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Chapter 411 Hidden dangers of the Second Empire (fourth update, please subscribe)
"In order to maintain the independence of Nanhua, Nanhua is an act of civilization, but Argentina ignores the current international law and blindly expands and embezzles. It is a barbaric country."

Around 1870, many mainstream newspapers in various European countries would publish similar news, and these news had only one core - Nanhua was the guardian of civilization, while Argentina was a country of barbarism.

Ah Ren is tyrannical and should be severely punished.

Some newspapers even asked whether Argentina, a tyrannical country that slaughtered civilians and robbed soldiers, should exist in the world.

"...For the people of European countries in this era, Argentina is too far away. All they know is only through newspapers. What we need is to use newspapers to tell them-we are just! Civilized, That's enough."

In the Mercedes-Benz carriage, Xie Liangde looked at the Champs-Élysées Avenue outside the car and said.

"For a while, it seems that the French are not interested in foreign countries! It makes our work difficult!"

Xie Liangde, the ambassador of Nanhua in Paris, feels very depressed.

As an ambassador, he has been in charge of promoting Nanhua's "public opinion war", which is to promote the image of Nanhua's "civilized country army" through the press, and with the help of international public opinion, he said that Nanhua is a civilized country, and Argentina is the one that brutally massacres the people country of savagery.

But now, he felt a little powerless. The Parisians didn't care about "Southern Beria" at all, and they didn't care about the fate of Argentina at all.

"Ambassador Xie, the French are more concerned about the fate of France now. What were the Parisians doing during the parliamentary elections last year? One-third of the people were marching in the streets. The demonstrators sang the Marseillaise and shouted "Republic" In the end, out of a total of 283 seats, the liberals won 120, becoming the largest party in the parliament, and the republicans also won 30 seats—you know, this was the result of various pressures exerted by the imperial government on voters. "

When Hu Weizhi was speaking, his brows were tightly furrowed. As a military attache in the embassy, ​​or an intelligence officer, he found that this country was on the verge of losing control. If it was another country, it would be fine, but France is different. France is an ally of Nanhua.

"In January of this year, there was another scandal in which the nobles killed journalists angrily. The emperor had to make a series of concessions and chose the liberal Olivier as prime minister - the prime minister soon found out that he was both criticized by the right. despised and alienated by liberals."

"No, if it weren't for this month's general election, without those peasants standing unswervingly in front of Bonaparte, it is estimated that the emperor's chair would not be stable. Perhaps one-third of the people in Paris are republicans, But in the countryside and small places of France, the overwhelming majority of the peasants support Bonaparte."

What the ambassador said made Hu Weizhi smile.

"Indeed, this is the same as those peasants who chose Napoleon III because his surname was Bonaparte. However, Mr. Ambassador, despite the general election here, the empire relied on the votes of peasants to win the game, but the protests have intensified. Prime Minister Olivier had to ban public meetings and seize opposition newspapers, and now the situation in Paris..."

The sudden stop of the carriage and the thunderous shouts outside the carriage interrupted Hu Liangzhi's words. They looked out of the car window and saw groups of French people gathering on the street holding red flags. On the Boulevard des Lisères, Marseilles are everywhere.

This scene on the street fell into the eyes of Xie Liangde and Hu Weizhi, and their expressions became a little dignified.

None of them spoke, just sat quietly in the carriage, waiting for the end of everything. Suddenly, the door of the carriage was opened, and a French teenager stuffed a leaflet into the carriage and shouted at them.

"Long live the Republic, gentlemen, long live the Republic!"

Then the boy with the tricolor flower on his chest sang the Marseillaise and left.

The two of them didn't even look at the flyer in their hands, they just sat there with their brows tightly furrowed.

Soon, with the sound of horseshoes, groups of cuirassiers appeared brandishing whips. Under the whipping and impact of the cuirassiers, the crowd quickly fled in all directions, and the Champs-Élysées became quiet again. At that time, the ground was full of leaflets and red flags.

It was not until the carriage moved forward again that Xie Liangde said.

"Under such circumstances, it is definitely impossible for Parisians to care about South American affairs anymore. It seems that the advertising fee can be stopped!"

His so-called "advertising fee" is actually the fee paid to major French newspapers, a total of hundreds of thousands of francs, which are used to buy the newspaper office, in order to make the news reports in the newspaper more beneficial to Nanhua.But now, obviously, this is no longer necessary.

"It is indeed possible to stop for a while, there is no need to waste money."

After glancing at the leaflet in his hand, he crumpled it into a paper ball vigorously, Hu Weizhi said.

"The situation in Paris is so turbulent, I am afraid it is definitely not the blessing of the empire!"

"Yeah, the situation is so turbulent, how could the emperor not know, what do you think the emperor cares most about at this time?"

"The throne!"

Xie Liangde's answer made Hu Weizhi nodded slightly.

"Indeed, nothing is more important to the emperor now than the throne. The emperor has always tried his best to please the French. After all, no one supported him from the beginning. The republicans hate him for destroying the republic. What the royalists want to protect is the Orleans dynasty. What does Bonaparte have to do with him? If there is no support from the peasants and small cities, his throne..."

Shaking his head and sighing, Hu Weizhi said.

"It's not stable. If he wants to keep the throne, he has no choice but to..."

"war!"

Xie Liangde spit out two words directly, and then said in an extremely positive tone.

"If you want to divert domestic attention and awaken the patriotism of the French, there is only one choice, which is war. If I were the emperor, I would definitely start a war. A war is enough to unite all French people. Around the empire, in fact, most of the time, foreign wars are the best choice to cover up internal problems. After all, with the blessing of patriotism, even the republicans will temporarily abandon their differences."

From visiting with Zuo Zongtang to serving as an envoy abroad, Xie Liangde was no longer a failed scholar in Huizhou for so many years, and many of his views were not much different from those of Europeans at this time.

"And a brilliant victory may even turn many into royalists—royalists for Bonaparte!"

"premise……"

Hu Weizhi said directly.

"Always be able to win!"

(End of this chapter)