"Sophie Marquis de Bourbon, Duchess of Texas is here!"
Following the roll call of the attendants, Sophie Magis, who had just become the legal child of the Duchess of Texas and King Louis the Great, appeared in the audience hall of the King's Suite in the Palace of Versailles dressed in palace attire.
Frank Emperor Louis looked at this beautiful and moving lady, nodded with satisfaction, then turned to the stunned Cardinal de la Magarra of Mexico City and French Foreign Minister Leonardo: "His Majesty the Pope has asked God Yes, God allowed his loyal believer Sophie Magis to marry the King of the Shang Dynasty as the princess of the Spanish Empire. What do you think?"
Pope Urban IX was also there, and he nodded and said: "Yes, this is God's will. I asked God for instructions next to the cross-shaped waterway in the Palace of Versailles."
Sophie Maggies also had an angelic face and said in an extremely serious tone: "It is my greatest honor to be chosen by God. I am ready to dedicate everything to God's cause - to save the American Indians. Sacrificed for a fallen soul!”
How noble!
Moreover, it was a "natural difference" appointed by God. What else could Cardinal de la Magarra of Mexico City say? Can he question God, can he will the Emperor, or dare he will the Pope?
After comparing himself with these three, De La Magala finally realized how insignificant he was, so he quickly crossed himself on his chest and said with a pious expression: "Thank God for allowing Christian civilization to have Sophie Magis." The Baroness is beautiful and intelligent, and is such a loyal believer in God. Your Majesty the Emperor, Your Majesty the Pope, I believe that Dame Sophie Magis will be able to successfully complete the mission given by God.
But...Your Majesty, with all due respect, how do you plan to fight against the Ming Empire? On the one hand, you lead the entire Western world to sanction the Ming Dynasty, and on the other hand, you..."
I stuttered and didn't dare to continue.
His next words were "Marrying Dame Sophie Magis to the son of the Ming Emperor again." If you say this, you are questioning the Pope and the Frank Emperor! Because they both said that it was God's will to marry Sophie Maggie to the son of the devil!
But he still had to mention it, because what on earth did Louis XIV want to do? It’s really hard to understand.
Why did he want to fight with Ming Dynasty while marrying his most beautiful illegitimate daughter to the son of Ming Dynasty Emperor? Although they were married in the name of the Spanish Empire Princess, if it were to happen, wouldn't Louis XIV and Zhu Da Devil become in-laws?
Louis XIV said with a straight face: "God's business belongs to God, and Caesar's business belongs to Caesar. I am not sanctioning the Ming Dynasty because the Emperor of Ming Dynasty is probably the devil... It is God's business to destroy the devil, not Caesar's business thing. And I have never heard that trade sanctions can be used to defeat the devil!
The only reason why I lead the entire Western world to sanction Ming Dynasty is because he seriously violated the rules we set for this world! And what he violated this time was not a general rule, but the most fundamental rule. Whoever violates it is a public enemy of the civilized world and must accept justice, without exception! "
"Your Majesty the Emperor," De La Magala asked, "are you saying that his invasion of North America violated the bottom line of the entire civilized world?"
"Of course not!" Louis XIV shook his head and said, "The Ming Empire only established colonies in the northwest region of North America that our Western civilization has never occupied... Although I am very opposed to what they did, this does not mean It does not touch our bottom line. Even if they go further and occupy a little territory in the Spanish Empire and New France, they do not touch our bottom line."
"Occupying Spanish territory does not touch our bottom line? Then the bottom line of our civilized world is..."
"Liberate!" Louis XIV said in a gloomy tone, "They can colonize, and they can compete with us for colonies... But they cannot liberate the colonies, and they cannot return the sovereignty of the colonies to those ignorant people who have no idea what sovereignty is. Indians! How precious is the sovereignty of a country and a nation. Having sovereignty means that the country as a whole has absolute, supreme and unfettered power within its territory! Even in Europe, it has complete sovereignty There are only a few other countries in the world, including France - the Frankish Empire, the Spanish Empire, the United Kingdom of Britain, the United Provinces of the Netherlands, Sweden, and the Rakshasa Kingdom. Each of them has overcome countless difficulties and defeated many enemies. A powerful enemy, fought out at a heavy price, not gifted by someone else!
