Chapter 1513 The Master of Training Your Dragon (4)

When Robespierre came to power, he did not live in the palace.

Instead, like Marat, he lived in a private residence in Paris, which was very close to the National Convention.

In the year of the fall of the monarchy, the leaves in the Tuileries Palace fell early. The king looked at the leaves outside the window and said that autumn came so early this year, and there was an article at that time that the royal power would never persist until

When the leaves are falling.

Robespierre rarely compromised during his 36 years. The execution of Danton may have been an exception. Because of a speech in the Legislative Assembly, Robespierre was nicknamed "The Incorruptible". He

In his political career and the last speech of his life, he said: "The French Revolution was originally based on the theory of human rights and the principle of justice. All other revolutions need is ambition, but our revolution needs virtue, ignorance and teamwork.

The desire for power will corrode other revolutions and turn them into new tyranny, but our revolution always adheres to the principles of justice, so it will never change its color."

His speech was still full of passion and appeal, but after all, he was only one person. Facing opponents who had prepared in advance, he quickly lost the right to speak. In the noise, no one listened to his voice.

, the delegates to the National Convention voted to have Robespierre arrested.

During the revolutionary period, failure meant death. When news of Robespierre's arrest reached the Paris city hall, the city government closed the city gates of Paris, just as it did when the monarchy and subsequently the Girondins fell.

Alarm bells on the buildings rang and the National Guard began to mass in an attempt to control the 48 arrondissements of Paris.

The situation Napoleon is facing now is not as bad as Robespierre. After all, he has brought so many brilliant victories to France, and the people still love him. But as it is said in The Prince, when everyone

When they can tell you the truth, they will lack respect for you, and no one will flatter you.

Virgil said, Romans, you should use your authority to rule over the nations.

Napoleon lived in the palace like a king, but dressed very simply. In addition, he was a "new king", so the common people were very accepting of him. But his private life was terrible. First, his mistress, Miss Georgina,

This 15-year-old girl was famous in the theater circles at that time for her plumpness, beauty and fiery temper. She often quarreled with the tragic Miss Dinoy on the stage in such a sharp and silly manner that people at the time made up a jingle:

Two new actresses, equally divided in intelligence and talent, one has a bad temper on stage and the other is crooked in bed.

The theater fans were divided into two groups, one supporting Mademoiselle Georgina and the other supporting Mademoiselle Dinoy. They often fought like fans supporting different teams, and Napoleon alienated Georgina.

Female opera stars may be sought after by common people, but for noble ladies, they will not be invited to their tea parties at all. There are many tabloids writing their "stories" for profit. Because of Napoleon's expedition to Egypt, Egypt

The story of Queen Marie was put on the stage. When an actress with an open life style was reciting a monologue, she would be interrupted by the audience many times. Later, she fainted because of being too excited. A few minutes later, when she opened her mouth,

When she returned to the stage with tears in her eyes, the audience gave her warm applause and stopped cheering.

It wouldn't matter if Giuseppina didn't run away, but she ran away to Russia with her lover. Her idea was very simple. Louis XVIII was also under the protection of Alexander. The Czar, a big shot like that, could protect her, not even her.

Not even a female star can be saved.

Georgiana had long wanted to cause an accident to get rid of her, but it was a pity that Napoleon would not allow it. Regardless of whether he secretly went to her place for a tryst at night, he had become a laughing stock in the tabloids and the scum of Paris. And it was so unlucky that Talma was a very good person.

A well-behaved actor, he also acted in serious dramas. One day he happened to be playing Nero, and there was a line in which he said that Nero's wife Octavia was infertile. At that time, not only Napoleon, but also many famous ministers were there,

Talma had a good relationship with Napoleon, so he managed to keep it vague, and the ministers pretended not to hear, but the audience didn't buy it. No matter how hard Talma performed, the play ended hastily before it was finished.

Of course, the tyrant Nero did not have a good reputation. Napoleon launched a great purge in March and drove many Republicans out of the Senate, the Legislative Yuan, and the Tribunal. It would be nothing if they could be honest. Bernadotte was

People reported that she was involved in the rebellion, and Mrs. Starr's salon was the base of activity. The conspiracy was later broken up by the police.

The Royalists and Republicans were originally incompatible groups, but because they both suffered from Napoleon's oppression, they shared the same hatred and made peace.

As Saint-Just was about to deliver a speech at the National Convention, Rade Varenne began to tell how he and Koloboi were kicked out of the Jacobin Club, and when Robespierre tried to run up and stop Varenne

When accepting the offer, the people in the audience shouted "Down with the tyrant!" and the sound resounded throughout the hall.

Robespierre asked to speak again, but the president of the conference ignored him. Tarien was given another chance to speak. Whenever Robespierre tried to interrupt, his voice was interrupted by shouts of "Down with the tyrant!"

submerged.

Americans love guns, and gun ownership is a status symbol for Americans. Gun manufacturing is an industry that can bring profits just like horse-drawn carriage manufacturing, but guns are banned in France.

Not only guns were banned, but knives and swords were also banned. Napoleon knew Josephine because he confiscated General Beauharnais's sword.

But he confiscated the knives of law-abiding citizens, but not the criminals. In order to suppress the refugees and beggars, he sent out the army to suppress them. In a place like Paris where the population flows so fast, it is easy to pay a city tax of 5 centimes.

Sneaking in, these people became "executors."

