King's Landing in France

Carl hesitated.He stood on the barricade and paced up and down, silent for a long time.

Next to him, Louis Capet teased: "There is nothing wrong with letting him come back, but I'm afraid there is no need to continue to be the emperor. I think exile is very good."

Karl looked up at the former Louis XVI, and finally made up his mind: "That's the truth. We need to judge him to determine the legitimacy of the Republic."

An Ning shook his head: "No, you can't be exiled! Look at how many problems we have exiled a Louis XVII. My suggestion is to send him directly to the guillotine, and those who rule will not be innocent!"

Carl: "You exiled Louis XVII because he was your wife's lowlander. And for my part, that's my brother. No, I'm going to exile him. I mean, I'm going to call on the new Parliament to exile him! "

An Ning couldn't help but support her forehead.

That's all, since the Grand Duke intends to do this, so be it.

Anyway, this is an Austrian matter, and An Ning is the Lord of France, so he has nothing to do with it.

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In the months that followed, exile by the Vienna National Assembly did indeed cause problems.

Franz II in exile immediately rallied royalist nobles.

Unlike France, due to the development of industry and commerce in France, the grassroots rule of the nobility in the countryside has disintegrated, and rural life is mainly organized by local priests.

So after the French Revolution, the nobles couldn't get entangled in conscripting soldiers, because the peasants didn't listen to them at all.But after the promulgation of the Clergy Law, those conservative rural areas immediately reversed.

Because the local priest is the organizer of the life of the peasants. Perhaps the peasants were baptized by this priest from birth, organized by the priest for marriage, and buried by this priest when they died.

You suddenly said that this priest did not swear an oath of allegiance to France and was a traitor. If you arrest the priest and replace him with a priest that the peasants do not know, the peasants will definitely rebel.

But Shinra is different. In Austria, the hometown of Emperor Shinra, industry and commerce are not so developed in many places, especially in the southern mountainous areas.

The lord here can still recruit a large number of troops.

The nobles gathered their troops in the southern part of the empire to confront the republic that occupied the most fertile and developed Danube plain in Austria.

Civil war looks imminent.

Grand Duke Karl was still not willing to ask for help from France, and was ready to compete with his brother.

As for Alvinzi, who was guarding a bunch of cities in Bavaria, he chose to surrender after Archduke Karl signed the contract with France on behalf of Austria.

Marshal Alvinzi himself disarmed and returned to the field, and the Austrian soldiers in the coalition army, together with the soldiers of the Bohemian Army, became the backbone of the new Austrian army formed by Archduke Karl.

As for the German troops in the allied forces, An Ning ordered them to be escorted back to France for corvee service.

France is currently undergoing major construction projects. The parliament is planning to widen the main roadways in the country and build canals to connect the originally disconnected water systems to form an efficient water transportation network.

This all requires labor.

After dealing with the coalition forces, Anning lined up his 30 troops on the border between Prussia and Austria.

Of the 30 troops, 22 are French and [-] Italian.

Then Prussia lost the desire to fight.

Moreover, there are also a large number of people in Prussia who want to follow the example of Austria. The King of Prussia probably needs to concentrate on dealing with his own domestic problems.

In this way, the participating countries of the first anti-French alliance were only the low countries.

In September, there was good news from Talleyrand that the Low Countries decided to make peace with their French brothers, who were also republics.

Thus ended the first coalition against France.

An Ning was very satisfied with this result.

And he also has a wonderful idea: Look, our fraternal countries are all republics, right? They all support the enlightenment spirit of equality, freedom and fraternity, right?

Then can we form an alliance of enlightened republics?

While An Ning was daydreaming endlessly, someone started to make trouble for him again.

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That night, Barras paid a visit to Danton.

"Mr. Danton, the formulation of an interim constitution is an excellent opportunity. We can take this opportunity to limit the power of the first ruling! Mechanistically prevent other powers from going to the opposition."

Danton frowned: "No, I won't do anything against Frost!"

"Your Excellency Frost is such a high-minded person, he has countless opportunities to become the king of France, but he didn't do it. We established this mechanism not to deal with Lord Frost, of course not." Ballas pressed his hands on Danton The table in front of me whispered, "We have developed this mechanism to limit the ambitious people in the army! For example, that Bonaparte!"

