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274 LAW 33

Louis,

asthe

regentruling

Franceuntilhersonreachedhis

majority.

Every-

one

expected

Richelieuto

say

theusualkindwordstothe

young

king.

In

stead,

however,

helooked

directly

atand

only

atthe

queen

mofher.indeed

his

speech

endedin

long

andfulsome

praise

of

her,

praise

so

glowing

thatit

actually

offendedsomeintheChurch.Butthesmileonthe

queen’s

faceas

she

lappedup

Richelielfs

compliments

was

unforgettable.

A

year

laterthe

queen

mother

appointed

Richelieu

secretary

ofstate

for

foreign

affairs,

anincredible

coup

forthe

youngbishop.

Hehadnow

entered

theinner

circleof

power,

andhestudiedthe

workings

ofthecourt

asifitwerethe

machinery

ofawatch.An

Italian,

Concino

Concini,

was

the

queen

mother’s

favorite,

orratherher

lover,

arolethatmadehim

per-

haps

themost

powerful

maninFrance.Conciniwasvainand

foppish,

and

Richelieu

played

him

perfectly—-attending

tohimasifhewerethe

king.

Within

months

Richelieu

had becomeoneofConcim"s favorites. But

somethinghappened

in 1617

that

turned

everythingupside

down:the

young

king,

who

up

untilthenhadshown

everysign

of

being

an

idiot,

had

Concinimurderedandhismost

important

associates

imprisoned.

Inso

doing

Louistookcommandofthe

country

withone

blow,

sweeping

the

queen

motheraside.

HadRichelieu

played

it

wrong?

Hehadbeen

closetobothConcini

andMariede

Médicis

whoseadvisersandministerswerenowall

out

of

favor,

someevenarrested.The

queen

motherherselfwasshut

up

inthe

Louvre,

avirtual

prisoner.

Richelieuwastednotime.If

everyone

wasde-

serfing

Mariede

Médicis,

hewouldstand

by

her.

He

knewLouis

couldnot

get

ridof

her,

forthe

king

wasstill

very

young,

andhadin

any

case

always

been

inordinately

attachedtoher.As Man'e’s

onlyremainingpowerful

friend,

Richelieufilledthevaluablefunctionofliaisonbetweenthe

king

andhismother.Inreturnhereceivedher

protection,

andwasabletosur—

vivethe

palacecoup,

eventothrive.Overthenext

few

years

the

queen

mother

grew

stillmore

dependent

on

him,

andin 1622 she

repaid

himfor

his

loyalty:Through

theintercessionofheralliesin

Rome,

Richelieuwas

elevatedtothe

powerful

rankofcardinal.

By

1623

King

Louiswasintrouble.Hehadnoonehecouldtrustto

advise

him,

and

although

hewasnow

a

young

maninsteadofa

boy,

here

mainedchildishin

spirit,

andaffairsofstatecamehardtohim.Now

that

he

hadtakenthe

throne,

Mariewasno

longer

the

regent

and

theoretically

had

no

power,

butshestillhad

her

son’s

ear.

andshe

kepttelling

himthat

Richelieuwashis

onlypossible

savior.AtfirstLouiswouldhavenoneof

it——-hehated

the

cardinalwitha

passion,onlytolerating

himoutoflovefor

Marie.Inthe

end,however,

isolatedinthecourtand

crippledby

his

own

iudecisiveness,

he

yielded

tohismotherandmadeRichelieufixsthischief

Councilorandlater

prime

minister.

NowRichelieuno

longer

neededMariede

Médicis.He

stopped

visit-

ing

and

courting

her,

stoppedlistening

toher

opinions,

even

argued

with

herand

opposed

herwishes.Insteadbeconcentratedonthe

king,making

himself

indispensable

tohisnewmaster.Allthe

previous

premiers,

under

standing

the

king’s

childishness,

hadtriedto

keep

himoutof

trouble;

the