Chapter 1435 “Bloody Mary”

Sieyes once wrote in his book, what is the third estate? It is everything.

Louis XVI announced the convening of the Three Estates Parliament, which basically resulted in no discussion. The main purpose of the existence of the Three Estates Parliament was to approve the king's imposition of new taxes.

This situation is like Napoleon's appearance at a reception. The crowd is separated layer by layer. Everyone wants him to stop in front of them. It's okay for him to listen to one or two people talking. If ten or a hundred people speak at the same time, then it's okay.

It's like entering the securities market, and traders have to yell to be heard.

Yelling and yelling often leads to anger and then violence. The history of fighting in the British House of Commons has a long history. At first, members were allowed to bring weapons into the venue, but later they were not allowed to bring weapons for fear of causing harm to people.

It turned into a "fight", and Prime Minister William Pitt Jr. even had duels with people.

The new bourgeoisie didn't know this rule. After all, they had never entered the powerful class before. Lucien should have learned something at the Spanish court, not just flamenco.

Louis XIV also learned many things from the Spanish court, such as court etiquette, which the savage country woman Georgiana would not pay special attention to.

Her inquisitive maid Matilda told her that all the mirrors in Malmaison were covered with black gauze. She had heard of this custom, and the ghosts in the mirrors were covered with black gauze so that they would not escape. She was because

Afraid of Marie Antoinette's ghost, she ran back to Malmaison from the Tuileries Palace, and the "Grand Chamberlain" she found was not a man, but Marie Antoinette's former chief maid.

Teaching etiquette to courtiers and servants, explaining who could see the First Consul at what time and under what circumstances, Malmaison was almost a replica of Versailles.

Napoleon did not wear riding boots and saber on Josephine's side. Instead, he wore silk stockings, breeches, silver-buttoned shoes and a hat tucked under his arm.

Fortunately, he didn't let Georgiana see that look, otherwise she would turn around and leave.

Hortense is Josephine's daughter. If she dares to copy her mother's behavior to Sèvres, Georgiana, an "old woman", will not be polite to her.

The coup was imminent, and the next reception would be at least ten days away. Now Georgiana had no time to care about it. She only wrote a letter to inform Hortense that she must invite three or four farmers or workers to participate in this event.

A gathering of high society.

These farmers can be good at farming, and the workers are skilled labor models. Although the British aristocrats are arrogant than the French aristocrats, the situation of the aristocrats forces them to do so in order to rule. With the existence of these people, the sponsors will be restrained

To show off the pomp, Napoleon really gave her another 6 million francs of goods to decorate her house?

Georgiana understood this money to be an order for military supplies placed by the Jacobins during the Reign of Terror in order to maintain the economy. Some of these goods would be sold and converted into cash to maintain the expenses of the reception."

Many commoners would envy and long to own the things used by the "royal family." She could give them away or sell them at this time. She couldn't put them in the warehouse to gather dust anyway.

She was so angry that she was typing the draft on the typewriter while thinking about things. She had four maids in name, but in fact she only had three. In the evening, she asked Madame de Lys to go back to Saint-Germain's residence. After all, she was also an exiled noble.

These exiles, like the British townspeople in the Sèvres military camp, are currently under police surveillance. The aftermath of the last cemetery incident has basically subsided. The townspeople of Sèvres will not be very hostile to them, but if they

If you go too far, you will be regarded as a "privileged class" and disgusted.

The current members of the Senate are complex, mainly composed of "well-known people", "noble people", and "informed people" who are the new aristocrats. These people are based on property ownership. Even the old aristocrats bought their titles from the king.

There is no "virtue" in the name.

The other type is the "good guys" composed of military suppliers and bankers, and if Leoncourt was not so famous, he could also be one of them.

After Lafayette was released by Austria, the Senate tacitly canceled the prohibition on the original nobles and relatives of escapees from holding national public offices. Léoncourt is a liberal aristocrat, and the liberal aristocrats are mainly engaged in mining and metallurgy. In the past, France

The smelting industry mainly provides military supplies. If it develops in the direction of roads and bridges in the future, it will grow into a behemoth, even surpassing the current textile industry.

The Senate is divided into five groups, which perform their duties respectively. They hold plenary meetings from time to time, usually chaired by Napoleon. Every two or three months, Napoleon will prepare two lists, one for those who perform normal duties and the other for those who perform normal duties.

His job was to be responsible for special missions. Now Leon Coul is a special commissioner, but he does not have a seat or title.

Sometimes Bonaparte would transfer names that had fallen out of favor from the normal list of posts to another list. Although these people retained their titles and honors as senators, they would not return to their original posts once their assignments were completed. This senator

Members were expelled from the parliament in various ways such as "retirement".

Credence once killed Henry Shaw Jr., the son of a newspaper tycoon, when he was running for office and the newspaper company belonged to his father.

Theoretically, Leon Curr's grandson Lance can enter the Senate, but the academic appointment has stung the lawmakers. To deal with an interest group, it is best to deal with their leader first. Currently Leon Curr is still in the west, and his

His status is so special, it is easier to introduce his friends to the Senate.

Just as she was about to reminisce, there was another knock on the door downstairs, and not long after, Phyllis arrived at her door.

"Madam, citizen Louis-Claude Bertolet wishes to see you."

"who?"

"He said he was introduced by the First Consul." Phyllis said, placing an envelope with a golden letter "n" in front of her.

Georgiana opened the envelope, but what was inside was not a letter of introduction, but a note, handwritten by Napoleon:

The most distinctive advantage of Rome was the Romans' belief in religion. The reason why the Romans did this was because a country could not be completely composed of a group of wise men. The people were often capricious, full of desires, impulsive and irrational.

Those who cannot control their emotions must be restrained by the deterrence of gods.

I saw this sentence in Polybius' "History", what do you think?

Georgiana turned the page over and wrote in her hand:

If we make laws, then all people will respect the same laws, instead of some people obeying different laws at different times.

I saw this sentence from Cicero's "On the Republic". What do you think?

After she finished writing the letter, she folded it and called to Phyllis, "Ask him to send this letter to the First Consul, and then ask him to go to Sèvres to see me tomorrow. From now on, except for the First Consul,

No man in power can come in."

"Including me?" Delmid poked his head through the door.

"My little distinguished guest is here." Georgiana said happily, and quickly stood up to hug Delmid, leaving a lipstick mark on his white cheeks.

"Tell me a story." Delmid ordered with a arrogant look.

"Whose place have you been with these days?"

"Sister Hortense's house."

Georgiana calculated that although Hortense looked like Delmid's mother, she was actually his unrelated sister.

"Go and call the family in town where the body was stolen tomorrow." Georgiana said to Phyllis, and then looked at Delmid. "What story did she tell you?"

"Ghost Stories."

"Is it scary?"

Delmid shook his head, "She deliberately wanted to scare me, but the story she told was not credible at all."

"Then let me tell you a scary story, okay?"

"Is it also a ghost story?"

"You have to remember, my dear, people are scarier than ghosts." Georgiana then added, "Except for a few more powerful ghosts."

"Like Marie Antoinette?"

Georgiana felt bored and turned to Phyllis again.

"Also, tell Matilda that the mirrors in my apartment are not allowed to be covered with black gauze."

Phyllis's face turned pale with fright.

She shook her head helplessly, hugged Delmid and left.

After all, Phyllis is a relative of the Guards, and they should have been stationed in Malmaison. If they are really scared, they can also cover the mirror with black gauze, although the French Bloody Mary is not the same as the British one.

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Chapter completed!