Chapter 123: The Unity of the King and the Bourgeoisie

While Meunier fulfilled the conditions of Lin Haoda on behalf of the revolutionary government, Versailles ushered in even greater changes. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

The peasant revolution that broke out in the vast countryside really shook the long-standing aristocratic feudal system of the Kingdom of France, and as we all know, the feudal aristocracy was not at all a position in the government and a prominent position in front of the people, but a territory that had been passed down from generation to generation!

These large and small territories, castles and manors scattered in the countryside, are the real heritage and meaning of existence of an aristocratic family, and the nobles without fiefs can only be lifelong honorary nobles with the title of nobility, which cannot be compared with the real secular nobles.

And the royal family of continental Europe is precisely the largest aristocratic head in the whole country, the most important supporter of the disgraced King Louis XVI, and also a large number of conservative aristocratic forces with fiefs, and there are so many nobles with fiefs in France that even the government of the Great Revolution dare not do anything against them!

After all, there were a large number of liberal members of the great aristocracy involved in the revolutionary government.

However, the revolutionary government, which knew its priorities, would not have scrupled against all the feudal aristocracy, but would not have any scruples about the peasant uprising, which was only concerned with the question of its own food, especially since the madness of the peasant uprising threatened the real estate interests of the broad masses of the bourgeoisie itself.

This undoubtedly provided a natural channel for cooperation between the aristocracy and the bourgeoisie...... Without cooperation, it was no longer possible, and the peasant uprisings were everywhere, and it was difficult for the revolutionary government alone to suppress them.

The bourgeoisie, which was willing to fully cooperate with the feudal aristocracy, naturally won the approval of King Louis XVI, compared to the bourgeois predators who snatched political power with the king, the peasant armed forces that excavated the foundation of the French feudal aristocracy were the most hateful!

In particular, the constitutional monarchists, united by the bourgeoisie and the liberal aristocracy, were willing to continue to recognize the sacred crown of King Louis XVI of France, but only to strengthen the constitutional halo on top of the crown.

In this way, under the pressure of the peasant uprising, the old aristocratic forces represented by King Louis XVI and the revolutionary government formed a unified government with great efficiency, ending the invisible division of France since the beginning of the Revolution.

The National Constituent Assembly was held in King Louis XVI and Maria. Queen Antoinette came together to formally reorganize at the Palace of Versailles.

At the inauguration ceremony, King Louis XVI received the tricolor cockade presented to him by the National Constituent Assembly, symbolizing the 'solemn and eternal alliance between the monarch and the people', and Louis XVI was excited and shouted in public: "My people can always count on my love for them!" ”

The call for long live the king sounded again in the National Constituent Assembly, and the entire Palace of Versailles showed an atmosphere of harmony, unity and fraternity.

The Palace of Versailles has long been the place where the kings of France lived and issued decrees, and it is appropriate as the administrative center of a country, and the Palace of Versailles is also close to the capital of Paris, which is equivalent to the status of the capital court.

In fact, Louis XVI's family preferred to live in Versailles rather than in the Palais des Bourbons in Paris.

The re-establishment of the National Constituent Assembly made the rights of the bourgeoisie and liberal aristocracy formally established in France, and the French king Louis XVI also retreated into the background, although he did not become a rubber stamp, but he was also subject to many restrictions, and even the king's royal guard could only remain less than a thousand people......

Of course, this is not to say that the army loyal to the king was only a few hundred men, but the other guards and the king's guard were not allowed to stay around Louis XVI, but were scattered around the city of Versailles to share the defense of the city with the National Guard.

Moreover, the actual commanders of these French troops, who were nominally loyal to King Louis XVI, were aristocratic generals with independent ideas, most of whom had more or less ties to the bourgeoisie, and would not go against the decisions of the National Constituent Assembly because of an order of King Louis XVI.

On July 26, 1789, the name of a yellow Asian man was officially added to the noble lineage of the Kingdom of France.

As for the 'Becker surname' that Lin Haoda's adoptive parents originally added after their names, they were not added at Lin Haoda's strong request......

The title of the honorary baron of France and the badge of nobility were sent to the Bastille, where Lin Haoda lived, and the Bastille was officially renamed the Bastille barracks, which became the Paris military garrison for Lin Haoda to obtain the French Foreign Legion.

However, this military garrison was limited by the National Constituent Assembly to a maximum of 5,000 troops, which was the bottom line of the revolutionary government, otherwise, it would be terrible to have more than 10,000 foreign legions with unclear political intentions in the city of Paris!

These things were all discussed before, but Lin Haoda didn't think there was anything to be excited about, what interested him was that King Louis XVI personally gave him the flag of the French Foreign Legion - an eagle with wings on its feet and a golden fleur-de-lis.

The Legion Banner is good, but the Eagle Banner is easy to make Lin Haoda think of war and conquest, and now Prussia and the Russian Empire, which use the Eagle Banner, have made their fortunes by foreign wars of aggression, and King Louis XVI gave Lin Haoda such a Legion Flag, which has a profound meaning!

"It seems that our little fat king is still unwilling to lose his rightful rights, hehe~~~"

Lin Haoda looked at the 'sample' of the Legion Eagle Banner sent by the Palace of Versailles with his hands behind his back, and said with a smile to the personnel beside him.

"Isn't that what we need? Lord Commander. "John. Brian echoed with a flattering expression.

"Yes, the eagle spreads its wings and soars over the vast territory of France, and that's what I need to do next, and the National Constituent Assembly will regret giving the French Foreign Legion a ceiling of 50,000 troops."

At this moment, Lin Haoda suddenly received a prompt sound from the all-out war system in his mind.

[Congratulations to the commander for being awarded the title of honorary nobleman of the Kingdom of France, and has been recognized by the entire Kingdom of France, nominally, you have become a member of the upper nobles of the Kingdom of France at this time, it is a huge prestige bonus for you who were originally a commoner, and the breakthrough from a commoner to a nobleman is a huge leap in a person's reputation, therefore, the prestige level of the commander has been upgraded from level four to level five!

Please note that the breakthrough from commoner to honorary nobility is huge, but the promotion from honorary baron to duke is of little significance, and if you want to continue to gain a huge prestige leap, the way for nobility to advance is from a lifelong honorary nobility to a feudal nobility with a hereditary domain! 】