Within a month, the decree of Pope Alexander VII of Rome was quickly spread throughout the continent.

The first to get the news was, of course, the Kingdom of France, the closest to Rome, when the French Prime Minister and Cardinal Richelieu had been dead for more than ten years, and the successor Cardinal and Prime Minister was Mazarin.

Richelieu has read countless people, and Mazarin was able to get into Richelieu's eyes and recommend him to be the prime minister of France and cardinal of the diocese, which shows that this person is still a little capable.

And in fact, Mazaran is indeed a powerful person.

Since he took over as Prime Minister of France, France has maintained the momentum of the Richelieu period and has made France the biggest winner of the Thirty Years' War.

After attending the conference in Rome, Mazarin met with the Queen Mother of France for the first time after returning to Paris.

Because the King of France Louis XIV was only 15 years old at this time, and he was only 16 years old according to his imaginary age, he was regent by Anne of Austria, the Queen Mother, and assisted by Prime Minister and Cardinal Mazarin.

Anne was not just very fond of Mazaran, but extremely fond of him.

The reason is also very simple, Mazaran is not only good at governing the country, but also very good at bed, and he is very good at work, and Anne is often waited on by him, so he will obey him in big and small things.

After blasting the maid away, Anne sat directly on Mazaran's lap.

Then he put his arm around Mazaran and asked, "Honey, what do you think we should do?"

"That old man of Alexander VII, who called for the Second Crusade, clearly had the intention of reviving the prestige of Catholicism, and tried to take this opportunity to suppress Orthodox Christianity and Protestantism."

"I see." Anne said, "Then we can't say yes."

"No, you still need to say yes." Ma Zaran put his hands on Anne's unscrupulous activity, while falling into his own contemplation, "It is an indisputable fact that the Ming Empire rose in the Far East, and it is also a fact that the huge expeditionary fleet sent by the Netherlands to the Far East was completely annihilated by the Ming Navy, so it is still necessary to launch the Second Crusade, and the Western world cannot let the Ming Empire in the Eastern world continue to grow, but must destroy it."

"Huh? But even if you defeat the Ming Dynasty, you can only let the Holy See take advantage of it." Anne wondered, "We in France have to pay and send troops, but in the end we make wedding dresses for others?"

"That's the key." "France must fight for dominance of this crusade, and in short, the dominance of the Second Crusade must not fall into the hands of the Holy See."

Although Mazarin was a cardinal of the diocese of France, his political position was in France.

In fact, the cardinals of France are relatively independent, almost an independent diocese.

"I'm afraid it's not easy, right?" Anne frowned, "Alexander VII will never relinquish relinquishment."

Mazaran pondered for a moment and then said, "Of course, it will be difficult for us to do it alone, but if we can unite the Kingdom of Sweden and the Kingdom of England, we will have a great chance of winning the dominance of this crusade."

While the two were talking, hurried footsteps suddenly sounded outside the dormitory, followed by the maid's loud dissuasion: "Your Majesty, you can't go in, the Queen Mother is discussing state affairs with the bishop."

Then there was a snap, followed by a slightly childish roar: "Get out of here!"

Hearing this immature roar, Anne quickly stood up from Mazaran's lap, and with some reluctance put down her tutu skirt to cover the bottom of it.

Mazaran quickly stood up and lifted his pants.

By the time the Sun King Louis XIV walked in, the two were already sitting opposite each other.

"Your Majesty!" Mazarin got up from his chair and saluted Louis XIV.

Anne asked Louis XIV with a serious face, "Emperor, is the concert over?"

"It's long over." Louis XIV looked at Anne suspiciously, sniffed twice, and asked, "What smell, what is this smell?"

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Mazaran and Anne's faces immediately fell.

What does it taste like? Needless to say, of course, it's the smell of bodily fluids.

Anne's face couldn't help but have a look of amazement, the emperor has grown up, which means that she is old, and she will have to be more leisurely in the future to have trysts with Mazaran or other mistresses, and she can no longer be as unscrupulous as before.

Louis XIV was young, but he had already shown great political skill.

After a small tap on the amorous queen mother and the prime minister Mazarin, Louis XIV immediately cut to the point, which was the main reason why he desperately broke into his mother's bed today.

"Queen Mother, Bishop Mazaran, has the Holy See issued a decree calling on the entire Western world to launch a Second Crusade against the Ming Empire in the Eastern world?"

Anne said, "That's the thing."

Ma Zaran: "The minister is discussing this matter with the Queen Mother."

