Daming 1805

chapter 106

Zhu Jingyuan left the venue first, and the officials and representatives in the hall, after a short period of confusion and astonishment, also got up and left the venue one after another.

The representatives of the royal families of the Thai and Western countries, while getting up and walking out, looked at their companions around them, and many of them showed thoughtful expressions.

The princes recalled what Zhu Jingyuan said, what a real Roman successor should be like, you can directly refer to Daming's current status.

In China, no one asks which Ming Dynasty is, and no one does not know who is the orthodox dynasty of China today, and who is the successor of the Han and Tang Dynasties.

There is only Daming, there is no second answer, all the countries around Shenzhou are all de facto vassal states of Daming.

Looking at it in Europe, it is because one's own country has not truly unified Europe, and it is because other countries that claim to be Rome still exist, and countries that retain the claim of Rome still exist.

Therefore, my own country is not a real successor to Rome, and there is no real successor to Rome in Europe now.

To become the successor of Rome, it must be eliminated... At least all countries that have Roman claims must be completely defeated, forcing them to give up their claims.

Simultaneously capture key lands where the capital and birthplace of the Roman Empire is located.

At least rule the Sardinian-Italian Peninsula, the Balkan Peninsula, and the Asia Minor Peninsula.

It is necessary to basically completely eliminate the Ottoman Empire, defeat Prussia, Austria, Lucia, and France, and force them to surrender part of their land.

The highest goal is to restore all the Roman homelands and make the Mediterranean Sea its own inner sea again.

This goal is basically impossible to achieve, and it seems completely unfeasible at present.

But the seed had already been planted in the hearts of the princes.

In everyone's subconscious, they have begun to regard the countries corresponding to the target as opponents and obstacles that prevent them from becoming Rome.

But no one spoke up.

Princes and representatives of the royal family thought they were hiding what was on their minds.

However, the ministers of the imperial court obviously found that the representatives of the royal families of several countries that were relatively warm have become significantly colder now.

The ministers are all worried, and they are going to have a good chat with the representatives of their royal family when they go back.

Let them recognize Zhu Jingyuan's sinister intentions, let them not easily get on top, and don't ignore reality for the empty title of Rome.

French Foreign Minister Talleyrand, after returning to the residence of the French representative in the outer city, followed Prince Louis Charles directly into the room.

The 20-year-old Prince Charles watched Talleyrand come in. He was a little surprised and asked directly:
"Your Excellency, Minister of Foreign Affairs, do you think we, France, have a chance to become the real Rome?"

Talleyrand reminded without hesitation:
"Your Highness, don't be deceived by Da Ming's words, the purpose of selecting Rome's successor is to stir up internal strife in Europe.

"Let our anti-Ming alliance disintegrate on its own, and then Da Ming can 'sit back and reap the benefits'.

"Da Ming will definitely not simply watch us choose the real Rome."

Charles didn't seem to listen at all:
"Your Excellency, what I mean is, is it possible for us, France, to become Rome?"

Talleyrand is a very flexible person. After feeling the persistence of his prince, he immediately changed his mind:

"If you want to say whether it is possible, of course it is possible..."

Prince Charles came to his senses immediately:

"Tell me quickly, how to make Prussia, Austria, Lucia, Ottoman, and Italy recognize that we are Rome..."

Talleyrand replied directly:
"It's actually very simple for them to recognize us. As long as we completely defeat Daming head-on, we will be the undisputed Rome."

Prince Charles was stunned:

"Simple? How can it be simple? Wait, how can you defeat Ming? What does this have to do with becoming Rome?"

Seeing that the prince was already on the road, Talleyrand immediately continued to induce along this line of thought:

"Because Ming Dynasty is the real obstacle for us to have a real Rome in Europe, we have to defeat Ming Dynasty first, and then we can compete for the title of Rome."

Prince Charles was a little distressed, and said a little impatiently:

"It's because we can't defeat Daming that we want to become Rome. Minister, aren't you talking nonsense?"

Talleyrand squeezed out a smile:

"It's not nonsense, this made you realize that you first thought you couldn't beat Da Ming, and then you wanted to compete for the title of Rome.

