Chapter 149: , King Party Nemesis (1)

While Napoleon fought in Italy, the situation in Paris also changed dramatically. The first parliamentary election under the rule of the Thermites was over. As a result, with the turnout rate hitting the lowest ever (although this is not a few years in history), in Paris, the royal party suddenly won. More than half of the seats.
　　 The Reyue government immediately announced that because of various frauds in this election, which seriously damaged the fairness of the election, this election was invalid. The government will hold elections again in ten days.
　　 During these ten days, the Thermite people desperately propagated to the people at the bottom, how they would settle accounts with the people of Paris after the royal party came to power. It is hoped that relying on such threats, the ordinary people will come out and vote for them.
　　 After ten days of delay, Paris held the second election. As a result, the people of Paris still did not stand up. The percentage of votes was lower than last time. The royalists once again won a big victory. Most of the seats in Paris fell into their hands. The situation in other provinces is too late for statistics, but it is estimated that the situation in other provinces will not be better than Paris.
　　 If such an election is admitted, it will only be a matter of time before the Thermidians are liquidated. Therefore, the Thermidians of course did not hesitate to announce that this election was still invalid!
　　 So what kind of election is effective? Relying on the National Assembly, which they still control today, the Thermidians passed a bill that stipulated: "In the new parliament, the Thermidians must occupy a two-thirds majority."
　　 As soon as this resolution was announced, Paris was in an uproar. Needless to say, the royal party, even the remnants of the Brissot faction, which had previously been allied with the Thermites, also turned their faces openly with the Thermites.
　　The Royal Party even publicly threatened: "If you can't come to power by legal means, then use revolutionary means to come to power!" They began to prepare semi-publicly for a riot, and the Thermidians actually had almost no way to take this situation.
　　In order to eliminate Jacobin’s influence, the Thermites rectified the National Guard in Paris. Those who tended to be at the bottom were eliminated from the National Self-Defense Army and replaced with more "decent" candidates. The number of the National Self-Defense Force has also been greatly reduced. The Self-Defense Forces in the slums have simply been disbanded, and the government will no longer pay for the Self-Defense Forces. In this way, only the property owners can become the Self-Defense Force.
　　 This kind of measure naturally eliminated the danger of Jacobin's riots, but it also let Paris’s main armed forces, the National Guard, fall into the hands of people who are not so loyal to the revolution. Today, more than half of the National Self-Defense Forces have clearly leaned toward the Royal Party, and the remaining half have a basic attitude of supporting whoever is on the rostrum, and this support is not too firm. In the current situation, almost as long as the royal party launches a riot, the Thermolus will definitely be over.
　　 Some Thermites are already preparing to go into exile. Some of the positions that were originally vital, such as the commander of the Garrison of Paris, are no longer willing to be.
　　 In such an environment, this evening, a person quietly visited Ballas, an important figure of the Thermite Party, in the middle of the night.
　　 At this time, Ballas had already gone to bed, but because of the strong request of the visitor, he got up from the bed and went to meet the visitor.
　　 "Mr. Fouché, why did you come to me at this time?" When he saw this man, Ballas frowned. This is not because he hates this person, but just that this person has always brought him all kinds of very reliable bad news during this period of time.
　　 "Your Excellency," Foucher said with a smile, "You can still sleep, which is really admirable."
"what happened?"
"One of your servants took other people's money and betrayed you." Foucher said. "He sold your daily whereabouts and other arrangements to Viscount Thierry. Well, Thierry. Who is Mr. Viscount, you must be very clear?"
　　Balaston changed his face, he has arranged all kinds of things in exile, can it be said...
　　 "Who is it? What did he tell them?"
　　 Fouché slowly reached into his arms, touched for a long time, found an envelope, and handed him to Ballas.
　　 Ballas took the envelope, pulled out the letter paper, then put on his glasses with a slightly trembling hand, walked to the candlestick, and looked at it by the candlelight. Looking at it, the letter paper in his hand was constantly shaking...
　　 "It turned out to be him... this ungrateful viper... I was really blind..."
"Mr. Ballas, now is not the time to curse." Fouché said, "The rebellion is here, it's not time to wait... and arranging a new escape plan is not a good way... IMHO, now In this situation, there are not many reliable people around you. Don’t think that because I helped you catch a rape, you think you have only one rape. The situation is so clear that you are willing to fall back to save your wealth and life. There will be no fewer of them."
At this time, Ballas had regained his composure, and he nodded and said, "Thank you, Joseph. Since you came to me at this time, wouldn't you want to tell me that I am dead? What do you have? Method?"
"There is only one effective way to deal with armed rebellion, and that is to suppress it by force." Foucher said, "Isn’t the commander of the garrison in Paris now willing to be a member of the royal party? You can get this position legally. Mobilized troops to suppress the rebellion."
　　 "But most of the National Self-Defense Forces are on their side."
　　 "You are wrong, the National Guard is mostly on the side that they think is stronger." Foucher said, "What's more, near Paris, the National Guard is not the only military force."
　　 "You mean the army... but there are not too many troops near Paris, and the mobilization of the army will only cause the royal party to riot in advance."
　　 "There is no need for additional mobilization, there is already an army in Paris-the Red Army is in Paris." Foucher reminded.
　　"Red Army?" It took Ballas, who was not very familiar with the military, to remember that there was such a team in Paris with the official name of "Teaching Troops", but...
　　 "But, but the "Red Army" doesn't seem to have many people, right?"
During the Jacobin era, the size of the "Red Army" was once expanded to more than 1,000 people. However, as the Thermites came to power, the military budget was substantially reduced, and the size of the "Red Army" was again reduced to about 500. This is the result of Kano's hard work.
