Fox of France

　　 In the next few months, the city of Paris looked calm and everything was on track. On October 1st, the new National Assembly election ended, but the results of this election disappointed Lafayette. The Fayang club he led won 264 seats, while Robespierre’s Jacobin faction also won 136 seats. About half of the remaining seats, a small part fell into the hands of the royal party. Many more fall into the hands of those who do not clearly belong. The seats controlled by Lafayette did not reach a majority. He must do everything possible to maintain a private alliance with Jacobin and the Royal Party (Neither party in this alliance will recognize the existence of such an alliance, they will use their own This is a vicious language to attack each other, and in fact, they all hope that the other party can die as soon as possible. For example, if Robespierre suddenly died of illness like Mirabeau, the royal party would definitely be happy. Go to his grave to sing and dance. But in order to oppose the common enemy, they cooperated tacitly).

　　 Robespierre was not elected to this term. Because before that, he proposed that MPs should not be re-elected. Although this proposal was not passed, Robespierre, as the initiator of the proposal, voluntarily abandoned this round of elections. Therefore, quite a few people are praising Robespierre for his outstanding character.

　　 However, there is also a saying that Robespierre used this as a means of exchange in exchange for the royal party and some smaller centrists to support Petion as the mayor of Paris. After Robespierre ceased to serve as a member of Parliament, he did not remain silent. On the contrary, without the restriction of his identity, he began to frequently publish various commentary articles in various newspapers. In a sense, , On the contrary, it has improved its reputation.

　　 Of course, these things have nothing to do with Brother Joseph for the time being. The brothers' lives are still the same as usual. If there is any difference, it is that their standard of living has declined slightly.

　　Although the ranks of both men have been improved, their wages have also risen a lot. But recently the wages given to them have become coupons. Of course, this is not against the two Joseph brothers, everyone is like this. The wages of Kano and even Lafayette are also indicative. So two days ago, Kano told Joseph with a bitter face that he had said that he would invite the family to his home and treat them well. But now, he has some financial difficulties, so this invitation must be postponed.

　　 Originally, with Kano’s income, even though the price of coupons has fallen again and again, his family’s life is still no problem. It's just that Kano has a lot of old friends, and they are all small platoon leaders who are at the bottom of the army and never get up. These people’s military payments are now also paid with coupons. In the past, their military pay was barely able to support their lives, but now, after using coupons to pay the military pay, their lives are really difficult.

　　 Kano is an enthusiastic man, and he cannot see his friends suffer. As a result, his own pockets collapsed.

　　 Joseph and Napoleon currently have no friends who need funding. Therefore, their income is actually enough to support life, not to mention Joseph has some other income. But they still lowered their standard of living a bit to avoid attracting the attention of others. But this decline has instead brought them a reputation for integrity.

　　 Amon came to Joseph again, he has become the editor-in-chief of a democratic newspaper called "Voice of Paris". Of course, the size of this newspaper is quite compact, and Amon is the editor-in-chief, text editor, columnist and cost-effective accountant.

　　 This newspaper is naturally supported by the Jacobin Club. In fact, a considerable part of the funds required for the operation of the newspaper comes from the Jacobin Club. Some articles in the newspaper also come from members of the club. But Robespierre is said to think that it is not good that this newspaper is too "Jacobinized". Because the Jacobin Club already has such a newspaper. (Mara’s "Friends of the People") So he suggested that Amon could find some writers outside of the Jacobin Club. This would be a little different from "Friends of the People" and it would be more conducive to attracting those centrists.

　　 For this, Amon came to Joseph, hoping that he could write himself some scientific knowledge. In addition, he tried to pull Lucien up and let him write an article for his newspaper.

　　 This proposal really moved Lucian, after all, he is now unaware of his age. But because Joseph has been teaching him all the time, he did not dare to express his position directly. And Joseph naturally knew that at this time, doing these things was definitely killing him. So he rejected this proposal on the grounds that Lucien's is still young and his main energy should be on studying. As for things like popular science essays, Joseph is also busy with work, I am afraid there is not much time to shirk.

　　 After Amon left, Joseph called several brothers together for a meeting and gave them an analysis of the current situation in order to unify their thoughts and determine the family's next policy line.

　　 "Napoleon, Lucien, do you know a political power, such as the royalist party, where does their power come from?" Joseph asked his brothers sitting around the table.

