Chapter 515 Let Nahuang do what he should do
Count Butafuoco then struck while the iron was hot and asked Girolamo to push a bill to disqualify the Paulists in parliament.
Bartolio naturally fully supports this - after killing the Paulist MPs, most of these parliamentary seats will fall into the hands of his own faction.
On the other hand, the Paulists will naturally not sit still and wait for death.
They soon joined forces with the centrists to fight in parliament. The latter is also worried that it will be his turn after the Paulists fall.
However, even if they join forces, they still do not have one-third of the seats in parliament and cannot withstand the passage of the bill.
Unless there are other forces that can help them.
At this moment, Count Butafuoko appeared.
"So, I can assure you that my people will not vote for a bill that would disqualify you as members."
In the lounge of the Ajaccio tennis court, Count Butafouoko looked at the people in front of him with a smile. After they expressed their gratitude, he continued: "You also know that I have just become governor, but there are Many people are also vying for this position.
"If we can work together to promote a bill to ban the National Guard, an armed force that often causes trouble for the government, then my position will be more secure."
As an armed force of the Restoration Organization, the National Guard was declared an illegal organization by the French government, but the Corsican Parliament recognized it. This is also an important reason why the Self-Defense Forces have always received support from the Corsican people.
Giuseppe and Eliok looked at each other and shook their heads decisively: "This is absolutely not possible!"
"You are taking advantage of others' danger. Even if we want to deal with Bartolio, we cannot use the Self-Defense Force as the price."
Count Butafuoko smiled and said: "After you lose your qualifications as members, the National Guard will belong to Bartolo. What's the point of maintaining it no matter how you maintain it?"
Paulists and centrists were silent.
How many of these Zionists really want to establish the Corsican Republic? There is no prominent country in Corsica's history. Nationalism has not yet risen at this time. Isn't it because they are engaging in separatist movements so that they can become the "founding hero" and sit in high positions forever?
However, now he is going to be screwed, and when Bartolio takes control of the Self-Defense Forces, people like him will never be able to stand up.
Finally, Giuseppe took a deep breath and nodded: "Okay, I accept your suggestion."
Eliok, the leader of the neutral faction, thought for a while and suddenly said: "Your Majesty, even if we support you, the three of us combined do not have enough seats for two-thirds of the parliament."
The Bartolomeo faction holds 35% of the seats in parliament, and 66% is needed to pass the decree.
Count Butafuoko nodded calmly: "You don't need to worry. As long as your people vote in favor of banning the Self-Defense Forces, the agreement will be fulfilled."
Just kidding, as long as Chalmers, a big financier, moves his fingers and allocates a little funds, it is not difficult to leverage a few Bartario faction members.
In addition, there is Girolamo, the speaker, who also has his own power in the Bartario faction and can serve as a guarantee vote.
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Second floor of the Tuileries Palace.
Joseph couldn't help but smile when he looked at the report just sent by the Governor of Corsica.
According to the letter, although the Corsican Parliament has not yet started voting, judging from the current political situation, it is a certainty that the bill to ban the National Guard will be passed. All that's left is to send troops to wipe out this illegal armed force.
Without the protection of the cloak of legitimacy, it will be difficult for this stragglers to gain support from the Corsican people - this is a decision of the Corsican Parliament and has extremely high effectiveness locally - so it will not be difficult to deal with.
After losing its armed forces, the Corsican Restoration Organization, which is extremely divided internally, will no longer be a threat.
After that, whether we assimilate them in political games one after another, or find excuses to ban them directly, the problem of Corsica's division will be completely solved.
Joseph stuffed the report into the envelope, thinking about who should be sent to eliminate illegal armed forces.
He suddenly felt a little funny. Wasn't this job done by the emperor in history? It would be better to let him go this time. If he is familiar with the situation, nothing will go wrong.
Moreover, after Napoleon personally dealt with the Self-Defense Forces and saw the misdeeds of his idol Pauli and the disorganized situation of the restoration organization, he would probably be disheartened by the restoration of Corsica.
Thinking of this, he immediately wrote an order to the General Staff - ordering Major Napoleon Bouwanaba to lead a battalion and all the Corsican garrison to wipe out the Corsican National Guard. Upon completion of the mission, Bouwanaba was promoted to lieutenant colonel and served as acting commander of the Corsican garrison.
Joseph knew that Napoleon was very ambitious. While he was disappointed with the Restoration Organization, if he could obtain a high-level position like the commander of the Corsican Army, then his idea of becoming an authentic Frenchman would prevail. .
After Corsica was completely integrated into the French government, he would have no chance to carry out any restoration movement.
At that time, this powerful player will truly be put to his own use.
Joseph finished writing the order and handed it to the messenger, and then picked up another document on the table to read.
This was sent by the State Administration of Taxation. It probably means that the tax bureaus in various places have completed preparations, and the handover with the tax collectors has basically been completed, and they can take over the tax collection work at any time.
Joseph rubbed his brows. There was less than a month left before the end of the year, and the total funds raised so far were only 80 million francs, leaving a huge gap.
Although he has asked the banking industry to begin "payment and exchange rectification" to prevent large funds from fleeing abroad, only Charles, a big tax collector, has surrendered to him so far.
Those big chaebols are really calm. Joseph couldn't help but shake his head. If there was no progress next week, he would have no choice but to start taking out high-interest loans.
At this moment, Emman's voice came from outside the door: "Your Highness, Mr. Fouche is here."
"Oh, invite him in."
The Director of the Intelligence Bureau quickly entered the room, saluted the Crown Prince and said: "Your Highness, the 'lender' has something important to see you."
Lender? Joseph's eyes lit up when he heard this. This was the code name of the "insider" he had bribed at the Taxpayers Association, but there had been no news from the other party, so he had almost forgotten about it.
I didn't expect that he would suddenly see me. Could it be that there was some breakthrough?
Joseph nodded and said, "Where is he?"
"Madame Bertrand's house."
More than half an hour later, Joseph met the "lender", the British banker Goldmead, at Mrs. Bertrand's house.
The latter had been waiting here for a long time. When he saw the crown prince coming, he hurriedly stepped forward to greet him and bowed: "It's an honor to meet you, your noble highness, the crown prince. I take the liberty to invite you here because I have good news to tell you. "
(End of chapter)