King's Landing in France

Saint-Just walked towards the main entrance with his head held high, as if boasting of his appearance.

Robespierre's performance was similar. Surrounded by a group of soldiers, he stepped off the speaker's seat and turned his head to look at An Ning as he walked outside.

After Robespierre was escorted out of the hall, An Ning straightened her messy clothes, and then walked towards the speaker's seat.

His royal painter, David, took out his sketchbook and sketched the scene with superb painting skills.

An Ning stood on the podium and let out a long sigh.

Then he started his speech.

"As you know, the purpose of my coming today is to impeach my friend, Robespierre.

"Robespierre was unquestionably loyal to the revolution, and he was so obsessed with getting rid of its enemies that he became paranoid and regarded as enemies all who disagreed with him.

"But now, with our army's military victory, France is no longer as dangerous as before. At this time, it is obviously out of date to pursue such a policy of terror.

"So I think it's time for my friend Robespierre to relinquish the leadership and put someone more suitable in the role of Speaker.

"I originally wanted to let him preside over the compilation of the civil code after impeaching him. That is his field of expertise, and he will definitely perform well."

An Ning's words made everyone in the hall look at each other in blank dismay.

Talleyrand murmured in a low voice: "How merciful, so merciful that he doesn't look like a fierce general who has won consecutive victories on the battlefield."

Fouche nodded: "Now I believe that the painting of General Frost accepting flowers from Italian children is not a propaganda product intentionally produced. Such a benevolent and humane ruler is our luck and ours. Unlucky."

Here Fouche has already called Frost the "ruler", but no one around has any objection.

What else can it be if it is not a ruler?

Without the assassination of Saint-Just, An Ning would probably still be the military commander of France, but now even if An Ning continues to not hold a position in Parliament, he is the undoubted ruler of France.

An Ning didn't hear Fouché and Talleyrand's gossip, he continued to say with a sad mood: "Robespierre and I are very good friends, and I feel very sad for this ending.

"The Jacobins have changed from the Big Four at the beginning to the Big Three, and now there are only me and Danton left.

"Here, I propose that Jacques Danton act as interim speaker until the parliament elects a new speaker. He will take on the responsibility of stopping the policy of terror and getting everything back on track.

"As for how to deal with Robespierre and Saint-Just, I propose to vote here..."

At this time, Fouche stood up in the stands, and said loudly: "Your Excellency, I think there are more important things to do before that. The current chaos in France is mainly due to the lack of a leader who is convincing enough. Everyone goes their own way.

"We need someone who can unite the whole of France!

"In my opinion, this person is none other than you. Although I am not a member of Parliament, but as a commissioner of the National Assembly, I think I have the right to make a motion. I propose that we can now discuss the appointment of His Excellency General Andy Frost. The First Consul of France is going to vote!"

Chapter 333 The Willfulness of the First Consul

An Ning's brows were twisted into twists, and he thought to himself why the plot didn't go according to his own ideas. When he came today, he wanted to dismiss Robespierre and put him in the civil code, but in the end everything was thrown away. Like a wild horse with a rein, completely out of control.

The congressmen don't care what An Ning thinks, even his soldiers don't care, everyone is shouting: "Number one in power!"

Napoleon was even more excited like a child, he called "Caesar".

Fouche seemed to be very satisfied with this scene. After everyone's voice faded, he announced loudly: "I heard that the eagle flag is widely used on the front line, General, so let's take this as a formal regulation and set it together." Come down!"

The crowd began to shout again: "Eagle flag!"

An Ning just watched this group of people making noise, as if they were spectators who stayed out of the matter.

He suddenly heard something gigantic, mocking him.

He tried to resist, and said: "We still have to decide how to deal with former Speaker Robespierre..."

Dandong interrupted An Ning's words: "How to deal with Robespierre is no longer an important matter, anyway, it's nothing more than that. You'd better obey everyone's wishes, look, whether it's a congressman or a visitor The people of Paris who are watching, or your soldiers, are all looking forward to this event.

