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, there was no downward feudalism. Whether it is a province or a kingdom (the kingdom to which the empire belongs), they are all governed 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 they deprive the old nobility of their power, but they also deprived them of a large number (but not all) of their industries, and sold these industries, mainly land, to small farmers in the Western Roman Empire at low prices.
The foundation of the feudal system of the Western Roman Empire, serfdom, collapsed! Moreover, the gap between rich and poor in the Western Roman Empire was greatly reduced, and social conflicts were comprehensively alleviated.
Along with the dismantling of serfdom, laws on civil education and the 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 Revolution, but also preserved and consolidated the results of the Revolution.
Before the collapse of the empire he founded, the basis for the existence of the feudal dynasty and the feudal nobility had basically disappeared from the lands of the Western Roman Empire, and could never be restored.
The second impact of the Napoleonic Empire was to make Europeans believe that "unification" was 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 600,000 troops and marched toward 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 the European continent who were driven out of their homes by Napoleon , seeking help from Daming, the leader of the Tianmeng.
Emperor Xingdao of the Ming Dynasty at that time 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 "reunification dream."
So he made "professing vassalship and paying tribute" 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 and Western 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 homage and symbolic tributes to the Ming Emperor, which legally established the 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 westwards 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 1812 War in another time and space... Napoleon's army suffered a disastrous defeat under the combined attack of the Ming-Russian coalition forces and the Russian General Dong. Only 30,000 people out of 600,000 were defeated. Exit Russia's borders.
After losing the invasion of Russia in 1812, Napoleon's Roman Empire fell to its peak. However, in this time and space, Napoleon had more capital, so he was not completely defeated. Instead, he persisted for another 8 years under the attack of the coalition forces. Until Napoleon died of illness in 1821, his empire had not finally collapsed. ....
However, his empire was defeated by the coalition forces led by Constantine I, Zhudi Chuan and Kutuzov after his death. His successor, the young Napoleon II, was forced to abdicate and became the Grand Duke of Corsica in the Western Roman Empire. Eastern Rome, Western Rome, and other kingdoms and principalities destroyed by the Napoleonic Empire were all restored.
The United Provinces 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 always sided with the Napoleonic Empire during the war, later joined the Celestial Alliance and professed vassalage to the Ming Empire. .
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. What 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! Unified the world... But "unifying the world" was probably the pinnacle of the Ming Dynasty, right?
The world is unified, so what room is there for growth?
Become a galactic empire? This is so sci-fi!
Moreover, the unification that Zhu Jianyan forcibly introduced was actually just a face-saving measure, with no dignity at all and 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 copes with it in a lively manner. If something big happens, you will know how false this "world unity" is.
Zhu Yaofei shook his head and continued to look down.
Zhu Zhongshu also analyzes this "world unification" in the next chapter. In the view of this great historian, "world unification" is just a false and somewhat absurd dream. If Emperor Xingdao's almost "nonsense" practice failed, perhaps the Ming Empire's Guo Zuo could last longer. But it is a pity that due to the Roman Revolution and the rise of Napoleon, the European monarchs had to make a choice between the nearby Emperor Napoleon and the distant Emperor Xingdao... After all, Emperor Xingdao only They want a false reputation, but Napoleon, the revolutionary emperor, really wants to kill everyone, 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 suffered from the Napoleonic War is exhausted, and the productivity improvements brought about by the Industrial Revolution can temporarily allow the people of the Ming Empire to continue to live in good or bad days.
In Europe, 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.
This period when the world was seemingly unified was also called the "Period of Great Unification" by later generations.
