The lord hunted down by the game

Chapter 203 The French Republic in Crisis

"Sir, the London government has brought back all the troops from North America, and dispatched tens of thousands of troops from the colonies, plus the army of the Duchy of Brittany and Normandy that have not been liberated by us, a total of 20 troops have been assembled. The situation is very dangerous."

In the office of the Speaker of the First French Republic, the original royal palace in the capital of Paris, Robespierre was listening to his confidantes report on the situation on the front line.

"What is the international community's response?"

Robespierre put down the document in his hand, rubbed his swollen brows and said.

Sitting in this position, Robespierre knows how difficult it is to manage a country!
Even though Robespierre himself is a top academic figure and is proficient in social theory and philosophical thought (both are majors for fooling the common people), he still feels haggard after sitting in this position.

Even the pace of political struggles has come to a standstill, because Robespierre has little energy and time to clean up and attack political opponents due to changes in the battle situation.

It is impossible to truly achieve a united front in the big parliament with too many people talking about political ideas. The apparent unity was only frightened by the bloody guillotine politics, but the private alliance among the congressmen has never been broken.

It can be said that this is also the bane left by the guillotine politics.

Robespierre killed too many people in order to take over and consolidate the regime in the future.

You know, he didn't kill the low-level people who are unknown and have no rights, and the last time he killed the social elites and even celebrities who are well-known!

Which of these people does not have a group of supporters and close friends behind them?

The friends of ordinary people are generally ordinary people, and the friends of social elites are naturally mostly social elites!

Therefore, although killing temporarily resolved the internal strife, it planted more enemies for it.

People's hearts are complicated, and God knows how many social elites cheering for Robespierre at this moment, in their hearts, they are eager to send Robespierre to the guillotine.

Therefore, Robespierre, who relied on bloody means to rise to power, could only continue the political struggle, and this war of liberation of the First French Republic was a war in which Robespierre planned to lay his foundation once and for all!

Once the War of Liberation is won, Robespierre will be the national hero to recover the whole of France, and will gain the status and prestige of Napoleon Bonaparte in the history of Yuri's previous life.

At that point, Robespierre's political opponents will no longer be able to use normal means to remove him from power, unless they switch to assassination politics...

On the contrary, Robespierre knew very well that once the liberation war of the First French Republic to regain its homeland failed, his personal prestige would be fatally hit.

The common people are ignorant and blind. They will not look at the various reasons for the defeat and how powerful the opponent is. The sense of national honor will make the civilian class who only value the results attribute the resentment of the defeat to the authorities.

Just like Louis XVI who was pushed to the guillotine!
After burying a king with his own hands, the hearts of the people of Paris have been completely wild. Killing a king is a great event in this era. It is like an ordinary person who kills No. There is no psychological barrier for three.

At this time, the people of Paris had this kind of mentality, and it was also the reason why guillotine politics was recognized by the people of Paris.

In everyone's mind, even the king Louis XVI can be beheaded, and others can be even more so!

As long as you make a mistake and go against the wishes of the people, no matter your status, you will have to go on the guillotine!
This is the inertia that the guillotine politics brings to the people!
However, the right to decide whether this is right or wrong is not in the hands of justice, but in the hands of the foolish people who occupy the majority.

The public is easily guided by public opinion, and is full of angry youths. It only takes one incident to break out, coupled with the secret promotion of some people, to push Robespierre, who is now in power, to the guillotine!

Robespierre is very proficient in this set of procedures, because he used the same method to push many people in power to the guillotine when he was not in power.

By the same token, the strength of the church and the power of the liberal aristocracy with a general public base were also played to death by the Jacobin Party.

Guiding public opinion for their own use is the housekeeping skill of the Jacobin party.

Therefore, ordinary events can no longer defeat Robespierre, a political leader who specializes in fooling the people. Only the failure of the liberation war will deal a fatal blow to Robespierre.

After all, Robespierre has no ability to cover up and distort the facts in this kind of thing...

This is why the Robespierre government spared no effort to carry out the war of liberation. If it were not pushed forward by fanatical nationalism, Robespierre would not have allowed the war to continue.

After all, he's got everything he wants.

To be the master of half France is as much to Robespierre as to be the master of all France.

This is the disadvantage of using fanatical public opinion to gain power. Since you use public opinion, you must be pushed away by public opinion, and you cannot go against the wishes of the public.

It is different if it is a reactionary king. The king's power comes from religion and God, not from the people. Even the people themselves don't think that the people have the right to influence the king's will. Only when they are about to starve to death, they will not Do not rise up to rebel.

However, the current First French Republic has clearly stipulated in the constitution that the government and parliament serve the entire French nation, and they are short of declaring themselves to be public servants of the people...

This is naturally to cater to public opinion!

Otherwise, how could the French people support the First French Republic so much?
Although the First French Republic did not make any achievements, except for launching the liberation war, the income of the common people did not increase at all. On the contrary, a large number of young and strong were coerced by nationalism to join the army and went to the battlefield.

However, it was precisely because of the war that many young men who ate more food joined the army and went to the front line, which was equivalent to reducing the local food demand and indirectly alleviating the food shortage in France.

As for the source of food for the Republican army on the front line, the impoverished First French Republic was naturally unable to afford it, and being able to maintain ammunition supplies was considered an extraordinary performance of the Robespierre regime.

However, the army of the French Republic has a high-sounding reason. In the process of siege, they will rob the rich and give to the poor in the name of liberating the people.

Robbing the wealth of nobles and capitalists, and then helping their own poor...

The civilians at the bottom who couldn't get enough to eat were naturally not among the targets of looting. Instead, these low-level people were supplemented by nationalism and the republican army with full meals provided by the republican army.

(End of this chapter)