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Chapter 1810 The real person behind the scenes

"The situation in Paris is out of control these days, and there are people in other towns who support Paris and oppose the king and the archbishop. You must be careful on the way."

Prince Condé personally led a group of French knights to escort the envoys including Chu Lingyun to the outskirts of Paris.

The city of Paris was indeed paralyzed. Tens of thousands of people felt sympathy for the judge who was arrested. They generally believed that the judge was not the mastermind behind the killing of the mission, but the king and the archbishop who planned to use this incident to attack the nobles in robes who opposed the royal power. , so they were handed over to the Chinese as scapegoats.Because the clash between the monarch and the robed nobles preceded the attack on the embassy.

The civilians blocked all passages in Paris with barricades, intending to block the king and the archbishop in the Louvre in Paris.

These civilians are not soft persimmons. In fact, many of them were recruited to fight in the 30-year war, and when Paris was attacked by the Holy Allies, they spontaneously mobilized several times to support the front line, which can be said to be very fierce.During the period of Louis XIV, the Kingdom of France was definitely the overlord of the European continent, and it was not at all ambiguous that these civilians rebelled against their own king.

Chu Lingyun and his convoy pushed forward with difficulty on the street, and the French cavalry had to open the way in front, demolishing the barricades that hindered the passage, so that the T-cars could pass through the street.

Some civilians threw small stones at the convoy, and wounded the French cavalry, causing the French cavalry master to howl in pain and shoot indiscriminately with muskets.

"No one is allowed to use muskets!" Prince Condé was afraid that the envoys would be in trouble if the exchange of fire later, so he asked his cavalry to exercise restraint.

"It seems that we are not very welcomed here..." The Model T car that Chu Lingyun was in also made a sound when it was hit by a stone, and he couldn't help but feel a little helpless.

It is normal for them not to be seen by civilians here, because the previous capture of Paris greatly hurt the dignity of the Paris rebels.

This matter is still a problem left by his father.

Prince Rupert saw the rebellion in Paris, and thought of the time when he worked with Charles I: "Paris at this time is very similar to the rebellion in London. But the people in Paris seem to be more impulsive."

King Charles I of England did not properly handle the relationship with emerging nobles, squires, and businessmen because of financial problems, which caused the city of London to oppose Charles I. Civil war broke out in England, and Charles I also lost his life.

France is now experiencing similar conflicts due to financial constraints. Could it be that a civil war will break out in France?Or will one party be pressured to compromise?
At about the same time the absolute monarchy was shaken, and it seemed that new classes began to change the shape of the kingdoms more or less, depending on what to do with them...

No matter how France will deal with such a matter, what will happen to this kingdom, it will not have any major impact on China for the time being.

Prince Kong Dai managed to find a way to send Chu Lingyun and the others away.

The next stop of the mission led by Chu Lingyun was to Amsterdam in the Netherlands.

Before Chinese merchants settled in the city of London, Amsterdam was the financial center of continental Europe, where there were stock exchanges and banks recognized by all countries.

But now the City of London has begun to replace Amsterdam as the new financial center.

Even though Chu Lingyun and the others had left, the attack on the envoys had not yet come to an end, and the Kingdom of France still needed to give an explanation, so three nobles in robes serving as judges were executed.

One month after the envoys left Paris, a large-scale conflict broke out in Paris, and a major earthquake occurred in the Kingdom of France.

Archbishop Mazaran in red became the target of concentrated attacks by the public.

Soon some nobles in robes came out to accuse Mazaran of pocketing his own pockets, which caused the French Navy’s annual funding to drop to 50 livres. Ten years ago, the French fleet’s annual funding was still 10 million livres. Now the French fleet has little to offer. A warship at sea.

Some people even believe that Mazaran's assets are as high as 5000 million livres, which exceeds the tax amount of the Kingdom of France for half a year.

Such accusations caused the residence of the Cardinal Archbishop to be surrounded by civilians, and Mazarin had to flee to the palace to seek asylum from the king, and was accused together with the newly crowned King Louis XIV.

Probably knowing that the anger of all parties was concentrated on him, Mazarin had to say goodbye to Louis XIV: "Your Majesty, it seems that I have to be exiled, but now the situation is turbulent, you must take power yourself and no longer appoint Only the prime minister can protect the royal family."

In silence, Louis XIV dismissed the post of Cardinal Mazarin and all other positions with real power.

The two cardinal archbishops Richelieu and Mazarin both leaned on France for a time, but Mazarin had to resign under pressure, leaving the last dignity.

