Chapter 173: The Times Create Heroes

"This city is really full of beauty, many tourists just come to admire, you must come to Marseille to see when you come to France, many ancient buildings are precipitated with a long history, France was influenced by the Renaissance, leaving a lot of famous paintings and sculptures, Xiaoqu, you have visited the World Expo, you must have been to the French Pavilion, right?" Xia Yuxiang smiled and looked at Qu Lihua.

Qu Lihua nodded, "Yes, many Chinese want to see what the world is like, but many ordinary people, in order to make a living, work hard all day, increase their income, create wealth, and work all day long in order to live, only a few successful people or families are relatively wealthy, can go abroad to study, work, or even immigrate abroad, and many ordinary people may not have the opportunity to go abroad in their lifetime." ”

"So the World Expo, the International Import Expo, such a large-scale event, the people are very fond of participating, they all like to have the opportunity to go out of the country to see what the world is like, I remember when I participated in the World Expo, the entrance of each exhibition hall was densely packed with people, many Chinese came from different cities across the country, just want to see what foreign countries are like in their lifetime." ”

"Especially in foreign exhibition halls, the Chinese people are full of curiosity and want to see the characteristics of other countries' exhibition halls and see what is new. ”

"The French Pavilion is also one of them, France is a European country, France has its economic base, this country also has its own strength, at the World Expo, they also took out the most proud exhibits of France to exhibit, compared with the British Pavilion, I prefer the French Pavilion, I feel that the French Pavilion has a lot more exhibits than the British Pavilion, I waited in line outside the British Pavilion for more than two hours, and finally got in, and I was so disappointed to see. ”

"It's so empty, only some seeds are in plexiglass, and the powerful exhibits of Britain have not been taken out, they are too reserved, and they are reluctant to take out their good things. ”

"Entering reflects the characteristics of the French Pavilion, unlike other pavilions, the French Pavilion is laid with wooden floors, the wooden floors are all good wood, stepping on elastic, very soft, all the way are French paintings, with frames hung on the wall, at that time I still know how to appreciate French paintings, or a layman, standing in front of the oil picture to see, I can't see anything famous. ”

"After Professor Abner's explanation, I have an in-depth understanding of the history of France, French culture, French painting, French sculpture, this country has a long history, and after the French Revolution, the previous kings of France lived a very luxurious life, including Napoleon also hid a lot of his favorite world famous paintings in his palace. ”

"Napoleon has almost become a legend of France, a legend like the god of war, famous all over the world, like him, who was born without the French royal family, but by virtue of his own talent, brave and good at war, military talent, able to command troops to win battles, and become a symbol and legend of France. ”

Although Napoleon also suffered a tragic Waterloo, with the failure of Napoleon's expedition to Russia, the First French Empire was crumbling, and Napoleon was forced to abdicate under a series of blows. ”

After Napoleon's abdication, his son Napoleon II, although he had ambitions and hoped to grow up to be a great French man like his father, but it backfired, his sick health and the situation in France at that time could not fulfill his wish, and he was forced to abdicate not long after he took the throne, and was forced to return to Austria, which his father hated, under the leadership of his mother, and became the Prince of Parma of Austria. ”

Although some old ministers pinned their hopes on him, it was a pity that the general trend was long gone, and it was no longer possible to recreate the glory of the Napoleonic era, Napoleon II was finally depressed, he was oppressed by the complex situation, in January 1932, Napoleon II was diagnosed with tuberculosis, he had to live on a sickbed, but half a year later, the young man closed his eyes forever. ”

"The Viennese were so saddened by the news of Napoleon II's death that they flocked to his chamber to commemorate him, and Napoleon II was buried in the royal mausoleum in his Austrian military uniform. ”

"But Napoleon II lived forever in the shadow of his father, who was like a footnote to his father's storied history, insignificant, as he himself said, 'I was born, I died, this is my story'. ”

Listening to Qu Lihua's words, he was also full of emotion, "The times create heroes, Napoleon was created by the times at that time, I think that if a person wants to succeed, the right time, place and people, all of them must be missing, and they must have talent, talent, strength, and opportunities, historical opportunities, and opportunities of the times, and this kind of opportunity cannot be replicated." ”

"Napoleon can succeed and become a legend in France, which cannot be surpassed and is recorded in French history textbooks, but his son, because the opportunities of the times are gone, his father is forced to abdicate, and his son is also forced to abdicate. ”

"People still have to adapt to the times, adapt to the opportunities of the times, just like a widely circulated sentence in China, even if you are a pig, as long as you stand in the wind of the times, you can also be blown to the sky, but once you miss the outlet, the pig will be immediately thrown down. ”

"In fact, it may not be how powerful this pig is, in fact, it is just the situation that creates heroes, it just happened to meet the opportunities of the times, and took advantage of the trend!"

Head Xia Yuxiang smiled, "Xiao Meng, your point of view is very interesting, witty and humorous, and very vivid!"

"Yes, you are also right, like the Napoleonic era and the Zheng Xin era are gone, and the number of romantic characters still depends on the present dynasty, let's go, let's go see the port of Marseille!"

Professor Abner pointed to the front and explained: "The port of Marseille is divided into the old port and the new port, the old port is in the north of the city, and now it is a marina for yachts. ”

"The new port area is located to the west of the city, second only to the Port of Rotterdam in the Netherlands, and is one of the top five ports in Europe. ”

"The Marseillaise as we know it was born here, and it is also an important city for thousands of years when Oriental goods were imported into the Western world, so the city of Marseille is filled with a mixed exotic atmosphere, and the widely spread tarot cards come from Marseille, which is also known as the Marseille tarot card. ”

"So this city is really interesting, there are many famous writers, painters, sculptors, poets, ballets, actors, singers, cartoonists, the city of Marseille has produced a lot of famous people, their names, I will not introduce them one by one, I believe everyone has experienced, well, the time is almost up, I will take you to try Marseille's famous dish Provencal fish soup, I believe you have heard of it before, right?"

Head Xia Yuxiang smiled, "All of them have heard of it young people, let's go, Professor Abner is in for a treat, you can't miss it!"

"Hahaha......" Everyone laughed, and followed Professor Abner and Head Xia Yuxiang to the hotel.

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