Louis XIV's Government Included All the Following EXCEPT

Multiple Choice

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.