Chapter 1230: Press hard and rub gently

On December 24, 1800, Napoleon Bonaparte was assassinated in the Rue Saint-Nicaise. Twenty-two people died and fifty-six were injured, but Bonaparte was unharmed.

In the public opinion at the time, people generally believed that this was done by the royalists. All those who participated in the beheading of Louis XVI were "regicides", including the Jacobins, and Napoleon was because he had

Join the Jacobins and become one of the "regicides".

But he did not take action directly. Compared with other extremes, Louis XVIII, who was in exile overseas, still had some illusions about him. The situation of nobles in trouble was often not so wonderful. Louis XVIII was once very poor, and Napoleon once gave him

Subsidy, Louis XVIII later wrote to the "regicide", hoping that he would welcome him back, but Napoleon did not agree. At that time, some people in the Protectorate were already very dissatisfied with his special court.

At the end of the old system, the Supreme Court after Maupp's reform had lost its impartiality and became obedient to the king's words, and Napoleon's special courts were almost of the same nature.

He was unwilling to accept the constraints of any principle or the constitution. The new celebrities favored the establishment of a strong government, but not a forceful and arbitrary government. The debate in the tribune angered Napoleon, "There was a person in the tribune

Beat up or fifteen metaphysicians who are only fit to be thrown into the water. They are lice on my clothes. I am a soldier and a son of the Revolution. I will never tolerate being humiliated like a king."

The assassination occurred shortly afterwards.

He insisted on continuing to watch performances in the theater after just experiencing the assassination. On the third day, December 26, 1800, Napoleon began to suppress. He shouted, "Those who have ruined the reputation of the Republic and used all kinds of extreme means to

Anyone who uses any means to undermine the cause of freedom must be arrested.”

However, the target of his prosecution was not the Royalists, but the Jacobins, the organization representing the "Revolutionary Spring" that he had joined when he was desperate.

The Jacobins he prosecuted were either shot or guillotined. More importantly, the Jacobins were arrested on a large scale and a large number of people were exiled without trial.

Fouche, who was responsible for the arrest, was an old chameleon. He blamed the murder on "British gold coins", which meant that the British were behind it.

However, according to John Archer's investigation, the assassination may have been planned by several priests.

During the Italian War, Bonaparte had contact with the Pope. The Pope hoped that France could restore the status of the Catholic state church, but Napoleon did not accept this condition.

Because of the subsequent massive arrests and deportations of the Jacobins, the real murderer was covered up. French newspapers reacted strongly to this. Later, these "hostile newspapers" were closed by Napoleon. However, this did not prevent the underground printing press from starting operations, or did it

There were many publications ridiculing him, and some people even falsely accused him of having an affair with his sister, the legendary most beautiful woman in Europe, Pauline. Among them, Josephine's affair while he was away was the most widely reported.

The widest.

Even the farmers outside Malmaison Manor knew that there was a "boyfriend" sleeping in the master's bedroom, and they were intimate as if no one was around, just like a normal couple.

The police station is particularly terrible. They can arrest at will and set up private courts. In addition, they also use lunatic asylums to imprison opponents. One of the poets wrote a satirical poem, "Yes, the great Napoleon, the great chameleon."

"And being caught, even a normal person would go crazy when locked up in a lunatic asylum. Napoleon ruled with such high pressure, as if he couldn't listen to other opinions at all.

The secret police were not all made of iron. Fouche and Dubois were fighting openly and secretly, so much so that they forgot what their original jobs were. When the rumors were discovered, they were unable to stop them. I heard that Napoleon had a meal at the Tuileries Palace.

The fire caused the two secret police leaders to scold each other bloody.

Napoleon's tenderness was towards women, perhaps because he was eager to win women's recognition and favor. However, he promoted morality through law and public opinion. People ridiculed him as "another victim of marriage." These Han people were

The new aristocrats were not much more noble than the Bourbon royal family, and their manners and etiquette were not even as good as those of the old era. Only then did Napoleon bring back the palace stewards and maids who had survived the old era.

But these old men who are proficient in palace infighting will not join the new palace to mix in the muddy water. They opened their own etiquette training classes to recruit new celebrities who want to learn etiquette. Their life is relaxed and stress-free. Napoleon saves himself, which is right for him.

Josephine was never stingy. An ordinary skirt for her cost 3,000 francs. Custom-made clothes from a specialized designer alone cost 140,000 francs a year. Being her clothing manager was very profitable, but Napoleon was not that good.

It was a lie. Napoleon discovered that the previous head of clothing paid an extra 20,000 francs. This man was naturally sentenced for corruption.

