The French army was defeated. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

After starving for several months, after catching all the rats around him, and after his companions looked at each other like food, the commander of the Franco-Spanish army finally ignored their mission and directly ordered the whole army to abandon their baggage and retreat.

Then the retreat turned into a rout.

In addition to the semi-desertified steppes where it is difficult for people to survive, a total of 35,000 European colonists trekked along the Colorado River with great difficulty, their destination was 400 kilometers away, they were surrounded only by wind and sand, barren mountains, rushing reddish-brown rivers, and of course, the elusive Indian cavalry, their food rations were only a quarter of the normal one, and they could not find any food around, they could only endure unbearable hunger, and keep advancing on the perilous wasteland.

And then keep falling.

Died at the hands of the Indians.

Died of starvation.

Die to the ubiquitous rattlesnake.

Their corpses stretched like signposts along the banks of the river, and the desperate gold prospectors looked up to the sky in their dying, only to realize in the scorching sun that gold and silver were not as good as a piece of bread.

Less than 20,000 men of the army had made the arduous journey, reaching the Mexicali Valley, the starting point of their expedition, and then the messenger reached San Diego as fast as he could, and on the same day, the news was transmitted by telegram to the city of Jinshan, and then the high-powered transmitter of the city sent radio waves, which were immediately received in the Ming embassy in Paris, and after translating the message, one of them was quickly sent to the People's Daily, which the next morning carried the terrible news on its full page.

And then......

Paris collapsed.

All the people who bought the shares of the Mississippi company, all the people who held the livre banknotes, all of them rushed away like a torrent, instantly flooding the headquarters of the Mississippi company and the Bank of France, and the stocks, which had climbed to a record of 18,000 livres, fell into free fall and fell directly to worthless. Countless investors who bought shares at a high price rushed into the Mississippi company crying out, snatching everything of value like crazy, and then fighting for it, many of them were trampled to death in the crowding, and many employees were simply beaten to death. And this side is still good, the scene on the side of the Bank of France is even more intense, tens of thousands of people are like ants on sugar cubes flooding the building, frantically smashing open the warehouse, but unfortunately there is nothing in the warehouse except banknotes, and then the people who are carried away by the rage began to scramble for everything they can grab, and even the doors and curtains were removed and dragged away.

But it didn't work!

They have at least billions of bills in their hands, and even if these two buildings are demolished, they won't be worth a lot of money!

At this time, the people in the rage suddenly remembered something, where did John Law go? Where did the gold and silver go in the banks? Even if the bank doesn't have enough gold, it can't be empty, right?

Where's the answer?

The answer lies in the Palace of Versailles.

At the same time as the telegram was sent to the People's Daily, the Ming embassy also sent the same two copies to John Law and Philip V, who cared about anything else, and rushed the gold and silver to Versailles overnight as quickly as possible, which was the last guarantee of the French finances. As for John Law himself, this guy swept a dragon dollar bill as fast as he could and then left Paris overnight, this guy was not French, he was British, he was wanted to kill people in a duel in England and was exiled to European countries with his brain, this is not the first time he has experienced such a scene, Philip V will definitely use him to appease the anger of the people, he can only wait to be hanged if he does not run.

He ran away, and the only remaining gold and silver were transported to Versailles by Philip V, and what to do with the common people who had nowhere to vent?

"To Versailles!"

With an angry roar from someone who didn't know, everyone suddenly came to their senses.

That's right, the monk can't run away from the temple, John Law ran away, but Philip V can't run, the bank was opened by him, the banknote was printed by him, and now something happens to him, who is not looking for him? So then the surging crowd rushed from the streets and alleys of Paris to Versailles, of course, they didn't go to rebel, they just wanted Philip V to give them an explanation, after all, this time the French people were so ruthless, it can almost be said that from the nobles to the beggars without exception, the Mississippi company smashed not only a nobleman.

Philip V, however, did not think so.

How did his grandmother get kicked out of Paris with his father?

Isn't that what the people are?

