"Those untouchables are simply unreasonable, don't they know that the kingdom's finances are about to collapse" Louis XVI stood in the middle of his palace in a frenzied manner, only to hear a snap, and a porcelain vase placed on the side of the steps was kicked to the ground and torn apart.
"Oh, Louie, don't be so angry, those untouchables don't agree, we can find a way to get them to agree, you don't have to be angry with yourself for this little thing" Marie pushed open the door and entered, and at a glance she saw Louis XVI in a state of rage and the fragments of the porcelain vase all over the floor.
When he saw Marie enter, Louis XVI's face changed slightly, but his anger was clearly not subsided.
"Mary, you don't know, I asked Sihanda and Aviliel to persuade those untouchables to change their minds, but those untouchables actually said that Sihanda was my lackey, and they firmly disagreed with the tax increase, this is simply a mob!"
"Louie, since those people don't agree to live or die, then we can arrest them in the Bastille, and then change a group of people to be their representatives, and let them agree."
"Mary, you don't know, I have taken a few untouchables to the Bastille before, but those untouchables whom I kindly let them go have made a fuss, and if all of them are arrested, I am afraid that the untouchables of the kingdom will turn against me" Marie's idea had already been done by Louis XVI, who threw several of the most opposed representatives of the Estates-General into the Bastille, but did not expect that the remaining delegates would respond to Louis XVI's action by boycotting the meeting the next day.
This made Louis XVI chagrined and at the same time helpless.
The two people in the palace fell silent, and at this moment.
The doors of the palace were pushed open, and Louis XVI and Marie looked intently.
It turned out to be Napoleon who walked in "Your Majesty the King, Your Highness the Queen!"
When Napoleon walked in, Mary's face suddenly turned cloudy "Napoleon, when did you come back" "Your Royal Highness, I have just returned and heard that His Majesty and you are here, so I came down to say hello" Seeing Napoleon so polite, Marie was furious "It's all your own people here, so you don't have to be so polite" said.
Marie's eyes glanced at Louis XVI, and a smile tugged at Louis XVI's face when she saw the gaze she cast at her "Mary is right, Viscount Napoleon, you don't have to be so polite here" With that, Louis XVI walked to his throne and sat down.
Napoleon looked embarrassed, although Louis XVI said that Napoleon should not be polite.
But in his words he still reminded Napoleon's identity, after all, Napoleon was only a viscount.
Truth be told, in Louis XVI's heart, he didn't have much affection for this little Corsican man, and as Napoleon grew older, Louis XVI's disgust grew stronger.
Louis XVI admitted that part of this disgust was due to Napoleon's origin in Corsica.
And the other part is jealousy.
That's right, it's jealousy, and if anything, who would believe that His Majesty, the king of the kingdom of Lancy, would be jealous of a little man from Corsica.
But that's the truth, and this jealousy doesn't come from anywhere else.
It's from Mary.
Since Napoleon entered the palace, Marie has taken great care of Napoleon.
This made Louis XVI simply crazy with jealousy, and Marie was very gentle with Napoleon, and seeing his little wife treat another man so tenderly, Louis XVI's heart was as disgusting as eating a fly.
But now it's much better, at least as Napoleon has grown up, Louis XVI has arranged Napoleon to the garrison headquarters in Paris in the name of training and reuse, although Versailles is not very far from Paris, but out of sight, when Napoleon is not visible, Louis XVI feels that his mood is also relaxed.
Of course, in front of Marie, Louis XVI treated Napoleon well, at least Napoleon had only served in the army for two years, and the rank was promoted to lieutenant colonel, which can be described as a rocket, no, a space shuttle.
Napoleon looked at Louis XVI sitting on the throne with no idea what he was thinking, while Marie was concerned about Napoleon's life in Paris, and Napoleon was coping with it, and his whole attention was focused on Louis XVI.
"Your Majesty, I have come this time to bring the latest news from Paris" "Oh" Louis XVI answered, and then his eyes turned to Napoleon "Because we had arrested several representatives of the Third Estate before, now all the representatives of the Third Estate in Paris are meeting in secret, and according to the spies who have infiltrated our garrison, these representatives are preparing to march in Paris on a huge scale to demand the release of the representatives arrested before the government releases.
