I Am Louis XIV

"He's not a king!" a voice screamed in rage!

"He's a devil!"

"Devil!" "Yes! Devil!" "Devil!" "Kill the devil!" "Burn them!" "Drag them down!" "Devil! Give me back my daughter!"...

Milady's people shouted the first, like lighting a kindling to pour oil on a firewood, the crowd erupted suddenly after a short silence - I don't know when the rain stopped, and the moonlight shone on Carlos II's pale face In fact, besides fear, all he has is anger, how dare they! After knowing that they are the king, they didn't kneel down respectfully and offered their backs for him to trample on - how dare they call him a devil!

He was not a person who could control himself.

No, it should be said that he was originally an idiot. After he regained his mind, if he was given meticulous care and gradual education, he could at least become an ordinary person, a mediocre king--it's a pity that everyone around him , including the archbishop, the queen mother, and his biological mother, all have their own thoughts, even Patinho, who has seen Louis XIV, began to desire to have a wise master—he is eager for success fault.

Alberoni and José watched him change from a innocent baby to a devil.

"I am going back to the palace," said Alberoni. "I will tell them that the king is besieged by mobs."

"You stay here,"

Jose said calmly, "They will definitely suspect you. You'd better not appear in front of the archbishop before this matter is resolved. I'll tell them."

Alberoni smiled bitterly: "I don't think it is possible for me to return to the archbishop. I am a rebel."

Jose looked at his companions, and he was noncommittal to this sentence. Compared with Alberoni, who was only the son of a gardener and had been studying with the archbishop, he knew more things. If things were really like the Habsburg The development that the enemy wants—the biggest possible enemy is Louis XIV of France. It is hard to say what will happen to Alberoni in the future.

He volunteered to go back to the old palace to report the bad news. He also had some selfish intentions. He wanted to go back to Patinho as soon as possible to tell him about it——Pattinio...his loyalty was never to the king , his loyalty is only to Spain, as long as Louis XIV's plan is not to annex Spain - Patinho may not be unacceptable.

As for the others, they are loyal to power and money. The only one who is troublesome is the queen mother. Duke Don Juan doesn't care. Anyway, whether it is Bourbon or Habsburg, he has no right to inherit and cannot climb to the throne. ——"You stay here," Jose said again, "you must try to contact those people and try to ensure that the king's life is not threatened." He blinked, and Alberoni immediately understood that they even the Judas Can't watch each other die, let alone these innocent civilians?

They cannot be allowed to kill Carlos II, otherwise the Queen Mother and others will feel relieved, and then declare them, or some of them, as treasonous traitors, who will be executed after death penalty, and Alberoni will be with theirs. The leader explained their interests and tried to get them to start negotiations with the royal family, while quickly publicizing Carlos II's crazy behavior-making the silence unnecessary; while forcing Carlos II to sign a pardon, pardoning them His disrespectful behavior also set the tone for this matter.

This kind of thing has not happened in history, but Carlos II was the first to be pushed to shame by his own people because of the crime of holding a black mass and torturing innocent people.

Alberoni still remembered the little sympathy he had for Carlos II. He also vaguely heard from the court and teachers that although the medicine of the black wizard cured Carlos II, it also brought Many unbearable sequelae, such as deformed offspring, chaotic thoughts, rickety body, etc... What about his spirit? Did he become like this uncontrollably?

But more than a hundred days and nights in prison made him understand that unaffected bystanders can of course try to understand Carlos II, if he is indeed not the messenger of hell visiting the world.

But the victim must not, never can, Carlos II can be forgiven by God, and he must stand before God first.

He walked towards the crowd without hesitation.

When the last chess piece was in place, Milady breathed a sigh of relief. So were the Judahs in the crowd, swiftly and stealthily breaking away from the besieging crowd of the king, almost galloping back to their own quarters, passing the galloping horses--only There is an alley apart, and the cavalry passing by the entrance of the alley shows that the archbishop and the queen mother had to give up killing the Judahs and rush to save their king.

Without these 1,500 soldiers, the thugs hired by the Judahs could break through the Spanish defenses. The Judahs abandoned all their property in Toledo, dragged their old and young, and left Toledo as quickly as possible. many.

It wasn't until the carriage left the ancient city far behind that the wise man slowly lowered his shoulders.

Even in the tomb, he would not tell his people that his two descendants were not entrusted to another group of Jews as he said—they had already been arranged to go to Marseilles. The Jewish people in Toledo will not know that he was "bribed" and tried to encourage the Jewish people to become swordsmen in the hands of the French... If they found out, he would be expelled from the Jewish society, and even his descendants would be killed. Without exception, they will be wandering outside, and it is difficult to find a place to take root.

But he also has only a little selfishness, and no one can deny that the decision he made was correct.

"Look!" cried a young man beside him suddenly.

He followed the other party's line of sight - Toledo was burning.

His own king is an accomplice of the devil, which is a heavy blow to the Spanish who have always believed in it. They dare not pour all their anger on Carlos II, but they definitely dare to massacre the believers of the devil— — that is, all heathens. Wealthy and xenophobic Jews were definitely the first to bear the brunt, and they could say they made a wonderful time difference, taking advantage of the short time between the withdrawal of the army and the rampage of the people who learned the bad news into the Jewish neighborhood-they only needed a little After hesitating for a while, a tragedy that can be called comical is about to be performed.

