Chapter 780 Revolution is an inevitable product of the European unification process! (Please vote)

In the magnificent Hall of the God of War in the Duille Palace, Napoleon III sat upright on the throne, behind it was an oil painting of the Battle of Austerlitz which tells the story of the former martial arts of the Emperor. As soon as Ma Baocai's cloth shoes stepped onto the Persian carpet, he noticed a young official in a purple robe standing in the corner of the hall - about twenty-four or five years old, wearing a black veil head, a goldfish bag hanging on his waist, and a thick filial piety coat, as if he was a senior official of the Tang Dynasty who had spanned thousands of years.

"This is the prince of the Great Zhou, His Highness of the King of the Great Tang Dynasty." French Foreign Minister Duke Varevsky tapped the ground with his cane, "Here is the Minister of the Tang Empire to France." He looked at the yellow silk ribbon on Hu Wansheng's chest, "You Taiping Heavenly Kingdom opposed the Qing Dynasty was destroyed by the Great Zhou, and it is a pity that the Great Zhou was destroyed by the Great Tang Dynasty again!"

Zeng Jize turned around and looked at the officials of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom gently. The young man had neither sadness nor resentment on his thin face, as if the Great Zhou Dynasty replaced by Li Hongzhang had nothing to do with him.

"The Zen period of Zhou and Tang dynasties is a legend of eternal eternity." Zeng Jize's voice was calm as if telling a past that happened a long time ago. "In the past, Yao and Shun and Yu were all because of the kings of the world. Now, the ten towns of Jiedu have jointly promoted the wise ruler, and three hundred great scholars have discussed the grand throne together, and the late emperor has even given the will of Yao and Shun!"

Napoleon III could not understand the Chinese spoken by Zeng Jize. Hu Wansheng, who learned French at the Army University, came up and whispered at the right time: "He said that choosing an imperial system was to imitate the holy kings of ancient China, so his Zhou Kingdom was not destroyed, but to destroy itself."

"Hahaha"

Before he finished speaking, he was interrupted by the laughter of Napoleon III.

"Mathilde wrote that she is now the empress of Emperor Li, and will join Emperor Li this spring to recover the old land of the Tang Dynasty in the river!" The French emperor smiled, "When they recover the river, I will be able to send them a gift through the territory of Turkey." He suddenly stared at Zeng Jize in mourning clothes, "Since the Great Zhou was replaced by the Tang Dynasty, it is a good thing, then I will congratulate His Highness."

"Thank you." Zeng Jize bowed and looked at Ma Baocai and the other two again, "I wonder if the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom recognizes the legitimacy of the Tang Empire?"

Weng Tongjue hurriedly smiled and said, "The Kingdom of Heaven has recognized that the Tang Dynasty ruled the river and the Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Heaven said: Zhou and Tang will succeed one after another, and they will be famous for their reputation!"

Hu Wansheng bowed: "There is a historical story like iron in the future, and this story of Yao and Shun will be recorded."

Only Ma Bao didn't say anything, but just stared at the white mourning clothes on Zeng Jize's body.

Zeng Jize smiled slightly, said goodbye to Napoleon III, and then left with the companion.

As soon as the new ambassador of the Tang Dynasty left, Hu Wansheng, the new ambassador of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, stepped forward and officially submitted the letter of nationality. Napoleon III took the letter of nationality and put it on the table, but his eyes swept over the three people meaningfully.

"I heard that the workers' leaders from all over Europe are going to have a meeting in London?" He suddenly spoke with a little temptation in his tone, "Have you received the invitation?"

Hu Wansheng, who was proficient in French, translated his words to Ma Baocai, who could speak English but could not speak French. In the following talks, he and Weng Tongjue acted as the translator between Napoleon III and Ma Baocai.

Ma Baocai's expression remained unchanged and replied directly: "Yes, I have received an invitation to attend the founding meeting of the Workers Association in London as the president of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom Farmers Association."

Napoleon III narrowed his eyes: "Do you Taiping Heavenly Kingdom want to support the red elements of Europe and mess up Europe?"

Ma Baocai shook his head: "If the International Workers Association really messed up Europe, how could the British government allow them to have meetings in London?"

He paused, looked directly at Napoleon III, and said slowly: "What will really mess up Europe is not the workers' movement, but the unification process of Europe that is taking place."

Napoleon III frowned: "What does European unification mean?"

Ma Bao did not answer directly, but asked back: "Does Your Majesty know about the Seven Heroes of the Warring States Period in China?"

Napoleon III shook his head.

Ma Baocai explained: "More than two thousand years ago, China split into many countries like Europe today. Later, after hundreds of years of war and annexation, the seven most powerful countries remained-Qin, Chu, Qi, Yan, Zhao, Wei, and Han."

"These seven countries are very similar to today's European powers." After Hu Wansheng finished translating, he added.

"It's very similar?" Napoleon III thought to himself: "We are so advanced in Europe, how can we be very similar to China 2,000 years ago? Are we behind you 2,000 years?"

Weng Tongjue explained: "Before the Warring States Period, Chinese aristocrats held power for generations, and the country was their private property. However, due to the fierce annexation war, in the Warring States Period, countries had to break the monopoly of the aristocrats and promote the capable people among the civilians in order to survive. Just like today's Europe, the Junker nobles in Prussia, the Bonaparte family in France, and the Habsburg dynasty in Austria, all faced the same challenge - if the country wants to be strong, more civilians must participate."

