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The French Foreign Minister said: "Marquis, what needs to be discussed now is not only the peace of New Spain, but also the peace and rules of the entire world... especially the rules! This will affect the world structure in the next 100 or even 200 years!"

The Marquis of Mendoza nodded, and said, "Okay then, it's time to set rules for these damned heretics. We must let them know how powerful a united Western world is!"

The French Foreign Minister nodded: "Yes, we in the West are united!"

Cardinal Derga Magala added: "All who believe in God are united!"

The Marquis of Mendoza looked confident, nodded and said: "I will send someone to meet their Foreign Minister Marquis Guo Youde tomorrow...he is a very difficult guy, we have to talk to him first, and then we can see that The unreasonable emperor of Ming Dynasty!"

"Okay!" French Foreign Minister Leonard said, "Then let's unify the caliber first! The emperor believes that in the next 150 to [-] years, the emperors of the East and the West must and can only coexist. To coexist, It is best to reach some consensus first, as the rules of East-West exchanges and the basis of the future world order..."

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"What do you want to say? Make rules? Why do you want to make rules?"

In the imperial city of Ming Dynasty, in the conference hall of the majestic Honglu Temple enclosure, a diplomatic meeting was in progress.

The two parties in the meeting were sitting across a ten-foot-long super-long mahogany table. Besides Guo Youde, Minister of the Honghe Temple, there were two young men on Daming's side, namely Zhu Yimei, King of Shang, and Li Guangzu, Prime Minister of Honghe Temple.Of course, Zhu Yimei did not use the identity of King Shang, but attended today's meeting in the name of Minister of Attendance Zhu Changsheng - this is also the first time for him to participate in formal diplomatic negotiations, this is an opportunity to open his eyes and grow his skills!

Zhu Yimei has been practicing for several years. She has served as a military officer, a county magistrate, a county magistrate, and also worked in the Accounts Department and Taxation Department of the Ministry of Households.Now he is an attendant again, which is to learn to be a monarch from Zhu Heqi.

And it is impossible for Zhu Heqi to "lead" him all the time, so he often sends him a little errand to do it. In fact, the main thing is to gain knowledge and broaden his horizons.

At the meeting, both parties arranged for a coordinator, and the Marquis of Mendoza hired a coordinator who could understand Tianjin dialect, so Guo Youde's authentic Tianjin mandarin no longer constituted an obstacle to communication between the two parties.

However, the arrogant attitude of this Grand Duke Guo seems to be too ungentlemanly - Zhu Yimei is handsome and well-educated. Of course, she prides herself on being a gentleman, and Guo Youde's diplomatic style is always a bit uncomfortable.

"Your Excellency, Minister of Foreign Affairs," said the French Foreign Minister Leona—he has a gentle appearance, which is in line with Zhu Yimei's aesthetics. "The Frankish emperor and the monarchs of European countries held a NATO alliance summit meeting in Versailles. It is believed that the Ming Empire’s support for the Aztecs violates internationally recognized norms, and must accept the sanctions of the NATO alliance... unless Ming is willing to correct its mistakes and return to the right track!"

"Well?" Guo Youde can also understand Latin, so he exploded before Leonard finished speaking, slammed the table and said, "Bold, how dare these small countries dare to sanction my Great Tomorrow Dynasty? Do you want me to correct my mistakes tomorrow? How could I be wrong tomorrow! If you want to start a war, I will accompany you to the end!"

His diplomatic style that explodes at the first touch really opened the eyes of Zhu Yimei, a handsome gentleman.

Just when Zhu Yimei was very surprised, Guo Youde's words had been translated into Latin, which made Leonard a little uncomfortable... In today's Europe, no one dares to threaten France with war - the Frankish Empire , even the sultan of the Ottoman Empire would not dare!

But here is Daming!

The most powerful country in the world is Ming... This is a fact that even Emperor Louis dare not deny!

Although, as long as Louis can concentrate the power of the entire Christian civilization, he will be able to overwhelm Daming in terms of population and land.But compared to economy and military, I'm afraid Daming is stronger...

"Your Excellency, Minister of Foreign Affairs, this is not a rule just for Ming... It is a rule that the entire civilized world must abide by!" Leonard was still polite—when he met the foreign ministers and even the monarchs of those small countries in Europe Not so polite!

But helpless, Ming is the most powerful country in the world!

