After sending Robespierre away, the time has come to December 1793.
An Ning discovered a drawback after becoming the first consul.
He must show up to the new cabinet and deal with daily administrative issues.
In the past, An Ning only had to worry about military issues, but for military matters, Berthier arranged all the administrative matters, and the General only had to be a hands-off shopkeeper.
Anning can focus more on adopting new equipment, building new factories and realizing its plan to become the French version of Greenspan.
But now, in terms of daily administration, he does not have a universal assistant like Berthier, so he can only handle it himself.
The new cabinet office location was placed in the original Supreme Court.
During the Bourbon dynasty, although the Supreme Court was called a court, it actually played a role in checking and balancing royal power and was the de facto central institution of aristocratic power.
The confrontation between the Supreme Court and the royal power is the confrontation between the aristocracy and the royal power.
So putting the newly formed cabinet here can be considered a kind of inheritance.
Although An Ning's daily work made An Ning very impatient, through these administrative tasks, An Ning finally realized how much chaos had been caused by throwing administrative power to the National Assembly.
Outside Paris, the situation is basically a state of siled affairs, with the National Assembly in various places handling matters as they wish.
How much influence Paris has on the local area basically depends on the ability of the special commissioners sent and whether there are National Guard troops stationed there.
There are National Guards - specifically referring to the self-defense forces sent from Paris and reorganized by the Ministry of War, loyal to tranquility - so the local government still takes the decrees from Paris seriously.
And where there are no Self-Defense Forces, it depends on the ability of the special commissioners.
If there are no self-defense forces and no special commissioners, then the local National Assembly is basically in a state of autonomy. It does not need to pay taxes to the National Assembly, nor does it need to control the decrees of the National Assembly.
Fortunately, the national consciousness of France itself has awakened a lot. National assemblies in various places still regard themselves as French, use the tricolor flag, and follow Paris in terms of culture.
Otherwise, France would have been in bulk a long time ago.
After reading the report in the cabinet for several days, An Ning felt that the top priority was to establish a complete administrative structure at the local level and restore local control.
There is a simple way, which is to break up some of the loyal troops currently in your hands and scatter them to various places.
For every town with a population of more than 5,000, regardless of whether there is Lindeng Wan or not, first send a company of about a hundred troops there, and then the special commissioner. With the support of more than 100 loyal troops, the special commissioner should be able to quickly suppress the local area.
Powerful.
The problems in cities and towns are actually relatively minor in comparison, while the French countryside is basically in a state of neglect.
In the previous kingdom era, because noble lords from all over the country crowded into the big cities, the rural order based on the aristocratic system had disintegrated, and the actual organizers of the countryside were the local priests.
Then after the Great Revolution, the Clergy Law pushed many priests to oppose the National Assembly.
The result was that the National Assembly completely lost control of the countryside.
This is also the fundamental reason why a large number of rebellions broke out in places such as the Vendée.
Now the rebellion has been basically suppressed by An Ning's troops, but if control of the countryside is not restored, the British can light a fire in places like the Vendée by bringing in a marquis or something.
Anning decided to pursue throughout France the same policy he had pursued at Contat and in the south.
Large-scale land reform and re-establishing rural order.
Then the problem comes.
When he was in the south, after An Ning proposed the idea, the person who actually implemented it was Lazar Cano. Now Lazar Cano is busy organizing troops and organizing logistics, and he has no time to take care of this matter.
Peace is gone now.
He himself will soon go out to fight, and must leave this matter to someone he trusts.
An Ning had no choice but to choose a chemist named Chaptard from among the interior ministers from the Napoleonic Empire in his memory, and put him in charge of the task of regaining control of the countryside.
After working in the cabinet for more than half a month, An Ning completely recalled the feeling of traveling back to 1996 before, and had a strong urge to give up her job.
That afternoon, as soon as he returned to the Palais Royal, he collapsed on the deck chair on the terrace.
Fanny: "Want me to rub your shoulders?"
"It helped a lot." An Ning replied.
The little maid then came up and began to ravage An Ning's shoulders with powerful force.
The strange thing is that although it hurts to be ravaged, once you get used to it, you feel an inexplicable sense of relief.
While rubbing it, Fanny said, "You seem to have been very depleted of energy recently."
An Ning nodded: "Did you see it? Yes, I need a second uncle now to heal my mental internal friction."
"What?"
"It's just my ramblings, don't pay attention to it. You don't know until you look at it. It's only when you look at it that you realize how bad things are in France."
"I heard that you appointed a chemist to deal with rural reform issues?"
"Yeah, it's better than appointing someone like Paul Barras to handle it. Let him handle it. Next year, all the land in the French countryside will be Barras's private property."
Fanny: "I heard that Paul Barras was still bitter about not getting a cabinet ministership."
An Ning smiled: "That's for sure. He actually invested five hundred ounces of gold. As a result, Fouche and Talleyrand, who had no investment at all, were both on the cabinet list, but he didn't make a penny.
"However, apart from complaining, he probably doesn't dare to do anything out of the ordinary. Keep an eye on him and his concubine for me."
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Fanny: "Madam is doing it."
——I want you to stare.
At this moment, a servant came to announce: "Sir, Mademoiselle Bonaparte has arrived."
Fanny: "Your pistachios are here."
An Ning waved her hand, and then said to the servant: "Let her come up to the terrace."
"I'm already up." Pauline Bonaparte jumped out from behind the servant, "The terrace of the Royal Palace has a really nice view, with both the garden and the bustling atmosphere of the square outside."
An Ning: "Shouldn't you go back to Brienne?"
"I have learned everything Briena can teach me. Let me stay with you and go out together!"
An Ning: "No, you still have two years. After you graduate in 1795, I promise you that you will go on an expedition with me."
Polina frowned, opened her mouth, and sat down on An Ning's lap: "I always feel that by 1795, you will have finished the war."
An Ning smiled bitterly and said: "I would like to end the war completely in 1795, but those who oppose us may not agree."
"Then you defeat them all so that they don't dare to have any evil thoughts about France anymore!" Polina said enthusiastically.
An Ning laughed loudly and reached out to stroke Paulina's hair.
At this time, the west-slanting winter sunshine is warm and soft, making everything enveloped in the beautiful atmosphere of early spring.