Fox of France

　　 After a while, Paris seemed to settle down. The barricades have been dismantled one after another, and some shops that were originally closed have also opened. Except that the merchandise is a little bit smaller and the price is higher than before, nothing else seems to have changed.

　　 Aunt Sophie is back again, and Louis is finally free from the heavy housework. Louis had just learned to play chess recently. It was just when he was addicted, and because the school was temporarily closed, he could not go out at home, so he could only play chess with Lucien.

　　 Lucien took this opportunity to use housework as a bet, betting on winning or losing with Louis on the chessboard, and then successfully passed on all the housework he should have done to his younger brother. To say that the Bonaparte family is rich in good brothers.

　　 But now, the school has gradually returned to normal. It is funny to say that the schools of Louis and Lucien have resumed classes, but the Paris Military Academy where Joseph taught is still closed.

　　 But this is not surprising. Both Louis and Lucien’s schools were private schools, but the schools where Joseph taught were financed, and also financed by the kingdom. The response speed of such institutions is always much slower. What's more, when the king is now quite dissatisfied with the army.

　　 So now Joseph has come to relax. He saw that Sophie had just finished cleaning and was temporarily idle, so he started chatting with her.

　　 "Auntie Sophie," Joseph said, "It's been a mess these days, how is everything in your house?"

"What's good." Sophie shook her head. "The days are as sad, and even more sad. The price of bread has risen again, and there is something more terrible than the price increase, that is, even if you have money. , It’s hard to buy bread."

　　 "It seems that some people can't sit still." Joseph thought this in his heart, but he asked, "Aunt Sophie, is it hard to buy bread now?"

"Sir, you are a decent person, don't care about these things. You may not know that I ran four blocks to buy today's bread. I squeezed my apron while grabbing bread. God, I don't understand. , What's going on! Didn't they say that everything is fine, and everyone's life will get better and better in the future?"

　　 Joseph shook his head. Since the three-level meeting began, more and more people have entered Paris. In addition to representatives from various places (not many people), there are also a large number of farmers and homeless people in Paris. This makes Paris's own inadequate food supply even more tense.

　　 Under such circumstances, another revolution occurred. The revolution itself not only cannot produce more food, but will destroy the existing order. When the existing order is destroyed and the new order cannot be effectively established, the transportation and sale of grain will definitely be disturbed, and the efficiency will definitely decrease. Therefore, it is only natural that the price of food will rise, or even if the price rises, it is not possible to buy it.

　　Under such circumstances, there will naturally be panic buying and hoarding, and then the price of food will rise further, and it will become unavailable. And if someone deliberately takes advantage of this situation and artificially increases panic, the problem will get worse.

　　 Joseph suddenly remembered a piece of history in the later generations of Dongda eating the country. At that time, the most important city of the East and the East had just been liberated, and similar problems of soaring prices and economic chaos immediately occurred. At that time, how did Chen Leshan, the first mayor of Dongda Eat National Demon Capital, solve the problem?

　　 Mayor Chen used two tricks to solve the problem. One trick is economic means. If you raise the price of grain, I will import grain from the grain producing area on a large scale to see how much you can eat, which will support you. The other is political means. Those guys who play stock exchanges buy silver dollars. , To increase inflation, I don’t have so many silver dollars in my hand to play with you, so I will send troops directly to seal up your entire exchange.

　　 With these two moves, Mayor Chen quickly stabilized the situation. However, these two tricks are difficult to implement in Paris at this time. The large-scale transfer of grain from grain producing areas requires a set of national machinery that can control the country and collect various resources efficiently. If France had this thing in this era, would there be revolutionary things? In the Seven Years' War, the French were afraid that they had long ago "held the princes of England and Prussia and blamed them", and obtained what Genghis Khan called the greatest happiness in life. (Genghis Khan said: "The greatest joy in life lies in chasing your enemies everywhere, invading their land, plundering their wealth, and then listening to the cry of their wives and children.") Where can there be any revolution?

　　 As for the second trick, it also requires a powerful state machine. Although the Marquis de Lafayette now controls the National Self-Defense Army and part of the French army, his control of these forces is not reliable. Therefore, he cannot take such a method.

