The small episode in Beihai did not affect the visit of the Tang Emperor Richard to the Netherlands, where he was warmly received by the royal family, and then entered France by land to continue the visit, which will not be repeated.

60s of the 19th century

Under the rule of the French Emperor Napoleon III, the French Dynasty presented a thriving image of a flourishing Zhongxing, and the strength of the army was claimed to be "the first in Europe".

After successively breaking the alliance of the three emperors of Europe and France, winning the Crimean War, conquering the Qing Dynasty in the second Opium War of the Anglo-French alliance, setting foot in the Indochina Peninsula to establish the Governor's Palace of Hanoi, and uniting the Kingdom of Italy to defeat the Austrian Empire, and winning a series of wars, the French Dynasty was in the limelight in the international arena for a while, and its reputation was growing day by day.

Apollo Room at the Palace of Versailles

The Apollo Hall, also known as the Sun Hall, is where the throne of the Emperor of France is located, where Napoleon III officially met with the visiting Emperor Richard of the Tang Empire, and said with a smile;

"Welcome to your friends from afar.

You are lucky, dear Richard, to have fulfilled your ambition by defeating many competitors before the age of 40 and building a vast colonial empire that encompasses almost all of North America.

And when I was your age, I was running and crying for the restoration of France to its former glory, and my heart was full of ambitions to save the country, and you knew how painful I was at that time?

Oh...... 36 years old, oh my!

Think about where I was at the age of 36, God, I had been imprisoned in Fort Hamm in the province of Somme, and I had already spent four years in prison.

As a fallen prince who has vowed to dedicate his life to France, I have really given too much......"

Speaking of which

Napoleon III's eyes could not help but moisten, he was indeed a good statesman and orator, and he was very talented in acting, and these words had already moved all the French dignitaries and dignitaries in the court.

Empress Eugenie grabbed Napoleon III's arm with a pity, with a look of "dear, you have suffered", Napoleon III gently patted the queen's white little hand with a look of relief, and performed a scene of deep love between husband and wife.

Richard looked at the two people in front of him to release their acting talents, and couldn't help but twitch his eyelids fiercely, and could only say cooperatively;

"Your Majesty's twists and turns are a treasure of life, and under your leadership, the French Empire has recreated the splendor of the Napoleonic era. And all this is thanks to your outstanding leadership, which is deeply admired by all countries in the world, including the Tang Empire. ”

Empress Eugenie, who was 18 years younger than Napoleon III, was a wealthy nobleman she married when she was the sole president of the French Second Republic.

Empress Eugénie was born from a very prominent background, she was the 18th Marquise of Adales, the 18th Marquiss of Moya, the 19th Countess of Taiba, the 10th Countess of Montijo and the Countess of Avlitas, a proper top nobleman.

With the help of the great power of the Empress family, Napoleon III was able to achieve the restoration from the President of the Second French Republic to the Second French Empire, ascend to the throne of the Emperor, and implement a feudal dictatorship in France.

After a nourishing greeting, it was followed by a grand palace welcome ball.

In the glittering halls, gowned gentlemen dance with beautiful aristocratic ladies in the lavish domed halls, waiters carry silver trays full of cocktails in one hand, and crystal chandeliers exude a mesmerizing brilliance.

Everything is so French extravagant, like a dream.

"Thank you for your hospitality, Your Majesty, and for inviting you and the Empress to visit the Tang Empire at an appropriate time, which I and all my subjects look forward to." Richard said with a smile.

"I will if I have the chance, and Eugenie wants to go out for a walk." Napoleon III did a fairly good job on the surface, and then asked what he was interested in, saying; "Your Majesty, I have heard of the legend of your bravery and skill. The latest one is to make a big splash at Buckingham Palace, and I'm sorry I can't see it with my own eyes, but I still really like the part where His Majesty beats the British, it's really incredible. ”

"You've got a good reputation, noble king of France, but it's just a few clowns, and what is it worth?"

"Wow...... Oh, I love your analogy, especially when I see those pretending Brits being slapped in the face. Your Majesty, I am afraid you do not know, because you are very popular in French high society in this matter. The European aristocracy has been suffering from the British for a long time, which is really exciting. ”

"Your Majesty, the divine royal power cannot be tarnished, and I am forced to do it."

