I Am Louis XIV

   Chapter 276 The King's Parent-Child Time (2)

   Chapter 271 The King's Parent-Child Time (2)

"He wants to, but it's difficult," replied the Duke of Orleans, looking at the child. Little Eugene had no less problems than the Grand Princess or the Little Duke of Enghien. Since coming to Versailles, he has become more and more gloomy. Fortunately, he inherited The beauty of his mother Olympia is similar to that of Leopold I in some small places, and he does not have the big chin inherited from Habsburg. His nominal father, the Count of Soissons, is also highly trusted by the king, so Still very popular with ladies.

Then his heart knot can only come from his origin - the mother of the Count of Soissons, the lady of Bourbon wrote to the king that although she told little Eugen about his identity, although little Eugen was sad, But without questioning and unacceptable, she wondered if the lady of the Mancini family (she didn't even want to call her daughter-in-law or Countess of Soissons) might have said something to him before he returned to France —But at that time, Eugen was only three years old, could he really remember things from so long ago?

   Or, did he realize that his mother's death wasn't a real accident?

   More directly, will he be a threat?

Whether little Eugen remembers what Olympia Mancini said to him may be difficult for an ordinary three-year-old child, but it is not a problem for little Eugen whose memory is actually very good. He even remembered his mother holding him in her arms and proudly saying the words on his face and body, and he also remembered the person who had visited his mother, and he did not seem very close to his mother. There wasn't much kindness towards him either - all the instincts of a young child made him sprint away from the room, the only memory he had of... Leopold I.

At that time, he did not match the king that his mother said was with the man. Although he was smart, he was not smart enough to immediately realize that there was a problem with his identity. When he was at the knee of "grandmother", he always thought that the The "king" is the love and praise for one's husband - one can think that the king is the greatest knight in a country, and one can also think that a greatest knight must have the virtues of a king, but such an idea, in his Gradually growing up, he still hasn't seen his father once - Eugen Morris came to see his mother, but he was left in the study by the tutor. Obviously, they didn't want him to see Morris.

With such a premise, when his grandmother told him that his real biological father should be Leopold I, the emperor of the Holy Roman Empire, not Eugen Morris as he thought, little Eugen was more sad and angry. Relief - Eugen, Maurice was a knight of high morals, but he was a stain on his illustrious career.

He deeply hated his mother Olympia, and also hated his real father, Leopold I. He was like a righteous but sinful man, eager to be whipped-since he came to Versailles, he I also heard that the eldest son of the Duchess of Longueville became a monk. Generally speaking, the eldest son of the duke should inherit his father's title and territory. Many people are puzzled by his behavior, and only the insiders are silent. No words—Madame Longueville can be said to be half forced and half willing to marry the Duke of Longueville, a widower twice her age, an old husband and a young wife, although the Duke loves the young wife deeply, but Long. Madame Gerville has never stopped her footsteps - Jean is the child she gave birth to under such circumstances, and his father should be the young and romantic Duke of La Rochefoucauld.

  Rang knew about this when he became an adult. His lofty character made him unable to accept this fact, so he did not hesitate to abandon his honor and status and resolutely became a monk.

This is also the path that little Eugen chose for himself, but when he thought that his father was still Eugen Morris, he once wanted to become a soldier. At this time, this idea suddenly resurfaced. If you say Becoming a monk is the sacrifice that Eugen made for morality, then a soldier, even if Mr. Maurice is an official, Eugen also has the same will. In Soissons, he read most of the novels of knights. His heart beat wildly when he saw them mount their horses, raise their flags, and rustle their spear flags on their lances.

   "Why don't they want to fight for their country?" asked little Eugen, the problem was only superficial, in fact he wanted to trace the reason.

"This is what I want you to pay attention to." Louis continued: "Everyone, your status is destined that your life will not be as peaceful as an ordinary person in the future. You will become a king in the future," he said. To the little Louis and the Duke of Colonna, the little Duke of Anguin, "will become a queen, or a princess." The princess smiled reservedly, and the princess showed a shy look: "will become a powerful general or an archbishop. ," he looked at little Eugen, "in any case, you will be high above you, and below you will be courtiers, soldiers, and an innumerable people—they need your rule and care, you need their loyalty and Obedience, but there is a problem here, that is what your teacher will never teach you, that is, the stupidest and most humble slave will also have his own selfishness, and so will your most trusted and closest person , so don't force your thoughts on the other person—even if it's a pretty noble one."

   "But, Your Majesty," asked little Eugen, "should we not encourage people to keep all virtues?"

"That's it." Louis thought for a while, "Bontang, bring me the multi-colored wooden block I put in the drawer." Bontang walked over immediately, took a very delicate small silver plate, and put the multi-colored wood The block was placed inside and entrusted to the king. The king smiled helplessly: "Okay, children, now look at this multi-colored wooden block, and tell me what color you see." The multi-colored wooden block is three inches long. Square, the color of each side is different. It was specially prepared by the dye guild to let the king see the color of the furniture. There are gold, silver, black, white and red, and the natural color of the wood.

   "Gold." Little Louis said first.

"silver."

"red."…

"You see different colors," Louie said. "So can you say that everyone else has seen it wrong?" He twisted his wrist: "So now? You will think that you have seen it wrong before, or Has things changed?" The children looked at it, the eldest princess and the princess whispered a few words, and together with the boy showed a thoughtful expression.

