How Can You Become Prime Minister of France Without Taking Bribes?

Tell me, how could a transmigrator in seventeenth-century France pull off the trick of “controlling the princes by holding the emperor hostage”?

Clement Gironde slammed the Bible and the muskets in his hands onto the table.

“Can the Bible put me in power?”

“Yes. It’s reliable enough, but not fast enough.”

“Can muskets put me in power?”

“Yes. It’s fast enough, but not reliable enough.”

“Then can the Bible plus muskets get me power both quickly and reliably?”

“May I ask, sir, who exactly are you?”

“France’s next prime minister.”

“We welcome Lord Clement Buve Zhao Gao Mengde Cai Jing Yan Song He Shen Gironde!”

[A lighthearted historical novel full of jokes, set in one possible history of The Three Musketeers, with its secret-cult elements]