The young Lafayette was in the prime of his life, and he had amassed a great deal of popularity through his participation in the wars on the North American continent, and through his family's wealth, Lafayette had also made the acquaintance of a large number of famous and famous democrats.
After that, Lafayette became one of the leaders of the liberal aristocracy.
He attempted to solve the financial and political crisis in France by limiting the absolute power of the king.
At the Council of Dignitaries convened by Louis XVI in 1787 to resolve the financial crisis, he opposed Louis XVI's policy of raising taxes and called for the convening of the Estates-General.
Although there were many people who called for the "Estates-General", Lafayette was the only one to do so. and was the first to propose the name "National Assembly".
In order to prevent riots and save the crumbling feudal rule, Louis XVI was forced to agree to convene the Estates-General, which had been interrupted for more than a hundred years.
On May 5, 1789, the Estates-General opened at the Palace of Versailles, and Lafayette attended it as a representative of the nobility of Rôme.
When the majority of representatives of the privileged estate refused to assemble with the representatives of the Third Estate, Lafayette was one of the first representatives of the aristocracy to act in concert with the representatives of the Third Estate, and he advocated an English-style constitutional monarchy.
Of course, because of Napoleon's strong intervention, Lafayette did not become the head of the constitutional monarchy as he has historically been.
With the strong crackdown by the royal family and the military, the democrats active in Paris were dealt a near-devastating blow.
In the subsequent riots in Paris, Lafayette did not advocate the use of such methods against the royal family.
But he was surrounded by his men, and Lafayette took part in the uprising.
Of course, in his heart, Lafayette did not want the uprising to be victorious, because what he had always longed for was the British model of constitutional monarchy, he hoped that Louis XVI would recognize the reality of the situation and be able to accept this system, and of course, he would not mind becoming the Cromwell of France if necessary.
In the early days, for various reasons, the riots in Paris were raging.
Lafayette had even fantasized about the day of success, but only one day later, most of the rioting forces besieging the Bastille were devastated, and then the rioters were often crushed in a battle as the royal army was on the rise, and in just a few days, Lafayette's dream was frothy.
But Lafayette did not despair, and after escaping from Paris with great difficulty, Lafayette secretly led his remaining men south to Lyon.
Lyon was chosen for two reasons, one of which was that the Lafayette family had a certain amount of power in Lyon.
Another reason is Lyon's location.
Lyon is a large city in southeastern France.
It is also the third largest city in France.
At the confluence of the Saône and the Rhône.
From 1450 to 1550, wealthy bankers from Northern Italy and France came here, giving the city a bustling and lively atmosphere, including the HRE and Italians.
In Europe at that time, apart from Venice, Lyon was the city with the largest number of printing workers, and by the 17th century, Lyon became the most important silk production center in Europe, and was the only production place for the precious silk used by the French royal family and aristocracy.
Textiles and printing drive the economic development of the whole of Lyon.
The proximity to northern Italy and Switzerland also gave birth to a large number of wealthy capitalists and bankers in Lyon.
These capitalists, who had long aspired to high political status, and who had great wealth in their hands, but who were not respected by the aristocracy, made them decide to change the situation, and Lafayette's arrival is suspected to have played a catalyst role!
Under Lafayette's activities, the capitalists agreed to support Lafayette's activities, and they provided Lafayette with huge sums of money and hundreds of armed private soldiers.
The capitalists then used the silver offensive to get the French detachments of the two regiments stationed not far from Lyon to agree to take the risk to support Lafayette's operation.
And all this was deployed in less than half a month!
In the early morning of September 5, the two regimental detachments stationed outside the city of Lyon, wearing white silk scarves tied to their arms, took advantage of the situation and attacked Lyon after opening the city gates.
At noon on 5 September, Lafayette stood at the town hall in Lyon and announced the victory of the uprising to all the people and capitalists who had taken part.
He said: "Every French has a patriotic dream in their hearts, and they want their motherland, the great France, to be a free, equal, and democratic country!
