An Ning's arrival caused a certain traffic jam in the parliament hall. Many gentlemen who had entered the parliament hall ran out to say hello to An Ning, making the parliament hall seem empty.
Robespierre looked at his pocket watch, and then loudly informed the delegates: "Gentlemen! Alright! The meeting is about to begin, come into the room!"
Only then did people enter the conference hall one after another.
Many people look back three times in one step.
An Ning said: "Everyone, please follow the speaker's instructions."
Dandong touched his nose and said to An Ning: "Then I'll go in too."
"Yes." An Ning nodded with a complicated expression and glanced at Robespierre again.
Robespierre pretended not to notice An Ning's gaze.
Everyone gradually entered the hall.
An Ning followed Robespierre, which attracted many people's attention.
After entering the hall, An Ning followed Dandong with her eyes and found him sitting far away from the podium, chatting with a group of gentlemen who had no impression of An Ning.
An Ning subconsciously asked Robespierre: "Who are the people around Dandong? Why don't I recognize any of them?"
Robespierre said angrily: "You don't know? Danton has new friends, and he is very close to these new friends."
An Ning: "Maximilian, don't be like this. Everyone will have new encounters and new friends. Don't you also have a lot of friends that I don't know?"
Robespierre: "I didn't."
An Ning was embarrassed.
If the Incorruptible says he doesn't have it, then he probably really doesn't have it.
It's a pity that Robespierre was a man, and An Ning didn't have that kind of hobby, otherwise this sentence would still be a cute point.
"Maximilian," An Ning said, "I promise you, you will always be my best friend."
Robespierre's tense face relaxed a little, and he smiled slightly: "I know, I know Andy."
At this time Saint-Just opened the small door next to the rostrum and gave way.
Robespierre and An Ning entered the rostrum one after another and took their seats.
As soon as An Ning sat down, Robespierre stood up and looked around the entire parliament hall.
Upon seeing this, the representatives who were still talking about each other fell silent, and the entire parliament hall soon became silent.
Robespierre cleared his throat and began today's opening remarks: "Everyone, as you can see, there is an additional agenda before the official agenda today! General Frost, the hero of France, wants to discuss the direction of the future war.
Provide some explanations and seek parliamentary approval for the next war action!
"I know that many people think that Frost is a de facto military dictator, and today, Frost used his own actions to fight back against such remarks!
"Frost loves the Republic, and he will never become a military dictator! All such remarks are disrespectful to our respected General Frost!
"Today, all rumors and rumors will come to an end!
"Down below, we welcome General Frost!"
An Ning stood up: "Thank you Mr. Speaker for your spare no effort in praising me. I, Frost, only want to be the guardian of the Republic. Some people have misunderstandings about me. I think these misunderstandings will gradually be resolved as time goes by."
"Robespierre is my best friend. I have known him for eight years. He knows me well!"
Robespierre raised his head slightly, as if An Ning had said something that made him feel honored.
At this moment, someone came into An Ning's field of vision.
He saw Talleyrand appearing silently in the stands of the Parliament, mingling among the onlookers.
After meeting their gazes, Talleyrand nodded slightly.
An Ning also nodded slightly, meaning to tell Talleyrand that I would talk about you later.
**
Robespierre didn't notice Talleyrand at first, but when Frost nodded, he followed his gaze and happened to see Talleyrand.
Robespierre was stunned.
At this time, Saint-Just, who did not notice Frost's expression, approached Robespierre and whispered: "Talleyrand is here, and the first person he visited after returning to Paris was Frost."
Robespierre opened his mouth, but no words came out.
At this time, Frost began to talk about future combat intentions, including marching to the Rhine, but Robespierre didn't listen at all.
**
As soon as An Ning finished saying that he was going to lead the main force to attack the Rhine region, someone stood up and asked: "What about the Low Countries? You should know that the financial situation of the Parliament is very bad now, and we need the taxes from the Low Countries to support the Parliament!
"
An Ning shook his head: "We need tax revenue, so we attack the Low Countries. So what is the difference between us and those kingdoms? No, we can't be like this. We are not a republic established to oppress others. Our freedom cannot be established on other nations.
On top of exploitation!
"What we want to do is to liberate all of Europe, not exploit all of Europe!"
At this time Dandong stood up: "But if we don't plunder from the outside, how can we solve our financial problems?"
His words immediately aroused the echo of the group of friends around him.
An Ning looked at Dandong and said: "I have my own solution for this. The current financial problems are all due to short-sightedness. The previous parliament was too short-sighted on the issue of currency bonds, causing this currency to become completely useless paper.
"I am changing this situation through the bank I established. In one to two years, we will have a generally recognized and stable banknote. At that time, I can use the loan to hand over the newly printed banknotes.
To the Assembly and the Paris Commune!”
As soon as the words fell, there was a discussion in the entire parliament hall.
Danton asked on behalf of everyone: "Why can't the parliament print this kind of banknotes? Why do we need to go through the loan step?"
An Ning replied: "Of course it's because you have ruined your credibility by issuing vouchers indiscriminately. Now as long as the vouchers are printed by the parliament, people will worry about them being issued indiscriminately.
"As for the banknotes I issue, everyone still has enough trust in them. I will use this trust carefully and control the printing volume. The form of the loan is also to let everyone understand that this thing is not printed by the parliament."
Danton: "But what you handed over to the parliament was just printed paper, but the loan will make you hand over the debt!"
An Ning: "As long as everyone thinks it is money, it is money."
"You are blackmailing the parliament!" Before Dandong could sit down, someone stood up and slapped the table and shouted.
An Ning was convinced. Although he did benefit from this transaction, it was indeed the best way to solve the financial problems facing the parliament at present.
An Ning actually just wants to be the French Greenspan.
Because there was no way to explain the mystery to these people who had no knowledge of modern finance, An Ning forced the topic to pass: "In short, I will put the main direction of the attack on the Rhine River and target the North German states.
"As for the Low Countries, considering that they are a republic like us and there are no irreconcilable conflicts between us, I propose that Bishop Talleyrand go to the Low Countries for mediation!"