I Am the Crown Prince in France

Chapter 514 The Future of Corsica

The sky gradually darkened.

Filippo was still sitting on the hillside opposite the village of Nongza, with torn newspapers under his feet. He stared at the village in the distance as if he was stunned, but his heart was in a painful struggle.

He knew that the Restoration Movement was facing a huge dilemma. The village must be burned to solve all the problems, and the Restorationists could continue to compete with the French...

However, that would also allow a guy who committed rape and corruption to continue to serve as the leader of the Restoration Organization-Filippo had always believed that Paulie's embezzlement of the organization's funds was a false accusation, and after the rape case in London, he believed that it should be true.

But if he didn't set this fire, the Restoration Organization that he had been fighting for since he was a child would fall into division, then lose control of the parliament, and eventually fail.

At present, the only person who is capable of integrating the Restoration Organization is Paulie...

But he is a dirty, shameless beast, a criminal!

So will the Restoration ideal that he has been pursuing for decades come to nothing?

After an unknown amount of time, Filippo smiled miserably and shook his head continuously, unable to make a decision.

He suddenly stood up and walked briskly towards the steep slope on the left.

Since he couldn't make a decision, he would leave it to God...

Thinking of this, he jumped down the nearly vertical slope, his body tumbling rapidly, bouncing on the rocks several times, leaving a trail of blood.

The next day at noon, a villager found a man's body at the foot of the mountain and hurried back to the village to tell the parish priest.

Agosta and the captain of the guards had not seen Filippo all night, nor had they seen the fire in Nonza Village, so they came to look for him nearby, and happened to meet the villagers who were rushing to check on the dead...

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Although only half a month had passed, Paoli's rape case had lost its popularity in London, and he himself had paid bail and returned home - an influential politician like him was unlikely to be brought down by such a "small case" - but the matter continued to ferment in Corsica, occupying everyone's chat content, and it was already known to everyone.

Of course, this was the result of the anti-Paoli faction's vigorous propaganda, and the pro-French faction also cooperated secretly. The front page of the newspaper every day was almost all about the Paoli case.

Battolio even asked someone to buy thousands of copies of the London Gazette, which published the case, and put them in various towns for people to read for free.

Under such a public opinion offensive, the election situation of the Paoli faction plummeted. In the parliamentary election after the case, they only won one seat.

And the anti-Paoli faction became the biggest winner. Especially those who had previously criticized them and slandered Paoli, all turned around and voted for them.

Some people also developed a dislike for the Restorationists because of the bad deeds of Paoli, the leader of the Restorationists, which led to the pro-French faction unexpectedly winning some votes.

A month later, the provincial council election in Corsica ended.

The anti-Paoli faction led by Bartolio won 35% of the seats in one fell swoop. At the same time, Girolamo, the insider, also started to compete for the position of speaker with the support of Chamos, and currently has a clear advantage.

Count Buttafuoco led the pro-French faction to win 33% of the seats, creating the best result since France ruled Corsica.

Although the Paoli faction was defeated in the later period, it still occupied 18% of the seats of parliamentarians with its huge advantage at the beginning of the election.

The neutral faction suffered the most, because it was labeled as sympathizing with Paoli, so it only won 14% of the seats-in political struggles, ambiguous positions have never been sought after by people.

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In a vineyard on the outskirts of Ajaccio, Girolamo saw from afar a fat nobleman appearing at the gate and whispered to Bartolio beside him: "He's here."

The latter straightened his collar and took the initiative to greet him. Without giving the other party a chance to salute, he said stiffly: "Tell me, what do you want, and leave quickly after you finish speaking."

"You are so cold."

The visitor was Count Butafuoco. He still insisted on raising his hat and said: "But you'd better change your attitude. After all, we will meet often after the cooperation. Isn't it better to have a more harmonious atmosphere?"

"Cooperation?" Bartolio sneered, "What can I cooperate with you?"

Count Butafuoco did not take it as an offense and smiled: "Didn't you notice?

"Your faction and mine together already have more than two-thirds of the seats in the parliament.

"You know what this means."

Batolio frowned. He knew that two-thirds of the seats would be enough to make a law, but he still said coldly: "So what?"

"We can work together to promote the decree and completely bury Paoli and his men."

Battrio was stunned.

Although the anti-Paoli faction gained an advantage in the parliamentary election, Paoli still has a great influence in the Restoration Organization.

If the Paoli faction can be eliminated from the legislative level, then his anti-Paoli will inevitably become the backbone of the Restoration Organization.

He can even be promoted to the new leader of the Restoration Organization.

He thought quickly. If he could achieve this goal, it is not impossible to use the pro-French faction.

Battrio's face became a little kinder, and he gestured to the room: "Please come in and talk in detail."

A few hours later, Count Buttafuoco completed his mission and left.

In the house in the vineyard, Battorio looked at Girolamo: "What do you think of cooperating with them?"

"This is a good opportunity." The latter said very firmly, "It's just a legislative bill. After that, we will no longer deal with the pro-French faction."

Bartolio also nodded with deep understanding.

However, he only focused on immediate interests and ignored that legislative voting in Parliament was conducted in public.

As long as he joins forces with the pro-French faction to suppress the Paulists this time, then in the eyes of the Corsican people, he will be a collaborator of the pro-French faction.

As for political struggle, once you succeed once, you will be unable to help but continue to use it in the future.

In addition, the financial backers behind the Bartoli faction are also "Infernal Affairs". It can be predicted that it will not be long before they will be completely bound to Count Butafuoko.

To be honest, in the eyes of Joseph, who had witnessed various Western political conspiracies in later generations, these novices in electoral politics were as simple as elementary school students...

A week later.

Under the chairmanship of the new Speaker Girolamo, the Corsican Parliament passed a new bill with a high vote.

The bill stipulated that Pauli was permanently deprived of his Corsican citizenship. No Corsican was allowed to contact Paoli in any way, otherwise he would be charged with treason. All of Paoli's private property was confiscated to the Corsican Parliament to compensate for his embezzlement, and his books were banned from sale in Corsica.

This series of laws seemed to only target Pauli himself, but in fact they dug into the Pauli roots of the Zionist organization.