Even at the end of the 18th century, the European countries were still in a situation where standing armies and mercenaries were mixed operations, and many foreign legions had been hired for many years, becoming a standing army similar to the country, and at some point in a future war, it would officially become the country's standing army. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

This is also an inevitable evolutionary trend, those mercenary corps with greater independence generally will not betray their suzerain, because they eat the suzerain's food and drink the suzerain's, and the logistics also depend on the suzerain, for this kind of all-inclusive employer, the mercenary corps will naturally not rebel for no reason, they will only do their best to try to integrate into the suzerain.

In addition, the suzerainty often has more of its own standing army, and if the mercenary army wants to rebel, it must also weigh whether it can defeat the standing army of the suzerain's country without logistics......

Therefore, Lin Haoda's quota of 50,000 foreign legions can be regarded as stuck at the threshold of tolerance of the Kingdom of France, and the Kingdom of France, which can organize hundreds of thousands of troops, naturally does not think that Lin Haoda dares to use a mere 50,000 people to launch a civil war without popular support......

Because of this, Lin Haoda was not worried that the revolutionary government would be afraid of the salary and supply of its 50,000 troops of the Foreign Legion, not to mention that many people thought that Lin Haoda simply did not have the money to expand the existing army to 50,000 men......

After the end of the revolutionary suppression, the revolutionary government will naturally send personnel to check the specific number of soldiers of Lin Haoda's French Foreign Legion, if it does not reach 50,000, the future military salary and materials will naturally be reduced to the current standard......

Meunier quickly thought of this 'convention', and after calming down, he no longer pursued Lin Haoda's heroic 50,000 army salary claims, and he seemed to understand why Lin Haoda needed to advance a year's military salary in advance, and regarded it as Lin Haoda's own one-time embezzlement to satisfy his selfish desires by suppressing the revolution.

It is not uncommon for mercenary commanders to enrich themselves in terms of military salaries, which is also the reason why mercenaries are often inferior in combat effectiveness to the standing army, and the internal corruption phenomenon is too serious!

Meunier, who had reorganized his train of thought, regained his calm tone and said: "Your Excellency Lin Haoda, I will truthfully report your request to the revolutionary government, but your request cannot be paid at once, the title of honorary nobility and the grant of the French Foreign Legion will soon be honored, and the basic materials needed to suppress the revolution - the weapons, ammunition and food needed for the 20,000 soldiers will also be handed over to you when you lead the troops out of Paris, the Bastille ...... Oh no, it should be said that no one in the Bastille barracks will ask you for it, anyway, you don't want it, and the Bastille is also the object of demolition.

As for the other conditions, you will not be able to give them until you have suppressed the rural revolution in the countryside and suburbs around Paris, whether it is the payment of 50,000 regular army salaries and supplies a year in advance, or the signing of the decree of the third major condition you proposed, I don't think the revolutionary government will refuse, of course, King Louis XVI will need your people to deal with it. “

"Rest assured, the benevolent and wise King Louis XVI will not be embarrassed by his 'loyal' general, and the olive branch thrown by the revolutionary government will be redoubled by the French Foreign Legion."

Lin Haoda happily promised that he would not want money anyway, and Lin Haoda, who had obtained the actual benefits, did not mind 'calling him brother and sister' with the representatives of the revolutionary government.

"Your Excellency Lin Haoda's return is not needed, as long as you can remember who is your strongest ally, and also, the French Revolution has caused a series of chaotic riots, and there will be many places where you and your regiment will need to contribute in the future, in this crisis and sensitive moment, I hope that Your Excellency Lin Haoda will be cautious about every order issued by the revolutionary government, and do not look at the uproar of the rural revolution, the strength of the peasant armed forces is far inferior to the combat effectiveness of the National Guard and the bourgeois militia armed forces, Not to mention those regular troops of the former Kingdom of France, who had already sworn allegiance to the tricolor, the rebellion was only temporary, and the revolutionary government would sooner or later come up with a solution, and any move that went against the interests of the country would be ruthlessly suppressed by the revolutionary government.

The revolutionary government under the Tricolor is not an autocratic kingdom of France with weak foundations and boiling discontent, we have a solid mass base, and the hundreds of branches of the Jacobin Club in various parts of the Kingdom of France are enough to explain a lot.

In the end, it is still the same sentence, you who are loyal to the king and the constitutional monarchists represented by the Marquis de Lafayette are not absolute enemies, our real enemies are the democratic radicals below who have not taken power, but are eyeing the entire French feudal monarchy in the name of democracy and freedom! “

Meunier said in a deep tone staring at Lin Haoda's eyes.

Lin Haoda replied with a little puzzlement: "Since the Marquis de Lafayette also knows about the political forces that threaten his power, why don't you eradicate Robespierre?" If the Marquis de Lafayette does not have a reliable Assassin to help, I can offer a friendly support. ”

Lin Haoda didn't have much hatred for Robespierre, who he had never met, but instinctively wanted to suppress the democratic radicals.

Meunier shook his head and said: "Your Excellency Lin Haoda, you have not been in the revolutionary government, you will not understand the madness of those democratic radicals, they are rooted in the sans-culottes, they have a number of supporters that we don't even know, we kill Robespierre will only completely anger the democratic radicals, so that they will not care about the overall situation to incite the people to rebel and seize the fruits of the revolution, and will quickly choose a new leader on the stage!"

Don't forget, the slogans of the revolutionary government are freedom and equality, and if assassination prevails, the people will quickly react and they will be deceived! “

"Haha, you politicians are really interesting, don't you mean that you are deceiving the people now?"

Lin Haoda joked funny.

Meunier folded his hands on his chest without blushing, and replied in a relaxed tone: "Deception? You have to say that, but we constitutional monarchists believe that it is the right choice to let the social elite level control the state power, and we can't imagine what the outcome of handing over the governance of a country to a bunch of sans-culottes who can't read a lot of words, and it must be a disaster for France, who can't even maintain their own lives perfectly, let alone run a country?!

So, the people must be placed under the rule of the social elite! “