Louis XVI and his wife finally compromised and decided to allow Charles to marry Liu Muyu.
Then all parties discussed and planned a wedding plan.
Xia Er and Liu Muyu first registered their marriage as civilians in Xintian Mansion and held a Ming-style civilian wedding.
Louis XVI and his wife also came, but they only attended the wedding as Louis' parents and as civilians.
Then they went to France together to go through the procedures for Liu Muyu's naturalization in France, and accepted the canonization as the Duke of Orleans in France.
Finally, a French royal wedding was held at the Palace of Versailles.
The marriage of Charles and Liu Muyu had an extremely huge impact on France.
After Liu Muyu was awarded the title of Duchess of Orleans, she also obtained the Palais Royal in Paris opposite the Louvre.
The Palais Royal was originally owned by Bishop Richelieu and later became the property of the Duke of Orleans.
The Duke of Orleans was deprived of his title and all property by Charles because of his rebellion, and the Royal Palace returned to the hands of the royal family again.
After getting married, Charles and Liu Muyu lived in the Royal Palace in the center of Paris instead of Versailles outside Paris.
At the same time, Charles also received a clear status as regent and directly placed his office in the Royal Palace.
French officials no longer need to travel to Versailles, which directly improves overall administrative efficiency.
This also returned the administrative center of France to Paris and broke away from King Louis XVI who remained in Versailles.
Louis XVI basically entered retirement.
Starting from their own homes, Xia Er and Liu Muyu began a more in-depth and comprehensive Minghua reform.
First of all, all personnel in the royal palace must be proficient in the elegant dialect of the Ming Dynasty and must speak the elegant dialect of the Ming Dynasty in the royal palace.
The selection of French court officials and civil servants began to include Ming Yayan as a required test.
French public schools also list Daming Yayan as a compulsory subject.
Based on the joint venture with Zhu Jingyuan, Charles began to vigorously build industrial industries owned by the French royal family.
Further expand and strengthen the escort forces directly under their own jurisdiction, while further compressing and controlling the privileges of traditional nobles.
For example, private employees of nobles must also have legal status officially registered with the court.
When the court deems it necessary, court law enforcement officers have the right to enter noble estates and mansions for investigation.
The properties of nobles must also be subject to review by the relevant departments of the court and pay the same taxes as the properties of ordinary civilians.
Charles began to organize intellectuals and began to formulate a new code based on "equality".
All nobles, commoners, and clergy below the king are treated equally and enforce exactly the same laws.
This action has very broad support.
French nobles and officials realized that France had welcomed another powerful "king".
The new king saw them as the same creature as the common folk.
Their future days will be even more difficult.
The main direction of reform in Charles is to restrict the privileges of traditional nobles and completely eliminate the privileges inherited from the feudal era.
At the same time, the French royal power and the law enforcement power of the French court were expanded.
This kind of reform certainly harmed the interests of the traditional aristocrats, and would certainly be resisted by them.
However, this reform was also supported by French civilians, the emerging bourgeoisie, the middle class and even the bureaucracy.
Because the privileges of the nobility are abolished, the common people and the emerging bourgeoisie without aristocratic status can compete fairly with the nobility.
The French aristocracy, headed by the former Duke of Orleans, relied on the various privileges of the traditional aristocracy to compete favorably with the new bourgeoisie in business.
Under the original system, France's emerging bourgeoisie made peace with the traditional aristocracy and gained room for development in its early stages of growth.
But after growing to a sufficient scale, they began to instinctively resist the restrictions of traditional nobles.
The bourgeoisie and the common people felt that they could definitely beat the nobles in a fair competition.
The bourgeoisie felt that the nobles should not require themselves to transfer the profits that should belong to them through their status.
It is unreasonable for traditional aristocrats to use privileges to protect their shares.
The middle class believed that they should not serve the nobility simply for their status.
You should earn fair wages for your labor.
The bureaucracy and the middle class also dislike aristocratic privileges because aristocracy tends to affect their work efficiency.
Ciel is not prepared to kill the king, but if there is no need for war, people can compromise.
Instead of dealing with a group of privileged people, big and small, it would be better to keep just one king.
After getting rid of the privileges of the nobility, wouldn't my status as a court bureaucrat become more useful than that of the nobility?
The point is, the slogan of fairness is very reasonable, and people from all walks of life, including ordinary people, the middle class, civil servants and bureaucrats, are willing to shout it.
Only the traditional aristocracy opposed this reform, but they were unable to resist this natural trend.
This is actually a reform that is highly consistent with the goals of the French Revolution in history.
