The next morning, An Ning specially prepared the documents for the prosecution, put them together with the copies of the letters as important evidence, grabbed a folder, put them in the carriage and set off.
Christina originally wanted to come over to watch the fun, but Fanny reminded her that there were two tea parties today, so she could only say goodbye to An Ning reluctantly.
An Ning took the documents and went straight to the National Salvation Committee.
As soon as he arrived at the committee, he immediately attracted everyone's attention.
Someone immediately greeted him enthusiastically: "Your Excellency, General, are you here to inspect the work of the committee?"
An Ning frowned: "I don't have a superior-subordinate relationship with the committee, so we can't talk about inspecting the work or inspecting the work. I'm reporting on the enemies of the Republic."
"Really? Thank you very much. We will take it seriously! Mr. Robespierre is in the office. I will take you over right now."
An Ning hesitated for a moment. He originally thought that he was just here to do business, and he didn't think about visiting Robespierre through the back door through personal connections.
But since the clerk said so, I'm afraid it would be inappropriate not to visit Robespierre, for fear that there would be a lot of rumors in the afternoon.
So An Ning nodded: "Take me there."
A moment later he met Robespierre, the head of the National Salvation Committee.
Robespierre was still a little surprised: "Andy? Why are you here? What happened?"
An Ning raised the folder in his hand to him: "I'm here to report the enemies of the Republic to you. You would never expect that someone is consciously trying to sow discord between you and Dandong."
Robespierre was furious: "What? Is there such a thing? Although Danton and I often quarrel until our faces turn red, they are just normal differences between comrades and are friendly exchanges! Andy, get your hands on me now."
Give me your stuff, I want to see who is so ungrateful!"
An Ning handed over the folder in his hand.
Robespierre immediately put on a pair of thicker-soled glasses and began to read the contents of the document. While reading, he muttered: "Josephine Beauharnais, and Paul Barras, I should have thought of them earlier.
I should have thought of that!"
He raised his head and looked at An Ning: "I'm afraid you don't know that when you were fighting in Italy, Mr. Barras had been trying to integrate into the small circle formed by Dandong and Mara, but he had been unsuccessful.
"Because we can all see that he is not a determined changer. He did not join the ranks because he wanted to establish a republic of freedom, equality and fraternity. He is not!"
An Ning thought that was not the case. Barras had two sides in the history of France. On the one hand, he was indeed a speculator. He seized the opportunity and rose to prominence. He once became one of the five directors of the Directory, and finally took over the power.
On the other hand, his personal strength should also be recognized. At least when he put down the rebellions in Nice and Toulon, he showed quite good talents.
In fact, several representative speculators and fence-sitters during the Great Revolution were not bad in their abilities.
Take Fouche, for example, who established a modern police system for France, which has benefited France until modern times.
Talleyrand also single-handedly promoted the development of the revolution at several key nodes.
It's not like An Ning has never thought of turning Barras and others into subordinates.
But now in order to keep Robespierre and Danton, we must strike first and cannot wait for Barras to sow discord to achieve his own goals.
It is a pity that Anning came up with the idea of influencing the course of history too late. Otherwise, he could have become Barras's mentor and beacon in advance, just like Napoleon.
However, An Ning's idea at that time was still to sit on the fence and become a rich man, sitting back and watching the changes.
At this point, Barras can only be allowed to leave early.
After reading the "black material" submitted by An Ning, Robespierre slammed the table decisively: "The evidence is conclusive! However, basic procedural justice must be observed. Let's get started. First, give the subpoena to Paul Barras.
Send it."
An Ning nodded: "Yes, procedural justice is to ensure the bottom line of fairness, so let's do it."
However, An Ning's inner thought was that as long as he showed his intention to send Barras to the guillotine, the gentlemen of the jury would "understand the righteousness".
It would be good to give Barras a chance to defend himself at this time, as it can highlight the fairness and greatness of the Republic.
At this time Robespierre stood up: "But why did you suddenly think of targeting Paul Barras? I don't think your relationship is very good?"
An Ning: "Your impression is wrong. My previous contact with Mr. Barras was only because he was a special commissioner of the Parliament."
Robespierre: "But I always feel that you seem to know Mr. Barras very well."
——Don’t you understand that? I am a history enthusiast.
An Ning: "That's just because I heard some rumors."
Robespierre shrugged, and then thought of another thing: "By the way, we have to let Danton know about this. Let me write a note to Danton."
**
"I object to sending Paul Barras to the guillotine in this way!" Georges Jacques Danton burst into Robespierre's office angrily, and this was the first sentence he said.
An Ning and Robespierre were drinking tea, and they all looked at Danton.
An Ning: "Look at this, the evidence is conclusive. He instigated a relationship between you and Robespierre..."
Danton: "Yes, but so what? Isn't what Madame Beauharnais said in her letter true? I really don't agree with some of Maximilian's actions. Why should Madame Beauharnais tell the truth?
Just send her lover to the guillotine?"
Robespierre: "He is a careerist and speculator. You and I both know that his loyalty to the Republic is far less than his loyalty to himself."
"I know!" Danton interrupted Robespierre, "but we can't send a person to the guillotine just because of this! And in my opinion, Mr. Paul Barras is quite talented. He has just served as special commissioner.
He has been a member of the Communist Party of China for only a few months, but he has put down the rebellion in the dispatched area and eliminated the royal party. The Republic needs his talents!"
Danton continued to shout: "No no! As the party being instigated, I firmly oppose sending Paul Barras to the guillotine for this kind of thing!"
His square face turned red, and he did look a bit like a sullen lion.
An Ning was shocked to see Dandong like this.
A terrible thought arose in his mind.
——My efforts to change the final break between Robespierre and Danton turned out to be an opportunity for the rift between the two to widen?