King's Landing in France

Chapter 52 The Curtain Opens
Thus the gentlemen of Paris, playing bridge and drinking coffee, commented on their king.

It seems that Louis XVI never thought that he would have any bad results if he let the gentlemen talk about him like this. He never thought about controlling all kinds of speech in Paris society.

Or maybe he thought about it, but couldn't do anything about it, because he was still financed by borrowing from Parisian bankers.

And those great nobles who lent money to the royal family happened to be the driving force behind the prosperous publishing industry in Paris.

People like the Duke of Orleans supported Mirabeau and wrote a bunch of little yellow books about the queen.In this situation, it is basically impossible to control speech in Paris.

After arriving in Paris, An Ning brought Napoleon into the Parisian social circle, and then he soon realized that he forgot one thing: when he approached Napoleon five years ago, he blew up the Republic of Corsica as a Parisian The well-known "paradigm of freedom".

In reality, however, most gentlemen in Paris don't even know where Corsica is.

Napoleon, who discovered this, had a tantrum with An Ning, but fortunately, his position in An Ning's heart finally overcame this small flaw.

After accepting this, Napoleon began to tirelessly popularize science with people in Paris, saying that the establishment of the Republic of Corsica was earlier than the British Thirteen Continental Colonies.

But it didn't take long for Napoleon's efforts to stop.

Because of the bad news from Corsica, Napoleon's father, Carlo Bonaparte, died.

The main source of income for Napoleon’s family is the salary of his father Carlo who manages the royal nursery in Corsica. Napoleon’s elder brother Joseph Bonaparte is not a housekeeper. Although the priest’s salary is very good, he can’t give much to subsidize it. household.

Once Carlo died, the financial burden of the family fell on Joseph, but Napoleon suspected that his brother could not afford it.

An Ning still had a small amount of money at this time, and he still had no use for the money sent by the mission system back then, so he proposed to lend it to Napoleon so that he could finish his studies first.

But Napoleon refused.

He decided to stop all social activities from that day on, concentrate on his studies, strive to graduate from the Paris Military Academy ahead of schedule, and go to the army to eat military pay.

Since then Napoleon has disappeared from Parisian society.

Then An Ning was ridiculed, "Your little follower suddenly abandoned you."

It didn't matter to An Ning. Napoleon began to bury his head in his studies and strive to graduate early. This was all in line with history. There is nothing wrong with letting history follow the original direction.

The main thing An Ning does in Paris is socialize, and his plan remains the same: meet as many bigwigs as possible, and ride the fucking wall!

So An Ning did his best to "collect stamps" everywhere. He had already collected stamps from several bigwigs of the Girondins, and the rest was to expand his foundation in the Peiyang faction.

It's a pity that most of the Peiyang faction are aristocrats, and they are relatively traditional aristocrats. These people don't think much of a cobbler, so the progress of stamp collection has been greatly delayed.

As a soldier, Lafayette would occasionally chat with An Ning.

But Lafayette's goal is also very clear. This guy obviously wants to use the title of "Founder of America" ​​to squeeze into the upper circles of Paris, and An Ning is obviously not counted as a member of the upper circles.

In the end, An Ning still felt comfortable getting along with the Jacobins. These people were all civilians, they didn't have that kind of identity barrier, and they regarded An Ning as one of their own.

When the time entered 1786, the Supreme Court of Paris rejected Louis XVI's tax increase request again and again. The king once planned to send tax collectors to scrape land, but the gentlemen of the Supreme Court sent people to recover it.

The king's finances are getting more and more difficult, and it is said that the queen has begun to wear old clothes.

Marat wrote a report, angry at the queen's extravagance and waste. The article also brought Robespierre who was far away in Arras, saying that Robespierre had been wearing the same green coat all the time. University, and it is a disgrace that the queen wears a brand new dress every ball.

In May 1786, Napoleon received his second lieutenant rank ahead of schedule.

Anning gave him a set of officer uniforms as a gift—the school-issued uniforms were too big for Napoleon, making him look like a walking coat rack.

As a symbol of an officer, Napoleon got his own sword, but on the day of awarding the sword, he told An Ning: "My sword belongs to me, only the belt belongs to France, and I will never wield my sword for France."

An Ning responded: "Of course, just follow your heart."

Not long after the presentation ceremony, Napoleon left for Valence, where his regiment was stationed, where the 16 years old second lieutenant would receive his first men and his first cannon.

On the day of departure, An Ning sent Napoleon out of the city, and then saw him walking briskly on the road—because he refused An Ning's loan, Napoleon decided to walk to his regiment to report.

After sending Napoleon away, Anning continued his studies. He received his diploma and the rank of second lieutenant a year later, and then worked as a mathematics teacher at the Paris Military Academy under the operation of the Duke of Orleans.

This is An Ning personally asking the Duke for help. He doesn't want to leave Paris to serve in the army in the countryside. That way he will be far away from the center of the future storm. How can he sit on the fence!
On the day she got the military uniform, Christina, who was on duty in the palace, asked for leave and ran back, and held a small celebration party for An Ning with Fanny.

According to Christina, the Palace of Versailles has begun to save money, some rooms have been abandoned, and the royal tailors are constantly racking their brains to modify the queen's clothes to make them look like new clothes.

It is said that the Queen complained to Louis XVI every day, while His Majesty the King often locked himself in his tool room and played with his locks.

Later that year, the king revived the ousted Necker, hoping that he would use "magical magic" to solve financial problems as before.

But this time, Necker was no different.

In 1788, a whole year of natural disasters came.

Grain production has decreased, bread prices have soared, and there are complaints everywhere.

In the middle of this year, An Ning received a long letter from Napoleon. In the letter, Napoleon said excitedly: "The disaster is coming! There are farmers who can't eat everywhere around my station, profiteers in the city are hoarding, and the bread has already risen." It’s 30 sous each! Is the cataclysm you predicted coming soon?”

An Ning wrote back to Napoleon: "Yes, in this case, if the king continues to gather the representatives of the common people desperately, everything will be like a convex lens facing the sun, and all the heat will converge on one point, and it will become white hot. It's burning!"

At the end of 1788, Louis XVI, who couldn't bear it anymore, officially ordered the start of the selection of representatives, and planned to convene the three-level parliament that had not been held in 1789 years in 160.

On the day this news broke out in the Palace of Versailles, An Ning deliberately gave herself a good meal.

He's ready, the lap stamp collection is done, the wall-riding show is about to begin—

First of all, his first task is to get himself elected to the three-level parliament.

If he does not enter the three-level council, he can only be a bystander, ups and downs in the turbulent era, and become a passerby.No matter how many thighs he knows, as a commoner, he can't use these contacts at all.

Only by personally participating in the incident can one truly be a chic fencing party.

(End of this chapter)