I Am Louis XIV

The Duke of Burgundy clearly felt that his grandfather felt much lighter after meeting the young people from the Far East, which made him more curious. Finally, while having lunch with his grandfather, he proposed that he question.

"Ah, you mean that I once firmly supported the authority of the monarch. For example, I would rather help France's enemy Charles II than recognize Cromwell, the protector of the country. But now I am opposed to some rebellious new ideas. Turn a blind eye, not listen, not control it, and even have the idea of ​​​​seeing it happen, right?"

The Duke of Burgundy nodded.

Louis closed his eyes slightly to collect his thoughts and words, and then said slowly: "Let's do this, I will ask them to send something, and you will understand after seeing it."

Since it was the king's order, even if the people in the kitchen were confused, they still brought the things up quickly. The Duke of Burgundy looked at the bottle of slightly turbid liquid in confusion. He poured a little at his grandfather's signal. , took a sip, and then frowned involuntarily: "This tastes terrible, Your Majesty," he said, "It also stinks a bit."

"By the way, you must have never tasted it," Louis said, "This is wine in the process of being brewed." He added, "It's the Golden Rose you like."

"How is it possible?" The Duke of Burgundy was greatly surprised: "They are not similar at all!"

"Yes, time is magic." Louis said: "You ask me why I changed my thoughts and attitudes. Son, I can tell you that I have never changed these two. I hope that my family, my country and My people can prosper forever and everything goes well.

But you also need to know that not to mention a hundred years, just ten years is enough for the world to evolve into something you can't imagine. Nothing remains unchanged.

When I came here, France was like a ship that was about to disintegrate, bumping forward in the waves of internal and external difficulties, in a state of disarray. The nobles, officials and the people - they should have worked together to pull the cable, hold the steering wheel, raise the sail, and break out of the storm together, but no, they each had their own ideas. The nobles were greedy and the officials were lazy. The people, instigated by various careerists, started riots one after another in a daze, pushing the already overwhelmed France into the abyss of destruction. "

"You saved France." The Duke of Burgundy said with admiration.

"Save? No, the only one I can save is myself," Louis ignored the Duke of Burgundy's confusion and continued: "Although when my father, your great-grandfather Louis XIII, died that night, Bishop Mazarin Just tell me that I am the king of France, I own this country, and everyone in France should surrender at my feet, but I soon know that this is a wrong statement, the Fronde, the Grand Condé, and the Duke Stone...and many others are proving the fallacy of this statement."

"Whether I harbor hatred for these rebels, of course, when I escaped from Paris," Louis smiled: "Don't look at me like that, it's nothing, I did escape, During the first Fronde riot, Philippe, the Queen Mother, and I had to flee Paris in an ordinary carriage in the middle of the night. On the way, I saw the mob setting fires, looting, and committing violence everywhere. They built buildings on the streets. Fortress, when they saw the carriage, they threw stones and wine bottles. At that time, I thought, how abominable these people are, and I will never forgive them."

"But this idea changed after I left Paris for the second time and went into exile. I discovered that, child, in that world that our sight, no, even our toes cannot touch, Those poor, humble, ordinary people are not, as the nobles said, a bunch of fleas, bugs, hopeless scum and garbage; nor are they, as the officials said, lazy by nature, stupid in mind, and needy. Animals that need to be whipped to work are not as good as those priests who said they are sinners who are full of debts and lies. They must devote everything wholeheartedly to escape the hell..." He looked at the Duke of Burgundy: "They Just like us, we are human beings.”

"They are just like us, they will be happy, angry, sad, grateful and hateful - if you say why they are different from us, no, it is not because of blood or surname, these are not worth mentioning - they accept us domination because we monopolize all resources.”

The Duke of Burgundy stirred uneasily.