"It's better to decide this kind of thing first."

An Ning hesitated for a moment, and finally sighed: "Okay, let's vote on whether to appoint Andy Frost as the First Consul of France."

As soon as the voice fell, the whole room rang out with jagged shouts: "Agreed!"

Not only members of parliament, but even non-voting soldiers and ordinary citizens shouted: "Agreed!"

Theoretically speaking, there is still a series of vote counting procedures, but Fouché seemed to be the host of the entire meeting. He waved his hand: "The result is beyond doubt, please note the clerk, the French National Assembly, unanimously approved... No, Robespierre and Saint-Just can no longer vote. The French National Assembly, with two abstentions and 713 votes in favor, passed the proposal to elect His Excellency General Andy Frost as the first ruling !"

The crowd cheered.

La Salle got a military uniform from somewhere, and rushed to An Ning's side to put it on him.

Fouche stopped him loudly: "Military uniforms cannot highlight the dignity of the first ruler, I propose to use this!"

Then, together with Talleyrand, he took up the huge tricolor flag hanging in front of the speaker's seat, and put it on An Ning's shoulders as a cloak.

At this moment, An Ning suddenly understood the mood of a certain general surnamed Zhao.

What the hell?

An Ning knew that he was fully qualified to establish a military dictatorship in France. As long as he wanted, France would be his.

The problem is that he doesn't want to.

He has always admired the Argentine general in the first half of the two issues that John Khan talked about Allende.

The general rejected the CIA's coercion and lure. At the last moment of his life, he was still in a gun battle with the traitors supported by the CIA. The last sentence before his death was "defend the Constitution."

He wanted to be such a general.

An Ning has watched the film The Fifth Republic many times, and he often plays with the memes in it, but if he is given a choice, he doesn't want to be a teenager. …

He wants to protect the French Republic, and wants to send France to a better route than the original history.

But now, everyone is cheering for the birth of the first ruler.

The tricolor flag of France became the cloak of tranquility.

The development completely out of control left An Ning dumbfounded.

Finally, he finally recovered.

After sighing quietly, he decided not to think about how things turned out like this, but what he could do after it became like this.

Thinking in a good direction, if he wants to make reforms in France now, no one can stop him.

But before that, he had to decide one thing.

An Ning raised her hand and made a gesture of pressing down.

The noisy council hall fell silent in an instant.

An Ning said: "Then, as the first ruler, the first thing I have to do is to decide how to deal with the assassin who assassinated me and the mastermind behind it!"

I don't know who is shouting: "Death penalty!"

Immediately afterwards, everyone shouted: "Death penalty!"

An Ning did not hesitate, and said in a firm and unquestionable voice: "No! I will pardon Robespierre with the power of the first consul!"

The entire council hall exclaimed.

Barras asked: "If a murderer can be pardoned, where is the dignity of the law?"

An Ning said coldly: "The laws of the Republic have not yet been enacted? The current constitution is already the constitution of the previous dynasty."

Fouche: "But Robespierre executed many people in the name of the law, and their relatives and friends would not agree."

An Ning: "They can seek justice from me."

Yes, An Ning has made up her mind to keep Paul Bespierre alive.

Without Fouché, An Ning would not be the first in power, and he might have followed public opinion.

But now that he is the first ruler of France, he decided to be willful once.

Fouche and Talleyrand looked at each other, and then Talleyrand said: "But it's not good to pardon both of them? At least the direct executor must die, otherwise your generals will not agree."

An Ning nodded: "The direct execution of Saint Just's attempted murder, I think it should be sent to the guillotine."

Barras still didn't give up: "What about Robespierre? He has already regarded you as an enemy of France, keeping him...I'm afraid there will be troubles later!"

An Ning: "I propose that Robespierre can be exiled to the island of Elba."

