Fox of France

From March 1803, not far from the Liberty Palace, a new spectacle began to be built.

Because of the opening of the railway, the area around the Liberty Palace has gradually become prosperous. The scenery here is beautiful, the transportation is convenient, and it is relatively far from the urban area, and the air is better. In addition, because you have to take a train to come here, the poor generally don't want to take the train to come here when they have nothing to do, so there are very few poor people. And there are very few poor people, which means that the security is relatively good. It is especially suitable for those good-hearted people who don't see poor people come to settle down. So now this area is already one of the most important wealthy areas in Paris.

Long before the construction of the Liberty Palace, some well-informed people, or people who were simply heavenly, had already bought all the land around here from the hands of the state. At that time, this area was still barren, and there was no Valuable, but now, the value of the land here has risen rapidly.

Two years ago, at Napoleon's insistence, the Ecole Normale Supérieure was also relocated to this area. At that time, because the railway had not been built, the area was relatively barren and the land price was low. In order to facilitate his work, Laplace, as the executive vice-principal, also bought a small villa here—anyway, the land here is cheap. Just two years later, the price of his villa has doubled many times. Calculating now, the money earned by this villa is much more than what Laplace earned as the principal of the Paris Ecole Normale Supérieure. Therefore, one of the things Laplace regrets most now is that he only bought one villa at that time. Especially when he knew that Mr. Monge bought three villas here without making any noise, three villas. This old guy is really enviable.

In addition to the École Normale Supérieure, the University of Paris has also moved part of its colleges here. But the University of Paris is too big, unlike the Ecole Normale Supérieure de Paris, which can be moved if they say they move here, so they just moved the School of Art here.

It was Sunday again, and a group of art students took their easels and went to the Liberty Palace to sketch. While everyone was painting, it was inevitable to discuss another building that was being built next to it.

At this time, more than half of the new spectacle has been completed. In fact, by this time, the main building has been basically completed, but some necessary renovations have not yet started. In order to reduce the impact of noise and dust on the surroundings, the entire perimeter of the site is fenced off. However, from the hillsides that the students often go to when sketching, they can still see the whole construction site relatively clearly.

"This stadium is so big. It's almost as big as the Colosseum." Nicholas sat down in front of his drawing board, and continued to paint the Palace of Liberty under the morning glow on the canvas, while idling on the sidelines Fedorov gossips.

"In terms of size, it should be a little bigger than the Colosseum. Just like the Palace of Liberty is a little bigger than the Pantheon. But we are far away now, and everything is smaller from here." replied Fedorov.

"When do you think this thing will be repaired?" Nicholas asked again.

"Next summer, the Olympic Games will be held here. So, the project should be finished soon." Fedorov said, "Sometimes I really feel that the process of building it is the real miracle. My friend , do you still remember that when we just moved here, this place was still a wasteland, and in less than two years, such a huge building has been erected. Think Think about it, the Romans used all 80,000 slaves and spent decades to complete the Colosseum. And the French built them in just two years.”

"They have reinforced concrete. But don't you think that reinforced concrete still doesn't look as good as real rock. It lacks that feeling. You know..."

"Come on, Nikolai." Fedorov shook his head disapprovingly and said, "You should know that the Pantheon and the Colosseum used a lot of cement. Of course, at that time there would be no Steel bars, but the steel bars are all inside, you can't see it? If there is any difference, well, maybe the time is not long enough, so there are still not enough traces of weathering."

"Maybe." Nicholas said, "Do you think that Bonaparte likes Rome very much when he is in power?"

"Isn't everyone aware of this? Otherwise, why did everyone give him the Inberado Medal, and the people of the Holy See actually wanted to investigate the emperor of a big country because of an unreliable rumor. Why? This Isn't it obvious? Bonaparte's government liked Rome, and especially the Roman crown."

"Bonaparte made a speech a few days before he came to power, saying that the democratic system is the best system, and that he will always be loyal to the French Republic." Nicolas said.

"Hehe, what politicians say... Only kind people like you will believe it. However, there is one thing that is really strange. Generally speaking, at this time, some media should start to promote the superiority of the imperial system. Because according to reason, the time for Bonaparte to be in power and coronation should be very close. At this time, we are still saying that the democratic system is good, but when the time comes to turn too sharply, something may go wrong.”

"You said that Bonaparte may soon be crowned emperor when he is in power?" Nicholas said.

"Otherwise, why is the Pope sending someone to investigate the Austrian Emperor at this time? Isn't it just to take back the crown so that it can be handed over to Bonaparte?"

