Flowers, Swords and France

As the portrait moved, Charles and the person inside came face to face. The other person was a little fat, but still had a good demeanor. And most importantly, Charles knew him, but he had never imagined that he would meet him here.

"Charles, hello, we meet again."

Joseph Bonaparte looked at Charles, who was almost stunned, and laughed happily, which seemed to have a little bit of the bad taste of young people.

It took Charles a few seconds to react from the shock.

"Hello, Mr. Bonaparte." He nodded hurriedly.

"Did you feel surprised, Charles?" The lady in blue stockings next to him also teased him.

"Yes, I felt it, a great surprise." Charles replied.

"Okay, don't stand, let's sit down and chat together." She smiled charmingly, then pointed her finger at the sofa in the middle of the hall, and her cuffs brought a faint fragrance with the waving of her arms.

Charles and Joseph Bonaparte certainly followed suit, went over together, and then sat down on the two sofas opposite the coffee table. Miss Blue Stockings slowly poured three cups of coffee from the coffee pot on the coffee table and placed them in front of the three people.

"Now, how should I call you?" Charles tried.

"Still call me Miss Perriette. I like this last name." Miss Blue Stockings gently poured coffee and answered with a smile.

Charles sighed in his heart. It seems that she didn't intend to say more information except revealing that she was British.

However, this information was already amazing.

As a foreigner, he was able to get along so well in France and was so well-connected. There must be a connection at the political level, at least it was deeply involved. Maybe he was directly from the British government, so...

"Miss Perriette is British, but she has taken good care of the Bonaparte family and has always had good cooperation with our family. We are deeply grateful for this." Joseph Bonaparte's words interrupted Charles' thoughts and hinted to Charles not to get to the bottom of it.

Then he stretched out his hand.

"Charles, congratulations, you have fulfilled your promise to us. Please rest assured, we will remember our promise, and the day of fulfillment is not far away."

Charles also stretched out his hand and shook hands with the other party.

However, he still had some doubts in his heart, why Joseph Bonaparte took such a big risk to come directly to the capital, if he was caught, he would definitely not have a good ending.

"I came to Paris this time, and I will not participate in any action, I just come to handle some private affairs, so I don't need to show up. Although it looks a little dangerous, it is not fatal." Joseph Bonaparte's voice was still very gentle and steady, "Therefore, I did not meet with other people in the organization. Thanks to Miss Perriette, I was able to get your address..."

His words were not only to dispel Charles' doubts, but also to express a kind of implicit praise and commendation: I didn't meet anyone, I came directly to see you.

At the same time, he was also hinting that the Treville family had won the full trust of the Bonaparte family, so that they could entertain him next to such a secret ally and let him master such a big secret.

"It's my honor." Charles also smiled and nodded.

Joseph Bonaparte picked up the coffee cup and took a small sip.

"Charles, you should remember what I said at that meeting, right?"

Charles looked at Miss Perriette hesitantly, but Joseph Bonaparte nodded to indicate that it was okay to say anything in front of her.

"You said that you can come to France because you have the tacit consent of the British government, and... the British government is not reactionary to the revival of the Bonaparte family in France."

"Yes, but that's not all." Joseph Bonaparte smiled a little mysteriously, "There are some things I think should not be said too much in such a crowded situation."

Before Charles could speak, Joseph asked again, "Charles, what do you think about this? Should we cooperate with the British?"

After that, he nodded gently, suggesting that Charles say something good in front of this British woman. He was afraid that this kind of Bonapartist general still had resentment towards Britain.

The results showed that he greatly underestimated the intelligence and chastity of "pure Bonapartists".

"We should of course cooperate with Britain, not only to seize the British, but also after seizing the British."

Charles spoke very quickly, without any hesitation, as if it was not him who said "We must defeat Britain" before.

Looking at Charles's reaction, Miss Blue Stockings nodded slightly.

"Oh? Why?" Joseph Bonaparte asked in a low voice.

"Because now the British are the most dangerous enemy of France and the enemy that should be dealt with the most. It has now extended its claws to the mouth of the Danube. If we don't find a way to stop it, the consequences will be terrible." Charles answered directly, "And in order to defeat the British, the support of the British is indispensable."

"Pa", "Pa", "Pa", "Pa"

Before Joseph Bonaparte could answer, Miss Perriette next to him clapped quietly. At this moment, her expression was very serious, and her previous charm had been completely covered by this seriousness.

