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When he said this, his tone suddenly sank: "However, we can't just let Leopold go!"
"Don't let Leopold go, why?"
Zhu Hechi smiled coldly: "Our accounts in Luzon have to be settled with Spain... It's not too late for a gentleman to take revenge, and it's not too late for 50 years. The deep hatred of the world can also be avenged!
Therefore, I will now settle Luzon's old score with the Habsburgs!A Habsburg must die in Mexico! "
Chapter 896 Becoming the Devil King Now!
"Father, the current Spanish emperor Leopold is from the Austrian branch of the Habsburg dynasty, not the Spanish branch. The reason why he became the Spanish emperor is because Western Europe needs to introduce a powerful monarch to reorganize the Frankish Empire to fight against it. The Ottoman Empire. So this Leopold..."
Zhu Yimei's words suddenly stopped here, because he had clearly felt the "coercion" of the big devil Zhu!Zhu Hechi looked coldly at the son who was suspected of being an "embroidered pillow", and the smile on his face gradually disappeared.
His son was very good-looking, and he was not the kind of little fresh meat, but a tall, strong, and a little "shaggy" handsome man who was in line with the aesthetics of the seventeenth century.But his personality is a bit soft... similar to his mother Da Boling, he is more "easy to bully", very obedient and reasonable, he is a good boy.But what the Merchant Kingdom needs is a Demon King!
"Third brother," Zhu Yixin also saw that his father was not very satisfied with Zhu Yimei at this time, and he also knew where his father was dissatisfied, so he mentioned this lovely brother for Zhu Heqi, "Shang Guo The land is vast, the country is rich, the people are small, and the soldiers are weak. The reason why the Western Yi powers dare not underestimate them is because they are ruthless. They have made a name for themselves in Xinmaling Road and Texas before, and now they have raised an Aztec The Kingdom of Croatia has also turned New Spain upside down. That’s why the Frank Louis the Great gave you his illegitimate daughter to be your wife... But if you let Leopold go because you accepted someone’s beautiful woman After that, will Emperor Louis the Great and the Westerners in America be afraid of you and Shang Fangguo?"
Zhu Heyi nodded in satisfaction. Compared with Zhu Yimei, Zhu Yixin is much more ruthless!The last time I went to the snowy plateau, I treated a group of Heshuo special Taiji and Xueyu great monks submissively... Although I didn’t kill Sangji Gyatso, who had concealed the death of the fifth great lama for many years, he pretended to be The great good man then took the opportunity of "identifying" the sixth great lama, and detained the sixth great lama Tsangyang Gyatso, who was selected by Sangye Gyatso, in Kumbum Monastery in Xining.Then a group of Heshuo special cavalry directly under the Ming court were recruited to march into the snowy area, and a minister's yamen for the snowy area was also set up to manage the snowy area plateau.These tricks are more ruthless than killing Sangji Gyatso!
Without the Great Lama, this Sangji Gyatso will be able to coerce the Lama to rule the plateau, and there are Heshuo Special Cavalry and the Minister of Snowy Affairs by his side, so he can only be a Diba chief who obeys the orders of the court... …
"Third brother," Zhu Yixin asked Zhu Yimei again, "you didn't promise to let Leopold go, did you?"
Zhu Yimei quickly shook her head, "No, brother, I'm not so confused. Only our father can decide this matter."
Zhu Hechi asked calmly, "Then what did you promise?"
Zhu Yimei quickly replied: "If you go back to the father, I didn't promise anything."
Not stupid!This kid is a bit soft-tempered, but his brain is not stupid.
Zhu Hechi sighed, and asked again: "Third brother, then I'll test you again... How should I bring up the matter of Leopold's life?"
Want to bring it up?
Zhu Yimei said heartily: "That means someone should be the villain, no, it's the devil king! The devil king must be me!"
"Father, I know what to do." Zhu Yimei replied.
Zhu Heqi nodded, and asked again: "What about Sophie Maggies? I can't let Leopold go, and I won't accept the rule proposed by Louis...Da Ming must be an exception, and you must also You can't marry Sophie Maggies as the main concubine. What should you do?"
what to do?Let it be cold!
Zhu Yimei replied: "Father, my son wants to be the devil king, what else can I do with the woman the devil has his eyes on?"
"Hahaha!" Zhu Heqi laughed loudly, "Third son, you are the most like me in this! Alright, bring Sophie Maggies, Mendoza, Leonard and De Gamagara tomorrow See me!"
"Yes."
Then Zhu Heqi waved his hand and asked Zhu Yimei to leave.
