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A New Biography of Napoleon
Napoleon is an unavoidable historical figure in modern Europe: he came from a poor family on an island. He rode the wave of the French Revolution from artillery lieutenant to emperor, established the Napoleonic Code that influenced the global civil law system, single-handedly rewrote the European map, ascended the throne twice and abdicated twice, and ended his life on an island in the ocean. Over the past two hundred years, a large number of biographies, memoirs and historical monographs have b
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Border Cao Order
In the autumn of the first year of Qingli, the Song Dynasty was at war with Xia Dynasty. The city of Yanzhou was in danger, food and grass were in short supply, and the crossbows were running out. An expedited imperial edict fell on the shoulders of Chen Yan, a ninth-level official in the water transport case of the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Affairs. Within fifteen days, thousands of stones of grain and grass, and fifty sets of crossbow accessories were transported from Bianliang to Ya
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