Chapter 1917 The Emperor’s New Clothes (Part 2)

Before being built as a church, the land originally belonged to the hotel Memus-plaisirs, which means happy menu. In 1792, it became the National Guards Free School, in 1793 it became the National Conservatory of Music, and in 1795 it became the National Conservatory of Music and Drama.

After the restoration of the dynasty in 1822, it was renamed the National Conservatory of Music.

The Paris Opera House burned down in 1763. It was not until 1860 that the French Ministry of Arts decided to build a new Paris Opera House. During this period, the land was vacant for nearly 100 years.

When you sit in a restaurant with a menu in your hand, you have many choices. Which one do you want tonight?

It is equally difficult to choose whether there are few or many choices. Among the 171 works submitted, the work of 35-year-old architect Charles Garnier stood out. He chose eclecticism, but at that time he did not get everyone

recognition.

The current Paris Opera House is called the "Jewelry Box". It is magnificent and beautiful. In fact, eclecticism, also known as compatibilism, had already sprouted in the era of Napoleon I. It was mentioned in Napoleon's diary.

There are many things like this that are difficult to accept at first, but once you get used to them, it doesn't matter.

The first World's Fair was held in Hyde Park in 1851. The venue was the Crystal Palace. It looked like a greenhouse, but inside it displayed steam traction engines, high-speed steamers, cranes, kitchen supplies, and harvesters from the United States.

In fact, Napoleon had already held an Industrial Expo in Paris earlier. The first one was held in the Louvre Museum, and the second one was held in the Place des Vets, where a temporary tent was set up.

The exhibition displayed a threshing machine designed by Scottish engineers. Washington did not choose something, but the French chose it. During the Revolution, due to conscription, a lot of rural labor was taken away. Even if there was a bumper wheat harvest, there was no one to thresh it and it could not be made.

into flour.

It has contributed to the rise in food prices from another aspect. According to French law, anyone who is over 21 years old, registered in the citizen register, and has lived in a French region for more than one year can become a French citizen.

An engineer who was about to starve to death in Scotland was originally forgotten by the world. One day, someone came to his door and said that his invention was noticed. When he arrived in France, he found that he was really treated with courtesy and his invention was promoted throughout the country.

, and also to participate in the industrial expo, the so-called daydream is nothing more than that.

This is also a kind of joy, but it is different from the joy brought by dance, food, opera, etc. It makes people linger and forget to leave. Why go back to Scotland?

The Belgians who love to drink beer actually have little opportunity to drink freely. Their modernization has not yet begun. Everything is stuck in the period of handicraft workshops. The breweries are small and stagnant. They contain a lot of oats and wheat. British beer has begun to enter the country.

With industrialization, steam engines replaced manpower, water power and horse power, making large-scale brewing possible.

A large gemstone will theoretically depreciate in value after being cut, but that depends on the situation. The Prince Regent's diamond was cut and set in the ceremonial sword he wore when he was coronated. This sword will not be sold in an auction house.

The jeweler who made this sword for him was named Chaumet, who was Napoleon's royal jeweler and watch manufacturer. The wheat ear bracelet on Pomona's hand that looked like a trembling flower ornament was actually a watch.

It not only has a decorative effect, but also has certain practical functions.

Former finance director Jacques Necker had used state loans to replace high taxes and used the money to finance France's costs in the American Revolutionary War.

This was adopted by the ruling government, but the loans given to farmers were not usury, which meant that financial supervision was replaced by tax supervision and became a fixed income.

It took a full year from the proposal to the initial implementation. The ruling government took back the road construction rights to the central government. Local governments no longer need to build roads. Although from a certain perspective, it has reduced the burden on local governments, it does not need to be repaired.

Is there any toll tax on the road?

The administrative reform in 1982 left the construction of roads and the transportation of students to local governments. Wizards take the Hogwarts Express to school, and Muggle students take yellow school buses. This is also part of the public utility and is non-profit. The safety of children is a priority.

First, we cannot allow cars with safety issues to drive children to and from school.

If the Lion of the Wilds were to fight alone and sort out the annoying housework, he would definitely not have the patience, but it would be different if someone was there to help him.

With money, he can build canals and other projects, thus solving farmers' irrigation and transportation problems.

There is a labor force to fight a war without conscription. It took so many years for the Canal Saint-Martin to be repaired and it has something to do with the Napoleonic War.

To engage in peace construction without fighting, bankers also had confidence in investing in public undertakings. For people in the 18th century, being able to engage in public undertakings was a symbol of social status. To participate in decision-making, you often needed to interact with nobles, and sometimes you were

Invited to the court, wealthy, hard-working and ambitious factory owners played an increasingly important role in the economic life of the country and were recognized for more than just their wealth.

Fraternity was very popular at the time. The kindness and pride of this kind of fraternity are often inseparable. However, this kind of kindness is the kind of kindness that the great nobles treat their retainers. The factory owners are urging themselves to cooperate with the landlords and nobles in exercising power and the work of their subordinates.

The number of people controlled is about the same.

One call and hundreds of responses, everyone's expectations, isn't this what men want?

Many people think that to be loved by others, one needs to be pure, self-possessed, affable, kind, and generous.

