Chapter 1846 The Witches and Demons Association (twenty-two)

When Octavian killed the hot-headed Antony and Cleopatra, in addition to tying their bodies to a cart and paraded them through the streets, he also transported the wealth accumulated by generations of Ptolemy back to Rome from Egypt.

The Romans had an old custom. The victor would give each soldier a small amount of money. The amount increased during the civil war. This bounty initially came from captured enemy assets, and in times of recession it was provided by citizens. Even if

Without any spoils, the soldiers still wanted a share.

Augustus obtained so much wealth from Egypt, and of course he was generous with the money for the victory. During the Republic period, as the scale of the campaign increased, the generals became more generous, but even so, the soldiers only received

One hundred deniers, and Caesar gave 2,000 to the soldiers. Antonius and Octavian, as well as Brutus and Cassius, all followed Caesar's precedent.

Napoleon was always generous to officers, but he did not give this money. Later, before the opening ceremony of the Saint-Martin Canal, he distributed a small bag containing marzipan, towels, soap and a small golden bee, so that they could go to Saint-Martin.

They could take a bath in the bathroom set up by the canal. If the ceremony that day could be held smoothly, they would also have wine and meat to eat. This was a hard-earned meal for those homeless people.

Mutiny among soldiers is usually a matter of treatment. Some people say that during the old dynasty, the military expenditure was 90 million francs, half of which was to be distributed to officers, and the remainder to 10 or 100 times the number of soldiers.

Being a soldier is so poor that people look down upon it, so only people from the bottom of society will become soldiers. Farmers have a strange thinking. When the harvest is good, they hope for a famine. When a famine does happen, they hope to go back. When the city

If the homeless people there are too poor to eat, they will wander around and threaten the farmers to hand over their bread.

There are no pastoral songs, but there are many robbers and hungry people. Everyone hates the lords, they are responsible for collecting taxes and lending money. Countryside women age quickly. At the age of 28, they look like old women in their 60s. One reason is that they are in the fields.

One reason for working was to make a living. When farmers really couldn't afford the money, the lord allowed them to pay their debts in kind, such as wheat, chickens, etc. After signing the contract, even if the price of food increased due to famine in the future, they would still have to give the lord that much.

In addition, there are land rents, which are also paid to feudal lords, and tax collectors. In addition to the entry tax that must be paid at the city gate when entering the city, rural people also have to pay poll tax and military service tax.

Rural people will eat buckwheat, oats, rye, all the grains that city people will not eat. This is just like the city walls in the suburbs of Paris, eating white bread and eating black bread is a status difference.

Napoleon also had a hard time before, but after he became famous, he also had a private kitchen like the previous kings. However, when he ate with the British woman, it was very simple for a while.

A man of his level will definitely not have to worry about eating meat. Even if there is a famine, there will be roast chicken available 24 hours a day in his kitchen. In the past, when the villagers were so hungry that they ate grass like cattle and sheep, the nobles could still have midnight snacks.

Eat and drink wine in the salon while feeling pity for the poor.

You can't be inferior to a woman, especially this woman is from England. The two of them competed and ate light meals for a while. Later, Bonaparte threw the bread on the ground and asked her to pick it up and eat it.

Food needed to be saved, but she did not pick it up. In the end, Bonaparte picked up the bread and ate it himself.

It was an absolute spectacle, and the staff at the Tuileries Palace who witnessed it were all stunned.

Later, I found out that the food of the British navy was as bad as that of the French army. Instead, the French navy, which lived a noble life, asked them to secretly pick up the Egyptian army while Murat was attacking the Italian ports. As a result, they hid.

In the end, France took advantage of the British loophole and allowed British warships to transport the French Egyptian expeditionary force back.

People who are very hungry sometimes behave abnormally, such as a group of women burning fruit trees for no reason.

Burning fruit trees could not relieve hunger, but they burned them anyway. Reason is not something people are born with. To understand the behavior of the people, we must look at their thoughts. When the Great Revolution first broke out, there were riots in the countryside. Those who owed a lot of debt

As soon as the peasants heard that there was a revolution, they would no longer have to pay their debts, there would be no lords in the future, and the lands of the fleeing nobles would be confiscated and divided into small pieces and distributed to them. These people suddenly became firm supporters.

The land is easy to say, but what about the forest land? This used to be the hunting area of ​​the nobles.

Some places don't care so much and just pick up an ax and start chopping. When a person is in a miserable situation, he will become surly and violent. The residents of Lyon heard about Parisian bistro owners and suburban farmers stepping on the corpses of tax card clerks.

At that time, the poor rushed into the store like wild beasts, robbed the bakery, and the bakery owner was hanged because he asked for too high a price and refused to sell when others could not afford the price he bargained for. People suspected that he would

The bread is hidden.

Without leaders and organizations, the poor have a deep-rooted distrust of big shots, rich people, and people with status. Even if these people want to show kindness, it is in vain. They simply do not believe in the humanity and impartiality of these people. Change.

In short, they were trampled too hard. People who were out of control were destroying everything and hurting themselves at the same time. During the Reign of Terror, France's economic stagnation was not only because the nobles and wealthy people were frightened by the guillotine, but also because of these.

The store was destroyed and it will take a long time to recover.

This feeling is like all the sheep in the sheepfold turning into wolves overnight, and the pain suppressed by the old system for centuries is released. Even the army cannot stop them, because they themselves are also victims of this system.

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If a rough tenant has no land and no income, the light cavalry will capture him as a soldier to offset the poll tax and military service tax. They will also serve as prison guards. Some people advocate that prisoners in prisons should be treated with humanity, but

No one cared about them. The prison cook would separate the chaff from the grain and use it to make bread for the soldiers.

When this line of defense is broken, those nobles who can play the harp piano and walk six laps in the living room for exercise will have to face the mob.

