Chapter 337 It’s time to end this war

Prince Charles is still dressed very fashionably and appropriately, but his spirit is obviously a little decadent.

Chu Yuqiang handed the gift to Prince Charles' servant, bowed his hands and sat down, then asked:

"Your Majesty, please come here. Do you have any new ideas?"

Nowadays, the products of Dashi Clothing Store are not only designed by Zhu Jingyuan, it should be said that most of them are no longer the same.

Professional clothing design craftsmen, based on Zhu Jingyuan's design ideas and styles, constantly innovate.

At the same time, Prince Charles, a collaborator, often puts forward some ideas and also uses the title of designer.

He took the title of designer himself, and the clothing company produced several sets of clothes designed by the French prince, and both parties took what they wanted.

It has always been a pleasure to work together.

Charles sighed melancholy, shook his head and said:

"I don't have any special thoughts. It's just that the atmosphere has been quite depressing recently, so I wanted to have a chat with Shopkeeper Chu..."

Chu Yuqiang can guess the general situation, but he never directly gets involved in politics:

"If the prince feels bored, you might as well go out more and visit various places..."

Charles shook his head slightly without interest:

"It's the same in Paris... The whole of France is like this now, it feels like it's going to rain...

"The war has made everyone very tired..."

Chu Yuqiang smiled and said:

"Then let's go abroad and have a look. It happens to be winter in the western continent now. You can go to Mexico to spend the winter, go to Morocco, Senegal, go to Cote d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast)..."

Chu Yuqiang felt that if the French king and ministers could not handle the current problem well, civil strife might break out in France.

By that time, anything can happen.

It's not impossible for a king to die or something like that.

At the same time, according to the Tessie inheritance tradition, Charles is the unquestionable heir to the throne of France.

The status of the prince is more stable than that of traditional Chinese princes.

If he could save Ciel by chance in such an environment, it would be a rare commodity.

But of course it's not 100% certain that this will happen.

So I couldn't tell him to let Charles escape, I just suggested that he go out for a walk.

If there is really chaos inside France later, he will let him stay outside to avoid the limelight.

If the internal problems are solved, then he can go out for fun as usual and come back and continue to be his crown prince.

When Xiaer heard Chu Yuqiang talking about Mozhou, he suddenly became energetic:

"Mozhou! Can I visit Meng County? I want to see how those artificial silk threads are made.

"I want to see my best friend... My best friend has gone to Yinzhou now. Can I go to Yinzhou to visit?"

Chu Yuqiang immediately realized that it would be better to let the prince handle the matter of finding a place for rare goods.

However, Chu Yuqiang said with some worry:

"Will His Holiness allow the Crown Prince to leave the country?"

Morocco is now an internationally neutral country, with free ports throughout the country, and crucially, a port exclusively owned by the French.

Senegal and Cote d'Ivoire are both French colonies, so it is normal for the French prince to visit them.

But Mengxian and Yinzhou are the vassal states and imperial villages of the Ming Dynasty. If the French prince goes there, isn't he afraid of becoming a hostage?

Charles stood up directly:

"Please wait here, shopkeeper Chu, for a moment. I'm going to go find my father and ask..."

Prince Charles confessed his crime to Chu Yuqiang and went directly to his father Louis XVI, the king.

Louis XVI was discussing the war and finances in Yinzhou with the Duke of Richelieu, the Duke of Orleans, French Foreign Minister Talleyrand, and Finance Minister François Maulian.

A group of people are all in a state of distress.

Louis XVI looked at the ministers in front of him:

"The most wealthy people in France now are probably the aristocrats."

Morian nodded directly and said:

"Yes, Your Majesty, although civilians also have merchants and factory owners, there is still a gap compared with the nobles' industries."

Louis XVI said of course:

"Now that the country is in crisis, the nobles should come up with money, right?"

Morian said bitterly:

"That's the theory..."

The sixty-one-year-old Duke of Orleans immediately said:

"The nobles' money is not free, it is an asset passed down from our ancestors.

"We have worked so hard to achieve that little growth, so why should we pay more taxes for no reason?"

Regarding the situation in France, the Duke of Orleans is just looking at the excitement and not taking it too seriously, and even wants to fan the flames.

Otherwise, he would not allow his store to adopt a "welcome" attitude.

He is actually providing shelter to these people

Historically, this generation of Dukes of Orleans actively participated in the French Revolution.

He also changed his name to "Philip Equality".

As a result, he was beheaded during the Revolution.

His ideal in history was to establish a country with a constitutional monarchy, similar to that of the United Kingdom.

But who will be the king?

If we reform directly now, of course Louis XVI will be the king, and Prince Charles will succeed him.

Even if Charles died in infancy, Louis XVI still had two biological brothers, namely Louis XVIII and Charles X in history.

It's never the Orleans family's turn.

The Orleans family has been coveting the throne of France for nearly a hundred years.

The ancestor of the current Duke of Orleans was the younger brother of Louis XIV.

The relationship between Louis XIV and his younger brother can be considered good, but the relationship between their descendants is not so good.

Louis XIV lived an exceptionally long life, but his descendants did not live long.

When Louis XIV died, his direct descendants had only one five-year-old great-grandson, Louis XV.

Another grandson became King Felipe V of Spain after the War of Spanish Succession, but at the same time gave up his right to the French throne.

If Louis XV dies, Felipe V's claim to the French throne may trigger a new succession war.

But Louis XIV still made a will, and if Louis XV died young, Felipe V would inherit the throne of France.

Instead of letting his nephew, the second Duke of Orleans, succeed him.

Louis XIV originally wanted his illegitimate son to serve as regent.

But Louis XIV's nephew, the 2nd Duke of Orleans, launched a coup and assumed the status of regent.

and asked the French Supreme Court to declare Louis XIV's will invalid.

If Louis XV died in infancy, he would be succeeded by the Duke of Orleans as regent.

In that era, it was very common for children to die young...

However, Louis XV eventually grew up safely, and later gave birth to a son and several grandchildren.

Although his son also died earlier than him, his grandson Louis XVI has grown up.

The Duke of Orleans' first relatively legal attempt to take the throne failed.

Now their family saw another opportunity.

Duke Richelieu took the initiative and said:

"I think it's time to end this war..."

The Duke of Orleans immediately asked:

"Are we going to give up the Canadian colonies? Then what will be used to fill the holes left by the three years of war?"

Duke Richelieu said:

"Ending the war does not necessarily mean giving up all the colonies. We can give up the inland areas west of the mountains.
To be continued...