Legend has it that Louis XV predicted his death, and after me, there was a big flood. This prediction only appears in 1789, which is also attributed to Madame de Pompadour. Fans found that his wife comforted Louis XV, who was too sad because of Rosbach's death: "Don't be too sad, you will fall ill, and eventually we will all have the doomsday judgment."

Doomsday is a Catholic word. The Bible says that on the day of the end of the world, God will come, all the dead will be resurrected, and they will be tried with the living. Good people will go to heaven and bad people will go to hell. Here, the doomsday judgment was used to comfort Louis XV. "You and your son will meet again at the end of the day and go to heaven together."

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I. Louis XV

Louis XV (17 15 February 65438- 1774 May 10) is called "Beloved" (French: "le Bien-Aimé"), and is the great grandson of Louis XIV, the sun king, and the son of duke of burgundy. As the king of France, he was in power from 17 15 to 1774.

He magically continued the whole dying family, and his early rule was loved by the French people. However, he was unable to reform the French monarchy and carried out appeasement policy in Europe, which made him lose the support of the people. After his death, he became one of the most unpopular kings in France.

In the later period of Louis XV's rule, the court life was decadent, and the economic problems of Louis XIV's period were not well solved. Although he survived as a child, he finally failed to escape the torture of the disease and died of smallpox in 1774.

Second, the character of Louis XV.

After Louis XV came to power, he imitated his great-grandfather Louis XIV, without a prime minister, and practiced dictatorship. Political autocracy and extravagance in life, and the king taking the lead in debauchery and debauchery, naturally have a downward effect, further aggravating the decadence, luxury and decadence of French nobles.

Louis XV's luxury can be said to be "romantic" peculiar to the French at best, and lewd at worst. Louis XV had many mistresses, and the king's extravagance and waste would be widely criticized.

Louis XV didn't know that the debauchery wouldn't last long, but he didn't care so much. Life is too short to eat, drink and be merry. He said: "after I die, even if the flood is terrible." This sentence exposed his luxurious and tyrannical nature, which is also the true mentality of all autocratic rulers. No matter how grandiose you say on the stage, in fact, the motto of Louis XV is still deeply imprinted in your heart.

Louis XVI said, "After my death, it doesn't matter if there is a flood!" " "Of course, he can ignore the flood when he is dead, but the reality is that it was already a flood when he was alive. Among Louis XV's many mistresses, there is a famous Madame de Pompadour, who is also the European version of "femme fatale". Relying on the king's favor, she was arrogant and extravagant, interfered in the state affairs and even pushed France into the disaster of war.

Diderot, a French enlightenment thinker, said: "This woman has spent so much of our manpower and financial resources, left us no glory and strength, and destroyed the whole political system in Europe ..."

Louis XV was partial to his mistress and made a mess of the country. Political and economic crises and social contradictions are imminent. Facing the imminent all-round crisis, Louis XV still said, it doesn't matter even if there is a flood after my death! Although he is still alive, it is already a flood, but he doesn't care, just busy eating, drinking and having fun.

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