"Ni, listen up!" Guo Youde rolled his eyes, "Da Ming is an exception! No matter what the rules are, I, Da Ming, can make an exception!"

Why is this person so unreasonable?

Now the French foreign minister finally knows where Guo Youde is struggling?

He frowned, and when he was thinking about how to continue the negotiation, Zhu Yimei had already opened his mouth to help Leonard, "Guo Hou, should we first hear what rules these foreigners want to establish?"

"That's good!" Guo Youde nodded, "Tell me, what's the rule? But my ugly words are up front, and I, Da Ming, are an exception!"

The French foreign minister took a few deep breaths, tried to calm down his emotions, and then said politely: "Your help to the Aztecs has broken through the bottom line of the civilized world... You should not give Aztecs To overcome people with precious sovereignty! For a country, sovereignty is an extremely precious power. This power guarantees that the country can develop independently and not become a vassal of others. This means that this country will have the opportunity to become a real A great country stands among the great powers of the world!

Therefore, in this world, not all countries naturally have sovereignty. Many countries seem to be independent, but they are actually vassals of powerful countries. Only countries that dare to fight against powerful countries and can win the battle can become a country respected sovereign state.For example, the Ming Dynasty, France—the Frankish Empire, the Great Mongol Empire, the Kingdom of England, the Spanish Empire, the United Provinces of the Netherlands, the Kingdom of Rakshasa, the Kingdom of Sweden, the Ottoman Empire, and the Persian Empire are the real sovereign states... And the Ming Empire is now granting sovereignty to the Aztecs!And it still gave the Aztecs sovereignty in an extremely bad way-by inciting and supporting the Indian rebellion!

If you don't change this policy immediately, it will severely damage the world order and seriously damage the interests of all sovereign countries, including the Ming Empire.So if you correct this mistake, it will not only benefit the stability of the world, but also benefit the stability of the Ming Empire.After all, Ming Dynasty was also a colonial empire with many vassal states! "

"Guo Hou," Zhu Yimei leaned over to Guo Youde at this moment, and muttered, "What he said seems to make sense... Is Shang Kingdom's support for the Aztecs too much?"

The Shang Kingdom's support for the Aztec Kingdom is indeed a little too much!Not only did it arouse serious dissatisfaction from Louis XIV, but even some people in Daming felt that they had given too much... Although the arms sent by Daming to King Montezuma through the Shang Kingdom were all accounted for, they would have to be paid with interest in the future Some people pay back with silver, gold, cochineal, cinchona tree.

But if the Aztecs really captured Mexico City and occupied the core territory of New Spain, then this country will undoubtedly have relatively complete sovereignty... In other words, the Aztec Kingdom will not be destroyed in the future. Daming is firmly in control, but will act for its own interests, and may even liberate more Indians, and eventually become an Indian power that can compete with Daming and France!

And Emperor Zhu himself repeatedly urged Zhu Yimei to beware of the Aztec Kingdom in the future!

Seeing Guo Youde and Zhu Yimei exchanging opinions in low voices there, Leonard knew something was going on——Da Ming's support for the Aztecs would not be sincere, they were either confused for a while, or took the Aztecs When the chips exchange interests with the Europeans.

So everything is negotiable!

So Hugo Leonard said to Guo Youde, Zhu Yimei, and Li Guangzu: "The purpose of my visit to Nanjing with the cardinal is not only to correct your mistakes, but also to facilitate a happy marriage... Although there will be a happy marriage between us in the future. For many years, there will still be competition, but that does not mean that the relationship between us is life and death. The dynasties of our two countries, the Zhu Ming Dynasty and the Bourbon Dynasty, can completely marry and intermarry, so as to avoid excessive Intense competition is also conducive to the formation of consensus and, where necessary, rules that both sides can abide by."

"Marriage?" Zhu Yimei asked, "How to marry? Is your Princess Louis the Great going to marry my Prince of Daming, or my Princess of Ming to marry the Prince of France?"

"Of course the princess of France will marry the prince of Ming..." Hugo Leonard said with a smile, "Maybe our prince of France will also marry the princess of Ming in the future, but it is impossible now, because only one of Louis the Great has a considerable The son in the position of prince is Prince Louis, he is already in his 30s this year, and he has been married for a long time."

"That's right," Zhu Yimei nodded, "The sons born to Emperor Louis and his chief mistress are only adopted sons, and they don't have a high status."

