You were guilty because you were left in Paris, because you were too poor to get out.

你的罪过在于你被抛弃在巴黎,在于你一贫如洗,无力逃离

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Part of being an absolute ruler is being able to levy taxes against those people who have the joy or the extreme misfortune of living in those domains, and more about that later.

绝对统治者的一个权利,就是能向那些领土内的富商巨贾,或是一贫如洗的穷人征收赋税,这个稍后再详说

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