I'm the Dauphin in France

Chapter 487: The Jacobin Crack

Dubor looked at the calm expression of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and seemed to understand something. He nodded in agreement:

"Yes, yes, Your Highness, at three o'clock the trial of Baron Astunotti on corruption will begin.

"Then I... won't drink tea. I, I have to go back to the High Court first."

"Please help me see Dean Duport off." Joseph gestured to Emmanuel, then smiled and said to Duport, "Oh, please don't forget what I told you before, that the Earl of Norfolk and others should be sentenced appropriately, after all, they have exposed the plot."

Dubor was stunned. He originally thought that the Crown Prince was following the custom to let the great nobles off the hook. But now it seems that His Highness probably knew that corrupt officials would be exposed in court.

Cold sweat broke out on his forehead again, as if he knew something extraordinary.

"Yes, Your Highness, I will definitely judge impartially." His thoughts raced as he quickly added,
"Besides...I just had lunch after the trial and didn't go anywhere else."

Joseph nodded with satisfaction. Duport's words meant that he had never been to his place, that is, he would not disassociate himself from the act of exposing corrupt officials. He was a man who was well versed in political rules.

The trial in the High Court continued in the afternoon, but judges such as Dibol who were trying the official corruption case were not as flustered as they were in the morning.

Faced with the officials' endless revelations, they simply ordered the clerk to copy them carefully and then announced that the trial would be postponed.

In a cafe across the street from the High Court, Marat looked out the window at the excited citizens, tapped the newspaper on the table, and said with emotion: "Although I don't know how His Royal Highness the Crown Prince discovered that those officials were corrupt, it is obvious that he is right."

He looked at Demoulin across from him, smiled and shook his head: "The corrupt officials he has found alone exceed the annual workload of the Investigation Bureau. According to this trend, in a few years, all those dirty officials will be dealt with by him.

"I must admit that he is the guardian of the French people when it comes to fighting corruption."

Desmoulins was surprised that Mr. Marat, who had always been hostile to the royal family, could make such an evaluation of the Dauphin, and immediately nodded in agreement.

In fact, he had already developed great admiration for the Crown Prince shortly after joining the Impartial Investigation Bureau, but he had never expressed it because Marat disliked the royal family.

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is indeed very different from those vampires." He said excitedly.

"I heard that the abolition of noble privileges and the requirement for peasants to redeem their land were all pushed by him behind the scenes."

He grabbed the newspaper that published a large list of exposed officials, his eyes shining: "Now, now he is attacking officials and bureaucrats again.

"Or maybe we should support him with all our strength!

"At least what I've seen is that he has made France more just and more prosperous, and the people are better than before..."

Mara sighed and interrupted him, "We can't abandon our beliefs! Although he has done a lot of useful things, he may become a tyrant at any time!
"Like Louis XIV, in the late period of his reign, all the glorious achievements before him finally turned into heavy suffering for the people?"

He said word by word: "Only a government authorized by the people can guarantee eternal justice and fairness. We need a constitution, human rights, and freedom! We are not waiting for charity from the king or his son!"

Desmoulins stood up excitedly upon hearing this and said loudly: "Why do we have to break the perfect situation just because of some theories?!

“The British have a constitution and a parliament, but their officials are still corrupt, and ordinary people are still oppressed by their masters. They are not even allowed to wander around, and the police will throw them into prison without hesitation!

"I dare say that if the British Parliament were to manage France, it would never do a better job than the current royal family. "At least, most of their land has been bought by nobles and wealthy businessmen, while French farmers have far more arable land than British farmers!"

Marat stared at his old friend with wide eyes, feeling that he had betrayed Mr. Rousseau's ideas and been deceived by the royal family. This was a very bad sign.

He suddenly noticed something and said to Desmoulin in surprise: "Your stuttering seems to have improved!"

“Is that so?” Desmoulins’s “selfless” state disappeared instantly. “I, I just wanted to discuss the future of France with you…”

"Time will tell."

Mara unexpectedly didn't want to continue this topic, and turned to the window and gestured: "I'm afraid we will be very busy recently. You see, hundreds of corrupt officials have been implicated again."

Desmoulins just nodded silently. At this moment, a subtle rift appeared between the two Jacobin "standard-bearers".

……

Palace of Versailles.

In the reception room of the Crown Prince's bedroom, more than a dozen pale-faced officials were standing, each of them with their head almost hanging down to their feet, so nervous that they dared not even breathe.

Joseph held the teacup calmly, glanced at these people, and said, "As you can see, the citizens outside have been marching for two days, demanding that all those involved in corruption be hanged."

The officials in the room trembled even more violently.

They were all exposed in court by Norfolk and others. They had previously sought help from the Minister of Justice and Brian, but were told that the matter was serious and might be difficult to resolve.

Finally Brian hinted to them that their only chance of survival was to go find His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, so they came here, but they didn't expect to hear "hanging".

"Your Highness," the old man in the lead said in a trembling voice, "We have always been loyal to His Majesty the King. For God's sake, please help us plead with His Majesty..."

Joseph looked at his watch and felt that he had been frightened enough, so he said slowly, "But it is also possible that the Earl of Norfolk, facing a serious sentence, framed you in order to exonerate himself."

The officials immediately nodded, "Yes, yes! That's it!"

"Your Highness is indeed worthy of being the 'Son of God'. You saw through their lies at a glance!"

"We have all been framed. Please help us clear the charges, Your Highness."

"Thank you, Your Highness, you are as just as God!"

Joseph glanced at them again and said, "I will have someone conduct a fair investigation to clear your name. Of course, this will take some time.

"During this period, I think you should temporarily suspend your duties to make your position clear to His Majesty the King and the people."

(End of this chapter)