The Han culture is spreading strongly in Southeast Asia

Chapter 700 I'm really confused now

Brother Mo San is really proud this time!
His Principality of Belgium had always given people the impression of being a pitiful little thing that could only cling to the powerful, but this time he actually defeated the French army with only 8,000 men against 55,000, and inflicted such a huge setback on the French army.

For a time, Brussels immediately went from being the most dangerous city to the base camp of the anti-French alliance.

Louis XVI's brothers, the Duke of Anjou and the Count of Artois, came, and Francis II of Vienna also sent his other uncle, Albert, Duke of Teschen, to express congratulations. King Frederick William II of Prussia and King George III of England also sent representatives.

This is the reality, it is the same in ancient and modern times, in China and abroad. If you have ability, everyone will support you. If you don’t have ability, everyone will treat you as a small fry.

Today's Prince of Belgium is a real king, while the previous Prince of Belgium was just a catkin in the wind who could lose his throne at any time.

Even Tsar Catherine II, who was far away in St. Petersburg, sent envoys, but the Russians, who were not under direct threat at the moment, did not come to attend the meeting, but to assess the combat effectiveness.

They hoped to estimate the strength of the Dayu Guards from the Lu Fan Army for future reference.

After enjoying the attention of the crowd for a few days, Brother Mo summoned Cao Zhenyong, who was like the prime minister of Lu State, Wang Wubing, the commander of the three guards, Liu Guoqing, the commander of the left guard, Liu Rongqing, the commander of the right guard, Viscount Moritz Kruger, the marching Sima, Major General Frederick, the artillery commander, and Lieutenant General Rakoczi Zog, the cavalry commander, to hold a meeting in Yin'an Hall.

This is why Mo Zirong, despite his ability, cannot accomplish anything great.

If it were Mo Zibu, the first thing he would do is hold an internal meeting to determine the next direction, evaluate the French army's combat effectiveness, summarize the experience, etc.

As for general flattery, Mo Zibu just felt that this guy must have other purposes. The more others flattered him, the more vigilant Mo Zibu became.

Brother Mo San had to enjoy himself first, and with a bit of regret, after accepting a lot of compliments, he would come to do the real work.

However, it depends on who you compare him with. Compared with Mo Zibu, Mo Zirong looks very lame.

But compared with King Louis XVI of France and Emperor Francis II of the Holy Roman Empire, Brother Mo San was a standard wise ruler. At least he knew what he should do and what he shouldn't do.

"With our current military strength, can we directly enter Paris and rescue King Louis and his family?"

As expected, he was getting cocky. Mo Zirong had always been a staunch supporter of the strategy of avoiding war, but now he even dared to ask whether it was possible to take over Paris.

"Based on the current strength of the French army, we will have no problem entering Paris, but we may not be able to save King Louis." Wang Wubing answered directly.

"You mean, King Louis will die before we march into Paris?" Mo Zirong pondered.

"Yes, that is the case at present, because the French mob revolution must find a legal and reasonable reason for their actions.

The reason is that as the third estate they have been oppressed by extreme unfairness and tyranny, and therefore have been forced to resist.

King Louis is the embodiment of this injustice and tyranny.

Executing the king would not only maximize support for the current republican government, but also strengthen their legitimacy, which is to overthrow all old systems and establish a new country of freedom, equality, and fraternity.

Regardless of how far they can actually go, they must hold on to this slogan and move towards this goal.”

Mo Zirong understood. To put it bluntly, this means that there is a king when there is no revolution, and there is still a king after the revolution. Then, wouldn’t my life be in vain?

"Louis' fate is already sealed. No one can save him." Mo Zirong smiled bitterly, then shook his head and whispered, "And it seems few people are willing to rescue him."

"But even so, what about Queen Marie and Prince Louis? If we can find a way to rescue them, we still have to do it."

"I think it's worth a try." Louis XVI was definitely dead, there was nothing to say about it, but Cao Zhenyong was still very interested in rescuing Queen Marie and Crown Prince Louis.

Because these two people are much more valuable than Princess Charlotte Marie Therese.

