It was not easy to get the Timurid Empire in India to provide money to support the Ottoman Empire in conquering Vienna, at least it couldn't be done with one or two letters from Princess Nisha.
Her letter could only let Aurangzeb know that the "world conqueror" of the Chinese Empire had become timid. After encountering a joint blockade by France, the Netherlands, and Dashun in the Indian Ocean, he chose to retreat to the strait instead of A large-scale westward advance. Therefore, Aurangzeb could not expect that the Ming Dynasty, France, the Netherlands, and Dashun would all suffer losses.
Since there is no "loss to all sides", the Timur Empire of Tianzhu will be in dire straits, and will have to let France, the Netherlands, Dashun and other three countries fight together. Moreover, Indians have the habit of "welcoming new owners". It seems that as long as the new owner is not from India, anyone can come!
This time there are three: France’s “I am the country” (not yet freedom, equality and fraternity), Netherlands’ “money talks”, Dashun’s “it is better to build than to buy, and to buy is better to rob”. There will always be a way out The numbers are suitable for the working people of India.
So Aurangzeb had to be nervous and make every effort to ensure that his great Indian empire would not be robbed!
Supporting and uniting the Ottoman Empire to bulldoze Austria and end the Holy Roman Empire, which was neither Rome nor holy, was only one of Aurangzeb's many means to defend India.
And the end of the Holy Roman Empire... will definitely have an extremely profound impact!
The direction of world history, especially European history, will also undergo major changes due to the fall of Vienna.
"Father... The Habsburg dynasty could develop to its current situation, which was actually caused by the rise and westward expansion of the Ottoman Empire. It was precisely because European Christians needed to A powerful country that can resist the Ottoman Empire will work together to promote the rise and prosperity of the Habsburg Dynasty. If the Ottoman Empire seizes the core territory of the Habsburg Dynasty, then the Holy Roman Empire led by the Habsburg Dynasty must will collapse, and European Christians will definitely work hard to promote the French Bourbon dynasty to become a new Roman state that can resist the Ottoman Empire!
At that time, France, Spain, Italy...and even northern Germany, including Poland, will surrender under the feet of the Sun King Louis! France will become New Rome, and Louis XIV will also become Caesar the Great and Augustus the Great... Our Ming Dynasty will face an unprecedentedly powerful enemy! "
In a luxurious French-style room, holding a cup of Mancini milk tea and analyzing the possible consequences of the Ottoman Empire's capture of Vienna with Zhu Cixi, there was a rather handsome young man with a half-Chinese, half-Western face. .
This young man's name is Henry Zhu, the son of Zhu Cihong and Mary Mancini. Because Mary Mancini was the "Royal Mistress", Henry Zhu did not enter the Jade Order genealogy at first, so he was not named after the Ming Dynasty royal family.
However, he later became the prince of the Ming Dynasty and received a good education. Not only could he inherit the huge property under Mary Mancini's name, but he also had a large overseas property - Henry Island (New Zealand).
Unlike those princes who were born into the Jade Order genealogy, Henry Chu was not trained to be a professional soldier - he could freely choose his life path, even if he became a "residence king" and never went to Henry Island to live in the country for the rest of his life. , Zhu Cixiang would not ask. Anyway, the development process of Henry Island is very slow. Without thirty to fifty years of development, there will be no conditions for the establishment of a nation.
However, Henry showed great talent in reading since he was a child. After graduating from Laoshan Middle School, he was admitted to Yingtian Imperial College. I don’t know if he was born with a Western face and a Western mother. When he was studying at Taixue University, he showed great interest in international affairs. He also proposed to Zhu Cihong that he would study in France after graduating from Taixue.
At that time, Zhu Cixi also agreed to his son's request and asked Mary Mancini to write to her sister Olympia Mancini (François Eugen's mother), asking her to apply to the University of Paris on Henry's behalf.