The life of a lady is probably like this. According to the court etiquette, she has to get up at 8 o'clock, have breakfast in bed, spend about two and a half hours dressing up with the help of at least 10 maids, and attend dances and poetry performances.

Watch comedy.

During this period, there was always someone accompanying her and protecting her, like a tree entangled with countless vines, glued from beginning to end. A marquise listened to the peasants' demands from city officials and asked her to be exempted from all

She was asked twice about the land rent but refused to agree. Later, she and her children were chopped into pieces and their heads were stuck on wooden sticks.

This topic is not suitable to be discussed in social situations. Whether it is the gladiatorial battle in the Roman Colosseum or the racing at the Constantinople Circuit, they are pastimes. Pastimes bring pleasure. A noble girl should learn how to master the noble and elegant skills.

Curtsy respectfully, cover your face with a fan when talking to a man, look at the other person gracefully and humbly, and express your respect.

Social skills require soft fragrance, beautiful and delicious candies, lies, elegant grace, various engravings and paintings, poetry, and a noble lady who can give everyone the right gift according to their different identities, origins and status.

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The poll tax is divided into 22 levels, which are decided according to the financial resources of each level. The farmers are fed up with this. Everyone knows that the rich are trying to get exemptions. They are the ones who pay the tax. Why not simply divide it into two classes in the future?

The conference hall in Versailles can accommodate 2,000 people. When the three-level parliament was held in it, it was noisy. It was noisier than the British House of Commons. The king’s final solution was to give the third level the right to vote and be elected. What’s the point?

Woolen cloth?

The counting method of counting votes can break the voting method that was previously monopolized by the aristocratic class. In addition to working, the poor will also buy wine with their only spare money. He does not have good clothes and shoes to socialize in the opera house, and even tickets

If he can't afford it, he doesn't care about politics at all.

County magistrates in the United States are all elected by the people, while high-ranking officials in France are appointed. They did not have limited suffrage until 1834. Eternal happiness is the nature of the French, happiness is the tone of society, and the only way to please a noble lady is

Dominating the fun in social situations, Bonaparte's appearance was like a heavy leaden sky, instantly clouding the social scene. Of course, people like him cannot "dominate social situations."

People always fall in the direction they lean. Many of Bonaparte's policies are to please the farmers. The smallholder land ownership system allows farmers to own land only after paying off 10 years of loans, and they do not need to pay land rent in the future. In addition,

There is also the exemption of tithes. As long as he can ensure that this is implemented, farmers will always support him. The farmer population is the main component of the "big agricultural country".

Although the female spy he later found did not look like an aristocrat, she had eaten potato stew on the canal construction site. In the past, a peasant could not even afford salt. When there was no salt shaker at home, even if the meat was marinated in salt, he would have to hand it over.

As for taxes, the tax collector also has his own tasks. If he can't collect so much tax, he will go to jail. Generally, he just takes something away when he sees it.

There is also wine. When you invite someone to drink, you have to see whether the other person drinks it. In fact, there were many kind-hearted ladies who helped the poor in the past, but these people were educated from childhood to be self-reliant and innocent. Giving alms and begging are not what they want.

Originally, the Canal Saint-Martin was supposed to be built with France's wine tax, but now it is funded by many businesses. France's shareholder system is illegal, and there is a fear that large shareholders will bully small shareholders.

At that time, Bonaparte had a head-on collision with the members of Parliament. He forced the project to pass. The Parliament did not disagree, but wanted him to wait until next year, which was not in line with the budget process.

If it weren't for the wealth that Bonaparte took back from Italy, the Directory would have collapsed long ago by issuing banknotes indiscriminately.

Later, he had a lot of trouble repairing sewers, so he simply thought of a different solution - moving the capital to Lyon.

The streets in Paris are narrow and the houses are densely packed. Demolition is not only troublesome, but also causes disputes among the people. He has encountered this before in Cairo. After moving the capital, it will be easier for the Southern Alps Republic to rule.

His idea is wonderful, but not everyone in Italy wants to be ruled by him. Moreover, he has spent so much money to repair the St. Martin Canal, repaired it and moved it away. Paris can still gather so many people if it loses its function as the capital.

What?

In order to dig a tunnel to Milan, Bonaparte wanted to forcibly remove the Marne department from Switzerland, where the Alps are located, and the whole of Europe could not stop him.

But someone persuaded the Swiss representative to find another way to see if the British Cleopatra could persuade him.

Few women, whether they were prudes or prudes, would find Theodora someone worth learning from, but Theodora did help Justinian when he needed help and support the most.

The most powerful weapon in the world is the will to fight. What's the use of crying in that situation?

The use of force against civilians is almost inseparable from tyrants, but as long as you think of Persians and Goths watching, the consequences are unimaginable.

Attila once unified Eastern and Western Rome in a certain sense, but this Huns was the "Scourge of God." After so many years, this name still represents bad news.

The actors in the opera sometimes play peasants, sometimes judges, and sometimes emperors, all because of their different appearances. After all, those exquisite little scenes cannot compare with the real mountains and rivers.

"Bonaparte wants your life, do you know?" asked Alessandro.

"I know." Severus said calmly, "He also put a reward on it, but it was later withdrawn."

"How much?" Lucius asked curiously.

"The superficial revocation, your head is now worth the position of chief of the Paris police." Alessandro said, "What did you do?"

Severus sneered.

"Isn't he going to move the capital?" Lucius asked, "Isn't the police chief of Lyon more promising?"

"It's a secret, it's still in the planning stage," Alejandro said.

"How did you know?" Severus asked.

Alejandro did not answer.

"Do you need me to help you forget?" Severus asked.

Alejandro shook his head and continued to tell the information he knew.
Chapter completed!