Chapter 443: The Difficulty of Marrying a Queen
Wang Guorui wants to talk about marriage, because the next thing is about Wang Guorui's inevitable marriage with the Netherlands, and Wang Guorui's marriage to Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands has become inevitable. Because Wilhelmina is pregnant, but according to the regulations of the Western era, she can't have a baby, so I'm afraid that she will face a very unlucky situation, in addition to marrying Wang Guorui, who else can she marry? And after this incident, Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands will inevitably become the laughing stock of Europe, and no one wants to marry. According to the tradition of European countries, if the reigning monarch is a woman, it is generally for some nobles to "join in", which is no different from China. But it's one thing to get rich, but if you know that the other party is not only unmarried and pregnant, but also gave birth to an illegitimate child, then this is a very huge problem. At that time, none of the nobles of European countries would want to find this Wilhelmina as a wife, even if she was the queen. However, if a commoner is allowed to join the commoner, then this will certainly not be very satisfactory, and at present, the royal family has almost no tradition of marrying commoners, let alone the queen. In this era, the royal families still cannot give up their "honorable" status, and the commoner royal family is a trend that will only exist in the next few decades or even after World War II, so there is no royal commoner marriage in this era.
Therefore, if you want to find a noble, it is not high, if you are looking for a commoner, then it is also low, so on the whole, it is actually suitable for Wang Guorui, the leader of the side. Wang Guorui is also the leader of a region and the governor of a country. And this governor is like an independent kingdom, so there is naturally no problem with this in terms of status. Therefore, at present, Wang Guorui is the best person to solve this problem, so Wang Guorui thinks that even if the Dutch are unwilling, they can only pinch their noses and admit it.
"No, I can't. I don't agree with this marriage, I strongly disagree. I would never agree with Her Majesty the Queen marrying an Oriental, especially a Chinese. What's more, you are still from Taiwan, and I absolutely cannot agree to this. Bourzetius said angrily.
"Orientals, Chinese, Taiwanese, what about them?" Wang Guorui asked.
"I just don't agree. Her Majesty would rather marry an ordinary common man in the West than marry someone from an Eastern country. People in the countries of the East are untouchables, I don't agree. Bourgesius said.
"Smack!" Wang Guorui slapped the Bourgesius in the face, and then immediately kicked him to the ground.
"You say! What do you say, the Orientals are untouchables? You say I'm a pariah, huh, you say! Wang Guorui said while stepping on it.
And the surrounding Dutch nobles were also shocked, and Wang Guorui actually started to do it directly. And it was their prime minister who was beaten.
"You barbarian!" Bourzesius said angrily.
"I'm a savage today, how's it going?" Wang Guorui snorted.
"I will never allow our Queen of the Netherlands to marry a Taiwanese. If we let the Queen of the Netherlands marry the natives of our former colonies, it will be a disgrace to our Kingdom of the Netherlands. Bourgesius shouted.
Wang Guorui understands that this Prime Minister of Bourgesius still "despises" Taiwan so much, obviously they think that Taiwan is still the colony of the past. Even if Taiwan is strong now, it is still that colony in his eyes, and the people of Taiwan are just indigenous people. Even Wang Guorui, the governor of Taiwan, is just an indigenous chieftain. And how could that Bourgesius, who considered himself a civilized country of Europe, allow the queen of his own country to marry an indigenous barbaric chieftain? Europeans are all noble. In the eyes of these European aristocrats, in fact, they are also noble, and their status is countless times more noble than that of the Orientals. Even if the Europeans declined, they were much more noble than the Orientals, and a European beggar was more noble than the Chinese officials.
