Napoléon Bonaparte was born in Corsica, the largest French island, on August 5th, 769. His parents and people around him would not have thought that this child would become a nightmare for all Europeans in a few decades. 1804 65438+On February 2nd, Napoleon proclaimed himself emperor, turning democratic France into a great empire ruled by himself.

Soon, he promulgated a code named after himself, suppressed the people at home and stabilized the political situation, and fought abroad to dominate Europe. During his reign, he made amazing achievements in winning more than 50 large-scale wars, and defeated many joint armies composed of many European countries. At the peak of Napoleon's life, most of Europe was ruled by him or surrendered to the French Empire under his command.

Heroes have to die. In A.D. 18 15, Napoleon was defeated and captured at Waterloo, and was thrown into the isolated island of St. Helena by the British, where he spent the last time of his life until his death on May 5, 182 1.

Napoleon was a strategist with great strategic vision. Although his dream is to unify Europe, his vision has never been limited to Europe, and he has also made a profound study of China in the East. He has a well-known saying in China, that is, "China is a sleeping lion, and once he wakes up, he will shake the world".

To this day, this sentence is often mentioned. A pivotal figure in the modern history of the world has such a high opinion of China that many people in China feel national pride from the bottom of their hearts. At the same time, let people know how deeply the corrupt rule of Manchu in the late Qing Dynasty poisoned China!

However, this sentence is only half-finished, because the first half is so famous that most people seldom know what the second half is. In fact, the second half of the sentence said, "Once I wake up and shock the world, I hope he will sleep forever." Here I have to praise the accuracy of Napoleon's vision of China at that time.

Napoleon was imprisoned during Jiaqing period of Qing Dynasty. At that time, the British tried their best to trade with China, but they were ruthlessly rejected. The British were puzzled, so they sent amherst to ask Napoleon. This is a famous saying. Because of the first half of the sentence, many people will think that Napoleon said this sentence simply lamenting the profoundness of China, and China under the Qing government was a "soft persimmon".

In fact, in the face of Amherst's comments, Napoleon said this sentence to tell him that the British should not disturb China. However, it is obvious that the British misunderstood. They didn't give up, but chose to open the door of China by bombing, which eventually led to the awakening of Napoleon, the "lion" of China.

Yes, China under the Qing Dynasty was fragile, but the people of China were not. In the face of foreign aggression, countless people with lofty ideals stood up and fought bravely, repelling foreign aggression and establishing a new China. Today, China has become a big country in the world, and we can finally proudly say, "The lion of China has awakened"!