In 1870, the Lunar New Year was unprecedentedly grand, and the vassal states sent envoys to congratulate them, and for a time they were full of high-ranking friends from all over the world, demonstrating the Tang Empire's current heyday of cultural and martial arts, which had a decisive influence in the Americas.

Among the vassal states, Paraguay's new President Stuart and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, Lieutenant General Chung Feng-young, President Bernardo Bero of Uruguay, and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, Lieutenant General Dai Xueli, Tokugawa Shogunate's Sekihaku Nijo Saikei, Admiral Hontakeyang, President of the Navy, Chen Eunguan, the General of the Ranfang National University, and Crown Prince Shoken of the Ryukyu Kingdom Yoon-e brought congratulatory watches and congratulatory gifts to the Hajj.

Besides

Ben-Simmons, Vice President of the United States of America, Hughes, Secretary of State of the Confederate States of America, Lord Palmerston, Governor General of Canada (he and his wife have not left, they have been living in Chang'an City for more than 5 months, and it seems that they are ready to continue to live), and senior government officials at the vice president or speaker level from Brazil, Argentina, Venezuela, Colombia, Chile, Bolivia, Peru and other countries came to the DPRK to congratulate the Spring Festival and were generally warmly received.

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Bolivia sent Foreign Minister Suarez as a representative, but after arriving in the imperial capital Chang'an, it was learned that the Tang Empire did not arrange for ministerial-level officials of friendly governments in South America to enter the palace to meet His Majesty, and it may not be arranged in the future.

In other words: they dislike the low level of government officials sent by Bolivia.

His Majesty the Emperor is so busy, how can he have time to meet with the foreign minister of your small country? Stay where it's cool.

The Tang Empire now has a very good kind of I am the overlord of the Americas, if you don't come to congratulate, you will not respect me, and I am not happy if the level of the officials sent is low, what to do You can think about yourself.

Blame me for reminding you......

There are so many guests who come, His Majesty the Emperor may not all remember, but whoever does not come, it will definitely be firmly remembered.

In desperation

Minister Suarez sent an urgent telegram back home, and the Speaker of Congress, Fernández Antonio, led a delegation to take an urgent visit by cruise ship, and after arriving in Mexico Province, he changed to a fast direct train from the Tang Empire, and took nine days and eight nights to arrive in Chang'an, the imperial capital.

The journey was hurried and hurried, just in time for the day before the Lunar New Year's festival.

throughout the Americas

Only the Kingdom of Spain, which was extremely hostile to the Tang Empire, did not send a representative to the DPRK, and these days the newspapers and public opinion of the Tang Empire are shouting and shouting and killing, demanding that the empire send troops to Cuba and Puerto Rico to save the Cuban people from dire straits.

Radical press representations;

"The Empire must trample the Spanish Expeditionary Force under its feet, and let the stupid and arrogant Spaniards know who is the one in the Americas?"

The fierce remarks sparked a strong protest from the Spanish ambassador.

As a result, the Spanish ambassador who handed in the protest document could not even enter the Imperial Foreign Office, because the sentry said that the chief was not there, and the relevant protest document could be thrown directly in the concierge.

This extremely contemptuous attitude simply blew the Spanish ambassador, Count Juan Rodríguez, into his lungs, but he was helpless.

In the heart of Count Juan Rodríguez, there is a deep concern about the current relations between the two countries.

He can perceive that the danger of war is gradually increasing, and the Tang Empire's ill-intentioned criticism of Cuban affairs is just warm-hearted?

Don't say that Count Juan Rodriguez himself doesn't believe in this answer, even the subjects of the Tang Empire don't believe it, Cuba and Puerto Rico are just two pieces of fat to put on their lips, and it just so happens that the relationship between the two countries is quite bad, don't you think it's a coincidence?

The Cuban issue was very hot in the Tang Empire, and people from non-governmental people to politicians expressed their opinions in newspapers, magazines, and radio stations, and most of them were hardliners, and many people were talking about the military invasion plan, and they never tired of it.

The government departments of the Tang Empire had ambiguous opinions, but the people stirred up the Cuban and Podolic issues.

Some economists have even begun to talk about how to develop the Cuban plantation economy. How to develop industry and Caribbean shipping? How can we connect the Andean Viceroyalty of South America more closely through Cuba, a transit island?

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As a Spanish aristocrat, it is false to say that he is not angry when he hears such unscrupulous remarks, but if he hears too much, he can only go with him, and he can't protest anymore.

At the 1870 Lunar Calendar

The most dazzling guests were His Royal Highness Crown Prince Friedrich Wilhelm Nicholas Karl and Princess Victoria, Crown Princess Victoria and his wife from the Kingdom of Prussia, as well as their eldest son, Wilhelm II, who was 11 years old.

Accompanying His Royal Highness the Crown Prince of the Kingdom of Prussia to the Tang Empire, as well as the Grand Dukes, Crown Princes and other nobles of the German Confederation, plus the attaché, formed a large delegation of more than 330 people, which became the most dazzling highlight of the Spring Festival Meeting.

On the main hall of the magnificent Hanyuan Hall, the imperial court and guests from various countries gathered together, and after presenting the national salutes and recitals one by one, more than two hours passed.

Immediately pressed, the second agenda item of the Spring Festival was to enshrine 12 adult princes and dukes, fiefdoms and fiefdoms and meritorious ministers of the South American war, including one marquis, three counts, and 16 viscounts and barons.

