Chapter 96 Find you a father

After the judge of the Plenipotentiary Tribunal pronounced the verdict, a palace official came out and showed everyone the order issued by His Majesty the King - the Plenipotentiary Tribunal was responsible for trying all cases involving Vezinier.

People immediately burst into cheers again:

"The right to judge! The all-powerful court has the right to judge!"

"Long live His Majesty the King!"

"Long live France!"

"God bless the people of France!"

"Severely punish the shameless judge!"

High Court judges watched from a building behind. In the past, such an order that interfered with the power of trial would have been criticized by them, but at this moment, they could only hold their noses and admit it.

The crowd was agitated outside, and anyone who dared to challenge the decision of the plenipotentiary court at this time would be immediately torn to pieces by the mob.

Even though there were hundreds of police officers surrounding them, the judges all knew that even if they were torn into pieces, the police would not pay attention to them.

The efficiency of the plenipotentiary court is very high. In one day, six old cases tried by Vezinier were overturned. The victims were all crying and shouting "Thank God" and "Long live the King". Many of them were so excited that they fainted on the spot.

No one cares about the crimes against Vezinier anymore. Anyway, there are already too many to count.

The next day, the plenipotentiary tribunal retried all eleven cases involving Vezinier.

In fact, it was originally planned to have more cases that needed to be retried, but some of the cases were relatively minor or the files had been lost. The judges of the Plenipotentiary Court strictly abided by the request of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to conclude the cases as soon as possible, so they temporarily ignored such cases.

Eleven major cases are enough harsh sentences.

In one case in particular, Vezinier was suspected of killing a witness in prison together with the defendant, and the murder was all blamed on Vezinier.

The latter's lawyer never expressed any objection from beginning to end.

At 4 o'clock in the afternoon that day, the oldest judge picked up the verdict, read a long paragraph about Vezinier's various crimes, and then loudly said: "The sentence is - beheading!"

The emotions of the onlookers erupted like a volcano in an instant! The cheers and applause continued for more than ten minutes without stopping. Many people began to spontaneously run along the streets of Paris to spread the good news as soon as possible.

Mala, who was sitting on the window sill of a shop in the distance, raised his right hand, jumped down, patted his pants and snorted: "It's actually beheading? Humph! That kind of guy only deserves to be hanged!"

At present, the guillotine, as a relatively less painful method of death, can only be "enjoyed" by nobles, and people with low status can only be sentenced to hanging.

At the Paris Merchant newspaper office, as soon as Denic got the news that Vezinier had been sentenced to beheading, he followed Joseph's instructions in advance, took out the manuscript he had prepared, and started to call the workers for printing.

The front page headline of "Paris Business Times" is "The High Court has too much power. Who should supervise it?" 》

The front page of "News and Pictures" read "The High Court interferes in government affairs, causing great harm!" 》

At the same time, Marat, Desmoulins and others were also writing press releases as quickly as possible, including the details of Vezinier's case, discussions on why the High Court was completely corrupted, and the positive role of the Royal Court of Plenipotentiary. wait.

These manuscripts were then sent to various newspapers. Now the High Court is in chaos, which has led to the suspension of the news review agency under its jurisdiction. The newspapers are almost unsupervised, and any news can be published.

In this way, under the overwhelming bombardment of public opinion, almost everyone in Paris was talking about the High Court.

The crowd protesting at the entrance of the court has been greatly reduced, but nearly a hundred people still gathered there, demanding strict investigation of the judges except Vezinier.

Soon, even the Palace of Versailles was abuzz with discussions about the High Court and the Vezinier case.

After Joseph waited for the public opinion to ferment, he and Brian went to see Queen Mary, preparing to knock the last nail on the coffin of the High Court.

In the tea room, the Queen first praised Brian: "Archbishop Brian, your outstanding and productive work has brought hope to the country's finances. I must express my gratitude for your efforts on the tax bill."

She had seen Brian three times recently, and each time she had to praise him in different ways. It was also because she had been too stifled by the bill before.

Brian hurriedly leaned over and said: "I am honored to do something within my ability for the great France. In fact, the passage of this bill is mostly due to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince."

Queen Mary smiled and nodded, just thinking that he was flattering the Crown Prince.

She believed that her son should have played a big role in this matter, but after all, he was still just a teenager, so it was definitely Brian, the veteran, who made the real plans.

Joseph winked at Brian, who hurriedly handed the bill to the queen: "Your Majesty, this is a new bill drafted by the minister and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince. Please take a look at it."

Queen Mary took the pages of the document, opened it, and asked curiously: "What is it about?"

Brian hurriedly said: "Recently, public opinion has very much recognized the role played by the Royal Court of Plenipotentiary in the trial of the Vezinier case. I believe that the Court of Plenipotentiary can play a very good supervisory role on the High Court to prevent similar cases. The case has resurfaced."

Queen Mary looked through the bill in her hand and saw that the main content was to give the omnipotent court the power to supervise the High Court. Specifically, it included the ability to conduct a series of operations such as search, review, prosecution, and judgment on the High Court.

It is also recommended that the Crown Court Plenipotentiary be renamed the Crown Court of Supreme Court to show that it is the superior department of the High Court.

In addition, the bill also mentions that because the high court interferes too much in administrative affairs, it will cancel its management of the news review agency so that the court can focus on judicial matters.

Queen Mary couldn't help but raise the corners of her mouth - the High Court had "oppressed" her for so long, and it would be great if it could be assigned a higher-level department!

However, she immediately became worried: "Archbishop Brian, your bill is also to be submitted to the High Court for registration. How could they agree to this arrangement?"

Joseph smiled slightly and said: "As long as you sign the bill, I guarantee that the High Court will pass it."

The queen looked at her son in surprise, then at Brian, and seeing that both of them looked confident, she immediately picked up a pen and signed her name, and then asked the clerk to take it to Louis XVI to sign and seal it.

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Paris Superior Court.

In the conference room on the third floor, five important members stared at the bills in front of them, most of them with gloomy expressions.

This bill puts a noose around the neck of the High Court. The rope is held in the hands of the Royal Court of Plenipotentiary, oh, now called the Royal Court of Supremacy. If the other party pulls it casually, he will be suffocated!

Justice Luault, who had a hooked nose, slammed the table hard and gritted his teeth: "This kind of bill will never be registered!"