The Queen Mother was concealed by His Royal Highness the Duke of Orleans because Louis not only showed Philippe the secret letter, but also gave the Duke of Orleans a position that he could hardly refuse, that is, a secret agent who held a part of it for His Majesty. The reason why I say part of it is because Louis did not have a full-fledged intelligence network in his hands, and his secret agent was inherited by Bishop Mazarin from Bishop Richelieu, and then expanded part of it, and finally handed it into his hands.

It is necessary to mention here the components of these agents, who, like the Bishop of Richelieu, were priests and priests, because people always went to them to confess their sins, and they had more secrets than the stars in the sky - although according to the laws of the Church they were not allowed to divulge any secrets they heard, but ...... The bishop has the right to listen to the confession of the priest or any member of the clergy, so in order to keep the secret completely, he must endure spiritual scourging.

There are also criminals who, like Madame Miledy, have been brought out of prison, and if they do not want to serve the bishop, they will have to go back to prison or even to the guillotine, to the gallows, and the imprint on them, which the criminals must have, will never return to normal human life.

Then there are the wandering merchants, who are not trustworthy, who are working not so much for bishops as for jingling coins, whose information is often incoherent and unreliable, but who sometimes stumble upon a big fish.

In such a chaotic situation, when he was in the inner world, with some fragmentary time in his studies, the king also talked to Madame Milady, and the result was that when he decided to return to the world, he would make a rectification of this chaos, and he did not interrupt to put the spies in the hands of one person, so that if that person wanted to deceive himself, it would be too easy, and Louis had to divide the intelligence network into three parts.

The first part he was going to give, or rather, asked Philip to assemble, was "Inheritance" Hundreds of years later, it was common practice for people to be Louis to serve as ambassadors and their retinues and officials outside of France, and although this was almost the same for everyone, Louis's expectation was a more orthodox and efficient organization, and the reason why he wanted Philippe to be the leader of these people was also because Philippe was detached, and in many cases, the Duke of Orleans was there enough to guarantee and protect many suspicious people, or in a critical moment, he was also the object of the least dared to be hindered and harmed。

Philip was thrilled to take over the will, even if the position would never be on paper or known to anyone but the king, and a few.

The second part, that is, the intelligence network that Mazaran left to the king, this network, in addition to the clergy and monks for the time being— Because the king did not naturally suppress their identities, it was not easy to buy these clergy, and it was even possible that they had fallen into the trap of the church, so only criminals such as Madame Milady, and some thieves, mercenaries, and tavern keepers and other marginal people with one foot on the prison door could still be used, these people, the king after some consideration, temporarily promoted the Count of d'Artagnan to the position of one of the leaders of the secret agents, and the Count of d'Artagnan, who came to accept this position, was very happy at first, but when he heard that he might have to work with Madame Milady in the future, his face changed sadly。

But it was necessary, for they were originally subordinates of Madame Milady, and the Count of d'Artagnan was to be handed over to Madame Milady—and the king smiled and reminded the frivolous gentleman that he had a relationship with Madame Milady, "though Madame Miladydi made a little joke with you, sir, she was still a very attractive lady after all, and that was not enough for you to forgive her?"

"You are right, but, ......Your Majesty," said the Count of d'Artagnan, with a sad face, "and here is the problem." "Not only because of Miledi's merciless trickery with him, but also because she and d'Artagnan were exactly the same people, and in their dealings with the opposite sex, they were like beasts, presumptuous, vicious, and ruthless—not to mention the like-mindedness, even d'Artagnan, or Milady, would have preferred to accept a truly good man as a companion.

It's just that no matter how reluctant the Count of d'Artagnan is, he has to work with Madame Miladyi for a while, Madame Miladyi was put in the inner world by Louis, firstly, to isolate her from the intimate relationship with her former subordinates, and secondly, Miladyi also needs to build a big net for the king in the inner world, but in order to achieve the goal, the support of the table world is indispensable, of course the king will not do it himself, so naturally only the Count d'Artagnan will serve.

When the Count d'Artagnan left, his brother Philippe came to receive a summons from the king, and although he was a little puzzled, he almost never said anything about his business, but the king told him that he intended to make d'Artagnan the head of the spies, which made Philip even more confused, because the Count of d'Artagnan did not seem to be a good keeper of secrets.

What the king did not tell the king was that sometimes an overly fancy appearance could be the best disguise, and that it would not be surprising that a man who was good at flirting with lovers would suddenly appear anywhere, and that he would drag all ill-intentioned glances upon himself with such a high voice that it would be difficult for one to see what was covered by a shadow in a strong light.

Of course, as mentioned before, he entrusted the affairs of the court to Philippe - forgetting to mention that in addition to foreign countries, the French court was also within the royal brother's responsibility.

The real leader of the spies was Colbert, whose origins were despised because he was only a chauffeur merchant, but the merchants had a wider coverage than the "celebrities" and nobles, and had more people to deal with them—and the merchants were sensitive enough to intelligence, otherwise how could they hoard and buy and sell short? Armaments and transportation are inseparable, and as long as we can grasp the trends of commercial society, it is not difficult to speculate on the situation of any country or region.

