Fox of France

　　 To be honest, when I heard about Kano and Joseph’s introduction to Joseph’s brother Napoleon, Lafayette’s first reaction was "Joseph wants to use power for personal gain." But Lafayette was not angry at all. Even a little happy.

　　 This is firstly because, in this era, this is a very common thing. On the contrary, if someone does not do this, it will be a little abnormal. Moreover, Joseph is willing to go his way. In a sense, at least in Lafayette's view, this is a definite approach to him. Of course, Joseph's move towards him was too slow and too hesitant. It wasn't until now that the overall situation was settled (at least in Lafayette's view), that he moved closer. But Lafayette still felt that he should accept his refuge with enthusiasm. Because Joseph this guy is really talented. Generally speaking, people tend to be more generous with talented people.

　　 As for Joseph and his brother, Lafayette is not particularly worried about whether this matter will be broken. First, he felt that Joseph's ability was worthy of trust. Even if he is really not good at military affairs, he will not be less good than the large number of gilded aristocratic officers in the French army. Moreover, it was just a matter of a small army, even if it was used to plate the Bonaparte brothers with gold, it was actually not a big deal. So the matter was settled like this.

　　 After approving this matter, Lafayette put the matter behind, because now, there are more important things before him.

　　 For Lafayette, the first thing most important is to rectify the French army. Lafayette is indeed very prestigious in the French army, but having prestige does not mean that the army will follow you. How prestigious Feng Fengxian of later generations was in the Northwest Army, but as soon as he encountered Chang Dashuai's silver bullet, his men followed Chang Dashuai one by one. Feng Fengxian pulled up the Northwest Army with one hand and one kick.

　　 Today's French army is in a very strange state. The royal party cannot trust the army, and the parliament cannot trust the army. What's more, the army itself cannot trust the army. The middle and high-level officers in the French army are all nobles, but the low-level officers and those soldiers are all third-ranked. Now they don’t trust each other.

　　 Lafayette knew that if this situation develops, the army will split. The division of the army will completely collapse his ruling foundation, and with it, civil war and chaos will follow.

　　 "This will completely ruin France." Rafayette thought.

　　 However, there are some people who would rather destroy France and encourage this division. Because in their opinion, this France today is not their France at all.

Some nobles in the past were very dissatisfied with France today, including some nobles who joined the ranks of the third rank in the third-level council; and when the council, under the proposal of the bishop of Talleyrand, the former belonged to the church After the fortunes were confiscated, some of the priests who had originally joined the revolutionary ranks came to the third-level meeting, and the priests who had clearly stood on the third-level side also stood on the opposite side of France.

　　 Bishop Mori, Senator Katchanes and a group of priests and aristocratic parliamentarians organized a club called the "Black Party" (because there are a large number of priests in black robes in this club) to oppose the revolution as much as possible. They have created various newspapers, such as "Friends of the King", "Acts of the Apostles", and "Little Gautier", insulting the "powers" including Lafayette, and addressing the problems faced by France. The difficulties all boil down to the "rebellious careerists" in the parliament. They even advertise to the people at the bottom, pretending that they don’t care about their own interests, but are in a compassionate relationship with the people at the bottom.

　　 This trick is not very useful, but it cannot be said that it is completely useless. Because the new regime does not take care of the people at the bottom. Whether in the city or in the countryside, there are people whose living conditions are not as good as before the revolution. Many of them are asking a question: "If you didn't have enough food before the revolution, you still can't eat enough after the revolution. Isn't the revolution white?"

　　 These people gave an answer to this question, that is: Revolution is not as good as no revolution. If we can return to the era of imperial government, the world will be peaceful. This argument is not very popular in Paris, but in some rural areas in other provinces, it can deceive some people.

　　 In addition, some middle-level and high-level officers in the army are also in frequent contact with these people. They may be engaged in conspiracies, which makes Lafayette very worried.

　　 On the other side, some comrades who were on the same side as Lafayette in the past have also changed. Maybe it was because they felt that their brilliance was concealed by Lafayette, so some of them also distanced themselves from Lafayette. Perhaps to attract attention, these people have also become more radical than before. Some of his old friends, like Du Boer, Lamer and others, have begun to become more radical. Some new friends are more aggressive than old friends. Well, the main thing here is Bishop Talleyrand.