In order to prevent these people, the City Guard was established. In addition, a kind of civilians called Luddites appeared in the city. Luddism first appeared in Britain. At that time, people believed that machines had taken away their jobs.

, so they broke out a workers' riot under the leadership of an imaginary Governor Ludd. The Napoleonic government was no stranger to urban workers' riots, and some were even instigators of the riots, but they did not expect that country people would also participate in the riots.

Agriculture absorbs a lot of labor, especially during the harvest season. If a farmer has a large arable land, or if the family's strong labor force is unable to engage in production, he will hire Mike to harvest wheat.

Northern France has become accustomed to the use of machines in agriculture, but it is a new thing for other regions. Having machines can greatly reduce labor costs, which is good for farmers, but it is not good for temporary workers like Mike, especially now

The price of grain in other provinces is 7 sous.

These agricultural Luddites are easily incited like unemployed workers. Even if they arrive in the city and are willing to engage in work such as building roads, digging canals, building bridges, palaces, etc., they are also easily influenced by various complaints and rumors, and will "

The word "tyrant Nero" is associated with someone. Especially Napoleon, who had so many women, lived almost as much as a sultan or an emperor.

Poor people who engage in manual labor are often despised by "cultured people", and farmers also discriminate against herdsmen. Ultimately, this forms an undercurrent of force that may require military suppression at any time.

Masséna, who had been contacted by some force while in Paris, immediately ran to Napoleon's feet, cried out how bad his health had become after the siege of Genoa, and then went home to live a family life.

That time Napoleon was angry not only because Georgiana disappeared, but also because a group of officers, about 20 of them, were resentful because they were not invited to Napoleon's birthday party. During the dinner, they got drunk and complained angrily.

Colonel Fournier of the 12th Hussars, who was famous for his accurate shooting, threatened that within fifty steps he would be able to kill Napoleon...

This man was later reported to Menou by his tablemates, who took him to the Tuileries Palace. At that time, Napoleon was preparing to go to the Théâtre de France. After receiving the news, he immediately ordered the Guards to go to his box.

When Napoleon arrived at the Comedy, Fournier, who had sobered up, was also there, so Napoleon asked Fouche to arrest him.

Fournier stayed at the police station for one night, and the next day he went back to his residence with the police to collect evidence. They did not find any substantive assassination plan there, but they found a lot of doggerel verses against Napoleon, and then Fournier did it.

A stupid thing - he locked the policeman in his room and ran away, and Napoleon got angry.

Compared with the colonel, compared with this Republican dinner, compared with Fouche and the missing Georgiana, what made Napoleon even more angry were those who conspired to subvert the country.

The success of the peace treaty between Britain and France was directly related to Alexander's adjustment in Russia. However, because Louis XVIII was also in Russia, this friendship became somewhat helpless.

With Napoleon's reputation at the moment, if Alexander expelled Louis XVIII, where would he go? Britain would like to throw its own Bourbon princes to Malta. Who has heard of the steel business without tariffs?

When Britain and France signed the peace treaty, there was a secret agreement, one of which was about the two countries being consistent on the Italian and German issues.

This is why someone would assassinate Georgiana.

There is an ancient poem in the East, which says that the rain in the mountains is about to come and the wind fills the building.

Georgiana was listening to Gobert's report in the study of Burgundy Mansion, while it was raining heavily outside.

The sound of rain hitting the glass sounded like gunfire.

"Does that woman need to be dealt with?" Gobert asked after the report.

"No need, she is already in someone else's country. As long as she can keep silent, don't worry about her." Georgiana sneered and said, "How to shut up a person who makes a living by singing?"

"Then what are we going to do?"

Georgiana didn't want to help him at all.

"You have to be careful about that sharpshooter, don't let him be bribed by other forces." Georgiana said softly, "The streets of Paris are not spacious, and the houses on both sides can be used as sniper locations."

"I know." Gobert said with a cold face, "In addition, there is Toussaint Louverture..."

"I don't need to know too much, just save his life." Georgiana interrupted Gobert. "You have to remember, if someone asks you why you did that, you can't say you did it for equality and freedom, but for equality and freedom."

For France, slavery corrodes the soul and makes people lazy and callous."

Gobert laughed, "You don't need to tell me this. The Guardsmen don't want to become Swiss mercenaries."

Georgiana smiled and shook her head.

At least Louis XVI still had some nobles who were willing to die in the Tuileries Palace to protect him. How many such people were around Napoleon?

Violence cannot stop a person who acts out of passion, and even worse, he cannot easily compromise now.

If the people did not support Napoleon, his rule would not last more than six months, or even shorter. His second return would only establish a "Hundred Days Dynasty".

"Does Bernadotte really want to rebel?" Georgiana asked Gobert.

"He's a very capable general," Gobert said.

"What do you mean?"

"You heard what I said." Gobert raised his eyebrows and said with a smile.

Georgiana realized something.

According to "history", Napoleon should not have stopped here. Although he fell, many people in Europe would not be involved in the war, but those feudal monarchs would not make any changes.

War is a force that breaks up the old order.

Napoleon is like a meteorite that illuminates the times, although no one hopes that the meteorite will actually visit the earth and fall to the ground.

"He is an incredible person who combines destructive power and creativity." Georgiana said with a smile.

"Compared to your husband?" Gobert asked.

Georgiana did not answer the question.

Her dream about Paris is really very different from ordinary people.

The sniper appeared... I always feel that if Napoleon hadn't been protected by a god, he would have died. No wonder Desai said that the bullet didn't recognize him.
Chapter completed!