Eagle’s Glory

This is an ordinary day in summer, and the temperature makes people drowsy. Even the Greek Parliament Chamber in Astros City can't cheer up.

Since the convening of the second National Assembly, this little-known small town of Astros has become the temporary residence of the Greek Parliament, exercising its weak but legitimate representative function and enacting the Greek constitution.

However, shortly after its establishment, the good wishes originally pinned on it immediately came to naught—for various reasons, there was a fierce confrontation between the parliament and the leader of the army, Theozolos-Kolokotronis, And eventually lead to civil war.

Although the civil war ended with the temporary victory of the parliament and the government, it also had a devastating effect, weakening the strength of the independent army. The Turks took the opportunity to make a comeback. In the end, most of the territory fell to the Turks again. The Greek independent government The territory that can be controlled is now only limited to the small Peloponnese Peninsula.

The sudden turn of the situation has dealt a blow to the authority of the parliament, but for the current members of parliament, it is already a matter of good fortune to be able to maintain their current status.

The seats in the chamber are not full today, but no one is surprised. After all, since the opening of the second National Assembly, due to various political changes and military pressure from Turkey, there are often members of the National Assembly when it meets. Absent, compared to today, there are already a lot of people.

Under the announcement of the speaker, the parliament started today's agenda.

As usual, the Greek parliamentarians, in accordance with the rules of procedure, fiercely debated all the unresolved issues on the agenda. Although they seemed to have enthusiasm, they just continued the past quarrels unchanged. They could neither reach a consensus nor understand the real world. cause any meaningful change.

While they were having these debates, there was a sudden commotion at the door of the chamber.

Among the disputing people, not many people paid much attention to the commotion, but when the gate was opened, their dispute finally ended inevitably.

They were stunned to find that a group of heavily armed soldiers broke in and looked at them with very dangerous eyes.

As they rushed into the venue, the drowsy dullness here was swept away, and the murderous aura filled the room.

"Panos-Kolokotronis!"

Someone recognized the leader of the group of soldiers and exclaimed.

this young man,

He is the son of Theodoros Kolokotronis, a hero of the War of Independence. He has made many achievements before, so many people present know him.

During the civil war, he was wanted and was in exile, but later because Theozolos Kolokotronis was reactivated as the commander-in-chief, his wanted order was naturally cancelled.

But even so, no one saw him return to his father's side. Some people said that he was disheartened and chose to continue in exile abroad. Everyone accepted this statement, but he didn't expect him to appear here today.

"Mr. Panos-Kolokotronis, what are you doing here?" In the murderous atmosphere, the speaker came back to his senses and asked the young man loudly.

Accompanied by the speaker's questioning, a group of councilors came to their senses and echoed loudly.

"Get out! This is not where you should be!"

Although he now has a legal status, his appearance here, with weapons and soldiers, is obviously in violation of the law.

However, their clamor did not affect the young man. On the contrary, he did not flinch, but stared at the hideous group of people in front of him with stern eyes.

It was this group of men who had assembled against his father in the first place, which eventually sparked the civil war that killed a large group of his fellow soldiers.

If he could, he wished he could order the shooting and bloodbath of this ghost place right now, but he knew that he couldn't do that now, and when the nation was in peril, he had no time to worry about the previous enmity.

"Gentlemen, I'm here to present a motion," he replied loudly. "This bill is not only my personal will, but also the will of my father and all of us who fought bloody for our country. I implore you to pass it!"

"You have no right to propose any proposals!" Immediately someone roared to refute him.

"You have no right!" Under his leadership, almost everyone yelled. If they weren't afraid of the soldiers behind him, they might have swarmed him and knocked him down!

Panos Kolokotronis frowned and looked at the people in front of him. He picked up the pistol impatiently, and then looked up at the ceiling.

"It says I have rights!" he yelled.

"Bang!" With a loud noise, there was a bullet hole in the ceiling, and then a cloud of dust fell into the air.

This loud bang made the venue immediately silent.

The councilors looked at each other in blank dismay, no one thought that this daring young man could do such a thing.

This is a coup.

And it must be the coup led by the commander-in-chief Theozolos-Kolokotronis secretly, and his son Panos is just an executor.

Now that he has assumed this stance, he will definitely not be able to let it go with just a few words. Many people present have enmity with them. Who knows what they will do next?

Fear silenced the noisy congressmen.

"What motion do you want to propose?" After a moment of silence, the Speaker asked.

"Now no one says I have no rights?" Panos Kolokotronis sneered.

Then he didn't keep his secrets anymore, and walked directly to the rostrum, and then faced the congressmen, and stated his intentions loudly.

"Given the serious situation currently facing the cause of our country's independence, we urgently need assistance from friendly people abroad. Therefore, I propose to the Government and Parliament to invite François-Charles Bonaparte, Master of the Knights of Fontainebleau Your Excellency, come to aid the cause of our country's independence, and save our country from peril."

As soon as his words fell, a new round of commotion was immediately triggered.

Captain of the Knights of Fontainebleau? No one knows what it is.

But the name of the person behind caused the people present to fall into extreme consternation.

"Are you colluding with the Duke of Reichstedt?" The speaker seemed to have reacted, and immediately asked him, "Are you instructed by him to coerce us?"

