King's Landing in France

Chapter 129 Countermeasures of Parliament

After starting to divide the fields, An Ning immediately discovered a fatal weakness of her own: not having enough clerks.

For more than a year, An Ning has been teaching the non-commissioned officers recommended by the Soldiers Committee to read, but this kind of crash teaching can only allow the non-commissioned officers to understand orders, and it is not enough to deal with the large amount of paperwork when allocating land.

The lack of talents has led to a very slow progress in the distribution of land.

But the news of the adults' land distribution has already spread, and as a result, farmers have traveled thousands of miles to Konta all day long to inquire when they will be allocated to their own homes.

The lack of talents also restricted the development of An Ning's future plans. He originally wanted to establish an agricultural cooperative bank to provide farmers with loans to buy seeds and so on. Basically, he followed the practice of a certain sect in his memory.

Then An Ning discovered that a certain sect was able to do this because they had a large group of progressive young people with revolutionary enthusiasm and knowledge.

No peace!
The current French literacy rate is actually okay if you insist on it, mainly because of the church’s Sunday school, but there are intellectuals who have enough knowledge to be used as cadres. Sorry, there are only small bourgeois in the city.

Many small bourgeois are opposed to An Ning's land division plan, because this will affect private property.They were worried when An Ning would attack them again.

The only ones who support An Ning's approach are old farmers and fans of An Ning.

After worrying for a long time, An Ning suddenly discovered that there was a group of people who were knowledgeable and supported her approach: that group of old nobles.

They were deprived of their family properties by the revolution, and many of them were directly seized by big businessmen in the city, and now they are happy to let them spit out what they ate.

Anyway, I can't get it, and you can't get it either.

So in the countryside of Konta, a strange scene happened: a group of old nobles were allocating land to their former serfs.

Since the beginning of dividing the fields, An Ning has been unable to enjoy himself. There are so many things waiting for him to make up his mind every day.

After a long absence, An Ning regained the feeling of being a social animal before time travel.

An Ning couldn't help but think of those historical time travel novels in the early years, such as the works of the angel Oscar, in which the time travelers are tireless workaholics who want to make a career out of it.

An Ning was still a college student when she read these novels, and she was deeply moved at that time, and she also imagined how she would be when she returned to ancient times.

But now Shean Anning just wants to show off.

Lao Shizi land reform, give me back my leisure time travel life!
The only consolation is that now there are no chattering bosses and project managers who pay thousands of dollars to read scriptures in my ears, and the degree of busyness is not as excessive as it was in [-].

At noon that day, An Ning had just finished meeting a group of old farmers who came to volunteer. These old farmers came from outside the Konta jurisdiction. They were all looking forward to An Ning to divide the fields. It can be unimpeded in France, and you can take care of things wherever you want.

After finally coaxing these people away, Beethoven came.

As soon as Beethoven entered An Ning's study, he enthusiastically said: "I have written a new musical short play! It is a tribute to your pioneering work of dividing the land! I want to go to Paris and organize a troupe to start a performance!"

An Ning shook her head: "No, gentlemen in Paris won't like my move to divide the land."

Speaking of which, An Ning took out a letter and pushed it in front of Beethoven: "Look, it was written to me by my friend in Paris. Those guys who I bought the land with the coupons ran to Paris Going to sue, because most of my friends are not in parliament now, so they managed to get the majority of support, and the special envoy of parliament is expected to arrive soon."

In 1791, the constitution of the constitutional monarchy was completed and promulgated, so the Constituent Assembly ended its task.

Robespierre put forward a motion, in order to ensure the impartiality and independence of the parliament, the members of the Constituent Assembly shall not participate in the election of the next parliament, and this proposal was passed.

So in the newly elected National Assembly, only one of An Ning's friends, Mara, is a member.

The strength of the Montagne in the new parliament was greatly weakened, and a large number of Girondins were elected to the new parliament.

They mainly represent the big bourgeoisie and the bankers.

It would be fanciful to expect them to support An Ning's approach.

So An Ning had to deal with the parliament.

An Ning explained all this to Beethoven, and Le Sheng couldn't help frowning: "Didn't they realize that the current chaos in the country is due to the lack of land?"

An Ning: "You said that our Queen, would you realize that the people rebelled because they didn't have enough to eat?"

Beethoven shrugged: "I have seen the queen, I think...she probably doesn't realize it."

An Ning smiled wryly.

Beethoven: "Maybe through my plays, the gentlemen of Paris can understand..."

"Don't waste your energy. Let me see it this way. Don't write any musicals that require a stage. You can write something that can be sung by two or three people on the side of the road. You don't need any performances. Just use the libretto to tell the story and tell the story. Some stories that old farmers love to hear.

"For example, there was a girl who had to hide in the deep mountains and old forests because of the oppression of the noble lord, and her hair turned gray. Now the revolution has brought down the landlord—I mean, the noble lord, in another world, his family is still alive. After being assigned to the fields, we can have a happy reunion!"

Beethoven: "Is this a true story?"

"I'm just giving an example. I believe you only need to interview and ask the old farmers who come to drink in the tavern. There must be many such stories. Your task is to discover them, and then weave them into a story that can be staged on a simple stage. Everyone watch the skit!
"Music should serve the people and the revolutionary struggle!"

Beethoven was greatly inspired: "It makes sense, get out of the theater!"

An Ning: "You can even go to the field distribution offices in various places, and just show it to the old farmers who come to distribute the fields."

"Okay, I'll go right away. Then, I'll go first!" Beethoven said goodbye to An Ning excitedly, turned and left.

An Ning let out a long breath, then took back the letter that had just been pushed to Beethoven, and read the contents above.

The letter was written by Robespierre: "Several gentlemen from Konta accused you of robbing them in Parliament, which violated the basic principle of the inviolability of private property in the Constitution. The commissioner of the Parliament will arrive in Konta soon. Tower, you better get ready."

An Ning pouted.

Although he didn't think he could fool around with his fingers, the interference from the council came too quickly.

Sure enough, if we advance the process ahead of schedule, will we encounter huge resistance?

In real history, it was a gradual process that France began to distribute land to farmers. First, the Girondins reformed the land policy and eased the land problem a little.

Later, the Jacobins came to power and cut off a bunch of heads. Only then did they successfully implement the system of using land rent instead of redemption. Farmers first owned the land, and then used the land rent to pay off their debts within ten years.

So far, the land problem in France has been basically resolved, and the subsequent economic development has started. The whole process lasted six years.

It's good for An Ning, one step is in place, and the local tyrants will be hit directly to divide the land, and they will inevitably encounter strong opposition.

If it is not handled well, it is likely to go to war with Lafayette's National Guard.

(End of this chapter)