Chapter 57: The Queen's Attempt (Part 1)
"Cheers to the victory of the Bastille!" Queen Marie Antoinette, dressed in full costume and nearly 40 years old, but as flamboyant as a beautiful woman in her 20s, raised her glass with a smile on her face to celebrate King Louis XVI and the king's hardcore court nobles around her. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info
"The glory of the king is with France!" A group of court nobles were full of spirit, this is a private celebration held within the royal family, there is no greedy and shameless archbishop here, and there is no liberal lord with his elbow turned out!
Even the robed nobles and the sword-wielding nobles who held important positions in the government did not receive an invitation from the king and queen, and this party was planned by Queen Marie Antoinette, who was bent on sending all the mob to hell!
As soon as the news of the victory in the Bastille came, he immediately instigated her husband, the chubby and lovely Louis XVI, to gather 'his own people' to hold an internal party to plan how to make the most of the victory in the Bastille!
After the battle of the Bastille on the 15th, in the evening of the same day, the Palace of Versailles, which had been paying attention to the city of Paris, had received the news of the victory of the mercenaries supporting the king, and the golden fleur-de-lis banner flying high above the Bastille had proved everything!
The retreat of the French red, white and blue tricolor is like a shot in the arm, making the hardcore 'king's faction' in the entire Palace of Versailles ready to move!
And the liberal aristocrats, who were still arrogant and domineering yesterday, collectively remained silent, but their private activities became more and more frequent!
The victory of the revolution, which was destined to be reversed by the contrasting Bastille attack and defense, really caught the liberal aristocracy off guard.
Queen Marie Antoinette took great pains to bring together hardcore king loyalists, naturally not simply to celebrate the victory of the Bastille, but the 'miraculous victory' of the Bastille, which gave Marie Antoinette the hope of completely suppressing the Paris City Hall!
There was such a powerful army of kings in the city of Paris, and if the main force of mercenaries loyal to the king stationed at the Palace of Versailles attacked Paris, it seemed that the revolutionary situation could be reversed!
Queen Marie Antoinette had convinced the soft-eared Louis XVI 'Little Fat Man', and all that remained was to inform all the supporters of the King's lineage of sending troops to Paris!
After raising a glass, Queen Marie Antoinette, after a tacit glance at Louis XVI, walked to the front desk and said loudly: "The revolutionary armed forces of the Paris mob have suffered a great bruis, the royal fleur-de-lis will fly again above the city of Paris, we must not tolerate the violent rebellion of these capricious untouchables, and the best way to face these burgher mobs is to use the same violent means to make them realize that the royal power of France is sacred and inviolable!" ”
Queen Marie Antoinette, having received the support of many nobles below, took a few steps back and asked her little fat man, the old road Yi XVI, to come to the stage to make the final decision.
"In the name of the king of the Kingdom of France, I order the 20,000 mercenaries stationed in the Palace of Versailles to march to the city of Paris, cooperate with the defenders of the Bastille, and jointly suppress all the mobs against the royal power, there can only be one power in France!"
"Long live the King! Destroy the Parisian thugs! ”
The gathering organized by Queen Marie Antoinette took advantage of the victory of the Bastille and went unexpectedly smoothly, and after the order of Louis XVI was issued, the noble officers loyal to the king immediately took over the command of all the mercenaries, and in the aura of the victory of the Bastille and the silence of the liberal aristocracy, the two German and Swiss mercenaries turned their fingers at the city of Paris.
The powerful Queen Marie Antoinette became the direct person in charge of this military operation, of course, it was impossible for Queen Marie Antoinette to go with the army, but the commander of the 20,000 mercenaries was a close nobleman arranged by Marie Antoinette, and Queen Marie Antoinette took advantage of the trust of Louis XVI the little fat, and her power reached its peak at this moment!
However, Queen Marie Antoinette, who seems to have mastered the military power, is only relying on the favor of Louis XVI, the king, don't look at Queen Marie Antoinette is very majestic at this time, Louis XVI only needs an order to remove all the power of Queen Marie Antoinette, these mercenaries are loyal to the king and not the queen after all.
It was precisely because the liberal aristocracy was deeply aware of this that they did not stumble when King Louis XVI ordered the march into Paris, and the success rate was low, and they became the enemies of the 'mad woman' Queen Marie Antoinette......
It's just that soon after the 20,000 mercenaries on standby at the Palace of Versailles were assembled, the standing committee of the Paris City Hall got the news!
Upon hearing of the news that King Louis XVI wanted to attack the city of Paris, the Standing Committee held a meeting of the bourgeoisie overnight on the 15th.
"We still have more than 40,000 National Guards in Paris, and more than 100,000 Parisian revolutionary citizens who support the revolution, and we are in the city of Paris, so that those foreigners (patriots are contemptuous of German and Swiss mercenaries) can taste our awesomeness!"
One of the leaders of the Patriotic Party - Charles. Morality. Lamet stood at the conference table and said impassionedly.
"I agree with Charles's suggestion that we have a great deal of popular support in the city of Paris, as well as countless barricades, and that any regular army attack will be repulsed by us."
Barnaf, another leader of the Patriotic Party, seconded.
Dipole and Alexander, two important figures in the Patriotic Party, also nodded in agreement, and these four leaders of the Patriotic Party agreed at the same time, and there are not many people in the Standing Committee who are qualified to oppose the proposal!
The Standing Committee has been trying to stop the outbreak of the civil war between Meunier and Lali. Torandal couldn't help but look at the current commander-in-chief of the National Guard, Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette, who was most qualified to stand up to the four PA bigwigs.
Had the Marquis de Lafayette, who had grown up into an aristocratic family, had fought in the American Revolutionary War, and had an unusual personal friendship with Washington, had agreed to the proposal, the rest of the Standing Committee would have little need to continue to speak out.
Although the attack and defense of the Bastille failed, the position of the commander-in-chief of the National Guard was unusually secure, after all, the tasks undertaken by the Assassin Brotherhood recommended by Lafaitt were all completed beautifully, and the defeat of the Bastille was not the responsibility of him, the commander-in-chief who had never participated in the command at all!