In the splendid and palatial throne room of the Palace of Fontainebleau, "Prince Forquansky" and Princess Sofia had already taken their seats in two high-backed armchairs specially prepared for them, while Louis XIV, the Sun King of Europe, sat on his throne as king, looked at the two in front of him, and after a long time, he smiled and said: "Princess, Prince, can I talk to you in Latin?" ”

"Of course, I've been learning Latin all this time, and now I've pretty much mastered the ancient language."

The so-called strict teacher produces a high apprentice, and Foquansky now has a "strict and heavy" teacher, and it is difficult to think of not being a high apprentice.

Sofia also smiled and said, "Your Majesty, Fuquan is already fluent in Latin, and I have also learned some Mongolian, which I can use if necessary." ”

Sofia's language talent is indeed very strong, Fuquan has not yet mastered Latin, but she has mastered the language of the Mongols, and seems to be ready to become the Kedun of the Great Mongolia, this is a very stocky Kedun!

Louis XIV nodded, then looked at Forquansky: "Prince, I heard my Foreign Secretary Colbe say that you have a plan to seize the throne of the Qing Dynasty?" ”

"Yes, Your Majesty, I still have many supporters in the Great Qing Dynasty, and I have a good relationship with Li Zhongshan, the great general who ruled the Ming Empire, and he will also support me in seizing the throne of the Great Qing Dynasty!"

"Imperial General?" Louis XIV frowned, "What position is this?" Caesar? Or an archon? ”

Rather than supporting Foquansky to seize the throne of the Qing Dynasty, Louis was more interested in whether he could form an alliance with the Ming Dynasty in the East?

To tell the truth, he was very disgusted with the "republic" advertised by the Ming Dynasty, and was afraid that the fire of the "republic" would pass from the far east to France, where the nobility and the common people were very restless - when he was 10 years old, a revolt broke out in Paris, and he himself was once driven out of Paris and fled to Fort Saint-Germain. At the same time as the rebellion in Paris, Charles I of England next door was beheaded by the republicans in England.

During that time, Louis's young mind was hit every day, for fear that when he got up one morning, he suddenly found that he had been caught by the slingers and was about to be beheaded!

From that time on, Louis XIV was hostile to everything that was in touch with the Republic! When he led the Kingdom of France to war with the United Republic of the Netherlands, he wanted to end the war with dignity on the conditions that would make the House of Orange the Dutch royal family.

But William III of Orange didn't know how to lift up! It is not appropriate to put a good king of the Netherlands, but he remembers the seat of the king of England. However, compared to the Republic of the United Provinces of the Netherlands, ruled by the Orange family, the Ming Dynasty in the East was the "lighthouse" that worried Louis very much.

Because the Republic of the Netherlands is right next door to France, and everyone knows what the "republic" is all about there? A republic of a hereditary ruling family plus a group of business oligarchyes. What is the difference between this republic and the king, the nobles and the gods?

Moreover, the United Republic of the Netherlands was also beaten by the army of the Kingdom of France in the just-concluded Franco-Dutch War, and if it were not for William III's replacement of the army with water, the seawall was cut off, and a large part of his own land was flooded, the Republic of the United Province of the Netherlands would have been gone long ago.

In addition, in this Franco-Dutch war, the army and even the navy of the United Republic of the Netherlands did not show much combat power, and even in the army of the Dutch Republic there were not many citizens of the Republic of the Netherlands, all of them relied on foreign mercenaries to maintain the war, although they survived in the end.

But the proud French would not like this kind of republic, and they did not have so much money to hire foreigners to defend their country and property.

But on the other side of the world, the "Republican Ming" sounds like the taste that the French like - powerful and republican! It's like the Roman Republic of the East!

"The Great General is equivalent to an archon," replied Foquansky, "and the Great General is both the commander of the Ming army and the head of the Ming government." The Ming government also has two 'Cheng' who are responsible for daily affairs, which are equivalent to deputy consuls. Because when the general went out on the expedition, the general's authority was represented by these two 'Cheng'. In addition, the positions of general and 'cheng' have a term of office, which can be re-elected for a term of five years. ”

"How did the Great General and Cheng come about?" Louis XIV asked, "Was it appointed by the Emperor Ming?" There is an emperor in the Ming Dynasty, right? ”

Foquansky replied: "It is true that the Ming Dynasty had an emperor, and many other official positions were theoretically appointed by the emperor, but in practice, the emperor could only delegate the candidates selected by the National Assembly, and could not skip the Council to appoint the officials he wanted to appoint." ”

"I see," Louis XIV frowned, "and the emperor has not been overthrown?" ”

Foquansky nodded: "Yes, the emperor was indeed hollowed out, so the Ming government's form of government would be called a republic!" In fact, the power of the Ming Emperor was much smaller than that of the Dutch consuls! And the great generals and left and right of the Ming Dynasty are similar to the positions of the Dutch consuls.

