Although several emperors lived here after him, more than 200 years have passed, but Louis XIV will always be the eternal master of Versailles.

He rode a big horse and stood on a high place to meet him. His statues and portraits appear in oil paintings on the walls or ceilings of rooms from time to time, and his logo of the sun god always announces his majesty to people.

The greatest king in French history is the longest reigning emperor in France and one of the longest reigning monarchs in the world.

1643, Louis XIII died, and his eldest son, 5-year-old Louis, succeeded him. His mother Anna and Cardinal Masalin were regents.

France was very turbulent at that time, and there were frequent riots in Paris.

Louis XIV fled Paris twice because of the rebellion of the stone-throwing party, was displaced and suffered a lot.

166 1 year, Masalin died, and Louis XIV, 23, really began to take power, and his talents were gradually brought into play.

He made great efforts in economic reform and civil construction, fought bravely on the battlefield, won the hearts of the people, and created a heyday in French history.

When Louis XIV first started to lead his own government, he lived in the Parisian Palace, Louvre or dolores Palace. He also tried to live in Van Gogh Palace and Saint-Germain Palace for a long time, and stayed in Fontainebleau Palace.

The king weighed the advantages and disadvantages of these palaces, and each palace had some unsatisfactory aspects. He also urged some renovation projects, but never a palace made him feel particularly comfortable.

In addition, due to unhappy childhood memories, Louis XIV had the idea of moving the political center out of Paris.

He dreamed of building a unique palace, regrouping all the cabinet ministers around him and realizing the goal of centralized political power.

All this is impossible in the Louvre and dolores Palace.

165 1 year, when Louis XIV first came to Versailles, he fell in love with it at first sight. Only here can he meet his political and economic requirements, so there is the Versailles we see now.

166 1 year, the expansion project of Versailles officially started after the death of Masalin.

His decision aroused fierce criticism from ministers.

Sir Simon thinks this will be a futile project, saying that the scenery here is bleak, there are almost no trees and water, except for sediment, which is a swamp and the air is quite dirty.

However, Louis XIV turned a deaf ear to all this, and in the next ten years, he invested more than one million pounds in this project.

Louis Lovo, the architect of Viscount House, undertook this project; Charles Ellard and Noel Courbayre are responsible for the decoration of the suite; Lenotre tidies up the garden and zoo.

During the whole construction process, Louis XIV attached great importance to artists, paid them generous salaries and gave full play to their artistic talents.

At that time, the tree-lined Palace of Versailles in the park was just an entertaining residence, and the Louvre was the official palace.

But the king spent most of his time in Versailles.

In a preserved letter, colbert complained that Louis XIV had abandoned the Louvre: "Your Majesty invested a lot of money in Versailles, completely forgetting that Lu even put on a sacred aura in his daily activities, such as the ceremony of getting up and going to bed, and even the birth of the queen was public.

Not everyone can watch all this from behind the fence, and the nobles who can participate in it will regard it as an honor.

Louis XIV went to the suite three times a week. From 19 to 22: 00, invited ministers can come to the suite to enjoy all kinds of entertainment.

Even if the king comes, you don't have to stop to pay tribute to him.

It is a great honor to be invited by the king, although the nobles have to pay a high price for clothes.

It is said that Louis XIV can tell who is present and who is not when he enters the hall, so if your palace is recognized as the most magnificent palace in the world.

..... Alas, the great king was confined to Versailles Square. "At Versailles, Louis XIV finally achieved his goal of autocratic rule.

The rule of Louis XIV is a typical European monarchy.

He firmly surrounded the whole French bureaucracy, especially the militant aristocrats and potential rebels, and made them loyal to the country and the king.

Louis XIV felt the danger of aristocratic stone-throwing riots when he was a child. He hoped to safeguard the royal regime and its members.

He turned the nobles into a member of his court, which greatly weakened their substantive power as local officials and suppressed their pride.

These means include: gathering nobles in the palace with various honors, titles and annuities; Provide them with the best room in the castle; A series of complicated and strict Spanish court etiquette were set up, and the nobles were divided into various grades.