"Vasily Vasilyevich, that Easterner with the sexy beard is the prince of the Mongol Empire, right? He looks very handsome."
The person who raised this question was Sofia Alexeyevna Romanova, the "big" princess of the Rakshasa Kingdom, who was "detecting" Fuquan and others with a pair of binoculars. She is a young, unmarried, and strong Rakshasa princess. According to the custom here in Europe, she should marry a prince of equal status to her.
European, or Mongolian!
Yes, Mongolian ones are also available!
Because the Rakshasa Kingdom was the third Rome that succeeded the Second Rome, and several princesses from the Second Rome married into the Ilkhanate and the Golden Horde.
In addition, many princesses of the Grand Duchy of Moscow in the early years were also sent to the Golden Horde.
It can be seen that it is the ancestral system for Roman princesses and Rakshasa princesses to marry Mongolian princes.
And among the fiancés that Princess Sofia could choose, there really is no one more handsome than Fuquan. Because the European royal families of this era are too fond of incest marriages, top royal families such as the German "Lao Ha" family and the French "Lao Bo" family raise mostly crooked melons and inferior dates. If a few look good, Okay, that must be an illegitimate child without inheritance rights.
In fact, it was the same in the Romanov dynasty. Sofia and her two brothers were both crooked and bad, one was stupid, one was sick, and the other was too fat. However, the old Tsar Alexei later married the upstart Naryshkin family. The young lady gave birth to a relatively normal-looking prince like Peter I.
But even those crooked melons and bad dates can’t get the turn of the “big” princess Sofia now!
Although the Rakshasa Kingdom has a vast territory and a "large" population, in the European civilized world, the Rakshasa Kingdom is a semi-civilized barbarian tribe. No European royal family is willing to marry a Rakshasa "big" princess or give their daughter to the Rakshasa Kingdom. Marrying a Rakshasa prince...unless you spend money to buy it!
Later, after the reform of the Rakshasa Kingdom by Peter the Great, the court became rich, so they bought many princesses from Germany to marry. The famous Catherine II was the princess purchased from Germany by the Russian Empress Elizabeth. .
But now Peter the Great is still a child, and the reform of the Rakshasa Kingdom is also difficult. The Tsarist family simply does not have the money to buy a German prince for Sofia, so Sofia's marriage has always been a problem.
What's even more difficult is that Sofia's brother Feodor III had already given up. He sent Golitsin to the west to search again and again, but he couldn't find a prince willing to marry Sofia, so he simply stopped looking. Now, here comes Prince Charming from the Great Eastern Mongolia, who looks pretty good!
When Golitsin, the tsar's foreign minister, heard what the princess said, he knew that the "eldest" sister was thinking about a man again. In fact, he was also worried about this! Because the Tsar had already promised that if he really couldn't find her, he would have to serve the "big" princess himself!
But can a Mongolian prince meet the requirements of the Tsar?
Thinking of this, he whispered: "It's a pity that this Mongolian prince is a pagan."
"Heretic" Princess Sofia suddenly felt a little discouraged when she heard this.
The divine power in Europe can compete with secular power. Even in the Rakshasa Kingdom, which inherited the Eastern Roman tradition and had royal power higher than the divine power, it was unlikely that Sofia would marry a pagan prince.
After all, when the Eastern Roman princess married the Mongolian prince, the Mongols moved their branch base to the lower reaches of the Danube River!
The current Great Mongolia will never reach this stage!
"No, no, he is not a pagan! Princess, look at the Mongolian prince wearing the robe of a Catholic priest, which fully proves that he is a Catholic!"
Just when Princess Sofia was disappointed, someone among the high-ranking Rakshasa officials who followed the princess suddenly pointed out the evidence that Fu Quan was a Catholic.
