1893 Dead without counting

No one can count exactly how many people died in Paris that night, some say 3,000 and some say tens of thousands, all data have been destroyed, and only a few scattered folk records can be used as circumstantial evidence. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info

At the end of Napoleon III's reign, the most opposed sectors of society were the workers and petty bourgeoisie, as well as some enlightened intellectuals.

Because these people did not benefit from the Second French Empire, and the conquest and expansion of the empire did not bring them any benefit.

There is a serious polarization of social wealth, with the aristocracy and big capitalists taking almost all of the wealth, while the lower classes have difficulty even providing food and clothing, let alone education and medical care.

This is the inevitable stage of the development of capitalism into imperialism, which is basically a necessary hurdle in the evolution of the societies of the great European powers, and it is a pity that Napoleon III did not have the ability to solve this problem.

Launching reforms and giving up some of his power in exchange for a smooth transition of social contradictions? He and the moths around him will never give up the fat in their mouths.

As a result, social contradictions are accumulating more and more, and the second strongest country in the world, which seems to be strong, has long been suffering from internal injuries.

The biggest hits of this crackdown and the largest number of deaths were concentrated in the left-wing workers' parties, and the petty capitalists and intellectuals, after all, were so well-connected and sparsely numerous that Napoleon III would not have attacked them unless he had to.

Naturally, the huge workers' parties were slaughtered.

This is no longer an unjust, false and wrongful case, this is simply a one-sided massacre, and some eyewitness diaries have been made public in later generations, and the scene at that time made future generations shudder after hearing it.

"Suddenly there was a thick smell of blood on the banks of the Seine, and at the mouth of a drained dark river fifty meters west of my house, there was actually a river of blood flowing into the Seine......"

"The blood was red, and it quickly dissolved in the river, and the Seine, which had just begun to roll, could easily dissolve that touch of red, but the bloody stream did not stop for fifteen consecutive minutes......"

"It was as if someone had poured countless pieces of red fuel into the Seine, and the bright red blood band began to spread and soon cut a red stream in the turquoise water......"

"It's not just that outfall that blood is flowing outward, but there are four outlets that are bleeding blood three kilometers along the riverbank......

"Some of the streets in the industrial area were cordoned off, and the white-faced coachmen drove their horses and heavy carts out of the city, and there were no pedestrians on the road except for them and the soldiers, and the roar of martial law was incessant......"

"Everyone knew that the canvas covered the corpse, and the occasional corner was full of the white of the corpse and the loose hair......"

"This scene was completely blocked in France, and no one dared to report it, but Napoleon III could not stop the whole of Europe, and the massacre quickly took a walk across the continent of Europe......"

Later generations can see the author's anger at that time from the diary, almost every page was pierced by a pen, there was no honorific title for the emperor, only the name of the order Napoleon III, which shows how high the anger of the people in Paris was at that time.

When the news of the Paris massacre reached England, Benjamin was stunned, he never expected Napoleon III to be so crazy.

Benjamin's plan for France was very insidious, on the one hand, he would never allow Xiao Letian's forces to dominate East Asia, so on the Far East issue, Britain wanted to join forces with Tsarist Russia and France.

But Britain's basic national policy will not change, that is, to do everything possible to suppress France, which ranks second, so he will definitely make France suffer more and shed more blood in the Franco-Prussian War, and even Britain will allow Prussia to win in some aspects.

This is a very insidious plan, absolutely two-faced, Tsarist Russia, Prussia, France, Chinese ...... The four happiest countries that are now making noise, Britain are all accompanied by smiling faces and preparing knives behind their backs.

Benjamin wants to hack all countries, but you still have to be worthy of my favor.

It is based on this consideration that he will prepare a grand welcome banquet for the Chinese while cooperating with the French to strangle the Chinese Oriental series of reports.

Benjamin's calculation is so shrewd, the state visit should give you enough face, but it is absolutely impossible to weaken the power of France too much, Britain still expects France to fight harder, and the Franco-Prussian war is best a lose-lose ending.

If you Xiao Lotian stir up the situation like this, you will break the balance of forces in Europe, which will directly weaken France's ability to mobilize for war, which will increase Prussia's chances of victory.

The war could not be ended so easily, and it was in the interests of Britain that these European land powers had to kill more people and consume more national strength and wealth.

But I never expected that Napoleon III had gone crazy and made a stupid move in the face of the aggressive offensive of the Chinese.

Tragedy in Paris? Don't you want to go to war? Before the national war, you hurt the feelings of the working class? Dig your own grave!

Do you dare to send more fleets to the Suez Canal? What do you want to do? Do you dare to stop even my British warships? Don't forget that you only have more shares, and you have not obtained completely independent garrison rights!

Britain's intelligence agencies send emergency ciphers to the prime minister three times a day, and all the clues point to one point.

"No, we must not let the French hurt our guests, this state visit is the glory of our British Empire, there can be no chaos, Benjamin I ask you to use all means to protect the safety of our guests!"

These were the Queen's exact words, and Benjamin realized that a copy of the top-secret information given to him by the intelligence agency was also given to the royal family.

It's true that the queen doesn't speak on weekdays, but not speaking doesn't mean she doesn't know, and no one dares to object to the major events related to the national body.

Benjamin sighed and returned to his official residence and issued an order to the navy: "Make every effort to protect the security of the Qing and Chinese visiting delegations, and all the armed forces of the colony must be mobilized to ......"

"In the face of the provocation of the French, there must be no weakness, and the fleet must be guaranteed to pass the Suez Canal safely!"

The queen and the prime minister reached an agreement, and the entire colony of the empire on which the sun never set was ordered, and when the Indian authorities received the prime minister's strict order, the governor did not dare to slack off and hurriedly ordered the remaining fleet to assemble in advance to the Suez Canal.

Another memorandum was sent to Sri Lanka and sent to the Combined Fleet, which led to an urgent visit from Rear Admiral Jason.

Note: The massacre of the working class in France is not a fabrication, in fact, the real history of the murder is much more ruthless than what is written in the book.

After the suppression of the Paris Commune, the most famous movement, the new French government marched into Paris with troops and began to massacre ordinary people who supported the Commune.

At the end of the Franco-Prussian War, hundreds of thousands of Prussian troops were still stationed on the outskirts of Paris, and according to the recollections of many Prussian officers, the massacre of Parisian citizens was measured in tens of thousands.

Some people count that 100,000 citizens were killed at that time, and some say that more than 300,000 were killed, but this kind of French family ugliness is now reluctant to be mentioned by Europeans.