As soon as Zhu Yimei left, only father and son Zhu Heqi and Zhu Yixin were left in the study.
Zhu Hechi looked at his eldest son and asked with a smile: "Boss, when you meet the Westerners tomorrow, you can also come together... The third son wants to show his prestige, and you should also show his prestige."
"Yes." Zhu Yixin agreed.
Zhu Hechi asked again: "Boss, how do you think I, Ming, should get along with Westerners in the future?"
Zhu Yixin knew that her father was testing him!
He pondered for a while and replied, "Father, my son thinks that in the next 150 to [-] years, it is unlikely that we will fight with Westerners."
"Why?" Zhu Heqi asked.
"Because of the population." Zhu Yixin said, "I remember that the total population of Europe is just over [-] million. The Great Ming Dynasty plus the following vassals, excluding Hindustan and Aztec, is almost the same number. The population of Great Mongolia That's about it. And they still have the problem of using the few to control the many, and they can't fight a big war. Although the population of the Celestial Dynasty, Great Mongolia, and Europe is not large, the territory is large enough, at least within a hundred years. Enough."
The current situation in the world is that the increase is large enough, and it has not yet been digested, so China, Europe, and Great Mongolia all have enough room for growth.Under such circumstances, it is meaningless to launch a world war... The most meaningful thing is to digest your own share of the world.
So even though Zhu Heqi really wanted to do his best, there were some things he just couldn't keep up with in his life.His celestial dynasty has now occupied enough land and resources for [-] million to [-] million people to live a relatively comfortable life, and the population is less than [-] million.It means that one person occupies the living space of four or five people, and it is meaningless to start a world war to grab more territories.
Moreover, the current level of technology does not support such an expedition...Even if Emperor Zhu opened the golden finger, which accelerated technological progress, he could get steam ships running around the world between 1800 and 1850, and he could use telegraphs and telephones The level of quarreling and cursing is not bad.Without steamships, trains, telegraphs, and telephones, no real world war can be fought.
So no matter how tough Zhu and Chi were, how much they pretended to be devils, and how much they shouted that Ming was an exception, they still had to negotiate with Louis XIV to rule the world together.
Zhu Hechi nodded, and said to his son: "One hundred to one hundred and fifty years later, you and I will be dead... I don't know if future generations can carry forward the celestial dynasty I created."
"Father, don't worry," Zhu Yimei said with a smile, "Da Ming has taken the lead now, and is better than Westerners in all aspects. There are also "Yuanjun", "Yuanchen", "Yuanfa", "Yuanmin" The truth is, we will definitely not fall behind in the future!"
Zhu Heqian smiled and said, "I hope so... But boss, you must remember that we must not take our enemies lightly. We can't think that Europe and America are far away and we can sit back and relax. We must not only develop ourselves well, You have to do everything possible to hold back the enemy!"
"My sons and servants should follow the teachings of the emperor!"
Zhu Hechi looked at his son and said in a low voice: "You know it's not enough, but it has to be passed down from generation to generation!"
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In the Forbidden City, there are carved railings made of jade, phoenix pavilions and dragon towers, layer upon layer, all awe-inspiring.
Zhu Yimei, the third prince of Zhu, led Sophie Maquis, Marquis of Mendoza, Archbishop de la Magara and French Foreign Minister Leonor, walking through the corridor with a lot of thoughts, and from time to time you could see riding bicycles, pedaling Palace people and attendants passing by on tricycles—this style of painting is a bit weird, a group of ancient people in the Forbidden City riding wooden bicycles and tricycles coming and going... But Zhu Yimei has long been used to seeing it, so it is not surprising at all.
Such a big Forbidden City, how to get in and out without riding a bicycle?Can't get tired of walking on two feet and break your leg?
But Zhu Yimei was the same today. Sophie Maquis, Marquis of Mendoza, Archbishop de la Magala, and French Foreign Minister Leonor couldn't ride a bicycle, so they could only walk.
But contrary to Zhu Yimei's expectations, the weak-looking Sophie Maggies was not weak at all in terms of foot strength and physical strength.Walking all the way from the Daming Gate, walking so many ways, but he didn't look tired at all, he didn't even slow down his walking speed, and he followed behind the third prince Zhu leisurely... It seems that those two long legs Still very exciting, worth the wait!
Just as she was expecting, Zhu Yimei had already brought these people outside the heavily guarded building of the Hall of Martial Arts.
When Zhu Hexi lived in the Forbidden City in Nanjing, he usually handled government affairs in the Wenhua Hall and military affairs in the Wuying Hall.Correspondingly, the security of the Hall of Martial Heroes is also much stricter!Outside the main hall, there are five steps, one post and ten steps and one sentry post. They are all infantry guards standing upright with their rifles.
