Daming 1805

Chapter 121 The Arrangement of Emperor Lucia
After Prince Nicholas, Wedemeyer, and Kutuzov of Lucia's delegation returned to their residence, they continued the meeting and discussed for half a day.

In the end, Wedemeyer compiled a detailed report and sent it back to Lucia's capital Moscow.

After receiving the report, Emperor Lucia Paul felt melancholy, but at the same time he was slightly relieved.

Daming really didn't push Lucia to death.

But those three options, how to choose in the end, is not so easy to decide.

Paul thought about it for more than half an hour, and then asked the cabinet ministers and adult princes to discuss it.

What Paul was expecting to get advice on making a judgment call instead ended up with a full blown debate.

The focus of the debate is not just which option to choose, but also the details of each option.

Including disputes over the scope of ceded land, as well as disputes over Minghua reform.

Most of the princes are in favor of splitting up, but against Minghua reform.

After the split, the Romanov family can inherit one more country, and the prince who had no chance of inheriting will have another chance.

But most of them are relatively young, and their thinking tends to be Europa Grand Luciaism, so most of them oppose the Minghua reform.

Most of the older ministers opposed the split, while willing to accept the Minghua reform.

Because dismantling the Romanov Dynasty would weaken the overall strength of the country, and sooner or later the dismantled part would be annexed by Ming Dynasty.

Most of them are older and agree with Minghua in thinking, so they tend to be Minghua as a whole.

The young ministers opposed the separation and Minghua at the same time, supported the acceptance of 20 years of peace, and asked the emperor to try his best and fight again after 20 years.

So in the end, the option that received the most approval was to proclaim the tribute as a whole, not to split it up.

But in the same way, the one who received the most opposition was the overall professed tribute to Minghua.

The conference room slowly became chaotic.

Two hours later, Emperor Paul dismissed the princes and ministers and continued to think alone.

In fact, the chaotic meeting scene was to some extent a true portrayal of Paul's heart.

Not every choice is the best, but you must choose one that is not the worst from these options.

This is the sorrow of the weak, who can only toss and turn among the options provided by others.

Emperor Paul thought for two hours, but did not make a final decision. He subconsciously wanted to procrastinate, anyway, there was a one-month deadline.

This dragged on until May.

On May 34nd in the [-]th year of Ming Taiping, an urgent telegram was sent to Emperor Paul:
"Khiva Khan was granted the title of Duke of Shiva of the Ming Dynasty, and the Khanate of Khiva officially became a foreign vassal of the Ming Dynasty. On the same day, the Governor's Mansion of the Right Army of the Ming Dynasty entered the Kingdom of Khiva."

Emperor Paul's hands trembled subconsciously, and almost tore the telegram to shreds.

Although Ming is negotiating and has given a deadline, it is obvious that he will not wait until the deadline to prepare for war.

Instead, preparations for war began during the waiting period, and the deadline may be to start the war directly.

"We can't delay anymore, this kind of waiting is meaningless, it will make Daming accumulate more anger..."

Emperor Paul quickly made a decision in his heart, and then instinctively wanted to summon the ministers and princes.

As a result, he forcibly held back the words, and temporarily changed to another command:
"Call the Alexanders over here."

Emperor Paul's son, Alexander, was born to Paul and a Ming concubine.

Although both the royal family and the court officials of the Ming Dynasty prohibited marriages, there was no way to completely prohibit non-governmental transnational marriages.

Although the proportion of ordinary women in Ming Dynasty who are willing to marry Taixi people is very low, but the population base of Ming Dynasty is large enough, and they can always find willing ones.

As the largest country in Taixi, it is not a big problem for Lucia to find a few ordinary women from the Ming Dynasty to be imperial concubines.

Alexander, a prince of mixed blood, was sent to Daming to study at the age of 12, and married a Ming woman as his wife in Daming.

It was not until the beginning of the World War that he returned to Lucia with his wife. He is 36 years old this year.

More than half an hour later, Prince Alexander, his wife Zhao Xinlian, and five children all arrived at Emperor Paul's bedroom.

Emperor Paul looked at the family with complicated emotions.

All seven members of this family are dressed in Ming style. Alexander also has a Daming dialect name named Luo Yashan, and several children also have Daming names.

Luo Yashan himself was of mixed blood, and his children had mixed blood for the first time, and they all had three quarters of Ming blood.

The five children all have the obvious characteristics of Ming people, two of them only have dark hair color, and the others basically do not have the characteristics of Lucia.

