If Zhu Jinsong had not existed, Louis XVI originally planned to use Vietnam as a springboard to find opportunities to make money and old dogs. In the original history, although Louis XVI did not wait for this opportunity, France inherited Louis XVI's will. Not only did it give me a lot of money, but it even burned the Old Summer Palace.

Now Zhu Jinsong first gave Qian Death Old Dog a shuttle, and in addition, France itself had already made people's livelihood porridge, so Louis XVI naturally gave up the plan to use Vietnam as a springboard.

For Louis XVI, instead of finding a way to obtain enclaves and ports through Vietnam, it is better to solve the domestic problems first, and at the same time send more international students to the Ming Dynasty to learn more advanced knowledge and technologies.

After all, even Pierre, who was not very smart, became so smart and loyal and patriotic after going to the Ming Dynasty. How powerful should France's students who were already very smart in studying in the Ming Dynasty?

As for the expenses needed for international students and the military expenses needed to purchase Ming Dynasty arms?

That's how much money it's going to save money by letting the queen build a few less gardens.

After Pierre left, Louis XVI sent people to call Count Altova to the Palace of Versailles.

As soon as the Earl of Altova arrived at the Palace of Versailles, Louis XVI asked straight to the point: "Earl of Altova, do you remember how Voltaire once evaluated Emperor Yongzheng of the Qing Dynasty?"

When Louis XVI asked this, Count Altova was a little confused.

As we all know, Voltaire, the old man, always regarded Emperor Yongzheng of the Qing Dynasty as a child of other people's families. He used this as a positive example to scold France, but His Majesty Louis XV.

As the grandson of His Majesty Louis XV, Louis XVI had always had a bad sense of Voltaire, and he hated the other person's child even more. He did not even allow others to mention the Qing Dynasty's Yongzheng Emperor in the Palace of Versailles.

So, how could His Majesty Louis XVI suddenly remember that Voltaire and Emperor Yongzheng combined together can almost be considered taboo names?

Louis XVI did not wait for the Earl of Altova to answer, and continued: "Voltaire considered him the wisest and most generous among the emperors of all generations."

"And a large part of the reason why Voltaire came to this conclusion was that the missionary Gong Dangxin wrote a letter to Father Etienna Susie in Guangzhou."

"I called you over today, not to recall these unhappy things, but suddenly I thought of the newspaper mentioned in the letter."

"China's newspapers are very useful for governing the country. In France or the entire European Union, such reports are filled with nonsense, slander, and slander. The newspapers of the Qing Dynasty have a strong spirit of news supervision. Gong Dangxin even believes that this is more important than European newspapers to learn from the Qing Dynasty in order to improve."

"For example, in the newspaper, you can see the list of officials who were dismissed and the reasons for dismissal: someone neglected his duties in collecting the imperial tax, or wasted the imperial tax, someone was too tolerant or too strict when punishing criminals; someone was corrupt, someone was ignorant of learning, and was not good at governing."

"You can also see the names of the officials who replaced the dismissed officials, the names, hometowns and charges of the dismissed officials, and the emperor's approval; the disaster relief situation of local officials in a certain province, or the disaster relief situation according to the emperor's orders; military pay, or the expenses required by the public, and public utilities; the accounts rewarded by the princes, ministers and various departments' yamen's advice on the emperor's words and deeds and decisions. The newspaper records the days when the emperor personally cultivated the land in order to remind the people of their love of labor and attach importance to farming. That day, he summoned all court ministers and officials in charge of various departments in Beijing to speak, which are all topics in classic books."

Count Altova continued to look confused.

Earl Altova has read this letter from Gong Dang to Father Etienna Susie, and even once longed for the Qing Dynasty.

When France organized more than 200 people to take a boat to the Qing Dynasty to see the emperor, Count Altova was one of them. Therefore, Count Altova knew very clearly how big the gap between the Qing Dynasty and the Qing Dynasty described in the letter was actually.

After thinking about it, Count Altova simply said directly: "My respected King, I think you should know that when Father Gong Dangxin was writing this letter, he was probably threatened by the Qing people."

However, Louis XVI shook his head, picked up a French-toned newspaper from the table and handed it to the Earl of Altova: "Look at this newspaper first."

The Earl of Altova took the newspaper from Louis XVI and looked at it. After just a few glances, the Earl of Altova raised his head in surprise and shouted, "This is impossible! Absolutely impossible!"

"Their emperor actually canceled the civilian tax forever, and on the premise of abolishing the civilian tax, could the Ming Dynasty's tax revenue last year be as high as 60 million francs?"

"God, this is simply crazy!"

Louis XVI nodded and said, "At the beginning, I thought it was already crazy, but please continue to look down. Earl of Altova, even more crazy is still behind."

After hearing Louis XVI say this, Count Altova immediately looked back, but as he read more content, the more shocked the Count Altova's face became.

"Of all the income of the entire empire is used for various projects? Only six million francs are allocated to the royal family? The royal family took out another five million francs and invested them in the Ming Dynasty Research Institute?"

"There are ten million francs for military expenses, but there are a full fifteen million francs for universal education? And it is for all the children of the Ming civilians?"

