I Am Louis XIV

Ludwig I had secretly discussed with Louis XIV that before the war with the Ottoman Turks ended, Louis would transport weapons and equipment to the Polish Royal Guards through the Baltic Sea controlled by Sweden. The members of the Polish Council must have expected to see their new king exhausted and defeated in the war with the Ottoman Turks - or unfortunately failed in the war, so that they could extract a large sum from another new Polish king. money.

The two thousand soldiers of the new king did not attract their attention at all. This was the number of soldiers in the army of any great noble. With Condé's bribes, they recruited 40,000 people from the Cossacks alone, and another 30,000 soldiers. Fifteen thousand wing cavalry. Of course, these soldiers would not be handed over to Ludwig I. Instead, his son Henry, as an upstart, became the leader of a wing cavalry regiment. This regiment had four Each company has four hundred horsemen, so there are 1,600 men for him to command. According to tradition, this regiment is named Henry's Regiment and will set off soon, even one step ahead of his father.

Louis XIV slowly squeezed the little wooden figure. This is Poland in the outside world, but what about the inner world?

This again involves Poland’s special past and regional characteristics. Poland’s religious tolerance is extremely famous in any country in Europe. Before the Roman Church tried to unify Poland’s beliefs, Poland, from aristocrats to civilians, had Orthodox, The Ottoman Turkish sects, Christian believers and youtai people, even if they are not harmonious, can at least be said to be non-aggressive. The youtai people who were expelled and brutalized in other places were able to hang out in the Polish palace. Before the Polish king officially converted, he even married a youtai woman and made many laws for her that were beneficial to the youtai people.

It can even be said that the main culprit for causing Poland to enter the period of the Great Flood was the Roman Church. Because the church wanted to share the same faith, Sweden, Russia and the Ottoman Turks had an excuse to invade Poland brazenly in order to protect people who shared the same faith with them. , and before that, the Schlachta of Poland were originally just some small and medium-sized nobles who were unable to compete with the king. Who knew that once the big nobles who originally believed in the Orthodox Church converted, they boldly stepped into the center of the Sejm Parliament and directly competed with them. The king versus the king - ultimately led to this ridiculous and sad situation.

But compared to the faith Poland once had, its inner world is even more complicated. Because Poland is a very ancient region in the human world. It can be traced back to the Paleolithic Age in 700 BC, followed by a long period of primitive commune society. It was only after the 10th century AD that the concept of a country began to appear. It was even invaded by the Mongols, that is, the Tatars, who brought their beliefs here.

Although they are all called wizards, heretics and servants of the devil, unlike wizards in France, England or Italy, wizards in Poland are not all descendants of Merlin, but priests, elders and shamans left over from mixed beliefs. , they deeply disliked the Polish nobles and kings, because to them, these Christians were pagans - this idea has always caused a deep gap between the inner world and the outer world in Poland. In addition, Poland is unique. The king selection system cannot allow these wizards to gain trust or trust a king who does not know when he will be replaced and may not have an heir. Of course, it is impossible to occupy a place in the royal family.

To make matters worse, Poland's inner world is in Livonia. This ill-fated place was once occupied by Denmark, the Teutonic Knights, Poland-Lithuania, and now Sweden. It is conceivable that in order to compete for this important Baltic Sea outlet Haikou, how many wars have broken out here.

Just like the Italian wizard's fictional world Gajola, the Polish fantasy world is also a territory magically separated by wizards and magical creatures - and unlike Gajola, the Polish fantasy world is located near the Gulf of Finland. The wilderness is the only way for Sweden to go to Livonia. It may be able to cover the eyes of mortals once or twice, but when Sweden officially becomes the master of Livonia, it will be like Louis to Flanders. As I did, Karl X, as the ruler, would also investigate and clean up his new territory... The wizards had to repeatedly shrink the scope of the other world. Some wizards left, and other wizards entered Zmich. territory, which was one of the reasons why Amon felt angry.