If they could be brought to Dayu, they could use the emperor to control the princes, establish a French government in exile in Dayu, and directly control the French royalists in Europe.

"But we can't use force!" Viscount Moritz Kruger, the military commander, said firmly, "Because that might result in our army being unable to leave Paris after entering.

From the current perspective, the French army is just as General Pingkou said, the grassroots soldiers are brave and have high fighting spirit, they just haven't found someone who knows how to use them.

We can see from the changes in the French army in these three battles that in the first Battle of Mons, not only did they collapse at the first blow, but they also suffered from internal strife with the lower ranks rebelling against the higher ones.

By the time of the Battle of Valmy, these soldiers were able to stand firm under artillery fire and carry out basic combat orders.

In the Battle of Jemappes, they could sing war songs and launch a desperate charge under the fierce bombardment of artillery. Even though the casualties exceeded 10% in two hours, they were still able to maintain morale.

This rapid transformation is truly astonishing. Considering that France has always been a top European power, I have reason to believe that after a few more battles, they will undergo an even more dramatic transformation.”

"Your Majesty, I do not recommend entering Paris by force." Liu Guoqing, the commander of the Left Guard who participated in the hand-to-hand combat with the French army on the front line, also disagreed.

“The Lu Fan army appears to have nearly 30,000 men, but the real core force is our 6,000 men.

This is the capital for the king to make a living. Without these 6,000 people, it is unrealistic to expect the Belgian militia to protect the king.

And judging from these battles, the French are extremely disgusted with others invading their country. It is not like the past when who would become the King of France only needed to look at the attitude of the nobles.

So once we enter Paris, we will probably be met with opposition from all of France.

Under such circumstances, the supply line from Belgium to France could not be guaranteed at all, so the only option was to collect food locally.

The French themselves are short of food, so how could they give us food willingly? We might need to use the army to rob us even for a bag of flour. This would make relations even more tense and more people would oppose us.

A few thousand people surrounded by tens of millions are like a tiger among wolves. While they are still powerful, they are safe. But if they show any signs of weakness, they will be attacked immediately."

"That makes sense. It seems I've been overthinking it." Mo Zirong understood the pros and cons.

In other words, it would be no problem for his several thousand elite troops to enter Paris, but once they arrived in Paris, supply would become difficult.

If we establish our own supply lines along the way, not to mention whether the French will attack, even if we leave people stationed in Longwy, Verdun, Combleux and other places along the way, these thousands of people will not be enough.

As for the more than 10,000 Belgian militiamen, you can use them as laborers and auxiliary soldiers, but asking them to fight against the French is really wishful thinking. I think they are already considered to have a conscience if they don't sell you to the French and just turn around and run away.

If they did not establish supply lines and simply relied on supporting the French puppet government, or let the French nobles who returned with them collect grain, then in the end they would definitely anger the French as a whole and make the situation even more out of control.

Mo Zirong understood even more clearly that although the Lufan Army belonged to him, it belonged even more to the emperor.

Between the emperor and him, Wang Wubing, Liu Guoqing, Liu Rongqing brothers, and even Moritz Kruger, Rakoczi Zog and others, would definitely listen to the emperor more.

These thousands of people are China's thugs in Europe. Without the emperor's consent, these generals would not be able to take the risk of sending these thousands of people to Paris.

"Ambassador Cao, now the only option left is Wen. Do you have any suggestions?"

"I can contact the people at the Feiyang Club. They are moderates. Although the chairman, Antoine Barnave, is imprisoned, the others still have considerable influence.

Perhaps through them, we can persuade the powerful Girondist leader Jacques Pierre Brissot and others to make a deal with us."

The Feuillant Club was a political group that split from the Jacobin Club. Its leader, Antoine Barnave, was also the first president of the Jacobin Club. He advocated constitutional monarchy and won 745 out of 264 seats in the National Assembly, which was considered to be quite powerful.

"Then let's do it. I hope to rescue King Louis and his family, but the prerequisite is to save myself first."

Mo Zirong stated his bottom line, which was to protect himself. Mo Zirong also believed in Cao Zhenyong's ability and thought there would be a good result.

. . . .

