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Who Controls Ups and Downs: The Third World War (Closed Volume) Chapter 230 Louvre

After "Charles the Good King" built an important library and became famous, Francois I in the 16th century began to collect various works of art on a large scale. In the period of Louis XIII and Louis XIV, the Louvre Museum The collection is quite substantial.By the eve of Louis XIV's death, the Louvre had become a place where paintings and sculptures of all kinds were regularly exhibited.

On August 1793, 8, the Louvre Museum of Art officially opened to the public and became a museum.Since then, the collection here has continued to grow, not to mention that Napoleon collected 10 pieces from the conquered countries, divided into many categories, from ancient Egyptian, Greek, Etruscan, Roman art , to artworks from various countries in the East; there are sculptures from the Middle Ages to modern times; there are also an astonishing number of royal treasures and fine paintings.So far, the Louvre has become a world-renowned art palace. "

As soon as he entered the Louvre, Chiang Kai-shek could see a huge arch. The tour guide said, "Look, this is the famous arena arch. The top was removed."

After a while, they walked to the Ancient Egypt Museum, which is the museum with the smallest collection in the Louvre. The tour guide continued to introduce, "Dear guests, although there are only 350 collections in this museum, almost all of them are fine works collected from Egypt. After Napoleon launched the Egyptian campaign, a large number of French archaeologists arrived in Egypt. While doing excellent research on Egyptian culture, they collected a large number of Egyptian cultural relics. There are 2600-year-old human head statues in this museum, and the Aten Temple in Lower Egypt and the mummies stolen at the risk of 'Pharaoh's Curse'. Please see, this is the beard of the famous Sphinx. Back then, Napoleon's army even deliberately transported the famous Sphinx back to the country , but suffered from too large size, and finally cut off the beard of the Sphinx and brought it back to France. And this is the three most famous collections of the Louvre. Because they are all related to women, they are called "three "Woman" treasures, they are the smile of Mona Lisa, Venus with a broken arm and the sculpture of the goddess of victory. This is the statue of Venus, which was originally bought by a Turkish businessman when it was unearthed in Milo Island, Greece. But a French warship moored there rushed to hear the news, and as a result, Venus lost his arms forever in the struggle."

After watching the Egyptian Museum, we came to the Oriental Art Museum.What came into view were 5 "Winged Cow Body Statues", which the tour guide said were captured by the French from Hersabad in Iraq in the mid-19th century.Because it is an oriental cultural relic, everyone was very interested. Suddenly Chiang Kai-shek was attracted by a dark, seemingly inconspicuous 2-meter-high basalt. The rock body is densely packed with ancient characters. Is this also a cultural relic?

The blond-haired tour guide looked surprised, "Dear guest, this is the first written code in human history - the "Code of Hammurabi". It was obtained from Ottoman Turkey."

Finally came to the long-awaited China Pavilion.Pushing open the door, everyone was shocked inside.This is called a museum!Palace furnishings such as bronzes, ceramics, jade ruyis, clocks, golden pagodas, golden bells, and jade chimes are everywhere.There are also exquisite works of art such as porcelain, lacquerware, jade, ivory carvings, enamel, cloisonné, coral, amber, agate, crystal, gemstones, court beads, wood carvings, etc., which are really dazzling.

The first thing that catches the eye is a giant jade mountain.According to the tour guide, this jade mountain weighs 640 pounds and contains green and white jade, which can emit a cool gray-green luster. It is carved into a jade mountain with high peaks and deep valleys.There are pavilions and houses exposed under the rock, several groups of relief figures on the path and the ridge below, and a pond surrounded by lilies in front of the house.On the wide and smooth part of a cliff on the mountain, there is engraved with the "Lanting Preface" written by Wang Xizhi with the imperial pen of Emperor Qianlong, painted in red.This exquisite jade sculpture is one of the largest surviving works in the world.

A huge stupa is placed in a prominent position next to it, about 2 meters high, gilded bronze, with emeralds inlaid on all layers of the whole body, and the top of the pagoda is the sun, moon, umbrella and three treasures, representing the most ideal heaven in Buddhism , The sun and the moon are inlaid with huge emeralds.There is a Buddhist niche in the semicircle in the middle, in which is a statue of Sakyamuni, with natural shape and exquisite casting art.The lower square has a lion supporting the shape of the entire tower.

