I Am Louis XIV - Chapter 585

   Chapter 585 Louis XIV bids us farewell (middle)

The Duke of Burgundy clearly felt that his grandfather was much lighter after meeting the young people from the Far East, which made him more curious for a while, and finally proposed himself during lunch with his grandfather. question.

“Ah, you mean, I’ve been a firm supporter of the monarch’s authority, as I’d rather have helped the enemy of France, Charles II, than admitted Cromwell, the protector–and now turn a blind eye to some rebellious new ideas Don’t listen to it, don’t control it, and even have the idea of ​​seeing it happen, right?”

   The Duke of Burgundy nodded.

  Louis closed his eyes slightly to sort out his thoughts and words, and then said slowly: “Well, I’ll ask them to send something, you’ll understand when you see it.”

Since it was the king’s order, even if the people in the kitchen were confused, they quickly brought the things up. The Duke of Burgundy looked at the slightly cloudy liquid in confusion, and he poured a little under the gesture of his grandfather. , took a sip, and then involuntarily frowned: “This is too bad, Your Majesty,” he said, “and it stinks a bit.”

   “Yeah, you’ve never had one,” Louis said. “This is a wine in the making.” He added, “It’s your favorite rosé.”

   “How is that possible?” The Duke of Burgundy was astonished: “They don’t look alike!”

“Yeah, time is magic,” Louie said. “You ask me why I changed my mind and my attitude, boy, I can tell you, I have never changed either. I hope my family, my country, and My people can prosper and prosper forever, and everything goes well.

   But you also need to know that not to mention a hundred years, just ten years is enough to make the world evolve into something you can’t imagine, and nothing is static.

  When I came here, France was like a ship that was about to disintegrate, tossing forward in the tide of domestic and foreign troubles, and was in a state of embarrassment. The nobles, the officials and the people – they should have worked together, pulled the ropes, held the helm, raised the sails, and made it through the storm together, but no, they each had their own ideas, nobles were greedy, officials were slack, and the people Under the agitation of various careerists, one after another riots were dazedly set off, pushing the already overwhelmed France to the abyss of destruction. “

   “You saved France.” The Duke of Burgundy said admiringly.

“Salvation? No, the only one I can save is myself,” continued Louis, ignoring the Duke of Burgundy’s puzzlement, and continued: “Although when my father, your great-grandfather Louis XIII died the night of the death of the Bishop of Mazarin, Just tell me that I am the king of France, that I own this country, and that every man in France should be at my feet, but I know very well that this is a false statement, the Foliage, the Grand Condé, The Duke of Stone… wait, and many others, are proving the fallacy of this claim.”

“To say whether I have 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 Frond riot, I, Philip and the Queen Mother had to flee Paris in the middle of the night in an ordinary carriage, and on the way I saw the mob setting fire, looting, violent, and they built up the streets The fort, throwing stones and wine bottles at the sight of the carriage. At that time I thought, how hateful these people are, and I will never forgive them.”

“But this thinking changed after I left Paris for the second time and went into exile, and I found that children, in a world where our sight, no, not even our toes, Those poor, lowly, ordinary people are not, as the nobles say, a swarm of fleas, bedbugs, hopeless scum and garbage; The beasts that can only work by being beaten with whips are not as good as those priests say, they are sinners who are full of debts, lie, and must give all their hearts and souls to escape Hell…” He looked at the Duke of Burgundy: “They and We are human, just like us.”

“They’re like us, they’re happy, they’re angry, they’re sad, they’re grateful and hateful – if they’re different from us, no, it’s not because of blood or family names, that doesn’t matter – they accept our rule , because we monopolize all the resources.”

   The Duke of Burgundy moved uneasily.

“Food, medical care and education.” Louis pulled his fingers: “Malnutrition can make a child slender limbs, visceral defects, and dull thinking. This has been proved by many doctors and scholars; as for medical treatment, the inability to receive medical treatment means that They could die at any moment from a little ailment, from a small wound; education, you know when I gathered the refugees, most of them had to take off their shoes (if they had any) when they counted over ten Is it? Such people, like the wine I asked you to open just now, have no education, can’t think logically, hardly think about tomorrow’s things, such people, if you dare to hand over power to them, then It will be an irreversible catastrophe for you and for them.”

   “So you started universal education since you came to power.”

   “Yes, but boy, won’t you ask me why I did this?”

“I graduated from college 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 conditions, otherwise it will be like the bottle that has not yet been brewed. Wine can only make people taste the sour and bitter taste.”

   “One more thing,” said Louis, “besides that ignorant children should not be allowed to hold swords, and that there is another kind of person who should beware of usurping power by means of the people.”

  The Duke of Burgundy thought for a while: “Colbert?”

“Merchant.” Louis said: “Colbert noticed this drawback earlier than I did, so in France, although he was a businessman – but only in economics, military and political, he never allowed businessmen to interfere. But Cromwell, the original Protector, was not—a large portion of the Protestants and Congress he represented were agents of the merchants, of course,” Louis tapped the armrest of the chair with his knuckles: “Those The nobles don’t think so. They think that the merchants are just their vassals, their servants, but they don’t know that their minds have been manipulated by the merchants with a lot of gold coins, and they think they are all their own thoughts.

