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Chapter 609: Taking the Bastille! I've been here in Assassin's Creed

And then the sky curtain.

It tells the story of the three-level meeting, and it turned out to be just as Qianlong had predicted.

The organizers and co-organizers were all from the French rulers.

The third level, what can you use to reason with others?
The Third Estate demanded that the king's power be restricted, that equal taxation be imposed on clergy and nobles, and that the Third Estate have more political participation rights.

These were things that Louis XVI could never accept.

The Third Estate is discriminated against in meetings and is always put last in everything.

The third level represents a long and arduous wait.

Not to mention fighting for power, they don’t even get the opportunity to put forward their own ideas and plans.

The Third Estate hopes that the three estates can meet together under the auspices of the king to discuss state affairs.

However, the aristocracy flatly rejected this request.

The parties were never able to reach a consensus.

After waiting for several weeks, the Third Estate finally gave up all illusions and walked out of the meeting.

A National Assembly was established instead.

It also declared that the National Assembly represented all the French people and had the highest power in France.

The establishment of the National Assembly.

It also officially kicked off the French Revolution.

【The National Assembly demanded a constitution, equal taxation, and that important positions in the country be open to all classes rather than being monopolized by the ruling class.】

[In the beginning, the National Assembly basically only had the participation of the third estate. ]

【But then a large number of clergy representatives and a small number of noble representatives joined the National Assembly one after another. 】

【The National Assembly’s influence is growing.】

[After being driven out of the meeting hall by the king, he ran to a tennis court and issued the Tennis Court Declaration.]

【We vow to unite and fight to the end. 】

【Faced with the increasingly huge wave of opposition, Louis XVI began to be unable to hold back. 】

[At first he refused to make any concessions and planned to give the third level the cold shoulder.]

[He even personally ordered the forced dissolution of the National Assembly. ]

【But the representatives of the Third Estate completely ignored the king's order and continued the meeting.】

【As the National Assembly developed, many nobles and clergy, including the Duke of Orleans, joined the National Assembly. 】

【Louis XVI was forced to give in at this time and agreed that nobles and clergy could also join the National Assembly on their own.】

【At this point, the National Assembly gained legitimacy. 】

[Has the power to discuss French national policy at the meeting and decide the direction of national development. ]

【The first stage of the French Revolution - the Estates General stage. 】

【It can be considered a victory.】

Outside the sky.

Eastern Jin Dynasty.

Xie An's eyes lit up when he saw this.

During the Jin Dynasty, when royal power declined, the royal family and the aristocratic families jointly governed the country.

How to balance the interests of the royal family, major families, and those who are not from the aristocratic families but are powerful.

It has always been a big topic.

And now the Estates General on the sky-top,
But it gave Xie An an inspiration.

The France during the Louis XVI period was far away from the present Jin Dynasty.

After all, it has been more than 1000 years.

After such a long period of time, there must have been a lot of development and progress.

Now Tianmu is specifically talking about the later French Revolution, proving that the French Revolution was indeed something special.

At present, the political system in France has relatively sufficient restrictions on the king's power.

And this is what Xie An thought.

It is in line with the political system needs of the Jin Dynasty.

And the Ming Dynasty.

Li Zicheng just looked down upon seeing this.

Although the end of most dynasties was terrible, the end of the Ming Dynasty was one of the worst among all the end of dynasties.

Li Zicheng was a personal witness and one of the protagonists of the turbulent times in the late Ming Dynasty.

Naturally, I have seen enough.

The understanding is profound enough.

"At the beginning, the French Third Estate tried to gain power through the meeting?"

“That in itself is wishful thinking.”

"You said we fought wars all over the country, killed so many rich people, and captured high-ranking officials, Your Majesty."

“How many of them are aware?”

"They only begged for mercy when the knife was at their necks."

"Originally, the Estates General were chaired by the king and the people of the first and second estates."

"The purpose is to squeeze out the fat from the third-level people."

