Before I knew it, I had already finished writing two stories, and the book was close to 100,000 words, and when I looked back, I also had a sense of relief that "hey, I finally didn't get off the line...... What I wanted to depict in my heart, relying on poor writing, I finally wrote a seven, seven, eight, eight.

Of course, it is inevitable that someone will say "Oh, what are you writing about?" after reading it. Is it romance or history? ”

A book friend sent a book review and asked directly.,I was in a bad mood so I answered very urgently.,I'm sorry here.,Please forgive him (Of course, maybe he's been removed from the shelves and can't see it.。 ）

Actually, the reason why it is written like this, the author has his own considerations.

In this book, the author not only wants to write about Charles standing up to save the country and fighting for hegemony in Europe, but also wants to write about the glory and eventual demise of Zuihou in the French aristocracy in the 19th century.

The Revolution did not completely destroy the aristocracy, but it destroyed the rationality and legitimacy of aristocratic rule, and from then on, even the hereditary rule of the country had to be hereditary by means of other names (such as chaebol succession, such as indirect representative government), and no one could blatantly say that we were naturally and rationally hereditary, and that the common people should accept our rule - except, of course, the great Baekdu blood~~

In the post-Revolution era, although France experienced two dynasties and two empires, the idea that "a king's head is no stronger than a guillotine" has been deeply rooted in the hearts of the French people. From this moment on, the legitimacy of aristocratic rule was practically gone.

Some people can accept this result, some people can't, but no one can reverse the trend.

An inevitable consequence of the disappearance of the legitimacy of aristocratic rule is the gradual demise of the aristocratic class, some of whom gradually disappear into obscurity and disappear into the long river of history; Others adapted to the times, combined with the emerging bourgeoisie, and became the elite of the new era.

The most elite writers in the history of French literature, such as Balzac and Hugo, may have regretted and mourned, but they faithfully recorded history - the aristocracy was defeated and eventually died out in the face of the new era, and money replaced blood as the pivot of society.

There is no doubt that the cult of money has brought countless evils, but a society in which a small group of people are born to hold high positions by virtue of their blood, and commoners naturally have no chance of getting ahead, is an even greater evil and should be completely eliminated.

Nowadays, there is no doubt that there are still various inequalities in society, but we respect and fear someone just because the other party is rich and shili, not who his XX generation ancestors are, and we don't think that he is naturally nobler than ourselves.

I think this is the progress of history and the times.

In this novel, the author wants to reveal this to readers through the mouths of various stories and characters. Don't just see girls selling cuteness (of course, selling cuteness is really important...... Instead, we need to see the evolution and decline of the aristocracy in this era. If it's just farming, it's too boring, isn't it? And so how can the same write about the flavor of France?

Only those who can recognize the times can survive in the times. Isn't the protagonist just going with the tide and betraying his class? Isn't Matilda betraying her own class by helping her sister marry a commoner?

It would be great if readers could feel this unconsciously while reading the story, and subconsciously think that "it turns out that nobles and pseudo-nobles are just like this......". If you can sneer in my heart when I show off my nobility and taste because of this, it will be the greatest reward for the author if he can sneer in my country's current rich X generation and official X generation (of course, the mainstream among these people is actually relatively low-key).

There is a famous saying about the Revolution.

"Freedom, freedom, how many sins are done in the name of you!"

However, no matter how many evils accompanied it, France had a chance to change for the better because of the Revolution. That's enough, isn't it?

zuihou, the New Year is busy, the author needs to take a leave of absence for two or three days, and please be patient~~~