　　 "There are five hundred people in the Red Army, all of whom have experienced battles," Foucher said.
　　 "But there are more than 10,000 people over there!"
　　 "More than ten thousand mobs." Fouché said disdainfully, "In the past few years, the methods of war have changed dramatically, and the old-fashioned tactics have been useless. Facing the most advanced Red Army in the world,
　　 These mobs, no matter how large they are, they cannot withstand a single blow. What's more, you also know that most of the National Self-Defense Forces stand on their side because they feel that the Royal Party has been able to win. As long as we give them a head-on blow, most people who originally fell to the royal party will hesitate and hesitate, and those who are still neutral now will fall to us. "
　　 Fouché's words gave Ballas a great encouragement. He said: "If it can be like this, of course it is very good, but... the Red Army, will the Red Army listen to us?"
"You are the commander of the garrison in Paris. You make a request, and as long as the Ministry of War does not object... Besides, to be honest, the army has a bad impression of you. You'd better find a commander they believe they can trust." Ballas' pupils shrank suddenly: "Ah, Mr. Fouché, you have been working for Brother Bonaparte."
　　 "Yes, since you and your friends abandoned me. I have to support a large family, and the Bonaparte brothers need to keep abreast of the news of Paris." Foucher did not deny this. It's already time for a showdown, and it would be too petty to cover up.
　　 Ballas thought for a while and said, "Well, let’s talk about your conditions."
　　 Foucher said: "The era of the Great Revolution has passed, and we all know this. So you don't have to worry about us resurrecting Jacobin. We are just pursuing interests."
　　 "You mean arms?" Ballas reacted immediately.
　　 "Yes. Our arms companies must become the most important supplier of the military. We demand that the military representative system be restored, the quality of military products should be strictly reviewed, and the black-hearted businessmen who produce cutting corners for military products should be held accountable."
　　 "You should know how much interest is behind this. I am not the whole government. Even if I agree with this, if others disagree, this matter will be..."
　　 "Under the current situation, I believe you can convince them." Fouché replied with a smile.
　　 "Is this the only condition?" Ballas asked again.
　　 "Of course it doesn't stop." Foucher said, "Our people must occupy a relatively important position in the government to ensure that we have a voice after the incident subsides. We need a position of speaker and a position of public security minister."
　　 "The Speaker and the Minister of Public Security?" Ballas smiled sarcastically, "Your appetite is really big."
　　 "If we want less than this, can you still sleep?" Fouché was still polite.
　　 Ballas was silent, he fully understood what Fouché meant, and knew the threats implied in his words. They want so much, which shows that they really want to cooperate with him. If they have the power to lift the table, but only a little bit of cold leftovers, it can only show that they don't want any cooperation at all, they just want to get everything by lifting the table.
　　 "Okay..." Ballas said at last, "Mr. Foucher, it seems that you are going to be Minister of Public Security. Who is the remaining Speaker, is it Joseph Bonaparte?"
　　 "Joseph Bonaparte wants to be in charge of military production. He cannot hold this position. It is his brother Lucien," Foucher said.
　　 "Lucien? How is this possible? How old is he? And he didn't have much before..."
　　 "He will make merits in countering the rebellion. Besides, you were very young when you were on the political stage," Foucher replied.
　　 "Well, I also have a request." Ballas said, "You know, I have a lot of cash now, and I need a profitable investment opportunity..."
　　Neither party is verbose, they quickly reached an agreement, and Fouché quickly left.
　　 Early the next morning, Ballas went to visit some of his friends. He showed them something similar to what he saw last night that Fouché provided him, and then it was a threat and a temptation...
　　 Two days later, the government announced a new personnel transfer, and Paul Ballas became the commander of the garrison in Paris.
　　On this day, Joseph, accompanied by his brother Lucien, took the order issued by Kano and Ballas to the Red Army station. He announced to the commanders and fighters of the Red Army an order for them to participate in the counterinsurgency and gave them a speech.
　　 Throughout the speech, the commanders of the Red Army kept cheering to their old chief and creator.
　　 That night, all the Red Army put on the uniforms of the National Self-Defense Army and brought weapons to the National Assembly to set up positions.
Regarding the actions of the Thermidor government, the royal party did not pay too much attention to it. After all, they had already mobilized nearly 40,000 people at this time~EbookFREE.me~ and the National Self-Defense Army might be on the side of the government. There are more than 10,000 people at most. How to lose in such a battle?
　　 So they continued to prepare step by step, and then, towards the end of the year, they launched a rebellion. This is a few months later than the original history, but the momentum is not worse than the original history. Of course, the organization is as messy as their rebellion in Lunar in the original history.
In fact, the various ministries of the rebellion did not have a truly unified command, because these people were only drawn by the royal party with future high-ranking officials, and the royal party itself does not have many commanders who can truly be trusted and have prestige in the military. . Their leader is still hiding abroad, and the nobles in charge of the rebellion in Paris are not well versed in military affairs.
　　 In addition, the National Self-Defense Forces after being purged have not been properly trained. Their military quality is not much better than those who attacked the Bastille. So in fact, these people can't command at all. Fortunately, it is the National Self-Defense Army who is supporting the government on the opposite side. Everyone does not talk about the second brother, they are all the same.
　　 So tens of thousands of rebels rushed towards the National Assembly in a chaotic and unorganized manner. Along the way, they brandished their weapons, shot indiscriminately, and sang various songs in a mess. For example, "It will be okay" and the like, just changed the "nobles hung from the street lamp pole" to "Republicans are hung from the street lamp pole". Some people even sang the original lyrics without paying attention.
　　 Soon, the National Assembly building appeared in front of them.
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