An Ning: "Oh, I think it's not good for the troops to always sing military songs praising the king. After all, we are the National Guard, not the king's army. So I improvised a military song."
The military song in Anning Lane is a copy of "Three Major Disciplines and Eight Points of Attention" written by later generations. The melody of this song is easy to remember and can be learned by teaching it to the troops a few times. The content of the lyrics can also strengthen the military discipline of the troops, and by the way, it can be learned by the local people.
To spread the word, there is no military song more suitable than this.
The only problem is that the tune of this song is from the military song "The General's Training Song" used by Yuan Shikai when he was training troops at his small station. It is said to be the German military song "Kaiser Wilhelm's Military Training Song".
Using German military songs on French soil always has a sense of black humor.
Dandong listened quietly for a while and suddenly laughed: "It's really good. Although the melody is a simple melody with no technical skills, it is very catchy and easy to remember!"
An Ning smiled and said, "That's right. It only took me one afternoon to make the whole army know this song."
"The content of the song is also good. It emphasizes the importance of discipline and the source of the justice of the National Army! You are a genius for actually coming up with such a good thing."
——Actually, the main thing is that I can’t handle the Marseillaise. I can only hum the chorus and don’t know the lyrics. Otherwise, would you believe me if I gave you the entire Marseillaise?
Dandong: "By the way, what's the name of this song?"
For a moment, An Ning wanted to steal the name of the song and call it "The General's Military Training Song", but he suppressed this impulse and replied: "It's called the National Guard Discipline Song."
Danton: "That's good, very good! You are such a talented guy, so enviable. I really think you shouldn't go to guard the Contar, you should be in Paris, the National Assembly needs you!"
An Ning smiled awkwardly but politely. I just ran away because the National Assembly needed me so much.
Dandong sighed and added: "However, the decree that the parliament will announce next will definitely cause waves across the country. A conservative area like Konta really needs a fierce general like you to guard it."
An Ning raised her eyebrows and thought no, it would require passing the Priest Law?
The Priests' Law in the French Revolution was a very radical law, requiring all priests in France to swear allegiance to the country. More importantly, this law stipulated that the appointment power of priests was completely vested in the National Assembly, completely severing ties with the Pope in Rome.
Priests who refused to accept ecclesiastical law were considered traitors and were captured and executed.
This bill directly caused the division of France, and conservative people were directly pushed to the opposite side of Parliament.
In addition, after the revolution, the revolutionary upstarts rose too fast, and a large number of contradictions accumulated in the process. All these contradictions exploded under the intensification of this decree.
A large number of conservative areas rose up against the emerging National Assembly, and the French Civil War broke out.
For a moment, An Ning wanted to use his reputation to prevent the passage of the Priest Law and make the entire legal reform less radical.
This might prevent the outbreak of civil war.
But he immediately gave up the idea - then history would be completely derailed, and the advantage of having read the script would be lost.
If you are not careful, you may stand in the wrong team and die in the turbulent revolutionary tide.
An Ning, who had given up the idea of intervening in history, pretended to be curious and asked: "What's wrong? Is the parliament going to pass some big bill?"
Danton: "Yes, a very radical bill must be passed to turn priests into civil servants sent by the state and cut off ties with Rome. Maximilian supports this bill very much, but I think this bill is a bit too radical."
An Ning thought to himself, Dandong, you and Mara are radicals, why do you act like moderates?
Danton continued: "I remember what you predicted before that if the policy towards the priests was too radical, those conservative areas would rebel. You were talking about the Vendée. So I am very worried about this."
——Damn, so it was me who made Dandong, a radical, look like a moderate?
I am really guilty!
An Ning hurriedly made up for it: "However, there is no way to cure France's ills without adopting more radical measures. When a serious illness occurs, strong medicine must be administered!"
After saying this, An Ning suddenly realized that nowadays Europeans do not take medicine when they are sick, but they do bloodletting...
So he immediately corrected it: "I mean, it's just like bloodletting. If you have a serious illness, you need to bleed a lot in order to cure it in one go! If there is civil strife, just be civil strife. This is bloodletting. It is a necessary condition for draining the toxins accumulated in France's body!
"
——What the hell am I talking about!
That’s all, this is a metaphor unique to people of this era and has nothing to do with modern people.
Dandong nodded solemnly: "Yes, I understand. However, if our troops are as good at fighting as yours, it will only take a while to assess the rebellion!"
An Ning smiled and said nothing.
The French Civil War lasted until 1796, and was also interspersed with wars with foreign countries.
Anyway, after 1790, the whole of France had few days of peace and was constantly fighting various wars.
There is no need to tell Dandong about this.
Dandong changed the subject: "By the way, have you made any progress with the Duke's daughter?"
An Ning: "Huh? What the hell?"
"Everyone in Paris is saying that you are the Duke's favorite son-in-law, so he is working so hard to help you. Most of the pamphlets in Paris now contain the military love history of you and Christina!"
An Ning thought of Christina's breasts for a moment, and he quickly put the exaggerated white color out of his mind.
"Nothing. I'm busy marching and fighting, so I can't take care of these things." An Ning replied, "Christina is an excellent cavalry officer, and her reconnaissance has helped me a lot."
Dandong: "Just reconnaissance?"
"It's just reconnaissance." An Ning said decisively.
Danton added: "This is too confusing. Although Christina became a soldier, she is also a girl. There are examples of soldiers getting married afterward!"
An Ning: "This kind of thing depends on the girl's wishes. It doesn't matter what we say. Besides, the current situation is not a good time for love."
"That's right." Dandong shrugged.
Although he refuted Dandong, An Ning couldn't help but have daydreams in her heart - Christina is not impossible, anyway, she is big, beautiful, and very big...
**
It took An Ning and his party a week to return to Paris.
Three days before he answered Paris, the news of his return spread throughout the city.
The person most unhappy with this news was Lafayette.
That day, Lafayette was in his study, smoking a cigarette gloomily.
Bailly, the mayor of Paris, sat on the sofa for guests and lit his pipe leisurely: "I originally wanted to take this opportunity to destroy his reputation, but now he has returned with a high reputation. A few days later, he spoke at the National Assembly
After the speech is over, he will probably be promoted to brigadier general. By then, I'm afraid he will also be given the title of deputy commander of the National Guard."
Lafayette was speechless: "Who would have thought that he could defeat so many rebels? Judging from the information collected so far, even if the results are not satisfactory, he has defeated at least three times his own number of enemies. I don't know how he can defeat so many rebels."
Made it happen.”
Bayi: "Don't you know? I thought the heroes of the War of Independence would have the means to do the same thing!"
Lafayette: "The ratio of troops in the Revolutionary War was not so disparate. Even if we eliminate the unusable Continental Army, we still have an advantage compared with the British Army."
Bayi: "That's it..."
Lafayette sighed: "This exaggerated battle loss ratio, even if I don't want to believe it, I have to admit that this damn cobbler does have some talent for fighting!"
Bai Yi: "Don't you do something? If this continues, his reputation in the parliament will completely overwhelm yours!"
Lafayette: "Humph, I can only congratulate him. The only thing worth celebrating is that I also have the merits of winning the War of Independence, so I won't lose the position of Commander-in-Chief of the National Guard to him."
"Thinking about it better," Bayi paused, "The cobbler has always shown that he is not very interested in status and power. Maybe he will have no desires and desires?"
"How is it possible! How could he have no desires after such a victory? When he gets to Paris, he will definitely show his greed!" Lafayette said categorically.