　　 Bishop Talleyrand and some of his friends in the religious circles put forward a "Civilian Citizens Organization Law" in Parliament. According to this decree, France established eighty-three bishops (one bishop in each province), which belonged to ten archbishops. The diocese is established under the bishopric. Like state officials, priests, bishops, and archbishops are all elected by citizens. The elected shall be appointed by the higher-level faculty, and the bishop shall be appointed by the chief professor. Newly appointed bishops and above only need to write to the pope, stating that they belong to the same faith, and do not need to go to Rome to buy a band from the pope, nor do they need the pope's approval. In addition, this decree also abolished the "first-year-old church donation" (that is, new teachers should pay their first year income to Rome.), and stipulated that the salaries of the priests should be paid by the state, and the bishopric conference replaced the original privileged teaching affairs. Meeting and participate in the educational administration of the diocese.

　　 This is tantamount to severing most of the connection between the Catholic Church in France and the Holy See, and it is a huge division of Catholicism. The pope reacted almost immediately. He condemned the bill and announced that Talleylange would be released. But Talleyrand dismissed this, he still wore the archbishop's robe and engaged in various religious activities. Even as a counterattack to the Pope’s actions, the Parliament is preparing to pass a new bill again, requiring all clergy in France to swear allegiance to the French motherland. Any clergy who refuses to swear allegiance will be dismissed.

　　 This is a requirement that completely violates the Catholic tradition. He almost turned Catholic clergy into ordinary state civil servants. And from a doctrinal point of view, the only object of allegiance to a clergyman can only be God. This decree aroused contradictions between the church and the council.

　　 Lafayette tried to make the parliament behave mildly, not to be overly aggressive on such matters. But members of parliament need such a bill to show their "firm stand", and those clergy who have fallen to parliament need such an opportunity to control the church. (If I don't get those guys down, when will I be able to become a bishop?)

　　 So Lafayette’s efforts were fruitless, and the bill was passed. Since then, things have almost lost control. Most of the bishops and archbishops of the country insisted on not swearing allegiance to the government and the constitution, so they were forcibly dismissed from their positions. However, most of the priests at the bottom chose to pay the government and the constitution. The Constitution swore allegiance and was promoted to serve as bishop and archbishop.

　　 However, the appointment and removal orders issued by the Parliament are simply ignored in many dioceses outside of Paris. On the contrary, the bishops of many dioceses outside of Paris have begun to publicly accuse the parliament of blasphemy and encourage the believers to fight these "antichrists."

The addition of these church forces has also greatly increased the power of the Mafia. In places such as Lyon, they actually controlled the place and organized their own militia. The local garrison also fell on them, and the civil war was almost imminent~www .readwn.com ~ Lafayette believes that the key today is the king. If the king is willing to stand firmly on his side and firmly support the constitution, then the activities of the royal party will not be a climate at all. On the contrary, if the king is shaken and falls to the royal party, then the problem is very troublesome.

　　 For this reason, Lafayette kept visiting the king, trying to persuade him to sincerely support the constitutional monarchy. He tried to make the king and queen understand that times have changed, and the autocratic rule of "I am the country" in the era of Louis XIV is no longer possible. The British-style constitutional monarchy is the best choice for the country and the royal family. And those royal parties are not really loyal to the king. Their actions are actually for their own benefit. The king is just a plaque they use to call on their followers. Even, in a sense, the royal party, like the radical republicans, are the people who most hope that something will happen to the king.

　　 To be fair, Lafayette’s view is indeed very reasonable. And he also felt that he had successfully convinced the king.

　　 "In fact, our king is still a very rational and learned man." Lafayette said to his adjutant Pierre when he came out of the Palais de San Croce.

　　 This evaluation is actually not bad. The reason why King Louis XVI had not adopted severe repression before that was precisely because he knew that the times were different from those of his grandfather. But can reason definitely overcome emotion and desire? What's more, the queen doesn't have so much knowledge.

But Lafayette did not notice. Soon after he left the Palais de Santa Croce, a messenger left the palace with a secret letter from the queen, and the recipient was Mirabeau, a congressman who seemed rather radical .