Chapter 1: The Right Way and the Evil Way
The arms race in the B century was a great progress in the history of human science and technology, the distribution of wealth of mankind also tended to be benign, revolutionary breakthroughs in the military field have repeatedly appeared, and all major countries in the world have also been "turned upside down with indignation." Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info
Less than 20 years after the arms race began, the Marne-Rocco Empire, once recognized as the world's leading empire, has gone the wrong way in the arms race, and its own system is also seriously flawed, and it has been robbed of its major overseas colonies by the emerging power of the United Empire of San Roman, Santa Sonia, and it is no longer possible to be the boss.
In the later stage of the arms race, the Tasman Empire, once the world's top superpower, an ancient military empire that has been crisscrossing the central continent for thousands of years, was defeated at sea unexpectedly, and the tiger's last years were not there, and all the hole cards were leaked, and the hunter instantly became the prey, fell to the ground and fell apart.
The end of this arms race, in the first year of the C century, the world's number one naval power, firmly sitting in the position of the world's number one power for decades, the initiator of the arms race in the B century, the Saxony-Windsor Empire was overwhelmed and consciously stepped down from the throne......
However, the arms race continues. "Medicine cannot be stopped", and if mankind wants to progress, it must constantly update its armaments, develop weapons, and make munitions like making sausages and toast. The crusade against the Red Moon Empire has set off a new arms race......
Different from the arms race for sea supremacy in World B, which is marked by large ships and huge guns, the main competition mode in this arms race is the development and mass production of aircraft. Aircraft were used as a weapon in the Battle of Cape Rockdel and the Tasman War, and were mainly used as a reconnaissance force and auxiliary attack force. In this arms race, airplanes have officially become one of the main weapons in future wars. Since then, the "theory of victory in the air" has been conceived from a military theory into a realistic military tactic that can be practiced by powerful countries. Historically, it is known as the "Arms Race at the Beginning of the C Century". In 06 of the C century, the arms race at the beginning of the C century officially began. Airplanes, airplanes, airplanes.
The example of the fall of the Tasman Empire is there, and it is a must to keep up with the pace and not fall behind. "I have arms in hand, and I have a sense of security." Only when we have a sufficient quantity of advanced arms in our hands can our national security be guaranteed. In order to keep up with the pace and for a sense of security, various major countries are also fighting. But not every country has the strength to continue this kind of strong game. 12 years after the start of the competition, when the competition began, the third most powerful country in the world, the only feudal country among the five major powers in the world, the Bourbon Empire, could not hold on.
"Nima, the tonnage cost of an airplane is more expensive than a warship!! The worst thing is that the technology is updated too fast, too fast!! Before it left the factory, the equipment was outdated. ”
In desperation, the technologically backward Bourbon Empire government could only continue to increase investment in research and development and continue to place large orders for aircraft factories. Seeing that the financial income cannot make ends meet, the only way to do so is to revise the tax law, accumulate wealth, and rob the people of their money.
On May 5, 17 C century, in order to collect new taxes, the Estates-General of the Bourbon Empire, which had been interrupted for more than 100 years, was solemnly held in the large conference room of the palace of the king of Versailles.
What is a "three-level meeting", a meeting with three levels of films, or a meeting with beautiful women dancing striptease, or simply a meeting in a scenic bathing center? ? NO。 NO。 NO。 At that time, people didn't enjoy it like they do now, and they didn't have this high-end blue lifestyle.
