Chapter 1293 Gossip

During an afternoon nap, Napoleon once told Georgiana that he climbed a mountain in Pakistan called Tabor. This mountain looks like a candy bar and controls part of Pakistan. The guide told him that this is the new country.

The place where the devil once took Jesus Christ in the story.

The devil told Jesus that if Jesus would worship him, he would give him the entire country that he could see from the mountain.

Of course Jesus did not listen to the devil, and Napoleon also did not believe that the mountain was the place mentioned in the myth. Until one day, when his square formation met the Turkish cavalry again, in the melee, a 300-man troop

The cavalry raided the Turkish camp, looted it, took prisoners, and set fire to the tents.

The scene of the continuous burning tents looked terrible, which made the Turks very panic. Several groups of Turkish cavalry once approached the square formation. After reaching the musket shooting range, they were fired back by shotguns, so they retreated. These enemy troops were terrified.

Some fled to Nablus, and some fled to the Jordan River. They lost many people during the attack, and even more during the retreat. Heavy rains caused the Jordan River to swell, and thousands of people drowned in the river.

Kleber suffered about three hundred casualties, while Napoleon lost only three or four men. Such battle losses sounded incredible. The soldiers whispered about him, saying that he was blessed by God and could survive by following the commander-in-chief.

People in the 18th century seemed to be infected with a strange disease. People had endless interest in all kinds of rumors and anecdotes written in letters. The French needed information just like they needed bread every day. The official newspapers were controlled by Napoleon.

Its content simply cannot satisfy the public's curiosity. People exchange gossip in coffee houses, bistros, salons, gardens in palaces, Tuileries Gardens, Luxembourg Gardens and other places. The most popular gossip recently is "

"Vaccination", His Excellency Bonaparte's soldiers specially caught and vaccinated those women who looked innocent, cute and charming, but were actually very scheming and had countless subordinates.

They broke into those women's homes, places of work, places where they were playing and shopping, whether they were on the street or not, they tore off the sleeves of their clothes and inoculated their arms.

Often among these people there are one or two soldiers who have suffered from smallpox and whose faces are full of pits, smiling at those "good girls" with fair and tender skin. Regardless of how frightened they are, the men scream and roll.

The strength of the soldiers' hands was too much for them, and after the vaccination, their arms turned red, just like a sailor's arms after being exposed to the sun.

So the word "red arms" gradually became a very bad word. If you say it to a real serious girl, she will become very angry. Men and women will also point out the marriage advertisements in newspapers, which can be related to high morals.

people get married together.

The personal life of the First Consul Napoleon Bonaparte is also a topic of discussion. Many people remember the prominent cheekbones and gloomy face during the Brumaire Coup, like a general wearing an ancient Roman mask, with as many clouds as

The way a servant looks as he crosses the street.

Now his complexion is much better, calm and gentle, his face is relaxed, and his activities have not decreased, but have become more orderly.

He arrives at the office to work at eight o'clock at the latest. There is only a slight interruption during lunch, but he does not eat alone. His food list is almost public, no different from ordinary people, and he even saves a little. In this case

In the years of famine, it felt much more comfortable to meet a leader who shared the difficulties rather than enjoying the delicious food alone.

Rambouillet's dinner also became a topic. Almost all the ingredients can be purchased in the market at very low prices. The French are very curious about food. The chefs who participated in the banquet prepared a delicious food on the Champ de Mars.

Festival provides a place for people who don't have much money but want to have fun.

There is still cheap bread for sale in the market, not white bread, but the kind of brown bread eaten by the army. I used to feel shameful buying this kind of bread. But after calculating their income, some people bought and ate it.

What's more, when the First Consul was a child, he specifically asked his mother Letizia to feed him black bread. He said that if he wanted to be a soldier in the future, he would eat black bread as a soldier.

Although this kind of life is hard, it is still a life with hope. It is much better than the feeling of not seeing the light of day when the Bourbon royal family was in power. There are fewer beggars on the street than before. They say they are going to dig canals and solve the problems in Paris.

Water supply problem. No matter how much people hand out pamphlets on the street, no one will take the initiative to rehabilitate Louis XVI.

The Bastille can imprison people with just a small note, and there is also the system of selling offices to the mistresses of Louis XV. The more financial constraints the king has, the more new positions will be created. After buying these official positions, there will be tax exemption or

Privileges. These people did not buy official positions and titles to gain power, but pretended to be doing things, but actually did nothing. The state machine was idling in some way, and the Bourbon dynasty had an unbelievable number of official positions.

