After the storming of the Bastille, rumors spread throughout the city of Paris that the king was furious and was about to mobilize a large army to suppress the people of Paris. It is said that the enraged king decreed that in the city of Paris, "the trees should be burned, the stones should be passed by the sword, and the people should be changed." So the whole of Paris became nervous, and the streets were full of people building barricades. Some people, in fear, even demolished the houses (of course, most of the time, it is the houses of the "tyrant's lackeys" who are demolished, and the number of "tyrant's lackeys" depends on how much material is needed to build the barricades. ) to build barricades.

Almost overnight, all the horse-drawn coachmen for hire in the whole of Paris lost their jobs, because all the streets were barricades and barricades. Some inexperienced fellows, when building barricades and barricades, did not even think about leaving access to and out.

To fend off a possible attack, all the militias in Paris felt that they should unite and fight under the same flag. So the militia representatives of the various neighborhoods gathered together to discuss the matter of unified command.

The militia in every neighborhood sincerely wants to unite, which is actually the instinct of human beings as social animals in times of crisis. However, to unite, we need a command structure, a commander. But the militia immediately found out that it was difficult for them to find such a person.

Because most of the militia did not know each other, and most of them knew that they lacked military skills, the siege of the Bastille made them realize how far they were from the regular army. Although each of them did not pay attention to the kingdom's army in the area of Montmartre, their hearts were actually trembling with fear, and some of them dreamed of the guillotine or the gallows.

Under these circumstances, a "good nobleman" who did not attend the meeting at all, but who was considered "upright, kind, loving the people, and proficient in military affairs," was elected commander-in-chief of this unified militia by the majority of the delegates. This "good nobleman" was naturally the Marquis de Lafayette.

It is said that during the meeting, the name of another "good nobleman" - the Duke of Orleans was also mentioned. However, other delegates said that His Royal Highness the Duke of Orleans was indeed a good nobleman who was "upright, kind, and loved the people", and that he had the advantage of being "more generous" than the Marquis de Lafayette, (because the Duke of Orleans was much richer than the Marquis de Lafayette), but the Duke of Orleans did not understand military affairs at all. If he is allowed to command, it will hurt everyone.

Some delegates even said that during the siege of the Bastille, the sacrifice caused by the kindness of His Royal Highness the Duke of Orleans was even greater than that of the tyrant's guns.

"In short, the Duke of Orleans was a good man to be trusted. But military command is not something he can do. This sentence has become a general consensus among everyone.

After the Marquis de Lafayette was elected, they sent someone to ask the Marquis Lafayette to take office. This is a bit similar to a certain uprising in the later Dongda Eater Country, when the leader of the rebel army pushed Li Bodhisattva, who did not participate in the uprising at all, to the position of governor. However, the representatives of the Parisian militia did not break into the house of the Marquis de Lafayette with guns, they only went to the door of Lafayette and had the invitation handed in; And the Marquis de Lafayette did not hide under the bed and shout "Don't harm me, don't harm me" like Li Bodhisattva, but generously accepted the invitation and served as the commander-in-chief of the Paris militia.

As soon as the Marquis de Lafayette took office, he immediately began to reorganize the militia in Paris, and he first planned to reorganize all the militia in Paris into the National Guard.

To do this, he immediately took out the uniform designed for the National Guard, a military uniform with blue trousers, and the insignia and flag of the National Guard, which consisted of red, white and blue. Among them, red and blue are the colors of the city coat of arms of the city of Paris, while white is the representative color of the Bourbon dynasty.

Such coats of arms and flags clearly show the political leanings of the Marquis de Lafayette, who was a constitutional monarchist. But to be honest, don't look at those civilians in Paris at this time a "tyrant" or something. However, at this time, they were actually very much in favor of such flags and badges.

The sans-culottes in Paris had no idea that they would be able to overthrow the king, and after the Bastille, they were very afraid of the king's possible punishment, and they also approved of the Marquis de Lafayette as commander-in-chief, one of the reasons they thought the Marquis Lafayette could help them speak before the king.

