The day after the wedding, Christina held a tea party at the Royal Palace to entertain the ladies and ladies of Paris, while Anning went straight to the National Assembly, where he wanted to propose that Talleyrand be appointed as the mediator to the Low Countries.
envoy.
In the original time and space, these specific administrative matters were managed by the National Salvation Committee, but now the National Salvation Committee has become a court-like organization, and administrative power has fallen into the hands of the National Assembly.
Therefore, the appointment of Talleyrand as the plenipotentiary mediator must be approved by the National Assembly.
Robespierre was a little surprised to see An Ning in the foyer of the Parliament: "I thought you would have an outing with your new wife today or something."
An Ning: "The expedition is about to begin. This is not a good time to go out for an outing anyway."
Robespierre smiled: "You don't have to push yourself so hard. You're already like this. Aren't we totally embarrassed to be lazy?"
An Ning: "Come on, regardless of others, Maximilian will never be lazy. I understand you."
Robespierre smiled, as if An Ning's words were the greatest affirmation of himself.
At this time, Saint Just, who was standing next to him, asked: "So what are you doing here in Parliament this time? You don't need to come to Parliament to prepare for war, right? In fact, the Ministry of War is almost an independent agency now, and Parliament has no control over them at all."
Work."
What Saint-Just said is true. In order to quickly reorganize enough troops, Lazar Cano took many tough measures and often skipped parliament to implement some things. The result is that now the Ministry of War has become a machine.
A machine that operates independently of Parliament.
Many people complained about this, but they were all frightened by An Ning's force and no one dared to express it publicly.
However, Anning himself promised that after the emergency period passed, he would reorganize the Ministry of War and return it to the jurisdiction of the National Assembly, the theoretical highest authority in France.
But now the War Department is still a supra-parliamentary agency.
If An Ning just wants to prepare for war, there is really no need to come to the National Assembly.
No wonder Saint Just had such doubts.
An Ning smiled and said: "As a general, I am naturally obliged to report the next battle plan to the National Assembly. Many of you think that I have surpassed the Assembly. Some people say that I want to be the Protector of the Country, like Cromwell.
That coerces parliament.
"No, I won't do that kind of thing."
Robespierre smiled and said: "Of course you won't, because the Republic is your ideal. You said that a long time ago, when we were still called the Breton Club."
An Ning actually couldn't remember whether he had started advocating for republic so early on. Theoretically speaking, he should have. After all, he also came from a republic, and the word republic was in his blood.
An Ning followed what Robespierre said: "As long as I am alive, I will firmly defend the Republic. Anyone who wants to destroy the Republic must step over my body."
Saint-Just said: "But your student Napoleon has been advocating for your French Caesar."
An Ning: "I don't want to be Caesar. I don't want to be suddenly surrounded by a group of people and stabbed to death when I am giving a speech in parliament one day."
At this time, people who got the news came to the foyer one after another and greeted An Ning.
Although An Ning didn't know most of the people he greeted, he still nodded and greeted them one by one.
Just as the time before the Assembly was almost running out, Georges Jacques Danton appeared.
He didn't even look at Robespierre at first, but suddenly he saw An Ning was there, so he could only come over with a straight face and say hello to An Ning and Robespierre.
Robespierre's response was also very dull, and an awkward atmosphere suddenly filled the gap between Danton and Robespierre.
An Ning was keenly aware of this and asked, "What's wrong? You two quarreled again?"
Dandong curled his lips: "I wanted to persuade him to stop killing temporarily, but we ended up unhappy."
An Ning: "Maximilian didn't want to kill indiscriminately, so that's why he established the National Salvation Committee, wasn't it? When he established this committee, you also supported it, didn't you?"
Danton: "I support it. That's because at that time, lynchings in Paris had reached a point where they had to be rectified. I couldn't stand that some people lost their heads just because they didn't like the jury."
An Ning: "Has anything changed now? In my opinion, Maximilian's National Salvation Committee is playing its due role."
"Not only does it play its due role, in fact, in the past six months, I have seen innocent people being killed indiscriminately more than once." Dandong paused and gave an example, "For example, Mrs. Roland! She is me
My wife’s best friend, a talented poet, was guillotined just because she supported the Girondins.”
Robespierre: "Mrs. Roland is a die-hard Girondin! And she also criticized the National Assembly and intended to subvert France!"
"Oh come on," Danton said angrily, "if France can be overthrown by a woman, then I think it would be better to destroy it as soon as possible."
An Ning intervened to smooth things over between the two people who started arguing again: "The issue of sentencing is negotiable. I think we can set up a special commissioner position to supervise the National Salvation Committee in the future and let Dandong take the position to supervise the entire trial process!"
Robespierre immediately objected: "No, you may not know, Andy, that he has been mixed up with Paul Barras, Fouche and others."
An Ning: "I also received a five-hundred-ounce gold bar from Paul Barras."
"That's different, that's your reserve. You did it to stabilize our financial order." Robespierre said, "You have always been thinking about France, and everyone sees the construction you have done.
In my eyes, but he is different, he is really in cahoots with those speculators!"
Danton was furious: "Presumptuous! How can you use the derogatory word "complicit" to me? You damn country bumpkin, you are just an executioner who got addicted to blood after tasting it!"
Robespierre did not show much anger, but the twitching corners of his mouth clearly showed that he was very angry now.
"I am for the Republic!" Robespierre almost squeezed out these words from between his teeth.
Dandong snorted: "Who knows?"
An Ning was about to continue to smooth things over, but Dandong suddenly pointed the finger at An Ning: "Andy, you too, don't you see the shortcomings of the terror policy? Your subordinate La Salle, I talked to him, he
I also criticize the current situation of indiscriminate killing!"
An Ning raised her eyebrows.
He knew that La Salle's views on the policy of terror had changed since he was injured and had spent several months recovering in Paris.
An Ning: "Okay, there is an old Eastern saying that in troubled times, it is necessary to use heavy codes to stabilize the situation. At this stage, it is necessary to use terror policies to stabilize the situation. But, Maximilian, promise me, it will be over when we achieve a complete military victory.
The war and the policy of terror must stop."
Robespierre nodded without hesitation: "No problem. It will continue until Andy completely defeats Austria and Prussia and signs the contract!"