On July 4th, An Ning came to Versailles for a meeting as usual.
As a result, as soon as he got off the carriage, he saw soldiers from an unknown regiment passing in front of the Palace of Versailles in neat formation.
The broad column of four people walked for a long time. An Ning estimated that there were at least 20,000 people in this army.
After the queue finally passed, An Ning hurriedly joined the representatives at the entrance of the imperial conference hall and asked: "Where did the army come from?"
"I don't know. From the language of the officer's orders, it sounds like they are Swiss mercenaries. The gardens of the Palace of Versailles are now full of tents, and the army is stationed there."
At this time, someone hurriedly came over and said: "Something is going wrong. The king has replaced all the soldiers guarding the Royal Chamber with Swiss, and they are all Swiss who speak German!"
The native language of Switzerland is Romansh, which only a few people speak. German, French and Italian are spoken in most places in Switzerland. Swiss mercenaries are very common in France, Germany and Italy.
It seems that the king has mobilized his Swiss mercenary army to the vicinity of Versailles.
Danton said loudly: "The king is going to take action against the Parliament! Because they are Swiss mercenaries, they don't care about France's constitution, and they will not have any psychological burden when dissolving the Parliament!"
After being reminded by Dandong, the delegates all woke up from a dream.
"How could this be?"
"It must have been that Austrian bitch's idea! She's so mean!"
"Let's go and agree with His Majesty! Let him move the troops away!"
The cry of "Go ahead" was echoed by most people, so a large group of people drove directly towards the place where the king lived.
An Ning watched the whole process. Although Danton and Robespierre glanced at him several times, seemingly wanting him to come out and take charge of the overall situation, An Ning pretended not to see them.
At this time An Ning had already remembered what this incident was, which was one of the inducements for the subsequent storming of the Bastille.
Because the king showed a tendency to use the army to dissolve Parliament, the people of Paris rioted in solidarity with Parliament.
It just so happened that ordinary people in Paris were starving at this time, and they were doing trouble all day long, and ended up having a big one.
An Ning followed the brigade to the entrance of the palace. As a result, the palace guards were replaced by Swiss mercenaries. A mercenary officer spoke French with a heavy accent to stop the representatives from moving forward.
Mirabeau said angrily: "Why did you replace the palace guards? Is it because His Majesty the King also knows that the guards tend to favor the National Assembly?"
The Swiss officer assumed a haughty attitude: "No comment."
"What do you mean no comment?"
"It literally means that His Majesty the King has the right to decide anything without informing anyone."
The representatives looked at each other.
Robespierre: “Since they won’t let us in to see the king, we will submit a motion to withdraw the troops to the king through the formal submission of official documents!
"We should return to the chamber now and start drafting motions immediately!"
The delegates immediately agreed with Robespierre's words and began to return to the conference hall.
Arriving at the conference hall, An Ning suddenly discovered that the number of soldiers around the conference hall had increased several times, and they prevented the Parisian people who came to watch the meeting from entering the stands, and only allowed the people to watch the proceedings of the meeting through the windows on the second floor.
Mirabeau asked the leading officer: "What does this mean?"
The officer's French was much more standard, although he still had a bit of a German accent: "This is for everyone's safety. The public security in Paris is not very good recently, and many good gentlemen have been injured by thugs."
Mirabeau pointed at the people who came to watch the meeting: "Open your eyes and see, which one of them looks like a thug?"
"We are just taking precautions. The representatives are important figures in France and cannot allow any mistakes." The officer responded politely. The Swiss soldiers behind him all had straight faces and exuded a chilling atmosphere.
Dandong muttered in An Ning's ear: "Damn it, it looks like our locksmith has finally gotten tough. Maybe the parliament will be dissolved."
When Robespierre heard this, he immediately became very excited. He said: "Even if we are driven away from Versailles, we can still find a place to hold a meeting in Paris! The process of constitution-making cannot be stopped, and France cannot stop progress!"
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When a representative heard what Robespierre said, he asked: "What if the king wants to take us to the Bastille?"
"Then we will have a meeting in the prison! Use loud shouts to convey information to each other!" Robespierre said decisively, "No matter what, we must not stop! As long as we don't stop, everything in the past will not happen.
In vain!"
An Ning looked at Robespierre from the side and thought to herself that he was indeed Robespierre, who was called the Lion of the Republic. This speech made sense.
Mirabeau took over: "It's not that time yet. After all, the king has not really ordered the army to take action. We should submit our motion immediately. Without further ado, let's start drafting the documents for the motion!"
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That evening, a document requesting the King to withdraw the Swiss mercenaries from the National Assembly was delivered to Louis XVI's desk.
While Louis XVI was reading the documents, Queen Mary broke in: "You can't transfer the army! My dear! Don't listen to them!
"You should order the army to take action immediately!"
Louis XVI looked up at Mary and replied unhurriedly: "My Mary, it seems that the situation is under control now. Judging from this document, the representatives have already felt the pressure.
"As long as the army continues to be stationed at Versailles, it won't be long before the representatives raise their hands and surrender."
Louis XVI said with a proud smile: "Then everything will be business as usual. The only problem is that we cannot increase taxes."
Queen Mary said with a worried look: "Will things really go so smoothly? I think we should work hard to avoid long nights and dreams!"
"Don't worry, come and take a look at this document, they are already afraid!" Louis XVI pushed the document in his hand forward.
Queen Mary stepped forward, took the document, and read it carefully.
Then a smile appeared on her face: "I knew they didn't have the guts to disobey the royal power! I think the Swiss Army will practice at the door of the Parliament every day and continue to scare them!"
Louis XVI smiled and said: "This is a good idea! I immediately ordered the Swiss to do it!"
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As several days passed, the number of Swiss Legion guards surrounding the Parliament increased, and Swiss mercenaries began to drill at the entrance of the Parliament.
Mirabeau was filled with hatred: "This is threatening us! Damn it, is there no way to change this situation?"
He looked around the hall, and all the National Assembly deputies had grimaces on their faces.
Yes, when the National Assembly meets Swiss mercenaries, it is like a scholar meets a soldier. There is no reason to explain.
Parliament now has no way to make the king withdraw his troops.
At this time, someone suggested loudly: "We can ask Mr. Necker, the financial director! Let him bring our request!"
Robespierre sighed: "Please, we can only ask the king for mercy! Not long ago, we were still arrogantly asking the king to give up his power!"