The next day, the king went to see the Queen Mother - this is not something that every son or king does, but out of Louis's heart, he still went to his mother every morning (postponed if there was an emergency) to do morning prayers, which undoubtedly stabilized and enhanced the status of the Queen Mother, after all, after Louis came of age, many people speculated whether the young king would be dissatisfied with the Queen Mother's constraints on the king in previous years, especially when Bishop Mazaran was gradually making a gesture of backing down. But the king's actions told them that he still had great respect for his mother, which made the turmoil in the court once again invisible, which was what Louis needed, steady, steady, he needed time, and a long-term quiet and stable Paris was the basis of his rule.

It's just that today, after the prayer, the Queen Mother did not get up immediately, she put her hand gently on the hand of her eldest son, and looked at him with gentle and kind eyes, Louis found that he inherited much more from the Queen Mother than his father Louis XIII, and it is no wonder that there have always been people who question his lineage with Philippe- Louis XIII was not ugly, and could even be said to be polite, but both Louis and Philippe could be said to be a pair of beautiful men, but Louis was more inclined to men, while Philippe was more inclined to women, or in other words, Philippe's appearance was biased to blame Bishop Mazaran and the Queen Mother. But no one can deny that they are far more beautiful than their uncles, nephews and even sisters, whether they were young or now.

"Mother's ......"

"Your Majesty," said the Queen Mother softly, "from tomorrow onwards, it will be up to me to meet you." ”

Louis couldn't help but show a slightly surprised look when he heard this: "Did someone say something?"

"No," said the Queen Mother, "it is my decision, Your Majesty." She stretched out her hand and stroked her son's face: "There can be no two suns in the sky, my dear king, there can be no two voices in the court, it was your father before, now it is you, Louis XIV, everyone from me should bow down and listen to your voice." ”

"You don't have to be so anxious. ”

"Now is the time," said the Queen Mother, "and last night in Paris was wonderful, and I loved it, Your Majesty." ”

In the court, no matter how small a matter can turn into a great wave, let alone such a big move, Louis's servants and henchmen soon discovered that their previous orders, although not impossible, were not as smooth as they are now, and even the king's religious teacher, Abbot La Rivière, told the king that he had been given a better room with a view of the Seine and Notre-Dame.

The king only laughed at this, he was not ready to move the positions of these old servants and stewards in the court for the time being, although it was said that with them, the operation of the court could continue smoothly, but it was precisely because of them that some stereotypes could not be erased, and when Philip, Duke of Anjou, was tidying up his room to deal with those private matters, there were even people who tried to fill their pockets or obstruct it with their own power— Of course, these people are now in the Bastille fortress, which will not become a prison until about a hundred years later, but the king does not mind putting it into use early.

Perhaps it was the Queen Mother who sensed this, and transferred the management of the court from herself to Louis, but Louis soon gave it to his brother Philippe, who still lives with the Queen Mother, and if he has anything that he cannot handle, he can immediately ask his mother for help, and the Queen Mother will not be depressed by the sudden idleness, and the women in the court often have only two ways to pass the time, one is to gamble, and the other is to do Mass, both of which are enough to make the money in the Queen Mother's hands pour out like flowing water, and the king will not covet his mother's money, but the money can obviously be used in better places.

For example, the renovation of the Louvre, the renovation of the Tourry Palace, the renovation of the Richelieu House.

Bishop Mazarin recommended an architect to Louis, Louis Le Vau, yes, another Louis, but then we can all call him Monsieur Le Vau, Mr. Le Vau was pale, slightly puffy, with black curls draped from the top of his head to the sides, to be honest, the bangs on his forehead were really a little sparse, fortunately he was not an actor or a singer, and he had no requirements for appearance, but he was still a little hesitant about the king's request— It is not surprising that the king asked them to remodel the dwellings in the palace, the problem is that he asked for a washroom in every suite- Of course, this is a euphemism, in fact, it is a room equipped with a series of cleaning equipment from the bathroom to the toilet, if you only calculate from the room and the area, it is not very difficult to do this, at most some nobles have to move out of the Louvre, this is not a big problem, the previous rebellion of the Prince of Condé and the Duke of Gaston made many rooms empty, Le Vau heard that some people were in a hurry to submit applications, but the king did not approve it for a long time, I think this is the reason for this.