In addition, despite the bishop's gift, the king preferred to create a team that belonged only to him, and the merchants entered the king's field of vision at the right time, compared to the "famous lady" , bandits and priests, merchants are more involved, and if there are merchants who talk a lot, it is not surprising to look at the appearance, after all, many times business opportunities are better than military aircraft, and more importantly, after accepting the lessons of Charles I, Louis did not want to force the merchant class to riot and then cut off his own head, and before he could not shake the interests of the priests and nobles for the time being and could not reduce the tax burden of the merchants, he could only try to hang the honor and title on the hook to see if he could manage to catch this big fish that was still ignored.

There are definitely big fish.

Before Philip had left, Colbert came, and he brought the latest coinage— When Louis ascended the throne, although he was only five years old, Bishop Mazarin still minted a silver coin for him as a celebration, on that silver coin, Louis's profile portrait was like a perfectly baked little white bread, bulging cheeks made him look very childish, Bishop Mazarin wanted to recast a silver coin as a celebration when Louis was an adult at the age of fourteen, but the situation was tense at the time, so Louis refused after consideration, and now that he is not only officially in power, but also has an heir, the matter of minting coins is naturally at the top of the agenda。

Colbert was only Chancellor of the Exchequer, and although he was appointed to be in charge of the minting of the latest gold louis, there were still professionals in charge of the design of the coins, Charles Lebrun, whose family had been serving in the French royal family, but his father and grandfather were good at carving, and he was good at painting, and his teacher was also Poussin, who was favored by Louis XIII, and he also studied in Italy with Poussin, and had a deep understanding and experience of ancient Greek portrait carving.

These are not the reasons why Louis finally chose him to take charge of this important work- The reason why this painter in his prime had won the king's trust was because he, his family was a royalist through and through, and when the king was in exile, he even refused to serve the Duke of Gaston and the Prince of Condé, which was dangerous for a painter, because both of them had the power to throw him into prison and even hang him, but fortunately he was not so stupid as to be captured, and after rejecting the two great men he fled immediately, and when he heard that the king was in Saint-Germain-en-Laye, he also commissioned a customer to present a beautiful manuscript Bible to the Queen Mother。

Louis will not forget that although Monsieur Charles's talent can only be described as mediocre and cannot be compared with those talented painters, Louis still made a large deal - during the riots, almost all the ceiling paintings of the Louvre were destroyed by soot and flames, and a lot of repair and repainting was required, all of which were given to Charles Lebrun, who lived up to the king's expectations and completed it quickly and well—but the poor brother Philippe always wanted to stop talking...... His royal brother can almost be said to be flawless, except for the bad aesthetics, not that his aesthetics are equivalent to ugliness, but ...... Louis was clearly more inclined towards pragmatism or ...... Straight masculinity, he doesn't care about some subtle differences even if he can distinguish them.

So after the people secretly whispered about the emmmm, Charles Lebrun proudly took over the task given to him by the king, and he designed a silver coin of Egü, and also a gold coin worth twenty livres, on which Louis wore a laurel wreath, his curly hair was draped over his shoulders, and below was a clasped cloak, his young forehead was straight and smooth, his eyes were bright, he looked straight ahead, his nose was high, his lips were tightly pursed, and the reverse side of the silver coin was the coat of arms of Louis when he ascended the throne, and above it was the crown, and in the shield was the lily, the symbol of the royal family.

Louis on the gold coin removes the laurel wreath and cloak to fully reveal the young king's personal charm, and on the reverse side of the coin is a cross of equal length, with a crown at the top and four lilies in the center.

"All good. Louis said, rubbing the surface of the coin, at this time the coin minting has begun to use a spiral press, faster, and more beautiful, the edges of the silver and gold coins have a circle to prevent someone from deliberately grinding off a part of the zigzag to accumulate wealth, the portrait is exquisite, the age and letters are very clear, the king nodded in satisfaction, while putting it in his hand and gently weighing the weight: "How much gold and silver is there?" he asked.

It is normal for every nation, and even every lord who has the right to mint money, to be secretive about the amount of gold and silver in the coins, and when coins are issued in large quantities, a small difference can be obtained with a large amount of net profit, and Louis is in need of money now, but he does not intend to do anything with coins, like the florin of Italy, Piast of Spain, the forint of Hungary, the Netherlands Antillean guilder, and the Polish zloty...... The true value of a coin also means the credibility of a government or a country, and unless France can have an unshakable position like the behemoth that came after, it can not care about these things, let alone the true value of a coin, even if it is a piece of color-printed paper, which can be coveted.

"But ......," said Colbert, he was still a little unwilling, because he always had the idea of securing France's gold and silver reserves as much as possible, and he was once only a businessman, but now he is also a member of the French Academy, and his further mastery of finance and economics has made him firmly believe that the precious metals that a country can possess also represent the strength of that country.

Louis knew what he was thinking at the sight of him, and the king involuntarily wanted to laugh, "Wait a little longer, let," he affectionately called Colbert's Christian name, "and if you insist on your idea, then believe me, God has nothing more to offer me and France than to seek gold and silver for our poor people." ”

Colbert gave a polite inquiring look.

"Wait," Louis remembered the gold and silver mines in those two distant New Worlds, "and when the time comes, I will let you see, that it is the Promised Land of God, where gold winds like the roots of a tree buried in the ground, and that every river glistens with gold, and you don't even need to dig it, but you can kick away the pure nuggets with your head down, like a fruit that has fallen prematurely in an orchard." ”

Kirbel looked at him like a dreamer.

How is this possible?

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The Ming Japanese chapter added more thousand words.