Robespierre has indeed published several articles recently, strongly opposing the arguments of some hardliners in parliament to launch a preemptive war against Austria.

At any time, parliament is always full of radicals. Because generally speaking, parliamentarians do not have to take political responsibility for their words and deeds, because they do not have the right to decide. In this way, parliamentarians become a bit like the former censors of the Dongdae-chi country, and can talk nonsense without any scruples.

On the other hand, among a large group of MPs, if someone wants to attract attention, stand out and become the leader of MPs, he must have some way to let everyone see him clearly in the crowd; he can still hear his voice in the midst of the crowd.

To do this, the first method is like Mirabo, who is half a head taller than others, eight feet tall, and has a waistline of eight feet. Even if he hides in the crowd, he can be seen at a glance like a firefly in the darkness of the night. With his natural loud voice, he speaks like he has practiced lion roar, and can easily cover up other people's voices.

However, this method has too high requirements for innate conditions, and not every member of parliament has the ability of Mirapo. In fact, since Mirapo was defeated by the disease, there has been no such person in the French parliament. So the remaining members can only use the second method, which is to attract attention with sensationalism, thrilling topics and horrifying propositions. Anyway, the MPs don’t have to take responsibility, isn’t it just nonsense? Who can’t? So, the more brainlessly complain about emotions, the more courageous and resolute they are, the more they can lead the trend.

Just like the later Citi Kingdom, when a certain commander was still a senator, he repeatedly proposed to break off diplomatic relations with the Dongdae Tsing Kingdom and restore diplomatic relations with the Frog Island. When he became the commander, he completely forgot these things and regarded all the words he said as a discharge of greenhouse gases. Only I, Lord God, who said he would withdraw from the group and repair the walls. He was truly a rare sincere gentleman in the history of the Citi Kingdom.

Since this is the case in the parliament, then an irrational view will naturally prevail. At this time, from a institutional perspective, a king with veto power needs to step on the brakes. However, the king does not want to step on this issue at all, because he also longs for war. In the queen's opinion, if the war breaks out, the split France will be vulnerable at all. At that time, they can rebuild the king's power under the protection of Austrian bayonets. Therefore, the king has no intention of stepping on the brakes. What's more, since the escape incident, although the parliament has determined that the king was held hostage and restored all the king's authority, the king has lost the trust of the vast majority of parliamentarians. It is not good for him to sing a counter-topic with the parliament in this matter.

According to Napoleon's analysis, now, in terms of interests, the only people who truly love peace are the people of the Jacobin Club. However, Jacobin had too few seats. Before that, they could stop the Phian faction's plots many times relying on tacit union with the Black Party. Even so, in the parliament, they could only achieve insufficient success and failure. Now, in this matter, the Black Party will not stand on their side, so relying solely on them, even "the failure is sufficient."

In order to solve this problem, Robespierre gathered several of his good friends to discuss countermeasures together.

"Everyone knows that war will only benefit those who have now." Robespierre said. "If the war fails, needless to say, all the achievements of the revolution will disappear, and France will return to its past state. And what if the war is won? Then some people can establish a personal military dictatorship as the hero who saved France. So, now we have only one most important task, which is to stop the war as much as possible."

"Maximilian," said Mala, "I can write articles to expose the royal family and call on the people to be wary of the conspiracy in the war fanaticism. But I am not sure how much effect it can be. You know, my articles have basically no impact on parliament."

Mara's "Friends of the People" newspaper is famous in Paris. Especially before the king fled, he reminded the people more than once in the newspaper to be vigilant and prevent the king from escaping. At the beginning, his statements were regarded as nonsense by most people, and Mara was also regarded as a sensational clown. However, facts proved his foresight, so now "Friends of the People" has greatly increased its influence in Paris, but due to the position issue, this influence is still limited to the middle and lower classes of Paris. In the parliament, Mara did not have enough influence.

"Unless another revolution happens..." Saint Just said.

"The time is not yet ripe." Robespierre shook his head.

