The Directory's Coup - The Return of War

Most people in france were not at all thrilled about the resumption of war. A hundred and 87 candidates running who were endorsed one way or the other by the sitting directorial regime a hundred and 21 were defeated, mostly by men of the neo jacobin variety. So it's time for another coup, right? Well, yes, but not the kind of coup you might be expecting given the pattern of coups that we've seen over the few episodes. The directory attempted to employ the same bag of tricks for the elections of year seven that they had used to control the elections ofyear six. That is, agents stirring up fake controversies, electing totally contrived alternative candidate slates