"Those rampant aristocrats really deserve to pay for their actions, such as the provocation in the North Sea, you say?" Napoleon III broke the matter, intentionally or unintentionally, and he wanted to see how Richard coped with it?

The news of the short and tragic naval battle in the North Sea has long since spread and spread in various European countries.

Although the Tang Empire did not make it clear, many European merchant ships that passed by in this North Sea naval battle witnessed it with their own eyes, and even rescued a small number of survivors, and the fact can no longer be concealed.

France, as a European power, has already investigated the incident clearly, knowing that it was the revenge of several European nobles, and it was also mixed with some grievances and entanglements of the Danish royal family, which seemed shady.

The European mercenary tradition has continued for hundreds of years, not only the army but also the navy, and tens of thousands of mercenaries from Germany, the Netherlands, Sweden, Belgium, Austria and other countries participated in the Crimean War, mainly in the German-speaking region;

The navy was not unusual, and the merchant ships of this era would turn into pirates at any time at their convenience, kill people and steal goods, or accept hires, so that some rivals who went to sea by ship disappeared.

However, the blatant appearance of five warships in the waters of the North China Sea to commit murder was the first time in history.

This is under the nose of the Royal Navy of the British Empire, and it is not far from the home fleet of the Royal Navy of France, such a rampant action, and it is aimed at the ship formation of the Emperor of the Tang Empire visiting Britain and France, which makes the two navies unable to hang their faces.

Richard nodded calmly and said; "I have received rumours that some of the bold nobles of England and the German Confederation have been imprisoned and will bear the consequences for their crimes, but this ......is not enough."

"What does Your Majesty mean?"

"If you openly offend the divine imperial power, you will surely suffer the backlash of heaven and earth for this. According to the Eastern theory of karma and fatalism, if you do not sincerely repent, God will punish you severely. ”

"This ...... Is this a mystical Eastern religion? ”

"If that's what you understand, that's fine."

"Oh...... Oh my God! Lord Almighty, your mercy is everywhere. Napoleon III's face darkened when he heard this, and he and Empress Eugenie, who was beside him, hurriedly drew a cross on his chest, and did not dare to ask any more questions.

Both of them are supersuperstitious masters, and they are trying to use the god they believe in against the mysterious heavenly court in the east, so they have pious expressions in their mouths, praying for God's blessing.

The French were indeed very enthusiastic about the royal visits of the Tang Empire, and for several days, various court receptions, polo matches, parliamentary speeches, and visits to colleges and universities were all very effective.

France's "Paris Societ", "Marseille Daily" and other news and public opinion all published on the front page that the emperor of the Tang Empire visited Paris for a public visit, calling it "the largest diplomatic event in the past 10 years, highlighting the growing influence of the French Empire in the world", "The legendary emperor of the Tang Dynasty himself is a history of the adventurous rise of North America", "The sensational Buckingham Palace 1-on-23 duel incident made His Majesty Richard's reputation resounding in Europe again" The Emperor of the Tang Empire and his entourage inspected the University of Paris today and generously donated 50,000 francs. ”……

Night

The South Palace of Versailles, where Emperor Richard and his entourage of the Tang Empire stayed, quickly fell silent after the noisy and luxurious palace night banquet.

The moonlight shone like water on the beautiful palace buildings, and the monotonous patrol footsteps of the Royal Praetorian Guard officers and soldiers were all around, and many people had already entered the dream.

The Palace of Versailles is a huge palace complex outside the city of Paris, which once housed 35,000 people at its peak.

At the warm invitation of Napoleon III, the emperor of the Tang Dynasty and his entourage, more than 1,100 dignitaries and the royal guards stayed in the South Palace, which was not cramped and very organized.

Only from this point

It can be seen that the enthusiasm of the French people is completely different from the stereotype of the English people, and the national protocol treatment is more grand and closer, whether this is a face project or not, it always makes the visiting VIPs feel different.

