Fox of France

According to the negotiated routine, Robespierre began to publish articles in many newspapers, violently attacking Lafayette for conspiring to start a war in order to destroy democracy and become a dictator. He said that the people of Paris, and even the people of France as a whole, should keep their eyes open, be vigilant, and thwart the conspiracy of this careerist.

"If Lafayette's conspiracy is really allowed to succeed, France will fall into a more miserable situation than those under the tyranny of the feudal emperors in the past. Because no matter how you say it, Louis XVI is still an orthodox king, but Lafayette What is Yate? A tyrant! Then the blood of the people in the Bastille, in all the struggles here and there, should pay for this tyrant, that is intolerable!—Well, that Robespierre, though a It’s a chaotic party, but his revelation of Lafayette is quite sharp.” Earl Rodolphe looked at the article in his hand and smiled at a young man next to him, “We will publish this article in the” Orthodox France."

"Count, will publishing such a rebellious article on "Orthodox France" harm us..." The young man asked hesitantly.

"So, Phoebes, this matter will trouble you even more. Give this article an editor's introduction. Criticize the fallacies and arrogance in this article so that people can recognize the true face of those rebels. These places that tell a little truth should also be commented-is it not good to use one article to expose two kinds of rebellion?" Earl Rodolphe laughed.

"You are right, Monsieur Earl," replied Phoebes, "I hope that one day we can hang all these rebels on lampposts!"

"There will be a day, Phoebes, don't worry, believe me, there will be a day. Everything will be fine, and there will be a day when Jacobins and Lafiites hang from lampposts Stinky! But for this day, we must get to work right away."

...

"The Austrians dared to threaten the great France. This is absolutely an intolerable offense to the majesty of France. Those Austrians must have forgotten what French bayonets and military boots look like. I don't understand, in France, they are so insulted." When insulted, there are still cowards who jump out and call for peace..." Robespierre couldn't help laughing when he read this.

"Mr. Robespierre, you can still laugh when others slander your reputation like this." Saint-Just said indignantly.

"Reputation? Robespierre's reputation?" Mara laughed loudly, "What kind of reputation does Robespierre have? Isn't Robespierre's reputation a traitor, a bandit? I think that in the text just now, I was very polite to him. If I come to scold him, it will definitely not be just like this."

"Mr. Marat, this is not an article in the newspaper of the Royal Party, nor is it an article in the newspaper of the Lafite Club. It is an article in the newspapers of the centrists." Saint-Just said.

"It's the articles of those who sit on the fence." Guzman interjected. Guzman is Marat's best friend, just as Saint-Just is Robespierre's best friend.

"Yes," said Saint-Just, "but a lot of the time, we need to get these fencers on our side."

"Don't dream!" said Marat. "Let me guess, what is the name of this newspaper in your hand? It should be "Paris Business", right? It belongs to Clavier, the banker, right?" How could a banker not like war? Since Robespierre openly opposed war, to be honest, they were so polite to him. Capping food prices or something? If we brought up those things, we'd be scolded even more."

"This is a necessary price, Louis." Robespierre said calmly, "The key now is how Lafayette is going to react."

...

How will Lafayette react? In fact, Lafayette has yet to respond. Lafayette has too many things to deal with now, and it is too late to react to it. Moreover, Lafayette found that since Robespierre attacked him and tried to start a war, it seems that there are quite a few centrists who are helping him to fight back against Robespierre, so he feels that he should take it easy first. See everyone's reaction, and then respond.

In this way, Lafayette was delayed for another two days. After two days of delay, he suddenly realized that something seemed wrong. Because he found that many people were indeed attacking Robespierre, but they attacked Robespierre because they were attacking him for being too weak, and they were afraid of the threat of force from a Catholic country like Austria. They didn’t know that France was Catholic. The best hitter in the country? Don't you know that France is best at beating Catholic countries? What a disgrace to the French!

