Hidden Dragon in Qing Dynasty

Bordeaux became a sea of celebration as the new President, Thiers, was welcomed by the entire city's councilors and citizens.

The south of France was not devastated by the war, the economy, though somewhat affected, was still functioning, and at least the people were not starving or threatened with death.

In this state, the French are the most romantic. They prefer the cause of slogans, cheers, ideals, justice... All sorts of fake void-like things.

Weren't the enemies of the North evil, the enemies of the North just themselves, the story of being oppressed and then fighting back, nationalism gathered together, not the novelist's favorite story?

Of course, that was first and foremost the people's favorite!

The people did not even know how many disgusting crimes and trades had occurred in the darkness, but all the important figures had seen them very clearly.

Gan Bida, who was standing on the corner and watching coldly, did not have a trace of a smile on his face. He had previously resigned from his position as a council member, but in the Grand Council election, he was re-elected.

Moreover, in the south of France, there were still over a hundred thousand troops that he had single-handedly built. Although France did not have the foundations of a warlord, it was still formed by Gan Bida, so that army would naturally feel close to him.

This was a huge power, one that even Thiers did not dare to offend, so no one dared to obstruct Gan Bida when he was re-elected.

"Mr. Member of Parliament... You seem very unhappy. " A voice sounded from behind Gan Bida. Turning his head to look, it was the leader of the moderate faction, Representative Fa Fuer.

"Happy? What's there to be happy about? Is it worth it to choose a president who is unconstitutional behind all this? "

"Look at this election, there isn't even a representative of the left wing's working class, what is Thiers trying to do? Does he want to deprive the workers of their citizenship? "

When Fa Fuer heard that the barrel of gunpowder was about to explode, he quickly dragged him to a small tavern on the side of the street. There were no seats there anymore, it was filled with drunkards celebrating the establishment of the Third Republic.

The two of them each had a glass of red wine, then stood in the corner of the bar and whispered to each other.

"Gan Bida, I know what you are thinking, but the situation is too delicate, Thiers has no choice … If he wants to be elected, he must obtain the support of those wealthy people under the law. However, those people's condition is to completely wipe out those people in the commune! "

"If Thiers doesn't do this, he will not be elected! But what good would it do to drag on? Could it be that you want the royalist party to nominate another Emperor? "

"Even if the form is a constitutional monarchy, so what? "The old road is a dead end …"

Gamby sighed. "Yeah, I know, I know everything you say... But this isn't right! The workers cannot be deprived of their rights! "

"Is that what the Revolution taught us? When will we be allowed to sacrifice a group of innocent people in exchange for something? Would they be willing to sacrifice? "What right do you have to be sacrificed …"

"Drink, drink, my old friend, please don't get excited …" "Please remember, do not be agitated. The reason I came to see you today was because I hope you will be able to stabilize your army …"

"What is my army?" Gan Bida glared at him and said, "That's the army of the Republic of China, the warrior that stands against Prussia, not my private army …"

"Good, good, good …" I know, I know, don't worry! "

Fa Fuer quickly got the owner of the tavern to bring a whole bottle of red wine, in an attempt to numb the anger in Gan Bida's heart with alcohol.

His prestige in the South was especially high. Thiers did not dream to receive Gan Bida's allegiance anymore, he only wished for Gan Bida to remain neutral.

Just as the two big shots were about to vent their anger, a burst of cheers and applause suddenly rang out from outside.

"General Trochu swore allegiance to the President... The representative of the Paris garrison declared her allegiance to the President! "Hurry up and go take a look …"

The loyalty of an army was the foundation of all authority. France only had a total of three major military forces: the first was the Paris garrison, and the second was the elites of the northern POW camp.

The third was the Southern Legion that Gan Bida had single-handedly set up. These three sets of military forces were scattered and the rest were all small, unusable units.

Whoever could control these three violent groups, could control the entire French Military!

General Trochu had sworn his loyalty to him, which meant that one of the three great Military groups s had already accepted Thiers!

Just at this time, an officer in plain clothes ran into the tavern while gasping for breath. He looked around and finally found Gan Bida in the corner.

The plainclothes officer was so tired that his forehead was covered in white perspiration. He squeezed into the crowd of drunkards and subconsciously wanted to salute Gan Bida, but Fa Fuer quickly shook his hand.

Seeing the chaotic environment, the officer knew that it was inappropriate to reveal his identity, so he lowered his arm and walked over to Gan Bida's side and whispered in his ear, "Mr. Representative …" Everyone... Is everyone waiting for you? Don't you have any orders? "

While speaking, the officer was holding onto a large amount of representative Fa Fuer. Fa Fuer knew that he was feeling a little awkward and wanted to leave for the time being, but Gan Bida stopped him.

"Don't leave, if you leave, won't you really believe that I'm raising the private army?"

"Child, go and tell my warriors that I am a member of the France, I will always be loyal to this country, loyal to the Republic's council system!"

"Once the council elections have produced a legitimate president, you should unconditionally pledge your allegiance to him!"

"Just let me have a quiet drink, okay …" "I'm very tired, really very tired. I need some rest …"

The plainclothes officer did not say anything. Fa Fuer's eyes turned red, he was truly proud of Gan Bida this time, only now did he understand, this man was truly willing to sacrifice his life for the Republic!

The plainclothes officer left and took Gan Bida's instructions with him. Fa Fuer knew that the Southern Legion would now swear loyalty to Thiers too, all the Military groups in France that could fight in the future had all gathered in the hands of the President.

"My God! This is truly a good start. I hope Thiers can quickly restore order … "

Gan Bida smiled bitterly and shook his head, "I don't think that's necessarily the case … I'm afraid the next step will be an even more brutal civil war! "

As expected, after the generals of the Southern Legion declared their loyalty to the President, in the evening of the same day, Thiers issued a military assembly order.

He announced that the elites from the Southern Legion and the Paris garrison would be gathered in an army of two hundred thousand people to gather in Paris!

And his, Thiers's, office was located in Versailles City!