Chapter 236 The first shot of the Legislative Assembly
"Rastignac? Interesting!"
Jérôme Bonaparte at the Elysée Palace had his back to the desk and his legs crossed, flipping through the tabloid in his hand with great interest.
"Your Excellency, should we put this guy..." Valewski asked Jerome Bonaparte. He was worried that the contents of the newspaper would be used by people with malicious intentions.
At the end of the article, Rastignac has already hinted that the president is likely to launch a coup. For the Bonapartists who have not yet had a coup, this will undoubtedly expose them to the public eye.
After Jérôme Bonaparte moved his chair to face Valewski, he put the newspaper on the desk and said with a smile: "Since last year, there have been various reports that we are going to have a coup.
Now we are not still sitting here. There are some things that will easily lead to aesthetic fatigue if they are screamed too much. When the wolf comes, those people may not continue to scream."
Jerome Bonaparte paused for a moment, and while adjusting his folded collar, he continued: "However, Rastignac's article is still very sharp; he is also very good at controlling the contradictions in the article!
Establish the two opposites, and then leave it to the readers to judge for themselves. As long as the topic is active, there will be no need to worry about not having a subscriber base."
Jerome Bonaparte praised this "upstart" in Paris. For a journalist in the 19th century, if he wanted to knock on the door of the upper class quickly, the fastest way was to publish an article and then make his reputation known.
If you go out, you will receive an olive branch from the upper class.
As for whether the olive branch is strong or not, it depends on who is handing it to him.
There are many people who have been kicked out of high society because they were on the wrong team.
Even accepting an olive branch does not mean that you have truly entered the upper class. You still need to maintain your reputation as much as possible so that more people can know you. As long as more and more people identify with you, you will be able to take advantage of public opinion and win the title of "Bole".
Under his leadership, he completely stepped into the door of upper class society.
"Sir, what do you mean?" Valewski asked Jérôme Bonaparte.
Jérôme Bonaparte smiled and put his index finger and middle finger together, then gently poked the author's name and said: "I decided to give this person a chance! Tell my sister Mathilde, the next literature review
The salon can invite him!”
At the Elysée Palace, Jérôme Bonaparte was responsible for managing the political affairs, while Mathilde was responsible for receiving the literary figures.
It can be said that Mathilde is the literary "emperor" of the entire Elysée Palace, and Parisian literati are honored to receive Mathilde's invitation.
Since there was no specific party division in the literary world, Mathilde inevitably invited some literary men who were inclined to the Montagnards and Republicans, and Jérôme Bonaparte also turned a blind eye to this.
He is still very tolerant towards the literary world, and as long as he doesn't openly write articles to insult him, he can just laugh it off.
Of course, except for Dr. Ma on the other side of the Taiwan Strait, he was the only person who enjoyed mocking Jérôme Bonaparte while receiving his allowance. This honor can only be enjoyed by Dr. Ma.
More importantly, Dr. Ma himself did not know that he received a subsidy from Jérôme Bonaparte.
According to Marcel Jerug's report, the subsidy successfully alleviated Dr. Ma's dilemma. Even after being framed by the black-hearted landlord in Britain, he was still able to enjoy the big house.
You must know that in history, Dr. Ma spent money lavishly when he first arrived in Britain, and then was framed by a black-hearted landlord in Britain. He had to move from a big house to a dirty hut. Dr. Ma's young child also died during that time.
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It was not until Engels inherited the family business to subsidize Dr. Ma that Dr. Ma's situation improved.
The topic has gone too far.
"Yes!" Walewski understood.
Rastignac did not know that his own fate had been determined by Jérôme Bonaparte of the Elysee Palace.
Rastignac's "exposure" only made the people of Paris and members of the Party of Order nervous for a while.
With the publication of an article in "Bonaparte" titled "Bonaparte and Democracy", the tense atmosphere dissipated once again.
The signature of the article is Jerome Bonaparte, and the content of the article elaborates on Jerome Bonaparte's own concept of class cooperation and his determination to support the republic.
The people of Paris once again believed in this thief.
In late July, the temperature in Paris increased again, and the temperature this year even exceeded the previous two years.
The hot sunshine shines on every corner of Paris, under the shade of trees, under the shadow of buildings... Every place that can make people feel a bit of coolness is full of people.
In such weather, not to mention workers, even members of parliament who receive 50 francs a day are unwilling to go to the Bourbon Palace.
The number of members of the Bourbon Palace has dropped from 680 in mid-July to 500.
Among them, there are 322 people from the parties of Order (Bourbon, Orleans, Bonaparte, Moderate Republicans), and 178 people from the Montagnards and Republicans.
