ps: On the uncle's birthday at night, I drank some liquor and my daughter red, and overslept, only one more, sorry.

In addition to the necessary contradictions between Protestantism and Catholicism, the Queen Mother Catherine also played a role in the rise of the French Wars of Religion.

Speaking of which, we have to mention one of the protagonists of the French Wars of Religion, the Duke of Guise - François de Lorraine, also known as the Scar Guise, is the second Duke of Guise.

In 1551 he became governor of the French royal family, and in 1552 he succeeded in holding the city of Metz from Emperor Charles V, became famous in a war, and later defeated the imperial army again in 1554 at the Battle of Renty, but the Peace of Vaucelles temporarily halted his military activities.

In 1557 he led an army into Italy to help Pope Paul IV (most likely to extend the family's influence on the Anjou heritage), although he was eventually recalled.

The French generalissimo Montmerency was forced by him to dismiss himself and leave the court.

The Duke of Guise and his younger brother, the Cardinal, held power at the Imperial Council.

He said, "My advice is this, this; We have to do it. Occasionally, he even signed decrees in royal fashion, i.e. only the name of the baptism was written.

However, this monopoly of power offended Queen Catherine, who had always been keen on power.

In order to curb the rights of the Guise brothers, Queen Catherine strongly supported the Protestant movement and forgave Protestants many times, much to the displeasure of the Catholic forces in the country.

Because the royal family secretly supported the development of Protestant power, there was a growing conflict between Catholics and post-Protestants.

By 1560, with the support of the Protestant leader, Prince Condé, a Protestant named Larenotti attempted to organize a conspiracy against the second Cardinal of Lorraine (the Ombrois Conspiracy).

This conspiracy was discovered in advance and bloodily suppressed, leading to a series of assassinations and counter-assassinations, and the social order became darker and darker.

Condé was immediately forced to flee the court, and the Guise family was even more single-handed.

The speech of the Huguenot leader Corini at the Council of Nobles at Fontainebleau (August 1560) against the power of the Guise family did not affect François II at all, but on the orders of the cardinal, Condé was arrested.

It was not until Charles IX ascended the throne that the power of the Guise family shrank.

But the regent Catherine de' Medici was initially inclined to support the Protestants.

In order to defend Catholicism, François formed the so-called "triumvirate" of the Catholic League with his arch-rivals, Generalissimo Montmorency and Marille of St. Andrew, against Catherine de' Medici's compromise with the Protestants.

Thus, in fact, from 1560 to 1562, France was in a state of social division.

The whole of France, in the southwest and south, was essentially the sphere of influence of the Protestant Huguenots.

In the central and northeastern regions, it is Catholic.

Among them, Spain secretly supported the Catholics, while the Huguenots were supported by the Dutch Protestants, the German Maharaja, and the people of the Kingdom of Britain.

On February 15 and 18, 1562, he confidently went to Savile to negotiate cooperation with the Grand Duke of Württemberg, telling him that it was the Calvinist elements that led to the failure of the Council of Poissy.

So, the depressed Duke of Guise, with his subordinates, slowly returned to Paris, which was not far from Paris at this time.

"Boom-" Riding on the horse, the Duke of Guise was in a very bad mood, and the taste of defeat was uncomfortable.

The thought of the Protestants coming to have more power to support him made His Excellency feel as uncomfortable as if he had eaten a flight.

At this moment, he, who had always felt sensitive, suddenly heard the prayers of the congregants praying and singing hymns from a large barn, which made him feel more and more irritable.

Thinking of this, the Duke couldn't help but think: It doesn't seem that today is a Catholic holiday! Listening to the sound doesn't look like Catholic liturgical music either.

"Guard, go and see, where is this? What are the people inside? ”

At this time, His Excellency was a tyrannical heart in his heart, but the only reason he had left made him act.

In order to avoid doing something wrong, it is also necessary to send guards to investigate.

"Yes, Lord Duke!" The guards immediately saluted, and then rode away, leaving a cloud of dust behind.

Patience, a sonatonic sound came from the ears of the Duke of Guise, which made the anger in his heart gradually rise, especially the depression of being rejected by the Duke of Württemberg, which brought him to the edge of tyranny.

Now, the guard's answer was a spark that could ignite the explosives in his heart in an instant.

The knights who followed behind the duke also seemed to feel something, and hurriedly comforted the somewhat frightened war horses, and looked at each other, not daring to disturb the duke.

The duke closed his eyes and waited for the arrival of the guards.

"Boom—boom—" There was the sound of horses' hooves.

"Lord Duke, next to it is the town of Vassi, and the people of the town are holding a Huguenot religious event in the barn!"

The guard didn't dare to look up into the duke's eyes, his shoulders trembled slightly, and he said softly.

Sure enough, as soon as he finished speaking, Duke Guise was like a volcano about to erupt, and his face was hideous.

"Sure enough, it's a group of heretics performing a ritual, which is an act of blasphemy, a blasphemy against my lord!"

Duke Guise looked at the hundreds of knights behind him and said in a loud voice:

"During the reign of the first king, the Huguenots were not allowed to report religious ceremonies, and they were the one who blatantly violated the edict of our king, so let us punish those heretics together on behalf of our lord!"

As he spoke, a hint of murder flashed in Duke Guise's eyes.

Then, under the leadership of the Duke of Guise, hundreds of cavalry broke through the fence and came to the overcrowded barn.

Looking at the thousands of praying Protestants in front of him, Duke Guise was not afraid, raised his head proudly, with a little sneer, directly drew his knife, and rushed towards the crowd.

Seeing this, the rest of the knights also drew their weapons and rushed directly on their horses.

For a while, the Protestants who were still praying were unable to react, and they did not expect that someone would rush directly to kill them, and before they could react, they were pushed to the ground and trampled by horses.

"Ahh Killed! The screams pierced into the sky, causing all the prayer bearers to react and run around in panic, and for a moment the large barn that had been crowded was in shambles.

Corpses, stumps, blood, and even the wailing townsfolk became the main theme of Vassi.

After a surprise attack, after killing dozens of people, the Duke of Guise led the people to evacuate.

However, the recklessness of the Duke of Guise upset the strange balance in France, and the Wars of Religion began.