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Chapter 710: Light of Hope in Despair
Wang Wuchu's rescue caused a huge uproar, but few people realized how much damage Lavoisier's escape from prison would bring to France.

In other words, under the rule of Robespierre and his followers, the escape of a scientist was of no consequence.

After all, historically, in a month or so, they would take action themselves and chop off the most precious head of France at that time.

Therefore, what caused the uproar was actually the successful escape of Louis XVII, who was declared king by the exiled French nobles.

This was seen as another betrayal of the revolution and of Mother France by the corrupt king and aristocracy.

As a result, there are endless incidents of people using this as an excuse to target dissidents, or even fanatically taking other people's lives simply for the sake of revolution.

Many of them were simply from wealthy ancestors and were of aristocratic origin, but they themselves were proletarians who were as poor as could be and were also retaliated against.

Not to mention those who had some wealth, they all became enemies of the people and lost their lives and property.

Under the instigation of the butterfly wings of Dayu, the situation is much more serious than in history.

The departure of people like Lagrange, Lavoisier and Legendre also caused people with ulterior motives to turn their attention to the scholars.

So just when Lavoisier and his team successfully arrived in Brussels, the French Academy of Sciences, the representative of France's highest science and technology, was abolished.

Then, in the spotlight, Robespierre arrived.

This terrifying revolutionary enjoyed watching the fear on the faces of the terrified opponents in the National Convention, and the speech in his hand was like a death notice for these people.

But this time, Robespierre decided to hold back. He wanted to see which ones were the wimps who were truly afraid of him and which ones were the "counter-revolutionaries" who had to be eliminated under his extreme pressure.

So, in this intermittent speech that lasted nearly four hours, Robespierre fiercely criticized the people in the National Convention and the Committee of National Salvation, but he deliberately did not say who they were, in order to cause extremely terrifying mental pressure on everyone.

Sure enough, even at the scene, many people could no longer hold back. They looked at the real butcher knife hanging over their heads, questioned in panic, and even asked Robespierre to publish a list of enemies of the people.

But Robespierre just wouldn't say anything. He was enjoying it too much, enjoying this feeling too much. Everyone was like frightened mice, waiting for his judgment.

According to Robespierre's idea, these frightened rats would come in groups to please him, or even kneel down and beg him, begging the great revolutionary leader Robespierre to show mercy.

But Robespierre was only half right. Those in the National Convention and the Committee of National Salvation who were not Robespierre's followers were indeed frightened.

However, they did not come to Robespierre to kneel down and beg for mercy, but instead they madly colluded with each other, preparing to kill this Angel of Khorne who made everyone think that they would not see the sun tomorrow.

Because what Robespierre did not notice was that in his action of killing his own people more fanatically than killing outsiders, the entire Jacobin Club Mountain had become a minority in the National Convention, and the Mountain had in fact lost control of the National Convention.

A day later, Robespierre's closest comrade-in-arms, Saint-Just, who had returned from the front, discovered something was wrong.

The revolutionary, who held military power for the radicals, urged Robespierre not to do so, as it would push everyone against them.

Faced with reality, Robespierre began to waver.

So, after finally persuading Robespierre, Saint-Just immediately prepared to give a speech to the National Convention.

In his speech, he also accused members of the National Convention and the Committee of National Salvation, but he only criticized their work and said he had no intention of arresting anyone in an attempt to calm people's hearts.

But unfortunately, no one is willing to bear this terrifying pressure anymore.

You have to know that the total population of Paris at that time was only about 600,000, but because of the terrorist policies of Robespierre and his allies, more than 50,000 people were executed through quick trials by the Revolutionary Tribunal in just over a year.

In addition, their relatives were also persecuted and even lynched, and died for various reasons. The total number must be more than 100,000.

Although not all of these people were Parisians, they accounted for at least 70% of them. That is to say, in more than a year, one-tenth of the population of Paris was executed.

The surging tide could no longer be stopped, and the angry and terrified members of the National Convention and the Committee of National Salvation loudly interrupted Saint-Just's speech and pushed him away from the podium.

Then the leaders of each faction took turns to come to the stage and loudly agitate, demanding the trial of Robespierre.

The Angel of Khorne had never imagined that he would encounter such a scene. In the raging waves, his brother Augustin Robespierre, Le Ba and others shouted loudly, trying to appease him, but ultimately failed.

Finally, everyone turned their eyes to Robespierre. Saint-Just, who had been desperately standing on the podium, called out loudly, asking Robespierre to come to the podium to calm people's hearts.