A pair of bronze carved dragons are placed on the left and right sides of the golden pagoda. The tour guide said that these are placed in front of the emperor's throne in the Zhengda Guangming Hall of the Yuanmingyuan.In front of the golden pagoda, there are a pair of gold-plated weaves and a cloisonné unicorn.These two gilt chime bells are two of a set of sixteen bells in the Anyou Palace in the Yuanmingyuan, but unfortunately the other fourteen are lost.This cloisonne unicorn has a round body, a lifelike head, long ears, short limbs, and a cute shape.It is said that it was favored by Queen Eugenie at that time, and this unicorn was once placed in her original Tuileries palace room.

A huge cloisonné chandelier hangs from the ceiling, and below it is a huge theropod cloisonné box.According to analysis, this should be the utensils used to place ice cubes and fruits in the Qingyan Palace in Jiuzhou.There are huge cloisonné offerings between the cabinets in the museum, the incense burner in the middle, and the candlesticks and vases placed symmetrically on both sides.Such a large cloisonné is rare in China, and it should be an art treasure in the Qianlong period. These five offerings all have circular patterns, and the colors are jade blue, yellow green, emerald green, agate red and bright yellow.

There are several rosewood glass cabinets and corner cabinets, which contain various art treasures looted from the Yuanmingyuan.The placement is not categorized and is disorganized.Just place them according to the size of the space and the weight of the objects.

Jade wares include jade pots, jade bowls, jade tripods, jade washers, jade sculptures, jade insert screens, etc. These jade wares are made of fine materials and fine workmanship, making them the finest jade wares.Some jade screens are engraved with gold-decorated emperor's imperial poems.Some jade washers and jade boxes also bear the names of scenic spots, such as Huifang Academy and Gengyun Hall.There is a jade wash, the jade material itself is very rare, coupled with the exquisite carving work, it should be the top grade among jade wares.This jade wash is amber, with patterns and oval shape.Four half-naked boys were trying to climb up the edge of the brush wash. Their heads were round and shiny, and their small eyes showed a sly look through their eyelids.The chubby body is full of vitality.This jade wash and a children's play pen holder in the Forbidden City collection seem to be two pieces in a set of stationery.There is also a white jade pen holder with vivid figures and tree trunks and flowing water, expressing a profound artistic conception.

Porcelain is the largest category in the museum's collection.There are bowls, jars, jugs, bottles, plates, porcelain plastic and so on.There is a tea-glazed dragon-ear pot with beautiful shape and pure glaze color, which can be called a treasure of the same kind of porcelain.There is a large blue and white bowl with soft lines and a thick body, and the sound of hitting is loud.The ring-shaped bottom is not decorated, and the patterns are light and dark. The blue and white have many small hydrogenation points, which are slightly dipped and mixed with the glaze color.The inner wall is a pattern of branches, the outer wall is a leaf decoration, and the branches are alternated with flowers and fruits, and each branch is different and forms a bunch.The leaf decoration is more delicate, wrapping the entire outer wall with continuous flowing water patterns.The main body of the outer wall is painted with six lotus flowers, as well as buds and lotus leaves as a foil.

There are also two colorful plates from the Kangxi period among the porcelain, which are placed on the table of the museum.The two multicolored plates are relatively large in size, and the patterns on them are based on the stories of the Water Margin or the Three Kingdoms. The characters, war horses, and scenery are very vivid, and the layout of the patterns is also quite unique.Most of the porcelain is Kangxi five-color and Qianlong pastel, and a Qianlong pastel hollowed out hexagonal bottle is particularly eye-catching.Another thousand-flower pot is even rarer. The body of the pot is painted with various flower patterns, which are infinitely varied and arranged in a random order.Plum blossoms, chrysanthemums, lotuses, peonies, etc. are painted all over the body of the pot.Although these flowers are connected together, due to the light and shade of the glaze color, these flowers are all perfect.In addition, there are many porcelain sculptures in the museum, including figures of the Eight Immortals.

Although there are not many lacquer products, there are many high-quality goods.One of the red lacquer boxes was quite finely carved.The pattern is a picture of a game of Baizi, with different expressions throughout the body, and the lines of buildings, flowers, trees, stones, etc. are soft and vivid.The overall layout is coordinated and echoes each other, telling too many stories in a very small space.Some of the hundred children played games, some danced and sang, and some played hide-and-seek.