And they are also ready to demand reforms, without which they will abandon the march" As soon as Napoleon said this, Louis XVI stood up "Those untouchables are really going to rebel, Napoleon, you rush to Paris at once, and say that it is my order, to immediately arrest the conspirators who are plotting to subvert the government, and if anyone dares to carry out such a procession, I will allow the garrison command to take coercive measures.
And to get ready for ten regiments outside Paris" Saying that, Louis XVI's face became fierce, and it was obvious that Louis XVI was ready to ** these uncooperative people.
Hearing Louis XVI's order, Napoleon said goodbye to Marie and hurried out.
Seeing that Louis XVI's face was flushed, Mary on the side gently walked to Louis XVI's side, and then stroked Louis XVI's back "Louie, it's okay, will it be a bunch of untouchables soon, as long as our attitude is tougher, these untouchables will not be able to turn the wind and waves" Hearing Marie say this, Louis XVI said he understood.
In the evening, on behalf of Louis XVI, Marie received a number of nobles from the upper echelons of France, including the Prince of Condé and the Prince of Conti, the Duke of Orleans and the Duke of Anjou.
As the two close relatives of the Bourbon royal family, the pedigree of the Prince of Condé and the Duke of Orleans has a high reputation in France, and the Prince of Condé has another title, that is, the Duke of Bourbon.
However, when Mary saw the Duke of Orleans, her face immediately fell, but it was not the time for an attack.
Mary's hatred of the Duke of Orleans was not unreasonable, and before the Estates-General was convened, Orleans repeatedly questioned Mary's policy, and even blatantly said on a few occasions that Marie was "a prostitute who pleases the king with her lower body", and if it were not for the fact that the Orleans family had great power in France, Marie would have ordered the arrest of the Duke of Orleans long ago.
What's more, in 1787, the Duke of Orleans actually objected to Louis XVI's royal authority at the High Court of Paris, and more importantly, he was elected as a representative of the nobility at the beginning of the Estates-General.
But on 25 June, the Duke of Orleans used his prestige to persuade a group of nobles to join the Third Estate, which by then had declared it the National Assembly, and the Palais Royale, where the Duke of Orleans lived, became a center of popular agitation.
Louis XVI and his wife also thought about punishing the Duke of Orleans, but after hundreds of years of development, the power of the Duke of Orleans family can be said to be pervasive in France, even Louis XVI as a king still cannot destroy the Orleans family at no cost.
In France, successive French kings have maintained a balance between the lineage of the Prince of Condé and the lineage of the Duke of Orleans to ensure that their reigns are secure.
However, the Prince of Condé was not a strong-willed person, and he chose a wait-and-see posture between the third estate and the king, which indirectly contributed to the arrogance of the Duke of Orleans.
However, there is one thing to be thankful for, that is, after these years of hard work, Mary has successfully attracted a group of French nobles and army generals, Mary has been paying attention to the construction of the French ** team all the time, and the annual finance will be tilted towards the army, which also makes the French military system quite reverent for the queen.
However, because of the rigidity of the French army, Marie could not control many troops, and what Mary could fully control was the royal guard at Versailles and the French First Army stationed near Paris, and the French Second Army near Dijon.
With the convening of the Estates-General, Orleans' ambitions have almost reached the point where passers-by are known.
It was precisely because of these military forces that Mary was able to make the Duke of Orleans's ambitions not become a reality.
When Mary mentioned that the nobles had voted to support the king's decision to raise taxes, it was not surprising that the Duke of Orleans was the first to step forward "Your Highness, I think this request is completely unreasonable, our people have not yet recovered from last year's disaster, their lives have reached a point of extreme hardship, we cannot be so cruel to our people to take away the last loaf of bread from their hands!"
The Duke of Orleans was referring to the drought in France in the spring of 1788.
Free novels bring you joy and joy ---> storyskyline.net
France had not yet recovered from the drought that had occurred three years earlier, which made matters worse.
But what people didn't expect was that on July 13, 1788, a hailstone with a circumference of 40 centimeters continuously hit the farmland, causing a large amount of land to be wiped out.
And in the winter of the same year, France was in a bitter cold.
It's just terrible!
This has led to a significant increase in food prices, an increase in the number of sick and dead people, mass famine and widespread malnutrition in France.
The lack of capacity in the government prevents food from reaching the affected areas.