Chapter 97: Under Great Pressure
Duport sighed, but did not refute Ruaud. They were united in their opposition to the Supreme Court.
However, the situation was stronger than the people.
He glanced outside the door and saw that the representative of the Supreme Court was in the room opposite. He shook his head and said, "But no one wants to be like Count Vesinier..."
Before he finished speaking, the pupils of several important members of the parliament shrank.
Just now, someone from the Supreme Court brought a message saying that in response to the strong demands of the people of Paris, His Majesty the King is considering retrialing all major cases handled by the Supreme Court in recent years.
There is institutional corruption inside the Supreme Court, which means that as long as you are a judge here, it is impossible not to be involved in corruption.
Their butts are as dirty as Vesinier!
And they can't stop the retrial-the public in Paris is excited now. As long as the people of the Supreme Court shout outside, they can immediately summon thousands of people to surround the court, just like what Vesinier encountered at the beginning.
After a long while, it was still Dibor who took the lead, raised his hand weakly, and said solemnly: "Register it."
As for his position, it was a little different from that of several other judges. That was that the people of the Supreme Court told him before that after the bill was passed, they would fully support him to become the president of the High Court.
Of course, this was also a hint from Joseph. The more you deal with such seemingly desperate opponents, the more you must insist on fighting one faction and pulling the other, and be careful not to let them fight to the death.
So for Dibor, although the power of the High Court will be greatly restricted in the future, his personal power can be compensated by the position of president, which is acceptable.
Judge Wadiye sighed and raised his right hand: "I agree. Let's end it early..."
Grete and Olar had no choice but to raise their hands.
In this way, the judges pinched their noses and passed the bill that gave the Royal Supreme Court the power to supervise the High Court.
As for the clause mentioned at the end of the bill to cancel the High Court's management of the news review agency, they didn't even pay much attention to it-the cow is dead, who would care about the few cow hairs on the ground?
The most surprising thing is that this very important bill did not stir up any waves in the aristocratic circle.
From the perspective of the aristocrats, the High Court is still the High Court, and the Council of Nobles is still the Council of Nobles. It seems that nothing has changed.
Oh, there is an additional royal supreme court? Isn't that the former royal tribunal of all powers, which has existed for hundreds of years...
In contrast to the indifferent reaction of the aristocrats, ordinary people in Paris seemed extremely excited. The resentment that everyone had accumulated for many years against the High Court was vented on Vesinier.
For several consecutive days, people could be heard shouting on the streets from time to time: "Long live the king, long live the tribunal of all powers!"
"Hurry up and execute the shameless judge!"
Especially those victims of Vesinier, they spread the king's kindness and wisdom everywhere, and sent down the tribunal of all powers to punish the villains.
Soon, under the leadership of the Paris Business Daily, articles such as "The Glorious Victory of His Majesty the Great King" and "The Just Judgment of His Majesty the King" began to appear in newspapers in Paris.
For the first time, there was some change in the negative public opinion of the royal family.
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Palace of Versailles.
Joseph was not surprised when he learned that the bill on the Supreme Court was passed.
With the current situation, the High Court has no choice but to accept the bill.
However, without the constraints of the High Court in the future, he felt much more relaxed and could finally show his talents and do more important things.
When he mentioned important things, he immediately thought of the coming famine, and he couldn't help but feel a headache again.
There are more than 20 million people in France, and the food gap is calculated as 30%, which is also a very terrifying number. And he remembered that the food shortage would continue until the beginning of 1790.
Joseph looked at the snowflakes falling outside the tall arched French windows. It was now the end of the snow month, which was mid-January in the Gregorian calendar.
There were still 6 and a half months before the large-scale famine broke out in July. Where could he get so much food...
He had some ideas before, but the closer the problem was to the outbreak, the more he felt that it was far from enough.
For example, if they want to buy from abroad, they will need a large amount of funds. With the current financial situation in France, there is no spare money to buy so much food.
Moreover, to reserve so much food, they need grain storage institutions, and they must prevent food snatching in the most difficult times.
From the situation of the grain market that he has learned recently, buying from foreign countries alone is not enough to fill the gap in France.
This is still under the premise that the grain market is always stable. If there are unscrupulous merchants who take advantage of the opportunity to profit from it, the gap will be even bigger.
As for preventing hail in advance... Historical records show that this year's hail is as big as an adult's fist. Unless the dealers are wearing steel armor, it is impossible to prevent it.
Joseph thought of the financial situation in France from the funds for buying grain.
Before he took over the financial affairs, he didn't feel it so obvious, but now the more than 2 billion is like a mountain pressing on his chest, and it makes him breathless when he thinks about it.
The Paris Angels that he has worked hard for a long time are now all sold in a package, and are worth at most 10 million livres. In other words, he has to make 200 Paris Angels to plug this big hole!
He couldn't help but take a deep breath to make his chest feel better.
So if we want to solve the debt problem, we have to rely on the industrial revolution.
On the one hand, the massive industrial products produced by the Industrial Revolution can obtain huge economic benefits and directly fill the fiscal gap.
On the other hand, the Industrial Revolution can also promote a substantial improvement in national strength, thereby obtaining greater benefits in wars and overseas colonies, and then feeding back to industry to form a positive cycle.
In fact, Britain also had a serious debt crisis in the early 19th century, and the situation was not better than that of France today, but they relied on the dividends of the Industrial Revolution and successfully solved the dilemma despite the huge debt.
Joseph picked up the warm teacup and took a sip. If you want to engage in industry, you must first gain control of the country's industrial policy.
He couldn't help shaking his head. France doesn't even have a Ministry of Industry at the moment, and the Minister of the Interior is in charge of industry. With Monod's appearance, it would be a miracle if he could do a good job in the Industrial Revolution.
But fortunately, he has recently caught a few more cards, and he can find Monod to make some adjustments and let him give up the industrial sector.
At night.
At the ball that is always indispensable in the Palace of Versailles.
Joseph gritted his teeth and dodged among a large group of beautiful women, finally squeezed to Mono's side, and hurriedly pulled him.
The young girls thought that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince was going to invite a girl to dance, but now they saw him tightly grasping the arm of the Minister of the Interior, and a strange look appeared on their faces...
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