An Ning proposed this mainly because the islands he could think of right now were Elba Island and St. Helena Island, but only Elba Island was controlled by France.

There was another discussion in the hall.

Fouche was obviously satisfied with the result, so he said loudly: "Then, regarding the proposal of the First Consul, I think we can start to vote, or should we discuss it again?"

Talleyrand said directly: "There is no need to discuss, let's vote directly. We are moved by the mercy of the first ruling. In time, this will surely become a good story!"

So the voting started again, and An Ning just stood on the podium, watching them operate.

At this time, Napoleon whispered in his ear: "It's too annoying, let's just do it in one step, and save this process. It's better to have royal power. When the king is a wise king..."

An Ning interrupted Napoleon: "I would rather have the worst democracy than the best dictatorship."

Napoleon pouted, then sighed, "So you are a noble person beyond my reach."

An Ning's words were also heard by the surrounding officers, and both Bernadotte and Moreau showed reverent expressions.

At the same time, An Ning's official biographer, the painter David, immediately recorded this sentence with a pen.

Chapter 334 List of the First Ruling Cabinet

In the end, the National Assembly passed a resolution to exile Robespierre with 20 abstentions and 66 against.

It seems that there are still many people who are dissatisfied with the exile of Robespierre and want to kill them all.

But because of the "prestige" of the first ruling, most still voted for it.

Talleyrand did not forget to sing praises: "Let us sing the benevolence of the first ruler together!"

The next vote for Saint-Just was not so divided, and everyone almost unanimously passed the resolution to send Saint-Just to the guillotine.

After doing all this, An Ning decided to propose Danton as the next speaker to control the National Assembly according to the order of his own ideas, but at this time Fouche stood up and spoke again.

"For a long time, we have given the National Assembly both executive power and legislative power, and everyone is used to coming to the National Assembly to vote on everything.

"This is actually wrong. According to the principle of separation of powers, we should completely separate the executive from the National Assembly."

When An Ning heard it, Fouché was right. Historically, the National Salvation Committee was the administrative body when the Jacobins were in power, but now it has been changed in this way, and the National Salvation Committee has become an organization similar to the NKVD. The administrative body It was vacated, and most of the administrative matters were handled by special commissioners sent by the parliament.

This is actually wrong.

So An Ning acquiesced to Fouché's statement and watched him continue to speak.

Fouché: "The Paris Commune is responsible for the internal affairs of Paris, but everything outside Paris is in chaos. I propose that the first minister nominate the cabinet team directly under his leadership!"

Well, Fouche, in this way, the administrative power of France will be completely controlled by An Ning if he continues to advance, and his first ruling will become worthy of the name.

Moreover, in the current situation where the entire national army obeys An Ning's orders, the power of the first ruler is almost unlimited.

An Ning thought about it quickly, and felt that this was good. Next, he would quickly promote the industrialization of France, and it would be convenient for him to grasp the administrative power.

So An Ning nodded and said: "I will propose the appointment of my cabinet candidates tomorrow and submit them to the National Assembly for review.

"Today, let's decide on the candidate for the new speaker of the National Assembly. I propose that Jacques Danton be the new speaker!"

Talleyrand: "Yes!"

An Ning said seriously: "The voting has not started yet, please follow the voting process."

Talleyrand bowed slightly: "Sorry, I was in a hurry."

I believe you ghost, you must have premeditated.

But thanks to Talleyrand's move, Dandong's speaker should not be able to escape.

In the end, as An Ning expected, Dandong was elected the new speaker with almost unanimous votes.

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At noon, An Ning returned to the Royal Palace with a group of officers.

Christina had already received news of their return and greeted them at the door.

"How's it going?" she asked.

An Ning shrugged: "You may not believe it, I am now the first ruler of France."

Napoleon interrupted: "He's really Caesar now."

Christina smiled in surprise: "Really? Then I am Mrs. Caesar now?"