Chapter 141: , Lucien’s new job

In the contract signed with Stephen Gillard, the one that Joseph values ​​most is actually that Gillard will prepay the entire cost of the first five large flying shears. Considering that the cost of flying shears is much higher than that of ordinary ships, this is definitely a lot of money.
　　 With this money, the plan to expand the shipyard can be implemented. Of course, this means that Joseph has more things on his hands and is more busy.
　　 Lucien and Louis are very happy about this. Because it means that Joseph will not come to check their homework. However, Lucien didn't feel proud for long, because Joseph quickly found something for Lucien to do.
　　 "Lucien, you have performed well recently." Joseph said, "You helped me a lot in the business with Americans. It seems that you have indeed grown a lot."
　　 "Of course..." Lucien immediately became proud. "Actually, I think I have improved a lot compared to the past..."
"Well, you know, Napoleon and I are very busy now, and we need someone to share our work. This person must be both reliable and capable. Originally, you are our brother, and naturally the most reliable person. As for Ability, Napoleon and I also think that your ability is still good. So we really hope you can help us carry the burden of the family. But you know, you did not do well the last time, so Napoleon and I , Both have some doubts about your reliability. But recently, your performance is good. And after the last incident, I re-examined myself. In that matter, Napoleon and I actually made mistakes. Without further training for you, we let you suddenly assume important tasks..."
Lucien was very happy at first, but when he heard the words "without training you more", he immediately changed his face and interrupted Joseph's words very sincerely: " Ah, Joseph, I think what happened last time has nothing to do with this. The last mistake was not because of too little training, yes, it was definitely not because of too little training... This kind of problem occurred, mainly because I was subjectively paralyzed. Lack of vigilance..."

It’s very good that you can criticize yourself so sincerely and find the reasons from yourself. But no genius can grow up without training. Just like Napoleon, if you don’t experience studying in an officer’s school, I will have the current commanding ability. So the necessary exercise is still indispensable. Well, nowadays, I have a lot of business, and there are a lot of things in the research institute. I am really too busy alone. Well, Lucien , You will follow me from now on and be my confidential secretary for a period of time. This can exercise your abilities and give you an overall understanding of the overall operation of our family."
　　 After hearing this, Lucien said with a sigh of relief: "Joseph, I heard you say more training at first, I thought you planned to... well, I think this arrangement is very good, I am willing to do it."
　　 Lucien thought with all his heart that it was a good thing to be a confidential secretary for Joseph, at least better than a mathematical training problem. However, he soon discovered that this confidential secretary is really...
　　 "Lucien, come and help... You see, the most critical process here is done, and now the rest is the calculation work. You take it over and tell me the data."
　　 "Lucien, come here...I think there is a problem with this data. You can gather the relevant information. Check the calculations and see where the problem is..."
　　 "Lucien, these are various things in the second half of the year, you come to combine them and get the best execution order..."
　　 "Lucian..."
　　 I want to say that Joseph really didn't lie to Lucien. This activity really gave Lucien a better understanding of the operation of the whole family, and it also played a very obvious role in the improvement of Lucien's ability, especially computing power. It's just... isn't Temo still doing math problems?
　　 But even so, Lucien's arrangement with Joseph is still basically satisfied, because in this post, he can get in touch with many things that he didn't have access to before, and know many secrets that he couldn't know before. This made him truly feel the satisfaction of being valued.
　　 With a reliable confidential secretary like Lucien, Joseph finally has some free time, so he has time to exercise his French writing skills—to write to Fanny.
　　 In addition to the letter to Fanny, Joseph's other letters, especially his correspondence with those in Paris, Joseph will let Lucien read together. And analyze with him the situation in Paris and the countermeasures they should take. Participating in such things is really interesting. The only problem is that after each analysis:
　　 "Well, Lucien, our response is also finished. Now you draft a reply letter in my name..."
　　 Then Joseph went to rest, and Lucien wrote a letter...
　　 Generally speaking, most of the things mentioned in these letters are within Joseph's expectations, so it is not difficult to react. But a letter from Fouché recently made Joseph a little embarrassed.
　　"Fouchet said that the government is preparing for a new round of elections and intends to elect a new parliament. After all, the vacancies in the previous National Assembly were too large." Joseph said.
"That's natural. The original members were either cut off by Robespierre or had a certain Jacobin background. Of course they have to be replaced." Lucien said, "However, at this time the election is held, they are not afraid Have you elected a lot of royal parties?"
　　 The Thermites have been committed to destroying Jacobin since they killed Robespierre. But as far as the ruling foundation is concerned, their ruling foundation is even weaker than Robespierre who was overthrown by them. Obviously, the mittens would not support them, and even under the organization of Jacobin’s remaining power, the mittens had launched two unsuccessful uprisings to try to overthrow them. And when they are in opposition to the trousers, the petty bourgeois may not be able to support them. They can only rely on big capital.
　　During the Jacobin period, all kinds of price restrictions have been imposed. The large capital suppressed by expropriation and other means certainly supports a government that opposes Jacobin. However, although the big capitals of France have a "big" in front of their names, they are not that big. They don't have a particularly strong power. Otherwise, Jacobin would not be able to get on stage at all. In fact, Jacobin was able to come to power and would be so leftist. An important reason is that these weak "big capitals" simply cannot suppress feudal power. What's more, in Jacobin's time, they were not weakened much less than the royal party.