The most eye-catching gold and silver products are a pair of gold pots and a gold manza.This pair of gold pots has ruyi patterns all over the body.One of the jar ears has fallen off.This pair of gold jars shows how extravagant the furnishings in the Old Summer Palace were at that time.There are many small cloisonné products, such as basins, bottles, cans, etc. According to analysis, the patterns on a pair of cloisonné pots are the pictures of ladies drawn by Lang Shining.

Jewelry and small pieces of jade are mainly placed in glass cabinets in the hall.One of the large rosary beads also has a story.Generally, there are 108 court beads, but this string of beads is 154. This is a string of emperor's court beads and two strings of queen's hanging beads strung together by General Montauban to Queen Eugenie.But she didn't expect that she was not happy, because she had already heard that all the pockets of these military officers on the expedition to China were full of gold, silver and jewels, and Queen Eugenie complained that she was only given such gifts.So Montauban decided to send her another three carts of gifts (seven carts in total).

Just as everyone was lingering, Chiang Kai-shek closed his eyes and said lightly, "Let's go!" Danz who was accompanying him was a little surprised.

"Your Excellency, the Louvre has specially mobilized cultural relics from several other museums for you to visit. Many of them are not open to the public at all. Aren't you satisfied? There is also a specially vacated museum next to it. More exquisite and precious cultural relics, why don't we go there first!"

"No need!" Chiang Kai-shek said lightly, "I just saw the greed and shamelessness of the French. If I put it here, it would only shame France, so I packed everything and sent it back to China."

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Who Controls Ups and Downs: The Third World War (Closed Volume) Chapter 230, The Last Supper

In addition to the plundering of artworks, Chiang Kai-shek also generously distributed a large number of bonuses to his men.These bonuses were Chiang Kai-shek's rewards to his subordinates.A large number of Chinese soldiers carrying French francs began to wander the streets of Paris.When these soldiers faced the dazzling array of goods in the merchandise window with a large amount of cash, a crazy big purchase began.They rushed to all the shops that were still open, frantically buying what they needed, including perfume, cosmetics, clothes, socks and hats, while other soldiers rushed to the opera house and cinema to watch the world-famous Parisian movies and opera.

The most exaggerated ones are the purchasing groups of relatives and friends of senior military officers, perhaps for the sake of currying favor or showing off.In short, Chiang Kai-shek personally went out and organized a group of wives of senior military officers. Almost all wives and young ladies above the general level were invited.The men were flown to Paris on a chartered plane escorted by fighter jets.

As soon as these ladies arrived in Paris, they started working immediately before their buttocks settled down. It can be said that women are far more interested in shopping than they are in other things.Especially in the face of so many commodities and enough money, this kind of hysterical behavior is even more obvious.Under the gracious leadership of the French tour guide, they swept across the large and small department stores and cosmetics stores throughout the city of Paris like locusts.

After a while, large and small packages appeared in the hands of orderlies and bodyguards following these ladies, including: perfumes, furs, cosmetics, leather bags, hats and women's underwear.The sheer number left everyone speechless.

In the end, Chiang Kai-shek had to send a large number of trucks and nearly a company of soldiers to pack and transport these things away.Of course, this move was also criticized by most people.They agreed that the guy was messing around.However, Guan Xuqing, who was in Beijing, did not criticize this incident. He just telegraphed Chiang Kai-shek to let him pay more attention to the safety of these ladies.

"Please bring me another glass of champagne!" Chiang Kai-shek whispered to the French waiter standing aside, and soon the flat-bottomed crystal glass was gradually filled with this golden yellow liquid.

"Hehe! Jieshi, you will get drunk if you drink too much!" Soong Meiling, who was sitting opposite Chiang Kai-shek, looked at her husband with a smile, and gently separated a pile of black truffles with a knife.

"I'm happy!" Chiang Kai-shek took the cup, took a sip gracefully, and said, "I'm really happy that you can come here. How is Jingguo?" his wife's arm.

Song Meiling let her husband hold her arm and continued: "Jing Guo is very good, and he can already speak a lot of English words. It's just that you, a father, haven't come to see him, and he probably won't recognize you in the future."

"Hehe! I can't help it. Who told me to be busy." Chiang Kai-shek stretched out five fingers and clasped Soong Meiling's wrist tightly. "What did you buy this morning?"

"It's nothing, it's just some portable things." Soong Meiling said lightly, "It's just that I bought a set of underwear for 3000 francs!

