C2606 Rumors fill the city (1/2)

To hit a snake requires one to hit its weak point. What was the weak point of the French Emperor? It was actually just as Xiao Letian said, where was the legitimacy of his rule.

Napoleon wasn't an idiot, he was very clear on how he did it. The old aristocrat capitalists in the country wanted to follow him and defend their former rights, and for the ordinary citizens to accept this empire, it was simply a dream to recreate the glory that had once existed in the Bonaparte Family.

Thus, during the years of the French Emperor's rule, it had continuously expanded overseas and waged wars. The news of each victory encouraged the people, making his personal prestige reach the peak of the day.

Amidst the countless victorious lights, the floating French Emperor was actually a little worried. He was not a fool after all, so he naturally knew about the situation in the Empire.

The empire as a whole was still very rich, but the excessive concentration of wealth in the hands of some people made it impossible to mobilize. As a result, France's domestic finances had always been tight.

The amount of money spent on the Great Reconstruction Programme in Paris had yet to be repaid. The constant expansion of the overseas colonies had dispersed the limited number of troops all over the world. He didn't even have the money to expand his army by two hundred thousand.

Napoleon III was curious, all of his great achievements in the past few years had actually overdrawn part of the empire's wealth, but of course the overdraft was only to the extent of what he could use.

Of course, he wanted to squeeze out some of the benefits from those rich people, but if he thought about it carefully, didn't he still need the support of those people to stabilize his position as emperor?

Isn't it digging one's own grave to make a move on those people? He should give up after thinking about it!

The only way for France to do that is to recuperate, to turn its expansion strategy into a contraction, to invest more in industry, and then to give the people a little bit of welfare to absorb social contradictions.

This was the only right path, but this road was already blocked. It was not that Napoleon did not want to go on it, but rather many people forced him to!

In Xiao Letian's eyes, Napoleon III was like a gangster boss who had been kidnapped by public opinion. He did not want to fight against a lot of enemies, but he had to do it.

The subordinates wanted to expand their territory and for their boss to remain strong. If their boss was not able to continuously expand his territory, then their subordinates could change their sect and even cause internal strife.

The pitiful Napoleon III could only desperately charge forward without stopping.

Furthermore, on the other side of his land, there were countless countries eyeing him covetously, using his weak points to make trouble, just like Xiao Letian.

In just one night, many bizarre rumors suddenly appeared in Street in Paris, and all of them were aimed at Napoleon III.

”Have you guys heard? At this moment, in Ryukyu in the east, there are more than 300 French soldiers s and intelligence officer s imprisoned in death cells by the Chinese people of Guam!”

”Every day they are tortured and there are countless hard labourers to do! ”Right now, almost half of them are already dead …”

”What you said is not right. In the death prison, there are not three hundred people, but five hundred! It was five hundred! It is said that there is another noble knight who is also locked up inside! ”

”The Chinese have the guts? Those yellow-skinned monkeys with pig tails, how dare they provoke us like this? ”

”You don't even know how to read or read. What do you know? The one who grabbed our people was the Chinese, not the Great Qing, but the one who was assassinated by Xiao Letian and did not die a few days ago!

”My God! If it was that madman, it was possible! But why is there no revenge? ”How can you just watch our people get treated like that!”

”Pah …” Revenge? One of our Royal Knights was killed by the Chinese! Even the nobility died a violent death, and the emperor did not even fart! ”

”Is this for real?!” Was there such a thing? ”Shameful …”

Everyone gathered together and whispered nonstop!