The most crucial problem was the king's demand for water and water, in seventeenth-century Paris, there were no water pipes or anything like this, and people's knowledge of water resources was extremely shallow, and the nobles either used all kinds of liquor to satisfy their thirst for water, or bought water from other places where the water was naturally clean, and as for the commoners and the lower ones, they mostly fetched water from rivers and canals. The Seine is an all-encompassing river where people fetch water, swim, bathe, wash clothes, wash leather, kill fish, slaughter livestock, and dump dung...... It's all inside, the whole river is dark and dreary, and even then, it's the water of life for the propery, and every time Louis sees it, he suspects that the city is indeed favored by God, and that there is no plague in such a filthy condition.

The king's intention was to build an aqueduct to divert water from the Tyran, a tributary of the Oise to the north of Paris, but the project was short of money and time, and the five-year estimate forced the king to find a new way, hoping that Le Vau would build a small reservoir where the Seine would enter Paris, and the water from the reservoir would be initially treated and brought into the palace for clean water and ...... Louis had to temporarily lead it to the Seine, and although he was looking for a better solution, the French at the time still considered dung to be a foul and sinful thing like the devil, and it was not easy for them to dispose of it properly and throw it in the fields - given that even the commode and the manure dumped on the road ended up in the Seine...... The king had to comfort himself that it was only a stopgap measure.

Anyway, he's fed up with moving from one palace to another every once in a while to deal with filth.

Le Vau looked at the rough drawings provided by the king in detail- Toilet, he saw that the main material of the sign on it was ceramic, and couldn't help but be slightly staggered, the people of Europa have admired porcelain for a long time, the earliest can be traced back to the Roman period, and at the same time as buying ceramics from the East, they are also trying to imitate, at this time Louis's court also has a lot of imitation faience ware, but compared to real porcelain, they are not smooth enough, not smooth enough, and after a period of time, it is easy to crack, easy to seepage, even so, Neville, Pottery from places such as Lyon and Rouen remains an important property considered a treasure by many of the lower and middle classes.

In fact, the rudimentary form of the toilet had already been presented to the king, but after testing, it was found that it was more prone to breakage than porcelain plates, jars, etc., especially where the pipes were bent, where it was easy to make thin, and finally broken by the turbulent water, and then a goldsmith managed to create a brass curve before it could barely be put into use, and before use, a wooden seat frame had to be made for it, both for the sake of beauty and for the safety of the user.

But there were few people who could use such things except for the important ministers and nobles, and Louis only had such pottery in a few important suites, and everyone else could only use the same room or commode.

Even so, the amount of launching required was enormous, but Louis was able to move around, and he renovated the gallery between the Dourery Palace and the Louvre, and then officially named the Richelieu Palace as the Royal Palace, officially part of the Bourbon family palace cluster.

Of course, for the king, the needs of the individual are always lower than the needs of the state, and although he has not yet formally ruled the country, Bishop Mazaran has already made him attend some important meetings, and the king is seated in the first seat, but most of them are only observers, after all, he is still a novice in the learning stage, and most of them he can't even name them— Some of the things that concern him are that Prince Condé has always fought for Spain, but when facing Viscount Tyrenne, he has not won as many as before, perhaps because Viscount Tyrrenne is well versed in his military style or he does not want to face his former colleagues and subordinates...... How much money did the Treasury Director, Nicolas Fouquet, make from lending money from the state treasury...... The Duke of Gaston was seriously ill and dying in the penal colony of Blois—to determine if he was really dying or had other plans...... The emissaries to the Kingdom of Naples returned, and the situation was not as expected by the bishop, and the Neapolitans were disgusted with the Spaniards, but also disinterested in the French...... Cromwell, the Lord Protector of England, who united Scotland and Ireland, is now known to his subordinates as His Highness, and has been advised to ascend to the throne, and his army has recently occupied Jamaica...... King Carl X of Sweden is still delaying and pushing off the demands of Lady Christina Alexandra...... In the Treaty of Saint-Germain-en-Laye in 1632, the French colony of Quebec in the Americas had been returned to France by England, and now there was a need for an administrator and whether it should be divided into a city or a province......

After attending the meeting, the king had to go back and look through the books, the records, and the information that the bishop had given him, and he was not yet formally in power, but he was already feeling the pressure of 120,000 points.

So tonight he rarely stayed in the study to kill some leisure before going to bed, but went to the Queen Mother.

The king was only outside the door when he heard a cheerful and loud shout.