After comforting Armand, Joseph left Peterson Theater and took a light taxi carriage pulled by horses and prepared to go home. The two-wheeled carriage walked slowly along the road. Because the weather was good on the day, Joseph put away the carport and looked around.

At this time, the carriage along the Seine River had already walked to the next side of the Sidi Island. Sidi Island is the core of Paris and the birthplace of the city of Paris. Notre Dame is on this island. Joseph looked around and could see the high spire of Notre Dame and the new bridge lying across the Seine River. The name of the new bridge has a word "new", but in fact, it is an old bridge built in the fifteenth century, and even the oldest bridge on the entire Seine River.

The speed of the carriage slowed down because there were more people and cars on the street. This area was originally the most prosperous area in Paris, and it was normal for this phenomenon to occur. However, as the carriage continued to move forward, more and more people on the street, almost reaching the point of shoulder to shoulder.

The coachman stopped the horse and turned his head to Joseph and said, "Sir, I don't know what happened before, so I can't get through it. If you want to take a detour and cross the river from another bridge, you may have to go a long way, and you will need to spend a lot of time and add more money. I think you might as well get off here, walk through this section, and get to the other side of the river, and find another carriage, which will save you a little more."

Joseph looked forward, and the New Bridge was crowded with people, and the carriage was obviously unable to get through. Joseph knew that the coachman was right, so he nodded, took out two Sus from his pocket, handed them to the coachman, then held the hat, picked up his cane, got out of the carriage, and walked along the street towards the New Bridge.

The more you walked forward, the more people there were. The noise became louder and louder. Joseph noticed that almost everyone around him showed anxiety and anxiety, and a faint sense of excitement. He kept hearing such words in his ears:

"What is the third level? The third level is France, it is everything..."

"We must not have only one vote in the third level..."

"Yes, we can't bear to let them..."

"We have to have our own..."

"We have to defend ourselves..."

"No one can take a Sue from us without a National Assembly and without a Constitution!"

Joseph grabbed a young man and asked, "What happened?"

"The king announced the closure of the Mene's Hall. Some people said that the king would also disband the National Assembly! We must not allow him to do so!" the man replied.

Before Joseph could answer, his other hand reached out and grabbed his arm. Joseph turned his head and saw a face that was equally young, anxious and anxious, and excited: "Sir, we must not let the privileged classes trample on us at will. We are not humble soil, we are the real France! Are you right?"

Obviously, at this time, it would be unwise to express any disagreement. So Joseph immediately replied: "You are right, we cannot let them trample on this."

"Constitution, we need a constitution!" Someone shouted not far away.

"Yes, we must have a constitution and we must not let the king and the privileged class do whatever they want!"

"The king will send troops to suppress us. I heard that he is quietly mobilizing his army now, and he intends to kill us once the time is right, just like the massacre of St. Bartholomew." Another voice suddenly rang.

The people next to them suddenly became quiet, and people looked at each other, and everyone could see fear in the eyes of others.

"They...they can do something like this..." said one person.

“We must not let them do this.”

"The soldiers are also in the third level, they won't..."

"But the soldiers have to obey orders, and they can also use the money to buy the mercenaries, and use the money they have plundered from us to hire the mountain people to kill us!"

"We have to be prepared, we can't just kill..."

Listening to these shouts, Joseph knew that history had finally come to this point.

A few days ago, at the third level meeting, although the king agreed to the increase in the number of representatives of the third level from 300 to 600, he insisted that according to the traditional method, only one vote could be cast for each level. In France, 98% of the people belonged to the third level, but could only cast one vote. The first level priests and second level hereditary nobles also had one vote. Such a game rule almost means that no matter how you play, the privilege level can be done whatever you want. And the vast interests of the third level will not be guaranteed.

It is indeed a French tradition to allocate votes, but at this time, King Louis XVI actually expected that the third level, which became unprecedentedly economically powerful and had been influenced by the Enlightenment in thought, would be as good as the serfs and others who had been more than a hundred years ago, as he would do whatever he could. This can only say that his head was really not clear enough.

