The real purpose of Henri de Mancini's trip to Versailles in the spring of 1700 was to compete for opportunities to develop the European stock market on behalf of a group of bank loan sharks in Vienna, but the impact it had was extremely far-reaching. .....To a certain extent, it has also changed the direction of world history in the future!
Because he gave Louis the Great, who spent money recklessly, a powerful money printing press, the Roman Empire created by Louis could continue to move forward in the next few decades!
The Grand Duchy of Austria, ruled by the Mancini dynasty, also surpassed London and Amsterdam and became Europe's largest capital after more than ten years because Henry de Mancini got a big deal from issuing stocks for the Roman Empire. The largest stock trading market.
The Roman Empire used the money collected from the Vienna market to launch a war against the Ottoman Empire, which gave the financial market of the Grand Duchy of Austria more development opportunities...thus establishing its position as the European financial center. .
At the same time, the establishment of Vienna's status as a financial center also gave the Roman Empire, headed by the Bourbon dynasty, an exclusive money-making center... This was extremely beneficial to extending the Roman Empire's status!
Austria and Rome, Mancini and Bourbon, can win together!
The longevity of the Roman Empire was actually what Henry's father, Zhu Cixiang, was happy to see. As a feudal emperor who ruled the Ming Empire for more than fifty years, Emperor Hongxing of the Ming Dynasty did not like the French Revolution at all... How wonderful the Bourbon dynasty was. Not only did it have the feudal truth of "I am the country", but it also He is an extremely militaristic person and always fights inefficient wars. He is a very ideal enemy.
Hongxing Emperor Zhu Cixi cherished such enemies very much, and did not want the Rome of the Bourbon Dynasty to be blown away by the storm of revolution.
However, after the death of King Carlos II of Spain, the prospect of the Roman Empire provoking a war against the Ottoman Empire in order to merge Spain, New Spain, Naples, Milan and other "Carlos heritage" still made people far away from it. The great emperor of Tianfu felt a little worried.
Because the powerful enemy that the Ottoman Empire faces today is not only the Roman Empire of the Bourbon Dynasty, but also a rapidly rising northern neighbor, the Rakshasa Kingdom!
As early as 11 years ago, the "little tsar" of the Rakshasa Kingdom (at that time, there was a political spectacle of the coexistence of a large and small tsar and a princess as regent) in the Rakshasa Kingdom. Peter Alexeevich Romanov led his "young tsar" Army" launched a coup, overthrew the rule of her sister Princess Sophia and seized power. Subsequently, under the leadership of the "Little Tsar" Peter I, the Rakshasa Kingdom began to embark on the road of reform and power step by step.
Although Peter was still a teenager when he first came to power, his style of doing things was very calm. He did not rush to do something big after eradicating Wei Zhongxian like Emperor Chongzhen did. Instead, he handed over the political power to his mother, uncle and others, while he patiently trained his troops!
It took him six or seven years to finally expand the young army that followed him into the Preobrazhensky Corps and the Semyonovsky Corps. With these two elites as the backbone, he launched the Azov Rebellion. expedition. After two expeditions, Peter finally captured the Port of Azov, which was somewhat beyond the reach of the Ottoman Empire, opened up access to the Black Sea, and also established prestige.
After establishing his prestige, Peter did not carry out reforms in a hurry. Instead, he went on an incognito trip. He visited England, the Netherlands and the Roman Empire in 1697 and 1698, and saw with his own eyes the advancement of Western Europe, thus establishing the basis for the reform. Directions and Routes.
After establishing prestige and having the correct reform direction and route, Peter I's reforms were on the fast track.
Rakshasa's national and military power will inevitably increase rapidly. In the foreseeable future, it will become a powerful enemy to the north of the Ottoman Empire!
Under the attack of Rome and Rakshasa, the future of the Ottoman Empire is quite worrying!
Once the Ottoman Empire collapses, the Ming Empire and the Roman Empire may have to fight another tug of war in the Indian Ocean...
