Merit, as well as birth, now counts for something. Yet, for all this, the French people have freedom, as Napoleon has used credit gained by his victories to remake France. His efforts to secure good marriages for his brothers and marshals are dynastic politics that Bourbon kings would have grasped instantly. Behind all the Imperial façade and republican sentiments, France is once again an absolute monarchy, now ruled by Emperor Napoleon I.
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