Lafayette's greatest concern, namely, that he did not become a military dictator with the intention of undermining democracy, was not mentioned at all. Not only did they not mention it, but some people said that if you can defeat foreign enemies, there is nothing wrong with having a Caesar.

But Lafayette knew that these people said "it's okay to have a Caesar", but that was just a way to deceive themselves into supporting the war. If I really want to be Caesar, I am afraid that those who say this now may immediately give him a knife from the back, and then stand beside his corpse and publish an extremely wonderful article titled "Caesar" with tears in his eyes. For "I love Caesar, but I love Rome more"—ah, wrong, it should be "I love Lafayette, but I love France more" speech, and then turn France into a republic.

And Lafayette also knows that the current situation of the army is not very good, and now is not the time to fight. In a sense, Lafayette does need a war, but unlike the Royal Party, what he needs is a victorious war, a war that is being prepared again. If this discussion is too heated, Congress will immediately The decision to declare war was passed, which was not good for him.

"This situation must stop immediately!" Lafayette knew the importance of public opinion, because when he was in North America, he knew that the preparation and organization of the North American War were inseparable from local public opinion.

So the media under Lafayette's control began to act. On the one hand, they attacked Robespierre, but on the other hand, they also publicized that although France has never been afraid of war, "Never give up peace until it reaches the stage of fundamental despair; never give up peace until the last moment of sacrifice." Speak of sacrifice". And Lafayette had absolutely no intention of being a military dictator.

Although Lafayette hated Robespierre more and more, in fact, at least on the issue of delaying the war, Lafayette also became an ally of Robespierre.

This made both Lafayette and Robespierre less popular among the centrists. This is normal, because the centrist group of people is actually the group of people known as the Girondists in later generations. Most of them are big businessmen and big bankers. For them, war was an opportunity to make a fortune. As long as the final result is not the subjugation of the country, war is not a bad thing for them. Therefore, those who clearly express their opposition to war are blocking their way of making money.

But Lafayette also knew that war was inevitable. Even the members of the Feyon Club are actually looking forward to the war in their hearts. Lafayette may not really want to be a military dictator, but the reason why many people in the Feuillon Club are willing to follow him is actually expecting him to become a military dictator like Caesar. If Lafayette disappoints them too much, they might as well...

The banker Clavier was receiving a visitor in his house in Rue Serfandoni. This guest was also called Joseph, but he trusted Fouché.

"Thank you, Monsieur Fouche." Clavier said, "The information you have given me is very important to me. Your Excellency Lafayette is really..."

Having said that, Clavier shook his head, but did not continue to speak further.

"Monsieur Lafayette is taking too much into consideration," Fouche said.

"However, we don't need to maintain the general situation as it is today. I need a change in the general situation. Mr. Foucher, I wonder if you can help me? Everyone knows that I am a moral person and never Treat anyone who has helped me." Clavier looked at Fouché and said slowly.

"You need war?" Fouche asked.

"Yes." Clavier replied curtly.

"But I heard that because of the possible war and the turbulent situation, some of your bank's loans are difficult to recover. So it is very likely that you cannot guarantee that the deposit certificate in your bank can be withdrawn normally." Fouche asked again .

"Ah, you also heard the rumor?" Clavier smiled, "So I need to have more turbulent things as soon as possible."

"It's a bit difficult, but you don't need such a big turmoil for your wash operation." Fouche said, "Also, I can help you connect with another friend..."

...

This morning, Joseph went to work as usual, but he happened to meet Kano with a sad face on the way.

"What's the matter, Lazar, you seem to have something on your mind?" Joseph asked.

"Joseph, which bank is your money in?" Kano asked back.

"Some are at the Clavier Bank, and some are at..." replied Joseph.

"Oh!" Kano said, "Have you heard that the Clavier Bank has just announced that because of the influence of the rebellion in other provinces, it is difficult to recover the investment and agricultural money, so they will temporarily suspend the withdrawal business—— In other words, you can't withdraw money from them with the deposit certificate!"