Napoleon's campaigns did better than harm

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On the positive side, the Napoleonic Wars cleaned up the feudal system of Germany,
Italy, Poland and Belgium, spread the principles of the Revolution and promoted the
progress of European society. But on the other hand, Napoleon was a representative of
the big counter-revolutionary bourgeoisie. In order to compete for the world market
and raw material origin, he constantly launched wars of aggression and enslavement
of other nations, making the nature of France's foreign wars increasingly turn to the
path of unjust aggression.
On balance, I think Napoleon's campaign did more good than harm. Because from the
perspective of historical development, if society wants to move forward, it has to
break the old relations of production and establish new ones to adapt to the
development of productive forces. And this process needs to take the form of
revolution. Even if Napoleon had not invaded the rest of Europe on his own initiative,
some of the other countries themselves would eventually have stood up and made
revolutions. War is inevitable, only a matter of time. If Napoleon had invaded earlier,
the relations of production in Europe would have changed much faster than if no one
had invaded and left it to itself. Therefore, Napoleon's war of aggression should be
more of a promotion of social development. Of course, Napoleon's wars were not
entirely negative, but the negative aspects were far outweighed the positive ones.
Napoleon paid no attention to the popular uprising, for before him lay the peasants of
Asturias armed with machetes; Shepherds of Mount Morina in rags with rusty
shotguns; Catalan craftsmen with iron bars and swords. Napoleon scornfully called
them "rascals". He was the ruler of Europe, he had beaten the armies of Russia,
Austria, and Prussia, with cannons, cavalry, emperors, and marshals, to flight, he had
made the borders of all kingdoms tremble on the map, and was he afraid of these
"rascals"? Napoleon never thought that it was these "rascals" who were the first to dig
up the graves of his great empire.
Although the Spanish people's anti-French struggle was brutally suppressed by the
French army, they would fight to the end with the French army as long as they
survived. Almost every day the French suffered wild reprisals from the Spanish.
Once, the French army went into a village to look for food. They found some food in
a young woman's house. The hungry soldiers wanted to swallow the food
immediately, but they were afraid that it might be poisoned. So the French
commander ordered the young woman to eat some first, and she did so without
hesitation. The French, still anxious, ordered her to feed the food to her children,
which she did at once. The soldiers began to devour the food. Before long, the young
woman, the child and the soldier who was eating all died in agony.
Napoleon conquered almost the entire continent and died in a small room.
I think the main reason napoleon lost was not that his army was not strong enough or
that his soldiers were not brave enough, but that his actions were unpopular with the
people. The ancients cloud: heaven is not as good as the right place, the right place is
not as good as people. It is impossible to rule the people forever without applying the
rule of Kings. The young Spanish woman's sacrifice for her country shows how much
the people of the invaded country hated Napoleon! Napoleon's army destroyed their
houses and trampled their fields. They refused to submit to Napoleon even though
they were slaves. The power of the people is powerful, no matter how big the mighty
division, how strong the soldiers, can not compare with the people this invincible
army. Napoleon, on the other hand, dismissed the popular uprising as "the fight of
hooligans". Apparently he did not understand that he who wins the hearts of the
people wins the world. So napoleon, the great conqueror, died a nameless man.
Engels once commented on Napoleon as follows: "Napoleon's immortal achievement
lies in that he discovered the only correct way to use the vast armed masses in terms
of tactics and strategy..." In fact, it's not just great men who love each other. Napoleon
is also remembered and revered around the world. From the moment young Napoleon
walked out of the remote Island of Corsica, he clung to the belief that he would
achieve great things, and it was destined that he would use magic to win the
astonishment and admiration of the world. As he ducked the world of prostitution and
lounged alone in the world of military learning, his instructors wrote: "This is a
wonderful young man, a man who will change history." ... When he burst into
brilliance at the battle of Paris, all France fell at his feet... When he ascended to the
throne of the French Empire, he was the first popular-elected emperor in European
history... While he was fighting in Europe, the Russian, Austrian and Western
emperors were defeated by him... When he invaded Egypt in the east, he was more
like a messenger of civilization, bringing eastern and Western culture to its peak...
If Napoleon's career is the perfect fairy tale, his emotional journey is the perfect epic.
First he was in love with the naivete of Marseilles maidens; Then he was intoxicated
with the elegance of the noble widow, and when he was on horseback, he tasted the
redundant charm of Poland, Egypt and so on. Napoleon's two most beloved wives,
Josephine and Louise, betrayed him and left him for other men. Napoleon's life is a
magical life made up, and his death, but also for our descendants left a hundred years
of puzzlement......
Napoleon was an outstanding bourgeois politician and strategist in France. In 1799, he
launched the Coup d 'etat de Brumaire and established the executive government. In
1804, he was crowned emperor and established the First French Empire.
Napoleon carried out fiscal and tax reforms at home, founded the Bank of France, and
encouraged the development of capitalist industry and commerce. Promulgate civil
Code and a series of codes to establish the legislative norms of capitalist society; The
establishment of public secondary schools and French universities to encourage
scientific research and technical education and to train French talents. These measures
were beneficial to the political stability of France and the development of capitalism,
further destroyed the Feudal system of France and consolidated the order of capitalist
society.
Through the early foreign wars, he defended the achievements of the French
Revolution and spread the ideas of the French Revolution, which was objectively
conducive to the collapse of European feudal system and the liberation of farmers.
But in his later wars, he violated the independence of many countries, plundered and
enslaved the people of Europe, aroused the revolt of people everywhere, and finally
led to the collapse of Napoleon's empire.
In short, Napoleon had more successes than failures.