"Damn it! Have those Bonapartists already infiltrated the army?"
Lamartine's veins popped out, and he clenched his fists and shouted loudly.
Lamartine, who experienced the February Revolution, undoubtedly understood that the army played a decisive role in the revolution, especially the group of regular troops stationed near Paris, which had the power to determine whether the entire revolutionary regime would survive.
If the king (referring to Louis Philippe) had not been unwilling to mobilize the army, the republican regime would not have been able to gain a foothold in Paris.
[Louis Philippe ascended the throne of the king with the support of the National Guard. He was unable to win the trust of the army because of his weak congenital foundation. In addition, the Kingdom of Orleans' attitude of showing weakness towards the European powers during the eighteen years further aroused
The dissatisfaction of the army. This situation only 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, could not trust the army even more, which led to his failure in 47 years.
In December, he refused Guizot's request to mobilize troops to suppress the banquet movement in the country. In February of the next year, a revolution caused Louis Philippe to flee Paris in a hurry before he could mobilize the army. The army that lost its allegiance could only reluctantly accept the Republic.]
If the army turns to support the Bonapartists, what will be the fate of the French Republic?
Lamartine thought anxiously about the future of the Republic.
The separation between the two classes and the hidden dangers of the army deeply troubled him.
"Where is General Gourden? As the commander-in-chief of Paris, he should have banned this kind of thing! Does it mean that he also wants to restore the empire?" Lamartine pointed the contradiction at Gourden, but he has never forgotten it.
The "black history" of this viscount.
[Viscount Amable Gaspard Henry Goulden (1790-1877), took office during the Empire and Restoration dynasties, served as a member of the extreme left from 1842 to 1848, and served as a member of the Paris National Guard after the February Revolution
Commander in command of the National Guard of Paris.]
"Sir, General Goulden, he..." Champeau wanted to say that General Goulden had no influence on the ability of the regular army in Paris, but he was good at observing words and emotions and obviously realized that Mr. Lamartine just needed to find an excuse to vent.
"Chaos! Chaos! It would be better if the whole of Paris is in chaos! Will France have to wake up when the Czar's bayonet is placed on its neck?" Lamartine shouted in self-defeat.
Lamartine, who was beleaguered internally and externally, even doubted for a moment whether the establishment of a republican government was premature.
Champeau could only watch helplessly as Lamartine vented his anger alone in the study.
After venting his anger, Lamartine regained his composure and asked Shang Bo: "Are there any other situations?"
"No more!" Shang Bo decisively concealed some trivial matters.
"That's good! That's good!" Lamartine nodded and muttered quietly.
At this moment, the knock on the door came from the study again.
"Please come in!" Lamartine and Champo looked at the door at the same time.
Madame Lamartine appeared from the door.
"Hello, Madam!" Shang Bo quickly saluted the "First Lady" in front of him.
"Hello, Mr. Champeau!" Madame Lamartine proudly raised her head and responded to Champeau.
This condescending attitude made Champo a little disgusted, but he did not dare to show the slightest disrespect.
Then, she turned her gaze to Lamartine and said: "My dear, Mr. Thiers is here and is downstairs now!"
"Thiers? What is he here for?" Lamartine frowned, with a hint of disgust in his expression.
As a romantic, he did not like Thiers, a political chameleon.
Although he repeatedly claimed that he was a republican, Lamartine, who had been with him for several years, knew that this guy was an egoist at heart.
"Mr. Thiers said that he can solve your troubles!" Madame Lamartine said with respect, and her attitude towards Thiers was completely different from Chambot.
"Then invite him in!" Lamartine said to his wife.
Lamartine still understands that as a political figure, one must not be swayed by personal emotions such as likes and dislikes.
Not long after, a short, round "little old man" appeared in Lamartine's study. He was Thiers, the future "founder" of the Third Republic and 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 France. Among our generation (referring to the Romantics), you are the most powerful person."
You have reached the highest position! Perhaps I should call you the Consul?"
"Thiers, there is no need to say more compliments! I think you came to visit me specifically not to say some useless words! You said you can help me solve my difficulties, what on earth is going on?" Lamartine
Obviously he didn't accept this trick, he said directly.
"Your Excellency, the whole of Paris is like a big volcano now! We overthrew His Majesty Louis Philippe, but we had to fight with those rebels! I think this will only tear the republic apart!"
Thiers said to Lamartine, "Although I am a member of the Party of Order, I do not want the Republic to be torn apart again. I am willing to do my best to serve the Republic!"
"Mr. Thiers, what do you think should be done about the current situation?" Lamartine asked Thiers.
"I was also appointed by His Majesty Louis Philippe to serve as steward of the country for several years." Thiers said modestly: "Your situation was the same as mine in 1840. My solution at that time was
You should probably know something about it too!”
"After that, you will step down!" Lamartine immediately retorted.
Thiers spread his hands and said helplessly: "I cannot disobey His Majesty's will! 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. In
After that, I understood a truth: a harmless idol helps maintain the entire stability!"
"But we don't have Napoleon anymore!" Lamartine's attitude softened.
"Napoleon is a flag. We only need a figure who is close to Napoleon and can turn him into a god!" Thierstu said in a confused way.
Lamartine instantly understood what Thiers meant, and he looked at Thiers suspiciously. Thiers had somehow gotten involved with the Bonapartists.
But Thiers' plan is indeed a way to alleviate the contradiction.
"You (Party of Order) think so too?" Lamartine tentatively asked for the Party of Order's suggestions.
Thiers remembered the original promise of Bonapartist Eugène Rouet in his mind, and he nodded and said: "Of course!"