I'm the Dauphin in France

Chapter 515 Let the Emperor do what he should do

Afterwards, Count Buttafuoco struck while the iron was hot and asked Girolamo to push a bill in Parliament to disqualify Paoli members of parliament.

Naturally, Battolio fully supported this - if the Paulist members were eliminated, most of these parliamentary seats would fall into the hands of his own faction.

On the other hand, the Poly faction will naturally not sit idly by.

They soon united with the neutrals to fight in parliament. The latter were also worried that if the Paulists fell, it would be their turn.

However, even if they join forces, they do not have one-third of the seats in Parliament and cannot prevent the passage of the bill.

Unless there is some other force that can give them a hand.

Just then, Count Butafuoco appeared.

"So, I can assure you that my people will not vote for a bill to disqualify you as a legislator."

In the lounge of the Ajaccio tennis court, Count Butafuoco smiled at the people in front of him, and after they expressed their gratitude, he continued: "As you know, I just became the governor, but there are many people vying for this position.

"If we can work together to pass a bill to ban the National Guard, an armed force that often causes trouble for the government, then my position will be more secure."

Although the National Guard, as the armed force of the Restoration Organization, was declared an illegal organization by the French government, it was recognized by the Corsican Parliament, which was an important reason why the National Guard could always gain the support of the Corsicans.

Giuseppe and Elliot looked at each other and shook their heads firmly: "This is absolutely not possible!"

"You are taking advantage of someone's misfortune. Even if we want to deal with Bartolio, we cannot use the Self-Defense Forces as the price."

Count Buttafuoco smiled and said, "Once you lose your parliamentary qualifications, the National Guard will belong to Battolio. What's the point of protecting it?"

Both the Paulists and the neutrals were silent.

How many of these restorationists really want to establish the Republic of Corsica? There was no prominent country in Corsica's history, and nationalism had not yet emerged at that time. They were carrying out the secession movement, wasn't it just to become a "founding hero" and sit in a high position forever?

However, now he was going to be brought down, and once Bartolio took control of the Self-Defense Forces, there would be no chance of him turning things around.

Finally, Giuseppe took a deep breath and nodded: "Okay, I accept your suggestion."

Elek, the leader of the neutral faction, thought for a moment and suddenly said, "My Lord Earl, even if we support you, the three of us combined do not have enough seats in the parliament for two-thirds of the seats."

The Battolian faction holds 35% of the seats in parliament, while 66% is needed to pass laws.

Count Butafuoco nodded calmly: "Don't worry, as long as your people vote in favor of abolishing the Self-Defense Forces, the agreement will be fulfilled."

Just kidding, it would not be difficult for Chalmers, a big money donor, to influence a few Battolio members by just moving his fingers and allocating some funds.

In addition, there is the Speaker Girolamo, who also has his own influence in the Battolio faction and can serve as a backup vote.

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Second floor of the Tuileries Palace.

Joseph couldn't help but smile as he looked at the report just sent by the Governor of Corsica.

According to the letter, although the Corsica Parliament has not yet started voting, judging from the current political situation, the passage of the bill to abolish the National Guard is a foregone conclusion. All that remains is to send troops to eliminate this illegal armed force.

Without the protection of the cloak of legitimacy, this guerrilla group will find it difficult to gain support from the Corsican people - this is a decision made by the Corsican Parliament, which has extremely high effectiveness locally - and become difficult to deal with.

After losing its armed forces, the Corsican Restoration Organization, which is extremely divided internally, will no longer pose any threat.

After that, whether by assimilating them through repeated political games or finding an excuse to ban them directly, the problem of Corsica's division will be completely solved.

Joseph put the report into the envelope and wondered who should be sent to wipe out the illegal armed forces.

He suddenly felt a little amused. Wasn't it the emperor who did this job in history? It would be better to let him go this time. He was familiar with the place and there would be no mistakes.

Moreover, when Napoleon personally dealt with the Self-Guards, and saw the misdeeds of his idol Paoli and the disorganized state of the restoration organization, he would most likely become discouraged about the restoration of Corsica.

Thinking of this, he immediately wrote an order to the General Staff, ordering Major Napoleon Buonaba to lead a battalion and all the Corsican garrisons to wipe out the Corsican National Guard. After the mission was completed, Buonaba was promoted to lieutenant colonel and served as the acting commander of the Corsican garrison.

Joseph knew that Napoleon was an ambitious man. While he was disappointed with the Restoration Organization, if he could obtain a high-level position such as the commander of the Corsican Army, then his idea of ​​becoming a true Frenchman would prevail.

After Corsica was completely incorporated into the management of the French government, he no longer had the opportunity to launch any national restoration movement.

By then, this brave general will be truly put to good use.

Joseph finished writing the order and handed it to the messenger, then picked up another document on the table and looked at it.

This was sent by the State Administration of Taxation. It basically means that the tax bureaus in various places have completed their preparations and the handover with the tax contractors has been basically completed, so they can take over the tax collection work at any time.

Joseph rubbed his brows. There was less than a month left until the end of the year, and the total funds raised so far were only 8 million francs, so there was still a big gap.

Although he has ordered the banking industry to start "payment and exchange rectification" to slow down the outflow of large funds abroad, Charles is still the only tax farmer who has surrendered to him.

Those big tycoons are really patient. Joseph couldn't help but shake his head. If there is no progress next week, he will have to start taking out loans at high interest rates.

At this moment, Ayman's voice came from outside the door: "Your Highness, Mr. Fouché is here."

"Oh, please ask him to come in."

The head of the Intelligence Bureau walked quickly into the room, saluted the Crown Prince and said, "Your Highness, the 'lender' wants to see you about something important."

Lender? Joseph's eyes lit up when he heard this. This was the code name of the "insider" he had bribed in the tax farmers' association, but the other party had not given him any news, so he almost forgot about it.

I didn't expect that he wanted to see me suddenly. Was there any breakthrough?
Joseph nodded and said, "Where is he?"

"At Madame Bertrand's."

More than half an hour later, Joseph met the "lender", the British banker Goldmid, at Madame Bertrand's house.

The latter had been waiting here for a long time. When he saw the prince coming, he hurried forward and bowed:
"It is an honor to meet you, Your Royal Highness. I took the liberty of asking you to come here because I have good news to tell you."

(End of this chapter)