Make France Great Again

The active cooperation and self-knowledge of the royal family of Orleans surprised Odilon Barro, and he even felt regretful.

If the royal family of Orleans had cooperated actively earlier (for example: before the Cayenne party in 1847) as it is now, with the leading position of the Orleans family in the financial capitalists, coupled with the "people-friendly" personality and moderate Republican party run by the Orleans family for many years With respect from the Duchess, the Kingdom of Orleans has the possibility of surviving.

It's a pity that no one thought that the Kingdom of Orleans, which had been in power for eighteen years and had many experiences in Parisian street fighting, would be directly overthrown by a sudden revolution. Thiers, who wanted to serve as Prime Minister of Orleans again, had to announce in a high-profile way that he was Tomorrow on the eve of the revolution. The republicans (political chameleons) tried to save the Kingdom of Orleans with Odilon Barro.

The financial capitalists who defended the Orleans Dynasty also did not expect that the Orleans Kingdom they had worked so hard to forge would be overthrown by mobs.

For quite some time after the establishment of the Second Republic, some financial capitalists were still secretly regretting whether it was because they exploited the Kingdom of Orleans too harshly that caused this shortage.

Of course, if given another chance. They will definitely go the old way.

The attribute of the financial class is to eat more and spit less.

[PS: Since the first generation of the Duke of Orleans, the Orleans family has been the leader of the financial class in Paris. In lending and banking, the Duke of Orleans is also far ahead. During the Great Revolution, the Orleans family funded the revolution and imagined that after Louis XVI stepped down, the Orleans family could come to power by being close to the people. Louis Philippe's father, Louis Equality, Duke of Orleans, voted for the execution of Louis XVI. As the revolution became more and more intense, Louis Philippe left Louis Equality and fled France independently, and Louis Equality was also sent to the guillotine. Louis Philippe did not return to France until Louis XVIII succeeded to the throne. However, he has always been hated by the orthodox as a descendant of the regicide. After 1830, usurpers were added. 】

Then again, in fact, before Odilon Barro had decided whether to leave for Claremont Township, he had already considered various scenarios of meeting Louis Philippe.

These include Louis Philippe beating him to death and blaming himself and the Party of Order as thieves, or the former king would rather die than support his strategy.

Odilon Barro, who was going very smoothly, could not help but feel some compassion for Louis Philippe.

"Mr. Barrow, what is the current political situation in France? Can we return to France?"

Just after Odilon Barro and Louis Philippe finished negotiating the "pension" of the Duchess of Orleans,

A voice like an oriole came from the right side of Odilon Barro.

Hearing the voice, Odilon Barro hurriedly stood up, bowed and said guiltily, "Ma'am!"

If Odilon Barro had to choose the person he was most ashamed of in his life, it would be Princess Mary, the widow of the Duke of Orleans.

The day after the February Revolution, Guizot was dismissed as a scapegoat, and Odilon Barrot and Thiers were invited to form a cabinet.

As the February Revolution became more intense, Odilon Barro faintly felt that the general trend of the revolution was irreversible. It just so happened that Louis Philippe also fled in a hurry at this time, leaving only one sentence: the Earl of Paris succeeded to the throne, the Duchess of Orléans assisted in politics with only a few words, and an ignorant child and a woman who was not proficient in politics were left behind. The side palace faced the councilors in the Bourbon palace, and at that time I could only "cowardly" [Mr. Barrow thought he had failed the Duchess of Orleans] and hid aside, letting the Duchess of Orleans bear the mob alone.

[PS: The Duchess of Orleans was widely loved by people of all parties except the orthodox before and after the February Revolution. King Louis Philippe fled. Republican generals such as General Nuo and General Ramorisier also protected the Duchess of Orleans on the eve of the February Revolution. 】

Elena Mecklenburg Schwechen, the Duchess, held a child wearing a miniature national self-defense army and saluted Odilon Barro: "Mr. Barro, please forgive me for being a woman Too much political involvement! For the sake of your loyalty to the Kingdom of Orleans, please tell me, can we return to France?"

The duchess’s wail like a yellow oriole, combined with her expression of “I still feel sorry for you”, can hardly make people feel compassionate, not to mention that before the February Revolution, Odilon Barrot maintained a good relationship with the duchess. friendship relationship. During the February Revolution, because he "abandoned" the Duchess again.

Odilon Barro told the truth with even more guilt: "Madam! Although we (the Party of Order) have taken control of the parliament, the Republican Party and the Party of Order are still a huge force. The Orleans faction is trying to unite with the Orleans faction), and the royal family of Orleans will have to wait for some time before returning to France."

