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In fact, what the National Constituent Assembly would have hoped would be for the Marquis de Lafayette to exterminate the French Foreign Legion led by Lin Haoda, which was the last mercenary corps that openly supported the king's autocracy, which was the result of the most political interests of the National Constituent Assembly. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info
In the current French government, with King Louis XVI under de facto house arrest, and the entire National Constituent Assembly ruled by an absolute majority of voices in favor of a constitutional monarchy, the Marquis de Lafayette's political ideas diverged from those of the constitutional monarchist bourgeoisie, and he can still stand on the table as the primary target of attack by the old power classes and democratic radicals.
Therefore, the constitutional monarchist bourgeoisie in the National Constituent Assembly can not only defend its own interests, but also stand behind the Marquis de Lafayette, the hated Parliamentarian, and is naturally 100% happy.
However, the declaration of Lin Haoda, who occupied Paris, the capital of the Kingdom of France, was too decisive, directly forcing the Marquis de Lafayette into a corner, and had already marched towards Versailles, so the bigwigs of the National Constituent Assembly would continue to urge the Marquis de Lafayette to lead the National Guard to resist or eliminate the French Foreign Legion as soon as possible.
If the Marquis de Lafayette is defeated, it will not be a benefit to the National Constituent Assembly, because after the defeat, the Marquis Lafayette will lose his authority built on the 'loft in the sky', and without the support of the National Guard, it is not impossible for the Marquis Lafayette to be pushed out by the National Constituent Assembly as a scapegoat.
Moreover, as soon as the Marquis de Lafayette stepped down, the post of Speaker of the National Constituent Assembly, which had been temporarily added, would naturally be abolished, and the constitutional monarchist bourgeoisie would be able to completely control the French government.
The premise is that Lin Haoda is willing to compromise after the victory!
However, even if the French Foreign Legion were to carry out the war to the end to restore the king's autocracy, the constitutional monarchist bourgeoisie would not be afraid, and it would be a big deal that they would lose some political benefits, leave Versailles under the Lin Haoda Peak, go to other cities in the provinces, and then call on all the French troops to encircle and suppress the French Foreign Legion!
At that time, as long as the constitutional monarchist bourgeoisie is willing to join forces with the democrats, it will not be difficult to mobilize the regular army of the entire Kingdom of France to attack Lin Haoda, but in that case, the constitutional monarchist bourgeoisie will not be able to maintain control of the National Constituent Assembly with an absolute majority of votes, and the democratic radicals will certainly take advantage of the situation to rise again in the encirclement and suppression war.
The result was a return to the concerns of the bourgeoisie just after the victory of the Revolution, a republic that had been fought out by the French Civil War!
Therefore, the constitutional monarchist bourgeoisie did not want to start a civil war unless it was absolutely necessary, and the civil war would inevitably lead to a large-scale expansion of the army, and the source of the army would certainly not be rich bourgeois bigwigs and high-ranking aristocrats, and it would be too easy for the democratic radicals who had already grasped a certain amount of power to develop their own power in the enlarged army.
This future situation can be seen by any qualified politician, and the constitutional monarchist bourgeoisie feels that Lin Haoda should not jump into the whirlpool of civil war, not to mention whether he is afraid of the power of the people, and the hundreds of thousands of mobilized regular troops of the Kingdom of France alone are not something that the French Foreign Legion, which has less than 100,000, can fight!
The constitutional monarchist bourgeoisie in power in the National Constituent Assembly was ready for the victory and defeat of the Marquis de Lafayette, and it was only necessary to wait for the results of the battle between the National Guard of the Paris Region and the French Foreign Legion, led by the Marquis de Lafayette.
As for the Marquis de Lafayette's attempt to rely on the fortifications of Versailles to defend against the French Foreign Legion, it was completely rejected by the National Constituent Assembly, which was controlled by the constitutional monarchist bourgeoisie.
If the fortress of Versailles were surrounded by the French Foreign Legion, it would really cut off all the retreat of the constitutional monarchist bourgeois politicians, and they could only accompany the Marquis de Lafayette to fight to the death!
Because it was impossible for Lin Haoda, who had stormed the fortress of Versailles, to make a false relationship with the constitutional monarchist bourgeois politicians who had become prisoners, after mastering the family of King Louis XVI, Lin Haoda's political path would become extraordinarily broad, how could he continue to retain the rights of the powerful constitutional monarchist bourgeois politicians to restrict him?
Lin Haoda's code of conduct is much more ruthless than that of King Louis XVI, and any sober politician understands what kind of tragedy will happen when such a person completely controls the French government!
