King's Landing in France

An Ning: "Okay, this is not important, Christina, prepare a light meal, we will eat while we have a meeting. Next we will discuss the list of cabinet members."

Christina was a little surprised: "Cabinet members? A group of soldiers came to discuss this?"

An Ning also thinks it's outrageous, but his current team is all soldiers except for Lazar Kano. Before that, he didn't plan to expand his influence in the administrative area, and he didn't have any related business at all.

An Ning now wants to ask his group of loyal military officers if there are any acquaintances who can serve as members of the political cabinet.

A group of people drove into the peaceful study room in Royal Palace, and then everyone dispersed and sat down.

Napoleon spoke first: "I think Mr. Equality can be called back. He has many friends in Paris, so it should be no problem to serve as the Keeper of the Seal."

An Ning sighed: "We are a republic, and we don't have a Keeper of the Seal. But it would be good to let my father-in-law be the Minister of the Interior. He has a lot of contacts in Paris, so he should have an advantage in this regard."

Anning paused for a moment, then looked at Lazar Kano: "It shouldn't be a problem for the Minister of War to continue to be Kano."

Lazarcano nodded, accepting the appointment.

An Ning continued according to the knowledge points she brought from her previous life: "The Minister of Foreign Affairs can be Talleyrand, and the Minister of Police can be given to Fouche."

La Salle frowned immediately: "Isn't Fouché a businessman, can he do this well?"

An Ning: "I have seen Fouche's work records in Lyon when he was a special commissioner. At least in Lyon, he successfully maintained local law and order and greatly reduced violent crimes. I think he should have some successful experience that he can bring to Paris. .”

Then An Ning mentioned a few more names in succession, all following the list of ministers after Napoleon proclaimed himself emperor.

Fortunately, his reputation is high enough now, so everyone is not wondering why he would suddenly mention the name of someone he has no contact with usually.

When everything was almost arranged, Moro suddenly said: "Your Excellency, you know me. I was a lawyer before joining the army. If you need a trustworthy person in law, I can join the Constitutional Committee to supervise They wrote a new constitution..."

An Ning: "But as far as I know, you don't even have a law school diploma?"

Mo Luo was embarrassed for a moment: "Uh, but I studied as a lawyer after all, and my father is a very famous lawyer..."

An Ning: "I fully understand the idea that you are willing to share my worries. But I need you more on the battlefield. You know that we are short of senior officers. We will soon enter the Rhine River, and the reorganized The Prussian-Austrian Allied Forces are at war."

While An Ning had to stay in France due to logistical problems, Prussia and Austria were also working hard to replenish their armies, and now Prussia and Austria have each raised hundreds of thousands of troops.

An Ning: "Although we have achieved brilliant victories, although we have a French army with high morale, if we do not take the enemy seriously, failure will definitely come to us.

"A soldier of pride must be defeated."

What An Ning said made everyone look at each other in blank dismay.

Indeed, after consecutive victories, everyone gradually did not think that the French army had the possibility of failure. It seemed that as long as they stomped their feet, the Prussian and Austrian allied forces would crash to the ground, and the kings of Prussia and Austria would bow their heads to France.

An Ning: "In short, the list of the cabinet has been decided without any opinions. After it is submitted to the parliament tomorrow, we only need to consider military issues."

An Ning didn't think his cabinet proposal would be rejected at all.

When he said this, he was slightly relieved.

At least Robespierre is not dead, and history has been changed by me after all.

Chapter 335 I despise the dust that makes up me

As soon as Paul Ballas returned to Malmaison Castle, Josephine came forward: "How is it?"

Barras: "Long live the First Reign."

Josephine: "First Consul? What's the situation?"

Ballas recounted everything that had just happened in Parliament.

After hearing this, Josephine exclaimed: "So Robespierre is not dead? That's not okay. The first consul still treats him as a good friend. He may come back in the future. If he comes back to power again, we will be finished."

Barras: "No, it shouldn't be. The First Consul has decided to stop the policy of terror. What I should consider now is how to find myself a position in the cabinet. Damn Fouche and Talleyrand, they Both are estimated to have a share..."

Josephine shook her head and said: "No, you invested [-] ounces of gold in the first ruling bank, even if you didn't get a position, you are still regarded as an important person in the first ruling camp, and some people want to curry favor with us .