Afterwards, Odilon Barro changed the subject and responded in a firm tone: "Please believe me, my colleagues and I will do our best to help the royal family return to France."

At this time, Odilon Barrot didn't know that his colleague Thiers was no longer satisfied with being the Prime Minister of Orleans. He wanted to become the real French Dictator, even if the time limit of this Dictator was only 4 years. , he also wants to spend his whole life striving to be able to dance with France.

"Mr. Barrow, the hope of the royal family is entrusted to you!" The Duchess assured Odilon Barrow: "Please rest assured that once the kingdom is restored, you will still be the prime minister of the kingdom. And please tell Mr. Lamartine , I am very grateful to him for defending me and the Count of Paris (son of the Duchess of Orleans, heir to the throne) regardless of his safety during that revolution! I sincerely hope to meet Mr. Lamartine and others again, and the revolution will not affect Our friendship!"

The "long-sleeved and good at dancing" Duchess of Orleans described the entire revolution as an accident in just a few words, and at the same time used her relationship with the Republicans to try to win over Lamartine and others to maintain a neutral attitude.

Even Odilon Barro had to praise the Duchess for her tact. It seemed that the Duchess of Orleans had grown a lot during her more than a year in Britain.

"I will pass on your thanks to Mr. Lamartine!" Odilon Barro replied, "However, the situation in Paris is far more complicated than imagined."

"Mr. Barrow, what's your plan?" Perhaps because of his ardor for his children and grandchildren, Louis Philippe, who originally didn't plan to talk about the future with Odilon Barrow, spoke up.

[Since Louis Philippe escaped from France, his health has been getting worse and worse as he lost hope of power. He thinks that he may not live to the day when the Orleans family will regain the summit, and the next generation's affairs should be left to the children and grandchildren. 】

Odilon Barlow was stunned for a moment, but he didn't react for a moment: "Your Majesty, what do you mean?"

"The Orleans family's plan to return to France!" Louis-Philippe said to Odilon Barrot word by word, and then softened his words: "Prime Minister Barrot, you will not deceive me with a fake and empty words daughter-in-law and grandson!"

Regarding Louis Philippe's almost begging words, Odilon Barro remained silent for a long time.

To be honest, Odilon Barrot only had a rough outline of the plan for the Orleans royal family to return to France, and the details in the middle still need to be discussed with other colleagues to be successful.

Let Odilon Barrow tell the plan now. If Odilon Barrow's plan is unsuccessful or even leaked, Odilon Barrow will probably take the blame.

"Monsieur Barrow!" cried the Duchess of Orléans.

The Duchess's soft voice broke Odilon Barrot's insistence, he could only confess part of his planned strategy to Louis Philippe: "Your Majesty, I think you should understand that relying on our strength alone (Orleans faction) It is impossible to bring the royal family back to France, so we need the power of Bourbon."

"Oh!" Louis Philippe laughed at himself: "With the help of those guys? It was because of them that the kingdom collapsed! Now, they actually want to cooperate with us? Will they cooperate with a kingslayer? A usurper? "

"Cough...cough...cough..." Louis Philippe's voice trembled slightly, and his expression was extraordinarily excited, which made the coughing even more intense.

Since Louis Philippe ascended the throne in Paris City Hall in 1830, Louis Philippe has been guarding against the counterattack of the Bourbon main branch all the time. In order to contain the main branch, he gave up the supervision of the Bonapartists and the Republicans, and even the same Collaboration with the renegade Bonapartists.

For the orthodox faction who acted secretly, they even adopted an attitude of killing and killing. How could the hatred of eighteen years be resolved in a short time.

The Legitimists must wish I could die now!

Louis Philippe laughed at himself inwardly.

"Your Majesty, times are changing!" Odilon Barro said, "We must choose a compromise solution!"

"How to compromise?" Louis Philippe asked again.

"Count Chambord has no children yet!" Odilon Barrot said cryptically, and then he looked at the Count of Paris, who was still 11 years old, and the meaning was self-evident.

"Mr. Barrow, I leave everything to you!" Louis Philippe solemnly said to Odilon Barrow.

"Yes! I will definitely do my best!" Odilon Barro responded.

Of course, Odilon Barro's question about the union was not completely entrusted to Louis Philippe.

The prerequisite for the Legitimacy's willingness to unite with the Orleanists was the death of the regicide and usurper Louis-Philippe.

However, after meeting Louis Philippe, Odilon Barrot believed that it would not be long before the Orthodox faction and the Orleans faction fully merged.