Louis XIV said, "Bishop Mazarin must have supported the Crusades, right?"

"Yes, the minister fully supports the crusade." Mazaran nodded and said, "This is the responsibility and obligation of our Kingdom of France, if we want to wear the crown, we must bear its weight, if we want to dominate the whole of Europe, we must carry the burden for Europe, and this crusade is an excellent opportunity."

Admittedly, Mazaran's political vision is indeed spicy.

Of course, his assessment of the strength of the Ming Empire was very wrong.

At this time, the Ming Empire was far from being able to compete with the Western world, even if the entire Western world plus the Arab world were united, it was useless, that is, it was too far away for Europe to survive.

Louis XIV immediately said, "I support your decision, but on one condition."

Looking at Louis XIV's implicit threatening eyes, Queen Anne couldn't help frowning: "What conditions?"

"I'm going to go to the Crusade too!" Louis XIV's face was full of spirit, "I want to become the second Lionheart Richard, and lead the European coalition forces to defeat the Ming army!"

"It's impossible, don't even think about it!" Queen Anne flatly refused.

This is not because she is worried that Louis XIV will threaten her own position after she takes power, but because she is worried that once Louis XIV has a good situation on the battlefield, she, the queen mother, will have no foundation, and she will definitely be expelled at that time.

But Ma Zaran was moved and came up with a new idea.

At that moment, Mazaran said to the Empress Dowager Anne, "The Empress Dowager, the minister thinks this is a good idea."

"What?" Anne glared at Mazaran in disbelief and asked angrily, "Bishop Mazaran, you can't be crazy, right? Louis XIV was still a child, he was only fifteen!"

Louis XIV smiled and said to Mazarin, "Prime Minister, the task of convincing the Queen Mother is up to you, and I have to go and train with the palace guards in equestrianism."

With that, Louis XIV turned and left.

Empress Dowager Anne was still angry, glared at Ma Zaran angrily and said, "Ma Zaran, what are your intentions? Why did you allow Your Majesty to personally lead the troops to the Crusades? The guns on the battlefield don't have long eyes, in case Your Majesty has something to do, who do you want me to count on in the future? Do you count on you as Prime Minister?"

"Queen Mother, please put your anger away for the time being." Mazaran was not in a hurry, and said with a smile, "Listen to me when I finish speaking."

"You say." Empress Dowager Anne sat down on the stool angrily, pulled her face and said, "This palace wants to see what flowers you can name, hum!"

Mazaran said: "Queen Mother, the minister has already told you before, the dominance of this crusade must not fall into the hands of the Holy See, nor can it fall into the hands of the Holy Roman Empire, but can only be led by our Kingdom of France.

Anne frowned and said, "That's what I said, but the battlefield is too dangerous, and the soldiers are dangerous."

"Not really." Mazaran laughed, "You don't have to go to war to participate in the Crusades

Your Majesty can stay in the relatively safe rear to dispatch supplies, not to mention that we in France still have the Prince of Condé and Durenny, the two most outstanding commanders in Europe, with their protection, what can Your Majesty do?"

"Speaking of Prince Condé, doesn't the Bishop think that his limelight has overshadowed His Majesty?" Anne said with some displeasure, "If this crusade is won again, won't the reputation of Prince Condé be even greater? Will it threaten Your Majesty's power and position at that time?"

"Queen Mother, you finally got to the point." Mazarin smiled and said, "It is precisely because of this that His Majesty wants to participate in this crusade even more, because if he does not participate, Condé will receive the greatest honor in the name of the commander of the French army, and if His Majesty participates in this crusade, the commander of the French army will of course be Your Majesty."

Hearing this, Anne finally stopped talking, she had been persuaded by Mazaran.

However, Ma Zaran knew that it was not enough to convince the Empress Dowager Anne, and she still had to wear pajamas.

At that moment, Ma Zaran came over and grabbed Anne, and said with a smile, "Queen Mother, let's continue."

"Don't." Anne feigned a struggle, and then said, "Maybe Your Majesty will turn back."

"No, Your Majesty won't turn it back again." Ma Zaran smiled, "Didn't the Queen Mother hear what he said just now? His Majesty means that as long as we support his participation in this crusade, he will turn a blind eye to our relationship and never ask questions again, so he will leave us enough time and opportunity."

As he spoke, Mazaran pushed Anne down on the couch and pressed her body against her.

After a while, the Queen Mother of France's bedroom resounded with a red-faced murmur.

Mazaran looked up just in time to see Louis XIII hanging on the wall, quietly watching him.