Chapter 621: The King of England Ascends the Throne

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The news that the Chinese emperor Wang Yuze will marry the seventh princess of the Kingdom of Bavaria, Helmchud, immediately caused an uproar around the world when it was announced. The Entente believed that this was a precursor to the union of China and France, and that the greatest enemy of the Entente had finally blatantly colluded. All countries have demanded that military preparations be further accelerated and that they should strive to develop armaments more quickly so that they can deal with a strong enemy. The Allies, on the other hand, cheered one after another, believing that with China's accession, the strength of the Allies would inevitably be enhanced, and in the future war with the Entente, victory would definitely belong to the Allies.

Although, so far, China has not formally joined the allies. However, it is clear that all countries in the world have regarded China as a member of the alliance.

When it was learned in China that China was going to marry Germany, most people agreed. After all, Germany has helped China a lot in the process of China's development. The fact that China and Germany were able to marry is seen by everyone as a sign of closer relations between China and Germany. At the same time, this is also a sign of China's strengthening. However, there are also a few people who think that Germany is a barbarian, the emperor of China, marrying a barbarian woman, doesn't this disturb the bloodline of the Chinese imperial family? In particular, the object of marriage is not a German princess, but a princess of a constituent state in Germany, which is simply unequal. Think that Germany is insulting China. Fortunately, this is only the opinion of a small group of people, except for some old pedants. Root no one agrees. Most of the Chinese people think that China is strong, and those foreign devils are sending their women here, which is showing goodwill to China! China is about to return to the previous period of the Celestial Empire.

On March 11, Wang Yuze and his wife left Potsdam and took a train to Hamburg, and then took the battlecruiser "Baiqi" to London. Prepare for the enthronement of King Edward VII in a week's time. Kaiser Wilhelm II did not go with him. He will leave in two days. As for the future Bavarian king, father and daughter, they have returned to the Kingdom of Bavaria. Before getting married, the seventh princess, Helmchud, had to make some preparations. For example, learning Chinese. Otherwise, how to communicate with Emperor Wang Yuze. How to live in China. To this end, the Bavarian royal family will hire the best teachers to teach the Seventh Princess Helmchud Chinese, as well as some etiquette of the Eastern royal family and so on.

The battlecruiser "White Rise" was still so fast that it arrived in London on the morning of March 12. Merely. This time, neither King Edward VII nor Prime Minister Arthur Balfour came to greet him personally, and only Lord Landsdowne, the British Foreign Secretary, came to the dock to greet Wang Yuze and his party. Wang Yuze didn't pay too much attention to this. Britain after learning that China and Germany were going to marry. Obviously, China has been reduced to an enemy that cannot be co-opted, and it will not take any other effort to win over China. In the future, there will inevitably be a war between China and Britain. And the outcome of the war is what matters.

After being arranged to the state guesthouse. The British side ignored Wang Yuze and his wife. And Wang Yuze and his wife simply used this time. I took a look at the attractions around London. The Great Clock, the Houses of Parliament, the London Eye, Westminster Abbey in the City of London. Around London, Oxford, Cambridge, Shakespeare's House, Blenheim Palace, Windsor Castle and Warwick Castle, the largest castle in the United Kingdom, have all left the footprints of Wang Yuze and his wife. The couple had a great time, and this was their first time outside. In addition, Wang Yuze intends to make up for Xiong Menghan, so the whole journey is very harmonious. The British side is only providing security for Wang Yuze and his wife. After all, Wang Yuze is the emperor of a country, and if there is a safety accident in the UK, then the British side will have to explain. Fortunately, Queen Victoria's funeral has just ended, and the enthronement ceremony of the new King Edward VII is about to begin, and the entire London and nearby areas are under the close monitoring of British agents and police, and any possible safety hazards have been eliminated in advance.

It was not until March 17 that Mr. and Mrs. Wang returned to London. The next day, it was time for Edward VII's enthronement. Dignitaries from all over the world have already arrived. In any case, the current Britain is still worthy of the name of the world's number one power. The accession of the King of England to the throne was a major event for the whole world.

