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After the peace treaty of Campo Formio was signed, the German Emperor Franz gave Napoleon six white horses and a luxurious carriage. On the first day of his stay at the Tuileries Palace, he and the second

Consul Cambaceres and Third Consul Le Brun took this carriage together and circled most of Paris. The crowds cheered along the way, and when they were approaching Tuileries, there were guards on the road.

This was entirely a show of the monarchy, and there was a slogan on the gate of the Tuileries Palace that they passed through: On August 10, 1792, France abolished the monarchy and will never rebuild it.

It was also on that day that Danton led the armed forces from Marseille to attack the Tuileries Palace. They actually arrived around the evening of August 9th. They originally planned to seize the city hall. Danton took advantage of his accomplices to go

There was a short break while the bells of nearby churches were ringing. The sound of the bells passed through Paris and even rang the church bells in the center and east.

People who had turned off their lights turned on their candles again, and the bells sounded like a crying baby. The rhythm was clear and continuous, waking everyone up.

It was destined to be a sleepless night. Louis XVI only lay in bed for a while, then asked the queen's sister to wake up the queen, and then they watched the sunrise together on the balcony of the Tuileries Palace.

Someone once said before that the royal power could not hold on to the day when the leaves fell. When the king saw the leaves of the trees in the garden, he still sighed, "The leaves fell so early this year."

At 2 o'clock in the morning, Dandong organized an attack, but was repelled by Swiss mercenaries. At 6 o'clock in the morning, Lederer persuaded the king to take refuge in the riding stable, but the queen did not agree. By 9 o'clock in the morning,

About 20,000 people gathered in front of the Tuileries Palace, but there were only 900 Swiss mercenaries.

Originally, in addition to the Swiss mercenaries, there were also National Guardsmen. Seeing this formation, several squads suddenly defected. Then Danton shouted, "Toll the knell! Let the king die! That is the people's revenge! It is the moment of the people's freedom."

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Then a sea of ​​people tried to rush through the fence of the Tuileries Palace, but because Louis XVI did not allow the Swiss mercenaries to shoot, the Swiss mercenaries began to retreat after an hour.

Accompanied by Dreyer, he moved to the riding stable.

Not all Swiss mercenaries still adhered to the king's orders at the critical moment of life and death. They eventually took action against shop owners, craftsmen, etc. By noon, thousands of people fell in a pool of blood, and the corpses piled up into a mountain. They won the victory.

The people lit a fire, not only to burn the fallen summer leaves, but also the corpses of the Swiss mercenaries.

From that moment on, the Feuillants, who still had illusions about the constitutional monarchy, gave up, Lafayette fled, and France entered a period of anarchy without a constitution. Seeing the chaos like this, Napoleon asked for leave to go to St. Cyr's girls' boarding school.

My sister was picked up and planned to take her back to Corsica.

At the same time, his classmates joined different camps, some joined the royalists, and some joined the revolutionary army, although they were still military school students at the time and were not yet formal soldiers.

Many people will place bets early, but others will wait until the outcome is clear before placing bets. Anyway, by the time Napoleon returns from Corsica, Paris has been occupied by revolutionaries. Not all nobles agree with Tuiler.

Like the nobles in the inner palace, they were loyal to the Bourbon dynasty and would rather die in battle. Their blood seeped into the wooden floor and became part of the mountain of corpses. Many of them chose to join the revolutionary army.

However, during the Battle of Toulon, the special commissioners from Paris did not care about others. They first investigated these nobles. By that time, Napoleon had already joined the Jacobins. With this relationship, he jumped up and reported, and finally obtained the Toulon.

Lun's power of command.

It was precisely because of his relationship with the Jacobins that after the Thermidor coup, although he luckily escaped prison and the death penalty, he was free at home, just like before he lost his hair, except that he no longer had to apply powder on his face.