In fact, this kind of thinking is also there, because there were similar examples in ancient China. Those beggars from the noble clan were also reluctant to marry a poor official. Because they think that the Hanmen bloodline is lowly and dirty, they will also make them pretentious and noble. Therefore, Wang Guorui understood that this European aristocrat was able to gain an advantage in the war against the East all year round. In addition, Taiwan was a colony of the Netherlands back then, so the Dutch Prime Minister Brzetius stubbornly believed that Taiwan was a colony. Since it is a colony, it will always be a colony, and they are all born of lowly blood, and they are all indigenous. No matter how good the future development is, they are all nouveau riche, and they are not worthy of being compared with their noble status. There is a lot of this kind of thinking even in the 21st century, because even if China is strong and has become one of the few big countries in the world, the British who has become a country in the world still thinks that China is just an upstart. It can also be seen from the situation of the military parade in Britain that once these European countries are in decline, they will continue to remember the glorious times of the past. They say China is an ostrich, but in fact they are ostriches. Many of Europe's once powerful countries will continue to remember the past, and then arrogantly look down on the powerful countries of the present. The British looked down on China, and the Japanese looked down on China, but they didn't realize that they were actually in decline. Although Japan was economically developed in later generations, the state power and the people were unable to exercise their own power, and the Japan of later generations was just a vicious dog used by the Americans to restrain China. But too many Japanese people can't see this, and they still stubbornly look down on China.
Therefore, the history and civilization of this kind of foreign country is too short, and they have not experienced too much suffering, and they cannot accept the result of defeat. Although China has declined from the top of the world again and again, and then risen again and again, although this process has brought a lot of suffering, but it has given the Chinese a strong heart, even if they are backward, they will one day be able to rise again. It is precisely because of this continuous decline from the peak that China has been able to face up to the reality and not fall into the glory of the past and gradually die out.
"Let's not talk about your identity as a Taiwanese native, let's just say that you occupy our Dutch colony, which we absolutely can't accept. So, don't expect us to agree to marry the queen to you! Also, don't you have several wives? I still want to marry our queen, which I will never be able to accept. Bourzetius said angrily.
And Wilhelmina immediately smiled bitterly and said, "Governor Wang, this is a huge problem!" If we don't settle the affairs of this colony, I am afraid it will be difficult for us to accept our marriage to the Dutch. Because Nanyang is the last colony of our Netherlands, if you lose it like this, then I'm afraid many merchants will hate you to death. If you have strength alone, even if you don't have a problem, but if you want the council to approve our marriage, it will definitely not be easy. And that you are already married, that is a very suitable reason, so if you don't solve the problem of this colony, and you are already married, then I am afraid it will be very difficult to solve! ”
This Wilhelmina is right, because Taiwan has robbed the Dutch colony, and this will definitely make many Dutch people oppose it next. There are too many people who rely on this colony to eat, and many Dutch capitalists also have to rely on the raw materials of the colony to obtain production, and now Taiwan has actually occupied Nanyang, so that many places in the Netherlands have to buy raw materials at high prices. The rise in the price of raw materials naturally brought the Dutch economy and industrial development to a standstill, which must have made many Dutch capitalists dissatisfied.
Of course, it is one thing for them to beat Taiwan with the strength of the Netherlands, but if Wang Guorui wants to marry Wilhelmina, then he will naturally have to face a very important problem, that is, there must be a large number of parliamentarians in the Netherlands who represent the interests of the capitalists to oppose it. They can't do anything about Taiwan militarily, but they will definitely be stuck in this regard, and Taiwan will not be able to marry this Queen Wilhelmina. And since ancient times, the marriage of the royal family, especially the marriage of the emperor and monarch, is not something that can be decided by oneself casually, and there will inevitably be a great political factor. So without the consent of the Dutch parliament and other people, it is really impossible to marry the queen of the Netherlands. Could it be that Wang Guorui will still be able to send troops out to "rob relatives"? If Wang Guorui sends troops to "rob relatives", then European countries, who already look at Wang Guorui very unpleasantly, will directly have a reason to start a war against Taiwan. Therefore, it is absolutely not okay to send troops to rob relatives, so those Dutch capitalists must be appeased, otherwise they will not agree to the queen marrying him.
As for getting married, this is also a very important factor. Because there is no tradition of polygamy in the Western world, even monarchs are monogamous, so if Wang Guorui, a man with several wives, marries their queen, this is obviously a not very happy result. Even this will become a reason for everyone to refuse, especially ordinary people, so it is not so easy to marry this Queen Majesty home.
"How do you solve this?" Wang Guorui thought.
This Dutch official is easy to dismiss, but these government officials are just the spokesmen of those capitalists and aristocrats, and it is useless to send them away, but to solve the secret capitalists and aristocrats, that is the most important thing. If it can't be approved by those members of parliament and the bigwigs behind them, then this marriage really can't be done. But if you want to get their nod, you have to solve the problem of the colony. This lesson is really one link after another, and I can't get rid of it! (To be continued......)