18th century total war

Chapter 230 Jacobin at the End of the Curtain

The big bosses in the Paris financial capital circles who were present knew very well that after Levi took over Paris, they would face the terrifying business monopoly beast of the Wallace Business Alliance!

This is the 'Royal Merchant'!

Even if these bigwigs in the financial and capital circles in Paris want to join Levi's command, they can only become Wallace's younger brothers if they lose their initiative, and even present their investment certificates. It is inevitable that their capital will shrink!

These bigwigs in the financial capital circle who originally planned to swallow up the French economic system step by step by controlling the printing and distribution rights of francs are facing a dilemma at this time.

"I won't talk about unnecessary nonsense, everyone knows the specific situation in their hearts.

Instead of expecting Robespierre to create a miracle to defeat Levi, we might as well choose other retreats.

I don’t believe a word of Robespierre’s promotion of the turning point in the defense of Paris, what do you think? "

"Yes, we all know what is going on in Paris. Judging from the National Salvation Revolutionary Army's past results in fighting the Black Dragon Legion, the probability of winning the Paris defense battle as Robespierre propagated will not exceed [-]%.

I don't want to risk my life for this less than [-]% chance. "

"I agree!"

"I agree!"

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The leader of the Paris financial capital community smiled and nodded after seeing everyone give up on Robespierre.

"Since everyone has no objection, let's take away as much of our wealth as possible before Li Wei and his Black Dragon Legion fight over.

Have you ever thought about which country to go to? "

"The anti-French alliance has not been disbanded. I estimate that even if France is truly unified, wars will easily break out with the anti-French alliance. By that time, we French in the members of the anti-French alliance may not end well. .

After all, we do not have the identity protection of traditional aristocrats.

So I plan to spend the rest of my life in a country that is not an anti-French coalition. "

At this time, another financial capitalist was puzzled and said:
"Why don't you go to England?

There are still plenty of opportunities there. "

"Because I'm French and I don't want to go there and be discriminated against by the British!"

As soon as these words came out, everyone else present immediately gave up their plans to go to the UK.

This is not nationalism, it's just that they simply don't want to be deliberately suppressed by the British local financial capital.

Even if they have the opportunity to integrate into the British financial capital community, what price will they have to pay in the process?

What is the success rate?

These are all unknowns. Instead of gambling on these unknowns, it is better to find a more stable place.

These people have already achieved great success and are in high positions, so naturally they don't want to work as hard as they did when they started their careers.

Anyway, with their capital, as long as they are not stupid and find a relaxed political environment, they can make money lying down!
"Or, let's go to the United States of America.

Although this country has not been independent for a long time, the policy on capital there is very loose. I believe that as long as we are a little more cautious, it will be easy to integrate into the United States of America.

Moreover, the United States of America is a country of immigrants, and we will not be deliberately targeted and discriminated against when we go there.

On top of that, the United States of America is short of money and we were sure to be welcomed by the US government in the past. "

As soon as this remark came out, it immediately won the approval of all the bosses present.

Although the United States is not a very good country, it is a good refuge for people like them, and the United States does not have a deep-rooted aristocratic power!

In this era, the United States is the beacon of freedom in the eyes of European society.

Every year, a large number of people who are persecuted by religion, run away due to debt default, thugs and criminals who have committed crimes, etc., travel across the ocean to the United States to seek their freedom and new life.

Of course, this also includes those capitalists who fled overseas.

Compared with the exiled nobles with relatives everywhere, there are really few directions for capitalists to escape in this era...

After the meeting at this unassuming private manor house, a violent economic storm erupted quickly in Paris.

I don't know when, Paris, the political, economic, and military center of France, and the most prosperous city in France, experienced a shortage of metal currency!

What followed was the bankruptcy of many private banks!

And the private banks that went bankrupt and the gold and silver vaults were all swept away, and a large amount of gold, silver and precious metals were transferred out of Paris and even France!

