Chapter 114: , Joseph Reused

  December 19th, it should be Frost Moon and Olive Day, Napoleon met an old acquaintance of his in Marseilles-Commissioner Joseph Fouché. Fouché was ordered to come to Marseilles to replace Kudong, investigate the previous counter-revolutionary behavior in the South, and be responsible for the collection of various materials.
  Cudon was full of ambition when he came. He thought that a trip to the south would be able to build merits like Saint Just. Who knows, those guys in the south are so casual, his movements are a little slower, and he missed the victory in the battle.
   Then he suppressed the counter-revolutionaries. He thought he was doing a good job, but he didn't expect that Paris was also very dissatisfied with the results of his suppression of counter-revolutionaries. It is said that Robespierre complained privately:
"Cudong knows about killing, yes, he killed a lot of counter-revolutionaries, but if we are just to kill those guys, who should be sent is not the same? Why should he be sent? He has gone, not just to kill. Yes! He must organize production and collect wealth. But you look at this guy, he chopped off two thousand heads in one go, but you see that he didn’t receive more! The number of heads he chopped off , Compared with the amount of wealth he confiscated, and even the average level of special commissioners has not reached, this is really... he is completely wasting heads..."
  For this, the National Salvation Committee held a special meeting for discussion. Except for Kano, everyone thought that Kudong was not doing well. As for Kano, he has inherited the habit from this period of time. He does not make a direct evaluation of Cudon’s performance, but when he says: "I want money, I want a lot of money, I want a lot of money!" , This statement is more severe than others' accusations of Kudong's ineffectiveness.
  So everyone decided that Kudong must come back immediately and go to the south for someone who can make money. Today, among the Jacobin gang, there are two people who are recognized as making money, one is Dandong, and the other is Fouché.
   Selfishly speaking, Robespierre did not like Fouché even more-after all, Fouché had betrayed him. But when making a choice between these two, Robespierre did not hesitate to choose Fouché. There are two main reasons. One can be said in private; the other can only be thought in the heart, not said.
The reason    can say in private is this: Dandong is really good at making money, but he is also good at getting money back to his home. If he is asked to do this, I believe he can hand in more wealth and materials than Kudong can hand in. However, he will definitely retain a considerable portion to fill his own pockets. This is a serious damage to the reputation of the revolutionary government.
The reason I can only think in my heart is: Dandong’s status and appeal are much higher than Fouché, and finally he has been taken out of the inner circle. Now let him be in charge of this matter. This guy made a comeback and came back.
  As for Fouché, although this guy is also very powerful and dangerous, but after all, it is low and the impact is limited. Even if the credit is given, Robespierre still feels that he can still hold him down.
  Others, their thoughts on this issue are probably not much different from Robespierre. In addition, Fouché’s recent performance is indeed very good. Whether in Le Mans, the Vendée region, or the Lyon region, Fouché has not taken the most heads-of course not a lot. Fouché is a A very careful person, he carefully controls the number of murders he kills, not too many and not too few.
  But in terms of making money, Fouché's performance is very outstanding. Among all the special commissioners, Fouché is the most if it is to get the money to be turned over to the treasury. And there are many Fouchés, not just like the guys who were sent to Belgium before, offending all the Belgians, but on the premise of maintaining the stability of the local society. This is definitely not easy.
  If you want to count how much money Fouché can get for the revolutionary government for every head cut off, then Fouché’s efficiency is even more terrifying, because this ratio is even almost double that of Kudong.
  Nowadays, the entire government is exceptionally short of money. When it is short of things, people like Fouché are almost a living treasure. So everyone agreed that Fouché should replace Couton. Even Kano, who had always looked down on him, asked "Will this guy make money" and expressed support for his appointment.
  Fuché is indeed a man who is willing to work hard. After taking office, he greeted his old acquaintance Napoleon and plunged into his office, where he stayed for three full days. In these three days, except for eating and going to the bathroom, he never left the office.
