Louis XVI and his wife finally compromised and decided to allow Charles to marry Liu Muyu.

Then we discussed and planned a wedding plan from all aspects.

Xia Er and Liu Muyu first registered their marriage as civilians in Xintianfu and held a Ming-style civilian wedding.

Louis XVI and his wife also came, but they only attended the wedding as Louis' parents and as civilians.

Then they went to France together to go through the procedures for Liu Muyu's naturalization in France, and accepted the canonization as the Duke of Orleans in France.

Finally, a French-style royal wedding was held at the Palace of Versailles.

The marriage of Charles and Liu Muyu had an extremely huge impact on France.

After Liu Muyu was awarded the title of Duchess of Orleans, she also obtained the Palais Royal in Paris opposite the Louvre.

The Palais Royal was originally owned by Bishop Richelieu and later became the property of the Duke of Orleans.

The Duke of Orleans was deprived of his title and all property by Charles because of his rebellion, and the Royal Palace returned to the hands of the royal family again.

After getting married, Charles and Liu Muyu lived in the Palais Royal in the center of Paris instead of Versailles outside Paris.

At the same time, Charles also received a clear status as regent and directly placed his office in the Royal Palace.

French officials no longer need to travel to Versailles, which directly improves overall administrative efficiency.

This also returned the administrative center of France to Paris and broke away from King Louis XVI who remained in Versailles.

Louis XVI basically entered retirement.

Starting from their own homes, Xia Er and Liu Muyu began a more in-depth and comprehensive reform of Minghua.

First of all, all personnel in the Wang Family Palace must be proficient in the elegant dialects of the Ming Dynasty and must speak the elegant dialects of the Ming Dynasty in the Wang Family Palace.

The selection of French court officials and civil servants began to include Ming Yayan as a required test.

French public schools also list Daming Yayan as a compulsory subject.

Based on the joint venture with Zhu Jingyuan, Charles began to vigorously build industrial industries owned by the French royal family.

Further expand and strengthen the escort force directly under their own jurisdiction, while further compressing and controlling the privileges of the traditional nobility.

For example, private employees of nobles must also have legal status officially registered with the court.

When the court deems it necessary, court law enforcement officers have the right to enter noble estates and mansions for investigation.

The properties of nobles must also be subject to review by the relevant departments of the court and pay the same taxes as the properties of ordinary civilians.

Charles began to organize intellectuals and began to formulate a new code based on "equality".

All nobles, commoners, and clergy below the king are treated equally and enforce exactly the same laws.

This behavior has very broad support.

French nobles and officials realized that France had welcomed another powerful "king".

The new king saw them as the same creature as the common people.

Their future days will be even more difficult.

The main direction of reform in the Shire is to restrict the privileges of the traditional nobility and completely eliminate the privileges inherited from the feudal era.

At the same time, the French royal power and the law enforcement power of the French court were expanded.

Of course, this kind of reform harmed the interests of the traditional aristocracy, and would certainly be resisted by them.

However, this reform was also supported by French civilians, the emerging bourgeoisie, the middle class and even the bureaucracy.

Because the privileges of the nobility are abolished, the common people and the emerging bourgeoisie without aristocratic status can compete fairly with the nobility.

The French aristocracy, headed by the former Duke of Orleans, relied on the various privileges of the traditional aristocracy to compete favorably with the new bourgeoisie in business.

Under the original system, France's emerging bourgeoisie made peace with the traditional aristocracy and gained room for development in its early stages of growth.

But after growing to a sufficient scale, they began to instinctively resist the restrictions of traditional nobles.

The bourgeoisie and the common people feel that they can definitely beat the nobles in a fair competition.

The bourgeoisie felt that the nobles should not require themselves to transfer profits that should belong to them through their status.

It is unreasonable for traditional aristocrats to use privileges to protect their shares.

The middle class believes that they should not serve the nobility simply for their status.

You should earn fair compensation for your labor.

