C2606 Rumors fill the city

To hit a snake requires one to hit its weak point. What was the weak point of the French Emperor? It was actually just as Xiao Letian said, where was the legitimacy of his rule.

Napoleon wasn't an idiot, he was very clear on how he did it. The old aristocrat capitalists in the country wanted to follow him and defend their former rights, and for the ordinary citizens to accept this empire, it was simply a dream to recreate the glory that had once existed in the Bonaparte Family.

Thus, during the years of the French Emperor's rule, it had continuously expanded overseas and waged wars. The news of each victory encouraged the people, making his personal prestige reach the peak of the day.

Amidst the countless victorious lights, the floating French Emperor was actually a little worried. He was not a fool after all, so he naturally knew about the situation in the Empire.

The empire as a whole was still very rich, but the excessive concentration of wealth in the hands of some people made it impossible to mobilize. As a result, France's domestic finances had always been tight.

The amount of money spent on the Great Reconstruction Programme in Paris had yet to be repaid. The constant expansion of the overseas colonies had dispersed the limited number of troops all over the world. He didn't even have the money to expand his army by two hundred thousand.

Napoleon III was curious, all of his great achievements in the past few years had actually overdrawn part of the empire's wealth, but of course the overdraft was only to the extent of what he could use.

Of course, he wanted to squeeze out some of the benefits from those rich people, but if he thought about it carefully, didn't he still need the support of those people to stabilize his position as emperor?

Isn't it digging one's own grave to make a move on those people? He should give up after thinking about it!

The only way for France to do that is to recuperate, to turn its expansion strategy into a contraction, to invest more in industry, and then to give the people a little bit of welfare to absorb social contradictions.

This was the only right path, but this road was already blocked. It was not that Napoleon did not want to go on it, but rather many people forced him to!

In Xiao Letian's eyes, Napoleon III was like a gangster boss who had been kidnapped by public opinion. He did not want to fight against a lot of enemies, but he had to do it.

The subordinates wanted to expand their territory and for their boss to remain strong. If their boss was not able to continuously expand his territory, then their subordinates could change their sect and even cause internal strife.

The pitiful Napoleon III could only desperately charge forward without stopping.

Furthermore, on the other side of his land, there were countless countries eyeing him covetously, using his weak points to make trouble, just like Xiao Letian.

In just one night, many bizarre rumors suddenly appeared in Street in Paris, and all of them were aimed at Napoleon III.

"Have you guys heard? At this moment, in Ryukyu in the east, there are more than 300 French soldiers s and intelligence officer s imprisoned in death cells by the Chinese people of Guam!"

"Every day they are tortured and there are countless hard labourers to do! "Right now, almost half of them are already dead …"

"What you said is not right. In the death prison, there are not three hundred people, but five hundred! It was five hundred! It is said that there is another noble knight who is also locked up inside! "

"The Chinese have the guts? Those yellow-skinned monkeys with pig tails, how dare they provoke us like this? "

"You don't even know how to read or read. What do you know? The one who grabbed our people was the Chinese, not the Great Qing, but the one who was assassinated by Xiao Letian and did not die a few days ago!

"My God! If it was that madman, it was possible! But why is there no revenge? "How can you just watch our people get treated like that!"

"Pah …" Revenge? One of our Royal Knights was killed by the Chinese! Even the nobility died a violent death, and the emperor did not even fart! "

"Is this for real?!" Was there such a thing? "Shameful …"

Everyone gathered together and whispered nonstop!

"What happened to our emperor? That year, when they faced the powerful Great Qing, they did not cower, and directly took control of their capital! "Why isn't there any movement at all?"

"Don't mention it, wasn't it because of the threat from the northern Prussian that they were unable to send out their troops?"

"Then let's fight! Then, he would let the victorious army charge to the east! How can we be so humiliated! "

The small taverns, coffee houses, and even the homes of many people were surrounded by people. They began discussing amongst themselves, and in the end, even more bizarre news spread out.

"Have you heard? His Majesty was too old to be a man anymore. The empress now relies on a few lovers' guards to satisfy her body's needs! "

"The emperor is already no longer able to do anything, much less have the ambition to expand the kingdom! Or not to be strong enough to face Prussia at all? "

"Are you for real?" How is that possible? " This was how the people were naturally interested when they heard of such rumors.

"I don't know if it's true or not. I can't take off the emperor's pants and see for myself …" In any case, His Majesty's grandeur in recent years is far from that of the past! "

"Do you know why we did not join the battle at the time of the Poo War, and instead watched as Prussia obtained victory?"

"Wasn't it because Bismark had promised to give us the land west of Rhine, that's why we France refused to send troops!"

"If it weren't for our French promises, how could he have been able to concentrate on fighting the Austria? You still want to win? "Dream on …"

"But in the end, Bismark actually went back on his words! The lands west of the Rhine are not even given to you, they deny that they treated us as fools and lied to us! "

"His Majesty has no other choice! "It's already like this, His Majesty doesn't even want to fight!"

"There's no hope, there's no hope for this empire!"

The pessimistic rumors spread like the wind in the Street in Paris. Various versions of the story focused on the emperor's weakness and powerlessness, and some people even shouted the slogan of losing power and humiliating their country.

The situation in Paris, which had just settled down, became restless once again. The people at the bottom of the spectrum, who were easily taught a lesson, were especially infuriated.

Under the provocation of countless people, they had vented their anger on the emperor of the empire!

"Investigate!" Investigate carefully! Who the hell is talking about a walk? Catch them and kill them all! "

Napoleon was completely enraged that he had actually been splashed with such dirty water.

However, these rumors had come and gone without a trace, and finding the source of these rumors was even harder than ascending to heaven. The faces of the high-ranking officers of the police department were all ashen.

They wanted to speak the truth, but they didn't dare to. They had to find a scapegoat!

"Your Majesty, please calm your anger! This matter was a conspiracy of the Prussian! "It must be them who created this rumor to discredit His Majesty …"

"Enough! What are you trying to say? Since this is a rumor created by the Prussian, then go and capture Bismark for me! "Judgement!"

The group of high-ranking officials were so frightened that they did not dare speak anymore, thinking to themselves, capture Bismark? You want to find us cops for something that the million strong army can't do?