At the thought of overthrowing the Ming Dynasty and restoring the Qing Dynasty, Kangxi's blood began to boil!
That Third Prince Zhu could successfully revolt against the Qing Dynasty and restore the Ming Dynasty. Why couldn't he Mazi Kang succeed in revolting against the Ming Dynasty and the Ming Dynasty?
And if you think about it carefully, it seems that there is really something going on with the Ming and Qing Dynasties!
Since the beginning of the Xuanzong Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty has been in a state of internal strife caused by the "struggle between kings and prime ministers". The Tiandihui and the Imperial Party were fighting every day in the political council, and it was difficult for the prime minister to be re-elected. Often there would be no second term after a four-year term. And every time the phase changes, it will cause major changes in Ming Dynasty's domestic and foreign policies!
And this kind of internal strife in the Ming Dynasty inevitably affected the huge world system Li Zhongshan built for the Ming Dynasty. Because the royal family and nobles of the Ming Dynasty were transnational dignitaries, with branches all over the world system of the Ming Dynasty. Although this transnational distribution of powerful people can make the connection between the Ming Dynasty and various "son states" and vassal states very close. But it is also easy to internationalize the internal politics of the Ming Dynasty.
Therefore, the opposition between the royal family and the nobles also caused the division and turmoil of the Ming Dynasty world system!
The royal families and public offices of the many vassal states of the Ming Dynasty would often follow their clans in the Ming Dynasty to align themselves, forming two camps: the "republican" vassal state and the "monarchist" vassal state. It should be pointed out that the "republicans" in the Ming vassal system are not necessarily "republican", and the "monarchists" are not necessarily those who have the power of the monarch.
In addition, in the Chinese world system, there are still three non-vassal states, the Yang dynasty whose strength exceeds that of the Zhu Ming royal family, and the freak-like existence of the Pingxi Prince's Palace of the Ming Dynasty!
These existences have made the struggle within the Chinese world system more complicated, and it has become a mess!
According to relevant content found by Kangxi from Zhu Xuanye's memory, the three non-vassal states in the Chinese world system (not counting the Ming Dynasty itself) are the Zhou Empire in Central Asia, Japan across the sea from the Ming Dynasty, and There was the Aztec Republic on the New World across the ocean.
Among them, the conditions of the Zhou Empire and Japan were not good. The Zhou Empire once conquered Persia in the late Taizong Dynasty (Wu Shifan was Zhou Taizong), and its national power reached its peak.
However, with the successive deaths of Wu Shifan and Wu Shicong, the "wise kings and wise prime ministers", a "struggle between kings and prime ministers" also emerged within the Zhou Empire. However, unlike the struggle between kings and prime ministers in the Ming Dynasty, the battle between kings and prime ministers in the Zhou Empire was actually a struggle between the two branches of the Wu and Zhou royal families!
At the same time as the battle between Wu and Zhou, there was also an even more intense sectarian struggle! One side of the sectarian struggle is the Confucian Zhongyou sect from the Central Plains - this is the "original Confucian sect" developed from the Zhongyou Hall of Confucius. It advocates the spread of Confucianism with arms, with the Confucian school as the center, and the unity of Confucian clans. On the other hand, there are traditional sects in Central and West Asia
However, what really caused the decline of Wu and Zhou's national power was not the internal struggles of Wu and Zhou, but the Golden Horde War launched by Emperor Xuanzong of the Ming Dynasty.
The original Golden Horde and Wu Zhou relied on each other. Wu Zhou relied on the large number of cavalry provided by the Golden Horde to suppress Persia. At the same time, it continued to invade India and extort annual coins from the weakened Timurid Dynasty in India. Live a very nourishing life.
The Golden Horde relied on the weapons and equipment obtained from Wu Zhou to fight against the Rakshasa, and its power once expanded to the Volga River Basin!
But after the Ming Dynasty destroyed the Golden Horde, Wu Zhou lost his most reliable ally!
Although Wu Zhou later used various means to acquire most of the territory after the Ming Dynasty withdrew from the Kipchak grassland, he also collected the Khanate of the Golden Horde and turned it into his own vassal. However, the Mongol tribes of the broken Golden Horde were no longer able to provide Wu Zhou with a large number of cavalry to suppress Persia and invade India. At the same time, Wu Zhou had to defend his new territory on the Kipchak grassland and the powerful Rakshasa Empire. confrontation!
As a result, Wu and Zhou's transition from prosperity to decline was inevitable. Even Persia, which was once conquered by Wu and Zhou, was lost due to a great uprising.
