章節 475: Chapter 388: Queen Mary's Peace and Contentment

Joseph looked around at the nobles whose faces still bore dissatisfaction and continued to speak loudly,

"Their descendants, however, only know how to lie on the glory of their forefathers, indulging in pleasure, idle and ineffective, even going so far as to defy His Majesty the King's wishes and jeopardize the future of France, all for a little tax money wrung from the poor farmers!"

In this era, enlightened absolutism was already a consensus among European nobility. At the same time, the ideas of the Enlightenment had a profound influence. Therefore, when he said that it affected the future of France, even if the nobles were dissatisfied, they subconsciously knew it was right.

"If your ancestors knew of your words and actions here today, they would surely feel ashamed of you!"

Joseph did not give the nobles any chance to retort, immediately continuing,