King's Landing in France

Chapter 104 Gentlemen of Paris
An Ning: "Oh, I think it's not very good for the army to always sing military songs praising the king. After all, we are the National Guard, not the king's army. So we made a military song temporarily."

The military song in Anning Nong is a copy of "Three Disciplines and Eight Points of Attention" by later generations. A wave of publicity, there is no more suitable military song than this.

The only problem is that the tune of this song is the tune of Yuan Shikai's military song "The Song of the Marshal's Training", which is said to be the German military song "Kaiser Wilhelm's Training Song".

There is always a taste of black humor in using German military songs on the land of France.

Dandong listened quietly for a while, then suddenly smiled: "It's really good. Although the melody is a simple melody with no skill, it's very catchy and easy to remember!"

An Ning smiled and said, "That's right, I made the whole army know this song in just one afternoon."

"The content of the song is also good, emphasizing the importance of discipline and the source of the justice of the national army! You are a genius, to come up with such a good thing."

——Actually, it’s mainly the Marseillaise, I can’t figure it out, I can only hum the chorus, and I don’t know what the lyrics are, otherwise I’ll give you the whole Marseillaise, believe it or not?
Danton: "By the way, what's the name of this song?"

For a moment, An Ning wanted to steal the name of the song directly, saying it was called "The Song of the Marshal's Training", but he restrained this urge, and replied, "It's called the National Guard Discipline Song."

Danton: "That's good, very good! You are such a talented guy, you are enviable. I really think you should not go to guard the tower, you should be in Paris, the National Assembly needs you!"

An Ning smiled awkwardly but politely, I'm running away because the National Assembly needs me so much.

Dandong sighed, and said, "However, the next decree to be announced by the parliament will definitely cause waves across the country. A conservative area like Konta really needs a fierce general like you to guard it."

An Ning raised her eyebrows and said, "No way, this is going to pass the priesthood law?"

The Clergy Law in the Legislative Revolution is a very radical law that requires all priests in France to swear allegiance to the country. More importantly, this law stipulates that the right to appoint priests belongs entirely to the National Assembly and completely cut off ties with the Pope of Rome.

Clergy who refused to accept the canon law were considered traitors and were captured and executed.

This bill directly caused the division of France, and conservative people were directly pushed to the opposite side of the parliament.

In addition, after the revolution, the revolutionary upstarts rose too fast, and a large number of contradictions accumulated in the process. All these contradictions broke out under the intensification of this decree.

A large number of conservative areas rose up against the emerging National Assembly, and the French Civil War broke out completely.

For a moment, An Ning wanted to use her reputation to prevent the passage of the Clergy Law and make the entire legal reform less radical.

This might have prevented a civil war from erupting.

But he immediately gave up on this idea-then history would be completely derailed, and the advantage of having read the script would be gone.

If I am not careful, I will stand in the wrong team and die in the raging revolutionary tide.

An Ning, who gave up the idea of ​​intervening in history, pretended to be curious and asked: "What's the matter, is the parliament going to pass some amazing bill?"

Danton: "Yes, a very radical bill is going to be passed, turning priests into civil servants dispatched by the state and cutting off ties with Rome. Maximilian is very supportive of this bill. I think this bill is a bit too radical."

An Ning thought to herself, Dandong, you and Mara are radicals, why are you acting like a moderate?

Danton continued: "I remember what you predicted before. If the policy towards the clergy was too radical, those conservative areas would rebel. You were talking about the Vendée. So I am very worried about this."

—Damn, so am I making Danton, a radical, look like a moderate?
I am really a heinous sinner!

An Ning hurried to make amends: "However, there is no way to cure France's ills without adopting more radical measures. When you are seriously ill, you need to use strong medicine!"

After speaking, An Ning suddenly realized that people in Europe don't take medicine when they get sick, and they do bloodletting...

So he immediately corrected: "I mean, it's like bloodletting. If you get a serious illness, you need a lot of bloodletting to be cured in one go! Civil strife is civil strife. This is bloodletting, which is a necessary condition to empty the accumulated toxins in the French body! "

——what the hell am I talking about!

That's all, this is a metaphor unique to people of this era, and has nothing to do with modern people.

Dandong nodded solemnly: "Well, I understand. However, if our troops can fight as well as yours, it may take a while to evaluate the rebellion!"

An Ning smiled without saying a word.

The French Civil War lasted until 1796, and it was also mixed with foreign wars.

Anyway, after 1790, there were not a few days of peace in France as a whole, and there were various wars all the time.

There is no need to tell Dandong about this kind of thing.

Danton changed the subject: "By the way, speaking of it, have you made any progress with the Duke's daughter?"

An Ning: "Huh? What the hell?"

"Everyone in Paris is saying that you are the Duke's favorite son-in-law, that's why he worked so hard to help you. Most of the pamphlets in Paris now contain the military history of you and Christina!"

An Ning thought of Christina's pectoral muscles for a moment, and he hurriedly drove the exaggerated white color out of his mind.

"Nothing, I'm busy marching and fighting, so I don't care about these things." An Ning replied, "Christina is an excellent cavalry officer, and her reconnaissance has helped me a lot."

Danton: "Just reconnaissance?"

"It's just reconnaissance." An Ning said firmly.

Dandong said again: "This is too puzzling. Although Christina is a soldier, she is also a girl. There are also examples of getting married after serving as a soldier!"

An Ning: "This kind of thing depends on what the girl thinks. We don't care. Moreover, the current situation is not a good time to fall in love."

"That's it." Danton shrugged.

Although she refuted Dandong, An Ning couldn't help thinking about it—Christina is not impossible, anyway, she is very big, she is also beautiful, and she is very big...

**
It took An Ning and his party a week to return to Paris.

Three days before he returned to Paris, the news of his return had spread throughout the city of Paris.

Lafayette was the most upset about this news.

That day Lafayette was in his study, smoking a cigarette sullenly.

The mayor of Paris, Bayi, sat on the sofa for receiving guests, and lit his pipe leisurely: "I wanted to take this opportunity to abolish his reputation, but now he has returned with honor. In a few days, he will be in the National Assembly After the speech is over, he will probably be promoted to Brigadier General. At that time, I am afraid that he will be given the title of Deputy Commander of the National Self-Defense Forces."

Lafayette was stunned: "Who would have thought that he could defeat so many rebels? Judging from the situation collected so far, even if the results are worthwhile, he has defeated at least three times as many enemies as himself. I don't even know how he Made it."

Bai: "Don't you know? I thought the heroes of the Revolutionary War would have a way to do the same thing!"

Lafayette: "The ratio of troops in the War of Independence was not so disparate. Even if the unusable Continental Army is removed, our comparison with the British army is still an advantage."

Bayi: "Is that so..."

Lafayette let out a long sigh: "Even if I don't want to believe this exaggerated battle loss ratio, I have to admit that this damn cobbler does have some talent for fighting!"

Bai: "Aren't you going to do something? If this continues, his reputation in the parliament will completely overwhelm you!"

Lafayette: "Huh, I can only congratulate him. The only thing to be thankful for is that I also have the merits of victory in the War of Independence, so I won't lose the position of commander-in-chief of the National Guard to him."

"Thinking in a better direction," Bayi paused, "That cobbler has always shown that he is not very interested in status and power. Maybe he will have no desires?"

"How is it possible! He won such a victory, how could he have no desires? When he arrives in Paris, he will definitely show his greed!" Lafayette said firmly.

(End of this chapter)