When Joseph heard this, he felt that he could not participate. Because although he did not participate in club activities very much, he was not completely unaware of the situation in the club. Since the King's escape incident, a split has occurred within the club. In the past, the members of the Friends of the Constitutional Club basically supported the constitutional monarchy, but after this incident, some people have turned to supporting the republican system. After the incident in Mars Square, this split may be more obvious.

As for the election of the new club chairman, the current chairman is Lafayette. Although he has been busy with official duties for a long time, he has participated in the club activities much less. But he is definitely one of the candidates. Joseph knew that it was Robespierre without thinking about it. And he was sure that Robespierre must have won this election. Because it is obvious that Lafayette is no longer sure about this election, otherwise he would not have to pull himself over.

"I really can't participate in such a thing. If it's not done well, I really want to lose my head!" Joseph thought so and quickly said, "General, I didn't mean to shirk it, it's just me..."

For a moment, Joseph couldn't think of any particularly reliable reason, and his face was so anxious that he was sweating.

"What?" Lafayette frowned and forgot Joseph's eyes. "Will you date a girl? But this matter is more important. I hope you can find a way to participate as much as possible."

At this time, Joseph finally came up with a solution, which was to pretend to be sick. He decided to agree first, and then pretend to be sick as soon as he got home tonight. He must be very sick, so severe that he could not move, Lafayette could not bring him a stretcher to carry him to a meeting, right?

After thinking about the countermeasures, Joseph said, "Okay, General, I will take time."

"Okay, I'll wait for you." Lafayette smiled at Joseph. As for whom Joseph would vote and who would choose between himself and Robespierre, Lafayette felt that there was no need to ask.

When Lafayette left, Joseph quickly came to Napoleon, told him about the matter on the way home, and unified the situation with him.

However, when the two of them walked to the door, Joseph was stunned because he saw two people waiting at his door.

The two people waiting for Joseph at the door, one is Armand and the other is Robespierre!

If possible, Joseph really wanted to turn around and run away immediately, but Armand and Robespierre had seen them, Armand waved at him, and Robespierre was already nodding to them.

"I can't run away!" Joseph looked at Amang's sincere smile, feeling chills all over, as if someone had taken off his clothes and threw them on the snow fields in Siberia. In a trance, he seemed to have seen the majestic figure of the guillotine.

Joseph could guess with his heel why Armand and Robespierre came to him, it must be for the purpose of voting.

"I'm so stupid, really!" Joseph thought, "I just knew that when I was going to vote, Lafayette would come to me; but I didn't expect that even Robespierre would come to me. If I were a little smarter, I would find a place to hide from the night and not go home tonight..."

But it's too late to think about anything now. Guillotine, no, it's Robespierre who has come to meet.

"Mr. Bonaparte, I'm sorry to disturb you at this time." Robespierre said with a smile.

"Joseph, why did you come back? Your brother refused to open the door for us, for fear that we were the wolf grandmothers!" Aman showed a simple smile like Little Red Riding Hood, and did not feel that he had really brought the big bad wolf to someone else's house.

"Lucian went to his classmate's house, and only Louis was at home. He was a bit rigid. I told him that I didn't come back and no one came." Joseph replied reluctantly with a smile.

He called out and opened the door. Joseph took Napoleon and the little Red Riding Hood who was cheating, and the terrifying wolf grandmother entered the house. Several people sat down, and Robespierre asked, "Mr. Bonaparte, is this your younger brother Napoleon? I heard that he is very talented in military affairs."

Napoleon didn't say anything, but Joseph could see that Napoleon was actually quite proud.

"Napoleon has performed well during this period," said Joseph. Robespierre said outside the topic, and Joseph wished he could talk for a while, so that he could have more time to consider how to deal with it.

In theory, the methods of dealing with Lafayette can also be used against Robespierre. But Joseph was a little afraid. He knew that if he pretended to be sick, he would not cut off his head because of it. But deceiving Robespierre was another matter. Once he became suspicious, the problem would be troublesome.

"Maybe there is a way to get the best of both worlds?" Joseph thought while perfunctorily and Robespierre.