  For these three days, Fouché has stayed in his office to study the files left by Cudon. When he was hungry, someone sent him some bread and a bottle of milk from outside; when he was sleepy, he asked someone outside to prepare him espresso or cold face wash; when the light was dark, let the outsiders Bring him candles. For three whole days, Fouché did not go to bed for even half an hour. In this way, with amazing energy, he carefully read, studied, classified and commented the files left by Kudong.
After doing all this, Fouché said to his guards: "I'm going to sleep. During this period, you must take good care of this room and not let anyone approach it. Remember, not to enter, but to approach. ."
  Fouchet's voice is not loud, and his voice is full of fatigue. Also, anyone, even if he is Fouché, must be very tired after such high-intensity work. However, the guards wouldn't be a little bit relaxed about this because Fouché's voice was not loud-if something went wrong, it would be fatal!
  Fuchie returned to his room, fell on the bed, and fell asleep immediately. After three days of work, he has a general understanding of the current situation.
  Fu Xie slept in bed for four hours, and then got up happily. Then he ate the bread for three people in one go, and came to find Napoleon and told him that he was going to Toulon to see it on the spot, so he needed to send some soldiers to cooperate with him.
  Napoleon gave him a company and asked him to contact Davout who was stationed in Toulon after he arrived in Toulon.
   "If you need any support, you can directly ask Davout. Well, that guy was the one who defeated the rebels with cannon in Le Mans last time. You know." Napoleon said to Foucher.
  "General Bonaparte, thank you for your help. Last time in Le Mans, we had a very happy cooperation. I hope this time, we can also contribute to the Republic."
  Fauchet finished speaking, turned on his horse, waved to Napoleon, and left.
  Napoleon knew what Fouché was going to do in Toulon. Couton chopped off two thousand heads in Toulon, but he chopped so fast that before he could figure out where the nobles' money was hidden, he chopped off their heads.
  Cudon probably thought that as long as a good search in the homes of those nobles, at most in the manor in the countryside, they would be able to find out the golden louis and silver livres they had hidden. However, it is already this era, even the native nobles from other provinces know that these things are stored in the bank for interest. It’s really not too easy to hide the deposit slips of the bank
  Now Fouché is going to Toulon, trying to see if he can recover a little, and trying to dig out some confiscated deposits from the bank. But Napoleon felt that this kind of thing was difficult to think about, and he didn't think Fouché could achieve much success in this matter.
  Fouchet spent a little more than two days in Toulon before returning to Marseille. Once back in Marseille, he found Napoleon.
  "General Bonaparte, I got some clues in Toulon. These clues indicate that in Marseille. Some people were involved, or at least they were watching the rebellion in Toulon."
   "Wait and see?" Napoleon said.
"Just knowing and not raising." Fouché's face showed a cold smile again, "Knowing not raising is a collusion, that is, joining a traitor. In this struggle, anyone will either stand on our side or, Standing on the side of our enemy, no one has any room for neutrality in UU reading www.uukanshu.com."
  Napoleon roughly followed Fouché's ideas. Fouché went to Toulon not to dig out the deposit certificates of the nobles who had lost their heads from the bank. He was to connect the Toulon rebellion with the nobles and wealthy people in Marseille. As long as he can do this successfully, he is still worried about not getting money?
But Napoleon felt that he had better not intervene in these things, so he smiled and said: "These guys hide well, I have nothing to do with them. I hope you can succeed. If there is any need, you can just order Up."
  "If there is anything that needs your help, I will definitely ask you for help." Fouché also answered politely.
  Fouchet launched a large-scale raid on the second day after returning from Toulon. More than a thousand people were caught in one go, and the prison of Marseille was almost full.
  But Fouché did not hand all these people over to the "revolutionary court", nor did he even say that they were criminals. Even when arresting people, he said "assist in investigations."
Fouché showed some people enough evidence to guillotine some people, and then said that he was tracking down the money hidden by the rebels in Toulon. He knew that some money was hidden by some nobles or "decent people in Marseilles." "There. Fouché also stated that if they can contribute to the Republic in this matter, then he is a generous person and has a bad memory. He will probably forget some of the things they have done.