"Food, medical care and education." Louis crossed his fingers: "Malnutrition can make a child have slender limbs, missing internal organs, and slow thinking. This has been proven by many doctors and scholars; as for medical treatment, being unable to receive medical treatment means that They will die at any time due to a minor illness or a minor wound; education, you know when I first gathered the refugees, most of them had to take off their shoes (if they had any) when counting numbers exceeding ten. Have you? Such people, just like the wine I asked you to open just now, are uneducated, unable to think logically, and barely think about tomorrow. People like this, if you dare to hand over power to them, then It will be an irreparable disaster for you and them."

"So you have started to popularize education since you took office."

"Yes, but, son, won't you ask me why I do this?"

"I graduated from university a few years ago, Your Majesty." The Duke of Burgundy said: "I can understand what you mean. Giving power to the people must be done at the right time and meet the conditions, otherwise it will be like a bottle that has not yet been brewed. Wine can only make people taste sour and bitter.”

"Another point," said Louis, "besides the fact that ignorant young children should not be allowed to hold swords, there is also the need to beware of another kind of person usurping power through the help of the people."

The Duke of Burgundy thought for a while: "Colbert?"

"Businessmen." Louis said: "Colbert noticed this shortcoming earlier than I did, so in France, although he focused on business - but only in the economic aspect, in the military and political aspects, he never allowed businessmen to interfere. But the original Lord Protector Cromwell was not - a large part of the Protestants and Parliament he represented were agents of businessmen, of course." Louis tapped the armrest of the chair lightly with his knuckles: "Those nobles don't think so. They think that merchants are just their vassals and servants, but they don't know that their minds have long been manipulated by merchants with a lot of gold coins, and they think it's all their own thoughts.

How could Charles I be guillotined in the first place? Isn't it because he seeks maritime hegemony, insists on competing with the Netherlands, constantly builds expensive ships, recruits soldiers, and expands the army - all of this requires money, where does the money come from? After pawning his wife's dowry, he forcibly borrowed money from wealthy subjects, imposed taxes without the permission of Congress, and required the squires to accept titles and serve the king...

How could Cromwell be pushed to the position of Lord Protector? He was only one step away from the British throne. He was just an ordinary country squire, but for businessmen, there was no better king. , even if Cromwell, as a devout and almost crazy Puritan, made the British people miserable, they would put him on the throne for no other reason than that once Cromwell became king, his Unorthodoxy can be used by Congress to blackmail him. "

"So you didn't allow little Philip at that time..."

"Britain and France will always be enemies. They are separated by the Strait of Dover. Unless Britain has a port to garrison me, I will be beyond my reach. And a French prince, in the isolated and helpless London, is not at their mercy, so they can Using the king to manipulate government decisions is like using Queen Anne's female identity to coerce her will."

"But their actions contributed to Britain's weakening."

"Merchants have no country or even faith," Louis said seriously to the Duke of Burgundy: "Their masters and faith are money, and money can be taken away and breed in other places. Why should they care? The future of Britain? They are just a swarm of locusts. After feeding themselves in one place, they spread their wings and fly to another place to continue their plunder. As for the British people and the British king, who cares about them? What's up?"

"No wonder you have been rejecting their requests." Whether it is for the heir to the throne (Queen Anne has never been able to marry and have children), or for America, the Duke of Burgundy thought that France has always been strict with businessmen, especially foreign businessmen. Despite the criticism, it seems that this policy should continue.

"So how can we avoid what you mentioned, businessmen using the power of the people to usurp power?"

"Let's go back to what I mentioned before, food, medical care and education." Louis said: "Improving people's livelihood, popularizing education, improving people's intelligence, making government transparent, and ensuring that the government is open and trustworthy can ensure that interests do not override morality. above."

"But the improvement of people's wisdom will also lead to the loss of power of the royal family," the Duke of Burgundy already understood: "You would rather hand over power to the people than to those evil people with ulterior motives."

"Because we must love our country deeply." Louis said softly, "When our country is like an innocent and immature baby, we must extend our hands to support it. When it grows up and becomes strong, we cannot let the original support become To be a shackle."

