"Wilhelm II changed the object of his marriage, and did not want my niece to marry, but wanted his son to marry my daughter and Wilhelmina's daughter?" Wang Guorui was surprised.

Wang Guorui really can't figure it out, is this Wilhelm II in the brain? actually wanted to marry, not to consider marrying the future Chinese princess, but to marry the daughter of this kingdom Rui and Wilhelmina. The daughter of this kingdom Rui and Wilhelmina is actually the princess of the Kingdom of the Netherlands and the first heir to the throne of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. But she is just a princess of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, and she will not be the future princess of China. So Wilhelm II wanted his son to marry this daughter, is that interesting? If it's not a Chinese royal family, what's the point of such a marriage?

However, Li Enfu suddenly exclaimed: "Lord Wang, this person who gave advice to Wilhelm II is definitely a veteran of diplomacy. In fact, it is better to marry the daughter of Lord Wang and Queen Wilhelmina than to marry a Chinese princess. ”

"Oh? Why? Wang Guorui asked.

Li Enfu immediately pointed to the international map, and then said: "You should see that the Netherlands and Germany are neighbors, and they are actually bordering countries. However, the Netherlands had never had a political attitude of its own, and could not indicate whether it supported Germany or Britain and France. And Germany is very lacking in European allies, and the Netherlands is in the country that borders them, so they must hope to pull it over. And with the Netherlands, there are also great benefits. According to the Schlieffen plan mentioned by Wang, Germany would use Belgium's railway network to attack France if nothing else. And if you can pull the Netherlands over, it means that you can go to a higher level of double insurance. ”

"Plus the Netherlands has a natural advantage, and you can see a very big advantage on this map of the Netherlands. If we simulate the rough plan of the German Navy, if they have a plan to attack London, the capital of England, through the Navy. And they had to take the navy from the north and then through a detour of the North Sea in the northeastern part of the Atlantic, and then make a big circle to reach London, the capital of England. However, if they cooperated with the Dutch, they could directly anchor the fleet in the Dutch's port of Ludan. Then, as soon as the need arises, they could attack England as quickly as possible, and then attack directly into London from the River Tham. ”

"It would have been almost impossible to realize this plan if Germany had not cooperated with the Dutch, because such a long distance was enough for the British navy to be prepared. However, if the navy can be stationed in Ludan Harbor, the entire distance of the blitzkrieg on London will be reduced by more than half. I'm not a military strategist. I don't know what the success rate is. However, I know that militarily, the shorter the distance, the less variable it will be for the implementation of the plan. It can be said that if the navy can be dispatched from the Dutch port of Ludan, because the naval range is shortened, the success rate of the sneak attack on London is equivalent to increasing many times. ”

"So marrying the Dutch, and having the German prince marry the princess of the Netherlands, and be the first in line to the throne, is naturally a very good choice. Moreover, in this way, they will also be able to hold us in China. In this way, they are tantamount to killing two birds with one stone, and they directly pull us China and the Netherlands together. Therefore, the person who proposed this Wilhelm II must have been a veteran of diplomatic situations, otherwise he would not have thought of this easily. ”

Wang Guorui asked: "But this daughter of Wilhelmina will not be our Chinese princess!" ”

"Lord Wang, this is actually the difference between Western and Chinese thinking. If you follow the Dutch thinking, your relationship with Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands is that you are her husband, not that he is your wife. This is the Dutch way of thinking. In China, there has always been the so-called husband as wife, as well as the so-called propaganda in the past, that the Dutch were forced to marry the queen to make peace. In this way, the Chinese people think that the Queen of the Netherlands is the princess of the Chinese emperor. Even, perhaps, some of them who do not see the international situation clearly, subconsciously think that the Dutch are our vassals. ”

"Actually, we don't have a close relationship with the Netherlands, and we don't have any subject status. Lord Wang, you are marrying the Queen of the Netherlands as a person, and there is even a little bit of money in it. Therefore, the Netherlands will only recognize the children born to the queen, and will not recognize the children born to you and other concubines. Even, for those Dutch. The children you have with other women are actually illegitimate children. Even those concubines are just illegal lovers. It's just a person's identity. ”

When Li Enfu said this, he immediately apologized to Zheng Hong and Kang Tongwei who were present and said, "Two ladies, I'm just talking about things. Didn't mean to belittle you! ”

"Okay, go ahead, we don't mind!" Zheng Hong took the initiative to say more generously.