However, the weakened Zhou Empire still had strength that should not be underestimated. In particular, the Confucian Zhongyou Sect (also known as the original Confucian Sect), which had been at the forefront of sectarian struggles for a long time, received strong support from the empire after the empire began to weaken. It grew stronger and eventually became the pillar of the empire, and began to spread throughout the Chinese world system. Even Constantinople had branches and schools of the Zhongyou sect!
Unlike Wu Zhou, who was once powerful, Japan has been in chaos and turmoil for more than a hundred years - who keeps them too close to the Ming Dynasty, but is not willing to fully transform into the Ming Dynasty like North Korea? However, with the death of Li Zhongshan, Ming Dynasty's interest in intervening and manipulating Japan's civil strife also weakened, so the intensity of the Japanese civil war also increased! High-intensity civil wars often cannot last long.
Therefore, Japan has shown signs of reunification since the end of the 18th century. The Yang family emerged that ruled the entire Kyushu except Satsuma and Osumi; the Shimazu family controlled Satsuma, Osumi and the entire Shikoku; the Maori family controlled more than ten countries in the western part of Honshu; jointly controlled Kinki and part of the Tokaido area, and controlled Japan The Imperial family, the Hota family, and the Yamauchi family of the imperial court; the Tokugawa family that rules the eight states of Kanshin; the Maeda family that rules the four states of Koshinobu; the Uesugi family that rules Hokuriku; and the Date family that rules the Northeastern region of Japan!
In addition, the long-term civil war and large population made Japan the main source of mercenaries in the Chinese world system. Even as far away as Constantinople, there are Japanese mercenary groups!
Generally speaking, anyone with money can hire troops from the eight major forces in Japan!
The main employer of Japanese mercenaries is the most unruly Aztec Republic in the Chinese system!
This republic is somewhat similar to the Pingxi Palace in Constantinople. It is a "cross-system" existence. It is not only part of the Chinese world system, but also part of the Western Christian (including Catholic, Protestant, and Orthodox) world system.
The Aztec Republic was led by radical republicans - this country did not have a hereditary monarch, or even a hereditary consul. Every citizen was eligible to run for president, which was a "thorough" selection of merit and ability. Yes, the traditional political family group known as the "Acaprico Dynasty" still exists!
Because the Aztec Republic fundamentally opposed hereditary monarchs, the relationship between the country and the Ming Dynasty began to gradually deteriorate after the death of Li Zhongshan. After Ming Xuanzong united with the Emperor Party to take power, the relationship between the Ming Dynasty and the Aztec Republic A long war even broke out. Although the war ended in a draw, it greatly increased the prestige of the Aztec Republic and made it a first-class power in the world.
Shortly after the Ming-Aztec War, expansion to the north was abandoned (after the war, the Ming's vassal state of Western America and the Aztecs separated the two countries along a military demarcation line further north than the U.S.-Mexico border. The Aztec Republic on the border) turned to South America. In the Viceroyalty of New Granada, which annexed the Kingdom of Spain, it supported the republicans in the Viceroyalty of Peru and supported the establishment of an Inca Republic that occupied the entire Viceroyalty of Peru. .
In addition to these three "non-Ming vassal states" in the Chinese system, the Yang dynasty, which was rich in queen mothers, also posed a certain threat to the rule of the Zhu Ming Dynasty and the stability of the Ming Dynasty.
This Yang Dynasty is the dynasty founded by Yang Qilong. This dynasty not only rules the Kingdom of Korea, but also has many branches. These branches respectively rule most of Kyushu in Japan, the Kingdom of Ezo (Ezo Island and Sakhalin Island), The North American Kingdom (Alaska and western Canada) and the North Sea Kingdom (the East Siberian coast includes the Kamchatka Peninsula), as well as "state and non-state military and political entities" in all Chinese world systems including the Ming Dynasty, the Atk Republic, and the Prince of Pingxi Within, it has quite a strong influence.
Even Kangxi's biological mother in this life came from the "Golden Horde Yang family", which was the branch of the Yang family in the original Golden Horde Khanate. After the demise of the Golden Horde Khanate, the Golden Horde Yang family and Choros of the Golden Horde Khanate The dynasty defected to the Rakshasa Kingdom together. Later, these two families and their subordinates were arranged to Constantinople by Queen Elizabeth, and became the right-hand man of the imperial regent and guardian of the castle.
In addition, the Yang dynasty also has a tradition of running banks and is one of the top financial families in the Chinese world. After the Yang family of the Golden Horde moved to Constantinople, they opened the Castle Bank in Constantinople and built the Castle into a financial center serving the powerful people of the Rakshasa, Ottoman Empire and Balkan Peninsula countries. .