"But now the relationship between Austria and France seems to be pretty good."

"So, there are some things that people really don't understand."

While the two foreign students were muttering, the Holy See officially sent investigators to Austria to investigate the case of the Holy Roman Emperor being accused of heresy.

In this regard, Austria was extremely angry. They announced that the investigators of the Holy See were prohibited from entering Austria, and they sent an ultimatum to the Holy See, demanding that the Holy See immediately stop this insulting behavior and apologize to His Majesty the Emperor. They expressed the hope that the Holy See will immediately rein in the precipice, change course, and not go any further in the direction of hurting the feelings of the Austrian people. Otherwise, the Holy See should be responsible for any consequences arising therefrom.

The meaning of the threat in this sentence is already very obvious. The Holy See naturally refused to accept such a threat, and immediately protested to Austria. The Holy See said:

It is the traditional right of the Holy See to review the purity of beliefs of believers, and this right comes from the Supreme God. The unreasonable behavior of the Austrian government is a blatant contempt for the Holy See, and even God, which itself has slipped to the edge of heresy.

But the Pope and God are merciful and can tolerate mistakes. The original intention of the Holy See's investigation is also to learn from past mistakes and avoid future ones, and to cure diseases and save lives. It's not just surveys, it's help. So there is no insult to His Majesty Franz II here. His Majesty Franz II should also face the help from the Holy See with a humble attitude of changing what is available or encouraging what is not. Instead of adopting such an erroneous attitude of shying away from disease and avoiding treatment, one should resist the care from the Pope.

Therefore, now His Majesty Franz II and the Austrian government under his rule should really rein in the precipice immediately and change course. His Holiness looks forward to the confession and apology from His Majesty Franz II.

This statement by the Holy See naturally further angered Austria, or so it seemed. Austria announced the suspension of paying the Holy See's tithe. Until the Vatican changes course and cancels the insulting review of His Majesty the Emperor, and apologizes to the Emperor, these taxes will be temporarily held by the Austrian royal family.

This decision naturally angered the Holy See. The Holy See sent a special envoy to Austria to ask Emperor Franz II to immediately cancel this resolution. However, the special envoy was attacked by unidentified people in Vienna and was injured as a result, so he had to temporarily suspend his mission and return to the Holy See.

This incident made Emperor Franz somewhat passive, but he still insisted that he would not allow a single gold coin to leave Austria and flow to the Vatican until the Holy See canceled the "insulting investigation" against him.

So in September of this year, the Holy See once again issued a note to Franz, asking Austria to pay the eleventh tax within a time limit, otherwise it would take "categorical measures" against Emperor Franz II.

But Emperor Franz II continued unmoved. The Austrian media also began to directly attack the Pope, and even threatened that Austria should go to Rome to help the Holy See change a Pope like Emperor Henry IV did back then.

Of course, this kind of wild talk is just talk, because now, Austria and the Papal State are still separated by the core ally of the French - the Republic of Northern Italy.

Other newspapers made various mockery of the Pope. They mocked the pope for his bluff, and one newspaper even depicted the pope in a caricature as a shivering coward hiding behind an icon of Jesus.

Interestingly, His Majesty Franz's resistance actually improved his image among the people a lot. Since his repeated defeats in the war with France, His Majesty Franz II has been regarded by many as a representative of cowardice and incompetence, and even when he is programmed with immoral tendencies, he is also portrayed as a The one with "Boundless Senses". After the current operation, everyone still feels that His Majesty the Emperor is still a bit manly, like an emperor.

Of course, such an approach naturally made the Pope have to really react. Therefore, in February 1804, the Pope officially issued an imperial decree announcing the expulsion of Franz II and depriving him of the title of "Emperor of the Romans".

As for the actions of the Holy See, Austria immediately responded. They announced that Pope Pius VI was old, frail, and comatose, and he was no longer suitable to be Pope. Austria therefore did not recognize the validity of the edict issued by Pope Pius VI. And His Majesty Emperor Franz II is naturally still a Catholic, and the "Emperor of the Romans".

As for the conflict between the Holy See and its friendly country Austria, the French put on a picture that it has nothing to do with me, and I am just watching the show. On an official level, French Foreign Minister Talleyrand issued such a statement, in which he stated:

The French Republic has always adhered to the policy of religious freedom and the principle of non-interference in the internal affairs of other countries. The French Republic hopes to see that all countries and religions in the world can live in peace, seek common ground while reserving differences, and make progress together...

In short, although Foreign Minister Talleyrand said a lot, but to really condense it, it is basically this sentence: none of my business?

