The previous chapter was completed with a thousand words.

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Although in name, this was a separate trip between the king and the royal wife Lavalier, in fact, it was impossible for them to be alone with a few guards. This alone only refers to the queen and other (if any) royal wife. Queen Mother Anne stayed in Paris, and most of the people in the court and court, from Philip the Duke of Orleans to the humblest flower and tree maids, all followed the king into Fontainebleau. Fortunately, Fontainebleau was the king's palace since the twelfth century, and it has developed into a fairly mature village and town, so that these nobles and servants have nowhere to stay.

For example, Prince Kong Dai and others, there are even industries nearby.

Speaking of Prince Conde, the reason why the king specifically asked Philip to invite him to Fontainebleau was to try to calm his anger. Compared to Lorraine, the king felt that a title that would disappear soon was nothing worth paying attention to, but the sword-holding nobles headed by Prince Conde were very different. The king suspected that they were worried that once this case was opened, the king would sell the title into a stale place like a hawker selling cabbage in the market. After all, this king might be the most generous king in French history. If the king wanted to fight, the only way was to collect taxes from the people, or to seek the support of the nobles, and thus make some politics.

The king, when he was going to war on both sides (Spain and Roman Church), was neither willing to surrender to his ministers nor exploit his own people, and wanted to push Sisyphus's stone ball alone (Note 1). The nobles admired and sighed, and were more regretful or contempt, because they believed that in the end the king was either crushed to death by this heavy debt because of exhaustion, or had to recover the favors he gave to the people, which led to similar destructive consequences, just like Charles I, who was once a good person, was useless to those fickle and despicable civilians, they had no morality, no loyalty, and even lacked sense of responsibility.

Louis never talked about this. It was useless to discuss the so-called people's hearts with them. The sword-holding nobles even the robe-wearing nobles regarded them as nouveau riche, let alone ordinary people. However, when education was not yet popular, he relied on these nobles. There is a saying in the East that "If the granaries are full, you know etiquette, and if you have enough food and clothing, you know honor and disgrace." This sentence is not true at all. When the people are still struggling with hunger, their animal nature must be more than human nature, and when they can be full and believe that they can continue to be full, they will gradually develop the most basic sense of morality, and they must develop loyalty to the king and the country, which is far from enough - at least, they must reach the current Versailles level, and when they have no worries about food and clothing, or even have more income than expenditure, they will learn, think, and accept the ideas instilled in them by teachers.

So Prince Condé and others' words are not wrong, but Louis absolutely cannot accept a group of chaotic people and a country that will never be stable.

Compared with other places, Alsace and Lorraine have become two best experimental sites. First, they stood on the standpoint of the enemy of France decades ago. The people there said from the heart that in Louis' heart, they could not compare with the Versailles and even the French in other places. Secondly, the chaos there was inevitable, and the cruel suppression was necessary. Afterwards, no matter how strange the demands arise, the people there would definitely accept it as long as they were not squeezed to the point where they could not survive. This would be much better than implementing the new policy in other places in France. Finally, the discovery of Valor Visari, both places have rich coal and iron resources, as well as mature animal husbandry industry, handicraft industry, glass and porcelain that can be developed in the future, and dye industry... The king does not have to invest too much in it, just to ensure that Lorraine's output is used by Lorraine.

Thinking of Varo Visari, the wizard was finally summoned by the king and became a imperial physician again. However, his direction was obviously wrong, so now this imperial physician is just a name, and he is more in his private research institute.

So it may be a good thing that he did not accompany him this time, because the king also summoned the Duke of Motmal - given that the Duke would definitely bring his stepdaughter to the court so that the king could fulfill his promise and formally introduce the daughters of this lady of unknown origin to the palace - it is said that the lady gave birth to Duke Motmal's heir, a healthy boy, seven years ago.

The king roughly estimated that neither the duke nor the lady wasted any time. He met Varo and his wife when he was about to become an adult. At that time, Varo's eldest daughter was only five years old, the youngest daughter was still learning to walk, and the other one was still in the mother's belly. Not long after they left, Varo Visari and his wife met Duke Motmal. After the duke obtained the lady by despicable means, he immediately sent an envoy to Paris to bribe the king - with money and loyalty. For Louis at that time, no, even Louis now, the Duke Motmal was indeed more important than Varo Visari.

Although the process of Duke Motmal's acquisition of Madame Visari was really vicious and shameless, his love for this lady was also real, or, to those who were ignorant of the inside story, in fact, a large part of his actions was driven by Madame Visari's succubus bloodline-the king didn't know what to say about Madame Visari, was he wrong? She was one of the marriage tools specially cultivated by the Mancini family, lacked the sense of independence and had a high obedience.

She obeyed the family and obeyed Varo Visari, of course she could obey Duke Motmal... This was helpless; would you blame Duke Motmal? For people nowadays, he was simply unforgivable, but the problem was that when he did these things, his mind might not be clear; we cannot blame Varo Visari, he was just to protect his family - if we trace the root of the root, it seems that he would only blame the Mancini family.

However, the Mancini family will definitely not care about this small problem.