It just changed from a fierce revolution to a top-down reform.
The French bourgeoisie is already strong enough and has the ability to become an independent ruling class.
Shire's current reform is to follow the trend.
Through this reform, the Charles Council gradually transformed from the traditional king of the Bourbon royal family into a new bourgeois king.
Just like Napoleon was also the emperor of the bourgeoisie.
The Wang Family Palace where Xia Er and Liu Muyu lived, and the attached Porch Street around it, had more than a hundred shops of various kinds.
There are luxury shops, cafes, teahouses, salons, hair salons, bookstores, museums and numerous parks and pavilions.
When the Duke of Orleans took control here, it was a gathering place for intellectuals who opposed the king.
It has now quickly transformed into a gathering place for people from all walks of life who support the reform of the Shire.
Charles himself is a fashion trendsetter in France and a natural leader for the younger generation.
Now the actual interests of both parties have begun to converge to a high degree, allowing Charles to quickly transform from a fashion leader to an old opinion leader.
As the relevant reforms gradually spread, these people began to directly refer to the charr as "king".
When someone questions it, they add a prefix and become "King of Paris" and then dissociate themselves from it.
Charles himself is the unquestionable crown prince of France, and he has his own escort for personal protection.
There was support from the Ming Dynasty's Prince Dashi on the outside, and support from the common people, bureaucrats, and bourgeoisie on the inside.
At the same time, Charles did not shout to kill the nobles again, nor did he directly confiscate wealth and assets.
It's just cutting flesh with a dull knife, slowly chipping away at their privileges.
With no way to deal with it and no life-threatening situation, most nobles could only choose to accept it.
Nobles can also have fantasies, and they can still make money even if they don't have privileges.
As a noble, the abilities he possesses are definitely not comparable to those of common people.
The Shire's reforms encountered relatively limited resistance.
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The marriage of Charles and Liu Muyu also had a considerable impact on the countries in Europe and the West.
When the relevant news reached Prussia, King William III of Prussia almost subconsciously thought that his two sons should become the brothers-in-law of Prince Da Ming, especially the brother-in-law of Prince Da Shi, at least they should become one.
When the Ming Dynasty began to influence the entire world, the royal families of various countries in Europe and the West actually had the idea of marrying with the Ming Dynasty.
The issue of faith is actually not a big issue, and the Thai people themselves have flexible standards.
Especially the Germans, including Prussia.
Before being truly unified, there were nobles from various sects in the German region, and they could also change their religion for the sake of marriage.
Catherine II was a German, originally a Protestant Lutheran, but converted to Orthodox Christianity when she arrived in Lucia.
For the people of Ming Dynasty, this kind of thing can be expressed verbally.
But after they took a closer look, they discovered that Ming Dynasty completely rejected royal marriage.
They only married commoners of their own country.
Therefore, the nobles of various countries in Europe and the West had to give up this idea.
Now they have discovered a new way to establish contact with the Ming Dynasty based on the identities of Xia Er and Liu Muyu.
The key is that the French and the Ming Dynasty established this special relationship, which made other Thai and Western royal families anxious.
Especially the Prussians.
Germany is the crossroads of the European continent, with Lucia and France on both sides.
The main reason why Germany was able to obtain the support and help of the Ming Dynasty was to check and balance the countries in the western continent.
Before the Ming Dynasty, it reconciled with Lucia by splitting the Grand Duchy of Xianbei. The daughter of the Grand Duke of Xianbei, a granddaughter of Emperor Lucia, had long been sent to "study abroad" with Prince Dashi. It is said that she has become Prince Dashi's exclusive mistress. one.
The relationship between Ming Dynasty and France has become increasingly close, and the relationship between Prince Dashi and the French Crown Prince is well known.
The only daughter of the British Prince of Wales, she went to Xintianfu twice in a row and had an ambiguous relationship with Prince Dashi.
The most important big countries in the western continent have now improved their relations with the Ming Dynasty, and Prussia will definitely be marginalized.
At the very least, the importance will be greatly reduced, and it will become increasingly difficult to take care and support.
After discussing it with his wife, William III felt that he should really try it.
So William III asked people to send formal letters to Honglu Temple and Zongren Mansion of the Ming Dynasty to inquire about relevant matters.
He also sent a telegram to Zhu Jingyuan in his private capacity to inquire.
Then there were two very similar, completely official responses.
“The marriage between French citizen Louis Charles Bourbon and Ming Dynasty citizen Liu Muyu is a personal act.
“Ming law does not prohibit Ming civilians from marrying Thai and Western people on their own, but it does not encourage such cross-border marriages.