These infantry guards all knew that Zhu Yimei was going to bring someone over, so when they saw the third prince Zhu, they all stood at attention and saluted, very imposing.And Zhu Yimei was also dressed in a military uniform today, raising her hand to salute them frequently. This demeanor... Sophie Maggies who was following behind her was going to be drunk!
An officer of the infantry guards stood upright at the gate of the enclosure of the Wuying Hall. When he saw Zhu Yimei, he stood at attention, and then gave a handsome military salute: "His Royal Highness, Your Majesty invites you to lead Sophie Maggies, Marquis of Mendoza , Archbishop de la Magala and French Foreign Minister Leo are invited to the Hall of Valor!"
Zhu Yimei nodded lightly, and then said to the people behind her: "Everyone, you are not allowed to walk around in the enclosure of the Hall of Martial Arts, you all follow this king."
Then he smiled at Sophie Maggies again, and stretched out his right hand in a gentlemanly manner, as if he was going to lead her into the enclosure of the Hall of Martial Arts.
Sophie Maggies generously handed her left hand up to Zhu Yimei to hold it lightly, and then the two of them stepped into the magnificent gate of the surrounding building together.
The place where Zhu Hexi summoned Sophie Maquis, the Marquis of Mendoza, the Archbishop de la Magala, and the French Foreign Minister Leonor was formally placed in the main hall of the Hall of Valor - there are no ten people here. It is not a long table of Zhang Zhang, but a large hall. Because it is a room facing south, and there are many large floor-to-ceiling windows inlaid with crystal glass, so the lighting is very good and it is full of style.
Emperor Zhu was sitting on a dragon chair at the end of the hall, and behind him was a glittering golden screen, on which a flying dragon with its teeth and claws was carved.
There were also two chairs beside him, sitting on the prince Zhu Yixin and Honglu Temple Minister Guo Youde respectively.
In addition, several officials responsible for recording and translating were present.
Zhu Yimei led Sophie Maggies and others to salute (bow) to Zhu Heqi and Zhu Yixin respectively, and then heard Emperor Zhu say in a calm voice: "Give me a seat... except for Sophie Maggies, Everyone else sits."
Sophie Maggies was taken aback for a moment, but she still stood there very gracefully with a smile on her face.
Zhu Heqi stared at the girl for a while, and found that her figure was tall and graceful, and her face was beautiful no matter from the perspective of Eastern or Western aesthetics.The temperament can also be called noble and elegant, and one can tell that he is of extraordinary origin at a glance.
After watching it for a while, Zhu Heqi laughed and said to himself, "Louis XIV, the big pervert, must have made people green...but it's cheaper than Changshengzi (Zhu Yimei). If it's really the emperor's own daughter, no matter who How can you not be the 'second lady'."
"Sophie, you sit too." Zhu and Qi waved after watching their daughter-in-law, and let Sophie Maggies take a seat.
Sophie curtseyed and sat down on an embroidered pier.
Zhu Heqi asked: "Third brother, Louis wrote me a letter saying that the Aztec country is not worthy of complete sovereignty... You are the king of Shang, what do you think?"
"Returning to my father," Zhu Yimei said in a gloomy tone, "The war in Mexico is not only a war between the Aztecs and the Spaniards, but also my Daming is looking for the Spaniards to settle accounts...to settle accounts for the Luzon Massacre ! Anyone who offends my great Ming will be punished even after a long time!"
"what?"
"His Royal Highness..."
"My lord, Leopold is the Habsburg of Austria!"
The conversation between Zhu and his father and son was translated into Latin by the translators brought by the Spaniards and French, so the Marquis of Mendoza, Archbishop de la Magala and French Foreign Minister Leonor all exclaimed.
This is to punish the Spanish Emperor Leopold I!
Zhu Yimei turned her head to look at the three of them, her handsome face was full of murderous intent, and he said coldly: "Since Leopold became the emperor of Spain, and he is a Habsburg, then he will be responsible for Luzon's grievances back then." It's time to take over! He... must die! Before he dies, Da Ming's assistance to the Aztecs will not stop!"
"King," said French Foreign Minister Leonard, "It is one of the prerequisites for Emperor Louis to marry the Countess of Texas to you!"
"Hmph!" Zhu Yimei snorted coldly, "This king must take Sophie as his concubine! Whether Louis agrees or not, this king wants Sophie!" He glanced at Sophie Maggies, "Sophie, you Will you be my second princess?"
