Washburn almost choked to death from the Emperor's shamelessness!
Faced with the huge pressure from hundreds of thousands of people, you can't suppress it any longer, and then you start talking about the great revolution, okay? The Great Revolution has always denied the aristocracy, so why are your Bonaparte family still colluding with the aristocrats?
In the final analysis, you just issued a Napoleonic Code to deceive the people. In fact, what is the difference between you and those feudal kings in your heart?
However, the American Minister only needs to think about these words. He will not be so short-sighted. "Yes, Your Majesty! The Napoleonic Code formally stipulates in legal form the equal natural human rights of everyone. This in itself is the embodiment of the significance of the Revolution and the French national spirit." Manifestation!"
"Hahaha, the minister is right! People in the world have misunderstandings, saying that my Napoleon family is anti-revolutionary and does not even allow people to sing the Marseillaise!"
"Facts speak louder than words now! We in the French Empire still respect public opinion!"
The American minister was very good at speaking up to him, but the Duke of Newcastle, the special envoy who came from the UK to watch the ceremony, did not have such good qualities.
This British aristocrat, who was very close to Xiao Letian, was dually appointed by the royal family and the Prime Minister to come to Paris to attend the National Day celebrations. He was seen pretending to be regretful while holding a glass of wine.
"It is a pity that Prussia has not given His Majesty a clear answer until now. You must know that today is the deadline for the ultimatum!"
"Your Majesty, what are you going to do? Is it going to go to war with Prussia? Or is it going to be demoted to a lower level and severing diplomatic relations? Or is it going to be condemned?"
Napoleon III glanced at him and said, "Okay, okay, I'll remember this. Duke of Newx, if you wait for me to come back, I'll have plenty of ways to deal with you!"
The French Emperor was very smart. Although he gave Prussia an ultimatum within a time limit, he did not say what would happen after this deadline!
In other words, he was very tough, but he still hadn't figured out how to take action. To put it bluntly, he was also waiting for the final report from the logistics department. He didn't dare to start a fight without being completely sure.
But I didn't expect Bismarck to be so tough. In the end, he still refused to bow his head. Unable to suppress his anger, Napoleon III could not fall out with the British envoy. He could only look at his pocket watch and said with a smile, "The time has come, France." The people are waiting for me, please forgive me!"
The Emperor abandoned the special envoy and slowly walked out of the glass door with square steps on his own, and walked onto the wide terrace!
This moment is the glory of the French Emperor alone. At this moment, he is the only one qualified to step onto the terrace and accept the cheers of hundreds of thousands of Paris citizens!
At 10:30 in the morning, the French Emperor walked out of the Tuileries Palace to the singing of Marseillaise, walked onto the terrace and began his National Day speech!
As soon as the emperor appeared, there was a burst of applause and cheers in the garden under the terrace, and the sound spread backwards into the distance like ocean waves.
Only the people in the Tuileries Gardens could see the emperor's voice and shadow. Those on the Champs Elysées and the surrounding alleys could only guess the stage of the celebration from the cheers in front.
"Your Majesty has stood up... Your Majesty is wearing military uniform... It seems that Your Majesty is going to declare war!"
"It must be so. The Prussians haven't bowed their heads yet. Why don't they declare war? Wearing military uniforms to participate in the National Day must be like this..."
Wave after wave of people passed on everything that happened in the front to the back. No one knows how much people's guesses and embellishments were mixed in.
Napoleon III delivered a speech loudly with his melodious voice. He knew that his voice could only be heard clearly by the people who were tens of meters away from the balcony. In fact, more citizens could not even see his exaggerated body language. not see.
But even if it’s just a formality, the show must go on!
In his congratulatory speech, he reviewed the achievements of the Second French Empire and expressed his gratitude to the people. However, ten minutes later, the emperor began to change the topic and directly opened fire on the enemies in the north.
"Dear citizens of France! Although we live under a peaceful and tranquil sky, and although we are all part of a powerful nation favored by God... there are still those who overestimate their capabilities and try to challenge our powerful empire!"
"In the far east, a newly rising warlord actually ignored the olive branch extended by the empire and chose to become our enemy. They expelled our merchants, attacked our army, and challenged the endurance of the empire again and again!"
"And to our north, the Kingdom of Prussia, which luckily won two wars, did not cherish the peace granted to them by the empire at all, but instead challenged it again and again!"
"France is not afraid of any threats. Even if these careerists unite, they will never get any advantage from the empire!"
"Today is the deadline for our ultimatum, and so far, they still have not agreed to the empire's reasonable demands!"
"French people! We can't bear it anymore! I hereby announce that we will officially sever diplomatic relations with Prussia from now on!"
"Until Prussia can repent... From this moment on, we are breaking off diplomatic relations with Prussia!"
The passionate slogans and exaggerated body language expressed the emperor's inner excitement, and the people under the balcony subconsciously began to cheer long live.
"Long live! Long live! Broken off diplomatic relations... Broken off diplomatic relations with Prussia..."
"Wait... what do you mean... severing diplomatic relations? Not starting a war, but just severing diplomatic relations?"
Before the slogan was finished, the crowd started talking!
But the people in the front could hear the emperor's words clearly, but the people in the back couldn't hear them at all. They passed the message to the rear over and over again, but once the words came from the mouths of many people, it changed drastically!
"We have broken off diplomatic relations with Prussia..."
"Damn Prussia, if you don't accept the ultimatum, the emperor breaks off diplomatic relations with them..."
"What...please speak louder...should we break off diplomatic relations or start a war..."
"Cut off diplomatic relations or start a war..."
"Speak louder at the front... break off diplomatic relations and start a war?"
"Listen clearly...the emperor just said that we will break off diplomatic relations with Prussia and the Chinese and start a war!"
"Long live! The war has begun! Long live! The war has begun!"
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Wave after wave of rumors completely distorted what Napoleon III said. Each person who conveyed the message would subconsciously add a few words. As a result, the meaning of one sentence was completely different when it was passed on to ten people.
Five hundred meters later, hundreds of thousands of Paris citizens had only two words in their mouths: break off diplomatic relations and start war!
The people finally got what they wanted, and the war slogan was chanted in the mouths of hundreds of thousands of people! The empire has no retreat!