However, in the future, as long as he and his descendants are still in France, he will be a puppet in the hands of the French, because the French can lift the fig leaf off him at any time, and he can only do his best for Louis XIV .

I only hope that this king will not have too much prejudice against the Jews, as the wise know.

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For these Jews, the events in Toledo have finally come to an end, but the people of Spain are still continuing their nightmare.

When the people who besieged the king in the arena found that they were not wizards and heretics, but the king, they were not without fear in their hearts. If Alberoni hadn't appeared in time, named Rescue the King, In fact, if they were taught how to use the king as a hostage to negotiate with the royal ministers, they would probably have been defeated one by one like a group of scattered sand.

It’s just that such means cannot deceive people like the Archbishop of Toledo and Minister of the Navy Patinho. They can see at a glance that Jose is also an accomplice, and their faces turn pale with anger.

Jose calmly faced their glaring and reprimand: "I only found out that Alberoni thought so after I left the palace, but I think he is right."

"Do you know what a prisoner of treason has to face?" Patinho said, "But first I'm going to lock you up." He took José to a small, remote room that didn't even have a window. , he paused before closing the door: "You will regret it, Jose, you ruined your future."

"I don't think so." Jose said softly after his uncle had walked far away.

What is more terrible than treason? It is blasphemy, it is the ensuing investigation and excommunication, no one pushes it, but Louis XIV has already fulfilled his wish and had a second son with the eldest daughter of Philip IV. Didn't ask Spain for the queen's dowry, isn't it for today?

Once Carlos II was excommunicated - the Roman Church could not even side with the Habsburgs, because the king held a black mass, there were thousands of witnesses, countless proofs. Presumably, this news will be spread by the spies placed by the French king in Spain as if it has grown wings. For Spain, which has lost the eldest daughter of France, it must be the only one, and it has an extremely important position. How can the Church of Rome? Allow such a king who slapped them repeatedly on the surface?

This is worse than the former French king who invited the Pope to Alvignon! At least the former is still the guardian of God, but Carlos II has completely abandoned his faith - the first thing to do when holding a black mass is to desecrate the cross, the icon, insult and defile God, everyone knows this matter.

Of course, the Roman Church has no right to execute a king as a heretic, but excommunication is necessary, otherwise, what is the face and legitimacy of the church?

But if a king is excommunicated, it means that all the contracts signed under the witness of God will be invalidated, his allies can renege on the agreement with him, his vassals do not have to fulfill their obligations, and his wife can deny the relationship with him. His marriage, his children have also become illegitimate children, it is not an exaggeration to say that everyone has betrayed their relatives.

Otherwise, the humiliation of Kanosha would not have happened in the first place.

Now the strength of the church is far inferior to that of Canossa Castle, but with Louis XIV who is eyeing the Spanish throne, he will definitely promote the implementation of this matter. The queen mother said that she would ask Leopold I for help—to be honest, the people present were not very optimistic. If the only prince now comes from Queen Antonia's belly, there may be room for maneuver, but... found Anthony After Maia escaped, the archbishop and Patinho blocked the route to Rome and France without hesitation. Unfortunately, it was too late. Riots, kings being trapped, queens fleeing, religious scandals being revealed to the world... all these things, even if they are exhausted, they can't handle it.

Jose is still a teenager, but he's already seeing results.

Carlos II has completely lost popular support, and is about to usher in the excommunication of the church. Queen Antonia will go to Rome, plead with Pope Innocent XI to take him in, and at the same time appeal—the marriage contract with Carlos II is invalid, and The Spanish Habsburg royal family tried to confuse illegitimate children with legitimate children. In this way, the Spanish Habsburgs completely lost the possibility of inheriting the Spanish throne. The remaining options... It seems that except for Louis XIV's second son, Charles There is no one else.

Leopold I will probably not stand by.

However, it is very possible that Louis XIV will obtain the Spanish throne for his second son. Jose fell on the cold floor, thinking, this is a gamble. Alberoni probably didn't know that if things really got to that point, his old and cunning teacher might not abandon him—maybe he could go one step further.

As for him, as an ambitious, intelligent and keen young man, how could he endure serving under the command of a king like Carlos II, or in other words, serving an infant illegitimate child?

He doesn't care who is the king of Spain, as long as he is the "king of Spain", Jose is willing to give his loyalty.

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scandal! scandal! This is an absolute scandal!

It is not an exaggeration to say that things like holding a black mass can be done or not in the palace. In order to get rid of political enemies, rivals in love, and compete for the favor of the superiors, it is common for dignitaries to hire wizards and depraved priests to do this kind of thing. The church is also turning a blind eye to the matter, but... like Carlos II, it is rare for most of Toledo to be witnesses, and the whole of Spain is well known within a week.

Negotiating with a group of civilians made Duke Don Juan very unhappy, but there was no one else besides him. The Queen Mother's spirit was completely broken. Places like Mingo Church! Patinho was going to deal with his colleagues in the court, screen out the spies among the people, and at the same time prepare the army-the war may be imminent!

Fortunately, he brought Carlos II back anyway.

Carlos II has completely lost his mind and is covered in filth. Although the people dare not beat or kill the king, they still dare to throw a piece or two of mud from the crowd. These mud balls are made from local materials and exude The strong smell of blood, upon smelling it, Duke Don Juan remembered the "evidence" that people presented him.

He turned his head and retched a few times.

"Now there is a way," said the Archbishop of Toledo, "to save the king from excommunication."