The princess looked back and saw that the person speaking was a young man with a big head and a short stature who looked very knowledgeable at first sight. This man Sofia knew, and was very familiar with, was her "eldest brother", Medvedev, who was responsible for organizing the first higher education institution in the Rakshasa Kingdom - Sofia was also Polotsky's disciple! Even though she looks tall and thick, and looks like she doesn't know how to read a few characters, in fact she is a top academic, proficient in many foreign languages, and is also a female poet. There is no doubt that she is the most talented Rakshasa today.
"Yes, he must be a Christian!" The princess nodded approvingly - "Elder Brother" is better!
The princess put on a serious face again and looked at the senior officials of the Rakshasa Kingdom on the left and right: "Do you think this Mongolian prince is a Christian?"
"Yes, it must be!"
"must be!"
"Not only will he be a Christian, he will become a devout Orthodox Christian!"
Everyone knows that the current Tsar is a sick man and has difficulty in having heirs. He is going to meet the Heavenly Father, leaving only a fool and a child in the Rakshasa Kingdom to inherit the throne. Neither a fool nor a child can take power. The only one who can be the regent is Princess Sofia.
So now no one wants to offend the alternate regent!
When Princess Sofia fell in love with Fuquan at first sight, Uncle Fu, the "Prince Charming" riding a white horse, had also arrived at the entrance to the village of Orekhovo. People fall in love at first sight, but he is shocked at first sight.
Of course, he was surprised by Princess Sofia. Among the people who greeted him outside the village of Orekhovo today, there was a woman, and she was like a star over the moon, surrounded by a group of big men. There was no doubt that she was Princess Sofia. !
But why does this princess look so "big"?
Although Fuquan likes "big" ones, he likes them to be big where they should be, not the whole thing!
Moreover, this princess was not only big, but also looked very fierce. Her face was full of flesh and her eyes were fierce. She looked as if she was going to bite someone. He was so frightened that he quickly reined in the reins. As a result, the white horse under his crotch barked. , and then came the action of raising his front hooves and standing on his hind hooves. Now the bearded Fuquan riding on the horse looked even more handsome.
Princess Sofia grinned and said loudly in her newly learned Mongolian: "Fu Quan An Da, welcome to Moscow!"
Fuquan knew that he had nowhere to go, so he had no choice but to get off his horse, then performed a Rakshasa salute to Sofia, and said to Sofia in Latin that he had learned again with Father Silva during the long journey: "Respect Princess Sofia, thank you and His Majesty the Tsar for your protection. Without you, I would never have been able to escape the pursuit of the Mongolian Khan."
He speaks Latin very well!
It's amazing to say that Nan Huairen, despite all his efforts, couldn't teach Fuquan to speak a little Latin. But this time on the way to Moscow, he actually learned very quickly. When he arrived in Frankimir, he was able to talk to Father Silva in Latin - this foreign language turned out to be not difficult to learn at all! I couldn't learn it before, but I just didn't have the time to put in the hard work.
Princess Sofia heard Fuquan speak fluent Latin, and her impression of the Mongolian prince became even better. She immediately switched to fluent Latin and asked Fuquan with a smile: "Prince, where did you learn it?" Latin? You speak it so well!"
"Beijing," Fuquan said, "I first learned Latin in Beijing from the Jesuit missionary Ferdinand Verbister (Nan Huairen), and later I learned Latin from Portuguese priest Silva from Macau."
"Beijing?" Princess Sofia asked, "If I remember correctly, that is the capital of the Qing Empire, right? What is the relationship between your Mongolia and the Qing Dynasty? And not long ago, the Spaniards captured Acre in America. What is the relationship between the Ming Dynasty in Pulco Port and the Qing Dynasty and Mongolia?"
This question is a bit complicated. Fuquan smiled bitterly: "Your Highness, your question cannot be explained clearly in one or two sentences, and my Latin is not good enough to explain all these questions clearly. Why don't we change places and take our time?" Say, okay?"
"Okay, okay!" Sofia smiled, "I have a manor in the village of Orekhovo. You can rest there for a few days before going to Moscow to meet the Tsar. By the way, there are also people from France, the Netherlands, Austria, and other countries with me. The ambassadors of Spain, Sweden, and Poland will tell stories about the Ming Dynasty, the Qing Dynasty, and Mongolia."