"They're crazy!"

"I am so blunt, my respected King, no normal country can make such a decision - it is so stupid to spend more on education than on military spending!"

[The book-chasing app recommended by an old book friend who has known me for ten years, Mimi Reading! It's so easy to use. I drive and pass the time by reading aloud before going to bed. You can download it here.

Louis XVI was nodding and said, "I thought they were crazy, but Pierre told me that all this is true."

"I can tell you very responsibly that Earl of Altova and Father Gong Dangxin may have been threatened when he wrote that letter, but Pierre was not threatened at all. All this was seen with his own eyes."

Count Altova was hit to doubt his life, his face full of confusion and disbelief.

The key is that Count Altova couldn't understand. His Majesty Louis XVI suddenly mentioned the letter from Father Gong Dangxin and Voltaire's evaluation of Emperor Yongzheng of the Qing Dynasty, as well as the "Ming Dynasty newspaper" that looked like a fantasy. What was the purpose of?

Louis XVI directly solved the question in Count Altor's mind: "Earl Altor, don't you think we France should have such a French newspaper?"

"Every decision of the king and minister is published in the French newspaper, so that all the civilians and nobles of France know every dynamic of France."

"Go, I trust most Count Altor, I need you to help me create a newspaper like this."

"Remember, don't worry about the gossip tabloids and magazines that can be nonsense for sales. The French newspapers must be fair, open and documentary."

"Believe me, there will be a big news soon to confirm the authority of the French newspaper."

The big news mentioned by Louis XVI is naturally the news that the Rohan family was completely destroyed.

In France, although the Rohan family is not as good as the top nobles like the Duke of Orleans, Novay, Lafayette, and Brogli, it is also much stronger than the newly promoted nobles like the Polignaco family, even if the Polignaco family belongs to Queen Mary Antovanite.

The reason why the Rohan family was chosen by Louis XVI was the first target to kill was because the Rohan family was rich and the money was not right. The leader of the Rohan family was also a waste and also had a high position in France and the Holy See. In the entire French aristocratic circle, he had a bad reputation and reputation, and his connections were not wide, which was completely in line with the description of the fat sheep in "The Strategy of Power".

Killing such a fat sheep was not too much pressure for Louis XVI, but for the extremely shortage of money in the French treasury and the French newspaper that was about to be founded, that was hugely good news.

After obtaining the property of the Rohan family, Louis XVI immediately announced his kingly order through the newly founded "France Newspaper":

First reduce the taxes for civilians, then increase the taxes for merchants, and at the same time increase the inheritance tax.

Simply put, it is to win over civilians in the whole of France and to suppress capitalists who have just emerged but always want to cause trouble for Louis XVI.

The same is true for the so-called inheritance tax - for the aristocratic class and the big bourgeoisie, Louis XVI's decision is the same as the French law. How to avoid Louis XVI's decision and the French law is another matter.

The most uncomfortable thing is the petty and medium-sized bourgeoisie that have just emerged.

The original laws of Louis XVI and France were treated equally with the petty and medium-sized bourgeoisie and the French civilians. Only the French royal family, aristocratic class and the large bourgeoisie were the ones who could truly enjoy privileges.

Therefore, the petty and medium-sized bourgeoisie in France can also win over the French civilians and jointly express their dissatisfaction with taxation.

As Louis XVI significantly reduced the tax rate for civilians and transferred this part of the tax rate to the petty and medium-sized bourgeoisie, the French civilian class instantly stood opposite to the petty and medium-sized bourgeoisie.

People's livelihood porridge?

The porridge is the petty and medium-sized bourgeoisie. What does it have to do with the civilian class who is already poor and can’t pay taxes?

On the contrary, it is now a good time for the civilian class, and Paris was pressed down in an instant.

These news made Louis XVI very happy. He even published an article in the French newspaper that had just been founded, praising the allies of the Ming Dynasty in the Far East, and praising Zhu Jinsong as the most wise, generous and kind emperor in the Far East, and said that he was a pen pal with Emperor Zhu Jinsong of the Ming Empire in the Far East, and that he was very honored as the French king.

As for the original Qian Deaf Old Dog?

As ignorant, ignorant, cruel and dictatorial feudal emperor as he was, what qualifications did he have to be the pen pal of His Majesty the great King Louis XVI?

Just Mrs. Niu.

However, as Louis XVI completely gave up Vietnam, the missionary Baidoro (Pierre Joseph George Pino), who was commissioned by Nguyen Phuc Ying to take Nguyen Phuc Ying's second son Nguyen Phuc Jing to France for help, felt uncomfortable.

If France does not send troops to help Vietnam, what should Vietnam do?

Could it be that we really have to ask the Ming Dynasty, the sect leader, for help, as Louis XVI said?

Both Baidou and Nguyen Phuc Ying knew very well that the price of seeking help from France was nothing more than losing an island and a port, and the price of seeking help from our Qing Dynasty was nothing more than just paying tribute on the surface, and turning around and closing the door to become the emperor.

Only seek help from the Ming Dynasty...

This is definitely not a matter of an island or a port, nor can it be solved by paying tribute.
Chapter completed!