During the Mawei Slope Rebellion, the emperor of the Tang Empire sacrificed the woman he loved most, allowing the soldiers to vent the fury in their hearts. They believed Yang Yuhuan had clouded Li Longji's mind, turning him from an enlightened ruler into a foolish one.
As long as she died, Li Longji would become as wise as before. They still loved their emperor.
Napoleon Bonaparte had once told her that soldiers who lived only for themselves would disregard the lives of millions. If matters truly reached the point of mutiny, he supposed he would sacrifice Georgiana to preserve himself.
She would not hate him for it. From the beginning, she had chosen truth over happiness. Marie Antoinette had chosen happiness over truth, which was why she did not wake up until her dream shattered. By then, it was too late to find a remedy.
The current problem was actually easy to solve. What Parliament and the Senate of the Directory resented was that Napoleon simply refused to follow procedure. He only needed to wait a few more months. Once the 1802 national budget was allocated, he could build the canal. After all, so many practical problems lay right before them.
The problem was that he had already handed out tens of thousands of marzipans. After making such a grand display, if he could not get it done, he would lose face.
At first, she had not planned to hand out marzipan. Chocolate was sweet too.
Young people were prone to impulsiveness. He had been impulsive when he first married Josephine, and later did other impulsive things. Although his intelligence had made up for his lack of experience before those old schemers, he still had shortcomings.
If he kept driving The Chariot recklessly forward, something would happen sooner or later.