Facing everyone's questioning looks, Cavaignac, who was born in the military, showed no stage fright.
"After the coup, power will be concentrated in Jérôme Bonaparte's Elysee Palace. I understand this very well!" Cavaignac said with confidence: "They are not willing to concentrate all power on that Italian boy.
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"General Cavaignac, do you mean that the purpose of their military exercises at this time is not a coup?" Lamartine, who was relieved in his heart, asked again.
Lamartine, who also served as the leader of the Republic, is like a newcomer to politics compared to Cavaignac.
"The purpose of their military parade is to demonstrate against us!" Bastide, who once served as Foreign Minister, also pointed out the source of the problem pointedly: "The purpose of publishing the military parade openly in the newspapers is also to disrupt our army!"
"Then what method should we use to deal with it!" Lamartine then asked Cavaignac.
Bastide and Cavaignac looked at each other, and Bastide spread his hands and said helplessly: "There is no way!"
Cavaignac also added: "Changarnier and Odilon Barrow obviously have the support of their party and the president, and we cannot defeat them through procedures!"
"Then we can only sit and do nothing?" Lamartine shouted in despair.
"Mr. Lamartine, it's useless no matter how much you shout!" Cavaignac, who lost his power, said with hatred: "We have lost everything! The army, the police, the National Guard, now we can only pray that they can
Be kind!"
If it weren't for these guys' desperate opposition, he would have already reached a cooperation with the Party of Order and became the first president of France.
With control over the army and police, he is fully capable of clearing out the Party of Order and returning a clean cabinet to the National Assembly.
Unlike some remnants of dynasties who now sit openly in the cabinet, revolutionaries like them were kicked out.
"That's right! President, we can influence the President! As long as the President disagrees, everything can still be saved!" A voice came from behind Lamartine, and everyone noticed the guy behind Lamartine. He was Victor.
.Hugo’s son Charles Hugo.
"My father supported the president at the beginning. He should be able to persuade the president to give up the military parade!" Charles Hugo said excitedly: "I believe the president will not be willing to see the Party of Order dominate. This is not in line with his checks and balances."
choose!"
Everyone is thinking about Charles Hugo's answer. From the perspective of maintaining checks and balances, the National Assembly has no trace. Jérôme Bonaparte is indeed unable to kill the republicans.
[ps: The Republicans still regard Jérôme Bonaparte as a passer-by who has just finished class.]
"Will this cause trouble to Mr. Hugo?" Lamartine hesitated. As a friend of Hugo, Lamartine really didn't want to see his old friend in trouble. The Party of Order and the Republicans belong to two different camps!
"No!" Charles Hugo responded immediately: "Although my father is in the Party of Order, his heart has always been with you! My father must be very willing to help!"
With Charles Hugo's assurance, Lamartine and others pinned their hopes on Victor Hugo.
Lamartine personally went to the Place des Vosges to visit Hugo. After a short discussion, Victor Hugo decided to help the Republicans "get through the difficulties."
Victor Hugo took a stagecoach to the Elysée Palace.
At this time, Jerome Bonaparte was sitting in a square room in the Elysée Palace, with Empire-style walls and white wood decoration. Oil paintings and sculptures were hung on the walls. Although the oil paintings were not painted by celebrities, they were also unique.
Flavor.
President Jérôme Bonaparte's round head was covered with red velvet. Sitting on the left side of him was a beautiful young woman. She was the Marquise Allais.
Morny and another reserved middle-aged man sat directly opposite Jérôme Bonaparte.
"Mr. President, I take the liberty of disturbing you at this time!" the middle-aged man said nervously, clasping his hands on his thighs.
"Alfred Piccard, right?" Jérôme Bonaparte showed a kind smile and said in a kind tone: "It doesn't matter! No matter what time, I am willing to fight on the front line with people like you.
Talk to workers!”
The guy in front of me is a member of the railway committee that Morny is planning to establish, and he is also a national engineer in the Road and Bridge Corps.
Today he arrived with Morny to report to Jérôme Bonaparte on the tasks he had assigned to the Railway Commission.
"Mr. President, all the information is here!" Alfred Pilka handed a pile of compiled information to Jerome Bonaparte.
After receiving the information, Jérôme Bonaparte did not look through the thick information, but directly asked Pilka: "Mr. Pilka, I would like to ask if France has the ability to complete the planned plan at this stage!"
Pilka said intermittently: "If...I mean if the financial issue is not taken into consideration..."
"There is no need to consider the financial issue, I just need to ask if you have any technical difficulties!" Jérôme Bonaparte said to Pilka.
"There are no technical difficulties! We have been measuring and calibrating those railways for more than ten years!" Alfred Piccard explained to Jérôme Bonaparte.
"Very good!" Jérôme Bonaparte nodded slightly. He picked up the information, flipped through it, and asked, "Mr. Piccard, are you confident that you can complete these lines within five years?"
"Mr. President, we are confident that we can complete it! It's just..." Picard hesitated and did not speak.
"Just what?" Jérôme Bonaparte raised his head and looked at Piccard.
"It's just that it's very likely to cost hundreds of millions of francs!" Alfred Piccard gritted his teeth and said, "We have roughly calculated the required costs, including Lyon-Marseille, Paris-Nancy-Stein
The cost of these major trunk lines, such as Lasbourg, Paris-Brussels, Paris-Bruges-Toulouse, and Paris-Nantes-Brest, is conservatively estimated to be between 100 and 200 million francs per year!"
"Oh my God!" Alfred Pilka's figures did not frighten Jérôme Bonaparte, but instead frightened the Marquise Allais beside him.
The gold content of one franc in 1848 was 0.29 grams, which amounted to 100-200 million francs per year, which is equivalent to an annual investment of 29-58 tons of gold.
"Don't worry about the cost! Have faith in the market's confidence in the railway!" Jérôme Bonaparte tried to comfort Alfred Piccard.
ps: I reviewed the Constitution of the Second French Republic and found that the power of the President in the Constitution of the Second Republic is close to that of an autocratic emperor. The National Assembly cannot do any harm to the President without forming an absolute advantage of two-thirds.
The reorganization of military power can be completed by replacing the Minister of War. In other words, as long as the President and the Minister of War are strong enough, they can directly kick the Parliament aside. I really don’t know what the Constituent Assembly thinks, giving the President more power than Orleans