I Am Louis XIV

Louis' love for Marie has long since passed away, but little Luciano couldn't help but dislike him. Although he is too young to tell whether he is smart or not, he is responsive and strong. When the king's finger is held by him , You have to use force to pull it out. Unlike the father at this time, he is always willing to hold his son on his knees, and even change his clothes and feed him. This makes Mary have an illusion that the king is because she is this The mother of the child treats little Luciano so leniently. The attendants of the Mancini family and the king all agree not to remind her of this. Let her spend the rest of the day with such wonderful fantasies, at least for now. , Little Luciano needs such a mother.

Calais is a seaport city. Apart from lace and tulle, it is also a famous place for tourism and vacation. The most outstanding place here is gray sand beach and white sand beach. The scenery of white sand beach is undoubtedly better than gray sand beach. , but the king always prefers to linger on the gray sand beach, and Mary can't see why, but the officer accompanying the king knows that Calais is only ten miles away from the nearest port of England. They could even see Britain directly from here.

"How close." The king always murmured like this. When Dunkirk has also fallen into French hands, it is not surprising that he is so restless. The problem is that he thinks of those sad ships of the French navy. The ambition suddenly died down. Louis is not an idiot, of course he knows that the French navy is almost completely paralyzed-compared with the army, the appropriation needed by the navy is like the sea in front of you. Before the discovery of the New World, the people of Europa cared more about the size of their territory than the ocean. France was one step behind Spain, the United Kingdom, and even the Netherlands, and now the former is almost gone.

Louis probably calculated that to rebuild the navy, it may take more than ten Paris to fill in. France used to be the top of the countries, but the civil strife consumed most of its vitality. Now it is like a patient recovering from a serious illness. One of Louis's Decisions may speed up its recovery, or it may fall from it and never get up again - as the king gazes at Britain across a cobalt blue sea, a troop of dragoons is setting off from Paris, and the Queen Mother gets The news from Sweden did not surprise the Queen Mother, in fact, it was so late.

As we all know, there are many kings in Europe, and the battle between them—whether on the table or on the battlefield has never stopped. France has experienced two prime ministers in power. Although Louis XIII is a good Father is a good monarch, but it must also be said that his temperament is so gentle that he is a little weak, and he does not have much blood and sense of responsibility in his body. He entrusts the government affairs to Bishop Richelieu and his mother, while he indulges in hunting and hunting. In gambling, this situation continued until the birth of Louis XIV. Then there was Bishop Mazarin. It is understandable that he controlled government affairs, after all, Louis was only a young child at that time.

But this kind of behavior that the king must rely on his ministers to rule the country is not friendly to the king and his country. After all, whether it is Richelieu or Mazarin, even if they are powerful in France, they are not friendly to other countries. They are not kings after all. Although envoys from various countries compliment them, they do not know how many disgusting rumors they have made up in private, just like Queen Mother Anne and Mazaran The bishop could even be regarded as an enemy, and only worked so hard to cooperate for the sake of the king, yet it was rumored that they had an affair.

The situation did not improve even after Louis officially ruled, the king was too young, and he was known to be mild-tempered, and he had not signed a death sentence with blood on the tip of his pen-even Nicholas Fouquet's arrogance did not completely anger him. Some people are happy to see the king's calmness, while others think that the king is weak and deceitful-the previous royal wife was a trick played by the nobles. Obviously, They believe that a beautiful and passionate girl can seduce the king, take his love from the queen, and then share the power of the majesty, and even get permission to interfere in the government affairs, and even manage the entire country. Such things have not happened before, but the king The unexpected choice of an English woman blows their minds.

When the king was with Mary and their children in the palace, that is, a small building wrapped in grapes and roses, Mrs. La Vallière, as the king's lover, was in the castle of Boulogne. Accepting compliments from people, she is used to these dignitaries looking at and evaluating her as though she is nothing—she is a werewolf, even if she is not a werewolf, her hearing is far better than everyone here, so they think she listens She could hear what she couldn't say. Under the cover of the fan, Madame La Vallière showed a faint smile. They said that she had thick bones, like a peasant woman; How much education; and the fact that she acts like a man—these can't do Madame de La Vallière any harm, since she's heard it all the time when she's the Princess Henrietta's lady-in-waiting.

When she became a maid, people said this because they were jealous that an officer's daughter could also become a female officer, but now they are jealous that she can become the king's lover, a royal wife recognized by the royal family, and Lavalier knows it well Ming, of course she will not be shaken. Compared with the king's love, she certainly cares more about the forest promised by the king, that is, Wan Sen. There is a prison for important prisoners, and her people are arranged in the forest. There, they can not only run in the forest as giant wolves, but also get a stable income as the king's jailer, and also have a stable place to stay, which are what the werewolf group needs most.

Only occasionally, when she was walking on the city wall, or turning into a wolf under the bright moonlight, or running on the waves, she would involuntarily look in the direction of the king and Miss Mancini, and sometimes she even had delusions, I can smell the smell of the king - the king only sprays perfume when meeting ministers and balls, usually there is only clean water vapor on his body, and occasionally a light soapy smell. Although this smell is thin, it makes Ravalli Mrs. El recognized the King from the crowd at once.

Such strange emotions made her feel confused, but before she could analyze it thoroughly, the envoy, who was protected by a group of dragoons, arrived in Calais. He sent a letter from the queen mother to Louis from Paris, Among them was an original letter from the Count de Strade, the French ambassador in England.

