Chapter 584: Riding a tiger and being unable to get off

City Hall of Paris, Office of the Prime Minister.

When Clemenceau opened the door and walked into the room, he was surprised to see Briand pacing anxiously in front of his desk.

Briand was known for his calmness in the political arena, but he couldn't keep his temper at this time.

"Is it because of Jean Bleu, Prime Minister?" Clemenceau asked in a relaxed tone, taking off his coat and handing it to the secretary along with his hat and cane.

Briand stopped and turned to look at Clemenceau, and asked without answering: "You don't seem to agree?"

Clemenceau walked to the desk and poured himself a glass of red wine. He sat down on the sofa with the wine glass and replied: "I don't think there is anything to worry about. If Charles dares to do such a thing, then he will wait to face the parliament." We can take this opportunity to remove him as the commander of the 6th Army."

Although Ciel did everything right, the Council could not find any evidence of Ciel's involvement.

But Parliament is not a court. It has never been a place for evidence. If necessary, a small spoonful of washing powder can convict the other party.

"You're crazy." This statement was immediately rejected by Brian: "Do you know the consequences of doing this?"

"What consequences can there be?" Clemenceau spread his hands slightly: "I admit that Charles has some power in the parliament, but his power is nothing compared to us."

This is the routine of parliament. On the surface, it seems that citizens elect members and then the members vote to make decisions.

But in fact, the cabinet can use bribes to defeat members one by one, and ultimately achieve the goal of passing a certain issue.

Clemenceau and Briand were among the many MPs who were bribed.

(Note: Briand founded the French Socialist Party. He proposed to support workers’ strikes and even believed that allowing the Communist Party to exist would be beneficial to France. However, after taking office, he immediately suppressed workers’ strikes from the perspective of capitalists and was expelled from the Socialist Party as a traitor. Kerry Monceau also had a similar experience. This is the norm in parliament. It is difficult for ordinary people to elect members and push them into parliament, but they will soon be bribed by capitalists to support them. Those who do not accept the bribe will be suppressed and their future will be bleak.)

Brian let out a disdainful laugh: "Your Excellency, Commissioner, do you think this matter can be resolved by voting?"

"What else?" Clemenceau asked, and then he tilted his chin: "At most, plus newspapers. We can tell the media what Charles is doing, instigating soldiers to kill their own officers. This is not a small crime. This will weaken his standing in the eyes of the citizens, no doubt about it!"

"Stupid!" Brian gave this comment.

Clemenceau was quick and direct in his approach, but he just didn't think about problems at a deeper level.

Clemenceau's face was a bit ugly. Even if Briand didn't agree with his statement, he shouldn't have given such a simple and crude answer.

Then Clemenceau thought that this was completely different from the "gentle" image Briand had always shown. Does this mean that he was in chaos?

Brian walked to the sofa opposite Clemenceau and sat down, his tone full of helplessness: "Why don't you think about how the army will react once this matter is fully publicized?"

"The army's reaction?" Clemenceau looked confused: "You mean, the army will mutiny again?"

Brian shook his head: "No, they will not mutiny, but they will continue to enforce the so-called 'hidden rules' and Yu Yan Yu Lie, what do you think?"

Clemenceau was stunned and nodded slightly in agreement. Only then did he understand the seriousness of the problem.

The mutiny was on the surface and would be suppressed as long as the conditions set by the soldiers were met with a soft policy.

But the "hidden rules" are hidden in the dark.

On a battlefield filled with bullets, even if the soldiers used French "Lebel" rifles to kill the annoying officers, nothing could be found.

Even if the government wants to negotiate, it cannot find a partner and can only allow the situation to continue to expand.

"This will allow Charles to completely control the army, Your Majesty the Commissioner." Briand stared at Clemenceau, and tapped his finger heavily in the void, emphasizing: "And all the armies, Charles will control all the armies. No one can compete with him then!”

This fool, Brian thought, the only thing he is good at is parliamentary struggle.

During Clemenceau's reign, it was too easy for Parliament to control the army, which led to him not paying attention to the army at all, even if a genius like Charles appeared in the army.

(Note: Clemenceau served as prime minister twice, but he planned to overthrow 18 cabinet prime ministers and was known as the "Master of Cabinet Overthrow")

Without waiting for Clemenceau to answer, Briand continued his analysis: "What's more, Charles defeated the Germans at the Somme and became the commander of the 6th Army, but we did everything possible to ignore him. If this matter is known to the public, "You know, do you think there will be any generals who will stand by us and fight for us and France?"

Clemenceau nodded thoughtfully: "They will worry about becoming another Ciel."

Brian said "Yeah": "So, this matter cannot be brought to the surface, cannot be discussed in the parliament, and cannot be used in the media to appear in the public eye!"

There was one thing Brian didn't say, or maybe he didn't take it into consideration.

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Many recruits who have just joined the army do not know the "hidden rules", so even if they are bullied by officers, they do not expect to take revenge in this way.

If you don't think about it, you won't do it, and you won't even have the slightest idea.

Once the "hidden rules" are brought to the table for publicity, even if it is used as a negative teaching material, this criminal concept will take root in the minds of new recruits. If they hate someone, they will be ready to move on the battlefield.

Therefore, this phenomenon exists more or less in any country, any army, and any time period, but all countries have remained silent and handled it coldly.

Clemenceau did not know much about military affairs, and he still planned to solve it with a simple and rough method under inertial thinking, but he almost helped Charles a lot.

Clemenceau thought for a while and said, "But we can't do nothing. This will affect the prestige of the parliament and let Charles completely control the 6th Army!"

Brian nodded in agreement, which was one of the reasons why he felt it was difficult. At this time, the parliament was already in a difficult situation. He even regretted for forcing Charles too hastily and fiercely, which led to Charles having to confront the parliament head-on, which led to a series of troubles.

But in the final analysis, he underestimated Charles' political means and thought that this little guy was only talented in military industry and military affairs.

Now it seems that this is not the case.

"There is only one way now." Brian gritted his teeth: "Throw this matter to the Northern Army Group and the British, and tell them that the 6th Army has signs of mutiny again!"