"It really looks a little bit like it." Napoleon III thought.

"The wars during the Warring States Period were more tragic than before. The population of various countries was only a few million, but the troops mobilized were hundreds of thousands. Wars were no longer duels between nobles, but a battle of life and death for the whole nation, and a war mobilized by the whole country."

"Ah" Napoleon III thought: "This is really a bit like it! The war is getting bigger and bigger, from the noble private soldiers to the mercenaries, and from the mercenaries to the mobilization of the whole nation."

Hu Wansheng said again: "In today's Europe, Britain, France, Public, Austria, and Russia, all are carrying out various reforms that are conducive to military mobilization, which is undoubtedly preparing for a larger-scale war!"

Weng Tongjue added: "In addition to institutional improvement and production and expansion of mobilization, during the Warring States Period, the ideas of various schools of thought were spread in various countries, Confucianism, Legalism, Mohism, military strategists... and these schools are no longer restricted by national boundaries. Various scholars, idealists, conspirators, and ambitious people began to wander among countries. Today, Europe, the workers' movement, nationalism, and liberalism are also not restricted by national boundaries. The workers' association in London, like the Mohists in the past, tried to establish connections between countries."

Is this really something like this? Napoleon III was skeptical, and you just started to play the advanced European civilization 2,000 years ago? I don’t know what it was like in the end?

Ma Baocai continued at this time: "In the end, Qin unified the six countries and established the first centralized empire in Chinese history. But the Qin Dynasty's rule lasted only for fifteen years."

Napoleon III raised his eyebrows: "Why?"

"Because of the revolution!" Ma Baocai said, "The unified Qin State faced three fatal problems, which eventually caused it to be swept by the revolutionary storm!"

"What fatal question?" Napoleon III asked quickly - his uncle almost became the Qin Shihuang in Europe!

"First of all," said Ma Baocai, "the destruction of the nobles of the six countries are unwilling to lose their power. They secretly accumulate strength and wait for the opportunity."

After Hu Wansheng translated his words, he asked Napoleon III again: "Would the old nobles of Europa, Austria, Prussia, Russia, Spain, and England be willing?"

It must not be! Napoleon III thought to himself: "The old French nobles were unwilling to accept it!"

"Secondly," Weng Tongjue added: "Before the reunification of Qin, civilians could obtain titles through military merits. But after the unification, the war ended, and the passage for civilians to rise was blocked. And those who climbed to a high position in the war of unity became new nobles. Today's European workers, if they found that they had paid countless blood and sweat, the unified Europe that they had finally made was controlled by a group of new nobles, would they be satisfied?"

Napoleon III shook his head—he knew that in the late period of his uncle’s reign, the French had already begun to be dissatisfied.

"Third" Weng Tongjue said with his fingers, "The Qin State's war of unification costs a lot, but in order to maintain unification, it was necessary to build the Great Wall and build the Dao. Qin Shihuang himself liked to build large tombs and palaces, which was huge. In the end, the finances collapsed and the people were living in poverty. Today's European powers engaged in arms races, and also engaged in many unprofitable colonies expansion, fighting many wars with no profit, which was also consuming national strength."

Napoleon III became more and more shocked: "That, that's the end."

Hu Wansheng said: "In the end, a group of workers who built the Great Wall launched an uprising under the leadership of Chen Sheng and Wu Guang. They were not nobles, but civilians at the bottom, and laborers!"

"Worker." Napoleon's forehead was covered with cold sweat.

Hu Wansheng continued: "After the uprising broke out, the old nobles of the six countries responded one after another, but the one who eventually won the world was Liu Bang, the head of Pei County, and his partner - a group of people from civilians or small nobles. They founded the Han Dynasty and a unified country that had been passed down for 400 years."

Ma Baocai looked at Napoleon III and said slowly: "Your Majesty, the process of unification in Europe may lead to a revolution like the Qin State."

Napoleon III was silent for a long time: "You mean, will the unification of Europe trigger a workers' revolution?"

Ma Baocai nodded: "Yes, but not because the workers want to revolution, but because the unified Europe still cannot resolve the contradiction between the new nobles and the civilians. Moreover, the huge cost of European unification will be unbearable!"

"No one in Europe wants to unify!" Napoleon III said firmly, "My uncle was an exception!"

Weng Tongjue helped him with glasses: "No one wanted to unify in the early years of the Warring States Period. But when Qin began to promote military merits and titles. Civilians could get titles by cutting a head. As a result, the scale of war in a hundred years expanded from 30,000 to 600,000."

"Just like the Prussian railway network, industrial system and national mobilization." Hu Wansheng took over the conversation, "Ten years ago, they mobilized thirty days, but now they only need eighteen hours. And when civilians find that war can get votes, land, and pensions."

Napoleon III's face turned pale: "What the hell do you want to say?"

"When Shang Yang's reforms, the Qin nobles did not expect to be overthrown by the civilian military meritorious class they trained." Ma Baocai said with mercy, "And when the Qin soldiers who rely on chopping their heads and getting promoted to the titles discovered that they would continue to be bulls and horses after unification. Your Majesty now understands? When the war between European powers develops to the point where the whole nation needs to mobilize, those civilians who rise by war will be the best revolutionary soldiers!"
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