"marry you?"
"Are you the king of Shangfang Kingdom?"
“Isn’t the king of Shang Fang Kingdom in Shang Capital?”
What Zhu Yimei spilled was quickly translated into Latin by a very responsible Spanish translator. Now the Marquis of Mendoza, Minister Leona and Archbishop Dega Magala all knew that the minister in front of them, Zhu Changsheng, was a businessman. The king... Such a young minister is suspicious to begin with. It would make sense if he were the prince of the Ming Dynasty who was in training. But they still couldn't believe it, that was the king of the Shang Dynasty, a large country in America!
Faced with the cross-examination of these three Western envoys, Zhu Yimei did not hide anything, and admitted openly: "Yes, I am Zhu Yimei, the king of Shang, and the third prince of the Ming Dynasty."
The Marquis of Mendoza, French Foreign Minister Leonard, and Cardinal Degas Magarra did not dare to neglect after hearing Zhu Yimei's admission - the Yin family army under their command commanded the Duke of Lorraine and St. Philip. The 30,000-strong army was defeated and almost completely annihilated!
This is the most powerful faction in the American continent!
Moreover, Shangfang Kingdom is quite large from the map, at least three to four thousand miles from west to east, and about three to four thousand miles from north to south. The population does not seem to be large... but as long as it is from the Great Ming Dynasty If more people immigrate there, sooner or later it will become a big American country.
This is a proper king of a great country!
So the three people stood up quickly, then stood in a row and bowed to the great Shang King Zhu Yimei to say hello. They also respectfully followed the "Etiquette Guide" issued to them by Honglu Temple of the Ming Dynasty and said in blunt Chinese: "Better greetings to Jin An. "
"No courtesy, no courtesy... Sit down, sit down and talk." Zhu Yimei smiled quickly and waved her hand, and in fluent Latin asked the three foreign devils who saluted him to take their seats.
He has been the king for many years, and he is still the king of a great country - at least judging from the map, he is truly the king of a great country! But here in the Ming Dynasty, everyone doesn't pay much attention to him.
At first, no one knew that he was the king of the Shang Kingdom. He had been practicing under the name Zhu Changsheng for a long time. Who knew that he was the king? Even if you know, you still pretend not to know!
Secondly, not many people care about things in the New World... To the people of the Ming Dynasty, isn't it just a barbaric place where they can dig for gold and hunt for mink skins?
No matter what the Shang Fang or the Yin family, no one really cares about them in the Ming Dynasty except those who want to get rich or want to enclose the land and become lords. So even if he uses the banner of "King of Shang", people will have to think for a long time - where is this Shang Kingdom? Not in Henan?
Therefore, today is the first time that Zhu Yimei is worshiped as a king by the important ministers of three Western powers... It feels quite good!
Seeing the three people sitting down, Zhu Yimei smiled and asked in Latin: "The most beautiful princess of Louis the Great you mentioned...how beautiful is she? Can I see her portrait?"
Even though Zhu Yimei was smiling like a flower, she still had doubts about the appearance of Sophie Maggie. He actually knew what Louis the Great looked like - the Ming Dynasty also set up an embassy in Versailles. Although it was not very popular, the Ming Dynasty's envoys in Versailles could still see Louis the Great. There were also professional painters in the Ming Dynasty embassy who secretly painted the "little pockmarked" portrait of Louis the Great and sent it back to the Ming Dynasty.
Although pockmarks will not be passed on to daughters, Louis is short, has a long face, and has a big and pointed nose. If she is a girl... she can't be considered a beauty, right?
French Foreign Minister Leonard smiled and said: "Your Majesty, I do not have a portrait of Sophie Marquis de Bourbon, Duchess of Texas."
No portrait? Zhu Yimei's interest suddenly disappeared. There is no proof that she is a beauty even if she has a portrait. The artist who painted the painting may have a dark conscience, not to mention that there is not even a portrait?
Don't be fooled by this...
Just when he was about to find an excuse to postpone the marriage, Leonard said again with confidence: "The Baroness of Texas has followed the mission to Nanjing. If you are interested, you can meet her in person."
Next to him, the Marquis of Mendoza and Archbishop Dega Magala looked confident - only God knew whether Sophie Magis was the descendant of Louis the Great, but there was no doubt about her beauty.
"What? Are all the real people here?" Zhu Yimei, the prince, is experienced, and he is already better at observing words and expressions. His eyes swept across the faces of Leonardo, Mendoza and Dega Magala, plus The other party's attitude of "delivering goods to your doorstep" made me aware of it.
