After the assassination of Otto I, Britain, France, and Russia continued to discuss new candidates, and this time the trilateral controversy began to emerge.

The previous reason for choosing Otto I was that Otto I's ancestors, through his mother's lineage, could be related to the Komnenos dynasty in the Eastern Roman Empire. The native Greeks' perception of ancient Greece is actually similar to that of the Egyptians, who do not consider them to be descendants of the ancient Greeks, but regard their independence as the restoration of Eastern Rome.

It is the liberals who really see themselves as the successors of ancient Greece. Influenced by the ideas of the European Renaissance, these liberals highly admired ancient Greece and tried to restore democracy in ancient Greece, so they chose the town of Athens as their capital, and this is the reason. The nativists didn't care about this, because the capital of the Eastern Roman Empire was in Istapour, and they obviously couldn't take it back.

It is actually far-fetched to think that the Otto I family has the royal blood of the Eastern Roman Empire, because European royal marriages have been in place for hundreds of years, and any one can have this bloodline. Moreover, Otto I was a firm believer in Catholicism, and after he went to Greece, he refused to convert to Orthodox Christianity, which made the local religious forces very dissatisfied.

In addition, after the assassination of two successive heads of government, the small European aristocratic families also panicked about Greece, and Bavaria refused to send a new prince to Greece to be king, unless Britain and France could guarantee the safety of their prince. The process of selecting kings from other families is also not smooth, either those who are not afraid of death, but really have little to do with the families are willing to go, and the families with a little influence are not willing to go.

At this time, the French proposed that perhaps a Greek king could be selected from among the Greeks, and that there were nobles among the Greeks, and many Greek expatriates had obtained large and small titles of nobility abroad.

But these liberals were too close to Russia for the British to disagree.

At this time, the French raised the question of whether it was possible to consider non-European royal families.

The English, somewhat baffled, asked the French for advice, and the French believed that the Chinese prince Victor had decided to marry a Greek wife and had converted to Orthodox Christianity in the Greek Church in London, and now had the support of the Church, and might consider letting him go to Greece as king.

This sudden proposal by France caught Britain by surprise, and immediately rejected it sternly, believing that it was too absurd, and that it was a blasphemy against the entire Western civilization to let Greece, the birthplace of European civilization, be ruled by a royal family from Asia. The British high note is really good, but it is a pity that the capital of the Eastern Roman Empire, Istalpur, is in the hands of the pagan country of the Ottoman Empire, and it is also the capital of the Ottoman Empire. Russia has the strength to take down here, which time is not prevented by Britain.

The Russians, however, were very much in favor of the French proposal, and they thought that it might be a feasible option for a non-European royal family to go to Greece as king. Moreover, Prince Victor is not unrelated to Greece, his wife is from a famous family in Greece. It is also possible to have both husband and wife crowned at the same time, in the tradition of the Orthodox Church. Catherine the Great of Russia was crowned with her husband, and Catherine later declared herself the successor to the throne of the Russian Tsar on this ground.

Two of the top three inexplicably supported this inexplicable suggestion, if the British still couldn't smell the smell of conspiracy, they would be fools, and then linked to Zhou Chenggong's actions in London during this time, they immediately figured out that this prince had been planning to be the king of Greece for a long time. It's just that Britain can't be sure whether the assassination of the Greek president and king has anything to do with Zhou Chenggong, but they must prevent the Chinese from becoming rulers in Greece.

The negotiations have not yet reached any agreement, but the news of the Franco-Russian proposal of the Chinese prince to become the king of Greece spread quickly all over the world, not because of how great the influence of Greece is, but because the identity of the Chinese prince is too special.

This kind of topical report is easy to spread because readers like to hear it. This was especially true in Greece, where the Greeks cared about their own fate and, under the impetus of a special force, the news of the Chinese prince quickly occupied the pages of the Greek newspapers.

The major newspapers rushed to report the news of the success of the Chinese prince Zhou, and it was then that the Greeks discovered that the prince was deeply attracted to Greek culture, and was ready to marry a Greek girl and, most importantly, convert to Orthodox Christianity. This is in stark contrast to the attitude of the arrogant Western European princes who refused to convert to their local religion.

At the same time, reporters from all walks of life also chased after the parties, and they all hoped that all parties would be able to express their positions. When they asked about Zhou Chenggong's death, Zhou Chenggong looked very surprised, but he did not hesitate to praise Greece, believing that Greece is a great country like China, and the Greeks are a great nation. But he was silent about whether he could go to Greece to be king, but said that it would be his greatest honor if he had the privilege of taking on this responsibility.

The prince's words are tantamount to expressing his willingness to go to Greece to be king, and the latest reports are the news that so-and-so royal family refuses to send a prince to Greece.

The media, of course, did not spare the representatives of the parties, the French expressed their support for the Greeks to decide their own affairs, and the Russians considered it the greatest respect for the Greek people and all Orthodox peoples to rule Greece by an Orthodox king. It is inappropriate for Britain to continue to insist that non-European royal families be kings in the cradle of European civilization. Chinese diplomats in various countries were silent, arguing that the choice of the prince was respected, but more respectful of European traditions and the choices of the Greeks.

By this time, the reputation accumulated among the Greeks began to gain momentum, and the Greek diaspora in Europe expressed their willingness to accept a non-European royal family of Orthodox Christianity ruling Greece alongside the Greek queen.

Cultural identity does not determine the direction of politics, but it can create a false impression of "public opinion" and put pressure on politics.

Due to the support of France and Russia, public opinion is overwhelmingly inclined to Zhou Chenggong.

But in the end, it depends on the choice of the Greeks, do the Greeks have a choice? If they had the choice, they would not have let the European powers determine their future.

But now that there is a disagreement between the powerful countries, it is finally their turn to choose. The three great powers of Britain, France and Russia finally decided that the Greeks would hold a referendum to decide whether to accept the Chinese prince and the Greek wife as the co-rulers of Greece and be crowned king of Greece together.

This referendum was held under the supervision of the Western powers, and there was only one candidate, and the options were yes and no.

Zhou Chenggong was very nervous, at this moment, it was the real big test for him, if he succeeded, he would be the king of Greece, if he failed, all his efforts were in vain, and he took all the savings of his mother for so many years. And he also borrowed tens of thousands of debts, and if he failed, he could only pay off the work for European companies for the rest of his life.

Perhaps the chaotic Greek people are too frustrated with the status quo and desperate for change; Perhaps it was the spending on Greek newspapers that played a role in influencing Greek public opinion; Perhaps it was the fiancée's Greek background that was recognized by the Greeks, and finally the option of Zhou Chenggong and Connie to rule Greece as a double king was narrowly passed in the Greek referendum.

After the results came out, France and Russia accepted them as soon as possible; The British were a little late, because they needed to talk to Zhou Chenggong about the future of Greece, and after some secret agreements, the British were extremely reluctant to accept the choice of the Greek people.