Chapter 116: , Harvest years and famine

Fouché’s method is actually kidnapping and extortion, but unlike ordinary kidnapping, he does not ask the kidnapped to come up with a ransom, but only asks them to "expose the person who hides the money of the traitor." . And he told everyone that if he can "provide clues" within the first fifty, then he can not only prove that he is a "loyal supporter of the Republic" and leave the prison for granted, but also can find it from Fouché Part of the reward for the traitor’s money.
  This is obviously instigating separation in a stark manner, but at this time, the prisoners in prison are really in a "prisoner's dilemma". They certainly understand what Fouché is making, but they worry that if someone robs them in front of them and sells themselves, they will suffer in vain. You know, what is left behind is not only money, but also the head!
  In any case, your own head is always more important than the heads of others. So although everyone knows Fouché's sinister intentions, everyone still scrambles to "expose" other people. So Fouché quickly dispatched personnel to
confiscate
the wealth in accordance with these
reports
. With the cooperation of those "aristocratic traitors", he was surprisingly efficient in confiscating assets. In this way, within a few days, Fouché had collected more wealth than Robespierre had imagined. Then Fouché chopped off the heads of hundreds of "confirmed traitors" and confiscated their property. At the same time, a commendation order was posted in Marseilles to commend those "citizens of the Republic" who were loyal to the Republic in this "conspiracy of nobles" and made great contributions to crushing the conspiracy of nobles.
Immediately afterwards, these "citizens of the republic" showed extraordinary revolutionary consciousness. They all stated that it is a shameful thing to have too much money when the country is in crisis, so they are willing to The Republic donated their wealth and since then embarked on a glorious life of self-reliance.
  The falling blade of the guillotine is of course frightening, but Fouché has always believed that a high-hanging blade is far more convincing than a falling blade.
  Here, Fouché’s mission has been quite successful. Now that new municipal institutions have been established that exclude nobles and "decent people", Fouché seems to be returning to Paris. Moreover, Fouché's friends, Ebel and Chaumet, need him to go back now. Because the situation in Paris seems a bit wrong.
  The
National Salvation Committee
passed a resolution to open ports and trade with neutral countries. A large part of these trades are conducted by barter trade. The most important goods in barter trade is food. But the consequences of the continuous export of a large amount of grain soon became apparent. In some places, the rebellion that had subsided was resurrected. Although the food in Paris is still strictly limited and the supply is guaranteed, everyone has also found that the flour provided by them has changed significantly from the previous one.
  Europeans in this era usually use authentic "whole wheat flour" for bread. That is, the whole wheat, including bran, including germ, is stuffed into a stone mill to grind the flour with bran and germ.
  In later generations, whole wheat flour is a rare healthy food, and the whole wheat bread in modern bakeries seems to taste good. But the whole wheat bread of that era had absolutely no such taste. Of course, in that era, having flour and being able to make bread and eat it was already a blessing for many unsuited men.
  However, even such happiness can hardly be maintained. The trousers are gradually discovering that the flour they buy now is heavier and smaller, and the bread they make is becoming less delicious and less hungry.
These breads often have a weird slickness when you bite into them, or some rough things will scratch your teeth-this is also normal. In this era, stone mills are used, and the ground flour will always be mixed with some crumbs. Sand or something, the trousers are already used to it.
  But today's flour is really wrong. There have been obvious changes from the taste to the weight to the filling degree. The only thing that has not changed is the price.
  A rumor spread quietly in the bottom layer. The rumor said that the reason why the flour has changed like this is because someone has mixed many other things in the flour, such as chalk, talcum powder, and sawdust.
  To be honest, mixing these things in flour is also normal in this era. It can even be said that most of the pantsless guys have never eaten flour without these things in their lives. But now, even they feel that the flour is not right. It can be seen that it is no longer common to mix these things into flour, but to mix flour into these messy things.