The family of seven walked up to Emperor Paul and greeted Emperor Paul with standard Daming polite words.

The etiquette and posture are impeccable, but there is obviously a sense of indifference.

Because Luo Yashan's family does not approve of the war between Lucia and Daming, and thinks it is a thankless behavior that is completely meaningless.

Emperor Paul sighed softly in his heart, then greeted with a smile on his face and said:
"Alexander, the war between our Lucia and Daming is coming to an end, you and your family don't have to worry about it in the future."

Mount Roja was slightly surprised, but quickly regained his composure:

"Then what's the price?"

Emperor Paul's expression suddenly became a little stiff, and he forced a smile again, pretending to be relaxed and saying:

"According to the terms of the truce we discussed with Daming, the territory of our Romanov family will be divided into two parts.

"Split the region east of the Urals and establish a country with Ming-style etiquette and institutions.

"The monarch will be a member of our Romanov family, and the country will become a foreign vassal state of Ming Dynasty.

"I am going to let you, a child of Ming blood, become the monarch of this country."

Luo Yashan didn't show any surprise, but was a little powerless and hesitant indignation:

"This is the price. This is the result of my father's more than ten years of fighting. Does my father think it's all worth it?"

Mount Roja's mood is very complicated. As a member of the Romanov family, he also hopes that the Romanov dynasty and Lucia will be strong.

At the same time, he is also very tired of the so-called Europa Great Lucia trend that has arisen in recent years.

In Luo Yashan's view, Lucia is not a Western country, it might as well follow Daming to become a Mongol.

Seeing that Lucia was defeated in challenging Daming and was about to pay a painful price, Luo Yashan had a mentality of hating iron but not steel.

Emperor Paul's state of mind was equally complicated, and he didn't want to answer such meaningless questions at all, so he closed his eyes and changed the subject:
"So are you willing to be the Grand Duke of Xianbei?"

Mount Roja has basically returned to calm:
"Did Ming appoint me to be the Duke of this country?"

Emperor Paul shook his head:

"Da Ming didn't appoint a person, but he gave the system requirements, so you became the most suitable candidate."

Luo Yashan nodded lightly:
"Okay, I will become the Duke of Xianbei, and I will completely fall to the side of Ming Dynasty, and Lucia will continue to be the Taixi country.

"This can be regarded as a hedging bet. No matter what happens in the future, the Romanov family will never be extinct."

Emperor Paul nodded slightly, and then looked at the children of Mount Roja:

"After the agreement is formally signed, send the two children to study in Daming, and then marry a Ming daughter to inherit your title."

Luo Yashan nodded noncommittally:

"If their next generation mixes with Ming people, they should be completely indistinguishable from Ming people..."

Speaking of the topic of father and son, Emperor Paul thought of a question:
"Peter and Sophia haven't had body odor yet? It won't appear again after they become adults, right?"

Luo Yashan nodded very firmly and said:
"I still don't have body odor now, and I probably won't have it in the future.

"Erchen specially visited many mixed-race families and conducted a very detailed investigation.

"If a child has oily ears when they are young, there is a high probability that they will develop body odor before adulthood.

"If the child has dry ears, there is a high probability that they will not have body odor.

"Taixi people who have body odor are combined with Daming people who don't have body odor, and the mixed offspring produced have a very small probability of not having body odor.

"A child of mixed blood but with body odor continues to marry a Daming person who does not have body odor, and the offspring produced will have half the probability of having no body odor.

"Children who don't have body odor continue to combine with children who don't have body odor, and there is a high probability that the offspring will not have body odor."

After hearing this, Paul was a little surprised and said:

"If that's the case, we Lucians have always been mixed with Daming, so after three generations, wouldn't we lose body odor?"

Luo Yashan explained in a speechless way:
"That's not the case. You have to look at it the other way around. From the second generation of mixed descendants, as long as there is a child with body odor, even if he is married to someone who doesn't have body odor, there will always be half the probability of the offspring being odorous.

"Unless all the children with odor die, people with odor will never go away."

Emperor Paul shook his head with a dry smile and said:
"No, no, if the groups of people with body odor and people without body odor are large enough and live together.

"Then people with taste, compared with people without taste, have a harder time getting a chance to marry, so the number of offspring left behind will be reduced.

"So, the number of people with body odor will definitely gradually decrease as a whole..."

Luo Yashan nodded lightly:
"That's true, but in fact, people who have no taste at all can be regarded as Ming people, which is equivalent to the last generation."