The night is misty, and the plants and vegetables are separated

A tall black shadow appeared in the shadows of the palace, disappeared in a flash, and appeared in the shadow of a large tree hundreds of meters away in a blink of an eye, and disappeared again in a flash......

The black shadow came to a forest a few miles away from Nangong, and it didn't take long to see a vigorous bird figure fluttering its wings and flying into the sky, followed by a silhouette of two or three or four huge birds, which quickly flew into the air and turned into small black dots.

Richard sat cross-legged on the back of the bald eagle, his bright eyes clear and deep in the night, looking calmly into the distance.

A secret telegram across the English Channel has just been received this evening;

The chicks return to the nest, arrive at 313 at 5 p.m., and go to sea tomorrow morning.

The chick refers to King George I of Greece, and 313 is the code name for the Plymouth region, which means; George I ended his life in London and led his men south to the port of Plymouth, from where he was ready to sail back to the Greek kingdom.

The so-called repayment of the father's debt to the son.

Richard had no good way to deal with King Christian IX of Denmark for the time being, but he did not prevent him from cutting off one of his outstretched arms, that is, Christian IX's second son, the current King George I of Greece.

The distance from the Palace of Versailles outside Paris to the port of Plymouth in the United Kingdom is about 460 kilometers, and it is almost a thousand kilometers round trip overnight, which is almost the limit.

Let's be honest

Richard enjoyed this feeling of pleasure and revenge, and if he hadn't killed Lord Temple himself last time, there would have been no breakthrough in the long-standing stalemate between Britain and Denmark, and the effect was immediate.

This thousand-mile search for revenge will inevitably deal a heavy blow to the Kingdom of Denmark, and Christian IX will be heartbroken.

All the time

From the middle of the 17th century to the 18th century, Europe has broken out four wars of succession, the most influential is the 1701 Spanish Habsburg heir, the throne is vacant, the French Bourbon dynasty and the Austrian Habsburg dynasty for the Spanish throne, and triggered a major war involving most of the European countries.

The war lasted 14 years, and the war was essentially a situation in which Britain once again dominated Europe in order to contain France's annexation of Spain, uniting half of Europe to form a new grand alliance against France, and allowing France to swallow the bitter fruit of defeat.

After the extinction of the royal family in Europe, the question of succession was not all resolved through war.

Much of this is through off-the-table political wrangling and exchange of interests, with Greece and Bulgaria being the most obvious examples.

In order to inherit the Greek throne, the Kingdom of Denmark did not hesitate to make significant political concessions in exchange for British support for George I's succession to the Greek throne, and eventually succeeded.

George I arrived in Athens, the capital of Greece, on 30 October 1863 as a 17-year-old young man, and the Ionian Islands were given to Greece as a gift by England to celebrate his accession to the throne.

As a result, the influence of the Kingdom of Denmark has increased greatly, and its influence has extended from Denmark to the Kingdom of Greece in southern Europe, reaching the height of a second-rate European power in one fell swoop, and it can be called the overlord of Northern Europe.

Therefore, even when the Kingdom of Prussia took military action against the Kingdom of Denmark, it had to draw the Austrian Empire to gain momentum, and after the Schleswig question fermented, the liberals and nationalists who supported the Duke launched an offensive of public opinion, demanding that King Wilhelm I send troops to "rescue the persecuted Baltic German compatriots".

Who are the persecutors?

The spearhead is naturally the Kingdom of Denmark, which can also be seen to be powerful, and its influence covers Northern Europe and the entire Baltic Sea, which is not much inferior to the Kingdom of Prussia.

Three and a half hours passed, and five bald eagles took turns carrying Richard across the vast French fields, across the English Channel, and through the sparkling waters to see the shadows of the towering mountains, Plymouth was already in sight......

The harbor city that Richard once visited was the base camp of the British Royal Navy fleet, and the dense sail warships in the bay, quietly moored in the anchorage, have already shown an incomparably powerful deterrent, and this is the most distinctive feature of this harbor city.

Passing from a high altitude, the super cool feeling of coming and going freely made Richard want to let out a long roar, and relieve the feeling of uneasiness in his heart, but this thought was immediately extinguished after a little thought.

Quietly enter the village, don't shoot guns.

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