From Corsica to the Fourth Rome

Standing in front of you now is:The most noble Governor of the Republic of Corsica, the Protector of the First French Empire, and the founder of the Fourth RomePatron of the All-Mediterranean Trade Routes, Dissolver of the Holy Roman Empire, Guardian of the Rome-Jerusalem Two Holy Lands, Life-long Guardian of the Holy SeeProfessor of Sinology at the University of Munich, destroyer of the Prussian Iron Army, president of the French Academy of Sciences, founder and first speaker of the European ParliamentThe man behind the French Revolution and a participant in the independence of the Thirteen ColoniesA close friend of the founding father of the United States, George Washington, a thorn in the side of Emperor Qianlong of the Qing Dynasty, and a rumored lover of Empress Catherine II.The promoter of the steam revolution and the initiator of the electrical revolution, the father of modern railways, the founder of modern physics, the sponsor of Watt, the sponsor of Mozart, and the partner of Gauss, the prince of mathematics.The inventor of the smallpox vaccine, the holder of 78 research patents, the world's richest man for half a century, and the leader of the times at the end of the 18th century, Mr. Laurence Bonaparte.————————Frederick the Great: "I once said that the only three monarchs in Europe who can be called wise and enlightened are me, Maria Theresa, and Carlo Emanuele. Now, I must mention the name of Laurence Bonaparte. Plus."Catherine II: "I see the shadow of Peter the Great in him."Ottoman Sultan Hamid I: "That man threatened me more than the Crusaders of all ages combined."Emperor Qianlong: "If this son is not eliminated, our Qing Dynasty will be under the cloud of the restoration of the previous dynasty."