But things went against his wishes, and Cao Zhenyong's understanding of the revolution was still somewhat shallow.

He thought the extreme left in the revolution were literary youths who loved to shout revolutionary slogans, had extreme views on things and problems, and were influenced by Enlightenment thought. But what exactly is the extreme left?
All Chinese people in later generations know that the extreme left is Wang Bo, Xia Yiyang who killed his own people more cruelly than the enemy, and the iron-hearted father’s purge!

There is no fundamental difference between these people and religious fanatics. The only difference is that the religious fanatics believe in an illusory God, while they believe in absolute purity and innocence, and require everyone to be a flawless white lotus, which is also illusory.

Moreover, they are like fanatics, and they will conduct heresy inquisition if they disagree with something.

Therefore, when the people sent by Cao Zhenyong arrived in Paris, the more radical terrorism of the Mountain Party had already become the mainstream in Paris and even in France.

The famous Maximilien François Marie Isidore de Robespierre published the article "Louis must die, because the Republic must live", which pushed the revolutionary sentiment to a climax.

At this time, not to mention the Feuillant Club, which had become a fallen dog and was hated by everyone, even the Girondists in power began to be in turmoil, and there was no room for any compromise.

Finally, the big one came.

On January 1793, 1, Louis XVI was taken out of prison and sent to the guillotine in the Place de la Revolution in Paris, which he was said to have designed himself.

The king was extremely thin, but when two years of fear finally came to an end, Louis XVI was not very afraid.

He only felt regretful, thinking that if he had been more decisive at the time, things might not have come to this point.

To be honest, the French Bourbon dynasty showed signs of collapse during the time of his grandfather Louis XV.

Just like the Ming Dynasty was destroyed by the Wanli Emperor, unless a wise and gifted ruler appears in the future, the dynasty will definitely not be able to survive.

But Louis XVI was not a wise monarch. His weakness made it impossible for him to shake the interests of the old aristocracy, nor was he able to find other ways to alleviate the suffering of the lower classes. Therefore, it was inevitable that the Bourbon dynasty would perish along with him.

However, Louis XVI was not primarily responsible for the demise of the Bourbon dynasty in France, but he was fully responsible for his own death and the death of his entire family.

If it weren't for his continuous fucking, the Bourbon dynasty of France would definitely have perished, but he and his family would not have been executed by the guillotine.

Near the last moment of his life, Louis XVI looked at the French people who were silent and looking at him with an expression of hatred but also an indescribable feeling, and delivered his final speech.

He explained the reason for his escape and persuaded the people not to be misled and exploited. He hoped that they would return to the king and continue to regard the king as their father and best friend.

But it was too late, no one listened, and no one needed a king anymore.

France's three-tier social system brought endless suffering to the vast majority of small and medium-sized capitalists and civilians.

Compared with these sufferings, what Louis XVI experienced during those years of house arrest was nothing.

At least he had roast chicken to eat and wine to drink, while ordinary farmers in France could hardly afford even a bowl of stewed beans in salt water.

From the silence of tens of thousands of onlookers, Louis XVI understood what they meant. With a sigh, the king allowed himself to be supported by the executioner and dragged to the guillotine to lie down.

Louis XVI was so nervous that he was shaking all over and his teeth were chattering.

The legendary executioner Charles Henri Sanson was very calm. When the king's head appeared under the triangular guillotine, he loosened the rope in his hand without hesitation.

Blood splattered, and a head that the French would have kneeled down on the roadside upon seeing was now lightly held in the executioner's hands.

Cheers resounded throughout the sky. From that moment on, the French no longer had a king, and they ushered in a new chapter.

However, in this new chapter, what they will first experience will be the radical rule of the Jacobin Club's Mountain Faction, a new kind of violent and terrorist dictatorship that is inherently bound up with fanaticism.

In March, the unrest continued.

The Mountain Party began to hold people responsible for the Battle of Jemappes. The Girondists were forced to ask General Charles Dumouriez, the commander of the Northern Revolutionary Army and the one who controlled their army, to return to Paris to report.