If Ludwig I was just a puppet, then Louis wouldn't have to worry, but Prince Condé was willing to abandon France's foundation and make a desperate move, not for an empty title and a throne that could not be passed down, and Louis didn't want to, either. Prince Condé and his eldest son were both brave and keen generals. Louis was extremely envious of Cromwell, the Lord Protector of England, because Cromwell's generals could be used by him to guard the British Empire. One military district, one for each region - what kind of extravagance is this? ! Even now, many young and promising generals have emerged in the war between the Netherlands and Flanders, but compared with experience and experience, they still cannot compare with veterans like Condé. Louis reluctantly gave up, but it was not Let multiple names appear on the list of regicides in Schlachta, Poland!

But with Louis in front of him, Ludwig I would not turn a blind eye or ignore those extraordinary people.

I just hope Amon can be more effective.

At this time, the king felt his knee being lightly touched. Few people dared to interrupt the king when he was thinking. He looked down and saw that the princess was hurriedly dragging the little Duke of Enghien back. He had just begun to learn to speak, or in other words, live like a human being instead of a young beast. He didn't understand the reason for the sudden silence. When the princess didn't notice, he rushed over to grab the king's feet.

Louis held the little figure of Ludvik I without any disapproval and placed it next to Sobieski, letting them lean closely together. "Ludvik I should have arrived at Sobieski's side now. So what do you think we should do?”

Duke Colonna thought for a while: "Should we make some gestures?"

"What gesture?" Louis looked at him encouragingly, and after a pause for a few seconds, the Duke of Colonna said boldly: "Maybe we should mobilize the army and send a letter to Leopold I and the Emperor of Poland. Parliament, I mean, this can not only..." He was obviously thinking: "Give the Roman Church an answer, and it can also force the Polish Szlachta and the great nobles to drive out the Ottoman Turks as soon as possible."

"You don't have to say it so tactfully," the Duke of Orleans pouted: "Anyway, we all know what is going on in the Roman Church, but you are right, little Lucy, your father and I are preparing to mobilize some soldiers to Lorraine With Alsace, anyway, the papal bull is addressed to France, but Leopold I and the Elector of Saxony may not be happy about it.”

"Those Polish nobles will not." Louis said lightly: "But the Duke of Colonna is right, as long as we make a gesture, it is enough." In the past few years, at least for three years, the king will not launch or be They were forced to launch a war. After annexing Flanders and parts of the Netherlands, what they needed was to recuperate and recuperate. The trophies and rewards the soldiers gained from the war needed to be cashed in to become food for their families, clothing on their bodies, and roofs. Roof tiles and cattle in the cultivated fields; merchants must also be gathered again. Louis wanted to get Amsterdam at all costs precisely because it was the largest financial center in Europe, although Louis had already made plans to move this center to Paris, but the credibility it has built up over the past century is not easily taken away.

The king's officials had to take over all the government and business affairs of Amsterdam at the same time - this weird part-time job had never happened before, because according to Catholic teachings, many projects in the financial industry were sinful - but the blood of Amsterdam must be drained as soon as possible The land is drawn to Paris, that's all.

"I know that Mrs. Montespan is buying a large amount of Polish wheat." The princess suddenly said, "And she contacted many people and even held several balls and banquets for this purpose." As she spoke, she lowered her head shyly in the eyes of the Duke of Orleans: "I know because my mother is one of them." Perhaps the Duchess of Orleans felt guilty about her daughter because of the previous incident, so she promised her daughter, When the proceeds from the sale came in, a diamond crown was custom-made for her. Although the princess liked diamonds like other noble ladies, what she was happy about was the love shown by her mother to her.

The Duke of Orleans said nothing, so why ruin the child's dream? What's more, the Duchess of Orleans is not bad, she just underestimated the importance of the children to him and the king.

The king grabbed a handful of wheat and piled a yellow hill next to each of the little figures representing Shlachita. "So does anyone know why we need to buy wheat?"

