Chapter 86: , Voting (on)

Of course, the Brissots would not sit still. They first proposed such a plan, that is to expel all the Bourbons from France.
This plan is not so much aimed at Louis XVI as it is aimed at the Duke of Orleans and his son, the Duke of Chartres, who had changed his name to Philip Equal at this time. They were still from Robespierre's side at this time. In the eyes of the Brisseauites, Robespierre will definitely defend them, and then they can put the "royal party" and "attempt to subvert the republic" on Robespierre.
But now is different. The Duke of Orleans' status in the Jacobin club has dropped significantly. Although the Duke of Orleans changed his name. But today's big guys in the club, in fact, all know that what the Duke of Orleans never wanted was a republic, but the Orleans dynasty. Although they are standing together now, they are not fellow travelers. So spending too much political resources to protect them, Robespierre would not do that.
The Duke of Orleans himself knew that his status had declined. In order to increase his weight, he asked his son, the Duke of Chartres (the only king of the original "Orleans", Louis Philip I) to take a team with him. The volunteer army, armed with money, joined the army of Di Mourier. The Duke of Schalt's performance in the army is also good, and his name can always be seen in the good news sent back by Di Maurier. (Of course, there are also jealous people who say that it is because Di Mourier took his money)
Duke of Orleans, no, he should be called "Philip Equality" now. Philip Equality must not be exiled again now. Because of the last exile, the loss to him was too great. Now, since Robespierre and the others are unwilling to speak for themselves, then Philip Equality must feed themselves bags of salt. He took the lead and proposed that the king should be judged, no, there are no kings anymore, and now it is the trial of Louis Bourbon’s treason. Because if this method were to be used to deal with this matter, Louis XVI would certainly lose his head, but he would certainly not be expelled.
The Brissotites are very clear, because the evidence is solid, it is almost impossible for the king to be found not guilty as long as he goes to the trial seat. Once convicted, there is only one punishment for treason, and that is to go to the guillotine.
The Brissotites did not pay much attention to whether or not to cut off the head of Louis XVI, but they knew that doing so would lead to more intense struggles in the future: the European kingdoms might unite Siege on France; in France, there is no room for compromise between conservatives and the Republic. Once the struggle becomes fierce, all so-called "moderates" and "centrists" will be abandoned. Therefore, for the Brissots, sending the king to the guillotine is tantamount to sending the radical mountain faction or the conservative royal party to the throne of power.
Since the Duke of Orleans can't contain the mountain guys, the Brissots can only use the entire European to intervene, which may lead to a long war to avoid the king's trial.
But as soon as this reason was put forward, it was mocked by Robespierre. Wasn’t it the Brissots who kept going to wage war? They love peace now? What's more, the previous wars have shown that the armies of the feudal lords in Europe are nothing terrible. If they dare to interfere in France, then France will export the revolution and let them all die! By the way, this was what Brissault said himself!
In short, it was Robespierre who slapped Brisseau in the face with the words Brisseau said. Of course, this is not the most terrible thing. In a hundred terms, the strongest part of a politician's body is the face. This part is beaten, but there is no big impact.
But what is terrible is that this incident caused a disturbance on the Paris Commune.
Since Bayi left the city hall, the Paris Commune fell into the hands of the Republicans, and after the August 10 uprising, the Montagneites had an overwhelming advantage in the Paris Commune. In the September massacre, the people in the commune were more or less involved in the atrocities, and some were even directly the initiators and organizers of these violent incidents.
After the victory on the front line, the constitutional monarchy was completely finished, and the Brissots were ready to clean up their former allies, the radical mountain factions. One of the breakthroughs they chose was the Paris Commune. Because many people in the commune were able to find problems during the September massacre.
However, with the disclosure of the safe box incident, the situation was completely reversed. The citizens of Paris had originally thought that they or others were too radical in the September massacre. However, once these documents were disclosed, their The attitude immediately became: "If I hadn't acted decisively, the Republic would be gone!"