If the meeting had not been about to be adjourned, I am afraid that fewer people would have arrived at the Palais Bourbon.
On July 28, there are three days left until the Legislative Assembly adjourns.
The first meeting of the Legislative Assembly announced that Marast will no longer serve as speaker, and the position of speaker will be held by Dupin.
The Montagnards and Republicans fiercely opposed this.
Although Speaker Marast did not help him in the past two years, at least Marast has always maintained an impartial attitude.
Now that a republican like Speaker Maraster has been replaced by a royalist member, isn't this a naked announcement that the sacred Legislative Assembly is about to become a royalist assembly.
Due to the stalemate between the two sides, Thiers once again proposed to decide whether to stay or leave by vote.
The most comical scene since the founding of the Republic took place in the sacred Legislative Assembly.
Speaker Marast forced a smile and knocked on the wooden hammer and said: "Now we will vote on whether Marast will be the speaker!"
The Party of Order overwhelmingly voted in favor, while the Montagnards and Republicans all voted against it.
Parliament approved the recall by a relative margin of 278 to 222.
Speaker Marast voted to reject himself.
After the resolution was passed, Speaker Marast solemnly walked out of the speaker's seat where he had sat for nearly two years, and returned to the original podium again.
"I am very happy that you can continue to take this opportunity for me to serve as Speaker for nearly two years. A lot of things have happened during my tenure as Speaker... We are in the same boat and we are moving forward... I hope you can implement it on the road ahead.
The democratic spirit of France!" Speaker Marast (former) said affectionately to every member of the assembly present: "Long live France, long live democracy!"
The Republicans and the Montagnards stood up together and loudly cheered "Long live France, long live democracy!"
Although their number was small, their voices were enough to shake the entire Bourbon Palace.
Marast stepped down amidst the cheers of the Montagnards and Republicans. When he walked to the camp of the Party of Order, he smiled and nodded to Thiers of the Party of Order.
Thiers also smiled at Marast.
In the final analysis, it is just a tit-for-tat confrontation between powers, and stepping down means reconciliation.
Compared with Thiers and Marast's "laughing away their grudges", the Bourbons in the Party of Order showed disdain. In the eyes of the Bourbons, they were just a bunch of barking dogs.
Marast returned to the Republican camp, and Dupin in the Party of Order rose up.
Under the unanimous welcome of the Party of Order, Representative Dupin... no, it should be Speaker Dupin stood on the podium.
"Thank you for trusting me and entrusting me with this position! I will definitely live up to expectations and bring morality and order to life in the Palais Bourbon!" Representative Dupin excitedly said politically incorrect words.
The Republicans and the Montagnards looked indignantly at the side of the Party of Order.
Thiers stood up and applauded, and members of the Party of Order also stood up to encourage the arrival of Speaker Dupin.
Dupin of the Party of Order sat on the rostrum. He gently struck the wooden hammer three times and the Legislative Assembly was dissolved.
On July 30, Parliament was convened again at the Bourbon Palace.
The new Speaker, Speaker Duban, presided over the meeting. At the beginning of the meeting, Speaker Duban dropped a bomb that shook the Legislative Assembly.
"In order to better implement democratic policies, I propose that the Parliament should be equipped with a certain amount of force! The Parliament should establish its own direct troops!" Dupin announced to the members present in accordance with Thiers' instructions.
The expressions of the Republicans, the Montagnards and even the Elysée Palace members suddenly changed.
Especially the members of the Elysee Palace faction, who have experienced the struggle for power within the Party of Order, understand that they are not equipped to compete with the majority of the Party of Order in the Legislative Assembly. What they can control is the executive power of the president. The core of executive power lies between the military and the military.
protection.
If the parliament establishes its own parliament, then the power of the Ministry of War will be greatly weakened, resulting in the division of military power into two. Such a result is very unfavorable to them.
The opposition suppressed by Rennault and Saint-Arnaud may be ready to take action.
"I don't agree!" the Elysee Palace member stood up to object. "Our army exists to safeguard democracy and does not need to deploy directly-affiliated troops. If the Legislative Assembly has established a directly-affiliated army, then this army's
Who should have command?"
"Of course all members of the parliament!" Speaker Duban responded immediately.
"What about the president?" the Elysee Palace congressman said plausibly: "Doesn't the parliament believe in the president elected by all the French people?"
After saying that, the Elysee Palace congressman glanced at the surrounding colleagues from the Party of Order.
These damn guys have completely disregarded their previous friendship and want to put them to death. He said loudly: "As the supreme military commander of this country, the president has all the power to control the military! Has this proposal ever been approved by the president?