I Am Louis XIV

The young king's blatant arrogance certainly caused unease and anger in some countries, but more tentacles from the conspiracy were withdrawn as if nothing had happened - I mean, as if it hadn't been there, Ambassador of France After returning to Spain, the Spanish ambassador came to Paris again. They were also full of people, but the former were mostly complimenters, while the latter’s guests wanted to test the attitude of the Spaniards. Will this be the case? In fact, it can only be forgotten. At least during this period, people may accuse the French king of being too reckless, but this is what Philip IV of Spain worried about-Spain began to decline half a century ago, The navy it was once proud of has been crumbling under the blows of the Portuguese and the Dutch. Bishop Richelieu once leased forty warships from Spain, but returned them to Spain before they were used. Of course, it was not because of the sudden war. Disappeared, but because the forty warships were old and lacking major generals, which disappointed the cardinal. Afterwards, he sent spies to find out whether it was the intention of the king of Spain or the embarrassment of Spain. The answer is The latter - thirty years later, the situation in Spain has only gotten worse. They ushered in one defeat after another when they fought against the Portuguese, and they were unable to fight on two fronts at all, and they were still fighting against the Prince of Condé. This is why Louis is so bold.

This can be said to be the first game that Louis made in the country-to-country changes. He has no experience as a king, so the bet this time is not without danger. Not only Spain does not want to go to war, but neither does Louis. If it is true In the event of a war, this greedy gold-eating beast will greatly delay his reform time—with the power and majesty brought by this success, the king's finance minister Colbert quickly promulgated several laws, and the king's Supervisors once again appeared in the territories of the lords. Their most important job was to ensure that these officials and lords could pay the due taxes truthfully and in a timely manner, and to monitor them so that they would not transfer some unnecessary taxation regulations to the On the king—some people did this, and those ignorant commoners didn’t know who they really should curse. Seeping into all parts of France, this income will further increase, which makes Louis breathe a sigh of relief. After all, the silver and gold in the treasury during this period are like flowing water. As soon as it comes in here, it will flow away there. He also had to borrow money from the queen mother, the king's brother, and the Duchess of Montpensier. This situation is really disturbing.

The king's policy undoubtedly harmed the interests of many people. They did not dare to do anything to the king, but they dared to point fingers and slander Colbert. Count d'Artagnan and Philip, Duke of Orleans, both reported to the king. Some nobles secretly insulted and slandered the words and actions of this important minister—the most important target was the background of this minister. He was just a cloth merchant at first, not as good as Nicolas Fouquet, who also vaguely became a A character who was isolated by the dignitaries, when D'Artagnan reported to the king, he was surprised to find that the king didn't care about it, "There are still people who challenge this lord to a duel." Count D'Artagnan said, he It’s no different than those people outside. There are very few people who can be trusted by the king. He considers himself one of them, and Colbert is undoubtedly one of them. Given the king’s tolerance, these people will not be easily abandoned as long as they don’t make big mistakes. .

"Paris has not allowed duels for a long time," the king said lightly: "if someone does this, my captain, I allow you to arrest them immediately." Waiting to be filled - the prison at Wansen will only be used to detain serious criminals, and the werewolves will guarantee that even vampires will not be able to easily break through their defenses. For example, Amon is just like a joke. Waiting to be taken away would never happen again - and then, if there were more serious crimes committed, the king's gallows and guillotine awaited them.

The king had been waiting for Colbert to complain to him, but the tough cloth merchant didn't do that, so one evening, when the king was about to have dinner, he called Colbert, half a joke, half It is to ask him seriously what kind of reward and protection he wants... After thinking for a while, Colbert said, if possible, wait until the things entrusted to him by the king really develop as they expected, then he will ask the king to pay for it. His three daughters officiated at the marriage, which made Louis laugh: "Well," said he, "I don't think I'll have a few golden arrows in my quiver."

"Marriage is originally a solemn contract, and love is just a frivolous game." Colbert said.

"Then what kind of son-in-law do you want?"

"I want them to be of noble birth."

Such an answer really made the king puzzled, "You know that they are the ones who slander and despise you, so how can your children be happy?"

"It is precisely because they humiliated me that I want to make them feel remorse. Nothing can hit me harder than this. They laugh at me, but they want to marry my daughter. Their offspring will inevitably inherit my blood. People who think I'm just a cloth merchant end up curtseying to my grandsons and granddaughters."

"It's really embarrassing," said Louie, "I don't think I can say yes to you now."

"I know, Your Majesty," Colbert said, "I swear I won't force it, but please look at me, if I can achieve results that satisfy you, then I will demand such a reward."

"Well," said Louis, "as long as you can do it." He could even award Colbert a knighthood.

Colbert got the king's promise and left contentedly. Louis went to see the queen. He has been sleeping with the queen almost all the time these days, not to have a second child as soon as possible (most people think so), It’s just that if he doesn’t do this, I’m afraid that Queen Teresa will fall into endless melancholy. This is what the queens of this era fear most. The kings of Europa can be said to be relatives by marriage, whether they are far or near, But they don't think about their sisters, wives, or daughters when they go to war, and a woman who is a queen is the most unfortunate, because she can't abandon her mother country (even if she does, others may not believe it) Unable to face her husband and his country, she is married off to her home country but an untrustworthy foreigner to the country to which she must be loyal.