  Such behavior will of course arouse opposition from the trousers. They follow their usual habit and prepare to hang the flour-buying boss on the street lamp. In the past, they had never been seriously prevented from doing so, but this time, the person who tried to hang up the owner of the flour was quickly arrested, and then sent to the "revolutionary court", and since then , Never worry about eating enough.
  This, of course, caused widespread dissatisfaction among the trousers, and the secret joy of their spokesperson, Ebel, the head of the Paris Commune, and others. In the eyes of Ebel and the others, a chance for them who "can truly represent the real people" to master the destiny of France is now.
  Fouche, who just made great contributions to the Republic, is also an influential figure in the Ebel series. If the Eberites want to do something, the resourceful and capable Fouchie will definitely be of great help.
  However, Fouché was so exhausted from the high-intensity work some time ago that he suddenly became ill and had to stay in Marseilles to recover.
  Fuchie certainly did not get sick because of too much hard work. Fouché's physique is quite strange. When he holds power and is constantly busy, his body is always very healthy. On the contrary, if he was allowed to rest without doing anything, then he would really be sick. In the original history, Fouché never suffered from serious illness during the busiest times. However, after he was forced to surrender all his power in 1816 because of the "King Killers Act" and exiled abroad, he was quickly overcome by the disease.
  Holding power and using power are the best health care methods for Fouché.
  Fouchet was "ill" because he felt that the situation in Paris was not as optimistic as Ebel had imagined.
  Now, it is completely different from when it was in 1789, and even a few months ago. When the Brissots came to power, there were a large number of people who opposed them in the National Assembly. These people held their hands and feet and prevented them from passing any resolutions against the Paris Commune, even to protect themselves, as long as possible. If the power of the Paris Commune is reduced, it will be difficult to pass the National Assembly. For example, just before the Paris Commune besieged the National Assembly and forced them to pass a resolution to hand over more than 20 Brissot members to the Paris Commune, some Brissot members proposed to establish a protection parliament. Guard. But this bill was rejected in the parliament without even risking a single blow.
  But now, in the "National Salvation Committee", although it cannot be said that there are no factions, the degree of unity between them is far greater than that of the previous National Assembly. And they directly control the French army, and they are much more united and stronger than the previous National Assembly.
  In addition, the power of the Paris Commune itself is far less than before. The guillotine that goes day and night, and the horror it symbolizes, also makes many people tired. Those who are truly energetic, brave and fearless have all joined the previous round of conscription. Many veterans of the National Self-Defense Army have gone to the front as "volunteers". Not only did they go by themselves, but also Take away a lot of cannons. So now the real military power in the hands of the Paris Commune has been reduced~EbookFREE.me~Ebel has added some people to the National Self-Defense Army, but most of these people have no revolutionary ideas at all, and their physical fitness is not good enough. Training is also not good. If it is placed in the past, such people will not be able to enter the National Self-Defense Army.
  This series of changes made Fouché feel that if they continue to stand on Ebel's side, there may not be any good results. But if he returned to Paris at this time, he would have made a choice between Ebel and the "National Salvation Committee," and clearly stood on Ebel's side.
However, the Paris Commune was not entirely without the opportunity, and the "National Salvation Committee" did not issue him an order not to allow him to return to Paris (such an order, in a sense, is equivalent to letting Fouché publicly express his position. . In a sense, this is also giving Fouché a chance to stand in line. But now, without such instructions, naturally there is no such opportunity. This makes Fouché doubt that Robespierre wants Put him and Ebel in a pot and stew them at once).
  So pretending to be sick became Fouché's choice at this time.
  Of course, it is impossible to pretend to be sick for too long, but for Fouché, this period of time is enough for him to see clearly which side he should stand on, which is enough. If Ebel and they will win, then he is still an important figure in the Ebel faction. If the National Salvation Committee wins, then Robespierre will probably not let him go, but...maybe through Napoleon, he can catch Kano's line, that would be a good choice.