If possible, Louis did not intend to go on a campaign at this time - he made several marriages in succession in order to allow France to recuperate after the capture of Holland and Flanders - the glory of Saint-Louis had long since been far away from France under François I, and then the strong warrior was repeatedly injured by several civil wars between the Catholics and the Huguenots, between the cardinal and his opponents (Richelieu and Mazarin).

By the time Louis XIV ascended the throne, France was like a tall beggar in rags, and although he did not follow behind the Holy Roman Emperor to pray, as the Grand Duke of Tuscany did, he prayed for mercy, but as one philosopher put it, when a person constantly recalls the glory of his ancestors, it means that he has nothing to admire in himself - if Louis XIV had died in the attack of the Slingers or werewolves, France might have had a tragic end to Ancient Rome.

- Fragmented regimes, ill-intentioned officials and aristocrats, and chaotic people......

When Louis XIV first conquered the Netherlands, some people persuaded him (I don't know if it was because of the bribe, or because he intended it) that the victory in the previous war to capture Flanders was already a big surprise to people, and the king could take it when he saw it, so why bother to mortgage the royal property and palace in order to conquer the Netherlands- But at that time, Louis XIV saw very clearly, first of all, because of the special geographical location of Flanders, if he stopped at Brussels, then even if he seized the whole of Flanders, he would "give up" Femers little by little under the pressure of the Netherlands, Spain and the Holy Roman Empire, because a single Flanders could not support his current 150,000 standing army, and without an army of this size, it was a pipe dream for him to consolidate his rule in such a vast new territory.

But if he had obtained the Netherlands, he would not only have received from the Dutch treasury a large amount of money sufficient to cover the costs of the two wars, but he would also have the fat cow in his pocket, although he would probably not be able to get used to the bridle that the king put on his head for a while, but he had already begun to transfuse blood to France in the past two years...... After all, Louis XIV's tiered taxation was not higher than the highest tax imposed by the Spanish rule, and the lowest tax on Dutch merchants and bankers was even lower than the original Grand Council's pricing.

Coupled with the strict policy of wartime law that the Viscount of Tyrrenne strictly pursued after becoming the governor of the three provinces of the Netherlands - the most unbearable of this policy is those members of the parliament who are not kings but also kings, but not to mention the Netherlands, even the Estates-General of France existed in name only after Louis came to power, and the High Court was also at the disposal of the king, these are just pirates and merchants, and in terms of blood and surname, they cannot be compared with Viscount Tyrenne, who is also a descendant of Orange.

Speaking of the army, how can the perfidious mercenaries and the reckless men of the clan compare with the professional soldiers of the Viscount of Tyrrena, who spend their days and days looking forward to rebellion or villainy, in order to add a star or a sword to his shoulder......

Those who were reluctant also tried to stir up popular discontent against the French, and of course, the Dutch population did not have any good feelings towards the French. But not everyone who is born into this world will sincerely accept freedom above life.

After spending months bound by the strict laws, they were astonished to find that there were fewer fools who roamed the streets idly and stirred up, and that the poll tax and the wartime tax which weighed on them together were no heavier than they were when they were ruled by Parliament— It wasn't that Louis XIV was a saint, but that the Netherlands no longer had a fleet, yes, no one would think that the big merchants or the parliament would take money out of their own pockets to keep the fleet running, and it was still looted from the lowest level of the people, but at that time, the reason was irrefutable.

It didn't matter whether the people of any place were able to go about their lives after nine o'clock in the evening, and as Viscount Tirenne said, as long as a city could guarantee that there would be no disturbances for five years, some of the stricter measures could be abolished, and there was hope, and people were willing to endure it.

If there is anything that the king's leniency cannot be saved, it may be a matter of faith.

Because he had no faith, Louis XIV had always been a bitter hand in religious matters, and he had a bad opinion of the Huguenots, so in order to maintain the technological, educational, and economic development of the country, the only thing he could do was to gather the Huguenots in one place, lest they become entangled in a place where he could not see, and these Huguenots were forcibly relocated to Orleans from Nîmes, Montauban and La Rochelle, and other places, and it would be impossible to say that there was no loss at all— Louis XIV did not sympathize with this.

Perhaps seeing the king's ruthlessness and determination, the Huguenots were divided into several factions, the moderates decided to follow the king's orders and move to the Orleans district, which they believed could bring together the Huguenots into a greater force than if they were scattered and broken by the Catholics, the centrists who tried every means to escape, and the radicals, who failed to make a storm in front of the king's army.

There was also a force that asked the king's physician, Jean-Bellance, to plead their case for them—they wanted to follow the eldest princess to Sweden, or the grand lord to Brandenburg-Prussia—the former would have been counted, and the latter, Louis XIV, would have lamented their sense of smell, and perhaps until now, Leopold I did not know that the eldest son of the Grand Duke of Brandenburg was in Paris.

