Chapter 984: Seeing the Guillotine Again

The greatest characteristic of the French Revolution is that it is fast enough. Once an uprising is launched, it will either succeed or fail immediately. There is never a protracted war.

This time is no exception. The European countries have just received the news that the vigorous second revolution has come to an end.

Without any accident, the revolutionary government of Paris, which had long lost its heart, withdrew from the stage of history, and the radicals seized power.

As the leader of this revolution, Danielle is in high spirits guiding the country at this moment. He does have reason to be proud, taking power in a country at the age of less than thirty.

"Mr. Danielle, we have caught the traitor Robert, when do you think he will be executed?"

The tree fell and the monkeys were scattered. The revolutionary government in Paris collapsed, and the politicians who realized the danger were long gone. The revolutionaries are all professionals in this regard, except for the unfortunate hapless Robert.

As a scapegoat introduced by everyone, Robert's presidency did one thing, and that was to go to Vienna to sign an armistice treaty.

Once the treaty entered into force, the political life of the hapless president was over. Bearing the infamy of being a traitor and losing the presidency, Robert was naturally left out in the cold, and he didn't even get the news.

Not all high-level government officials ran away successfully, but he, the unlucky bastard, fell into the hands of the new government after realizing it.

"Andrew, don't worry. Everyone is in our hands and can't run away.

In any case, Robert was also the president of France, the revolutionary father who overthrew the Bonaparte dynasty, and the necessary respect is still required.

Send someone to watch over him first, so that he won't have an accident. After the public trial, send him on the road. "

Others don't know why Robert, the revolutionary father, suddenly became a traitor, but Danielle, one of the participants, is very clear.

But knowing is knowing, people still have to kill. Summarizing the lessons of the failures of previous revolutions, Danielle came to the conclusion that the revolution must bleed.

The absence of blood is not enough to make people angry, and the absence of blood is not enough to shock people. A big man with a bad reputation like Robert is the best person to stand up for.

The same is murder, and the effects of different killing methods are also completely different. Killing Robert directly, although the radicals are refreshing, but this does not shock people's hearts.

The situation in Paris is very complicated. As the leader of the Second Revolution, Daniele knows very well what kind of revolutionary army is. If the nobles in the city cannot be deterred, the newly born Second Revolution regime may be overthrown at any time.

In fact, the weight of the former president, Robert, is still lighter, and the last object of power is to pull out a few big nobles and wipe them away.

However, at most, Daniel would think about this kind of thing. Not to mention whether the Russian army stationed outside the city will interfere, the private army of the nobles alone is a tough bone.

If it really broke out, maybe Wei didn't stand up, but buried himself first.

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On March 11, 1893, it was a sunny day. The golden sun shone on the earth and printed the new shoots out of the grass. The whole world was full of vitality.

The square of the Palace of Versailles is already full of people at this moment. The French people who came from all directions are anxiously waiting for the execution of the traitor - former former former... President Robert.

Looking at the scene in front of him, the lively Admiral Yevgeny shook his head and thought to himself, "The guillotine is already online, but I don't know if it was the one that executed Louis XVI. It's been too long. , I have experienced restoration in the middle, presumably not anymore."

The president is different from the monarch. This thing is not popular in the monarchy itself. Whatever the French kill, the international community will not have any opinion. Admiral Yevgeny naturally doesn't mind watching the fun.

With the sound of the squeaking of the wheels, everyone's eyes converged, and the French soldiers who had been prepared hurriedly took action, forcibly dividing the crowd into a road for the prison cars to pass.

Rotten vegetable leaves and rotten eggs naturally do not exist. The French people are so hungry that they are about to eat dirt. How could they waste precious food on a "traitor" who is about to be guillotined?

Without rotten leaves and rotten eggs, Robert still did not escape the hidden weapon attack. A group of unruly people still threw out the "hidden weapons" that had been prepared for a long time.

Because of the distance, Yevgeny didn't see what it was, in short, it wouldn't be a good thing.

