Measure France's material resources and the joy of the Celestial Empire!

unnecessary.

For the country, of course, they must use the strength of the whole country to be happy with the Celestial Empire.

But when the object changes, the content naturally changes.

Who is Louis II de Bourbon?

But it was just a prince, a noble leader of France.

When the object changes, the content of course needs to change.

The question will come soon, how will this content change?

"In addition to the king, the Emperor of Ming can also accept the surrender of the great nobles."

From the Han Dynasty to the Ming Dynasty, for almost two thousand years, the Han Dynasty had already accumulated a mature set of experience in "using barbarians to control barbarians". To restrain the natives, they did not necessarily need to be subject to the surrender of the king and chiefs. There would inevitably be some 25-year-olds who had a strange intention. It was because they had a heart of admiration and always gave them the opportunity to join the Celestial Empire, right?

Therefore, there has been a mature system to recruit Erwuzi.

The military and civilian Xuanwei Department, the chief official's office, the Xuanfu Department, these things are not prepared for the king. They are all prepared for the ministers and local chiefs under the king.

In a word, for those two and five boys, there is no need to find another way for the Ming Dynasty to take advantage of the prescriptions. Old Chinese doctors have some ready-made prescriptions available.

"In other words, as long as we express our surrender to the Ming Dynasty, then the Ming Dynasty will send troops to help us, right?"

"It is not to send troops to help you, but to send troops to protect the Ming vassals, the Duke."

Yuermei explained to a duke.

"As a vassal of the Ming Dynasty, after we swear allegiance, how much tax does the Ming Dynasty need us to pay?"

Another count stood up and asked.

What do these nobles really care about?

Taxes and a series of other privileges are what they care about most. Even the fundamental reason for their conflict with the king is that the king tries to steal the right to collect taxes from their fiefdoms and a series of other privileges.

Want my money.

Uncle is tolerant, but I can't bear it. I'm so damn. In the past six years, these nobles, under the leadership of Prince Condai, have fought with the king's army for six years. Unfortunately... they won less and lost more, and finally ruined the reinforcements given to them by the Spanish king.

Now, their territory has been occupied and they have become dogs. If it were not for the emergence of the Ming Dynasty, for them, their only hope was to place hope for Spain and France in negotiations. During the negotiations, Spain asked France to return their territory and castles, and of course, they would re-swear allegiance to the king in return.

In Europe, this is the norm of war.

But now, this group of water dogs has a new choice, which is to be loyal to the Emperor Daming, and then, as a vassal of the Emperor Daming, with the help of the Ming army, he will return to his hometown.

"Everything can be followed by the old rules!"

Yu Ermei said.

Paying taxes is a responsibility and obligation. There is no need for the Ming Dynasty to generously notify these nobles of paying taxes. They just need to follow the old rules. As for how much, the Ming Dynasty actually doesn’t care at all. For the current Ming Dynasty, it doesn’t care about that little tax at all.

Compared to the joy of other nobles, Prince Kong Dai frowned. He considered a longer-term future. Now, they were vassals of the Ming Dynasty, but what about the future?

Although he broke up with the king, he was still infinitely loyal to France in his mind, at least loyal. In fact, he hoped that he could become the king of France. But he was relieved immediately. After all, Yuermei had already told him about the Ming Dynasty before this.

All this is temporary. For the Ming Dynasty, they were more willing to deal with one king than the thirty-two nobles.

Prince Kong Dai, the leader of the noble, will solve this problem in the right time in the future!

Of course, at that time, the Ming Dynasty would re-sign a new treaty with him, and at that time, it would really be a measure of France's material resources and the favor of the Celestial Empire.

On January 15, 1659, after more than ten days of negotiations, after establishing the obligations and powers that should be fulfilled after surrender, thirty-two French nobles headed by Prince Kong Dei signed a treaty, and they chose to be loyal to the Emperor of the Celestial Dynasty!

In other words, Prince Kong Dai, the number one noble in France, is no longer a noble in France, but a noble in the Ming Dynasty... No, he is a minister of the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty and a noble in the Ming Dynasty... He does not have that qualification yet.

With such loyalty, the Ming Dynasty could just support Louis II de Bourbon and his friends. Why... Their fiefdom was occupied by King Louis XIV of Dharma. As the sect leader, Da Ming, of course, had to stand up and preside over justice for his subordinates.

Even on the same day, Zhu Youbin, the commander of the Ming envoy, sent an envoy to the other side of the strait by boat, and submitted a letter of state to Louis XIV, the so-called "Sun King", which ordered him to withdraw from the fiefs of thirty-two Ming subordinates.

And these fiefs occupy almost half of France!

Why do thirty-two nobles occupy so much land?

And this is precisely due to European tradition. The so-called "the vassal of my vassal is not my vassal". Simply put, a certain Count who was canonized by the king has an obligation to the king (serving military service, tribute, etc.), but the next-level nobleman who was canonized by the earl has only an obligation to the earl, but no obligation to the king.

These thirty-two great nobles represent hundreds of little nobles who are loyal to them, representing half of France. Just like the Stark family in Game of Thrones, the little nobles are loyal to and follow the big nobles, uh... Then, half of France becomes the chieftain of the Ming Dynasty.

In other words, the Ming Dynasty won half of France's allegiance without a single shot or bullet. Of course, it was just that the gun was not yet used.

If Louis XIV accepts reality, it would be like losing most of France. One thing is certain that Louis XIV cannot accept all this!

"This is a contempt for the whole of France!"

