I Am Louis XIV

According to tradition, the crown prince should wait in Berlin together with the king, and their envoys will go to the border between the two countries, or the agreed place, to meet the crown princess, and then send the crown princess to the Berlin City Palace, where she Married to Crown Prince Frederick.

There is no direct border between France and Prussia. Fortunately, Louis XIV has bought Lorraine and captured Flanders and the Netherlands. Otherwise, they would have to pass through three areas that are very unfriendly to them, the Principality of Lorraine, the Archbishop of Cologne The electorate (the former allies do not mean the future), and the Principality of Saxony-now they still have to pass through the edge of the Principality of Saxony, and by the way, Denmark is above to reach the border of the Kingdom of Prussia.

From the map, it starts from Paris, goes diagonally upward, passes through Lorraine, Flanders, the Netherlands, then the Principality of Saxony, and finally the Kingdom of Prussia.

Although Lorraine, Flanders, and the Netherlands no longer exist, there are only the Lorraine, Flanders, and Netherlands regions in France, but all the people here are willing to become the subjects of Louis XIV. , Impossible, even if it is possible, Leopold I and the original rentiers - like the descendants of the Duke of Lorraine's brother, the Dutch parliamentarians, and the Spaniards in Flanders will do their best To provoke and destroy.

When the weather is calm, one can see who is stirring the waves at a glance, but the imminent battle will inevitably make some people have illusions.

In this regard, according to the information I found, Louis XIV had already made arrangements, that is, he selected some of the best young people from the Guards - there are always some people who are born to belong to the army, such as Prince Maurice, Grand Condé or Vauban, these men were not only endowed with talent, but also with loyalty—loyalty to the army and the king, brave in battle, taciturn, and calm.

They are soldiers and officers, and they can even become generals, envoys, and ministers. The king has deep expectations for them. The "Road to Adonis" is just a small trial for them before the war begins. .

But the young lovers around me didn't know, or didn't care about this kind of inside story, they only saw it. It was said in the records that Prince Frederick of Prussia resolutely left his father, duty and country for his love, and traveled thousands of miles. Traveled all the way to Paris to escort his bride to Berlin.

This is so romantic!

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The French government and the Bourbon royal family have always attached great importance to the privacy of the family, especially those related to the Sun King, but for some they think they can open to outsiders, they are extremely detailed and amiable, such as the Adonis Road, people can drive , you can take a bus, and there is also an old horse-drawn carriage available for hire.

It is worth mentioning that this kind of carriage is actually equipped with real horses, the real ones, and some people can't help shouting. After all, there are not many opportunities to see real horses except in the racecourse or in the countryside. It is said that animal protectionists have also protested and marched for this kind of behavior, but in France, you can do almost anything that the law allows you to do, or that the law does not prohibit you from doing, with only one exception, that is, those involving to bourbon...

As a huge family covering the entire Europa, the Bourbon family has always been very cautious, but there are times when they are unwilling to give in—the royal family has countless properties, which are enough for them to hire hundreds or thousands of powerful lawyer teams. Unfathomable and unspeakable, I won’t go into details here, anyway, our uncle groom happily told us about it, he thought those people were stupid, horses were their partners and assistants, why would they To abuse them for no reason? Stuffing them in the stables and not letting them run out and get some fresh air and some grass is abusive.

Don't say they make the horses work, they work too.

Carriage travel sounds wonderful, and it looks like it. In fact, after a long time, you will feel stiff and uncomfortable everywhere. Fortunately, the road is very flat-it is said that one part of it was paved in the time of Louis XIV. We From the edge of Paris to Saint-Denis, from Saint-Denis to Meaux, and after a night’s rest from Meaux to Château-Thierry, the people around me could barely support me, I just lamented the past It is just too inconvenient for people to travel.

But when they went from Thierry to Soissons, they couldn't help complaining, wondering if the Adonis road arranged by the French government was reasonable.

"It's reasonable, it's absolutely reasonable." The coachman - replaced by a young man, said with a smile: "The road that the Prince of Prussia accompanied the princess walked, and the places where he stopped are all recorded."

I have been looking at maps, not only modern ones, but also from the 17th to 18th centuries, so I immediately noticed the reason, and there is nothing incomprehensible about the reason——Tie There are indeed two small towns between Ribourg and Soissons, but these two small towns once supported the Fronders, or were once occupied by the Huguenots. When the storm was coming, the large county The Lord's caravan must be safe, and they may run day and night, from Thierry to Soissons, without stopping for a moment.

Soissons was originally an ancient city where the second son of Pepin was once crowned. There are solid walls, prosperous streets, vast palaces and several majestic cathedrals - in the seventeenth century, the church It has always been usable as a fortress.

The daughter of the Duke of Orleans and her fiancé, the Prince of Prussia, left a lot of traces here. From the footprints by the river—it is said that the princess stopped here to watch the golden waves on the river. The Prince of Prussia invited People carved the footprints of the great princess on the limestone, and left their own signatures on the side, embedded with brass lines. It is said that there was still gilt in the past, but because of the long days, wind and rain, and tourists constantly touching the gold has subsided.

But after the brass lines are stroked enough, they also look golden and shining.

Then we also visited the palace where the princess lived, which is now the town hall of Soissons, but the office space did not occupy the room of the princess and the prince of Prussia. To the south of the palace is an amazing rose garden. The first rose garden was also created by the Prince of Prussia, but at that time he used roses from broken branches, kept them in glass bottles or porcelain urns, and placed a labyrinth of fragrant and wonderful flowers in the courtyard. Now these roses are planted of.

"But the varieties of roses are still those designated by the Crown Prince of Prussia." The staff here said proudly.

Later we also saw a pipe organ in a room-the kind of pipe organ whose volume is almost equal to half a room. I really don't know how the Prussian prince did it.

As I read it, I repeated the historical materials in my mind. It seems that William I of Prussia also knew that what he did was a bit too much-when the war was imminent, Louis XIV would not easily refuse in order not to have one more enemy. To perform the marriage contract, but he should also understand one thing, that is, a marriage completed under the witness of God can also be rejected under the witness of God——Louis XII was able to deny a gift to Brittany in order to get Brittany. He gave birth to several children, but the woman who failed to survive was his wife. The Queen of Spain could also flee to Rome and claim that her husband was a useless thing. The continuation of this marriage and covenant also depends on Louis XIV's will.

As the head of a country, of course he cannot be too humble, but his son can.

In the name of love, it is not humiliation. It is said that the crown prince is like a "squire" working for the princess and the Duke of Orleans who is giving him away without complaint. Everyone says he was shot by Cupid's golden arrow The arrow hit the heart, if the princess hadn't received a lead arrow, he should have returned the same deep friendship.

It's a pity that this great princess, the future Queen of Prussia, has the reputation of "Iron Queen Mother", and she must not be the kind of person who can be easily moved...

In this city, there are a total of seven similar attractions. We walked through them one by one, and the last attraction is St. Peter's Basilica here.

The meaning of Adonis has its first impressive manifestation here-the princess and the Prussian crown prince were assassinated here.