I Am Louis XIV

  Chapter 139 A Little Event in the French Court and the Change of the Swedish Throne

It's a pity that for today's French people, two women from enemy countries are also untrustworthy. When Bishop Mazarin and the Queen Mother jointly ruled, they scolded the French people for being dominated by foreigners and women. The Queen Mother It's a woman and a foreigner. It's no wonder they are always suspicious. The Queen Mother knows this, so after Louis officially came to power, not only did he never talk about the government, but even Louis was rarely seen, just because she She didn't want anyone to question that the young king was being manipulated by the woman behind her, but it was for this reason that she didn't want to see the king and queen get too close.

It's ridiculous that the French not only ridicule deeply affectionate and loyal couples (sometimes they deliberately lure one or both of them into an affair), but they also disapprove of the king and queen's relationship. The relationship has remained harmonious and even loving, especially since the queen is still a Spanish woman. Although the king now has Madame Lavalier, he often stays in the queen's bedroom after returning from Calais or Dunkirk. , which made many nobles go to the Queen Mother to speak, or say, warn, they think that because the current Queen is the Queen Mother's niece, the Queen Mother will be so tolerant, or more correctly, intentionally condone the King and Queen together.

Such remarks are really ironic, "but I am in Calais..." The king said that although Mary and him had a wedding in the world, her identity and that of little Lucy were not recognized in the court. For them, Mary is only one of the royal ladies.

"Mary is also a foreigner." The Queen Mother only said a word, which made the king speechless. Mary is indeed Italian, and of course the enemies of Bishop Mazarin do not want his relatives to have any influence on the king. , "You know," said the Queen Mother, "that the king likes foreign women, has been rumored in the court, Louis, you know, the people are ignorant, they will never see how much you have done for them, or It is someone who deliberately keeps them from seeing, they will only relish your affair, and if some people say that the king only likes foreign women, then they will be full of anger, thinking that you are not only mocking those honorable ladies We, and despise all the French, and you, Louis, although you are king, a king who despises his people and his country cannot be on the throne."

   "There is no reason for this interference," said the king.

   "This is the price you need to pay for your crown and scepter," the Queen Mother said with no interest: "Why do you think me and your father have you after 23 years of marriage?"

"Uh…"

"No, it's not that kind of shameless and ridiculous rumor," the Queen Mother looked at Louis' tangled expression and couldn't help showing a smile: "Louis, your father is actually not keen on women, this is normal, some people like women, others Like spirits, some people like horses, some people like to gamble... The most people say someone has some kind of quirk, but the king can't, the king has to fit the people... imagine, so even if your father doesn't like women, he has to have a royal family Madam, and as a show of favor by allowing her to enter his private domain, he would also allow her to have children, otherwise people would question whether he was ill enough to have children - in fact, the council and nobles were there at that time. He kept asking to make the Duke of Gaston the king's younger brother, but was rejected by your father. As a last resort, he let his royal wife... have a child, and then let me have you and Philip," said here , The Queen Mother shook her head gently: "Fortunately, after you were born, he also loved you very much."

   "But if so, isn't the king too sad?" Louis said: "As a ruler, it is too ridiculous to look at the faces and opinions of his ministers."

"I know, Louis," said the queen mother, "you have ambitions greater than your father's, but I also know that you need these people now, when your eyes pass over Paris, over Orleans, over Provence , see the distant new continent - you will find that they are not only your shackles, but also your support and arms, you need them, at least within twenty years." Louis raised his head and saw that the Queen Mother was winking at him, His plan—the part about primary education, is still on paper, but apparently the Queen Mother has noticed—"Alas, don't worry, it's not that someone betrayed their king, your servants are all loyal ," the queen mother said quickly: "I only met Madame Lavalier occasionally. Did you ask her to organize your library for you? She asked me to borrow some of the books you read as a child and said that it was you. I need to, so I flipped through it while I was sorting it out... You seem to be very... dissatisfied with the way education was back then?"

   "Although you were dissatisfied with the education at that time, yes, you described it as cramming a duck, very vivid," the Queen Mother continued: "Then why did you suddenly think of it?"

"Because they are in line with my expectations for the current early childhood education." The king replied that although they were all cramming education, they were, after all, the teaching materials organized and compiled by Bishop Mazarin himself, in order not to obliterate the king's interest in learning. The elements in it are concise and clear. Although it is impossible to use it directly, when the king asks those credible scholars to write teaching materials, it can be used as a perfect model. Of course, compared to playing, it is It's still very boring, especially since the king is going to fill it with a lot of mathematical content, but... ah, when will the student union be a pleasant profession - "Are you going to let the bachelors of the Academy of Sciences do this?"

"Yes, there are a lot of people who can be useful recently." To be precise, it was for René Descartes, who did not waste the king to lure him back to Paris from far away Stockholm. After he came to Paris, He served at the Royal Academy of Sciences of France, which was created by the king at the behest of Colbert. Because the king valued him, he was one of the few scholars who could freely enter and leave the Louvre. The living and research conditions of this old gentleman are much better than in Stockholm, and no matter how cold Paris is, it is not as cold as Sweden, and his physical health is almost like a normal person under the care of the imperial doctor. For this, he was very grateful to the king, so while working conscientiously, he summoned many of his friends and students, or partners. These people who are more rational than emotional are exactly what the king needs now.

