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Chapter 1378 The Second Empire in the Storm (First update, please subscribe)
"Extraordinary! Extraordinary!...Big news! The empire has entered a state of general mobilization for war!...Extraordinary! Extraordinary!...Big news! The empire has entered a state of general mobilization for war!..."

On this day, countless newspaper sellers shouted the same voice in the streets and alleys of the empire's cities and overseas colonies and overseas territories.People poured out from all over the place, grabbing the newspapers from the newspaper sellers.A whirlwind blows across the land of the empire. This is a fanatical whirlwind, a fanatical storm. The empire has entered a state of war mobilization!
Although the empire does not seem to have declared war on the surface!
But as we all know, a declaration of war...is only a matter of time.

While the empire was in a state of general mobilization due to the port of Kuwait, the world was changing.Just when the whole world was shocked by the decision of the Ming Empire, the observers murmured in panic - what happened to this world.

In fact, everything was doomed a few days ago when the French produced the "Jerusalem incident investigation report".

……

On March [-], a black Renault car drove into the Louvre. After the car stopped, when the secretary opened the door, the Minister of the Interior, Georges Clemenceau, who was sitting in the back seat, did not get out of the car immediately. His fingers were still pressing on the briefcase. At this time, his expression was changing from time to time, and his heart was heavy.

"Your Excellency, Your Majesty is waiting for you."

Under the secretary's reminder, Clemenceau often sighed, then shook his head helplessly, and when he got off the car, he looked towards the sky again, and whispered softly at the end.

"The whole world is crazy!"

After all, he walked into the Louvre, his footsteps echoed in the corridor, and occasionally officers could be seen walking back and forth, both army officers and naval officers, and now in this chaotic world, when war breaks out On the edge of the border, it is normal for generals to go in and out of the court.

Finally, when they came to His Majesty's office, the court attendant said to Clemenceau.

"Your Excellency, Your Majesty is discussing matters with the Prime Minister and the Marshals. Please wait here for a moment."

With a slight nod, Clemenceau walked into the waiting hall. In the waiting hall, he saw an oil painting - the wounded were lying in the center of the painting, and a dozen marshals and generals knelt down on one knee A child takes an oath of allegiance.

"Jerusalem……"

This is the scene where the Marshals swear allegiance to Napoleon V - Napoleon Judy Louis Jean Joseph Bonaparte.

From that day on, Napoleon V was forced to take the imperial crown.France entered the era of Napoleon V.

For the French Empire, that was also the best era. Both economically and military growth had increased rapidly, and it also enjoyed a long period of peace. Large-scale military operations such as wars.

Although military conquests to avenge popes and emperors lasted for many years in the Middle East colonies, the "Second Coming of Christ" with the purpose of returning the barbarians to God's embrace had almost zero impact on French mainland.

The long-term peaceful social environment has promoted the overall cultural and artistic power of France to a higher level. Paris seems to have born all the fashions and accepted the respect of all artists.And Paris itself has returned to what it used to be. It is no longer the capital of radicalism. People live a carefree life and increase consumption of wine, sex and entertainment.Populism has shifted from politics to entertainment.

"Paris is a magnet, attracting all kinds of people from all over the world, and it is also the accumulation ground of gold from all over the world."

At the same time, during this stage, the government was building a lot of construction in various places. Although the move to build the Panama Canal failed, the success of the Eastern Railway still won France a reputation.The face of the country has changed rapidly through large-scale infrastructure construction, but as the Minister of the Interior, Clemenceau knows what the rapid economic growth in the past nearly 20 years has relied on.

Relying on the over-expansion of the imperial real estate industry and the economic prosperity under the over-construction of railways.This has resulted in low government debt and low returns on domestic capital. At present, the imperial economy has tended to be in a downturn, and capital has begun to flow out.

Since four years ago, France's economic and population growth rates have stagnated.The economic growth rate was successively surpassed by Sweden and Denmark, and began to lag behind the United Kingdom.The population growth rate continues to decline, lagging far behind Germany.

Although ten years ago, France imitated the establishment of Ming Dynasty and began to establish a social welfare system-implementing a ten-hour work system and pension insurance systems.But this only alleviated the internal problems of the empire.

What Zola said when Clemenceau, who was the Minister of the Interior, chatted with Zola a few days ago.

"From Napoleon III to the present, all the problems in France have been covered up by economic growth. Every time, when the economy falls into some kind of stagnation, it will cause dissatisfaction and protests. In order to divert domestic attention, the third emperor chose to go to war against Prussia. If it weren't for the intervention of the Ming Empire, perhaps we would have been defeated back then, and the Second Empire would have perished because of this. What happened later? In order to secure his crown, the fourth emperor conquered Jerusalem before the election, making unprecedented military exploits , made him a figure no less than Napoleon, which helped him win great honors, but was assassinated there with the Pope, France is a Catholic country, and in the hearts of the French, he became a saint..."

Yes, saints.

From that day on, no one questioned the legitimacy of the Bonaparte family's throne, and in the following 15 years, the sustained and rapid economic growth of France also won the reputation of the Bonaparte family and also covered up all The problem.At the same time, Napoleon V also galvanized nationalists at home to support him by launching a confrontation with Britain.

What now?
The continued stagnation and even retrogression of the economy has aroused more and more dissatisfaction and protests.

Frowning, Clemenceau thought of what Zola said that day.

"Perhaps only God can save France...but... now this war comes at the right time, God bless, once the war breaks out, all France will be immersed in a frenzy of patriotism, you see... almost all Newspapers are fanatical, why is that? This is the inevitability of the policy of confrontation, the war ... is inevitable."

War was inevitable... not just because it happened just right, but because... it had to be fought.

Staring at the Napoleon brothers in the painting, Clemenceau looked at the dying Emperor IV on the sickbed, and then said to himself.

"It all started there..."

yes it all started from there, from jerusalem, the bonaparte family got the crown of the french second empire, from then on, they never had to think about the choice of the legislature, no french people would question that crown legality.

It was also from that day that the Second Empire was born in a real sense. Napoleon III just stole the crown, and Napoleon IV used his life and blood to crown the crown on his brother's head.

From that day on, the Bonaparte family became the true rulers of the Second French Empire.

It all started in Jerusalem, from that day, but...

After these nonsensical words, the court attendant walked to his side and said.

"Your Excellency, Your Majesty invites you in!"

　The old group is dead, and a new book friend group: 739209015 is welcome to join, discuss the plot together, and deduce the plot.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)