Fox of France

After the victory at the Battle of Remap, the Austrian defense in Belgium completely collapsed. The Austrians fled in haste, and the French took Aachen almost effortlessly, pressing on the Roe. Di Mourier also became the hero who saved France because of this series of victories. However, at this moment, a piece of news made him feel bad.

The guy who made him unhappy, even hated, was Kano. After the Battle of Valmy, Cano helped him fend off many unnecessary interventions in Paris. At that time, Dumouriez could be said to be extremely satisfied with Cano. However, when he entered Belgium with the army, he began to feel that Kano was really annoying.

Now his supply line has been stretched, and the efficiency of transporting supplies directly from France by road is no longer as efficient as buying supplies locally. So according to the usual practice, at this time, the French government only needs to send him the money. As for the supplies, let him use the money to purchase.

Any fool knows how much oil and water there is in purchasing military supplies for an army of nearly 100,000. But this is also the practice, at least, when France was still a kingdom, this was the practice. Anyway, as long as the general is able to control the scale well enough, it will not cause any problems to the soldiers under his command because of the supply problem.

At the beginning, the government of the Republic also operated in this way, and Dimouriez naturally seized this opportunity to start making a fortune. He used methods such as lying about the number of troops, combat consumption, and buying low-quality supplies at high prices to get kickbacks, and he did not know how much money he made.

In fact, this method has been passed down from generation to generation. For example, not long ago, White Elephant purchased 13 sets of MK-45 127mm naval guns from Bald Eagle. The total price tag is as high as $1 billion. Everyone knows that the Bald Eagle's 127 naval gun is almost the worst 127 naval gun in the world. Compared with the Italian Otto 127 gun, the performance is completely unrecognizable. I don't know how many Ottos are worse. . Apart from being relatively light, this gun has almost no advantages. And the reason why it is lighter is that it saves all kinds of things that can be saved, so that the continuous rate of fire is almost the same as that of the army's goods. When sold to other countries, this gun is also quite cheap, but when it comes to buying a white elephant, it can be sold for such an outrageously high price. The reason is actually simple, because if the price is not high, where can the purchasing staff of Baixiang get kickbacks?

Dimouriez was making a fortune, but Kano proposed a so-called "military reform plan", one of which was very important, which was to deprive frontline commanders of their financial rights. And the Ministry of War directly sends specialized personnel to accompany the army to be responsible for the procurement of various military supplies. It is said that there is also a plan to set up a committee to verify the purchase bills. According to Kano, this will help reduce costs and strengthen the government's control over the military, but—but this, isn't this going to kill his parents?

However, Carnot's absurd proposal, which violated the fine traditions of France, was generally supported by the parliament. This is actually very easy to understand. After all, this is a big vacancy. Except for a limited number of people in the council, who would not want to take this right into their own hands?

But Dumouriez soon discovered that this was just a small trouble, and what was even more terrible...Louis XVI killed people!

Just a few days ago, someone discovered a safe with extremely complicated and exquisite locks in the Tuileries Palace. After being violently opened, a large pile of letters was found inside. Including various correspondences between the queen and his brother (the former emperor of Austria) and his nephew (the current emperor of Austria), these letters all prove that the royal family has been colluding with foreign countries. Even after the war started, they sent all kinds of French intelligence to the Austrians.

In addition, people also discovered that some people who looked like revolutionaries in the past turned out to be undercover agents bought by the royal family. For example, Mirabeau, he actually suggested that the king escape from Paris and start a civil war. Feeling duped, the crowd stormed the Pantheon, dragged Mirabeau's body from it, and dumped it in the rubbish.

The news about Mirabeau made Dimouriez very worried, because he knew that Mirabeau had written to the queen, recommending himself to the royal family, saying that he was loyal and brave. Can completely replace Lafayette. Even when he proposed that the king leave Paris for Lyons to start a civil war, the recommended commander of the army was himself.

It is said that on August 10th, during the Paris People's Revolution, it is said that the king and queen urgently burned some documents, but...

"Damn it, these two idiots! You can't even burn a document cleanly! What else do you want to do if you keep those things? Do you want to go to the guillotine? And put them in a safe, don't you think you designed and made them yourself? The lock, can it stop the violent unlocking? If you want to die, don't drag me down!" After hearing the news, Dimouriez immediately put aside the problems that Cano had brought him, worrying that this was even worse problem.