The second princess...not the first princess!
Sophie Maggies was a little disappointed, shook her head, gritted her teeth and said, "I, I am willing! This is God's will, of course I am willing!"
Chapter 897 Killing Leopold can only make peace!
Hearing the beauty Countess Sophie, who had not been in love for two days, say "I do", Zhu Yimei pretended to laugh fiercely, and then said to Sophie: "Sophie, even if you don't want to, my widow I will also take you as my concubine!"
good!Domineering enough!
Hearing what his son said, Emperor Zhu actually nodded his head slightly, and said approvingly, "Okay! My son is a real husband! Third child, I will support you for my father!"
The devil, how could he let go of a beauty like Sophie Magis?If Zhu Yimei would let her go because Sophie didn't want to, then he wouldn't be a king of Shang, and he would give it for nothing.
Zhu Yimei's "performance" is not over yet, I saw him clasping his fists at Emperor Zhu who is sitting on the throne: "Father, the war in Mexico in the New World has reached a critical moment... I want to get along with Beauty Sophie and Duke Zhenhai as soon as possible." After Su Xiuying got married, they crossed the sea and traveled east together, went to Chaoge City to rectify the army, and then sent troops to Mexico, and together with King Montezuma of the Aztec Kingdom, beheaded Emperor Leopold of Habsburg. To avenge the Ming people who died in Lu Song!"
His words were translated into Latin by the translators present. The Marquis of Mendoza, Archbishop de la Magara, and French Foreign Minister Leonor all looked nervously at Big Devil Zhu.
I saw Zhu Heqian put on a stern face, with a ferocious face, and nodded heavily: "Okay! I will decree to marry you, Lady Sophie Maggies, and Su Zhenhai's third daughter, Xiuying! From now on, Su Xiuying It is your main concubine, and Sophie Maggies is your side concubine."
Su Zhenhai is Su Zhanshan, Duke of Zhenhai, Zhu Heqi's founding hero, and now the number one general of the Su family. He is also the cousin of Su Zhanyang, the Marquis of Jizhou in the Shang Dynasty, and of course the former subordinate of Da Boling's ex-husband.Zhu Yimei and his daughter Su Xiuying have known each other since they were young, because they are five years apart, and they were childhood sweethearts.But the little girl is sweet and beautiful, and she is quite likable, and she can be regarded as a beauty, so Da Boling fell in love with her when she was choosing a daughter-in-law.Zhu Heyi was also quite satisfied, so he let Zhu Yimei decide for herself——he decided to like her!Zhu Hechi is very open-minded, of course he will not force his son to marry someone he doesn't like!
And Zhu Yimei is a playful and handsome man who is very good at pleasing girls... When he was practicing outside, he hooked up with three beautiful girls from good families, and even coaxed them into his concubines!This is a real skill!What's even more rare is that one of them is a talented woman from a scholarly family in the south of the Yangtze River. Somehow, she won the heart of the third prince Zhu and even ran away with her!
The funniest thing is that this talented girl didn't know Zhu Yimei's real identity until her father brought a group of people to arrest her. She only thought of him as an official.In the end, it was Pang Siming, the commander of Jinyiwei, who came forward to persuade people with reasoning, and the truth came to light!
He is just such a passionate prince with a relatively soft temper. Of course, he soon fell in love with the daughter of the Su family... But now the two loves will become the three loves, oh, it should be the six loves, It was really lively enough.
Little Zhu Demon King was overjoyed when he heard the decree from his father to grant the marriage. He immediately stretched out his right hand and twisted Sophie Maggis's left wrist, and said in Latin: "Beautiful lady, my father has agreed to your marriage. My second princess, let's thank you quickly!"
This is really a real flash marriage!
Sophie Maggies, who was held by the Little Zhu Demon King, was so happy that she almost fainted. She never thought that happiness would come so quickly... She will soon become the wife of a king!
Of course, it is meaningless to refuse. Everyone has said that if you don't agree, you will be "occupied"!
However, Sophie Maggies's taste is not so strong. She was raised by Louis as a nun, and she is completely different from Zhu Heqi's "plus-size concubine" Natalie.When she thought that she was about to become the wife of a handsome and domineering king, her face was as red as a red apple, and her mind was full of happiness, so she didn't think much about it.
Zhu Yimei is a veteran in love, and Sophie Maggies looks so shy, it can be seen that she is a young girl with no experience in love... Immediately, she took Sophie Maggies and bowed to the big devil Zhu, Loudly said: "Father, son and Sophie thank you for the marriage!"
