Kangxi, your Qing Dynasty is dead

The train moved forward with a clang, clang, clang, and drove out of the port of Marseille, which was lined with chimneys and had a bit of an early industrial style, and drove on the open fields of southern France.It was the deepest time of spring and almost early summer. The fields were green and the spring breeze was blowing against our faces. Looking over, the grass was green and the flowers were yellow.Kangxi, Natasha, Petrov (Peter's brother), and Petrov's wife, a mixed-race Greek and Chinese woman named Agnes, sat in the same train compartment while admiring The scenery outside the window, while chatting.

The mixed-race Greek and Divine woman named Agnes was a royal member of the Kingdom of Greece. Her father was a Greek prince, and her mother came from the Junbao Zhu family, which was the imperial regent and imperial regent to whom Kangxi belonged in this life. The castle protects the family.Although the wives of the first, second and third heirs of the Junbao Zhu family all belong to the Jinzhang Yang family, the Chuo Luosi family, the Junbao Kong family or the Wuzhou clan, the princess of the Junbao Zhu family is still Will marry with the European royal family, especially the Balkan royal family.

For those small Balkan kingdoms and principalities that are actually the product of compromise between Rakshasa and the Holy Roman Empire, it is already a great honor to marry the princess of Junbao Zhu family - Junbao Zhu family has entered The jade certificate of the Ming Dynasty clan!Theoretically, Zhu Xuanye is not a "Qing Dynasty" at all, but a "Ming Dynasty"!
Although within the four major families of Junbao, everyone regards the Junbao Zhu family as a branch of Aixinjueluo of the Qing Dynasty, in the eyes of outsiders, the Junbao Zhu family is the noble Ming Dynasty clan!They have all been included in the jade certificate, how could it not be the case?Moreover, the Junba Zhu family had long since converted to the Heavenly Father, and believed in the Eastern Orthodox Church led by Patriarch Constantine, so they could marry into European royal families.

However, the daughter of the Zhu family in Junbao did not "marry far away". Britain, France, and Spain were all too far away, and Moscow was too cold.Princes from Greece, Montenegro, Serbia, Transylvania, and Wallachia are the ideal husbands for the princesses of the Pingxi Palace.

And the princesses and princesses of these small Balkan countries will also marry princes or illegitimate children who are the third heirs of the Zhu family in the county. Of course, the value of the princesses and princesses married by princes cannot be compared with those married by illegitimate children. .

Agnes is a princess with insufficient gold content. Although her father is a Greek prince, he has basically no chance of inheriting the throne.Because the current king is Agnes's uncle, and this uncle also gave birth to six sons and even two grandsons.

But Agnes was very beautiful and well-informed.Her father served as a diplomat in the Government of the Kingdom of Greece and also served as the ambassador to the Ming Dynasty for a long time, so she stayed with her parents in the Ming Dynasty for many years, and also received primary school, middle school, and high school education in the Ming Dynasty.

Steam engines, steamboats, and trains that seemed incredible to Kangxi were all normal things in Agnes' eyes.She could even explain the operating principle of the steam engine to Kangxi. Kangxi was stunned for a while, just like an ignorant little fool.

His reaction also made Petrov dumbfounded. Although the Eastern Roman Empire was indeed a bit backward and had not kept up with the pace of the industrialization era, Constantinople was not closed and industrialization could not develop purely because there were no resources and markets. and funding.But how come this Zhu Xuanye looks like a bumpkin who came here more than 100 years ago?
Thinking of this, he finally couldn't help but interrupt the conversation between Zhu Xuanye and his wife: "Third brother, you really should go to Ming Dynasty to see it. That is the center of the world and our hometown!"

"Going to the Ming Dynasty?" Kangxi felt a little homesick after hearing what he said, but then he thought of the loss of his family and sighed again, "But we don't have many relatives in our hometown!"

"Yes!" Agnes smiled, "Constantine, you have many relatives in the Ming Dynasty!"

"I have relatives in Ming Dynasty?" Kangxi was stunned, "You mean people from the royal family of Zhu Ming Dynasty?"

Agnes smiled and said: "Aren't they? Prince Pingxi's Palace is the palace of the Ming Dynasty clan, county and prince recognized by the Ming Dynasty court and the royal family!"

Kangxi just smiled bitterly. He only wanted to rebel against the Ming Dynasty and restore the Qing Dynasty, but in the eyes of outsiders, he was a member of the Ming Dynasty clan. Who can he ask to explain this?

