To be honest, when he heard the introduction of Kano and Joseph to Joseph's brother Napoleon, Lafayette's first reaction was that "Joseph wanted to use his power for personal gain." However, Lafayette was not angry at all. He was even a little happy.

This is first because, in this era, this was a very common thing. On the contrary, if someone did not do this, it would be a bit abnormal. Moreover, Joseph was willing to follow his path, in a sense, at least in Lafayette's view, this was clearly moving towards him. Of course, Joseph moved closer to him too slowly and too hesitated. Until now the overall situation has been settled (at least in Lafayette's view), he came closer. However, Lafayette still felt that he should accept his support with enthusiasm. Because Joseph was really talented. Generally speaking, people always have to be more generous to talented people.

As for whether Joseph and his brother would ruin this matter, Lafayette was not particularly worried. First, he felt that Joseph's ability was still trustworthy. Even if he was really not very good at military affairs, he would not be even less capable than the large number of noble officers with mixed qualifications in the French army. Moreover, it was just a small army, and even if it was taken out to gilt the Bonaparte brothers, it was actually no big deal. So the matter was settled like this.

After approving this matter, Lafayette left it behind because now, there are more important things in front of him.

For Lafayette, the most important thing is to rectify the French army. Lafayette is indeed very prestigious in the French army, but having prestige does not mean that the army will follow you. Feng Fengxian, who later generations, was so prestigious in the Northwest Army. However, when he encountered the silver bullets of Chang, his subordinates followed Chang one by one. Feng Fengxian pulled up the Northwest Army with one hand.

The French army is in a very strange state today. The royal party cannot trust the army, and the parliament cannot trust the army. What's more, the army itself cannot trust the army. The middle and high-level officers in the French army are all nobles, but the lower-level officers and soldiers are all third-level. Now they do not trust each other.

Lafayette knew that if such a situation develops, the army would be divided. The division of the army would completely collapse his ruling foundation, and what followed was civil war and chaos.

"This will completely destroy France." Rafieter thought.

However, some people would rather destroy France than encourage this division. Because in their opinion, France today is not their France at all.

Some nobles in the past were very dissatisfied with France today, including some nobles who joined the third level in the third level meeting. When the parliament confiscated all the wealth originally belonging to the church under the advice of Bishop Talleyrand, some who originally joined the revolutionary team, stood clearly on the third level side during the third level meeting, and the priests who stood clearly on the third level also stood opposite to France now.

Bishop Mori, MP Katanes and other priests organized a club called the "Black Party" (because there are a large number of priests in black robes in this club.) to oppose the revolution as much as possible. They created various newspapers, such as "Friends of the King", "Acts" and "Le Gautier Little", and insulted the "powerful people" including Lafayette, and attributed all the difficulties faced by France to the "disobedient ambitions" in the parliament. They even promoted the people at the bottom, pretending to be not caring about their own interests, but rather being compassionate with the people at the bottom of the relationship.

Such a trick is not very useful, but it cannot be said to be completely useless. Because the new regime did not take care of the lower class people. Whether in cities or in rural areas, there were people who were not as good as those in pre-revolutionary people. Many of them were asking a question: "If you can't eat enough before the revolution, you still can't eat enough after the revolution. Then wasn't the revolution in vain?"

These people gave an answer to this question, that is: it is better to not revolution than to revolution. If we can return to the era of Wangzheng, we will be peaceful in the world. This argument is not very popular in Paris, but in some rural areas in other provinces, it can deceive some people.

In addition, some middle and senior officers in the army were also frequently in contact with these people. Whatever conspiracy they might be making, this made Lafayette very worried.

On the other hand, some comrades who were standing on the same side as Lafayette in the past also changed. Perhaps they felt that their glory was covered by Lafayette, so some of them also distanced themselves from Lafayette. Perhaps in order to attract attention, these people became more radical than before. Some of his old friends in the past, such as Dubol, Lamer, etc., began to become more radical. Some new friends became more radical than old friends. Well, the main thing they talked about here is Bishop Talleyrand.

