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Chapter sixty-fifth, in the end it is difficult to calm down

"My respected Queen, you must be highly vigilant against the Marquis of Lafayette. Of course, what the Marquis of Lafayette said has some truth, and it can even be said that on the whole, the things he said can be called irrefutable truths.

But, my Majesty, you should know that to deceive people, the truth is much more useful than lies. Many times, people born with intelligence, like Your Majesty, can always see through those lies at a glance. But the truth is different. As long as appropriate emphasis and hints are given, the truth is often more lie than lies. Lafayette is such a fake Caesar who is good at using the truth to deceive people.

‘The times have changed’, ‘Constitutional Monarchy is the future’, this is true. But the most critical point is that Lafayette probably did not mention it to you. That is: Who is the constitutional monarchy under the leadership of who is the constitutional monarchy!

Under the current constitutional monarchy, I am foresight that the king is just a hostage and he has not received real and universal respect. I think your majesty, you must have noticed that various newspapers in Paris, some radical newspapers, such as "Friends of the People", are all claiming to establish a republic, completely end the Bourbon rule over France, and make France a republic. This theory also has many echoes in the parliament. Some originally moderate people also tend to turn to them. This is a very terrible thing.

Why did these people make such a choice? The reason is very simple, that is, those thugs have shown their power, and people know that they have power, and they also know that they are willing to use their power. But my Majesty, our King, because of his magnanimity, has never been willing to use his power, or even show his power.

If a king wears a crown but is unwilling to show his strength, then what is the awesome thing about the crown? In many cases, the revered Majesty, unwilling to show strength is almost the same as the effect of not having strength.

In addition, at a certain point, Lafayette said it well, that is, the current royal party is not reliable. I am bluntly speaking, my Majesty, as Macbeth said: 'The more people who are close to our blood, the more they want to drink our blood.' You must be wary of them even if they are your relatives.

But my Majesty, on this issue, Lafayette still used his usual means. He told you the truth, but he never told you all the truth. The facts and all the facts are completely different. The royal party and the republican rebellion are completely different in one thing, that is, the royal party must rely on the king. The king has natural authority for them. They may plot against the king through various conspiracies, or even techniques such as killing with swords, but they cannot directly attack the king. The king is their natural leader, regardless of whether some of them want to.

As for Lafayette, my wise Majesty, I call him "fake Caesar" because Lafayette pretends to be in control of the army, dresses himself up like Caesar, and can command thousands of troops in just one sentence. In fact, Lafayette's control over the army is completely incomparable to the real Caesar.

The real Caesar had a legion that had fought under him for a long time, and all aspects of this legion, including logistics, and the selection and promotion of officers, were decided by Caesar. So Caesar could easily drive them to do anything, including marching towards Rome. But Lafayette did not have such an army, he only had the so-called "prestige". How could this "prestige" be compared with the orthodox identity of His Majesty the King? Now he can control the situation, but not his own strength, but the orthodox identity of His Majesty the King. Only His Majesty the King can control the French army under his control.

Now, this "fake Caesar" is "reforming" the army. Your Majesty, this is exactly the action that Lafayette intends to make up for his weaknesses. If he can control His Majesty for a long time, then he may have the day when he truly controls the army. By then, the fake Caesar can become the real Caesar. Perhaps Lafayette really sincerely hopes to realize the constitutional monarchy, but the constitutional monarchy achieved in such a situation is a constitutional monarchy that is extremely unfavorable to His Majesty the King. Because the continuation of any contract will be

It depends on mutual awe of both parties. The parliament has shown its power, and the king has never shown any power. In such a contract, the parliament has become a high-ranking party, and the king has almost become a beggar. Such a constitution cannot last. In the parliament, there will always be people trying to attract attention in more extreme ways, and invading the king will become the best way for them to attract attention. If this continues, in the end, they will ask: 'Why do we need a king?'

But the British constitutional monarchy is not like this. The British royal family has demonstrated its strength in many aspects. The parliament and the king respect each other's strength, thus respecting each other's interests. This is a stable and reliable constitutional monarchy.

My Majesty, your humble subjects have the following suggestions on your inquiries about how the royal family should respond to the current situation.