"As a result, do the people of the third level really think that they can force the people of the first and second levels to submit by holding a peaceful meeting?"

"In the end, didn't they just make a fuss and seemingly achieve a preliminary victory in the National Assembly?" "But if nothing unexpected happens, the French King Louis XVI will never give up his power so easily."

"Even those nobles at high levels will definitely launch a counterattack."

"And at present, it seems that the power of the army is still in the hands of the king and the nobles."

"The citizens of the third class want to succeed in their rebellion and seize power in the country?"

"I'm afraid it won't be that simple."

Li Zicheng made his judgment based on his own experience.

And the sky screen continued to play.

【As the representative of feudal monarchy, Louis XVI would not easily admit defeat. 】

[He made concessions on the surface in an attempt to ease the situation, but in fact he was constantly deploying troops.]

[In Paris, tens of thousands of elite Royal Guards gathered one after another. ]

【But Louis XVI was hesitant about whether to order an armed suppression. 】

【Louis XVI was worried that things would turn into a bloody civil war, and he also doubted the loyalty of the army. 】

[Not only were there revolutionary parties within the army, but the entire Paris was also caught up in a frenzy of political unrest.]

[If we use armed suppression directly, it might lead to a big mess. ]

[The king's move to mobilize the army was naturally discovered by the people.]

[We were having a peaceful meeting, what does your king mean by sending troops? 】

【The situation in the entire country has fallen into a more tense atmosphere. 】

【The National Assembly asked the king to disband the army.】

【Louis XVI claimed that he did not want to suppress the rebellion by force, and that the army was mobilized to protect the parliament.】

[But in fact he is still preparing for armed suppression. ]

[And on July 7, he dismissed the popular finance minister Necker and all other liberal cabinet members.]

[It turned out that Necker's influence was far greater than Louis XVI had imagined.]

[After Necker was inexplicably dismissed and expelled from the country. ]

[The news quickly caused collective panic throughout France.]

[The poor are worried that prices will rise further and it will be even harder to eat.]

[People with assets were also worried that Necker's departure would lead to the country's bankruptcy and their investments would go down the drain.]

[Louis XVI, who had already offended many people, further offended even more people.]

[The National Assembly, which originally maintained generally peaceful means, has now been renamed the Constitutional Convention, and its means have become more radical.]

They no longer just discuss things in conference halls.

【Instead, they took to the streets one after another. 】

[A large number of lower-class proletarians occupied the streets of Paris.]

【And began to attack the tax collection department in Paris. 】

【And collect weapons throughout the city. 】

【At this point in the Estates General Conference, the development into armed conflict was inevitable. 】

[On July 7, protesters occupied the Paris City Hall and demanded that the Paris municipal government provide weapons to all protesters.]

[And immediately formed a militia to fight against the king's army. ]

[The Paris municipal government was forced to agree to establish a bourgeois militia organization.]

【But it will take several days to provide follow-up weapons. 】

[The situation at this time has developed to the point where we can no longer wait even for a few days. ]

[On July 1789, 7, Louis XVI wrote in his diary that nothing happened today. ]

【But this day is an important day in the modern history of the world! 】

[The militia organized themselves and first occupied the Invalides in Paris on the morning of July 7, and took 14 rifles, but this was not enough to arm tens of thousands of militia.]

【So they set their next target on the Bastille, a solid fortress. 】

[Because the militia believed that there were a large number of weapons in the fort.]

[Although the Bastille was a strong fortress, it actually held very few prisoners at the time, only seven.]

【There are only about a hundred guards. 】

[Naturally unable to resist, they soon opened the door and surrendered. ]

[At the same time, the revolutionaries officially announced the establishment of the Paris Commune, the new Paris city government.]

[And the militia was renamed the National Guard. ]

[July 7, the day the Bastille was stormed, is still France’s National Day.]

The sky screen shows the world famous painting "The Storming of the Bastille".

And barrages of comments were fired one after another for this historic moment.

"Louis XVI, the Founding Father of the United States!"

Is this the king's power?