Section 88 Hongmen Feast IV
readx;? October 7, 1789 was a very important day for Briand, as well as for the Jacobins, the main body of the French Revolutionary Party. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info
As Lafayette advocated a constitutional monarchy, he sought to preserve the royal family. Robespierre, on the other hand, advocated the abolition of the royal government, and France became a republican state once and for all. This led to an unprecedented disagreement within the Jacobins at the emergency meeting.
As a result of this disagreement, the Jacobins voted internally. In fact, Lafayette knew very well that this seemingly ordinary vote was actually Robespierre's challenge to the supreme leadership.
He is now the commander of the National Guard and the supreme leader of all France and the Jacobins. But the impact of this vote on his future will be enormous. If Robespierre's faction won the vote, the monarchy would be removed and the Jacobins would change their dynasty, and Robespierre would be able to seize the initiative of the entire revolutionary party and replace Lafayette as the supreme leader of the Jacobins.
Whether it was Brissot and Condorcet, the Jacobin leadership who hurried to Paris, or Pisgroux in Fontainebleau, they kept an eye on the revolutionary situation in Paris. At this time, the most concerned about the success or failure of Lafayette were Louis XVI and Briand.
Once Robespierre took control of the Jacobins, the Bourbons would also herald the end of the country. Even Brion would be in the same predicament as Louis XVI because of Robespierre's extremism. It can be said that at this time, no one expected Robespierre to win the leadership position.
"576 votes in favor of retaining the royal family and 312 votes against, a majority of the votes for a constitutional monarchy, in accordance with the rules of the Jacobins. β
It was clear that Lafayette had defeated Robespierre, his arch-rival within the Jacobins, and retained his leadership. Of course, this result was all to be expected by Brion. After all, Lafayette is now in the post of commander of the National Guard, and the revolution has only been around for a few months, and his constitutional monarchy is indeed expected. At the same time, Brion secretly paid off a significant number of Jacobins to ensure Lafayette's victory.
But most unexpectedly, this revolutionary divergence indirectly led to the early division of the Jacobins. Lafayette, Brissot, and Condorcet officially announced their separation from the Jacobins and formed the FΓ©jon Party, which represented the constitutional monarchy, and became the largest revolutionary party in France. The Jacobins were greatly devastated by this division, but Robespierre became the supreme leader of the Jacobins as he wished.
For this result, Brion is really not mentally prepared. As far as he can remember, the formation of the Fiyan sect is now a full year earlier than in history. This party, the forerunner of the Girondists and Thermidorians, has always been the number one political rival of the Jacobins.
Although the Jacobins dissolved early, this result was quite satisfactory for Briand. After all, the Feuillants, who represented the constitutional monarchy, could easily dominate the French Revolution, and such a revolution would have been extremely mild for him.
Even Louis XVI, who was at the Palace of Versailles, couldn't help but laugh and said: "Robespierre really humiliated himself this time, I didn't expect Lafayette to leave a mess for this stupid barbarian." I think the French Revolution is coming to an end. β
However, it is ironic that just when Louis XVI and his feudal aristocrats thought that it was natural and were celebrating, they did not know that the main army of their main force to suppress the Paris Revolution had already defected, and even Louis XVI's plan to suppress the revolution was revealed with the bribery of Pisglou.
"As soon as all the troops that the royalists were able to mobilize were in place, they immediately compromised with the revolutionaries and sent the royal guard to ambush at the Palace of Versailles. As soon as the revolutionary party negotiators arrived, they immediately started to wipe them out. Royalist forces outside Paris then attacked Paris to suppress the French Revolution. β
It has to be said that Louis XVI's repression plan was indeed tightly deployed and clean. Even Brion couldn't help but be a little afraid, this is no longer a simple and straightforward confrontation of war. It can be said that once this plan is successfully carried out, then Louis XVI will inevitably easily wipe out the Paris Revolution, and even Briand's life will be lost.
Brion was a little surprised, but not flustered. At this time, Pisigru had apparently joined his side temporarily, and since Brion already knew Louis XVI's final plan of action, it would be easy to deal with.
In response to Louis XVI's plan, Brion quickly devised a plan: "When Louis XVI moved, Desai led two thousand guards from Brienne to Paris to support Paris with firepower. In order to continue to confuse Louis XVI, the Legion of the Rhine troops pretended to engage the forces led by MacDonald. At that time, General Pisglo led 1,000 infantry to Versailles and took control of the whole field. β
However, the most important link in this plan was the Rhine Legion troops of Pishglu. Although Pishgrew only temporarily joined Brion's side, Brion still focused on him.
