Chapter 135 Go Ahead, Pika, Mr. Mara! (Please

Chapter 135 Go, Pica... Uh, Mr. Marat! (Ask for double monthly votes)

Joseph then thought of the group of bankers who invested a large amount of French funds in Britain, and he couldn't help but hate them. If the black materials of these guys can be found out, it will not only be a great pleasure, but also effectively rectify the financial industry.

But Joseph was immediately discouraged. There are still too many targets in the banking industry, and these people are not government officials. If the Fair Investigation Office investigates them, Marat, the "Friend of the People", will probably have opinions.

It would be great if there could be a representative of the banking industry who is also an official...

Thinking of this, he suddenly brightened up. There really is such a person!

Although he is not an official now, he has been the Minister of Finance for a long time before, and he is closely connected with the banking industry. Oh, to be precise, he himself is a banker.

And the period when Necker was in charge of the French finances was the beginning of France's journey of relying on high-interest loans to maintain its finances. The finance minister after him wanted to get rid of this vicious cycle of borrowing new debts to repay old debts, but he had to continue borrowing because of the high interest pressure.

Joseph's eyes flashed cold. Judging from Necker's various operations, it would be a miracle if he had no problems.

Let the Fair Investigation Office investigate this guy now. On the one hand, it can divert Marat's attention. On the other hand, if something is really found, a large number of unscrupulous banking tycoons may be involved later.

The next morning, Joseph asked Emand to go to the office of the finance minister and retrieve all the financial files when Necker was the treasury director (he was Swiss and could not directly use the title of finance minister, but his powers were not reduced at all), which filled four carts.

Joseph ordered Csaud to send his personal guards to escort these files to the office of the Fair Investigation Office.

Sure enough, without Joseph's words, Marat came by himself at noon the next day.

Joseph still used the old method on him.

First, he bitterly accused Necker of maliciously increasing fiscal expenditures by colluding with banking giants, and then borrowing a large amount of money from banks and passing high interest to banks. Then, he described the serious harm caused by the national financial crisis to the French people.

Finally, he pointed out the development direction for the "piranha" - go ahead, tear Necker apart for the French people!

But this time Marat seemed very hesitant: "Your Highness, please forgive me for being frank, Mr. Necker has a very good reputation. When he was in charge of the national finances, the income and expenditure were almost balanced. You are not deliberately discrediting him because he once made public the extravagance of the royal family."

Joseph smiled. Necker was indeed very good at packaging himself - when the three-level meeting was held in history, the three levels were full of goodwill towards him, and even Louis XVI regarded him as a savior.

But as a person who is familiar with history, Joseph is quite clear about what this guy has done.

"Mr. Marat, villains will not write the word "bad guy" on their faces. The Impartial Investigation Office is to find out the real shady things through the superficial disguise."

Joseph leaned forward and whispered: "Do you know where the first loan for the government came from after Necker became the treasury director?"

Mara obviously looked through the financial files roughly, opened the notebook and glanced at it: "It's a Swiss bank..."

"That's right." Joseph nodded, "Then do you know that this bank was jointly opened by Necker and his friends?"

Mara was startled, and then shook his head.

Joseph said coldly: "In other words, the first thing Mr. Necker did after taking office was to bring a big business to his own bank, and the interest rate was quite high.

"There are more things you don't know.

"For example, when Mr. Necker was young, he cooperated with his British banking friends and mobilized a large amount of funds to resell grain between Britain and France, causing the price of grain to soar at that time.

"For example, in order to become the chief treasury manager, Mr. Necker took out hundreds of thousands of livres, plus his own bank's shares, to bribe many senior officials..."

Mara could no longer hold back, and stood up and said: "Your Highness, I will find out everything, but it may only prove that you are biased against Mr. Necker."

Joseph smiled and nodded: "I look forward to you bringing more justice to the French people."

Mara bowed and was about to leave, and Joseph said again: "Oh, by the way, Mr. Mara, you just said that the fiscal revenue and expenditure during the Necker period tended to stabilize?"

"Yes, Your Highness, this is a fact."

"The fact is that the so-called balance of revenue and expenditure is based on excess loans. The interest on the loan is not obvious in a short period of time, so the revenue and expenditure situation seems to be good, but the interest will roll more and more, and the harm will not appear until more than ten years later. In other words, a large part of the current fiscal deficit comes from the loans he took out at that time. "

"Thank you for your reminder, Your Highness." Marat saluted again and turned away with some excitement.

Diverting Marat's attention from the French Guard, Joseph summoned Baron Breteuil again and hinted that he could be more relaxed in reviewing the officers of the French Guard.

Breteuil was originally helped to become the Minister of Justice by the Crown Prince and Archbishop Briand. Since reviewing officers was not good for him and was easy to make people hate him, he immediately agreed.

...

In the French Guard barracks, the number of letters reporting officers suddenly decreased, and the speed of the gendarmerie's review immediately increased a lot.

After the Marquis de Saint-Priest received the news, he was quite surprised that Berthier really had such great energy, so he simplified all the procedures, signed the letter of appointment almost immediately, and promoted Berthier to lieutenant colonel. and was appointed commander of the 3rd Infantry Regiment of the French Guards.

However, just after noon, Berthier came to him and said that he had encountered a small problem.

"So, what does your best friend want?" Saint Priest asked with a frown.

"Ah, that's it. He has a younger brother who just graduated from the military academy and is currently just an ordinary second lieutenant." Berthier repeated the crown prince's request, "He hopes that his younger brother can serve as a battalion commander in the French Guard."

The Marquis of St. Priest let out a long sigh. He had already given away his cows, so how could he still be reluctant to part with a rein?

He immediately nodded and said: "Just do as he said. You ask him to go as soon as possible..."

"He studied cavalry command, so he hopes to be in a cavalry battalion."

"Okay, okay! Whether it's the cavalry or whatever, let's do it." St. Priest rubbed his forehead vigorously. He was already numb at this time and just hoped that this nightmare would end soon.

Berthier acted quickly. After being promoted to regimental commander, he immediately came to the French Guards camp with Dubois and Quesaud's cousin Odolic and began to select his troops.

Thanks to Mr. Mu Nanhua for his generous reward for this book! The young author is grateful!