Daming Military Empire

Chapter 237

The previous article mentioned that there was a distinguished princess who came to Daming with the fleet of the regent Zhu Youjian, so who is this princess?How honorable is her status?This is the famous beauty of the Habsburg Dynasty, the most beloved youngest daughter of the Holy Roman Emperor Ferdinand II, the niece of King Philip IV of Spain, Princess Maria Anna.

She is also the niece of King Louis XIII of France, the niece of King Charles I of England, and so on. This relationship is a bit messy. European royal families were married in this way at that time. In short, the status of Princess Anna is quite noble.

In other words, with such a noble status, how could she be sent to Daming to marry? Could it be that there are no princesses of the right age in the royal family of the Habsburg dynasty?
In fact, she was not sent by his father, the Holy Roman Emperor Ferdinand II, nor forced by his uncle, King Philip IV of Spain, but by herself. To be precise, she was She came to Daming to avoid the dreaded inbreeding!
The so-called confidante, because she is so beautiful, she became the target of royal families from all over the world when she was only 13 years old. His father can't help it. The daughter always wants to marry. Since there are so many people chasing her, choose the one with the strongest strength. The big one, Britain and France are now fighting against the Holy Roman Empire, so of course there is no need to think about it, and the small princes under the Holy Roman Empire don’t need to think about it, so you can imagine who will win the lottery in the end, yes, it is his own uncle King Philip IV of Spain!

If there are no accidents, he will marry his own uncle in two years, isn't it scary?

This is not a joke. In history, she really married her own uncle, and she also gave birth to Carlos II, the last king of the Spanish Habsburg dynasty. How many genetic defects are there in the offspring of such close blood relatives? It is conceivable that Carlos II was not only infertile, but also suffered from countless terminal illnesses. He died after living in his 30s, and the Habsburg dynasty of Spain became extinct!

His uncle Philip IV was indeed very attracted to her. Although the royal family has excellent genes, it is rare to grow her so beautiful, and because of the serious marriage of close relatives, almost all members of the royal family have all kinds of strange problems, such as It is even rarer that she is so beautiful and has no faults at all, so even though she is the daughter of his own sister, Philip IV did not intend to let her go.

Knowing that she was going to marry her own uncle, one could imagine the panic in her heart, so when the Regent of Ming Dynasty Zhu Youjian accidentally mentioned that His Majesty the Emperor of the Ming Empire was only 14 years old and had not yet married, she went all out. Marrying the unfamiliar emperor of the Ming Empire is better than marrying your own uncle. Moreover, after more than 200 years of genetic improvement in the old Zhu family, the appearance is already quite excellent. The Prince Regent, His Highness Zhu Youjian, is already handsome enough Now, how bad is his nephew, not to mention that the Ming Empire is so powerful, which country in Europe can compare with it!
When she told her father about her thoughts, Ferdinand II did not object. He still loved his little daughter very much. Although marriage was a political requirement, marrying her own uncle would be ridiculous.

Philip IV was a bit reluctant when he learned about it, but in the face of national interests, he still chose to agree. At this time, Spain really needs allies. Now it seems that the entire European continent is against the Habsburg dynasty. It is almost impossible to find allies, so the powerful Ming Empire has become the first choice. Although the Ming Empire is far away in the Far East, they can produce advanced weapons. If the Spanish Empire and the Holy Roman Empire can all be equipped with the Ming Empire Weapons, the Protestant League is nothing!
So he didn't stop him, but personally sent his niece to the Prince Regent, and the beautiful Princess Anna came to Daming just like that.

Of course Zhu Cijiong didn’t know that his fifth uncle had brought him back a partner. What he cared most about was the arms order. The Spanish Empire was the richest at the moment, and it would be demoted by Britain, France and the Netherlands in a while. Now, instead of letting it slowly weaken and finally being taken away by England, France and Holland, it is better to stabilize it and let it become your own cash cow.Besides, stabilizing it is tantamount to curbing the development of Britain, France and the Netherlands. This is a win-win thing, so why not do it.

So, when Zhu Youjian handed him a large number of translated orders, he couldn't close his mouth from laughing, flintlock?No problem, sell as much as you want; grenades?No problem, as long as the price is high and the profit is large enough; field howitzers?This is not impossible, as long as they can accept the sky-high price offered; super battleships and treasure ships!Nima, the king of Spain really dares to speak, but if they really can't stand it anymore, this is not something they can't sell. As long as they can hold back the development of England, France and Holland, they can directly ask Daming to send troops to help!
Just when he was watching with relish, Zhu Youjian stammered from the side: "This, this, your majesty..."

Zhu Cijiong couldn't be in a good mood now, and couldn't help but joked when he heard the words: "Uncle Wu, do you want to come up with Gong? Go ahead, don't worry about me, I'll look at the order first."

Zhu Youjian choked on his joke for a long time before he said helplessly: "Your Majesty, no, this, this, there is a princess who insists on coming back with Wei Chen, and Wei Chen took her with her, please Your Majesty forgives you."

Zhu Cijiong didn't realize that people were looking for him at this meeting, he just thought that Zhu Youjian found a concubine by himself, what's the matter, for the people of the Ming Dynasty, it might be unbelievable to take a foreign girl, But for modern people, that is not a problem at all, he said indifferently: "If Uncle Wu likes it, then marry him, I agree!"

Zhu Youjian was choked and coughed for a while before reminding hesitatingly: "This, this, this princess is only 14 years old this year."

Oh, I'm still a little lolita. Is this fifth uncle's taste quite heavy? Zhu Cijiong couldn't help but tease: "Well, this is not a big problem. Foreigners develop early, and they can marry at about 14 years old."

Hearing this, Zhu Youjian rolled his eyes and said, "Your Majesty, I don't want to marry me, but you!"

Zhu Cijiong trembled when he heard the words, and said in shock, "What? Uncle Wu, are you kidding me?"

Zhu Youjian held back his smile, cupped his hands and said, "How dare my minister dare to joke with the emperor, he really came to look for the emperor."

Zhu Cijiong's mind was in a mess for a moment. It seems that Daming is an adult at the age of 15, which means that he will get married next year. As for the queen, he has already chosen it, that is the fairy sister Qin Mingyue, this foreign princess or something It came too suddenly, should I marry or not?
(End of this chapter)