Even the French media didn't care too much about this matter. Although it was successfully on the front page of "Scientific Pravda" on the first day, it failed to occupy the headline position, because the news in the headline position Is: "The French Academy of Sciences officially awarded the 'Prometheus Award'".

Yes, the day when the Pope announced the expulsion of Franz II coincided with the time when the French Academy of Sciences issued the first "Prometheus Prize in Mathematics" and "Prometheus Prize in Medicine". So not only did the decision fail to make headlines in Scientology Pravda, it also barely made headlines in other mainstream papers.

Strictly speaking, because Catholicism is the common belief of the French after all, "Scientific Pravda" still gave the Pope a face and put his edict on the front page; The Rheinland Union and Great Britain, the news didn't even make it to the front page.

In the Rheinland Union, because the mathematics award was awarded to Gauss, who was born in Brunswick, the newspapers there, the front page headlines, were naturally reports on Gauss's award. As for the contents of other positions on the front page, they are naturally all kinds of introductions about Gauss' achievements, although to be honest, introducing Gauss' achievements is a thing that most newspaper reporters and editors cannot do what they want . Not to mention that at the beginning of the nineteenth century, even in the twenty-first century, how many journalists and editors understood Gauss' stuff? Even just a few years before Joseph traveled, he saw a news on the Internet that "Chinese students threw leftover raw materials all over the floor in the mathematical modeling competition".

Fortunately, "Scientific Pravda" helped them solve this problem. "Science Pravda" has a lot of popular science about Gauss's mathematical achievements. Just copy them over. Although the science popularization on "Science Pravda" generally belongs to "every word, every number, and every symbol above, I can recognize it separately, but I don't understand what it means together. but those stupid North Germans just like to read it, even though they stupidly don't understand it at all, but they still look at these things and say to themselves, although I don't understand anything, But the people of our Rhine Alliance are amazing!

As for the pope excommunicating the Emperor of Austria, what business is that to us? Put it in the back, put it in the back, um, the first edition will include news about our Gaussian, as well as popular science about Gaussian academics. second edition? That will be used to introduce the situation of the medical award - we can't be too partial. In addition, we need to interview Gauss's friends, classmates and elementary school teachers. Well, do you know how Gauss calculated 1+2+3...+100 when he was a child?

So the matter of the Pope and the Emperor of Austria will naturally be put on the third edition. Even if it is the third edition, the first point should be used to praise the selflessness of the French.

As for the British, their situation is not much different. The headline of the first page is naturally reporting the award-winning situation, and the rest of the page is naturally used to introduce the various situations of the two winners. Considering that Carroll's achievement has been widely known in the previous "Lancet" incident, the introduction about him can be simplified. But the introduction to Gauss is indispensable.

Moreover, Gauss was also a prodigy, which makes it even more necessary to report. You must know that readers from all over the world have a preference for stories about child prodigies, so almost every newspaper is reporting the story of how Gauss calculated 1+2+3...+100 when he was a child.

However, these things can be regarded as being resolved on the front page. Goss is not British after all, and Carroll, which is worse, is a rebel. Therefore, the amount of space needed to report on them is naturally less than that of the Rhine Union. So the first version can put all these contents down.

It was only on the second edition that the British felt that they should publish some reflection articles on the status quo of the development of science and technology in the UK, and reflect on the question of why the UK is not competitive in such awards. In addition, by the way, let me introduce their main opponents, the development of the French in this area, and their various places worthy of learning by the British-therefore, there is no room for the second edition of the Pope's decree.

In the third edition, um, I also want to provide services for international students who plan to study in France in the future, and introduce articles about the situation of various schools in France. Especially this time, although the mathematics award fell into the hands of Gauss, the other three people who were shortlisted for the mathematics award with him were all from the Ecole Normale Supérieure de Paris, which made the British full of interest in this newly established university, so they introduced These schools again took a lot of pages. Finally, the pope's excommunication of Austria failed to occupy a prominent position in the third edition.

As for Austria, this news did not make it into the newspapers at all. A few days later, the Austrian government announced that Pope Pius VI was old and frail, comatose, and was no longer fit to serve as pope. Therefore, when Austria did not recognize the validity of the edict issued by Pope Pius VI, it became known that the Pope had excommunicated the emperor and deprived him of the title of "Emperor of the Romans".

In short, this move of the Holy See should have attracted the attention of the whole of Europe, but because they deliberately chose a good time, coupled with the intentional or unintentional cooperation of all parties, it is quite calm up.