When Napoleon was the enemy of the whole European continent, why were both defeats exiled rather than executed?

At home, he suppressed the rebellion of the reactionary forces many times and promulgated the Napoleon Code; abroad, he led his army to break the anti-French alliance formed by Britain, Prussia, Austria, Russia and other countries, won more than 50 large-scale battles, and dealt a heavy blow to the feudal systems of European countries. defended the achievements of the French Revolution. Napoleon abdicated in 1814 and was exiled to the island of Elba. After the establishment of the hundred-Day Dynasty in 1815, he was again defeated by Waterloo and was exiled. Why was Napoleon exiled twice? why didn't the anti-French alliance kill Napoleon directly?

When Napoleon abdicated for the first time, his reputation in France was still high, and his execution would arouse a strong reaction from the French people, because Napoleon was not only the leader of the French, but also the spiritual leader at that time. If Napoleon dies at the hands of anti-French coalition forces, then there will be large-scale riots in France. For the anti-French alliance, as long as Napoleon does not let him stir up trouble, then he is almost dead, but at least it can guarantee that there will be no large-scale riots in France. So they would rather waste food in captivity than kill Napoleon directly.

When he abdicated for the second time, his situation was much more dangerous, and everyone could see that he was a disaster. After sneaking out of Elba for three months, hundreds of thousands of people lost tens of thousands of pounds because of his death or injury. At this time, there were many people who wanted to kill him, such as Louis XVIII, who was frightened, and Blucher, who had been beaten out of his mind by Napoleon. But there are also many people who oppose killing him. For example, the Duke of Wellington also opposed the killing of Napoleon. As the natural nemesis of Napoleon's French army, Wellington painted all the famous generals from the boss to the following, and his prestige in the anti-French alliance was unparalleled. Now that Wellington had spoken, everyone pretended to have a discussion and decided to send Napoleon to a lonely island in the Atlantic Ocean to drink the northwest wind.

Why would Wellington want to protect Napoleon? in fact, there is a little secret between them.

Time to return to the war-torn battlefield of Waterloo. At that time, the commander of the Anglo-Dutch coalition was Wellington, and his second hand was count Enbridge, commander of the cavalry. It was a shame to make count Enbridge Wellington's deputy. Why? Because it was his number one deputy, count Enbridge, who had had trouble with his brother's wife, and Wellington was humiliated by a big scandal. At this time, the British government made the most abusive military arrangement in history, combining Wellington and Enbridge into the chief and deputy of the key battlefield, which made everyone embarrassed to death.

Stills of Wellington (right) and Enbridge (left)

But at the end of the battle, when the Anglo-Dutch coalition forces were about to win, a shell whizzed over and shot Enbridge's leg off. Wellington was sympathetic on the surface, but the psychological coke was broken. Napoleon was a great man. He depended on him for his promotion and fortune, and on him to abolish his own great enemy. It is full of affection for Napoleon.

Well, when Napoleon was in trouble, Wellington was the first to reach out and give his brother a hand, and Napoleon went to St. Helena alive with the cannonball. Count Enbridge also survived, except for a missing leg. As a shameless representative, the leg became his show-off capital, and he waved his thigh bones to boast that he had received more shells than others had eaten and was widely admired. At last the leg was worshipped and became a symbol of the bad taste of the British.