Baidu's three-level meeting can be seen:
"The Estates-General (French: états généraux; English: Estates-General or States-General) was a meeting of hierarchical representatives in the French Middle Ages. The participants were representatives of the three estates of clergy (first estate), nobility (second estate) and burghers (third estate), hence the name Estates-General. Each of the three hierarchies has one vote, regardless of the number of representatives. Usually when the country is in trouble, the king calls a meeting to ask for assistance, so the meeting is not scheduled. One of its main functions was to approve the imposition of new taxes by the king. During the Hundred Years' War, the Estates-General had the power to oversee the government in order to resist foreign enemies. In the 16th and early 17th centuries, the power of the Estates-General was weakened as the dictatorship of the monarchy strengthened. From 1614 to the reign of Louis XIII, the Estates-General were interrupted for 175 years. In 1789, Louis XVI convened the last Estates-General, which led to the French Revolution. After the Revolution, the Estates-General were abolished along with the Ancien Régime. ”
The Estates-General consisted of 291 religious delegates of the first estate, 270 representatives of the nobility of the second estate, 578 representatives of the third estate, and the third estate and some of the second-estate delegates demanded that all major resolutions must be publicly decided by the three estates, and demanded that the royal power be limited, but no consensus was reached.
The king wanted to collect taxes directly by decree, but the people and the majority of the nobles believed that "judicial corruption is the greatest corruption", "bad laws are illegal", justice is the most basic principle of law, and a law that loses the principle of justice cannot be called law. As the contradictions between the two sides intensified, the royal power was hollowed out.
On 17 June, the nobility of the third estate and part of the second estate formed the "National Assembly", which decided on the affairs of the state. Then, in order to regain his power, the king used various means to obstruct the normal operation of the National Assembly.
On 9 July, the National Assembly was renamed the National Constituent Assembly, with the intention of creating a new constitution for France. The capital, Paris, as well as other cities, have repeatedly expressed their support for the Constituent Assembly.
In the face of a powerful Constituent Assembly, the Imperial Imperial Family openly expressed its support. However, this is just a smoke screen, and while appearing submissive, the royal family spends a lot of money to organize mercenary groups to overthrow the parliament. The king also secretly transferred troops loyal to the dynasty back to Paris to prepare for the arrest of representatives of the Third Estate. When the news broke, the people of Paris were furious and furious. Thus, a great revolution that had been brewing for a long time broke out.
After the news broke, the people of Paris were indignant, and tens of thousands of Parisians took to the streets. More than 10,000 citizens poured into the garden of the Royal officer, and a young man, standing on a high pavilion, shouted: "Citizens, the German soldiers hired by the king are coming to Paris, they are going to bring bloodshed and massacre, take up arms, this is our only way to live!"
"Take up arms!"
"Take up arms!"
The citizens shouted in unison, and the people rushed home, bringing axes, kitchen knives, iron rods, and shotguns, and gathered together and flocked to the palace.
At this moment a troop of cavalry rushed up, the king's guards, and they rode on tall horses and sabers in their hands, and savagely slashed at the crowd, and in the blink of an eye the streets were covered with the corpses of the citizens, and the blood was everywhere, and the masses had to flee in all directions.
On July 13, 17 years of the C century, the battle between the rebels and the royalist army began.
The alarm bells rang all over Paris, and the day of bloody fighting began again. The townspeople rushed to the arsenal first, seized tens of thousands of guns of all kinds, and the townspeople with all kinds of weapons captured one position after another, and the city of Paris was full of barricades of insurgents. By the morning of the 14th, the people had seized all of Paris. In the end, only the Bastille remained in the hands of the king's army.
"Go to the Bastille!" Shouts rang out from the ranks of the uprising. Insurgents flocked to the last feudal fortress in Paris from all sides.
"Go to the Bastille!"
"Go to the Bastille!"
In the early morning of July 14, 17 C century, angry citizens of Paris rushed to the Bastille in the thousands. Some with rifles, some with pistols, some with axes, the people shouted and rushed to the Bastille like the fury of the sea.
The Bastille was a very strong fortress. It was built four centuries ago as a military castle to defend against British attacks, so it was built right in front of the castle. Later, as the city of Paris expanded, the Bastille became a building in the eastern part of the city, and it lost its role as a defense against foreign enemies.
