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"Your Majesty the Emperor, do you mean that we France—the Frankish Empire and the Ming Empire can coexist peacefully in the future?"
French Foreign Minister Leona immediately realized that Louis' bastard daughter had not been given away in vain!Because the Emperor Ming had obviously "felt" the closeness of Emperor Louis—although the daughter he sent was a wild breed, she was really good-looking!
"Of course!" Zhu Hechi laughed, "Da Ming can not only coexist peacefully with the French Empire, but also with the Spanish Empire!"
"Your Majesty, do you mean that Ming can cease war with the Spanish Empire?" Marquis Mendoza immediately felt hopeful in his life, "If Ming is willing to cease war and negotiate peace, the Spanish Empire is willing to sell some benefits!"
Archbishop de la Magala also said: "Your Majesty, the Emperor of Spain is willing to make all possible deals with you!"
To be clear, it was the Spanish Emperor Leopold who made a deal with the devil...and he is the one who went to hell!
Zhu and Qi's expressions darkened. He didn't intend to make a deal with Leopold, at least not now—if Leopold could really escape this catastrophe and run to a place where Emperor Zhu couldn't kill him, then Zhu He Qi could make some deals with Leopold.
"Cardinal, now is not the time to make peace." Zhu Hechi sneered, "Wait a little longer...let's make peace between our two countries after Leopold is killed! This is called killing Leopold Virtue begins with harmony!"
Emperor Zhu's words were translated into Latin word by word by the translators present, and both Leonor and de la Magala breathed a sigh of relief - one of them represented Louis XIV, and the other represented Urban IX Well, these two people actually don't care much about Leopold's life or death!
But the Marquis of Mendoza has a bitter look on his face. He is the Marquis of the Spanish Empire. Now the Emperor of Ming is publicly saying that he wants to kill the Spanish Emperor. This is too deceptive!
Thinking of this, he looked at Emperor Zhu in fear, and opened his mouth to ask, "Your Majesty, where did Emperor Leopold of our country offend you?"
Zhu Heqi smiled coldly: "Leopold I did not offend me, but Philip II and his ministers actually tried to use 2 people to destroy my great Ming!"
Zhu Yixin suddenly spoke at this time, and said loudly in Latin: "The governor of Spain once wrote a letter to Philip II, saying in the letter, 'All of us, His Majesty's servants and subjects, are quite sure. When you are in power , China will be subordinate to Your Majesty. Christianity will be spread and exalted in this area. Your Majesty's domain will be expanded, and all this will be realized in a very short period of time.'
Moreover, they also proposed a very detailed conquest plan, which was also approved by Philip II.If it weren't for the Spanish Armada's heavy damage when it attacked England, the Spanish invasion would have happened... Although the invasion did not happen, this plan and preparation are still unforgivable crimes!
In addition, you have slaughtered hundreds of thousands of my Ming people in Luzon Island!This is also an unforgivable sin! "
Although it was not Leopold I who massacred the Luzon Chinese and planned the invasion of Ming Dynasty, these two cauldrons fell on him.
Of course, there was another reason why Zhu and Qi wanted to kill Leopold, and this guy was very likely to come to Mexico City to "death to the emperor"... He didn't run away, so of course Zhu and Qi wanted to kill him immediately Powerful.
And because the army of King Montezuma, who directly killed most of Leopold, the Aztec Kingdom and the Spanish Empire will never die.In this way, Ming can turn the Aztec Kingdom into a sworn enemy that will fight the Spanish Empire to the end.
The Aztecs and Spain are going to die, can't Da Ming hide behind and reap the benefits?
Mendoza also wanted to help Leopold ask for forgiveness from the "Devil Emperor", and defended Leopold I there: "When His Majesty the Emperor was the Holy Roman Emperor, he never wanted to be an enemy of Ming. At that time, the whole of Europe was advocating helping the Qing Dynasty and eradicating the Ming Dynasty..."
"Ahem..." The French Foreign Minister's throat tickled when he heard this, and he coughed a few times.
Although Mendoza stopped talking, he still hoped that Zhu and Qi would change their minds, but Zhu and Qi said: "Marquis, you don't need to say more, because Leopold's death is approaching and he is hopeless! "
Chapter 898 Let's Fight the Cold War!