I don't know if it was intentional or because of poor accuracy. As the protagonist, Robert was not hit many times. On the contrary, the people and soldiers on both sides were even more unlucky.

If the escorting officer hadn't ordered it to stop it in time, it is estimated that a "civil war" among the people might have broken out among the onlookers.

As the supreme commander of the Allied forces in Paris, Admiral Yevgeny naturally knew what was going on. Paris has not been peaceful recently. After the success of the Second Revolution, the new government immediately carried out a major purge of Paris.

Countless people are executed every day, either because of crime, because of politics, or because of bad luck, and the atmosphere in Paris is very tense.

Sometimes Yevgeny even suspected that the new government was in order to reduce food consumption and deliberately used political struggle to reduce the population in order to survive the food crisis.

This is not aimless. Although the war was over, there was still not much food that could flow into France. The food crisis in Paris was exacerbated, especially after the Vienna government cut food exports to France.

According to preliminary estimates, the food shortage in France in 1893 will be as high as 6 million tons, which can be solved through import and smuggling.

00,000 tons, and there is a gap of 2.8 million tons that cannot be filled.

Theoretically speaking, if there is a shortage of food, the whole people tighten their belts together, for example, reduce livestock and pets, stop extravagance and waste, and the crisis is almost over.

However, the reality is very cruel. The rich are still lavish and wasteful, occupying a large amount of food, aggravating the food crisis, and only the low-level civilians are hungry.

At present, the French government wants to survive the crisis on its own. In addition to letting the nobles, farmers, and capitalists hand over the surplus food in their hands, the only way is to reduce the population.

Yevgeny admitted that he was thinking too darkly. According to the current situation in France, if it really depends on reducing the population to survive the crisis, it will not be thousands of children, but millions of people will die.

If the crisis was not serious, it is estimated that the French government would not have engaged in such extreme internal cleansing. It seems to be clearing out dissidents, but in fact, more is trying to get through the crisis.

At least the food merchants who were hoarding food in Paris were smashed, and the confiscated food was used to relieve refugees.

Compared with the previous revolutionary government, the current French government has done significantly better. Through a series of means, the Paris order was restored in the shortest possible time.

During the entire execution process, President Robert did not speak from the beginning to the end, which greatly disappointed Admiral Yevgeny who wanted to watch the excitement.

Obviously, this is a show. As for the unfortunate Robert who was sent to the guillotine, he had already been manipulated, and he didn't even have a chance to complain.

Putting down the telescope in his hand, Yevgeny: "Let's go, Andrew. There is no fun to watch now!"

Lieutenant General Andrew on the side shook his head: "Your Excellency Commander, there should be a lot of fun, but we can't see it.

The new French government has played so much, the nobles of France may not be able to sleep tonight. If they let it go like this, maybe one day the butcher knife will fall on them.

You must know that this is a criminal record. Historically, the French Revolutionary Party has cut off the head of the king, and killed a lot of nobles. Now this scene can't help but think of them.

It's time to see how the two of them fight, but unfortunately the Allies prohibit us from interfering, otherwise there would be so many bad things now, making us..."

Yevgeny interrupted: "Okay, Andrew! These issues are for politicians to worry about, you and I are both soldiers and it is not advisable to mix too much.

Moreover, Daniel is not a simple thing. To be able to restore order in such a short period of time and temporarily deter the nobles in the city is definitely a formidable master. If we really send troops to intervene, it will not be easy. "

It is easy to defeat the revolutionary army, the problem is how to deal with the aftermath after defeating the revolutionary army.

It's not that Admiral Yevgeny boasted, but if the Russian army was really allowed to sweep the city of Paris, it is estimated that the French would not only worry about the current food problem, but also consider whether it is necessary to move the capital.

In order to clean up the military discipline of the Russian army, General Yevgeny has been working hard since he took office. For example: vigorously develop the sideline smuggling, the money earned not only increases the income of the officers, but also subsidizes the meals of the Russian soldiers.