　　 The result is naturally that although they beat Jacobin down, they have no power to suppress the royal party anymore. So in Jacobin's time, the royal party, who was suppressed to hide in the ground, did not even dare to gasp, suddenly appeared. They are naturally more popular with those who oppose Jacobin than the Thermidians.
　　 "Then it depends on the plans of the Thermites." Joseph said, "If you are a Thermites, what do you plan to do?"
Lucien paced the room twice, walked twice, and then said, "Oh, it's not easy to run! Elections must be elected, and poisonous vegetables have no such ability. Only through elections can we barely maintain a legal government. It looks like. But letting the royal party come to power cannot let the royal party come to power. After all, people from the royal party can also sing "Everything will be fine", but the lyrics have been changed a bit. ("Everything will be fine" is a revolution One of the most popular songs of the period, the most revolutionary lyrics are: "It will be good, it will be good, everything will be good, nobles are hung on street lamp poles." This song has a lively rhythm. The song by the royal party has also been loved by the royal party, but when they sang, they changed the words "nobles" in the lyrics to words such as "rebellious", "Jacobin", and "mob". Rain. Guo also mentioned this in "Les Miserables", and exclaimed: "Songs are like a guillotine, just cut the head, as for who is being cut, it has nothing to do with the guillotine."
　　The royal parties have suffered so much in the revolution, and their hearts are full of hatred. If they come back, I'm afraid they will really hang up all those rebellions as they sing in their songs. In the eyes of the royal party, the Thermidians belonged to the rebellion that should be hung up.
　　 "Then how can the royal party not be on stage?" Joseph asked again.
　　 "Declare that the election is flawed and illegal, and then re-election. In this time difference, find out the problems of the royal party candidates, solve them, and then elect again." Lucian said.
　　 "If you elect again, will the royal party come up?"
"Then do it again. The big deal is to just modify the election rules, as if they had created "active citizens" and "negative citizens". At the same time, use the royal guillotine to scare the people and see if they can scare them. "
　　 "Do you think you can?"
　　 "The chance is not great." Lucien shook his head and said, "What do the people of Paris have never seen? Relying on this thing can scare the people of Paris and let them stand on the side of the Thermites? Ha ha..."
　　 "Lucien, your analysis is good, so how do you think this event will develop in the end?"
　　 "Of course, the royal party directly used violence to set off the table. Well, I think this will be an opportunity, an opportunity to establish our era." Lucian said.
　　 "Go on!" Joseph said.
"Everyone knows that the Reyue government has no future. Including the'big guys' in the Reyue government. The big reason why they are so corrupt now is probably because they don't think much of themselves. So they are anxious. Before the ship sinks, get yourself more life-saving things, even at the cost of destroying the ship. Therefore, once the royal party really violently lifts the table, most of the people who rely on the Thermoat party will not be able to hold it back. , Is our chance."
　　 Joseph is not familiar with history, but from the movie, he also vaguely remembers that Napoleon was able to enter the political stage by his outstanding performance in suppressing the royal rebellion.
　　 However, in the movie, Napoleon at that time was just a young officer who had no chance to meet his talents, but now Napoleon is already one of the most important generals in France. Therefore, compared to that time, Napoleon and the Bonaparte family seem to have higher pursuits, rather than just being satisfied with being on the political stage.
"Our opportunity? Are you talking about rebuilding the Republic?" Joseph said, "Well, the Thermidians are idiots, but even so, they should be able to support them for a while. We must hurry up and do two things well. . First, we must be ready to enter the Italian war and obtain a foundation that is truly loyal to us. Second, we must develop some forces in Paris and be ready to respond. This matter can be entrusted to Fouché. He The ability to do this kind of thing is still good. His relationship with Ballas is also good. Let him keep an eye on Ballas, and if something happens, let him bring Ballas back as much as possible."
　　 "Well, Joseph, is Fouché reliable?" Lucien asked ~EbookFREE.me~ Fouché was unreliable. "Joseph replied unabashedly, "But in this matter, his interests are the same as ours. Fouché is a person who can see clearly where his interests are. So in this matter, as long as there is no major change in the overall situation, Fouché is more reliable than most people. "
　　 "Okay, I am going to write to him." Lucien was already conscious.
"Yes. In addition, we can't completely rely on Fouché for such things. Although he is reliable now, it does not mean that he will be reliable in the future. We must have the power to replace him and perform tasks underground. Lucien, what do you think about this matter?"
　　 "Me?" Lucien immediately understood that this was an important test for him. If you perform well, you might be able to go further in the future.
"Joseph, you ask me to think about it. Tomorrow, tomorrow I will give you an answer, okay?" Lucien thought for a while. In fact, he had already had a lot of ideas in his mind. Whether it's reliable or not, let it be said first. But it suddenly occurred to him that Joseph and Napoleon, the biggest opinion of themselves, is that they feel that they are frivolous and unreliable? Therefore, he must become calmer. Many things are best thought of.
"Very well, then we will discuss this issue at this time tomorrow." Joseph nodded and said, "Okay, let's move on to the next item. Well, here are the various income and expenses for today. Come and review it for me. a bit……"
　　 That night, the light in Lucien’s room was always on...