I Am Louis XIV

   Chapter 508 San Diego (5)

What happened to   Leon did not surprise Louis XIV.

   He told his ministers, generals and children more than once, to put yourself in the shoes of yourself at all times—not only for the sake of others, but also for yourself. We all know that sometimes kings who have been assassinated, betrayed, exiled, or some of the most prominent figures of the time, wonder why they are being treated like this, but as bystanders, we can see clearly —The human heart is always the most unpredictable and greedy.

Like the Huguenots in this accident, let the Catholics see that Louis XIV inherited his grandfather Henry IV's tolerance for Protestants, not only allowing them to continue their original beliefs, but also not tax and future. To embarrass them, as for the move of Huguenots from four cities to the border city of Orleans, it is also a small punishment for the rebellion of these Protestants in the past.

But to those Huguenots who still remember the massacre of St. Bartholomew vividly, Henry IV was a religious traitor (Henry IV was originally a Huguenot who was converted by the succession of the French throne). Catholicism), his sons and grandsons are not only the descendants of traitors, their fears and restrictions on the Huguenots - like a jailer looking at criminals, making Huguenots complain endlessly, but in the end, this is also because The latter never ceases to be the reason for taking radical measures on religious issues.

If a person hates another person, no matter what that person does, he can pick out the guilt, not to mention that Louis XIII ignored and ignored those Huguenots, although Louis XIV also allowed them to join the army and do Businessmen or low-level officials, but also asked them to move their families to the settlement.

For the Huguenots who were born after Louis XIV came into power, although the king's order caused them a loss, it was not unacceptable - the king did not deprive anyone of their property and family, and provided them with housing, positions and some A charter (commercial), which allows them to continue to live together according to the original ethnic group or territorial relationship, so that they can still maintain the original standard of living and habits after moving to an unfamiliar place.

Children can go to schools run by the king, young people can seek opportunities in the king's government and army, their priests can serve the Huguenots in church, and most people have spent a period of anxiety and fear. After the days, I also slowly adapted to the life in the new settlement - but there are people who are full of dissatisfaction and anger at this matter who have maintained their resistance from the beginning to the end, and it has intensified?

some.

Among the Huguenots, there are many diehards and conservatives, or purists, either because of the accumulation of the massacre and the subsequent "annihilation" of the Huguenots by Louis XIII, Bishop Richelieu and others. The deep hatred of the Bourbons is either feared that the easing of tensions between Catholics and Huguenots will affect their existing majesty and power, or it is to keep their faith from being tarnished—in the case of Catholics and Huguenots. Among Protestants, the unbelievers, the hypocrites, and the infidels are sometimes worse and unforgivable than the heretics.

Vice-Captain Corini is undoubtedly one of the above three kinds of people, but before the Leon incident, he was well disguised, or, he was not a pure disguise, he was very brave when fighting, treating soldiers and colleagues He is also very friendly. It can only be said that his faith is clearly ahead of the country and the people.

Louis XIV was pleased that although little Eugen was young and had no experience in the world, he could see through the trap set by the other party at a glance, and did not let France fall into the quagmire of religious opposition in vain - he personally replied to little Eugen, While praising him for his calmness and composure (Corrini's temptation is still quite attractive, especially for young people in the beginning of the war), he replied to Eugen's plea - Eugen at the end of the letter He said that he begged His Majesty the King not to delve into the matter and make it public. He would reorganize the army, clean up spies and ill-conceived villains, and appease the Protestant soldiers and officers. The suspicions of the Protestants around them will also make those young Huguenots feel terrified.

   This is also a possible trap for their enemies, Louis thought, if everyone in an army is vigilant about their fellows, how can they all work together against foreign enemies? It's just this kind of thing, little Eugene, not even the Duke of Luxembourg, can speak for the king - it's the king's army. After much deliberation, Louis agreed to their request. It doesn't matter to him - after all, he is not a pious person, but Eugene and the Duke of Luxembourg made such a decision, they can't help but work harder.

  Little Eugen and the Duke of Luxembourg finally breathed a sigh of relief with the permission of the king. There are many people who have blamed the king for being "impure" in matters of religion, because Louis XIV was always reluctant to drive out all the Protestants as the Church and the devout Catholics expected, but only the more sensible. It can be seen that if you take the road of dictatorship in faith, you will inevitably be frustrated in science, military, art and literature - no, it should be said that there are restrictions on any kind of objective conditions, whether it is race, origin, Faith or gender will bring the whole society to a standstill, and the country and the people will become dead.

Little Eugene, who grew up in Versailles, and the Duke of Luxembourg, who had a strong rebellious heart from the very beginning, of course would not care about this, but if the trial and execution are not public, they should also beware of people who provoke discord. Fortunately, in the army There are Catholic priests and Protestant priests - although they did not attend the meeting before, but just as the priests in France are all priests of the king, the Protestant priests also follow the will of the king, and they really do not want this. Things took a turn for the worse - once the Huguenots were restricted from the military and the government, it was not impossible for the St. Bartholomew massacre to be repeated. They agreed to Eugen's request very eagerly. Like most Protestant denominations, the Huguenots only recognized the Ten Commandments and the two sacraments, that is, baptism and the Lord's Supper. The Bible says "to meet often", so Protestants have the same behavior of worship, but not as rigorous as Catholics.

It is impossible for any shepherd to fail to recognize his own sheep. It is very simple for a Protestant pastor to gather the believers. They sang the scriptures, prayed, and took the sacrament. The pastor proposed to pray for Corini and others together. If someone does not understand the reason, the priest will explain it to him, so that the Protestants in the army will not be deceived by others, and they are worried that this is another cleansing of the Huguenots by the Catholics.

