Napoleon has titles and appellations, such as "miracle worker", "strategist" and "war madman". I also dare to say my opinion!
First of all: Napoleon was an outstanding strategist.
Napoleon has outstanding military talents, he is good at using various military strategies, and he has keen insight and judgment. He personally participated in more than 60 battles in his life and defeated the anti-French alliance five times. Until now, many battles he commanded still have important practical significance.
Second: Napoleon was an outstanding politician.
He has a unique political vision and insight into all political situations, thus taking the lead and using his quick wits. 1798 after Napoleon's expedition to Egypt failed, he learned about the domestic tension and severe external pressure in an expired French newspaper and immediately left his army and secretly returned to France. 1799 At the end of the year, a coup was staged in the foggy month, which seized power and became the first ruling country in France. Five years later, he was crowned emperor and established the First Empire of France.
Napoleon's greatest achievement lies in his Napoleonic Code, which is a typical bourgeois code. It has played a positive role in safeguarding the achievements of bourgeois revolution, cracking down on feudal forces and ensuring the development of French capitalism. At the same time, it attacked European feudal forces and promoted the development of European capitalism. Napoleon himself said, "My greatness lies not in my previous victories, but in my code, which will always protect the French people from freedom."
Actually, it's the same. The Napoleonic Code later became a model of bourgeois codes in modern European countries. Up to now, there are still provisions in the Code in the laws of some European countries.
Third, Napoleon attached importance to talents and education.
Napoleon put forward the idea of "opening the way for talents". In the employment policy, Napoleon used talented and willing people, regardless of their personality, experience, status and influence, and paid special attention to selecting young people with critical spirit.
He also attaches great importance to education and loves science. There were many difficulties in Napoleon's early reign, including the pressure of aggression and the mess after the revolution. He knows that the key to the competition with Britain at this time is the competition of science and technology, intelligence and talents, which is ultimately the competition of talents. Therefore, Napoleon attached great importance to scientists and professionals. In the process of exploration, in order to ensure the safety of scientific researchers, he always keeps scientists in a safe zone and protects them when the two armies are at war. He once gave a famous order: "Let the donkey and the scholar walk in the middle!" " "
Napoleon himself was a science lover. He said: "Science has uncovered so many secrets and eliminated so many prejudices. In order for science to make greater contributions to us, let us encourage and love science. "
Finally, I think Napoleon is an extreme egoist.
His worship of power and victory is unacceptable. He once said: "there is only one trick to dominate a world, and that is to be strong, because there is no right or wrong or fantasy when you are strong." This is a naked fact. " To this end, he fought everywhere, from a just war of self-defense to an unjust war of aggression against other countries. He is also the king of Italy, the protector of the Rhine Federation and the arbitrator of the Swiss Federation. His troops occupied the northern coast of Europe from Hamburg to Koenigsberg in an attempt to dominate Europe. It is for his so-called rights and victories that almost all European countries regard France as their enemy.
This is Napoleon in my eyes. It is impossible to introduce you to a comprehensive and true Napoleon with the above words and understanding. As Soble, a famous French historian, said, "The history of Napoleon, like the history of the French Revolution, will never be completed and written completely. Generation after generation will constantly arouse people's thinking and stimulate people's enthusiasm. "