However, Robespierre, who was finally escorted to the podium by the radicals, suddenly became cowardly. His face turned red, he trembled, and when he opened his mouth to speak, he stuttered.

That's it. How can you, an Angel of Khorne, be afraid? How can you be afraid?

Instantly, the opponents below seized this opportunity and roared loudly:
"He's afraid. He's afraid of the power of the people!"

"Judge him, judge this devil!"

"Robespierre must die!"

Amid the roars, the radical Jacobin members of the National Convention were surrounded, and Robespierre was also surrounded.

The National Assembly quickly voted and then passed an arrest warrant for Robespierre in record time.

The situation could no longer be reversed. Many desperate Jacobin radicals, such as Le Ba, committed suicide by shooting themselves, while others tried to escape and report the news.

Because the Jacobins controlled the National Guard and the self-defense forces of the Paris Commune.

The commander of the National Guard, François Henriot, did arrive with his troops very quickly.

But something even more terrifying was about to happen. As the anti-Robespierre movement had been going on for several days, many opposition members had infiltrated the National Guard, and the soldiers of the National Guard were extremely afraid of Robespierre's rule.

You should know that among the 50,000 people sent to the guillotine, more than 70% were so-called counter-revolutionary deserters, petty citizens who hid supplies, and even farmers in the suburbs.

There were only so many nobles and clergymen, and after almost all of them were executed, ordinary people were inevitably affected as well.

So the National Guard began to work without putting in any effort. Even though they were armed with swords and guns, they were still unable to break through the defense network formed by the National Convention Guards who had only a few weapons.

This is really similar to the blockade of the National Congress and the martial law action by Yin Kaka, the most affectionate person on the peninsula. The soldiers are fully armed, but they will not take any action at all.

At night, a riot broke out in the National Guard and most of them dispersed on their own. Commander François Henriot tried to escape but was arrested by his officers.

At the same time, the National Convention conducted an on-site trial of Robespierre and his main followers, Saint-Just, Couthon and others, which took less than half an hour. They were then arrested by the National Convention Guards.

During the rebellion, Couthon was pushed down the stairs and was almost paralyzed below the waist. Robespierre's brother jumped out of the window to escape but broke his leg. Vivier, the Chief Justice of the Revolutionary Tribunal, was beaten into a pig's head, and even Robespierre was shot.

The following afternoon, this Chosen One of Khorne, the French Revolution, was guillotined by the minimalist Revolutionary Tribunal he himself had created. Along with him were 21 others, including Saint-Just Couthon and Jean-Baptiste Lescaut, the mayor of the Paris Commune.

Once again, when Robespierre's head was held in the executioner's hands, the people in the audience cheered loudly, just like when Louis XVI was executed.

Subsequently, the remaining Girondists quickly came to power, and French society immediately launched a bloody revenge to liquidate the followers of Robespierre, Marat and their families.

The scope of this wave of attacks was so wide that even Napoleon, who had once written to Robespierre and had just been appointed commander of the artillery of the Italian Legion, was affected. Napoleon was directly arrested and imprisoned, and at one point he thought he would die in prison.

Therefore, in such a terrifying revolutionary wave, Lagrange, Lavoisier and others became completely insignificant, and the splashes that had just appeared were instantly submerged by the raging waves.

Lagrange sighed painfully. Although he was strictly speaking Italian, his ancestors were French, and his research results were basically published in France. Therefore, in his heart, he still considered himself French.

"I may die in the East, but that's okay. At least I don't have to see this hellish scene again."

"Perhaps there's no need to be so pessimistic. Crazy rioters like Marat and Robespierre are always a minority. Once they are all executed, France can return to normalcy."

Lavoisier gritted his teeth when he mentioned Marat.

The reason why he was arrested so quickly was not only because his identity as a tax farmer was disgusting, but also because he had committed a serious crime against Marat, which made him a target of the Mountain Revolutionaries.

When Marat was just starting out, he also wanted to gain the title of a scientist to enhance his reputation. He followed the then popular phlogiston theory, which stated that combustion occurred because of a substance called phlogiston in nature.

Based on this, Marat wrote a book on flames and submitted it to the French Academy of Sciences. At this time, Lavoisier was arguing that oxygen was the cause of combustion.

So he not only rejected Marat's manuscript, but also immediately and rudely and extremely sharply criticized Marat's flame theory, saying that Marat was worthless and like dog shit, making Marat infamous.

So when Marat came to power, he immediately took action against Lavoisier and called on revolutionaries to bury Lavoisier, the pseudo-scholar who opposed the people.

