Louis XIV increased the efficiency of his government by
A) reducing the size of the High Council.
B) drawing his ministers from the bourgeoisie, not the nobility.
C) using intendants to circumvent tax farmers.
D) using men according to their expertise and advice they could offer the king.
E) All of the above.
Ans: E
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