"I am asking you because of the needs of the national interest." Panos-Kolokotronis replied sarcastically, "Your Excellency Bonaparte has great sympathy for our cause of independence and is willing to spend huge sums Shouldn’t we be paying him the respect he deserves by sponsoring us to help our independent cause? We should extend a formal invitation to him immediately.”

This sudden news made the congressmen who didn't know the inside story at a loss. They could only continue to look at each other in blank dismay, and no one knew what to do.

Logically speaking, this does not seem like a bad thing, but the Colokotronis and his son actually used such severe methods to coerce the parliament. Obviously, the nature of the matter is much more serious than it appears on the surface.

"The motion you proposed is too sudden and not in line with the procedure." The speaker tried to ease the tension, so he proposed to Panos. "I suggest waiting a few days for a few members to formally propose this bill, and then the parliament will vote, so that it complies with our rules of procedure."

"Rules of procedure! Can you use the rules of procedure to drive away the Turks? If it can be done, I would be happy to agree!" Panos laughed and refuted the other party, "Now is not the time to pay attention to the rules of procedure, we want the result , immediately!"

While speaking, he waved his hands, and several soldiers waved their sabers in a showy way to show their determination.

"The bill must be passed today, otherwise no one will be able to leave." Panos Kolokotronis replied firmly. "Now, our situation is very critical, and we must not allow any more delays! Every second of delay will cause our loyal soldiers to bleed needlessly! Therefore, I must ask you to make a decision immediately, without delay!"

His arrogance aroused the anger of the opponents, and they clamored again, scolding Panos with the most fierce words.

"This is a coup d'état! Shameless coup d'état! You colluded with foreigners and put the country in danger!" a member of Parliament yelled at Panos, "Theodoros Kolokotronis will be nailed to the motherland On the pillar of shame of history!"

"Down with the coup!" "Down with Bonaparte!"

The small meeting hall was suddenly filled with scolding like a storm.

Panos Kolokotronis became more and more annoyed the more he heard it. Finally, he picked up his pistol and fired another shot at the ceiling, finally calming down the meeting place a little.

"It's you scumbags who are in danger for the country, you bastards!" He widened his eyes and looked at the group of people in front of him angrily. Let our brothers and sisters and our children have to face the butcher knife of the Turks again. You slaughtered your loyal fighters but could do nothing to the invaders. You could only watch the motherland fall! As a result, now you still have to curse those People who are really willing to fight to defend the motherland, curse those who pay a huge price to help you, you are shameless!"

After cursing, he patted the table in front of him heavily, then glared at the councilors in front of him.

"Facts have proved that your existence is meaningless and of no help to anyone! Honestly, let's play your last role, thank God, from now on our motherland will never be covered by you scum again Trapped!"

Following his curses, another group of soldiers came in from the door, and then came to the seats where the congressmen were sitting, watching almost every congressman.

Now everyone can see that the "request" brought by Panos Kolokotronis today cannot be rejected.

Anyway, he had to get this resolution today.

"No matter what happens today, this bill I proposed must be passed, otherwise the meeting will never be allowed to adjourn!" Panos Kolokotronis roared loudly on the conference table, "Anyone who refuses to fulfill his obligations will be Punishment as an enemy of the motherland will never be forgiven! Now, let's vote! I would like to see how long you will betray the motherland?!"

Seeing that he could no longer resist under the threat of his roar and the soldiers' long knives, the speaker had no choice but to violate the rules of procedure and formally put his proposal on the agenda.

The discussion was directly omitted, and the motion went directly to the voting process.

There is a soldier standing next to each congressman, and they stare at the sitting congressmen to express their will.

In such a murderous atmosphere, the vote was passed extremely quickly.

The resolution of Panos-Kolokotronis became a formal resolution - the Greek Parliament cordially invited His Excellency François-Charles-Bonaparte, head of the Knights of Fontainebleau, to help Greece's cause of independence.

Seeing that his will was finally carried out, Panos was in a very good mood.

However, he also knew that the passage of this bill did not mean that everything was done.

"Next, I hope that the parliament will pass a resolution, adjourn temporarily, and transfer power to the provisional government." He continued to put forward a new proposal, "All the members present will stay here temporarily, and when His Excellency Bonaparte arrives, we will hold The ceremony welcomes us together to show our respect and admiration for him!"

Of course, he would not be so stupid as to let all the MPs present, he would lock them up temporarily, and reconsider the next steps after a fait accompli was established.

Under his coercion, the parliament had to vote again and passed his proposal.

Seeing that he had achieved his goal so smoothly, Panos Kolokotronis only felt high-spirited.

However, in addition to being excited, he couldn't help but feel a little sad in his heart.

Is it for such a group of people that we have sacrificed so much before? It's ridiculous.

Fortunately, this mistake was finally corrected.

Standing on the podium, he watched as the soldiers escorted the group of councilors out of the chamber one by one and sent them to the designated place for detention. He finally walked out of the chamber when the chamber was empty.

At this moment, Edmond Dantès walked up to him calmly and bowed to him.

"Very clean. Congratulations."

Panos-Kolokotronis showed no excitement, but frowned and looked at his sponsor solemnly.

He walked up to the other party, then stopped, and patted the other party's shoulder heavily.

"Mr. Earl, all we can do is over, and now it is your turn."

"Of course, we won't let you down." Edmond Dantès replied generously.