Louis XIV's government included all the following EXCEPT
A) regular consultations with the parlements.
B) Versailles as a palace of distractions for the aristocracy.
C) intendants as royal agents administrating the districts of France.
D) a very competent finance minister, Colbert.
E) a huge military machine with an army of 300,000.

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Louis XIV's government did not involve regular consultations with the parlements. In fact, Louis XIV famously clashed with the parlements, which were regional courts of appeal, over issues such as taxation and religious policy. Louis XIV sought to centralize power in the hands of the monarch and his appointed officials, including the intendants.

Louis XIV's Government Included All the Following EXCEPT