In this era, France had a currency system of three precious metals, gold, silver and copper, and gold and silver were high-value circulating currencies, which were also mixed with banknotes issued by the country.

Due to the inconvenience of carrying metal currency, most of the currency in circulation in France has been converted into paper currency, and copper coins are disappearing from the market.

However, France is a gold and silver dual-standard currency system, so banknotes can be directly exchanged for metal currency from banks.

In the Kingdom of New France, the banknotes issued by the French Revolutionary Government are naturally not easy to use. The Kingdom of New France with a weak economic foundation does not have much demand for currency (international trade is banned by the Anti-French Alliance), so it has been stuck in metal currency transactions. stage.

This is actually Li Wei's conservative policy, because he knows how unreliable paper money is.

And if he wanted to issue banknotes himself, because of his original status as a rebel, the government's credibility was extremely low, and the confidence of the people in the banknotes of the Li Wei regime was close to zero...

So Li Wei had to continue to maintain the original metal currency system, but banned the paper currency system of the French Revolutionary Government.

Paper money was originally an important means of raising money for the French revolutionary regime, but due to the bankruptcy of a large number of private banks in Paris and the imperfection of the economic bill, the bigwigs in the financial and capital circles played a beautiful trick to get out of their shells.

These financial capitalists have very little real estate, and they are very quick to deal with. After taking away the real money, by the time the Jacobin dictatorship led by the National Salvation Committee headed by Robespierre reacted, they had already lost their money...

And then left Paris with a huge mess!
The vaults of bankrupt private banks are so empty that rats can run away, and the certificates of deposit in the hands of a large number of depositors have become waste paper...

This is not the most terrible thing, because a large amount of gold and silver was swept away, the French revolutionary government suffered a serious financial deficit, and the war continued. It didn't take long for the citizens of Paris to discover that the paper currency francs in their hands could not be exchanged for real gold and silver metal currencies!

As a result, the currency reputation of the French revolutionary government collapsed at a speed visible to the naked eye!
The National Bank, which is controlled by the French Revolutionary Government, was overwhelmed by Parisians cashing in metal currency in minutes. The metal currency in the bank vault was swept away, and metal currency could no longer be cashed out.

Facing a currency crisis that has never been seen before, the Jacobin autocratic regime led by the National Salvation Committee headed by Robespierre has nothing to do. They can't take out the last national reserve gold.

What's more, even if it is taken out, it is not enough!

At this time, Robespierre and his team already knew the culprit, that is, the group of top financial capitalists in Paris who gave themselves loans to help them survive the most difficult time!
It's just that Robespierre firmly believes that "the debtor is the uncle", and there is still a large amount of loans that have not been paid off. He thinks that the top financial capitalists in Paris will not leave, and coupled with the lack of economic laws of the Paris Revolutionary Government, Let these financial capitalists successfully get away with money...

The financial and currency crisis in Paris has caused many wealthy capitalists in Paris to panic. They are worried that their houses will be attacked by crazy rioters.

As a result, a large number of real estate and real estate began to be sold in Paris, and only metal currency was accepted!

All of a sudden, the value of the paper currency franc dropped three times a day!
The currency crisis detonated all the internal conflicts in Paris. A large number of sans-culottes worked hard day and night, but they received franc notes that were indeed too hard to wipe their buttocks!

Can they bear it?
Even the fucking factory boss ran away with money!
Thanks to the fine tradition of frequent revolutions in Paris, these Parisian capitalists have very sensitive political sense (the insensitive ones have been robbed), seeing the collapse of the reputation of the Paris currency, knowing that the common people will definitely make trouble again, one by one runs fast……

Even the high-ranking officials of the city guards and the police department have fallen along with them and even run away.

A large number of capitalists fleeing abroad cannot be stopped at all. Those who are officials are their biggest protection umbrella. They are soft when they receive money!
When Robespierre planned to hold the Revolutionary Court high, these officials ran away one by one, and some even fled with their troops to the side of Li Wei's regime and surrendered!

