Chapter 1622 What? Really unifying the world?
The rise of Napoleon and Napoleon's dream of the world had a very profound impact on the world history and political pattern of this time and space.
The first impact of Napoleon was to sound the death knell of the feudal system!
Although Napoleon established his own dynasty and became emperor, the Bonaparte dynasty he established was not a traditional feudal dynasty. It was a centralized bourgeois constitutional empire - although there was an emperor and some kings were appointed,
But there is no downward feudal hierarchy. Whether it is a province or a kingdom (the kingdom to which the empire belongs), they are all managed by elected parliaments and bureaucrats!
Moreover, when Napoleon established his own constitutional empire, he also swept away the feudal aristocratic forces within the Western Roman Empire (before Napoleon became emperor, the Roman Republic had been destroying feudal forces, and Napoleon only continued this policy). Not only did he deprive
They seized the power of the old nobility, deprived them of a large number (but not all) of their properties, and sold these properties, mainly land, to small farmers in the Western Roman Empire at low prices.
Serfdom, the foundation of the feudal system of the Western Roman Empire, collapsed! Moreover, the gap between rich and poor in the Western Roman Empire was greatly reduced, and social conflicts were fully alleviated.
Along with the dismantling of serfdom, laws on civil education and protection of bourgeois interests, as well as various policies to encourage the development of capitalism, were formulated and implemented by Emperor Napoleon and his Senate.
In other words, the new emperor of the Roman Empire not only seized the fruits of victory of the Great Revolution, but also preserved and consolidated the results of the Great Revolution.
Before the collapse of the empire he founded, the basis for the existence of the feudal dynasty and feudal nobility had basically disappeared from the land of the Western Roman Empire, and could never be restored.
The second impact of the Napoleonic Empire was to make Europeans believe that "unification" is possible! Whether it is the unification of the world or the unification of Europe, it is possible to achieve it.
Because Napoleon not only promised to unify Europe first, and then compete with the Ming Empire, but he actually went to realize this ideal and almost unified the European continent!
Before Napoleon gathered an army of 600,000 and marched towards Moscow, he had already unified the entire European continent except for the Republic of the Netherlands, the Kingdom of Sweden, and the Russian Empire!
In the face of the aggressive Napoleon the Great, the originally neutral Republic of England and the Kingdom of Sweden had to join the Celestial Alliance led by the Ming Empire in order to protect themselves, and together with the Russian Empire and the royal families of various European continents who were driven out of their homes by Napoleon
, seeking help from Daming, the leader of the Tianmeng.
At that time, Emperor Xingdao of the Ming Dynasty did not realize the difference between Napoleon's empire and the Roman Empire of the Bourbon family. Therefore, he naturally regarded the request for help from Britain, Switzerland, and Russia as a God-given opportunity to realize the "dream of unification."
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So he took "professing tributary and paying tribute" as a condition for sending troops to aid Russia. Britain, Switzerland, and Russia, who were eager to defeat Emperor Napoleon, had to agree to Zhu Jianyan's conditions. In 1812, together with the Eastern Bourbons,
The Western Roman emperor, the Ottoman Sultan, the Indian Timurid Emperor, the Indian Emperor Li Dynasty and other rulers together sent envoys to submit oaths of submission and symbolic tributes to the Ming Emperor, establishing a legal relationship with the Ming Dynasty.
Sect-vassal relations.
After getting his wish and collecting a group of unreliable subordinates, Emperor Zhu Yanjian of the Ming Dynasty immediately advanced westward to the Tianmeng expeditionary force commanded by the emperor's grandson Zhu Zhuchuan, which had already arrived in the Volga River Basin, and the Russian army commanded by Kutuzov
The army united to join the war against Napoleon's invasion.
The result of this war was no different from the War of 1812 in another time and space... Napoleon's army suffered a disastrous defeat under the joint attack of the Ming-Russian coalition forces and the Russian General Dong. Only 30,000 people out of 600,000 were defeated.
Exit from Russia's borders.
After losing the invasion of Russia in 1812, Napoleon's Roman Empire fell to its peak. However, at this time and space, Napoleon had more capital, so he was not defeated like a mountain, but was attacked by the coalition forces.
After struggling for 8 years, until Napoleon died of illness in 1821, his empire had not finally collapsed...
However, after his death, his empire was defeated by the coalition forces led by Constantine I, Juditha and Kutuzov. His successor, the young Napoleon II, was forced to abdicate and became the leader of the Western Roman Empire.
The Grand Duke of Sica. Eastern Rome, Western Rome, and other kingdoms and principalities destroyed by the Napoleonic Empire were all restored.
The United Provincial Republic of the Netherlands, the Republic of England, the Commonwealth of America, the United Kingdom of New England, and the Great Soviet Khanate, which had or had been on the side of the Napoleonic Empire for a time during the war, also later joined the Celestial Alliance and surrendered to the Ming Empire.
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At this point, the Ming Empire became the suzerain of the whole world, at least in name... The world was unified, at least on paper - later historical researchers discovered some tribal leaders or leaders who did not know who the Ming Emperor was.
He is the king of an indigenous kingdom. But these tribes or small kingdoms cannot stop the general trend of unification of all mankind.
"It really unified him..." Zhu Yaofei was a little speechless when he saw this result.
I didn't expect that the inertia of the glorious Ming Dynasty would be so great! It unified the world... But "unifying the world" is probably the pinnacle of the Ming Dynasty, right?
If the world is unified, what room is left for growth?
Becoming a galactic empire? This is so sci-fi!
Moreover, the unification that Zhu Jianyan forcibly introduced was actually just a face-saving measure. It had no dignity at all and was just a show of excitement. It was no different from the tribute paid by vassals in the early years of the Ming Dynasty. Everyone just dealt with it in a lively manner and that was it.
Well, if something really big happens, you should know how false this "world unity" is.
Zhu Yaofei shook his head and continued to look down.
In the next chapter, Zhu Zhongshu also analyzed this "world unification". In the view of this great historian, "world unification" was just a false and somewhat absurd dream. If Emperor Xingdao's this time was close to
The practice of "nonsense" failed, and perhaps the Ming Empire could last longer. But unfortunately, due to the Roman Revolution and the rise of Napoleon, the European monarchs had to deal with the Napoleon Emperor who was close at hand and the Xing Dynasty who was far away.
Make a choice between Emperor Xingdao... After all, Emperor Xingdao only wants a false reputation, but Napoleon, the revolutionary emperor, really wants to revolutionize the big guy's life, so they will definitely choose Emperor Xingdao!
The success of Emperor Xingdao and the struggle of Napoleon turned "world unification" into a visible and tangible goal.
For many powerful kings or other rulers after Emperor Xingdao, it seemed that only by following Emperor Xingdao's footsteps and unifying the world again could they demonstrate their greatness and correctness.
Therefore, after the "First World Unification War", there will inevitably be a more destructive "Second World Unification War".
Of course, the Second World Unification War will not break out immediately. Because everyone who fought the Napoleonic War is exhausted, and the progress in productivity brought about by the Industrial Revolution will not allow the people of the Ming Empire to control the situation for the time being.
Good or bad days continue.
On the European side, the "dividends" of the Napoleonic Empire and the Roman Revolution have not yet been fully released, and the European countries that have benefited from them have not grown enough to challenge the authority of the "world master" the Ming Empire...
.To be more precise, the industrialization of European countries had not yet grown enough to compete head-on with the Ming Empire.
Therefore, they still need the Ming Empire, the "world master", to act as the world's military police and maintain the world's trade order.
Chapter completed!