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Paris, Elysee Palace, Presidential Office, Government Cabinet Meeting, afternoon.

French President Grevi looked at the report handed by French Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Fresine with a sad face. The first of which was a diplomatic note from the German government with extremely harsh words.

This diplomatic note lists the disrespect and ridicule of the French public opinion to the German royal family. The German government finally decided that it could not tolerate the French government's malicious condonation of its own media. It announced that it would recall the German ambassador to France from the date of sending the diplomatic note, and restrict the French ambassador to Germany to leave Germany within three days.

At the end of the diplomatic note, the German government represented by Prime Minister Bismarck made it clear that if the French government does not see clear and serious goodwill actions in a short period of time, the German army will immediately take further actions.

Grevi pressed his head hard, and asked Fresine hoarsely, "Charles, have you understood it? What are the goodwill behaviors that the Germans want?"

"His Excellency the President, the Germans demanded that France implement a stricter press censorship system and named us to arrest and trial the editors of several famous current affairs comics distribution agencies." Frasine, who was promoted to French Prime Minister and Foreign Minister in lieu of Wadington, said with a discomfort.

"In addition, the government of the Republic is requested to issue an apology statement and to compensate the harm caused by the German royal family."

Grevey pressed his head and couldn't help but add some strength. After a while, he continued to ask, "Has Prince Shilingsphist set out to return to Berlin?"

Frasine took out his pocket watch and looked at it, and said, "His Excellency the President, according to the German schedule, Prince Hilingsfest has already taken the train to Berlin."

"This old guy is leaving so fast, I want to talk to him..." Grevi muttered and complained in a low voice.

And after Fresine glanced at the other members of the cabinet meeting, he sent out another bad news, "His Excellency the President, according to the secret report from the Paris Police Department, our people saw that people from the German Embassy were burning documents."

"What?!" Greve suddenly raised his head, looked at Fresine with an incredible look on his face and asked, "They are burning documents? The Germans really want to fight?!"

"His Excellency the President, it is very likely." French War Minister Henry François Xavier Graceley intercepted, "The troops on the French-German border reported that since last night, the German army had begun to remove wire and obstacles on the German side and were planning to close the border passage."

The cabinet ministers here are all old people who have experienced the Franco-Prussian War. After listening to the explanation of the Minister of the Graceley War, they immediately understood that Germany quietly began to prepare for a war against France.

In just a moment, the quiet venue immediately boiled.

France's Interior Minister Charles Leber, who had just been in office for three months, was the first to hold back and stood up and shouted, "Gentlemen, I have said long ago that the practice of press review must be restored. The "Press Freedom Act" proposed by the Republic is a dose of poison, a poison that can poison the Republic!"

"Shh!" A boo sounded, and the socialists and republican opportunists representing the center left of France began to boo Leber, a guy from the French right who represented the conservatives.

The words of French Minister of Culture and leader of the Left Socialist Party, Jean-Rao Les, won the general recognition of those present. "The power to guarantee freedom, especially the freedom of the media, is the basis for the establishment of the Republic, and the Germans want to destroy us!"

"We tried our best to turn the royalists into a minority in the parliamentary elections in the 1977 elections. If we agree with the German interference in the internal affairs of the republic, what is the difference between us and the right-wing royalists who suppress public opinion?!"

After a look at the silent President Grevi, Raolus continued, "This year, we drove McMahon out of the Elysee Palace to find a Republic president who supports the progressive left!"

Such meaningful and heart-killing words forced President Grevi to end his silence and directly expressed his opinion, "Gentlemen, please rest assured, I am a principled person, and I will never use the issue of principle as a bargaining chip for bargaining with the Germans!"

Hearing this, Leber stood up angrily, pointed at the left and said angrily, "Blacklist! You are taking advantage of the German war threat to kidnap the Republic nakedly. You bastards, you bastards, are responsible for the upcoming French-German war!"

"If the Germans were to impose war on the great French people, I would like to say something on behalf of the brave French, then come on!" Juer Gede, a socialist who was also a left-wing camp, said without any weakness.

In the chaos, Frasine discovered a phenomenon sensitively, and shouted with chicken blood, saying that those who wanted to give the Germans some color were left-wing cultural people in the French cultural circle.

Those who remain silent or are obviously not interested are military representatives headed by military leaders such as the Minister of War, the Minister of Navy and the Minister of Colonial.

After quietly glanced at President Grevi with a blank expression, Fresine immediately understood one thing. The French military was not optimistic that it could defeat the Germans in this crisis between France and Germany.