"We can find ways to promote the maturity of the time," Saint Just continued.

"Tell me what you think?"

"We can put forward a series of proposals in the parliament that are beneficial to the people of Paris, but will inevitably be rejected by the parliament, such as limiting the price of food, banning speculation, controlling the issuance of coupons, and avoiding excessive issuance. (In fact, after Jacobin came to power, there were no few coupons)" Saint Just said, "They will definitely reject these proposals, and every time they reject the people, the people will be educated, they will be disappointed with the parliament of the men, and their anger will be burned more. At a certain time, when they fully see that the current parliament does not represent France, they will definitely launch a revolution again."

"But, Louis, doing so will speed up their wars," said Robespierre. "We must do all of what you said. But now we urgently need a way to hold back the war. Even if we only hold it for a while. Lafayette is already giving his soldiers a coupon as military pay. This naturally brings a series of complaints in the army and the National Self-Defense Forces. This will undoubtedly damage his influence on the army. As long as we hold him for a while, he will not be Caesar!"

"Joseph Bonaparte is under Lafayette, and he is a very smart person. We might as well discuss it with him, maybe he will have a solution," said St. Just.

"Look for him?" Robespierre frowned. "I think Mr. Bonaparte is actually reluctant to interfere in these things. And he had helped us a lot last time and suffered some losses. Recently, Lafayette transferred his and his brothers to their positions and moved them from some key positions."

"Mr. Bonaparte would not care about it." Saint-Just said, "Mr. Bonaparte is indeed not willing to interfere too much in politics. His interests are more natural in nature, because he is very talented in those things. But you also saw what happened last time. Mr. Bonaparte is a moral and decent man. His loyalty to France and to the revolution is beyond doubt. I think as long as we reach out to him, he will definitely help us as long as he can."

"Are you talking about the Corsican noble?" Mara spoke in a sarcastic tone, "Can a nobleman gain your trust in this way?"

"Can the nobles of Corsica be considered nobles?" said Saint Just, "Besides, nobles may not be unreliable, and civilians may not be loyal to the revolution, such as..."

"Well, Louis, I know that although you are not a noble, there is a 'virtue' in your name. But do you think he can have a way? Is he the wise Solomon? If he is really so smart, he would not be unable to solve the 'four color problem'. (Obviously, the setbacks he suffered in the 'four color problem' still made Mara feel a little worried.) The solution may not be with him, I have a way here!"

When Saint Just heard Mara speak the word "de" in his name, he wanted to argue with him immediately, but when he heard that he had a way, he suppressed the anger in his heart and asked, "What do you have?"

Mara rolled her eyes at Saint Just, but ignored him. Mara was ugly, and he knew that he was ugly. Like most other ugly people, the ones he hated the most were those handsome guys, not to mention Saint Just, who was so handsome that he almost violated the laws of nature, naturally made Mara even more angry when she looked at it.

"Mr. Mara, if you have any ideas, let's talk about it together." Robespierre spoke.

Mara could roll his eyes to Saint Just, but he could not treat Robespierre like this. So he spoke, "Lafayette is a hypocrite, and a coward! We will directly break his conspiracy, and he will not have the courage to do this..."

Speaking of this, Mara smiled like an owl: "Haha, maybe, in order to prove her innocence, this hypocrite will work with us to avoid war. Mr. Robespierre, my newspaper effect is limited in doing this. You'd better publish some such articles in person. Believe me, it's OK. What I'm best at is dealing with these hypocrites."

...

After the meeting, Mara left quickly, and Saint Just said goodbye to Robespierre. Robespierre saw that Saint Just seemed to be not very emotional. He said to him: "Louis, this is how Mara is, she is full of thorns. Anyone he talks to can make people angry. But don't be too careful with him. His ability is still good, and he is very loyal to the revolution, and he is also honest and self-disciplined. After more contact, you will know that Mara is actually a good person."

"Mr. Robespierre," said St. Just, "I don't think about Mara because of his attitude. I'm just thinking, will his method really work?"
Chapter completed!