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In the old days, in addition to selling tickets and performances, the opera house also operated a casino. From a certain perspective, the opera house was as luxurious as the casino. The opera house needed money to maintain the decorations and pensions for the staff.

And for other purposes, guests who came to the opera frequently gambled at the Palace of Versailles, despite the king's prohibition.

This custom spread to other parts of Europe. Originally, after watching the magic show, it was "normally" supposed to be gambling, but Napoleon decreed that gambling was illegal, so it was changed to a dance.

After the Battle of Waterloo, international buyers were also "waiting and watching" to see whether Britain or France would win, but because Rothschild got the news first, they won a lot of money.

After a night's rest, Georgiana was no longer so dizzy, and she still remembered what her mission was. Compared with Josephine, her disadvantage was that she was not a noble with a long pedigree, and some of the things that had happened before

thing, she seems to be targeting the old aristocracy, and things like this are not enough to get them to return to France to end their exile.

Bonaparte often murmured that fear and interest are the levers that move people to action. The role of dividing the cake is quite popular, but if the cake is not divided well, it will attract complaints. The Ministry of Finance owes 26 million francs.

There are still 6 months left to mature. Although according to the usual style of the French, this "acceptance" of the national debt will be extended, it will not be delayed for a long time.

The navy's disability pension was used for the expedition to Saint-Domingue. Although the French domestic newspapers did not publish it, foreign countries already knew that France was defeated this time. After reducing several warships, some of the money was allocated to pensions for the army and navy.

With Saint-Domingue as a springboard, there is no need to think about the extravagant hope of founding a country in North America. Keeping Louisiana is like useless, and it is better to sell it to the United States for 80 million francs.

After selling Louisiana, Britain would definitely go to war with France. The place where the Peace of Amiens was signed was not at the negotiation table, but at the Battle of Marengo. France did not need so many warships when maintaining peace. France had

There was also the East India Company. Although it went bankrupt in 1769, it reopened in 1785 under the patronage of the royal family and obtained a lucrative monopoly.

After the revolution, this monopoly was abolished, but the company continued to develop. In 1792, when the monarchy fell, the East India Company even used bribery and other means to prevent the Legislative Council from passing a proposal to tax the company's shares. In fact, the East India Company

The Girondin ministers condoned this tax evasion, believing that prosperous foreign trade was essential for the modern French Republic. However, after the Girondins were replaced by the Jacobins in June 1792, the French East India Company could not

No longer protected, the National Convention accused the French East India Company of profiteering.

The accusers believed that the East India Company's tax evasion was instigated by a foreign enemy, William Pitt the Younger. At the same time, a group of speculators began to short the French East India Company's shares. They were counting on the National Convention to issue a decree before the company was liquidated.

, causing the stock to rise.

But I really didn’t expect that the National Convention allowed the French East India Company to go bankrupt. The key to short selling was to have a “rival.” If the company went bankrupt, all the profits and principal on the books would not be withdrawn, including Dandong.

Everything is involved inside.

As for the things in the warehouse of the French East India Company, that is, the tea that Georgiana was holding and drinking at this time, the British tea consumption was not something that the British East India Company could consume as a monopoly, so it was cheaper than France, the Netherlands,

Austria and other countries.

Because the British lowered the price of tea, the Austrian East India Company had financial problems. "Small profits but quick turnover" requires sufficient shipping capacity. When the shipping capacity is insufficient, the profit of a ship of tea drops sharply. After it is no longer a huge profit, the corresponding profit is also

The presence of British "country ship" class ships in the South China Sea is not just for preventing piracy and declaring maritime sovereignty.

Massachusetts is very different from other states in the United States. For example, New York was once called New Amsterdam and was developed by the Dutch. Massachusetts has always been the territory of the king, so it is also known as New England. There is a royalist force in the area. They

It was believed that the king's exclusive power should be restored to restrain the tyranny of parliament.

