Da Ming started to ascend the throne

Chapter 994

(Historical introduction, readers who don’t like it are recommended to skip)
Don't think that it was too easy for Ming to attack France. In the history of France, except for Napoleon and Louis XIV, they had no achievements in foreign wars at all.

The famous Charles de Gaulle was only lip service. Germany let France raise the white flag to surrender in minutes. A defeated country that surrendered to Germany miraculously entered the top five of the United Nations after the war.

May I ask what achievements France has made in World War II? None at all. They can become one of the five permanent members of the United Nations.

The Fronde movement was the largest uprising against autocracy in the history of the Bourbon dynasty before the start of the French Revolution, also known as the "Fronde Movement".

At that time, the French people were dissatisfied with the financial reforms decided by Queen Mother Anna of Austria and her favorite cardinal Mazarin, and launched the uprising.

However, the result of this uprising was completely contrary to the expectations of the people. On the contrary, the dominance of the Bourbon royal family was strengthened and consolidated, and Mazarin's power was expanded unprecedentedly.

When Louis XIV came to the throne, the entire continent of Europe was in the midst of wars, as the 30-year war triggered by European countries competing for territorial land and economic hegemony, as well as religious disputes, had entered the final critical stage.

France was busy conquering German territory. When the whole country was devastated by the war and fell into economic difficulties, Queen Mother Anna of Austria began her career as a regent.

At the same time, both political power and diplomatic power were handed over to Cardinal Mazarin, making Mazarin the de facto ruler of France. Mazarin was the heir appointed by Richelieu, the prime minister of King Louis XIII of France.

His ruling style also inherited his teacher's style of consolidating centralization and suppressing the peasant movement, but his own talent could not be compared with Richelieu.

In order to cope with the military expenses needed for the next war, Mazarin decided to advance funds to domestic financiers, and acquiesced in their collection of large taxes. dissatisfaction.

In ten years France had been dilapidated, and the peasants had no choice but to sleep on straws, and they sold all their property to pay taxes.In order for someone to live in luxury in Paris, innocent people have to live on the cheapest bread.This is a true portrayal of the life of the French people at that time.

When Mazarin restored the once abolished "official tax", the country's middle class and high court judges finally could no longer bear it.Led by the judges of the Paris Supreme Court, a large number of people started protests.

The court asked the ruler to reflect on and revise the fiscal policy, which won the support of the French people, but Mazarin ordered the arrest of some judges, which aroused the long-standing anger of the Parisians against the ruler, and armed conflict broke out.

Citizens spontaneously formed a team and attacked Mazarin's house with a popular children's toy at the time - a catapult, hence the name of the campaign.

The people of Paris broke out in an armed uprising, and the insurgents came fiercely, and the people, with their long-standing dissatisfaction with the Bourbon royal family, soon occupied every street in Paris.

Taking advantage of the momentum in Paris, uprisings against autocracy also broke out in other provinces in the country. Louis XIV had to embark on a journey of escape, and Mazarin was exiled for the first time at the request of the people.

The good times didn't last long, the 30-year war finally ended, and the French army began to withdraw from the front line to the country.The return of the young general Prince Condé gave the royal family an excellent opportunity to fight back.

Prince Condé led the returning French army to surround Paris.At this time, within Paris, the contradiction between the bourgeoisie and the Parisian people has intensified, and the nobles and bourgeoisie are afraid of powerful military power.

The moment he learned of the return of the French army, he gave up his position and turned to compromise and surrender to the ruling group of the dynasty.The judges of the High Court were also intimidated, and the first campaign failed.

Soon after the first Fronde movement, the relationship between the Prince of Condé and the royal family began to deteriorate.

As the main force who commanded the Battle of Rocrois and successfully ended the 30-year war and led France to gain continental hegemony, he mastered the military and political power, and also helped the Bourbon royal family in the Paris uprising, saving it from fire and water. The master of high power.

Louis II de Bourbon (Prince Condé) wanted to replace Mazarin as the ruler of France.Anna of Austria, however, had no such intentions at all.

On January 1650, 1, due to the intensification of political struggles, Anna worried that Prince Condé was too powerful and wanted the French government to arrest him and his followers.Some of Condé's supporters escaped successfully and planned to rescue the arrested prince.

Condé's sister, the Duchess of Longueville, found the aid of the Spanish army and prepared to attack France.

In January 1651, Queen Mother Anna of Austria agreed to release Condé and his followers under the oppression of various military forces, and Mazarin was exiled for the second time.

After the Civil War, the court was reassembled, and the mutinous nobles were the guests, as if nothing serious had happened, all forgiven but not forgotten.

The French civil war ended, but Condé was not satisfied with the status quo. At this time, his ambitions increased greatly, hoping to gain more power.He allied with the Spanish army and provoked war against the Bourbons and Mazarin.

This time, not only the Viscount Turenne, who originally supported him, stood on the side of the royal family, but even the people did not join the team against the dynasty.

In December 1651, Mazarin was recalled to Paris, and Condé and the Spanish army won a short-term victory in the civil war.The royal family had to flee from Paris again, and the power of the royal family's army was handed over to the Viscount Turenne.

The two greatest generals of the time, Condé and Turenne, began to fight.Turenne suppressed Condé's sphere of influence. At the same time, Mazarin was exiled by the royal family for the third time. After learning of Mazarin's departure, the people supported the royal family one after another.

In September 1652, Prince Condé lost to Turenne and eventually fled to Spain. The 9-year-old Louis XIV was welcomed back to the royal family by the people of Paris.So far, the two Fronde movements in France have ended in failure.

This is the Fronde Movement in history. In history, the Fronde failed to succeed and instead made the centralization of Louis XIV more centralized in the later period. But this time it was completely different. The Ming army took the initiative to intervene and successfully helped the Fronde movement.

Not only helped them successfully overthrow the French royal family, but also let them execute Queen Mother Anna and Mazarin, and the little king Louis XIV was thrown to death in the turmoil.

And Prince Condé, who influenced the success or failure of the first Fronde movement, was still besieged in Istanbul by the coalition forces at this time.

As for whether Condé can return to France, it has no meaning to France now.

(End of this chapter)