I Am Louis XIV

   Chapter 507 San Diego (4)

Little Eugen did not answer him, but instead showed a hesitant look. The officer was not in a hurry. . After all, young people always have the strength to not be convinced by anyone, especially this gentleman is a nobleman by the king's side. It is the first time to join the army, and the Duke of Luxembourg has entrusted him with a heavy responsibility. Don't he want to do something worthy of boasting immediately? ?

   "I'm not sure," said Eugen Jr. "Can you tell me in more detail?"

"It's actually quite simple, my lord, I know we've got some of the newest grenades for this campaign, and they're said to be powerful and small, so we'll take them in in cheese bags or whatever—we Will destroy prisons, level fortifications, snipe officers, incite riots, cause panic, and throw Leon into chaos..."

   "A chaos like St. Bartholomew?"

  Corigny stopped, still staring deeply at little Eugen. Little Eugen stood up: "Guards!"

Two guards came in immediately outside the door, and they immediately stood beside Corini, "Take off his gun, take off his knife, his epaulettes and collar patches," Little Eugen put his arms around his arms and said firmly: "Take off his gun. He's going to jail."

"Wait," although Colini was obediently removed from the weapon by the guard, he raised his hand and made a pause. The guard looked at Eugen, who nodded: "Tell me, if you still What do you want to know."

"Isn't my proposal appealing to you, my lord," said Corrini, "obviously this is a very good idea. The city of Leon is your enemy, and the Huguenots are also your enemies, and the enemies are fighting each other. , you can stand by and enjoy it, why did you reject me?"

"Before I came here," said little Eugen, "I heard that some very stupid theories and ideas were emerging in the army, sir, the Duke of Luxembourg reminded me that my friends met some of them, and I too Knowing you exist—I've been waiting, though I don't want to wait for anything." He said again, sadly and exasperatedly, "But it backfired, sir."

   "Knowing that you are such a coward, we should have acted on our own," Colini said.

Little Eugen was not at all irritated by his words: "This is not the army of a hundred or fifty years ago, without my order or permission, you can't even take ten people away, not to mention you want to The newest grenade," a small but powerful grenade made from a highly reactive explosive extracted from underground grease by the king's scholars: "You are just trying to confuse me and lure me into mistakes. "

   "But it will bring you victory," Corrini said. "We can even take off our uniforms and leave the army if you agree, and we will carry our sins and give you honor."

Little Eugen glanced at him: "Do you know how I knew about your plan...or a conspiracy?" He looked at his bedroom: "If you want, come out." In the room connected to the small hall, a person walked out. When Corini saw him, he couldn't help but screamed, and then showed a look of shame and hatred: "So we have a traitor here!"

  The person who came here was generous, and he didn't mean to feel guilty at all—it should be mentioned that he was about the same age as little Eugen, and it was a good time for youth, "Uncle," he said.

  Corini took a sip.

   "Tell him who you are."

   "I'm French," said the young whistleblower. Then came the Huguenots, Corini's nephew.

   "What I'm saying is that he wasn't the only one who came to accuse me of you," said little Eugen deadpan.

   "They are a bunch of cowards!"

   "I would say that you are an outright coward, because you only dare to slaughter those innocent people, women who are weaker than you, old people and children!"

   "As you did to us!"

   "That is a wrong act. We have re-examined the past, repented and repented, but you are still planning to commit even more sins!"

"Is that so?" said Corrini contemptuously: "It is a pity that your king's tolerance and kindness are limited to the Protestant quarters of Orleans," and a look of hatred shot from his eyes: "He made us and witches , criminals, and heretics live together in a mix, just like pigs, sheep, and dogs are kept in one place, we are watched, used and controlled..."

"Shut up!" Colini's nephew couldn't help interrupting him: "Orleans is the territory and city of the king's brother, and the 'witches' you speak of are all Bohemian ladies with proper occupations and identities. I admit that we may have been forced to move to Orleans, but we were compensated accordingly, we were taxed the same as any Catholic, and our children could go to the King's Junior School... "

"Stop talking! God **** it! It's those Jesuit priests who taught you bad!" Corini raised his hand impatiently. Not so angry yet! "You've been deceived! Louis XIV just needs free mules and hounds!"

   "But if that was the case," said little Eugen coldly, "you wouldn't be standing here!"

   The words pierced Corini's mouth like a dagger, and he was speechless.

"Let's not talk about Marshal Schumberg, who is also a Protestant," said little Eugen. "You have also been promoted to the position of captain and deputy captain in the army." He held up the golden epaulette - real gold, Louis XIV was never stingy on this. "There are hundreds of people like you." He put down his epaulettes: "Fortunately, there are only a few people who are as stupid as you."

  Corini opened his mouth as if to say—this is all a bunch of cowards or something.

Little Eugen had lost interest in continuing to confront him. He had discovered that it was impossible to reason with such a stubborn and short-sighted person. "Take him to prison," he said gently: "Let's try him again before the war begins."

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   "I just felt an irresistible chill down my spine."

Later, when Eugene wrote a letter to the Duke of Luxembourg to report back at this time, he clearly wrote: "Although I am a Catholic, I also have Protestants around me, and there are more than one, at Versailles and the Military Academy, Your Majesty The teachers and teachers never shy about the wars and massacres that occurred in France because of their beliefs, but until that incident really happened, I thought that those around me who had different beliefs from me, no matter what, They should have put France, His Majesty and the people before God and the saints, as we do."

He then went on to write, "If the Huguenot hadn't been overly eager--or because I still looked naive, maybe it's because what happened in Leon was enough to upset many commanders, he It might be possible. I mean, he either got my permission or he got the Protestants in the army together and acted according to his plan."

"Obviously," his handwriting here was deep and heavy: "If I really believe him and let him do what he does, then a new religious war will follow, and not only will His Majesty's beliefs be questioned , the hatred between Catholics and Protestants that has been gradually quelled and forgotten will also spread from Castile to the country, domestic turmoil, Catholics in Spain will also be called by the church and the archbishop to hold a cross to die Rebellion." - There are obvious traces of the nib's stop here: "In this way, not only will your majesty's plan to conquer Spain suffer a major setback, but in the subsequent rule, the Spanish people's doubts and dissatisfaction with Bourbon will also be like the tide. , never stop."

"Fortunately, those stupid Huguenots who were lured and manipulated by the English, the Dutch, or the Protestant clergy of the Holy Roman Empire, probably had no idea that their whereabouts had been exposed to the bright sun, Their plots are laughable and do no real harm, and I am comforted by the fact that the young Huguenots, who were also able to clearly put France before faith and family, were not only unsupportive Those people also quickly came to report the matter to me, reminding me to guard against the latter."

"I once wondered why Your Majesty spends so much money and manpower to open a junior and secondary school, with low tuition fees and compulsory measures to ensure that every child of his age can receive education, now I understand, Duke Sir, an educated man knows how to think, and a man who knows how to think can erect a solid wall of will, and not be like a wild beast at the mercy of others."

   How did the clergy from England, Holland, Holy Roman Empire instigate the Huguenots in the army? In addition to the power, status, and territory they promised, they also said that if a new religious war broke out, not only would the Huguenots who initiated this conspiracy not be punished, but Louis XIV would reuse them! After all, the king of France couldn't force his Catholics to slaughter other Catholics, could he?

   As Coligny and Eugen Jr say.

   Some people believe it, but there are always some people who will not believe it anyway.

  Louis XIV would never let one part of his people slaughter another.

   (end of this chapter)