And the sovereignty of their Ming Empire was also poured out with blood! "
Louis is right, at least in the 17th century Europe, every country with complete sovereignty was fought out of mountains of corpses and seas of blood!
France is the strongest army in Europe and has fought countless tough battles. The sovereignty in the hands of Louis XIV is really bloody!
Needless to say, Spain, during its seven-hundred-year reconquest campaign, inch by inch, it regained the land lost by its ancestors from the Arabs!
The United Kingdom of Britain has repeatedly fought against the continental hegemony and the ecumenical church because of the emergence of Henry the Wife Killer and Cromwell the Regicide!
The sovereignty and independence of the Netherlands was also achieved through the Eighty Years' War, the Franco-Dutch War, and the Anglo-Dutch War. In order to reverse the defeat in the Franco-Dutch War and preserve its sovereignty and independence, the Dutch even dug seawalls and released water to flood large areas. land.
Sweden gained a reputation during the Thirty Years' War and became a Nordic hegemon that no one dared to provoke.
As for Rakshasa...the land of the fighting nation is every inch of mountains and rivers and every inch of blood. It first killed the Golden Horde, then drove away the Polish invaders, and it took five years to force back the powerful Ottomans in Ukraine on the right bank. empire.
And now the sovereignty of the Aztec State of the Indians was completely given away by the Ming Empire through the Shangfang State! In this era when all the great powers around the world are engaged in colonization, suddenly a great power sends a gift package of national liberation and sovereignty and independence to the colonies... Is this a bottom line?
Moreover, this country that brought liberation and independence to people was itself a colonial empire!
Louis XIV gritted his teeth and said: "Archbishop de la Magarra, you and the Marquis of Mendoza must point out to Zhu Heji face to face that granting national sovereignty and independence to the Indians is a huge, but correctable mistake. !”
"Correction? Your Majesty the Emperor, you mean..." Drama Gala looked at Louis in surprise.
Louis XIV did not immediately answer de la Magarra's question, but continued to himself: "The Ming Dynasty also did another thing in Mexico that also seriously touched the bottom line of the civilized world, and that was to instruct King Montezuma to liberate They liberated the Indian serfs, and equally divided the land that originally belonged to the white landowners and the church to the Indian serfs... They could equally divide the land in their own land to emancipate the serfs. That was the absolute right given by the sovereignty poured out with their blood. part of the power. But they should not export this kind of rebellion. They are inciting the poor people in foreign countries to rebel!
If Ming Dynasty cannot stop this wrong behavior immediately, it will always be the public enemy of the civilized world! "
In fact, exporting rebellion and sending sovereignty are included in the same gift package. Without the classic rebellion methods of overthrowing the church, overthrowing the landlords, and liberating the serfs, and with just a little military assistance, the Indians in Mexico would not be able to achieve independence and independence as a nation. liberation. How big was King Montezuma's territory? According to the traditional method of collecting taxes and recruiting soldiers, it can only support an army of several thousand people. How can it defeat the Spanish Empire?
Even if the Ming Dynasty sends troops to help fight, the Aztec country that is defeated cannot have true sovereignty and independence. The best result is just to use the Aztec country to decorate the facade, while the Ming Dynasty controls everything behind the scenes.
However, the Ming Dynasty did not send troops to help the Aztecs conquer the world. Although Shang Fang State sent troops at the beginning, since Shang Fang State did not have many troops, it could only use military aid and export rebellion, hand in hand. The church taught the Aztecs to rebel... not only the Spanish colonists, but also the church and the landowners!
So in today's Aztecs, it is not only the country and nation that have been liberated, but also the oppressed Aztec serfs!
And this kind of exporting rebellion is simply what the aristocrats and capitalists around the world hate the most!