But now, those feudal and conservative aristocrats are trying in vain to stifle the people's desire for democracy, equality, and freedom, they want to maintain the status and benefits they have obtained since the Middle Ages, and they want to continue to stand on the head of the people and give command!
But times are progressing, and this remnant of feudalism is destined to be swept into the trash, and the people want to be able to be the masters of their own affairs instead of continuing to tolerate the extravagant aristocrats who continue to stand on their heads and do their best!
Every human being is born equal, God did not divide human beings into three levels and nine classes when he created them, everyone has the right to pursue happiness, and those rulers have no right to impose their ideas on the people!
The tragedy that had taken place in Paris some time ago was a terrible massacre by the feudal aristocracy of the people who longed for freedom, and in this way they wanted to stifle our desire for a happy life and the pursuit of democratic progress, and by this means they wanted to make all of us accept their courtesy.
Just when Louis XVI was raising taxes because of the lack of state finances, he forgot that his own spendthrift in Versailles, every franc in the hands of our people was rewarded through their own efforts, and those high-ranking dignitaries wanted to take every franc in our pockets and spend it on their hands, and they wanted to take the last bread in our pockets!
Gentlemen, we are not standing here today as a riot, we are in a revolution, we are carrying out a revolution in order to win a happy life for the whole French people!
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There was no doubt that Lafayette's speech was a success, and everyone standing outside the town hall was desperately afraid to beat their palms, and the whole Lyon applauded!
At Lafayette's call, the revolt had the support of all the population, and from the afternoon onwards a steady stream of peasants and civilians stood outside the town hall and demanded to join the insurrectionary army, a situation that cheered Lafayette and the capitalists who supported him, and as long as the revolution could continue in this way, they would gain all of France!
On September 9, 1789, several nobles who had escaped from Lyon rushed to Versailles, where they complained to Louis XVI about the crimes of the rebels, led by Lafayette, and hoped that His Majesty the Great King would send troops to calm the situation in Lyon.
These nobles did not notice that when Louis XVI heard the news of the uprising in Lyon, his face instantly turned pale, although he was not in Paris during the Paris riots, but when he returned to Paris later, looking at the ruins in the city, Louis XVI was filled with panic.
Later, before the nobles could finish crying, Louis XVI urgently summoned his government officials, and Queen Marie, who was in charge of the situation in Paris, was also called back to Versailles by Louis XVI.
Like Louis XVI, when Marie learned the news of the uprising in Lyon, her face became very unnatural, from the passage of the tax increase to the present, there was only a month in between, but in this month there were several riots and dozens of armed conflicts, just when Marie was glad that the local government and army were able to suppress the situation in the first place and not let the riots expand, Lyon had an accident.
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As an important large city and textile base in France, Lyon pays an astronomical amount of taxes every year, and the current riots in Lyon will not only affect the deteriorating fiscal revenue, but also make the whole of France see successful cases, and the uprising in Lyon will definitely stimulate all cities.
"Mary, am I really wrong?"
"No, my majesty, you are not wrong, it is the untouchables who are at fault" "But why are they all against me, not only the untouchables, but even the Duke of Orleans and the Marquis de Lafayette?"
"Your Majesty, this ..........."
In the face of Louis XVI's inquiry, Marie was right, and could not say that Louis XVI had done anything wrong, but it was really the reason why the situation had developed so far, and it was true that France's financial deficit was largely due to the Versailles court, but Louis XVI also maintained the dignity of the Kingdom of France since Louis XIV.
Moreover, after Marie began to change, the cost of the Versailles court had nearly doubled compared to the time of Louis XIV, and even so, France's finances still did not improve, and Louis XVI successively appointed several financial directors but still failed to effectively solve this problem, so the idea was to raise taxes.
Looking at Louis XVI as if she were a child, Marie stepped forward and hugged him "Louie, don't worry, everything will be fine, immediately we will send an army to exterminate those untouchables, and then you will still be the supreme lord of France, and no one will dare to oppose you!"
"Oh, Mary" At the moment, in a palace with only two people, Louis XVI and Marie hugged each other tightly.
To be continued.
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