It's just that the Dutch consuls are hereditary, while the generals and the left and right are not hereditary. Theoretically not! ”

Louis XIV asked again: "How did the great generals of the Ming Dynasty and the left and right men seize the power and prevent it from flying away from their hands?" ”

Foquansky replied: "They controlled the council by organizing the Heaven and Earth Society, and firmly grasped the power in their hands by formulating laws to overthrow the emperor, running schools and newspapers to publicize the former monarch Zhang, and protecting the interests of the people." ”

Louis XIV was a little panicked when he heard this!

The republic of the Ming Dynasty is not only progressive, but also very operable!

Copy it directly to France, and there doesn't seem to be any problem!

"But, but how is this done?" Louis XIV then asked, "How could the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty surrender the authority given to him by the Father?" ”

"Your Majesty," explained Foquansky, "though the Emperor of China is called the 'Son of Heaven,' the Son of the Heavenly Father!" But the Chinese have long known that this is not true, because China has experienced too many dynastic changes in history, and the son of the Heavenly Father cannot be protected by the Heavenly Father at all, so the imperial power has long ceased to be sacred.

And the reason why the current Ming Emperor can become an emperor is because of the support of the generals, the left and right Cheng, as well as other leaders of the rebel army and the leaders of the country. In fact, in today's Ming Dynasty, the power of the council does not come from the imperial power, but the emperor's throne comes from the support of the council. Therefore, the emperor should be bound by the council."

"Since the imperial power is no longer sacred, the general and the two 'Cheng' can help the Ming Emperor to power again. Then why didn't they become emperors themselves? Louis XIV didn't understand it again - he knew Roman history well, and 68 of the 86 emperors of the Western Roman Empire died unnatural deaths!

Getting rid of the emperor and becoming the emperor yourself is basically the "inheritance law" of the Roman Empire!

But even if the Roman Emperor was a high-ranking profession, Louis was ready to bear the weight of the Roman crown!

Well, it can't be him who died anyway!

Because he is the Emperor who rebuilt the splendor of Rome! It is the Sun King who everyone fears, and as long as he is alive for a day, everyone has to put their tails between their legs and be human.

Foquansky replied: "Because the Chinese throne has long since lost its sanctity, every new dynasty is formed with a round of slaughter of the meritorious officials who founded the dynasty, so as to ensure that the throne can be held for a longer time in the family."

And the founders of this generation of dynasties decided to break this cycle of death, and their leaders did not ascend the throne altogether, but found the direct descendants of the previous emperor and put him on the throne as a puppet. In this way, they will be able to maintain harmony and truly achieve common prosperity! ”

Louis XIV was silent for a long time, then nodded: "It seems that the founders of this generation of the Chinese Empire are all smart people, and they have found a good way!" ”

Fuquansky also sighed: "Your Majesty, this is the luck of the Ming Empire, but it is also the misfortune of the Qing Dynasty and the Great Zhou!" ”

Louis XIV looked at Forquansky: "Prince, it seems that you are not optimistic about the future of the Qing Empire, so you still want to seize the imperial throne?" ”

Fuquansky said: "Your Majesty, what I want to seize is the throne of the Great Mongolian State, not the throne of the Great Qing Empire, the so-called Great Qing Dynasty, but the part of the Han people that the Aixin Jueluo family occupies. And our family conquered the Han people at the same time, and also conquered the Mongolian world, and seized the legal system of the Great Mongolian State. And this part, even at the height of the Ming Dynasty, was not able to conquer it. It's not that the force in the heyday of the Ming Dynasty was not enough, but that it was too difficult for a group of farmers to conquer a group of nomads. There is simply no way for them to take root in the desolate and vast Mongolian world!

Therefore, the current new Ming will not spend too many resources in the Mongolian world, because there are too many easier lands in the world to conquer waiting for the new Ming! Therefore, after I seize the throne of the Great Mongol Khan, the Ming and Mongolia can become friends, and the Great Mongols can also provide a channel for trade between the Rakshasas, the Daming, the Ottomans, Persia and India."

Historically, the Ming Dynasty's pursuit of the Northern Yuan Dynasty was not without effort, Zhu Yuanzhang conquered the grassland eight times, and Zhu Di fought five times. While in most cases, the once powerful Ming dynasty was able to sweep the grasslands, the Han Chinese peasants had no way to put down roots in the grasslands.

The peasants couldn't stay, and the army naturally couldn't be stationed in the hinterland of the Mongolian steppe, and it was already the limit to defend Monan Mongolia, and even later Emperor Xuande abandoned most of the territory of Monan Mongolia in order to save money.

And now that the East Asian world has entered the Age of Discovery, there are so many areas in the world that are easy to win and can allow Han farmers to stand comfortably, why do they have to compete with the Mongols for a piece of land for sheep grazing?

Moreover, the time required to cross the Pacific Ocean to the New World is even shorter than the time to run from Beijing to the Mongolian steppe to herd sheep, and the transportation cost is even lower!

Therefore, as soon as this account is calculated, we know that after the Ming Dynasty recovers the Central Plains, at most it will take Monan Mongolia as a buffer, and will not wipe out the Great Mongolia, and the cost is too high.