Agnes hesitated for a moment: "Actually, Aixinjueluo's clan is also in Daqing, so it can be considered a relative of your family, right?"

"The clan of Aixinjueluo?" Kangxi was stunned again, "Whose descendants are they?"

"Of course they are the descendants of Emperor Kangxi!" Petrov said.

What?Do I have any descendants?Kangxi was excited after hearing this!

"Is that a descendant of Baoqing?" Kangxi asked quickly.

"No," Petrov said, "he has no heirs. After the death of the old queen mother, he became a monk in Taiping Valley and became a generation of eminent monks. The current Aisin Gioro family are all descendants of Yinzhen."

"Yin Zhen?" Kangxi murmured: "He is from the Wu Ya family. By the way, the Wu Ya family's grandfather served as the manager of the imperial kitchen, so Yinzhen can survive!"

This time it was Agnes's turn to be confused: "Does being the steward of the imperial kitchen have something to do with Yinzhen's survival?"

"It's a big deal!" Kangxi laughed, "Li Zhongshan's stepmother Zhang Xiaoyu's father Zhang Laobao was the manager of the snack room below the imperial kitchen. He had worked with Wu Ya's grandfather for many years, and at the critical moment he helped his old boss. Can’t Yinzhen survive?”

Petrov was stunned again and again: "Third brother, who did you listen to? I have read "Kangxi's Subjugation" by Cheng'en Hou Hongli. That's not what it said. It said that Nalan Xingde was in Da When the Qing Dynasty fell, he rescued Wu Ya and Yinzhen. Later, when Nalan Mingzhu was dying, he begged Prime Minister Li (Li Zhongshan) for mercy, and Prime Minister Li spared Yinzhen and made him a Marquis of Cheng'en."

It turns out that Mingzhu still has some conscience!
Kangxi nodded and asked, "Who is that Hongli?"

"That is the patriarch of the Aisin Gioro clan, the grandson of Kangxi and the son of Yinzhen." "Grandson." Kangxi was so excited that tears filled his eyes when he heard that he had a grandson. "How old is he?"

"He..." Petrov calculated, "he is almost 90 years old, right?"

"90 years old?" Kangxi didn't know what to say.

My grandson is 90 years old. Time flies so fast!When he thought about it again, he realized the seriousness of the problem!

90 years old. Only a few more years to live!

No, I have to go to Daming as soon as possible. Maybe I can see my grandson one last time!
But how to get to this Ming Dynasty?

Kangxi began to think about it again.

Now that he has an "old grandson", he has no time to think about the matter of overthrowing the Ming Dynasty and restoring the Qing Dynasty - this matter does not seem to be easy!It is not easy to usurp the power of Constantinople, and a group of Chang Ning's descendants there seem to be weaklings, all of them "happy to be in the castle, not thinking clearly." It is a bit difficult to rely on them to restore the Ming Dynasty and the Qing Dynasty.

However, his descendants of Kangxi must be ambitious and will never forget to restore the ancestral foundation. If we can join forces with them, our hopes will be greater!
Of course, before that, it would be best to get Napoleon's support.
If this person wants to serve as an emperor, he must establish a great cause, and he must go on the road to restore the Roman Empire.And the Ming Dynasty definitely did not want a unified Roman Empire to appear in Europe!
Therefore, the conflict between Ming Dynasty and France is inevitable!

As for the opportunity to disrupt the Ming Dynasty from within, Napoleon should not give up!
Along the way, Kangxi did not inquire further about how Hongli and the Aixinjueluo clan had endured hardships over the years. Instead, he and Petrov inquired about the current situation of the European powers. The memory Zhu Xuanye inherited makes him understand the situation in Europe relatively well.

It turns out that in Europe today, there are four major powers: France, the United Kingdom of England and the Netherlands, the Holy Roman Empire, and the Rakshasa Empire!Among them, France has the strongest national power, but the previous kings of France were too prodigal. They also dreamed of unifying Europe and rebuilding the Roman Empire.This goal was almost coming true in the era of Louis XIV, but it was abruptly disrupted when the Great Britain secretly provided large amounts of low-interest military loans to the United Kingdom of England and the Netherlands and the Holy Roman Empire.

