Napoleon III attached great importance to religion as a spiritual weapon.

Pay attention to utilization without being subject to the church.

He hoped to win over the church to free the majority of Catholics from the orthodox factions and to win the official candidates of the priests and farmers affected by them. In addition, the government also hoped to expand the social and spiritual influence of religion to fight revolutionary propaganda. To this end, the emperor worked hard to form an alliance with the Catholic Church, support the Catholic Church, and give the church a series of privileges: the cardinal became a member of the Senate, and the religious budget increased year by year, 39.5 million francs in 1852 and 46 million francs in 1859, while the education funding during the same period decreased from 23 million francs to 21 million francs; by 1868, the religious budget had accounted for 10% of the total national budget, about 20 times the education funding of the same year.

.The priests enjoy generous material treatment. The church also enjoys the right to association and newspapers and publications. Under the emperor, religious groups such as the nuns increased exponentially. The number of nuns increased from 34,200 in 1851 to 89,200 in 1861. By the end of the empire, there was one priest in every 730 residents. The church schools increased from 1,277 in 1850 to 3,038 in 1863. The church was not only protected by the government, but also funded by the ruling class: in the nine years between 1852 and 1860, the church income donations were 62% of the total of the first half century. These priests, known as "black bandits", flooded schools, institutions, rural areas, and cities, and became a powerful spiritual pillar of the rule of Napoleon III.

It is also why Deputras was able to obtain the ship of God - the whole of France was shrouded in religious fanaticism deliberately triggered by Napoleon III.

When the banquet ended and I was walking back to the consulate, Deputras said to Bourbron: "Mr., please let me go to Guangdong to see it. I don't want to miss any opportunity to spread the light of God."

Zhao Kuo was no longer in Huizhou. In order to siege Guangzhou, he led the banner into Dongguan. Many generals were sent to Foshan, headed by Zhu Qingzheng, to lead the Tiandihui Uprising.

The mood is extremely bad now. One is that a British warship ignores the statement that the navy blocked the waters of Guangdong's outer waters and slid around the city with great power. This is simply a naked imperialist hegemony interferes in internal affairs! Second, because the geology of Guangdong City is not good, it is extremely difficult to dig tunnels. If it is not done well, it will collapse and bury people inside. Third, Ye Mingchen is extremely fierce to the rebels. He organized training in the city, such as unemployed vagrants, and even scholars are recruited to defend at the top of the city. The walls of Guangzhou are high and strong, and are completely different from Guilin and Shaozhou. He suffered heavy casualties after just one month of siege.

When the mountain god sighed on the high platform of Dongguan's coachman's mansion, his subordinates reported: Some foreigners are asking for a visit.

"I want to see you, what's the matter? Are you here to quarrel again?" Zhao Kuo sneered. In order to prevent foreigners from interfering, he even used a deposit to purchase a large amount of goods from Hong Kong foreigners, trying to use the debtor's identity to gain the creditor's favor. However, foreigners also learned to sell everything to him, and they did not gain diplomatic status at all. Because the debtor's fall, foreigners could even hack the deposit.

"Who?"

"Professing himself to the French Minister Bourbron..."

"What is the minister selling? The minister... the minister... the minister... the minister!!!!!" Zhao Kuo straightened his body as if he was electrocuted, his eyes wide open as if they were as big as a copper bell, and then he rushed out.

In the history of this world, in Deputras' personal memoir, although when they first met Zhao Kuo, both sides had not had time to speak, his eyes were blurred in tears, because after seeing them, the general immediately knelt down at the small church left by Luo Xiaoquan in the yard. With tears in his face, he knelt down and shouted: "God, you have not abandoned me!"

【Author’s Note】

In real history, the French mission entered Tianjing in September 1853, and I took a few months in advance.

This is because the Garcini cannot leave because it is necessary to protect many Shanghai targets.

However, in history, Gassini also left Shanghai to Macau for ship repair and maintenance, so it was very easy for them to come to Guangdong.

Of course, if a strange Taiping Army appeared in Guangdong, the French and British who were enthusiastic about religion would come to see it, it would be very likely.

The only difference is the question of whether the French go to Nanjing first or Guangdong first.

There was no Tiandihui uprising, which was maintained by favorable factors such as the Taiping Army's military discipline and system, as well as combat experience command, and the besiege of Guangzhou for 230 days. With such abundant time, it would not be a key issue to go to Nanjing or Guangdong first.

There will be no order inversion or a small time difference, which will lead to a situation where one party is finished
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