   Even if most of them are unlikely to be talents like Rene, they are all low-level officials who are indispensable to the compulsory basic education that the king intends to roll out in a few years. It's just that Louis did not expect that the Queen Mother's political sensitivity can only be said to be average, but she is always very concerned and sensitive to her own children - just as the Queen Mother guessed, from the beautiful man Philip began to put his jurists. Since the canonization of knights of the law, the kings of France have been deliberately curbing the sword-wielding nobles' coveting of royal power, and by Henry IV, it became a common practice and common sense to donate officials, and after it was systematized, the nobles in robes naturally became A class was formed, and this class was inherently opposed to the original sword-wielding aristocracy, restraining each other. It can be said that in the process of the king consolidating the royal power, the robed aristocrats contributed a lot.

But the two riots in Paris also proved that even today, the nobles in robes are too old to lose their tails. Together with the nobles with swords, they have threatened the king. This is also common sense. Any institution, or person, After holding the power for a long time, ambition will inevitably breed, and now, her son Louis, is obviously preparing to support another class to fight against the robe nobles.

"It's not right to say confrontation," Louis was still willing to tell the truth to the Queen Mother, and he had a new idea, which might reduce the vigilance of the nobles for this project: "It should be said that it is More participation." Just like the low-level official system of later generations, it is mainly stable and loyal middle and bottom layers, filled with personnel who have undergone both practical and ideological education, and has a certain degree of mobility, and there will be no such thing as Nicholas. A supervisor who has been fixed in one place for generations like Fouquet.

"Okay," the Queen Mother heard this, and pressed a fan to her son's lips: "I already know too many things that I shouldn't know. So let's talk about Madame Lavalier now. Do you no longer love her? Your Majesty?"

I have never loved her, and I gave her this status, just to ensure that she can go anywhere with the king when necessary - this privilege is not necessarily a queen, but the favored lady of the royal family, she can't. Where to go, to put it too far, there are many royal ladies who have always intervened in government affairs, and the king uses werewolves, but no matter who is suddenly inserted in the janitor, musketeers or servants, it will raise eyebrows, But if he follows the path of the royal family's wife, that person will only be envied by others, as if his courtiers had no objection to the replacement of Wansen Castle's personnel - just a few jailers, compared to those of the royal family's wives Asking for titles and titles for their brothers and even lovers, Madame Lavalier can be said to be very gentle. Louis still knew from the Queen Mother that although Madame Lavalier was also a foreigner, she also had virginity in the court. Good reputation for being kind...

   "But you don't dote on her enough," the Queen Mother said, spreading her hands, "this is a little troublesome." She said, "You'd better show your attitude as soon as possible."

   "Wait, this question..."

   "Or they're going to recommend you a new royal lady..."

"Mother…"

"So, go, go, visit Madame Lavalier, rest well in her bedroom, and preferably take her to a place alone, such as Fontainebleau, or anywhere, where people can Seeing you and her being so close together."

  Louis could only get up and retire, but he really didn't want to... a royal lady...

  He was so busy he was about to cut himself in half.

   "Call Your Highness Philip to see me," said Louis.

   Bontang bowed, but did not leave immediately as before. He looked at Louis, and Louis looked at him... "Call Madame Lavalier to see me."

   Bontang bowed again and left, but after a few seconds he came in again: "Your Majesty," he said with a serious look, "King Carl X of Sweden has returned."

  Louis immediately forgot Madame Lavalier and Philippe: "Give me the letter."

This secret letter may be three days or a week ahead of the official document. Carl X is the cousin of Queen Christina of Sweden, whom we met before. Compared with Christina, he advocates force more, so after getting it After his cousin ceded the throne, he spent most of his time not at home, but on the battlefields with various countries. As far as Louis knew, he had fought against Denmark, the Holy Roman Empire, Poland and Norway, and almost all of them were victorious or victorious. It was progress, but no one expected that after returning to Sweden in order to raise more war expenses and having a meeting with officials and nobles, he unfortunately contracted the flu, which turned into pneumonia, and then in the very able-bodied At the age of forty (before the age of forty), he went to see God.

   "Is there any ulterior...conspiracy in this?" the king asked.

Bontang is not a secret probe, but a secret probe, because all the information has to be passed through him, otherwise the king would not be able to spend so much time on the small slips of paper: "No, Your Majesty," he said: " It's a total misfortune appointed by fate."

   "So we should all take good care of our bodies." The king nodded: "Did Mrs. Christina already know about it?"

"Not yet," Christina is still in France, and since that's the case, Bontang naturally has a way to cut off her source of information, "then let her wait," Louis said, "wait until the new king ascends the throne, and let her know about this things."

"I thought…"

   "Charles X's son was only five years old," said Louis. "A weak and chaotic Sweden is what France needs."

  ———

After Bontang left, Louis let himself miss little Lucy, who was several months older than his dauphin, strong and lively, even though the king had lost his love for his mother, he had to say he didn't. His de facto eldest son, this is impossible, he thinks of the queen beside the queen mother, the crown prince who traditionally wears a small skirt, and can't help laughing, to be honest, although he was deeply poisoned when he was young, the king believes that such a Traditions seem to be preserved until the child is six, no, five, or four, and before that, they don't have a fixed gender concept anyway.

   And tonight, it seems that he must summon Madame Lavalier to his side.

   (end of this chapter)