Thinking of this, Joseph said to Sophie: "Aunt Sophie, I estimate that the price of food will probably be higher in the next period of time. If you still have savings, try to change it for more food in advance. Right."

　　 "Well, sir, you also know that people like us have any savings." Aunt Sophie said with a sigh.

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　　 At the same time, there is a person who, like Aunt Sophie, is worried about the rising food prices. This person is the Marquis of Lafayette who has prevailed in the previous political turmoil.

　　The Marquis of Lafayette had considerable influence in the army, which gave him a lot of advantage in the revolution. But his power in the economic field is quite limited. The title of Marquis de Lafayette is not low, but he is not the kind of entrenched old nobleman. I don't have much financial resources, and I don't have many channels to get money. In this respect, the gap between him and the Duke of Orleans is as large as the military gap between the Duke of Orleans and him.

　　 But as a famous general, Marquis Lafayette is still quite calm even in the face of such troubles. The experience of many years of war made him understand that when he could not solve the victory, he should consider how to retreat.

"The atrocities in Paris must be brought under control. We can no longer tolerate the innocent blood flowing. Some people, they are not revolutionaries, they are just thugs! What they shout is democracy, but they are really interested. What they are really doing is looting and massacre! In the name of revolution, they arbitrarily accused others of being "enemies of the people", and then murdered and robbed them. In Paris, how many self-operated merchants were punished by those mobs On the street lamp. And the purpose of those thugs has nothing to do with democracy at all. They are only robbing other people’s legal property. This chaos must be stopped! Marquis, the people of Paris have entrusted you to serve as the commander of the Self-Defense Force, one purpose Just to stop possible plunder. Could it be said that the plunder of the mercenaries is plunder, and the plunder of the thugs is not plunder?” In a lounge next to the chamber, waving on behalf of Banaf He said this to the Marquis Lafayette who was sitting opposite him.

"You have a good point, but you can't be too eager for this matter." Marquis Lafayette leaned back a bit. "You know, there are still many weapons in the hands of those thugs. There are also many weapons. Certain gangs. Even in the National Self-Defense Army, many people are sympathizers, or even a member of them. Now we have not had time to completely remove all these people from the National Self-Defense Army."

　　 "How long will it take to get rid of these guys?" Siers on the side also asked.

"Quickly. I don't want to use violence to remove these people, but the economic conditions of these people do not allow them to participate in military activities without working for a long time." Marquis Lafayette said, "The National Self-Defense Army has established discipline. Those who are constantly absent from activities will be expelled. In this way, it won’t take long for those hooligans to stay in the National Self-Defense Army.”

　　 "Even if these people are removed from the National Self-Defense Army ~www.readwn.com~ it is a threat to order." Barnaf said.

　　 "Do you want us to suppress them immediately?" Lafayette said, "That really hits some people. The real threat to us is never those without pants."

　　 "Then we just let it go..."

"Don't do what we can't do, it will only damage our strength in vain." Lafayette said, "It is not unacceptable to retreat when necessary. Your Majesty, Your Majesty is still hesitant. , He is not willing to give up everything the old and accept the new system; and he dare not categorically embark on the road of Charles I. Speaking of which, we think that His Majesty the King is suitable for constitutional government, is it not because of this? Someone will deliberately send His Majesty the King to the guillotine. But that His Royal Highness, although he looks very revolutionary, is not a suitable constitutional king.

　　 After hearing this, several people nodded secretly. They knew who the Marquis Lafayette was talking about.

"In today's situation, I am afraid that he can't sit still better than us. Let's just watch his performance quietly. While we can use him to pressure the king, we can also use the king to stimulate him. I know him, he There will definitely be flaws. We will take measures at that time, which is much better than rashly doing it now."

After saying this, the Marquis de Lafayette looked at his friends again. Seeing that they were silent, as if they were persuaded by himself, he nodded and said: "Actually, I invite everyone today, there is one more Thing."

　　 "What's the matter?" Siers asked.

　　 "Introduce a new friend to everyone." Marquis Lafayette said, "an archbishop who tends to progress."