After the victory at the Battle of Jemap, the Austrian defenses around Belgium collapsed. The Austrians fled in a hurry, and the French occupied Aachen with little effort, and the front of the army was on the Roe River. Because of this series of victories, Di Mourier became the hero who saved France. However, at this time, a piece of news made him feel bad.

The guy who made him unhappy, even hated, was Kano. After the Battle of Valmy, Cano helped him block many unnecessary interventions in Paris. At that time, Di Mourieux could be said to be very satisfied with Carno. However, when he entered Belgium with the army, he began to find Kano too annoying.

Now that his supply lines have been extended, he is no longer as efficient as buying supplies directly from France by road. So according to the usual practice, at this time, the French government only needs to send him the money, and as for supplies or something, let him take the money to procure.

Fools know how much oil and water is in the purchase of military supplies for nearly 100,000 troops. But that's the rule, at least when France was still a kingdom. Anyway, as long as the general has enough control of the scale, it will not let his soldiers have any problems because of the supply problem.

In the beginning, the government of the republic also operated in this way, and Dumourieux naturally seized the opportunity to start making a fortune. He used such means as lying about the number of troops, combat attrition, and buying low-quality supplies at high prices to eat kickbacks, and he didn't know how much money he had made.

In fact, this method has been passed down in later generations. For example, not long ago, White Elephant purchased 13 sets of MK-45 127-mm naval guns from Bald Eagle. The total price is up to $1 billion. Everyone knows that Bald Eagle's 127 naval gun is almost the worst performing 127 naval gun in the world, and compared with Italy's Otto 127 gun, the performance is completely unwatchable, and I don't know how many Alto are worse in the middle. In addition to being relatively light, this gun has almost no advantages. And the reason why it is lighter is because it saves all kinds of things that can be dispensed with, so that the sustained rate of fire is about the same as that of the army. When sold to other countries, this cannon is also quite cheap, but when it comes to buying a white elephant, it can be sold for such an outrageously high price. The reason is actually simple, because if the price is not high, where will the white elephant's purchasers eat rebates?

While Di Mourieux was making a fortune, Carnot proposed a so-called "military reform plan", one of which was quite important, which was to deprive front-line commanders of their financial rights. The Ministry of War directly dispatched special personnel to accompany the army to be responsible for the procurement of various military supplies. It is also said that there is also a plan to set up a committee to verify the bills for procurement, which, according to Kano, will reduce costs and strengthen the government's control over the army, but — but this, isn't this about killing his parents?

However, this absurd proposal, which was contrary to the fine traditions of France, was generally supported by Parliament. This is actually very understandable, after all, this is a big fat shortage, and the people in the council, except for a limited few, who doesn't want to take this right into their own hands?

But Di Mourier soon discovered that this was just a minor nuisance, and even worse...... Louis XVI is dead!

Just a few days ago, a safe with extremely intricate locks was discovered in the Tuileries Palace. After violently dismantling it, a large pile of letters was found inside. The correspondence, which includes correspondence between the queen and her brother (the former emperor of Austria) and his nephew (the current emperor of Austria), proves that the royal family has been colluding with foreign countries. Even after the start of the war, they sent all sorts of intelligence from France to the Austrians.

In addition, it was discovered that some people who used to look like revolutionaries were actually undercover agents bribed by the royal family. Mirabeau, for example, actually advised the king to escape from Paris and start a civil war. Feeling deceived, the crowd stormed the Panthéon, dragged Mirabeau's body out of it and dumped it in the garbage.

The news about Mirabeau worried Dumourier, because he knew that Mirabeau had written to the queen and recommended himself to the royal family, saying that he was loyal and courageous. It can completely replace Lafayette. Even when it was proposed that the king leave Paris for Lyon to wage a civil war, the recommended commander of the army was himself.

It is said that on August 10, during the People's Revolution in Paris, the king and queen were said to have urgently burned some of the documents, but ......

"Damn it, these two idiots! You can't burn a single file! What do you want to do if you don't burn those things? Do you want to go to the guillotine? It is also installed in the safe, do you think that the lock you designed and made yourself can block the violent unlocking? If you want to die, don't drag me down! Upon hearing the news, Di Mourière immediately put aside the problem that Cano had caused him, worrying about this more serious problem.

