When Grand Duke Michael took the world's most advanced hybrid armored cruiser Rurik (this is an armored cruiser with a 13,250-horsepower steam engine and a sail, and it is only 7 years old) When a new ship in 2010 was heading to England for a goodwill visit, his little sister, Grand Duchess Natalie, took a train across the vast plains of Eastern and Central Europe and arrived at Versailles, the spiritual home of the Rakshasa nobles.
Natalie's purpose in coming to Versailles was of course to fulfill the important mission entrusted to her by her husband Zhuge Weidao - to ask Mr. Zhuge Weidao to support King Xiaolu of the Ming Dynasty in marrying into the British Hanoverian Dynasty and becoming the husband of the British prince.
And when Natalie arrived at the Grand Trianon Palace where Zhuge had lived for a long time, the old man was worried about the growing Yellow Peril theory on the European continent. He was not worried that the war situation in the Indian Ocean and Pacific Ocean would be unfavorable to Ming Dynasty. Instead, they are worried that the Zhu Ming Dynasty and the eight major families...especially the Zhuge family's large number of properties in Western Europe have been frozen or confiscated by various countries.
The Zhu Ming Dynasty and the Eight Great Families began to purchase a large number of properties in Europe after the French Revolution. At that time, the European continent was in chaos. Rich and powerful owners were worried that the revolutionary trend in France would spread to their own countries, so they were eager to sell. Industry fled to the UK. The Zhuge family took the opportunity to buy at bargain prices and purchased a large amount of real estate in the Inland region, Austria, the Netherlands, Switzerland, Italy and other places. Later, after the Bourbon Restoration, he purchased a large number of properties in France. The other seven aristocratic families of the Ming Dynasty and the royal family have always followed the Zhuge family's tradition, so they also followed suit. Because asset prices were very low during the chaos in Europe, the Ming royal family and the eight major aristocratic families took advantage of the situation.
However, these assets are mainly large real estate properties, and it is not that easy to realize them. They can only be shipped slowly, and sometimes large parcels of land have to be cut into small pieces for sale.
As the Ming Dynasty royal family and the eight major aristocratic families slowly shipped goods, European asset prices rose again due to the second industrial revolution. Therefore, the market value of European assets held by the Ming Dynasty royal family and the eight major aristocratic families decreased even more. The more you hold on to it...the leeks are so comfortable to cut.
But now, the Yellow Peril theory in Europe is getting more and more intense, and politicians in many countries are already clamoring to confiscate Ming Dynasty assets within their borders.
Although the Ming Dynasty royal family and the eight major aristocratic families had already had expectations and began to sell off assets at a faster pace, they unfortunately had too many assets in their hands. The gold and silver on the market in European countries are generally relatively nervous. After the war between the Ming Dynasty and India, controls on the export of gold and silver began to be implemented.
Therefore, the Ming Dynasty royal family and the eight major families could only ask their agents in Europe to transfer the funds obtained from the sale of assets to the relatively safe Netherlands and Switzerland through Jewish channels.
Among them, the Netherlands has always been famous for protecting private property, and the country still has "hostages" in the hands of the Ming Dynasty. The Dutch East Indies of the Netherlands are territory that the Ming Dynasty can seize at any time!
Switzerland was recognized as a permanently neutral country at the Congress of Vienna in 1815...
Putting money in the Netherlands and Switzerland is logically very safe. But when the Yellow Peril theory spread in Europe, Zhuge Weijiu knew that the trouble might be a bit big.
Because he knows that the British government cannot control public opinion at all. They cannot even control public opinion in their own country, let alone the direction of public opinion in Europe. Of course, the reason why the British government cannot control public opinion is not because they don't control it, but because their method of controlling public opinion is very absurd, which is... increasing prices!
The British government imposed a "stamp duty" on legally distributed newspapers, thereby raising the price of legally distributed newspapers. So much so that in the UK, those who can afford to read legal "major newspapers" such as The Times must be upper-class people with the right to vote in parliamentary elections... There are about a dozen such people in the UK. Ten thousand. Therefore, the circulation of legal newspapers in the UK is pitifully small.