"The Eastern world, I mean what you Westerners call East Asia and Northeast Asia, has undergone a drastic change in the past few years! The origin of this drastic change should be that our Qing Dynasty entered the customs and obtained the Ming Dynasty. Some people were unwilling to lose their country. Han scholars began to think hard about the route to restore the Ming Dynasty. Some of them attributed the demise of the Ming Dynasty to the absolute monarchy that had been implemented in China for two thousand years, and unearthed the ancient republic of virtual kings and people's political discussion. As a tool to restore the Ming Empire."
In a brand-new villa with a bit of Western European style, I used Mongolian to greet Princess Sofia, Polotsky, Medvedev, Yazikov, Golitsin, as well as people from France, the Netherlands, Austria, Spain, and Sweden. , the ambassador of Poland introduced the origin and progress of Daming GM, it was Uncle Fu Quanfu.
This scene is really a bit fantastic - a prince from the Qing Dynasty is actually talking to a bunch of foreigners about revolution!
And those foreign adults were dumbfounded!
If we don't pay attention, the Eastern world will become unrecognizable. I originally thought it was similar to the Ottomans, Persia, and India, but it turned out that it was an Eastern version of the Roman Republic, and it sounded more progressive than the Roman Republic. There was no slavery, and the granting of citizenship was more reasonable!
No wonder the Ming Dynasty crossed the Pacific to open a base in the Americas, and also occupied an island at the east entrance of the Strait of Malacca to establish a southward base.
This is the Roman Republic, how can we not like expansion?
Father Silva, who followed Fuquan to Rakshasa, acted as a translator on the spot, translating Fuquan's Mongolian into Latin. Although Fuquan's Latin improved rapidly, it was not enough to tell a long story in Latin. situation.
"Your Highness," a French ambassador wearing a wig, high heels, and perfume asked a question while Silva had just finished translating a speech by Fuquan, "You just used the word "Eastern World" and how many "Oriental Worlds" there are? nation?"
Fuquan could understand his question directly, so he answered in Latin: "The Eastern world mainly includes the Ming Dynasty, the Qing Dynasty, the Zhou Dynasty, Korea, Annan, Japan, Ryukyu, the Golden Horde, and the Heshuote Khanate. country."
He paused, then switched to Mongolian and continued: "Among them, the Qing Dynasty and the Zhou Dynasty are special composite countries."
"What is a composite country?" The French ambassador didn't quite understand.
"That is, there are parts of Han civilization and parts of steppe civilization." Fuquan considered the wording for a moment and then said, "It can also be understood as a dynasty controlling more than two countries, and the relationship between these two countries There are big differences, but through some arrangement, the two countries merged into one."
"Ah, the Gongjun Alliance!"
"We can understand that!"
"There are many countries like this in Europe."
Fuquan once again switched to Mongolian and said: "Among them, the one who shared the throne with the Qing Dynasty was the Great Mongol Kingdom. The Qing Emperor also served as the Great Khan of Mongolia. The Qing Dynasty and the Great Mongolia were actually the same country. The one who shared the monarch with the Great Zhou Dynasty was the Chagatai Kingdom. Although the emperor of the Zhou Dynasty was not the Khan of Chagatai, Chagatai Khan professed his vassalship to the Khan of Heaven, and the Emperor of Heaven was concurrently appointed as the Khan of the Great Zhou Dynasty. In addition, the Chagatai Khanate was actually conquered by the Great Zhou Dynasty, so the Great Zhou Dynasty Zhou and the Chagatai Khanate were actually one body.
In addition, the Qing Dynasty and the Great Mongolia also had two vassals, the Korean State and the Golden Horde. The Great Zhou-Chagatai Khanate had the Khoshot Khanate as its vassal state. The Ming Dynasty had two vassal states, Ryukyu and Annan.
