Fox of France

Chapter 78: , Declare war (1)

   Although both Robespierre and Lafayette are trying to slow down France's march towards war, under the impetus of the Mafia and the centrists, France is still marching towards war step by step.

On this issue, the centrists who did not have any organization began to unite. Speaking of which, the person who united the centrists was not the original centrist, but a member of the Jacobin Club-Jacques Pierre Brissot de Valville.

   Brissot first made a living by buying text, and once followed the Duke of Orleans. After the Duke of Orleans went to England, he followed Lafayette for some time. After the escape of Louis XVI, he turned to support the Republic and had a direct dispute with Lafayette in the club. Therefore, in the division of the Jacobin club, he stood on Robespierre's side.

   In the new elections, as a representative of Paris, he became a member of the National Assembly. There, through someone, he and Claviere became friends again.

   The National Assembly is a peculiar place, where the more aggressive the MPs, the easier it is to get attention, and the easier it is to become an "influential" MP. In this environment, Brissot’s political views have become more radical in two respects.

   The first aspect is the respect for the republic. In the National Assembly, most of the centrists no longer trust the king. Attacks on the king are very easy to applaud. So Brissot first proposed the "Exiles Act", which pointed the finger at the nobles in exile. He accused those nobles of instigating the "hijacking of the king" incident, conspiring to launch a rebellion, and being enemies of France, and then proposed to punish these people, such as ordering them to return to the country for trial. (Of course, those exiled nobles, as long as they are not bad brains If they refuse to return to the country, the court can try them in absentia, convict them, and impose various punishments against them (of course such judgments cannot be enforced) and their property (this is very enforceable) Penalty.

   Brissot convinced everyone that the passage of the “Exiles Act” can alleviate or even solve the problems caused by the excessive issuance of finger coupons to a large extent.

   This thing refers to coupons, originally issued with church estate as collateral. If the government can really issue strictly in accordance with the number of church real estate, then these coupons can naturally be gradually recovered through the gradual sale of church land, and there is naturally no danger of inflation.

   But as soon as you start the printing machine, you have money to spend. This way of getting money is so tempting that not many governments, especially the precarious ones, can resist turning on the money printing machines. As a result, how many coupons the government printed, I'm afraid that the people in the government may not know it. According to rumors, the printed coupons are enough to buy the church properties several times. In this way, the depreciation of the index is worth a mess. Although some countries in later generations need to use "jing" (10 to the 16th power) as the monetary unit of measurement, but the depreciation of the index is still given. The country has brought increasing pressure.

   If the land of those fleeing aristocrats can be confiscated, and the land can be used as mortgage for the coupons, then the problem of coupons will probably be temporarily alleviated. (Of course, if you continue to print, sooner or later, the car will still be overturned, but isn't that a future thing? What will happen to the future thing?

   This bill passed in the parliament without any problem. Of course the Black Party will oppose this motion. Lafayette, he doesn't want to press the nobles too hard, and he also opposes it. But the centrists, together with the Jacobins, are already the majority in the parliament. (Not to mention some people in the Rafi sect are not too firm)

   Then just as Brissot hoped, the bill was vetoed by the king. According to the Constitution, the King has the right to veto the bills passed by Parliament. Of course the king knew that vetoing such a bill would definitely anger the parliament, but now the royal party is the only force he can rely on, and he also has no choice.

   The vetoed motion greatly increased Brissot’s reputation. Since such a trick is useful, it will naturally be used again. Immediately after, Brissot proposed a motion to stop the payment of salaries to priests who refused allegiance. This motion was naturally rejected by the king.

Through such a series of operations, Brissot successfully established his reputation in the parliament. At the same time, with the support of Clavière and some other gentlemen, he successfully united many centrists around him. He also won the nickname of "Mr. Veto" for Louis XVI by the way, which made his image of "unrepentant feudal leader" more popular.

   As for the second radical direction, that is war.

   Now that Mr. Claviere and his friends have helped, Brissot will naturally speak for their benefit. Of course Brissot would not say that to the outside world. Brissot’s slogan in propagating war was "export revolution."

   Lafayette has been emphasizing that there are many problems within the French army, and the combat effectiveness is difficult to guarantee, so as to delay the war; while Robespierre has always targeted the possible "military dictator".

