Make France Great Again

"What do you want to do?" Jerome Bonaparte put away his sarcasm and asked solemnly.

Seeing that Jérôme Bonaparte's attitude was not completely resisting, Thiers couldn't help being a little happy.

As long as there are no clear objections, there is room for conversation.

The secret of politics is not to compromise with each other. All politicians after the Great Revolution believed that blindly killing political enemies would only repeat the tragedy of the Great Revolution. That's why the Duke of Orleans stayed after the fall of Charles X. Given his full escape incident, Louis Philippe was also released intentionally or unintentionally by the republicans after the fall of Louis Philippe.

"Mr. President, we must prevent the red elements from entering the parliament. Once they flood into the parliament, the entire legislative assembly and even the whole of France will be seriously threatened." Thiers tried to deliberately exaggerate the threat of "social democrats", So that Jerome Bonaparte believed his words: "Religion, morality, order will no longer exist, the rich will also be reduced to the target of killing, and even you will inevitably have to go through it."

Jérôme Bonaparte understood that what Thiers said by "walking up" was the guillotine of Louis XVI, which hung over the whole of France after drinking the blood of the despot and the blood of the republic.

"How are you going to exclude them from Parliament?" Jerome Bonaparte continued to ask.

"The red elements come from those who don't have enough to eat and do not have a proper job. To exclude them from the system needs to raise the threshold of elections! We should abolish the right to vote for those who live without a fixed place!" Thiers tactfully He spoke to Jérôme Bonaparte of his request to limit the law of universal suffrage.

"Oh! Monsieur Thiers!" Jerome Bonaparte said to Thiers sarcastically in an exaggerated tone, "I was elected by the universal suffrage, and now you want me to betray the universal suffrage!" ! Aren’t you digging my foundation?”

"Mr. President, to amend the constitution does not require general elections, but parliamentary approval!" Thiers showed a confident attitude, and he held his head high and chested out to Jérôme Bonaparte's showdown: "Mr. The second week of May of 2009 loses its rights!"

"No...no...the constitution of the French Republic chooses me! I respect the laws of the French constitution!" Jerome Bonaparte emphasized to Thiers under cover.

Jérôme Bonaparte's hypocrisy made Thiers smile, and he did not believe that President Napoleon would step down in peace.

"Mr. President, there is no need to hide it! No one wants to step down from this position! The power of the president of the republic is greater than that of the king!" Thiers sighed, shaking his head to himself: "Say It seems to be our own fault, why should the president's power be concentrated to the point where it is difficult to check and balance."

"Mr. Thiers! If you just came here to express your feelings, please come back!" Jérôme Bonaparte said to Thiers with a straight face.

"Mr. President, as long as we limit the votes of the red population, it is equivalent to excluding the republicans and the mountain party in the parliament, and the entire parliament will be controlled by us. At that time, how about we support you as the president?" Thiers also said Using Jerome Bonaparte's method of writing a blank check, he promised Jerome Bonaparte.

"You...support me to continue as president?" Jerome Bonaparte softened his attitude a bit, but he still evaded and probed: "Do people in the party think so?"

Thiers couldn't help but despise Jérôme Bonaparte. He thought that Jerome Bonaparte was so capable, because he was fascinated by power, just like Cavaignac back then.

"Although there are still a group of people in the Party of Order who disagree, most members of the Party of Order are willing to help you!" Thiers suddenly increased his volume: "A monarchist is always stronger than a republican."

Jerome Bonaparte continued to stare intently at Thiers.

After a long time, Jérôme Bonaparte showed a meaningful smile, and praised in a strange tone: "It's true, a monarch is always stronger than a republic."

"So, you agree?" Thiers couldn't help smiling, and his tone became cheerful.

"Mr. Thiers! If it's just a blank cheque, no one will believe it." Jerome Bonaparte spread his hands and changed the topic: "How can I believe that you are sincerely helping me? Amend the Constitution!"

"Please rest assured!" Facing Jérôme Bonaparte's doubts, Thiers was confident, and he still kept a smile on his face and said to Jérôme Bonaparte: "To show our sincerity, we will issue votes after restricting votes." , I will give you an absolutely generous reward!"

Thiers understood that in order to convince Jérôme Bonaparte, he needed to give him something to see, not just a piece of cake.

