C2875 descendants of the Zhan Musi Party (2/2)
”Think about how our ancestors lived before the Revolution. The Church, the feudal aristocracy, the King … They tried their best to squeeze out our ancestors, and they squeezed out every single grain of our food, making us live in extreme poverty forever! ”
”Once we encounter a calamity, the whole village will starve to death. When the plague comes, the whole town will be burned down by the king's army, and no woman or child will be able to escape!”
”We have nothing, we can't even protect our wives and children... It's hard for you to imagine! ”Actually, a hundred years ago, in many of the villages in France, the feudal lords still had the power of the first night!”
”Your lover must first be gifted to the Lord to sleep! ”To be insulted, you have to be grateful, because at least the Lord only slept with her and not killed her!”
”What kind of world is that? Have you forgotten what kind of environment your ancestors lived in? ”
”I can tell you, although I am the empire's marshal, I am still the Duke of Magenta! However, I can tell you this, my ancestors were not that noble! ”
”Yes, my family is indeed of noble blood, and of British aristocracy blood, but we are Irish descendants of the Zhan Musi Party!”
The moment the words left his mouth, all the soldiers started whispering to each other. They never expected the Marshal Family to have such a history.
Zhan Musi's faction was very unfamiliar with modern man like Xiao Letian, but at that time, anyone with a little knowledge in continental Europe knew what they represented.
Because the Zhan Musi Party originated from the British Glorious Revolution!
At that time, the British bourgeois parliament launched a glorious revolution to overthrow Zhan Musi II, while II's daughter Ma Li II and her husband, William of Holland came to power!
It was only after the comradeship revolution that Britain began to embark on the path of constitutional monarchy. This was definitely a big event for the Europeans!
After Zhan Musi the Second was chased away, there were many supporters in Britain who followed him to France and other European countries. This part was called Zhan Musi Party!
The final result of these people were obviously miserable. Zhan Musi II did not recover in the end, and these descendants of the Zhan Musi Party who were exiled overseas gradually fell into poverty.
McMahon's family was like this. In his grandfather's generation, his family's title was no longer recognized by the British. Furthermore, France had no interest in admitting that their family had become ordinary citizens.
Fortunately, they were aristocratic families and had not fallen into the civilian class. They did not have any political rights or money, but they had a home tutor!
This is very important! Since the family was a cultured intellectual, they could also carry out a high-quality education within the family, so McMahon's grandfather eventually became a doctor.
McMahon himself also received a good education since young, which was why he had the chance to enter a military academy to study!
McMahon laughed bitterly, ”Do you know now? In fact, I am not born a noble, I am just like many people from France, I came from the commoner class! ”
”My title of Duke was earned from killing my way through the battlefield!”
”Now I want to tell you all, what I'm protecting is not my right to have the title of Duke. What I'm protecting with my life is actually the rule that this commoner can become a Duke!”
”If we can protect this rule, then our future generations will have hope!”