C2881 The salient sting (1/2)
The unity of the First Republic of France and the First Empire was vividly displayed here!
The Empire was not established by rebellion, the Empire was established by Napoleon by the vote of the people and the loyal and powerful army, this was not a simple way to change dynasties!
How could Napoleon get the support of a lot of patriarchs from the Republic of China? Why would those people who had been baptized by the Revolution give him the ballot papers?
In the end, it was because the First Empire was just the outer skin of the Empire, while the inner core was still the political legacy of the Great Revolution. Just from the《 Napoleon Code》 which was a civil law Big Ceremony, it had basically protected the political demands of all the Great Revolutions.
Everyone was born equal, the feudal aristocracy and the clergy were deprived of their privileges, and the law of property was clearly established to protect and protect the new capitalists!
It was very responsible to say that the First Empire was just like the outer shell of an empire, pushing out an emperor to negotiate and coordinate with the royal authority of Europe at that time.
Furthermore, the stuffing in the outer layer of the Empire was still the stuff the Republic pursued. This way, the citizens would be able to easily accept it!
It was a pity that Napoleon's dream had only been half fulfilled. While his Empire had satisfied many of the citizens in the country, it had not fooled the astute monarchs from other countries in Europe.
When they clearly saw the true nature of the First Empire, their animosity only slightly eased, but it did not completely disappear!
What followed was the third anti-French alliance, then the fourth, fifth, sixth … Until Waterloo's seventh anti-French alliance!
It could be said that the whole of Europe had gone all out in order to destroy the Republic. From the first anti-French alliance in 1793 to the end of the Battle of Waterloo in 1815, the whole of Europe had competed with the France for a full 22 years!
The entire Europe was involved in these seven large-scale battles. Tens of millions of people were serving the war while millions of soldiers were being killed on the battlefield. The number of casualties could reach up to hundreds of thousands!
It was a painful memory in Europe. Not only was the France not willing to remember it, even the anti-French alliance would shudder when they thought about it.
In the first few rounds of the anti-French alliance, the European monarchs had sought to destroy the republic, but the nature of the subsequent four or five anti-French alliances had completely changed.
The sixth and seventh time, it could be said that the European Monarchs had joined forces to fight against Napoleon alone. At that time, they had already completely given up on the thought of destroying the Republic, and only hoped that Napoleon would not sweep across Europe.
What was the result of Napoleon using his entire life and countless of battles?
It was to prove to the whole of Europe that the Revolution was right and that the idea of a republic was not a fantasy!
To fight for peace is to live in peace! To compromise for peace means to die peacefully!
Who said that? This was what the great man had said! And Napoleon was the practitioner, pioneer of this thought!
The revolution had erupted in the France, and all of Europe was the enemy of the Republic. Everyone wanted to kill the France, but at this moment, Napoleon stood up and used countless of brutal and bloody battles to kill all the feudal emperors.
From then on, no one else in Europe thought that the republican system would be completely destroyed. The idea of the revolution had finally turned into a prairie fire, and in the end, it was Napoleon who had used 22 years of time to protect it with his guns and cannons.
This was also the reason why the Napoleon Family could easily restore their former glory if they wanted to. This was also the reason why even though Napoleon III was an idiot, he could still garner the support of countless citizens and soldiers!
It had to be two sides at once, the embodiment of the Great Revolution's martial arts was entirely supported by Great Emperor Napoleon, the memory of the 22 years of bitter war had already been deeply rooted in the spirit of the French Nation!
Xiao Letian had seen through all of this and it was written clearly in the reports. This extremely secretive Chinese expert had become a method for McMahon to motivate his soldiers!