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King James II of England is in a really good mood recently!
Because he embraced the thick legs of the Frankish Emperor Louis early on, he now became the second boss of the North Atlantic Alliance. Although he is still a big follower internationally, with Louis' support, his domestic status is as stable as the Alps. The group of Protestants and Puritans who opposed him before saw that there was a great emperor supporting him, and they had already settled down... Some of the uneasy ones were also driven to the twelve states of North America to eliminate them. Soulless Indian!
And his eldest daughter Mary, who always coveted his throne as king, also died of smallpox a few years ago. Once Mary died, William III, the ambitious consul of the United Provinces of the Netherlands, had no hope at all. William III and Mary had no children, so once Mary died, the Orange family was completely isolated from the British throne.
As for James's second daughter Anne, she was quite fertile. She and her Danish husband gave birth to more than a dozen children one after another, but none of them could be raised. If the throne was passed to her, it would still have to be passed to James Sr.'s son in the future. Little James? Besides, James Sr. now has a legally legitimate son, James, the Duke of Cambridge, who is in good health and has grown to ten years old... According to the customs of succession to the throne in Christian countries, after having a legitimate marriage In the case of giving birth to a son, the daughter has no inheritance rights.
What's more, King Louis the Great is also little James's godfather!
Because they were counting on Louis the Great to support his Roman Catholic son as King of England, and Britain and France were so close to each other, separated by the English Channel. Therefore, James II traveled to Versailles frequently in recent years and built a palace in Versailles, next to Louis XIV's Palace of Versailles. As long as he wished, he could live in Versailles with his son James Jr. for a long time.
During this time, James Sr. brought his son James Jr. to Versailles, France. It was Louis the Great who sent people to London to invite them. James Sr. probably wanted to act as a matchmaker for James Sr. - James Sr. had long been thinking about it. She fell in love with the daughter of the former King of Poland, Jan Sobieski. She was a pink and tender Polish little lolita! Moreover, she also has the huge inheritance and connections left by Jan Sobieski. She has large territories in Poland, Lithuania and Right Bank Ukraine. She can also hire brave and God-believing people through the old retainers left by Sobieski. Polish and Lithuanian knights!
When I think about it, thousands of brave Poles and Lithuanians will be able to suppress the evil British Protestants and Puritans for the rule of the Stuart dynasty in the future. They will get out of a gilded and engraved luxury carriage. It’s hard to think about James II’s mood!
"Your Majesty, Emperor Louis has come to greet you."
The voice of Old James's confidant Admiral Churchill rang out. This Churchill was a rare talent - he could not only flatter people, but also win wars, and he could also handle diplomacy and politics... whether it was palace politics. , bed politics, he is a good hand! That's really a great talent that "the king sees and the king loves"!
This guy is not only a confidant of James Sr. (his sister is James Sr.'s mistress), but he is also a close friend of James Sr.'s nemesis William III. He is also closely related to James Sr.'s second daughter, Princess Anne, and is also the son of Louis the Great of Frank. Favorite talent!
This is no longer a matter of stepping on two boats, but he has stepped on all boats!
In the original history, this Churchill defected when old James needed him most - this kind of thing is really rare in European circles! Moreover, after doing this kind of thing of seeking glory, he continued to gain the trust of Queen Mary, William III and Queen Anne, and finally became the Duke of Marlborough! Even the pounds he spent building Marlborough Palace in his later years were sponsored by Queen Anne...
At present, because Mary and William's covetous pursuit of the British throne has cooled down, Churchill continues to serve as the most popular minister as the younger brother of James Sr. After returning from America, he was made a count, promoted to general, and became minister of war. He was about to become prime minister.
When old James heard that Louis came out to greet him in person, he felt very proud. He walked into the gate of the marble courtyard with a smile. As he walked, he smiled and greeted Louis the Great in French: "Louis, nice to see you." As for you...why did you call me from London in such a hurry? Could it be that the Sultan of the Ottoman Empire finally gave in?"
Although the Christian coalition had won a complete victory in the Great Southern War, the Ottoman Empire was still struggling to support itself and did not immediately admit defeat... because the price of admitting defeat was too high!
Louis the Great had a huge appetite. Not only did he want to recover all the lost lands in Austria and the Czech Republic, he also wanted the entire Greater Hungary - that was not the small Hungary of later generations, but included Slovakia, Croatia and part of Romania and Ukraine. Great Hungary!
In addition, Louis the Great also wanted the Ottoman Empire to pay a large compensation... at least several million gold francs! Louis also needed this money to reward his Christian brothers in England, the Netherlands, and Sweden, who were unlikely to get ceded lands from the Ottomans.
Of course the Ottoman Empire was unwilling to accept such a costly peace, and besides, they also had the Ming Dynasty standing behind them! Moreover, Sudan also has powerful Yenicheri anti-ship cavalry, so it still has the strength to resist.
The Christian camp is now a bit exhausted. Especially England, the Netherlands, and Sweden, the participating countries that have no land to divide, are a bit war-weary. The situation in England was the same. The Protestants and Puritans in the country did not want to fight. The Catholics hope that the king can give them the same rights as the Anglicans after the victory of the Great Southern War, and return the property of the Catholic Church... In short, if this war continues, James II will be under great pressure. big!
Because the longer the war lasts, the greater the contributions from all parties, and the corresponding demand for post-war benefits will be greater... If James II cannot provide enough war dividends to satisfy all parties, then he The king might end up being king!
Although no one in the Stuart dynasty can replace James Sr. and James Jr., the British have another way to deal with the Stuart dynasty - chop off the king's head!
