Chapter 233: The Crown Prince's First Regency_2

Meanwhile, he also had to guard against the military nobility stabbing him in the back.

It was highly unlikely that these fellows would openly rebel, but they could certainly disguise themselves as rioters and launch surprise attacks on his troops.

In that case, he would be unable to disperse his troops to quell the disturbances across the regions—small detachments were all too easily ambushed.

In the conference hall, the various Cabinet Ministers had apparently already reached some degree of consensus on accepting the extortion from the military and the Assembly of Notables—they really could not come up with any other plan.

Queen Mary and Louis XVI listened with somber expressions to the ministers discussing, seemingly resigned to this outcome.

"We absolutely cannot accept the cancellation of land tax and the abolition of the press bureau!" Mirabeau exclaimed loudly.