First, you and His Majesty the King must act with great trust in Lafayette and be respectful to the Parliament to paralyze them. On the other hand, you must let His Majesty the King understand how dangerous the situation is now. He must act.

I believe that staying in Paris will not benefit the king or the entire royal family. Therefore, once you have the opportunity, the king should immediately leave Paris and go to other safer places. I believe that such places should have the following characteristics.

First, this place should generally support the royal family and support orthodoxy.

Second, this place should be far from the border. This is for several reasons. First, this is to show the people of the whole country that the king did not collude with foreign forces as those hooligans said in naughty tabloids such as Friends of the People; second, this is also to avoid some ambitious people who are not truly loyal to the king, but try to use foreign power to seek more benefits for themselves.

Based on these considerations, I personally think that Lyon will be the most suitable place.

Your faithful servant

Honore Gabriel Richti”

Honore Gabriel Richti is the Speaker of the National Assembly, a staunch revolutionary, and one of the leaders of the French Revolution. He has always been regarded as the most determined and radical revolutionary. Therefore, if his letter to Queen Marie Antoinette was seen by others, it would definitely cause a stir. In fact, in the original history, after Mirabo's death, it was because of him.

In the contributions of the revolution, the body was honored to be buried in the Pantheon. However, not long after, the king was arrested, and people searched for the correspondence between Mirabo and the queen in the palace, and found that Mirabo had defected to the royal family. So the angry crowd pulled his body out of the Pantheon and threw it into the garbage dump. (Of course, this person who believed like Louis XIV, "who cares about the flood after my death" should not care about these things.)

Mirabo was a luxury person and had a lot of mistresses around him, so his expenses were always very high. Normal and legal income was not enough to support his life like this. Since Lafayette exiled his good friend (good wallet) Duke of Orleans from France, Mirabo's life has become increasingly difficult, and it is said that he once again raised the loan interest rate by those Jews.

After being held hostage to Paris by the National Self-Defense Forces, the king and queen who almost became a prisoner in Paris was urgently needed. At this time, a scholar who had contact with the palace and biologist Jean Baptiste Lamarck recommended his friend Mirapo to the queen.

Lamarck was one of the earliest proposers of evolution. In his original history, he published "Philosophy of Zoology" in 1809 and proposed Lamarck's theory of evolution. In this year, another standard bearer of evolution, Charles Robert Darwin, was born in England. The two major principles of Lamarck's theory of evolution, namely, the use of advancement, abolishment and acquired inheritance, were basically denied by later studies, but his academic contributions are still indelible.

With the help of Lamarc, Mirapo, who once again reached the brink of bankruptcy, quietly contacted the queen. In fact, as early as July last year, after the Bastille was conquered, Mirapo tried to contact the queen. But at that time the queen looked down on a liberty like Mirapo at all. She refused his proposal without caring, just as he was just an annoying fly.

But now, the cost of bribing this person is much higher. It is said that the queen prepared four checks for Mirabo, each worth 250,000 livres, and received Mirabo's help. It was under the secret promotion of Mirabo that the king's family was able to move from the Palace of Duille, which was closer to the city center and thus became more difficult to escape to the Palace of Santa Cro, which was easier to escape.

"Dear, do you think Mirapo's statement is correct?" asked Queen Mary. But the man she called "Dear" was not King Louis XVI, but another Swedish named Axeld Fessen. He was the son of a respected parliamentarian in the Swedish House of Nobles, and was also the secret lover and true trust of Queen Mary.

"Milapore is a very talented and skilled man," sighed Fesen, "but because of this, I don't know if we can trust him."

Queen Mary nodded: "You are right. Lafayette is not loyal to the king, but at least, he is still a person with ideals and bottom line. But Mirapo, he is a bad person who should go to hell! I really find it hard to believe him. And if it weren't for them..."

Ferson sighed. He knew that neither himself nor the queen could beat Mirapo, the old fox, intellectually. And the queen was still resentful about Mirapo's lead in rebellion. Although everyone knew that this was not the time to pursue such a thing, the resentment in his heart was still difficult to calm down.
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