However, because Ming Dynasty and France are now at war, Henry Zhu has no chance to go to university in Paris. But he still wanted to travel to Europe, his mother's hometown, so after graduating from Taixue, he entered the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Ming Dynasty and became an official in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
He originally thought that he would be released to Europe after the war ended or the negotiations began. Unexpectedly, he would get the opportunity to be released as soon as the war began. I will also go to Europe...but not to Paris, but to Istanbul.
And Zhu Cixiang plans to give him a major task that is likely to change the world!
Zhu Cixiang hoped that Henry Zhu would serve as the deputy envoy of the Ming Dynasty's special mission and follow the "Charter King" Zhu Cibing to India and the Ottoman Empire to promote the Timur Empire in India to support the Ottoman Empire in attacking Vienna.
After Henry Chu learned of his father's plan, he immediately raised objections - he was a true European intellectual, so he knew very well that once Vienna fell, the Holy Roman Empire of the Habsburg family would collapse, and the Bourbon dynasty would The Kingdom of France will take advantage of the situation and become an extremely powerful "New Rome"!
In his view, a unified New Rome would definitely be detrimental to the Ming Empire...
After Zhu Cixiang heard his son's question, he just nodded in approval.
This son is pretty good... I didn't even care about his education, so I was admitted to the Imperial College, which was the most difficult place to get into in the Ming Dynasty. After graduation, I was admitted to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Ming Dynasty. He was also familiar with European affairs. A real European expert!
It seems that this son has a bright future and may become Minister of Foreign Affairs.
Zhu Cixiang smiled and said: "Henry, a unified New Rome may not be detrimental to our Ming Dynasty... In fact, my father also hopes that there will be a unified Western Roman Empire on the land of Western Europe."
“A unified Roman Empire is good for us?” Henry Chu really couldn’t figure out what the old man was planning?
There are already so many great powers in Europe that is now in pieces. How can it be done if it is unified? If there really was a Roman Empire, wouldn't the Ming Dynasty have a headache in the future?
"Unification is great!" Zhu Cixiang said with a smile, "Unification... there won't be so many troubles! Moreover, after the Bourbon dynasty unifies Rome, its prestige will definitely increase greatly, and its rule will be easy to stabilize, and it will be easy for us too. beneficial."
Yes, little France has turned into big Rome!
The map is big, and the people of Paris are happy to see it! If the Bourbon dynasty were to be overthrown, there might be no greater Rome. Then it would be a small patch on the map, how ugly it would be!
Moreover, the Bourbon dynasty will still be the defender of Catholicism. Without Bourbon and without Great Rome, the Ottoman Sultan and the Indian Emir might have entered Paris. At that time, they would no longer be allowed to believe in God, and would have to believe in Allah or God. I believe in Brahmin...
The French Revolution or something like that, if not necessarily not happening, at least it has to be postponed.
And if the French Revolution had not happened or been postponed...would it have been good for the Ming feudal dynasty?
In addition, once the French version of Great Rome appears, the external pressure and motivation for expansion of the Bourbon King will be greatly reduced - for the Bourbon Dynasty, consolidating the unity of New Rome and its own imperial power are the most important.
This Europe has been divided for so many years. How can it not be consolidated after reunification?
And do the French know how to consolidate the unity of a large empire? There is a lot of advanced experience in the Ming Dynasty, which can be passed on to the Bourbon Dynasty.
For example, the imperial examination system is very progressive!
All the intellectuals of the New Romans must take the exam to become officials, take the exam to be a Roman Jinshi, and serve as officials for the Bourbon dynasty, and don’t make any more revolutions...
Another example is to use civil society to control military affairs. The elders who were born as Roman scholars had to control a group of lawless military nobles and not let them cause trouble everywhere.
Of course there is centralization... France is already learning this. Louis XIV is "I am the country", but it is still not enough and needs to be strengthened! We have to strengthen the branches and strengthen the weak branches, and we have to concentrate all the military power in the border areas to the center!
Therefore, for a long time to come, the main energy of New Rome will definitely be used internally, and the motivation to compete with the Ming Dynasty for hegemony will not be sufficient.