“The Ming royal family and the court will not organize any form of official cross-border marriage activities.
"If someone invites your royal family or nobles to participate in such activities in the capacity of the Ming Dynasty royal family, clan government, or court, it is likely to be an international fraud. Please be sure not to be deceived."
Honglu Temple and Zongren Mansion are both official institutions of the Ming Dynasty, and it is absolutely impossible to respond to issues related to marriage.
The matter between Xia Er and Liu Muyu is defined as private behavior in the Ming Dynasty.
The official attitude of Ming Dynasty is that they do not oppose it, but they do not support it either.
What's more, Liu Muyu has a special status. She is the sister of Zhu Jingyuan's concubine.
If someone asks formally, they will definitely pretend not to know.
As for Zhu Jingyuan himself, he has no interest in this kind of thing.
The reason for introducing someone to Ciel is because both parties are familiar with each other, and Ciel really obeys his words.
Zhu Jingyuan had no in-depth communication with other Thai and Western royal families.
The key is that it is impossible to trust yourself like Ciel.
So I gave an official response directly, without going into detail at all.
William III was immediately confused when he saw this reply:
"Personal behavior? Fraud?"
William III's Queen Louise subconsciously speculated:
"So Louis Charles of Bourbon met the sister of King Dashi's concubine at a banquet in Xintian Mansion, and then the two fell in love?"
William III frowned and said:
"Of course it's possible, but I think it's probably just an excuse...
"I directly asked if we could introduce the two parties to get together. As for whether to combine, it all depends on the personal wishes of both parties."
William III gave his wife Zhu Jingyuan’s response:
"The key is that Prince Dashi's personal response was completely similar to the formulaic official caliber, and he did not respond directly to my inquiry at all.
"This shows that the personal relationship between us and Prince Dashi is far from the level of discussing this kind of topic."
Queen Louise nodded after hearing this:
“Indeed, it is a well-known fact that the Charles of Bourbon was very close to the Prince of Cathay.
"People even suspect that the relationship between Ciel and Prince Dashi may go beyond a normal friendship.
"Especially after Charles went to Xintianfu, he started to wear dresses that were obviously ladylike after he came back."
William III thought carefully and calculated for a while:
“It now appears that the Ming Dynasty did not prohibit members of the Ming Dynasty royal family from establishing brother-in-law-like relationships with the Thai and Western royal families.
“But the premise is that both parties are willing and the relationship between the two parties is close enough.
"There is absolutely no basis for such a relationship between our two children... and Prince Dashi."
After hearing this, Queen Louise tilted her head and said:
"Then... we send several of our eldest children to the Ming Dynasty? To establish enough personal friendship with the Ming Dynasty royal family?"
William III was obviously stunned for a moment:
"This... seems like you can try it, but you can't send them all, just arrange for one or two to go there.
“You can let William and Louise go over, a man and a woman, both have a chance.
“But under what name shall we arrange it?
"There is no direct relationship between us and Prince Dashi..."
Queen Louise thought for a while and said:
"Study abroad? Just like the Romanov royal family in Lucia, there is a tradition of sending their children to study in the Ming Dynasty.
"The current Grand Duke of Xianbei met his wife who was from the Ming Dynasty when he was studying abroad in the Ming Dynasty.
“Although we don’t have an existing friendship with Prince Dashi, he is also the person we are most familiar with.
"We can ask Prince Dashi if we want to send members of the royal family to study abroad in Daming, if he can help arrange it."
William III shook his head after hearing this:
“Studying abroad can only go to ordinary schools, and there is no chance to enter the specialized schools of the Ming Dynasty royal family.
"Otherwise, the royal families of various countries in Thailand and the West have long formed the habit of sending their children to study in the Ming Dynasty.
"The wife of the Grand Duke of Xianbei is just a commoner of the Ming Dynasty, a real commoner who has nothing to do with the royal family.
"What we want is obviously not this result. We want the children to establish a direct friendship with Prince Dashi...
"So we'd better be more direct and ask directly if we can arrange for our children to work and study with Prince Dashi."
Queen Louise said directly:
"That will most likely be rejected..."
William III nodded subconsciously, then shook his head and said:
"Not necessarily...Prince Dashi's previous response was very official, and we can be a little more official now.
“In order to enhance the relationship between the royal families of our two countries, we hope to arrange for members of the royal family to work and study next to Prince Dashi.
"We sincerely request Prince Dashi to provide the most basic care."
William III made up his mind, and the next day he sent someone to send an official message to Zhu Jingyuan on an official basis.