"Ah! 3000 francs?" Chiang Kai-shek touched his bald head: "Where is it, I want to see it."

"Hey!" Song Meiling quietly got rid of her husband's restless claws, and then gave him an ambiguous look: "It's on me..."

While Chiang Kai-shek and the others were making crazy big purchases in the city of Paris, other Chinese troops did not stop.They marched in neat steps through the suburbs of Paris to the south of France, where much land remained unconquered and the French government had not surrendered.

On the day the Dragon Army entered Paris, the frightened French government decided to go south again and retreat to Bordeaux.Soldiers set fire to several gasoline depots on the outskirts of Tours and again burned some important government materials.But they did not destroy several important arsenals near Tours and the famous Renault factory.This has brought unexpected joy to the Chinese, because for them, the latter is far more important than the former.

British Prime Minister Winston Churchill realized that French organized resistance had entered its final stages and that the French war chapter was drawing to a close.In the next step, the Chinese will launch an attack on Britain.At this time, neither Churchill nor the other ministers of the British cabinet had any hope that France could win, but in order to make a final effort, he decided to go to France again.

On the 6th and 15th, he took his special plane and came to France again to participate in the last joint meeting of the coalition forces in the French campaign.Before the plane landed, Churchill noticed the change in Tour.The airport had just been bombed by Chinese bombers the day before, and the runway was empty, with no refueling trucks, no ground crew, not even an air controller.

To the disappointment of Churchill and his party, there was no one in Tours City Hall, where the French government is located.Hungry British people had to drive around the city by themselves, hoping to find some restaurants to fill their stomachs.

After the meal, the British came to Tours City Hall.French Minister of the Interior Mandel is working intensely there. He is already the only person in the French government who still insists on continuing to fight.Soon, de Gaulle and some people from the government also arrived one after another, and the meeting began.

At the beginning, de Gaulle tentatively proposed to Churchill, if faced with the worst situation, would the British government be able to lift the obligation of "neither party shall negotiate a separate peace" in the treaty signed between France and the United Kingdom on March 3?The reason why de Gaulle said this is obviously the influence of the continuous noise of Gan Molin and Pétain.At the same time, it also shows that De Gaulle's mentality is changing.

After discussing with his entourage, Churchill gave the British government's answer: "We cannot agree to release France from its obligations. However, we will not and cannot blame France no matter what happens. This is different from agreeing to France not fulfilling its promises. After a pause, Churchill continued: "I think the best way to prevent China from continuing to attack is to persuade Spain, Australia and Canada to join us. I think we should continue to appeal to them and let them join us." War. After all, they are still at the same pace as us to some extent." After speaking, Churchill glanced at de Gaulle, and then at the other people present.

"I agree with you!" De Gaulle replied immediately: "But judging from the current situation, they will not help us much. In my opinion, it is impossible for these countries to declare war on China. Let’s declare war.” After speaking, De Gaulle shook his head: “Take our France as an example, this battle will end sooner or later. Those countries see it very clearly, so they will not be so stupid as to jump into the fire pit! "Speaking of which, de Gaulle looked up at Churchill. Obviously, this guy's face was very gloomy.He continued to say lightly: "Of course, although we will continue to fight, at least we will continue to fight until the battle is over."

"Hey!" Churchill stood up abruptly when he heard what de Gaulle said.Although he hadn't wanted to say this so far, he couldn't help it anymore when he heard de Gaulle's words.Because he has already heard the meaning of this sentence clearly.That is, France is ready to surrender, ready to abandon Britain and surrender.

"When will you cease fighting with the Chinese?" Churchill said loudly, his arms began to swing wildly: "How much time do we have before you force an armistice? One day? One week? Ten days? Or more?" After a pause, he pointed to de Gaulle's nose and continued: "Here, I would like to warn you that once France ceases war alone, the British blockade of Europe will inevitably affect all French ports, including the North Sea, the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea, so I invite you You think about it. At that time, there may be some conflicts, and then we will regard your army as an enemy, and if your army acts hostile to us, then we will be in a state of war."

"Ha ha!" Hearing Churchill's threat, de Gaulle laughed: "War? We have already lost. I don't care about one more enemy. If this is really the case, I have nothing to say." After finishing speaking, he sighed heavily He breathed a sigh of relief, and then continued: "I'm not afraid to tell you that my political life has come to an end, and I'm expected to be kicked out in two days. At that time, whether or not your UK will declare war with France, it's up to me how to declare war. "After he finished speaking, he sighed heavily.

