"I don't want to take a bath, I don't want to take a bath! You can't get close to God after taking a bath!"
After William III was taken to the Ming Dynasty, he was also sent to the Institute of Foreign Education to receive Chinese education as usual.
William III, like Leopold VI, became roommates with King Ovitsky of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth.
And when William III also asked the college supervisor that they must take a bath to maintain hygiene, he was just as disgusted with bathing as Ovitsky and Leopold VI when they came for the first time!
The reason is, of course, that in this era, it is popular among Europeans not to take baths.
Mainly because they feel that a dirty body is more accessible to them.
In addition, they believed that bathing would swell the pores, which would lead to virus invasion and increase the chance of getting sick. What's more, he had just experienced the ravages of the Black Death before this.
Therefore, these Europeans are very repulsive and even afraid of bathing.
At this time, William III had to be forcibly dragged into the bath room by Leopold VI and Ovitsky because he refused to take a bath.
This is naturally the order of Superintendent Tang Zhen.
William III finished the bath with a painful look on his face and burst into tears.
At this time, Leopold VI and Ovitsky had already finished taking a bath and were sitting on stools, playing with crickets under the newly popular Ming-made incandescent light.
As soon as William III came back, King Leopold VI patted him on the shoulder: "Just get used to it! There is no God here."
William III sat on the side helplessly, stunned.
He also did not expect that one day he would live in the same dormitory with the kings of two other European countries.
William III therefore asked: "Your kingdom has been destroyed. How was it destroyed?"
"This outcome was doomed after my general Sobieski destroyed my main force of 120,000 Polish Hussars."
Ovitsky replied.
Leopold VI also replied: "Since the failure of the siege of Budapest, our Austrian Habsburg dynasty has no chance."
"To be precise, since Emperor Tianqi of the Ming Dynasty came to the throne, it was only a matter of time before we were annexed."
Ovitsky replied.
William III asked again: "Will there be a new king in the future?"
"Of course I will! I hope there will be a queen."
Leopold VI said with a smile.
After hearing this, William III couldn't help but think of his wife.
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"The signing of the Treaty of Oxford has completely shattered England's desire to hold on to its commercial market. It will naturally be easier to destroy it in the future! This is nothing for England to worry about. The problem now is that it must be completed as soon as possible. The reunification of the European continent cannot be delayed for too long, allowing Japan and Korea to develop too well in the Americas."
When Apocalypse Emperor Zhu Youxiao participated in the Privy Council's discussion on the world's military strategy, he mentioned the things that the imperial military should pay attention to after the signing of the Treaty of Oxford.
"The same is true for the Ming Dynasty's own vassal states. With the emergence of the steam engine, the development of science and technology is changing with each passing day. In the past hundreds of years, it seems that it cannot match the speed of the current ten years. Therefore, the technological development of various countries is very fast, so that some of our vassals Although the country’s culture and language are no different from those under the direct jurisdiction of the central court, if restrictions are not imposed, it may pose a challenge to the central court in the future.”
Zhang Tongchang said worriedly at this time.
"This is cause for concern! Some larger vassal states must continue to extend their favor through extension orders. At the same time, the court must strengthen military control, technological control, and institutional control over these vassal states. We must not allow some vassal states to go astray. road."
Lu Xiangsheng echoed.
Zhu Youxiao walked up to the map hanging on the wall, looked at the position of Northern Europe, and asked: "How is the situation in Copenhagen? As long as Copenhagen is captured, there will be no more trouble in annexing Northern Europe. The next step is just to annex the entire The Holy Roman Empire and some countries in southern Europe.”
"There's no news yet, but there shouldn't be any major changes."
Zhang Tongchang replied at this time.
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Copenhagen.
Elector William looked at the countless Ming steam-powered warships cruising in the nearby waters, and then looked at the dozens of warships on his side that had been bombarded and sunk. He felt very desperate.
He knew he would never go back to Berlin.
William reluctantly said to King Christian V of Denmark: "We should give up our land and people. We really can't defeat these Easterners."
"But where is King Karl XI? If we give up, he will be alone and helpless."
Christian V replied.
"At this time, it doesn't matter what Karl XI does!"
"Besides, we need his head now to perform meritorious service. I know the policy of the Ming Dynasty. If the uprising on the battlefield is considered to have achieved great merit, it is likely that he will not be punished, and in that case, most of the land will only be taken away. But the wealth in business will not be taken away, so we can still leave some wealth."
As William spoke, he raised his gun and pointed it at Christian V: "We must make a choice now!"
Christian V was shocked, and then he saw a large number of Brandenburg soldiers appearing around him, and they were all pointing guns at him.
Therefore, Christian V understood that if he did not agree, he would be killed by William and then ask the Ming Dynasty for credit.
Therefore, Christian V had to nod: "Well, originally, the Kingdom of Sweden had invaded and occupied many territories of the United Kingdom of Denmark and Norway. Now it would be nice to take revenge on him!"
Therefore, William forced Christian V to use Copenhagen as his own territory, and secretly sent people to see Zhu Cizhuo at night in a small boat with a white flag, and expressed his willingness to hand over all governance rights and land, and requested that his It turned out that the soldiers and horses were temporarily organized into self-defense forces to cooperate with the Ming Dynasty in annexing the Kingdom of Sweden and make meritorious deeds for themselves.
Zhu Cizhuo was naturally very happy about this and immediately agreed to their request.
Therefore, next, King Christian V of Denmark and the Elector of Brandenburg announced their surrender and took the initiative to attack the Kingdom of Sweden.
"What! The armies of Denmark and Brandenburg suddenly attacked our Gothenburg?!"
King Carl XI of Sweden felt very bad after hearing the news. He breathed quickly and said, "Why are they backstabbing like this! Why are they doing this?"
"Your Majesty, calm down!"
Paolozov, the minister of Karl XI, persuaded.
"How do you ask me to calm down? They revolted first, so what do you ask us to do? How can we revolt? We can't fly across the sea to attack other countries in Europe that have not been annexed by the Ming Dynasty, right?! These two bastards want to revolt, Why don't we discuss it in advance? It would be great if we all revolt together."
Karl XI said depressedly.
Because Karl XI lost the opportunity to revolt, he had to resist stubbornly. Finally, under the joint encirclement and suppression by the Ming army and William and Christian V, he had to flee into the Scandinavian mountains. , and lived a life of drinking blood.
Northern Europe has been basically pacified by the Ming Dynasty and has been included in the jurisdiction of the Ming Dynasty.