Even the Ming Empire will not go to blockade the Great Mongolia. There's no need for that at all! Now the war is fought by bastions, by guns, and the Mongols have no advantage in this regard. Rather than treating them as enemies, the new Ming should regard them as a place for collecting raw materials and dumping of goods.

Due to geographical reasons, the entire Mughal region, including the Khalkha Mongols, will be a market and raw material gathering place that the Ming can monopolize, and even the Siberian region under the rule of the Rakshasa Empire will also be included in it.

And Da Ming doesn't need to conquer at all to achieve his goal!

Therefore, once the Qing Dynasty and the Great Zhou were expelled from Middle-earth, it would be easy for them and the Ming Dynasty to turn enemies into friends.

In fact, the Ming Dynasty is already paving the way for a lasting coexistence with the Great Mongolia and the Great Zhou in the future!" Foquansky said eloquently, analyzing the grievances and hatreds of the three kingdoms of 'Qing, Zhou, and Ming' from a perspective that was beneficial to himself, "Two of the three wives of the Ming generals are from the imperial family of the Great Zhou, and they are all princesses of the Great Zhou. The Ming Emperor's favorite wife came from the Yang family of the Joseon prison state. At the same time, another general of the Ming Dynasty actually came from the Yang family. And Kangxi Khan's empress and a noble concubine are also from the Yang family.

And the patriarch of the Yang family, Yang Qilong, the governor of North Korea, is also a supporter of me, and I have 700,000 pounds in the bank he opened! As long as His Majesty the King can give me enough support, I will definitely be able to seize the throne of Great Mongolia with the support of the Great Ming General and the Yang Supervisor of Korea! ”

Foquansky said that he was full of confidence. At least that's how it seems! With the help of Sofia and Sivar, it took him months to develop this effect!

And after listening to his analysis, Louis XIV also felt that this Foquansky had a dream, and maybe it was worth investing in!

"And what are you going to do?" Louis asked, "I want a concrete plan!" ”

"I'm going to recruit and train an army in Rakshasa anymore!" "At least thirty thousand men are needed, and the whole program may cost a million pounds of silver, as well as French military advisers and weapons," Foquansky said. In addition, I need to get in touch with my allies in East Asia so that I can get support from them. ”

"A million pounds of silver?" Louis XIV took a breath, "That's too much! ”

"Your Majesty," Sofia immediately interjected, "Forquansky already has 700,000 pounds of silver, and his eastern allies can still provide the remaining 300,000 Actually, this is not difficult, you should know that 200,000 pounds worth of silk, porcelain, and spices can be transported from China to Europe, and the value will exceed a million pounds of silver!"

If you can provide ships and crews for this ocean transport, you will not only get the silk, porcelain, spices you want, but you will also be able to open up a trade route to the East! This route will make France even greater!

In addition, you can also establish close trade and alliances with the Ming Empire, which currently has strained relations with Spain and the Netherlands! And peace between you and these two countries seems unlikely to last! ”

"That is, I only need to provide the ship and crew?" Louis XIV was moved, "And I can still get the friendship of the Ming Dynasty?" ”

Although he is very disgusted with the republic of the Great Ming, he does need the Great Ming as an ally. Because Spain and the Netherlands are seeking an alliance with the Qing Dynasty, the Great Zhou, and the Hindustan Empire!

It's easy to say that this Great Qing Dynasty and Great Zhou are good, but the Hindustan Empire, which inexplicably became a part of the Mongolian world, is amazing! Aurangzeb is rich! He could subsidize the Dutch military and let the Netherlands recruit mercenaries in Europe to fight France in exchange for Dutch support for his cause of Indian unification!

Therefore, Louis XIV now also needs a big Oriental financier to invest in his "Roman dream", and the only one who can compare with India today is Daming.

"You'll need some start-up capital," Sofia grinned at Louis XIV and smiled, "and it doesn't take much. 100,000 pounds of silver is enough! Of course, this is a loan, and it can be repaid immediately as soon as Foquansky gets his deposit back. ”

100,000 pounds of silver plus a few armed merchant ships or battleships that can cross the ocean, plus a group of French military advisers, it seems to be okay!

Louis XIV thought about it in his heart, nodded and said: "Well, I will discuss it with my Chancellor of Finance, Foreign Minister, and Military Minister, and there will be a fairly perfect plan." ”

Hearing Louis XIV's assurances, both Sofia and Foquansky breathed a sigh of relief - finally cheated, no, borrowed money! The hard work of these months has finally not been in vain, and with this money, the joint cause of the two of them can begin!

And their next move, of course, is to return to Rakshasa with the funds, weapons, and personnel supported by Louis XIV to recruit new troops!

Rakshasa has been thinking about starting a new army for a long time, but he has never had the money, and the shooting army will not let him. Now it is time to take Louis's money and do it in the name of Foquansky.

Wait for the "Suo Jiajun", hehe

(End of chapter)