Chapter 447: Marriage Proposal (II)

When the guy who proposed that Wang Guorui was married, he was obviously a nobleman, and he proposed that Wang Guorui was a married person, so naturally he could not marry their queen. And this reason made everyone scold in their hearts, obviously because they didn't know what to do with this guy, and they actually put forward this reason. Is he the only one who knows that Wang Guorui is married? Wang Guorui came to Europe to visit, but he brought his wife here, but did everyone say anything? Everyone didn't say anything, they were all pretending to be confused. Although everyone knows that Wang Guorui is married, and all kinds of love. There are still a lot of people, and some time ago there was a scandal with the famous dancer Duncan. Sniff. But who can refuse on that ground? Wherever there is such a person with status, there is lace news everywhere, and even there are bad debts between various nobles in many countries. Even later, it was rumored that the queen of England's husband was not born illegitimate children everywhere, so the marriage between nobles did not look at what reputation, not what style of life, but on interests. Marriages take place only when the interests of the state and the family need it.

Now Wang Guorui and Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands are married this time, which is actually conducive to the Netherlands to return to the colony. Decades later, after Wang Guorui and Wilhelmina hiccuped, won't the colony return to the Dutch king? Anyway, this is William Minna's dowry, only William Minna's biological children can get the right to inherit, and Wang Guorui has no way to give sons born to other women. This is also very good, in order to return to this colony, everyone naturally hopes to be able to marry the two families, and they want to get back through marriage. As for Wang Guorui being married, this is not a reason at all, everyone subconsciously forgot about it, and deliberately forgot it. Anyway, whether Wang Guorui is married or not, this has nothing to do with them. As for whether the queen is happy in her married life. It doesn't matter to them, as long as they can get back to this territory in a few decades.

But there are people who don't open which pot to mention, doesn't this make everyone depressed? Although everyone knows that Wang Guorui is married, but they can't say it, when the marriage fails, Wang Guorui is annoyed and ashamed, and directly persecuted the Netherlands, so what should I do? The Dutch themselves knew it. I am not the sea coachman I used to be, the Netherlands is now in decline, and even the former colony Taiwan can beat them to the ground, so of course they don't dare to mess around. It is already very good to be able to gain territory by means of marriage in this way. So naturally, no one will have an opinion.

However, this reason is also a very important one, because monogamy is a long-standing tradition in Europe, and they cannot accept polygamy in China. Although they accept it in their hearts, they can't take the initiative in reality. Because there are so many people who have offended him. The tradition of many years is not so easy to circumvent, so everyone also has a headache and doesn't know how to solve the problem of Wang Guorui's marriage.

"I want to say two things about this, I think that whenever you get married, it is a fusion of two families. And the marriage of people of our identity should be the cooperation between two civilizations in two regions. As for the cooperation between our countries and civilizations, we should respect each other and seek common ground while reserving differences. We share a common purpose. That is to promote friendship between China and the Netherlands. And we in Taiwan need a large number of industrial products from Europe, while the Netherlands needs our huge market in Taiwan. This is also our common interest. Of course, we all have conflicts, and we are also in conflict with the South Seas colonies. Also, as for the difference between the civilizations of our two countries, this is also a very important issue. ”

"We in the East have allowed polygamy since ancient times, but the West is very strict about this. This is an important difference between our Eastern and Western civilizations. And I think we can use the idea of seeking common ground while reserving differences to make changes. We are defending the interests of both of us, that is, the common interests of the market and the order, but we also have to respect the different claims of both sides. Since we are a fusion and cooperation between two countries and two civilizations, we should respect each other's customs. And since the queen of your country is going to marry me, I think we should also respect our Chinese customs to a certain extent. There was a saying in Rome back then. It's called doing it like the Romans, and we in China also have a proverb to follow the locals. When the Queen of your country marries me, I think we can respect our oriental traditions. ”

"Of course, I will also respect European traditions. Europe is Christian, and I think I can marry according to the etiquette of Western religions, and I promise everyone that I will only marry a woman according to Western etiquette in my life, and I will not marry polygamy according to Western etiquette. This not only ensures our common interests, but also respects each other's traditional customs, so I think we can also seek common ground while reserving differences. ”

Hearing this, many Dutch parliamentarians actually began to applaud, because Wang Guorui's words were so good, and the idea of seeking common ground while reserving differences was also reflected in advance. Because this is the late nineteenth century, it is not like the middle of the twentieth century, when the world was full of competition and cooperation in all aspects, and the whole world was dominated by the West. However, Western countries are also weak and strong, and hegemonism is still very popular in this era. And under this hegemonic mentality, those small countries are not doing well, especially the Netherlands, which is a weak country in the West.