In a stone house in the city of Paris, Prince Condé sat in it, and there was a shrewd middle-aged man in the house.

This middle-aged man is called Kolber, and he also had a brief encounter with the Western Company of the Chinese merchants when he was young, but there may not be many Chinese merchants who can still think of this person.

His current job is to help Cardinal Mazaran handle his personal finances.

"Thanks to your help, we have some evidence of Mazaran's pockets. Otherwise, just relying on the anger of the Parisian nobles and citizens, it would be difficult to push back this powerful cardinal. He can completely suppress or temporarily abdicate and then make a comeback ’ said Prince Condé.

"My life is in your hands, so I have no choice but to do this, but I have betrayed my benefactor..." Kolber shook his head.

"It's because he has gone too far. If we can't get the assets that he pocketed, how can we in France have the money to develop? If the post of archbishop is still in his hands, he will ascend to heaven alone and hold various important positions. How to make changes so that France can resist the pressure from the East?" Prince Condé said indifferently.

If Chu Lingyun, Chu Zixin, and Prince Rupert were present, they would be extremely surprised.

Who would have thought that it was Prince Condé and Mazaran's personal financial assistant who were really manipulating everything behind the scenes?

There was a knock on the door outside the stone house, Prince Condé and Kolbe stood up almost at the same time and went to open the door.

An unexpected person appears at the door.

Seeing the visitor, Prince Condé and Colbert respectfully said, "Your Majesty the King."

Louis XIV walked in and said to Prince Condé: "If he still refuses to leave, I don't even know what to do with him. You go and confiscate his property and leave him some for the sake of the past. In addition Calm the anger of nobles and commoners as soon as possible and restore order."

He said to Körber: "The current treasurer, Nicholas Fouquet, is corrupt, financially speculative, and has made a fortune. Last time, he invited me to visit the 250 fountains in his home. He really wants to die. This person is also in the same group as Mazarin. You have brought down Mazaran, he has nothing to fear, you take people to arrest him, confiscate all his property, and imprison him for life. You are the next treasurer. According to your proposal, reduce the poll tax and increase the additional tax. We must make our France rich. Only when we have money in France can we develop better. We must find a way to catch up with the pace of the East!"

Louis XIV had been to the East 7 years ago, had seen the prosperity of the East, and knew that there was a huge gap between the two sides.Only if France makes changes can it barely keep up.

At the same time, the Prince of Condé was also traveling with Louis XIV to the East. The two people also made Louis XIV tend to unite with the Prince of Condé, and together designed to overthrow the cardinal, the actual ruler of the French Kingdom.

Although both Richelieu and Mazarin aimed to promote France's hegemony, the existence of the cardinal over time has become an obstacle to French reform.

"We France will definitely catch up. I am still young." Louis XIV seemed to see the hope of a strong kingdom after the cardinal who had been a hindrance in the past was overthrown.

Prince Condé was not very excited. He just helped the king and himself eliminated the archbishop who was fighting for power. As for wanting to break the monopoly in the East, Louis XIV was young and good, but among the visiting envoys this time, Chu Yun's two sons are only about the same age as Louis XIV.

It is very likely that the Kingdom of France will always be suppressed by China, or even England.

Now Prince Condé doesn't want to hit Louis XIV's self-confidence.

"By the way, are you the one who ordered people to attack the envoys and even plan to overthrow the king?" Louis XIV thought of a very serious problem.

The overthrow of Mazarin was planned by Louis XIV in conjunction with Prince Condé and other royal nobles, but he dared not do such things as attacking the envoys.

He played psychologically and left a psychological shadow on Dongfang.

"It's not what I did... The rebellion in Paris was not planned at all, I just followed the trend." Prince Condé replied.

"Who would that be?" Louis XIV frowned slightly.

Prince Kong Dai was silent for a while, and said slowly: "It may be nobles in robes, or it may be other people. Recently, a group of new nobles appeared in Paris. They traveled to the East for one or two years or three or four years and came into contact with the Eastern people. Culture, very dissatisfied with the current situation of our Kingdom of France, they promote the culture and technology of the East. They call themselves "enlightenment" in private. , while admiring the East and hating the East, it’s hard to say that they can’t do such an extreme thing. If they start a war because of the assassination of the envoys, they will have a chance to re-establish order.”

Louis XIV dissatisfied: "Hmph, what an enlightener, our Kingdom of France will become stronger only under my leadership."

(End of this chapter)