Emperor Paul shook his head again:

"How can it be considered as the last generation? Just like these children of yours, even if future generations intermarry with Ming people, your descendants will still be your descendants.

"As far as you are concerned, as long as a certain generation of descendants is not unable to have children, then it cannot be regarded as the last generation..."

This time it was replaced by Luo Yashan with a dry smile:

"Yes, I am indeed not extinct, but if the scope is enlarged to the entire ethnic group, the ethnic group with body odor has disappeared."

Emperor Paul retorted again:

"No, it's not that they disappeared, they just completely merged into the odorless group.

"Since the individual is not extinct and the ethnic group has integrated into a better group, what is there to regret?"

Luo Yashan was silent for several seconds, and then said in a dignified tone:
"Father... what you said seems to make sense...

"But in this process, every generation will have some people who have body odor and cannot leave their own offspring.

"This is what you said just now, it is more difficult for people with experience to get a chance to get married, and the probability of being unrepeatable is higher.

"The opposite is true for those without body odor. They have a lower probability of becoming extinct, and they will have more offspring..."

Emperor Paul said calmly:

"This is a necessary price. Even if there is no such mixed blood, not every ordinary person can leave offspring."

Luo Yashan looked at his children, regardless of whether they smelled them or not, they were all his children, and he didn't want them to die.

The scene was quiet for a while, and Emperor Paul spoke again:
"As Grand Duke Xianbei, you will be regarded as a courtier of Ming Dynasty in the future, so you should also go to the conference.

"Prince Zhu Jingyuan, the grandson of the Ming Emperor who is currently presiding over the negotiations, is the most beloved and intelligent child among his father's children.

"We gained great prestige through the reform of withdrawing the domain and lifting the ban, and now we will get great credit through negotiations.

"His father has been appointed Minister of the Ministry of Officials of the Ming Dynasty, and he is already the heir approved by the Emperor of Ming Dynasty.

"Zhu Jingyuan also has a high probability of becoming the heir of the next generation approved by his father.

"You bring some gifts over there, say hello, and build friendships ahead of time."

Luo Yashan was obviously stunned for a moment, obviously he did not expect that his father would give him such a task,

Regarding the situation of Zhu Jingyuan and his son, Luo Yashan had already known about it, and had no objection to his father's judgment.

I just asked my father for advice with some guilty conscience:
"This... the emperor's grandson with this status, what gift can we give him? Isn't it rude?"

Emperor Paul thought for a while and said:

"This is indeed a problem. Even the land and the manor are meaningless to him, but this is the only thing he can give away.

"Then, you discuss it with your wife and Sophia, and ask Sophia if she would like to be his maid."

Luo Yashan's expression suddenly turned ugly.

If it was said to marry his daughter to Zhu Jingyuan, he would of course agree with it, even if it was just to become a concubine, he would not refuse.

However, the Ming Dynasty banned marriage to an outrageous degree. Royal women were absolutely not allowed to marry foreigners, and men were not allowed to marry foreign women as their main wives.

Among all foreign races, Korean maidservants and women can at most become concubines of royal men, and their offspring cannot inherit the royal title.

Other foreign women can only serve as maidservants without status, and their children do not belong to the royal family, nor do they have any titles.

Mount Roja shook his head with a straight face and said:

"I don't want to do that..."

Emperor Paul smiled and said:
"Don't rush to refuse yourself, you can ask Sovia if you are willing.

"Also, Sophia is my granddaughter after all, although she is going to be a maid in name, she won't become an ordinary maid in reality.

"I will give a piece of manor and land by the Black Sea as a dowry to Zhu Jingyuan along with Sophia.

"Then his natural choice is to let Sophia manage the manor.

"After all, it is impossible for him to manage the manor in Lucia himself, nor to live and use it by himself. In fact, he only has the right to usufruct.

"In the future, it should be passed on to the children born to him and Sophia, and in the final analysis, it will still be Lucia's land.

"This kind of child does not belong to the imperial clan of the Ming Dynasty and can only be arranged as an illegitimate child. It is appropriate to accept an overseas manor."

Luo Yashan fully understood his father's thoughts, so he nodded slightly in agreement, and went to discuss with his wife and children.

Emperor Paul got up his spirits, summoned the main officials of the court, no longer allowed them to argue, and chose to split Lucia directly.

The news was sent to Prince Nicholas, Wedemeyer, and Kutuzov in front on the same day.

Let them formally respond to Daming, and at the same time start more in-depth negotiations.

(End of this chapter)