Chapter 2494 Empty

After the signing of the "Campo Formio" treaty, the German Emperor Franz gave Napoleon six white horses and a luxurious carriage. On the first day of his stay in the Tuileries Palace, he and the second The ruling Cambacérez and the third ruling Le Brun took this carriage together and circled most of Paris. The crowd cheered happily along the way, and when it was almost at the Tuileries, there were guards on the road.

This is entirely a place for the monarchy, and there is a slogan on the gate of the Tuileries Palace they passed: August 10, 1792, the French abolished the monarchy and will never be rebuilt.

It was also on that day that Danton led the armed forces from Marseilles into the Tuileries Palace. They actually arrived around the evening of August 9th. They originally planned to take the City Hall, but Danton took advantage of his accomplices to A break from the ringing of the bells of the nearby churches, the bells of which passed through Paris, and even the church bells of the center and the east.

The people who had already turned off the lights turned on the candlelight again, and the bell sounded like a crying baby, with a clear and continuous rhythm, which woke everyone up.

It was destined to be a sleepless night, Louis XVI only lay on the bed for a while, let the queen's sister wake up the queen, and then 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 was still feeling "this year's leaves fell so early".

At 2 o'clock in the morning, Danton once organized an attack, but was repelled by Swiss mercenaries. At 6 o'clock in the morning, Ludrell persuaded the king to take refuge in the riding stables, but the queen did not agree. By 9 a.m., some 20,000 people had assembled in front of the Tuileries, compared with 900 Swiss mercenaries.

Originally, in addition to the Swiss mercenaries, there were also the National Guard. Seeing this situation, several teams suddenly defected, and then Danton shouted, "Toll the death knell! Let the king die! That is the revenge of the people! It is the moment of freedom for the people. "

Then there was a sea of ​​people trying 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 field.

Not all the Swiss mercenaries were still sticking to the king's orders at the critical moment. They also fought with shop owners and craftsmen in the end. By noon, thousands of people fell in a pool of blood, and their corpses piled up into mountains. The victorious people lit a fire, not only to burn the fallen summer leaves, but also the corpses of those Swiss mercenaries.

From that moment on, the Feuillants, who still had illusions about a 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 Girls Boarding School to pick up his sister, planning to send her back to Corsica.

At the same time, his classmates joined different camps, some joined the Royalist Party, and some joined the Revolutionary Army, although they were still military students at the time and not yet formal soldiers.

Many would place their bets early, but others would wait until the outcome was clear, since Paris had already been taken by revolutionaries by the time Napoleon returned from Corsica. Not all nobles are as loyal to the Bourbon dynasty as the nobles in the Tuileries Palace. They would rather die in battle, blood seep into the wooden floor, and become part of the mountain of corpses. Many of them chose to join the Revolutionary Army here.

But when it came to the Battle of Toulon, the special commissioner from Paris did not ask anything else, and first investigated these nobles. At that time, Napoleon had already joined the Jacobins. Len's command.

It is precisely because of his relationship with the Jacobins that after the Thermidor coup, although he narrowly escaped prison and the death penalty, he stayed at home with free money, and it was the same as before his hairline, except that he did not need to apply powder on his face. .

In the old days, in addition to selling tickets and performances, the opera house also operated the casino. From a certain point of view, the opera house was as luxurious as the casino. The opera house needed money to maintain the decorations, as well as staff pensions and other uses, and opera guests, despite the king's prohibition, often gambled in Versailles.

This trend spread to other parts of Europe. After watching the magic show, it would be "normal" to gamble, but Napoleon decreed that gambling was illegal, so it was changed to a ball.

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.

Georgiana was less dizzy after a night's rest, and she remembered what her mission was. Compared with Josephine, her disadvantage is that she is not an aristocrat with a long pedigree. In addition to some things that happened before, she seems to be targeting the old aristocrats. This is not enough for them to return to France to end their exile. .

Bonaparte often muttered that fear and interest are the levers that move people to action. The role of sharing the cake is quite likable, but if the cake is not divided well, it will lead to complaints. The Ministry of Finance owes 26 million francs and is due in 6 months. Although according to the French's usual style, this "acceptance" national debt will be extended, it will not be delayed for long.

The navy's disability pension was used for the expedition to Santo Domingo. Although it was not published in French domestic newspapers, foreign countries already knew that France had lost this war. After reducing a few warships, some money was allocated to compensate the army and navy. With Santo Domingo as a springboard, the extravagant hope of establishing a country in North America is no longer necessary. Keeping Louisiana is like a chicken rib. It is better to sell it to the United States for 80 million francs.

Selling Louisiana, Britain would definitely go to war with France, and the place where the "Treaty of Amiens" was signed was not the negotiating table, but the Battle of Marengo. In the case of maintaining peace, France does not need so many warships. France once had the East India Company. Although it went bankrupt in 1769, the company reopened in 1785 under the sponsorship of the royal family and won It has a rich monopoly right.

