expression.

"Your achievements will definitely be remembered by history." He looked at Charles with flattery, "Charles, I know that you are born to do great things!"

His compliments were accepted by Charles, who has always been modest and cautious.

"I hope that history will remember more than just this." With a sense of ease as a winner, he laughed, "Sir, everything is still early!"

Then, he looked at a young man in a captain's uniform next to him.

"Captain Seno, take me to the telegraph office. We can start now."

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"Yes!" The captain stood at attention immediately.

His young face still showed the excitement of participating in a big event, but his salute was still very standard. In the absence of their commander, Major Lucien, he was responsible for commanding the army personnel stationed in the Ministry of Railways.

This group of soldiers was sent here by Charles himself, in order to learn the operation of railways and telegraph networks in the Ministry of Railways, and they did not disappoint Charles' expectations. Under Lucien's strict supervision, they quickly mastered the basic knowledge. Moreover, according to Charles' original plan, after the coup began, they completely took over the operation of the entire Ministry of Railways. Under their supervision, no one could act rashly, and the entire capital seemed to be isolated from the rest of the country.

Led by the captain, Charles walked along the familiar corridor all the way to the telegraph office in the Ministry of Railways Building.

In the center of the telegraph office, there is a lobby with a wall that has been broken through. A large number of cables are crowded together and flow into the machines in the center, like blood vessels leading to the heart.

Everything is very tense, as if facing a great enemy.

The machinery of this era is still very rough in Charles' eyes. However, it is the noise of this rough machine that brings people a strange sense of beauty.

After entering the lobby, Charles suddenly felt a chill in his chest, and the air seemed to be full of electromagnetic interference-although he knew that this was more of a psychological effect.

A group of radio operators had been waiting there for a long time, and next to them stood a group of soldiers, looking at Charles, as if waiting for something.

"Sir, how about it? Start now?" Captain Seno asked in a low voice.

But Charles did not answer immediately, he just looked at these machines connected to countless cables.

Although few people realize it, this is already a nerve center of France.

This is connected to telegraph lines leading to all parts of France. With the help of these neural networks, news from all parts of France will be transmitted to the capital in an instant, and news from the capital will be transmitted to the entire country at the same speed.

And he will use these things today.

He took a deep breath.

"Start!"

"Start!" After receiving Charles' order, Captain Seno repeated it loudly.

The original silence was broken in an instant. Almost everyone started moving.

The radio operators walked to the telegraph machine and began the intense work of sending messages.

And all they needed to send was a short telegram.

Here, the same telegram will be spread all over the country in an instant.

"To all French compatriots:

In the interests of the people, His Excellency the President has issued a special order to implement a state of emergency in the country and temporarily suspend the operation of the National Assembly.

This is a painful decision that the President has to make in order to safeguard the interests of the country and the nation.

For a long time, the National Assembly has been ignoring the true will of the people and the president elected by the people, and forcibly depriving the people of their rights. Although the President has been fighting against it, the people have still suffered great harm, the legal right to vote of millions of people has been deprived, and the declaration of freedom and equality has been trampled upon.

Therefore, the President finally decided to suspend the power of the National Assembly until it can truly represent the will of the people.

After years of futile struggles, France is finally tired of the mediocre situation of doing nothing. The Parliament The meaningless verbal dispute will end, and the president will return the rights deprived by the parliament to the great French people. The call of the people has finally won! The people of the whole country will unite at this time and work hard for the future of the nation.

The president specifically ordered that the garrisons in various places must monitor the local area and quell all disturbances that harm the rights of the people. And there must be no abnormal movement, otherwise the commander will be treated as treason!

Under the leadership of the president, the country will be saved, and the people will return to a stable and prosperous life and usher in a glorious new era!

God bless France! "

Under Charles's gaze, as the telegraph operator kept pressing, the entire telegram was used as a code, and spread throughout France through the extensive telegraph lines, informing everything that had happened.

Everyone knew that in a moment, the whole country, even the whole of Europe, and the whole world would have an unimaginable shock. (To be continued...)