"Mr. Envoy, did you just say that Emperor Hongxing was also driven out of his capital by the Chinese Fronde?"
On the afternoon of December 3, the lively ceremony to welcome the Chinese delegation was over. The French Queen Mother Anna, the young King Louis, the Queen Mother's favorite Prime Minister Mazarin, and the Chief Prince of France, who was short, thin and slumped " The Grand Conde" were all drinking coffee together in a sunlit hall in the Palais Saint-Germain while waiting for a meal - a French state banquet, and they could still use chopsticks.
"Yes!" Ji Kun glanced at the short and stout Prince Kong Dai from the corner of his eyes and said to himself: This leader of the French Stone Throwing Party looks much worse than Li Zicheng. No wonder the King of France arrested him. I wonder how their second rebel, Viscount Turenne, is doing compared to Zhang Xianzhong? He shouldn't be as good at fighting as Zhang Xianzhong, right?
Thinking of this, Ji Kun said to little Louis: "Your Majesty, the bandits in our country are much more powerful than the stone-throwing gangs in your country. They have millions of people! And the leaders Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong are both extremely ferocious and battle-hardened. The old thief!"
Ji Kun's translator was still Coit, who translated Ji Kun's words into French intact.
The little King Louis of France showed a sympathetic expression and said: "The leader of our country's Fronde, Viscount Turenne, is the nephew of Prince Maurice of the Netherlands. He joined the Dutch army at the age of 12 and learned to fight with Prince Maurice. Now he has I have been fighting for 28 years, but I never thought that the leader of the Fronde in China could fight better than him!"
After fighting the "Eighty Years' War" and the "Thirty Years' War", he is now participating in the Fronde movement, and will continue to fight in the Franco-Spanish War, the Franco-Dutch War, and the Winter War (with the Holy Roman Empire) until he is killed. The French Generalissimo Durenny is on the same level as Zhang Xianzhong...
Ji Kun didn't know what kind of ruthless characters Kong Dai and Turena were. Anyway, he thought Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong were very powerful! As for Dorgon and Dodo, they are even more cruel. It is estimated that Gustavus II and Prince Maurice are no match together!
"Your Majesty the King," Ji Kun felt that he needed to encourage the little French king, "Although the bandits are strong, they are no match for the imperial army. Now our country's top bandit leaders, Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong, have been killed...the bandits The remnants of the army retreated to a mountainous province and could only survive.
Although the Donglu who took advantage of the opportunity of rogue bandits to invade the Central Plains continued to cause trouble, they were defeated several times by the emperor of our country. It was only a matter of time before they were completely expelled from the Central Plains.
I believe that your country's officers and soldiers will be victorious before long and completely defeat the stone-throwing party and the Spaniards. "
I hope so! The little king Louis Xin said: The Chinese emperor still has Chinese officers and soldiers who support him, but I, the French king, have to rely on German mercenaries for help... And the most powerful general in France has colluded with the Spaniards to oppose his king. !
"Your Highness," the young King Louis suddenly fell in love with the short and thin Prince Condé (Prince Condé is the first prince of France, and even the king must call him: "Your Highness"), "You are willing to go to the East and help me on my behalf. Do you want to follow my friend, the Ming Emperor, to defeat the ferocious Donglu people?"
What? Prince Condé was stunned by the young king's proposal. go to China? This is exile! I am the first prince of France, and my father is also the presumptive heir to the throne of France... and I have also made great contributions to France! You actually sent me to China, this is too much!
Ji Kun looked at Prince Kong Dai's face and knew that this short, thin man didn't have much ability, and he probably wouldn't be able to defeat Dorgon and Duoduo. However, the young king probably wanted to seize this opportunity to send the prince named Kong out of the country - I heard that this prince was also the general backstage of the French Stone Throwing Party! This Frenchman is not easy to do things, so he will be killed if he is such a scourge.
By the way, it’s not convenient to kill, right? So I played the game of killing with borrowed knives, and used Dorgon and Duduo’s knives to kill the Prince of Kongdai. This is a good method!
After understanding the intentions of the French King and the Queen Mother, Ji Kun smiled at little Louis and said: "The reputation of Prince Kong Dai has long been spread to China. With the help of His Royal Highness, our dynasty will surely regain Shenjing soon. If Dorgon and Duduo, the leaders of the Donglu, hear that His Highness the Prince has come to China to help the Celestial Empire, they will definitely be frightened!"
Of course, what he said was to praise Kong Dai. With his appearance, not to mention Dorgon and Duduo were not afraid, even Obai was not afraid.
For Prince Kong Dai, it would be absolutely fine for Obai to fight ten of them!
Queen Mother Anna also smiled and said: "Your Highness, for the benefit of France, the king and I would like to invite you to visit China. Because if France wants to become rich and strong, it cannot do without trade with the Eastern Empire. And in order to be able to do so for France, France brings prosperous Sino-French trade, and Louis must become an ally with the Chinese Emperor!"
Prince Condé did not dare not to go. Now he was in the hands of Queen Mother Anna and Prime Minister Mazarin. If he did not go to China, he might die young and unknown...
However, he could not just compromise, because the Fronde movement was not against the king, but Cardinal Mazarin.
As long as Mazarin can leave the position of prime minister, the Fronde's goal will be achieved, and Prince Condé will have accumulated enough political capital.
"Your Excellency Cardinal," Prince Condé said to Mazarin, "I hope to go to China with you. After all, I am just a soldier who knows nothing about politics and economics. I don't know how to promote the relationship between China and France. trade between them.”
Mazarin laughed: "Okay, let's go together! Let's leave after Christmas, okay?"
Now Prince Condé had no choice but to go, so he nodded slightly and said: "I feel very honored to be able to go to the East with His Excellency the Cardinal for the benefit of France!"
Prince Condé's words were not said casually. His departure from France with Mazarin meant that the second stage of the Fronde movement was over.
If Mazarin really arrived in China with Prince Condé, the third stage of the Fronde movement would no longer exist.
However, the French royal power will also suffer a huge blow - because the reason why Mazarin was targeted by a large group of French nobles and Paris citizens was because, as Richelieu's successor, he continued to implement the former to strengthen the French royal power and Centralized policy!
If he is not removed from the throne of prime minister, Mazarin will complete his mission and basically finish all the things that offend the nobles before Louis XIV takes office...
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"What? Prince Condé is going to China with Mazarin? How is this possible? Brother Chigi, what do you think?"
Rome, Vatican Palace.
The Pope learned of the news that Prince Condé and Cardinal Mazarin went to China together from the head of the Holy See's diplomatic affairs, Cardinal Chigi.
His first reaction was disbelief!
"Brother Mazarin will not leave!" Chigi was very familiar with Mazarin and knew how cunning the French Prime Minister was. "Prince Condé was fooled... He has to go to China alone!"
"You mean Mazarin would..."
Chigi shrugged, "He will sneak off to the Chinese sailing ship, and by the time Prince Condé finds out, he may have arrived in Egypt."
"We should inform Spain of this news immediately!" the Pope said, "we must get there before they leave France."
"Holy Father," Chigi said without moving, "I don't think Mazarin will give us the chance to prevent Prince Condé from leaving."
"Damn it!" Pope Innocent X snorted, "Damn the Chinese...Brother Chigi, have the envoys of the Great Mongolia arrived in Spain?"
"It's almost there... It should be here in January next year."
The Pope nodded: "Go to Madrid and tell Philip IV that the alliance with the Mongols is conducive to the spread of the Lord's gospel to the East!"
