When Zhu Jingyuan gave the order to remove the chairs, he suddenly realized a problem that was not big or small.
That chair now symbolizes Rome.
Removing the chair in front of the royal families and dignitaries of the European and Western countries, and under their witness, would bring an end to the existence of Rome.
In fact, under the auspices of the Ming Dynasty, the vassals of the Ming Dynasty and the Western countries bowed three times to Rome and then buried it together.
It was a symbolic funeral, the ultimate funeral for the very concept of Rome.
After this, Rome might actually disappear.
From now on, there will only be Lucia, Austria, Prussia, and Ottoman. There will be no Rome, HRE, or Lulu.
In the original history, this funeral was the Napoleonic War and then the Congress of Vienna, which completely sent Rome into the tomb of history.
Now is the transformation of Europe and the West under the influence of Mingxue thought, coupled with the world war of the past ten years.
Now when Ming Dynasty goes to see Rome, Rome itself is actually dead.
If you remove the chair now, you are completely burying it and making people give up on it completely.
However, Zhu Jingyuan's original plan was to use the empty concept and name of Rome to stimulate civil strife in the European and Western countries.
It means not to bury Rome, but to let the European and European countries fight in front of its grave to compete for Rome's political and cultural heritage.
Thinking about it this way, it seems that it is better not to send him away completely.
But the order to remove the chairs had been given.
Just when Zhu Jingyuan was a little confused, someone from Taixi cooperated very well.
French Foreign Minister Talleyrand spoke:
"Please wait a moment, I think this seat can be kept and left vacant as a warning to us Europeans."
Zhu Jingyuan frowned slightly. Talleyrand must have discovered the advantage of keeping the chair.
But he didn't tell the truth. This guy from France was very slippery and not as direct as the British William Pitt.
But according to my current status and identity, it seems that it is not convenient to directly ask questions in a rough way.
Either he ignores him and continues to withdraw, or he has to agree to the other party's request.
But that won't do any good.
At this moment, Zhu Jianfeng, who had not spoken for a long time, seemed to have found an entry point again:
"Does our Ming Dynasty have a good relationship with you Taixi people? We have just fought a war for more than ten years and lost millions of people to each other.
"Now why should we leave you a warning sign? Does this do any good to our Ming Dynasty?
"So, nephew Jingyuan, let's ignore them. It's better to remove this position.
"The barbarians of the West had no chance to stand side by side with our Ming Dynasty. If it weren't for the great man's tribute, we wouldn't have given Rome this position."
Zhu Jingyuan glanced at his Ninth Uncle, you are really cooperative.
Although I placed this chair, I want to remove it now. It doesn’t matter whether I remove it or not.
But you took the initiative to stand up. If you ask me not to withdraw, then you have to pay some price. You can't make such a request in vain.
"Since Uncle Jiu said so, my nephew should obey his orders."
Talleyrand listened to the conversation and had to be a little more honest:
"We European countries are all successors of Rome.
"The representatives of Rome and the Ming Dynasty are ranked side by side, and we are all below.
"Can the layout of the negotiation venue be determined like this?"
Talleyrand's words were addressed to Zhu Jingyuan and Zhu Jianfeng's uncles and nephews, as well as to other Thai and Western representatives.
So after finishing speaking, I looked at the other representatives with an attitude of soliciting opinions.
After some consideration, the representatives from the Thai and Western countries felt that this layout was barely acceptable.
Although no one wants to be Rome, putting the Roman vacancy on it is equivalent to the Ming Dynasty.
The status relationship represented by this pattern should be able to be explained in the country.
British Prime Minister William Pitt was more decisive and said directly after he understood:
"By keeping the Roman seat empty, we can accept the current layout of the venue."
Other representatives echoed and expressed their acceptance of the suggestions of the British and French representatives.
Zhu Jingyuan completely understood this, or he knew this originally. This was a compromise arrangement acceptable to both parties.
But now I can't agree so easily. I have to continue to take advantage of the opportunity to make more fuss and continue to exaggerate the atmosphere.
So Zhu Jingyuan raised his tone and repeated the words of the old emperor loudly and solemnly:
"Two thousand years ago, the Han Dynasty and Rome were great countries that existed side by side. Although the two countries were thousands of miles apart, they still cared about each other and cherished each other.
"Nowadays, the Ming Dynasty has inherited the destiny of the Han and Tang Dynasties and expanded thousands of miles of sea territory. However, there is no trace of the Roman successors in the west.
"If there are any countries in the West that can inherit the Roman destiny and open up the past and come, they can stand alongside my Ming Dynasty in the world.
"But now that the countries in the West are not prepared to continue to inherit the Roman destiny, what is the use of keeping this position?
"How can a completely dead Rome be compared with our Ming Dynasty?"
Several representatives of the Thai and Western royal family at the scene, especially a few young princes, became a little excited when they heard such an announcement.
The most important thing is not the Roman title itself, but that as long as you inherit the Roman title, you can stand alongside the Ming Dynasty in the future.
And this one was admitted by Ming Dynasty himself, we are not bragging!
This is actually the ideal in their hearts, but they could never find the direction and method in the past, and they almost lost it after a battle.
Now Ming Dynasty has officially given the direction.
As long as he becomes the recognized successor of Rome, he can live with the Ming Dynasty as a true equal.
Not only to get rid of the title of barbarian, but also to become the leader of Western civilization.