However, Dimouriez still doesn't know whether those letters include Mirabeau's letter recommending him. After all, many documents have been burned. Dumouriez can only pray to God now, hoping that these letters will be burned.

"I knew it would be like this, maybe it would be better for the Austrians to enter Paris." Dimouriez couldn't help thinking this way.

But at this time, those people in Paris actually didn't care about Dimouriez who was still in Belgium. A new political struggle broke out over the documents in Louis XVI's safe.

After the revolution on August 10, in order to win over the bottom line, the Brissot faction made Danton the Minister of Justice, and this position was originally intended for Roland. For this reason, Roland and Mrs. Roland (the one who later said on the guillotine, "Freedom, freedom, how many crimes are in your name") harbored hatred towards Dandong.

After the crisis in Paris was resolved, the Rolands launched a full-scale attack on Danton. He took advantage of the antipathy to terror after Paris gained security and blamed Danton for the September massacres, forcing Danton to resign as attorney general.

In fact, Danton still wanted to compromise with the Brissot faction, so he chose to back down and resigned as minister. Of course, before he resigned, he also made some money by the way - he accepted a sum of money from Talleyrand and gave him a pass to leave France freely. (Unlike "The Incorruptible" Robespierre, Danton actually loves money.)

After selling the church, Talleyrand went to work as an ambassador to Britain for a while. After returning home, he found that his former friends, especially Lafayette, had all fallen. This puts him in a much worse situation than he was a year ago. After the September massacre, he, who was born in the nobility and the church, felt a little danger, so he hurriedly wrote a memorandum praising the French people's revolution and condemning the autocracy of Louis XVI, informing the British government that the French Republic was established.

Then he found Danton and said he would send the memorandum to England. And he gave Dandong a lot of money. Danton knew that Talleyrand was actually planning to take the opportunity to escape. But for the sake of money, he pretended to be fooled and issued a pass to Talleyrand. He was more interested in getting Talleyrand's money than in beheading him.

Later, after the safe incident broke out, the documents in the safe showed that Talleyrand had been colluding with the royal family. Danton also said to Robespierre: "I was deceived by Talleyrand. I didn't expect him to be such a person." .”

In addition to letting Talleyrand go, he also gave Marat a not guilty verdict before leaving office. Brissot's men charged Marat with inciting disobedience, arrested him, and Danton acquitted him in a twist.

After letting go of the Minister of Justice, Danton still hopes to reconcile with the Brissot faction, especially with the Rolands. For this reason, on September 25, he publicly opposed the "Land Law", and on October 4, He also proposed in parliament that the state of emergency should be ended. The end of the state of emergency means that various price-limiting measures will be gradually lifted. Thereafter, when talking with Lamer, he even stated that in order to achieve peace, he agreed to continue the constitutional monarchy, as long as the king was replaced by the Duke of Chartres (son of the Duke of Orleans). It stands to reason that the Brisso faction should have reconciled with Danton.

However, for some reason, Mrs. Roland has a special hatred for Danton. They didn't want to let Danton go at all. They first attacked Dandong for corruption and asked to check Dandong's accounts, but Dandong couldn't produce detailed accounts. Then they accused Dandong of taking advantage of the chaos during the uprising on August 10 to steal property from the palace. In order to protect himself, Danton could only fall to Robespierre.

But Robespierre was also under attack from the Brissot faction, who accused Robespierre of deliberately inciting riots during the August 10 revolution. However, in the face of this accusation, Robespierre delivered a speech in Parliament, pointing out that the legitimacy of today's parliament and the government are all derived from the August 10 uprising, and any words and deeds that deny the August 10 uprising are Negation of the Republic itself.

As a result, this accusation gave Robespierre even greater fame.

So they changed direction again, accusing Robespierre of being responsible for the September massacre, and attacking him for trying to become a dictator or even a tyrant.

But at this critical time, on November 20, the safe incident broke out. The documents in the safe clearly proved that the king and his wife had undoubtedly committed acts of treason, and some Brisso factions also colluded with the king.

With such weapons, Robespierre and the others immediately turned from defense to offense, demanding that the king and other traitors be punished for treason.

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