Since Jerome Bonaparte often held various banquets in the Elysee Palace, the meager salary of the president (600,000 francs, 24,000 pounds) has long been unable to meet the expenditure of the Elysee Palace. They only need to meet the needs of the president in this respect , the President will certainly not reject their proposal.

[According to the constitution of the Second French Republic, although the president of the republic has no right to obstruct the implementation of the constitution, he can delay the effective time of the constitution. In addition, the restriction of the universal suffrage law itself conflicts with the original constitution of the republic. Once the president is dissatisfied and messes around , the Legislative Assembly will become a target of public criticism, so the president must be "pacified" before the universal suffrage law is restricted. 】

Jerome Bonaparte raised three fingers and said greedily: "The parliament needs to increase the annual salary of the president to 1.2 million francs, and at the same time give me a one-time repayment of 3 million francs."

"Cough...cough...cough..." Jérôme Bonaparte's condition made Thiers startled, and such a condition has far exceeded Thiers' psychological limit.

The annual salary of 1.2 million francs plus 3 million francs in compensation is nothing short of a plunder for the whole of France. Let alone his refusal, even if he agreed, the Party of Order would not agree.

"Mr. President, I think your asking price is too high!" Thiers said firmly to Jerome Bonaparte: "An annual salary of up to 900,000 francs, plus 2 million francs in compensation."

"In this case, I can only choose to leave everything to the people to judge!" Jerome Bonaparte shook his head and said with a little regret.

Once Jerome Bonaparte reveals the news to people outside the parliament, the Parisians outside the parliament will surely rise up and attack the parliament.

At that time, they will face big troubles. Instead of doing this, they might as well satisfy his greed and make him shut up.

"An annual salary of 1 million francs, plus a one-time compensation of 2.16 million francs!" Thiers gritted his teeth and broke through his bottom line. This time he did not make any concessions: "Mr. President, 2.16 million francs can repay part of your debt! This is already It is our greatest sincerity!"

Although there is still some gap between this amount and the same period in history, the cousin in history raised the annual salary of the president to 3 million francs per year (2.16 million francs in real terms) by restricting the universal suffrage law, but considering that his presidential budget in 1849 was still If it is not distributed, the amount I can get is not much different from the same period in history.

Jérôme Bonaparte, who thought about it for a moment, nodded and agreed to Thiers' conditions: "I agree to your conditions! After all, the entry of the Reds into Parliament will not do us any good."

"Thank you for your understanding!" Thiers, who thought he had settled Jerome Bonaparte, heaved a sigh of relief.

As long as the president doesn't choose to make trouble, they can limit the universal suffrage law that gets in the way.

At that time, they will be able to kick Jérôme Bonaparte away as they kicked out Cavaignac.

However, in order to prevent Jérôme Bonaparte from rebelling, Thiers decided to let him finish his term as president and then step down.

Thiers, who claims to be the future president, needs to maintain the stability of the position of president, even if Thiers does not like Jerome Bonaparte as president.

If the first president faced the impeachment of the Congress and stepped down, then the next few terms will not be able to settle down.

"Your Excellency, let us join hands to form a barrier to block the red elements outside the parliament!" Thiers said to Jérôme Bonaparte with a grim expression.

Jerome Bonaparte also held out his hand and shook hands with Thiers: "Happy cooperation!"

After the inspection of the two foxes with ulterior motives, one fox got up and left, and the other fox pretended to leave and sent the departing fox out of the nest.

Jérôme Bonaparte, who watched Thiers leave, withdrew his smile, and turned to a terribly serious expression.

Following Jerome Bonaparte, Pessini, who was used to the changes in Jerome Bonaparte's expression, instantly realized that his "task" was coming again.

Sure enough, Jerome Bonaparte, who turned his back to Persini, gave Persini an order in a cold tone: "Pissini, invite Minister of Justice Rouet to my study!"

"Yes, Your Majesty!" Pescini responded, and then rode away with the two dragoons.

Jerome Bonaparte walked back to the study alone, looking at the two cups of steaming coffee placed on the round table in the study, he gently shook the bell at the corner of the table.

The bell made a crisp and pleasant sound, and the two servants in the corridor quickly entered after hearing the bell, and they asked respectfully: "Mr. President!"

"Pour out these two cups of coffee!" Jerome Bonaparte pointed to the two cups of coffee and said to the servant, and then pointed to the coffee cup Thiers had used and told him to brush it several times.

The servants were a little puzzled by Jerome Bonaparte's strange request, but they still chose to obey the president's order.