Chapter 514 The Future of Corsica
The sky is getting dark.
Filippo was still sitting on the hillside opposite Nongza Village, with torn newspapers at his feet, staring at the village in the distance as if in a daze, but he was in a painful struggle in his heart.
He knew that the Zionist movement was facing huge difficulties, and that the village must be burned to solve all the problems, so that the Zionists could continue to compete with the French...
However, that would also allow a guy who committed rape and corruption to continue to be the leader of the Zionist organization - Filippo had always believed that Pauli's embezzlement of organization funds was a frame-up, and after the London rape case, he had already believed it That should be true.
But if he does not set this fire, the restoration organization that he has fought for since he was a child will fall into fragmentation, then lose control of the parliament, and eventually fail.
At present, the only person who has the ability to integrate the restoration organization is Pauli...
But he is a dirty, shameless beast and a criminal!
Then let the ideal of rejuvenation that he has been adhering to for decades come to nothing?
I don't know how much time passed, but Filippo had a sad smile on his face and kept shaking his head, unable to make a decision at all.
He suddenly stood up and walked briskly towards the steep slope on the left.
Since you can't make a decision, let God decide...
With this thought in mind, he jumped down the nearly vertical hillside and rolled down rapidly, bouncing several times on the rocks, leaving behind a trail of bright red blood.
At noon the next day, some villagers found the body of a man at the foot of the mountain and hurried back to the village to tell the parish priest.
Agosta and the captain of the guard did not see Filippo all night, nor did they see the fire in Nongza Village, so they came to look for him nearby, and happened to meet the villagers rushing to check on the deceased...
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Although only half a month has passed, Paulie's rape case has lost its popularity in London, and he himself has paid bail and returned home - an influential political figure like him is unlikely to be raped in this way. The "small case" was overturned - but the matter continued to ferment in Corsica, occupying everyone's chat content, and it was already known to everyone.
Of course, this was the result of vigorous propaganda by the anti-Pauli faction, and the pro-French faction also secretly cooperated. The Pauli case was almost all on the front page of newspapers every day.
Bartolome even had thousands of copies of the London Gazette, which contained the details of the case, bought and placed in various towns for people to watch for free.
Under such an offensive of public opinion, the Paulists' electoral fortunes plummeted. In the parliamentary election after the incident, they only won one seat.
The anti-Paulists became the biggest winners. Especially those who had previously criticized them for slandering Pauli turned around and voted for them.
Some people also disliked the Zionists because of the misdeeds of Pauli, the Zionist leader, which resulted in the pro-French faction unexpectedly gaining some votes.
A month later, Corsica's provincial parliamentary elections concluded.
The anti-Pauli faction led by Bartolio won 35% of the seats in one fell swoop. At the same time, with the support of Chalmers, Girolamo, the insider, began to compete for the position of speaker, and currently has a clear advantage.
Count Butafouoko led the pro-French faction to win 33% of the seats, the best result since France ruled Corsica.
Although the Paulists were defeated in the later stage, they still occupied 18% of the parliamentary seats with their huge advantage at the beginning of the election.
The centrists suffered the worst, because they were labeled as sympathetic to Pauli, so they only received 14% of the seats - in political struggles, ambiguous positions are never popular.
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In a vineyard on the outskirts of Ajaccio, Girolamo saw a bloated aristocratic man appearing at the gate from a distance, and whispered to Bartolio beside him: "He's here."
The latter adjusted his collar and took the initiative to greet the other party. Without giving the other party a chance to salute, he said in a stiff tone: "Tell me, what's the matter with you? Just leave as soon as you finish."
"You are so indifferent." The visitor was Count Butafuoko. He still raised his hat and said: "But you'd better change your attitude. After all, we will meet again after we cooperate. Yes, wouldn’t it be nice if the atmosphere was more harmonious?”
"Cooperation?" Bartolio sneered, "What can I do to cooperate with you?"
Count Butafuoko did not feel dissatisfied and said with a smile: "Didn't you notice?" "Your faction and mine combined already have more than two-thirds of the seats in the parliament."
"You know what that means."
Bartorio frowned. He knew that two-thirds of the seats could legislate, but he still said with a cold face: "So?"
"We can join forces to push for a decree that will bury Paulie and his men once and for all."
Bartolo was suddenly startled.
Although the anti-Pauli faction gained an advantage in the parliamentary elections, Pauli still has great influence in the restoration organization.
If the Paulists can be eliminated from the legislative level, then their own anti-Paulists will inevitably become the backbone of the restoration organization.
He can even be promoted to be the new leader of the Restoration Organization.
His thoughts suddenly changed. If he could achieve this goal, it would not be impossible to make use of the Francophile faction.
Bartolio's face became kinder and he motioned to the room: "Please come in and talk in detail."
A few hours later, Count Butafuoko completed his mission and left.
In the vineyard room, Bartolio looked at Girolamo: "What do you think of cooperating with them?"
"This is a good opportunity." The latter said very firmly, "It's just a legislative bill. After that, we will no longer deal with the pro-French faction."
Bartolio also nodded with deep understanding.
However, he only focused on immediate interests and ignored that legislative voting in Parliament was conducted in public.
As long as he joins forces with the pro-French faction to suppress the Paulists this time, then in the eyes of the Corsican people, he will be a collaborator of the pro-French faction.
As for political struggle, once you succeed once, you will be unable to help but continue to use it in the future.
In addition, the financial backers behind the Bartolome faction are also "Infernal Affairs". It can be predicted that they will be completely bound to Count Butafuoko before long.
To be honest, in the eyes of Joseph, who had witnessed various Western political conspiracies in later generations, these novices in electoral politics were as simple as elementary school students...
A week later.
Under the chairmanship of the new Speaker Girolamo, the Corsican Parliament passed a new bill with a high vote.
The bill stipulated that Pauli was permanently deprived of his Corsican citizenship. No Corsican was allowed to contact Paoli in any way, otherwise he would be charged with treason. All of Paoli's private property was confiscated to the Corsican Parliament to compensate for his embezzlement, and his books were banned from sale in Corsica.
This series of laws seemed to only target Pauli himself, but in fact they dug into the Pauli roots of the restoration organization.
(End of chapter)