But hate returns hate, but Ming Dynasty is too strong, and it is not afraid of anyone to hate it! Moreover, the Ming Dynasty did not adopt the method of sending national liberation and serf liberation gift packages to places outside Mexico. Even the Shang Fang Kingdom did not have complete sovereignty... Therefore, Louis XIV felt that the Ming Dynasty's measures in Mexico were " "Gift package policy" is probably a special case, because the stupid Spaniards adopted "smallpox attack" without knowing the details of Shang Fang's country, which also broke the bottom line of the civilized world, and then used " Big gift package policy" in return.
Thinking of this, Louis XIV glanced at his Foreign Minister Leonhard - this Foreign Minister will go to the Ming Dynasty in the name of escorting Sophie Magis, and his real purpose is to explain to the Ming Dynasty the "smallpox incident" " situation, and seek to reach a consensus with Ming Dynasty to engage in great power competition that "has a bottom line and abides by rules."
Both sides can no longer export rebellion, send out national liberation gift packages, and can no longer spread poison.
In fact, this consensus is good for both sides... We all want to be emperors, and we all hate rebellion! If both sides spare no effort to support the rebels in the other country, both sides will suffer in the end.
The same goes for poisoning. If I release smallpox and you release plague, in the end, people from both sides will die in batches, and no one will benefit. And even those who are emperors and popes will get sick!
Secondly, Louis XIV also wanted to delineate the spheres of influence and disputes between the two sides with the Ming Empire - both sides must respect the other's absolute right to dominate within their own spheres of influence. At the same time, within the scope of the dispute, a bottom-line struggle will be carried out.
This is of course beneficial to both parties!
After all, limited by navigation technology and the distance between the two sides' core territories, neither side can directly attack the other's core territory, and can only play games on the fringes. Therefore, this kind of game is not a life-and-death game. At least in the foreseeable era, both parties must coexist.
In this case, France - the Frank Empire and the Ming Empire must of course reach some consensus that is beneficial to both parties.
Finally, Louis also asked Leonard to explain the issue of "trade sanctions" to the Ming Dynasty... This was the beginning of France-the Frank Empire establishing a consolidated dominance in Europe.
Even though many countries would use fraud or smuggling to conduct trade, when they adopted this illegal trade method, they also recognized Louis' righteousness!
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Mexico, on the shores of Lake Chapala, the camp of King Mengchuang.
This Aztec king's camp almost turned into a sizable city in the spring of 1695 AD. At least 200,000 Indians following King Mengchuang camped on the north shore of the lake. They not only set up tents for temporary living, but also built many wooden houses and adobe houses. They also dug trenches, built walls, and built watchtowers on the outside.
A large number of cornfields have even been cultivated near this lakeside city! It was clear that King Montezuma was going to fight a real long war in central Mexico.
The reason why the war lasted was certainly not the result of the active pursuit of King Montezuma and his military advisor Huang Feiyu. It was because the Aztec army lacked strong attack capabilities. Even Guadalajara near Lake Chapala was unable to be captured. It would be too difficult to quickly capture Leon or Mexico City!
Therefore, King Montezuma and Huang Feiyu had no choice but to give up on unrealistic quick wins. They began to fight steadily, occupying territory while mobilizing the poor and lower-middle Indian peasants to fight against the Spaniards.
The land between Leon and Guadalajara is relatively fertile and highly developed. In the New World, this is a good place with quite a lot of entrances.
Therefore, King Montezuma and Huang Feiyu were able to quickly expand their base areas and recruit a large number of Indians who wanted to join the army.
With the help of these Indians, King Montezuma's base in central Mexico also expanded rapidly. Villages of mobilized and armed Indians have appeared around Leon and Guadalajara.
The seemingly powerful Spanish Imperial Army could only huddle in a few large cities and strongholds, and it seemed that they had nothing to do with the Aztecs. It means a decisive battle between human armies.
According to reliable intelligence, Emperor Leopold in Mexico City has dispatched a large number of troops and asked me to defend the large silver mine in the north of Anghe.
Therefore, Mexico City, the central city of the New World, now seems very empty.
But should King Montezuma march on Mexico City?
Although there are not many defenders in this city, there are quite a few first-class whites and second-class mixed-bloods in the city!
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