"The key now is Robespierre, Robespierre must die."

Barras curled his lips: "Don't worry, there are plenty of opportunities. Now it is estimated that he will be strictly protected by the First Consul, but when he arrives on Elba Island, there will be plenty of opportunities to attack him."

Only then did Josephine breathe a sigh of relief: "That's good. When he arrives on Elba Island, he will eliminate this hidden danger immediately and forever."

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Saint-Just's execution date was scheduled for the first day after Anning's cabinet took office.

The Revolution Square was crowded with people that day, and the guillotine, which had been out of operation since An Ning became the first ruler, was re-oiled and maintained like new.

Only one person is going to be executed today, and all the onlookers are waiting for this person.

Members of the new cabinet have already taken their seats on the viewing stand.

The first ruler has not yet arrived, so the middlemost position of the viewing platform is empty.Similarly, the other high platform opposite the viewing platform was also empty, which was the position of the generals.

Then there was a whistle, and the cavalry of the first ruler appeared.

Andy Frost, the first governor of France, rode a pure white horse and walked at the forefront of the entire queue, followed by three flag bearers, holding high the French tricolor flag, the French National Guard flag and a pure Golden eagle-headed scepter.

On the scepter hangs a small red flag with no emblems on it.

Behind the standard-bearer, followed by officers loyal to the First Consul, all of them wore military uniforms and seemed to be in high spirits.

Afterwards came the Royal Guards, now they have pinned the three-color badge on their black uniforms, and they have become the guards directly under the first ruler of France.

Further back is the military band, and the musicians are playing Roman hymns.

The citizens immediately followed the melody of the military band and began to sing Roman hymns.

The steed under the crotch of the first ruler, stepping on the rhythm of the Roman hymn, just stopped in front of the viewing stand when the last line was sung.

The crowd began to shout: "Long live the First Consulate! Long live France!"

The First Consul got off his horse and waved to the crowd, which led to even more enthusiastic cheers.

In this way, the first ruler walked up to the viewing platform amidst the cheers of the crowd, and stood on the seat reserved for him.

His generals went to the viewing stand opposite.

The Minister of the Interior and the father-in-law of the First Consul, Mr. Philippe Equality, who had just arrived from Marseille, stepped up to the position of master of ceremonies and announced loudly: "The ceremony has officially begun, and everyone sings the national anthem."

At the first meeting of the cabinet yesterday, it was decided that Ode to Rome would be the national anthem of the First French Republic. The news spread throughout Paris that night.

As soon as the band started playing, the audience sang in unison, their voices even higher than when the first ruler came on stage.

After the chorus, Mr. Philip Equality stepped forward again: "Take the prisoner!"

A prison car had been waiting for a long time on the edge of the square. Upon hearing the words of the Minister of the Interior, the groom of the prison car waved his whip and made a crisp sound in the air.

With a long neigh, the horse stepped forward, walking towards the guillotine in the center of the square along the road that had long been marked by the National Guard.

The crowd became agitated, and many people shouted at Saint-Just in the prison car and threw debris in their hands.

St. Just held his head high, proudly defying the angry crowd.

When the prison van arrived at the guillotine, he was escorted out of the van and kept in front of the terrifying execution machine.

Executioner Hawthorne said with a smile, "I never imagined that one day I would be able to execute the terrifying Archangel."

Saint-Just just sneered.

At this time, Mr. Pingping asked, "Prisoner Saint Just, do you have any last words?"

Saint-Just exclaimed: "I despise the dust that makes me up!"

The corner of the First Consul's mouth twitched slightly, but he didn't say much.

Mr. Equality looked back at the first ruler, and then ordered: "Execution!"

The band beat continuous drumbeats, Saint-Just was swiftly tied to the guillotine, and executed quickly and mechanically.

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An Ning: "Remember, Murat, you must earnestly perform your duties along the way."

Murat nodded: "I understand, all those who want to put Robespierre to death must pass me."

An Ning took a deep breath.

At this time, Robespierre was escorted out of prison, and he just heard this sentence.

He sneered and said, "I won't be grateful to you just because of this. You should let me die instead of sending me to an island to spend the rest of my life."

