Chapter 263 Annual Summary of the Legislative Assembly
November 1, 1850.
The Legislative Assembly reconvened after a three-month recess.
Many unexpected things happened during these three months, so much so that the seats of many members changed significantly after the start of the Legislative Assembly.
The Bonapartist members who had been excluded by the Party of Order returned to the seats occupied by the Party of Order, and were arranged in a distributed manner with Prince Montfort, Pierre Bonaparte and other Bonapartist members as the center and spreading to the surrounding areas.
The giants of the Party of Order (Odilon Barrot, Montalembert, and Broy of the dynastic left-wing) were surrounding the Bonapartists like a constellation of stars. The Bonapartists rose from a marginalized party to a
members of the core faction.
This change occurred not only on the side of the Party of Order, but also on the side of the Social Democrats.
Members of the "social democrats" who were the targets of suppression suddenly found that the number of seats in their party had increased by more than 80 seats. So far, the number of seats of the "social democrats" had increased to nearly 240.
After careful observation by the "social democratic" MPs, they found that many MPs were MPs from the Party of Order.
Many congressmen who didn't understand what was going on would see the following scene.
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Victor Hugo, who took a double-bridge carriage through the early morning mist and hurried to the Bourbon Palace, did not pay attention to the changes in seats at the Bourbon Palace. He had just sat down in the Montagnard seat and was about to put down the notebook he carried with him.
As he spread it out on the table, a voice came from behind him.
"Hello, Senator Hugo!"
No one is more familiar with the owner of this voice than Victor Hugo.
Logically speaking, the owner of the voice should sit on the side of the Party of Order.
When Victor Hugo turned his head and looked behind him with a smile, Remisa's face came into Victor Hugo's eyes.
"Mr. Remisa, why are you here? Could it be that your soul has called you? Or maybe you can no longer hear the voice of your wallet!" Victor Hugo sarcastically said to Remisa.
He continued to speak in a different way.
Remisa, Thiers' follower and secretary, replied to Victor Hugo without any shame: "Mr. Hugo, your mouth is as sharp as ever! If your beliefs are as sharp as yours,
If the mouth is the same, that would be better.
No one stipulates that people with different political differences cannot stay in the same camp. An excellent party must seek common ground while reserving differences to be successful! Besides, didn’t we have some similar ideas to you (Mountain Party) before!”
Remisa's words made Victor Hugo feel the shamelessness of a powerful man, and he could be sure that Remisa would never join them because of the same ideas.
However, in order to maintain the unity of the party, Victor Hugo still welcomed Remisa to join the family of "social democrats".
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Of course, not all "social democrats" are like Victor Hugo, who can accept the former Party of Order without reservation for the sake of party interests. A small group of "idealists" think that joining the Party of Order will inevitably change the entire party.
Due to the chaos, they prevented former members of the Party of Order from joining.
However, after all, such people only exist in a very small minority, and their rejection is destined not to be accepted by the leaders of the Republicans and the Mountains.
Regarding the joining of the former Party of Order, the senior leaders of the "social democrats" saw this as an opportunity to divide the Party of Order. As long as it was done properly, more and more people could join their ranks.
At ten o'clock in the morning, the cold wind of autumn and winter has subsided, and the warm sun has once again enveloped Paris.
Dupin, the speaker of the Legislative Assembly, who was holding a heavy bound volume of the Constitution of the Second Republic with a stern look on his face, walked step by step to the speaker's rostrum under the gaze of many members. He stood upright beside the rostrum, and then slowly placed the bound volume on the speaker's rostrum.
Standing on the rostrum, he held the speaker's wooden hammer in his right hand and knocked it solemnly three times to signify silence.
The MPs in the audience stopped whispering, and the entire Bourbon Palace fell silent for a while.
Speaker Duban spoke in a loud voice: "Members of Parliament, after three months, the Legislative Assembly has opened again. During these three periods..."
Speaker Dupin reported to the Legislative Assembly all the events handled by the interim committee in the past three months, including the Saint-Arnaud inquiry, the removal of Changarnier, etc.
Some Republican MPs in the northwest region showed expressions of surprise. Living in their own province, almost isolated from the outside world, they did not expect that so many things had happened in just three months. Their eyes gradually turned to
Ordered the Party side of the Legislative Assembly.
After the report, Speaker Duban made concluding remarks: "In these three months, the Provisional Parliament has experienced a lot and made many inappropriate judgments! Many judgments are expedient! If any one
If members have objections to this, they can appeal to the Legislative Assembly."
Having said this, Speaker Dupin subconsciously glanced at the "social democrats" camp. He seemed to hope that the "social democrats" would launch a charge.