The representatives of the third level naturally cannot accept such arrangements. The entire third level is actually not completely unacceptable to tax increases, but while accepting taxation, they also require more rights. To put it more clearly, that is, you can ask for money, but you have to exchange things for it, and you cannot get money for nothing.

When the king proposed to convene a third-level meeting, the third level regarded this meeting as an opportunity for them to gain more rights. As soon as the news that the third level meeting was about to be held, Siyes published a political pamphlet "What is the Third Level", which clearly stated that the third level should obtain a higher status. Now the king's "adhering to tradition" practice can be said to have completely stood on the opposite side of the entire third level.

The representatives of the third rank naturally would not (the entire third rank behind them would not allow it) surrendered to the king, so they announced on their own that the representatives of the third rank would form the "National Assembly", who claimed that they had absolute authority in legislative power and claimed that they would establish the first constitution for France.

This "user-broken" practice will certainly not be allowed by the king. So Louis XVI ordered the closure of the Mene's Grand Hall, which was originally provided to the third-level representatives for discussion. There are rumors that he was planning to use force to dissolve the "illegal" "National Assembly". The news came here at this time.

At this time, a middle-aged priest-like man appeared at the bridgehead of Xinqiao, and the crowd immediately cheered at him.

"Mr. Sieres! It's Mr. Sieres!" someone shouted.

"Mr. Sieres, what should we do? What should we do!" someone shouted.

Siers climbed onto a trolley pushed by a businessman by the bridge and waved to the crowd: "Don't worry, this won't scare us. We will still go to the Menez Hall tomorrow. If we cannot formulate a constitution for France that truly represents the will of the people, we will never disband..."

There was a burst of cheers coming from all over the world. Joseph also clapped and saw that the New Bridge was crowded with people. If he had to cross the river from there, his clothes would be squeezed out. Obviously, like the carriage, he needed to take another way...

However, as the news spread, the whole of Paris became boiling. Almost everyone flocked to the streets. People could be seen talking or whispering everywhere. Every street was crowded like a vegetable market. As a result, Joseph did not return to his residence until nightfall.

At noon the next day, Joseph heard the news again that the deputies of the "National Assembly" went to the Mene's Grand Hall in the rain and prepared to continue discussing the formulation of the constitution, but they were blocked by the army sent by the king. So, led by Bayi, the first president of the National Assembly, the deputies decided to defend the new National Assembly, and they came to the Wang Family Tennis Court near the synagogue. The third-level representatives swore there that anyone would be committed to formulating the Constitution of the Kingdom to improve the monarchy and would never be separated from the National Assembly.

Many people are worried about whether the king will send troops to the Wang Family Tennis Court to arrest these "bold and arrogant" third-level representatives. However, for several days, there was no movement on the king's side. Instead, a group of representatives of the first and second-level representatives joined the "National Assembly" under the leadership of the Duke of Orleans and the Marquis of Lafayette. The Orleans family is one of the most prominent families in France, and the Marquis of Lafayette is the commander-in-chief of the French army in the North American War of Independence. In the decisive battle in Yorktown, he commanded the

He was therefore called the "hero of the New World" by the Americans. His victory was also the rare victory that France had against Britain over the years. Therefore, the Marquis of Lafayette was also quite prestigious in the army. The actions of the Duke of Orleans and the Marquis of Lafayette immediately boosted the morale of the "National Assembly" and greatly strengthened their legitimacy. At this time, they could claim that they were not only representatives of the third level, but also representatives of the first level and the second level, and the entire France.

A few days later, the "National Assembly" was officially renamed the "National Constitutional Assembly" and was preparing to officially begin the formulation of the "Constitution of the Kingdom of France". At the same time, news began to spread on the market that the king had transferred a large number of troops, especially mercenaries, to Paris. Many supporters of the third level began to prepare weapons and prepare for battle.
Chapter completed!