Bishop Talleyrand and some of his religious friends proposed another "Citizen Organization Law" in the parliament. According to this decree, France established 83 bishops (one bishop in each province) and belonged to ten archdiocese districts. The bishops were divided into dioceses. Like state officials, priests, bishops and archdiocese were elected by citizens. The elected should be taught by the higher-level prosecutors, and the bishops must be taught by the archdiocese. New bishops or above only need to send a letter to the Pope, indicating that they belong to the same faith and do not need to go to Rome to purchase statutes from the Pope, nor do they need to approve the Pope. In addition, this decree also abolished the "first-year donation" (that is, the new tribes should pay Rome with their first year income). It stipulates that the priest's salary will be paid by the state, and the bishop's meeting will replace the original privileged parish meeting and participate in the bishop's administration.

This is equivalent to completely cutting off most of the connection between the Catholic Church in France and the Holy See, which is a huge division of the Catholic Church. The Pope responded almost immediately. He condemned the bill and announced the removal of Talleyran from the church. However, Talleyran disdained this and still wore the archbishop's robe and engaged in various religious activities. Even as a counterattack against the pope's behavior, the parliament was preparing to pass a new bill again, requiring all clergy in France to swear allegiance to the motherland of France. Any clergy who refuses to swear allegiance will be dismissed.

This is a requirement that completely violates the Catholic tradition. He almost turned the Catholic clergy into ordinary state civil servants. And from a doctrinal point of view, the only object of loyalty for clergy is God. This decree has aroused the contradiction between the church and the parliament.

Lafayette once tried to make the parliament look gentler and not to be overly aggressive in such matters. But parliamentarians need such a bill to show their "firm position", and those clergy who turned to parliament need such an opportunity to control the church. (If you don't keep those guys down, when will I become a bishop?)

Therefore, Lafayette's efforts were fruitless and the bill was passed. After that, things were almost out of control. Most of the bishops and archbishops in the country insisted on not being willing to swear allegiance to the government and the constitution, so they were forcibly removed from their posts. However, most of the priests at the bottom chose to swear allegiance to the government and the constitution, and were promoted to serve as bishops and archbishops.

However, many dioceses outside Paris did not pay any attention to the appointment and removal orders issued by the parliament. On the contrary, many diocese bishops outside Paris began to publicly accuse the parliament of blasphemy and encouraged believers to fight these "anti-Christ".

The addition of these church forces also greatly increased the power of the black party. In places such as Lyon, they actually controlled the local areas and organized their own militias, and the local garrisons also turned to them. Civil war was almost imminent.

Lafayette believes that the key now lies in the king. If the king is willing to stand firmly on his side and firmly support the constitution, then the activities of the royal party will not become a climate at all. On the contrary, if the king shakes and turns to the royal party, the problem will be very troublesome.

For this reason, Lafayette kept visiting the king, trying to convince him to truly support the constitutional monarchy. He tried to let the king and the queen understand that the times have changed, and now the autocratic rule of "I am the country" in the era of Louis XIV is impossible. The British constitutional monarchy is the best choice for the country and the royal family. Those royal parties are actually not really loyal to the king. Their actions are actually just for their own interests. The king is just a plaque they use to call for their followers. Even in a sense, the royal party, like the radical republicans, are the ones who most hope that something happens to the king.

To be fair, Lafayette's view is indeed very reasonable. He also feels that he has successfully convinced the king.

"In fact, our king is still a very rational and knowledgeable person." When he came out of the Palace of St. Croat, Lafayette said to his adjutant Pierre.

This evaluation is actually good. The reason why King Louis XVI never took severe suppression before was because he knew that the times were different from his grandfather's time. But can reason definitely defeat emotions and desires? What's more, the queen does not have so much knowledge.

But Lafayette did not notice that shortly after he left the Palace of St. Cro, a messenger left the palace with the queen's secret letter, and the recipient was Mirapo, a member of parliament who seemed quite radical.
Chapter completed!