Chapter 545: The Emperor's Thunder

Chapter 546 Taking the Emperor’s Thunder

The next day.

In the square two streets away from the Ajaccio Parliament Hall, more than 200 fully armed soldiers lined up neatly in two square formations and looked at Lieutenant Colonel Bouwanaba on horseback.

"Not long ago, we just saved Corsica from that group of rebels." Napoleon raised his riding crop and pointed in the direction of the parliament hall, "And now, there is another group of conspirators ready to destroy this peaceful life.

“According to the intelligence I have received, those separatist MPs who are incompetent, inefficient and only know how to be corrupt will instigate riots in the Chinto Mountains on Paoli’s orders.

"You, warriors of France, in order to save this province again, will follow me to arrest those separatists! Completely end this chaotic nightmare!"

He spoke sonorously and forcefully, completely forgetting that just a few months ago, he was also a member of the "separatists."

"Yes, Commander!" the soldiers responded in unison, and then under the command of the officers, they rushed towards the parliament hall to the beat of drums.

Behind them, there were several horses dragging two 6-pound cannons with them.

The Corsican parliament will hold a routine vote today on some policies. As soon as more than 70 members entered the parliament hall, some of whom were still yawning, they saw the door being pushed open, and two officials from the Ajaccio City Hall ran in and shouted anxiously:

"Army! Bwannaba is coming with the army!"

"Someone heard him saying that he wanted to 'arrest the separatists'..."

The congressmen stood up in shock and shouted:

"Who gave him this power?"

"I heard that three justices were taken away by this guy. He must be crazy!"

"Does he even want to arrest the congressman?"

"What to do? Who is going to stop him?"

Giuseppe, the leader of the Paulists, jumped on the table, waved his arms and shouted:

"Don't be afraid, everyone! This is the Corsican Parliament! We must unite and let that lunatic and military leader know that Corsicans are never afraid of threats!"

Immediately, some Restorationist MPs followed suit:

"Yes! Corsica is a place of freedom and democracy, and he is not allowed to act arbitrarily!"

"We are not afraid of him! Everyone, come with me and drive that guy away together!"

These congressmen rely on their speeches to make a living. Their words are impassioned, and each one of them is like a fearless fighter.

Giuseppe took the lead, and dozens of congressmen came to the door of the parliament hall in a chaotic manner. They saw a group of French soldiers in white military uniforms coming towards them.

He immediately stepped forward and shouted: "What are you going to do?!"

Napoleon directed his men to surround the parliament hall, then drove his horse to the group of members, raised his hat symbolically, then took out a list of names, looked down at them, and said calmly:

"In the name of the commander of the Corsican garrison, I declare the arrest of the following rebels who participated in planning the riots -

“Andrew Alexander Alchid.

“Sean Chris Bardolo.

“Richie Romano Greco Giuseppe.

"Tim Toscacci..."

When the soldiers beside him heard this, they immediately stepped forward to arrest him.

Although they belonged to the troops stationed in Corsica, they all came from the French mainland provinces. In particular, Labeau's company was a "Grenadier Company" composed of soldiers specially selected by Napoleon. Although they did not have the tall stature of regular grenadiers, they actually received the treatment of grenadiers.

These soldiers are all "direct descendants" trained by Napoleon and don't care about Corsican MPs at all.

Giuseppe's heart tightened, and he hurriedly signaled to the congressmen next to him. They joined hands and stepped forward together, shouting loudly:

"We are Corsican parliamentarians and represent the Corsican people! You have no right to arrest us!"

"Leave the council chamber immediately, you rude fellows!"

"You are trampling on freedom and the law, and you will be judged!"

The soldiers were frightened by their confident rhetoric and stopped and turned to look at the commander.

Napoleon glanced at the grenadier company commander: "Rabo, show your soldiers what to do."

"Yes, Commander!"

Labo responded, turned over and dismounted, then strode towards Giuseppe, who was shouting the loudest, raised his hand and whipped him, and shouted:

"Shut up!"

Giuseppe screamed when he was slapped, and immediately let go of the hands of other congressmen, and backed away in fear.

Labo ignored the MPs beside him, followed up and whipped him again, knocking him to the ground, then stepped on his back, and waved his head to the soldiers:

"Rope, tie it up for me."

"Yes, sir!"

Labo looked at the other soldiers and said loudly:

"Why are you still standing there? Didn't you hear the commander's order?"

With him as an example, other soldiers immediately rushed forward and used ropes to tie the congressmen whose names Napoleon read.

"Everyone fight with them!" Giuseppe's men shouted with anger and anger.

At this moment, the sound of "squeaking" wheels came from the direction of the street. The congressmen turned around and saw two black cannons appearing in their field of vision. The muzzle of the gun is pointing at itself. A soldier stood beside him holding a fire stick.

In an instant, all the members of Congress who had been struggling and resisting without fear of death stayed where they were. There was dead silence in front of the council chamber.

In fact, more than 200 soldiers did not need artillery to deal with these congressmen, and they could not fire cannons when the two sides were mixed together.

But the terrifying deterrent power of the cannon is unparalleled. Even if a person can talk eloquently to a flintlock, he will most likely become inarticulate under the gaze of the muzzle.

Soon, the soldiers stuffed a dozen parliamentarians with their hands tied into the carriage. The power of the Paoli faction in the parliament was almost wiped out.

Most of the other parliamentarians who survived the disaster dispersed in fear, while the pro-French parliamentarians looked at the backs of the army and whispered to each other in gloating.

Starting at noon that day, Ajaccio implemented martial law, and a large group of soldiers took to the streets, saying that they were to "prevent rebels from inciting riots."

Two days later, the Ajaccio High Court opened.

The three judges who had been tied up by Napoleon and taken to the warehouse completed the trial procedure in just one day under the "close protection" of the soldiers. They declared Giuseppe and 14 other parliamentarians guilty of conspiracy to incite rebellion and collusion with foreign enemies, and sentenced them to 10 to 20 years in prison and abolished their parliamentary status.

When the news came out, the whole of Corsica was shocked, especially in some areas with serious separatist tendencies, where people were even more excited and ready to launch an armed riot.

However, their leaders were now imprisoned in Napoleon's military camp, without anyone who could make decisions, and the funds could not be mobilized, so they could not make any waves at all.

And it didn't take long for Napoleon's army to appear in these places where there were signs of riots.

People's restless hearts instantly became calm.