Hugo Leonard saw that the attendant of the Ming Dynasty was easy to talk to, so he went on to say to him: "Emperor Louis heard that King Shang is the son of Emperor Ming, and he is very talented and handsome, so he hopes to send the most beautiful princess to him. Sophie Maggies is married to King Shang!"

"What?" Zhu Yimei was taken aback when she heard the words, "Marry... me?"

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"marry you?"

"Are you the king of Shangfang Kingdom?"

"Isn't the king of Shangfang Kingdom in Shangdu?"

Zhu Yimei's leaked words were quickly translated into Latin by a responsible Spanish translator. Now the Marquis of Mendoza, Minister Leonardo and Archbishop De Gamagala all knew that the minister in front of him, Zhu Changsheng, was a businessman. The king is...then the young attendant is suspicious, if it is the Ming prince who is in training, the explanation will make sense.But they still couldn't believe it, that was the king of the great American country Shang!

Facing the cross-examination by the three Western envoys, Zhu Yimei did not hide anything, and admitted generously: "That's right, the widow is Zhu Yimei, King of Shang, and the third prince of the Great Duke and Emperor of Ming Dynasty."

The Marquis of Mendoza, the French Minister of Foreign Affairs Leonardo, and the Cardinal De Gamagara did not dare to neglect Zhu Yimei's acknowledgment—the Yin family army under the command of the Duke of Lorraine and St. Philip The [-]-strong army was almost wiped out!

This is the most powerful faction in the American continent!

Moreover, Shangfang Kingdom is still very large from the map, at least three to four thousand miles from west to east, and about three to four thousand miles from north to south. In the past, sooner or later it would become a major American country.

This is a proper king of a great country!

So the three of them got up quickly, stood in a row and bowed to the great merchant king Zhu Yimei, and respectfully said in blunt Chinese according to the "Etiquette Guide" issued to them by Daming Honglu Temple: "Respectfully, Jin'an. "

"Excuse me, excuse me... Sit down, sit down and talk." Zhu Yimei quickly smiled and waved her hand, and used fluent Latin to seat the three big foreign devils who were saluting to her.

He has been a great king for many years, and he is also the king of a great country—at least judging from the map, he is a real king of a great country!But here in Daming, everyone doesn't pay much attention to him.

At first, no one knew that he was the great king of the Shang Kingdom. He had practiced under the name of Zhu Changsheng for a long time. Who knew he was the great king?Even if you know it, you pretend not to know it!

Secondly, not many people care about the affairs of the New World... For the people of Daming, isn't that a wild land where gold can be dug and mink can be hunted!

What kind of merchants, what kind of Yin family, in Daming, no one really cares except those who want to get rich or want to enclose land and become lords.So even if he plays the banner of "King of Shang", people have to think for a long time - where is this Shang country?Not in Henan, right?

So, today is the first time that Zhu Yimei has been worshiped as a king by important ministers from three Western powers... It still feels pretty good!

Seeing the three people sitting down, Zhu Yimei asked in Latin with a smile: "The most beautiful princess of Louis the Great you mentioned...how beautiful is she? Can I see her portrait?"

Don't look at Zhu Yimei's smiling face, but she still has doubts about the appearance of Sophie Maggies in her heart.He actually knew what Emperor Louis looked like—Da Ming also set up an embassy in Versailles. Although it was not very popular, the envoys of Daming in Versailles could still see Emperor Louis.And there is also a professional painter in the Daming embassy, ​​who secretly painted the portrait of Louis the Great's "little pockmark" and sent it back to Daming.

Although pockmarks would not be passed on to his daughter, Louis was short, with a long face, and a big and pointed nose. If he was a girl...he wouldn't be considered a beauty, could he?

French Foreign Minister Leonard smiled and said, "Your Highness, I don't have a portrait of Sophie Magistrates de Bourbon, Duchess of Texas."

No portrait?Zhu Yimei's interest suddenly disappeared.Having a portrait doesn't prove that she is a beautiful woman. Maybe the artist who drew the painting has a dark conscience, not to mention not even having a portrait?

This should not be on...

He was just about to find an excuse to postpone the marriage, but Leonard said confidently: "The Countess of Texas has come to Nanjing with the mission. If you are interested, you can meet the real person."

The Marquis of Mendoza and the Archbishop of Dergamagala next to him also looked confident—God only knows whether Sophie Magis is a descendant of Emperor Louis the Great, but there was no doubt about her beauty.

