Richard took Sevillea's life on the plateau leisurely, and on this day he rode out for a walk and came back, and received a report from the royal family of the Tang Empire, but he couldn't help frowning.

This is a secret letter written by Tang Yezong, the emperor of the Tang Dynasty, which originated from the abdication of Tsar Nicholas II and the urgent need for strong foreign imperial support, so the proposal of marriage was proposed.

The candidates for the marriage are the eldest princess Olga and the second princess Tatyana of the Russian royal family, because the crown prince of the Tang Dynasty, Tang Li Mingsu, is 25 years old this year, the crown princess and a group of concubines are complete, and there are already three royal children.

Therefore, Nicholas II retreated to the second place, hoping to marry the 21-year-old emperor's second son, Tang Li Mingshen, and the 18-year-old emperor's third son, Tang Li Minghe.

The main reason is that the royal families of the two sides are comparable, the age is comparable, the status is comparable, and the most important thing is that the royal family of the Tang Empire is too rich and powerful, and is regarded as a sweet and sweet by the royal families of European countries.

In this era, civil marriages were mainly the orders of parents and the words of matchmakers.

In aristocratic marriages, the wishes of the elders and the interests of the family play a dominant role, and personal preferences are secondary.

The royal marriage is more rigorous, considering not only the relationship between the two countries, but also whether it is conducive to the long-term interests of the kingdom, the political economy and even the geostrategic relationship between the countries.

In the Tang Empire

The Holy Emperor Taizu was like a bright sun overhead, shining on the royal family and the vast territory of the Tang Empire, all under its lofty royal prestige.

If it doesn't fall for a day, it doesn't fall for a day, and the Tang royal family, which governs the country with etiquette and filial piety, can't be ignored.

Generally speaking

Richard was impatient to take care of the affairs of these children and grandchildren, and the marriages of the royal children were all led by the queen Lin, and they could just reply.

He personally set the royal rules of the Tang Dynasty;

For example, those who are the children of the Tang Dynasty royal family can be granted a vassal state, and they must inherit the pure blood of the Han and Tang dynasties, and those who voluntarily give up can choose a mate to marry at will.

Other words

A royal child who is willing to marry a foreign wife is equivalent to voluntarily giving up the right of the royal family to divide the feud, and at most one duke who is not in the ranks, and is hereditary.

This iron law of the Tang Dynasty royal family has also been implemented to the letter, and among the total 82 princes, nine of them have intermarried with royal princesses from various European countries, all of whom are not third-level dukes.

Decades down

These royal bloodline families have basically been reduced to the rank of viscount and earl, and in another fifty or sixty years, they will almost all be baronial families, and they will be completely ordinary.

This iron law is not only implemented in the Tang royal family, but also in the major dukes' palaces and marquis families divided into the Tang Empire, and it has been passed down.

For example, the founding father, Duke Harry Frach, the first-class protector of the country, and the Duke Gonzalez, the first-class Duke of Shunguo, all the sons of the Duke's Mansion must marry a Han woman with pure blood as their wives, inheriting the hereditary title of Duke's Palace.

Otherwise, the Duke's palace inheritance will be changed to hereditary descent.

This solved the problem of the complete sinicization of the imperial aristocracy from the root, and now, these top nobles and nobles at the beginning of the Tang Empire have become the strongest Tang Dynasty ists, especially proud of the Han bloodline.

Back to the point

Seeing the secret letter written by Tang Yezong, the current emperor of the Tang Dynasty, Richard couldn't help frowning, this is really a hot potato!

The rise of the Tang Empire had never happened in the original history, so naturally there was no such troubles about the marriage of international politics and imperial power.

Now

The abdicated Tsar Nicholas II sent a request for marriage between Tang and Russia through official diplomatic channels, which really made it difficult for him.

Live a good life, develop quietly, colonize and expand...... Digestion...... Recolonization, expansion, and redigestion were the main tone of the Tang Empire's foreign policy.

From the heart

Richard really didn't want to get involved in the troubled waters of Tsarist Russia, and the process of this corrupt empire being completely swept into the garbage heap of history was inevitable, and no one could go against the tide of history.

The beautiful appearance of the eldest princess Olga and the second princess Tatyana of the Russian royal family, and the love between the prince and the princess were all not considered by Richard, and they were all unimportant.

The key is how likely this move is to change the future world situation, and from the perspective of the Tang Empire, whether it can help exert influence in the new world pattern and be more comfortable.

Now at this point in time

It is not far from the big day when Tsarist Russia will change the day, and it will take less than two months to bring the head and tail, and the final opportunity is here.

The new bourgeois government that overthrew the Russian Empire did not limit the family of the former Tsar Nicholas II, who had the opportunity to go into exile in England, but was denied by King Edward VII.

The reason for this is simply that

Britain feared that the reception of Tsar Nicholas II would affect the mood of its own people, and thus the stability of the Eastern Front, which was unbearable.

At any given time, Britain would have taken a firm stance to welcome the exiled Nicholas II family of Tsarist Russia, after all, Britain had accepted the death of Napoleon III and many more notorious European monarchs, not many of them.

The unprecedented brutality of the world war made the British extremely sensitive and unwilling to take any risks.

Sadly

Tsar Nicholas II, once a strong ally, was ruthlessly abandoned in this way, like garbage that everyone hated, and no one was willing to reach out to help him.

