C2808 Paris powder keg (1/2)
Although he admired Blanqui's revolutionary spirit, Big Beard knew very well that Blanqui carried too much nationalism. In the end, this person was a little delusional.
At every critical juncture, Blanqui would feel a sense of patriotism from his heart. In his eyes, the benefits of his homeland outweighed everything else.
This kind of thought should have been worthy of praise, but it was precisely this kind of emotion that caused him to miss out on many historical opportunities!
He did not expand the result of the bloody revenge, but chose to suppress it as soon as he could, because he knew that any turmoil in Paris was in fact creating conditions for Prussia to win.
Although Fa Huangnapolunsanshi hated battles, he hated Prussian army even more.
When facing foreign enemies, French Nation should unite together!
When the Copper Craftsman Tas took the initiative to launch a military operation, Blanqui immediately ordered all the armed workers under his command to not act rashly.
This order was too timely. If Blanqui was just an hour or two late, many of the workers and leaders who were encouraged by Tas would have already started fighting!
Hundreds of thousands of poor people were the core of the revolution. If there was an uprising, the empress would never be able to escape from Paris!
As for the tens of thousands of imperial guards? In the vast sea of the rebels, it was nothing at all!
The urge to rebel was completely suppressed by Blanqui. With his personal prestige and mentor's reputation, although the entire working class was restless, no one dared to go head to head with their mentor.
Tas' act of carelessness could be considered as a sneak attack, but when Blanqui ordered them to leave, the rest of them no longer dared to act rashly.
Tas and the weapons that he snatched from Blanqui were hidden away by his men. Soon after, Blanqui asked Archbishop Da Wabool to send a private letter to the Queen, expressing his wish to negotiate with her.
”In the face of the national war, we should give up all personal grudges! Everything should be settled through negotiation, with an end to violence on both sides and, ultimately, with victory in the war … ”
The Empress took the letter as a lifesaver. He immediately agreed to Blanqui's conditions, and at the same time, the Queen gave Archbishop Da Wabool 200 thousand francs.
”Esteemed archbishop... The war has seriously damaged the economy of our country. I know that many factories have been closed and countless poor people have lost their means of livelihood! ”
”I hope that the archbishop can carry out relief activities in the church and try his best to pacify people. I will encourage more people to donate to the people!”
”God bless you, my child, your kindness will surely reach the hearts of the people!”
At the most critical moment, religion had a huge stabilizing effect. Archbishop Da Wabool brought the empress's oral response to Blanqui. At the same time, he started to make porridge in all the churches in Paris.
Under the strict orders of the bishop, the priests who were raised in luxury walked into the streets and began to pacify the people at the bottom. Every church began to boil food and distribute it to the people.
Soon there was a long line in the square of Notre Dame, and thousands of people waited for the pitiful meal in the choir's song.
Thiers saw all of this, the representative that had just chosen, sitting in the carriage and looking at others through the cracks of the curtains, his brows tightly knitted together.
”Inform the wife and children to move to the country estate immediately! From today onwards, there will not be a single woman or child left in any of the houses in the city! ”
”Take my name card, go to the France Bank, find my old friend Henry … Let him turn all my certificates of deposit into cash, not leaving a single franc... ”
”What about my bodyguards at the Manor? Now it's time for them to put their lives on the line... Ten will be left to protect the manor, and the rest will be brought to Paris! ”