Even if Queen Teresa had already given birth to the eldest son for Louis, didn't you see that the Queen Mother took the little prince away and didn't let her raise it herself?

But today, Mrs. La Vallière sent a basket of fragrant roses. Although the queen was very unhappy when she saw them, she graciously gave up to the king. The king saw that it was the king who brought the roses. The queen mother's maid also guessed that the queen mother was dissatisfied with his stay with the queen recently, and was urging him to stay with Madame La Vallière. It stands to reason that Madame La Vallière should be more favored than the queen. In order to make the French feel at ease.

It can be said that the king went to Madame Lavallière, dumbfounded. Madame Lavallière really wanted to find him. It turned out that the Marquis François de Crequi presented an expensive gift to her. I hope she can intercede with the king—the Marquis of Craigie has always been loyal to the king during the first and second riots. When he went to Nicolas Fouquet, Louis could understand that a few months after the death of Bishop Mazarin, people believed that he would appoint Fouquet as the next prime minister. Little did they know that the king had already decided, as Bishop Mazarin had ordered Look, no more Prime Minister, who would compete with the King for power.

Sensitive people have wisely chosen to wait and see when the ministers asked the king who should report to whom the matter once handled by Bishop Mazaran, and the king proudly replied: "I." The Marquis of Recchi was obviously a little slow. Until Fouquet was arrested, he was still trying to lobby and try to rescue the benefactor. Needless to say, Fouquet was secretly imprisoned with an uncertain sentence, and Craigie also Together with other Fouquets who failed to get out in time, he was exiled outside Paris-even if he knew he had done something wrong, it was too late. The Duke of Diguiere, the Duke handed a lot of olive branches to the king's first royal wife, Mrs. La Vallière. Mrs. La Vallière had to mention this person to the king, but she also explained to the Duke first, She doesn't promise the king will change his mind.

She said the same to the king, and she still placed herself in the position of the king's subject, which comforted Louis, after all, everyone was wondering whether he would allow Madame La Vallière to reach out to the king. At the court, Mrs. Lavallière had the best understanding, so he comforted her by saying that his exile of Knight Craigie was originally temporary, after all, Craigie was originally a world-famous soldier Of course, His Majesty the King, who once envied Oliver Cromwell, the Lord Protector, would not throw away a possible general at will, but the behavior of the Marquis of Craigie undoubtedly loudly showed the king that he was completely politically political. Fool, the king had to send him to the north to clear his fevered mind and see if he could be made more normal.

Mrs. La Vallière lobbied, and the Marquis de Créquie was finally freed from his anxiety. He happily accepted the latest appointment. He still couldn't return to Paris, but he could be appointed by the king as ambassador to Rome , It can also be said to be a kind of honor, but this strong-tempered and reckless Mr. Cavaliers had a conflict with the Pope's guard when he arrived in Rome.

Although people in later generations often jokingly refer to France as the eldest daughter of God, in fact, although Charlemagne inherited the most political heritage from France, the kings of Frank have always been advertised as the benchmark of the church. And indeed it seems to be so, after all, they fought the pagans for two hundred years, so that the pagans called all the Europeans Franks-but since Philip IV, the pious king They began to disagree with their words and deeds, or they were originally like this, but since Philip IV (the king was very generous to invite the Pope to his territory as a return guest), he was too lazy to cover up, After that, in order to break through the siege and interception of France by the Habsburg family, François I the Great Chin did not hesitate to form an alliance with the Sultan of the Ottoman Turkish Empire. , the French calmly became allies with the Protestants, and defeated other Catholic countries in the Thirty Years War...

Later, when Louis XIV came to the throne and Bishop Mazarin became the prime minister, the Roman Church also had contact with this religious prince in red who was obviously more loyal to France than the Church, hoping that he could favor the Church in terms of policy. At the high-level meeting, the previous decrees issued by the king that were not conducive to the church-similar to the law that gold, silver, currency, weapons, horses, etc., should not be exported abroad without the king's permission-because this decree The pope could not tax the nobles and priests of France. Needless to say, there are some acts of stealing food from the mouth of the church, such as vacant teaching positions, appointment and dismissal of priests, but Bishop Mazaran rejected them without thinking.

As we saw at the beginning, the church's revenge was to transfer the grand judge of the Paris Inquisition to Rome, and as a result, there was an unexpected and terrible hole in Paris' defense against dark creatures-a team of hired alien werewolves were silent. The original werewolf on the outskirts of Paris was replaced by the resting place, and the king and queen dowager were almost buried in the belly of the wolf. If it weren't for the little witch Mary, who was left by the bishop at the queen dowager's place, perhaps the church's conspiracy would have succeeded.

In return, Bishop Mazaran was not polite. He directly appointed his own person, that is, Eralio to replace the position of the chief judge, and firmly grasped the Inquisition in Paris. From then on, All the areas in the hands of bishops and kings, from churches to monasteries, from fields to shops, from monks to priests, the church has not been able to get a penny except for public taxes, and even Bishop Mazaran should pay The inheritance returned to the church was also donated to the king who was like his son before he died, so it is strange that the Roman church was polite to Louis' ambassador.

But they really underestimated the new French ambassador.