18th century total war

Chapter 127 Miraculous Victory
"That's right, Fatis is not very good at fighting, but he is really good at pulling people. Perhaps this is the so-called charisma."

"My lord, compared to you, Fatis' personality charm is like the light of a firefly compared to a bright moon, it's not worth mentioning."

Seinawi, the head of the Secret Intelligence Service, who had just finished reporting on Fatis-related work, smiled flatteringly at Levi.

Levi glanced at Sennawi and secretly sighed that these people who had been enlightened by the administration were as smooth-talking as normal people. If they were officers who came out of the training camp, they would never flatter you like this!
The area where the city of Rouen is located belongs to the fringes of the ruled area of ​​the Kingdom of France restored by Li Wei, that is, the area where the control is very weak.

The reason is very simple. The Black Dragon Legion never arrived there. The area was originally dominated by the provincial coalition forces led by the defeated liberal noble generals in Normandy. Later, they saw that the situation in Paris was not right, so they joined them without waiting for Li Wei to make a move. , became the 'loyal minister' of the 'new' French kingdom.

You must know that the resignation of the Faillant faction, that is, the constitutional monarchy faction headed by Lafayette, means that the influence of the liberal aristocrats in the political arena in Paris has directly fallen below a large level!

The liberal aristocrats mixed in with the Girondists almost became the mouthpiece of Brissot, a powerful political figure.

The establishment of the French First Republic means that the French bourgeoisie officially stands on the head of the aristocracy, rather than the previous 'equality'.

What?
You say that the slogan of the French Revolution was equality for all?

hehe~
There are more slogans in the 21st century, how many people take it seriously?
If the human society were as perfect as the political slogans shouted, there would not be so many human tragedies, and those in power and the top rich would not trample on the law secretly!

Since the Paris Revolution, the revolutionary slogans have rapidly deteriorated. The so-called freedom, equality and fraternity are only used to fool those sans-culottes.

If French society is harmonious, the names of people like Robespierre will never appear in history books!

Since ancient times, it is not the celebrities who create the general trend, but the general trend makes the celebrities.

The Secret Service under Senawi's control is just an empty shell affiliated with the General Administration of Military Intelligence. There are only a dozen younger brothers below him, and they don't have any extrajudicial privileges such as law enforcement powers, and they don't even have a few guns. The head of the secret service department does not have much power.

However, the industry under Senawi's name has not been suppressed by the vicious competition of the Wallace Business Alliance!
Who said that commercial competition must send troops to grab it?

As long as there is a government behind it, it can play you to death within the scope of the law!
This is why in the territory under Levi's control, numerous industrial, commercial and financial capitalists were either driven away or had to bow their heads and join the Wallace Business Alliance.

The Wallace Business Alliance has evolved from a simple alliance relationship at the beginning to a superior-subordinate relationship. As the helm of the Wallace Business Alliance, Wallace, whether it is the Minister of Commerce or the founder of the Wallace Business Alliance Regardless of their identity, they can give orders to the capitalists who joined the Wallace Business Alliance!

Levi is personally nurturing a commercial monopoly.

Now Senawi's property is handed over to his nephew at home, so he can continue to maintain the standard of living of the rich, but he is slightly dissatisfied with the power of his secret agent and his shady status, so he wants to take more pictures of Li Wei's flattery, so that the secret agent can go to the sun instead of doing some hidden front!
Unfortunately, Li Wei would not agree.

Suddenly there was a rapid knock on the door, and then Manid, the current director of the General Administration of Military Intelligence, walked in with a document full of anxiety, handed the document to Li Wei and reported:

"Sir, the latest news from Paris is that the Prussian-Austrian intervention forces were defeated in the Battle of Valmy!
Defeated by an army of more than 6 mostly armed citizens led by General Jacobin! "

When Manid reported the news, the shock of just getting the news remained on his face.

No way, for the French of this era, the Prussian-Austrian coalition had an absolute advantage in terms of quantity and quality of the armies of both sides in the Battle of Valmy, but they lost just like that...

Although the news passed over said that the main reason for the defeat of the Prussian-Austrian Allied Forces was that the logistics supply was not available, and the revolutionary armed forces in the rear made it difficult to supply logistics when they went deep into the enemy's territory, so they withdrew after the shells ran out.

But during the subsequent retreat, the National Self-Defense Forces led by General Jacobin and the local revolutionary armed forces pursued and fought fiercely, leaving behind tens of thousands of corpses from the 10,000+ Prussian-Austrian coalition forces!
When they came in, the Prussian-Austrian Allied Forces were crippled all of a sudden...

After hearing the news, Li Wei suddenly had an idea.

The seat of the ruling Girondists is secure!

During the period of the Constitutional Monarchists, the French army was retreating steadily. After the Girondins came to power, they immediately won the victory at the Battle of Valmy. This was a great political victory!
However, the influence of the Jacobin radicals may also take advantage of this opportunity to truly infiltrate the army. The Girondins will definitely be hostile to the Jacobin radicals...

The prestige and influence of these two enemies are increasing at the same time. I am afraid that the city of Paris will not be peaceful for long...

Li Wei couldn't help but think of the Economic Freedom Act promulgated after the Girondists came to power.

This political concept of economic free trade seems fair and just, but it actually serves the big bourgeoisie and the financial bourgeoisie.

If the government does not intervene in the economy and trade, no matter how many ordinary people can play against those capital predators!

In this way, France will sooner or later become a playground for financial capitalists and big capitalists!

However, considering the status of members of the Girondins, it is not difficult to understand why they proposed this political idea and put it into action.

The main members of the Girondins are financial capitalists and big industrial and commercial capitalists.

This bill is to create a monopoly opportunity for them to make a fortune!

Obviously, this has violated the original intention of the Paris Revolution. The so-called principle of equality has been trampled and rubbed under the feet of these big capitalists.

After this bill appeared, it was immediately boycotted by the radical organization Montagnard among the Jacobins, because most of the members of the Montagnard were small and medium-sized capitalists and small business owners. the dishes!

'After these followers of Brisso came to power, they exposed all their ugly faces, it was too urgent.

Are they not afraid of another revolution in Paris? '

(End of this chapter)