The grandson of the emperor who fell in love with Elizabeth Petrovna was the eldest son of the then crown prince Zhu Yiyan, named Zhu Bolian. He was already 30 years old at the time, while Elizabeth Petrovna was only 15 years old, which happened to be the most tender and delicious age.
Of course, the 30-year-old "elderly" emperor grandson must have been married - according to the ancestral system established by Zhu Cixiang, when he was 20 years old, a wise and intelligent man was selected for him through an examination. Grand Concubine. He had a very good relationship with the grandson, so he refused to choose a concubine after five years of marriage. And Zhu Hexing and Zhu Yiyan didn't force it.
Because Zhu Bolian is a grandson! There are still several decades left before the throne!
Besides, Zhu Bolian's concubine was outstanding in all aspects, even surpassing Ding Yuying back then. Everyone was very satisfied with her, so Zhu Hexing and Zhu Yiyi followed Zhu Bolian's wishes. As a result, things went smoothly.
Zhu Bolian's first wife died due to dystocia seven years after marrying Zhu Bolian, and both mother and son died!
And before the grandson passed away, she only gave birth to one son!
This is a bit of a disaster - the Ming Dynasty can't have no successors! A son is not safe! The level of medicine in the 18th century was not so advanced!
But Zhu Bolian was unwilling to get married again immediately because of the pain of losing his wife - if Zhu Cihong had to deal with this problem, his grandson should be replaced! But Zhu He favored this grandson and asked him to lead troops in the Western Regions to relax. At the same time, he also asked the then overlord of Western Chu and King Zhungeer to find beauties for the emperor's grandson to be elected as his attendants...
But no one expected that just after Zhu Bolian, the emperor’s grandson, arrived at the front line of the Western Regions, Archduke Henry’s son, Crown Prince Karl of Hungary, would come all the way to the front of the Western Regions Army and bring peace conditions that satisfied both Xichu and Zhungeer—— Make peace with Peter the Great of Russia!
Because after the death of Louis the Great of Rome, it was the young Louis II (Louis XV in history) who took power. His power was challenged by King Philip of Serbia and Queen Maria Theresa - Philip did not want to usurp the throne. , but wanted to become the regent. However, according to Louis the Great's will (which was questioned), the candidate for regent should be the Duke of Orleans.
King Philip and Queen Maria Theresa also got the Archduke of Austria (Henry), the Queen of Hungary (Mary Anne), the King of Bohemia (Mary Anne's brother Louis de Bourbon), the King of Croatia ( Marie-Anne's other brother, Louis Auguste, supported him.
For a time, the Roman Empire was on the verge of civil war.
And without the big tree of Rome, Peter I certainly did not dare to fight anymore. So he agreed to the mediation of Austrian Archduke Henry, and personally went to an island in the Caspian Sea to meet with the governor of the Sky Alliance. This governor is Zhu Bolian.
At that time, Peter I was already quite old and in poor health, so he took his 15-year-old daughter Elizabeth Petrovna with him to take care of him.
Do you know what happened? Zhu Bolian and Elizabeth Petrovna fell in love at first sight! Moreover, Zhu Bolian took the initiative and proposed to marry Elizabeth Petrovna as part of the peace treaty. In addition, he also asked Peter I to seal the Republic of Siberia to Elizabeth Petrovna - this actually forced Russia to cede territory!
Peter I, who was old and frail and had no heirs (Peter the Great's only adult son was killed by himself, leaving only a young grandson and several daughters from his second wife) had no choice but to agree. At Zhu Bolian's request, Elizabeth Petrovna was made the Grand Duchess of Siberia and took possession of the Siberian Republic south of Lake Baikal (renamed the Principality). At the same time, Elizabeth Petrovna was married to Zhu Bolian...
"What love at first sight!" When Zhu Yaofei saw this, he slammed the table and couldn't help muttering in a low voice, "This Zhu Bolian is greedy for other people's bodies... Oh, and his bloodline! Hey, this boy is so ambitious. too big!"
A 15-year-old hairy girl, who is also the offspring of the handsome Peter the Great and his chosen wife Catherine I, her appearance must be eye-catching!
But Zhu Yaofei knew that a person of Zhu Bolian's level would not marry Elizabeth Petrovna just because she is beautiful... This boy must have fallen in love with Elizabeth Petrovna's bloodline!
Because Peter I had huge political differences with his son Alexei and his first wife Lopshina.
Peter I advocated absorbing the advanced experience of the East and the West at the same time, developing Russia's capitalist industry and commerce, assembling a new army, and developing a navy. With the support of the Roman Empire, they conquered the east and west, captured the mouth of the Neva River from the Swedes, and captured the Crimean Peninsula from the Ottomans. They also spent huge sums of money to build Petersburg on the Neva River facing the sea.
But his success was based on the bones of Russian serfs. At the same time, he also deprived the great nobility and the Orthodox Church of a large amount of wealth, and also introduced a large number of Germans to compete for jobs. Naturally, it seriously damaged the interests of the nobility and the Orthodox Church. However, the conservative Alexei and Lopshina regarded Peter as the "anti-Christ" because of their religious beliefs and serious xenophobia, and planned a coup in an attempt to overthrow Peter.
As a result, the coup failed, Alexei was killed, and Lopshina was imprisoned! The only male heir to Peter the Great is his grandson Peter II Alexievich... You can imagine the situation of this heir with your heels.
And once Peter II was killed... Grand Duchess Elizabeth Petrovna or her children would have the possibility of inheriting the throne of the Tsar.
Needless to say, this Zhu Bolian must have seen the success of Archduke Henry and wanted to build a Ming version of the lower body castle!
Zhu Yaofei's conjecture was quickly confirmed in the second volume of "General History of the Ming Dynasty".
After bringing Elizaveta Petrovna back to Tianfu, the Ming court was in chaos - although there were many Hu Ji in the harem of the Ming emperor, prince, prince and vassal prince, those Hu Ji were all concubines and did not become main wives. , let alone become the official wife of the heir to the throne!
Therefore, the ministers in the court were almost unanimously opposed, and the crown prince Zhu Yiyan was also extremely dissatisfied. Only the emperor Zhu Hexing, who doted on his grandson, remained uncommitted.
Then Zhu Bolian took the Grand Duchess Elizabeth Petrovna and appeared outside the Imperial Gate to explain his behavior to the ministers of the three offices (cabinet, generalissimo, and government) who attended the meeting, and the couple took the opportunity to make a speech speech.
The two of them claimed that they came together because of their common ideals - and their ideal was actually to build a world empire "mixed with barbarians and Xia"!
They want to use various means such as dynastic marriages and military conquests to turn all countries in the world into part of the Celestial Alliance... and become vassals of the Ming Empire!
The Ming Empire wants to be the master of the world!
In the future, Zhu Bolian and Elizabeth Petrovna will also be emperors and queens of the world... The ideals of these two lunatics shocked the civil and military monarchs of the entire dynasty.
But what the courtiers, Zhu Hexing, and Zhu Yiran did not expect was that the crazy words of Zhu Bolian and Elizabeth Petrovna soon aroused a fierce response in the army!
Almost all the young officers expressed strong support for the ideal of mixing the Yi and Xia and establishing a world empire!
Because they need to fight so much! They need to make achievements so much! Now the Celestial Alliance is relatively stable in all directions. Even if there are still wars, they are just small fights and not satisfying at all!
Therefore, the army that Zhu Cixi left behind, with the Scout Guards and the graduates of the Army Lecture Hall as its core, now has no opportunity to make meritorious deeds, no goal to strive for, and no excuse to ask for a lot of money from the court... ...
