In fact, Louis XIV was more familiar with Christian Huygens, because he had visited Paris three times, and had been at home at the Royal Academy of Sciences for a while, and he had great conversations with scholars such as Descartes, Maury, Pascal, and even got a doctorate in Angers, and his French friends would of course try to persuade him to stay in Paris, and Huygens was tempted, but soon after, King Louis XIV of France bared his fangs at Flanders, followed by the Netherlands.

Huygens, believing that he could not serve such a tyrant in this way, pretended to be sick and returned to The Hague, but he did not expect that he and Spinoza would fall into the hands of the Sun King again, but it was better to think that it was better than to fall into the hands of Cosimo III, and his complicated feelings were almost overflowing from his eyes, and before he could say something, he was interrupted by a young man who came running from another place.

"Sir!" the young man ran to them, looked suspiciously at the crowd around the cage, and lowered his voice—but perhaps because he was so excited, that all the people here could almost hear him—"Mr. Spinoza," he congratulated Spinoza sincerely, "Sir, the wrongs inflicted on you will soon be cleared, and you are qualified to teach us, and we have already moved Ferdinand, son of the Grand Duke, to take your scroll and go to the Grand Duke to intercede!"

Spinoza's mouth opened wide.

If I had to find an adjective, it would probably be that when he had to accept the invitation of the devil after many years of suffering in purgatory, his disciple raised his fork and plunged him into the magma - a feeling that was so indescribable that even Louis XIV felt a little miserable, and the student did not receive the response he deserved, and his expression slowly changed from excitement and joy to bewilderment...... I say, you are speaking to Ferdinand, the son of the Grand Duke," Huygens took a few deep breaths before he could speak, "and you have not received the education of an unknown mirror grinder, but a ...... from Amsterdam The Education of Deviant Scholars...... Is it?"

"We don't think Mr. Spinoza is wrong. The student humbly said, "He opened a new door for us to see the world." ”

"You also said it to His Highness Ferdinand...... Spinoza's name?"

The student nodded. "Oh God," Huygens was utterly speechless, "Oh God, O God...... "What a foolish thing you have done!" he almost threw himself up and grabbed the student by the collar, and roared loudly, asking him if he had intended to murder his teacher, but before he could do so, Spinoza burst out laughing, though his laughter sounded like an iron broom sweeping over a wall, and sounded creepy: "My friend, my Christian," he laughed twice, and whispered: "Don't blame them, don't plead with God, we all know that God doesn't care about the fate of a human being, He can, knows, knows much more than that, we are just a speck of dust, He is the universe. ”

"Don't talk about it. Huygens shouted weakly.

"Did we do something wrong?" the student looked a little more panicked than Spinoza, "we've even raised a ransom!"

"It's not a ransom issue. Madame Milady interrupted him, "When did you get His Highness Ferdinand to intercede with his father?"

"We have persuaded Ferdinand at noon to-day," said the student, "that he was going to see his father about a matter which he might ask for his pardon by the way—he had seen the works of Monsieur Spinoza, and he thought that he was quite capable of being compared with the Jesuit clergy, and he promised us that if he could not be released immediately, at least he could be exchanged for imprisonment or expulsion." ”

Madame Milady, looking at the sky, "is fortunate that we are, Your Majesty," she said, "and if we had been a day late, we would have seen only the corpse of Mr. Spinoza." ”

The student's face turned white, and he looked at Huygens, still not quite understanding what kind of stupid thing he had done.

"Let's get out of here first. Louis XIV replied, "As for ...... Here, Mr. Huygens, you leave with us, or we'll have to put an extra cage here. ”

"But ......"

"You are a mathematician," said the king mildly, "you ought to know, Mr. Huygens, that a definite number is always greater than another indefinite number." ”

“...... You're right," said Alexander, who also had the spell cast by Madame Milady, drank wine, and ate preserves, and felt better: "You'd better get out of here first, as for us," he shook his head, "and at worst go the way before." ”

Louis nodded his cane, "Not necessarily," he said, "and I can assure you that things will never get the worst." ”

The pupil looked at the stranger, whose family was still entitled to enter the Palazzo Pitti and to meet the Grand Duke and the King, so he did not know Louis XIV, but this gentleman of great grace and good looks had only said this, and the atmosphere that had become tense by the news he had brought with him suddenly relaxed silently, as if he were a messenger of God, a saint, and that what he said would inevitably become true.

"Looks like we're going back early. Louie said.

He took the Dauphin Louis the Younger, and his attendants and servants, and left in as great a force as they had come, but in the middle of the journey, Madame de Milady, looked at his father: "Madame, is she going to arrange the rest of the matter?"

"That's right. Louis looked at the golden-red light cast on the Cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore and said, the pink and white marble was like pieces of sand gold in the afterglow, no, not only this church, but also the Medici Old Palace, the current city hall, the Ponte della Trinity of God on the Arno River, the jewellers of the Ponte Vecchio, the Uffizi Palace, the Grand Place, and countless sculptures, Zenith paintings and fountains, these were consecrated to the city by the Medici family, just as Louis XIV could claim that he rebuilt Paris, and the Medici could claim that they rebuilt Florence.