If it weren't for the return of the army of the Prince of Condé, if it weren't for the chopping up of Charles I, who frightened the nobles into finally working together, then the Sun King might have fallen before he could rise, and he didn't dare to imagine the scene of these tens of thousands of rebels arriving at the Palace of Versailles, at that time, maybe as long as anyone shouted a slogan, the angry crowd would flood the Palace of Versailles. It is said that many of these people came from other provinces to pan for gold, because the stock market was booming, investors from all over the world poured into Paris, and even later they could not even have enough houses to live in and could only set up tents, and they came with the gold and silver coins they had accumulated for generations, and finally ended up with such a result, which was very aggressive.

Then the best thing to do now is to block them immediately.

However, at this time, Philip V found that he was in trouble, his army was all sent to reinforce the Americas, the first batch had already boarded the ship in Rouen, and the rest were waiting in Rouen, although Rouen was not far from Paris, it was more than a hundred kilometers, even the cavalry would take almost two days to arrive, before the army arrived, his military force in Paris was only his guards and officials, and the latter was also a victim of the Mississippi Company, and even many nobles were furious at this time!

He had to figure it out.

At the very least, he had to think about delaying until the French army in Rouen returned.

And his solution is ......

"The Liverlpool banknotes were completely separated from metallic money, and the circulation of metallic money was ceased in France, and no one could hold more than five hundred livres of gold and silver coins, and they could be whistled against each other, and all liver-dollar banknotes were depreciated by fifty percent. But the Bank of France will not go bankrupt, this bank will continue to perform its functions, and all those who hold shares in the Mississippi company can exchange them for paper money from this bank at the issue price, and the margin of the Bank of France will no longer be gold and silver currency, but land owned by the French government, that is, paper money after 50 percent depreciation can be exchanged for land directly from this bank. The Mississippi Company would not go bankrupt either, it would be taken over by the French crown, and it would also have the trade monopoly it had previously acquired, and those who held Mississippi shares would be able to keep their shares if they wished. ”

Han Guang said to Yang Yan, the minister of the Ming Dynasty to France.

"That's a solution!"

Yang Yan said.

They are the chief directors behind the scenes, including deliberately telling Philip V and John Law in advance that the latter would run away and let the former grab the gold and silver were all planned, in order to let the anger of the French people have nowhere to vent, and then it will turn into a big explosion.

At this time, Philip V's cronies were stopping the people who were marching to Versailles and explaining to them His Majesty's disposition, which should be said to be a solution, although the French people still had to suffer heavy losses, but they were no longer lost. Although the Mississippi Company could not obtain a large amount of gold and silver in a short period of time, it still had a monopoly on trade in the Americas and a monopoly in the Louisiana colonies, which meant that the company did not lose everything. The ban on the circulation of gold and silver coins also makes it necessary for the common people to use paper money, especially for land, this kind of paper money is no longer waste paper, as for the depreciation of 50 percent, this is also necessary, after all, once this is the case, there will be a large number of people in France to sell their shares at the issue price, and then the number of paper money in the French market will skyrocket.

This approach was to force France into the era of a pure paper money standard, or the national credit standard.

I should say yes.

As for the future, it will be completely played according to the rules of the game of paper money, the Bank of France controls the amount of printed banknotes, so that it returns to normal, and then basically how modern countries play how they play, of course, this is not without a price, the price is that the French financial system will be completely outside the countries of the world, there will be many unknown problems, and it is difficult to say whether it can even be maintained.

But Philip V was able to stabilize the people for the time being.

But the hopes of Yang Yan and Han Guang, or Emperor Yang, were also disappointed.

"Really?"

Han Guang smiled sinisterly, pointed out the window in one direction and said, "There are people there who don't think so." ”

The venue of the Estates-General Conference in France.

"This is our only chance!"

Voltaire waved his arms and shouted.

