Volume 10 Chapter 13 The princess came to meet thousands of miles away
As mentioned earlier, there is a noble princess who followed the fleet of the regent Zhu Youzhen to Daming, so who is this princess? How noble is her status? This is the famous beauty of the Habsburg Dynasty, the favorite youngest daughter of the Holy Roman Emperor Ferdinand II, and the niece of King Philip IV of Spain. Princess Anna.
She is also the cousin niece of King Louis XIII of France, the niece of King Charles I of England, etc., etc., this relationship is a bit messy, the European royal family was married like this at that time, in short, the identity of this princess Anna is quite noble.
In other words, with such a noble status, how could she be sent to Daming to marry, is there no princess of the right age in the Habsburg royal family?
In fact, it was not his father, the Holy Roman Emperor Ferdinand II, who sent her, nor was it his uncle, King Philip IV of Spain, who forced her to come, but she herself wanted to come, to be precise, she came to Daming to escape the terrible marriage of close relatives!
The so-called red face is so beautiful, she has only turned thirteen years old and has become the target of the royal family of various countries, his father can't help it, his daughter always has to get married, since so many people are chasing, then choose the most powerful, Britain and France are now working against the Holy Roman Empire, naturally there is no need to think about it, and those small princes under the Holy Roman Empire don't have to think about it, so who won the lottery in the end can be imagined, that's right, it is his own uncle, King Philip IV of Spain!
If nothing else, 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 also gave birth to Carlos II, the last king of the Spanish Habsburg Dynasty, how many genetic defects can be imagined in the offspring born of such a close blood marriage, as a result, Carlos II not only did not have the ability to have children, but also had countless terminal diseases, and hung up after living more than 30 years old, and the Spanish Habsburg Dynasty was extinct!
His uncle Philip IV is indeed very interested in her, although the genes of the royal family are excellent, it is really rare to be so beautiful to be able to grow her, and because the marriage of close relatives is too serious, almost all members of the royal family have all kinds of strange problems, and it is rare to be as beautiful as her and have no problems at all, so, although it is the daughter of his own sister, Philip IV does not intend to let go.
Knowing that she was going to marry her own uncle, the panic in her heart could be imagined, so when the regent of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Youzhen, inadvertently mentioned that His Majesty the Emperor of the Ming Empire was only fourteen years old, and she was not yet married, she let it go, marrying the strange Emperor of the Ming Empire is always better than marrying her own uncle, and the old Zhu family has been genetically improved for more than two hundred years, and the appearance is already quite good, this regent Prince Zhu Youzhen His Royal Highness is already handsome enough, where can his nephew be worse, not to mention that the Ming Empire is so powerful, which country in the European continent can compare!
When she told her father about her thoughts, Ferdinand II did not object, he still doted on his youngest daughter, although marriage was a political need, but marrying her own uncle was too much nonsense.
Philip IV was a little reluctant to learn 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 whole European continent is the enemy of the Habsburgs, it is almost impossible to find allies, then the powerful Ming Empire has become the first choice, although the Ming Empire is far away in the Far East, but they can produce advanced weapons, if the Spanish Empire and the Holy Roman Empire can all be equipped with the weapons of the Ming Empire, then the Protestant Alliance is a fart!
So he didn't stop it, but personally sent his niece to the Prince Regent, and the beautiful Princess Anna came to Daming in this way.
Of course, Zhu Cijiong didn't know that his fifth uncle had brought him back an object, what he was most concerned about was the arms order, the Spanish Empire was the richest time at this time, and after a while it would be laid down by Britain, France and the Netherlands, rather than let it slowly weaken and finally be robbed of all its wealth by the British, French and Dutch, it was better to stabilize it and make it his own cash cow. Besides, stabilizing it is tantamount to stifling the development of Britain, France and the Netherlands, which is a win-win situation, so why not do it.
So, when Zhu Youzhen handed him a large handful of translated orders, he couldn't close his mouth with a smile, flintlock pistol? No problem, sell as much as you want; Grenade? No problem, the price is high, and the profit is big enough; Field howitzers? This is not impossible, as long as they can accept the sky-high price; Super Battleships and Treasure Ships! Nima, this Spanish king really dares to speak, but if they really can't stand it, this is not impossible to sell, as long as it can delay the development of Britain, France and the Netherlands, and directly let Daming send troops to help!
Just when he was watching it with relish, Zhu Youzhen said on the side: "This, this, the emperor ......." ”
Zhu Cijiong is in a good mood now, and he couldn't help but joke when he heard this: "Fifth uncle, did you come up with Gong?" Go, go, don't worry about me, I'll look at the order later. ”
Zhu Youzhen choked on his joke and coughed for a long time before he said helplessly: "Your Majesty, no, this, this, there is a princess who insists on coming back with Weichen, so Weichen took her with her, and asked the emperor to forgive him." ”
Zhu Cijiong didn't realize that people were looking for him, he just thought that Zhu Youzhen had found a side room by himself, what is this, for the people of the Ming Dynasty, it may be a very incredible thing to take a foreign girl, but for modern people, it is not a matter at all, he said indifferently: "Since the fifth uncle likes it, then marry it, I am ready!" ”
Zhu Youzhen was choked and coughed for a while before he reminded: "This, this, this princess is only fourteen years old this year." ”
Oh, it's still a little Lori, is this fifth uncle's taste quite heavy, Zhu Cijiong couldn't help but joke: "Well, this is not a big problem, foreigners develop early, and they can almost marry at the age of fourteen." ”
When Zhu Youzhen heard this, he rolled his eyes and said, "Your Majesty, people don't want to marry me, but want to marry you!" ”
When Zhu Cijiong heard this, he was frightened and exclaimed, "What? Fifth uncle, you're not joking with me, are you? ”
Zhu Youzhen held back a smile and arched his hand: "How dare Weichen joke with the emperor, people are really here to find the emperor." ”
Zhu Cijiong's head was instantly messy, this seems to be an adult if Da Ming is fifteen years old, which means that he will get married next year, as for the queen, he has already chosen, that is the fairy sister Qin Mingyue, this foreign princess or something came too suddenly, whether to marry or not?