"This is the inducement that Daming gave you, making you voluntarily give up fighting with Daming, and instead go to fight with other European countries.

"During this war, all of us Europeans united and finally drew with Ming Dynasty.

"Conversely, Da Ming didn't win in the end, so Da Ming changed his strategy and started using their tricks.

"If European countries break out of war for the title of Rome, Ming will win without fighting.

"This is the so-called 'difference scheme', a classic conspiracy of the Ming people.

"You can think about it differently, if you were the ruler of Ming Dynasty, would you like us to have a real Rome in Europe?
"Do you hope that there will be a new great empire in the world that can keep pace with you and threaten your status?"

Prince Charles finally fully understood:
"No, it's impossible. If I were the Emperor of Ming Dynasty, I definitely don't want to see this situation. Then what should we do next?"

Talleyrand said emphatically:
"Maintain alliances, avoid internal strife, unite and cooperate, and defend against foreign enemies together.

"Prime Minister Pitt of the United Kingdom said very well at the meeting that the Anti-Ming League is Rome, and we are all Rome.

"After the peace talks, we should continue to maintain the anti-Ming Dynasty alliance, and even continue to strengthen the anti-Ming Dynasty alliance.

"Continuing to maintain military-level cooperation will make the ties of the allied countries closer, so that Ming has never been able to start.

"If after the armistice, Ming has objections to the name of the Anti-Ming League, we can change the name.

"Just call it the League of Rome, or the Europa League.

"But we must never go to war again unless necessary.

"We should use the peace period after this peace talk to strengthen our control over the colonies of Yinzhou and Mozhou.

"Then based on the existing colony, continue to expand and control the area steadily."

Charles understood Talleyrand's meaning, but he was not very clear about the specific operation:

"Then leave these matters to Your Excellency the Minister."

Talleyrand stroked his chest and saluted:
"That's the job of the foreign secretary."

The French were very fortunate to have recognized Daming's purpose and tried to find a solution.

But in many cases, in the absence of coercive force, the development of things is often not satisfactory.

The court representatives of most other countries also understood the real purpose of Ming Dynasty.

Some representatives of the royal family are also aware of the problem. For example, Archduke Karl of Austria does not need to persuade him at all.

However, representatives of some countries encountered some problems in the process of persuading their own royal family representatives.

To persuade members of the royal family, or even the definite crown prince, may not be able to do so.

Representatives of some countries even understood Daming's intentions, but their final decisions were far from those of the French.

Prussia was represented by Foreign Minister, Karl August von Hardenberg, historically later Prince Hardenberg and Chancellor of the Cabinet.

The representative of the royal family, the younger brother of the King of Prussia, Heinrich, returned to the residence with Hardenberg and went to visit General Blücher.

The three found a small living room, first explained what happened during today's meeting, and then asked Blucher's opinion.

Blucher said very decisively:

"Da Ming is trying to stir us up in Europe..."

The young royal family member Heinrich asked a little disappointed:

"So should we boycott? Or even persuade other countries not to be credulous? Should we even persuade Europe to stay united?

"Then how can we really unify Germany? How can we take the land of Austria?"

Blucher laughed and said:
"I didn't say boycott, the infighting in Europe is exactly what we want if we continue with our Greater Germany strategy.

"Although this is definitely beneficial for Ming to weaken Europe, it is also beneficial for us to continue to expand.

"We can continue to weaken Austria and really unify all Germans under this atmosphere and cover.

"If the world is really peaceful for a long time after the peace talks, then the future of our Germany will come to an end."

Hardenberg broke his fingers and said with emotion in a dignified tone:
"We guard against the British revisiting Hanover, we guard against the threat of the French and the Lucians, and we liberate the Germans from Austrian rule.

"We Prussians, we Germans still need war, but only limited and controlled wars.

"We in Prussia-Germany are the 'land of four wars', we are enemies on three or even four sides.

"Seeing the reports and statistics of the Tianzhu battlefield, I can recall the past of our Germans.

"We Germans bear the brunt of every war in Europe.

"The land of Germany is Europe's war, and the people of Germany are the cannon fodder of European countries.

"Until we in Prussia worked hard to annex the German states and bring more and more Germans together.

