I Am the Crown Prince in France

Chapter 487 The Jacobin Crack

DuBoer looked at His Royal Highness the Crown Prince's calm expression and seemed to understand something. He nodded in a low voice:

"Yes, yes, Your Highness, there will be a trial of Baron Asturnaudi's corruption case at 3 o'clock...

"Then I... won't drink tea. I, I have to go back to the High Court first."

"Please help me deliver Dean DuBoer." Joseph gestured to Emman, and then said to DuBoer with a smile, "Oh, please don't forget what I told you before, to the Earl of Norfolk and others. People decide according to their discretion, after all, they have circumstances to expose.”

DuBoer was startled. He originally thought that the Crown Prince was following the usual practice of opening a loophole for the nobles. Looking at it now, His Highness may have known that corrupt officials would be exposed in court.

Cold sweat broke out on his forehead again, as if he knew something terrible.

"Yes, Your Highness, I will definitely judge impartially." His thoughts whirled and he quickly added,

"Besides... I just had lunch after the trial and didn't go anywhere else."

Joseph nodded with satisfaction. What DuBoer said was to express that he had never been here, that is to say, he would not disassociate himself from the exposure of corrupt officials. He is a man who knows the rules of politics well.

In the afternoon, the High Court hearing continued, but Di Boer and other judges in the official corruption case were not as panicked as they were in the morning.

Faced with the endless revelations from those officials, they just ordered the clerk to carefully copy them, and then announced that the trial would be postponed.

In a cafe across the street from the High Court, Marat looked out the window at the excited citizens, tapped the newspaper on the table, and said with emotion: "Although I don't know how His Royal Highness the Crown Prince discovered that those officials were corrupt, But obviously, he was right."

He looked at Desmoulin opposite, smiled and shook his head: "The number of corrupt officials he identified alone exceeded the workload of the Investigation Bureau in a year. According to this trend, within a few years, those dirty officials will be He can take care of everything.

"I have to admit that he is the guardian of the French people when it comes to fighting corruption."

Desmoulins was surprised that Mr. Marat, who was always hostile to the royal family, could have such an evaluation of the crown prince, and immediately nodded in agreement.

In fact, not long after he joined the Impartial Investigation Bureau, he had already admired the crown prince very much, but because Marat didn't like the royal family, he never showed it.

"The King, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is indeed very different from those vampires." He said excitedly,

"I-I heard that he was behind the abolition of aristocratic privileges and the ability for farmers to redeem their land. He was behind the scenes."

He grabbed the newspaper that published a large list of exposed officials, his eyes were shining: "Now, now he is attacking officials and bureaucrats again.

"Or, maybe we should, should fully support him!

"At least I can see with my eyes that he has made France more just and prosperous, and the people are better than before..."

Mara breathed a sigh of relief and interrupted him: "We can't betray our beliefs! Although he has done a lot of useful things, he may become a tyrant at any time!

"Just like Louis XIV, in the later stages of his reign, didn't all the glorious achievements turn into heavy suffering for the people?"

He said word for word: "Only a government formed with the authorization of the people can guarantee eternal justice and fairness. We need a constitution, human rights, and freedom! Instead of waiting for charity from the king or his son!"

After hearing this, Desmoulin stood up excitedly and said loudly: "Why do we have to break it because of some theories when there is a perfect situation?!

“The British have a constitution and a parliament, but their officials are still corrupt, and ordinary people are oppressed by the same masters. They are not even allowed to wander, and the police will not hesitate to throw them into prison!

"I dare say that if the British Parliament were to take care of France, it would never do a better job than the current royal family.

"At least, most of their land was bought by nobles and wealthy businessmen, and French farmers own far more arable land than British farmers!"

Marat stared at his old friend with wide eyes, feeling that he had abandoned Mr. Rousseau's thoughts and was deceived by the royal family. This was a very bad sign.

He suddenly noticed something again and said to Desmoulins in surprise: "Your stuttering seems to have improved!"

"Yes, really?" Desmoulin's "selfless" state disappeared instantly, "I, I just want to discuss the future of France with you..."

"Time will tell."

Mara unexpectedly did not want to continue this topic, and turned to the window and gestured: "I'm afraid we will be very busy recently. You see, hundreds of corrupt officials have been implicated."

Desmoulins just nodded silently. At this moment, an imperceptible rift appeared between the two Jacobin "standard bearers".

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Palace of Versailles.

In the drawing room of the Crown Prince's palace, there were more than a dozen pale-faced officials standing, each of them almost hanging their heads on their feet, so nervous that they didn't dare to take a breath.

Joseph held the tea cup calmly, glanced at these people, and said, "You have also seen that the citizens outside have been marching for two days, demanding that all those involved in corruption be hanged."

The officials in the room suddenly shook even more violently.

They were all confessed in court by Norfolk and others. They had previously consulted the Minister of Justice and Brian, but were told that the matter was serious and would be difficult to solve.

Finally, Brian hinted to them that they had a chance of survival if they went to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, so they came here. Unexpectedly, what they heard was "hanging".

"Your Highness," an old man at the head said tremblingly, "I, we have always been loyal to His Majesty the King. For the sake of God, please help us plead with His Majesty..."

Joseph looked at his watch and felt that he was almost frightened, so he said slowly: "But it is also possible that when the Earl of Norfolk faced a serious punishment, he framed you indiscriminately in order to exonerate himself."

All the officials immediately nodded, "That's right! That's it!"

"Your Highness is truly a 'son of the gods', and you can see through their lies at a glance!"

"We have all been framed, please help us clarify."

"Thank you, Your Highness, you are as just as God!"

Joseph glanced at them again and said: "I will let people conduct a fair investigation to clear your innocence. Of course, this will take some time.

"In the meantime, I think you should temporarily suspend your duties to show your attitude to His Majesty the King and the people."