Fox of France

When he heard about this matter, Joseph felt that he was even more unable to participate. Because although he doesn't participate in club activities very much, he is not completely ignorant of the club's current situation. Since the king's flight incident, the club has been divided. In the past, the members of the Club of Friends of Constitutionalism basically all supported the constitutional monarchy, but after this incident, some people have turned to support the republic. After what happened in Mars Square, this split may become more obvious.

As for the election of a new club chairman, the current chairman is Lafayette, although he has been busy with official duties during this period, and has participated in much less club activities. But he must still be one of the candidates, and the other candidate at this club meeting, Joseph knew without even thinking about it that it must be Robespierre. And he is sure that Robespierre must have won this election. Because it is obvious that Lafayette is no longer sure about this election, otherwise he would not have to pull himself over.

"I really can't participate in this kind of thing. If it's not done well, I'm really going to lose my head!" Thinking about it, Joseph said quickly: "General, I didn't mean to shirk, but I..."

For a while, Joseph couldn't think of any particularly reliable reason, and sweat broke out on his anxious face.

"What?" Lafayette frowned and forgot to glance at Joseph. "Could it be that you have a date with a girl? But this is more important. I hope you can find a way to participate as much as possible."

Joseph finally came up with a solution at this time, which was to pretend to be sick. He decided to agree first, and then pretend to be sick as soon as he got home tonight. He must be very sick, too sick to move—Lafayette can't get a stretcher to carry him to the meeting, can he?

After thinking about the countermeasures in this way, Joseph said: "Alright then, Your Excellency General, I will find time to come."

"Well, I'll wait for you." Lafayette smiled at Joseph. As for who Joseph would vote for, who he would choose between himself and Robespierre, Lafayette felt that there was no need to ask.

After Lafayette left, Joseph hurried to find Napoleon, told him the matter on the way home, and agreed with him.

However, when the two of them walked to the door of the house, Joseph was stunned because he saw two people waiting at the door of his house.

There are two people waiting for Joseph at the door, one is Amon and the other is Robespierre!

If possible, Joseph really wanted to turn around and run away immediately, but Amon and Robespierre had already seen them, Amon waved at him, and Robespierre was already nodding to them.

"I can't run away!" Looking at Amon's sincere smile, Joseph felt chills all over his body, as if he had been stripped naked and thrown on the snowy field of Siberia. In a trance, he seemed to see the majestic figure of the guillotine.

Joseph could guess with his heels why Amon and Robespierre came to him, it must be for voting.

"What a fool of me, really!" thought Joseph, "I only knew that when it was time to vote, Lafayette would come to me; but I didn't expect that even Robespierre would come to me. , tonight I should find a place to hide from the night..."

But it's too late to think about anything now, the guillotine, no, Robespierre has already greeted him.

"Mr. Bonaparte, I'm sorry to bother you at this time." Robespierre said with a smile.

"Joseph, why did you come back? Your brother won't open the door for us, for fear that we are grandma wolf!" Amon showed a smile as pure as Little Red Riding Hood, and he didn't feel at all that he really brought the big bad wolf into the house. Home is here.

"Lucien went to his classmate's house, and Louis was the only one at home. He was a bit rigid, and I told him that no one would open the door until I came back." Joseph replied with a forced smile.

Called to open the door, Joseph brought Napoleon, and the cheating Little Red Riding Hood, the dire wolf grandma into the house. Several people sat down, and Robespierre asked: "Mr. Bonaparte, this is your younger brother Napoleon? I heard that he is very talented in military affairs."

Napoleon didn't speak on the side, but Joseph could see that Napoleon was actually very proud.

"Napoleon has performed really well during this time," Joseph said. Robespierre was talking about something off topic, and Joseph wished he could talk for a while, so that he could have more time to think about how to deal with it.

In theory, what was done to Lafayette could also be used to deal with Robespierre. But Joseph was a little hesitant. He knew that if Lafayette suspected that he was pretending to be sick, he would not cut off his head, but it was another matter to deceive Robespierre. Once he became suspicious, the question It's troublesome.

