King's Landing in France

Chapter 73 No, Your Majesty, This is a Revolution

At this time, An Ning was not the only one who did not go to the Palace of Versailles to perform his duties as a representative.

At this time, the representative of the third level, Bayi, and the Marquis of Lafayette, the representative of the second level, are both in the Paris City Hall.

Bayi just led the civil servants of Paris to force the palace, forcing the original nobles in Paris to give up their power.

Now they are discussing the establishment of the Parisian government to lead Paris-yes, the Paris ruling body established after the citizens seized power during the French Revolution is also called the Parisian government, which has the same name as the great organization nearly 100 years later.

"In order to maintain law and order," Bai said, looking at Lafayette, "we must select citizens with good reputations to form the National Guard. I think only the Marquis of Lafayette is qualified to be the commander-in-chief of the Self-Defense Forces."

Lafayette nodded: "In this situation, I should contribute to the constitutional cause."

Several gentlemen around Bayi made admiring voices, and one of them breathed a sigh of relief: "Great, when the National Self-Defense Force is completed, we will have the capital to negotiate with His Majesty..."

Bayi nodded: "Yes, then we can use more radical methods to force His Majesty to make concessions..."

Suddenly, someone shouted: "Everyone! The Bastille has been breached!"

All the gentlemen present fell silent, as if they could not accept this information for a while.

Bayi looked at the person who reported the news, and asked suspiciously: "Which place has been breached? Can you say it again?"

"The Bastille! The Bastille was breached by armed people! The Marquis Delaunay was killed by the people and paraded through the streets!"

Lafayette frowned and said, "How is it possible? Although the design of the Bastille is outdated and DuPont's defense theory was not adopted at all, it is a fortress after all! How could unarmed people be able to attack?"

"The people took arms from the Les Invalides and took the Bastille under the leadership of Andy Frost, the cobbler's son!"

Lafayette looked surprised: "How did he do it? To capture the Bastille, if it is a regular army, it may take a day! How did he manage to break through the fortress in such a short period of time? Could it be that he found two More than ten cannons?"

The person who sent the news hesitated for a moment, then replied: "It seems... there is only one door."

As the only soldier present, Lafayette took a deep breath: "One cannon? Just relying on one cannon to conquer the fortress?"

"I don't know the details. After the Bastille was conquered, people were parading in the streets to celebrate. Maybe you can ask someone who knows more about the situation."

At this time, Bayi said: "This is a good thing! Mr. Lafayette, the Bastille is the strongest fortress in Paris, and it is the place where the royal family imprisoned enlightened people! He was breached, which is equivalent to a break!" We should seize this opportunity and force His Majesty to make concessions!"

Lafayette looked serious: "You can't be blindly optimistic. Your Majesty still has [-] Swiss mercenaries. What if he decides to take tough measures? I think we should organize the National Guard immediately! Just as the Bastille was breached Now, those who support new ideas in the city should have already taken action, and it will be very convenient to recruit them to form a self-defense force!"

Bayi: "How about using the red and blue colors of the Paris emblem for the uniform of the Self-Defense Forces?"

Lafayette shook his head: "No, red and blue only represent Paris, I should also add white, which represents the royal family, red, white and blue, so that the king has a step to go down, so that the king will not be forced too hard !"

Bayi nodded: "That's it!"

**
At the same time, news spread throughout Paris that the Bastille had been taken.

At this time, Marat was writing hard in his study, writing an article to be published on Friends of the People tomorrow.

Suddenly someone knocked hard on the door.

"Come in!" Mara replied, writing quickly with the pen in her hand.

Desmoulins opened the door and rushed in, shouting emotionally to Marat: "Why are you still in the room!"

"I'm writing tomorrow's editorial and it's important!"

"The Bastille has been taken!"

Marat stopped writing and looked up at Desmoulins suspiciously: "Which Bastille?"

"It's the Bastille where Voltaire was imprisoned! Just now he was breached by the citizens led by Mr. Andy Frost! Do you know what this means?"

Mara stared at her eyes and opened her mouth slightly: "This..."

Suddenly, half a beat later, he became ecstatic: "This means that the symbol of royal power has collapsed! Are you sure that the armed citizens broke the Bastille?"

"Of course I'm sure! Mr. Andy Frost is the only soldier in the whole scene! The rest are armed citizens!

"Mr. Frost loaded the cannon himself, directed everyone to push the cannon close and fired, only two cannons were fired and two city gates were broken!
"Then Mr. Frost drew his long knife, shouted 'Follow me, citizens', and rushed into the fortress first!
"I was there and saw it all with my own eyes!

"Mr. Frost, alone, cut down several guards guarding the city, pushed forward to the Marquis Delaunay, the guard, and said loudly: 'I order you to lay down your arms in the name of all the citizens of Paris! '"

Marat was ecstatic: "In the name of all citizens! Then the Marquis Delaunay surrendered?"

"That's right, he surrendered. Frost stepped forward and cut off the fortress flag beside the Marquis!"

Mara stood up excitedly, pacing back and forth: "It's wonderful! Why wasn't I there in person? I should be there in person! It's just right to witness this moment!"

Desmoulins: "I was there! I witnessed everything for you! And you, you can use your pen to let the whole Paris witness it all!
"Let!"

Desmoulins called Marat's name.

"Jean! Take your pen and tell the story of this glorious moment! The gentlemen of Versailles need this support at this time! Let the King know that the citizens of Paris are no longer afraid of his bayonet!"

Mara stopped pacing and sat down at the table: "You're right, I should write about this! I really want to!"

**
The same thing happened in every corner of Paris.

In the taverns of all sizes in Paris, those who witnessed the storming of the Bastille became the narrators.

For example, in some dirty tavern in the Saint-Antoine quarter, not far from the Bastille, they surrounded a rotten old man with a drunken nose.

"Let me tell you, we also rescued Mr. Voltaire!" The bad old man said with a serious drink.

Immediately someone raised an objection: "Mr. Voltaire died long ago and was buried in the Pantheon!"

The bad old man spread his hands: "Then... I don't know, anyway, we saved a Mr. Voltaire, maybe it was his son.

"I heard Mr. Frost say it with my own ears! Mr. Voltaire is in the Bastille! We went with the cannon to save him!"

The old man took another sip of his wine, took a long sip, and then continued, "Let me tell you, Mr. Frost seems to be possessed by my master! He kicked the Bastille away with just one light kick." The gate of the prison! Then with a light kick, the second gate was kicked open!"

Someone retorted loudly: "No! Obviously he blasted it away with a cannon!"

The old man rolled his eyes: "Humph, don't you understand! Can you easily push the cannon in the fortress? The cannon has a mount and such a wide axle! How do you push it in through the small door of the fortress?" It was Mr. Frost's kick! But the sound was very loud! You think, that kick kicked the door open! Can the sound not be heard? That's why everyone thought it was the sound of cannon!"

Everyone nodded after hearing this: "It seems to make sense!"

**
At eight o'clock that night, the news finally reached the Palace of Versailles, and a report was placed in front of Louis XVI.

Louis XVI picked up the report suspiciously and began to read it.

He just wrote "nothing happened today" in his diary.

After reading the report, Louis XVI looked up at his court chief, the Duke of Lyangourt: "Is this a rebellion?"

The Duke shook his head: "No, Your Majesty, this is a revolution!"

(End of this chapter)