Robespierre finally got to the point: "Joseph, I wonder what you think about the king being taken hostage and escaped, and the incident in the Square of God of War?"

"What happened to the king's escape?" Joseph replied, "I think he almost succeeded, but we still caught him back, which shows that God also supports the revolution."

At this time, there is no problem in mentioning God before Robespierre, because not long ago, Robespierre regarded devotion to God as the most important virtue in his article.

Robespierre smiled, but he was not led by Joseph's answer, and he continued, "Ah, Mr. Bonaparte, what I said is, do you believe the king was 'hijacked'?"

"I'm not a fool, I will believe that kind of nonsense." Joseph tilted his mouth. He felt that he would better not pretend to be stupid in front of Robespierre. If he had to make a choice between offending Lafayette and offending Robespierre, Joseph would definitely choose to offend Lafayette. Because Lafayette would not seem to send him to the guillotine. From this, it can be seen that Machiavelli's statement that being a terrifying monarch is indeed very reasonable than being a beloved monarch.

"But our king is such a fool," Napoleon interrupted. "Look at him, he even had to play a show of running away. He made such a carriage, for fear that people would not know that it was a king."

Since Joseph had expressed his attitude towards the king's escape, Napoleon felt that he would not have to hide it.

"But Mr. Lafayette still insisted that the king was 'hijacked', Bonaparte, what do you think about this?" Robespierre asked.

Joseph thought about it and knew that many people now think that he has gained many benefits from Lafayette, and he can almost be regarded as a Lafayette man. Now Robespierre raises this question, to a large extent, is judging the enemy and us. On this issue, if he continues to support Lafayette, Robespierre will obviously regard him as Lafayette's best friend and his own political enemy.

But he immediately opposed Lafayette, which seemed too unconventional. Joseph knew that if a person had a reputation similar to that of Wenhou, he would have a lot of trouble in the future. So he hesitated deliberately and said, "Mr. Lafayette naturally knew that the king was not kidnapped, but the king had always opposed the revolution. But I think that Mr. Lafayette's statement may be to avoid war."

Seeing Robespierre appearing in contemplation, Joseph continued: "Mr. Lafayette may be worried that if we pursue the king's defection, it will lead to domestic rebellion and interference from other countries. Mr. Robespierre, you also know that the French army is in a bad condition because the top leaders of the army are unreliable. But we cannot replace them all at once. Therefore, Mr. Lafayette may be worried that France will be in a very unfavorable state if a war occurs."

"So Mr. Bonaparte, what do you think about this? Do you agree with Lafayette's opinion?" Robespierre asked again.

Joseph shook his head and said, "I can understand Mr. Lafayette's concerns, but I do not agree with his approach. I think Mr. Lafayette made two mistakes on this issue."

"Let's talk about it in detail!"

"First, Mr. Lafayette's vision is too limited to the army," said Joseph. "He did not understand that the greatest power of France was not the army of France, but the people of France. Letting a man who had lost the trust of the people and who had betrayed the people would seriously damage the morale of the people.

Second, he underestimated our enemies. He felt that if we retreated, we would gain the same kindness of our enemies. But our enemies would not relax our attacks on us because of this. On the contrary, our weakness would encourage them to take risks.

Besides, the king has shown his attitude towards the revolution. From then on, the royal family has no way out. They understand that the people will never believe them anymore. In the future, whether it is us or their actions, they will only be regarded as a stopgap measure in the other party. They will never believe that we are willing to retain his rights, and they will only regard this as a counter-revolutionary force that we are afraid of at home and abroad.

Lafayette may hope to win time by retaining the king to complete the reconstruction of the army. But the king and the others would not not understand this. In the eyes of the king and the others, if Lafayette was given such time, it would be equivalent to the death penalty for the king's power. Therefore, they would not give Lafayette this time."

"You're talking about it." Armand said, "Joseph, there will be an important meeting of the club the day after tomorrow, and the club will be re-elected at the meeting. This will determine the direction of the club. I think our club can no longer follow Mr. Lafayette's wrong route."
Chapter completed!