King's Landing in France

At this time, someone rushed over: "The big thing is not good, the king replaced the soldiers guarding around the imperial meeting hall with Swiss, and all of them are German-speaking Swiss!"

The native language of Switzerland is Romansh, and only a few people can speak it. Most of Switzerland speaks German, French and Italian. Swiss mercenaries are very common in France, Germany and Italy.

It seems that the king has mobilized his Swiss mercenary army near Versailles.

Danton said loudly: "The king is going to attack the parliament! Because they are Swiss mercenaries, they don't care about the French constitution, and they won't have any psychological burden when dissolving the parliament!"

After being reminded by Dandong, the representatives all woke up like a dream.

"How can this be!"

"Must be that Austrian bitch's idea! She's so bad!"

"Let's make a wish with His Majesty! Let him transfer the army away!"

As soon as the voice of "Go and make a wish" came out, most people responded, so a large group of people drove straight to the place where the king lived.

An Ning watched the whole process. Although Danton and Robespierre cast eyes on him several times and seemed to want him to come out and preside over the overall situation, An Ning pretended not to see them.

At this time, An Ning had already remembered what this incident was. This was one of the reasons for the storming of the Bastille.

The people of Paris rioted in solidarity with Parliament, as the King had shown a tendency to use the army to dissolve it.

Just at this time, ordinary people in Paris were starving to death, making troubles all day long, and ended up making a big mess.

An Ning followed the brigade to the gate of the palace, but the guards of the palace were also replaced by Swiss mercenaries. A mercenary officer stopped the representatives in French with a heavy accent.

Mirabeau said angrily: "Why did you change the guards of the palace? Because His Majesty the King also knows that the soldiers of the Guards are inclined to the National Assembly?"

The Swiss military officer put on a haughty attitude: "No comment."

"What is no comment?"

"It literally means that His Majesty the King has the right to decide anything and does not need to inform anyone."

The representatives looked at each other.

Robespierre: "Since they won't let us in to meet the king, we will submit a motion to withdraw the army to the king through the official document submission channel!

"We should return to the chamber now and start drafting motions immediately!"

The delegates immediately agreed with Robespierre's words and began to return to the conference hall.

Arriving at the conference hall, An Ning suddenly found that the number of soldiers around the conference hall had increased several times, and they prevented the Parisians who came to watch the meeting from entering the stands, and only allowed the people to watch the progress of the meeting through the windows on the second floor.

Mirabeau asked the leading officer: "What does that mean?"

This officer's French standard is much better, although he still has a German accent: "This is for the safety of everyone. The law and order in Paris is not very good recently, and many good gentlemen have been injured by mobs."

Mirabeau pointed to the people who came to watch the meeting: "Keep your eyes wide open, which one of them looks like a thug?"

"We're just taking precautions. The representatives are important figures in France, so nothing can be lost." The officer responded politely, and the Swiss soldiers behind him all had stern faces, exuding a chilling atmosphere.

Dandong whispered in An Ning's ear: "Damn it, it seems that our locksmith has finally hardened up, maybe the council will be dissolved."

When Robespierre heard this, he immediately became very excited. He said: "Even if we are driven away from Versailles, we can still find a place to meet in Paris! The process of constitution-making cannot be stopped, and France cannot stop its progress!" "

When a representative heard what Robespierre said, he asked, "What if the king wants to arrest us and put us in the Bastille?"

"Then let's have a meeting in the prison! Shout out to convey information to each other!" Robespierre said decisively, "No matter what, we must never stop! As long as we don't stop, everything in the past will not In vain!"

An Ning looked at Robespierre from the side, and thought to himself, as expected of Robespierre, known as the Lion of the Republic, this speech has an internal flavor.

Mirabeau took over the words: "It's not that time yet. After all, the king didn't really order the army to do it. We should submit our motion immediately. Without further ado, let's start drafting the motion document!"

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That same evening, the National Assembly's document requesting the King to withdraw the Swiss mercenaries was delivered to Louis XVI's desk.

While Louis XVI was reading the documents, Queen Mary broke in: "You can't transfer the army! My dear! Don't listen to them!

"You should immediately order the army to do it!"

Louis XVI looked up at Mary, and replied unhurriedly: "My Mary, it seems that the situation is under control now, and from this document, the representatives have already felt the pressure.

