Chapter 1446 "Friends of Women"

The opera "Nina" that Napoleon loved to watch tells a story. The Duke's daughter Nina fell in love with a poor boy. At first the Duke allowed it, but later the Duke arranged for Nina to live with a rich and powerful family.

The two young men met for a duel in the woods. The poor boy escaped with his life, but Nina didn't know it. She thought her lover was dead and went crazy. The Duke arranged for a female nurse to take care of her.

He still loved his daughter, but he had become insane. The Duke regretted it. Later he heard that the poor boy was not dead, so the Duke was overjoyed and took the young man into his home and let the two of them live together.

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The poor boy told Nina a lot of love words that only the two of them knew, and Nina gradually came to her senses, and then the two were happily together.

Two people obviously love each other but cannot be together because of poverty or other reasons. This motivates boys to strive more than anything else. The situation of the Se family is different. If it were not for the French Revolution, the Se family would have been very prominent. Philip Henry

The Marquis de Segu participated in the Seven Years' War and served as Minister of War. He lost an arm during the attack on Prussia and retired from the army in 1787.

He was imprisoned in La Force during the Reign of Terror and was not released until 1800. Napoleon gave him a position in the Senate, but he only served for a year before his death.

He had two sons, but only one was actually his biological son, the eldest son Louis-Philippe Seguy and his adopted son Joseph-Alexandre Pierre Seguy, who was actually his good friend Pierre-Victor.

·The son of de Brunschwart, Brunschwart was once a Swiss mercenary who protected King Louis XVI during the French Revolution. He did not die in the Tuileries Palace like other Swiss mercenaries, but

He was arrested while helping the king escape and was guillotined in 1794.

Joseph Segu did not continue to be engaged in the military like his father, but became a musician, while Louis Philippe Segu became a diplomat and historian. He had four sons, three of whom survived. The eldest son

Octave Henry Gabriel de Segu, now 25 years old, married Michele's classmate, Mademoiselle Agasseau of Fresnes. Their marriage was a political marriage, and it was not a happy one.

It's because Octave is a sensitive and delicate young man. In contrast, his younger brother Philippe Paul de Segu is much more optimistic and cheerful. He joined Napoleon's cavalry division and followed Eddie

Anne-Jacques Joseph Alexander Macdonald, now Napoleon's aide-de-camp.

Marshal Segu's health collapsed after he was released, and he lived in a village called Charnet near Paris. Their life was very difficult, not only because their property was confiscated, but also because Louis, a diplomat in Berlin,

Philip Segu spent his entire fortune on running the German consulate.

He did quite well at first, but unfortunately he was expelled from Berlin because he was involved in a duel. After returning to France, Louis-Philippe Segu knew that Napoleon was going to attack Saint-Domingue, so he kept all his family property there, but

After the battle ended like this, we basically lost all our money, and the old marshal died again.

Originally, the French had full confidence in this war. They came from civilized Europe and were well-equipped. How could the black people in the colonies be their opponents?

Napoleon thought of smallpox but not of yellow fever; he thought of using cans to provide supplies, but could not provide fresh water. Yellow fever and malaria spread among the army, causing heavy losses to the expeditionary force. The amulets prepared by the women were ineffective at all.

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According to legend, there was a bull in the countryside of Fresneburg, the hometown of Miss Agnesso. Every time he was let out, he would go alone to the herd and use his horns to dig the grave of a revolutionary.

If the French Revolution had not liberated those slaves and let them know what it was like to be free people, maybe they would have continued to obey. For example, the slaves in Trinidad and Portuguese Barbados occupied by the British had never thought about doing anything for them.

Fighting for the identity of a free man. When Georgiana was almost assigned to the cabinet to translate English materials last month, she saw that the court that killed a slave Barbarnas only sentenced a fine of 114 shillings.

Was it wrong to free the slaves? Georgiana didn't think it was wrong to restore slavery, but if the land of Saint-Domingue could not be taken back, Rochambeau would have nothing. No wonder Michelle cried so sadly.

Everyone hopes that their life will go smoothly and good luck will always be there. The Marquis de Segu was so prominent for a while, but now it has disappeared. The French Revolution was a "complete revolution" and everything was disrupted. The new government

Reorganized according to their own ideas, people's imagination is faced with unprecedented happiness, as if nothing can hinder France's progress at this moment.

At that time, people were indifferent to vested interests and rushed towards new things. However, they gradually found that things did not develop as they thought. More and more people blamed these dreamers. The French style was the first round.

The attack is as fast as a tsunami. When they find that the attack fails, they will become more women than women, as if the energy has disappeared from their bodies, so that slavery, the most unequal system in human history, is actually using freedom,

The French Republic, whose slogans are fraternity and equality, is resurrected.

"Madam," Madame Montesquieu said softly.

"What's up?"

"A guest is coming."

"I don't want to see him." She refused, now she was completely in no mood.

"I think you should meet." Madame Montesquieu said seriously, "Maximin Isnar and Mr. Charles Garnier are here."