Specifically, it was a letter of accusation - arising out of a trivial matter, or, in the eyes of the politically insensitive - the French ambassador and the French ambassador in front of the Swedish embassy in London The Spanish ambassador, the Baron of Waterville, was leaving the embassy at exactly the same time, and there was a quarrel as to who should go out the gates first, and there was no doubt that the French ambassador thought he should go ahead of all, while the Spanish ambassador Thinking the same way, it's funny that the Spanish ambassador is richer than the French ambassador—his valet sneaked out of the other wicket first, went to the tavern and recruited a group of English gangsters, and they rushed up, Hacked the horses in the French ambassador's carriage, wounded and drove away the attendants of the French ambassador, and then greeted the Spanish ambassador out of the embassy gate as if he were welcoming a king.

It is said that compared to the embarrassment of the French ambassador, the Spanish ambassador was like a hero who returned in triumph, surrounded by attendants in fresh clothes and angry horses, and walked through it amidst the cheers of the hired people. a whole street.

Is this really just a small thing? The king doesn't think so. He has been in power for less than a year. Whether at home or abroad, people are most familiar with the deceased Cardinal Mazarin, the Prime Minister of France instead of Louis XIV. A beautiful woman can manipulate the king, and the ministers headed by Fouquet think they can become the next Mazarin, and those kings are also looking forward to gaining a windfall from the young king—Charles II is like this The result is that Dunkirk directly became the possession of Louis XIV, but this matter will only make people laugh at the uselessness of Charles II. For this king who has not really shown his fangs, people There are always some stupid ideas that are not practical.

This incident was a temptation by Spain to France, perhaps because Philip IV believed that Princess Teresa, now the Queen of France, had given birth to a healthy heir for the king (and he should have heard about the king's love for the queen. Very respectful) wants Louis XIV to bow his head to his father-in-law, and it is also possible that he has heard about Dunkirk-of course France and Britain will not have a good relationship now, after all, Dunkirk is the throat of France , It is also a dagger in the face of the United Kingdom, and it was sold at such a low price. Both the British Parliament and Charles II should be dissatisfied. This is not the best time for Spain to surpass France.

Therefore, this seemingly small incident may involve more than four countries at the same time. Needless to say, Spain, of course, the United Kingdom is for Dunkirk. Although she could not become Queen of Naples because of her recklessness, as long as she is still there, she is a threat to her cousin, the King of Sweden and his descendants.

When the emissary met the king, the king was in front of a huge tapestry, which described an anecdote from the Battle of Crecy - when Britain and France fought at Calais, and Calais was besieged for a year For a long time, he had to surrender in 1346. In order to beg the British not to massacre the citizens in the city, six brave people volunteered as hostages and walked into the British barracks. It became a tapestry... The picture is not as lifelike as the current tapestry, exquisite and moving, with rigid portraits and dull eyes, but people can't help but respect what happened after this tapestry.

Speaking of which, Calais is also a place worthy of being boasted by the French. It has been taken away three times and retaken three times. The most recent time was to take it back from Spain in 1598, less than fifty years ago. Year.

The king's orders were soon sent back from Calais to Paris, and from Paris to England, Spain, and Sweden.

Of course, it is well known that France took a series of measures against Spain. Louis XIV first recalled the French ambassador to Madrid, and at the same time ordered the expulsion of the Spanish ambassador to Paris, interrupting the still in Flanders. Negotiations on the border between France and Spain, and sent envoys to inform King Philip IV of Spain in person that if he is unwilling to recognize the superiority of the French crown, if he does not formally apologize to the King of France in accordance with the etiquette, for the Spanish ambassador If the previous absurdity and arrogance were redeemed, France would not hesitate to start a new war with Spain.

Louis XIV said so, and he was doing so at the same time. In addition to recalling the French ambassador and expelling the Spanish ambassador, Prince Condé, who had recuperated for a period of time, was re-appointed as the commander of the army, leading an army of 50,000 people towards the undetermined The border moved. Obviously, once the war started, the Spanish king would either be forced to cede territory or lose his army. Philip IV could not afford either of these two situations. He hurriedly wrote a letter to his daughter, hoping that she could Mediated from it, although Queen Teresa was not so willing, she still went to meet the king who had just returned to Paris.

Under the queen's entreaty, Louis finally agreed to Philip IV's request. He received the Spanish envoys in front of envoys from various countries in the Palace of Fontainebleau, Earl Feentes, the Earl's representative Philip IV, admitted with difficulty under the eyes of everyone—the Spanish envoy will no longer compete with the French envoy—that is to say, Philip IV admitted that Spain was under France, and this humiliation caused the Spanish people a lot of pain For a long time, but as Louis XIV grew stronger and more glorious, such humiliation would continue for many years.

One thing to point out here is that in Europa, the king of France is indeed higher than the kings of other countries, because the race and throne of France are indeed older and more orthodox than others. Except for the emperor of the Holy Roman Empire, any king should be Retiring before the King of France is like the King of England can only be on the same level as the Dauphin of France, while the Queen Mother and Princess Henrietta of England must walk behind the Duchess of Montpensier, the Grand Princess of France, Only the kings of no country thought so, and they were always striving for equality before France.

No, it should be said, not only the state, but also the Roman Church.