Foucher's method is actually completely kidnapping and extortion, but unlike ordinary kidnapping, he does not ask the kidnappers to pay a ransom, but only asks them to "expose the people who hide the traitor's money". And he told everyone that if he could "lead" within the first fifty, he would not only prove that he was a "loyal supporter of the Republic" and get out of prison as a matter of course, but he would also receive a portion of the money from the traitors Fouché had found.

This is obviously a naked attempt to sow discord, but at this time, those prisoners who are locked up in prison are really caught in the "prisoner's dilemma". Of course, they understood what Fuch was thinking, but they were worried that if someone got ahead of them and sold themselves, they would suffer in vain. You know, those who are left behind will lose not only money, but also brains

In any case, your own head is always more important than someone else's. So although everyone knew about Fuche's sinister intentions, everyone still rushed to "expose" others. So according to these "revelations", Foucher quickly dispatched personnel to "confiscate these wealth according to law". With the cooperation of those "noble traitors", he was surprisingly efficient in confiscating assets. In a matter of days, Fouché had amassed more wealth than Robespierre had imagined. Fouché then cut off the heads of hundreds of "proven traitors" and confiscated their property. At the same time, a commendation was posted in Marseille to commend the "citizens of the Republic" who had been loyal to the Republic and had made great contributions to the crushing of the nobles' conspiracy in this "conspiracy of the nobility."

Immediately afterwards, these "citizens of the Republic" showed extraordinary revolutionary consciousness, and they said that it was a shameful thing to have too much money when the country was in danger, so they were willing to donate their wealth to the Republic and embark on a glorious life of self-reliance.

The guillotine's constantly falling blades are certainly terrifying, but Foucher has always believed that a blade hanging high is far more subduing than a falling blade.

At this point, Fouché's mission was quite a complete success. Now that a new municipal body had been established, one that had expelled the aristocracy and the "decent people", it seemed that Fouché should return to Paris. Moreover, Fouché's friends, Ebel and Shomet, also need him back now. Because something seems to be wrong with the Parisian side.

The "National Salvation Committee" adopted a resolution to open ports and trade with neutral countries, a large part of which was carried out in the form of barter. The most important commodity in barter trade is grain. But the consequences of the massive grain exports were soon apparent. In some places, the rebellions that had been quelled were revived, and the grain in Paris, although the price was still strictly limited and the supply was guaranteed, everyone also noticed that their flour was now significantly different from the previous one.

In this era, Europeans generally used authentic "whole wheat flour" for bread. That is, the whole wheat, including the bran, including the germ, is stuffed into a stone mill and ground to produce flour with the bran and germ.

In later generations, whole wheat flour was a rare health food, and the whole wheat bread in modern bakeries seemed to taste good. But whole wheat bread in those days had absolutely no such taste. Of course, in that era, being able to have flour and make bread to eat was already a very happy thing for many sans-culottes.

However, even such happiness is difficult to maintain. The sans-culottes gradually found that the flour they bought was getting heavier and smaller, and the bread they made was becoming less and less delicious, and they were less and less hungry.

These breads often have a weird slippery feeling when you bite into them, or some rough things will scratch your teeth, which is normal, this era uses stone grinding, and the flour will always be mixed with some broken sand or something, and sans-culottes men are used to it.

But nowadays flour is really wrong. From the taste to the weight, to the degree of filling the stomach has changed significantly, and the only thing that has not changed is the price.

A rumor spread quietly among the bottom of the floor, and this rumor said that the reason why flour has changed this way is because someone has mixed it with a lot of other things, such as white, such as talcum powder, such as wood chips, etc.

To be honest, adulteration of these things in flour is also the norm in this day and age. It can even be said that the vast majority of sans-culottes have never eaten flour without these things added in their lives. But now, even they feel that something is wrong with the flour, so it can be seen that it is no longer the usual flour mixed with these things, but with these messy things.

Such an act of course aroused the opposition of the sans-culottes, who, as had always been the case, prepared to hang the flour-buying boss on the street lamp. In the past, they had never been seriously hindered from doing so, but this time, those who tried to hang up the flour buyer were quickly arrested, and then brought before the "revolutionary court", and never had to worry about having enough to eat.

This, of course, caused widespread discontent among the sans-culottes, as well as the secret joy of their spokesman, Ebel, the ruler of the Paris Commune. In Ebel's view, an opportunity was in place for them, who were "able to truly represent the real people," to take control of the destiny of France.

Fu Xie, who had just made great contributions to the republic, was also an influential figure in the Ebel family at this time. If the Ebelites wanted to do something, the resourceful and capable Fuche would certainly be of great help.

However, Fouché was so exhausted from the intense work that he suddenly fell ill that he had to stay in Marseille for a while to recuperate.

Fouché certainly didn't get sick because he worked too hard. Fouche's physique is quite strange, and when he is in power and busy, his body is always very healthy. On the contrary, if he is allowed to rest with nothing to do, then he is really going to get sick. In the original history, Foucher never had a serious illness during those busiest times. But in 1816, when he was forced to relinquish all power due to the Regicide Act, and went into exile, he was quickly overcome by illness.

Holding power in your hands and using it is the best way for Foucher to take care of your health.

Fouché "fell ill" because he felt that the situation in Paris was not as rosy as Ebel had imagined.

Now, unlike in 1789, or even a few months ago, it's completely different. When the Brissos were in power, there were a large number of opponents in the National Assembly, who held them back and made it impossible for them to pass any resolution against the Paris Commune, even to protect themselves, and to make it difficult for them to pass in the National Assembly as long as it could reduce the strength of the Paris Commune. For example, just before the Paris Commune laid siege to the National Assembly and forced them to pass a resolution to hand over more than 20 Brissoe members to the Paris Commune, there were Burisot deputies who proposed the creation of a guard to protect the Assembly. But the bill was rejected in parliament without even a single bubble.

Today, however, although there are no factions in the National Salvation Committee, the degree of unity among them is far greater than that of the former National Assembly. And they were in direct control of the French army, and they were much more united and powerful than the previous National Assembly.

In addition, the Paris Commune itself was far less powerful than it had been before. The guillotine, which goes on day and night, and the horror it symbolizes, also tires many people. Those who were really energetic and brave and fearless all went to serve as soldiers in the previous rounds of conscription, and many veterans of the National Guard went to the front as "volunteers", and they not only went themselves, but also took a lot of artillery with them. So now the real military power in the hands of the Paris Commune has been reduced.

Ebel added some people to the National Guard, but most of these people had no revolutionary ideas at all, their physical fitness was not good enough, and their training was not good.

This series of changes made Fouché feel that if he continued to stand on Ebel's side, there might not be any good results. But if he returns to Paris at this time, it will be tantamount to making a choice between Ebel and the "National Salvation Committee", and he will clearly stand on Ebel's side.

But the Paris Commune was not entirely without opportunities, and the fact that the "National Salvation Committee" did not give him such an order not to allow him to return to Paris was, in a sense, tantamount to making Fouché publicly take his position. In a sense, this is also giving Fouché a chance to take sides. But now, without such a directive, there is naturally no such opportunity. This made Foucher suspicious, and Robespierre wanted to put him and Ebel in a pot and stew them at once.

So pretending to be sick became Fuxie's choice at this time.

Of course, it is impossible to pretend to be sick for too long, but for Fouché, this time is enough for him to see clearly which side he should stand on, and that is enough. If Ebel wins, he will still be an important figure in the Ebel faction. If the National Salvation Committee had won, then Robespierre would probably not have let him go, but perhaps through Napoleon, it would have been a good choice to catch Carnot's line.