An Ning: "I hope that you can be freed from the state of being on the edge of a dead end. At that time, you will find that I was right. I hope that you can continue to serve France and the Republic by then."

Robespierre: "Then you should not execute St. Just. St. Just is dead, and we will never have the possibility of reconciliation. No, it should be said that when I was determined to assassinate you, we did not There is a possibility of reconciliation."

An Ning did not speak, but looked at Robespierre with sad eyes.

Robespierre said impatiently: "Put away your pity! I am a soldier, and I don't need pity from my opponent! I feel from the bottom of my heart that it is the sorrow of the republic that I didn't get rid of you."

An Ning: "I will prove you wrong with my actions, and I will lead the Republic to a better ending."

"Hmph, who knows! Don't say any more, let me go." Robespierre said, and stepped into the escort carriage by himself.

An Ning sighed and nodded to Murat: "Let's go."

So Murat got on his horse, led a small escort of cavalry, and escorted the carriage into the night of Paris.

At the same time, another carriage left Paris by another road, carrying assassins hired by Paul Barras and others with a lot of money.

Robespierre's fate thus came to an end.

Chapter 336

After sending Robespierre away, the time has come to December 1793.

An Ning discovered a drawback after becoming the first ruler.

He had to make an appearance in the new cabinet and deal with day-to-day administrative matters.

In the past, An Ning only needed to worry about military issues, but in military matters, there was Berthier who arranged all the routine matters, and your Excellency, General, just needed to be a hands-off shopkeeper.

Anning can focus more on adopting new equipment, building new factories and fulfilling his plan to become France's version of Alan Greenspan.

But now, in terms of daily administration, he does not have a universal assistant like Berthier, so he can only handle it himself.

The new cabinet office was placed in the original Supreme Court.

In the era of the Bourbon dynasty, although the Supreme Court was called a court, it actually played a role in checking and balancing the royal power, and it was the central institution of the de facto aristocratic power.

The confrontation between the Supreme Court and the royal power is the confrontation between the nobles and the royal power.

So putting the newly formed cabinet here is also considered a kind of inheritance.

Although An Ning was very impatient with the daily work, through these administrative tasks, An Ning finally realized how much chaos had been caused by throwing administrative power to the National Assembly.

Outside of Paris, there is essentially a state of silo, with the local National Assemblies doing as they please.

How much influence Paris has on the place basically depends on the ability of the commissioners sent and whether there are National Guards stationed.

There are National Guards—especially the Self-Defense Forces sent by Paris that have been reorganized by the Ministry of War and are loyal to tranquility—then the local government still takes the decree from Paris seriously.

Where there is no self-defense army, it depends on the special commissioner's ability.

If there is no self-defense army and no special commissioners, then the local National Assembly is basically in a state of autonomy, neither needing to pay taxes to the National Assembly, nor to control the decrees of the National Assembly.

Fortunately, the national consciousness of the country itself has been awakened a lot in France. National assemblies in various places still regard themselves as French, use tricolor flags, and follow Paris in terms of culture.

Otherwise, France would have been in bulk.

After reading the report for a few days in the cabinet, An Ning deeply felt that the most urgent task is to establish a complete administrative organization in the local area and restore control over the local area.

There is a simple way, which is to dismantle some of the loyal troops currently in your hands and disperse them to various places.

Every town with a population of more than 5000, no matter whether there is Lin Dengwan or not, first send a company of hundreds of troops, and then the special commissioner. With the support of these loyal troops of more than 100 people, the special commissioner should be able to quickly suppress the local tyrants .

The problems in towns and cities are actually relatively small in comparison, and the French countryside is basically in a state of no care.

In the previous kingdom era, because nobles and lords from all over the country crowded into the big cities, the rural order based on the aristocratic system had disintegrated, and the actual organizers of the villages were local priests.

Then after the Great Revolution, the Clergy Act pushed many priests to the opposite side of the National Assembly.

The result was that the National Assembly completely lost control of the countryside.

This is also the fundamental reason why a large number of rebellions broke out in Vendée and other places.

Now the rebellion has basically been suppressed by An Ning's troops, but if the control of the countryside is not restored, the British will bring in another Marquis or something, and they can light a fire in places like the Vendée.

Annin decided to pursue throughout France the policy he had pursued in the Conta and the South.

Large-scale land reforms re-established rural order.