The Hollywood blockbuster "Napoleon" has landed in domestic theaters, and with the popularity brought by this movie, let's talk about a few interesting things about Napoleon. In fact, for France at that time, Napoleon really could not be regarded as an authentic Frenchman, and he felt a bit of a foreigner. He was born in Corsica, an island and a country that was part of France in the year Napoleon was born. Although the occupation was completed politically and militarily, it will take some time for France to digest the fruits of the war, that is, Napoleon's childhood and adolescence, Corsican people do not identify with France, and many French people do not consciously feel that Corsica is an integral part of French territory, and Napoleon spent his childhood in such an environment. Of course, as an adult, Napoleon already considered himself French, and at the age of 20 he witnessed the beginning of the French Revolution in Paris, with the storming of the Bastille. But Napoleon was not agitated by the arrival of the revolution, but rather disdainful of the amateur locksmith Louis XVI who had lost his fortune. He once said, "If it were me, give me a few lashes, and then two more roars, and the throne will be mine." Some historians have studied that when a country or society really adopts a high-pressure policy, it is very difficult for change and revolution to take place in a very harsh social environment, but after the rule of the upper echelons is loosened, the revolution begins. Of course, Napoleon was simply discussing how Louis XVI could secure his position, and it was not on his radar as to where France was going. Let's talk about what happened after Napoleon began to lead troops. Once the troops he led were helpless in the face of the enemy's position or fortress and could not take it. Napoleon began by delivering a fiercely worded speech to motivate his soldiers. When everyone was furious and demanded another charge. Look at Napoleon again, he directly picked up the flag of the troops, ran to the front, and charged towards the enemy. With verbal encouragement and physical practice, the soldiers behind all rushed forward with a scream, and generally took it directly. Napoleon did this so many times, so much so that his soldiers gave him the nickname "Little Squad Leader", the squad leader as the head of the soldiers, the battle must be in the front, Napoleon, as the supreme commander, also often did this job. And every time he was safe from the oncoming bullets, and sometimes all the men around him died, but he still didn't have anything to do. This is just like what I said in the issue of Zhao Kuo Ma Tan, the general is majestic on all sides, and it takes a little luck to become a famous general. 
Napoleon beat the anti-French alliance several times and accumulated countless popularity in the country. Countless young people aspired to wear the red uniform of Napoleon's army, including one in Lien Herhey. It's just that he was born late, and when he came of age, Napoleon was finished. He can only put on a black clergyman's costume and begin his tragic life, see Stendhal's magnum opus "The Red and the Black" for details. Although it is a fictional character, it reflects the dreams of countless young people of that era, and literature is a more vivid history. 
There is also a real character, the giant Beethoven, who was also once a fan of Napoleon, who used to be a hero of the revolution and the republic and composed music for him. However, when Napoleon became emperor, Beethoven was very disappointed, and in a fit of rage, he tore up the music he had made for Napoleon. At Napoleon's coronation as emperor, a bishop was supposed to give the crown to Napoleon, but he was impatient enough to wait and snatched the crown and put it on. I also saw this in the trailer of the film. If it sounds good, it is called domineering side leakage, and if it is not good, it is called a monkey who can't be impatient, anyway, his First French Empire is not very long. 
The chair where Napoleon's empress Josephine sat is now in the Montaigne Hall of the Imperial Garden of the Tianjin Dynasty, and Napoleon, as emperor, continued to be invincible, conquering almost the entire European continent. Of course, Napoleon also turned on the chicken-dog mode, and his siblings became governors or kings of the countries he conquered. Napoleon also led his army across the sea to North Africa and conquered Egypt. Now you go to Egypt, and the sphinx, with its nose missing, is the masterpiece of Napoleon's army cannons. Taken together, I think there is a reason why Napoleon's First Empire did not last long. 
Napoleon lost three battles in his life, all of which were fatal. The first was the Battle of Trafalgar, which was lost and the opportunity to land and occupy Britain was completely lost. And Britain can continue to follow the principle of balance of power in the British Isles, build up an anti-French coalition army, oppose Napoleon, and make Napoleon's enemies endless. The second is the attack, people are quite ruthless to themselves, directly set fire to Moscow, the walls are clear, Napoleon lost in the Russian winter and ** people ignore it, this time causing him to be exiled. But in the first exile, Napoleon escaped from the island of Elba and once again used his prestige to organize an army and regain power. The French ** is very interesting, when Napoleon first ran, the newspapers were full of "Napoleon, the enemy of the people, fled", "Napoleon the clown is running around". On the way to Paris when Napoleon organized his army, the newspapers wrote "The traitor Napoleon marched into Paris and was exterminated sooner or later". Later, Napoleon's march went smoothly, and the newspaper report became "Napoleon's army marched to Paris", which was neutral. By the time Napoleon was approaching Paris, the newspaper report changed to "His Majesty the Emperor Napoleon is returning." When Napoleon entered Paris, the newspapers became "The great Emperor Napoleon reigns in France again", and the whole world was hot and cold. Of course, this time Napoleon did not last long, and a year later it was over. This is probably the so-called "exhaustion of gas". This was his third defeat, and the most famous battle of Waterloo, which was the city of wheat in Europe. Waterloo is a place in Belgium that still retains an ancient battlefield for people to pay homage to. At that time, the commander of the anti-French coalition was the Englishman Wellington. It is recorded that the guide Napoleon was looking for a mallet and took the wrong route, which caused Napoleon's army to arrive late on the battlefield and lost the favorable terrain, which led to defeat. 
Napoleon on the ancient battlefield of Waterloo has always been very domineering in his speech, for example, when he led his troops across the Alps, he said: "I am greater than the Alps." "Someone ridiculed Napoleon for being short and crippled of the second class. Napoleon said, "It doesn't matter if I'm not as tall as you, I can cut off your head, and we'll be tall on one side." "There are also two unconfirmed things about Napoleon that I personally don't think are very credible. One is that after Napoleon was exiled to St. Helena, a friend gave him a set of chess, which was very beautifully made, and Napoleon liked it very much and often played with it in his hand. Of course, he is alone, and at most he can play music, and it is difficult to find someone to play chess with him, and I don't know if there is such a thing as playing chess scores. Anyway, the chess set later fell into the hands of a collector, who, while playing, suddenly exclaimed what a great opportunity Napoleon had missed. He found that the base of the chess could be unscrewed, and the inside was empty. One of the pieces contained a map of the escape from the penal colony, and his friend gave him this chess piece not to relieve his boredom, but to help him escape again, but unfortunately he did not discover this secret for the rest of his life. The second thing is that Napoleon saw "The Art of War" in his penal colony, and he couldn't help but sigh that if I had seen this art of war earlier, there would have been no Waterloo fiasco. Not surprisingly, this matter is said in books written by Chinese, and some books put the same thing on the head of German Emperor Wilhelm II, who was ousted after World War I. I probably think that Wilhelm II is not enough coffee among the Chinese, so change it to Napoleon.