"As long as the troops remain at Versailles, it won't be long before the delegates throw up their hands and surrender."

Louis XVI said with a smug smile: "Then everything will be the same, the only problem is that we cannot increase taxes."

Queen Mary said with a worried face: "Will things really go so smoothly? I think we should work hard to avoid long nights and dreams!"

"Don't worry, take a look at this document, they are already scared!" Louis XVI pushed the document forward.

Queen Mary stepped forward to take the document and read it carefully.

Then a smile appeared on her face: "I knew that they didn't have the guts to disobey the kingship! I think the Swiss Army will practice at the gate of the parliament every day, and continue to scare them fiercely!"

Louis XVI smiled and said, "That's a good idea! I'll order the Swiss to do it right away!"

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As the days passed, the number of Swiss Legion guards surrounding the parliament increased, and the Swiss mercenaries began to drill at the gate of the parliament.

Mirabeau gritted his teeth with hatred: "This is threatening us! Damn, is there no way to change this situation?"

He looked around the entire hall, and all the representatives of the National Assembly looked bitter.

Yes, when the National Assembly meets Swiss mercenaries, that is, a scholar meets a soldier. It is not clear why.

Parliament now has no way to make the king retreat.

At this moment someone suggested loudly: "We can ask Mr. Necker, the financial director! Let him bring our request!"

Robespierre sighed: "Please, we can only ask the king for mercy! Not long ago, we were still asking the king to give up his power!"

Chapter 068 You asked for it yourself

That night, as soon as An Ning returned to her residence near the Royal Palace, she saw Fanny standing at the door waiting for him with a worried expression on her face.

She had been staring at the carriage that An Ning was sitting in. When the carriage stopped and An Ning got out of the carriage, the maid was relieved.

An Ning: "What's wrong?"

"In the afternoon, news came that His Majesty the King might want to arrest all the representatives. Rumors also said that the Guards had been relieved of their duties, and now the palace is guarded by Swiss mercenaries."

An Ning: "Yes, His Majesty the King mobilized more than 2 Swiss mercenaries, but they did not take over the defense of the palace. It seems that the Swiss soldiers were mainly mobilized to deal with the National Assembly. The defense of the palace is still in charge of the guards. "

Fanny: "Then isn't the situation dangerous now? Why don't you stop going to the meeting starting tomorrow?"

An Ning shook her head: "How can we not go? If we don't go to the meeting, it just happens to be in the Queen's arms. The more it is like this, the less we can show our weak side."

"Isn't there any danger? Today, there are rumors that you have been arrested by the king's Swiss Army."

"I'm back well, haven't I?" An Ning said.

"But today in the square near the Royal Palace, someone is calling on everyone to take action to save the representative with practical actions..."

An Ning curled her lips. The information Fanny gave him clearly indicated that the whole situation was gradually approaching the final explosion.

As long as the king does a few more things that will irritate the Parisians, the volcano will be set alight by him himself.

An Ning's attitude towards this is: Hurry up, Your Majesty, hurry up and die!If you don't light this volcano, history will change!

Come on, Your Majesty!

But An Ning can't show this attitude of fearing that the world will not be chaotic. He has to pretend to be worried: "The current situation is not that bad. Trust me, Fanny, don't worry too much."

Fanny nodded, and at this moment, a newsboy ran over waving a newspaper: "Sir, look at the latest issue! The representatives are surrounded by the Swiss Legion, and the National Assembly is at stake!"

An Ning thought fart. I am a member of the National Assembly. Although the representatives were indeed surrounded by Swiss soldiers, the process of the meeting was not affected at all, and personal freedom was not threatened. Don’t make it seem that the representatives have been detained by the king. the same.

Seeing that An Ning didn't show much interest, the newsboy added: "Sir, look quickly, the Constitution is at stake!"

An Ning vaguely felt that this child would not leave unless he bought a copy, so he took out a few copper coins of sou: "Give me a copy."

"Okay, take it, you!"

The newsboy happily accepted the copper coin, and stuffed the newspaper into An Ning's hands.

An Ning unfolded the newspaper, looked at the front page, and a line of large characters came into view: "Dangerous! The achievements so far may be destroyed in a paragraph!"

If you look carefully, the entire article on the front page is exaggerating anxiety. Facts have proved that no matter what era the media is, it will sell anxiety.

At the end of the article, the author signed "Irene" raised his arms and shouted: "Citizens, act and save the future of France!"