"What? The real people are here?" Zhu Yimei is a prince who has experienced it, and he is better at observing words and expressions. He glanced at the faces of Leonardo, Mendoza and Derga Magala. The other party's attitude of "delivering goods to your door" is already in my heart.

This "daughter" of Louis may be from Xibei, or she may be an illegitimate daughter of dubious bloodline... That Louis is very lustful, has raised many royal mistresses, and has a lot of illegitimate children, some of whom are inevitably of impure blood .But those with impure blood are probably beauties!

If it is not beautiful, I dare not send it to Daming!

But it seems inappropriate for an illegitimate daughter of impure blood to marry the king of Shangfang, right?

Thinking of this, Zhu Yimei whispered to Guo Youde who was beside her: "Guohou, what do you think? This French princess... must have been born illegitimately, maybe she was a bastard, worthy of a nobleman like the widow? The widow's concubine has already been chosen..."

Guo Youde replied in a low voice: "Your Majesty, let's see the goods first. What if it's a beautiful woman? If it wasn't for a beautiful woman, they wouldn't have dared to send it all the way! This orchid beauty is very interesting..."

Zhu Yimei agreed deeply: "Guo Hou's words are very kind, this orchid is indeed very interesting... But what do you think of this girl?"

"It's up to this old minister to arrange it." Guo Youde patted his chest, and then said to Leonard in Latin with a Tianjin accent: "Your Excellency, does the Countess of Texas have a diplomatic mission?"

"Yes!" Leona nodded.

Marrying the king is also a diplomatic mission!

Guo Youde said with a smile: "Then invite her to come to Honghe Temple, and first talk to me and His Highness about what this mission is? Later on, I and Your Majesty will also play the role of Emperor Daming!"

Of course Leonard understood that the other party wanted to "inspect" the goods...and he brought Sophie Maggies to Daming for the "inspection" on Daming's side!

As far as Sophie Magis's looks are concerned, people are afraid of inspection?It's okay if King Shang doesn't watch it, but the real person who has seen Sophie Maggies must be fascinated.At that time, with his help to speak, the "principle of struggle" between Daming and France will be easy to talk about.

"Okay," Leona smiled, "I'll invite the Countess of Texas right away."

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Forbidden City, Qianqing Palace.

In the practice room attached to Qianqing Palace, he had a Mongolian wrestling match with Anubi, who had just returned from Beijing, and Emperor Zhu, who had won a complete victory, was sitting in the surrounding area of ​​Qianqing Palace refreshed. In a study room in the building, he was talking with his two sons.

One of these two sons is the crown prince Zhu Yixin, and the other is Zhu Yimei who is full of smiles.

The crown prince Zhu Yixin is a small Zhu Heqi——he looks very similar to Zhu Heqi, except that he is not so big.In addition, he looked a little tan...not born tan, but tanned.This prince who has been practicing at the grassroots level was finally used by Emperor Zhu last year. After his younger brother Zhu Yiyin went to the Monan Grassland to preside over the division of the territory and tribesmen of the Shunyi Palace, he was also sent by Zhu Heqi to deal with the Mongolians. Sangji Gyatso from Heshuo Tebu and Xueyu.

However, his method of dealing with the Heshuo Special Department and Sangye Gyatso was not to recruit their daughters, nor to divide their tribes and territories, but to investigate the death of the Fifth Great Lama and the secret funeral of Sangye Gyatso and Canonization of the sixth great lama - this is not easy, and it is not a trivial matter!

Sangye Gyatso kept the funeral in secret for more than ten years after the fifty lamas passed away, and declared to the outside world that the great lamas were in retreat, and all the edicts were conveyed by him.As a result, Sangji Gyatso took control of the political power in the Xueyu region, and colluded with Galdan and Kangxi to fight against the Celestial Dynasty.

After the Xueyu regime and Qinghai Heshuo Special Department surrendered to Daming, the fact that the Fifth Great Lama had passed away long ago could not be concealed gradually—in fact, many people in the Heshuo Special Department had already guessed that the Great Lama passed away. , In addition, Emperor Zhu repeatedly issued decrees to the Fifth Grand Lama, but the Fifth Grand Lama did not show his face.So people began to expose to Emperor Zhu that the fifth great lama might have passed away long ago.