After the Great Revolution, this monopoly was canceled, but the company continued to develop. In 1792, the monarchy fell, and the East India Company even used bribery and other means to prevent the Legislative Council from passing the proposal to tax the company's stock. This tax evasion was condoned by Luntite ministers, who believed that thriving foreign trade was essential to a modern French republic. However, after the Girondists were replaced by the Jacobins in June 1792, the French East India Company was no longer protected, and the National Convention accused the French East India Company of making huge profits.

The accusers believed that the tax evasion of the East India Company was encouraged by a foreign enemy, William Pitt, Jr. At the same time, a group of speculators began to short the shares of the French East India Company. They were counting on the National Convention to issue a decree before the company was liquidated , allowing 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 is to have an "opponent". If the company goes bankrupt, all the profits and principal on the book will not be withdrawn, including Dandong It's all involved.

As for the things in the warehouse of the French East India Company, that is, the tea that Georgiana is drinking in her hand at this time, the tea consumption in Britain is not something that can be eaten by a monopoly operation of the British East India Company. Austria and other countries.

Due to the British lowering the price of tea, the Austrian East India Company has financial problems. "Small profits but quick turnover" requires sufficient shipping capacity. When the shipping capacity is insufficient, the profit of a shipment of tea drops sharply. At least, the appearance of large ships of the British "country ship" level in the South China Sea is not just for anti-piracy and declaration of maritime sovereignty.

Massachusetts is very different from other states in the United States. For example, New York, which used to be called New Amsterdam, was developed by the Dutch, and Massachusetts has always been the territory of the king, so it is also called New England. There is a royal power in the local area. It is believed that the king's monopoly should be restored to restrict the usurpation of the parliament.

This is something that many wizards have never been exposed to. The royalists believe that the power of the British king is actually swallowed up by the legislative power. Obviously, the king can legislate, but the law may not be enforced, just like David The "Chimney Act" passed by Potter with magic to protect the rights of children can also be shelved.

Or the "Witchcraft Act" has never been used in Ireland, and the final conclusion is that if wizards ask Mary and William to legislate to protect wizards after the Salem Witch Trials, this law will have no effect at all, but the "International The Secrecy Act truly protected wizards.

The existence of the Ministry of Magic is to enable the implementation of the International Law of Secrecy. As for the Salem incident, it may be related to the Gulf Company’s charter that Britain took back in 1684.

Because the King of Spain issued many blank charters, the granting of charters on the British side was also suspended. However, these charters did not affect the franchise and monopoly of the East India Company. Probably some tea merchants would encounter trouble.

Georgiana remembered that there was an American "big short" named Jesse. When the Los Angeles earthquake hit the United States, he shorted the American railways and made a lot of money. Los Angeles has already been hit by a disaster. If the railways are out of service and relief supplies cannot be brought in, how helpless will the citizens of Los Angeles be? Therefore, the U.S. government will definitely save the U.S. railroad stock, which forms a "opponent market", but Jesse complains about the 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 when Marie Antoinette and Louis XVI escaped, because It has been in disrepair for a long time, even if they have good horses, they will not be able to run.

At that time, someone kindly advised them to leave at dawn, otherwise they would be prone to car accidents, which meant that the people in the car had 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 do not cooperate.

Just then Rutger came in, followed by several young men, all holding picture frames covered with silk.

"What are you doing?" Georgiana put down her teacup.

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

It can be seen that this is a Dutch genre painting, the painting is not large, and it should be from the 17th century in terms of the style of painting and the clothing of the characters. This painting depicts a beautiful woman, who does not use lapis lazuli as in "Girl with a Pearl Earring", and her expression is not so pure, but with a worldly provocation.

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

"Who drew this?" asked Georgiana.

"A painter who isn't famous yet," said Rutger, drawing another piece of cloth "but you might make it famous."

It was a very humorous work. A large group of people were drunk, a child stole cheese from the cupboard, and a dog was lying under the table to pick up leftovers. The door shone into the dark room, and the drunk man closest to the door woke up, while the nun looked serious, as if she was planning to preach.

These people need to sober up more, so that their brains don't feel buzzing, rather than listening to people talking.

She couldn't help laughing.

"Do you like it?" Rutger asked.

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

"Jan Steyn."

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

but……

What Styne described was the world, and the girl in "With a Pearl Earring" was like the goddess of love in the sky. Styne's works made her feel better.

"How much?" Georgiana asked.

"Don't get into the habit." Rutger shook his head. "There will be countless people who will sell you paintings from unknown sources."

"Then what are you bringing these for?"

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

She didn't answer.

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

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

So she put on a fur coat and an equally thick hat, and followed Rutger out of the hotel suite amidst the melodious sound of bells in the distance.