18th century total war

Chapter 21 Changes in Power
In a private villa in downtown Paris, dozens of National Guard officers and soldiers wearing tricolor armbands suddenly broke into the crowd.

Earl Charles and his family servants were quickly brought under control, and the leading officer unfolded a roll of paper to Earl Charles, which was stamped with the seal of the Constituent Assembly.

"Your Excellency Earl Charles, now you are accused of misappropriating state public property, using public power for private use... and other 12 crimes. Please come with us."

Earl Charles looked pale, but he had already been mentally prepared. Before the Declaration of Human Rights was promulgated, he knew that the royalist faction had been defeated...

The whole of Paris is rejecting them, especially those low-level Parisians, who put all the hardships of their lives on the royalists.

Of course, all of this is the result of the propaganda of the black hand behind the scenes. Who told the king's reputation to be too stinky now?
The bottom citizens don't understand politics, they only know that their lives have become starved, and it appeared during the reign of King Louis XVI, and that's enough!
There is no way to feed your own people. What kind of king is this kind of king if he is not a fool?
People who support the faint king are naturally not a good thing!

People's thoughts are so unpretentious...and boring!

As a result, Earl Charles, a loyal supporter of the royalist party, was arrested. With the promulgation of the Declaration of Human Rights, Earl Charles's aristocratic privileges have been deprived, and he cannot escape legal sanctions at this time.

"my family……"

"Sorry, Your Excellency, your family members are also involved in several crimes, especially your wife."

The mother of Li Wei, who was at odds with Earl Charles, collapsed on the chair with a pale complexion. It was obvious that Earl Charles' political opponents planned to catch them all and not give their family any chance.

As for Livy's legitimate son, who has long since left the center of power in Paris, there is no crisis. Those at the Constituent Assembly have not yet had the energy to arrest people in the distant Brittany region, and there is no chance of it.

They are just to combat the royalist forces of the traditional saber feudal aristocrats, more precisely, they support the royalist forces of the Bourbon dynasty!

On this day, not only Earl Charles and his family were arrested, but many royalist aristocrats who supported the Bourbon dynasty were arrested and imprisoned. The so-called charges were just an excuse. Those who have passed through the government must be imprisoned!

This is the truth that when the water is clear, there are no fish. In many cases, it is not that the superiors are blind and cannot see the corrupt criminals, but they have no way to remove them. After all, such a big country needs to be managed. Without these officials, how can the superiors Didn't he become a polished commander?

What's more, many corrupt criminals have indeed made political achievements, and the operation of the government would become inconvenient without them.

As for their corruption causing the majority of the civilian class below to become miserable, this has little to do with those in power. As long as they do not provoke a popular uprising, those in power will not care how many people will starve to death!

Moreover, the corruption and bribery of officials gives the superiors a handle, and it will undoubtedly become easier to eradicate these officials in the future. If they are disobedient or look intrusive, they will directly put the evidence of their crimes on the surface and arrest them for trial. One way, no one can stand up, and by the way, they can also gain the support of the people and enhance their popularity!
Why is anti-corruption and anti-corruption often carried out by the governments of many countries?

It is because this kind of behavior is beneficial and harmless to the superiors. The huge sums of money obtained during the anti-corruption and anti-corruption process can be put into their own pockets, or simply used to build the country, anyway, they will not be returned to the victims below. of the...

The most important thing is that if you don't pay back the money, you can just catch a group of people and kill a group of people, and you can also gain the favor of the majority of the people. This deal is such a bargain!

Even in later generations, it seems that no one has heard of any anti-corruption operation in which the stolen money will be returned to the victims...

The political situation in Paris is changing. After the news spread to the local areas, the turmoil became more intense. The aristocracy of the Kingdom of France ushered in the real end!

Peasant riots, which were only sporadic, suddenly became the norm, because everyone knows that the aristocracy is doomed!

At this time, the municipal government of Vannes is holding a provincial committee meeting.

After the Paris Revolution, the political system began to undergo drastic changes from top to bottom. All localities learned from the constitutional convention and set up their own parliaments at all levels.

The levels here do not refer to social levels, but regional administrative levels. Even a town has its own town committee.

The selection criteria for members of committees at all levels are directly linked to the amount of tax paid. In other words, only those whose tax paid amount reaches a certain level are eligible to vote and run for local council members!
Obviously, this is a trick of the bourgeoisie!

All fools know that the bosses of the bourgeoisie are the big taxpayers. Isn’t this method of relying on the amount of tax paid to determine voting and candidate status just to open the door for the wealthy bourgeoisie?
As for the one-person-one-vote system, this voice disappeared shortly after its appearance. The reason is simple-money corrupts everything!
The truly poor have no voice in the government.

What's more, the government's various expenditures have a lot to do with taxation. Everyone likes or dare not offend those big taxpayers.

Therefore, relying on the amount of tax payments to determine the voting rights and electoral rights of members has now become the foundation of the Kingdom of France, and has even been written into the constitution!
This is also one of the reasons for the promulgation of the Declaration of Human Rights and the complete retreat of the traditional aristocratic and church forces.

Because the aristocracy rarely pays taxes or is even tax-free, the church's property does not need to be taxed, and tithes are even collected from parishioners.

Of course, the traditional feudal aristocrats and the church have no advantage in voting and elections, and their opposing voices are too small to stop the general trend of the constitutional assembly.

Today, the Provincial Council of Vannes, the capital of the Morbihan Province, is the nominally highest authority in the entire province, holding judicial power and military and political power.

The legislative power is directly controlled by the Constituent Assembly, which is the only power that the local government cannot intervene, which ensures the unity of laws across the country and establishes the unbreakable political status of the capital of Paris.

Since ancient times, the legislative power is the highest right!
Of course, this refers to the situation where there is no civil war...

To put it bluntly, the remaining military, political and judicial powers revolve around the relevant laws. In ancient times, the authority of laws was not there because the words of the monarch were the law at that time, and the authority of the monarch was higher than that of the law. Naturally, everyone also There is no need for the so-called law...

(End of this chapter)