  How could Charles I be guillotined in the first place? Was it not because he sought supremacy in the seas, was determined to compete with the Netherlands, and continued to build expensive ships, recruit soldiers, and expand the army – all of which required money, and where did the money come from? After selling his wife’s dowry, he forcibly borrowed money from his wealthy subjects, levied 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 the protector of the country, and he was only one step away from the British throne. He was an ordinary country gentleman, but for businessmen, there is no better king than this. , even if Cromwell, as a devout, almost crazy Puritan, made the British people miserable, they would put him on the throne, for no other reason, but because once Cromwell became king, his Unorthodox orthodoxy could be used by Congress to blackmail him. “

   “So you didn’t allow little Philip at that time either…”

“England and France will always be enemies, separated by the Strait of Dover. Unless the British have a port for me to garrison my army, I must be beyond my reach, and a French prince, in isolated and helpless London, is not at their mercy, so that they can Manipulating the decisions of the government through the king, as they now use Queen Anne’s female identity to hold her will.”

   “But their actions contributed to the weakening of England.”

“Businessmen have no state, not even faith,” Louis said solemnly to the Duke of Burgundy: “Their master and their faith are money, and money can be taken away and grown elsewhere, why should they care? Britain’s future? They’re a swarm of locusts, munching on one place and feeding themselves, then spreading their wings and flying to another – continuing their plunder. As for the people of England, what about the King of England, whoever they are thing?”

“No wonder you have been refusing their requests.” Whether for the heir to the throne (Queen Anne has been unable to marry and have children) or America, the Duke of Burgundy thought, France has always been strict with merchants, especially foreign merchants. Criticized by others, it seems that this policy should continue.

   “Then how can we avoid what you mentioned, merchants usurping power by means of the power of the populace?”

“I’m going back to what I mentioned earlier, food, medical care and education.” Louis said: “Improving people’s livelihood, popularizing education, improving people’s intelligence, transparent government affairs, and ensuring the openness and credibility of the government can ensure that interests do not override morality. above.”

   “But the improvement of people’s intelligence will also lead to the fall of the power of the royal family.” The Duke of Burgundy has already understood: “You would rather give 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 baby, we must reach out and support it. When it grows up and becomes strong, we cannot let the original support change. shackles.”

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 forever occupy the throne of the Roman emperor .

   “It’s not my will,” Louis said. “This is the trend of history, and no mortal can stop it.”

   After he finished speaking, he turned to look at Bontang standing in the distance: “Okay, it’s time for us to eat. Do you want to eat veal, stewed with tomatoes and onions, it’s very fragrant.”

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The Duke of Burgundy not only ate the veal, but also drank the truly brewed “Golden Rose” wine. I don’t know if it was wine or what Louis XIV said. He was a little hazy all afternoon. At dusk, the young duke decided to ride his horse and go for a walk in the Boulogne woods.

  The Brolin Woods 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 people of Paris have been greatly improved. Now, commoner women can receive education, go to orphanages, nursing homes, textile factories, printing and dyeing factories, cosmetic and glassware factories, work as secretaries and clerks, and even become low-level officials of the government. In many labor-related laws, they can get a job without flattering the foreman or factory owner, and they don’t have to worry about being deducted from their wages, and even fewer are willing to be “wandering girls” and “named shu”.

   After all, it is a profession without dignity and morality, and there is also concern about the invasion of infectious diseases.

With the king ordering engineers and designers to build roads, bridges, artificial lakes, racecourses, pocket courtyards, etc. in the Boulogne woods (the Boulogne woods are just a name, in fact a forest), it became a place where there was no need to make a living. It is a good place for worried Parisians to stroll and play. Even at dusk, there are still tourists here. Some people have set up tents in the depths of the jungle. It was about to be covered up, because kerosene is still mainly used for lighting, so lamps are not allowed to be brought into the woods.

Sure enough, a group of college students were kicked out by the police waving sticks in a short time. They laughed and didn’t think it was wrong. They carried the tent and ran all the way out in one breath. But he couldn’t make it for a while, because another group of college students went to swim in the artificial lake. The artificial lake is not deep, but it is not suitable for swimming at night, and people have died.

The Duke of Burgundy was looking happy when he heard someone screaming. He hurriedly rushed over, but saw several people surrounded by a group of people. One of them was lying on his back on the ground with blood dripping from his chest. The other was pale, barely keeping his composure.

“Go and help!” the Duke of Burgundy shouted, and his attendants immediately separated some people and ran over. They all received emergency treatment for a wounded, especially trauma. A young man who was trained as the imperial physician of Vesalius took the lead. He rushed to the side of the wounded, and after a quick inspection, made a gesture to the Duke, indicating that the person was not in danger.

  The police have already caught the other man, and it is not quite right to say that he is caught, because he does not move, he will be caught.

“Who are you?” asked the duke of Burgundy, who, without getting an answer, looked at another man, whose friend was stumbling over, and the duke heard what seemed to be a call of “Monsieur Montesquieu”, He quickly dismounted from the horse and raised the wind lantern hanging around the horse’s neck to see that it was indeed the Baron Montesquieu who had been introduced to him by the Count of D’Artagnan.

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

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

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

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

   The key words are medieval, knight, black technology.

   The protagonist will be associated with two famous characters, Saladin and Baldwin IV.

   The National Day is open, and this month, some extras of Louis will be released one after another. Readers can make suggestions, and I will see how to write them. There will also be an update on the sage, and I will give it to a reader alone, thanking her for her selfless help to me.

   (end of this chapter)