   Now Brissot is targeting Lafayette's statement, but his response is that there is a problem with the French army, and the army of other countries has more problems.

   He believes that the revolution of the French people has inspired the whole of Europe. The people of most European countries are looking forward to the revolution. Their expectations of the French revolutionary army are like "looking at the clouds in a long drought." Once a war breaks out, the French army will be "according to the world and attacking relatives" in the war. Why can't it be won?

   He also satirized Robespierre's statement. He believed that he believed in the goodwill of foreign feudal kings and underestimated the patriotic enthusiasm of the French people.

   Under the leadership of Brissot, the centrists quickly gathered. A large number of people, including Vigno, Roland and his wife, all united around Brisso. Once they are united, the war is approaching a big step.

On November 29, the parliament passed a resolution requesting the king to immediately send a warning to the Elector of Trier, ordering him to immediately disband the army of the French aristocracy in exile in his territory, otherwise France will use various means including force to defend itself Security.

   This time, "Mr. Veto" did not veto the resolution, but immediately approved the resolution and issued a warning to the Elector of Trier.

  The Elector of Trier is the prince of the so-called "Holy Roman Empire". In theory, threatening to use force against him is threatening to use force against Austria. Louis XVI and Queen Mary had been waiting for the big-talking Austrian emperor to launch an offensive against France, but after his majesty installed a B, he ran away and never mentioned anything about meeting with France. Up. At this time, the French Parliament was able to pass such a resolution, in the eyes of the king and queen, it was really going to sleep and just hit the pillow.

   After issuing the warning, the king and queen looked forward to the emperor's anger, and then the army of the Holy Roman Empire would kill the generals, and then they could hang the street lights one by one in the council.

   However, the development of things completely exceeded the expectations of the king and queen.

The feudal monarchs on the other side of the Rhine were trembling with fear in front of the warning issued by France, just as the French worried that there would be too many messy forces within themselves, and whether there would be a leading party in the fight, the gang was "sacred" The "Romans" were also worried that the common people on their side would believe the heresy of France and start some revolution with the French.

   Moreover, this is really not unfounded, because in these countries some people have even shamelessly infringed on French intellectual property rights and established a group of "constitutional friends clubs." How many lead parties there are in France, the German electors don’t know. (Although those exiled aristocrats have said a lot about the lead party in France. But everyone knows, it must be bragging, because if the French The power of the king is so strong, why did they become exiles?) But they know how many leading parties there are on their side.

   So these electors immediately persuaded. While sending people to Vienna to request the protection of the emperor, they sent people to France, saying that this was all a misunderstanding.

Of course, if the emperor of the Holy Roman Empire explodes, UU Reading www.uukanshu.com will stand up and take the lead against France, maybe they can be stunned. However, the emperor of Rome is actually controlled by the empress of East Rome. Although the empress is the most hated of France among all countries in the world, the empress actually acts as the protector of France.

   It was the King of Spain who jumped out and called twice. After all, the King of Spain is also surnamed Bourbon. However, the voice of the King of Spain is exceptionally weak. It is nothing more than the hope that France can respect the sovereignty of other countries and refrain from threats with force at every turn. This kind of shouting has no effect other than showing one's cowardice.

   The "Roman Emperor" had to hold urgent consultations with the King of Prussia to find a countermeasure. At the same time, people were sent to the UK to seek help from the UK. However, Britain made it very clear that Britain expressed understanding and respect for the emperor's position on this matter, and was willing to remain neutral in good faith.

   This is actually very normal, because if Britain also joined the anti-France chorus, it might really scare France, but he didn't dare to move. You know, the British do not believe in Catholicism. But the British already knew very well that the Austrian emperor did not want to go to war with France. If the British joined in, he could confidently and boldly rob Poland with the Russians. On the contrary, if the British remain neutral, the French are encouraged, and maybe they will really start fighting.

   In Europe, the French love food and beauty, the Italian beauty and art, but the British? The British have no other hobbies, they like to see the European continent burning.

  Before reaching an agreement with Prussia, the Austrian emperor could only exercise restraint and let the electors of the Rhine disband the army of the exiles. This weakness also further encouraged the militant forces of France.

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