So Zhu Heyi handed over the matter to Zhu Yixin. The crown prince led two thousand Sauron guard cavalry to the plateau. To the edge of Qinghai Lake.Then he summoned Heshuote Babu Taiji to Xining to receive the reward and seal.

These eight Taiji are all relatives of Zhu and Qi—they all have daughters of the same clan who entered the harem of Emperor Zhu!Of course, he is unwilling to turn a good friend into an enemy and oppose the eldest prince Zhu.So after receiving the edict, they all went to Xining to kowtow in person.

After all the eight Taiji scriptures fell to Prince Zhu, Sanji Gyatso naturally couldn't resist.In desperation, he had no choice but to admit the fact that the great lama was dead.

However, Prince Zhu did not convict him either—Sangji Gyatso kept his mourning secret, and when the Great Lama colonized the Snowy Region, he was still from the Mongolian side.Of course Prince Zhu could not, because he was punished for the mistakes he made during the Great Mongol period.The statute of limitations for this sin is over!

Moreover, he also wanted to use the opportunity of conferring the sixth grand lama to establish Ming's sovereignty over the snowy plateau—in fact, the sixth grand lama had already been selected, but he hadn't announced it in the end.

And Prince Zhu did not change any more, but asked Sangye Gyatso to bring the heir of the great lama to Xining.Then Zhu Yixin organized a lottery confirmation ceremony.

After the ceremony was completed, Zhu Yixin ordered Lama Yilaguke and three thousand Heshuo special cavalry to guard the sixth Lama to enter the snowy area...

After the work was done, Zhu Yixin invited Zhu Heqi to set up a minister's yamen for the snowy region on the snowy plateau, and hired a thousand Heshuo elite soldiers to enter the snowy region in the name of Ming army cavalry!

Emperor Zhu is still very satisfied that Zhu Yixin has managed to do this. If this prince is not skilled enough in his own methods, he has experts around him, and even has a team.

No matter what the situation is, Emperor Zhu recognized that Zhu Yixin had already experienced it.So Zhu Heqi recalled the prince back to Nanjing, and let him serve as an attendant minister, and began to help him deal with the government affairs.

The so-called attendants are actually the emperor's advisers and secretaries.Zhu Yixin and Zhu Yimei are now practicing in this position.

"Third, how about that Sophie Magis?"

Zhu Hechi held a cup of coffee and exchanged greetings with his son, and then got to the point when the topic changed.

Zhu Yiyin's face became serious, "Father, I think this Sophie is a rare beauty...and also a beauty trick of Louis XIV!"

"Beauty trick?" Zhu Heqi looked at his son enviously, and asked with a smile, "Third brother, have you been fooled?"

"Father, my son is going to do something about it!"

"Boss, what do you think?" Emperor Zhu turned around and asked Zhu Yixin.

"Father," Zhu Yixin frowned deeply, as if she was thinking hard, "the third brother is already engaged, and the other party is from the Su family, and I heard that he is quite attractive. And this Duchess Sophie is the daughter of Louis married in name..."

He didn't continue his words, but Zhu Heqi had already understood it completely, so he threw the question to Zhu Yimei, "My third son, tell me."

"Father, what do you want my son to say?" Zhu Yimei asked.

"Of course I have to choose one!" Zhu Hechi laughed, "Third brother, who do you choose?"

"Father, I don't want to choose..." Zhu Yimei smiled, "I want both."

"Your heart is quite dark." Zhu He looked at the two sons in a low voice, "What about Louis' conditions? What do you think?"

"Father, you absolutely cannot agree!" Zhu Yixin shook her head again and again, "Louis wants to sanction us while repaying our friendship... This wishful thinking is too clever!"

"Father, it's not that Louis can't agree to all the conditions." Zhu Yimei said, "I also feel that the development of the Aztec country is a bit too fast. They should be restricted!"

"Boss, it's your turn. Zhu Heqi threw the question to Zhu Yixin again.

Zhu Yixin smiled and said: "Father, you might as well agree to restrict the Aztecs first, in exchange for Countess Sophie... As for the rest, we will talk about it later."

"We can't talk about it later!" Zhu Heqi shook his head, "Although what those foreign devils say makes sense, we can't let the Aztec country grow too strong. In fact, Aztec may develop because of Zhou Peigong and the others. The Aztecs themselves were not of that kind.

Therefore, we should also card the Aztec country. "