However, this war no longer belongs to Zhu Cixiang, who is over seventy years old, but a test for the good-luck prince Zhu Hexing.
Because Zhu Cixiang, who had been emperor for more than fifty years, was already tired and no longer wanted to dedicate his remaining life to the people of the Ming Dynasty.
Beginning in the fiftieth year of Hongxing's reign, the great emperor who revitalized the Ming Dynasty did not interfere much with the government affairs. Instead, he handed over most of the government affairs to the crown prince Zhu Hexing and the crown prince Ding Yuying.
And today, the seventh day of April in the fifty-second year of Hongxing's reign, he and Queen Wu Sanmei confessed to the prince and his wife in the Yanshan Palace of Laoshan Palace and made a formal retirement plan.
"Good luck and safety, you have been a prince for almost fifty years," Zhu Cixiang asked with a smile, "Are you a little tired of it?"
Bored?
Looking at Zhu Cihong, who was gray-haired but still energetic, Prince Zhu Hexingxin said: What does "Father" mean? Do you want me to retire? The prince retires... and makes Yi You the grandson?
"Father," Zhu Hexing smiled, "I am not tired of this. I am still young and can continue to be the prince..."
"Young?" Zhu Cixiang looked at his well-maintained son, who was only in his forties at most, "Young is not young anymore..." He turned around and asked Wu Sanmei, who had become an old woman, "Sanmei, what are you doing?" Let’s see if he should be allowed to be emperor for a few more years?”
What? Can I be an emperor?
Zhu Hexing was stunned, he didn't dare to think of such a good thing... The old Zhu family usually saw child emperors, even the two emperors Chongzhen and Hongxing were very young when they came to the throne.
But when it comes to Zhu Hexing's generation, something is wrong. An old man of fifty years has appeared!
What's even more frightening is that this fifty-year-old prince actually has a living grandfather... Emperor Chongzhen, who is almost ninety years old, is not dead yet! When will Emperor Hongxing, who is in his early seventies, die?
Anyway, Prince Luck feels that he is a little hung up. Even if he becomes the emperor, he will still be an old emperor in his seventies and eighty years!
"Long live the Lord, are you going to be the emperor?" Wu Sanmei didn't expect that Zhu Cixiang would think about it... She was originally thinking that Emperor Zhu would work until he was at least eighty years old!
"I'm already in my early seventies..." Zhu Cixiang smiled, "If you continue to do this, you will become an old fool. Queen, do you think a lucky person can take on a big responsibility?"
"If he can't take on a big responsibility, won't he still have the help of the Crown Princess?" Wu Sanmei pointed at Ding Yuying - now she is Aunt Ding!
Zhu Cixiang glanced at his daughter-in-law and nodded with a smile: "That's right, there is also the Crown Princess... Yuying, I plan to retire, and the future world will be left to you and Good Luck!"
"My daughter-in-law will definitely work hard to assist the prince."
Ding Yuying was not polite and slapped her chest directly - she had been studying state governance with Zhu Cixiang since she was seventeen or eighteen years old, and she had already become an expert by now, so what else could she be polite about?
Zhu Cixiang smiled and said: "I have to make an agreement with you and your wife... In the future, the emperor of the Ming Dynasty must have a retirement age. He cannot stay in office forever, lest he gets old and confused!"
He made this agreement because Zhu Hexing was in good health and looked like he could live a long time.
So I have to make a retirement plan for him too!
"Father, at what age do you think the future emperor should retire?" Ding Yuying asked.
Zhu Cixiang glanced at his son, "Don't be too old, just sixty...five years old!"
Zhu Hexing breathed a sigh of relief, there are still more than ten years left to be emperor!
"My sons all obey my father!" Zhu Hexing said, "When my sons turn sixty-five, they will give way to Yi You."
"Okay," Zhu Cixiang nodded repeatedly, "This is the king of Yao and Shun!" He paused, and then said: "Third sister, good luck, Yuying, let's go to the Taishang together and tell him the good news. Old man! As soon as I abdicate, he will be the supreme emperor!"
