In the next few days, the three-level meeting was devoted to debating whether to review the qualifications of representatives separately.
However, the number of representatives of the third estate is the same as that of the first and second estates combined. In fact, the number of representatives is not dominant.
The result was a never-ending tug-of-war.
In the first few days, Louis XVI came to show his face, but later, probably because the content of the debate was too boring, His Majesty the King deserted.
In this way, the three-level meeting, without the presence of the royal family or relatives, went on for six weeks to decide whether to separately consider the qualifications of representatives.
On the morning of June 10th, the situation changed.
This morning, An Ning was dozing off in her seat. Suddenly, a thunderclap sounded in the venue: "That's enough! I've had enough!"
An Ning was startled and woke up immediately, looking around quickly to grasp the situation.
Then he saw a noble with a shoehorned face standing in his position and making an impassioned speech: "I've had enough of wrangling with the common people! They will drag us into meaningless arguments! Look at what we have discussed in the past six weeks.
What was the result?
"Nothing! We wasted six weeks! I propose that all noble representatives follow me, and we go to the place where we belong to discuss!"
An Ning was stunned. This development was different from what he remembered. He remembered that in the three-level meeting, it was the third level that got rid of the first and second levels first, and went it alone.
Why is it upside down here?
The horse-faced nobles raised their arms and shouted, causing many conservative nobles who had no dealings with the third estate to stand up. This group of die-hards had become sworn in with the third estate in the past six weeks.
The representatives of the third estate watched the nobles leave, and then a cardinal from the clergy stood up: "Then let's leave too. His Majesty the King has already ordered us to review the representation rights in accordance with the traditional grouping."
The priests stood up in twos and threes.
An Ning heard someone saying to Sieyès: "Mr. Priest, please advise your colleagues!"
Sieyès stood up.
Then everyone's eyes were focused on Sieyès.
He cleared his throat and said to the representatives of the third estate who looked at him eagerly: "I have no intention of retaining my colleagues! I have been reflecting on it these days, and I have brought the other two estates together to discuss it. Really
Is it necessary?
"We are the representatives of the third estate, and we represent 99% of the people in the country! The nobles and clergy only account for one percent of the population, and they are only representatives of one percent of the people!
"According to the principle of equality, even if the representatives of one percent of the people leave the meeting, it will not affect the authority of the meeting, right?"
The representatives of the third estate looked at each other.
Sieyès continued: "I propose that the voting begins now. We represent 99% of the people in the country. The parliament we form is a parliament that represents all the people!"
After a brief silence, Dandong took the lead in shouting: "Vote! We are the parliament that represents all the people!"
After a while, everyone started chanting: "Vote!"
"Vote!"
Seeing this scene, An Ning breathed a sigh of relief, because history was back on its original track.
Because the whole person relaxed, An Ning said: "It represents ninety-nine percent, which is equivalent to representing all. Mathematics tells us that there is nothing wrong with this! Mathematics cannot lie!"
The representative next to him also shouted: "That's right! Mathematics doesn't lie! Ninety-nine percent is everything!"
Sieyès turned to the clerk in charge of recording and said: "Now we will start voting! We will count the votes by public counting. Please help the clerk to supervise the voting!"
The clerk was a little confused: "Uh...I'm just a record-keeper..."
"Yes, we will let you be responsible for recording. You will see that this is a fair and just vote!" Sieyès turned to everyone and said, "We still need two people to be responsible for counting votes. Which gentleman is willing to..."
Robespierre stood up: "Let me do it. In my hometown, the court is very big. As a lawyer, my voice must be clear and loud to ensure that the entire jury can hear my defense."
Sieyès: "Okay Maximilian, you take charge, I will find someone to help you..."
Danton rushed to Robespierre's side.
Sieyès: "Okay gentlemen, if you agree that we can represent the entire republic, please cast your vote! We guarantee that everyone will be treated fairly!"
The representatives who were noisy just now fell silent.
In this era, there was no such convenient thing as a fountain pen, so you had to use a quill dipped in ink when writing.
The delegates lined up, got paper from the clerk, and then wrote "Agree" or "Disapprove" with the clerk's pen.
The person who had finished writing his vote walked up to Robespierre and handed him the paper with his choice written on it.
Robespierre was collecting the votes while chanting: "Aye! Aye! Still aye! There is an objection..."
Dandong took a pen and drew four vertical and one diagonal counting symbols on the notebook in front of him - in the West, this is roughly equivalent to the Chinese way of writing straight characters.
Thirty minutes later, the results came out.
Robespierre announced loudly: "493 votes in favor and 41 votes against! I declare that we are now the National Assembly representing all the people!"
Everyone cheered.
The crowd watching in the stands on both sides also burst into warm applause!
Maximilien Robespierre loudly repeated what he had just said: "From this moment on, we are no longer representatives of the third estate! We are representatives of the entire nation!"
Sieyès: "That's right! I propose that we officially start the first agenda item: reviewing the qualifications of representatives!"
At this time Mirabeau stood up and asked: "Wait a minute! Before that, shouldn't we decide what to call this new conference? We can't continue to use the name of the Level 3 Conference! The name should indicate that we and
Those insects were not from the same group before!"
After a brief silence, the representatives loudly agreed.
"That's right!"
"Change starts with the name!"
“To show that this is a completely new thing!”
Sieyès tried his best to suppress the noise of the crowd, and after the venue quieted down, he said: "Then I propose that in order to have a clear distinction from the Third Estate, we should call it a famous and real representative conference!"
An Ning was stunned when she heard the name Sieyès gave her: Damn, are you serious?
Isn't this name really a joke?
At this time, a man named Mounier stood up and said loudly: "It should be called the Majority Parliament! Because we represent 99% of the people and are an absolute majority!"
An Ning was even more shocked, because "Bu****" in Russian means majority.
That’s a bad name!
Good guy, a hundred and twenty years ahead of schedule, Brooks was born!
Mirabeau stood up: "I propose that we call the French to attend a conference!"
As soon as he finished speaking, someone immediately became unhappy: "I am such a Breton! I don't belong to the same crown as France!"
This was immediately approved by the Aquitaine.
Yes, anyone who has played the Paradox game "Crusader Kings" knows that the land in France now belongs to several different kingdoms.
If you occupy all the land in France in the game, you can at least usurp the three crowns of the Kingdom of Brittany, the Kingdom of Aquitaine and the Kingdom of France, and you can get Burgundy depending on the situation.
In the game, if you master the crowns of the three kingdoms, you can become the emperor and build an empire.
Therefore, Mirabeau's proposal failed because the French national consciousness had not yet fully awakened at this time.
Several more proposals followed, but they were all immediately opposed.
Later, the names tended to become more and more strange, and some people even suggested calling it "the Parliament of Lawyers, Judges, Factory Owners and Clerks".
An Ning was the first to refuse unless "teacher, officer and cobbler" were added to the list of occupations.
After arguing for a long time, An Ning couldn't stand it anymore. He slapped the table and stood up: "That's enough! I think it's better to call it the National Assembly. It's simple, straightforward, sonorous and powerful!"
The venue suddenly became quiet, and everyone was savoring An Ning's proposal.
At this time, Sieyès said: "We still have to vote. Voting is a good thing. Maximilian, I'm begging you again."
More than half an hour later, the delegates approved the name proposed by An Ning with 443 votes in favor and 91 votes against.
On this day, the National Assembly was officially established.