When they received the letter of nationality submitted by the envoy of the Ming Dynasty, the entire French court suddenly became in an uproar. They were still immersed in the joy of defeating Prince Conde, but they never thought that the guy Conde was better. He turned around and found another backer, and he was even more powerful.

"If we agree to the Chinese, then France will no longer exist!"

Julio Lemondo Masarino, a Cardinal of Privy Council, said in a angrily manner

"Your Majesty, we must not agree to such rude requests from the Chinese!"

As the successor to Cardinal Richelieu, after Richelieu's death, Masarino took over as the cardinal. After King Louis XIII died in 1643, his successor Louis XIV was only 5 years old. At this time, France had been the regent of France by Queen Anna. During this period, Masarino continued to help Anna expand and consolidate her dominance.

During this period, Masarino basically played the role of the ruler of France and the "ruler of Anna". His modest attitude was in sharp contrast to Richelieu's dominance, and Anna liked him very much because of his close relationship, so there were rumors that he was the queen mother's lover. This led to people's distrust of the regent team formed by the two of them, and even led to the unpopularity of the palace. This also seriously damaged the prestige and image of the queen mother Anna and Masarin, which made the High Court, who wanted to seize power, that is, the robe nobles and military nobles (the sword nobles), who had been ready to try to seize power. Finally, the "Stone-Transfer Rebellion" was launched. This rebellion and civil strife seriously weakened France's national strength, and its military strength declined from 150,000 to about 50,000, and at the same time it also caused great social chaos and had a significant impact on France's domestic stability.

However, as the victorious party, after quelling the rebellion of the Stones, they still firmly grasped the power of France. Even until now, after Louis XIV took power, Massarino, as cardinals, still held power and had a profound influence on French government affairs.

"So how do I choose? Reject them?"

Louis XIV did not immediately agree with Marsarino's opinion. He turned his eyes to his mother, hoping to get some inspiration from her.

"What does it mean to reject their words?"

The person who spoke was not King Louis XIV, but his mother, Queen Mother Anne. Even as early as 8 years ago, Louis XIV, at the age of thirteen, reached the legal age of rule. Queen Anne also formally handed over power to her son in front of the parliament, but the king hoped that she could continue to give him good advice. So Queen Anne continued to sit next to the king. With the help of Marsarino, she had no interest in politics, and had long handed over power to Louis XIV completely.

"It must mean war!"

When talking about war, Masarino's momentum suddenly became weak. France is not France more than ten years ago. After the "Stone Rebellion", France's strength suffered a heavy blow. The rebellion of Prince Conde and others further weakened France's strength. Even when quelling Prince Conde's rebellion, if there were no reinforcements sent by Cromwell, what would have been waiting for France would have been defeated.

And the Chinese can even easily defeat Cromwell and France... now they really don't have the ability to repel the Chinese army!

"Can we defeat their army?"

Queen Mother Anne was silent for a moment. As the Queen Mother, she also knew the answer. France is now an extremely weak kingdom, and even a large number of great nobles betrayed France. They stood on the side of the Chinese. If they chose to fight, the war would even be destined before the war even started.

If you can’t choose war, what else should you choose?

“The answer is obvious.”

After thinking about it, Queen Mother Anne suggested to Louis XIV.

"Maybe, we can send an envoy!"

"Send an envoy?"

Louis XIV said in surprise.

In fact, his inner pride made him very reluctant to give in so much. Sending an envoy was to compromise? But he was also very clear that he had no better choice except that unless he wanted to leave Paris again and go into exile outside Paris, just like during the "Trails Rebellion".

"Yes, send an envoy to China to show our attitude and personally express our protest to the Chinese emperor." Julio Lemondo Masarino, the Cardinal of Privy Council, nodded,

"For now, this may be the best choice. It is also the most advantageous choice."

For politicians, they may be angry, but they will quickly make the most favorable choice for themselves. For Marsarino, he may be very unwilling to give up and even wish to pull out all the thirty-two nobles and chop off their heads, but reason tells him what to choose now. For France, the war with China now is definitely not the first option.

Louis XIV only answered these words:

"Then send a messenger to China right away!"

Only one envoy could personally express France's opinion to the Emperor of Ming Dynasty, and only one envoy could avoid the outbreak of war.

Of course, in 1659, it was a long journey from Paris to Nanjing. It not only required half a year to sail overseas, but also faced countless risks such as wind, waves, sea fog, etc. Why are sailing adventurers of this era respected? Because they all have superhuman courage and wisdom without exception.

However, for the messenger, it does not only require wisdom and courage, it is just a requirement for the navigator, but for the messenger who is heading to China, it also requires a noble identity.

"This messenger must be a smart, courageous and noble person!"

Finally, after repeated weighing and after soliciting the opinions of the Privy Councillor, Louis XIV sent his younger brother Philip I, Duke of Anjou. Because his uncle Gaston Jean Baptiste, Duke of Orleans, had not yet passed away, Philip I has not yet inherited the title of Duke of Orleans he left behind. However, as the king's younger brother, Philip I was a noble enough identity.

"We can finally see those handsome Chinese people!"

Brother Wang's order made Philip I think of this thing that he was more interested in. For him, he did not reject the adventure of going to China. In his opinion, this would be a topic of conversation for him in the future.

The distance is a little longer, there are risks at sea, so what's the big deal? The more this happens, the more it can become the capital for him to show off in front of everyone after returning to Paris.

How many people have been to China in the whole of France? Not many people. Maybe he has no political ambitions, but for him, this incident is enough for him to show off in the palace for more than ten years.

However, before heading to China, of course, you must first send personnel to communicate with the Chinese mission in London. Otherwise, what if there is a conflict at sea? Maybe you will lose your life in vain.
Chapter completed!