The Marquis of Mendoza left in a daze. This Marquis, who was loyal to the Spanish Empire and the emperor, would never have the chance to be the Vice-Prince of Peru, because he could not complete the mission entrusted to him by Emperor Leopold...
However, the mission of French Foreign Minister Liaoduo and Cardinal de la Magala continues!
"Your Majesty the Emperor," said Cardinal de la Magala, "the Catholic Church has never attempted to conquer China, we just hope to spread the word of God in China peacefully..."
"Hmm!" Zhu Heqian stared at Delamagara viciously.
The latter just shivered, thinking that he was probably discussing with the devil about spreading Catholicism... Even if the devil could agree, he couldn't agree!If you agree, you will make a deal with the devil!
"Forget it, our Catholic Church has given up!" Cardinal de la Magala said, "We only want to be able to preach freely west of the Strait of Malacca."
"It's west of Burma!" Zhu Hexi corrected, "In addition, the Catholic Church is not allowed to go deep into the snow-covered plateau... No Westerners are allowed to enter there!"
"Okay, okay..." Cardinal de la Magala shrugged, "If you don't let me go, we won't go."
French Foreign Minister Leonard said: "We can guarantee that no Westerners or Catholic missionaries will be allowed to enter the snowy land... If anyone does not comply with the regulations, France - the Frankish Empire will not undertake any obligation for their safety."
Cardinal de la Magala added: "The church doesn't care about them either."
Zhu and Qi nodded in satisfaction. The statements of Leona and De La Magala meant that the Westerners had recognized the sphere of influence of the Great Ming Dynasty!
Now it only needs a Spanish emperor who is dead or has lost the whole of Mexico to show the majesty of the Ming Dynasty. In the next 100 years, or even 150 years, no one will dare to directly offend the Tian Dynasty.
However, the long-term peace between Eastern and Western civilizations guarding their borders is not what Zhu Heqi wants... It is a beautiful imagination to be prepared for danger in times of peace. In most cases, people will forget danger when they are in peace.
So the Great Tomorrow Dynasty needs an enemy who can promote its own progress!
But Da Ming and this enemy had better not go to war directly... The main force can't reach it!
Thinking of this, Zhu Heqi said to Leonard: "Minister of Foreign Affairs, the great distance between Daming and France—the mainland of France determines that it is unlikely that our two countries will go to war directly in the foreseeable era!"
He spoke very slowly, as if he was considering each word, and stopped after a paragraph, waiting for the completion of the recording and translation.
"Your Majesty, you are quite right," Leonard finally smiled, and said in Latin, "Confrontation between our two countries can be completely avoided."
"No!" Zhu and Qi directly interrupted Leonard, saying in Chinese, "War should be avoided, but confrontation is inevitable! Our two countries should control the scale of confrontation and prevent it from escalating into a war." A long and hard-to-win war. Perhaps, the two of us can fight a cold war!"
"Cold war? Your Majesty, you mean..."
Zhu Heqi said: "I mean don't really fight, but you can use all means to fight except direct war!"
He paused, and then said: "In order to avoid confrontation from escalating into war, we'd better designate one or two frontier areas... such as the New World, such as the Indian Ocean, or the Balkan Peninsula, North Africa, and West Asia!
In addition, both of us should maintain a policy of non-alignment or cautious alliance... Ming will not form an alliance with the Ottoman Empire, the Persian Kingdom, the Hindustan Empire, or the Aztec Kingdom.I also hope that France - the Frankish Empire will not form an alliance with Great Mongols and exercise restraint in the Americas. "
Hearing what Zhu and Qi said, Leonard knew that his trip to the East had been a success!And Louis XIV's bastard daughter was not given away in vain, because the policies proposed by Zhu Heqi were exactly what France-the Frankish Empire needed.
France——The Frankish Empire also needs a big tomorrow, so it can be seen but cannot hit the enemy!
Only by seeing can Europe remain united.Can't fight, France - the Frankish Empire can remain invincible!It's hard to say if you can hit it...
Thinking of this, Leonard said to Zhu Hechi: "Your Majesty, your request is acceptable to France—the Frankish Empire. Can we sign an agreement?"
Zhu Hechi shook his head and said with a smile: "There is no need for an agreement...we can jointly issue a joint statement announcing our respective bottom lines, goals, and codes of conduct."
