Chapter 188 Louis XVI’s “Themed Birthday Celebration”

"Diversion of people's attention?" Brian nodded, he was very familiar with this, "You mean, find some aristocratic scandals and vigorously publicize them?"

Joseph was slightly startled. To be honest, this was slightly different from his original idea, but it was indeed a very effective method.

"In addition to this, we can also ask the newspapers to report that the Swiss owe money."

Well, the stolen money that has not been returned by the Swiss Denaro Bank is the money that Switzerland owes France, which is very logically reasonable.

Joseph knew that France was currently in the early stages of national awakening, and people were very concerned about such matters involving national interests. As long as the copywriting is qualified, it will surely attract everyone’s attention.

In fact, the Swiss State Assembly and the Federal Assembly have advanced nearly 3 million livres, and more bank loans are being forced to be withdrawn early, and diplomats have been sent to France to coordinate the matter. However, due to the needs of the domestic situation in France, the Swiss can only be "wronged".

Brian nodded thoughtfully. He admitted that this matter indeed attracted more attention from the citizens than the scandal of the nobles.

Joseph continued: "And the Barbary pirates we captured were all sent to Paris for public trial. We also found a few American sailors who can speak French to cooperate in the sensation.

"The process of capturing pirates was written into a script, and it was performed on the spot after the public trial every day."

When it comes to sensationalizing hot topics and making news, Joseph, who has been trained in the 21st century, is definitely considered a master in this era.

"We can also get some visual stimulation. Isn't the trial of Boislandal over? He will be hanged as soon as possible and his body will be hung on a street lamp for public display."

Boislandal was the banker convicted of Necker's murder.

"But..." Brian wanted to say that the judicial process has not been completed yet and should not be implemented so quickly, but he thought that the person who opened the bank was not a nobleman and had a gang background. He just wanted to say hello to the High Court, so he decided Nothing more to say.

With these things, people's concern about the bad harvest will definitely be greatly reduced. Coupled with the fact that affordable bread can be purchased, I believe that the panic about food will soon be effectively controlled.

Brianne's assistant knocked on the door and entered with the queen's maid. Countess de Boninac saluted the two people in the room and said: "Archbishop Briand, Her Majesty the Queen, please go to her."

Brian hurriedly left with the maid, and Joseph returned to his study and wrote down the arrangements for "hot spots" into documents one by one.

Unexpectedly, only half an hour later, Brian came over anxiously and said with a sad face: "Your Highness, the Crown Prince, you must help me persuade Her Majesty the Queen."

"Oh? What happened?"

Brian sighed: "You know, His Majesty the King's birthday is next month. His Majesty the Queen just summoned me to discuss the birthday celebration.

"But now the country has such a serious shortage of revenue, and money is needed everywhere, so I suggested to Your Majesty not to hold a large-scale celebration, but she is obviously not satisfied..."

"Wait a minute!" Joseph suddenly looked at him and said, "Yes, it's His Majesty the King's birthday soon."

"Yes, Your Highness. Her Majesty the Queen loves you the most. If you try to persuade her, she will listen."

Joseph thought for a moment, but smiled and shook his head: "No, Archbishop Brian, this birthday should be celebrated."

"ah?"

"Not only must we celebrate, we must do it grandly!" Joseph said, picking up Brian and heading towards the Little Trianon.

Not long after, Queen Mary stroked her son's hair happily, glanced at Brian who was standing aside with a frown, and said happily: "I knew that Joseph would definitely agree to hold a grand birthday celebration for his dear father. .”

Following her words, Joseph first blessed Louis XVI, and then said: "But as you know, the citizens of Paris are worried about food problems now. If we directly hold a birthday celebration at this time, it will easily arouse people's dissatisfaction.

"Also, there are financial issues."

Brian didn't expect that there would be such a twist, so he nodded in agreement.

The queen began to frown: "So, you mean?"

Joseph smiled and said: "We need to set a theme for His Majesty's birthday celebration."

"theme?"

"The citizens of Paris will hear the news: His Majesty the Great King will hold a disaster relief-themed birthday celebration." Joseph said, "The scale of the celebration must be large and affect as many people as possible. Start preheating half a month in advance and organize some free program, free food is distributed every day in the name of His Majesty the King.

"During the birthdays, a charity sale for disaster relief is held every day, calling on nobles to donate. All Paris citizens can come to the Palace of Versailles Square to participate in the celebrations, and you can also hold lucky draws and the like.

"Within nearly a month before and after the guarantee, Paris was full of laughter and laughter, and no one remembered the bad harvest."

Brian said with a grimace: "Your Highness, this will cost a lot of money."

“It doesn’t cost much,” Joseph said. “The most expensive part of this kind of celebration is hiring theater troupes and circus performances, large-scale banquets, and decorating the Palace of Versailles.

"And we can just save all that."

Queen Mary's eyes widened immediately: "What kind of birthday celebration would it be without these?"

Joseph had already thought of a plan on the way here, and immediately smiled and said: "As for the program of the celebration, we can hold two competitions.

"The ladies have a singing and dancing competition. We only need to let the palace band play together, and the ladies in the Palace of Versailles who are good at singing and dancing will naturally come on stage to show off their skills. Her Majesty the Queen will lead several ladies from the royal family as judges, scoring on the spot, and the music master will Make comments. Finally, the top performers with the best performances will be selected, and Her Majesty the Queen will award them personally. I believe they will enthusiastically sign up.

"On the men's side, there can be sword fighting competitions. His Majesty the King will be the judge and award the winners.

"Of course, you can also hire a circus. It just needs to be performed between games. The cost won't be too much."

Queen Mary imagined the scene where the ladies would gather together and show off their singing voices. She felt a little excited in her heart and nodded in approval.

Joseph continued: "His Majesty the King will tour around Paris on his birthday to accept congratulations from the citizens. In this way, the banquet will only involve the dinner, which is the only place where money is needed."

In the past, the king's birthday celebration would require a whole day's banquet, so it would cost a lot of money. And if you just hold a dinner party, the cost will not be too much.

“As for the decoration of the celebration, the Palace of Versailles is already the most exquisite and luxurious place in Europe. It is enough to just clean it and put some flowers everywhere.

"The core of a celebration is people. As long as there are many people and everyone enjoys it, it will be a good celebration."

Brian silently calculated the celebration plan mentioned by the Crown Prince, and estimated that it would cost at most 300,000 livres, and would not arouse the opinions of the Parisians against the royal family, so he immediately agreed: "Your Majesty, I think the celebration proposed by Your Highness The way it was done was perfect.”