The Crescent of the Sultan

Freedom, how many crimes have been committed in your name.

—Madame Roland on the Guillotine

Maximilian Robespierre's surname was originally de Robespierre, but he shortened it in 1789.

This man was very different from Mirabeau or Danton. Both of them were ugly, while Robespierre was well-dressed.

He always wore neat, perfectly tailored clothes, usually dark green, a color that seemed to reflect in his eyes and even his sallow pockmarked face.

His hair was powdered and combed to perfection. Because he is short and thin, he wears high heels to make himself appear taller. He walks with small, quick steps and very fast speed.

His nickname was "The Incorruptible in the sea-green coat."

He lives up to his name and is indeed incorruptible.

Apart from buying clothes, he spent very little money. He had no close friends, women meant nothing to him, and neither did food.

He lived mainly on bread, fruit and coffee.

He was never heard laughing and rarely seen smiling. He is a very tense person at all times.

"This man can achieve great things," Mirabeau said shortly before his death. "He believed in what he said."

The reason why Robespierre appeared on the city tonight was because he received a letter reporting that the king would flee on Christmas Day.

Although he doubted the authenticity of the other party, the "Incorruptible One" was even more bored with today's party, and he decided to go to the city to take a look.

And the facts are indeed as stated in the report letter, the king did escape.

Robespierre was a rational man and he had no intention of sending anyone to hunt down the king.

Nowadays, life is not easy for the Jacobins, and the Girondins dominate.

This is not what Robespierre wanted. Starting from the women's petition last year, the Jacobin Club has fallen into serious divisions. Some moderate elements who opposed the deposed king have threatened to form another club.

And indeed, Feiyang Club will appear soon.

Faced with two ideas, after thinking about it, Robespierre chose to abolish the monarchy. The first thing he had to do was to get the chairmanship of the Jacobin Club and overthrow the rule of the Girondins.

The question is, what exactly are Girondins?

This has to start from before. The victory of the American War of Independence certainly allowed the European countries to once again see the power of France.

However, the French royal family's control over local areas and its dominance over the country are also declining.

The monarchy left to future generations by Louis XIV (the Sun King of France, the peak of autocratic rule) has been almost completely defeated by the two prodigal sons, Louis XV and Louis XVI.

Under these circumstances, political clubs sprung up across France starting in the 1780s.

In these places, people engage in endless discussions about the options for the country’s future institutions and the pros and cons of different options.

The most influential early club was the left-wing Society of Friends of the Constitution, whose members met at the Jacobin monastery on rue Saint-Honore and were therefore often called "Jacobins."

Originally founded by anti-royalist representatives from Brittany, the Society of Friends of the Constitution soon developed into a national organization of the republican movement.

Its members included a wide variety of bourgeois activists.

Among them were liberal nobles (such as Count Mirabeau, Lafayette, Sieyes, etc.).

The constitutionalist big bourgeoisie (such as the big banker and farmer Theodor Lamet brothers).

Industrial and commercial bourgeoisie (such as Brissot, Vernio, etc.).

Democratic bourgeoisie (such as Robespierre and others).

In February 1790, the Jacobin Club adopted its charter, stipulating that its purpose is to "promote the success of the revolution", "let the voice of truth spread everywhere", and "let the light of truth illuminate the people".

It stipulates that members must "love equality, cherish human rights, instinctively protect the weak and oppressed, and be willing to respect others." To become a member, you must apply, be recommended by an introducer, and pay membership fees. In this way, the Jacobin Club had the prototype of a modern political party.

But it must be clear that the Society of Friends of the Constitution is not a Jacobin.

It also included the Girondins - a faction so named because most of its important members were representatives of the Legislative Assembly from the Gironde department in southwestern France.

But the name actually came from the "History of the Girondins" written by Lamartine, a later best-selling French writer.

Generally speaking, during the revolution, people often named them after the leader of this faction, Jacques-Pierre Brissot, and called them Brissot.

The Girondins also supported the abolition of the monarchy, but they were not an organized political group like the Jacobins.

Rather, it was a party formed by loose connections of individuals, including the influential Jean-Marie Rolland and his wife Marie-Jeanne, whose salon would become the main gathering place for the Girondins.

Incidentally, the Girondins were the first to split from the Society of Friends of the Constitution.

Looking at the dark night, Robespierre turned and returned home.

Louis XVI cannot escape. Tomorrow, people will naturally find out about the king's escape.

By then, the Brissot faction will be passive, and people like Mirabeau and Lafayette will be nothing more than weak royalists. As for other opponents, they will be nothing more than clowns.

And I, Robespierre, will reshape this country. Monarchy is already the dregs of the times, and republic is the future.

A vortex that has been gathering momentum a few months ago is on the verge of spreading.

The fleeing king, the ignorant Brissot faction, and Robespierre hiding in the dark constituted the first layer of the whirlpool of the French Revolution.

Britain watched with cold eyes, Prussia, Austria and Spain felt uneasy, and Tsarist Russia in Eastern Europe was the second level in this whirlpool.

Napoleon, who is still in Constantiniya, waiting to enter the game, will be the third level of this whirlpool.

While the French Revolution was intensifying, Selim was also preparing to complete the great purge. The Gantacuzino family, the chief culprit among the Fanar people, would definitely have no hope of survival.

Regardless of whether you were coerced or something, you still chose to participate when you could clearly explain to the Sultan. Why did Selim keep him?

As for the Ducasse family, they can stay. After all, without the help of Simon Ducasse, Cardosi Gantacuzino would not be so honest.

However, the main branch must not be left behind, and only a remote branch of the Ducasse family can survive.

Over in Greece, the Angelos family must have been eliminated from the nine clans. Many other families, who did not report the knowledge or indirectly helped, all executed the main branch and let the side branches take over.

Selim has no way to touch the Armenians now. He can only ask Abraham to increase the financial suppression of the Armenians. This is one of the few punishments that the Sudan can do.

Finally, there was the Guards. Hassan Pasha was very efficient, and the Guards were basically slaughtered.

Under Selim's order, their heads were cut off by Hassan and piled up in the northwest suburbs outside Constantiniya.

The article roughly explains the political factions in France. My ability is limited, so I can only do this.

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