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1662: Striving in the Age of Louis XIV 1662，奋斗在路易十四时代
Submit to royal power, or usher France into the age of capitalism? The seventeenth century was the age of capitalism's rise. In the Netherlands, merchants were the first to defy their king and take up arms; In England, the king was likewise defeated by merchants for the first time, and sent to the chopping block; Alphonse de Moller, a seafarer from a later age, has the good fortune to become a capitalist in France. So, faced with Louis XIV, whose sun is rising high, what should he choose?
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Overthrowing the Rulers in the Warring States 战国之下克上
In the eleventh year of Tenmon. War raged on all sides, with flames of battle spreading far and wide. The land was strewn with the starving dead, and the times grew ever more absurd: With no food to eat, the emperor sells paintings and calligraphy, while court nobles sell their daughters. That seems reasonable enough, doesn’t it? If ideals are out of reach, surely it’s no big deal for high monks to lend money at usurious rates and collect tolls on the road? For the army’s good fortune, isn’t it
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