The quarrel in Marseille was still in full swing, for three whole days, the content of the argument between the two sides even went from how to continue to fight the Ming Dynasty, straight up to the cause of the Thirty Years' War and whether Martin Luther's Protestantism was legal, which is also one of the reasons why Europe could not form a unified empire, there were many countries, there were too many different peoples with different habits, and even the same God was interpreted as a different image, and everyone had their own set of small ninety-nine hidden in their hearts.

The Marseille Palace has been smashed to the point that it is not as dazzling and luxurious as it was three days ago, the imported large lanterns from the Ming Dynasty were more than half broken by the plates and cups that were left behind, and hung crookedly on the wall, the silk tablecloth was torn and shattered, looking at the Protestant nobles and Catholic aristocrats who were tearing and pinching each other's necks on both sides of the table, the green tendons on the forehead of the palace minister Mazarin, who had always been good-natured, couldn't help but jump out, and he was really a little skeptical now, whether it was right or wrong to respond to the Pope and Spain and the Netherlands to initiate this joint meeting of the West.

With this effort, the French envoys are enough to lead the fleet to set off, right?

What made him even more troubled was how to report all this to the Empress Dowager Anne in Marseille, his Empress Dowager Anne was a woman who loved life, if she knew that her precious large glass lamp and Greek beauty statue were smashed, Mazarin could even imagine the ugly face of Empress Dowager Anne.

There is a law in the world called Murphy's Law, if things are likely to go bad again, no matter how small the chances are, they will still develop like the bad side! While the cardinal was still lamenting the corruption of the matter, something even worse was already in his face, and with a bang, the door of the banquet hall of the Palace of Marseille was rudely slammed open. Nell broke in sweating, and for a moment, the nobles of various countries who had just been noisy were instantly silent, and turned their heads to look at the past.

Just see Virtue. Nell went straight to the palace minister, full of anxiety, and hurriedly recounted in his ear, just two sentences, the high-ranking cardinal also became old and pale, leaving aside the chief of the guard, and actually strode to Pope Urban III, who had been watching the excitement, and bowed down with a sad face.

"Father! You have to call the shots for the French royal family! The nobles of Paris ignored the God-given right to rule the King of France and rebelled! ”

At this moment, the palace of Marseille once again became lively, and a large group of princes and nobles were either gloating or worried, fighting with each other one after another.

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Unlike the unified China, France is a complete feudal country, with layers of feudal class status, the French king canonized the prince Bozinan, and then the nobles canonized their own retainers and knights, and most of the knights have their own feudal estates.

This situation was greatly improved during the period of the previous generation of French King Louis XIII and the court minister Richelieu, the iron-blooded prime minister Richelieu drastically reduced the power of the nobility, built a guard corps loyal to the royal family, and implemented a centralized system, which once made France stand out in the West, and other countries were in awe of Louis XIII as the sun king.

But now Louis XIV is only a few years old, he is a minor king, and Cardinal Mazarin, who succeeded Richelieu as prime minister, is still a familiar and soft person, and he has a talented wrist, but compared to Richelieu, who is tough and ruthless, he is simply a good gentleman, and the regent Queen Anne is a luxurious woman, and the money spent on luxury and banquets every year is like flowing water.

A dough cake gatekeeper, it's okay The queen mother still takes money from everyone's pockets, the arrogance and dissatisfaction of the French nobility naturally rise with the hustle and bustle, this time Mazarin is eager to redeem the Prince of Condé, but also to use the prestige and territorial power of the old prince to suppress these robed nobles and sword-wielding nobles who are ready to move!

However, the humble cardinal overestimated the influence of France and forgot about his most dangerous ally, the Netherlands!

Just when Mazarin was in the palace of Marseille asking the Pope for help and asking all countries to intervene in the revolt of the citizens of Paris instigated by the French aristocracy, the old Sir Curt was already comfortably riding in a four-wheeled carriage and running briskly towards Marseille from the Parisian Avenue de Chancher.

The situation seems to have suddenly become in favor of the Ming side, the anti-Ming alliance has not yet been discussed, the strongest internal ally of France itself started a civil war, this civil strife is called the French slingering party strife, overnight, the streets of Paris were rioted by the citizens piled up more than 5,000 stone fortresses, those butcher shops, blacksmith shops, weapons shops were also robbed by these citizens, these years Queen Anne's luxury, the bottom of the small people were also bitter about the collection of taxes, the nobles were slightly incited, tens of thousands of people were armed.

However, although Mazarin was humble, he was not easy to provoke, and after the Palace of Versailles welcomed the fleeing Queen Anne and King Louis XIV of France, he began to gather the Guards and the royal army in the suburbs of Paris, and also began to prepare for a counteroffensive to suppress the rebellion.

