When Liu Shuangxi accidentally captured the big fish of Crown Prince William, the Minister of War Leotey was being questioned by members of the National Assembly.

Although Leoté is accountable to the French Prime Minister, he has an obligation to cooperate when the National Assembly needs Leoté to explain something.

After the start of the war, the French government left Paris, which was too close to the front line, to Bordeaux, in order to prevent being dumpled by the Germans, and Leoté had to go to Bordeaux to be questioned by the National Assembly.

In France, there are two types of questions: oral and written.

Because it was wartime, Leothai could actually choose to be questioned in writing because of his status as Minister of War, but after receiving Qin Zhiyuan's telegram, Leotey chose to go to the council hall of Bordeaux to be questioned by the councillors in person.

The question was initiated by the incumbent Congressman Donnahew, and it is surprising that several of the people who participated in the questioning were members of the Democratic Republican Party of the opposition party, and it was not a good sign that they were mixed up with the Republican wing of the Socialist Party.

French Prime Minister Paul Panrowe also participated in the questioning.

I almost forgot one thing, the current French prime minister is not called prime minister, but the chairman of the Council of Ministers. The term prime minister would not be used until forty years later, during the Fifth Republic.

In fact, no matter what it is called, Paul Pan Lewe is exercising the functions of prime minister.

As Prime Minister, Paul Panroy seemed to be supporting Leothai's work, but it wasn't. Leotai was not appointed Minister of War by Paul Panleway, but by former Prime Minister Aristide Briand, who may not have been very happy with Leotai, but only tolerated Leotay's continued presence in this position because he had not found Leothay's handle for the time being.

Looking at what Paul Pan Lewei means today, it seems that he is here to find a handle, if Paul Pan Lewei can get his wish, then the best result for Leothai is to resign voluntarily.

Leoté did not want to resign, otherwise Leoté would not have come to Bordeaux at all, and like almost all military men, Leoté hated politics and hated these politicians, and if it were not for the fact that the Germans still occupied French land, Leoté would certainly not have made a false deal with these people, even Clemenceau.

Bordeaux's town hall is far inferior in size and facilities to the National Assembly hall in Paris, and looks like a regular courtroom.

This is understandable, compared to Paris, which has become a cosmopolitan city, Bordeaux is a small city and cannot ask for too much. Anyway, it was only borrowed temporarily during the special period, but it will be used, but it is just that Leotei has been wronged, and his small grid that he has to stand on when questioned is really not much bigger than a pigeon cage.

Leothai was quite conscious, looking at the posture of the councilors in the hall, Shi Shiran carried his bag, walked to his position, and closed the fence door of the small lattice.

It's getting more and more like a courtroom.

"Your Excellency Minister of the Army, please explain the distribution ratio of materials during your tenure as Minister of the Army, as well as your personal relationship with General Qin Zhiyuan of the Foreign Legion, and please explain whether your relationship will affect the distribution of materials." Donnahius was the first to strike.

"Your Excellency, Secretary of the Army, during your tenure, your subordinates have acted collectively unconsciously, please explain the role you have assumed in it." Someone followed, and the councillor, Mr. Leotah, had never seen it at all.

"Your Excellency Minister of War, I have heard that General Qin Zhiyuan of the Foreign Legion used some appalling means in quelling the rebellion in Corsica, please explain whether the Military Department is involved." Others continued to ask questions, and the councillor, Mr. Leotei, was a little familiar, but unfortunately he couldn't name him.

"Your Excellency the Secretary of the Army......"

One question after another, it seemed like it wanted to drown Leothay. Leotay felt that it was really noisy, and more than a dozen people were talking almost at the same time, and as a result, Leotera didn't hear anything clearly.

This is the characteristic of the French National Assembly, when discussing politics, if there are two sides debating, then it doesn't matter what you say, as long as you are loud enough that others can't hear what the other side is saying.

This is the greatest drawback of democracy, they can quarrel for a month or even two over a trivial issue such as whether or not to replace the street lights in Paris, and come to no conclusion, while the parliamentarians are arguing, the street lights in Paris have been replaced by the impatient citizens of Paris.

"Please don't worry, I can't answer all the questions at once." Leotey replied without raising his head.

After Leothai entered the small grid, he didn't stop what the councilors were shouting, but just opened the folder he brought, took out the documents he had prepared in advance, looked at the top one and smiled slightly, and then put it at the bottom of the pile of documents.

That was the good news that Qin Zhiyuan sent to Leotai.

"Well, please answer the first question first, Your Excellency...... Minister," Donahew repeated his question again.

"On this issue, the decision is not up to me, the distribution of materials is uniformly distributed by the General Staff and the Logistics Department, and the War Committee is also involved, and the approximate proportion is evenly distributed, if you want to say tilt, then it does exist. For example, if some units are fighting on the front line, then they will be supplied in time, and if some units are far from the rear of the battlefield, then they will be in a secondary position in the distribution of supplies. As for my personal relationship with General Qin Zhiyuan, it is not suitable for discussion in this public setting. It would be nonsense to say that our personal relationships affect the distribution of goods. "Leotai pushed it cleanly.

Donasius remained silent when Leothai spoke, with mockery and sneers on the corners of his mouth, and when Leothai had just finished speaking, Donnasius immediately jumped up and retorted: "You lie!" If, as you said, you don't participate in the distribution of supplies, why would you take the tanks that were originally intended to equip the American troops to the Chinese in the Foreign Legion? ”

"The Americans are in Orleans, far from the battlefield, what do they want tanks for? And the Chinese are fighting on the front line for the safety of Paris and the Germans, if you don't give them enough weapons, can you still sit there and exercise your rights as a parliamentarian? "Leotey is full of confidence.

"Aha, that's what you admit! Well, now you have to explain, what benefits did that Chinese give you? Donatheus also knew the way to turn in, and he didn't pay attention to Leotai's rhetorical question, and continued to follow Leotai's words.

Politicians are strange creatures, they don't ask about right or wrong, they only ask about positions, and if they agree on their positions, then whatever they do is right, and if they don't agree on their positions, then everything they do is wrong.

Sure enough, just after Donnahew questioned, almost all of the councillors looked at Leothai with a look that wasn't quite right. For them, whoever resists the Germans on the front line is the same, as long as someone resists it, and the relationship between Leothai and Qin Zhiyuan is confirmed, and then what can be done through this relationship is what the parliamentarians care about.

After thinking about this, Leotey suddenly felt extremely discouraged, Leotey really didn't understand what happened to the French Republic for which he had sworn allegiance, and why these big people who could decide the direction of the republic had become what they were now. (To be continued.) )