"We have gradually gained a certain voice in Europe, and we have the ability to refuse the fate of being cannon fodder and battlefields.

"If we want to fully control our own destiny and continue to improve our right to speak, we must unite all Germans."

Now Heinrich was a little excited:

"Since both of you agree, what should we do next?"

Blücher thought for a while, and looked at Hardenberg, who was the plenipotentiary.

Hardenberg nodded slightly, and began to explain his thoughts:

"First of all, we must make it clear that we, Prussia, do not have the ability to fight against the whole of Europe. That is a strategy that even Ming cannot guarantee victory.

"So my point is that wars can happen, but they must be controllable.

"Once there is an anti-Prussian alliance, our country will quickly fall apart and everything will go back to the way it was.

"Although we in Prussia often refer to the Qin Empire in China, I don't have the Guanzhong Fortress of the Qin Empire as a retreat.

"We have to be careful, we should 'leverage strength', we should provoke other countries to go to war first.

"For example, it drives the war between Austria and Italy, the war between Lucia and the Ottomans, and the colonial war between France and England.

"Then we join the war as an ally of one side of the war, not as the main force of the war, and we want to make sure that the war can be ended at any time.

"More importantly, we...should enlist Da Ming's help.

"If it is really necessary, if Daming is really willing, we can even consider forming an alliance with him."

Blücher nodded slightly listening:

"Yes, we should enlist Daming's help, even in name only, it will make the surrounding countries reevaluate their relations with Prussia."

After hearing this, Heinrich asked with some concern:
"Looking for Da Ming's help and alliance, does this count as 'seeking skin with a tiger'?"

Hardenberg said with a wry smile:
"Outside of Europe, we Germans have nothing to lose. To go to Mozhou, we must pass through the Ming-controlled area.

"Da Ming would not have the idea of ​​ruling tens of millions of Germans, and should have no idea of ​​any sufficiently large European nation.

"Because Europeans are not Indians, not Yins and Africans, not an ethnic group that can easily implement colonial rule.

"Those Boers in South Africa have already made Da Ming feel troublesome, and Da Ming should be even less interested in mainland Europe.

"And our goal is to focus on Europe for the time being, so we both have a basis for cooperation.

"Of course, there can't be full cooperation, and there can't be full trust.

"Everything must be cautious, and the same sentence, we in Germany need war, but it cannot be a large-scale war that we participate in alone."

Heinrich basically understood, and then said excitedly:
"Should we take the initiative to contact Daming? Release our sincerity in advance, and cooperate a little bit in the conversation..."

Hardenberg directly vetoed this time:
"No need, if Ming's diplomats are not idiots, they should contact us, at least there should be hints.

"Even if we don't have anything, we can run into each other a little bit at the upcoming banquet...

"However, during the process of the peace talks, you absolutely cannot have direct contact with Daming in private.

"Once it is discovered by other European countries, the consequences will be 'unthinkable'."

Blücher and Heinrich nodded at the same time, and the main members of the Prussian delegation agreed.

When the French and the Prussians responded to Ming's provocation, they had two completely different attitudes and ideas.

The French are quite satisfied with the current situation. Both the mainland and the Yinzhou colony are relatively stable and are developing rapidly.

The plan of the French for a long time in the future is to continue to expand their colonies in Mozhou and Yinzhou.

Due to the early appearance of the steamship, the human shipping capacity was enhanced in advance, and the value of the colony increased rapidly.

The direct rule of countries in the world over remote colonies has also been directly advanced from the mid-nineteenth century to the mid-eighteenth century.

The development of the Yinzhou colonies of Britain and France also accelerated significantly in the eighteenth century.

Now the population has grown to more than 2000 million, and it has reached a level where there is absolutely no room for loss.

So the French want a stable environment.

Of course, another key reason is that the frontal challenge to Da Ming failed, so he had to completely give up his coveting on Xiao Xiyang.

This makes them more focused on their goals.

Prussia, on the other hand, had few worthwhile colonies overseas, nor did they have enough navy for expansion.

So we can only focus on the local area, hoping to muddy the waters in Europe so that we can fish in troubled waters.

　Now the name of the VIP chapter cannot be changed, it will be locked after it is published, and I have to find an editor...

　　
　
(End of this chapter)