The king easily threw a number in Prince Conte's face, "Also, not three hundred and fifty thousand, nine hundred thousand, sir." But he had no intention of embarrassing Prince Conti, "By 350,000 you mean the three places of Nimes, Montauban and La Rochelle. These three places are the cities in the Edict of Nantes where Henry IV specially granted the Huguenots to carry out the ordinances.

"You know everything, Your Majesty. Prince Conte hurriedly chimed in.

But in 1598 there were still a million Huguenots. Louis said, "How can the number of Huguenots not increase but decrease in these few decades?"

"Of course, because the convicted lamb has gone astray. Prince Conte said.

"It seems that this is not the case," said Louis, "that they have not gone astray, but have left France, sir, and if they were only fools like Lorraine and Alsace, France is not lacking, and I will not be too stingy, but the problem is that these Huguenots are not poor peasants, but artisans, Merchants and scholars, who took not only their faith, but also their wealth, knowledge and connections, went to the Holy Roman Empire, to Switzerland, to Brandenburg, to Holland, to any place dominated by Protestantism, to enrich the foundations of France's enemies, to revitalize their economy, to expand their horizons, but to weaken France. ”

"It was for this reason that your grandfather issued the Edict of Nantes. Madame Conti suddenly interjected, and Prince Conte looked at her in surprise, a little angry.

"How can a place that requires special permission to maintain the faith be as good as a place that glorifies its faith?" Louis raised his hand, stopping Prince Conti from pleading guilty: " My grandfather, the great Henry IV, who was also a Huguenot, and I must say that, although he converted, he remained 120,000 sorry for his original faith, and the Edict of Nantes came as a result, but his actions did not bring gratitude to the Huguenots, on the contrary, they regarded it as a betrayal, and my grandfather and father could be said to have died because of it, and I was met several times because of them. ”

"That's really an ungrateful bunch. The Prince of Conte shouted indignantly, and Louis did not realize it, to be honest, the Bourbons were also Huguenots, and it was only later that Henry IV, King of Navarre, became King of France, and only for this reason he had to convert to Catholicism, and thus laid the seeds of his death—but to be specific, even if it was not Louis here, but any wise king, he would not shake his throne because of his faith— To put it bluntly, the French king François I also allowed Lutherans to speak at the palace when Luther set off the Reformation, so since when did France become a country with the Catholic faith as the orthodox one? Of course, because the then Pope Leo X and the French king François I signed the "Treaty of Bologna", which gave the French king the right to appoint bishops and the right to tax religious property of the Roman Church, and the French king certainly did not want to participate in the troubled waters of the Reformation.

Because of the Protestant Reformation, it was originally born by the princes in order to seize the right to appoint personnel and financial evidence of the church into their own hands, without the drive of interests, the kings would not even move their little fingers, but on the contrary, the princes of France, The merchants and the rulers of the guilds were strongly in favor of the Reformation, but in that case, even if they took food from the mouths of the King of France and the cardinals, it is not surprising that the Bishop of Richelieu hated the Huguenots, and even with the Edict of Nantes, he presided over several wars against the Huguenots, such as the siege of La Rochelle, where the Bishop was even present in person.

His heir, Bishop Mazarin, inherited more than the property of the Bishop of Richelieu, and for the Huguenots he was also a black bishop dressed in red, and for Louis he had no interest in the struggle between Catholicism and Protestantism, or, more correctly, he hated the actions and ideas of these men who were trying to divide France and intended to create a "state of China" than the mere assassination of him, which the young king would never allow. To this end, he had to keep these Protestants under strict supervision, but also to prevent them from fleeing, because the Huguenots who had fled had not fled and lived in peace, but had amassed property, recruited murderers, spread rumors, and infiltrated back to France again and again, stirring up rebellions.

"I am not going to deny the Edict of Nantes altogether," said Louis, "but I will not sit idly by and watch them continue to grow without fear." "In particular, when he was away on a mission, France had to be as stable as a rock.

"Then you're ready ......"

"The Great Migration. Louis said with a blank face, if there is a fruity grape growing in front of your window, and you want that sweet fruit, and you don't want it to blind your eyes and block the warm sun, then what do you do?

"Philip, Duke of Orleans, will come forward to invite them, and in addition to La Rochelle, Nîmes, and Montauban, I will grant Orleans a place of trust for the Huguenots. ”

"The Church of Rome will be furious!" said Prince Conti.

"How does an Orleans compare with England, Ireland with Scotland?" said Louis, "and they don't care too much about it when they need me to mediate." "The cardinals of the Church of Rome would not believe in him, but in interests, and how could he be sympathetic to the Huguenots when the appointment and taxation powers were still in the hands of the king.

The Prince and Mrs. Conte on the side showed a thoughtful look, so to speak, the Duke of Orleans is a good candidate, first of all, although his inheritance has stepped back one after the birth of the crown prince Louis Jr., but he is still one of the closest people to the throne, as long as he has evil intentions, he will never ignore him, and people know that the Duke of Orleans is deeply favored by the king, if he asks the king to make Orleans a city of freedom of belief, the king may agree, and then, in order to win the conversion of this duke, the head of the Huguenots must show sincerity。

But His Majesty is also really bold, after all, Orleans is much closer to Paris than Nimes or La Rochelle, and if the main forces of the Huguenots are gathered in Orleans, there is no doubt that it will be a threat to Paris, but in the same way, Paris will be a threat to them...... "I have no intention of putting all the Huguenots to death," said Louis: "They are also my people, and I am willing to accept them as long as they are willing to be loyal to me and to France." ”

When Prince Conte heard this, he breathed a sigh of relief, as long as the king did not want to drive the Huguenots to Orleans with troops and muskets, but to hang a sweet bait to buy them, his errand was not very difficult, and he now finally knew why the king wanted him to do this, the first military leader of the Huguenots, Louis I de Bourbon, Prince of Condé, uncle of Henry IV, who was killed in the Jagna War of 1569, which was between Catholics and Huguenots.