Richard began to think carefully with a serious expression, if he agreed to the marriage proposal of Tsar Nicholas II, then the Tang Empire would have a legitimate reason to meddle in the affairs of Tsarist Russia after the turmoil.

It was even possible to use force to separate Central Siberia and Western Siberia from the vast territory of the Tsarist Empire and establish a new regime dominated by the old White Russian aristocracy.

By stirring up the situation in the north, the Tang Empire will have an equal role with Britain and France, and further enhance the world political influence of the Tang Empire.

All things considered

As long as the Tang Empire came forward to preside over and invested a certain amount of military strength and money, it was enough to induce the Fusang State to follow with all its might, and it could change the historical map of Tsarist Russia.

The so-called pulling a hair and moving the whole body refers to this situation.

The political marriage between the royal family of the Tang Empire and the royal family of Tsarist Russia, the eldest princess Olga and the second princess Tatyana, is not as simple as getting married and having children, but is related to a large amount of military and economic costs invested in the follow-up, forming a new world geopolitical relationship.

If you don't want to be troubled, refuse this marriage.

Richard had a clear vision of today's World War I and the post-war landscape.

Another year passed, when the first world war was won and a peace treaty was signed.

The strategic importance of the Tang Empire will be drastically reduced, and it will become an eyesore in the eyes of Britain and France, and will inevitably be excluded and suppressed in the post-war Paris peace negotiations, and even ridiculed and belittled in various ways.

In the original history, the president of the beautiful country had endured this great humiliation, and was even made a little self-contained. As a result, when he returned home, he exalted the Monroe Doctrine and was no longer willing to intervene in European affairs.

The newcomer enters the cave room, and the matchmaker throws it over the wall.

This cannot be said that Britain and France, the world powers, are too realistic, too mean, too unkind, and have joined forces to make the beautiful people a little self-contained.

Back to reality

After the outbreak of the war, the Tang Empire ignored the strong alliance requirements of Britain and France, and chose to be neutral in order to maximize its interests.

When the Tang Empire made a lot of money, the outcome of the war gradually became clear, and the Tang Empire chose to join the Entente group at this time to reap the benefits, and put forward all kinds of excessive demands.

From the point of view of the interests of the Tang Empire, these practices are fine.

But from the perspective of Britain and France and other countries, there is some suspicion of taking advantage of the fire to rob, and they have gained any benefits, do they still want to occupy another piece in the post-war division of interests?

Richard thought about it and made a difficult decision, he was a calm and prudent person, and he didn't like the many changes in the original history, which made him feel uncontrollable.

But now the question is

The opportunity to stir up the European landscape has been delivered, and it would be a pity to abandon it.

It can be said that the princess of Tsarist Russia is a kite flying in the sky over Europe, as long as this line is tightly dragged in the hands of the royal family of the Tang Empire, it can cause changes in the wind and clouds, international geopolitical collisions and conflicts.

This kite line may be overgrown with thorns and pull the Tang Empire all over its hands, but after all, it is the best opportunity to trigger international geopolitical changes.

It's a pity to discard it.

Even if you take 10,000 steps back, it's a big deal to cut the kite string, just let him fend for himself.

In any case, it is impossible to affect the stability and safety of the Tang Empire, which has the benefits of two oceans.

Considering that this time window was less than two months, Richard pondered and prepared to send a secret telegram to the empire itself.

Agreeing in principle to the request for marriage between the two parties, the imperial family was asked to act quickly through the embassy in Tsarist Russia, and within a month, the eldest princess Olga and the second princess Tatyana of the Tsarist royal family were protected and sent to St. Petersburg, and then sent to England at an opportune time.

Finally, it transited through England and returned to the empire itself.

During this period

The Tang Empire's foreign affairs department will be in close contact with Britain and France, because it involves the ownership of huge post-war international debts, and a compromise solution needs to be sought.

You must know that the Tsarist Russian Empire owes France hundreds of billions of francs in huge debts, and also owes Britain billions of pounds in huge debts, which can be said to be a bottomless pit.

In the event of a split of the old Tsarist empire, would it be necessary to inherit the original international debt?

If this problem is not clarified, the next move of the Tang Empire will not be able to start, this is not a joke, and it is not something that can be solved by a flood of sympathy.

Another aspect

It was close contact with the Fuso State that induced it to spill its growing impulse for foreign colonial expansion into the vast expanse of Siberia, a vast frozen wasteland with great promise.

With the full investment of Fuso, coupled with the integration of the armed forces of the old White Russia, the investment of military and economic forces on the part of the empire can be greatly reduced.

If it is only to provide some food, weapons and ammunition, this is the strength of the Tang Empire.

In the original history

Fusang was the main force that intervened in Tsarist Russia, once invested nearly 200,000 troops, and its aggression and expansion went deep into Central Siberia.

All kinds of circumstances show that Fusang has not died of thieves against Tsarist Russia, and it is simply more than a foot long.

A little lure, you will inevitably take the bait.

Only when these two problems are solved can the next steps be taken seriously, and it is advisable to be cautious.

Anyway, the territory and colonies of the Tang Empire are sufficient, and there are no ambitions for Siberia, so it is completely calm and calm.

(End of chapter)