As for Japan, it is still an independent country. It does not surrender to anyone and has no allies. "
It’s really complicated!
But it was finally smoothed out a bit.
"Prince, what was the state structure of the Qing Dynasty and the Zhou Dynasty like?" the French ambassador asked again.
Now that France is holding high the banner of "I am the country," of course it is quite disgusted with the Ming Dynasty, which is taking the path of a Chinese republic. But since the Netherlands, Spain, and Portugal formed a team to fight against the Ming Dynasty, should France form an alliance with the Ming Dynasty?
This is really a headache!
So Louis XIV gave an order to his ambassador in Moscow to find out what those East Asian countries were doing? If you really can't figure it out, just invite the prince of Mongolia to come to France!
Louis XIV wanted to ask him questions himself!
"The Qing Dynasty is a bit like the Holy Roman Empire!" On the way here, Fuquan also inquired about the situation in Europe, so he accurately found European countries that could compete with the Qing Dynasty.
"Holy Roman Empire?" the French ambassador asked, "Did the Qing royal family also rely on marriage for expansion?"
"No, no" Fuquan shook his head, "What I mean is that the Qing Dynasty is now ruled by the emperor and the princes. The emperor probably controls about 30% of the army and territory, and has married Yang Qilong, the largest Han prince, the regent of Korea, to maintain control. Suppression by other princes in the country.”
"It's really similar to the Holy Roman Empire." The French ambassador asked again, "What about the Great Zhou? Is the Great Zhou an absolute monarch?"
"No," Fuquan still shook his head, "The Great Zhou Dynasty is governed by the Wu royal family and the people of the country. The Emperor of the Great Zhou Dynasty is not in power, but the prime minister Wu Yingqi is in power. He is also the emperor's uncle and prince. But compared with the Ming Dynasty and the Qing Dynasty , the imperial power of the Great Zhou Dynasty is the most powerful."
When he said this, he sighed and said: "Our Qing Dynasty almost ended up like that. I used to be the regent of the Qing Dynasty. It's a pity."
"Does the Zhou, Qing, and Ming Dynasties have meetings like the Senate?" The French ambassador continued to inquire.
"Not in the Great Zhou Dynasty," Fuquan replied, "but the people of the Great Zhou Dynasty can still write letters to express their opinions. The Ming Dynasty has a people's conference to discuss government affairs, and the Qing Dynasty has a conference of kings and ministers to discuss government affairs."
"Then what is the relationship between the Qing Dynasty, the Zhou Dynasty and the Ming Dynasty?" This time it was the Dutch ambassador's turn to ask.
"This..." Fuquan thought for a while, "It's more complicated, but generally speaking, there will be a battle of life and death in the future! The peace maintained between the three countries now is just the preparation stage for the final war."
"Who has the advantage now?" the Dutchman asked again.
"Daming!" Fuquan said with certainty, "Although the territory of the Ming Dynasty does not look that big, it occupies the territory with the largest population, the richest land, and the most prosperous industry and commerce. The population and tax revenue of the Ming Dynasty are larger than those of the Zhou and Zhou Dynasties. The Qing Dynasties combined are more numerous, so the Zhou Dynasty and the Qing Dynasty will form an alliance to protect themselves."
Understood!
The Dutch ambassador said in his heart: The enemy of our enemy is our friend. The Netherlands is friends with the Qing Dynasty and the Zhou Dynasty!
The French ambassador was also thinking in his mind: The Dutch, Spanish, and Portuguese would definitely form an alliance with the Qing Dynasty and the Zhou Dynasty. Then France has only one choice, Alliance Daming!
And Sofia is also planning: France will definitely alliance with the Ming Dynasty, and France has a strong influence on Poland and the Ottoman Empire. If Rakshasa can form an alliance with France, it will be very helpful to stabilize Rakshasa's western border. Moreover, the Ming Dynasty was the enemy of the Qing Dynasty and Zhou Dynasty, so Rakshasa should form an alliance with the Ming Dynasty!
(End of chapter)
