How Is Napoleon Effective

Introduction
In this investigation I will be investigating Napoleon administration rather than his military tactics and strategy which he so famous was for. The question that will be researching will show Napoleon as a general but a governor. The question will be how was his policy makings and who did it affect, did the civil code have any effect on the army? And how did he dealt with his conquered nations.
Main Body
Napoleon is remembered as a great military commander but his tactics was no unknown there were many military theorist but Napoleon refined it but you must understand that he was an effective administrator because of his reforms like introduction the merit system back into the French system.
During the napoleon era the rest of Europe was still using the feudal system with means everything from job, income, house, in the army was all

determined by birth if you were farmer your life would have been difficult but if you were born into a noble family and you wanted to pursuit a military career it would have been much easier compared to a non-noble which was practically impossible to climb up the ladder in ranks. Before the French revolution the old system of government was called the ancien régime which was aristocratic system.
Napoleon established a civil code that lives on to this day across the world.

It made all people equal before the law regardless of whether someone was of royal blood or a peasant. Napoleon created the Grande Armée, which was made up of French citizens. French soldiers marching and fighting across Europe, spreading the ideas of the revolution.
Life under Napoleon’s regime was far better than people had under various other regimes. In Napoleonic influenced areas people were citizens no subjects. The people had some power over who was elected to government positions.
There are two reason why Napoleon couldn’t keep the old system first was that means the revolution would have been a failure which might have led to another revolution. So if he kept the old system with the old nobles in power then Napoleon would have faced more rebellions in his time as ruler. The second reason is that financially he could have maintained the army but it would not have been the same because with the civil code the commanders of the army could come from non-noble birth with this the commanders and generals were based on skill and

merit.
As Napoleon conquered nations, Napoleon instead of openly annexing the lands and have a central government to rule he instead placed his relatives in power and made them a satellite state. A satellite state is a country that is independent but the reality is it is under heavy political, economic and military influence or control of another country.
Conclusion
In conclusion, Napoleon’s administration where the merit system was implemented was better that most of other countries in Europe at that time. This allowed him to have the best commanders and generals which are based on the merit and skill not their status or family name. It affect all of the people of France and the whole of Europe because later on many countries would adopt this system of government in the upcoming years. If he kept the old system where everything is determined by birth then I believe that napoleon armies would have been crush because of incompetent military leaders. In napoleon’s army the generals are battle harden and so even if the army was strong but the leadership was terrible napoleon would have been defeated long before the invasion of Russia. The way that he dealt with the defeated nation would have be a family member in control over that nation so basically a puppet state.