In this mood, the Brissots were immediately regarded as royalists who defended the king and tried to subvert the Republic. If the king cannot be tried, then the Paris Commune is likely to bring the citizens and the National Guards to revolt again.
Under such circumstances, the National Assembly had to decide to put the king on trial.
On December 11, Louis XVI appeared in court for the first time. He denied all the charges against him by the court.
And Louis XVI’s defense lawyer Decherche questioned the power of the National Assembly:
According to the Constitution, the National Assembly does not have the right to judge the king, because the Constitution stipulates that the king’s person is not infringed. If we must treat the king A trial will cause a problem. This problem is the legality of the trial. The law is the basis on which we must respect and rely on. If we can violate the law for this reason today, then we will be because of that tomorrow. If the reason goes against the law, then the law will become a dead letter, and then we, including you and me, will not be able to protect the legitimate rights and interests of each of us..."
This statement did speak to the aspirations of some people, and they responded with warm applause to him.
After the applause stopped slowly, a young man walked out. He said to the host: "I have something to say, can I talk to you?"
"Citizen, your name?" the host asked.
"Representative of Aisne, Louis Antoine Leon Frole de Saint-Just." The young man replied with his handsome face raised.
"Okay!" said the host, "Citizen of Saint-Just, please come to the podium..."
Saint Just stepped onto the podium, looked around the scene, and then said:
"The gentleman just gave a wonderful speech on legal issues. But I think he might have mistaken the essence of this matter. Indeed, as far as the law is concerned, the king cannot be judged. But what we are going to do now , Is not a legal case, but a political event. Louis Bourbon is not a defendant, but an enemy. He can only adapt to one law, the law of nations, in other words, the law of war. Louis once fought with the people, he Conquered. He is a barbarian captured by us, he is a foreign prisoner who has been defeated! You already know his unfaithful plan, and you have seen his army! He is the Bastille, Nancy, Maschang , Tuine, Tuileries and other places. What enemies and foreigners do you more harm?
Indeed, in law, the king is inviolable, and the law is so important, he is the guarantee of the rights of each of us, therefore, it can not be broken. But, gentlemen, don’t forget that in law, there is another more inviolable and supreme object than the king, and that is the people of France! What was he doing when Louis colluded with foreigners, and when he conspired with our enemies in plans of appalling betrayals and massacres? He is invading the more supreme and more inviolable object-the people of France. From the moment Louis Bourbon committed the crime against the French people, he was no longer the king, but the enemy, the enemy of France as a whole..."
Saint Just walked down from the podium to the applause of the mountain senators~EbookFREE.me~ and sat back in his original position, beside Robespierre.
"Louis, your speech is very good." Robespierre said, "and it gave me a lot of inspiration."
"Yes, it's so good!" Dan Dong also praised from the side, "It's unimaginable. This is your first public speech."
"But my speech didn't change their attitude." Saint Just glanced to the right, and said.
"They? They can't defend the king, because the people are not on their side." Robespierre said with certainty.
In the next few days, the National Assembly began several rounds of debates on how to deal with the king. Robespierre made a famous speech in the debate "Louis should die, because the motherland must be born". His speech was immediately printed and widely disseminated by the Paris Commune. More and more people came to the National Assembly spontaneously. Whenever a member of parliament who supported sending the king to the guillotine passed by, the people cheered at him; and when a member of parliament who advocated tolerance and forgiveness of the king passed by, everyone booed at him together. Throw all kinds of garbage at him.
As time passed day by day, it was finally the day when everyone wanted to vote.
"Joseph, how do you plan to vote?" asked the Brisso faction member, the famous philosopher Condorcet, who was sitting next to him in the carriage, and also belonged to the Brisso faction member Joseph Fouché.
"Of course it supports forgiveness." Fouché replied without hesitation. His eyes turned, and through the car window, he saw that on the road leading to the National Assembly, a group of citizens had already compared a guillotine one to one. The model was erected...