The twelve adult princes were;

His Royal Highness Tang Li Xiao, the fifth prince, was crowned Duke of Costa Rica, gave a Duke's mansion, entered into the Royal Fund to enjoy the Duke's Fortune, and led the fiefdom of Costa Rica Province to the fief.

His Royal Highness Tang Li Yao, the sixth prince, was enshrined as the Duke of the Strait, gave a duke's mansion, entered into the royal fund to enjoy the duke's fortune, and remotely led the fiefdom of the Strait Province.

His Royal Highness Tang Li Xin, the eighth prince, was enshrined as the Duke of Zhennan, gave a duke's mansion, entered into the royal fund to enjoy the duke's fortune, and led the fiefdom of Zhennan Province to the fief.

His Royal Highness Tang Li Zhe, the Ninth Emperor, was crowned Duke of Tierra del Fuego, and was given a Duke's mansion, which was entered into the royal fund to enjoy the Duke's fortune, and he was the fief of Tierra del Fuego.

His Royal Highness Don Li Jia, the tenth prince, was enshrined as the Duke of La Pampa, gave a duke's mansion, entered it into the royal fund to enjoy the duke's fortune, and led the fief of La Pampa Province to the fief.

His Royal Highness Tang Li Qi, the Twelfth Prince, was enshrined as the Duke of Storm, gave a Duke's mansion, entered it into the Royal Fund to enjoy the Duke's Fortune, and remotely led the fiefdom of Storm Province.

His Royal Highness Tang Li Nan, the thirteenth prince, was enshrined as the Duke of Shuguang, gave a duke's mansion, entered it into the royal fund to enjoy the duke's fortune, and led the fiefdom of Shuguang Province from afar.

His Royal Highness Don Li Heng, the fourteenth prince, was crowned Duke of Córdoba, gave a duke's mansion, entered into the royal fund to enjoy the duke's fortune, and received the fiefdom of the province of Córdoba.

His Royal Highness Tang Li Zheng, the fifteenth prince, was awarded the title of Duke of Glory, and was given a Duke's mansion, which was entered into the royal fund to enjoy the Duke's fortune, and he received the fiefdom of Glory Province from afar.

His Royal Highness Don Li Mo, the sixteenth prince, was enshrined as the Duke of Mendoza, gave a duke's mansion, entered it into the royal fund to enjoy the duke's fortune, and remotely led the fiefdom of Mendoza Province.

His Royal Highness Tang Li Sen, the seventeenth prince, was conferred the title of Duke of Dahe, gave a duke's mansion, entered it into the royal fund to enjoy the duke's fortune, and led the fiefdom of Dahe Province to be mined.

His Royal Highness Tang Li Peng, the eighteenth prince, was enshrined as the Duke of Dongshan, gave a duke's mansion, entered it into the royal fund to enjoy the duke's fortune, and led the fiefdom of Dongshan Province to the fief.

After the imperial decree of the Tang Emperor, now 18 adult princes have obtained the title of duke, moved out of the palace to open a mansion, married and had children, and lived a free and easy life.

Most of these princes had their own functions, some joined the Royal Army, some joined the Royal Navy, and some entered various ministries after returning from their European training, holding different positions and beginning to accumulate political experience.

Others are obsessed with scholarship or art, and are not satisfied with the title of honorary chairman of the Imperial Museum, higher education institution or charitable foundation, but participate in the actual work, adding an extra sense of involvement.

After the victory in the South American War, not many officers were awarded the title of nobility.

The reason for this

Because the intensity, rank and importance of the South American war were slightly inferior, and the Imperial military only had one Marine Division of the Royal Navy participating from beginning to end, and the others were mainly mercenary armed militias, so the rewards were naturally not high.

The commander, Lieutenant General Lei Juekun, was given an additional title of marquis, which was a step forward from his original title of count, and the fiefdom of the bounty was located in the territory of the province of Dawn, just south of the province of Buenos Aires, in the fertile pampas savannah.

There were also a number of officers who had been rewarded for their outstanding performance, which I will not repeat here.

It was close to noon after these agendas, Emperor Richard waved his hand, set up a banquet to entertain guests and ministers from various countries, and more than 300 tables were set up for the banquet, and there were laughter and laughter everywhere, and the wine and meat were fragrant, and it was a scene of the prosperity of the empire.

The feast was unprecedented, and it was not until late in the evening that the feast was dissolved.

The Spring Festival of 1870 came quietly, and on the second day, the imperial capital of Chang'an was dotted with small snowflakes, attracting more than 3.2 million people in the city to look forward to it, hoping for a good omen of a prosperous year.

Pinching his fingers and calculating, the imperial capital of Chang'an has not snowed for 7 years.

The sky was overcast, and after three days of suffocation, the fluttering goose feather snow finally came on the third day of the Lunar New Year.

I saw that the sky was full of white snowflakes dancing in the wind, and in just two or three hours, the huge imperial capital Chang'an had been covered in a layer of silver, completely changing its appearance.

The residents of Chang'an City were simply crazy, especially the children who were happily rolling and playing on the snow, even though their noses were so long and their little faces were red, they were still full of interest.

It was a year of prosperity and pride, as the wealthy and confident subjects of the empire were full of hope for the future, and the joy in their hearts bloomed in the falling snow.

They are convinced that through their hard-working hands, they will create a better life.

The intelligent and wise sons and daughters of China only need an equal and free environment for development, and they will radiate incomparably enthusiastic creativity and bear fruitful fruits.

The Tang Empire's thriving commercial economy and industry, agriculture and animal husbandry, as well as the fiery night market economy, which is unique in the world, are all due to the entrepreneurial enthusiasm of Chinese immigrants.

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