So very soon, almost at the same time, several young princes spoke:
"We have not given up on Rome!"
"We must inherit Rome's destiny!"
"It is our duty to restore the glory of Rome!"
"We are all descendants of Rome!"
Zhu Jingyuan nodded slightly with satisfaction:
"It seems that Rome still has a successor. As the successor of Rome's distant friend, I feel very happy now.
"But who among you should inherit? Who is qualified to inherit?
"We need to have a relatively clear standard to screen out the true heir, instead of continuing to brag to each other aimlessly.
"Since representatives from the Thai and Western countries can accept this seating layout, let's start taking seats now.
"Then we will use the remaining time to discuss the criteria for inheriting the Roman destiny."
Most of the princes were in high spirits, even quite excited, especially the young ones among them.
However, the expressions of the representatives of the imperial courts of various countries in Thailand and Western countries, these older officials, were not very good-looking.
They all knew in their hearts that if nothing unexpected happened, the representatives of the royal family today would become the masters of their respective countries in the future.
If each of them wants to inherit the Roman destiny, and then compete with each other for this so-called destiny, how can this Europe be good?
If the Ming Dynasty did not exist, fighting for the destiny of Rome might not be a bad thing, and it would be possible to create a truly modern Rome.
But now that Ming Dynasty is watching closely, how could Ming Dynasty allow you to produce normal results?
From now on, Ming Dynasty does not need to come here specifically to invade. As long as it provokes you to fool yourselves, Ming Dynasty will be able to reap the benefits.
The negotiations haven't even started yet, and you may already be thinking about how to undermine each other in the future.
This is the damaging move made by the Ming court.
What a loss!
Everyone subconsciously glared at Talleyrand, thinking why did you stop Zhu Jingyuan from removing the chair? Wouldn't it be okay if he just moved it away?
Talleyrand himself was even more speechless and made a gesture of spreading his hands towards them:
"Don't just look at me. Akito must have planned it this way. I just happened to be at the right time. It won't affect the outcome whether I am involved or not!"
Everyone immediately realized that Talleyrand was not to blame, he just happened to bump into it.
If the struggle for the destiny of Rome was Ming's original plan, even if Talleyrand had not come forward at the time, Ming would have found a way to keep the chair.
But whatever the reason, Talleyrand was determined to bear the blame.
At this point, everyone can only take one step at a time, and then find ways to disrupt this competition and avoid the battle for the heir of Rome.
At this moment, the young princes had already gone to sit down happily.
Only Archduke Karl, who can be regarded as an important minister in the court, and the older British Prince of Wales and the Duke of Aosta in Sardinia are obviously more cautious.
In private discussions, the rankings have been determined within the Thai and Western countries.
Regardless of whether it is horizontal or vertical, everyone has already made preparations. Everyone knows who should sit where.
The purpose is of course to avoid disputes on site.
So the princes went to their own places, and the older royal representatives and representatives of the courts from various countries followed slowly and helplessly.
After several other young princes took their seats, the British Prince of Wales walked to the front, opposite Zhu Jianfeng on the right side of the conference table.
Britain is now the maritime hegemon of the West, the organizer of the Anti-Ming Alliance, and the main force of the alliance's navy. The army also contributes a lot.
Therefore, the British representative should sit at the front as a matter of course, which is acceptable to other Thai and Western representatives.
The forty-three-year-old Prince of Wales bowed his hands to Zhu Jianfeng opposite him and prepared to sit down.
As a result, Zhu Jianfeng on the opposite side had a straight face, frowned and asked loudly:
"You Tesici people have completely confirmed that you are the successor royal representative of Rome?"
The representatives from various countries at the scene were stunned again. What did this mean? Why did it go directly to Rome?
But in just a blink of an eye, most of the representatives understood.
Zhu Jingyuan is a representative of the Ming Empire, and the only person who can sit next to him is a representative of the Roman Empire.
Zhu Jianfeng is the representative of the Ming royal family. Anyone who can sit opposite Zhu Jianfeng is the representative of the imperial royal family who will succeed Rome.
In the current situation, although the British Prince of Wales is the most distinguished representative of all the Thai and Western royal families, he really cannot sit there directly.
But where could he sit? Directly translate backwards? What about the representatives at the end?
The key is that no royal representative can sit across from Zhu Jianfeng, and there are only twenty chairs on the right side of the conference table. There are exactly twenty main official representatives from both parties on site, and they are prepared one-on-one.
If a seat in the front row is available, someone will have to stand in the back, or take the seats of attendants and clerical staff.
Move the chair back? No minister or royal representative can pull off such a face.
Everyone had originally prepared several ranking arrangements, but no one would have thought that this would happen.
The Prince of Wales could not sit down, and the other royal representatives froze again.
Several representatives of the Thai and Western imperial court subconsciously wanted to cover their faces.
Let’s start directly now!
It has begun to cause trouble for the anti-Ming alliance countries.
If it were an internal diplomatic event between the Thai and Spanish countries, and if the organizer of the event was so fussy, someone would definitely leave in a hurry.
The difference in strength between everyone is not very big. If one party deliberately seeks trouble, the other party has no need to continue.
But now facing the event hosted by Ming Dynasty, because our own strength is unilaterally suppressed by Ming Dynasty, we can't easily jump over the table.
We can only try our best to compromise.
This feeling of suffocation is really uncomfortable.
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