18th century total war

Chapter 146 National Salvation Committee

"Quickly, dispatch the army and immediately suppress the mob in the city!"

"I'm very sorry, sir.

The Paris City Police Department refused to suppress the citizens of Paris, and the troops inside and outside the city were stopped by the generals of the Jacobin Club and the National Guard..."

After Brissot heard the secretary's report, he slumped on the chair with a pale face. He knew that this demonstration was used by the Jacobin Club.

And used it just right, Jacobin did not let the generals in the club send troops to force the palace, but used the power of the people to force the Gironde party to step down!
"Damn Jacobin!
At this time, they are still in civil strife. Are they not afraid that Li Wei's rebels will kill Paris? "

There was a loud bang, and Robespierre, dressed in a gentleman's attire, held a top hat in his hand, and surrounded by several Jacobin followers, walked slowly into Brissot's office with a smile on his mouth.

Apparently, he heard Brissot swearing.

"Mr. Brissot, we should have been friends, but your act of protecting the king is against the will of the great French nation. The citizens of Paris outside have proved that neither you nor the Gironde party established by your followers are worthy It is no longer suitable to sit in this position.

The French Republic is at the point of life and death. We need to work hard to save the country and continue to struggle, instead of sitting in the office drinking tea and reading the newspaper, thinking about which beautiful girl to have dinner with at night!

Capitalists cannot save France. We must unite all French people to save this motherland that is about to be taken back by the stubborn royalist reactionary forces when the French Republic is facing internal and external troubles!
We French would rather die standing than live on our knees!
For the freedom, equality and fraternity of the French, Mr. Brissot please step down! "

After finishing speaking, Robespierre bowed and took off his hat very politely to Brissot. From the beginning to the end, there was a friendly smile on the corner of his mouth.

Can't see the gesture of forcing the palace at all.

Brissot's face was pale. It's not that he doesn't want to get down from this position. Brissot, who has become a mature politician, knows very well that once a person in his position loses power in the chaotic city of Paris... …

Will Robespierre and the Jacobins in front of him really spare him and his family?

The Girondins are now on the same level as the Jacobin Montagnards. The origin of the conflict between the two parties lies in the execution of King Louis XVI, but the continuation of the conflict lies in the different class interests represented by the two parties!
The main groups supporting the Jacobin Montagne were middle-class intellectuals, owners of small and medium capital and sans-culottes!

Those who supported the Girondins were industrial and commercial capitalists and some financial capitalists.

Obviously, the Jacobin Mountain Party, with its large numbers of people, won, and launched a coup d'état with a crushing attitude!
Robespierre was able to get here, obviously the guards outside either ran away or were dealt with...

"I can give up my position, but can you guarantee that I will take my family and leave Paris?"

"Of course not, you, the sinner who brought the Republic into the abyss, needs to go through a trial before deciding whether to stay or not.

I will form a National Salvation Committee together with like-minded Jacobin friends.

The French Republic is at its most dangerous moment, and all French citizens must do their best to save the country and save the achievements of the revolution! "

Speaking of this, Robespierre's face suddenly became sacred and fanatical, and even the followers around him also showed menacing gazes.

Brisso and his secretary subconsciously wiped off the cold sweat from their foreheads, and the posture of the other party reminded him involuntarily of the church ascetics he had seen.

They are different from those bishops who claim to be the closest to God and other high-level church leaders. They don't covet enjoyment, and use painful practice to spur themselves all the time.

These ascetics are truly devout believers, instead of using the church and faith as their own money-making tools!

Why did Brissot begin to criticize the church immediately after he came to power?
Because he knew very well how dark and depraved the middle and high levels of the church were, they didn’t care about collecting money, and they also deceived young girls who were enough to be their granddaughters, and asked them to dedicate their bodies to serve a bunch of old men in the name of faith!
Why are most nuns never married?
Is it really because they dedicated themselves to God?

It's just because when they get older, they no longer have the face to marry...

What those church leaders did was even more disgusting than the decadent aristocrats of the Dark Middle Ages. The only difference was that they were dressed in the guise of faith, so they were more 'reasonable'.

While Brisso was thinking wildly, he was taken out of the office by rough Jacobin followers. If he hadn't been protected by Jacobin's people, Brissot would have been torn apart alive by the furious crowd the moment he went out!

During the riots of the Paris Revolution, I do not know how many innocent nobles were murdered by the pariahs.

Once these people at the bottom of society let go of the shackles, they will become more brutal than tigers and wolves.

In this way, the Girondins did not even have a chance to resign, and were arrested by a coup d'etat by the Parisians. There were still many guards who tried to stop them, and they were sieved by the armed Parisians...

The reason why a bloodless coup is easier to be remembered by future generations is because it is too difficult to not shed blood in a coup.

The next day, 12 people from the leadership group of the Jacobin Montagnards, including Robespierre, Danton, Barrel, Cambon, Marat, and Saint-Just, formed the National Salvation Committee.

At this point, the Paris regime has officially entered the period of the Jacobin dictatorship, and the National Salvation Committee has almost all powers!

All the committees under the original National Convention were controlled by the members of the National Salvation Committee. The ministers and generals in the army directly obeyed the orders of the National Salvation Committee!

Each member of the National Salvation Committee has their own division of labor and powers, which are mainly divided into six departments, which are in charge of military, navy, taxation, foreign affairs, internal affairs, and justice.

The National Salvation Committee does not have a chairman, but its power is very centralized and it adopts a collective responsibility system.

They even have the power to send plenipotentiary commissioners to local areas to override all high-ranking military and political officials to carry out the integrated management of various resources and the supervision of bureaucrats.

When necessary, the plenipotentiary commissioner appointed by the National Salvation Committee has the power to "strike first and act later"!

The situation in France in this world is even more critical (mainly because Li Wei is too strong), so at the beginning of its establishment, the National Salvation Committee included almost all the powers, determined to integrate all the forces of France, and suppress the arrogant Li Wei rebels!
(End of this chapter)