But these exploits, if the Florentines were willing to admit it, were about to be squandered by the Medici's descendants. Louis XIV had no intention of interfering with the rule of Cosimo III, or rather, such a rule was to his liking, if Cosimo III was a wise and enlightened ruler, his vast plans for Italy would have become difficult when he encountered the Duchy of Tuscany, after all, the Duke of Colonna was the son-in-law of Cosimo III, and Cosimo III had two sons, and he saw that neither Ferdinand nor the young Gian were considered weak.

He still hopes that his son can get a happy marriage and be happy.

"What will Cosimo III do?" said little Louis, who was also looking out the window.

If he was angry, he might indulge his malice and send for all the people there to be put to death at once. Louie said.

"So Madame Milady......"

"Yes. Louis XIV said.

"But you are the Sun King, Father, and they should do your will. ”

Louis couldn't help laughing: "No, no, son, this is Florence, and I'm not Louis XII, and I'm not going to stop Cosimo III from exercising his power," he walked unhurriedly, his cane making a rhythmic sound on the bricks: "It's a very rude act, and if I do, then someone will do it to me in the future - of course, maybe no one has the guts to do it, but many things, at least not by me, are still for such small reasons." ”

He paused: "There is only one exception. ”

"What?"

Louis XIV didn't say it, but the Dauphin Louis Jr. understood.

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The father and son get along very harmoniously and happily, but the other father and son are not.

Ferdinand is different from little Louis, Louis Jr.'s father Louis XIV, and his mother, Princess Teresa of Spain, although there is not much love in their marriage, but Louis is a very responsible person, Queen Teresa is intelligent by nature, because of the embarrassing identity spent more than ten years, and learned to be cautious and forbearing, so as their firstborn, little Louis grew up in warmth, wealth and love, although such an environment made his temperament a little too gentle, but like any pampered child, he has a frank and bright heart。

Ferdinand, on the other hand, was a very different mother, unfortunately, an ambitious, greedy and vicious woman—when she was newlywed, Cosimo III did think about spending the long life with her, but how did she do it? she always felt that she was going to be queen, and to deign to marry the son of a merchant— The Grand Duchy of Tuscany did not have a long history, and the Medici family also made their fortunes in commerce and banking, and although there were two popes and two queens, they were still nouveau riche in the eyes of the French aristocracy.

But her marriage to Cosimo III was agreed in 1661, when Louis XIV had been in power for three years, the political life of Gaston, Duke of Orleans, had come to an end, and he was already seriously ill and old, he had no son, and the title and title were destined to be inherited by the royal brother Philippe, in view of his indifference and meanness to his eldest daughter, the Duchess of Montpensier, and not to expect this sister to be very warm to her half-sister, the Duke of Gaston can be said to have used up the last bit of connections, and finally sent his last daughter to Florence。

It is a pity that the Margaret lord did not understand her father's toil at all, she was like a queen, even a god, and her vengeful profligacy and intensified blackmail made Cosimo III's love quickly fade away and miserable, she did not love her own children, but only regarded them as forced labor, and Ferdinand was abandoned to the nurse not long after he was born.

A nurse, even if she is dedicated enough, cannot be compared with a real mother, but the pity is that Cosimo III's mother was busy with government affairs at that time - Cosimo III left behind, and this grandson is not as concerned as the granddaughter who came after, Cosimo III because of the frustration in his marriage, at this time he has begun to devote himself to prayer and penance, hoping to find solace in it, and he has not been able to think of this son.

As a result, it was not until he was about to reach adulthood, or rather, when the Grand Duke of France, King Louis XIV, was choosing a husband that Cosimo III thought of his son, and there is no doubt that Ferdinand disappointed him, both academically and intellectually, he was like a child, and the only thing worthy of praise was that he was still in good health.

Ferdinand, who had always been raised by a nurse, was surrounded by not the children of the Florentine families and officials, but the children of ordinary families—of course, many times more common than the poor, among whom he had developed a frivolous disposition, less responsible than his father, and less pious, and only fond of wandering around.

His uncle had already told his father that Ferdinand intended to go to Paris and Versailles to go to school—everyone knew that he was just going to play, and Cosimo III never did so, mainly because after a few years of schooling in Paris, his daughter was comfortably a lady of learning and virtue, but it was also evident that the French had influenced her more than the Italians had influenced her.

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The purpose of politics is freedom.

The Netherlands at that time had some freedom, but it was not democratic.

Freedom of thought and law-abiding action.

In a free country, everyone can think freely and express their opinions freely.

There can never be a rational life without reason.

Just as light exposes both itself and the darkness around it, so truth is both a standard of its own and a false standard.

Wisdom is not the contemplation of death, but the contemplation of life.

Christiaan Huyg (h)ens (14 April 1629 – 08 July 1695) was a Dutch physicist, astronomer and mathematician who was born in The Hague on 4 April 1629 and died on 8 July 1695 in The Hague. He was an important pioneer of physics between Galileo and Newton, one of the most famous physicists in history, who made outstanding contributions to the development of mechanics and the study of optics, as well as outstanding achievements in mathematics and astronomy, and was an important pioneer of modern natural science. He established the law of centripetal force, proposed the principle of conservation of momentum, and improved the timer.

He has made outstanding contributions to the development of mechanics and the study of optics, as well as outstanding achievements in mathematics and astronomy, and is an important pioneer of modern natural science. He established the law of centripetal force, proposed the principle of conservation of momentum, and improved the timer.