Leona smiled and nodded: "This is the best, let's make a statement... I believe the whole world will benefit from the restraint and goodwill of our two countries."
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Leopold I is dying!
It's about to die!
Although the big devil Zhu and the little Zhu devil on the other side of the ocean have already put down cruel words to kill him, there are no telephone calls or telegrams these days, and the trans-Pacific communication is as fast as March. If you miss the summer, the North Pacific is less stormy It's not certain that the boat with Xiaozhu Demon King drifting on the sea for half a year.
Therefore, it is not Zhu Heqi and Zhu Yimei who can really determine the life and death of Leopold I.Of course not people like Montezuma, Huang Feiyu, Tserington Dobb, Su Zhanyang, and Zhou Peigong—they may be able to defeat Leopold with their power, but it is almost impossible to kill Leopold unless Leopold killed himself.
And when Emperor Zhu and Little Zhu Demon King said harshly that they wanted to kill Leopold, Montezuma's army had not yet completed the siege of Mexico City!
In fact, King Mengchuang did not have the troops to encircle Mexico City. Mexico City is a very large city, and the circumference of the outer city wall is close to ten Spanish miles (55 kilometers).Although Leopold did not have enough troops to guard such a long city wall, along the outer city wall of Mexico City, there was a triangular solid fort every two or three hundred yards, and the fortress was equipped with cannons that could fire shotguns!
And on the periphery of these triangular forts, there are two wide trenches!
As long as Leopold's men defend dozens of solid triangular forts, they can guarantee that the outer walls of Mexico City will not be lost.
And Montezuma's army is tens of thousands. Facing such a big castle, it is really powerless. It is impossible to besiege or break the city, so it has to take down a castle named Turtitlan in the north of Mexico City. Small town - this is the fiefdom that King Montezuma gave to the Spaniards when he was an earl, and then relied on this small town to build a big camp to confront Mexico City.
In other words, as long as Leopold wanted to leave, he could leave generously at any time under the escort of one or two thousand German cuirassiers.Although Montezuma's tiger soldiers can fight, they are all fusiliers, not cavalry.The Indians under King Mengchuang were almost all converted serfs. The military advisers sent by Shang Fangguo could teach them to line up and shoot them, but it was difficult to turn them into cavalry comparable to the German cuirassiers.
So as long as Leopold wanted to leave, he could leave anytime.
But Leopold, who has lost an imperial capital, is now really interested in Mexico City-although this city does not have the title of capital, and the current Spanish Empire does not have an official capital, but in Leopold In De's mind, Mexico City is another Vienna, he has already lost one Vienna, and must not lose the second one.
Of course, if he doesn't leave Mexico City, it doesn't mean he will die... because he can still "call for help", call the Duke of Lorraine in Leon City to lead troops to rescue him, or call out that he is working hard on the outskirts of Guadalajara. His son Eugen von Savoy came to the rescue.
As long as one of the two Spanish imperial armies returns to the Mexica Valley, King Montezuma can only retreat with his tail between his legs.
But the problem is that once the Duke of Lorraine retreats, Leon will be gone!And once Leon is lost, the Zacatecas silver mine has to be lost...it is the second largest silver mine in the world!
And as soon as Eugen von Savoy retreated, the city of Guadalajara would have to be lost!This city is one of the largest cities in New Spain. The handicraft industry in the city is very developed, and it also controls several large ports in the Pacific Ocean.
Once Montezuma captures the city of Guadalajara, his strength will immediately rise to a new level, and he can also easily obtain military aid from Ming through the ports on the Pacific Ocean.
So Leopold was also reluctant to arrive in Guadalajara!
And the situation in the Mexica Valley looks pretty good...
Standing on the Chapultepec Castle on the top of Chapultepec Mountain in the northern part of the outer city of Mexico, Leopold I put down the binoculars in his hand, heaved a long sigh of relief, and said to the Mexico City Defense Commander beside him: "S Count Tallenberg, did you see? Montezuma, the traitor who turned to the devil, is in trouble. He is powerless to attack. He can only build a fort outside Mexico City. This shows that I have the advantage... Now just wait until Lorraine The Duke or Admiral Eugen shall prevail, and glory and victory shall belong to Spain!"
Count Stallenberg frowned deeply: "Your Majesty, I still suggest that you transfer to the port of Veracruz on the Gulf of Mexico... You can wait there for the reinforcements from Cuba, and then take them to relieve the pressure." Crisis in Mexico City."