"Food is important at any time, especially in times of war." Dauphin Louis said. The king still remembers the famine that spread from Paris to everywhere during the Fronde riots, and the local nobles and troops who prepared reserves for the war. , while searching for food, they were also searching for soldiers. The winter of the first year still had the accumulation of the previous year, and people were barely able to survive. In the spring of the second year, no one farmed, and there was no harvest in the autumn. Famine broke out in the winter - if the king failed to get the money later, If potatoes come out, France will become even weaker in the next few years.

Before attacking Flanders and the Netherlands, France had accumulated war reserves for several years. In addition to its own production, Colbert never stopped buying grain from other countries and even Ottoman Turkish territories. For this reason, Louis XIV purchased a large amount of food. Even so, when the war ended, food consumption could only stop at the bottom line.

Therefore, the king and his brother often dressed up with their children and went to the fields of Versailles and the markets of Paris to check the situation. The children not only knew that wheat grew from the ground, but that fish were fished from rivers and seas. , and also know that the price of bread in the market is not only related to whether the wheat harvest is good or bad. Sometimes businessmen will also manipulate the price of flour by hoarding or selling.

"Who else are we going to fight?" asked little Eugen.

"It is better to be prepared than to be caught off guard." Louis said: "And there is another reason. Who can answer me?"

"It must be for Shila Chita." The eldest princess said calmly: "My mother also invested in this deal. Although the person who came forward was not her herself, but her mother's personal priest, it is said that he has already made an investment with several Shila Chita. Chita became a close friend, and he told me that without that considerable profit, those Shla Chita would not eat with him even if they spoke to the queen’s dwarfs.”

The Duke of Orleans sneered, and Louis couldn't help but smile. Queen Teresa has never been negligent or neglectful to this day. From then on, people's most basic requirement for the queen is to give birth to a healthy heir. , to taking control of the palace, and then to suppressing the restless forces when the king left Paris, the queen did everything perfectly. The only two things she is criticized for now are the foreigners she cannot get rid of. The other identity is that after becoming the eldest princess, she is no longer pregnant.

Putting this aside, the king is satisfied with her, but when the queen mother was still there, the queen did not have many pastimes - such as sponsoring artists, setting up salons, holding banquets and dances, these are all the duties of a royal wife. If the queen is like this, she will be considered to be frivolous. This is nothing. If it is taken a step further and she is considered to have intentionally interfered in domestic political affairs, or she is falsely accused of moral deficiencies, which will lead to the crown prince and eldest princess's inheritance rights being questioned, then it will be It's a big deal.

Therefore, most of the queen's pastimes are with a group of dwarfs. They always follow the queen around and make her happy. Although the eldest princess is raised by the queen mother, she often goes to the queen's suite and is very familiar with this group of dwarfs.

"Everyone has something they want," said the Duke of Orleans, "and there are only these - we can call them interests, various interests, maybe beauty, maybe power, maybe freedom - Poland The Shila Chita people have quite simple ideas, more armies, more land, more serfs, but to build an army, a lot of money is needed."

"So whoever gives them money is their friend." Louis said: "It is not easy to intervene in Poland's internal affairs, Schlachta. The great nobles are against each other, but they will unanimously target the king."

"However, they will welcome outside forces, just like they elected a non-Polish king." Little Eugen said.

"Then if they really have more troops, wouldn't it be more difficult for Prince Condé and Ludwig I?" Duke Colonna asked.

"So becoming their friend is the first step," said the Duke of Orleans. "Man is born guilty, but any sin can be attributed to the pursuit of pleasure, whether it is vanity or gluttony, or evil and laziness." He looked at the children: "This is human nature, and there is nothing wrong with it. What you need to know is that it is very easy to fall."

Just like the Polish envoys, they initially mentioned purchasing weapons and armaments (France’s muskets, projectiles and cannons attracted a lot of attention during the war against the Netherlands and Flanders), but later, they What do you remember besides women's breasts and clattering chips?