Before and after Jiexuan issued the ultimatum to Switzerland, Ming Dynasty diplomats, businessmen, tourists, etc. in Switzerland were rapidly destroying the country.
By the end of March, all those with Ming nationality had gone to nearby France, Venice, Hesse, Luxembourg, Liechtenstein and other countries.
Under the leadership of the Principality of Hesse, these five countries have successively implemented visa exemption for Ming people. As long as they hold the passport of the Ming Empire, they can enter their country directly without a visa.
To stay in France for one year, you need to pay a stay fee of ten silver coins, but the other four countries do not. Because the country is much more powerful than France, they all expect Ming people to invest and travel in their country.
Through the "Imperial War" that year, the Principality of Hesse took in a large number of refugees who fled to their own country, as well as Akito who flawlessly evacuated the Holy Roman Empire.
By providing accommodation, catering, gambling, sightseeing and other services, it made a lot of money, forcing other surrounding countries to follow suit.
It’s okay if you don’t follow up, otherwise all the money in these people’s pockets will fall into the pockets of the Principality of Hesse…
Now Switzerland's neighboring countries have made a fortune again. This time, not only Ming people are running away, but also Swiss themselves.
For Akito, other neighboring countries will naturally not deliberately create difficulties. After all, the example of Rome is there, and it is still fresh.
But for the Swiss, even if you are of German, French or Venetian origin, you still have to pay money to enter the country when you return to your hometown.
Ten silver coins for those over fifteen years old, five silver coins for those under fifteen years old.
This is basically a reasonable price. After all, once it is left in Switzerland, it will become a corpse if it is not protected.
The ultimatum issued by the Ming Empire directly caused the Swiss population to plummet from nearly 10 million to less than 3 million.
It turned out that the people who came from the Holy Roman Empire, together with the local Swiss, fled to other countries one after another.
The example of the destruction of Rome is before everyone. If you don’t believe it, you won’t read it.
Rome, which was said to be a blessing, ended up barely holding on for fifteen years before begging for surrender...
This was under the premise that the Ming Empire had suspended bombing for several weeks. If it had been bombed indiscriminately for half a month, there might not even be a few people left alive in the city of Rome.
It seems that the emperor did not want to bless Rome, probably because he had blessed the Holy Roman Empire twice before.
Faced with the Ming Empire's tenacious comeback, Shangdu felt impatient.
I don’t know how many times I had to protect the Holy Roman Empire, but in the end I simply stopped protecting it.
When Rome faced the same enemy, Shang just skipped the previous protection link and waited for the final result.
In the eyes of the Swiss, even Rome protects them. Will they protect Switzerland?
The Ming Empire has issued an ultimatum. Isn't this a signal to prepare to attack Switzerland?
Since television is not popular in Switzerland, when newspapers and radio reported the news, the whole of Switzerland naturally went into trouble.
The rich people who felt that they had not enjoyed a good enough life immediately decided to run away. They could not die, and their belongings could not be confiscated by the Ming Empire's army.
Even if you move directly to a neighboring country, it is much better than staying in Switzerland. It is just a change of place to live.
What to do if you have no money?
As long as there is a girl to be married in the family, it will be easy!
In order to reduce unnecessary troubles, many wealthy gentry of the Ming Dynasty sent their trouble-prone children to study abroad.
This is naturally modeled on the journey of a certain fat prince. There is no need to wait until adulthood, twelve or thirteen years old is enough to embark on the journey.
Once we get there, as long as we don't kill anyone or set fire to something, there shouldn't be much of a problem.
Disputes can be resolved by spending some money, which is much safer than being verified locally.
As a result, even the Ming Dynasty boy studying in Switzerland became the target of Swiss girls.
Of course it's not about kidnapping or even murdering him, it's just about getting married as a partner!
In view of Mingrao's preferences, Swiss girls also need to take a shower and spray perfume before going to the streets to find prey.
Put on your best dress and go out to find someone to get married to.
The conditions are very simple, no betrothal gift is required, as long as they can take their whole family to escape Switzerland.
It would be the best if you can go to the Ming Empire. It doesn't matter if you can't go. With this new identity, you will be much safer.
It is not unusual for the rich second generation of the Ming Dynasty to fall in love at first sight, but most of the time it is just a man versus a woman.
When they arrived in Europe, especially Switzerland, they realized that they could get such good things without spending any money.
