I Am Louis XIV

   Chapter 404 Cutting the Royal Academy of Brittany and Blois

When people later studied this history, they agreed that the ruling style of the Sun King changed suddenly from the Grand Parade-Brittany section. They speculated that Louis XIV was likely to be in the Brittany section. There were some very unpleasant things in the grand parade of the monarch, perhaps related to the continuous intrigue and assassination of this monarch since his accession to the throne. It is not surprising that the Bretons were involved in it. Quite unfortunate, when the good king completely lost his patience.

In various theories, some people also mentioned the death of the Duchess of Colonna. The lady was only forty years old when she died. Although the average life expectancy of people at that time was not so optimistic, for the pampered nobles, this age is still It can be called the death of Xiangxiaoyuyu, but this idea has attracted some people's ridicule, because in people's cognition, the Sun King has always been as he said - I am the country.

   He is France, how can you ask a nation's will to be troubled by love like a mortal man?

People still agree with the statement that the Bretons angered the king. Later, more and more evidence seems to confirm this. The rebellion of the Bretons began before the king's chariot left Rennes. It broke out and continued until the king arrived in Nantes. In this rebellion, there were shadows of Britain, the Holy Roman Empire and Spain, as well as some countries such as Denmark and Switzerland, which had to stand on the opposite side of France, and countries such as François Exiles from newly occupied territories such as Del and the Netherlands.

Surprisingly, Louis XIV seems to be well prepared, and his army, with the concerted efforts of Lois and Colbert, has always maintained vigorous energy, sufficient vigilance and rapid speed, because of the king's great parade, A standing army of 25,000 to 30,000 people had already moved from the Loire region to the Brittany region. The wizards and priests around the king cast mist and raised obstacles, and the ghosts they hired failed. It played a role. King Arthur and Merlin, who were sleeping in the lost forest, failed to give any help and guidance to the British who claimed to be descendants of the former. After those people walked in, there was no sound anymore. The king's motorcade has been renovated. Speeding on the flat road, in the dark night, the torches held by the cavalrymen formed dazzling red wavy lines.

  The Duke of Luxembourg was left behind by the king to suppress the Breton rebellion, and the royal flag of the royal blue golden sun was raised high, eclipsed by the black and white striped Breton flag by comparison.

Not all Bretons, especially those who were fortunate enough to meet them, or who had seen the king and his army while driving, knew very well that if Brittany could confront France by force, then The Duchess of Brittany doesn't have to be humiliated by marrying twice and constantly being forced to become pregnant - they can't even beat the French army under Louis XII, let alone the current Louis XIV.

But if they don't resist, as Louis XIV said, Brittany will cease to exist, not a duchy, not a region, just a province, and there is no direct connection between the provinces, or, in other words, the king of France Do not admit it - it is clear to everyone that in their generation, perhaps they remember Brittany, and if the provinces were divided according to the king's order, their sons and grandsons would naturally call themselves Morbihans, The people of the sea, or the Ille-Vilaines, not the Bretons.

In his arms, he just hoped that the king would revise or withdraw the edict, not that the rebellious Brittany nobles would go to the battlefield with a fluke. The main members were, without exception, sentenced to beheading, beheading, castration and dismemberment for treason, most of the followers were beheaded, hanged or imprisoned for a long time, and the soldiers were sent to hard labor - anyway, now in Brittany Many places need to be developed and restored.

What the British wizards imagined, the king would walk alone into the lost forest with a few followers, and devoutly seek the holy sword and the holy grail, did not happen at all. The record should be regarded as an interesting story, as he said, if necessary, he can make a holy sword, a holy grail by himself - if Marie Mancini hadn't encountered an accident, he might have He did this - he even thought that it was necessary, and after a while, he would bring Marie Mancini here.

Stonehenge in Karnak, the sunken city of Ys on the seabed, the pirate castle on the emerald coastline, the Rose Rock stretching to the horizon, the Holy Grail hidden in the ancient oak, the King Arthur sword held by the fairy in the lake, imprisoned Merlin's boulders, the rejuvenating Fountain of Youth, the dark wasteland infested by ghosts, and the labyrinths witches use to punish unfaithful lovers... These are all familiar stories to wizards, and Mary was sent to her when she was very young. The Louvre, so she had never been able to worship their holy place like the other wizards.

   When she grows up, she hopes to go to Brittany with Louis and receive Merlin's blessing. She even jokes that if Louis is not faithful to her, she will leave Louis in the witch's labyrinth.

  Louis asked casually at the time, and then you leave me alone and go back to Gayola?

  No, Mary said, I'll stay there with you forever.

  Looking back now, Louis doesn't feel sad or sweet. To be precise, since Mary left, it seems like a big chunk has been dug out of his chest. Does Mary know she took so much away? - "It's wayward." Louis murmured, "There's still a part of me."

   "Your Majesty."

Louis looked away from the window: "Whose letter? The Duke of Luxembourg?" Generally speaking, in the half hour after the meal, Louis does not accept any audience or handle official business. Bontang broke this habit and must have something important in return. .

   "The Duke of Luxembourg," Bontang frowned: "There is also a letter without any signature."

  Louis recognized the lacquer seal on the outside of the letter at a glance. The lacquer was a recent invention, but the seal on the lacquer was an Egyptian drum seal.

   "Give it to me," said Louis, and Bontang gave the letter, paused for a moment, and then withdrew.

When I opened the letter from the Duke of Luxembourg, there was nothing out of the ordinary. The Duke was even more serious and rigid than the Grand Condé. There were only two compliments at the beginning and end of the letter. The content of the letter was It is a detailed war situation report - Brittany does not have an organized army, and many of the soldiers and officers they used to fight the French army came to the battlefield with an impulse and enthusiasm, but everyone knows that , impulsiveness and enthusiasm may work in the arena. On the battlefield, what is most needed is calmness. The commander needs to be calm, and the same is true for the soldiers. It is not difficult for the Duke of Luxembourg to destroy such an "army".