Whether it is Paris, London, Munich or Moscow, as long as people in the capital will inevitably discuss politics, it is enough for the king to sell official positions. Starting from Henry IV, he also sold the hereditary rights of certain official positions. In order to avoid the supervision of the three levels of parliament, these

Political functions were transferred to the Supreme Court, resulting in serious judicial confusion.

The justices appointed by Bonaparte were also terrible. When operas were strictly censored and there were no good plays to watch, the Supreme Court became a place for public "entertainment". The mayor of Antwerp was caught for smuggling because the Senate intervened.

, he was released from the Criminal Court and later transferred to the Special Court for trial.

The judges of the Special Court are all soldiers. Defense lawyers and defendants can choose, but it is not mandatory for lawyers to be present. The vast majority of ordinary civilians have no good impression of the lawyer-rulers of the Directory. Even if they become officials, they still work as lawyers.

As always, the mayor of Antwerp insisted on hiring a lawyer, but in his case, everyone got the stolen goods. The possibility of overturning the case was very small, and no lawyer was willing to take it.

Those who went to the theater in the past, no, those who were sitting in on the show, felt that the military judges were disgusting and were the lackeys of the dictator. When the "vaccination" incident came out, they suddenly felt that they were also pitiful people who were bullied by women and were unable to fight back.

In the end, they have to rely on women to deal with them. The foreign woman who stood up for them was the woman who made a big fuss a while ago and was snatched away from the arms of others by Napoleon Bonaparte.

At first, people thought she was the voluptuous and plump Cleopatra. Many people saw her at the mineral water sales point in the icehouse that day. She was very short, and even the short Bonaparte looked tall and powerful next to her.

She is pretty and has no outstanding figure. The key is that her voice is very sweet and she doesn't feel angry at all even if she speaks loudly.

She was not as squandering as Marie Antoinette, and she was not seen riding in an open carriage on the streets of Paris with the First Consul. She did not fight for any occasion where the First Lady was in the limelight, unlike the Bourbon dynasty.

Mistresses dress themselves up to be the center of attention at the ball.

She is so low-key that she has almost no sense of presence. Even her clothes are made of wool, the same material as the uniforms worn by soldiers. They were prepared for her by the costume manager of the First Consul. She can wear whatever she wants. There is only one emerald one.

The olive leaf brooch will definitely be worn.

At first, people who were simply following fashion also bought the same olive leaf brooch and wore it. Later, gossip said that this jewelry originated from the notice posted by the French army when they entered the Papal States: the French army will abide by its various principles and protect religion.

To protect the people, the French army holds a sword in one hand, which is a reliable guarantee of victory, and an olive branch in the other hand, which is a symbol of peace and a certificate of protection.

Gradually, some people began to understand why His Excellency Bonaparte would shamelessly fight for love.

Civil law stipulates that unmarried women must find a guardian. This law was implemented very quickly, and it was almost impossible to see a woman alone during the entire social season.

They either held their arms with their father or their brother. Young people who wanted to get close to each other had to pass the test of their guardians first.

Georgiana's guardians have changed several times, including Edward Jenner, the great philanthropist Leon Coure, and the patriotic scientist Chaptal. Recently, her guardian has changed again, and she is the papal envoy Caprara.

It is said that he lost his memory due to a concussion after being kidnapped. He could not remember what the kidnapper looked like or where he was being held. He was really an old fool.

No one said it was the Americans who did it, but everyone knows how outrageously high France's tariffs on the United States are. French ports are not closed to American merchant ships, but American goods may be shipped to France and sold at a premium.

France had colonies in the Americas, and Britain also had colonies in the Americas. The French Revolution was inextricably linked to the American War of Independence. France suffered a disastrous defeat in the Seven Years' War. In order to improve its reputation, it supported American independence and destroyed Britain's reputation.

Now that Britain and France are no longer fighting, but instead focusing on actual interests, Britain and France are now uniting to tear up the Treaty of Paris, refuse to recognize the independence of the United States, and want to regain the lost colonies?

Under the old system and the Great Revolution, the new political party must of course repudiate all the wrong policies of the previous government.

Although it's a bit incredible, it's not illogical. It's just that the person who came up with this idea is a bit scary.

If there is no coffee left, those chatting can drink black tea with sugar instead.

I just don’t know how long this tea will last, and if Britain and France are hostile again, what will be the fate of Miss Georgiana? It would be a real pity if she dies because of the hostility between the two countries.
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