An Ning sighed, and sure enough, he came to this place again.
After deciding to reuse people like Talleyrand and Fouche, Anning predicted that Robespierre would object.
From the beginning, An Ning never expected to use his reputation with Robespierre to slip through. He carefully prepared his speech.
This is the time to lay out your rhetoric and test their effectiveness.
An Ning said earnestly: "Maximilian, I..."
Robespierre interrupted the tranquility: "I know you must have prepared an argument that sounds very reasonable. You always leave no stone unturned."
An Ning didn't expect that he would be flattered by Robespierre unexpectedly. When did I become a man of all means?
This was said by Robespierre, who never praised others, and Robespierre definitely didn't mean to flatter anyone. From his perspective, An Ning was a reincarnated Zhuge who knew everything he could do - well,
Robespierre probably didn't know who Zhuge Liang was.
After quickly sorting out her mood, An Ning continued what she had just said and continued with her prepared remarks: "Maximilian, you should know that there are many officers in my team who are flawed, right?
"For example, Lazarus was a romantic man. When he was in Italy, the Austrian army attacked all night and killed the town where he was stationed in the early morning. When the gunfire rang out, Lazarus was still in the widow's bed in the city.
"When he rushed out of the house, he didn't even pull up his pants and had to hold his belt with one hand."
Although Robespierre was confused as to why An Ning was talking about this here, he still listened attentively without interrupting.
An Ning: "But then he led the cavalry in a counterattack and made great contributions to defending the town."
Robespierre remained silent, waiting for An Ning to continue speaking.
An Ning: "In addition to being lustful, La Salle has many other character flaws, but his talent as a cavalry officer is undoubted, so I put him in the right position without hesitation.
"As the commander-in-chief, I cannot not use a person's talents just because he has shortcomings."
Robespierre finally spoke: "What talents does Talleyrand have? What talents does Barras have?"
It’s hard to answer An Ning’s question about Barras’s talents, because the achievements of Barras that he knows about were from a previous time and space. In this time and space, Barras did not pacify the Maritime Provinces or promote Napoleon, but only suppressed the rebellion.
It just performed well in the process.
But Talleyrand could write something special: "Didn't he propose the confiscation of church property? Without this proposal, the National Assembly would have been impoverished."
Robespierre: “But what does this have to do with diplomacy?”
An Ning: "You don't participate in social activities, so you probably don't know that Talleyrand was very active in the social scene and was an activist.
"Based on his many performances, I think Talleyrand is talented and should be given a try."
Robespierre: "What about Barras?"
"Didn't he perform well in the process of countering the rebellion?"
"Then you drafted him into the army! But you didn't!"
"Mr. Barras's knowledge of the military did not meet my expectations. If you read his counter-insurgency report carefully, you will know that he relied on his superb political skills to unite the local powerful, and then successfully suppressed the rebellion.
"
Robespierre snorted and muttered disdainfully: "Political skills are so high-sounding! Isn't it just those stupid things?"
An Ning took a deep breath.
Now comes the highlight of the process he expected to convince Robespierre.
Here An Ning does not intend to use his own language, but wants to borrow a little wisdom from the future.
So An Ning spoke: "Maximilian, do you know that there is a proverb in the ancient Eastern countries that when the water is clear, there will be no fish?"
Robespierre asked in confusion: "Isn't this a Latin proverb? The ancient Eastern countries also speak Latin?"
An Ning couldn't laugh or cry for a moment. He, a gold-finger translator who had always performed very well, was stupid this time. He directly translated the first half of the "Proverbs of the Ancient Eastern Countries" and then replaced "When the water is clear, there will be no fish" with
Latin proverb.
Intelligence is intelligence, and it's a bit strange to be intelligent.
This feeling is a bit like adjusting AI painting. Sometimes AI will make some strange grooves inexplicably.
For example, the picture of eating noodles did not include chopsticks, and it also formed a strange cuteness, which struck a chord with many people, causing the meme to spread virally.
An Ning hurriedly said again that when the water is clear, there will be no fish, and as he said it, he thought to himself: Don't translate this time, just throw it out.
His silent recitation worked, and this time the words came out in Chinese pronunciation.
Robespierre shook his head: "If I didn't know your knowledge well, I would suspect that you are bluffing me. Do you still know Chinese? Did you learn it from Marco Polo?"
An Ning joked: "To tell you the truth, I actually met his old man in the Bastille."
This is a utilization of the Voltaire trope that is widely circulated in Paris, and even the serious Robespierre couldn't help but smile.
But he immediately tensed up.
An Ning continued: "Replace this proverb with a Latin proverb, which is the one just now. Maximilian, most of the people in this world are selfish and greedy. If all selfish and greedy people are abandoned, we will fall into
A situation where no one is available.
"You are noble, Maximilian, and the driving force of your actions is ideal.
"It would be great if there were a group of saint-like people like you, but in reality such people are rare.
"So we must use those selfish and greedy people. As long as they have the ability, we must use them freely."
Robespierre shook his head: "I don't believe it! I don't believe that without these people, there will be no one available!"
An Ning was silent.
In fact, he really knows that there is an organization that is held together by pure idealism. The motivation for most people in that organization is to hope that their motherland will never be sad again.
But the current Jacobins are obviously not such an organization.
Robespierre was still repeating excitedly: "I don't believe it! I don't believe that if we drive out all these speculators, there will be no Jacobins left!"
An Ning looked at Robespierre: "Accept the reality, Maximilian. In fact, after you accept the reality, you will find that it is not as bad as you thought."
Robespierre stared at An Ning, pointed at him and said: "You are corrupted!"
An Ning: "I didn't."
"No! You have! I had a hunch from the time you moved into the Palace of Versailles! You have been corrupted!"
An Ning tried to explain: "I moved to Versailles because it was suitable for a military camp. In fact, I did use it as a military camp."
Robespierre: "But it is always a royal palace and a symbol of imperial power! Yes, you also took Louis XVII's sister, how perfect!"