But to his disappointment, there was no meeting among the "social democrats" in response to his suggestion.
Speaker Duban had no choice but to give up on Xiao Jiujiu and move on to the next topic.
At this moment, Thiers and Berryer appeared in the right corridor of the Bourbon Palace Parliament. Speaker Dupin immediately said: "Before the parliament begins, I will announce something first. Congressman Thiers and Congressman Berryer
Will join the Republican camp, their position will be from the right to the left!"
As soon as this statement came out, the Republicans exploded. Members of Parliament who had no idea about the joining of Thiers and Berryer asked Cavaignac what happened to Jean Bastide and others. They could only
Explain to the Republican congressmen what is going on.
Compared with the chaos on the part of the Republicans, the Party of Order seemed to be in a particularly unusual camp. There was no ridicule or abuse. The MPs just sat in silence on their chairs, staring intently at Thiers and Berryer.
Thiers and Berryer also smiled and bowed to the Party of Order camp, as if bidding farewell to their past selves, and then entered the Republican camp.
After the new structure was completed, the next step was the annual reporting work.
Railway Minister Morni was the first government minister to take office.
“Dear Members, as of today, our country has built a 4,000-kilometer railway network, which is 100 kilometers more than in 1848, and 80% of the major trunk lines stipulated in the Railway Act of 1842 have been completed (the main major railway planned by the Railway Act of 1842 is
The main trunk lines are 6520 kilometers.), among which three main trunk lines, Paris-Nancy-Strasbourg, Paris-Brussels, and Lyon-Marseille, have all been put into use. The passage of these three lines will greatly save our travel problems. The remaining
The route is expected to be completely laid out by 1852...we..."
Morny's railway plan was moving forward steadily under the strong promotion of Jérôme Bonaparte, and some of the railways that were laid only after the Crimean War have now been basically completed.
The main railway line that originally existed only on drawings has become a reality, especially the opening of the Strasbourg-Paris direction, which is more conducive to the deployment of troops and the transportation of iron ore.
Rapid railway construction doubled France's steel and sleeper production, and large quantities of steel plates were transported by train to the location where the railway was laid as soon as they were produced from the factory.
The construction of railways also led to the construction of other industries, especially locomotives for high-precision industries. In order to make the opened railway lines open to traffic faster, the Schneider factory in Le Crezo was ordered by Jérôme Bonaparte.
The company joined forces with other locomotive manufacturers in Paris for production, and at the same time stationed semi-bureaucrats in state-owned factories for supervision and guidance.
In the process of mutual exchanges, every manufacturer has basically made some progress. During the production process, the cooperation of many manufacturers has gradually been honed. They suddenly found that compared with the previous individual efforts, joining together was obviously more effective.
Conducive to production.
A cartel-like association was gradually established under the guidance of Jérôme Bonaparte. However, these manufacturers did not know that what they were doing was just an experiment in industrial mobilization in the early stages of Jérôme Bonaparte's attempt.
Taste.
Judging from the results, industrial mobilization is indeed faster than before.
The interest production circle with the railway as the core was sorted out by Jérôme Bonaparte in the form of a federation.
Of course, high-speed railway construction is indeed conducive to improving France's employment rate and stability, but the dividend period for railways does not always exist. Excessive expansion will inevitably lead to the generation of railway fever. Once the cost of railway acquisition is higher than its investment,
If the cost is too high, the entire railway industry will collapse in an instant.
After Morny finished his report, Thiers, a new member of the Republican Party, immediately stood up and asked: "Minister Morny, I want to ask you a question!"
"Please tell me!" Morny responded with a smile.
"What you reported is indeed beautiful! The construction speed of the railway is indeed very fast!" Thiers first boasted to Morny, and then changed the subject: "Minister Morny, what I want to ask is, your railway
How many bonds has the ministry issued so far?”
"I'm afraid I can't reveal this!" Morny's face changed slightly. He had already expected Thiers to ask him this question: "Bonds of the Ministry of Railways are purchased voluntarily by Paris citizens!"
"In other words, Minister Morny, you don't know how many bonds have been issued?" Thiers set a verbal trap for Morny.
If Morny does not know how many bonds he has issued, then it means that Morny as the Minister of Railways is not qualified, and they can launch a no-confidence motion against Morny.
Although the no-confidence motion is likely to fail, at least it will disgust Jérôme Bonaparte and the others.
Thiers just gave up temporarily overthrowing the Bonapartists, which does not mean that he wants to give up on the damn Bonaparte.
"No comment!" Morny refused again with a strong attitude.