"James, you guessed it right." Louis looked solemn, pulling James towards the door of the King's Suite, and said to his "little brother", "Hugo just came back, and he brought us good news. .....The Ming Emperor advocated an armistice and also proposed a plan that was more beneficial to England and the Netherlands."
"What plan?" James asked quickly.
“He advocated excavation of the Suez Canal in lieu of part of the Ottoman reparations.”
"Dig the Suez Canal?" James asked with surprise on his face, "Is it a canal connecting the Red Sea and the Mediterranean?"
If this canal had been dug a hundred years earlier, it might not have been of much benefit to England, but now almost 20 to 30% of the merchant ships on the western sea belong to England! And those "sea countries" in Italy now have no overseas trade.
Therefore, at least 20% of the huge benefits brought about by the shortening of the east-west route belong to the English!
"Yes!" Louis nodded, "The cost of digging the canal will be provided by Ming Dynasty and Mongolia, and we can get a quarter of the equity. If these equity shares are issued on the London Stock Exchange, they will be valuable no matter what. A few million pounds?"
"Definitely, it will definitely be worth that much!" James nodded while mentally calculating how much England could get.
Louis, James, Churchill and the Frankish Foreign Minister Hugo Leoner had entered the hall of the King's Suite together. At this time Louis suddenly stopped, turned around and asked: "James, your North America" Are all the Indians in the Twelve States okay?"
James was stunned, why did he ask about the Indians properly?
However, he still answered truthfully: "Okay, everything is fine, they all went to where they should go."
Fortunately... Louis' sullen face finally showed a smile, and he asked with a smile: "Where should they go?"
James II laughed and said: "Hell! They have no souls. Of course they will go to hell after death!"
"Kill them all?" The smile on Louis' face suddenly froze.
James also smiled and nodded: "Of course... when I was king, the Indians there had been almost killed by the Protestants and Puritans! I didn't want to care about the lives of the remaining Indians. But Leopold’s fate reminded me. So I issued an order to have the Twelve States Colonies in North America wipe out all the Indians in the territory, unless they converted to Catholicism! Now, there should be no Indian left in the Twelve States Colonies. !”
Emperor Louis was so angry in his heart! You British guys are too cruel, why do you like to engage in extermination so much? It's so barbaric... We French are still civilized!
The French are indeed the most civilized among Westerners towards Indians, and they are indeed the beacon of Europe!
However, the population of New France has always been very small, only tens of thousands in total, and the Great Plains Indians they faced were all hunting and nomadic peoples, so it would be very difficult to exterminate them! So the French are more civilized...
"Louis, what happened?" James also saw something was wrong from Louis' face.
Louis glanced at Leonardo, the foreign minister beside him.
Hugo Leonard frowned and said: "Your Majesty the King, because the Aztecs complained to the Ming Emperor that you were engaging in genocide against Indians in the North American colonies, the Ming Emperor proposed to hold the meeting at the upcoming Versailles Conference. Investigate, discuss and mediate this matter..."
"What? What does this have to do with Daming?" James II's expression suddenly changed, and the back of his neck felt cold...
Hugo Leonard shrugged: "This has nothing to do with Ming Dynasty... but Ming Dynasty just wants to mind its own business!"
"Louis, are you going to let the Ming meddle in Atlantic affairs?" James II looked at Louis, "Are we, the North Atlantic Alliance, still afraid of the Ming?"
Emperor Louis thought to himself: "I'm afraid... I'm definitely not afraid, it's just a little headache!"
"This is not a question of whether you are afraid or not!" Emperor Louis the Great said after considering, "genocide is always wrong..."
"Isn't that right?" James II looked at Louis in surprise, "Those people don't believe in God!"
In fact, he was a relatively moderate English Catholic. When he ordered the extermination of the Indians in the twelve states, he even made a small comment - you can live if you believe in God! Of course, they must be baptized by a Roman Catholic priest.
But how could the Anglicans and Puritans in North America help the Roman Catholic Church kill people? Don’t even think about it!
Emperor Louis said with a livid face: "But the Emperor of Ming Dynasty and the Great Khan of Mongolia are not Catholics! One of them believes in Buddha, and the other is probably the devil himself... Should we exterminate them?"
James said: "The Ming Dynasty and Mongolia are too powerful!"
"What about the Aztecs?" Louis looked at James.
"The Aztecs... that's Spain's trouble!" James II didn't dare to conquer Mexico in person... The Spanish emperor died there, and he couldn't risk his life again!
Moreover, it is impossible for the group of Protestants in the UK to support the UK in helping the Spaniards fight against the Aztecs - before, Churchill led troops to North America to defend England's own colonies, not to defend New Spain.
After the Battle of Texas Bayou, England's army actually stood still. Only England's navy moved to the Caribbean in the name of opposing the Aztecs. Everyone knows what they were thinking... .So although England will not land in Mexico, it will not make peace with the Aztecs.
And because the powerful English navy was supporting the Spanish, the coastline of the Aztec Kingdom was always under the threat of the Spanish, which gave the Aztec King Montezuma a very headache. Montezuma sent people to accuse Zhu Heji of the English committing genocide in North America, just to give Ming an excuse to intervene...in order to force the English and the Aztecs to make peace.
But no one expected that Zhu Heji would actually use the topic as an excuse!
"Now it's England's trouble!" Louis the Great said gloomily. "The Ming Emperor has made it clear that if the Indians in the twelve states of North America are really exterminated by you, he will provide a large amount of food to the Aztecs. Military aid to support the Aztecs and various Indian tribes in North America in their war against England!"
"This, this..." James II didn't know what to say. It took him a long time to say, "Your Majesty, don't you plan to do something for England?"
Emperor Louis the Great looked at James II and said seriously: "Yes, I have instructed the Governor of New France to help you recruit Indians from the prairie!"
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