Chapter 219 The Chameleon Talleyrand Shows His Might
Chapter 219 The Chameleon Talleyrand Shows His Power
An Ning frowned, and he recalled the scene when he entered the Tuileries Palace that night.
I remembered that young emperor whose face looked very much like Christina's, and how arrogant he was about himself.
This guy has been so obsessed with the throne that he no longer knows his last name. Staying in France must be a disaster.
Although many royalists have been killed now, there are still many royalists who have gone abroad and are very powerful.
There were also rural rebellions such as the Vendée. After all, France was the bridgehead of the feudal system in Europe and the most feudal country.
If Louis XVII is kept, there is no guarantee that he will not cause any trouble.
So An Ning made up his mind: "Then I will go to the Parliament tomorrow and directly call on everyone to try Louis XVII."
Robespierre: "Are you sure? That's your brother-in-law. This will give him the name of a parricide beast. How about we come forward?"
An Ning: "Are you sure you will kill him?"
Dandong answered straightforwardly: "No. The resistance to executing the king was very strong. Many people felt that we had already seized power at this time, so it was better to let the king live, so as not to push the royal party to a dead end.
"It's so stupid. Now we have completely broken up with the Royal Party. To show mercy to the enemy is to be cruel to one's own comrades! The Royal Party will not show mercy when they massacre us."
Marat: "Then, under such circumstances, you hooked up with the king's sister."
An Ning couldn't help but hold her forehead: "I just feel that Paris is so chaotic now that it is not safe for her to go home alone. Okay, I will attend the meeting in person tomorrow... Wait a minute, is this legal in terms of procedures?"
Robespierre: "Of course, as the Speaker, I can invite you to come to Parliament to state the current security situation in Paris. This is completely legal."
"Okay, then I will go to the parliament tomorrow to show my face and express my attitude of eradicating the evil. After that, the vote will be left to you."
Dandong snapped his fingers: "Very good, very good. That's it!"
Just then the waiter brought the wine, so Dandong raised his glass: "Let's drink to the new republic!"
An Ning also raised his wine glass: "Cheers!"
As he did so, the gentlemen of the entire Jacobin Club took up their glasses, and the whole monastery resounded with the cry of "Long live the Republic."
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The next day, An Ning changed into a clean military uniform and set off early from the headquarters to the parliament.
When he was approaching the door of the parliament, he suddenly saw a few trousers wearing liberty hats on the roadside, searching for corpses on the ground.
The body looked very fresh, and it should be that of a royal gang member who was brutally murdered just last night.
When a man in trousers heard the sound of horse hooves, he looked up and saw that it was General Frost. He straightened up like a spring and shouted: "Long live General Frost!"
When other people heard this shout, they also raised their heads in confusion, and then they all stood up and shouted long live.
An Ning frowned and said to Rana beside him: "We must restore order in Paris as soon as possible to prevent the expansion of endless revenge."
Rana: "I will try my best."
After speaking, he rode forward and said angrily: "Did you kill these people? Only the court has the power to judge and execute the royal party!"
The man in trousers who had just shouted Long Live replied: "They were executed after the court trial! The court is over there, and it will continue to be open today! These are all die-hard royalists!"
As soon as he finished speaking, someone muttered: "What die-hard royalists? They just owed money to Old Barber, and then Old Barber became the presiding judge and executed them!"
An Ning: "Rana, go investigate this matter. If it is true, kill the presiding judge who abused his power."
Lana nodded and asked those people to take him to the presiding judge.
After sending Rana off, An Ning continued to go to the Parliament.
The National Assembly also gathered a large number of Parisian citizens to watch today. As soon as they saw the peace, they began to shout "Long live General Frost".
An Ning nodded in greeting.
Robespierre and others had already arrived at the Parliament and were waiting for him at the door of the Parliament.
Standing with them were a large number of congressmen.
Everyone looked at An Ning with baffled expressions.
An Ning dismounted, met Robespierre and the others, and then entered the parliament hall together.
As the Speaker, Robespierre's position was next to the podium, and he could reach the podium when he stood up. An Ning's position was next to it, separated from the podium by Robespierre.