This "daughter" of Louis may be a Xibei, or she may be an illegitimate daughter with doubtful blood... That Louis was very lustful, he had many royal mistresses, and he had too many illegitimate children, among whom there were inevitably some. Not of pure blood. But those with impure blood are most likely to be beautiful!
If it wasn’t beautiful, I wouldn’t dare send it to Daming!
But it doesn’t seem appropriate for an illegitimate daughter with impure blood to marry the King of Shang, right?
Thinking of this, Zhu Yimei asked Guo Youde next to her in a low voice: "Guo Hou, what do you think? This French princess... must be an illegitimate child, maybe she is still a bastard, and she is worthy of someone like me." Are you a noble? Besides, I have already chosen my princess..."
Guo Youde replied in a low voice: "Your Majesty, let's take a look at the goods first. What if it's a beauty? If it weren't for a beauty, I wouldn't have dared to send it all the way! This Orchid beauty has a special taste... .”
Zhu Yimei deeply agreed: "What Marquis Guo said is extremely good, this Hu Ji is indeed special... But what do you think of this guy?"
"This veteran will make arrangements." Guo Youde patted his chest, and then said to Leonard in Latin with Tianjin accent: "Your Excellency, does the Baroness of Texas have a diplomatic mission?"
"Yes!" Leonard nodded.
Marrying the king is also a diplomatic mission!
Guo Youde smiled and said: "Then invite her to Honglu Temple. First, tell me and His Highness the King what this mission is? Later, I and the King will also turn to the Ming Emperor!"
Of course, Leona understood that the other party wanted to "inspect the goods"... and he brought Sophie Maggie to Daming for "inspection"!
Sophie Magis is still afraid of people checking her appearance? It's okay if you don't watch the Shang King. If you watch Sophie Maggie's real person, you will be fascinated by it. When the time comes, with his help speaking up, the "principle of struggle" between Ming and France will be easier to explain.
"Okay," Leonard smiled, "I'll ask the Baroness of Texas to come over right away."
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Forbidden City, Qianqing Palace.
Emperor Zhu Da, who had just had a Mongolian wrestling match with Anubi, who had just returned from Beijing, in the training room attached to the Qianqing Palace, and won a great victory, was sitting refreshed and refreshed around the Qianqing Palace. In a study room inside the building, he was talking to his two sons.
One of these two sons is the crown prince Zhu Yixin, and the other is Zhu Yimei who is smiling all over his face.
The crown prince Zhu Yixin is a smaller version of Zhu Heji - he looks very similar to Zhu Heji, but he is not as big. In addition, he looks a bit dark...not naturally dark, but tanned. This prince who has been practicing at the grassroots level finally got a lot of help from Emperor Zhu last year. After his younger brother Zhu Yiyin went to the Monan Grassland to preside over the division of the territory and people of the Shunyi Palace, he was also sent out by Zhu Heji to deal with the Mongols. Heshuote tribe and Sangyi Gyatso in the snowy area.
However, his way to deal with the Khoshot Tribe and Sangye Gyatso was not to adopt other people's daughters, nor to divide their tribes and territories, but to investigate the death of the fifth great lama and Sangye Gyatso's secret funeral. Consecrating the Sixth Grand Lama—this matter is not easy to handle, and it is not a trivial matter either!
Sangye Gyatso kept secret mourning for more than ten years after the death of the 50th great lama, and announced to the public that the great lama was in retreat and that he would convey all the decrees on his behalf. As a result, Sangyi Gyatso took control of the local political power in the snowy region, and colluded with Galdan and Kangxi to fight against the Celestial Dynasty.
After the Xueyu regime and the Qinghai Heshuote tribe surrendered to the Ming Dynasty, the fact that the fifth great lama had passed away long ago could no longer be concealed. In fact, many people in the Heshuote tribe had already guessed that the great lama had passed away. , In addition, Emperor Zhu repeatedly issued orders to the fifth great lama, but the fifth great lama never showed his face. So some people began to reveal to Emperor Zhu that the fifth great lama might have passed away long ago.
So Zhu Heji handed over the matter to Zhu Yixin. The prince led two thousand Sauron Guards cavalry to the plateau. He also transferred a division of soldiers from the general Ling Zongjun stationed in the Western Regions and suddenly opened fire. Arrive at the edge of Qinghai Lake. Then he summoned Heshuote Babu Taiji to Xining to receive rewards and titles.
