After a while with Louis XVI, Marie came to the Hall of Mirrors of the Palace of Versailles with a dignified appearance, and suddenly walked with Marie's neck up, and was greeted by an oil painting, the name of which is "The King's Reign in 1661", which records the moment when Louis XIV, who ascended the throne since he was four years old in 1643, finally held the throne.
Looking at the triumphant expression of Louis XIV on the oil painting, Marie had mixed feelings in her heart, and suspected that Louis XIV could be called a hero, and during the 54 years of Louis XIV's reign, he developed the power of the king to the peak.
Politically, Louis XIV advocated the supremacy of royal power, "I am the state", and used the "divine right of king" to create a theoretical basis for the supremacy of royal power.
He imposed a high-pressure policy on the aristocracy, canceling the right of the Paris High Court to criticize the royal edicts, refusing to convene the Estates-General, and suppressing the provincial aristocracy that dared to rebel; At the same time, the Palace of Versailles was built, and the great nobles from all over the world were summoned to the palace to serve the royal family.
Louis XIV also sent "judicial, police, and financial supervisors" to the provinces, reorganized armaments, expanded military resources, introduced weapons and advanced technology, and controlled the dispatch of the provincial armies in the hands of the central government.
Ideologically, all subjects were required to adopt Catholicism.
Economically, Louis XIV entrusted the economic problem to Colbert and promoted mercantilism.
Doubtfully, Louis XIV's policies did help France succeed by waging wars, lavish celebrations at Versailles, and funding the development of the arts and sciences to glorify himself.
In his ministers such as Jean.
Baptiste.
With the help of Colbert, he concentrated the entire French bureaucracy around him, and the Kingdom of France reached its peak in his hands.
But Louis XIV's personal extravagance overwhelmed the French finances.
And in order to win France's leadership in Europe, Louis XIV waged four major wars during his reign: the War of the Inheritance with Spain for the Netherlands from 1667 to 1668, the War with the Netherlands from 1672 to 1688, the Nine-Year War with the Holy Roman Emperor from 1688 to 1697 (the War of the Grand Alliance, also known as the War of the League of Augsburg, the War of the Palatine Succession, and the War of the Spanish Succession from 1702 to 1713).
In each of these four wars, hundreds of thousands of soldiers were used, and the frequent wars depleted France's treasury and plunged the country into high debt.
And at the end of the reign of Louis XIV, half of the annual tax revenue of the whole of France was spent on the daily expenses of the Palace of Versailles.
In addition, because of the connivance of officials in the late Louis XIV, the corruption of the bureaucracy intensified, and a large amount of money disappeared into the corruption of the bureaucracy.
It can be said that the current state of France today can be attributed entirely to Louis XIV.
Not only Marie, but every French had mixed feelings about the Sun King, who led France to the pinnacle of Europe on the one hand, and on the other hand, his military recklessness and his extravagance plunged the entire French finances into a serious crisis.
"Hey............."
A sigh of Nai was heard through the Hall of Mirrors, and after that, Mary started again and headed in the direction she had left.
In a very short time, the news of what had happened in Lyon spread throughout Paris, when the people of Paris, who had become terrified by the failure of the riot, learned that they were in Lyon, under the leadership of the Marquis de Lafayette.
After the civilian brothers of the third rank had united to make their voices heard, everyone's hearts were no longer alarmed.
One failure is not terrible.
The terrible thing is that there have been thousands of failures, but now there is a successful case that is suspected to have filled a fire under the oil pot, and the oil pot that had just cooled down boiled again.
"Simmond, who do you say His Majesty will send to Lyon this time?"
"I don't know, it won't be us anyway" As he spoke, Simmond picked up the teacup in front of him and blew slowly, while Napoleon, who was sitting opposite him, turned his head to the side as if looking at the scenery outside when he heard Simmond's answer.
At this moment, the two were sitting on the tower of the Bastille, because although the riots in Paris had subsided, in order to further stabilize the people's minds and prevent accidents.
The First Army, which had been stationed not far outside Paris, had already committed half of its forces to maintaining order in Paris, so it was inevitable that Napoleon would have a deep intersection with Simmond.
Today, Napoleon invited Simmond to meet for the first time, but the place was in the Bastille, although he didn't know what Napoleon was going to do, but Simmond still pinched his nose and went to the appointment.
At the time of the pacification of the exposure of Paris, Simmond had an extremely profound impact on Mary.
So after the riots subsided, Marie asked Louis XVI to make Simmond commander of the First Army and promoted to general, to which Louis XVI agreed.
So sitting opposite Napoleon at the moment was Admiral Simmond, commander of the First French Army.
But Napoleon didn't seem to care about this, and although he was promoted to brigadier general, Simond was two levels higher than him.
Surprisingly, Simmond was not surprised or angry at Napoleon's casual attitude, and through this period of contact, Napoleon left the impression that Simmond was bold and careful, and ruthless.
Moreover, Napoleon was a popular man around Marie, and in such a situation, it was obviously unwise to offend Napoleon.
"Well, Napoleon, you don't have to think about it, now that Paris is messed up enough, do you still want to go to Lyon?
Do you think Her Royal Highness will let you go?
” Looking at Napoleon's sloppy gaze, Simmond didn't know what Napoleon was thinking, it stands to reason that as the youngest brigadier general in France, Napoleon should be content, but because of the disagreement with Marie on the issue of dealing with the mob of the Paris riots, Napoleon very much wanted to leave Paris, after all, he was not upset.
It's not that Napoleon was thirsty for killing, but Napoleon was very unaccustomed to Mary's obviously soft methods, and Napoleon knew the virtues of those mobs quite clearly.
On one of the occasions when he accompanied Marie on a tour of the Bastille, Napoleon saw the pitiful appearance of the mob in order to gain sympathy, and he was more eager to leave Paris, fearing that if he did not leave Paris, he would have killed the mob who pretended to be pitiful!
To be continued.
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