This is the fault of the tsarist government, and the logistical supplies are the same as the local Russian army. What do the "Russian officers and soldiers in Paris" who are used to seeing big scenes think?

Can't let them as the army of the victorious country, the treatment is not as good as the French soldiers of the defeated country?

Dissatisfaction returns to dissatisfaction, and the loyalty of gray animals cannot be doubted. As long as they can fill their stomachs, there will be basically no major problems.

It doesn't matter if you can't make a fortune by relying on military salaries, Russian officers and soldiers are best at doing things themselves. Paris is so rich, even after the war, the oil and water are huge, you can just fish a little...

The Allied command forbade the Russian army to intervene. In addition to putting pressure on the French aristocracy, there was also no lack of fear that the Russian army would lose control after entering the city, turning Paris into a purgatory on earth.

If it really reaches that stage, let alone war reparations, no one knows when the situation in France will be stabilized.

Everything has two sides, and there are advantages and disadvantages. Although the Russian military is not easy to use, it is a great deterrent!

It is obvious to the French that a powerful time bomb is placed beside you, and Paris will be turned into ruins as long as you press the remote control lightly.

As for the consequences?

The big deal was that the war reparations could not be collected, and the Allied troops stationed in France suffered heavy losses. These can scare most of the anti-French alliance countries, but they can't scare the master planner behind the scenes - Franz the Great.

As long as the current few years of economic difficulties have passed, the war reparations will be dispensable to the Holy Roman Empire; let alone the losses of the Allied forces, it is not that their own army has no reason to feel distressed at all.

It has not been cut down now, because leaving the "Sword of Damocles" will do more good than harm to the Holy Roman Empire.

Not only can it use the Allies to restrict the development of the French; it can also use the interests of France to unite the anti-French alliance countries and consolidate the status of the Shinra Empire in the European Union; by the way, it also gives the Russians the confidence to go south to India.

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The presidential residence in Paris was transformed from the former French Prime Minister's residence. I don't know if it is cursed. Everyone who lives here must say goodbye to the comfortable days.

Of the seventeen consecutive French presidents, none of them could stay for a full month, and the worst one was directly guillotined.

The arrival of Danielle undoubtedly broke this record. It is now the 34th day of his stay, but the final outcome is still unknown.

Smoking a cigar that he didn't know where it came from, President Danielle looked at his closest cronies and asked, "Buck, what's the reaction of those aristocratic gentlemen now?"

"The nobles are stepping up their connections, and the top leaders of the Legitimists, Orleans, and Bonapartists have secretly held secret meetings. We don't have enough identities to learn the content of their conversations.

Judging from the current situation, they should not have reached an agreement, otherwise it will not be so quiet. "

The success of the Second Revolution has still not changed the situation in which the nobles control the army. Once the three royalist parties reach an agreement, Paris may change at any time.

Danielle nodded: "The people who notified us, don't irritate these nobles for the time being, as long as they don't move, we don't rush to move.

The most important thing now is to intensify the infiltration of the army. One day without control of the army, our revolutionary cause will not be stable one day.

And don't forget to collect the prisoners of war released by the Allies. Don't look at these people losing battles and taking prisoners, but that's not their responsibility either.

Once armed, they are still the most capable army in France. Now the regular army in the country used to be the second- and third-line troops, and they cannot be compared with these elites at all. "

People are good at learning, and with the lessons of the previous Paris revolutionary government, Danielle realized the importance of the army early on.

"Soldiers do not interfere in politics and must remain neutral in domestic political struggles." Danielle never believed such nonsense.

If it weren't for the control of the national army and a group of private troops in their hands, would the three major royalist parties have the status they have now?

Once the royalists reach an agreement, the originally neutral French military will immediately tear up its disguise and establish a new king to restore.

In the case of Napoleon III, the royalists only need to copy it once. It doesn't even need to be so troublesome now, the united royalists are far stronger than Napoleon III back then, and a coup d'état can do it in one step.

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