Everyone is overwhelmed by the oppression of these great powers, but they are unable to have a proper guiding ideology in terms of political ideology that will allow them to unite. There are too many civilizations and cultural complexities in Europe, and although they are all Caucasian, they are too many nationalities. However, they do not have a deep cultural heritage like China, radiating such a country or even the whole of Asia. The national contradictions and various traditions between them are the reasons why they cannot cooperate. However, Wang Guorui put forward the idea of seeking common ground while reserving differences of this great man of later generations, which suddenly made them feel refreshed. All really smart politicians understand this, as long as they can seek common ground while reserving differences, and have this appropriate guiding ideology, then it will be easy for those weak countries to form and cooperate with strong countries in the future. This is a guiding ideology, which has influenced China for many years in later generations, and is even an important means of China's foreign exchanges in later generations.

But now it is used by Wang Guorui, and it is used to ensure the interests of both parties, and then respect each other's cultural customs, which is the so-called seeking common ground while reserving differences. As long as this idea is used as a guide, then even if Wang Guorui marries a wife in China, what can he do? Anyway, Wang Guorui only needs to marry their queen according to Western customs, and will not marry a second Western woman according to Western customs. Even this guiding ideology of seeking common ground while reserving differences can be used in many international politics, and this is the reason why the Dutch attach importance to it.

"Now please start voting, please raise your hand if you agree to marry Wang Guorui, the leader of the Taiwan region of China, Her Majesty the Queen!" The President of the Parliament immediately began to make the announcement.

Soon, the parliamentarians also began to express their approval, and the approval was clearly more than 50 percent. Because Wang Guorui promised that only Wilhelmina's children would inherit the Dutch dowry colony in the future, this was the reason why they all agreed. In the future, Wang Guorui also plans to purchase a large number of material and industrial products in the Netherlands every year, which can drive the employment of countless Dutch people and a lot of economic development. What the Netherlands needs most at the moment is the market, and Taiwan has provided them with a market, so that they can also have a sufficient foundation for development. And the condition of providing the market, that is, Wang Guorui to marry Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands, so that they can be regarded as allowing them to obtain these orders, otherwise they will definitely be able to get a lot of things if they are not given to anyone.

And seeing that the parliamentarians actually agreed, the Dutch Prime Minister Bourgesius was not reconciled immediately, obviously he still wanted to get benefits.

"Governor Wang, since we have a dowry according to our Western customs. Then do you also want to give us some bride price according to your oriental rules? Otherwise, if you just follow our Western customs, it won't work. And you will also come and give us some bride price according to your customs? Bourgesius said immediately.

"Bride price? What bride price do you want? Wang Guorui asked.

"Of course, you are the leader of the Taiwan region, and our Queen of the Netherlands is also the king of a country, so the bride price naturally can't be casual." Bourgesius said.

Of course, Wang Guorui knew that this Bourzetius was obviously blackmailing, but Wang Guorui had to give them some good things. However, as long as it's not excessive, then it must be given, otherwise it won't sound good in your own country! Even the queen of other people is married, so it's really not good for you not to give each other some suitable bride price. What's more, she is a queen, much taller than a princess, after all, the queen is also the lord of a country in China, and if she marries the lord of a country and does not give a generous bride price, even the people in her own country will not understand. Otherwise, if everything has to be paid by the Dutch side, then the people in China don't regard Wang Guorui as a soft eater?

"In that case, then we also want three Sovereign-class battleships." Bourzetius said immediately.

"What? Sovereign-class battleships? "Everyone at the scene was surprised, this is too much of a lion's mouth, right? (To be continued......)