But at the same time, there are still many illegal newspapers in the UK that are difficult to regulate, and their circulation is at least dozens of times that of legal newspapers. Because they are published illegally, the British government cannot control what news is published in these newspapers.
With this ability to control public opinion, how could the British government set off a "tide of Yellow Peril" throughout Europe? So behind this matter, there must be other forces cooperating with the British authorities.
This "other force" is probably the Jewish consortium. And the Netherlands and Switzerland, like the United Kingdom, are paradises for European Jewish capital... If Jewish capital and the British Empire join forces to deal with the Ming Dynasty, then the Ming Dynasty's money in the Netherlands and Switzerland may be in danger!
And just when Zhuge Weiji was having a headache about this matter, Natalie brought the news that Queen Mother Zheng wanted Xiao Lu to marry into the Hanover Dynasty.
"What? Grand Duchess, what did you say?" The old man looked at Natalie in surprise, "Is this what your Zhuge Daozi meant?"
This matter was definitely not the decision of the military division, because Zhuge Weijiu didn't know at all. And it's unlikely that someone from the old Zheng family's official party came up with it... That group of people has always been short-sighted and wouldn't think that much at all.
"Yes!" Natalie blinked her big eyes and smiled, "Grand Army Strategist, when the war started, you should have thought about how to end it. But how should the war between us and the British Empire end? We really Are we going to bomb London and land on the British Isles? Is this possible?"
Zhuge Weijiu thought for a long time and said: "Bombing London is possible, but landing... is impossible with Ming's power alone. It is too far."
There is something in what the old man said - it is impossible with the Ming Dynasty alone, but what about adding France?
If the British Royal Navy was wiped out by the Ming Dynasty, would Louis XVII and the black-haired Louis be able to rise up and lead the French army to land in England? If these two brothers could accomplish such a feat, the Bonapartist threat would be immediately over... and they would become heroes of France!
Natalie did not hear what Zhuge Weijiu said, but followed what Zhuge Weidao said: "If we cannot land in England, there is no possibility of completely destroying the British Empire. Then the end of the war will The solution must be compromise... After the war, Britain will still exist as an important part of the world order. She will also have a decisive influence on European affairs, North American affairs and North Atlantic affairs. If she can The Zhu Ming Dynasty took over Britain and turned Britain into a 'little Ming' and a country of brothers of the Ming Dynasty. This was undoubtedly the most ideal outcome.
Moreover, if we can now turn this expectation into a clear sign, let every British person know that the ultimate goal of the Ming Empire is not to destroy their empire, but to get their...queen! Then when they feel difficult, they are very likely to make compromises. In British history, there is a precedent of bringing in the royal family of a hostile country in order to seek compromise. "
"That's right!" Zhuge Weijiu clapped his hands, "How could I forget that the British once sold their king for glory in the 17th century? Their Glorious Revolution betrayed the Stuart dynasty and introduced enemy countries. The Dutch House of Orange?”
Natalie smiled and said: "That's right, there were several wars between Britain and the Netherlands, and there was even a Dutch fleet entering the Thames River to bombard London... In the end, the British betrayed the king and lured the Dutch They sold the British throne to the Orange family of the Netherlands through the use of soldiers, in exchange for an Anglo-Dutch compromise, and put Britain on the road to the Industrial Revolution. They can definitely do the same thing again!"
This event, which the British called the Glorious Revolution, was actually neither glorious nor revolutionary. It was a treason incident in which the Protestant nobles betrayed the Catholic king, the "switch" led the Dutch soldiers to invade, and helped William III of the Orange family take over the United Kingdom.
And the one who played an important role in this incident - the one who defected on the battlefield and led the Dutch troops into London - was the famous Duke of Marlborough, John Churchill... who later became the First Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. The ancestor of Fatty Qiu!
This is how the Qiu family's prosperity and wealth came about!