Danton hesitated for a few seconds: "The parliament will not pass it. No one dares to vote for it."

"Why can't you see the situation clearly? Everyone in the parliament is actually of one mind. They don't want the soldiers to have too much power. Everyone will support it.

"In fact, the process of formulating the interim constitution was very long. Many people participated in this process. If they did not want to limit the power of the military, the provisions of the constitution would not be like this."

Danton: "I will discuss it with other people, such as M. Foucher and M. Talleyrand. He will return to Paris tomorrow, and I will have to talk to them before I can decide."

Barras sighed: "Are you frightened by Robespierre's fate? Why are you so worried? It's just exile. Your Excellency Frost is kind, so you can generously test his bottom line. ?"

Danton: "Because he is benevolent, so test his bottom line? Did you make a mistake?"

"That's politics! Lord Frost is politically immature. He didn't even guillotine the murderer after he was assassinated! No one is afraid of such a man, at least I am not. In fact, everyone in Parliament Don't be afraid, that's why the Constitution is like this!

"What are you afraid of?"

Dandong was silent for a few seconds, then replied: "I'm not afraid, I'm just a friend, I don't want to betray a friend."

"It's not a betrayal, it's helping him restrain ambitious people like Bonaparte!"

Dandong shook his head again and again: "No, no, I won't."

"So, the new interim constitution, you don't plan to let him enter the voting process?"

Danton: "I'll let him go to the voting process, but I'll head the no-vote."

Ballas smiled: "Thank you then. Let me pass the task of passing this bill."

Danton: "Don't tell me that, I never heard you say that. You never came to my place."

Ballas nodded: "Of course, I understand."

After speaking, he turned around and strode away.

Dandong covered his face: "God, I would actually do this... I hope Frost's kindness will run through, I hope..."

Chapter 369 The End of Louis Capet

As soon as Talleyrand returned to Paris, he ran to Fouché.

"How things are going in Paris these days, my old fellow, Minister of Police—oh no, Minister of Police."

Fouché: "They made a provisional constitution to replace the 1791 constitution. I read the draft, and there are many clauses restricting the power of the military and the power of the first executive."

Talleyrand: "Really? I wanted to say that they are looking for death... But our Lord Frost is a person who really wants a republic, and maybe he will ignore this constitution."

"It's possible." Fouché shook his head, "Do you know where the best part is? These provisions are in line with the views of Rousseau, Montesquieu and Voltaire. If Frost objects to these The terms are tantamount to slapping yourself in the face."

Talleyrand curled his lips: "It's terrible. The current situation in France requires someone who can unite the royal party and the blue party at the same time. Frost is obviously the most suitable. But he is not tough, and the country is going to be turbulent. .”

Fouché: "Yes, he said something about establishing a new production relationship and vigorously developing industry. However, all these require a stable society. Nothing can be developed if it is always so turbulent."

"Then are you going to vote for the provisional constitution?"

"How is it possible? If His Excellency Frost becomes tough at any time, you will lose your head if you vote for it."

As Fouche and Talleyrand looked at each other, the two old foxes smiled knowingly.

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In September 1794, An Ning led the brigade and escorted Louis Capet back to the court.

When he entered the city, he put Louis Capet in a prison wagon and paraded along the streets.

The French people enthusiastically expressed their feelings towards Capet. Since the prison van entered the city, the things thrown at the van have not stopped.

Louis Capet even wondered if he would be killed by an egg.

The parade did not stop until it reached the parliament hall.

All the generals under An Ning came back this time. Before entering the city, they finished freshening up at the Palace of Versailles and put on the new general uniforms specially prepared by Lazarcano. Flickering, it looks like a thief.

And An Ning was still riding his white horse at the front of the queue, and it seemed that in order to distinguish himself from the generals behind him, he deliberately wore a not-so-new military uniform.

In fact, An Ning originally wanted to play a trick and wear a colonel's uniform to pay tribute to Nasser, but he dismissed this idea when he thought that there was another man named Gaddafi who was also a colonel for life.

After all, Gaddafi's fate was more miserable.

After dismounting, An Ning and a group of generals waited at the gate of the parliament for soldiers to escort Louis Capet over.

Then he personally escorted Louis Capet into the parliament hall.

All the members of the parliament stood up and applauded, and the citizens watching from the stands also applauded vigorously. The entire hall was filled with applause.