"You can go back and tell them that," said Louis to Chamborence kindly, for the man who did not hesitate to contribute forceps and midwifery skills, to add an important course to the Royal Medical College in France, and perhaps to save the lives of tens of thousands of babies and mothers in France, even if he was a Huguenot, the king was willing to show him goodwill: "I will indeed make the eldest princess and the lord of the county bring enough servants and courtiers," he looked into the eyes of Chamborens: " But I have two demands, sir, first of all that they be French, and then that they have enough capital to convince me that he has the value of being my daughter's dowry to my niece. ”

With that, Louis tapped Chamborence's chest again, "Your son and students, for example." ”

Chamborence was stunned at first, and then he couldn't help but smile bitterly, he was not a radical Huguenot, he was chosen as the leader in the first place, also because he had great popularity, and his son and student, since he entered the medical school, were even more dismissive of some of the past practices of the Huguenots, who felt that rebellion and flight were justified when they were forcibly converted and oppressed, but to act like this when the king was so tolerant was tantamount to treason.

"We are first and foremost French. His son said so.

The king's point was clear, that he could even allow a Huguenot to follow the eldest princess or the lord of the county more than a Catholic, but only if it was a Frenchman, not a Dutch or a Swede—he remembered the teaching books produced and printed by the Duke of Orleans himself, the ubiquitous superintendents, the lifelike saints and heroes (all French) who were depicted— The king is relentlessly instilling in everyone the concept of the nation and the state, whoever he is, whatever he believes in, even if he is the devil, he must etch in his soul the idea of being a Frenchman, more than any other definition.

So even without Louis XIII's unnatural death, Louis XIV would not have put up with the Huguenots, not because he could not tolerate their faith, but because they had divided the country in two.

But that's the state and the nation...... As for the monarch, shouldn't Louis XIV want the people to be completely loyal to himself and his descendants? Such an act is too dangerous for a king, because when people put the state and the nation before the king, they may abandon the king for both.

"What about you, then, where do you think you will be?" said Chamborant, who heard his own question, realized that he had spoken unknowingly, and after a brief moment of dizziness, he suddenly calmed down—the king had received him in the morning, and now the sun was shining brightly, and through the huge glass window, it had left a burning mark on the walnut floor, and even looking at it would sting your eyes, but when you bask in the sun, the heat of the sun will make you feel more comfortable.

The Sun King, what a fitting title.

Louis thought about it, he really didn't think that from the moment he was born, he was closely connected to the country, as one.

"If I have to say," Chamborence heard His Majesty the King say softly, "I am the state, sir." ”

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I am the state, and if it weren't for Monsieur de Chamborance's problem, Louis XIV might not have thought of it, but...... I am the country, not as some people think, it means endless pleasures and extravagance - on the scale of fate, when a person's weight can be on par with the whole country, it also means that he is carrying a weight that ordinary people simply cannot carry, of course, he can give up, he can refuse, but from that time on, I am the country will lose its meaning to him.

It is not clear what kind of shock Monsieur de Chamborence has suffered, but Louis XIV has a few minutes later gently put this sentence behind him, and any rhetoric, without the support of facts, is a stream of less politeness.

Because it had already been decided to rescue Vienna, some important policies implemented by Louis XIV before had to be revised accordingly.

If he was still in Paris or Versailles, the executor could ask for the king's opinion at any place and place—but if the king was far away in Hungary, he would have been delayed for a long time, even with a wizard's raven.

So the king wants to give power to the Duke of Orleans, the eldest princess, the lord of the county, and even the little Eugen who is studying at the military academy, in addition to the old age, who only likes to chat and play cards in the crowd of female officials, and even the queen who has always been cautious and silent has been pulled out, not to mention the Duchess of Orleans, who was originally in charge of the education of women in Paris and Versailles.

Louis XIV said that during the one, two, or three years that he had been away from Paris, his series of policies would be carried out without interruption, no matter what setbacks he had suffered, or what gratifying results he had seen, and he made a point of mentioning that although the Celestial Princess, the Grand Marsess, and the Younger Eugen had work to do, they still had to study every day—even the Younger Duke of Anghienne, his lessons and teachers, and the King had arranged for him......

Ludwig I, the eldest son of Condé the Great, was naturally very grateful for this, after all, the meaning of the little Duke of Anghien in Versailles was a hostage, without the support of France, it would be difficult for their father and son to gain a foothold in Poland, let alone establish authority, and his arrival this time was Ludwig I's return - but Louis XIV never intended to make the little Duke of Anghien a waster - some people may have done this, but Louis XIV knew that an incompetent waste could cause more trouble than a clever careerist.

And the age of the little Duke of Angian can also allow the king's primary education to develop to a younger age group, at this time, people's education of young children still mostly depends on the women in the family, the child's mother, aunt or sister, but the child who grows up like this often has great defects in character - After all, those who loved him must have indulged him in every way, and the result was that their rough and tyrannical character had to be corrected by the whip and stick of the teacher, which formed the inevitable system of corporal punishment in public schools, and of course, this also had to do with the qualifications of the teachers.

With the Huguenots' teacher resources, Louis XIV was able to set up classes and schools for children between the ages of six and ten as soon as possible, and although it was assumed that children were not half-animals until they were ten years old, it turned out that the children's personalities and minds matured much earlier than they thought.

The little Duke of Angian had no idea what kind of terrible world he was about to face, and he was still enjoying himself, the only thing he was not satisfied with was that the time that the Grand Princess's company had been shortened again, and he could only stay with her for a while in the morning.

His father had come to see him, but he had left as fast as he had arrived, and the little Duke of Angian had not even remembered his face.

The people around him were starting to get busy, at least before the king left, and the little Duke of Angian had to move out of his previous room and into a suite close to the queen, so that the queen could take better care of him, and some lessons had to be started in the suite.