Therefore, it is difficult to work as an errand in his family - it is easy for a confused wife and a shrewd husband to be greedy for money, and it is easy to be caught. You may be exiled or imprisoned for a few years and then come back, or you may be sent to prison just like during the Reign of Terror.

guillotine.

Such high-quality requirements have discouraged many people who want to become favorites and hold great power by serving well as before. Therefore, the Napoleon family does not have as many servants as the Bourbon royal family.

He himself lived a very simple life, but he was never stingy in rewarding meritorious officials and those who relied on him. Even the officers were dressed more gorgeously than he was. This was a common problem among many political upstarts.

His biggest weakness is women, but he does not have many mistresses like Louis XIV and Louis XV. The opera actresses who have come into contact with him will not enter the court like Madame Du Barry. They will go back in the middle of the night and start all over again.

They were covered with cloaks down to their feet, so one could only tell their true identities from the carriage.

Josephine never regarded them as opponents, except for the new "English woman". At first she called herself "the woman in red", but later Napoleon named her Georgiana, and she soon became

Napoleon's chief mistress.

He arranged for her to stay in the king's suite at St. Luke's, which he should have avoided. There was also a room for the king in the Tuileries Palace, which as a "son of the Revolution" he was not supposed to stay.

After last night's chaos, he took her out of St. Luke's Palace early in the morning and went to the Grand Tria Palace, where King Louis XIV's chief mistress used to live. But more importantly, Louis XIV was there.

After his death, Marie-Thérèse secretly married his mistress Madame Maintenon. Although she was not canonized as queen, she always had the love and favor of Louis XIV and became a queen in name only.

The Grand Tria Palace is adjacent to the Palace of Versailles. Although it seems abandoned, there are still troops stationed inside, and the level of security is no less stringent than Malemaison.

The secret police arrested Edward Jenner for some unknown reason, and then sent him to the Grand Tria Palace. Starting from February 1801, France had been vaccinating with cowpox, but the results were not ideal, even though

Napoleon himself was vaccinated and proved to be fine, but no one dared to try it.

After smallpox breaks out, it will leave acne marks. If it stays on the face, it will be ugly. Between death and the love of beauty, human beings bravely choose to love beauty. Anyway, smallpox epidemics are not always encountered, but this face is needed every day.

Used for going out.

It is so difficult for the government to promote it, not to mention that Edward Jenner relied on his own savings to promote the effect among the people. Napoleon was a person who experienced the Black Death in Egypt. His ambition may not only include smallpox, but also the Black Death.

It can also be treated through methods similar to vaccination.

John, who originally did not believe Napoleon's intention to negotiate peace, began to be suspicious. However, he had no knowledge of the situation in Britain. He was an intelligence agent assigned abroad, and his main job was to spy on intelligence and prepare for "special missions" at any time.

Although John was doubtful about Severus's claim that Napoleon went to Fontainebleau to set a trap to capture him, he still gave him a pocket of gold coins as payment for the information.

Severus didn't care about the bag of money. He used the bag of gold coins to buy the previous information from John, and then he left.

After he left, the Scouser asked John, "Is there any wizard with Napoleon?"

"Of course there are. There are also the French kings, but they were caught by a group of mercenaries and later guillotined by the Jacobins. Now those mercenaries should also be working for Napoleon."

"Don't you need to remind him?" the Scouser asked, pointing to the door Severus walked out of just now.

"I think he should know." John sneered and said, "Another victim of love."

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The Corsican dictator, who was sitting on the carriage again, twirled his fingers.

The considerate Fouche immediately approached with a charming smile, "Still thinking about the woman just now?"

Bonaparte ignored him.

"I heard from scholars that after the new male lion defeats the original lion king, he needs to kill the old lion king's cubs, so that he can be with the lioness who lost her child," Fouche said.

"When her husband died, she became a widow..."

"She's not married at all. Where did she get her husband?" The First Consul withdrew his finger and looked out the window.

"Do we need to bring his head back to her so that she can confirm it with her own eyes?" Fouche asked again.

"No." Napoleon said, "I can also exile him, as long as he is willing to never return to Paris."

"You are so kind," Fouché said flatteringly.

"Aren't you worried about Dubois trying to please her to deal with you?" Napoleon said with an elegant smile.

"She's not a woman like Madame Dubarry, is she?" Fouche asked. "She won't be fooled by gifts so easily."

"What would a decent woman like?" Napoleon asked humbly.

"Irregular man." Fouche spread his hands and said with a bad smile, "If men are not bad, women won't love them."

Napoleon laughed.

He didn't look as gentle and elegant as when he treated the scholar just now, nor did he look as righteous as a hero. Instead, he looked like a villain.
Chapter completed!