It was an Acropolis military fortress that defended against foreign invasion. It consists of 8 huge towers, connected by a wall 24 meters high and 3 meters wide, built with gun holes and equipped with heavy artillery; Surrounded by a ditch 26 meters wide and 8 meters deep, only the drawbridge connects to the outside, and it is regarded as an impregnable castle. The tower was 100 feet tall and had a thick wall, on which were 15 100mm cannons, and next to the cannons were hundreds of barrels of gunpowder and countless shells. It was condescending, looking down on the whole of Paris, like a giant beast lying on the ground. From the beginning of the B century, the Bastille gradually lost its role as a military fortress and became an important prison for prisoners and rebels. Most of the famous people who dared to oppose the feudal system were imprisoned here. In a sense, the Bastille became a symbol of the oppression of the third estate of the Bourbon Empire.
There were so many bloody rumors about this prison that for many years people hated the Bastille as much as they hated the oppressive system of the king. Even many nobles tried to tear down the Bastille, but unfortunately without success. However, people's hopes were not disappointed, and they finally looked forward to this day. In July 17 of the C century, the Bourbon Revolution broke out. The alarm bells rang in Paris, and workers, craftsmen, and the urban poor poured into the streets, seized weapons, and began a great armed revolt of citizens. The people here have long hated the king and the royal family, the Hallelujah priests, and all kinds of misbehaving nobles. The clergy were the first estate in French feudal society at that time, and the nobility was the second estate. Various other people fall under the third estate. The first and second classes have only about 600,000 people, accounting for only 1 per cent of the country's total population. However, they are rich and powerful, riding on the heads of the people to make a fortune. At that time, King Carusi XVI was their chief chief. He was in cahoots with the clergy and aristocracy, which made the people's livelihood miserable, and the new bourgeoisie, which contained a large number of lonely aristocrats, was also oppressed because they had no political power. Finally, on this day, the people broke out.
On July 14, a total of 2,146 people took part in the storming of the Bastille, the oldest of whom was 72 years old and the youngest was only 8 years old. It was a laundry master who broke the drawbridge cables with a cannon, and the first to storm the Bastille was a carpenter.
The soldiers guarding the Bastille opened fire on the insurgents from the roofs and windows, and the cannons from the towers began to bombard.
The rebels who rushed to the front were overwhelmed by the stormy fire and could not approach the Bastille, so they returned fire from the surrounding barricades. They had no cannons, only some old cannons found from all over the place, and even rusty ancient cannons cast hundreds of years ago to join the fight. They didn't have gunners, only a few people who volunteered to come out and open fire, and a wine seller named Xiao Lai actually became a gunner. However, these ancient and old cannons finally roared in the hands of the insurgents who had been aroused by the fighting. Rows of shells slammed into the prison walls, filling the air with smoke and brick debris. However, because the wall was too thick, it could not be breached, and the insurgents had already suffered casualties.
One hour passed, the fighting did not progress, and the siege of the Bastille grew. The people were in a hurry, and some of them simply took two torches and bravely rushed to the arch and set fire to the guards room and the military canteen of the fortress, but there was still nothing they could do about the fortress and the tower. A wig-maker tried to set fire to the fortress's saltpeter vault with torches, but was unsuccessful. Someone shouted; "Mix phosphorus and pine resin together and burn the enemy's artillery!" But the gun emplacements were too high to reach at all.
At this time, another loud voice came from behind the position: "We now need real artillery and real gunners!" So everyone calmed down, and they all waited, and watched. There was a moment of silence on the battlefield, and people were waiting.
More than two hours passed, and a powerful gun was finally pulled, followed by experienced gunners. The cannons roared, and shells were fired into the Bastille, and the walls were blown down. Seeing that the tide was turning, the guards finally raised the white flag and surrendered. The drawbridge was slowly lowered, and the rebel crowd rushed in, braving a hail of bullets from another part of the defenders who had refused to surrender.
Although the Marquis of the Bastille, Marquis Ronnais, ordered a ceasefire to prevent the two sides from killing each other, he was dragged out, beaten, stabbed with a knife, and finally beheaded. His head was worn on a spear and displayed around the city. The rioters returned to the Hôtel de la Ville and put Jacques de Freiselle, president of the Chamber of Commerce, who refused to supply weapons, into the dock, and he was summarily executed.
