Chapter 316: Coup

The three men, Pedro II, Baron Murrita, and Baron Loreto, were sitting on the terrace in the garden, looking at their faces with ease, facing away from the lake.
"Boom" A white smoke filled, two cameras with two cameras stacked on top of each other. The shooting was completed under the operation of court photographer Quam Jose Insley Pacheco. Pacheco was born In Portugal, he immigrated to Brazil when he was young. During his work in New York from 1849 to 1851, he studied and studied photography techniques with Jeremiah Gurney and Matthew Brady. After returning to Brazil, he opened a job in Rio de Janeiro. Room, specializing in taking photos for the eminent officials of the Brazilian Empire, so I met Pedro II and Princess Isabella, and maintained a good personal friendship with them.
"His Majesty, Baron Murrita, and Baron Loreto have already been taken. After a few days of cleaning the photos, I will personally send them to you."
Pacheco and his two assistants packed up the camera, and said, "Sorry, there are a few guests who made an appointment in the video gallery today. I have to rush back first. I can't stay with the Royal Palace to accompany His Majesty and two barons. "
"Dear Pacheco, do your business first. Next weekend, Isabella and Earl will host a banquet at the Royal Estates outside Rio de Janeiro. Don't forget to attend."
"Thank you, Your Majesty and Princess, for the banquet on the weekend, I will use the camera to leave a good memory for Her Majesty, Princess, and Earl Eyre." ............
"His Majesty, the peace talks between Britain and China failed. I heard that the Chinese negotiators have given up their efforts to save the peace talks and are planning to leave Rio de Janeiro to return to their home country one week later. The peace talks between the two countries have failed. The army's retaliatory counterattack requires the Imperial Army to plan ahead. "
After Pacheco's departure, Baron Murrita and Pedro II discussed recent events.
"The recent actions of the Republicans and Democrats have been abnormal. In the past two weeks, the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Police found that the Republican leader Morais and many democrats had made private visits to the British Minister Oston, Your Majesty, Britain is the largest creditor of the empire. Most of the weapons and equipment of the Imperial Army and the Navy ’s iron armored ships need to be imported from the British mainland. If the Republicans and Democrats are behind the Empire ’s central government, the British ca n’t refuse. Conditions, the situation for you and the imperial family is too dangerous. "
"The Brassacans have a strong friendship with the British Empire for three hundred years. It is impossible for the British to heed the temptation of Republicans to give up the alliances of the Brassacans."
Pedro II shook his head and said, "Five days ago, when the British and the Han Dynasty just started peace talks, the British Minister Sir Oston made a special trip to the Royal Palace to promise me that the British Empire would always support the Brazilian government to resist the illegal expansion of the Han Chinese. Britain will not bypass Brazil to make peace with the Han country alone. "
"However, Your Majesty, the biggest crisis of the Brazilian Empire is the riots and rebels, democrats and other dissidents in the country. The first thing the central government must do is to calm down the insurgency and crack down on the Republicans and democracy. Send that ambitious group of ambitious guys to subvert the country. Although the threat of Han to the empire is huge, it will not endanger the survival of the imperial government. Moreover, Han has just annexed Argentina and Uruguay and has no intention of expanding. The imperial government continued to obey the British orders, and it was meaningless to stand in the forefront to deal with the most direct attacks by the Han Chinese.
In my opinion, the Empire Central should participate in the peace talks with the Han Kingdom. Even if the British objected, a temporary armistice agreement with the Han Chinese should be reached, the frontline confronting Central Army should be transferred back to China, and the military power in the hands of the Empire Central should be increased. Deter those ambitions. "
"His Majesty, there has been instability in the army stationed in Rio de Janeiro. Dozens of lower- and middle-ranking guard officers have gathered in private to secretly publicize republican and democratic ideas. The influence of republicans and democrats is spreading to the army, and we will no longer check To live in this trend, it will not take a few years for the Guards and the Guards stationed in Rio de Janeiro to fear that they will not obey His Majesty's orders, or the confusion of the Republicans and Democrats! "
Baro Loreto was equally worried.
"How serious is the situation in the Imperial Army?"
Pedro II frowned.
"Very serious, Your Majesty, since the end of the Paraguayan war, secret small groups have appeared one after another in the Imperial Army and the Navy. Somewhat more influential are the Brasilia Knights and General Fonseca organized by Lieutenant Colonel Ebel. There are more than a dozen factions with political opinions, such as the organized officer club. These secret teams are very tightly organized. It is difficult for outsiders to hear their internal news without their approval. "
"Baron Murritba, I now appoint you as the commander of the new Rio de Janeiro Military District, General Atrenota's 4000 city defense forces under your command, and I grant you the power to supervise and investigate in the Rio de Janeiro army, Allows you to directly arrest officers and soldiers who intend to plan the rebellion without having to report to the Secretary of the Army in advance! ""
Pedro II recognized the seriousness of the military problem and issued several orders in succession: "Order the Gendarmerie Command to send special soldiers to conduct comprehensive monitoring of General Fonseca. Once General Fonseca is found with Republicans, Democrats, etc. The exact evidence of the dissident's connection was immediately reported to the Empire Central for an arrest!
Baron Loreto, appoint you as the commander-in-chief of the frontline army of Paraná. Two days later, you will take over the command of the frontline 30,000 Central Army. Without the orders issued by the Imperial Central Parliament and me, the frontline troops will not be allowed to go to the frontline of Han Defensive offensive! ".........
Making rough adjustments to the army's command system and supervision system, Pedro II sat alone on the veranda, opened a Portuguese version of "Monarchy", opened the book and read it less than ten minutes before seeing Baron Murrita hurried in with a look of panic.
"His Majesty, someone in the Guards is going to launch a coup ~ EbookFREE.me ~ The army guarding the gates of the palace has been replaced by Fonseca, while Her Majesty Fonseca has not found out, His Majesty quickly left the palace! "
Pacheco has been a court photographer since 1855. He has freely entered and left the Brazilian Royal Palace for 24 years. He not only has good relations with the royal nobles, because he often takes free photos for ordinary soldiers and is respected by most of the Guard soldiers. When Pacheco When Ke left the palace, he accidentally found that the guards guarding the palace had a few new faces. He quietly found an officer who knew him and asked a few words. Pacheco noticed the danger from the kind reminder of the officer, so Pretending to leave, after walking more than a hundred meters outside the palace, he stumbled to find a hidden place to stop, and waited until Baron Murritba and Baron Loreto came out, telling them the dangers he had perceived. people.
"Go to the Telegraph Hall. I want to contact the city defense forces in Rio de Janeiro and order General Atrenota to lead the city defense forces to destroy the rebels in the palace!"
"It's useless, Your Majesty, the Telegraph Hall is controlled by the Guards, and it is impossible for us to telegraph the outside army. Baron Loreto and Mr. Pacheco are rushing to contact Princess Isabella and General Garcia, respectively. The troops in Rio de Janeiro are unreliable. Your Majesty must leave the palace immediately! "
"Okay, let's go immediately."
Pedro II panicked and, urged by Baron Murrita, walked panic towards the back door of the garden. Unfortunately, Baron Murrita's reentry to the palace caused the guard's alertness, Fonsec After receiving reports from his men, Card quickly decided to launch a military coup ahead of time. Guards officers who originally planned to operate at noon that night, led their soldiers into the palace under a temporary accident. Other troops participating in the coup in Rio de Janeiro were also Fonseca reminded, hastily mobilized the army to cooperate with the actions in the palace.
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