"You are absolutely right, Mr. Treville. The Japanese have now reached the mouth of the Danube, and they will definitely want to enter Romania and the Balkans. If they succeed, where will they go next? Austria or Italy? Either situation is unacceptable!

If we don't find a way to stop it as soon as possible, in another ten or twenty years, no one will be able to resist the Slavic craze, and eventually the Tsar's gray beasts will flood the whole of Europe, and no country or nation will be able to survive its iron hoof. In order to prevent this day from happening, England and France should stand together and give the Japanese a hard blow, cut off their claws, and let them remember this lesson forever."

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【Refers to the eighth Russo-Turkish war in 18 (-18), when Russia defeated Turkey and once reached the gates of Constantinople, but had to stop its advance due to a large outbreak of plague in the army (about a quarter of the 20,000 soldiers were infected). Under the mediation of Prussia, Russia made peace with Turkey. Through this war and the Treaty of Adrianople, Russia obtained the Danube estuary and its nearby islands and the eastern coast of the Black Sea, and Turkey recognized the annexation of Georgia, Imereti, and Mingrelia to Russia. 】

"The French government supported Russia's action at the time, and now we have to correct this mistake." Joseph Bonaparte added softly.

【At that time, the Bourbon dynasty of France supported Russia because of the Greek uprising. 】

I don't know if it was Charles's illusion or something, anyway, he felt that Miss Blue Stockings' tone had a lot of hatred for Russia and the Russian Tsar.

But her words were not wrong. Russia at this moment did seem very powerful and was casting its shadow on every corner of Europe. In politics and diplomacy, it relied on the Holy Alliance and various propaganda to package itself as a supporter of orthodoxy and the protector of European monarchs, winning the loud applause of reactionaries in various countries; in the military, it relied on the Cossacks and almost inexhaustible manpower, as well as the "invincible" combat power boasted by the Tsarist organization, which made countries secretly afraid.

Because of this, it destroyed the continental balance that Britain needed, and it was not surprising that it became a big enemy in the eyes of the British.

In modern European history, there is a seemingly contradictory and strange thing-why did Britain, which had been fighting against Napoleon for fifteen years, tolerate his nephew to rebuild the empire again decades later?

The reason is very simple, because at that time France was no longer regarded by Britain as the biggest threat on the European continent, but the ** was. The British needed France to contain the **, just as they needed the ** and Austria to contain Napoleon. There is no doubt that the British hated Napoleon at that time, but mature diplomats and politicians would not let emotions affect their rational judgment.

Therefore, the British acquiescence and even secret help for the rise of Napoleon III can be understood - compared with the somewhat weak July Monarchy, Napoleon's nephew dared to confront the enemy directly. Louis Bonaparte, who was staying in Britain at the moment, must have made similar promises and guarantees to the British in exchange for such acquiescence and secret help.

Why did Napoleon III almost couldn't wait to launch a war against Russia less than two years after he became emperor? Because he had to do so. The people at home were tired of weak diplomacy, the soldiers were eager for honor and achievements, and the needs of foreign allies... Everything made him have to fight this war, to fight the enemy!

Charles did not have such a special hatred for the enemy, but from a practical analysis, he also agreed that France had to fight this war. Britain is still too strong now, almost unshakable, and it is very unwise to challenge it directly. It is beneficial to fight another enemy with it first.

"We promised the British government that once the Bonaparte family regained the throne of France, as long as the country was settled, we would immediately follow Britain to severely strike France." Joseph Bonaparte looked at Charles, without missing any of his expressions, "Charles, what do you think?"

"Very good, very good, absolutely right!" Charles answered immediately.

"Good job, Charles!" Joseph Bonaparte breathed a sigh of relief.

Obviously, the last loyalty test for Mr. Charles de Treville was also successfully completed, and the effect also made him very satisfied. Charles strictly abided by the "route program" formulated by the Bonaparte family. This young man is completely his own man.

As Charles answered, he also had different thoughts in his mind.

In 1848, the Bonaparte family came to power, and as a result, they had to fight the invaders;

In 1902, a certain island country signed an alliance treaty with Britain, and then they had to fight the invaders;

It seems that after the mid-19th century, countries that wanted to embrace the British Empire had to fight the invaders once... (To be continued.)