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In mid-October, under the repeated urging of the FjΓ«lΓ©ans, the Bourbon royal family at the Palace of Versailles changed their attitude of silence and procrastination, and actually actively invited the leaders of the FΓ©yon faction to the Palace of Versailles for political negotiations.
Brion certainly understood the problem, and Lafayette and the others, although they were a little skeptical, still decided to lead a hundred soldiers as an escort to the Palace of Versailles. Brion, acting as a mediator between the two classes, personally led more than fifty soldiers of the Guard into the Palace of Versailles with the Feuillons. Representatives of the two sides held formal negotiations in the halls of the Palace of Versailles.
As the supreme leader of the Fiyan faction, Lafayette began by saying: "In fact, we have always shown our respect to His Majesty. And I just want to be the mediator between the king, the parliament, and the people. I think Your Majesty should understand this. β
Durgo looked at Louis XVI, who was expressionless next to him, and asked contemptuously: "Since you support the king, then how can we not see your respect?
"Pay attention to the manner in which you speak, Viscount Durgo. Lafayette glared at Durgo indignantly: "What we need is a constitutional monarchy, and if the king still wants our support and keeps the throne, then he must agree to our democratic conditions." β
In fact, Lafayette was originally a noble marquis of the Bourbon dynasty, as the second title among the nobles. Under normal circumstances, a mere viscount is not even qualified to speak to him, let alone be an equal, so calling Durgo's title is also a direct warning.
However, Durgo was just a dog at Louis XVI's side. The main thing is that now the master is present. Far from being a threat, this warning only emboldened him.
Seeing that Louis XVI did not react, Durgo continued to provoke: "Conditions, why should the king accept your conditions?"
Before Lafayette could speak, Briand's face darkened: "Looks like you're not ready to negotiate, are you?"
With a simple word, the coolness spread throughout his body. He felt a thick murderous aura, yes, from Brion's eyes, and that look alone was enough to make Durgo feel a sense of oppression that he had never felt before.
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Before Durgo could finish speaking, Brion pulled out his smoothbore gun. Without hesitation, he had already pulled the trigger, and a bullet exploded in Durko's head in an instant. The unprepared crowd's faces turned pale in an instant, and Brion just looked indifferently at the bloody corpse lying on the table.
It's just that Louis XVI calmly even looked at the corpse, and in his eyes Dulgo was just a dog. Whether dead or alive, it is a pawn at best. Moreover, Louis XVI was not the first time to understand Brion's ruthlessness and cruelty, and Poitou, the former president of the Senate in Lyon, was killed by Briand.
Although Louis XVI wanted to get rid of Brion at that time, there was no evidence against his death, and Brion put all the charges on Poitou. This allowed Brion to take over the military and political power of Lyon.
"Duke of Baden, what did you just do to kill my viscount in front of me. Louis XVI looked at Brion indifferently: "What do you want?"
As the saying goes, it depends on the owner to beat the dog, not to mention that the owner is still present? Although Durgo's life was not worth anything at all, Louis XVI was most disgusted by the treatment of his men in front of him. However, it also gave him the right time to do it.
"I'm just clear about a lackey who maintains feudalism. Brion knew exactly what he had just done.
As for Lafayette and the others of the Feuillant faction, they were completely stunned since Durgo was shot in the head, but because of the conflict between Louis XVI and Brion, the atmosphere in the hall became more and more solemn, and even some people had goosebumps.
At this moment, the silence of the venue was broken by a burst of gunshots. Then more than 100 heavily armed royal soldiers rushed into the hall, and Brion's accompanying guards felt that the situation was not good, and they hurriedly protected Brion and the others, raised their guns against each other, and waited for them.
At this time, the officer of the royal guard who took the lead walked from among the soldiers to Louis XVI's side with his gloves thrown around, and after glancing at the Feiyang faction who had not yet reacted, he said coldly: "On the orders of His Majesty Louis XVI, now you thieves who blaspheme the royal family have been arrested. β
"What's the matter, what about the soldiers stationed outside?" Lafayette felt that something was wrong and asked with a stammer, "What's going on?"
"What do you say?" Louis XVI looked at Lafayette coldly, suddenly showed a terrifying smile, and then slowly stepped back.
Subsequently, a bloody corpse was carried out by the royal guards, and the man's body was almost blurred by the bullets. Lafayette was shocked, this man was the captain of the captain who had come with him this time. It was clear that more than a hundred corpses were already covered outside, and hundreds of royal guards had taken control of all of Versailles.