Although the Huguenots always regarded Henry IV and his descendants as rebels, they never forgot the glory of the entire Bourbon family, the five brothers, the King of Navarre, the Cardinal, the Duke of Anghien, the Duke of Wangdu, the Count of Avazon, and the Prince of Condé as Huguenots. For them, the Princes of Condé and Conte would be the most suitable candidates for the kingship of France if they converted to the Huguenots, but until then, to be able to convince the Duke of Orleans to convert to Protestantism would undoubtedly be to put a poisoned dagger in Louis's heart.

"What do you need?" asked Prince Conti.

"Artisans, businessmen and teachers. Louie said.

"Merchants and artisans are all right," asked Prince Conti, "but the teachers, they preach some ...... Unbelievable stupidity. ”

"They will make a difference. Louis said that he tried basic education at Versailles, but it was difficult, and they were reluctant to deign to teach the sons of farmers and craftsmen in an age when scholars were almost equal to clergy, but the Huguenots meant "followers of the Geneva Reformation," It can be said that they took the lead in attacking the Roman Church with education, they vigorously promoted primary education in the areas under their control, allowed coeducation, replaced Latin with French, faced the children at the bottom, and exempted tuition, the bad thing is that they are the same as the church schools, mainly religious education, the Bible is regarded as a textbook for liberal arts, mathematics is an auxiliary, and natural sciences are rarely involved, and the quality of teaching staff is not high, cramming teaching and corporal punishment prevail, and the quality of teaching is not flattering.

However, this was also corrected in the later period, and the Huguenot clergy continued to absorb foreign knowledge and experience, expanding their horizons and influence, and at the same time continuing to train more teachers and open more schools.

Even with the king's support, Paris and Versailles had only fourteen schools so far, while the Huguenots had sixty-five schools, which could accommodate thousands of students at the same time. And unlike the students who came out of the church schools, the Huguenot students paid more attention to practicality, compared with the ancient texts, the history of the church, or the rigid doctrine, the schools in the Protestant sect were mainly mathematics, grammar and medicine, and after leaving the school, the students not only had good cultural literacy, but also had careful logical thinking, and had the courage and ability to solve practical problems.

Of course, it was only a matter of time before the king would start such a school after having Descartes and the schools of fish that attracted him, but he was still a mortal after all, and he couldn't do everything, so if there was ripe fruit to pick, why not?

In addition, although the siege of Castel Sant'Angelo was besieged, the Roman Church has always been a shackle that the French royal family cannot get rid of, after all, although the French royal family has taken back the right to finance and appoint from Leo X, but in France, 90% of the people are Catholics, and the members of the royal family are without exception. If they are infidels, will they still be afraid of the small expulsion of the church?

After setting up the usefulness of these Huguenots, Louis looked at the Prince of Conti again: "Those Bohemian witches will be handed over to you." ”

"I have seen your map," asked Madame Conti, "are you planning to let these bohemians mingle with the Huguenots?"

"Otherwise," said Louis, seemingly helplessly, "the hatred between the Catholics and the Huguenots is enough to start another war." ”

Or, your Majesty, Madame Conti said in her heart, you cherish your people, but whether they are Bohemian witches or Huguenots, whatever damage they may have suffered, you are indifferent.

Of course, she was not stupid enough to say it, but only bent her knees and accepted the job, and Manit told the king that there were only three thousand Bohemian witches, but in fact, one after another, they were in the "royal special guard company" , that is, the wizard of Gayola, under the coercion of the Inquisition, came to Orleans under the coercion of witches, the wizards have exceeded 10,000, among which the Bohemian witches are the most, they are not as powerful as the members of the witch order, some of them are even more ignorant, and they are no different from those wandering Roma - those talents are also used by them as a tool for deception.

These people were strictly supervised, and the new settlements were like a wedge between the Catholic ghetto of Orleans and the Huguenots, and there must have been a lot of strange rumors in the Orleans area—a man-made and natural line of defense, but it was not known how long it would last.

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May 29 was the birthday of Charles II, and Charles II, who was affectionately known as the Happy King because of his fondness for horse racing, gambling, theater and dancing, and holding banquets, invited many theater troupes to London to present a wonderful performance for him and his people on his 40th birthday.

The "Radiant" troupe in Paris will of course be on this list, and it can be said that half of the French royal family is a troupe, which was carefully searched when it landed in Dover, and the people in the troupe could not help complaining, but they did not carry any lethal weapons other than the long arrows and daggers used for decoration and performance, and the women in the theater outnumbered the men, only when they entered London, they were intercepted by the soldiers of the Earl of Shellsbury.

John Locke sat in a carriage hidden in the darkness, watching the angry troupe members, and his entourage was puzzled: "Could they have brought anything dangerous?"

"I don't know, but it's because I don't know that I need this search. ”

But to Mr. Locke's disappointment, the soldiers ended up with nothing.