The five ministers of the Qing Dynasty who went abroad have now become three ministers, leaving only the four old Manchus, Sony, Rambai, and Dulan. Shang Keai and Fan Yongdou stayed in India and were preparing to cross the Himalayas to return home... Shang Keai was okay, but he was strong after all, but Fan Yongdou was miserable. He had just recovered from seasickness, and now he was going to the snowy plateau again!
This old bone is probably going to be thrown into the mountains of Tibet!
As for Sony, Rambai, and Duran, when they arrived in Spain, no, it should be the Port of Malaga in Spain, their faces were not very good.
Because they had already figured it out on their way around Africa to Spain. These fools seemed to have done an unheard of thing - they changed the name of the Qing Dynasty. They are now He is not an envoy of the Qing Dynasty, but an envoy of the Mongolian Kingdom!
This is not a translation problem, but replacing the name of the Qing Dynasty with the name of another country. The Mongolian Kingdom and the Qing Dynasty are completely different!
Although starting from Huang Taiji, the emperors of the Qing Dynasty all gave themselves the title of Mongol Khan, but this does not mean that they are the Great Khan of the Mongol Kingdom.
Even if we use the standard in the West that the emperor can do both jobs, there is still a priority! For example, Philip IV, King of Spain, also served as a large number of princes, princes, and princes. However, the envoys sent by Spain may also use the name of Portugal or Milan to communicate with foreign countries. Get in touch!
And Sony and the others did such stupid things in India. After being misled by Caballero, they replaced the Qing Dynasty with the Mongolian Kingdom.
Now that we have arrived in the mainland of Zizbania, Caballero asked Sony and others to continue pretending to be Mongolians, and also asked the Qing Dynasty to continue pretending to be Mongolian...
"Judge, this is already in Spain, why do you still let us pretend to be Mongolians?" Sony's "Japanese" is becoming more and more fluent. In the luxurious villa, the foreign minister of Spain, Fernando Alvarez, Duke of Navarre, arrived from Madrid to greet him.
While waiting for Zhsbania's foreign minister, Caballero told Sony and others that they needed to continue to serve as envoys to the Mongols and the Great Mongolia.
"Minister Suo," Caballero said, "The international influence of Mongolia cannot be compared to that of the Qing Dynasty. Our King is not very interested in forming an alliance with the Qing Dynasty, but if it were Mongolia, It’s different, especially now that you have linked up with the Timurid Empire of Hindustan. They are recognized as a Mongolian country!
Two powerful and wealthy Mongolian countries have become allies of Zhbania at the same time... There will be a "Japanese-Mongolian Concordat" that will unite the Zhsbanian World Empire and the Mongol World Empire! "
This is the union of two world empires! Not to mention the strength of the three participating countries, the names alone are very intimidating.
Listening to it makes people's hearts swell. Philip IV will be so happy that he can't sleep, and maybe he will reward Caballero with a title.
As the second son of a noble family, getting a title was his dream.
Moreover, roping in Great Mongolia, the overlord of the old world, would be enough to boost the waning momentum of the Kingdom of Rizbania.
At the same time, in Madrid, the capital of the Spanish world empire, which embodies the spirit of "diligence and thrift for God" everywhere, in a dilapidated and gloomy palace, Philip IV, who has a ridiculously long face, lives. The king of the world has just summoned a frowning finance minister - the country is on the verge of bankruptcy again, and the whole of Italy is in panic!
But it doesn’t matter. The Spanish people are braver and stronger than the Italians. They are not afraid of the country’s bankruptcy... and as the monarch of the Spanish people, Philip IV, the favored one by God, is of course He is not even afraid of going bankrupt. In fact, when he borrowed money from profiteers in Italy, he had no intention of paying it back!
Because these profiteers were all loan sharks, and the interest rates were so high that even Jesus couldn’t tolerate them. What else could they pay back?
"Your Majesty," the palace secretary's voice sounded, "the next one is Cardinal Chigi."
"Chigi?" Philip IV frowned, "Is he here to collect a debt?"
The Chiguis opened a bank and lent a lot of usury to Philip IV. The Chiguis were really unlucky. They thought that once the Treaty of Westphalia was owed, peace in Europe would be restored. With the potential of the Japanese world empire, hundreds of millions of loan sharks can always be repaid. Even if you can't pay it back, you can still repay the interest first and then defer the principal.
But who knew that Philip IV refused to cease the war and would continue to fight endless wars with the French and Portuguese... It would only be a matter of time before he went bankrupt and went bankrupt at this rate!
"No," replied the palace secretary, "he is here to deliver a message from the Pope."
"The Pope's message? Is it related to debt?" Philip IV was still worried and asked again.
He knew that the Holy See also deposited a lot of money in the Bank of Chigi. If the bank failed, the Holy See would suffer heavy losses.
"Your Majesty, the cardinal did not mention the content of the message. He only said that it was very important."
Philip IV sighed: "Okay, then invite him in... He is the representative of the Pope. Even if he is here to collect debts, I have to see him!"
Chigi is not here to collect debts. Although Chigi's family bank has lent a large sum of money to the Kingdom of Spain, they do not intend to let Philip IV repay it - this is the best creditor!
Of course, the Chigi family would not engage in loss-making business. When Philip IV failed to repay his debts, he had to compensate the Chigi family in other ways.
For example, support Fabio Chigi as the next pope!
The current Pope is 77 years old. How many more years can he continue to serve God? The Habsburg dynasty of Spain and HRE will have a big say in who will be the pope at that time!
"Bishop, is His Majesty the Pope still in good health?"
After exchanging pleasantries with the cardinal, Philip IV inquired about Innocent X's physical condition.
"With the blessing of God, the Pope is in very good health and can serve God for at least another twenty years."
Philip IV looked at Chigi sympathetically: If that were the case, could you still be the pope? If you can't become the Pope, then I owe your family money...
"Your Majesty," Chigi said with a smile, still so gentle, "the Pope said: the alliance between Zhsbania and the Great Mongolia is conducive to the spread of the Lord's gospel to the East."
"What? Form an alliance with the Great Mongolia?" Philip IV was stunned. "Did His Majesty the Pope really say that?"
In fact, Philip IV never thought of forming an alliance with the Qing Dynasty and the Mughals, the two fake Mongols. Although the Governor's Palace of New Rispania reported to him that he had reached a hugely profitable furs-for-arms deal with the Qing Dynasty, Philip IV had not thought about going to war with the Ming Empire in the east.
The poor relationship with the Ming Empire was not a problem for Philip IV - the Habsburg dynasty was not good at making friends. But bad relations don’t mean going to war. War would cost a lot of money! If a war was to start in the East, why would Spain have to send an expeditionary force of more than 5,000 people from Europe, and at the same time send an expeditionary fleet composed of dozens of warships, right? How many gold escudos would it cost? Where can I go to borrow money from loan sharks?
"Yes, the Pope said so!" Chigi said.
"Why?" Philip IV asked again.
Jiji said: "Because the Ming Dynasty is preparing to conclude a secret alliance with France and Ottoman!"
"What?" Philip IV was surprised, "Is there such a thing? But the information I got only said that the Chinese, Turks and French just wanted to do a little trade on the pretext of exchanging gifts, and had not yet developed into an alliance. to the point, right?”
Philip IV had spies who knew everything about making friends between China, France and Turkey!
Jiji smiled: "Your Majesty, alliances always start with making friends. Should the Kingdom of Zhbania also take action? Think about it again, a large country that includes India, Mongolia and part of China. What kind of country is Mongolia? If this country becomes an ally of Zhsbania, Zhsbania's world hegemony can be maintained for at least another 100 years!"
