18th century total war

Chapter 101

In the middle of the night, in the meeting hall of the city hall of Caen, kerosene lamps, which ordinary citizens could not afford to use during the holidays, lit up every corner of the hall as if free of money.

The boss, dressed in colorful uniforms and general uniforms, sat here with solemn expressions.

At this time, the Kingdom of France did not have uniform uniforms for generals, and even uniforms for officers, so although the identities of the bigwigs present were all linked to the army, even a small number of civil servants were "military councilors", but the "military uniforms" they wore 'But showing the color of a hundred flowers blooming...

There were even many MPs who led troops wearing their uniforms to attend this military meeting that was related to the fate of the city of Caen.

Sennave, the plenipotentiary speaker of the Normandy region, deservedly sat at the head of the table, but now he had long since lost the high spirits he once had. All that remained on his face was the fatigue and beast-like boredom left by a sleepless night.

"One day, just one day, we lost the first line of defense!
Oh no, if you count from the start of the battle, it only took half a day for the Levi rebels to let our respected General Kanol give the order to sound the withdrawal call! "

As the top leader, Senawi seldom criticizes a high-level military officer by name at such an important meeting. He is obviously angry to the limit when he does this at this time, or he wants to give others a stern warning!

The face of General Kanol who was named immediately turned pale. Although he was born in the aristocratic class, his family and his personal political leanings had always been on the side of the liberal aristocracy, so he was not suppressed.

After Li Wei's rise against the sky, Kanoer became even more of a general. Now that the general ranks in local provinces and regions are worthless, they have to be divided into targets!
To the bigwigs in the Legislative Assembly of the Paris government, the generals of the local garrison are naturally nothing.

Nowadays, the military system of the Kingdom of France is relatively chaotic, but the difference between "first-line generals" and "second-line generals" is still obvious.

But in the local regions and provinces, the second-line generals are veritable overlords, especially in today's wartime, at least tens of thousands of people are in charge of the food and drink under their command!
All the bigwigs present were stunned when they heard Senawi’s name-calling and criticism. They naturally knew that General Kanol’s status as a liberal aristocrat. Nobility themselves are capitalists!

The remaining liberal aristocrats who are not capitalists are important shareholders and investors in certain capital industries!
If interests were not involved, how could so many aristocrats betray their original class interests and stand on the side of the bourgeoisie to promote the Paris Revolution?

Liberal nobles are not in the minority. Their original ancestors were all traditional feudal nobles, and many of them still have the power to wear swords in the court!
Therefore, the misfortune of Louis XVI was an inevitable event. As a group of hard-core traditional feudal sword nobles who naturally stood on the king's political standpoint, there appeared a large group of young people. How could it be possible that he would not be deprived of power?

In the original three-level conference, the main force supporting the bourgeoisie was the group of liberal aristocrats, because they had assumed the status of capitalists, but they still enjoyed the status and privileges of nobility.

It's just that, regarding the benefits brought by capital, the earning power of noble fiefdoms is not valued by liberal nobles at all.

Exploiting the poor serfs, how can you make money by playing finance and factory assembly lines to exploit the working class?
The death of a serf is equivalent to a loss, and the death of a worker is a big deal and just recruiting!

Anyway, in this era, the working class does not have any labor protection. If you die from a disease in a poor working environment, you are unlucky.

In many cases, it is not necessary for the worker to die, as long as he is sick and unable to work, he will be fired by the factory owner immediately!

On the other hand, the serfs under the rule of the nobles had to be given vacations if they got sick. Otherwise, if they died of illness, it would be a lack of labor force. After all, serfs were rare!

Most of the descendants think that serfs are a very miserable peasant class. In fact, compared with the working class of the same generation, the life of serfs is the life of human beings!

Because there is an aristocratic lord who doesn't want them to die meaninglessly on the head of the serfs, but there is only a ruthless capitalist who treats them as tools for labor on the head of the workers!

Serfs had no freedom and no private property of their own, but they could have enough to eat and their lives were protected!

Workers do have freedom and are allowed to own their own private property, but the vast majority of workers don’t eat their last meal. The so-called freedom is nothing more than the hungry belly of freedom...

Historically, those who shouted the slogans of liberating the serfs and building a better world were the public opinion bought by the capitalists.

Because capitalists need a lot of cheap labor, and labor is a consumable for capitalists!

Therefore, they hoped to seize serfs from the nobles and turn them into workers for their cheap use.

In fact, only the people at the bottom who have no voice understand deeply how short their life span is after entering the factory.

The working-class revolution that broke out later was more terrifying than the serf uprising, because the living conditions of the workers in that period were worse than those of the oppressed serfs, and the more oppressed the more intense the resistance!
The revolution of the working class is a historical inevitability. Even if there is no such-and-such idea, there will be other ideas, because the smart people at the time can see that the working class is a huge powder keg, and it only needs a guide to ignite them. ideological fuse.

The main force of the revolution in the Paris Revolution was the bottom bourgeoisie, and these Parisian citizens were not farmers in the countryside of Paris, but mostly poor workers in Paris factories!
It is no exaggeration to say that the working class was the veritable main force in the Paris Revolution!

It's just that the concept of the working class has not yet emerged at this time.

Even the citizens of Paris do not consider themselves to be working class, and they are ignorant and ignorant. They do not understand that the hardships in their lives are actually caused by capitalists desperately squeezing in pursuit of surplus value.

Under the guidance of the capitalists' public opinion, the poor citizens of Paris generally believed that it was the fault of the king and the nobles. After all, they were the people who were the leaders of the Kingdom of France on the bright side.

It can be said that Louis XVI was just an unlucky scapegoat.

"Sir, it will take at least a day for the Li Wei rebels who have entered the first line of defense to attack again.

They are now half surrounded by us. When they attack, we can completely organize the unoccupied area of ​​the first line of defense and attack the rear of Li Wei's rebels on both sides! "

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