Late at night, Carmen Gable returned to her apartment with a chill.
There was a smell of cigars in the room. Carmen quickly took out a pistol from the cloth bag hanging on the clothes rack behind the door and pointed it at the sofa.
"Hey, be careful not to misfire." A voice said.
"God, Mr. Robinson, how dare you come to my house? There are spies everywhere now, and you and I will definitely arouse suspicion if we stay together." Carmen complained, "Don't you know that as a Genoese, I am in a little trouble now?
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In the darkness, Percy chuckled and said, "That's exactly why I'm looking for you. Besides, this is not your home. This is just a house you rent. Genoa is your home."
Carmen lit a candle and sat across from Percy:
"They don't trust any southerners now. Now I can only do some proofreading work in the newspaper office. I also take the initiative to reduce my contact with some powerful people."
"Then you need to show your support for the republic. For example, you can suggest that the republican government announces that it will sever all ties with Genoa, including economic exchanges, because every silver coin purchased from Genoa's goods will help the Genoese to manufacture weapons for the new army.
One silver coin of arms." Percy said, "All Genoese stranded in the Holy City should be put in prison because you suspect them to be spies..."
"No, you will make me the enemy of all Genoese people." Carmen was shocked, "I can understand your intention, but is this very immoral? The Genoese people in the Holy City are so innocent, they are just ordinary people
Businessman, student!”
Percy's face was gloomy: "Carmen, you are a person with a sense of justice. But politics is dirty and filthy. Any mysophobia will only bring disaster. In order to achieve the goal, any means will be used. It depends on whether the benefits are commensurate with the price paid. How many
The sacrifice of a hundred Genoese people will arouse the resonance of all Genoese people, which is very cost-effective."
"Sir, please forgive me for not agreeing." Carmen lowered his head and said, tears streaming down his face when he raised his head.
"Compared with the hundreds of Genoese you pity, how innocent are the hundreds of thousands of soldiers who heroically sacrificed their lives against foreign aggression? Now in the Snowy Mountains Province, those under the command of General Grant and Dalhou
The soldiers who are still fighting are enduring the harsh climate of the plateau and lying in the snow to fight with the enemy, but who knows their names?" Percy's tone was very harsh, "Their lives are also lives, and every sacrifice is a sacrifice.
They should be immortal, and they also have the right to return to their hometown and enjoy the care of their families, but if they ask themselves, they cannot withdraw and hand over the recovered land to the invaders.
But what are we doing on the home front? The northerners are preparing for civil war, and the only Genoese who may support them only care about their own immediate interests."
"Isn't there a better way?" Carmen asked.
"Only by letting the Genoese people feel the pain to their bones will they wake up and let them know that pretending to be foreigners and trying to stay out of it is a huge mistake. We are Europeans first and Genoese second."
Percy said in a deep voice, "Securing the national border and recovering the territory are the primary responsibilities of the Holy City's Republican government, but now this responsibility falls on the Genoese. We Genoese should not shrink back. This is a real
Patriot, true fraternity."
"So for this purpose, hundreds of Genoese need to be sacrificed?" Percy was still not convinced.
"According to the information I have received, the Republican government is secretly negotiating with the Assyrians. The Tulip Party's bargaining chip is to recognize the Assyrians' occupation of the three northern provinces in exchange for the Assyrians lifting military pressure on the northern part of the capital.
They concentrated their efforts on dealing with the crown prince and the domestic rebellion." Percy said, "Which is more important, sacrificing a few hundred people or sacrificing a country?"
Carmen suddenly jumped up: "How can this be done? This is the most shameless act and a betrayal of all Chinese people."
"But this is the political reality." Percy smiled, "Dear Carmen, you are still too naive."
Percy did not force Carmen to agree immediately, he took advantage of the night and left quietly.
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Salaman once again had a public quarrel with Fuchs, this time over an article Malanson had brought in that was under review.
The article openly declares that the Republic or the Free Council should immediately declare the Genoese people to be traitors, and advocates cutting off all ties with the South, including commercial contacts. One example is that the North is in a superordinate position in trade with the South, and a large amount of wealth is due to the import of goods from the South, especially Genoa.
And lost.
Of course, the article also claimed that royalists openly gathered in Genoa. This was obviously supported by the Genoese people, which proved that the Genoese supported the monarchy and opposed the republic. If the Genoese could not be made to surrender as soon as possible, their war resources would probably be lost to the royalists.
Utilize the navy controlled by the Holy City to continue blockading the southern sea.
Although the article was written under a pseudonym, Malanson told the committee that it was Carmen Gable's article.
"This article is very interesting!" This is Fuchs's evaluation, "especially written by a Genoese."
Obviously, this article is very consistent with the hard-line views represented by Fox.
In the past, they could accept the ambiguous attitude of the Genoese people, but the recent resolution of the Genoese Estates-General made it necessary for them to regard Genoa as their opponent, and the bombardment of Poitou was a manifestation of the intensification of this contradiction.
However, these northerners still haven't really understood that the Genoese don't actually care who is in charge of the Holy City.
But the black-and-white, either-or concept is deeply ingrained among a considerable number of Tulip Party members. They are impatient and like to use rough means to solve all headaches, thinking that this will solve them once and for all.
Since Salaman took power, his gentle methods have not been supported by Fuchs, and his conflict with the latter has once again intensified publicly.
Carmen's article was just a trigger.
Questions about how to deal with the emperor, about the confiscation of noble property, about the expansion of the suppression of counter-revolutionaries, and about the secret peace with the Assyrians in the north, all exposed the differences between Salaman's group and Fuchs' group on many key issues.
contradiction on.
Kamel probably did not expect that his article would directly lead to a split among the Tulip Party members.
Salaman sat in his seat with a livid face.
Not everyone among the nouveau riche is as honest and rational as he is. Their huge wealth quickly corrupts them and they turn into the kind of people they once hated.
Therefore, in order to protect their vested interests, they hated those nobles and rich people with curled tails even more. Many people were ruined and their families were ruined. In the name of fighting crime and eradicating adultery, they threw many people into prison, resulting in many unjust cases.
Although the Republic has been proclaimed, this thirty-one-member committee is still the master of the new regime, but many of them are new faces.
They looked at Salaman indifferently, as if they were looking at a poor man.
The suggestion that the committee be reorganized to declare a more centralized Liberal Party is a blatant power grab.
The vote passed 21 to 10, and Fuchs will replace Salaman as leader of the Liberal Party, who will then be responsible for forming a new government.
Salaman left the concluding committee alone and was stabbed to death in front of his home.