The king chuckled softly, and the king's brother Philip, who was beside him, looked at him curiously. If it were other ministers, they would definitely remain silent, and would not make any guesses about the king's behavior, let alone ask. But Philip's courage came from his brother's tolerance, so he asked without hesitation, "Just remember a group of stupid people." The king said. Then he nodded behind him, "Everyone, I want to say a few words to my king's brother."

A large group of people following behind them immediately bowed their knees or bowed, and used their gaze to send the king and his brother to the Great Gallery of François I.

We have said before that the Palace of Fontainebleau existed as early as the 12th century, but at that time, it was like the Louvre, which was a solid fortress. Louis VI built it. But later, François I, Henry IV, and Louis XIII all lived here, and the palace was rebuilt and added again and again, until now.

This is a huge building with gray-black roofs, vermilion chimneys, soft and creamy yellow stone brick walls, solemn and elegant. On one side of the palace is an extremely quiet deep blue lake. There is an octagonal pavilion in the lake, and sweet and clear spring water is constantly gushing out. The word Fontainebleau is derived from "Scherbrunn". Louis VI decided to build a castle here and also had the idea of ​​using the water source here - but for Louis XIV, the best thing is that when he rebuilds Fontainebleau and adds sanitation facilities, he doesn't have to consider water supply.

The Great Gallery of François I, as the name suggests, was built by François I. From below the waist, this gallery is made of exquisite walnut carved wall panels with gilded borders and above them are niches surrounded by marble portraits and columns. The niches are colorful and rich in materials. These oil paintings are from Italian and French painters. At that time, François I highly praised Renaissance Italy, so he invited two famous painters from Italy to build this large gallery for him.

It is precisely because this gallery was built by François I that there are many curvaceous salamanders in the sight of people, most of which are manifested as being born in fire. This is an ancient legend about Europa. In legend, this newt with bright skin was born from the first ray of firewood that did not rot for seven years. Because it can conquer the fire, it is regarded as a symbol of lasting loyalty. At that time, François I used salamanders as his symbol, so salamanders were everywhere here.

"What are you going to choose as your symbol?" Philip also noticed, and he asked in a brisk tone. "I haven't thought about it yet," Louis said frankly, "Maybe it...cat?"

Philip thought for a while and showed an expression of incomparableness. The king smiled and the atmosphere between them became even more relaxed. "What about you, Philip," Louis asked, "What kind of animal do you want as a symbol?"

"I want to choose a lion," Philip said.

Lions and cats are both cat families, but their power is completely different from the impression in people's hearts. To be honest, if Louis hadn't been cultivating Philip's courage, he would never dare to say this in front of the king. People have always regarded lions as kings among animals, and there are lions on their emblems of many kings, but Louis believes that Philip expects the courage and strength of the lion, rather than ambition.

"Okay," Philip heard his brother say, "then I can consent you to use lions on heraldic emblems and flags."

This sentence made Brother Wang feel scared. It was not that he believed in his brother, but that he—"I don't have such expectations!" He said anxiously: "It's just an idea!"

"I know," the king put his hand on his younger brother's shoulder comfortably. He realized that although there was milk and plenty of meat strengthening, his younger brother was still a little shorter than him. "I understand what you mean," he patiently stroked his younger brother's spine that was tense because of his nervousness. "But I feel from the bottom of my heart that the lion is extremely suitable for you."

"The lion should belong to you, your majesty." Philip said, "Please forgive my previous nonsense."

"I've made a decision," said Louis. For a moment, he even wanted to joke, insisting that his symbol was a cat, but seeing Philip's appearance, he might immediately choose a rabbit as his symbol, so he still couldn't, "I choose the sun."

"sun?"

"Yes, brother, the sun."

"But the sun..."

"The sun is the strongest," said Louis: "When it is fierce, people fear him, when it is warm, people long for him, and when it is gone, people miss him - Philip, it is everywhere and can do everything, and this is the luxury I hope I can achieve."

"It's not a luxury," said Philip. "You are now. I fear you, but I also long for you. When I leave you, I will miss you."

"I hope my people can do the same, but I have a long way to go." Louis took his brother's arm and walked forward. The gallery was so exquisite and grand, but compared to this gallery, the achievements François I made in humanities and battlefields should be praised the most.

"I think you already know."

"Yes, your Majesty."

"I need to go to Lorraine alone."

"I, your majesty, please let me go."

"But my mother would rather you stay in Paris."

"She is worried about my safety and my ambitions."

"I am equally worried about your comfort, but I don't think you have ambition."

"I have ambitions, your majesty, I have, but not for those things that never belonged to me, my brother, when I was still wearing a skirt, I was hoping to serve you, and you had promised me."

"Yes, I gave it to you."

"Then just cash it."

"Maybe one day I will regret today's decision."

"If you don't make this decision, you will feel regretful, when you see that your younger brother can only waste the last trace of life in the palace and women."

"Hey, you are threatening me."

"Think so," said Philip. "So do you want to accept this threat?"

"You clearly know that I was never threatened."

“I think you can make an exception.”

"You will not be greeted by flowers, but only by swords."

"I love flowers, but swords will also make my blood boil."

"You are making me embarrassed."

"You are lying, Your Majesty," said Wang Di happily: "You will not be in a dilemma. Although Lorraine is full of dangers, I will at least not immediately face a powerful army. I can learn how to become a qualified general there. I think you should have arranged a good teacher for me."

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Chapter completed!