Amid the expectations of all French citizens, the French State (the Second Republic has been nominally dissolved) once again launched a referendum.
In order to prepare for this referendum, Jerome Bonaparte deliberately relaxed the restrictions on the referendum. Soldiers and temporary residents also have the right to vote. The surname Bonaparte is a symbol of wealth for soldiers, and no one will refuse it.
A Bonaparte led to victory.
The content of the referendum is also very stupid. The content of the referendum in Paris is "Do you want to support the president to create a new republic?" The content of the referendum in other provinces is "Do you support Jérôme Bonaparte to become the consul of France?"
Two public complaints with different contents say the same thing, which can weaken the resistance of the French opposition to the greatest extent.
Contrast Jerome Bonaparte's answer: "We must satisfy the opinions of Paris as well as the opinions of the provinces. Only in this way can we proceed more smoothly during this transition period!"
Yes! The so-called Third Republic was just a transitional platform for Jérôme and Bonaparte to establish an empire. He and Xu Yao stayed on this transitional platform for a while until everyone forgot about the military coup and acquiesced to Gérôme.
After M. Bonaparte, then the Empire will be close to this world again.
The voting activity lasted for two weeks, during which there were also backstage operations similar to underhanded tactics to borrow votes.
[Since the Provence region is a traditional gathering place for anti-Bonaparte factions, in order to complete the political achievements assigned above and at the same time maintain the authority of Jérôme Bonaparte, senior officials in the Provence region, with the cooperation of the army, began to attack the anti-Bonaparte faction.
Napartite personnel made arrests. These arrested people voted unanimously in favor of the referendum. The final result was that the number of votes in the entire Provence region was 0.8 times the population.]
However, in general, the French provinces still chose to support Jérôme Bonaparte in power.
The citizens of the Seine department (Paris) also did not oppose Jérôme Bonaparte. Nearly one-third of the people in the Seine area abstained from voting, one-half of the people voted in favor, and the remaining six points
One voted against it.
On the evening of December 30, the voting results from various locations were released.
After two days of statistics, the statistics were finally completed on January 1, 1852.
All newspapers spread the news throughout Paris at the same time. According to overnight statistics from the French government's audit department, a total of 8,471,431 votes in favor and 341,351 votes against were counted. This means that the votes in favor were 8 million to 30
Success was achieved with an absolute advantage of 10,000 votes.
As soon as the news came out, the entire Bonapartist faction fell into an unprecedented carnival. Eight million votes had given the Bonapartist faction the legal basis for a legal coup.
Starting from January 1, no one will question whether Jérôme Bonaparte's coup complies with the law. Jérôme Bonaparte, who has the support of 8 million French people, is already above the law.
When the news reached the prison, the Republicans and Montagnards in the prison bowed their heads in mourning and remained silent. They also understood what 8 million votes meant.
Jérôme Bonaparte, to whom the whole French people have given power.
If they cannot take back the votes from Jerome Bonaparte, even if they use various illegal means to attack Jerome Bonaparte, they are still not qualified to die before Jerome Bonaparte.
Later, he successfully took over Paris.
Furthermore, it is not a good thing for them to rashly assassinate a dictator who has been empowered by the people.
In order to celebrate the complete victory of the Bonapartists, Jérôme Bonaparte, who was very excited, went to the prison where the Republicans were held.
Accompanied by Police Chief Mauppard, Jérôme Bonaparte came to the door of a cell. Through the viewing window of the cell, Jérôme Bonaparte saw the "prisoners" in the cell.
The guy lying in the cell was none other than Cavaignac, the former consul of the Republic. At this time, Cavaignac was lying on the hard bed with a haggard face, curled up, looking at the once high-spirited Cavaignac, who now looks like this.
, Jérôme Bonaparte could not help but feel a little complacent in his heart.
"Open! I want to talk to General Cavaignac!" Jérôme Bonaparte ordered Maupar.
"Your Majesty, do you need me to call a few people..." Maupar asked Jerome Bonaparte diligently.
"No need!" Jerome Bonaparte shook his head and entered the cell alone.
"General Cavaignac, there is no need to pretend to be asleep! You can wake up!" Jérôme Bonaparte said to Cavaignac with a smile, while pulling the chair on Cavaignac's desk to his bedside.
Down.
Cavaignac opened his eyes and looked at Jerome Bonaparte in front of him. His eyes were full of disgust and dissatisfaction: "What are you doing here?"
Jérôme Bonaparte shrugged and said, "I said I came to see you, do you believe it?"