Emperor Leopold was very unhappy when he heard this, "Crisis? Where is the crisis in Mexico City? Earl, can't you defend Mexico City?"
"No, it's not..." Count Stallenberg shook his head, "Unless we get enough reinforcements, it is impossible to win in Mexico City with Montezuma's troops before Mexico City's reserves are exhausted. "
Leopold said confidently: "There is enough food in Mexico City for a year!"
The situation in New Spain is similar to that of Ming Dynasty. It is also a land where tens of millions of people live for millions of people, so the food supply is relatively sufficient, especially in the Mexica Valley, where agriculture is quite developed.
Leopold asked again: "Then you are worried that the Duke of Lorraine and Eugene Savoy will be defeated?"
"No, it's not..." Earl Stallenberg shook his head and said, "The progress of the war in the direction of Leon and Guadalajara is very slow... It may take several months or even a year to divide the war. Win or lose."
The current war in Mexico is more or less like pecking at each other.The Spanish imperial army on the Mexican battlefield was actually a "puppet army", that is, a small number of white-skinned officers escorted mixed-race Indians into battle, and they could not fight tough battles at all.On Montezuma's side, although they are all turned Indians with high morale, there are too many recruits and too few officers and veterans.
Recruits are not accompanied by veterans, and they are as easy to mess up on the battlefield, and it is also difficult to fight tough battles.Therefore, under Huang Feiyu's suggestion, Montezuma could only build a stronghold and fight a tough battle while allocating fields and land to the Indians.Turn a military battle into a political one!
So now there are three stalemates in the Mexican battlefield-in the three battlefields of the Mexica Valley, Leon City, and Guadalajara City. , is not conducive to the offensive battlefield situation.This is also the characteristic of rookies pecking at each other. After all, offense is more difficult than defense, and it is not suitable for rookie-level troops...
"Then what are you worried about?" Emperor Leopold looked at Count Stallenberg.
"Your Majesty, I'm worried...I'm worried that the merchants in the north will send troops!" Earl Stallenberg thought for a while, and then said, "I think the outcome of the Mexican War will depend on the arrival of reinforcements from Europe first. It was Shang Fang who first joined the Aztecs in the war.
Your Majesty, I suggest temporarily transferring the ownership of the Zacatecas Silver Mine to the Merchant Kingdom and allowing them to lease the Zacatecas Valley for a number of years in exchange for their true neutrality. "
"No!" Leopold immediately shook his head and said, "I can't give up the second largest silver mine in the world... because it will greatly strengthen the national power of the merchant side! Moreover, the merchant country is a believer in the devil, and I No deal can be made with them, and I firmly believe that European reinforcements will arrive soon! In fact, they are already on their way, and the expeditionary force led by the Duke of Vendôme and Admiral Churchill has left Europe and is coming!"
Although Emperor Louis sent the wild species daughter to Little Zhu Demon King, he fully expressed his sincerity in carrying out the "Cold War" to the Great Ming Dynasty in advance.However, after the end of the Versailles Conference, he ordered to send "NATO allied forces" to the New World.This NATO coalition force is composed of the British and French armies, with a total strength of about 5000. Including the British army that has arrived in the New World before, the total strength can reach [-].
In addition, many Germans also arrived in Cuba in a steady stream.So Leopold is not completely hopeless... As long as these white veterans with rich war experience and well-equipped equipment arrive in Mexico, he will really be able to sit back and relax.
But at the same time, a merchant party with a population of up to [-] - the Yin family coalition army has also completed its assembly in Tongbei City!A raid on the Zacatecas Valley is about to begin!
Chapter 899 The devil is here, let's take refuge in hell!
Although the negotiations between the Spanish Empire and Ming had already collapsed because of the condition that Leopold I could not agree to "Killing Leopold, we can talk about peace", but on the American side, the Spanish Empire and the Shang Fang Kingdom were still completed. "Self-Redemption" Transactions for Captives—[-]s of Spanish imperial soldiers captured at the Battle of the Colorado Bend in Texas were forced to redeem their lives and free.
