During the reign of Louis XVI, there were many social contradictions in France, and the enlightenment was widely spread. 1778, France officially sent troops to support the North American War of Independence and won, washing away the shame of the seven-year war. The international reputation of the French royal family after Louis XIV seems to have reached its peak. But French society is still undercurrent, Louis XVI, as a king who loves to keep a diary, can't do it without showing the dew:
Buy 100 apricot twelve Louis to make jam;
Gambling lost twelve thousand eight hundred and seventy-four French Louis XII of France Sue;
Give the queen twelve thousand gold Louis;
There is nothing to remember;
The deer ran to the monastery of Vaillard in Polo;
There's nothing to remember for a whole month.
? At the same time, Louis XVI's chancellor of the exchequer also settled accounts on the other side of the palace: 650.5 million Louis was needed to fill the deficit caused by the palace's profligacy, and the 2 billion pool to support the North American War had not yet been settled. The chancellor of the exchequer changed hastily, and the French king has been constantly reforming, and the reform has been failing. Promulgating laws with liberal tendencies in the reform is obviously influenced by the enlightenment philosophy; After the failure, the autocratic measures of purely feudal nature were adopted to arouse the people to move closer to liberalism. The old system is teasing people step by step, but it fails step by step, weakening the ability to restrain or absorb people's participation in system integration.
? After the stone-throwing party's fiasco, the nobles had no independent voice in politics. The royal family moved 4000 dignitaries to Versailles, eroding their political ambitions and letting them spend their time in the golden grottoes of Versailles. Scandals of various aristocrats' debauchery and shamelessness spread widely among the people, and rural aristocrats stayed in their castles, unknown to the monarch. Society is moving every day, but French aristocrats are still. After the aristocratic class lost its political function of balancing rights, it also lost its social function of integrating civil behavior norms.
? The church is rapidly corrupt, the upper bishops accumulate wealth, the private life scandals continue, and the lower priests complain and are full of enlightenment works. The closure of monasteries, the loss of monks, a vital social stratum, is also losing its traditional moral integration function.
? The relationship between the High Court and the royal family is very harmonious, and their infighting records run through the Louis 14, 15 and 16 dynasties. In Louis XVI's time, the high court helped civilians against the royal family. Louis XVI tried to dissolve the court, but the dismissed judge was welcomed by the people. The struggle between the royal family and the imperial court greatly weakened the dignity of the royal family and the legitimate resources of the dynasty.
? Church, nobility and kingship can only guarantee the rule of Bourbon dynasty. When there is a rift between them, the end of the dynasty is not far away.
? Well, the French Revolution broke out and Louis XVI was killed.