These eight budaiji are all relatives of Zhu Heji - they all have daughters from the same clan who entered the harem of Emperor Zhu Da! Of course, he is not willing to abandon good friends and become enemies and oppose Prince Zhu. Therefore, after receiving the imperial edict, they all went to Xining to visit him in person.
After all the eight Taijis fell to Prince Zhu, Sangji Gyatso was naturally unable to resist. With no choice but to admit the fact that the great lama was dead.
However, Prince Zhu did not condemn him - Sangyi Gyatso did not announce the funeral secretly, and when the great lama colonized and ruled the snowy region, he was still from Mongolia. Of course Prince Zhu couldn't, because he was punished for the mistakes he made during the Mongolian period. The statute of limitations for this crime has expired!
Moreover, he also wanted to use the opportunity of canonizing the Sixth Great Lama to establish the Ming Dynasty's sovereignty over the Snowy Plateau - in fact, the candidate for the Sixth Great Lama had already been selected, but there was no final announcement.
Prince Zhu did not change the person again, but asked Sangyi Gyatso to bring the successor of the great lama to Xining. Then Zhu Yixin held a lottery confirmation ceremony.
After the ceremony was completed, Zhu Yixin ordered Lama Ilaguk and three thousand Heshuote cavalry to escort the Sixth Lama into the snowy area...
After finishing the matter, Zhu Yixin asked Zhu Heji to set up the Snow Region Minister's Office on the Snow Region Plateau, and also hired a thousand Heshuo special soldiers to settle in the Snow Region in the name of the Ming Army's cavalry!
Emperor Zhu was very satisfied with Zhu Yixin's ability to do this job - if the prince was not sophisticated enough in his own methods, he would have experts around him, and he even had a team.
No matter what the situation was, Emperor Zhu Da recognized that Zhu Yixin had learned through experience and practice. So Zhu Heji recalled the prince to Nanjing and made him a minister-in-waiting, and began to help him handle government affairs.
The so-called ministers are actually the emperor's advisers and secretaries. Zhu Yixin and Zhu Yimei are now practicing in this position.
"Third brother, how about Sophie Maggie?"
Zhu Heji held a cup of coffee and exchanged a few words with his son. The conversation changed and they got down to business.
Zhu Yiyin's face became serious, "Father, I think this Sophie is a rare beauty... and she is also a beauty trick of Louis XIV!"
"Beauty trap?" Zhu Heji looked at his son with envy and asked with a smile, "Third brother, have you been fooled?"
"Father, my son is ready to pull a trick!"
"Boss, what do you think?" Emperor Zhu turned around and asked Zhu Yixin.
"Father," Zhu Yixin frowned deeply, seeming to be thinking hard, "the third brother has already been engaged. The other party is from the Su family, and I heard that she is quite beautiful. And this Sophie Duchess is the daughter of Louis. Married in name..."
He didn't finish his words, but Zhu Heji had completely understood, so he asked the question to Zhu Yimei, "Third brother, please tell me."
"Father, what do you want me to say?" Zhu Yimei asked.
"Of course I have to choose one!" Zhu Heji said with a smile, "Lao San, who do you choose?"
"Father, I don't want to choose..." Zhu Yimei said with a smile, "I want both."
"You have a dark heart." Zhu Hesheng looked at his two sons, "What about Louis' conditions? What do you think?"
"Father, we absolutely cannot agree!" Zhu Yixin shook his head repeatedly, "Louis wants to punish us while returning our friendship... This wishful thinking is too precise!"
"Father, not all of Louis' conditions cannot be agreed to," Zhu Yimei said, "I also feel that the Aztecs are developing a bit too fast. They should be restricted!"
"Boss, it's your turn. Zhu Heji asked the question to Zhu Yixin again.
Zhu Yixin smiled and said: "Father, you might as well agree to restrict the Aztecs in exchange for Dame Sophie... As for the rest, we will talk about it later."
"We can't talk about it later!" Zhu Heji shook his head. "Although those foreign devils are right, we can't let the Aztec country get too strong. In fact, the Aztecs may develop because Zhou Peigong and the others can do anything about it. The Aztecs themselves were not that promising.
Therefore, we should also check out the Aztec country. "
When he said this, his tone suddenly became serious: "However, we can't let Leopold go just like this!"
"Why don't you let Leopold go?"
Zhu Heji smiled coldly: "Our accounts in Luzon must be settled with Spain... A gentleman's revenge is never too late in ten years or even fifty years. The deep hatred of several generations can also be avenged!"
Therefore, I will now settle the old scores in Luzon with the Habsburgs! One Habsburg must die in Mexico! "
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