As for Zhu Xuanye's power, that is, the regent of the Eastern Roman Empire, the guardian of the castle, and the Pingxi Palace of the Ming Dynasty, although they are not as good as the Wu Zhou, Aztec, Japanese, and Yang dynasties, their capital is not small!
It has been in the royal castle for more than a hundred years and has great influence in the Rakshasa Kingdom, the Ottoman Empire, and the Balkan countries!
And he also has a powerful legion of Constantine!
This King's Castle Legion not only fought against the Ottoman Empire in the Balkans and Asia Minor for more than a hundred years, but also participated in all the large-scale foreign wars of the Rakshasa Kingdom. It was an elite soldier who shocked Europe. It was called the Sword of the Queen - this It's because the Legion of Constantine made great achievements during the reign of Queen Elizabeth and Catherine the Great. It is said that wherever the queen's finger points, the legion will fight!
Zhu Xuanye’s great-grandfather and grandfather also became the lovers of Queen Elizabeth and Catherine the Great.
In addition, the Pingxi Palace has a close relationship with the "Acapulco Dynasty" of the Aztec Republic, and also has an alliance with the Wu and Zhou Dynasties. It even has many friends in Japan!
If Kangxi can become the next generation of imperial regent and guardian of the castle, then everything is possible
While I was thinking wildly, a face as beautiful as a porcelain doll suddenly poked in at the door of the garden. She looked around as if she was looking for someone.
As soon as he saw her, Kangxi's mood improved a lot.
Before Kangxi could stand up, the owner of this face, a tall girl of seventeen or eighteen years old, wearing a gray military uniform, strode over to Kangxi's recliner, and then gracefully knelt down on one knee. Li said in fluent Chinese: "My prince, Principal Kong, please come over."
"Principal Kong is looking for me?" Kangxi thought for a while and said, "Aren't I recovering from my injuries? Last time I was stabbed by a Frenchman with a bayonet in Italy and my head was smashed. I must take a good rest! Natasha , you go and talk to Principal Kong, can you let me take care of you for a few more days?"
"My prince," Natasha said with a smile, "The last time was in August 1799. It's been a few months, and your injuries have been healed long ago! I know this best. Already."
Kangxi rolled his eyes, but he couldn't reprimand this female adjutant who was loyal to him - the Junbao Army had a tradition of using female soldiers since the Chang Ning era. Although the female soldiers of Junbao no longer participated in frontline combat after Chang Ning's death, they were still active in the Junbao Legion as medical staff, intelligence personnel, female adjutants and female guards.
"Okay then." Kangxi had no choice but to get up from the recliner with difficulty. As he followed Natasha out the door, he asked angrily: "Why did Principal Kong want me to do this? Or is it about making up the exam?"
Principal Kong is the leader of the Confucian Zhongyou sect in the castle, the president of the University of Constantinople, and the senior advisor to the imperial regent and the guardian of the castle. The Kong family of Junbao to which Principal Kong belongs is called the four major families of Junbao together with the Zhu family of Pingxiwang, the Yang family of Jinzhang and the Churoos family of Junbao.
Before Zhu Xuanye (Kangxi) followed Marshal Suvorov to Italy to fight against the French, he studied at King's Castle University. Because he didn't study hard enough and was always playing around with his personal female adjutant, he failed several classes and still hasn't received his diploma. And that Principal Kong refused to open the back door for him, insisting that Zhu Xuanye take make-up exams for three courses: "Confucianism", "Manchurian Chinese", and "History of the Qing Dynasty"!
How could Kangxi take the exam?
If he accidentally gets a perfect score, wouldn't his character as the silly son of the Pingxi Wang family collapse?
By then his two brothers will be suspicious of him!
Therefore, he has to maintain his image as a foolhardy student who doesn't like studying, and then secretly find opportunities to kill his brother and inherit his father's position. When he becomes the regent of the empire and the guardian of the castle, he can start to advance himself It was against the plan of reviving the Ming Dynasty and the Qing Dynasty.
"It's not for making up the exam," Natasha said, "it seems to be to arrange for you to study abroad."
"Study abroad?" Zhu Xuanye was stunned, "Where to study abroad?"
"Go to France!" Natasha said with a smile, "The regent wants to arrange for a prince to study in France and get close to a man named Bonaparte Napoleon. The regent thinks that this man will be a huge trouble! "
"Napoleon Bonaparte?" Kangxi thought for a while, "Is that the young famous French general? What is he doing now?"
Natasha said: "He is now the First Consul of the French Republic!"
(End of chapter)