After the thunderous applause fell, An Ning took a step forward, pressed both hands on both sides of the lecture table, glanced back and forth at the crowd, and then said:

"Everyone! The first siege of Free France has been crushed by us! All the kingdoms participating in this attack have been defeated by us except Spain!"

The reason why there is no Spain is because Spain itself is not in a good state. Since 1793, Spain has experienced a large-scale harvest failure. Now it is suffering from a famine. It is impossible to send many troops to attack France. The few troops sent were also beaten by French local troops. go back.

Yes, the expeditionary force sent by Spain was beaten back by local troops and militia.

As for why An Ning didn't send a general to attack Spain, it was of course because he had learned a lesson in the history of another time and space.

—Things are always so bad in Spain (violin playing).

Now that everyone has voted, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Talleyrand, is sent to Spain, and it is estimated that he will bring back a contract soon.

That's why An Ning can declare loudly here that "the siege against the Republic has been crushed by us."

The applause rang out again.

This time, An Ning didn't wait for the applause to subside naturally, but raised her hand and made a flattening motion.

"We have achieved a great victory that has never been seen before! First of all, to the south of us, there appeared the Italian Republic, which followed the same organizational principles as ours and was a great achievement of Enlightenment thought!

"And in the war that just passed, the Italian brothers sent [-] of their best sons to help us defeat the evil, traditional, old-fashioned Holy Roman Empire!

"To the east, on the ruins of the Holy Roman Empire, a new republic has begun to cry! The Austrian Republic marks the end of a centuries-old HRE that was neither Holy nor Roman nor an Empire!

"Also in the east, in Bavaria and Hesse, the new republic is taking shape. In time, the German nation will become an independent nation and establish a unified country, a republic!

"And to our north, the Low Countries have formed an alliance with us! Although the Low Countries started as a classical commercial republic, after so many years of development, especially the development of maritime trade, they have also become industrial and commercial like us. A prosperous republic, a nation of citizens!

"Of course, many kingdoms were left behind in this war, such as Spain, Prussia, and Sweden and Russia that did not participate in the war, but we have pushed our ideal, which is to liberate all of Europe, a step forward. stride!"

The voice fell, and there was another thunderous applause.

An Ning took the initiative to suppress the applause again, and then continued: "Can we make peace? I don't think so. The feudal monarchs will not sit idly by and watch themselves be destroyed. Although a revolution broke out in Prussia itself, it is temporarily unable to deal with us, but we It must be remembered that there is Sweden, and Russia, and even Ottoman Turkey! These kingdoms have hatred for us!

"They are afraid of us, especially the United Kingdom across the sea. They clearly hacked the king themselves, but they want to be hostile to us who exiled the king!

"The war is by no means over, it is now nothing more than an indefinite truce. We must be ready, ready for peace to end at any time!

"Of course, this is still very far away. According to my guess, we will have peace for the rest of 1794. So we can use this time to discuss how to deal with Citizen Louis Capet! As far as I know You know, he was king of France!"

When An Ning said this, the audience burst into laughter.

Anning also intentionally QUE Louis XVI: "Citizen Capet, have you ever served as the king of France?"

Louis XVI hesitated a few words before nodding: "Yes, I have served."

"Then how do you evaluate your governance?" An Ning asked again.

Capet replied tremblingly: "I... I am bad, I am guilty!"

An Ning shook her head: "No, you are indeed guilty, but you are also credited. You funded the establishment of the world's first republic without a king! Without you, the United States of America would not have been established! Without the United States, we would not be able to realize , It turns out that there can be no king!

"This is your great achievement!"

An Ning looked around the entire parliament again.

"I propose that the citizen of Louis Capet be exiled to the United States of America!"

Chapter 370 The Last Three Months

An Ning's proposal was passed as a matter of course.

As for the opinions of the United States, who cares, the current United States counts.In another 20 years, the British will still be able to wrestle with Napoleon's France while blocking the US's attack on Canada.When France was gone, the British immediately went to Washington to burn down the White House.

So now that the first anti-French alliance is over, the Royal Navy will not intercept the communication between France and the Americas, just find a ship and throw Louis Capet directly on the American continent.

Anyway, His Majesty the former King was an excellent locksmith, and now that there is no such thing as Queen Mary, he should be able to support himself, right?