The French soldiers had no confidence in their combat effectiveness, which made Fresine feel cold, and the following words from Finance Minister Jean-Battes-Lion completely made Fresine feel heartbroken.

"Gentlemen, I support your tough stance against Germany, and I support you in fighting against the threat of German invasion, but I have to remind you that there is no single Chinese government that can be used in this possible war."

After glanced at President Grevi, Leon Sai continued, "As we all know, the loans to Russia that the former Prime Minister Wadington strongly advocated for emptied the national treasury. Under the order of the former Prime Minister Wadington, the Ministry of Finance embezzled all public funds that can be misappropriated projects. Because the Russians were too anxious to ask for money, we even temporarily suspended the payment of three-month salary for all civil servants in France from May."

"So, unless you can agree..." Faced with the already quiet conference room, Leon Sai threw a bomb, "again sharply cut the budgets of their respective departments, suspending the implementation of all projects, especially the establishment of new departments, and public health and public education expenditures, and once again delaying the payment of civil servants' salaries if necessary..."

Leon-Shi hadn't finished speaking yet, and a louder noise came out louder than before.

"Mr. Minister, what do you mean by stopping the establishment of a new department? Don't you know the significance of the upcoming Ministry of Labor to all French workers! You actually want to cancel it, what kind of heart do you want to stand opposite to all workers!" Juer Gede, who was deemed to be the best candidate for the future French Minister of Labor, stood up and shouted loudly.

"What a joke? I finally added a socialist department in the government, but now I have to stop. Isn't this slapping me and the camp I represent in the face? In our eyes, power is only fought for, never abandoned." Jul-Gad waved his hands with red eyes, while thinking in his heart.

"What a stupid idea to cut the department's budget. The French spirit is carried by French culture. For every fewer investments in French culture, the French spirit will be hurt more. Those who hurt the French spirit are the public enemy of France!" Jean-Raoles shouted in dissatisfaction.

The Ministry of Works, Ministry of Justice and other departments have also stated that it is impossible to reduce the department's budget. During this period, a minister even threatened that not only the department's budget must not be small, but the salary of civil servants in their own department must be paid as usual, and no cent will be owed, otherwise he and his department will go on strike!

As soon as the head opened, all the ministers' voices immediately became three points higher, and the military leaders couldn't help but agree with the request to increase the treatment of soldiers.

Leber could no longer bear this situation. Just as he was about to slap the table, a sharp pain suddenly came from his feet. As he endured the pain, Leber turned his head and saw Grevi's expressionless face and a trace of severity flashing in his eyes. Leber swallowed hard and swallowed the words from his mouth into his stomach.

This is another typical French meeting without any results. All stakeholders do their best to protect their interests and will never give up the slightest.

Grevi looked at all this indifferently, except for the surprise brought by the Germans at first, all the performances of the French were in his expectations.

Proud and arrogant, selfish and aggressive, just a bunch of stupid Gaul roosters.

After stopping Lebel's blind movement, Greve continued to look through the folder handed over by Fresine amid the quarrel.

After the German diplomatic notes, there were several French domestic newspapers, which included representative newspapers and magazines controlled by the French left and right wings.

In the first or second editions, these newspapers all publish an article with the same content, which is a signed article from the French Department of the German Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

At the beginning of the article, it introduces the detailed content of the three social security laws of the "People's Prime Minister" Bismarck, and describes what kind of benefits all German workers will receive from it. Whether they are unemployed or work-related injuries, they will enjoy state assistance. Most importantly, no matter what the reason for the German companies to fire workers, they must compensate the workers for their income of at least one month.

In the future, Germany will implement twelve years of free education for all, universal health insurance system, universal health campaign, child protection welfare plan, pension security, and low-income families... A bunch of Joey's previous life, and the welfare policies of the Nordic high-welfare countries are vividly displayed on paper.

Under the guidance of the German royal family, the German government is building a welfare society for the German people that has never been seen before in the world. The German emperor loves Germany and the people's prime ministers serve the people.

At the end of the article, I asked the French, who overthrew the imperial system and established a democratic, free and republic system, have you enjoyed the benefits of us Germans with emperors?

Obviously not! Before you, France, you, should fight for your own interests first, and don’t fail to achieve the benefits of the Germans, but worry about the Germans!

Seeing this, Grevi could no longer sit still, and his anger was already filling his chest.
Chapter completed!