"In the West, monogamy has always been practiced, while in the East, we practice monogamy and multiple concubines, and our biggest difference lies in the 'concubine'. In our China, although there is a so-called difference between the eldest and the youngest, the one born to the main wife is the son-in-law, and the concubine is the one who is the concubine. However, in our China, we are still relatively tolerant of concubines, and we can give concubines a certain status, although there is no right to inherit, but if the father has a high status, it is not impossible to obtain some status and rewards. And our Oriental concubines can be made public, and they are legally legitimate. Even, if there is no son-in-law, or for some special reason, the son-in-law dies, it can be inherited by the son-in-law. ”

"But it's different in the West, where it's absolute monogamy, even for kings. There is no concubine system in the West, and although many of them have a love affair. Women, but this love. But women cannot be equated with our Chinese concubines. Chinese concubines, there is still a certain legal protection of family rights and interests, but there is no such provision in the West. In the West, a man's mistress is more liberal than a Chinese concubine, and if he is unwilling to follow a man, she can leave as she pleases, as long as she is confident that she can escape the man's retribution. However, this is not without a price. That is, their status in the family is equivalent to nothingness. In the West, love. This kind of thing can't be made public at all, unlike our Chinese concubines. The West can't make it public, at least legally. There is no legal protection for women in the West. Their children were illegitimate children. ”

"The illegitimate children of the West are different from our concubines, and the illegitimate children of the West are absolutely not allowed to enter the genealogy, absolutely! Throughout the West, there have not been a few times in history when illegitimate children have been allowed into the family. And illegitimate children have absolutely absolute no inheritance rights, and he does not want to be like our Chinese concubines who have inheritance rights to some extent. Even if a nobleman in the West is completely extinct, the illegitimate son will not be able to inherit it. This is also the difference in thinking between the West and our East, and the positioning of these related people is different. ”

Zheng Hong immediately asked, "Does this have anything to do with us?" ”

"The relationship is big, and this Wilhelm II also took advantage of our different thinking from the East and the West to kill two birds with one stone. First of all, the daughter of Lord Wang and Queen Wilhelmina is the princess of the Netherlands, the first heir to the throne of the Netherlands, on the surface he has nothing to do with our China, and he will not receive the title of Chinese princess in the future. So if the German prince can marry this daughter, it will be equivalent to tying the Netherlands to the German chariot. ”

"But on the other hand, in our China, the Chinese think that this daughter of Lord Wang and Queen Wilhelmina is our Chinese princess. Even if you don't have a princess title, you are all princesses. In our Chinese consciousness, all the daughters of male emperors are also princesses, whether they have obtained the title of princess or not, no matter who her biological mother is, they are also princesses. Now Lord Wang has not just said once that he will not give you and Queen Wilhelmina's daughter the title of princess, but who in the court does not regard her as a princess? This is the case for the entire court, and even ordinary people think so, all the direct bloodlines of Lord Wang are also princesses, even if they don't have titles. ”

"Once the whole country is so recognized, then Lord Wang can't do anything. Even at that time, the entire government and the opposition will think that our China and Germany are related by marriage, even if this princess who is not a princess does not have a title, then this is the same. This is also the difference in thinking between the two Eastern and Western civilizations, and the difference in the legal and social systems of kinship. The Germans also took advantage of this practice and dragged China and the Netherlands together with two birds with one stone. And Germany also values the geographical location of the Netherlands, which will help them a lot. So, on the whole, if you marry the daughter of you and Queen Wilhelmina, it is much better than marrying a princess of pure oriental blood. Even, in the West, European ancestry is more recognized. Just as we don't recognize Western ancestry, why not in Europe? If possible, they would prefer to accept a princess with Western blood, which would be more acceptable to their people than our princesses of pure Eastern blood. ”

"Lord Wang, I suggest that you agree to this practice, because this can not only effectively circumvent the rule that Chinese princesses do not marry outside, but also allow us to unite China, Germany and the Netherlands more closely." Li Enfu said.

However, Wang Guorui shook his head and said: "I can't do this thing, I have to ask Minna's opinion!" (To be continued.) )