The Following Is an Excerpt from the Louis XIV's Memoir

The following is an excerpt from the Louis XIV's Memoir for the Instruction of the Dauphin (Thinking Like a Historian) . In it, he offers advice to his son about kingship: "For however it be held as a maxim that in every thing a Prince should employ the most mild measures and first, and that it is more to his advantage to govern his subjects by persuasive than coercive means, it is nevertheless certain that whenever he meets with impediments or rebellion, the interest of his crown and the welfare of his people demand that he should cause himself to be indispensably obeyed; for it must be acknowledged there is nothing can so securely establish the happiness and tranquility of a country as the perfect combination of all authority in the single person of the Sovereign."
Based on this passage, what did Louis XIV see as the ultimate goal of the absolute monarch?

A) To secure the necessary resources to wage war
B) To add to his own personal wealth and power
C) To make his nation the most powerful on earth
D) To bring peace and happiness to his nation