2879 The Defying Paper
"On the relationship between Napoleon Bonaparte Empire and the First Republic and the division of the legacy of the Great Revolution"
Xiao Letian didn't know that in order to popularize French knowledge to senior officials, he would play such an important role in the Battle of Seedon at this moment.
McMahon did not lie. The systematic truth he mentioned did come from the first half of Xiao Letian's thesis, and he did not delete or modify it.
It is also praised by later generations. In fact, McMahon and the others do not know these principles, but they did not purify and systematically explain them for various reasons!
Knowing the truth and elevating the truth system into the theory are completely different things!
Many French scholars in later generations questioned that Xiao Letian's paper was copied from the articles of many French scholars. In order to discredit Xiao Letian, they could say that they were throwing dirty water by any means.
In their eyes, would officers of the level of McMahon not understand these simple truths?
However, these arrogant remarks made Xiao Letian's descendants refute the scholars who studied the political system of the head of state!
Chinese scholars admit that McMahon certainly understands these simple truths, but understanding the truth and upgrading it into a systematic theory are completely different!
People who understand may not be able to say it, or it is possible that a dark leaf under the lamp is blinding...even just because those scholars who understand cannot speak human words!
This scolding is so rude, but it is also a reality. Many scholars in the ivory tower do not speak "human language". The human language here is the kind of simple words that can be understood by the general public.
There are many so-called experts and scholars who are proud of telling the truth into metaphysics. They must summarize many difficult definitions that can be explained clearly and thoroughly, and use the words of clouds, mountains and fog to describe them.
To put it bluntly, these people have organized a unique language shared by small circles, which is a language that has not been trained, but the trained people are actually not that mysterious at all.
Why did Xiao Letian's theory get huge support from fans in later generations? Just because Xiao Letian is willing to speak human language, he can tell you the most complex political economy into stories so that street vendors can understand it!
Liberating knowledge from the ivory tower is perhaps the cutest part of the Head of State!
Of course, McMahon has the ability to understand the head of state papers. After all, his family experienced the Great Revolution and had a deeper understanding of it than Xiao Letian.
However, McMahon did not have the ability to systematically improve theories, nor did he have superb language organization skills to explain these principles easily and easily understand!
To put it bluntly, if it weren't for the plain papers such as Xiao Letian who could copy them, he would not have been able to inspire the soldiers in a short time to sacrifice their lives!
It was Xiao Letian's ability and Xiao Letian's eloquence that made McMahon understand in a few words!
In an instant, these ordinary soldiers understood why they were going to fight, what was the motherland? What was the Great Revolution? How did freedom come about? What did the Bonaparte family save France?
With so many difficult problems in history, a few minutes of speech can make the big head soldiers understand. What is this not a despicable ability?
The terror of the head of the army made McMahon sweat coldly in his back, and a stream of cold air from his back rushed to his head!
"What a terrible enemy! This is a kind of all-round crushing. Where will this Chinese people armed with knowledge and theory go in the future? It's so terrible..."
Thinking about the truths that were not told to the soldiers, McMahon emerged from his soul!
Xiao Letian's analysis of the First Republic and the First Empire was far more than that. He clearly stated in his thesis why Napoleon Bonaparte was called emperor? That was actually an important means to alleviate the situation at that time.
You should know that the Great Revolution was absolutely not tolerated in Europe at that time. All the kings of Europe can be said to be hated! They must use their efforts to destroy the results of the Great Revolution!
The establishment of the first anti-French alliance allowed Napoleon to successfully take office. The Battle of Toulon and the Battle of Suppressing the Royalist Party were the two most important steps in Napoleon's career.
After defeating the first anti-French alliance, the First Republic received a brief rest and began to popularize various national policies formulated by Paris to the countryside.
Just six years later, when Napoleon expeditioned to Egypt, these European monarchs once again united to form a second anti-French alliance to start attacking France.
From here, we can see that there is a transition period of six years between the first anti-French alliance and the second anti-French alliance. In these six years, many policies can be implemented in the countryside.
After the second anti-French alliance was established, the coalition forces quickly launched an attack on France. Napoleon, who was far away in Egypt, returned to Paris alone and successfully launched the Wuyue coup, sweeping away all the politicians who excluded him. He officially became France's first consul in the face of national crisis!
In just one year, Napoleon defeated the second anti-French coalition and forced all countries to sign a peace treaty with France!
At this time, Napoleon finally became the first person in France. The great contribution of saving the motherland twice made him a savior in the minds of the people.
Then at this time, Napoleon had to carefully think about the future of the motherland and how to protect the achievements of the Great Revolution!
Five years after the Wuyue Coup, Napoleon officially ascended the throne, and his ascension did not trigger strong protests from the French nation. Instead, it was a blessing from all the people!
Because before the throne this time, France held a referendum, with 3.5 million valid voters supporting Napoleon as emperor, and there were only more than 2,000 votes against him!
At Notre Dame Cathedral, Napoleon Bonaparte held the crown with his own hands and placed it on his head, rather than being crowned by the Archbishop!
"I am the emperor of the referendum, and I crown myself!"
This is what Napoleon said at that time, and this sentence completely reveals the essence of the Great Revolution!
The people's rights were finally greater than the divine power and feudal aristocratic power!
The rights of the people can already determine who will become emperor. Such a result may make the kings of Europe shudder!
Was Napoleon's emperor's name finally got what he wanted, or was it really to maintain the fruits of the Great Revolution? Xiao Letian wrote it very clearly in his paper, and there are both reasons!
First of all, we must admit that Napoleon was also a selfish person, and being able to become an emperor was indeed the most noble glory as a man!
But becoming emperor was also beneficial to alleviating the unfavorable diplomatic situation in France at that time! Because Napoleon knew very well that the anti-French alliance would not end, and those kings would not let the republic go, and they would start war against France again and again!
Chapter completed!