It was a comic battle, and the angry crowd found out that there were only seven inmates in the prison, almost all of them insane. The only normal person was a prisoner of "debauchery" in a noble family who was arrested by the royal secret letter (i.e., the Marquis de Sade). A total of 83 people were killed and 15 injured among the thousands of people who participated in the attack; One of the 114 royalist officers and soldiers involved in the defense also died. The biggest factors causing casualties among the uprising masses were the stampede of their own personnel and the accidental injuries of their own fire. If the defenders were allowed to defend themselves with artillery, or if the order to defend themselves was not strictly observed, the casualties of the insurrectionary masses could have taken a qualitative leap, and the result of such a battle would almost certainly have been a prison impregnable and a mob of corpses strewn to the ground. The 114 royalist garrisons carried out the pacifist order, and the "minimum use of force" ended in a change of prison, but the type of work was changed from guards to prisoners. Still, the guards felt that there was hope, maybe in a few weeks, maybe a year, and they would be free, after all, they had done nothing bad. But in a revolution, it doesn't matter what you do, what matters is what the revolutionaries think you do. A few months later, utopian radicals came to power, and these officers and soldiers, who had not committed any crimes, were sentenced to collective death. You know, there is no legal basis for detaining them in the first place.
Modern historians of the country have given some pertinent comments about the Bastille: it was in fact one of the best living conditions in France, and it was not a symbol of the dynasty feared by the Parisian people. On the day of the storming of the Bastille, only seven prisoners were found in the Bastille, most of them mentally ill members of aristocratic families imprisoned by their own people.
It is inevitable that the king, who has lost the power of royal authority, will be imprisoned. The king's rule was based on the extreme fear of the masses, nothing else, no one was afraid of him, he was a huge rich playboy. Without the protection of the armor of authority, this playboy has become the object of the people's dissatisfaction, and he has been put on the judgment seat, and the "death penalty" is necessary, or where will the legitimacy of the new regime come from!! Kill!! A week later, the king was executed in public, without any reservations, in public.
With the head of the old regime on the ground, a new regime was officially established, called the "Republic of Paris". Historically known as the First Republic of Paris.
To commemorate the establishment of the First Republic of Paris, the Government declared 14 July a national holiday. Despite the capture of a royal psychiatric hospital, the storming of the Bastille became a signal of revolution throughout the country. Cities followed the example of the people of Paris, armed themselves to seize municipal administration and established the National Guard. In the countryside, everywhere peasants attacked the lord's estates and burned the title deeds. Soon, the Constituent Assembly, organized by the people, took power. In that year, the Constituent Assembly promulgated the August Decree "abolishing all feudal obligations", followed by the famous Declaration of the Rights of Man, which solemnly proclaimed to the world the principle of "personal liberty and equality of rights". The events of the Bastille became a landmark event in the country's civil strife and the beginning of the Central Continental War. The Constituent Assembly decided to award the Bastille conquerors the title of "Conqueror of the Bastille" and a medal in the Bastille. After the war, the castle was razed to the ground and converted into the Place de la Bastille, with a monument.
There has been no problem here, no one has felt that there is a problem, and there has been no armed intervention from any country. If it continues to develop in this way, then the country will really be, as the philosopher Hegel said, an era when the world is standing on its head. Initially, the phrase meant that the human mind, and the principles discovered through the mind of the mind, are required to be the basis of all human activity and social unions, but later the phrase took on a broader meaning: the reality that contradicts these principles is in fact reversed from top to bottom. All previous forms of society and state, all traditional ideas, have been thrown into the garbage heap as irrational things; Until now, the world has followed only a few stereotypes; Everything in the past deserves nothing but pity and contempt. It's only now that the sun is shining. From now on, superstition, injustice, privilege and oppression will be replaced by eternal truth, eternal justice, equality and inalienable human rights based on nature.
However, things did not go the way envisaged in the Declaration of Human Rights. The fate of the innocent guards at the Bastille seems to foreshadow a bloody future......
And then the slaughter came, a massacre that didn't justify anything.