Louis XVI was a good man, but a bad king. Some people took advantage of people's pity to foment rebellion everywhere, and even organized the Snow Moon murder. At that time, the assassins were lurking on Napoleon's only way to the opera house.

If Josephine had not insisted on going to the opera, perhaps this would have been a thing.

There is also a door at the Paris Opera House, which was specially prepared for Napoleon III to prevent him from being assassinated like his uncle, but he never used it for a day, because he was no longer the emperor when the opera house was built.

In 1896, "Thetis and Pere" was being performed at the Paris Opera House. The crystal chandelier hanging in the auditorium suddenly fell and a woman died. This incident was later adapted into the story of "The Phantom of the Opera".

Famous scene. When the crystal chandelier falls, does it reflect the same colorful light as the broken stained glass in the Saint-Eugène-Saint-Cecile Church at this moment?

Thetis was the daughter of the sea god Nereus, and Achilles who was on the expedition to Troy was her son. In order to make her son immortal, she lifted him upside down and immersed him in the water of the River Styx, because she only had the ankle she held.

It was not immersed, so it became Achilles' fatal wound.

One day, at the wedding of the human heroes Peleus and Thetis, all the gods attended the wedding. Only the goddess of discord, Eris, was not invited. Eris held a grudge and dedicated a golden apple to the guests at the wedding.

, it says "To the most beautiful goddess".

Hera, Athena, and Aphrodite were arguing about the golden apple and asked the Trojan prince Paris to judge it. They respectively promised that Hera would give him supreme power, Athena was willing to give her wisdom and strength, and Aphrodite was willing to give her wisdom and strength.

Rodite gave him love and made the most beautiful woman in the world fall in love with her.

Paris thought about it and felt that power and dominance could inherit his father's throne. He had the ability to pursue the path of a hero. On the contrary, love was not encountered every day, so he gave the golden apple to Aphrodite.

, and Aphrodite gave him the married woman Helen.

In order to prevent Helen from causing a war, the old King of Sparta made the suitors swear an oath never to harm her husband.

Whether it was to make profits in the war, or to uphold justice for the Spartan king, the "heroes" boarded the ship and headed for Troy. However, there was no favorable wind on the sea, and the commander Agamemnon almost sacrificed his life in the army.

Sacrifice your own daughter.

When the Trojan War ended and Helen learned the news that she was going to see her husband, the elders advised her to wear a veil.

In this way, she found her husband among the many soldiers wearing helmets, and took off the helmet that covered his face.

How did she do it?

Maybe this is a legend, maybe this is a feeling. When she heard that Menelaus was coming, she was not afraid, she still loved him in her heart.

As for the relationship between her and Paris, it may be like a love potion, creating not real love, but a strong sense of obsession.

The Louvre not only has the statue of Venus, but also the Dendera constellation board, which was enshrined in the temple of Hathor, the Egyptian god of love.

Hathor is the god of love and the god of death. When the "Eye of Ra" opens, the earth will be stained with blood. In order to stop her, Ra watered the earth with wine made from pomegranates, making her drunk and cruel.

The God of Death became the beautiful God of Love, the God of Music, and the God of Dance. In addition to pomegranates, beer was also her sacrifice, so that she would not "make trouble" when she was drunk.

God of love, it was you who made me sick like this,

Let me be lovesick and sick from now on, dying,

The sinful debt has not been paid, but he is about to die.

Machiavelli said that even if a prince cannot be loved, he must avoid hatred, because being feared and not hated can be a good combination, as long as he does not touch the property of his citizens and subjects, and does not touch the property of his citizens and subjects.

He could always do this by getting his hands on their wives and daughters. He could make people fear him more than make them love him, so he could be followed and obeyed, but he couldn't do this.

Is it worthwhile to make such a big mistake just for a moment of pleasure?

Generally speaking, electricity and magic cannot coexist, unless the current is very strong, and the decorative lights on the Eiffel Tower go out, and it becomes integrated with the black night sky, as if invisible, or the time returns to before the 1889 World Expo.

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On the island of Elba, there is a town called "Metropolis". Can it be as bright as Paris?

In this little-known church, a phantom is dancing like a ghost.

He is not like someone who, although dead, still lives in people's hearts, and he has been buried for love.

His love for Lily is the only reason why people forgive him for killing Albus Dumbledore, even though the old fool couldn't resist the temptation brought by the Resurrection Stone and put on the cursed ring, and he was already close to death.

Far.

Albus is really capable. He can even use his own death. What else can't he use?

He is the ruthless person, even the dark wizard is more humane than him.

He took the cat away from the homeless man's arms and played a video of the cat living a happy life. It seemed that he had done a good thing, but what about the homeless man?

In fact, most Parisians are spectators, just like Napoleon before his hair. He also watched the devastation of the Revolution with everyone else.

I just didn't expect that he was like an audience member invited by a magician to come on stage to assist in the performance. He stood on the stage and under the spotlight and became the object of others' viewing.

Who could imagine that he was an ordinary person and begged for mercy and love?

Others are bound to say that anyone who thinks so must be crazy, regardless of whether the person is an adult or a child.
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