The friendship between the Manchus and Austria was more than a covenant of friendship and mutual assistance on paper. Nature

In mid-July, half a month after the annexation of Romania and the signing of a pact of friendship and mutual assistance with Austria, Dolgon's envoy returned to Austria.

This time, on behalf of the Qing Emperor Fulin, he asked to marry the Austrian princess as the concubine of the Qing Emperor, representing that the two countries have been closely inseparable from now on.

This was more representative than the previous pact of friendship and mutual assistance, and almost once again assured Austria that the Qing Dynasty would never invade Austria in the future, and that Austria could be more assured.

In fact, after the Manchu annexed the Ottoman Empire, the western border bordered Austria in a large area, and with the vast territory and population of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, in the intersection of the two countries, the Manchu Qing should be in an absolutely strong position.

However, Dolgon took the initiative to send envoys to Austria several times, whether it was to negotiate peace, make an alliance, or ask for relatives, all of which were taken by the Manchus, which inevitably damaged the national prestige of the Manchus, as if the Manchus were afraid of Austria.

Not to mention whether Austria can figure out why, even many Manchu nobles in the Manchu Qing Dynasty can't figure it out, and many Manchu nobles have written to Dolgon, and they can't face Austria so weakly.

Unfortunately, Dolgon ignored these people and insisted on sending envoys to marry Austria.

Those Manchu nobles did not receive an answer from Dolgon, so they continued to write to the Qing Emperor Fulin and the Empress Dowager Xiaozhuang of the harem, hoping that the emperor and the Empress Dowager would persuade Dolgon.

However, they were also not restored to the Empress Dowager of Fulin and Xiaozhuang, and all the books were lost.

More than 20 years ago, although the Manchu Qing Dynasty was forced to go to the emperor's title and proclaim himself a vassal to the Ming Dynasty, in fact, the Manchu Qing should be a 'kingdom', and there could be no emperor and queen mother, at most the king and the queen mother, but the Manchus have always regarded this as a great shame, even if they dare not do it in front of the Ming Dynasty, but in the Manchu Dynasty, they still use the title of the emperor and the queen mother.

"Emperor, your imperial father and the regent have endured too much pressure for the sake of the Qing Dynasty, you must always keep it in mind!" The Empress Dowager Xiaozhuang said to Fulin.

"Queen Mother, the sons know that the sons have always understood the regent of the imperial father!" Fu Lin nodded solemnly and said.

In fact, long before the marriage with Austria was made, Dolgon personally came to the palace to discuss with Fulin and the Empress Dowager for a long time, so both Fulin and the Empress Dowager Xiaozhuang understood Dolgon's approach and agreed with Dolgon's approach.

After the Qing Dynasty completely annexed the Ottoman Empire, the territory was already vast enough and the population was large enough, as long as it was governed well for a certain period of time, the national strength of the Qing Dynasty could be continuously enhanced, and there was no need to continue to expand, and there was no time to continue to expand

Because with the passage of time, with the increase of the national strength of the Qing Dynasty, the threat of the Ming Dynasty to the Qing Dynasty became more and more urgent, and it was difficult to guarantee that one day the Ming Dynasty felt the threat of the Qing Dynasty to the Ming Dynasty, and would not directly launch a full-scale attack on the Qing Dynasty.

The Ming Dynasty is the main direction of the Qing Dynasty in the future, and it is the enemy that the Qing Dynasty will defeat with all its might.

And the Ming is too powerful, the more you know about the Ming, the more you fear the Ming, in the face of the Ming, the Qing must concentrate all the forces, and the Qing wants to concentrate all the forces, the threat from Europe must be completely eliminated.

The reason why it is necessary to marry Austria is because Austria not only represents Austria itself, but also represents other European countries behind Austria, as long as the Qing Dynasty and Austria are at war, the whole of Europe is a potential enemy of the Qing Dynasty.

Since it was not intended to continue its westward expansion, it was necessary to eliminate hostility with Austria and Europe as a whole, and the alliance and marriage with Austria were the key to this, so marriage was imperative.

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The capital of Austria, Vienna.

In the face of the Manchu Qing's request for marriage, Austria was once again shaken. At this moment, they really felt that the Manchus, who had annexed the powerful Ottoman Empire, did not seem to have the same huge aggressive ambitions as the Ottoman Empire, and did not seem to have the slightest interest in continuing to expand into Europe.

Not only Austria, but also the rest of Europe, and the perception of the Manchus in other countries also rose several steps at once.

With the territory and strong national strength of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, since the Manchu Qing did not want to go to war with Austria and Europe, Austria and Europe naturally did not want to go to war with the Manchus.

After some deliberation, the Austrian emperor finally made a decision and agreed to the Manchu marriage.

Actually, Austria also has its own ideas.

Since Austria was founded on its own, Austria has always faced the threat of the Ottoman Empire, and was almost destroyed by the Ottoman Empire several times, so it has to always put all its strength on preventing the invasion of the Ottoman Empire.

In fact, with Austria's current national strength, it is not weaker than the Holy Roman Empire, France, Spain and other countries, Austria should be one of the most powerful countries in Europe, at least the Austrian emperor and high-ranking people think so.

They have always felt that if all of Austria's national strength was not used to defend against the Ottoman Empire, Austria would definitely have a broader exhibition, or a higher position in the European Big 6.

The fall of the Ottoman Empire gave Austria an opportunity, and it is true that Austria took advantage of the fall of the Ottoman Empire to capture a large number of territories that originally belonged to the Ottoman Empire, doubling Austria's territory and nearly doubling its national strength.

It was clear to Austria that the Manchus were able to forcibly defeat the Ottoman Empire when the Ottoman Empire was still at its peak, and that the Manchus were at least not weaker than the original Ottoman Empire, or even stronger.

Austria did not want to defend against the Manchus as much as it had done against the Ottoman Empire.

The alliance and marriage of the Manchu Qing Dynasty were also in the hands of Austria, which did not want to continue to spend all its national strength in the East, and Austria should be on par with the whole of Europe.

The Austrian emperor not only agreed to the Manchu courtship, but also made a proposal for the Austrian crown prince to marry a Manchu princess.

Hearing the Austrian emperor's proposal, the Manchu envoy was stunned for a moment, and then immediately agreed with a smile on his face.

Since the marriage was first proposed by the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and the best way to marry each other is naturally for the two countries to marry each other, this proposal of the Austrian Emperor also played into the hands of the Manchu Qing Dynasty.

Since marriage is something that both parties want to do, the two countries prepare quickly.

In just over a month, the two countries each gave away their own princesses.

Austria, married the Austrian emperor's favorite princess Theresia, directly married to the Qing Emperor Fulin, as the Qing Emperor's concubine, although the status is second only to the Qing Empress, but in terms of etiquette, directly equivalent to the Qing Empress, declaring that the Manchu Qing Dynasty has enough equality and importance to Austria.

Although it was not born to the Qing Emperor, it was from the most powerful and status regent of the Qing Dynasty, Dolgon and the Empress Dowager of Xiaozhuang, and the Empress Dowager of Xiaozhuang, in terms of status, even more noble than ordinary princesses, and the Austrian side was naturally very satisfied with this.

Also in order to show the importance that Austria attached to the Manchu Qing, the Manchu princess not only married the Austrian crown prince, but also directly became the crown prince's princess, the future Austrian queen.

With the progress of the mutual marriage, the Manchus and Austria went from the initial hostile war, to the cessation of Serbia and Romania in a conspiracy, to the later signing of the alliance and the current mutual marriage.

The relationship between Austria and the Manchus is quite food for thought.

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