Dandong sat next to An Ning.
And Marat was at the front of the observer's seat.
Saint Just sits on the left side of the lectern. His position is higher than the lectern. The Jacobins usually like to sit in these positions higher than the lectern, so they are also called Mountain sects.
After An Ning sat down, he found many members of Congress peeking at him and whispering to the people around him.
He even heard someone muttering: "Didn't the bill for the trial of Louis XVII be rejected yesterday?"
It's because you voted down the bill that I came here!
While An Ning was thinking this, Robespierre stood up, clapped his hands vigorously, focused everyone's attention, and said loudly: "Today, I invited General Frost to report to us about the situation in Paris.
situation, so Your Excellency the General will attend the meeting. Now, let’s start today’s meeting.
"Yesterday, after we vetoed the bill to execute Louis XVII, the masses immediately erupted in cries of dissatisfaction. So today, we will continue to discuss whether to execute Louis XVII! This is also in response to the voice of the people of Paris!"
After the words fell, the crowd watching in the stands shouted loudly: "Execute him!"
"Hang the king!"
"He is responsible for our deaths and injuries that night!"
"My brother died in the battle with the Royal Party! Why is the leader of the Royal Party alive?"
An Ning saw that the crowd wanted to execute Louis XVII, so what are you waiting for!
At this time, Robespierre announced the start of the meeting, so Anning planned to speak directly and respond to the voice of the masses.
Unexpectedly, he stood up alone before he took action.
An Ning almost didn't recognize this person. It wasn't until he opened his mouth that he realized that this was Talleyrand, the famous chameleon!
——My dear, Mr. Bishop, you have gained a lot of weight in the past few years since the revolution! You are so fat that I can’t even recognize you!
After Talleyrand stood up, he glanced at An Ning, with an expression on his face that seemed to say, "I completely understand, leave it to me."
An Ning raised his eyebrows, wondering if this chameleon already understood the meaning of my appearance in the parliament?
Then, in order to save me from turning into a parricide beast, he decided to call on everyone to try Louis XVII on my behalf?
He is indeed the most famous chameleon in France, he really understands!
While An Ning was thinking this, Talleyrand spoke: "Everyone! We all know that the people in Paris strongly demand the execution of Louis XVII. If Louis XVII is not executed, their anger will be difficult to calm down!"
An Ning thought, yes, yes, Talleyrand, that's it!
Talleyrand glanced at An Ning again, and then continued: "So, we voted down the proposal to try Louis XVII yesterday, which caused an uproar! We have to reconsider it today!
"Everyone! For the sake of the new republic, the previous feudal system must be completely liquidated, and a king must die!"
The people in the stands applauded like crazy, An Ning was also very happy, you did a good job, Talleyrand!
This way I don’t have to say it myself! Although my fiancée has given up on his younger brother, my father-in-law is still thinking about him. I personally proposed to execute him, after all, it will make my father-in-law sad.
You did a great job, Talleyrand!
At this time, Talleyrand suppressed everyone's cheers with both hands and continued solemnly: "But, gentlemen, think about it, is it enough to just execute a random king?"
An Ning:Huh?
Talleyrand, what do you want to do?
Talleyrand: "The Louis XVII we are imprisoning now is, to put it bluntly, just a puppet supported by the Royal Party! Can we be satisfied if he is executed? No! The real culprit of the Royal Party is also the evidence of treason.
The traitor is Louis XVI and his Austrian wives who are now in Vienna!
"What we should try is not the puppet Louis XVII, but the real culprit Louis XVI! If we try Louis XVII and execute him triumphantly, the royal party will laugh at us!"
peaceful:?
Talleyrand raised his arms and shouted: "We should go all out to support General Frost. I believe that the general can turn the tide and defeat the Prussian-Austrian coalition forces that are close at hand, and then attack the Vienna district to kill the evil Louis.
Sixteen, be captured together with his Austrian temptress and face the trial of the Republic!"
peaceful:???
Talleyrand: "This must be the reason why General Frost attended the meeting!"