LIGHTNOVELONLINE Chapter 842: “FollowerXII”
Chapter 842 "FollowerXII"
After leaving the secretary-general’s office, Severus and Gianluca went to find Ali Sandro, but after searching the entire San Marco Church, he was not found.
They stood together at the main entrance, overlooking the most beautiful living room in Europe. It has welcomed many "guests". Among them, two French people are very special. He was originally one of the thousands of passers-by in this city, few people. Connect him with latecomers.
One of these two people is named Jean Jacques Rousseau and the other is named Napoleon. These two people have a huge influence on France, Venice, and even Europe.
"You are familiar with Rousseau." Gianluca said.
"Every poor ghost likes Rousseau." Snape replied bitterly. "His article is a ruthless criticism of the extravagance of the nobility at the time. You don't know how much the poor hated the rich."
"But I heard he ended up not very well." Gianluca said.
"The same goes for the French nobility. Many people have been guillotined." Snape said. "After he published "The Origin and Foundation of Human Inequality", Rousseau was revoked free admission to the Opera House. For people with meager income, this is tantamount to driving him out of the social world. At the age of 42 he began to draft "The Social Contract", which later became the theoretical framework of the French Revolution. In the "Social Contract" Volume 2, Chapter 10 He predicted that the island of Corsica would shock the whole of Europe, and he was about to predict as well as the village masters."
"It's not just going to the guillotine." Gianluca said. "They are controlled by a deformed sense of justice. The executioner of the Forth Prison arranges the ladies in the front row to watch them dismember the nobles. They strip the nobles naked and use a Chinese kind of The method called'Ling Chi' tortured the victims for more than half an hour, then opened their stomachs, took out their internal organs, and put the victim's property on the conference table. No one would embezzle them. They called the victims. "Enemies of the nation", I think the more terrifying thing is that no one thinks that this is anti-human. Even the ladies are enjoying the joy of the riot, and some even complain that they have not enjoyed the joy of beating the nobles and are killing them in this way. After about 2,000 people, those mobs said that the prisons holding homeless and elderly people are useless people. It's better to kill them all, and then they just do that. If they just hate those who are more successful than themselves, why even those who are more successful than themselves? Want to kill Han? Just because they are a burden to society?"
"It seems that you have not figured it out. Although the witch-hunting movement is chaotic, the government and courts are still there. The French Revolution caused the people to overthrow the government and society fell into total chaos. No one would care about these crimes. If the nobles had guns. , With enough strength to make a **** path from less to more, then no one will pursue his crimes. How much do you know about voodoo in Africa?"
Gianluca shook her head.
"Voodoo has a kind of zombies, which are involuntary but can be controlled by wizards. Zombies are generally transformed directly by living people. Zombies must be transformed by dead people. Zombies move slowly. When they see the flesh and blood of living people, they are extremely fast..."
"I know what you said, that's a plot only in Resident Evil...oh." Gianluca said with lingering fear.
"I think what is even more terrifying is that those'zombies' are not controlled by others, but controlled by their own will, and under the banner of freedom and fraternity. As you said, nobles are the'enemy of the people'. When hatred accumulates to a certain level, it will explode. At that time, group emotions are like a tsunami and no one can stop them. People hate the feudal system and the privileged class, so that they are indifferent to their misery. The French still feel France today. The Great Revolution was just, but now some French people think that the existence of the rich in France is beneficial to society as a whole, and they don't regard the rich as'pests'. Do you know why?"
Gianluca shook her head.
"Because Rousseau is very famous, but no one really reads the books he wrote. Everyone went to watch movies and TV. When the political situation in Poland was unstable, a Polish nobleman once visited, and Rousseau drafted a new one for Poland. Political system, the Corsican revolutionaries far away from the ocean have also written to invite Rousseau to work in the country to formulate the constitution. It can be seen that his influence was worldwide at the time. For such a person, the French made his livelihood difficult. If it weren’t for Robespierre’s visit, he would continue to make a living by copying music scores. Robespierre helped Napoleon a lot. He almost killed all the people who should be killed. Napoleon was killed by many people because of his military exploits. Worship, as he marched into Paris, people continued to join in. Each leader has his own means of mobilization. Groups can easily fall into extreme emotions. Enmity against the rich is the simplest and most concise and powerful. There is a famous Chinese saying: And suffering from unevenness', Freud has already explained in words about men’s matters. I already know that fate is unfair, but someone has repeatedly reminded me that I want to be calm and not extreme. Can't do it."
