Chapter 1331 Charlotte’s troubles

Not all the works collected by the Louvre in the 21st century are authentic, such as Rembrandt's The Prodigal Son and Davit's The Death of Marat. The original of this painting is collected by the Royal Museum of Fine Arts of Belgium in Brussels.

Judging from the picture, it was a murder scene, with the dagger thrown on the ground, blood flowing out of Mara's chest, his left hand still holding the note, and an angry and painful expression on his face.

Who killed him?

Charlotte Corday was born in a small village in Normandy. She came from an insignificant noble family. Her father was Jacques François de Corday, lord of Almont, and her mother was Charlotte Marie Jacqueline Gaultier de Minerva, Charlotte also has an older sister and a younger sister. Her parents are cousins. Charlotte is the playwright Pierre The fifth generation grandson of Corneille.

When Charlotte was still young, her mother and sister died. Charlotte's father could not get over the pain of losing them, so he sent Charlotte and her sister to the Holy Trinity Convent in Caen. It was in the convent library that Charlotte first encountered the works of Plutarch, Rousseau and Voltaire. After 1791, Charlotte lived with her cousins ​​in Caen, and the two of them The relationship between them became very close, and Charlotte was also the only heir to her inheritance.

Her life experience was ordinary, until one day the French Revolution broke out, Charlotte Corday's father joined the royalists, and she was forced to stand in that camp.

The worst thing about Marie Antoinette was not the "deficit", which could be made up, but the choices she made at critical moments.

Her and Louis XVI's escape caused the supporters of the monarchy who originally supported them to lose hope in them. The Conservative Party was torn apart, and the Republicans took advantage of this crisis to gain power. The constitution was revised and handed over to Louis XVI for unconditional acceptance. They were placed under house arrest in the Tuileries Palace.

If the king cannot be trusted, then there is no hope for the monarchy.

Even if the king escapes successfully, France will fall into war with foreign countries or civil war, so Louis XVI must die.

There were many political parties in the newly established republic. The first ones to take power were the Girondins. Like the old regime, they turned a deaf ear to food speculation.

Gaudin did not write about the Reign of Terror, but about the conscription in Dandong. At that time, France was threatened by its surrounding neighbors and needed a large number of soldiers to fight.

The weak Girondins were helpless in the face of external threats, leaving France like a beef waiting to be slaughtered.

Danton wanted to find cooperation with the Jacobins, but was unable to do so because the Jacobins did not trust him.

Eventually dispersion and destruction befell the Girondins.

Charlotte blamed Marat for the expulsion of the Girondins, and she feared a full-scale civil war. She believed that Marat's presence threatened the republic, and that his death would bring an end to the violence across the country.

So she found an excuse, entered Marla's home, and killed her in the bathtub.

Louis XVI was a good man, but a bad king. His escape would cause civil war and the intervention of foreign armies.

Charlotte also killed Marat because of the same worries.

After achieving her goal, Corday did not try to escape, but stood calmly by the window. Godin used a dramatic technique here. She was calmly and dignifiedly restrained by the people who rushed in, with her hands tied behind her back. escorted away.

Corday's interrogation questions focused on whether her actions were part of a larger conspiracy planned by the Girondins. Corday firmly stated that she alone conceived and executed the plan. Some people questioned how she, a woman, could possibly The knife penetrated Mara's heart with one stroke.

She could tell the real murderer, but Corday insisted that she did it. She cried and said, "He turned me into a murderess."

After the verdict, Corday asked the court if her portrait could be painted, allegedly to record her true self. She pleaded:

"Because I still have a little time to live, I hope you, citizens, will allow me to paint for myself."

After obtaining consent, Corday chose Jean-Jacques Hall, an artist from the National Guard, as her painter, who had already begun painting her during the previous interrogation. Hall's painting is in Cole's The painting was completed not long ago when Dai was put on the death row transport vehicle. During the painting process, Corday himself was asked to review the finished product and make suggestions for improvements.

She was sent to the guillotine with dignity, and the executioner also groomed her. Later, she left a lock of hair.

The executioner said to her, "You will find that the road is very long."

Charlotte said, "No, I'm not worried about being late."

The last narration sounded when the knife fell: She killed us, but she also taught us how to die.

This compounded Napoleoni's idea of ​​not wanting a civil war, Gordan did not praise him, and Charlotte even looked like a heroine.

Only one sentence was repeated over and over again: Louis XVI was a good man, but a bad king.

Charlotte is a noble girl who lives in Normandy. She has nothing to do with everything in Paris.

A king chose to escape for his own benefit regardless of the safety of the country, and a noble girl chose to die generously to protect France from falling into civil war. She did not kill the Jacobin horse just because she was in the royalist camp. The Jacobins did not retaliate wildly because she killed their leader, but used a trial to determine her crime: in France, taking one person's life will save many lives, and assassinating a person will result in murder. Many people, and those who intend to continue murdering, are justified, but the law stipulates that murder must be paid with life.

Georgiana had to sigh, Gordin is such a genius, no wonder Lucien let his script pass.

She thought for a moment and thought she could show this book to Leon. He probably wasn't in the mood to watch a comedy right now.

Although many people died, it is not a tragedy, it should be a drama.

"Godin, do you still have a copy?" Georgiana asked loudly.

Her maid of honor and the playwright were gone.

"It seems I have to change my maid." She said with a wry smile, then took out her quill and wanted to make some comments on the script.

She reacted immediately.

Lucien is threatening her.

The two brothers have a strange relationship, but they seem to speak a lot of intimate words. Last time, Leon said that her cold words pierced his heart like a dagger.

Later, Napoleon fought back, but Lucien didn't know that the script he showed her meant that if he dared to hurt "Marat" again, Lucien Bonaparte would be like the presiding judge in the play and let "Charlotte"

Worthy of guillotine.

Georgiana will not be as infamous as Marie Antoinette, but will die like a hero. Lucien has a good writer and he can do it.

Women should remember not to say things like cowards, cowards, and cowards to men easily.

Lucien could have been less aggressive in entertaining the British envoy, but because Georgiana provoked him, Lucien "roared" like a lion in the wilderness.

She felt scary and relieved at the same time, as if she really didn't have to worry about safety issues.

She felt that it was necessary to remind her fellow British people to be careful about this smiling tiger, but she was not allowed to write letters. How could she send the news to the British?

This was another thing she didn't expect, that one day she would become a double agent.

In a good mood, she boldly wrote a line: I had a great time today, and Lucien's company made me very happy.

After finishing writing, she added: But I miss you more.

"Coward!" she cursed, found a bag, put the script in it, and then called a Guardsman to deliver it to Napoleon.

Next, she began to have a headache about how to send a message to the British. She first thought of invisible ink, but how to let the British know that she used invisible ink?

"Stingy man." She cursed in a low voice and continued to pace while thinking of a solution.
Chapter completed!