In the eyes of those sans-culottes, the Marquis de Lafayette was definitely the best fit to do it. He's the only one who is fit to do it. For the other of the two great nobles (the Duke of Orleans), who was clearly inclined to revolution, was clearly strained with the king. (The Duke of Orleans had always been committed to discrediting the king, and of course to establish himself as a 'tyrant', so when people needed someone who could communicate with the king, no one would think of him.) ）

The Marquis de Lafayette took advantage of this mentality, assuring them that he would, and that he could defend everyone, as long as they supported his leadership.

The feared massacre did not take place, and the king's army did not launch an offensive on Paris. In fact, the king did not believe in the army at all, and the people around him were trying to show him that the army was not reliable.

For a constitutionalist like the Marquis de Lafayette, the king could only be compelled to accept a constitutional monarchy if he was convinced that the army was loyal only to the state, not to the king personally. And for the conservative aristocracy, such as the Count of Artois, the standing army of the state was not a good thing in the first place. What standing army does the country need? Shouldn't the army all belong to the private families of the nobles, and the king should be called up when he needs it? Moreover, in order to oppose their political opponent, the Marquis de Lafayette, they also vigorously slandered the French army.

Speaking of which, at least on the issue of "unreliable military", conservatives and constitutionalists have reached a rare agreement. And King Louis XVI was a somewhat indecisive man, and when everyone said so, he naturally believed it. So the king did not even think of using the army to wash Paris in blood at this time, and even when the "mob" had laid down the Bastille, and the people of the Count of Artois said that the army was actually involved in the rebellion, the king was so frightened that he almost fled to the provinces. In fact, just as the citizens of Paris were full of fear of the king, so the king was full of fear of the mob in Paris.

But all this was unknown to the civilians of Paris. In their opinion, the legendary massacre did not take place, which must have been the credit of the Marquis de Lafayette. Radicals believed that this was because the National Revolutionary Army he organized made the king retreat; The more moderate felt that this was because the Marquis had acted appropriately as a bridge between the burghers and the king.

The Marquis de Lafayette did act as a bridge. A few days later, he arrived at Versailles with a detachment of the National Guard to meet King Louis XVI. It is said that the princes and courtiers had a great conversation, and Louis XVI also put the cap badge of the National Revolutionary Army brought by the Marquis de Lafayette on his hat.

At this point, the Marquis de Lafayette seems to have won a big victory. An English-style, constitutional monarchy France seems to be within reach.

Things seemed to have calmed down, and the Marquis de Lafayette was said to be busy drafting a very historic declaration with reference to the North American Declaration of Independence, and establishing a system of parliamentary and executive bodies with references to Britain and North America.

Although the situation has eased, the Paris Military Academy has not yet returned to normal. So Joseph was able to stay at home and watch the play.

"If the revolution ends here, it will probably be a good thing for France." Joseph looked out of the window. On the street outside, a group of National Guard troops were busy demolishing barricades.

"Isn't the revolution over yet?" Louis said, "Joseph, I don't like revolution at all. I can't go to the streets, I can't go to school, I can't play with my classmates, and Aunt Sophie doesn't come, and Lucien wants me to do housework...... I don't like revolutions at all! ”

"When I first heard that the school was closed, you didn't know how happy you were! Now that Joseph is at home, you pretend to love learning! Lucien straddled his chair, rested his chin on the high back of the chair, and squinted his eyes with disdain.

"That's not because you took advantage of Joseph's absence to push all kinds of housework to me!"

"If you want to lose the bet, I will let you have a knight and a bishop, and you still lose, so what else is there to say!"

So Louis was silent. Instead, Lucien spoke: "Joseph, I listened to what you just meant, do you think that the revolution is not over yet?" ”

"The end? How is that possible? Joseph sneered, "My brother, this is not the end, nor is it the beginning of the end, not even the end of the beginning. How can this revolution end until those who are dissatisfied with today's realities and who think they have power are not satisfied, or who have exhausted their strength? Besides, on today's stage, there may not be heroes who can achieve great things, but there is absolutely no shortage of the kind of people who let him do things by himself, and he can't do anything, but if they are allowed to make trouble for others, their level is first-class. You'll just have to wait and see. ”