Victor Hugo's self-deprecation silenced all the literati present.
The whole meeting gradually fell into a dead silence from the original excitement.
As the initiator of all this, Victor Hugo looked at the silent literati present and realized that he might mess up this salon that was finally formed. He quickly made up for it: "Friends, since things are no longer possible,
To save it, why don’t we face it with an optimistic attitude! Maybe the situation is not that bad after all!”
Having said that, Victor Hugo suddenly thought of something. He looked at Mathilde and changed the subject: "Dear princess, where is Prince Jérôme?"
"Huh?" Mathilde came back to her senses and responded in confusion: "Father is still living in the Rhine Hotel!"
"I'm not talking about the old Prince Jérôme, but also your brother Prince Jérôme Bonaparte! You don't know it yet! His votes in the Seine department are already higher than mine!" Victor Hugo
Said to the literati present.
After hearing Victor Hugo's revelation, the literati present looked at Mathilde, and George Sand's eyes showed a hint of curiosity.
When the topic turned to herself, Mathilde could only bite the bullet and said: "My brother is traveling in Rome! It will probably take some time before he can return to France!"
Victor Hugo shook his head and said: "Fortunately, His Excellency the Prince has not come back, otherwise Paris would not know what kind of chaos it would be!"
"Yes! Paris is now..." Mathilde also showed melancholy on her face, but in her heart she wished that Paris would be more chaotic.
"Then again, Princess Mathilde! Does your brother intend to participate in this election? According to his votes, he is fully capable of participating in the election!" Victor Hugo then asked.
"This depends on his willingness!" Mathilde tried to do Tai Chi: "If he is willing to participate in the election, then let him participate. If he is not willing to participate, then there is nothing we can do!"
"The current French political scene really needs to be injected with some vitality. If it is always controlled by a few people, France will become a backwater!" Victor Hugo blatantly hinted that Cavaignac's governance has nothing to do with what the National Assembly has done.
In order to chill this former Orleansite and now Republican, he hopes to attract another force to French politics.
"Matilde! If your brother wants to participate in the election, we can help you!" George Sand took Mathilde's hand and said thoughtfully: "We still have some strength!"
"That's right! Let those urban management officials go to hell!" Alexandre Dumas shouted.
He took the wrong side during the February Revolution and was kicked out of the National Guard. He was also marginalized in the National Assembly. He was full of resentment and was very unhappy with the National Assembly.
Immediately afterwards, Mérimée and Sainte-Beuve also joined the ranks of "denunciation".
Mathilde looked at these "friends" in the salon and expressed her gratitude one by one.
"I have read "The Abolition of Poverty" by Prince Louis Napoleon!" Victor Hugo changed the subject again and said: "Frankly speaking, that book explains what the current republic should do, public and free education, industry
The distribution..."
Victor Hugo talked endlessly about the content of "Abolition of Poverty". Everyone present could only listen to Victor Hugo's solo speech quietly because they had not read the content.
Gradually, they were attracted by the "big pie" in "Abolition of Poverty", and they actually had the impulse in their hearts that "Maybe Bonaparte would be in power."
Victor Hugo was like a Bonapartist party advocating the content of "Abolition of Poverty". After finishing his speech, Victor Hugo looked at Mathilde quietly and asked: "What if the hot
If Prince Roma is in power, will this be possible?"
"To tell you the truth, my brother is also a supporter of my cousin!" Mathilde said immediately: "He once told me that the Republic must be generous! The Republic must implement the principle of redistribution, even if we
We disdain the concept of socialism, but we cannot let the poor get poorer and the rich get richer! Isn’t France like this the same as Britain!”
"If Prince Jérôme is really willing to follow his ideas, of course I am willing to vote for him!" Victor Hugo added in a brisk tone: "But all this will have to wait until we meet!"
"Of course!" Mathilde responded: "After my brother returns to Paris, I will let him visit you as soon as possible!"
Under Mathilde's guidance, a relaxed literary salon turned into Mathilde's "dazzling younger brother" solo performance.
After the salon, everyone except George Sand expressed curiosity about Jerome Bonaparte.
Mathilde took advantage of the situation and accumulated a wave of reputation for her younger brother.
Time continued to move forward, and June 29th arrived in a blink of an eye.
On this day, dark clouds enveloped the entire Paris, lightning flashed through the clouds, and a storm seemed about to ravage the entire Paris.
Paris East and Southeast arrondissements.
The Paris workers, who had endured the hunger for nearly a week, finally could no longer bear the hunger.
The government has given them a final notice. If they do not obey the government's arrangements and leave before July 1, the government will use coercive measures.
Everyone knows what the government calls coercive means. They are unwilling to leave Paris, and they can only choose to resist.
Under the workers' spontaneous organization, they gradually advanced towards the city hall and built barricades based on the workers' residence.
With only a small number of weapons, they chose to revolt at this time because the government's artillery could not be used on rainy days, which further shortened the gap between them.
But they still underestimated the determination of the reactionary government. As a military dictator, Cavaignac had long been waiting for the workers' uprising, 20 minutes after the workers announced the uprising and demanded the dissolution of the National Assembly.
Cavaignac arrived at the military camp lightly, and six generals were waiting for Cavaignac's arrival.
"Generals, start taking action! Kill this mob completely! The Republic will never forget your contribution!" Cavaignac's murderous words shocked all the generals present.
More than 50,000 troops quickly entered Paris and swept Paris with the cooperation of the National Guard.
Heavy rain also followed. The sudden heavy rain restricted the artillery of the regular army and gave the workers an opportunity to arm themselves.
Many workers' armed forces took the opportunity to seize the weapons of the National Guard.
However, all this had no impact on the overall situation. The regular army, which had lost artillery support, still showed its ability to crush the revolting workers.
Barricades were cleared one by one, and workers, women and even children were shot to death by the army of beasts that marched into Paris.
By the evening of June 30, Cavaignac had gradually cleared the insurgent troops on the front line of the city hall, and the insurgent troops were slowly retreating.
On a sunny day on July 1, Cavaignac entered the streets of the suburbs of Saint-Denis and Saint-Martin, leveling the barricades with cannon.
On July 2, the workers' last strongholds in the suburbs of St. Anton and Temple fell.
At this point, 100,000 rebellious workers in Paris were killed by Cavaignac with a bloody massacre, and the remaining workers were sent to other provinces under pressure from the army.
[If you want to know more about the June Revolution, you can read the complete works of Marx and Engels.]