Make France Great Again

"Damn it! Have those Bonapartists already infiltrated the army?"

Lamartine's veins bulged, and he clenched his fists and yelled loudly.

Lamartine, who had experienced the February Revolution, undoubtedly understood that the army played a pivotal role in the revolution, especially the group of regular army troops stationed near Paris, which decided whether the entire revolutionary regime would survive.

Had it not been for the king (referring to Louis Philippe) who was unwilling to mobilize the army, the republican regime would not have been able to gain a foothold in Paris.

[Louis-Philippe ascended to the throne with the support of the National Guard. He was born with a weak foundation and could not win the trust of the army. In addition, the attitude of the Kingdom of Orleans to the European powers during the 18-year period caused even more arousal. The discontent of the army. This situation was eased when Marshal Soult came to power. However, after the fall of Marshal Soult, Louis Philippe, who lacked a bridge to communicate with the army, was even more unable to trust the army. Zuo dispatched troops to suppress the request of the banquet movement in the territory. A revolution in February of the following year made Louis Philippe flee Paris in a hurry before mobilizing the army. The army that had lost allegiance could only reluctantly accept the Republic. 】

If the army turned to support the Bonapartists, what would happen to the fate of the French Republic.

Lamartine pondered anxiously about the future of the Republic.

The split between the two classes and the hidden dangers of the army bothered him deeply.

"Where's General Gulden? As the commander of Paris, he should have banned such things! Could it be that he also wants to restore the empire?" Lamartine pointed the contradiction at Gulden, but he never forgot The viscount's "black history".

[Amable Gaspard Viscount Henry Gulden (1790-1877), took office during the Empire and the Restoration Dynasty, served as a member of the extreme left from 1842 to 1848, and served as a member of the Paris National Self-Defense Force after the February Revolution Commander-in-Chief of the Paris National Guard. 】

"Sir, General Gulden, he..." Chambo wanted to say that General Gulden had no ability to influence the regular army in Paris, but he, who was good at observing words and expressions, clearly realized that Mr. Lamartine just needed to find an excuse to vent his anger.

"Chaos! Chaos! The whole of Paris is in chaos! Do they have to put the tsar's bayonet on France's neck before they wake up?" Lamartine yelled in despair.

Under internal and external difficulties, Lamartine even wondered for a moment whether the establishment of a republican government was premature.

Chambo could only watch Lamartine venting in the study alone.

Lamartine, who had vented indiscriminately, regained his composure and asked Champoll, "Is there anything else?"

"No more!" Shang Bo decisively concealed some trivial matters.

"That's good! That's good!" Lamartine nodded and muttered softly.

At this moment, the knock on the door came from the study again.

"Come in!" Lamartine and Chambo looked at the door at the same time.

Madame Lamartine appeared from the door.

"Hello madam!" Shang Bo hurriedly saluted the "First Lady" in front of him.

"Mr. Chambo, hello!" Madame Lamartine raised her head proudly and responded to Chambo.

This condescending attitude disgusted Champoll, but he did not dare to show the slightest disrespect.

Then, she turned her eyes to Lamartine and said, "Honey, Mr. Thiers is here, and he is downstairs now!"

"Thiers? What is he doing here?" Lamartine frowned, with a trace of disgust in his expression.

As a Romantic, he did not like Thiers, a political chameleon.

Although he repeatedly declared himself a republican, Lamartine, who had been with him for several years, knew that this guy was an egoist at heart.

"Said M. Thiers,

He can solve your troubles! "Madame Lamartine spoke with respect, and her attitude towards Thiers was completely different from that of Chambord.

"Bring him in, then!" said Lamartine to Madame.

As a politician, he must not be swayed by personal emotions, Lamartine still understands the truth.

Not long after, a short, round "little old man" appeared in Lamartine's study. He was the "founder" of the future Third Republic and Thiers, the executioner of the Paris Commune.

As soon as Thiers entered the door, he first complimented Lamartine: "Congratulations, Mr. Lamartine, you are now the most powerful person in all of France. Among the people of our generation (referring to the Romantics), you are the most powerful person." Take the highest position! Perhaps I should call you Regent?"

"Thiers, I don't need to say more compliments! I don't think you came to visit me specially to say something useless! You said you can help me solve my difficulties, what is going on?" Lamartine Obviously don't take this set, he said bluntly.

"Your Excellency, now the whole of Paris is like a big volcano! We overthrew His Majesty Louis Philippe, but we have to fight with those rebels! I think this will only tear the Republic apart!" Speaking, Thiers, who was talking nonsense, said to Lamartine: "Although I am a member of the Party of Order, I also don't want the Republic to be torn apart again. I am willing to do my part to serve the Republic!"

"Mr. Thiers, what do you think should be done in the current situation?" Lamartine asked Thiers.

"I was also appointed by His Majesty Louis-Philippe to serve as the steward of the country for several years." Thiers said modestly: "I have encountered your situation in 1840. At that time, my way of ending Presumably you should also understand!"

"After that, you step down!" Lamartine retorted immediately.

Thiers spread his hands and said helplessly: "Your Majesty's will is something I cannot defy! When the country needs me, I will stand up! When the country does not need me, I will be thrown aside like a scrapped machine. After that, I understood a truth, a harmless idol helps to maintain the whole stability!"

"But we don't have Napoleon anymore!" Lamartine's attitude softened.

"Napoleon is a flag, we only need a figure close to Napoleon, and we can turn it into a god!" Thierstu saw.

Lamartine instantly understood what Thiers meant, and he looked at Thiers suspiciously. Thiers didn't know when he got mixed up with the Bonapartists.

But Thiers' scheme is indeed a way to ease the contradiction.

"You (the Party of Order) think so too?" Lamartine tentatively asked the Party of Order for their suggestions.

Thiers remembered the original promise made by the Bonapartist Eugene Rouet in his mind, he nodded and said, "Of course!"