How many people died in Paris that night? No one can count clearly. Some say three thousand, others say tens of thousands. All data has been destroyed, and only some sporadic folk records can be used as circumstantial evidence.
At the end of Napoleon III's reign, the strata in society that opposed him the most were actually the workers and petty bourgeoisie, as well as some enlightened intellectuals.
Because these people did not get any benefits from the Second French Empire, and the empire's conquests and expansion did not bring them any benefits.
Social wealth is severely polarized. The aristocracy and big capitalists have taken almost all the wealth, while the lower class people have difficulty even providing food and clothing, let alone education and medical care.
This is an inevitable stage in the development of capitalism into imperialism. This is basically a hurdle that must be overcome in the social evolution of European powers. It is a pity that Napoleon III did not have the ability to solve this problem.
Initiate reforms and give up some of their power in exchange for a smooth transition of social conflicts? He and the worms around him will never let go of the fat in their mouths.
The result is that social contradictions are accumulating. The world's second most powerful country, which seems to be strong, is actually already suffering from internal injuries.
The people who were hardest hit by this crackdown and suffered the highest death toll were basically concentrated on the left-wing workers' parties. After all, small capitalists and intellectuals had extensive connections and were few in number. Napoleon III would not attack them unless he had to.
And those workers' parties with large numbers naturally became the targets of massacre.
This can no longer be regarded as an unjust, false or wrongful conviction. This is simply a one-sided massacre. In later generations, the diaries of some eyewitnesses were made public. The scene at that time made future generations shudder when they heard about it.
"Suddenly there was an extremely strong smell of blood coming from the Seine River. At the mouth of an underground drainage river fifty meters west of my house, there was actually a river of blood flowing into the Seine River..."
"The blood was red and quickly dissolved in the river. The Seine River that had just started to roll could easily dissolve the red color, but the stream of blood did not stop for fifteen consecutive minutes..."
"As if someone poured countless red fuel into the Seine, the bright red blood band began to gradually spread and soon cut a red stream in the blue river water..."
"Not only is blood flowing out of the drainage outlet, but walking three kilometers along the river bank, there are four drainage outlets flowing out of blood..."
"Some streets in the industrial area were blocked. The pale-faced coachmen drove their horses and dragged heavy carts toward the outside of the city. There were no pedestrians on that road except them and the soldiers. The roar of martial law Everlasting…”
"Everyone knows that the canvas covers the corpse, and the corner that is occasionally exposed is full of the corpse's pale body and disheveled hair..."
"This scene was completely blocked in France. No one dared to report the news, but Napoleon III could not block the speech of the entire Europe. This massacre quickly spread across Europe..."
Later generations can see the author's anger from the diary. Almost every page was punctured by a pen. There is no honorific title for the emperor, only the name of the order, Napoleon III. This shows how angry the Paris people were at that time. high.
When the news of the massacre in Paris reached England, Benjamin was stunned. He never expected that Napoleon III would be so crazy.
Benjamin's plan for France is very insidious. On the one hand, he will never allow Xiao Letian's power to dominate East Asia, so on the Far East issue, Britain will join forces with Tsarist Russia and France.
However, Britain's basic national policy will not change, which is to do everything possible to suppress France, which is ranked second. Therefore, in the Franco-Prussian War, it will definitely make France suffer more and bleed more. Britain will even allow Prussia to win in some aspects. .
This is a very insidious plan, and it is definitely two-faced. Tsarist Russia, Prussia, France, the Chinese... these four most joyful countries are currently making trouble, and the United Kingdom is always preparing a knife behind its smiling face.
What Benjamin wants is to attack all countries, but you still have to be worthy of my favor.
It is precisely based on this consideration that while preparing a grand welcome banquet for the Chinese, he also cooperated with France's series of reports on the strangulation of the Chinese in the East.
Benjamin's calculations are so shrewd. The state visit must give you enough face, but it is absolutely not possible to weaken France's power too much. Britain still hopes that France will fight harder. The Franco-Prussian War is best to end in a lose-lose outcome.
You Xiao Letian disrupted the balance of power in Europe by disrupting the situation. This directly weakened France's war mobilization ability, which increased Prussia's chances of winning.
The war cannot be allowed to end so easily. These European continental powers must kill more people and consume more national power and wealth. This is in the interests of the United Kingdom.
But I never expected that Napoleon III had gone crazy, and in the face of the aggressive Chinese offensive, he kept making stupid moves.
A tragedy in Paris? Don't you want to fight anymore? Before the national war, you first hurt the emotions of the working class? Digging your own grave!
Dare you send more fleets to the Suez Canal? What do you want to do? Do you even dare to stop my British warship? Don't forget that you just have more shares, you have not obtained completely independent garrison rights!
The British intelligence agency issued urgent secret cables to the Prime Minister three times a day, and all the clues pointed to one point.
"No! The French must not be allowed to harm our guests. This state visit is the glory of our British Empire. There cannot be any trouble. Benjamin, I ask you to use all means to protect the safety of our guests!"
These were the Queen's exact words. Only then did Benjamin understand that the top-secret information given to him by the intelligence agency was also given to the royal family.
It is true that the Queen does not speak on weekdays, but her silence does not mean that she does not know that when the Queen speaks out about major events concerning the national system, no one in the UK dares to object.
Benjamin sighed deeply and returned to the official residence and issued an order to the navy to "make every effort to protect the safety of the Qing and Chinese visiting delegations, and all armed forces in the colonies must be mobilized..."
"In the face of the French provocation, we must not show weakness, and we must ensure that the fleet safely passes through the Suez Canal!"
The Queen and the Prime Minister reached an agreement, and the entire colony of the Empire on which the Sun Never Sets received orders. When the Indian authorities received the Prime Minister's strict order, the Governor-General did not dare to neglect and quickly ordered the remaining fleet to assemble to the Suez Canal in advance.
Another memorandum was sent to Sri Lanka and delivered to the United Fleet. Only then did Major General Jason pay an urgent visit.
Note: The massacre of the working class in France is not a fabrication. In fact, the killings in real history were much more severe than what is written in the book.
After the most famous movement of the Paris Commune was suppressed, the new French government sent troops into Paris and began to massacre ordinary people who supported the Commune.
At that time, the Franco-Prussian War was just coming to an end, and there were still hundreds of thousands of Prussian troops stationed outside Paris. According to the memories of many Prussian officers, the number of Parisian citizens massacred at that time was in the tens of thousands.
Some people estimate that 100,000 citizens were killed at that time, while others say that more than 300,000 were killed. However, this kind of French family scandal is something that Europeans are not willing to mention now.