And in this particular historical period, there are quite a few foreign supporters of Mazarin!

Just now, the British bourgeois revolution has pushed the king to the execution ground, which has caused a particularly big shock in the entire feudal Europe, and Mao Jue has inserted a bar, Princess Mary, who was originally married to Prince William of the Netherlands, is now married to the East and has become the daughter-in-law of the Ming royal family.

The meaning of the existence of the Holy Roman Empire is to maintain the feudal system in the West, and the British can't fight across the sea, but you still want to learn from the British Across the Road? As the Marseille messengers galloped along the way, the armies of Prussia and several other principalities began to gather towards the northern part of the French border.

On the other hand, on the side of the Duke of Palamisson, don't look at the disagreement between Mazarin and Spain, but the Spaniards are not stupid, don't look at the rebellion of the Parisian nobility, the initiative is still in the hands of Mazarin, after all, the Guards are loyal to his master, Empress Anne, Anne is an Austrian princess, and the Holy Roman Empire will help Mazarin no matter what.

Help him, you can also win political points, and rely on some interest exchange in exchange for him to change his words, but to help the rebels, then he will die with France, and even if the Spanish real meat Tan goes into battle to assist the rebel nobles and really defeats Mazarin, it will take at least a few years, especially under the war losses, the chances of the declining Spanish Empire defeating the Ming will be even more slim.

Even Spain could not sit idly by, and had to choose a side to help, otherwise the war would be protracted, and the opportunity to start a war with the Ming would be gone, so the messengers of Marseille rushed south, and the Spanish phalanx began to assemble south of France.

However, just when the army was gathering in Paris and a bloodbath was about to come, Curt, the old fox, appeared at the Palace of Versailles with a swagger, and he made a single appointment with Mazarin.

In the study of the Palace of Versailles, several large bookshelves are elegantly decorated on a wall, almost all of which were collected by Richelieu, and it can be seen that the successor Mazarin also often reads them, and small bookmarks pop up on the books, and there is still half a bottle of wine to quench thirst on the round table next to the bookshelf and not finish drinking.

But now, the cardinal could not maintain the appearance of a calm priest in any way, almost gritting his teeth, Mazarin was angry but had to suppress his voice and roar.

"Old ghost, you did a good job!"

The big guys have been fighting for decades, and they know each other's methods, and the moment they saw Curt appear, Mazarin had already roughly guessed what this rebellion was all about.

However, he only roared a few times, and then once again stared at Curt with gloomy eyes, and asked a little unwillingly: "What does the Netherlands want?" ”

Curt is not a fool, the Netherlands has just suffered a heavy blow, he has come to offend France at this time, if there is no plausible reason, it is purely looking for death, the angry French will be the first to set foot on the Netherlands after the rebellion, as an old politician, Mazarin is not the first to spread his anger to affect the negotiations.

Sure enough, the old fox Curt was really prepared, and on Mazarin's desk, there was a whole map of Europe directly spread out, and he took out a quill from the pen holder, and Sir Curt put the tip of the pen heavily on the map.

London!

"The Britons have turned their backs on the divine right of God to the king, and the rights of the English nobility will naturally be nullified, and after the capture of England, France can canonize the nobles in the past and rebuild the dynasty, Cardinal, your worries in the country will naturally disappear invisibly, go to war, you can plunder, and the dissatisfaction of the people at home will also dissipate, and the important thing is that the Netherlands is willing to provide interest-free loans for the French war, and the repayment will be made from British soil, and it will not cost France a franc to fight this war!"

"The Spaniards can avenge the Armada, and the British colonies in the Caribbean can be owned by Spain, which is a large piece of fat, enough to satisfy Spain, as for the Holy Roman Empire, Sweden, Denmark, Norway, etc., will not be able to make much effort, and the reparations of the British will be enough to satisfy them."

"What's more, in the current situation, if Your Excellency really goes to war with Paris, every person who falls, it will still be the blood of the French!"

Letting go of the old man Curt is estimated to be the biggest mistake in his life, in a few words, he actually condensed the complex contradictions of Western interests into a unified interest statement, Mazarin, who heard this, really couldn't help but nodded slightly, the Guards had been assembled three days ago, but he did not order the war for a long time for this reason, France fought a civil war, how cheap it was those greedy neighbors nearby.

After thinking for a few seconds, the cardinal still raised his head in doubt: "Then what did the Netherlands get?" ”

The benefits were distributed, the Netherlands contributed money, effort and hard work, and they were not as selfless as internationalist fighters, as an old politician, Mazarin naturally did not believe that the Netherlands wanted nothing.

However, as old as the mythical druid, Curt smiled helplessly.

"What the Netherlands has gained is the sea and freedom!"