Paris was in chaos at this time, but as Louis knew, there were probably people like the following - the top of the class of course belonged to the king, the king and the queen mother, followed by noble relatives and princes such as Prince Conde and Gaston, Duke of Orleans, and next to them were the cardinals, and those qualified to oppose the cardinals were respectable marshals and generals, and then the root of the rebellion. The members of the High Court, financiers and lenders, and the governors hated by the former were lawyers, ordinary priests and doctors, followed by securities brokers and merchants, and those who served all of the above were painters, architects, sculptors, novel creators, and those who were lower than them were craftsmen, servants, poor people in the city and peasants outside the city.

In addition, there are probably some people who make a living by serving the royal family and nobles. They feed on the leftovers leftovers leftovers leftovers by the service providers, specifically in private priests, clerks, housekeepers, policemen, agents, attendants, chefs, servitors, coachmen, etc.

In the previous Stones movement, in addition to the private army and guards of the princes and judges, the most were the citizens of Paris, that is, those who should have been loyal to Louis, but they would be easily incited not for no reason. Compared with those who were favored by the king or valued by the king and were able to make money and squander for unlimited amounts (such as Richelieu), the civilians of Paris have always been in an extremely difficult living environment. They not only had to bear heavy taxes, but also had to pay heavy taxes.

Paying rent, water and bread money, and some unfamous expenses. Where they live, the windows are not glass and the doors are broken. Some people catch fire and cook directly on the floor of the room. They often get sick and have no money to treat them when they are sick. Some people can't even afford to marry their wives. Sometimes they have to wait for the landlord to collect the rent before they find that their tenants are dead. In this painful life, there are still people who keep putting pressure on them.

Although Louis is still unable to interfere in government affairs, he still has heard of some things. For example, Paris' bread is now almost twenty Sue pounds.

Here we will briefly mention the French currency system in the mid-17th century. Rifter and Su are both familiar nouns, but they are not among the common currencies, but they are just the unit of measurement of currency. One livre is about half a pound to one pound of silver, and twenty Su. Therefore, most of the seventeen French people use gold Louis, big euge, small euge, Denier and Lead. Gold Louis, as the name suggests, is gold coins. One gold Louis equals twelve to twenty Rifters (one livre is twenty Su), one (silver coin) big euge is six livre twelve Su, small (silver coin) Euge is three livre six su, one su is twenty copper coins, and one denier is equal to three livre copper coins.

In other words, converting into the currency we are familiar with, a pound of bread costs about 300 to 500 yuan.

Such a price is enough to collapse the entire region and even the country. After Queen Mother Anne returned to Paris, a mass would be used for one hundred golden Louis candles and spices. No matter what, sometimes Louis really wanted to stop praying, and it would be better to exchange these hundred golden Louis for one hundred pounds of bread. At least one hundred families would be grateful to the royal family, rather than full of resentment.

Unfortunately, he could not convince Queen Mother Anne that the people at this time did not have the concept of charity. A man was hungry because he was not diligent enough. When he got sick, he did evil things. God gave him punishment or retribution. Even Cardinal Mazaran disagreed with Louis's method. Those white and bright Eju and golden "Louis" can be used to purchase exquisite clothes, delicious food or horses, hunting rifles, or even thrown on the gambling table. But it doesn't matter if he needs to help the poor... It's so strange, so strange that no one has ever done such a thing.

Bishop Mazaran refused, and almost all the people around Louis had the same idea. They believed that giving bread to the poor in vain would only increase the lazy and rogue. If such behavior could not continue, the person in charge would definitely be hated. This was true. Louis changed his statement and asked Bishop Mazaran to thoroughly investigate the wheat trade in Paris to see if anyone had hoarded the goods. Bishop Mazaran did not answer him, but asked the king, he had mentioned to the bishop before, and wanted to ask about the Inquisition. The bishop already had a candidate. When would the king summon him?

Bishop Mazaran said this, Louis knew that this matter could not be pursued. He knew that Bishop Mazaran must have accepted bribes from merchants. This kind of thing was almost common in the palace. It can be traced back to the time of Philip IV. Ministers surrounded the king and fought for his favor, and then made a fortune with this favor. Richelieu and Mazaran was the same. He was even willing to give in to some things so that the young king would no longer pursue it.

The things Louis mentioned before were the royal family, the church and the Inquisition, and the winning relationship between the world and the inner world. When the priest he had met came, the priest was quite happy because he was just the dean of the monastery, neither the black-clothed judge of the Inquisition, nor the ascetics like an executive.

Speaking of which, he made a joke recently, because he believed that he had achieved great merit in the previous werewolf riots, and even intended to compete with the lieutenant Archbishop of Paris, and Prince Conte (Prince Conde) for a hat from Rome (referring to the cardinal). Of course, he was a funny failure, but he was still ridiculed by all Parisians.

He was not discouraged. Really, Mr. Larivier might have no other strengths, but he was in his extraordinary desire for power and money, so from him, the king could know more than others, so Bishop Mazaran sent him in order to prevent the king from continuing to have a relationship with wheat and bread.

This is the first time that President La Rivier has entered Richelieu's house. Of course, the mansion that can be used as a palace by the king will not be shabby and narrow. This is an H-shaped building complex. Each building has three floors. A corridor supported by countless Taolique columns is added outside the bottom floor. Various sculptures are decorated on the corridor, and they are named after it. For example, the bow corridor that President La Rivier has passed by now is named because the walls of the corridor are decorated with many sculptures related to ships.

After passing through the bow corridor, what comes to us is a rectangular garden distributed on the axis. The garden is about 600 feet long and about 200 feet wide. In the middle is a round fountain like a full moon surrounded by neatly trimmed trees. Although it is winter and the flowers have never revealed fragrance, the clean smell of the air is filled with... Yes, Dean La Rivier doesn't know how to describe it, but it is... that... clean smell, which makes people comfortable.

Alas, he was also very clean today. After all, he had inquired about the king's preferences from many sources, and almost everyone was impressed by the king's requirements for cleaning. We have also said before that people at this time did not dislike cleanliness. First, the cost of bathing is considerable. Second, the church does not advocate people to bathe frequently. Third, the fear of the Black Death that had just left... But they did not really let themselves go so dirty. They would wipe their bodies with clean linen and warm water, especially their faces and hands. Women also had to add their chests. The nobles would change their clothes frequently, almost every few hours. Therefore, although the streets of Paris are stinking, except for some poor people who can't find any extra fabric, people with a little wealth don't smell that scary.
Chapter completed!