Chapter 78 Attack and Defense Battle

Sumial bowed to the queen and signaled: "Your Majesty, I also have the Duke of Seville, the Count of Serulier, and the Marquis of Saint-Villan..."

He named a dozen names in one breath, all of them were very influential nobles.

“…commissioned to express to you their position in recommending the resignation of Archbishop Briand.”

Vilzhen glanced at Brian and said: "There are discussions everywhere in Paris now about Archbishop Brian's lack of financial knowledge and outdated financial policies."

Queen Mary did not expect that so many people wanted Brian to step down, and said with some hesitation:

"The tax bill is very complicated. Perhaps Archbishop Brian should be given more time..."

The Duke of Orleans has long been planning to overthrow Brian, and launching an attack at this time will certainly not give him a chance to delay his breath.

He coughed slightly, stood up and said: "Your Majesty the Queen, I have some friends in the banking industry. They told me that because the assistant to the Finance Minister interrupted loan cooperation with two banks for no reason a while ago, the bank suffered serious losses.

“There has been strong dissatisfaction with the state’s fiscal policy across the banking industry in recent times.”

In order to deal with Brian, he just dumped what Joseph did to Brian. But this makes sense. After all, Brian is the top person in charge of the financial system, and he should be responsible for all financial issues.

Sumial put on a shocked expression very cooperatively and said: "This situation sounds very serious."

"That's right." The Duke of Orleans also pretended to be worried. "A friend revealed to me that the banking association may boycott Archbishop Briand, which will seriously affect the government's access to loans."

He looked at Queen Mary: "Your Majesty, you know that without the support of bank loans, we will not be able to repay the national debt, which is a national debt default."

In fact, he is completely alarmist. For bank capital, lending to the government is the best deal. Not only is the interest rate high, but there is basically no need to worry about the loan not being repaid. Bank Lavelle and Laborde had lost their government loan business, which immediately caused their revenue to plummet, making them as anxious as ants on a hot pot.

Queen Mary became a little uneasy, frowned and asked, "What should I do? Is there any room for redemption?"

"Perhaps..." Duke Orleans thought hard for a moment, then suddenly raised his head and said, "There is someone who can cope with the current situation."

The queen asked anxiously: "Who is he?"

"Actually, you also know him, Mr. Necker." said the Duke of Orleans. "He has always had good relations with the banking industry and has rich experience in financial management. I believe that he is the most suitable candidate to be the finance minister at the moment."

Virzhin and Sumyar immediately nodded in agreement, "Mr. Necker does have the ability to solve these problems."

"I also feel that he is the only one who can serve as finance minister."

Queen Mary looked at the three people who were worried about the country and the people, and kept making impassioned speeches, and she sighed secretly in her heart.

In fact, she was quite dissatisfied with Brian's work after taking over the financial system - the country's huge debt has not been reduced at all. It's been more than half a year since the tax bill came up, and there's still no progress. Now we have offended the banking industry again...

The reason why she wanted to use Brian as the finance minister was because Brian was the speaker of the "Conference of Notables" who represented the great nobles at that time. Winning him over would help the Conference of Notables support the new tax bill.

Unexpectedly, as soon as Brian showed his attitude of supporting the royal family, he was immediately abandoned by the meeting of dignitaries. It can be said that in terms of political games, he has basically lost value.

If replacing him can help advance the tax bill and gain support from the banking industry, it is not impossible to consider.

Moreover, Necker had previously served as finance minister. Although he was dismissed for privately announcing the royal family's spending, he was indeed very professional in financial management.

Thinking of this, the queen raised her eyes and looked at the other ministers: "So, what are your opinions on this matter?"

Joseph had been somewhat unresponsive by the sudden attack by the Minister of Justice and the Duke of Orleans and others. At this time, he finally understood that they were going to get rid of Brian and help Necker come to power.

Historically, Necker did replace Brian as chancellor, just a few months later. It can be said that using this person as finance minister ruined Louis XVI's last hope of saving his life.

Very simply, Necker represents the interests of capitalists, to be precise, bank capital!

How could he serve the royal family sincerely?

It was during his tenure as finance minister that the French government's borrowings from banks rapidly expanded several times.

Even though Carlonne, the later finance minister, worked hard to avoid high-interest loans, France's finances had become dependent on loans and there was no way back.

In addition, he privately announced the royal family's expenditures, causing France to fiercely criticize the royal family's huge expenditures. In fact, a large part of this is the government's expenditure on repurchasing the fiefdoms of the great nobles.

Real royal expenses basically come from the king's own estates and properties, and the king has to supplement the national treasury deficit from time to time with private property.

Joseph narrowed his eyes slightly, he would never let the Duke of Orleans get what he wanted!

His plan to promote the tax bill has just begun to take shape, and he needs Brian's cooperation. At this time, he must be kept, and it is also a sniper against Necker.

He stood up immediately and said: "Actually, Archbishop Brian was very effective in promoting the tax bill.

"You can go to Paris and see. Most people think that nobles should pay land tax and so on, and they are very supportive of the new tax bill."

Although what he said was a bit exaggerated, similar public opinions have indeed begun to appear in large numbers.

Sumyar looked over at him: "Your Majesty the Crown Prince, as far as I know, there are still many people who are skeptical of the tax bill."

Joseph smiled disdainfully: "But there will be fewer and fewer."

As sales of his two newspapers continued to rise, public opinion was bound to tilt in favor of the bill. Moreover, the content of the bill has little impact on most people, and it can improve government finances. There is no reason why people should not support it.

"No, Your Highness, the tax bill has been opposed for a long time, and people will never..."

Joseph did not want to get entangled with him on these minor issues. The other party is obviously well prepared. If you get caught up in detailed discussions, you will get into the other party's rhythm.

Joseph immediately raised his hand to interrupt him and said to Queen Mary: "Your Majesty, Archbishop Brian has actually made a complete plan to promote the tax bill and has begun to implement it.

“Here, I can tell you with certainty that the tax bill will definitely be registered in the High Court in two months at most.”

Everyone present was stunned. They didn't expect Brian to be so confident.

Brian was also confused. Why didn't he know about this plan? But he immediately realized that His Highness the Crown Prince was helping him.

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