Zhu Heqi smiled and said: "You don't need to say thank you, you two will discuss it with the noble concubine when you turn around, and finalize the date of marriage... the sooner the better! After all, Mexico's rescue is like putting out fire, and there is a heinous Spain. The emperor is waiting for you to kill him!"
Zhu Yimei is a "sage of love", her military ability is quite ordinary, and she can't compare with Celing Dunduobu and Su Zhanyang at all.Moreover, Zhu Heqi had already issued an imperial decree to Zhou Peigong, Li Guangdi, Chen Tingjing and others to "assist the Aztecs in recovering Mexico City"—now the trans-Pacific communication is based on quarters.Letters sent from Daming will take three months at the fastest to arrive at Xinchaoge!
And Zhu Yimei had to get married first, and then dragged his family across the Pacific Ocean. By the time he arrived in Xinchaoge, probably half a year would have passed.Waiting for him to reorganize the army in the New World, raise food and grass, and finally send troops to Mexico, the day lily will be cold.
So Zhu Yimei, the little devil, was not actually responsible for hacking Leopold to death, he was responsible for creating the atmosphere.
So he immediately patted his chest bravely and said: "Father, don't worry, I will definitely not let Leopold go. I will definitely get married as soon as possible, and then go to Mexico to kill the Spanish emperor!"
Well, first occupy Louis XIV's bastard princess, and then go to Mexico to kill a Spanish emperor... This is what the devil did!
Emperor Zhu and Master Zhu Yixin both showed satisfied smiles—of course they knew that Zhu Yimei was pretending to be the devil king, but after pretending for a long time, maybe they would pretend to be the real devil king!
So Zhu Heqi waved his hand and said, "Third son, bring Countess Sophie to see your mother to discuss marriage matters... Hurry up and make your mother happy!"
"Yes." Zhu Yimei pulled Sophie to salute again, and then the young couple exited the Hall of Martial Arts together under the stunned gazes of the Marquis of Mendoza, Archbishop de la Magala, and French Foreign Minister Leonor of the main hall.
However, Zhu Hexi did not announce the end of today's summons. After Zhu Yimei took Sophie Maggies away, he said to Mendoza, De La Magala and Leonard: "Three envoys, although Ming will fight side by side with the Aztecs, and may kill the Spanish emperor together. But this does not mean that Ming has given up the national policy of non-alignment, nor does it mean that Ming has regarded the Aztecs as belongs to the state."
"Non-alignment" is the foreign policy of the Ming Empire!
The Aztecs are not Ming's allies, and the Ottoman Empire, Hindustan Empire, and Persian Empire are also not Ming's allies.
While "non-alignment", the Ming Empire did not accept younger brothers casually.Daming only recruits younger brothers in East Asia and Southeast Asia that he can firmly control, while in the New World, Daming only has two son countries, Shang Fang and Yin Family. Not necessarily, it depends on the situation in the American continent.
As for other countries in the world, it is impossible to be Ming's allies, nor can they be Ming's younger brothers.
A big country, especially a world empire like Ming Dynasty, cannot easily form an alliance with another country, because once an alliance is formed, it means that Ming Dynasty may be dragged into a war that he does not want to fight by his allies.Even Da Ming can't randomly accept younger brothers... A younger brother who can't control it is equally likely to drag Da Ming into the war.
Of course, Ming would not easily be hostile to a truly powerful world empire like France—the Frankish Empire for a long time.
Even if there will be a war in a hundred years, there is no need to fight a bad battle now!
Now the main forces on both sides can't reach each other, at most they will fight water battles in the Indian Ocean, and then support agents to fight land battles... But the water battles in the Indian Ocean will definitely not be able to tell the winner, because both sides have vast land and resources. Huge shipbuilding production capacity can be utilized to continuously replenish war damage.
And this kind of indistinguishable naval battle will cause heavy losses to both sides!
Because the naval battle does not have to be carried out between the warships of the two sides, it can also be a warship fighting a merchant ship, or even a privateering ship of both sides madly attacking each other's merchant ship at sea.
And the support agent must be able to ensure that he can advance and retreat freely, and cannot let the agent drag himself into the water.For example, the Ottoman Empire supported by Ming Dynasty is just right... Da Ming is not an ally of the Ottoman Empire, and has no obligation to go to war with France—the Frankish Empire for the sake of the Ottoman Empire.
Therefore, Ming's support for Ottoman can be withdrawn at any time... If the Ottoman Empire really fails, Daming can withdraw at any time, and then find and support a new "Eastern Rome" to fight against France-the Frankish Empire.