　　 This is a fairly basic question. At least after many political educations, this problem is indeed a very basic one. So Napoleon basically dismissed this question, ignored Joseph's question at all, and even hummed softly in his nose to show his contempt for Joseph's fried rice.

However, Lucien replied honestly: "The power foundation of any political organization is their financial foundation. Finance is the mother of all politics. Without money, no political organization can operate. The power of an organization first sees how they can How much fiscal revenue they get depends on the efficiency of the use of these revenues. And their political demands must be related to these things."

　　 "Well, let's first look at the first political power in France-the Royal Party." Joseph said, "Where does the money from the Royal Party come from?"

"It's mainly feudal land rent, and some royal parties also do business." Napoleon thought this question was a little interesting, so he said, "There are also some big nobles with a lot of accumulation. And even foreigners can give them. A little money. But now, don’t even think about land rent. Farmers won’t give it. Except for the most remote and isolated places, nobles don’t even want to collect land rent. As for business, if they can do business, It won’t be what it is today. So their main source of income can only be accumulation and foreign funding. Neither of these things can last. Therefore, their strength is actually the weakest. They must be in their hands. Change the situation before the money is used up, otherwise, they will have to get out."

　　 "Then, my dear brother." Joseph smiled, "If you are Louis XVI, what are you going to do?"

"Me? If I were Louis XVI. First, it's impossible for me to get the belief of other people now, only to live and die with the royal party. First, I must flee. Of course, this will be much more difficult than before. But it is not necessarily hopeless. The guards of the palace cannot be kept tight forever. After all, this is not a prison. Then find a chance to slip out, then get on your horse and escape from Paris, and then as long as the people outside are ready to have a chaise, I must be able to escape. Then I ran to Lyon and started a war-this is the best way I think." Napoleon said.

　　 "What about the queen?" Joseph asked.

"That Austrian silly girl?" Napoleon said, "Let her stay in Paris. I must not run far with her. Moreover, if the Parisians kill her, it will definitely attract interference from other countries. Parisians too. It won’t be that stupid. So what's to worry about?"

　　 "Will the king do this?" Lucien asked.

　　 "He doesn't have that judgment and courage." Napoleon snorted in his nose. "The leader of the royal party is not him either."

　　 "Then if you are the leader of the royal party, what do you do?" Joseph asked again.

"You mean I'm Count Artois?" Napoleon said, "God, how could I have such a stupid brother? Well, if I were Count Artois, I could only find a way to start a war. Because Only when there is a war, I have the possibility of victory. Any other result is a chronic suicide for the royal party."

　　 "It's no wonder that the King's Party is so in harmony with Robespierre." Lucien interrupted.

　　 "Then, my brother." Joseph nodded with satisfaction, "Let's analyze our boss, Your Excellency Lafayette's situation and how to deal with it."

"Your Excellency Lafayette? His gang has made a fortune in this revolution. So they most hope that the situation will continue to stabilize. However, looking at the indicators, we know that this situation cannot continue. UU reading www.uukānshu.com, he hasn’t figured it out yet, and he still has illusions. If he really wants to understand the situation, he has only one way out, and that is to start war."

　　 "Speak more carefully." Joseph showed a look of interest.

"In fact, if the king didn’t flee, if the king could trust him in the first place--to be honest, in that situation, besides fleeing to Lyon, the best way for him to deal with it is to deal with Lafayette. Allied. But... His Excellency Lafayette is really unfortunate to meet such a king. Now, he cannot stabilize the situation internally, and the royal party cannot cooperate with him. The king is no longer supported by the people. For him , The only way out is to use the army and war to establish a military dictatorship like Caesar. But our boss may not have the determination and courage of Caesar. Even if he does, he may not have such military talents. And he actually agreed. I don’t know how to evaluate this practice. He is almost catching up with our King. He doesn’t want to think, without the army, what else would he have?"

　　 "What about Jacobin?" Joseph asked again.

"Jacobin's situation is the best." Napoleon said, "They are an opposition party. The worse the political situation, the better for them. Although they are not many in the parliament, the Paris Commune fell into their hands. It means that it is easy for them to provoke an uprising. As long as the current situation continues, the Parisians will be revolutionized again sooner or later. So for them, the parliamentary seats are enough to cause trouble. The current situation lasts as long as There is no war. They have the greatest chance of winning."

　　 "No wonder I read Robespierre's article in Amon's newspaper two days ago, and he called for avoiding war as much as possible." Lucien nodded.