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Chapter 59 The Sons of St.Louis
Selim had already heard about the turmoil in Paris.

The sultan could conclude that Louis XVI must die immediately.

This can't help but make Selim sneer at Leopold II, even his own sister treats him like this, no wonder he didn't live for a few years, it's a short life.

As for pious words, Selim would definitely sneer at the king.

The grandson of Louis IX, although this one was beaten up by Saladin during the Crusades.

But at least others are really pious. How many European kings can enjoy the honor of St. Louis?

For example, what the "beautiful man" Philip IV did to the Holy See is well known.

In order to support France's need to fight against Britain, taxes were collected from church clergy, and those who did not pay were taken directly.

The persuasive Pope Boniface VIII issued the "One Holy Bull" in 1296, declaring that secular monarchs have no right to exercise power over the church and clergy.

Compared to the Holy Roman Emperor Henry IV who knelt down to the Pope during the humiliation of Canossa.

Philip, king of France, opposed it and directly banned French currency from leaving the country.

Subsequently, Philip IV imprisoned the French archbishop for treason in 1301.

This has not yet reached the limit of the King of France. Two years later, Philip IV sent people to attack the Pope's residence and beat Boniface. See God.

This gave Philip IV a magical idea, and he immediately put pressure on the Holy See.

Under Philip's pressure, a French bishop became pope, Clement V.

Fearing opposition from the Italians, Clement V never went to the Vatican, and in 1309 moved the Holy See to Avignon, in northern Italy under French control, close to the French border.

At the same time, the Pope agreed that the French king had the right to tax the church and clergy, disbanded the Knights Templar, which owned a large amount of property, and issued an encyclical to recognize that the secular kingdom was directly established by God. The French are like the Israelites in the Old Testament All the same, God's chosen people.

It can be said that the majesty accumulated by Gregory VII and Urban II was almost completely embarrassing by Clement V and the subsequent popes controlled by France.

However, Philip was also at the limit of the King of France. Whether it was Charles VIII or Louis XII, he just went to Rome to have tea with the Pope.

These are the descendants of St. Louis. If it weren't for the genealogy, Selim would always feel that the French royal family had been changed long ago every time he read this history.

It may have been changed, but the French chicken did not find out.

So it’s better for the Ottoman Empire. The sultan’s post-officials are all eunuchs, so there is no need to worry about such things.

You said that Selim II may not be the son of Suleiman the Magnificent.

It's like a meeting of eunuchs - nonsense.

Don't refute, Emperor Sai's blood is very pure.

Eyes turn back to Paris, as far as Louis XVI's performance is concerned.

He seemed more worried about his lack of eternal salvation than the throne.

Was he not sure he could wholeheartedly accept communion from priests who had sworn allegiance to the new constitution?
He even suspected that doing so would endanger his immortal soul.

The devout Louis XVI, with faith in God, wrote to Pope Pius VI for guidance, but received no reply.

Under the persecution of the National Constituent Assembly, Louis XVI reluctantly signed his name on the decree.

However, not long after that, that is, during the time when the King of France was arrested and returned to Paris after escaping.

The king received the long-awaited reply from the pope, the only answer he could have expected: absolutely no signatures.

Unfortunately, this letter was seen by the servant who took care of the king's daily life.

That's fine.

Then, the Pope sent another letter, suspending all clergy who accepted the "First Draft of the Clergy Civil Organization Act" and severely condemning the new priest election proposal.

This became the final nail in the coffin of Louis XVI.

However, Louis XVI did not seem to be aware of the possibility of leaking the secret, and he was still considering the issue of piety.

For the pope's reply, Louis XVI obeyed.

He immediately replaced the confessor around him who had sworn allegiance to the new constitution with one who had not, but he was still deeply distressed.

And when the servant found the letter again and handed it over to the National Constituent Assembly, Roland decided to announce the matter.

When Pius VI's second letter was published, it certainly aroused anti-clerical sentiment in Paris.

Widespread riots broke out again; in the gardens of the royal palace, statues of the pope were burned; convents were broken into and nuns were violated; a head was thrown into a carriage of the papal legates; mobs smashed Saint-Syr The gates of Pease Church, where an organist is forced to play the revolutionary song "Everything Will Be Alright."

They demanded that the king dismiss his newly hired confessor, and denounced the king as a traitor for flouting French law by taking communion from a priest who served the pope rather than the state.

After the escape incident and the turmoil of religious power, the French's tolerance for the king has dropped to the bottom line.

An important member of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the National Constituent Assembly, Madame Roland, a representative of the Girondists, drafted a petition saying that Louis XVI's actions had effectively disqualified him from being king.

Robespierre in the same period was more radical. He directly stated in the petition that the king's behavior was betraying the interests of the country, the nation and the people, and he needed to be punished.

On January 1790, 25, a large number of people gathered in the Champ de Mars to listen to the speeches of the Jacobins and Girondins.

For Jacobin's side, Georges Danton, a tall, burly young revolutionary with a bumpy face, whose influence was rapidly increasing.

On the Girondist side, Mrs. Roland went into battle in person.

Instigated by the left and the right, the masses began to sign the petition, and many people just drew an "X" with a trembling stroke.

However, the overly intense atmosphere made the rally quickly spiral out of control.

Considering the psychology of the Parisians, Roland did not send Napoleon to deal with this matter.

Instead, the Viscount Noaille led the National Guard to dispatch, but at the scene, they were violently stoned by the citizens of Paris.

To restore order, the Viscount Noailles ordered his men to fire a few shots into the air, but the mob was a mob, and they didn't even notice the gunshots.

In a panic, Viscount Noaille ordered the Self-Defense Forces to lower their guns and shoot at the crowd.About 50 demonstrators were shot and killed.

The scene was quickly brought under control, but the Viscount Noailles was never forgiven.

Even Roland was hated by the people of Paris and considered an accomplice of the king.

And Robespierre, who was hiding in the dark, was keenly aware that his opportunity had come.

　This chapter is a bit late, Calvin, sorry.

　　Ask for a follow-up.

　　Also, Anna's cover has been changed, so my aesthetics are not bad.

　　
　
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