   "Philip," said the king, "do me a favor." So Philip placed several little men in short cloaks in various places in Poland. "These are the Schlachtas," said the Duke of Orleans. "The Schlachtas were originally just some small and medium-sized nobles, and it did not happen overnight that they were able to achieve today's status. The king of Poland was originally only a big leader after the union of many tribes. In the first century, the king still had to discuss state affairs with his ministers at the Imperial Council. At that time, the ministers were also appointed by the king, including the great nobles, the chiefs of the guards and the high priests, but at the end of the twelfth century, Poland Divided again, the power was held by the local princes, their practices were no different from the kings, and they would also convene a local assembly with the nobles, knights and priests who were loyal to them to decide some important things, so the Polish Shila Chita was driven like this. Gradually formed. And even in the time of Wladyslaw I, the local assembly was still held regularly, but in name it became the local assembly. At the end of the fifteenth century, the local assembly became the House of Representatives. Evolved the Senate, but at the end of the day, it's these people who come and go."

The Duke of Colonna and the Dauphin Louis were the first to understand, and little Eugen actually understood, the Grand Duchess was slightly slower than the Grand Princess, and the Duke of Orleans took a sip of the tea handed by the King himself. "Don't worry," he said. : "Princess, think about it this way, you are an ordinary peasant," the eldest princess nodded, the king often took his children to Versailles, they knew what a peasant was - they were the hardest and most humble in this country "But fortunately, you are a boy, so when the king calls you, you become the king's soldier, with the blessing of God, the favor of fate, and your own bravery and wisdom, Although you died on the battlefield, you were still intact. You returned to your hometown with the king's reward and title, and your family jumped into the gentry class. In the subsequent wars, you continued to gain greater power and even You can decide the fate of others, not just your own. With the passage of time, you have also discovered that the lord and general you once thought were god-like are just mortals just like you, who make mistakes and make mistakes Cowardice, as well as hesitant..." The Duke of Orleans said what others would be shocked to hear: "How much respect will you have for them then? You will think, I will do better than them! 1505 Shirazita thought so, although the great nobles once wanted to seize power from them, but the king at that time returned the power to them in order to use the power of Shirazita to fight against enemies at home and abroad."

The Duke of Orléans paused, and Louis continued: "From this, the king representing the interests of the royal family, the Senate representing the interests of the great nobles, and the House of Representatives representing the interests of the middle nobles have been fighting endlessly since then, and then derived the "freedom to choose the king" and "freedom". Veto"." He nodded to the crown prince: "Your teacher should have already taught this," which was specially requested by the king, "Yes," said the crown prince.

   "What do you think of this system?" asked the Duke of Orleans.

   "It's extremely confusing." Little Louis replied: "The power is too dispersed, and they must be slow to make decisions."

   "Then." The Duke of Orleans looked at the eldest princess: "Now you are a Shila Chita. This system is really bad. We can all see that, so will you give up this power?"

"I won't." The eldest princess understood what her father and uncle were going to say to them: "Because no matter what happens to Poland or the king, it doesn't matter to me, no, it should be said that if the king is weak, I will You can grab more power, you can make laws, collect taxes, or issue licenses..." She counted her fingers and said, "So I will definitely support this system."

"At the same time," Eugen added, "Your Highness, I will not do my best for the country or the country, because it is depleting my own strength." He pointed to the villain representing Sobieski, "Like Jan Sobieski."

   "Then what would you do if you were Sobieski?" Louis asked.

   "I will..." Little Eugen hesitated: "I will ask my king for help."

"Why do you say that?"

"Because the king is the state," said little Eugen. "Anyone can watch Poland fall, but the king cannot." He said decisively, which caused the grand lord to give him a deep look. She had not had much before. Pay close attention to little Eugen, only to realize that this gloomy boy is not as useless as people say.

   "Not every king would be willing—as you say, once the king's army is lost, he has less weight to speak among the nobles."

"But some things must be done," Little Eugen clenched his fists, he admired his father Eugen, Maurice, and even the famous Prince Condé, "Mr. Condé will never do that. "

   "Condé must be very happy to hear that." Louis said: "But you are right, he has indeed set out to rescue Jan Sobieski."

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Immediately after his coronation, Ludwig I, the former Prince of Condé, set off for the southern Polish front, where Sobieski had been alone for too long - some Schlachta thought their new king was not. The decision will be made so quickly, after all, Sobieski, like the former Prince Condé, is only one step away from the Polish throne - if the Prince Condé 20 years ago, he would not have rescued Sobieski, just As at the beginning, he also had dark thoughts to win the heart of the Duchess of Montpensier, trying to make her support him in the subsequent battle for the throne.

But now he is King Ludwig I of Poland. After more than ten years by Louis' side, His Majesty has understood the most important thing, that as a king, you can be cruel, despicable or cruel to your enemies. It is shameless, but you must be kind to your country and people, for this, a king knows more patience and concession than a peasant - in the face of national justice. Just as Louis XIV had forgiven himself, he should have forgiven Jan Sobieski.

In Poland it was not uncommon for kings to go on expeditions in person, and when Ludwig I came to Poland, Louis XIV allowed him to take with him soldiers and officers who he wanted to take, and who were willing to follow him—maybe there were also grate The plan to remove the remnants of Prince Kongdai, but this plan can be regarded as open and aboveboard, and no one can say anything to criticize - Ludwig II took about 300 officers and 2,000 soldiers, some people may question The number of soldiers is too small, but the three hundred officers are the most important. These are veterans who have gone through the battles of England, Spain and the Netherlands. With them and adequate military pay, they want to form even as many as 30,000. A new army of man is not impossible either.

   (end of this chapter)