The second generation of rich people have also heard about the changes in the current situation and are aware of the seriousness of the problem. After all, their own lives are at stake.
But before leaving Switzerland, the rich second generation still felt that the trip was worthwhile if they could still have a beautiful woman in their arms, and the beautiful woman did not ask for a betrothal gift.
The journey back to Daming from Switzerland is long and takes too long, but the new capital has been decided on Minsk. As long as you have enough money in your pocket, you can buy a house there.
It doesn't matter if you don't have enough money. You can buy a piece of land with ready-made houses in a convenient location to house your father-in-law and his family.
Every second-generation rich person who comes to Europe to study has a passbook with fingerprints as an identification mark, and the passbook has direct deposits and withdrawals with major European banks.
Due to the influence of the Ming Empire, branches of major banks in Europe had service staff who could speak plain language, with the purpose of serving Ming people who came here to do business.
Moreover, several major banks of the Ming Dynasty have branches in major European cities, such as Paris, Marseille, Lyon, Milan, Turin, Madrid, and Barcelona in France, and Geneva, Zurich, and Bern in Switzerland.
The purpose of this was to facilitate international business exchanges and make it easier for Ming people to marry foreign women, thereby continuously expanding the population of the Ming Empire.
Those second-generation rich people who did not find love immediately found one or even multiple fiancées with the help of their friends.
Swiss girls also know that the current situation is urgent and they cannot ask for more from their fiancé. Even if they serve their future husband together with other girls, they must be willing to do so.
Only by getting married first, ensuring the safety of the family and getting through this most dangerous time, can you consider other things.
From Geneva, you can take a train to leave the country and go to Lyon, an important town in western France. The Ming Empire has a consulate in the city.
Ming people and foreign couples can go through the marriage procedures at the consulate, and then they can become Ming nationalities.
As long as you marry a Ming person, your other spouse, regardless of gender, can automatically obtain Ming nationality.
However, the Ming Empire did not recognize dual nationality, and the nationality after marriage was determined entirely by the spouse’s wishes.
If you choose to give up your Ming nationality, you will not be able to apply for membership within twenty years from the date of marriage.
Even if you later meet the required deadline, you will still have to pay an application fee of one hundred silver coins.
Therefore, the vast majority of foreign couples will choose to become naturalized as soon as possible and will not consider spending money later.
Marrying in Yimin is much cheaper than investing in Yimin. The latter requires at least an investment of more than 10,000 silver coins in the Ming Empire to obtain Ming nationality.
And this money needs to be used as a deposit, and the capital cannot be withdrawn within twenty years. Otherwise, the Ming nationality will be revoked, be included in the hey list, and will be permanently prohibited from applying for naturalization.
There was already a long queue outside the Lyon Consulate. Even at night, the crowd would not disperse for fear of having to wait in line again.
Because many women are worried about being suddenly deported from France, the sooner they get a marriage certificate, the safer they are.
In the past, being Swiss was the safest, but now being Swiss is the scariest.
Isn't it boring to dare to challenge the Ming Empire without even one ally left?
Of course, the second generation of rich people have not suffered this kind of hardship. They take a taxi when they arrive in Lyon.
Even if they had to queue up at night, they would go to a nearby hotel with their fiancées in their arms to rest, and let their entourage queue up.
Almost all the attendants were men, and women were extremely rare. Before nightfall, they began to smoke and smoke, and the ground was covered with cigarette butts.
The entire application process does not take too much time. As long as the handling fee is paid, the person in charge inquires about the wishes of both parties, and checks that the documents are fine, then you can go through.
Although Lyon is not too far from the Swiss border, it is in France after all.
One side is the world, and the other side is about to become hell...
Whether it is "French Journal", "Venice Journal", "Hesse Journal", or newspapers in Luxembourg, Andorra, and Liechtenstein, they have all looked down on Switzerland's prospects.
The specific reason is known to most readers, that is, the Kingdom of Naples has been bulldozed by the Ming Empire, and Rome has surrendered unconditionally.
Countries like Luxembourg are already trembling with fear. Whether it is its head of state or its ambassador to the Ming Empire, they are constantly showing favor to the world hegemon.
In the whole of Europe, and even in the world, the only country that dared to openly challenge the Ming Empire was Switzerland!
Although the courage is commendable, the consequences are really unbearable...
