Kammala wannan jumla: Breteuil ya tuntubi 'yan majalisa masu ra'ayin mazan jiya a shekara ta 1789. Ya yarda ya zama Firayim Minista da zarar sun kori Jacques Necker daga mukamin. Necker ya kasance sananne, amma masu sarauta sun gan shi a matsayin mai neman farfaganda mai haɗari kuma mai tsattsauran ra'ayi. Breteuil, Duchesse de Polignac, ɗan'uwan Sarki Count d'Artois da kuma goyon bayan Marie-Antoinette sun tsara shirin da kyau. Koyaya, ba zai iya kame ƙiyayya ga Necker ba, Count d'Artois ya hanzarta ci gaba da shirin da wuri. An sallami Necker makonni kafin Breteuil ya yi imani ya kamata a sallame shi. An nada Breteuil Firayim Minista a ranar 12 ga Yuli 1789. A wani bangare sakamakon korar Necker, da
An kai hari kan Bastille a ranar 14 ga Yuli.