Fox of France

"My dear Queen, you must be highly vigilant towards the Marquis of Lafayette. Of course, what the Marquis of Lafayette said has some truth, and it can even be said that, on the whole, what he said is acceptable. Called the unbreakable truth.

　　 But, my sire, you have to know a little bit, to deceive people, the truth is much better than a lie. Many times, people who are naturally intelligent, like your Majesty the Queen, can always see through those lies at a glance. But the truth is different, as long as it is properly emphasized and implied, the truth is often more deceptive than a lie. Lafayette is such a fake Caesar who is good at using the truth to deceive people.

　　 ‘Times have changed’ and ‘constitutional monarchy is the future’, this is true. But the most important point, I am afraid Lafayette did not mention it to you. That is: Who is the constitutional monarchy?

　　 Under today's constitutional monarchy, with all due respect, the king is just a hostage, and he has not received real, universal respect. I think your Majesty, you must have noticed the various newspapers in Paris. Some of these radical newspapers, such as "Friends of the People", are claiming to establish a republic and to completely end the Bourbon rule over France. Let France become a republic. And this theory also has many adherents in parliament. Some originally gentle people have a tendency to fall towards them. This is a very scary thing.

　　 Why did these people make such a choice? The reason is simple, that is, those thugs have shown their power, people know they have power, and they know they are willing to use their power. But my majesty, our king, because of his generosity, has never been willing to use his power, or even show his power.

　　 If a king, although wearing a crown, is unwilling to show his power, then what is so awesome about a crown? Your Majesty, in many cases, the unwillingness to show power is almost the same as the effect of no power.

　　 On another point, Lafayette was right, that the current royal party is not reliable. With all due respect, my majesty, as it is said in "Macbeth": ‘the closer the people are to us, the more they want to drink our blood. ’You must be more vigilant towards them-even if they are your relatives.

　　 But my sire, Lafayette still uses his usual methods on this issue. He tells the truth to you, but he never tells the whole truth to you. Facts are completely different from all facts. The royal party is completely different from the rebellious republicans in one point, that is, the royal party must rely on the king. The king has natural authority for them. They may calculate the king through various conspiracies and even tricks such as killing people with the sword, but they can't directly attack the king. The king is their natural leader, whether some of them want it or not.

As for Lafayette, my wise majesty, I call him a "fake Caesar" because Lafayette pretends to be in control of the army, and dresses himself up like Caesar, in just one sentence Can command thousands of troops. In fact, Lafayette's control over the army is completely incomparable with the real Caesar.

　　 The real Caesar has a corps that has fought under him for a long time, and all aspects of this corps, including logistics, including the selection and promotion of officers, are all decided by Caesar. So Caesar could easily drive them to do anything, including marching to Rome. But in the hands of Lafayette, there is no such army, he only has the so-called ‘prestige’. And how can this ‘prestige’ compare with the orthodox status of His Majesty the King? Now that he can control the situation, it is not his own power, but the orthodox identity of His Majesty the King. Only when His Majesty the King is under his control can he control the French army.

　　 Now, this ‘fake Caesar’ is ‘reforming’ the army. Your Majesty, this is exactly what Lafayette intends to do to make up for his weakness. If he can control His Majesty for a long time, then he might have the day when he can truly control the army. At that time, the fake Caesar can become the real Caesar. Perhaps Lafayette did sincerely hope to achieve a constitutional monarchy, but the constitutional monarchy realized under such a situation is extremely unfavorable to His Majesty. Because the continuation of any contract depends on the mutual awe of both parties. The parliament has shown its power, and the king has never shown any power. In such a contract, the parliament became the party that was bestowed on top, and the king almost became a beggar. Such a constitutional system cannot last. There will always be people in parliament who try to attract attention in more extreme ways, and insulting the king will be their best way to sensationalize. If this goes on, in the end, they will ask: ‘why do we need a king? ’

　　 But the British constitutional monarchy is not like this. The British royal family has demonstrated its power in many aspects. Parliament and the king respect each other's power, and thus respect each other's interests. This is a stable and reliable constitutional monarchy.

　　 My Majesty, regarding your inquiry about how the royal family should respond to the current situation, your humble subjects have the following suggestions.

　　 First of all, your Majesty and you must pretend to be very trusting in Lafayette, and be submissive to the Parliament to paralyze them. On the other hand, you want His Majesty the King to understand how dangerous the situation is today. He must act.