"Is that your enemy reminding you?" Gianluca asked.
"He seems to have been blessed. Everything went smoothly when he was born. The only ups and downs was in pursuing a woman. The most **** irony was that he married my first love." Snape smiled weirdly and shook his head. "I." I feel like I was played with hatred by the goddess of destiny."
"What does Rousseau say about Venice?" Gianluca asked, "I don't read French books very much."
"You don't want to know." Snape said.
"Let's talk and listen." Gianluca said confidently.
"He believes that in terms of privileges, a Venetian nobleman is no more than a civilian in Geneva. The middle class in Geneva is equivalent to the aristocratic class in Venice. The aboriginals and civilians in Geneva are equivalent to the citizens and people of Venice, and the peasants in Geneva are equivalent to those in Venice. For mainland subjects, the biggest difference between Geneva and Venice is that there is no life-time head of state. The biggest problem in your grand council is that there are no seats for civilians. Even if you shorten the privilege gap between nobles and civilians, for a country with a good system, all Citizens have the qualities of rationality, fairness, and honesty. Rousseau suggested that selection and lottery methods should be used together. The lottery method should be used for positions that only need reason, fairness, and honesty. For those positions that require special talents, the method of selection should be used. But I Wouldn't the nobles agree to let the civilians into the Great Council, right?"
"Venice is not a democracy." Gianluca said.
"But you are a republic." Snape said. "Mixed elections are suitable for mixed government. The civilians of Venice have no seats, and the nobles with seats are ordinary people. The civilians of Venice do not have the freedom to be turbulent, and they do not accept the peace of enslavement. If you think Acceptable, Enrico Dandolo would not use a plan to sack Constantinople and become independent from the Eastern Roman Empire. Everyone feels that he is rational, fair, and honest, but in fact he is not So satisfying. France has always attached great importance to compulsory education, which was popularized before the Revolution. Do you think those women who watched the aristocracy were smashed are literate?"
"I can't say this is bad." Gianluca said.
"Literacy does not mean that you can read and understand. Reading is the only panacea to get rid of ignorance. Although I said that girl can only read dead books, she at least reads. The other two boys are not as good as her..."
"Didn't you let your godson do small projects?" Gianluca asked inexplicably.
"It's not him." Snape looked helplessly at the San Marco Lion in the distance. "Call to ask where the kid who sailed the boat has gone?"
Gianluca immediately picked up the phone and dialed.
"They are in the snail house." Gianluca put down the phone and said.
"You gave them the credit card, how about I let you experience something different?" Snape smiled and said, "They spend today as your tickets."
"What's the difference?"
"Take my hand." Snape flexed his arm.
Gianluca didn't doubt that he was there, and grabbed his arm directly.
Immediately afterwards, following the twisting of a mirage, the two suddenly disappeared in broad daylight.
I did not fabricate the scene of civilians massacring aristocrats during the French Revolution. They danced beside the corpses. After a week of massacres, the executioner also applied for medals.
In the prison in the Abaye area, some prisoners did not drink water for 24 hours. When the mob rushed in, the jailer was almost beaten to death. Later, the prisoner pleaded with him and saved his life.
Rousseau was born as a commoner and experienced a rough and long-term wandering life. At the same time, as a servant, entourage, secretary, tutor, ambassador secretary, and writer, he traveled in the upper class and witnessed the aristocracy’s extravagant desires. Relying on power to deceive and officialdom's corruption and arbitrariness
In the 18th century, “mental illness” was prevalent in Venice. There were many lunatics living on the island of San Servolo. The ambassador reminded him not to be with two prostitutes, but he quarreled with the ambassador and left.
Not every rich person is a bad guy, but at that time Freud had the upper hand
Enthusiasm can also turn into fanaticism. Rousseau’s thoughts are not all right. Anyway, the lottery is inappropriate. People are far from the realm he envisioned.
(End of this chapter)