MTL - The War Court and Lap Pillow, Austria’s Mandate of Heaven-v3 Chapter 36 Napoleon's legacy

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In a sense, the establishment of the July Dynasty is better because the departure of Napoleon Bonaparte and the collapse of the First French Empire caused the continental overlord to fall to the bottom.

Without the sense of security and pride brought by political strongmen, the French had to pin their hopes of national rejuvenation on the branch of the Bourbon dynasty that once brought France to glory-the Orleans family.

For example, assuming that the Orleans dynasty is a religion supported by the people, then Louis Philippe is the high priest on that altar.

Although twenty-five years have passed since the war that lasted more than ten years in Europe, the entire Napoleon family has long since left France, and the emperor's body is still stranded on St. Marie Claire's admiration and love have not diminished in the past.

This made Louis-Philippe, who thought he was better than his predecessors, feel very unfair. He obviously accomplished a great cause that Napoleon could not do in his life, but he still lives in his shadow. Escorting Napoleon's ashes back to Paris has even become a daily routine for the Bonapartists.

These people hold public events every month near the Bourbon Palace, or in the streets and alleys of Paris, to announce their existence.

Even today, when Louis-Philippe won the Spanish Civil War and returned French power to North America, Bonapartists still compare him to Napoleon.

"Then, gentlemen, I would like to announce to you that I have summoned the British ambassador to convey to his government a request of mine - to bring back the body of Napoleon Bonaparte to Paris. Also, I am going to send his body to Paris. Buried in the Invalides near the Seine."

After Louis-Philippe announced the news at the Palais du Inlery, all the people present fell silent. They looked at each other, trying to see from each other's faces whether they had heard it wrong.

Seeing the surprised expressions on everyone's face, Louis-Philippe had to repeat his decision again, but there was still no warm applause in the hall, instead, it was filled with emotions of surprise, fear, anxiety, and anger...

But at this time there is still a small trouble, Louis Bonaparte, later Napoleon III. Louis Bonaparte was at odds with his uncle's brothers, whom even his uncle Joseph looked down upon, not to mention Napoleon's other two brothers.

Of course, the French government has not forgotten the young pretender to the throne.

They managed to win over one of Napoleon's illegitimate sons, the Count of Leon. This man was as vain as his biological mother, and was so disliked by Napoleon Bonaparte and his relatives that they lived a life of poverty.

Later, an official employed by the French government told the Count of Leon that as long as he could fight Louis Bonaparte, no matter whether he won or lost, he would get a commission of 100,000 francs.

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Soon the down-and-out son set off for London, where he not only publicly humiliated Louis Napoleon, but also discredited him and challenged him to a duel.

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The purpose of the French government in doing this is actually very simple, and that is to ruin the reputation of this nephew of Napoleon Bonaparte. So whether he accepts the duel or not, the outcome doesn't matter.

If Louis Bonaparte refused, his political influence would evaporate. If he accepted it, no matter if he killed the other party or died by himself, he would not be able to escape the notoriety of brotherhood.

But sometimes, history is so wonderful. Louis Napoleon did not want to participate in this duel, but everyone around him told him that this duel was more important than his life. He had no choice but to accept it.

On the day of the duel, both Louis Napoleon and Leon were filled with deep fear. At this time, the former began to try to persuade the latter not to kill each other to discredit the family, and at the same time asked him whether he was coerced or bewitched by outsiders.

The latter confessed to the French government in one breath after hearing this, and also mentioned the one hundred thousand franc transaction. Leon was not entitled to an annuity because he could not be recognized by the Napoleon family. After Napoleon's death, he lost his source of income, so he took the risk.

"Listen, I offer one hundred and fifty thousand francs, and you give up the duel."

"I think my reputation is worth two hundred thousand."

"Okay, it's a deal!"

Ever since, this farce ended. It was the demonstrated ability to handle this that gave Louis Napoleon the semblance of approval from his uncle's brothers, who went to the same theater together as a token of their rapport.

Soon after, Louis Napoleon decided to launch another uprising in response to the activities of the government of Louis Philippe. He chose the French seaside city of Boulogne, where only 250 soldiers were stationed.

Captain Aradeniz was a typical Bonapartist, and he immediately agreed with Louis Napoleon's plan after meeting him.

Louis Napoleon's plan was to take control of Boulogne and march directly to Paris until the July Dynasty was overthrown. To this end, he recruited some veterans and unemployed workers, and at the same time got in touch with the Polish Restoration Army.

So far, the number of people conspiring with him has reached 500, but this mixed group of French and Poles does not understand the ins and outs of the whole plan, and even has no idea of ​​when it will depart or where it will go. However, the details are not known.

Naturally, Louis Napoleon understood the reason why soldiers and horses moved ahead without food and grass, so he borrowed 500,000 francs from a British official early on, and issued IOUs to 56 people, raising a total of 1.02 million francs.

As for the weapons needed for the uprising, they were imported from England, including brown bass rifled rifles and Birmingham steel knives. The flags and military uniforms were purchased from Paris. In order to expand his influence, he even ordered a hand-operated printing machine to print and distribute leaflets.

On August 5, 1840, five wagons of food, twenty war horses, two boxes of military uniforms, three wagons of weapons and thousands of leaflets were brought into Boulogne. Louis Napoleon swaggered into the local barracks, but was ignored by the lazy soldiers until Lieutenant Aradeniz gathered them together.

He delivered Kang's impassioned speech to the soldiers, but it was a pity that it did not resonate with those "short-sighted people".

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While the soldiers were cheering and celebrating, someone suddenly shouted "Gendarmerie is here!". The scene suddenly became chaotic. Louis Napoleon and his followers fired in a panic, wounding many soldiers. The soldiers then began to fight back, and the uprising failed.

At this time, Louis Napoleon could only choose to flee to the sea, where he boarded a ship and left France. It's just that they encountered the French army halfway, and the latter fired directly at them without any sympathy.

Fifteen minutes after the exchange of fire, three conspirators were killed and one drowned in the river, which was still five kilometers away from the sea. The desperate Louis Napoleon could only choose to surrender.

He imitated his uncle's actions and ended up failing again. The time, money and energy he had spent on this before seemed ridiculous at this moment.

Louis-Philippe, on the other hand, seemed very satisfied with this victory. He believed that the reason why the Corsican nephew failed was because the soldiers loved him more than Napoleon Bonaparte.

In reality, however, the soldier who shouted "Here comes the military police" was only 14 years old, and he did it out of curiosity and playfulness.

But unfortunately, he also became the only French soldier killed in this battle. A stray bullet hit him in the eye and ended his life.

After all this, Louis-Philippe decided to put the restless pretender to the throne in prison to avoid future troubles. At this moment, he believes that he has completed his first step to become the emperor of France.

After that, he would personally confer Napoleon as Emperor of France and take over his sword and scepter.