After Louis XIV's successor, Louis XV, began to repeat Louis XIV's mistakes after the financial situation eased slightly, he took advantage of the lack of male heirs in the Habsburg dynasty to try to seize the throne of the Holy Roman Empire.As a result, they were once again hit hard by the British-Dutch United Kingdom, Prussia, and Austria.As a last resort, Louis XV could only find the Rakshasa Queen Elizabeth, and together with the Rakshasa, they beat up Prussia's Frederick, and were about to achieve their goal. As a result, Queen Elizabeth died, and Peter III, who came to the throne, inexplicably led to Prussia, and also All the land taken from Prussia was returned to France.
Now, Louis XV was in trouble. Not only did he fall into decline on the European battlefield, retreating steadily, and was finally pushed back to the pre-war national borders, he also lost Quebec, the most important territory of the "American Empire"!

After suffering such a big loss, Louis XV had no choice but to lie down and die.After Louis XVI came to power, the "last emperor" of the French Bourbon dynasty finally realized that the biggest obstacle to France's unification of Europe was actually the Anglo-Dutch United Kingdom established by William III and ruled by the Orange family. !
At this time, an anti-British uprising supported by the Aztec Republic broke out in the thirteen North American autonomous states under the British-Dutch United Kingdom - this was a blow to the British-Dutch United Kingdom, and at the same time, it and the Aztec Republic A good opportunity to turn enemies into friends!

As a result, Louis XVI decisively stepped down and supported the uprising of the thirteen North American states!

But what Louis XVI didn't expect was that Ming took action again!Still siding with the British-Dutch United Kingdom, and exerting great pressure on the Aztec Republic, forcing the latter to interrupt its support for the thirteen states of North America.

As a result, Louis XVI became a complete villain and had to bear all the responsibility for aiding the United States and resisting the British.

In the end, although the United States succeeded in becoming independent, France's finances completely collapsed!And Louis XVI also became a fool in the eyes of the French - he spent so much money in America, but got nothing in the end.

It was even because the United States of America, supported by the Ming Dynasty, took advantage of France's involvement in the American War of Independence to expand eastward and eat up many lands that nominally belonged to the American Empire.
Of course Louis XVI, whose finances collapsed and became a fool again, could not control the situation!
At the same time, French industry, stimulated by France's deep involvement in the American War of Independence, was devastated by financial collapse, the depreciation of the franc, and the shrinking American market (the Aztecs and Incas, under the temptation and pressure of the Ming Dynasty, began to invest in France. To add insult to injury and close the domestic market), it fell into a huge crisis. The revolution broke out naturally!

However, even though France suffered a series of blows after the death of Louis XIV, the country was still the strongest country in Europe that had crossed the threshold of industrialization.Especially in the Spanish Netherlands, Luxembourg, Alsace, Lorraine and other places occupied by France during the Louis XIV period, high-quality coal mines and iron ores were discovered one after another, making France's metallurgical industry surpass that of the United Kingdom and the United Kingdom. .Although it is still far behind Ming Dynasty, it is more than enough to maintain the second place in the world.

In addition, due to the fall of the Bourbon dynasty and the establishment of the French Republic, France's relations with the Aztec Republic and the Inca Republic rapidly improved due to the same political system. These two large markets rich in gold and silver were once again opened to France, making France Industrial strength can still grow after experiencing the baptism of the Great Revolution!

If France can rely on Napoleon's military genius to conquer Italy, Germany, and Spain, and then win over the British-Dutch United Kingdom and the Rakshasa Kingdom, it may not have the strength to fight against the Ming Dynasty.

Another European industrial power that can be compared with France is of course the Anglo-Dutch United Kingdom founded by William III.Although William III and Queen Mary never gave birth to an heir, the huge pressure exerted by France and Ming Dynasty on Britain and the Netherlands from Europe and overseas respectively still prompted the two countries to unite for warmth.The British Parliament even repeatedly refused to arrange a marriage for Princess Anne, and kept William's sister-in-law in England as a substitute for her sister so that she could marry William after the death of the frail Queen Mary.

And this arrangement finally gave birth to an heir to the co-ruling monarchs of Britain and the Netherlands who could maintain the United Kingdom.
Similar to France, the Anglo-Dutch United Kingdom also entered the era of industrialization in the second half of the 18th century!Although the industrialization scale of the British-Dutch United Kingdom is still slightly smaller than that of France, its development is much more stable, and the United Kingdom, which dominates the United Kingdom, has also developed into a financial center in Europe. If the British-Dutch United Kingdom and France can join forces in the future If so, Daming will be in big trouble!

Of course, the premise of this alliance is that Napoleon and the Parliament of the United Kingdom can realize that if Ming is not contained, Ming may dominate the entire world in the future. Although Ming does not seem to have the ambition to dominate the world, she has such strength! (End of chapter)