Fanny stood beside her, stretched her head out to read the article, and said, "Just now, Mr. Frost, you said that the situation is not that dangerous."

"Well, it's not that dangerous. Personally, I don't think His Majesty has made up his mind to use the bayonet against the National Assembly. In fact, I don't think he has the guts. He's just a locksmith."

But let Queen Mary blow the pillow wind for a few days, it may not be so.

The most urgent task is to prevent the king from making up his mind to clear the field by force.

The other side of this task has historically been done by the populace of Paris.

An Ning: "Okay, don't worry about the situation, I'm hungry, is dinner ready?"

Fanny: "I'm ready and waiting for you to come back. Do you want to eat now?"

"Yes, I'm going to eat now." Saying that, An Ning walked towards the house where she lived.

On the Royal Palace Square next to the house, the gathered citizens were reading the anxiety-selling account just now.

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The next day, An Ning took a carriage to the Palace of Versailles to attend the National Assembly. When he arrived at the Palace of Versailles, he found that a large number of people gathered in front of the gate of the Palace of Versailles. Many people even climbed over the palace wall and entered the royal lawn.

As soon as An Ning got out of the car, everyone cheered for him.

"Mr. Representative, we support you!"

An Ning waved to the crowd, and then walked through the crowd into the Imperial Conference Hall.

Danton came up to him: "They yelled that at everyone. It's all thanks to yesterday's report. Now the whole city feels that the delegates are going to be captured by the Swiss Legion."

An Ning shrugged, and then asked Mirabeau, "What is our agenda today?"

"Mr. Necker will be here today," Mirabeau replied. "We will persuade him to pass the news to His Majesty the King for us, so that the King will retreat."

At this moment someone shouted: "Mr. Necker is here!"

Everyone turned their heads together.

The financial director of Louis XVI walked into the conference hall: "Everyone, I have received your letter, so what are you going to do after shouting?"

Mirabeau: "Monsieur Necker! Please send a message to the king for us, asking him to withdraw the Swiss Army!"

Necker showed a hesitant expression: "I... this... well, I will try my best to convey it, but everyone, the king's determination this time is not trivial, and he seems to have decided to use thunder.

"If I were you, I would not come to the Palace of Versailles for the time being for the meeting, so as to save myself from being thrown into the Bastille."

Danton suddenly laughed and said: "Okay! Let the king throw me into the Bastille! Voltaire also went to the Bastille. For us, being in the Bastille is a medal, a badge of honor to be able to brag. The achievement of a lifetime!"

Other representatives also shouted together: "That's right!"

"That's it!"

"Let him catch us! I've long wanted to be gilded in the Bastille!"

Necker looked at the booing representatives with a speechless expression: "Okay, okay...so do I need to convey this truthfully? Just say that you want to be arrested in the Bastille? Gentlemen, calm down, Bastille Prison is not a gentle place."

Mirabeau: "Just tell him that! Let's see if he has the guts to send us to the Bastille!"

Just as Necker was about to say something, a neat volley of guns suddenly came from outside the hall.

Then the Parisians outside the hall screamed.

The representatives in the hall were all dumbfounded, and some representatives near the window looked out from the window, and then exclaimed: "The Swiss Legion opened fire on those who support us!"

Danton rushed out of the hall and shouted at the Swiss Army outside: "What are you doing! How can you shoot unarmed people?"

The Swiss officer guarding the door said decisively: "We didn't fire at anyone, we just threatened to shoot, but the accuracy of the musket is poor, so maybe a few unlucky ones were shot."

Before the officer finished speaking, screams came from outside: "They killed Henry from the tailor shop! My God, the clothes I'm wearing are made by old Henry!"

"The king is going to kill us!"

"Fight them!"

People shouted, and the noise of hand-to-hand combat came from the window of the Imperial Conference Hall. Obviously, the crowd was attacking the Swiss Army.

Robespierre jumped onto the window sill of the conference hall, stood on the window sill and shouted to the people outside: "Everyone! Don't be impulsive! It was just a threatening shot just now! Hurry up and send the unlucky guy who was shot to the doctor! Maybe he still Help!

"We are preparing to speak to the King, and to have our will represented by the beloved Mr. Necker, Chancellor of the Treasurer!

"Mr. Necker is here, in the chamber! He will convey our appeal to the king!"