The constitutional monarchist bourgeois politicians sitting in the National Constituent Assembly were not like the desperate Marquis de Lafayette, who could still mix like a fish in water without Versailles, even if they did not take King Louis XVI with them, they could have switched to the camp of the democratic bourgeoisie and continued to be a figure on the stage.
For this reason, as soon as the Marquis de Lafayette's proposal to hold the fortress of Versailles was spoken, it was rejected by the National Constituent Assembly, which even threatened that if the Marquis de Lafayette did not lead his troops out of the city to meet the enemy, the National Constituent Assembly would hold a referendum to remove him from the post of commander-in-chief of the National Guard!
Of course, the Marquis de Lafayette could use the National Guard, which he controlled by his cronies, to forcibly close the National Constituent Assembly, but doing so would not do the Marquis de Lafayette any benefit except for the division of the National Guard, which was legally subordinate to the French government, that is, the National Constituent Assembly.
What if he killed all the politicians who opposed him?
The constitutional bourgeois politicians knew that instead of accompanying the Marquis de Lafayette to guard Versailles, they should escape from the dead place of Versailles in private!
The constitutional bourgeoisie were not the lowly democratic-patriotic politicians, they had eyes and ears in Versailles, and the rich men even kept a lot of armed guards in private.
As soon as the Marquis de Lafayette really went crazy and wanted to move the politicians of the National Constituent Assembly, these constitutional monarchist bourgeois bigwigs would surely flee Versailles under the protection of their men as soon as possible.
Without the support of the National Constituent Assembly, the Marquis de Lafayette is just a commander in command of tens of thousands of troops, and his functions in the French government will dissipate with the dissolution of the National Constituent Assembly, and the provincial town halls will not recognize his status as Speaker because of the behavior of the Marquis de Lafayette. The reputation of the Kingdom of France is not redeemed at all......
This is not only a bad move to cut off his political future, but also a madman who has cut off his family's back road, and the Marquis de Lafayette is not a careless person like Lin Haoda, so it is impossible for him to commit such a crazy act.
The Marquis de Lafayette knew in his heart that if he obeyed the proposal of the National Constituent Assembly, he would only be a loser in the political struggle even if he was defeated, and that his title and the honor accumulated during the Revolution would still be maintained, and if he managed to escape exile, he might one day return to politics in the event of a new crisis in the future Kingdom of France!
It's like, if you leave a way out for others, hello, hello, everyone, others will naturally stop when you lose power, of course, this is in the absence of a conflict of interest.
The Marquis de Lafayette did not have any political conflicts of interest with the constitutional monarchy, the bourgeoisie and the liberal aristocracy, and naturally did not abandon himself and did not really act against the National Constituent Assembly.
In this way, the Marquis de Lafayette collected the regular army of the National Guard throughout Versailles, as well as all the field artillery, and drove out of the city of Versailles to meet the French Foreign Legion that was coming to the palace.
The security and security of Versailles was entrusted to the police force and militia, which were controlled by the National Constituent Assembly.
When the Marquis de Lafayette decided to swallow his own bitter fruit and intend to decide his political career in the French government with a battle, the National Constituent Assembly breathed a sigh of relief and quickly made preparations.
Once the Marquis de Lafayette wins the city of Versailles, a huge welcome ceremony will be held to welcome the heroes of the French kingdom and set about recovering the capital of Paris, officially moving the National Constituent Assembly to the capital of Paris, which has been 'cleaned' by Lin Haoda.
It is foreseeable that this situation will temporarily put an end to the turmoil in the Kingdom of France, and allow the French government, which has been in turmoil since the Revolution, to do some real national affairs, instead of spending its energy on infighting!
If the Marquis de Lafayette is defeated, the National Constituent Assembly will use the dangers of the French Civil War to persuade Lin Haoda in private, so as to make a corresponding compromise, if Lin Haoda is really crazy or thinks that he can single-handedly take on the whole of France, the constitutional bourgeois politicians can only leave the city of Versailles, which is bound to fall, and let Lin Haoda, a madman who refuses to compromise, feel the anger of the French people!
At that point, all the classes and forces of the Kingdom of France will be broken, and the power of the democratic radicals will really rise.
Under the authority granted by the National Constituent Assembly personally, even the officers and men of the National Guard, who were not in the hands of the Marquis de Lafayette, would completely obey the military orders of the Marquis de Lafayette in this battle concerning the national fortunes of France, and it was with the support of the National Constituent Assembly that the Marquis de Lafayette successfully pulled out more than 50,000 military-trained National Guards and more than a dozen field guns of various types.
In the early morning of October 3, the two sides of the battle on their own initiative met in the plain between Versailles and the city of Paris.