For this kind of "redeeming yourself" operation, those German military officers who followed Leopold from Europe to the New World to make a fortune as lords didn't care much. These people did a lot of things that should go to hell on the European battlefield. !And they all know that the big men with good morals have done more bad things, and they all deserve to go to hell... If God can forgive them, why can't they forgive those who fight the devil's believers for the Catholic cause?
But those more pious mixed-blood Indian imperial troops are a bit unacceptable... What does this Leopold mean?He himself didn't want to make a deal with the devil, and he was afraid of going to hell, so he let the big guy redeem himself?He is afraid of going to hell, but others are not afraid of going to hell?
Besides, if he made a deal with the devil, he would go to hell alone after death, and if the captured [-] Spanish imperial army made a deal with the devil, that would mean [-] people would go to hell together!Leopold was so selfish that he could go to heaven for himself and caused tens of thousands of people to go to hell!
What makes these devout mixed-race Indians even more dissatisfied is that they have never seen the so-called "bonus" at all, only the "devil's receipt"-the devil's house is quite formal, and the receipt is returned in duplicate. The copy is still bilingual in Shangzi and Latin!
The released mixed-race Indian Royal Army can be released as long as they sign their names or have the officers write their names and make their own fingerprints.
Most of the captured mixed-race Indians were uneducated and did not know the "commercial" and Latin characters on the receipts. In order to go back alive, they all muddled their fingerprints on the receipts or signed them in Spanish.
It turned out that when they returned to the Maria Elizabeth colony, something was wrong—the receipt stated that they had paid the ransom to the "devil believer"!
They are so confused that they made a deal with the devil!
Now the Catholic priests in the Maria Elizabeth colony are busy, and have to explain to a group of ignorant mixed-race Indians-their behavior is not a deal with the devil, but a deal with the believers of the devil. It's different, so it won't go to hell!
But since you won't go to hell, what are you doing in this circle?He paid the money himself, wouldn't it be enough to redeem the person?
In addition, why was Cardinal Philip, who was holding a holy spear, captured by the followers of the devil?Isn't this holy spear the most powerful weapon in the hands of the Catholic Church?Wasn't Cardinal Philip the greatest exorcist?
The most powerful exorcist and the most powerful magic weapon, how come the devil's people caught him?
How to explain this?
Holy spear is fake?
Or is Philip Cardinal a fake?
Philip was sent by the Holy See, and the holy spear is also a magic weapon treasured by the Holy See... It doesn't work anymore, what should we do next?Is it because the Pope of Rome brought the Shroud of Jesus to the Americas to fight against the revolvers of the devil believers?
Could that shroud stop a bullet?
There is a thing called "confession" in this Catholic sacrament, that is, the priest sits in a small square wooden house, sometimes separated from the outside by windows, and believers kneel outside to confess themselves to the priest inside. sin and ask God for forgiveness.In order to enlighten the captives released by the devil's family, the Cardinal of Havana sent people to build a long row of confessional rooms in the Maria Elizabeth Colonial Cathedral, and also sent many priests to work in three shifts.
As a result, those mixed-race Indian prisoners used the confession room as a consultation room, asking some strange questions all day long...the last group of priests who asked them all had a crisis of faith!
Because they couldn't figure out how Archbishop Philip, who was holding a holy spear, lost?Has God abandoned his believers?
Some priests who were more loyal to the Holy See immediately reported this "crisis of faith" incident.
And the Archdiocese of Havana, which is in charge of the Colonial Diocese of Maria Elizabeth, immediately realized that these mixed-race Indian soldiers who had been captured by devil believers had a crisis of faith after receiving the reports from the following priests!
This is no small matter!
The Spaniards used smallpox, massacres, and inciting Indians to kill each other to kill tens of millions of people. Now they can rely on hundreds of thousands of whites to rule at least 500 million people. They are not afraid of smallpox. Moreover, the mixed-race Indians and Indians who can easily get guns mainly rely on the Catholic belief to brainwash the people below.Let those Indians who convert to God believe that the white masters are "God's treasure", and these Indians and mixed-race Indians are pariahs with deep original sins, so they must repent a lot and reform themselves, and they must not resist God's white treasures , or you will definitely go to hell.
But now this set of beliefs seems to be in crisis, and the Spanish Empire must not fall apart?
However, the Cardinal of Havana had nothing to do with this matter, so he had to kick the ball to Mexico City and let Leopold I, who had already been battered, deal with it.