Fortunately, Marat was assassinated by Corday Charlotte, otherwise the grass on Lavoisier's grave would probably be half a meter high by now.

"I hope this day will come soon. After all, Seris is not our motherland, France is." The rising star of mathematics, Fourier, was quite nostalgic for France because he had not been persecuted yet.

He was willing to visit China simply to seek benefits and avoid harm, and he could not be sure that he would not be persecuted.

Lavoisier's disciple, the genius of explosives, and the founder of the American DuPont family in history, Electaire Irene duPont, had a happy look on his face because he had long wanted to leave France.

In France, his status is too low and his room for advancement is limited. He may only be able to be a gunpowder engineer for his entire life.

Historically, he left France for America five years later, and at this time, he chose the Chinese Empire.

After all, there are no emperors or kings in America. No matter how well you do, you are just a local inventor and businessman. But in the Chinese Empire, if you do well, you can become a nobleman, a real nobleman with a fiefdom.

Moreover, Huang Jue, the president of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, was a close friend of his teacher Lavoisier, and the two would communicate via correspondence every few months.

Therefore, DuPont knew that China was in urgent need of highly talented people in gunpowder, and he, DuPont, was exactly what the Chinese emperor needed.

"Let's set sail. Politics is not something we should consider. I love France and am willing to fight for it, but not now."

Gaspard Monge was preparing to publish his Descriptive Geometry and was in urgent need of a stable environment.

Moreover, Monge was the only one among these scholars who was not threatened with his life but wanted to leave for a while, simply because of his disappointment with Robespierre and others.

Historically, it was only after he met Napoleon in Italy that he felt the future of France from this young man, and only then did he feel at ease. But now, this has been intercepted earlier.

. . . .

In the Grand Palace of Brussels, Louis XVII was lying weakly in the arms of his aunt, Archduchess Maria Elizabeth.

The little prince, oh no, now we should call him the little king Louis-Charles, has suffered a lot and is dying.

In fact, Antoine Simon, who was a shoemaker, and his wife had no intention of abusing Louis XVII, but their cognition and their own qualities made them unable to take on the responsibility of raising Louis XVII.

Of course, this is also the sin committed by the French kings of all generations, and it has finally come back to haunt their descendants.

Because in France, where the lower class suffered extremely, seeking medical treatment and medicine was almost a legend, and many people even felt unfamiliar and distrustful of medicine.

Therefore, when Louis XVII, who was tortured in prison, was handed over to the couple, they did not care about the injuries on Louis XVII's body.

Because most of the poor children in France have to bear such injuries on their own.

It's a pity that Louis XVII, an aristocrat who married close relatives, could not compare with the physical fitness of the poor French boy. For others, any illness that could be overcome by resistance could cost Louis XVII his life.

"Karl, I'm going back to Vienna and taking Louis with me." Archduchess Maria Elizabeth said to Mo Zirong.

The reason why the Archduchess wanted to leave was obviously that too many people did not want the child to live, and only in Vienna could Louis XVII have a chance of survival.

"But can Louis' body withstand such a long journey?" Mo Zirong asked worriedly. It was a good thing for China that Louis XVII was around.

Because as long as the legitimacy of Louis XVII exists, Princess Charlotte, who has already gone to the East, will become more valuable.

"If Charles can't hold on, that will be his fate, because no matter what choice he makes, it's better than staying here." After a brief silence, Archduchess Maria Elizabeth said so.

"Moreover, we can all see that although the chaos in Paris has never subsided and has even intensified, this so-called French Republic is no longer viable."

When Mo Zirong heard his wife say this, he became depressed. This was exactly the reason why Wang Wubing cursed Prussia, Austria and Spain.

These stupid kings were simply unwilling to put all their efforts into suppressing the French Revolution. They were half-hearted in fighting and their command was inconsistent. It was as if they were training the French army.

The result was that although France suffered heavy losses, it became more and more courageous as the war went on.

Those French good families who benefited from the Great Revolution and promoted ideas such as freedom, equality, and fraternity received rich training in these wars and made great progress in their combat capabilities.

After fighting intermittently for two or three years, France has gone from being confused when attacked to becoming quite combat-ready.

"Go, go to Vienna. If Vienna doesn't work, go to Transylvania. I'll stay here and wait for Aze. If Brussels can't be defended, I'll go to Prussia."

Mo Zirong waved his hand and said, "Although Frederick William II has long secretly wanted to negotiate peace with France, he dared not offend my brother because it involves trade with a net profit of hundreds of thousands of silver dollars each year."

(End of this chapter)