He is also one of the civilian parliamentarians, some time ago, the prosperity of the French economy has dealt them a heavy blow, and even many parliamentarians have lost confidence in the future, but this financial crisis, for them is like pie in the sky, they can play the role of the representative of the people's will through their special identity, the French people are messing around and thinking about money, but they have not thought that this is a great opportunity for them to seize state power and force Philip V to implement a democratic system.

"We have to let them go to Versailles, we have to show Philip the power of the people, he must put an end to the dictation, he must give the people equality and freedom, he must no longer act recklessly!

Ladies and gentlemen, what are we waiting for? We should go out, we should go out to the people, we should tell them, go on, not be afraid, go to Versailles and shout out their voices, and let the fortresses of the tyrant tremble in their roar! ”

He roared excitedly.

"Why, then, should we take Mr. Aroué's advice?"

The Speaker, who was sitting on the podium, tapped the hammer and said.

"Agreed!"

"Agreed!"

……

Then, in a shout of agreement, almost everyone raised their hands.

A great era began.

"You have to believe your Majesty, a monarch with two kingdoms, France and Spain, with more than 10 million square kilometers of colonies, his credibility is beyond doubt, John Law deceived His Majesty, this liar deceived His Majesty with rhetoric, everything was done by this English liar, and now that he has absconded from Paris, His Majesty is sending troops to hunt him down, neither the banks nor the Mississippi Company will go bankrupt, our military operations in the Americas will continue, and one defeat will not mean anything, What's more, the news of this failure has not yet been confirmed! ”

On the road from Paris to Versailles, the Prince of Condé, Duke of Bourbon, Louis. Henry shouted.

Behind him were hundreds of soldiers of the King's Guard, and in front of him were the angry people who seemed to be boundless, although he wanted to maintain the arrogance of the nobles, but in the face of this flood of people, he still had to lower his posture, so many people really lost their minds, just the soldiers under him, and the title of chief minister on his head would not have any meaning, even if one person stepped on him, he and his soldiers could only shovel from the ground.

But at this moment there was a sudden confusion in the crowd, and then they parted from the middle, and at the same time cheers rang out, and then dozens of well-dressed gentlemen were seen walking towards the front, and as they went, they talked cordially with the people on both sides.

The Duke of Bourbon immediately frowned.

"Your Excellency, Duke, we must see His Majesty, and on behalf of the Estates-General, I formally inform you that the Estates-General do not agree with your proposal, and we only want to know one thing now, and that is where all the gold and silver coins in the bank warehouses have gone, and please do not prevaricate with John Law, who cannot take away hundreds of tons of gold and silver."

Voltaire, who was at the front of these people, said.

"Yes, we want Louis and Eju, we don't want this!"

Then there was a shout behind him.

"Your Excellency, this is His Majesty's decision, and you have no right to interfere."

The Duke of Bourbon said in a tough tone.

"We have no right to interfere?"

Voltaire sneered, suddenly turned his head and shouted behind him: "Your Excellency the Duke said that we have no right to interfere, so you tell me, do we have this power?" ”

"Yes!"

Then there was a tsunami of roars.

"Then Your Excellency, on behalf of the Estates-General, on behalf of the French people, I formally inform you once again that you are asked to get out of the way, we need to meet His Majesty the King!"

Voltaire turned his head and said.

"Yes, get out of the way, damned nobles, get out of the way, we want the king, we want our Louis and Eju, where are our Louis and Eju?"

Then there was a boiling behind him, and the crowd immediately began to move forward, and the Duke of Bourbon's face changed drastically, and as soon as he raised his hand, the soldiers behind him immediately raised their rifled guns with bayonets, but unfortunately there were too few people, and in front of tens of thousands of angry people, it was basically like the cabin before the flash flood, and the people, who had long lost patience, even began to pick up stones and throw them forward.

"What are you doing, do you want to rebel?"

At this moment, suddenly there was an angry rebuke from behind the soldiers, and then an old man on crutches and wearing a gorgeous military uniform stepped forward.

"Generalissimo?"

There was an immediate burst of exclamation from the crowd.

Well, the French god of war has appeared.