"Maybe there is a way to get the best of both worlds?" Joseph thought while perfunctory with Robespierre.

Robespierre finally got to the point: "Joseph, what do you think of the king's escape and the Champ de Mars incident?"

"What about the king's flight?" Joseph replied, "I think he almost succeeded, but he was caught by us, which shows that God also supports the revolution."

At this time, it is not a problem to mention God in front of Robespierre, because not long ago, Robespierre regarded piety to God as the most important virtue in his article.

Robespierre laughed, but he was not misled by Joseph's answer. He continued: "Ah, Mr. Bonaparte, what I mean is, do you believe that the king was 'hijacked'?"

"I'm not a fool, I would believe that kind of nonsense." Joseph twisted his mouth. He figured he'd better not play dumb in front of Robespierre. If one had to choose between offending Lafayette and offending Robespierre, Joseph would definitely choose to offend Lafayette. Because Lafayette seemed unlikely to send him to the guillotine. It can be seen that Machiavelli's statement that it is better to be a feared prince than to be a beloved prince is indeed very reasonable.

"But our king is a fool," put in Napoleon. "Look at him, he's going to make a fuss even when he runs away. Get a carriage like that, lest people don't know it's a king."

Now that Joseph had expressed his attitude towards the king's escape, Napoleon felt that he didn't have to hide it.

"But Mr. Lafayette still insisted that the king was 'hijacked', Bonaparte, what do you think of this matter?" Robespierre asked.

Joseph thought for a while, he knew that many people now think that he has received a lot of benefits from Lafayette, and he can almost be regarded as Lafayette's person. Now Robespierre raised this question, to a large extent, he was judging the enemy and the enemy. On this issue, if he continues to support Lafayette, then Robespierre will obviously regard him as Lafayette's best friend and his political enemy.

But to oppose Lafayette immediately seems too immoral. Joseph knew that if a person had a reputation similar to that of Marquis Wen, he would have a lot of trouble in the future. So he deliberately hesitated, and then said: "Mr. Lafayette naturally knows that the king is not being kidnapped, but the king has always opposed the revolution. But I think that Mr. Lafayette's statement may be to avoid war."

Seeing Robespierre's pensive look, Joseph continued: "Mr. Lafayette may be worried that if we want to pursue the king's defection, it will lead to domestic rebellion and interference from other countries. Robles As you know, Mr. Peel, the French army is in very bad shape because its top brass are unreliable. But we can't replace them all at once. Therefore, Mr. Lafayette may be worried that in the event of war , France would be at a very disadvantage."

"So, Mr. Bonaparte, what do you think of this matter? Do you agree with Lafayette?" Robespierre asked again.

Joseph shook his head and said, "I can understand Mr. Lafayette's concerns, but I don't agree with his approach. I think Mr. Lafayette made two mistakes on this issue."

"Tell me more about it!"

"First, Mr. Lafayette's vision is too limited to the army." Joseph said, "He doesn't understand that the true greatest strength of France is not the army of France, but the people of France. Let a country that has lost its people People who trust, who have betrayed the people, continue to sit on the king's position, will seriously damage the morale of the people.

Second, he underestimated our enemy. He felt that we could obtain the same kindness of our enemies by a little concession. But our enemies will not relax their attacks on us because of this. Instead, our weakness encourages them to take risks.

Besides, the king had already expressed his opposition to the revolution. Since then, the royal family has no way out. They understand that the people will never trust them again. In the future, no matter whether it is us or any of their actions, it will only be regarded as an expedient measure by the other party. They will never believe that we are willing to retain his rights, they will only see this as our fear of counter-revolutionary forces at home and abroad.

Lafayette may have hoped that by retaining the king, he would buy time to complete the rebuilding of the army. But the king and the others will not fail to understand this. In the eyes of the king and the others, if Lafayette was given such time, it would be tantamount to a death sentence for the royal power. So, they won't give Lafayette this time. "

"You're right." Amon said, "Joseph, the club will have an important meeting the day after tomorrow. The chairman of the club will be re-elected at the meeting. This will determine the direction of the club. I think our club can no longer follow the rules of Rafa Mr. Yeter's wrong course continues."