Why is Napoleon Bonaparte awesome? Is he really just a military genius?

In fact, people all misunderstood him. Napoleon Bonaparte was first a successful reformer, and then an excellent military commander!

He keenly discovered the surging power born by the people during the Great Revolution, which was the expectation of the lower class people who had suppressed thousands of years of desire to change the status quo.

Whether you like it or not, this suppressed power exists forever!

What exactly detonated these forces and made them awake? Think about it carefully, just the following points.

The first is that the birth of Martin Luther's Protestantism broke the situation of Catholicism as the dominant family, gave the people a choice, let the people see through the corruption and decline of the Holy See, and the power of theology to control people's hearts was weakened.

The second is the great development of natural science and the Renaissance. People finally have another way to explain everything in the world and even the universe. Many ancient scams were revealed one by one. People began to reflect on whether the rights of feudal aristocracy were really granted by God? Is it really irreversible?

The third is the large flow of people brought about by the great geographical discovery, which is an important condition for the integration of multiple cultures and bursting out new ideas.

The French Sun King Louis XIV was the French monarch of the same era as Kangxi. He was very obsessed with Chinese culture.

It was also during that period when Confucianism entered France, and the imperial examination system was gradually understood by the French ideological community!

This is a major breakthrough. In the context of that era, French intellectuals took the lead in understanding that in the distant China, there is hope for anyone and anyone can change their class.

Even if you are the poorest and humble people, as long as you work hard, you will be one in ten million possible, and you will become the best and change your class!

In fact, there is not that low probability of class change. Although not every Chinese scholar can become a first- and second-rank official, the door to class change is not as narrow as imagined.

Many poor and humble children can become small officials in the local government through the path of study and imperial examinations. Although their official positions are very small, they have changed a lot compared with their previous social status!

This unique model made French intellectuals quite obsessed, and at the same time, this idea of ​​"classes can be circulated" began to spread in France.

Of course, the fourth point that triggered the Great Revolution was the rise of the bourgeoisie, and the power of money became increasingly greater. The emerging bourgeoisie also hoped to compete for interests from the hands of feudal aristocrats.

Multiple social backgrounds gathered together, and a shocking sound! The French Revolution broke out. When everyone's birth equal shouts echoed on the European land, you can imagine how frightened all the feudal emperors in Europe were at that time.

All European emperors united to strangle the First French Republic, but they really underestimated the revolutionary enthusiasm of the untouchables that had been suppressed for thousands of years.

Once the door to dream is opened, when people outside see how beautiful the other side of the dream is, it will not be that simple to close the door.

This kind of power is the trend of the times. Those who follow it will prosper and rebellion will perish!

It is obvious that Napoleon Bonaparte is a person who is very sensitive to this trend. He is a reformist at heart and belongs to the same kind of person as Xiao Letian.

This type of people is a rare species among politicians. They will generally only be born in the era of great social turmoil and great changes. Such people are the darlings of the times!

Napoleon Bonaparte helped the Republic defeat the enemy's encirclement and suppression through military means, and established his own reputation in the war.

The campaign to suppress the Royalist Party promoted him to commander of the Army's Brigadier General and the Paris Garrison!

Heading to Northern Italy to defeat the Austrian invaders many times!

On his expedition to Egypt, he also made France's famous reputation under the pyramids!

The successive victory made him a savior in the First Republic. He quickly reached an agreement with the French bourgeoisie at that time and launched a fog moon coup in Paris.

Later, Napoleon reciprocated and announced the formulation of the "Napoleon Code", which was very conducive to the development of the bourgeoisie.

The code clearly states that private property is sacred and inviolable, and recognizes the concept that everyone is born equal in the Declaration of Human Rights in the form of law!

At the same time, the Code also abolished the privileges of most feudal aristocracy and churches, and respected the spirit of the contract legally!

All of this is urgently needed for the development of capitalism, and the birth of this code basically cleared all the obstacles to Napoleon's claim to be emperor.

All the secrets are actually in this great change in human history, including the noble legions of the imperial guards that Xiao Letian encountered now, after all, are just the elegance of Emperor Napoleon.

Since everyone is born equal, how can the army that Napoleon attaches most importance to is exception?

During Napoleon's reign, he promoted countless civilian officers, and the entire army was completely renewed!

Even among the 26 marshals around Napoleon, only 2 were from traditional feudal aristocratic families, and the rest were all from the civilian class.

What kind of concept is this? In that era, the military control of Europe was 100% in the hands of feudal aristocrats. Do you want to be a high-ranking official in the army? Without the traditional bloody aristocrat status, don’t even think about it!

Even in Prussia at that time, the entire army of the country under the rule of Friedrich William III was in a state of tranquility. The generals and staff officers were all old men over sixty or seventy years old, and they were all noble.

Without comparison, there will be no harm!

At that time, the entire French army was full of vitality from top to bottom. Not to mention that the officers were all civilians, even those ordinary soldiers were free farmers who had just escaped from feudal shackles.

These people changed their fate because of Napoleon Bonaparte. How could they not be loyal to him and fight to the death?

The French legions of that era were really energetic. It was just that the spirit of energetic attacks that caught the traditional defenders commanded by the blood nobles off guard.

The Anti-French Alliance organization was defeated by Napoleon once. The God of War won 48 games in his lifetime. The God of War was well deserved!

No one wins by fighting alone. It is precisely because of the millions of legions loyal to him and dare to sacrifice and sacrifice and the joint support of countless domestic capitalists that Napoleon achieved glory in history!

Although Napoleon failed, his remaining strength was still there. No one dared to abolish his code, and no one dared to use the batches of talents he trained.

Moreover, when it comes to this person, the entire French nation basically praises him. Although he became emperor and abolished the republic, this country really received countless favors in his reforms!

Even his nephew Napoleon III was just restoring his uncle's inheritance. It was precisely because of his identity as the patriarch of the Bonaparte family that he could call on countless military aristocratic groups of those years to support him!
Chapter completed!