The bureaucracy and the middle class also don't like aristocratic privileges because aristocrats tend to affect their work efficiency.

Charles is not prepared to kill the king, but if there is no need for war, people can compromise.

Instead of dealing with a group of privileged people, big and small, it would be better to keep just one king.

After getting rid of the privileges of the nobility, wouldn't my status as a court bureaucrat become more useful than that of the nobility?

The key point is that the slogan of fairness is very reasonable, and people from all walks of life, including civilians, the middle class, civil servants and bureaucrats, are willing to shout it.

Only the traditional aristocracy opposed this reform, but they were unable to resist this natural trend.

This is actually a reform that is highly consistent with the goals of the French Revolution in history.

It just changed from a fierce revolution to a top-down reform.

The French bourgeoisie is already strong enough and has the ability to become an independent ruling class.

Shire's current reform is to follow the trend.

Through this reform, the Charles Council gradually transformed from the traditional king of the Bourbon royal family into a new bourgeois king.

Just like Napoleon was also an emperor of the bourgeoisie.

The Wang Family Palace where Xia Er and Liu Muyu live, and the attached Porch Street around it, have more than a hundred shops of various kinds.

There are luxury shops, cafes, teahouses, salons, hair salons, bookstores, museums and numerous parks and pavilions.

When the Duke of Orleans took control here, it was a gathering place for intellectuals who opposed the king.

It has now quickly transformed into a gathering place for people from all walks of life who support the Shire reforms.

Charles himself is a fashion trendsetter in France and a natural leader of the younger generation.

Now the actual interests of both parties have begun to converge to a high degree, allowing Charles to quickly transform from a fashion leader to an old opinion leader.

As the relevant reforms were gradually promoted, these people began to directly refer to the charr as "king".

When someone questions it, they add a prefix and become "King of Paris" and then dissociate themselves from it.

Charles himself is the unquestionable crown prince of France, and he has his own bodyguard for personal protection.

There was support from the Ming Dynasty Prince Dashi from the outside, and support from the common people, bureaucracy, and bourgeoisie internally.

At the same time, Charles did not shout to kill the nobles again, nor did he directly confiscate wealth and assets.

They are just cutting their flesh with a dull knife and slowly eliminating their privileges.

With no way to deal with it and no life-threatening situation, most nobles could only choose to accept it.

Nobles can also have fantasies, and they can still make money even if they don't have privileges.

As a noble, the abilities I possess are definitely not comparable to those of common people.

The Shire's reforms encountered relatively limited resistance.

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The marriage of Charles and Liu Muyu also had a great impact on the countries in Europe and the West.

When the relevant news reached Prussia, King William III of Prussia almost subconsciously thought that his two sons should become the brothers-in-law of Prince Da Ming, especially the brother-in-law of Prince Da Shi, at least they should become one.

When the Ming Dynasty began to influence the entire world, the royal families of various countries in Europe and the West actually had the idea of ​​​​marrying with the Ming Dynasty.

The issue of faith is actually not a big issue, and the Thai people themselves have flexible standards.

Especially the Germans including Prussia.

Before being truly unified, there were nobles from various sects in the German region, and they could also change their religion for the sake of marriage.

Catherine II was a German. Originally a Lutheran, she converted to Orthodox Christianity when she arrived in Lucia.

For people in the Ming Dynasty, this kind of thing can be expressed verbally.

But after they took a closer look, they discovered that the Ming Dynasty completely rejected royal marriage.

They only marry civilians of their own country.

Therefore, the nobles of various countries in Europe and the West had to give up this idea.

Now they have discovered a new way to establish contact with the Ming Dynasty based on the identities of Xia Er and Liu Muyu.

The key is that the French established this special relationship with the Ming Dynasty, which made other Thai and Western royal families anxious.

Especially the Prussians.

Germany is the crossroads of the European continent, with Lucia and France on both sides.

The main reason why Germany was able to obtain the support and help of the Ming Dynasty was to check and balance the countries in the western continent.
To be continued...