"Although Louis XVI is the king of France, many things happened during his tenure, but his crime is not worthy of death. Gillen, you should not sentence him to death."
Jiang Xuan stopped Ji Lun and said in a deep voice.
Gillen frowned and looked at Jiang Xuan. Although he was grateful to Jiang Xuan, the trial of Louis XVI was an internal matter in France.
"Mr. Jiang, this is France's internal affair and you have no right to interfere."
"I know, so I can persuade you."
"I don't care what you do, but at least Louis XVI cannot pronounce his death sentence without legal charges against him."
Seeing Jiang Xuan's persistence, Ji Lun breathed out a thick breath.
He was silent for a while and said in a deep voice: "Okay, I will prepare a hearing for Louis XVI, hoping that he can prove his innocence."
"If he is not guilty, we will only take away his privileges without causing any harm to him personally."
Jiang Xuan nodded.
It is already very good to be able to achieve such a result.
At the very least, such a procedure can maintain fairness.
"Okay, just do as you say."
Ji Lun nodded slightly, bypassed Jiang Xuan and left with his men.
"Tell Brissot and the other deputies that we need to hold hearings on the trial of Louis XVI."
"But before that, Louis XVI's privileges as king should be abolished. The king cannot be above the law!"
In French law, the king is above the law, and the king cannot be guilty.
To put Louis XVI on trial, these privileges had to be taken away.
Everyone voted unanimously, and even Brissot, who had differences with Gillen, agreed with the proposal.
Louis XVI's royal prerogatives were stripped away in the National Assembly.
And among those who were able to participate in the first and second classes of Parliament, no one dared to speak for King Louis XVI...
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the next day.
Gillen promised Jiang Xuan to give Louis XVI a fair and just trial.
At this time, the sky was clear, which seemed to indicate that this trial would be extremely fair, just like the sky now.
The outside was crowded with Parisian citizens.
Putting a king on trial was something that had never happened before in France's history of more than a thousand years.
At this moment, the guards in blue military uniforms backed away from the road.
Louis XVI was escorted to the National Convention. He looked at the Paris citizens who had lost awe in their eyes. The current king seemed to be a prisoner.
He looked towards the National Convention, where the three estates of parliament had once been held.
Louis XVI looked at the podium, that high position that originally belonged to him, but now belonged to the Grand Chancellor of the National Convention.
As the current ruling leader, Gillen announced the resolution passed by the parliament yesterday: "Now I will declare that all the king's privileges will be abolished, and he will be responsible for the crimes he has committed!"
"If not, he will go free and we will have the fairest and most just trial..."
Jiang Xuan sat in the audience and watched everything happening indifferently.
The Chancellor of France summoned Brissot.
He was a member of the Jacobin Club, a school of thought that differed from Guillen.
He is a representative of the National Assembly.
Brissot walked up to the stage and said in a deep voice:
"The king fled, betrayed the revolution he supported, and even wanted to destroy our current revolutionary achievements!"
"For this reason, he even did not hesitate to collude with the so-called royalists and foreign countries, such as Austria and Prussia, in an attempt to subvert our republic!"
"Your Honor, we charge Louis XVI with treason!"
As soon as this statement came out, the whole audience was in an uproar!
They knew that the king had been arrested, but they did not expect that the other party wanted to defect, wanted to destroy the republic they established, and wanted to regain power!
To restore the monarchy, such a terrible conspiracy!
"He's an asshole and betrayed our trust!"
"Sure enough, those old nobles are all reactionaries!"
"Louis XVI was the most reactionary among them!"
Louis XVI looked at the angry crowd and for the first time felt the power of words, as if they were going to eat him.
But he didn't speak.
Because he has never done some things, there is no need to defend himself.
Bang bang bang!
The judge knocked three times, and the whole place fell silent. He said indifferently: "What evidence do you have?"
Brissot looked at the silent Louis XVI, snorted coldly, and a secretary handed over a stack of letters.
"Have you seen the letters in my hand? These were found from the safe in Louis XVI's bedroom. This is information provided by a locksmith!"
"And these letters are evidence of Louis XVI's collusion with the royalists and foreign forces!"
Louis XVI looked at the letter in confusion.
And the audience present was even more angry!
Colluding with foreign forces to subvert the republic they finally established is a capital crime!
And the letter in Brissot's hand was sentencing him to death!
Louis XVI strongly defended: "I'm not, I didn't, you are setting me up!"
But the crowd's voice drowned out his voice and swallowed him up.
Gillen also frowned when he saw this.
Brissot looked at Louis XVI with a smile, patted the letter in his hand, and made a clanking sound, like iron cuffs.
"Are you saying that these letters are all fake?"
"I've done all of these things!"
The judge looked at Louis XVI and reminded: "Deliberately concealing the truth is an additional crime."
Louis XVI took a few deep breaths, and after calming down, he said in a deep voice: "I admit that I have indeed exchanged letters with my princes and ministers."
"But it was just a normal letter."
"I want to escape because I don't want to die here!"
"The government led by Gillen wants to overthrow all the old forces. Every day, several nobles who have not experienced trial are hanged from street lamps on the street."
"This is scary!"
"Is it wrong for me to run away when my life is threatened?"
"I am the king of France, how can I destroy my own country!"
The judge nodded and felt that what Louis XVI said made sense, but what matters in everything is evidence.
"Then how do you explain this pile of letters?"
Louis XVI looked stunned. He didn't know what was going on with the correspondence between him and Prussia and Austria.
"Those...those may be handled by my ministers...I don't know, I don't know anything."
Such an excuse makes no sense at all.
Brissot pressed forward and asked, "So are the signatures on these documents fake?"
"These are all your own signatures."
Louis XVI had nothing to say, but he knew very well that he would not be able to sign such a document!
"Judge, I have the right to find a defender."