Then, he said, the loss of the soldiers came after the war, no, it can't be said to be a big loss, because there were no dead, mainly when their protection officials were doing census and registration of the town, Encountered some ridiculous assassins with weapons of all kinds, from muskets to pitchforks, hammers to flails, and even stools and dried fish—all of whom had friends and family who died in previous wars.

   "So I granted their wish," said the Duke of Luxembourg dryly and witty: "Send them to be loved by their relatives."

The Bretons probably wouldn't think it was a laughing matter, but either Louis XIV or the Duke of Luxembourg had to do it - the king's law was always built on the guillotine, and it was for those who dared to attack officials. Bretons are soft-hearted, the Bretons will laugh at you for being weak like a bitch, the soldiers and officials will also have rebellious emotions - after all, they are the ones who risk their lives, so don't try to implement the king's edict .

With the **** examples hanging on the gallows and on the beheading platform, their work after that was much smoother, after all the French didn't loot, **** or drive them out, only some Huguenots were a little bit alarmed, Because the king's census sheet stated their beliefs, but as long as the officials told them that the king did not force every Huguenot to go to Orleans, they were at ease - at least ostensibly at ease.

   "Then why register categories of beliefs?" asked a daring Protestant.

   "Because some people will migrate here." The official said: "But even if you are Catholics, the king will not allow you to fight."

  What the Huguenots think Let's leave it alone, the Duke of Luxembourg was surprised when the king proposed his own ideas.

But it was a logical thing to do with Louis, who had moved the Huguenots to Orleans in order to break up the power they had in the cities they had long occupied, and now it was Brittany's turn - here When people say they're Breton and not French, it's impossible to move them, they're too many, and Brittany is too big - it was originally a principality, and Hu The Gnocs had originally occupied only a few cities.

Then, to dilute a force, in addition to taking it away, of course, it can also be mixed. When the population of France has grown to 20 million, there have been problems caused by population growth in some cities. Outside of Paris, Versailles, and Orleans, the commoners at the bottom didn't care where they lived. Brittany was a beautiful place with rich products. Louis XIV had such integrity—before he was in power. At that time, he took in tens of thousands of refugees, and he asked the people to move to Brittany, and they would not be unwilling.

   Although Brittany is not as sparsely populated as Lorraine and Alsace in the past, how can its population compare with the whole of France?

   When the refugees and civilians are protected by the army and settle here, can those fools who shouted that we are Bretons and not French can still insist on their ideals and actions? If Louis was still unable to get out of that emptiness, he would have liked to make a bet with Bontang, or the Duke of Orleans, for a gold Louis.

   He hissed, put aside the letter from the Duke of Luxembourg, and opened the letter Amon had written to him.

Shortly after Prince Zmish left, Theodoric, the parent of Van Zhuo, came. Of course, he was very angry, but he was helpless. Because of Zmich's particularity, once Amon was persuaded by Louis, the secret banquet could not continue. Keep the original aloof posture - don't forget, the battle between the secret banquet and the Sabbat never ends, and how much support a country can give a force, you can see from Gayola, the members of the secret banquet council are not only scolding demons The members of the banquet are a bunch of lunatics and have no other choice but to arrogantly declare that they will be in a neutral position, that is to say, no matter how Sin Moor or Markawi go against a mortal king, they will not participate. do not encourage.

There is not much new content in Amon's letter to Louis, but the spell is literally re-deduced. This spell seems to be simple - drag the victim into a dream and let him live his life quickly, through accidents in the dream or Is it because of disease, or death of old age. But it was not originally created to target a mortal - it was Simmor's dark magic, Amon wrote.

Xin Moor is the shortest of the thirteen clans of the blood clan, because their roots come from wizards, they long for eternal life, but they are unwilling to accept the first embrace easily, so as not to be controlled by the blood clan, after countless trials, They transformed themselves into vampires through alchemy, magic and the blood of a vampire elder. After becoming vampires, their magic began to weaken, leaning more towards the innate power of the vampires, but their books were handed down, even longer than any other wizarding family.

This spell was provided by an elder of Simmoor. This spell was used by his father to murder his elder brother, because at that time, the second son, who had no right to inherit, murdered the eldest son to be sentenced to the punishment of "cornerstone". He managed to create such a silent assassination spell that was difficult to prevent and detect.

  This spell requires blood of blood relatives, powerful magical vessels, noble sacrifices, and some other precious supplies, some of which are no longer found, but they must have used other things instead.

As far as Amon guessed, the blood of blood relatives may come from members of the Habsburg family. Speaking of which, Louis is only one-quarter of Bourbon blood, and three-quarters belong to the Habsburgs, but the members of the Habsburg family are not yet. Less, but to work on Louis, Amon said, it is very likely that there is a king or a prince, a duke's blood in it.

   As for noble offerings, things that were rare hundreds of years ago are not a problem now. If possible, kings always try their best to add children to themselves, especially orthodox ones.

   A lost royal line is no more valuable than a lamb.

The key is that this spell requires a person who can make the victim let go of all his vigilance. At the beginning, the elder Xin Moor chose his elder brother's youngest son. The elder brother never thought that his younger son, who was only five years old, would drag him into the abyss of death. Bar.

   If it wasn't for Louie's youngest son who didn't have a clear sense of self, they would have done the same - they chose Mary.

  Everyone knows how persistent Marie is to Louis.

   They almost succeeded.

   (end of this chapter)