However, Di Mourier did not know whether the letters included Mirabeau's recommendation of him, after all, many of the documents were still burned. Dymourier can only pray to God now that the letters will be burned.

"If I had known this would be the case, maybe it would have been better for the Austrians to enter Paris." Di Mourier couldn't help but think.

But at this time, those people in Paris actually didn't care about Di Mourier, who was still in Belgium. Around those documents in Louis XVI's safe, a new political struggle broke out.

After the August 10 Revolution, in order to win over the bottom, the Brissotes made Danton the Minister of Justice, a position that was originally intended for Roland. For this reason, Roland and Mrs. Roland (the one who later said on the guillotine, "Freedom, freedom, how many sins in the name of you") held a grudge against Danton.

After the crisis in Paris was resolved, the Rolands launched an all-out attack on Danton. After he took advantage of Paris to gain safety, the antipathy of terror led to the accusation that Danton was responsible for the September massacres, thus forcing Danton to resign as justice minister.

Danton actually wanted to compromise with the Brissotes, so he chose to back down and resigned as minister. Of course, before he resigned, he also made a fortune - he accepted a sum of money from Talleyrand and gave him a free pass to leave France. (Unlike Robespierre, the "Incorruptible", Danton actually loves money.) ）

After selling the church, Talleyrand went to work as ambassador to England for a while, only to find that his former friends, especially Lafayette, had fallen. This made his situation much worse than it was a year ago. After the September massacre, he sensed a hint of danger as a nobleman and a churchman, so he hastened to write a memorandum praising the French people's revolution and condemning the autocracy of Louis XVI, informing the British government that the French Republic had been established.

Then he approached Danton and offered to send the memorandum to England. And gave Dandong a lot of money. Danton knew that Talleyrand was actually planning to flee. But for the sake of money, he pretended to be fooled and gave Talleyrand a pass. He was more interested in getting Talleyrand's money than in cutting off Talelang's head.

Later, after the Vault incident broke out, the documents in the safe showed that Talleyrand and the royal family had been colluding, and Danton also said to Robespierre: "I was deceived by Talleyrand, I didn't expect him to be such a person." ”

In addition to letting Talleyrand go, he also gave Marat a not guilty verdict before leaving office. The Brissotes accused Marat of inciting the soldiers to disobey the command and arrested him, and then Danton took a turn and acquitted him.

After relinquishing the Minister of Justice, Danton continued to hope for reconciliation with the Brissotes, especially with the Rolands, for which he spoke out against the Land Law on 25 September, and on 4 October he proposed in Parliament that the state of emergency should be ended. The end of the state of emergency means that various price restrictions will be gradually lifted. Later, when he spoke to Lamer, he even said that in order to achieve peace, he agreed to continue the constitutional monarchy, as long as the king was replaced by the Duke of Chartres (son of the Duke of Orleans). It stands to reason that the Brissoites should have reconciled with Danton.

However, for some reason, Mrs. Roland has a special hatred for Danton. They don't want to let Dandong go at all. They first attacked Dandong for corruption and demanded that Dandong's accounts be cleared, but Dandong could not produce detailed accounts. They then accused Danton of taking advantage of the chaos to steal the palace during the August 10 uprising. In order to protect himself, Danton could only turn to Robespierre.

But Robespierre was also attacked by the Brissotes, who accused him of deliberately inciting riots during the August 10 Revolution. However, in the face of this accusation, Robespierre addressed the Parliament, pointing out that the legitimacy of the present parliament and government stems from the August 10 uprising, and that any words and deeds that deny the August 10 uprising are a denial of the republic itself.

As a result, this accusation made Robespierre even more famous.

So they reversed course, accusing Robespierre of responsibility for the September Massacre and attacking him for trying to become a dictator or even a tyrant.

But at this critical time, on November 20, the safe incident broke out. The documents in the safe clearly proved that the king and his wife were undoubtedly treasonous, and that some Brissoites were also in collusion with the king.

Armed with such weapons, Robespierre and his men immediately turned to the offensive and demanded that the king and other traitors be punished for treason.