   There were not many people who followed Corini in the rebellion. They were hanged after prayer and then quickly buried. The scene that anyone with a heart wants to see has been happening all the time.

After dealing with these people, Eugen tried to attack Leon once. As expected, there were crosses and images of saints erected on Leon's city walls, and the holy skeleton of Santiago (St. James) was installed in In the crystal box, the priest kept proclaiming to the soldiers under the city wall that if Leon was attacked, it would inevitably lead to divine condemnation.

   "Then do as they wish," said little Eugen.

  So the French army bypassed Leon and successively shot down Sala and Ponferrada.

Where are the Sara Republic and Ponferrada? It is the two cities on the left and the right of Leon, and it is also an important point where Leon's two lifelines run through. Like all medieval cities, Leon, It is located at the key point, backed by the Cantabrian Mountains, with the Esla River on the left and the Minho River on the right. Salacon and Ponferrada are the big cities near these two rivers. Starting from the city, there are three ancient Roman avenues, the central point of which is Leon.

The original population of Leon was about 100,000, and under the propaganda of the priests, there were so many people who came to the pilgrimage, but the city never came from a grain-producing area, that is to say, almost all the food it needed was From the outside, that is, Sala and Ponferrada supply.

Before the little Eugen took control of the two cities, the ships of the Esla and Minho rivers transported commodities such as wheat to Saracon and Ponferrada, and these two cities transported them by ancient road to Lai hold head high.

To say that the officers and soldiers of Leon did not think of this would be nonsense. They did reserve some food, enough to support them for a while, but what they did not expect was that little Eugen did not attack Leon— Not only did he not attack, but he also held a grand Mass in the monastery outside the city very devoutly to show his reverence for St. James, and he did not stop the messengers from spreading the "miracle" to various places, but contributed to the flames , even if he defeated Sara Cong and Ponferrada, and took control of the main road, it did not prevent pilgrims from coming to Leon.

The number of pilgrims has grown so quickly from 100,000 to 150,000, it is hard to imagine that in these days of inconvenience, such an increase in just a few weeks - but it is also possible, because In the two cities occupied by the French, many people who were afraid of being murdered or extorted by the French went to Leon in the name of pilgrimage.

The priests of Leon and the knights of the Knights of Santiago also wanted to prevent people from entering the city, but... those not pure "pilgrims" could no longer retreat. They crowded outside the city gate and made a shocking sound. The roar of - not only those poor people, but also former officials, city councilors, military officers, and big businessmen. To make matters worse, because too many people gathered outside the city, malaria quickly spread there.

This disease can still be tricky even hundreds of years later, and now people are getting more and more crazy, and there are even people shouting to go back to the Sara Republic and Ponferrada, let the French - who are also Catholics disciples, come and open the gates for them.

Don't forget that almost all the Knights of the Holy War period were originally established to protect the pilgrims and the way of the pilgrimage, and the Knights of Santiago even existed to protect the pilgrims who were on the pilgrimage to the corpse of St. James, although here Before, they had existed in name only, but since the current knights used this name, they would inevitably be hindered.

The gates swung open, pilgrims flocked in, and the ancient city began to suffer from unprecedented pressure, not just food, but clean water, lodging and, to mention, filth—guess this How much excrement will hundreds of thousands bring?

In short, little Eugen, who was not easily provoked, or because of the stubbornness of the youth, foolishly went straight to attack the city, which made the members of the Knights of Santiago feel profound regret - Derig and his friends went underground Don't get me wrong, they are not here to interrogate or release these mostly innocent criminals, they are here to relieve some pressure on the city and prepare for the arrival of new criminals.

Pippin's feet had begun to rot, but he was still alive, he wondered how he was still alive, he was brought up and saw the sun, but unfortunately it was the last ray of sunshine he saw, in his People in the past were all hanged or drowned. Of course, it was quick to use a sword, but not everyone could use a sword well. The thick-handed butchers were like another job, numbly pulling ropes. The slip-knot was tied around the sinner's neck, and they made the sinner lie down on the ground, then put their feet on the back, and pulled the rope to complete the work - more secure than hanging directly, and the person who hanged may still have Maybe it was because the noose couldn't be tightened to escape the life, but the person who broke the neck certainly couldn't survive.

When Pippin was brought down, the ground was muddy and full of excrement and urine left by people before they died. shouted: "I'm a spy," he shouted: "I'm a French spy!"

  The executioner (temporary worker) who was about to stand up subconsciously paused and looked at the gentleman next to him. He had to say that Pippin's decision was the right one, and he was immediately pulled in front of the two gentlemen knights.

Derig and his friends didn't recognize Pippin at first, but whether it was Pippin or not, anyone who called out that he was a French spy always had to go through some interrogation, so Pippin finally escaped death. At least not for the time being.

   "I can get you...medicine!" Pippin licked his tongue, moistening his throat with blood oozing from his parched lips: "French...medicine! Such a wonderful medicine!"

   "We don't want that," Derig said nonchalantly. "Do you have anything else?"

   "Like where the French store their grain," he added. The French army's armament and supplies have always been the best and most abundant, and the "road-army-warehouse" policy of the Marquis of Lois has also been widely circulated, although the little Eugen's army has taken the Sara Republic and Ponfers. Rada, but the army of the Duke of Luxembourg is still nearby, and there will definitely be French reserves around. If they can take advantage of it and take part of it, the emergency situation in Leon can also be alleviated.

   "I think..." another knight chimed in, but was interrupted immediately by Pippin.

   "I know!" Pippin cried hoarsely. "I know, but not much, sir... not much..."

   Derig's eyes lit up immediately, "Not much," he said, while his friend looked odd, but he didn't say anything after all.

   (end of this chapter)