Then came the key point.
The Military Affairs Supervisor went to see Ebiasso, the Governor of Genoa, and had him form a non-public "Internal Audit Committee" with the seventeen most influential people in Parliament.
The French military did not interfere in any of the committee's actions. They only asked for a list of traitors.
In the end, sixty-nine of the 230 arrested were confirmed by the committee to have committed treason. The committee also slipped seven additional names onto the list.
Then the Military Tribunal held its trials. All seventy-six were found guilty without exception, sentenced either to exile or hanging, with all their property confiscated.
The Military Affairs Supervisor personally led soldiers in confiscating the traitors' property, retaining 40% for military expenses, handing 50% to Genoa Parliament, and dividing the remaining 10% equally among Genoa's citizens.
However, the confiscations were all carried out by the French Army, and only the Military Affairs Supervisor knew the exact amount. Thus, in the end, the Dimoubin Legion received 70% of the confiscated assets, while Genoa Parliament and the citizens split the remaining 30%.
Since Genoa had a population of fewer than seventy thousand in total, every citizen could receive more than thirty Francs.[Note 1]
On the day the money was distributed, all of Genoa erupted.
Almost everyone shouted slogans such as, "Long live His Majesty the King of France!", "Long live General Dimoubin!", and "France is Genoa's eternal friend!"
Not only had Genoa Parliament gained an enormous sum of money, but more importantly, it had used this opportunity to "audit traitors" and wipe out all its enemies and political opponents. Naturally, it could not praise France highly enough.
They were all the most powerful people in Genoa—so long as they supported France, the people of Genoa could not possibly have any objections.