King's Landing in France

Chapter 339
Coming out from Grand Duke Karl, An Ning had a new idea.

If according to the original plan, after the victory over Austria and the signing of the contract, the couple of Louis 16 was used to replace Archduke Karl, then Archduke Karl would be relatively weak in his position.

This is obviously not conducive to his launching top-down reforms and turning Austria into an ally of France.

Put the Grand Duke back in advance, so that he has the opportunity to take orders in the face of danger, and then feign defeat on the battlefield to make Grand Duke Karl stand out, and finally sign a non-aggressive contract with Austria, which seems to be more profitable.

As soon as An Ning returned to the command room of the fortress, she pushed back the idlers, leaving behind her core officers, and said this idea.

Napoleon had a shocked expression: "Hey, Andy, we only thought of winning on the battlefield, and you even thought of this! You must entrust me with the task of feigning defeat. It happened that I had fought against Grand Duke Karl before, and I won. , this fraudulent defeat is just a draw, no shame.

"Maybe it will become a good story in the future! Every hero in history has an old enemy, just like Scipio and Hannibal!"

An Ning is convinced, as expected of Napoleon, he can turn the topic to his beloved Rome in three sentences.

At this time, Moreau asked suspiciously: "I'm not familiar with the biography of Roman heroes, but I remember that Scipio didn't end well, right? Or are you going to be that Hannibal?"

An Ning waved his hand: "How could he want to be Hannibal? He is the hero of Carthage and the sworn enemy of Rome. Napoleon shouted 'Carthage must be destroyed' in his dreams!"

Napoleon: "Carthage must be destroyed!"

An Ning: "Look!"

Everyone laughed.

After laughing, Bernadotte said, "I agree with your Excellency, provided that the Grand Duke really has a heartfelt belief in the republic and the enlightenment thought."

An Ning: "I guarantee he has, I can tell that he has become our friend."

"Then I have no opinion."

After Bernadotte finished speaking, Lana said, "Grand Duke Karl should be an outstanding general in Austria, right?"

Napoleon: "Yes, I verified, he is very good."

Lana: "Then I am opposed to putting him back. Putting back the enemy's excellent generals is equivalent to increasing casualties of our army in disguise. I am opposed to this."

An Ning: "There will always be casualties in the war, and our plan is to swindle defeat to Grand Duke Karl, so there won't be too many casualties."

"It's just that more people will be captured." Napoleon added, "Austria is not like us who capture people and then capture them back as a coolie fortress. Put it back."

Lana hesitated.

An Ning directly took his hesitation as agreement: "Then who else has an opinion?"

The rest of the officers shook their heads.

An Ning continued: "Then the remaining question is how to put him back, and what is the reason?"

"Do you still need a reason?" La Salle said, "Didn't Austria send the ransom long ago? It's just that you confiscated it. You can talk to Austria again and let them send the ransom again." , isn't this the end?"

An Ning thought about it, and it seemed that this was the case. Thanks to Barras's 500 ounces of gold, he had already set up a money-making persona, and no one would doubt him if he asked for money.

An Ning: "Okay, then send our Grand Duke back to Austria in this way, and then we will strive to capture more senior Austrian generals on the battlefield and give our Grand Duke a chance to rise to the top!"

**
At the same time, Paris.

During the intermission of the National Assembly, Danton was discussing with his friends in the corridor outside the Parliament.

"George," Ballas suddenly appeared, calling Danton's name directly, as if he was an old acquaintance, "You seem to be all right here."

Dandong glanced at Balas and said with a smile, "Hey, the eagle dog of the first ruling came to inspect?"

Barras laughed at himself: "What kind of eagle dog am I? At least the eagle dog has a position in the cabinet. Now I have no official and a light body.

"I'm just like you now."

Dandong frowned in displeasure: "I am the dignified speaker, and all of you here are also full-fledged members of the National Assembly, which is different from you."

"Why is it different? Because Fouché and Talleyrand have been stripped of executive power, you still have legislative power in name, but what's the use of that, they occupy the new first minister of the ruling cabinet People in this position have already made a lot of money."

Danton's friends were all silent.

They all came from the National Assembly controlled by the Jacobins in 93. At that time, the National Assembly was the real representative of French sovereignty, with legislative, executive and judicial powers in their hands.

Later, although the National Salvation Committee separated the judiciary, the parliament was still able to vote to guillotine people.

That was the time when the members of the National Assembly were the most "prestige". Even if they were just ordinary members, the high-ranking lord had countless wealth pouring in.

Now that the administrative power has been stripped out, everyone present has experienced the gap brought about.

At this time, Danton said: "It will be like this now, mainly because after the separation of the three powers, the checks and balances of the three powers have not been done well. When we use our legislative power to establish a new constitution, the National Assembly will regain the ability to supervise the cabinet. .

"At that time, not only the cabinet, but even the first ruling party will have to accept our supervision."

Dandong's friends were all smiling, as if they had seen themselves as the lord of the parliament looking down on the little First Consul.

Ballas: "But can it really be realized? All the troops under the First Consul are at his disposal."

Dandong's smile froze.

After a few seconds of silence, someone said: "We can stipulate in the new constitution that generals are not allowed to hold public office. If the first governor wants to be the first governor, he has to hand over his military power. If he wants to be a general, he has to hand over the first governor. s position."

Everyone echoed: "Yes, that's how it should be!"

"The First Consul said that he would rather have the worst republic than the best dictatorship. Then he should support this proposal!"

"As long as the new constitution is enacted, everything will be fine!"

Balas looked at the Dandong faction silently, enjoying the fruits of this sowing.

Ballas knew that he was not alone, and that all those who did not get the cake in the last "cake-sharing" process were his potential allies.

The first ruler may be invincible on the battlefield, but in the big dye vat of Paris, he is not that powerful.

At least in Barras's view, the First Consul did not have the political skills of Cardinal Richelieu, and he might not be able to beat himself in the big dye vat of Paris.

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