Oh yes, this is called surrender!
Levi was shocked and turned his attention to the city of Paris, where the economy was imploding. Although he did not understand that one moment the core of the revolutionary regime was united and wanted to fight a battle to defend Paris, but the next moment there were parades everywhere, and groups of people buying for zero dollars were comparing themselves to each other. All...

But this does not prevent Li Wei from taking this opportunity to encroach on the territory wantonly.

The chaos in Paris soon made the troops stationed in other provinces controlled by the French Revolutionary Government panic. Even the Revolutionary Army for National Salvation, which claims to have the highest revolutionary enthusiasm, began to appear deserters!

As for the ordinary local garrisons, there was even a phenomenon of the establishment system surrendering to the Li Wei regime.

Of course, this has a lot to do with the collapse of the credibility of Paris' paper money spreading to the provinces.

The value of the franc continued to fall below the bottom line of the people's minds, and the people's favorability towards the French revolutionary regime also continued to decline. In less than a month, the word Jacobin changed from a positive energy vocabulary in France to a negative energy vocabulary!

Faced with the economic predicament of rising prices and the collapse of banknote reputation, Robespierre did nothing but use the revolutionary court to kill people. Finally, during a speech at the National Convention, he was arrested by a group of revolutionary gendarmerie that rushed in!

Immediately afterwards, in less than a day, all the permanent members of the National Salvation Committee were arrested and imprisoned!

Obviously, this is a premeditated coup!
In fact, the opportunity for a coup d'état had appeared long ago, but the big politicians in the National Convention had to wait until the credibility of the Robespierre government fell to the lowest point before taking action.

Now, Jacobin has become the target of everyone's shouting and beating, and they naturally don't need to have any scruples, even if there are many Jacobin supporters in Paris.

Rapid inflation, paper currency reputation cleared, short-sighted people will not curse the financial capitalists they have never heard of, they will only look for the government!

Obviously, the Robespierre regime is a very good backer.

The entire Jacobin dictatorship was overthrown...

After Robespierre was arrested, he didn't even pass the Revolutionary Tribunal. He was taken directly to the guillotine next door. Before it got dark, his head was chopped off, and Robespierre's supporters were not given any time to react!

It can be seen from this that the politicians in Paris have all experienced in the long-term political struggle, and their methods are straightforward and without delay.

The effect of this is very remarkable. Robespierre's party and even the entire Jacobin organization fell and scattered in just a few days, and the core high-level leaders were sent to the guillotine in groups. If you can walk in the revolutionary court, you will be decapitated...

All executions are handled in public, used to defuse the anger in the hearts of the people.

In fact, it is true. After the ignorant Parisian people saw the 'culprit' Robespierre and his followers beheaded and killed one by one, the cheers wafted over Paris!
The new government was formed by the bigwigs in the National Convention. These people did not have a strong figure who could convince the crowd, and they did not want to encounter a second Robespierre.

Thus, the French Directorate, controlled by a group of parliamentarians, was established.

The first thing after the establishment of the Directorate is naturally to solve the problem of Paris' economic collapse.

Their solution is very simple, one size fits all!
Paper money was abolished directly, and metal currency was fully used!

This trick still has a popular foundation, because the value of the franc has plummeted, causing people to constantly refresh the bottom line of credit for banknotes. Unfortunately, the vast majority of French people do not have much metal currency...

This trick looks good, but it doesn't solve the root problem!
As a result, the Paris Directorate made another big move to make Li Wei laugh out loud.

The Directory disbanded all volunteer armies, city defense armies, and militia organizations formed during Robespierre's rule, as well as most of the National Salvation Revolutionary Army and armed police forces!

Under this decree, more than [-]% of the armed forces in Paris were directly eliminated...

The Directory claimed this was an economic liberation.

Without the huge military pressure, the Directory government finally had the money to start sending relief food, and through the way of work-for-relief, appeased a large number of unemployed Parisian sans-culottes groups, which allowed the Directory government to obtain Paris in a very short period of time. The hearts of the citizens!
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(End of this chapter)