But a cunning speculator like Dumouriez would never fall for this trick. He immediately arrested the four representatives sent by the National Convention and the Minister of War Pierre Denonville, and contacted the nobleman who had been lobbying him, Philippe, Duke of Chartres and the nephew of Louis XVI.

Dumouriez attempted to lead an army into Paris with the Duke of Chartres, kill the members of the Mountain Party, and support the restoration of the monarchy.

However, his control over the army was not solid, and the revolutionary soldiers were unwilling to participate in the farce of restoration. So before they even set out, opposition voices arose, and grassroots officers and soldiers quickly began to organize themselves.

Seeing that the army ignored him, Dumouriez had no choice but to flee to Belgium with Philippe, Duke of Chartres, and ask for protection from Mozange.

Well, the opponent from a few months ago has come to our side in the blink of an eye.

This caused great harm to the Girondists. They were already in a precarious situation, and now their general betrayed the country and plotted to overthrow the regime.

Famous Mountain (radical) leaders such as Danton, Marat, Robespierre and Jacques Hébert all rose up to launch fierce attacks on the Girondists.

The Girondists gradually became unable to hold out, so they prepared to use the military and police to arrest Marat, the most active among them.

This is ridiculous because before this, the moderate Girondists and the radical Mountain controlled the two state violence institutions respectively.

The Girondins took control of the regular army, the Revolutionary Army.

The Mountain Party generally controlled the National Guard Union, which was similar to the armed police force. Later, under the pretext of celebration and holding a meeting, it summoned local National Guard Unions to Paris to form the National Guard.

At this time, the revolutionary army fell into chaos because of the rebellion of Commander Charles Dumouriez. Girondist leaders like Jacques Brissot, Jean-Marie Rolland and his wife Madame Rolland, who were petty bourgeois who were good at writing, had no idea how to control the army.

So in fact, the Girondists lost their important support - the army.

The so-called ruling party, which has no military support, is arresting the radical opposition that has complete control over the capital's military and police.

This is even funnier than Yin Kaka's later actions where he cut the already miserable food allowance for the soldiers and still expected the army to help him impose martial law and stage a coup.

On April 4, the Girondists arrested Marat, but Marat was not afraid at all because the military, police and police in the capital were all members of the Mountain Party.

Sure enough, on April 4, the revolutionary tribunal controlled by the Mountain Party acquitted Marat and released him on the 20rd.

The Girondists did not realize the danger here, or they were already in a difficult situation, so they ordered the arrest of another Mountain leader, Hébert.

Robespierre, who had not yet entered the highest level of the Mountain but already had great reputation, immediately took action and incited the National Guard of the revolutionary masses to rise up in resistance.

The Mountain Party already had control over violence, so the action had some minor setbacks, but overall it was very smooth. A large number of Girondist leaders were quickly arrested, and Robespierre and others officially took power.

This fanatic who believes in revolution as a religion will soon let everyone see what revolutionary tyranny is.

The first thing he did after taking office was to greatly streamline the trial procedures of the Revolutionary Court and shape the Revolutionary Court into a revolutionary, or the East Factory under his own control.

More than 50,000 people will be guillotined after this simple and rough interrogation process.

In this era when stars were shining brightly, a young dragon, Napoleon Bonaparte, was busy meeting with the great figures of the Mountain Party in Paris.

When he was in his hometown of Corsica, due to the conflict between the Bonaparte family and the Paoli family, Napoleon had gradually given up the idea of Corsican independence, began to accept himself as a Frenchman, and hoped to get space to display his talents on the French stage.

In Paris, Napoleon expressed his admiration for Robespierre, one of the leaders of the Mountain Party, everywhere. He took out his own opinions on the constitution and the state to visit Robespierre's sister, hoping to get an introduction.

However, although Napoleon had considerable command ability at this time, he was still a typical little Calamitous person, and few important figures looked down on this country bumpkin from Corsica.

The few who occasionally met him only wanted to use Captain Bonaparte's military status to recruit a few soldiers as thugs, which made Napoleon very disappointed.

In the East, a young man about the same age as Napoleon was also crossing the ocean to the East. He was going to visit his grandfather and complete the last piece of the puzzle of his life.

(End of this chapter)