In the evening, in order to welcome the arrival of dignitaries from various countries, the British royal family held a grand welcome banquet at Buckingham Palace. As the British royal family that has controlled the world's oceans for hundreds of years, Buckingham Palace is magnificent, and it is many times more luxurious than Wang Yuze's newly built Xinhua Palace. It's just that this palace is completely based on the exploitation of other countries in the world. Wang Yuze always remembers that in the British Museum, there are many objects from China. In the next war, after China wins, these British must be returned with benefits. And all the things that belonged to Britain were also snatched away, so that in the future, if the British wanted to study the transformation of the country, they would have to travel thousands of miles to China.

At the dinner, the guests attending the banquet were obviously divided into three parts, one was a small circle with Britain, France, the United States and Russia as the main body, and the other was the side of the allies dominated by Germany, Austria and Italy. As for China, although it was married to Germany, it did not really join the Allies after all, so it was still neutral. However, no one now thinks that once war breaks out, China will not join the Allies in fighting. The antagonism between the great powers has already taken shape. The rest of the small and medium-sized countries will depend on how they stand in line. If they are on the winning side, then they will also be able to gain great benefits after the war. If they are defeated, it will be a catastrophe for them. Of course, there are countries that want to remain neutral. However, in the face of a world war, it is very difficult to remain neutral. The Kingdom of Spain, for example, is now the object of contention between the Central and Entente powers. However, King Alfonso XIII of Spain is still wavering, not knowing whether to join the Central Powers or the Entente. Similarly, Spain's old rival, Portugal, is also waiting for Spain to make a decision. If Spain had joined the Central Powers, Portugal would have joined the Entente, and vice versa. The whole of Europe has gradually become a clear opposite. At present, only the East is relatively peaceful. Of course, this was only after the emergence of a powerful power. However, the natives of the East, especially those of the South Seas, are not at all having a hard time. Chinese migration is still going on on a large scale, and in order to provide enough land for the immigrants, the natives are naturally driven far into the mountains. If they dare to resist, the Chinese lackeys, the mercenaries formed by the Japanese, will carry out a bloody massacre of these natives.

As the emperor of a powerful empire, Wang Yuze was also the object of acquaintance of everyone attending the banquet. He kept smiling, and after the banquet was over, his face almost froze. Fortunately, this is the last day. He had already made up his mind to take his leave tomorrow after attending the enthronement of King Edward VII of England. This trip to Europe took three months, and even the Spring Festival was not celebrated, which made Wang Yuze very regretful. When I return to China, I still have a lot to do. For example, the instability of the Nanyang region is a factor that China has not yet truly incorporated all of the Nanyang into China's rule.

The next day, March 18, 1901, King Edward VII's enthronement was held at Westminster Abbey, presided over by the Archbishop of England. The entire enthronement ceremony was solemn and complicated, and the process of each process made even the people watching the ceremony dizzy, not to mention Edward VII, an old man who was already sixty years old. Anyway, Wang Yuze saw that in the middle of the ceremony, the old man was already covered with sweat and his face was pale.

After Edward VII knelt before God, prayed to him, and then took the crown, which symbolized the English throne. The enthronement ceremony was almost over, and the next step was the feast for the guests, and Edward VII in the carriage, receiving the cheers and salutes of the British.

At this time, the outside of the Holy See was already surrounded by people from all over England, and when Edward VII took the crown, the crowd erupted in earth-shattering cheers. The slogan of 'Long live His Majesty the King' resounded even more in the sky.

The British still have a lot to expect from Edward VII. His mother, Queen Victoria, led LinkedIn to prosperity and power, and established British supremacy. The people hope that Edward VII can lead LinkedIn to a stronger future. It's just that anyone with a discerning eye can see that the current Britain is slowly declining. A small Boer rebellion has been fought for a year and a half now, but it still has not fully gained the advantage on the battlefield. In order to quell the Boer rebellion, the British would have to spend at least more than a year. Moreover, China and Germany challenged Britain in the East and Europe respectively, forcing Britain to abandon its tradition of 'glorious isolation' and sign alliances with France, Russia, and the United States to form alliances against powerful enemies. Regardless of the outcome of the next war, it is clear that Britain can no longer guarantee its supremacy!