Chapter 130 The Great Purge Begins (asking for double monthly tickets)

Queen Mary stared at the sketch in front of her, her face grimacing with great dissatisfaction: "Is the punishment so light?"

Justice Minister Breteuil nodded helplessly: "Your Majesty, according to relevant laws, this is the heaviest punishment for General Besonval. Unless there is evidence to prove that he deliberately let the gangsters get close to His Highness."

This is the current French law, which is very tolerant to the nobility. More than ten years ago, Countess de la Motte, Jeanne, claimed to be Queen Mary's maid, and found a concubine to pretend to be the queen, and deceived Archbishop Rohan into buying a necklace worth 2 million livres for the "queen". Jeanne then handed the necklace to Count de la Motte and sold it in England.

It was not until the jeweler complained to the queen that the installment payment failed to arrive that the matter was revealed. Archbishop Rohan took out the "Queen's" autographed letter in public to prove his innocence, but the Queen became everyone's talking point.

Even in such a serious case, Rohan and Count de la Motte were acquitted, while Jeanne was only sentenced to the Bastille because of her noble status. And the next year she escaped from prison - some suspected that the Duke of Orleans helped her escape.

Therefore, in Besonval's situation, being sentenced to exile is really the limit.

Queen Mary looked at Brian, Mono and others, and saw that they also nodded, so she could only pinch her eyebrows and said: "Okay, then exile.

"But the place of exile... I remember we have a small island in East Africa. What is it called?"

Kesoud, who was called as a witness, immediately answered: "It's Seychelles, Your Majesty."

"Yes, Seychelles." The queen nodded bitterly and looked at Breteuil, "That's where Besonval will be exiled."

The Seychelles is 10,000 nautical miles from Paris. And with the sailing technology of the 18th century, there was no guarantee that anyone would even make it there alive from France.

Although Bessonval has not yet been sent to trial, since the queen has settled on Seychelles, she basically has not escaped.

In the conference hall, no one, including the military ministers, dared to speak for Bessonval. Not to mention the anger of the king and queen, yesterday's attack was really too serious. And there happened to be a foreign princess present and witnessed everything, which was so embarrassing.

Baron Breteuil glanced at the Queen's expression and continued: "Your Majesty, as for the other members of the French Guard... they all bear important responsibility for failing to stop the attacker.

"Since it is still unclear how the two gangsters approached the Crown Prince's car, all officers and soldiers of the French Guard need to be isolated and reviewed. After that, the suspects will be handed over to the military court for prosecution and trial."

"Examination..." The Queen waved her hand tiredly, "Baron Breteuil, please work with Vermorel to assist the military police department in examining the officers and soldiers of the French Guard.

“All officers are suspended and no one is allowed to leave the barracks until their innocence is proven.

"Please report the results of the investigation to me at any time."

"Yes, Your Majesty."

Saint-Priest, the Minister of War, breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this - Besonval was definitely finished, but as long as the military police and the military court were responsible for the matter, the other officers in the French Guard should be saved.

After all, they are all members of the military system. They just go through the motions and announce that they are not involved in this matter.

As France's elite force and stationed in Paris, most of the officers of the French Guard have some background. In the military aristocratic group, everyone's interests are entangled with each other. These people have a very wide network of connections.

Among other things, the commander of a cavalry battalion of the French Guard was the brother-in-law of St. Priest's cousin. If the queen directly sends someone from the royal family to review the matter, he will be in great trouble.

Just when he thought that the matter was over, he saw Quesode bowing to the queen and saying: "Your Majesty, I think that with the ability shown by the French Guards, they are no longer suitable to continue to guard Paris. Perhaps, Paris should be replaced by another one." Form a more reliable force to ensure its safety."

The queen nodded with deep understanding and looked at the other ministers: "What do you think?"

Saint Priest lowered his head and said nothing.

Interior Minister Monod forced out a "honest" smile and said: "Your Majesty, the entire French Guard is now under review and cannot fulfill its duty to protect Paris. Other troops should indeed be deployed to ensure the defense of Paris."

Last night, Joseph sent someone to inform him and asked him to cooperate with Kesode.

Brian also nodded and said: "Your Majesty, there is no war on the border of Southern Netherlands now. It is a waste to have elite troops like the Flanders Brigade staying there, and they can just be transferred to help defend Paris."

Baron Breteuil's eyes suddenly lit up when he heard this, and he echoed loudly: "Your Majesty, I also think that the Flanders Brigade is very suitable."

Like him, the commanders of the Flanders Brigade were a very rare group of nobles who firmly supported the king. Transferring them to Paris would be of great benefit to strengthening his political power.

The Secretary of State for Household Registration is in Birmingham as he puts the ceremonial finishing touches to the Anglo-French trade negotiations. The Foreign Secretary had just reached Austria on his return trip from Russia.

So there was no objection from anyone in the chamber at this time. Seeing this, Queen Mary immediately made the decision: "Then call the Flanders Brigade to Paris. The French Guard's location will be changed to the town of Moretroin."

She still vividly remembered the town as the base of the Blood Knife gang, and she happened to drop the French Guard there.

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An hour later, in the garden of the Palace of Versailles, the Duke of Orleans was smiling to the Marquis de Saint-Priest:

"Therefore, it is not appropriate for me to contact the military police at the moment, and I have to ask you to convey the message on my behalf. Who could have expected such an attack by bandits? Louis XV was assassinated before. We cannot let innocent officers be implicated."

The French Guard was his "territory" that he had managed for many years, especially the officers. He had probably invested more than a million dollars in it, so naturally he could not watch them be dismissed or exiled.

The Minister of War nodded confidently: "Please rest assured, with this activity 'funding', the military police will definitely be lenient. Even if someone is really prosecuted, I will handle it in the military court."

The Duke of Orleans had just promised him a total of 250,000 livres, and he estimated that he could get at least half of it. After all, the officers of the French Guard also served as military police, so there was no need to do it all by himself.

The Duke of Orleans did not catch up with the previous meeting, so he breathed a sigh of relief and bowed to indicate: "Then I'll help you."

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In the crown prince's palace, dozens of noble girls were looking worriedly at the "seriously" injured crown prince. They wished they had been attacked on his behalf, and they even scolded the incompetent French Guards a thousand times in their hearts.

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