"Stop pretending to be kind!" Cavaignac said with a contemptuous smile: "If you really had a trace of conscience, then you would not launch a military coup!"
"General, political struggle seems to have nothing to do with conscience!" Jerome Bonaparte shook his head nonchalantly in response to Cavaignac's ridicule.
"You have imprisoned the entire republic! You have destroyed the republican system!" Cavaignac severely accused Jérôme Bonaparte.
"General!" Jérôme Bonaparte responded in a serious tone: "What is the basis of the republic? Universal suffrage! It allows everyone to use the votes in their hands to speak, and allows the weak to make a voice, even if the voice is very small.
Weak! The previous republic deprived them of the right to speak out, and I returned the power to the French people! I know what a republican system is better than you, and I am a true republican!"
"You shameless villain who manipulates public opinion!" Jérôme Bonaparte's proud gesture of calling himself a "republican" filled Cavaignac's heart with humiliation, and he wished he could kill this guy right now.
Reason told him that he couldn't do this.
Killing Jerome Bonaparte will only cause the republicans to become completely despised by everyone, and the monarchists will inevitably usurp power after Jerome Bonaparte's death.
Compared to the monarchists, Jérôme Bonaparte was indeed much more "republican".
"General, now 8 million French people are on my side! I am abolishing the National Assembly on behalf of all the French people!" Jérôme Bonaparte then responded to Cavaignac.
"Humph! What on earth do you want to say?" Cavaignac responded to Jérôme Bonaparte.
"Join us! You will get everything you want, whether it is fame or a title!" Jerome Bonaparte extended an olive branch to Cavaignac. If a guy like Cavaignac turned his back on him,
, is bound to cause serious divisions among the Republicans.
If it is not handled well, the Republicans will fall into disarray.
Facing the olive branch offered by Jérôme Bonaparte, Cavaignac fell silent, seeming to be thinking about whether to agree to it.
After a while, Cavaignac said with determination in his tone: "I will never join you! No matter whether you are exiled or imprisoned, I will fight with you to the end!"
"That's such a pity!" Jerome Bonaparte sighed, stood up and left: "General Cavaignac, I wish you a pleasant trip in North Africa in advance!"
After saying that, Jérôme Bonaparte left the cell where Cavaignac was.
Mauppard, who was standing at the cell door waiting for any noise from inside and rushing in to rescue him, quickly saluted Jérôme Bonaparte after seeing the cell door open.
"Let's go! Next!" Jérôme Bonaparte said to Maupar.
Under the leadership of Maupar, Jérôme Bonaparte came to the place where Victor Hugo was imprisoned.
Jerome Bonaparte entered the cell and was scolded by Victor Hugo on the spot. In his mouth, Jerome Bonaparte became "the evil of this world" and would be punished by justice sooner or later.
The people of Paris overthrew.
Jérôme Bonaparte calmly expressed France's continued support for him and invited Victor Hugo to rejoin them.
What Jerome Bonaparte got was Victor Hugo who refused without hesitation and ordered Jerome Bonaparte to leave the cell.
After leaving the cell, Jerome Bonaparte shook his head and sighed: "Why bother!"
Later, he met several former members of the Party of Order. These members of the Party of Order with flexible moral bottom lines were different from the die-hards of Cavaignac. They agreed to Jérôme Bonaparte's invitation and stated that they would wait until they were released from prison.
After that, I must actively participate in the election of "official candidates."
This attitude made Jérôme Bonaparte very satisfied, and he immediately ordered Maupay to release several members of the Party of Order, including Fallou and Montalembert.
On January 2, 1851, the Third French Republic was proclaimed, with Jérôme Bonaparte serving as the supreme governor of the republic for a term of 10 years.
At the same time, the Supreme Court also held a hearing, and more than 400 former members of the Legislative Assembly appeared at the hearing.
The arrested generals, the general officer of the parliament, Remiza and the republican members were all sentenced to exile, and some members of the Party of Order were also exiled to Algeria.
In addition to Paris, other provinces also established military courts with the cooperation of senior officials, generals and three judges. 10,609 people were released, 9,530 people were sent to Algeria, 2,804 people were imprisoned, and 5,108 people were under police surveillance.
Afterwards, Victor Hugo, who was in exile in Britain, declared in his memoirs that this was Jerome Bonaparte's "crazy revenge" for the injustice of the Republic.
In fact, not many people died in this coup.
The death toll from a coup is not even as high as a flu.