The Duke of Burgundy looked complicated: "You are a great king. Your Majesty, better than any king or emperor in history." Even Caesar hopes that the blood of Augustus can occupy the throne of the Roman emperor forever .

"This is not my wish," Louis said. "This is a historical trend that cannot be stopped by any mortal."

After saying that, he turned to look at Bontang who was standing in the distance: "Okay, it's time for us to eat. Do you want to eat veal? It's stewed with tomatoes and onions. It's delicious."

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The Duke of Burgundy not only ate veal, but also drank the truly brewed "Golden Rose" wine. He didn't know if it was the wine or the words Louis XIV said. He was a little dazed all afternoon. It was almost time to arrive. At dusk, the young Duke decided to ride on his horse and go for a walk in the Bois de Boulogne.

Brolin Grove was originally a famous red light district in Paris, but after the king rebuilt Paris - from the outside to the inside, the lives of the Paris people have been greatly improved. Now, civilian women can receive education, work in orphanages, nursing homes, textile factories, printing and dyeing factories, cosmetics and glassware factories, they can also be secretaries and clerks, and even become low-level officials in the government. There are many labor-related legal provisions. They can get a position without having to flatter the foreman or factory owner, and they don't have to worry about being deducted from their wages. There are even fewer people who are willing to be "wandering girls" and "famous ladies."

After all, it is a profession without dignity and morality, and one has to worry about the invasion of infectious diseases.

As the king ordered engineers and designers to build roads, bridges, artificial lakes, racecourses, pocket gardens, etc. in the Bois de Boulogne (the Bois de Boulogne was just a name, it was actually a forest), it became a place where people no longer needed to make a living. It is a good place for worried Parisians to stroll around. Even at dusk, it is still crowded with tourists. Some people have set up tents deep in the dense forest. The yellow light of kerosene lamps flows dimly from the tents, and it is very bright. It was almost covered because kerosene was still the main source of lighting, so lamps were not allowed into the woods.

Sure enough, after a while, the policemen waved sticks and drove out a group of college students. They were laughing and joking, and ran away with their tents on their shoulders. The policeman was so angry that he kept blowing the whistle, and his companions But they couldn't get there for a while, because another group of college students went swimming in the artificial lake - the artificial lake is not deep, but it is not suitable for swimming at night, and there have been fatalities.

The Duke of Burgundy was watching happily when he heard someone screaming. He quickly rode over and saw several people surrounded by a group of people. One of them was lying on his back with blood pouring from his chest. The other man looked pale and managed to remain calm.

"Go help!" the Duke of Burgundy shouted, and his attendants immediately separated some people and ran over. They all had received training on how to treat a wounded person urgently, especially trauma. A young man who studied under Vesalius's imperial physician took the lead. He rushed to the injured man's side, and after a quick inspection, he made a sign to the Duke to indicate that the man's life was not in danger.

The police had already caught another man, but it was not correct to say that he had been caught because he was motionless and could not be arrested.

"Who are you?" the Duke of Burgundy asked. When he didn't get an answer, he looked at another person. His friend was stumbling over. The Duke heard someone calling "Monsieur Montesquieu". He quickly dismounted and raised the lantern hanging on the horse's neck to see. Sure enough, it was Baron Montesquieu who had been introduced to him by Count d'Artagnan.

Well, I saw readers asking when the new article will be published.

I’ve mentioned it before, but let’s say it again seriously.

Xinwen is the story of a modern time traveler who comes to the holy city of Yelusaleng in the eleventh century. Low magic.

The theme is how to build a godless heaven in a holy place of three religions.

The key words are medieval, knights, and black technology.

The protagonist will be related to two famous figures, Saladin and Baldwin IV.

The article will be published on National Day, and I will publish some of Louis' extras this month. Readers can make suggestions and I will see how to write them. I will also update an extra chapter in Saint and give it to one of my readers. I would like to thank her for her selfless help to me.