This is something that many wizards have not been exposed to. The royalists believe that the power of the British king is actually the executive power swallowed up by the legislative power. Obviously, the king can legislate, but the law may not be executed, just like David

·The "Chimney Law" passed by Potter using magic to protect the rights of children can also be shelved.

Or maybe the "Witchcraft Act" has never been used in Ireland. The final conclusion is that if the witches asked Mary and William to legislate to protect witches after the Salem Witch Trials, this law would have no effect at all. On the contrary, the "International Law"

The Statute of Secrecy gives wizards real protection.

The purpose of the existence of the Ministry of Magic is to enforce the International Statute of Secrecy. As for the Salem incident, it may be related to the Gulf Company's charter withdrawn by the British in 1684.

Because the King of Spain issued many blank charters, the issuance of charters in the UK was also suspended. However, these charters did not affect the East India Company's franchise and monopoly. Presumably some tea merchants would run into trouble.

Georgiana remembered that there was an American "big short" named Jesse. When the Los Angeles earthquake hit the United States, he shorted U.S. railroads and made a lot of money. Los Angeles had already been hit by the disaster. If the railroads were shut down, relief supplies would not be transported in.

How helpless are the citizens of Los Angeles? So the U.S. government will definitely save Amtrak stocks, which forms a "rival market", but Jesse complains about his misjudgment, otherwise he can earn more.

The road from Mechelen to Brussels is not so important that it must be saved. Many roads in France are not maintained, such as the road where Marie Antoinette and Louis XVI escaped because

It was in disrepair, and even if they had good horses, they still wouldn't be able to run.

At that time, someone kindly suggested that they leave before dawn, otherwise they would be prone to a car accident, which meant that the people in the car would have to get out of the car and spend the night in a hotel.

Plans can never keep up with changes. No matter how thorough your preparations are, it will be in vain if you encounter situations where you are not cooperative.

At this moment, Rutger walked in, followed by several young people, all holding picture frames covered with silk in their hands.

"What are you doing?" Georgiana put down the tea cup.

"Look at these." Rutger pulled off the cloth of one of the paintings.

It can be seen that this is a Dutch genre painting. The painting is not large, and judging from the painting style and the clothes of the characters, it should be from the 17th century. This painting depicts a beautiful woman, and it is not as used as "Girl with a Pearl Earring"

Without the lapis lazuli, his expression is not so innocent, but has a worldly provocation.

"This is the painter's wife, she is his muse." Rutger said.

"Who painted this?" asked Georgiana.

"A painter who hasn't become famous yet," Rutger said, pulling away another piece of cloth. "But you might be able to make it famous."

It was a very funny work. A large group of people were drunk, a child stole the cheese from the cupboard, and a dog lay under the table picking up leftovers. At this time, a nun walked in, and the sunlight shone through her open door.

The door shone into the dark room, and the drunkard closest to the door woke up, while the nun looked serious and seemed to be planning to preach.

These people need to sober up and stop their heads from buzzing and hurting, instead of listening to people talking.

She couldn't help laughing.

"Do you like it?" Rutger asked.

"What's the painter's name?" Georgiana asked.

"Jan Stine."

She had indeed never heard of this name, and she didn't think this artist's paintings could compare with "Girl with a Pearl Earring".

but……

What Stine depicts is the human world. The girl in "The Girl with a Pearl Earring" is like the goddess of love in the sky. Styne's works made her feel a lot better.

"How much?" Georgiana asked.

"Don't get into this habit." Rutger shook his head and said, "There will be countless people selling you paintings of unknown future."

"Then why did you bring these?"

"I hope you're happy. Are you feeling better now?" Rutger said.

She didn't answer.

"Let's go out for a walk." Rutger looked at the sky outside and said, "Today is a good day."

Georgiana looked back, and indeed, the snow had stopped.

So she put on her fur coat and the same thick hat, and followed Rutger out of the hotel suite amidst the melodious ringing of bells in the distance.
Chapter completed!