De Gaulle's words were obviously beyond the other party's expectations.As a result, the negotiations reached a stalemate. This deadlock lasted for more than an hour. By 1:5 in the afternoon, the meeting still had not made any progress.In the end, the two sides only agreed that even if France withdraws from the war, British soldiers in the French area will still be able to move freely. At that time, the French will guarantee their personal safety and send them out of France when necessary.

After the talks, de Gaulle persuaded Churchill to attend the French cabinet meeting held in Cange Castle, but Churchill coldly rejected him.Because he didn't want to face so many capitulationists.He left France on June 6 on his own plane.For him, this is also the last stay in France.

Saturday, June 6, at 20 o'clock sharp.The first cabinet meeting in Bordeaux was held on time.The meeting had not been held for long, and at one point a violent quarrel broke out between the head of government and the Allied Commander-in-Chief.In view of the fact that the French army had been defeated, de Gaulle asked Gamelin to learn from the Dutch precedent, that is, the army alone ceased war with China, and the French government would move to North Africa and lead the navy and air force to continue fighting.

Who rules the ups and downs: The Third World War (closed volume) Chapter 230 and the emperor's decision

"The army surrendered alone? Thank you for thinking of such a reason. You are really whimsical!" After listening to De Gaulle's suggestion, Gan Molin jumped out immediately. "What you are doing is damaging the honor of our French Army and splitting France's national defense. Therefore, I firmly oppose it!" Gan Molin yelled at de Gaulle.

"Then I'll replace you!" The current de Gaulle was completely irritated by the other party's arrogance.He also jumped up, pointing his arm straight at the other's forehead and shouting loudly: "I will immediately issue an order in the name of the French President. You, Gan Molin, have been relieved of all duties. Please leave immediately .” After finishing speaking, he waved his hand and made a gesture of seeing off the guests.

"Hahaha!" Gan Molin suddenly laughed loudly. "De Gaulle, your thinking is too simple. You can't decide to dismiss me alone, but you must get the consent of the French Parliament." After a pause, he continued: "The relationship between a monarch and a president There is no similarity between them, because the former can legally claim to represent a country and can quickly remove a certain person, while the latter, he does not have that much power. Moreover, once the head of the French government steps down, he will be very It will be replaced by someone else, and will be quickly forgotten." After speaking, Gan Molin sat down again, looked at the other party with provocative eyes, and the meeting was suddenly cold.

Just when the situation was deadlocked, Deputy Prime Minister Camille Chaudang stood up and made a suggestion: "I think France should ask China about the conditions of the truce, instead of directly asking for an armistice." After he got down and looked at the reactions of the people, fortunately, no one jumped out to criticize this proposal, so he continued: "If we directly ask for an armistice. In that case, the armistice conditions proposed by China will definitely be very harsh. Harsh enough to let It is difficult for people to accept. In this way, we can use this opportunity in turn to unite those French who have gradually lost confidence and make the people accept the government’s behavior of leaving the mainland to fight in North Africa.” Although, he said relatively High-sounding, but also very deceptive, so as soon as Xiao Dang's words came out, he immediately won the approval of many people.After all, this kind of centrist approach is still good from the current point of view.But everyone ignores the fact that where is the bottom line for harsh treaties?Is it not to cede land?Or just admit defeat?This is a question worth considering.

Therefore, as soon as Xiao Dang's words came out, he was immediately opposed by de Gaulle: "I must point out that inquiring about the conditions of an armistice is the same as asking for an armistice."

Seeing that the people present were happily talking about the bottom line of the French negotiations, de Gaulle stood up again and poured cold water on everyone, "With our current situation, as long as we start to seek negotiations, we can't retreat, we can only talk , and as long as this matter is announced, the remaining morale of the army and the people will be completely lost. So I absolutely disagree!" De Gaulle hit the nail on the head with one sentence.

But most of the MPs did not listen to de Gaulle.Obviously, Xiao Dang's proposal is more in line with their appetite.So de Gaulle had no choice but to propose a voting system to make the final decision on this matter.Soon, in a vote, 13 ministers endorsed the proposal.Only six ministers opposed or abstained.obviously.The French appear to be in favor of the proposal.