　　Weichen thought that continuing to stay in Paris would not do any good to the king or the entire royal family. Therefore, as soon as the opportunity arises, the king should leave Paris immediately and go to other safer places. Weichen believes that such a place should have the following characteristics.

　　 First, this place should generally support the royal family and support orthodoxy.

　　 Second, this place should be far from the border. This is due to several considerations. First of all, this is to show the people of the whole country that the king did not collude with foreign forces as the gangsters said in the tabloids such as "Friends of the People"; secondly, this is to avoid some people who are not really loyal to the king. Instead, they are trying to use foreign power to give themselves more benefits to the careerists who have mixed into the royal party.

　　 Based on these considerations, I personally think that Lyon will be the most suitable location.

　　 your faithful servant

　　 Honoré Gabriel Rickett"

　　 Honoré Gabriel Rickett is the Speaker of the National Assembly, a staunch revolutionary, one of the leaders of the French Revolution, the famous Marquis of Mirabeau. He has always been regarded as the most determined and radical revolutionary. Therefore, if his letter to Queen Marie Antoinette was seen by others, it would definitely cause a huge stir. In fact, in the original history, after Mirabeau's death, his body was buried in the Pantheon because of his contribution to the revolution. However, soon after the king was arrested, people searched the correspondence between Mirabeau and the queen in the palace, only to discover that Mirabeau had actually taken refuge in the royal family. So the angry crowd pulled his body out of the Pantheon and threw it into the garbage. (Of course, this person who believes in "After I die, no matter what the flood is", like Louis XIV, should not care about these things.)

　　 Mirabeau is a man of extravagance, and he has a lot of mistresses around him, so his expenses have always been very large. Normally, legal income is not enough to support his life like this. Since Lafayette exiled his good friend (good wallet) the Duke of Orléans from France, Mirabeau's life has become increasingly embarrassing. It is said that he was once again raised by the Jews in borrowing rates.

　　 After being held hostage by the National Guard and entering Paris, the king and queen, who have almost become prisoners of Paris, are in dire need of someone who has influence in the parliament and can speak for them. At this time, a scholar and biologist who had contact with the court, Jean Baptiste Lamarck, recommended his friend Mirabeau to the queen.

　　Lamarck is one of the earliest proponents of the theory of evolution. In the original history, he published "Philosophy of Zoology" in 1809, and proposed the theory of Lamarck's evolution. Also in this year, another standard bearer of the theory of evolution-Charles Robert Darwin was born in England. The two major principles of Lamarck's theory of evolution, namely the use of advancement and retreat, and the acquired inheritance, were basically denied by later research studies, but his academic contributions are still indelible.

　　 Under Lamarck's lead, Mirabeau, who was on the verge of bankruptcy once again, quietly contacted the queen. UU Reading www.uukanshu.com In fact, as early as last July, after the Bastille was conquered, Mirabeau tried to contact the queen. But the queen at that time even looked down on a **** like Mirabeau. She refused his offer without caring, as if he were just an annoying fly.

　　 But nowadays, the cost of buying this person is much higher. It is said that the queen prepared four cheques with a face value of 250,000 livres for Mirabeau before obtaining Mirabeau's help. It was also under the secret impetus of Mirabeau that the king's family was able to move from the Tuileries Palace, which was closer to the city center and therefore more difficult to escape, to the Palace of San Crowe, which was easier to escape.

　　 "My dear, do you think Mirabeau is right?" Queen Mary asked. But the man she called "Dear" was not King Louis XVI, but another Swede named Axelder Fessen. He is the son of a respected member of the Swedish Noble House, and the secret lover and true trust of Queen Mary.

　　 "Mirabe is a very talented man with a hand." Fessen sighed, "but because of this, I don't know if we can trust him."

Queen Mary nodded: "You are right. Lafayette does not have any loyalty to the king, but at least, he is still a man with ideals and a bottom line. But Mirabeau, he is the one who should go to hell. Bad species! I really can't believe him. And if it wasn't for them..."

　　 Fessen sighed. He knew that neither he nor the queen could match the old fox Mirabe intellectually. Moreover, the queen is still brooding about Mirabeau who led the rebellion. Although everyone knows that this is not the time to pursue this kind of thing, the grievance in my heart is still difficult to calm down.