According to the first air attack on Rome, the coalition forces led by the Ming Empire dispatched more than 3,000 bombers!
Even for French readers, this is an unimaginable literary figure.
But everyone believes that the coalition forces do have this ability, and have done so more than once.
The only suspense is whether the coalition forces will break the previous record in the air attack on a large city in Switzerland.
Three thousand, four thousand, or even five thousand bombers were dispatched at a time!
That scene must have been a covered day, enough to be recorded in history!
According to the estimates of some military experts, as long as the coalition forces dispatch 3,000 bombers, most of Bern can be destroyed at once.
The size of this city is larger than that of Rome, and its ability to withstand attacks is naturally worse than that of Rome.
Three times at most, the city of Bern can disappear from the map.
Judging from this intensity, Switzerland's three major cities, Bern, Geneva, and Zurich, will be reduced to three ruins within ten years.
Switzerland's major cities will be occupied or destroyed by the coalition forces within a month at most. The most that its troops can do is engage in guerrilla warfare in the mountains to contain the coalition's advance.
But don't forget that the so-called "King of Naples Army" claimed to have an army of one million and used the local terrain to fight a massive guerrilla war.
How is the result?
In less than a year, it ended with the entire army being annihilated!
In name, the entire army was wiped out, but in reality they were either directly beaten to death, trapped in a hole in the ground, frozen to death on the mountain, or surrendered down the mountain.
Either they disguise themselves and abscond, or they slip and fall into a mountain stream while running, or they are given to the Allied Forces as a surrender letter by their comrades.
There’s so much variety, you’ll find it all!
If this can be considered guerrilla warfare, it is really more lively than a circus...
Of course, some people excused themselves, thinking that they had not been soldiers before, and that being able to pick up guns to resist the coalition forces who were armed to the teeth had shown enough determination and courage.
Theoretically, they should have eliminated at least 50,000 coalition troops, shot down hundreds of fighter planes and helicopters, and destroyed nearly a thousand tanks and armored vehicles. These achievements are considered brilliant worldwide.
But the so-called "theoretically" means that there are huge variables, and the data given are also subjective, and you can add chips as you like.
At this time, it’s time to take advantage of the situation. Fortunately, this “glorious” record did not include a few Ming battleships, otherwise it would have been even more interesting!
Everyone believed more in the battle reports announced by the coalition forces. The results and losses reported at least seemed relatively convincing.
If the Swiss army can achieve that theoretical record with broad-mindedness and bloody fighting, it will be enough to make everyone praise it.
In the eyes of European audiences, so far, only the Holy Roman Empire has not fallen behind in the battle with the Ming Empire and inflicted heavy losses on the other side.
The protracted "Imperial War" cost the Ming Empire at least 10,000 combat aircraft, 5,000 tanks, 10,000 armored vehicles, and 30,000 military trucks.
No less than 200,000 troops were lost due to injury and illness, and more than 20,000 were killed in action. The total cost of the three wars was as high as more than 2 billion silver coins, which was unimaginable to all European countries.
The casualties are secondary. The key is the loss of a large number of technical weapons, which many countries cannot afford.
It should be noted that the heavy equipment of the Ming Empire is almost the best in the world. Even so, the scale of losses has reached such a shocking level.
This shows how cruel the "imperial war" is and how terrifying the Ming Empire's national power is.
Even so, the Ming Empire launched a war against the Kingdom of Naples not long after the "Imperial War" ended.
The war against Rome also broke out the following year, and the expenditure for the two wars was expected to be no less than 500 million silver coins.
Including the Swiss part, the "Imperial War", the Kingdom of Naples War, and the Roman War, the total expenditure will be as high as 4 billion silver coins.
This is something that all European countries combined cannot afford. I am afraid that as soon as the war started, all the participating countries were already bankrupt...
Facts have proved that modern war is definitely not a game that poor, weak, and weak countries can participate in.
At most, you can just follow the big and powerful countries and drink some soup. Don't get yourself burned.
For a country like Switzerland, the prerequisite for participating in the war is to side with the side most likely to win.
On the other hand, it is a real act of self-destruction.
Probably in the spring of 1739, Switzerland went to war with the Ming Empire.
When everyone looks back in a year, the country Switzerland will disappear forever...
It's not impossible for this kind of thing to happen. Isn't that how Rome disappeared?
Switzerland was fully supporting Roma before, and now it is time to learn how Roma ruined itself!