"who?"

"They were also invited out of the Tribunal this time. Mr. Isnar is a former Girondist, and Mr. Charles Garnier is a political economist."

"What are they here for?"

"I came to you to discuss relief matters." Mrs. Montesquieu said patiently, "This is about relief for the widows and orphans of the soldiers who sacrificed their lives for the establishment of the Republic."

Her mind became clearer, but she still felt that she had no strength.

"Mrs. Jeanlis has collected many letters from the President of the United States, and I have read some." Mrs. Montesquieu took Georgiana's hand and said, "President Jefferson said in his speech to the Indians on January 7 this year that Americans

I hope to live with the Reds as a nation and respect their interests as our own. There are already enough disasters that we are bound to encounter in life. Why add to these disasters by deliberately killing each other? Brothers.

, Peace is better than war. In a long-term fight, we lost many friends, but got nothing. Then let us live together in peace and do good deeds. Smart and kind people on both sides hope to do this.

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Georgiana felt a little hope, but felt that saying so would not convince Napoleon.

"Mr. Charles Garnier hopes to provide subsidies to widows and orphans, but this will use the budget of the First Consul to build the Ardèche bridge. I think you should listen to his plan."

"Where is the Ardèche River?"

“South of France.”

"Mr. Grégoire also talked to me about the south. What happened there?"

Mrs. Montesquieu paused and said, "Someone is distributing pamphlets to incite rebellion."

Georgiana stood up and walked about in a rage.

"People in the south don't have to worry about starving to death!" She shouted a little out of control, "Job opportunities should be reserved for those who need them more!"

"I'll call them in," said Madame Montesquieu.

Georgiana ignored her, and she began to think deeply. In theory, if you grow high-yielding corn in the south, you don't have to worry about famine.

However, it is said that the French would also supply grain to the Spanish during the War of the Spanish Throne, because grain could be exchanged for gold and silver from Spain. Napoleon did not explicitly ban the export of grain but arrested the smugglers. He already had some influence on the old dynasty.

The attached southern residents may feel "dissatisfied" with him and feel that Napoleon is blocking their way of making money.

It is necessary to build a steel bridge over the Ardèche River, which may even surpass the aqueduct of the Paris water system and become the number one project.

Not long after, Madame Montesquieu came in with two literati.

"How much do you need?" Georgiana asked straight to the point.

"38 million francs." One of the writers said with a smile, "The widow of the National Guard can receive 600 francs a year, and her children, regardless of whether they are born in wedlock or not, can each receive an annuity of 365 francs every year until they are 18 years old.

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"I thought there was a special department to issue pensions."

"This is not a pension, but a promotion of consumption. We cannot give them cash yet. Those widows like to save money. We have to give them bread rolls and soap rolls."

“Won’t this increase the price of bread?”

"The First Consul also asked the same question." The man bowed to Georgiana. "My name is Charles Garnier. This is citizen Maxian Isnar. He advocates mobilizing women to clean up pawn shops and sell the pawned goods.

Tools are distributed free of charge to those in need.”

"The pawnshop said they were doing charity, do you believe it?" Isnar asked.

"How did you survive the Reign of Terror?" Georgiana asked.

"We want to mobilize women, not those with bad moral character, or those who scream and disrupt order at every turn, but those who are patriotic, understand people's hunger and cold, and have seen with their own eyes the starving children in their arms.

Know how to endure the pain of those who are hungry, cry and mourn, and know how to use their wisdom and enthusiasm to comfort their brothers and sisters,”

"You women are indeed bold. You dared to cause trouble at Jacobin meetings before," Isnar said.

"I didn't go."

"Both bread rolls and soap rolls will lead to speculation, and a military certificate must be issued to have the right to enjoy the bread rolls." Garnier said, "And I think people who enjoy the work-for-work relief must eat at the relief site and then check it out in a small book."

Mark the type of labor exchanged for it."

"This method cannot bring down the price of food." Georgiana said tiredly.

"What about me?" Another man said suddenly.

"Who are you?"

"Pierre-Louis Gangenet, I am a writer, how did you come up with the phrase Sieyès as 'Jonah the Devil spat out'?" Gangenet asked.

The courtroom appeared in Georgiana's mind again, when she and Napoleon were sitting in the gallery, and she listened to him explain why he chose to shoot at civilians.

"Please wait a moment, I have something to write." Georgiana said to the three of them.

"Go quickly, inspiration is fleeting." Gangane said happily, "Such a lovely and charming angel, why did you fall in love with that Corsican monster?"

She didn't know how to explain it.

"I also drove women away, but I didn't forbid them to wear pants." Isnar said, "How about I introduce you to other perfumes? Smelling your scent, I feel like I am in the same room with Bonaparte."

"It's impolite to smell any lady's scent."

"I am a perfume merchant, this is my professional habit." Isnar said.

"Don't disturb Madam's inspiration," said Gangone.

Georgiana immediately took the opportunity to leave, as if someone was chasing her behind.
Chapter completed!