In September, Li Zhi was sitting in the ball hall of the Hofburg Palace in Vienna, Austria, looking at the dazzling art paintings on the wall.
A "Night Patrol" by the portrait painter Rembrandt attracted Li Zhi's attention. In the paintings of this era, it is an innovation to be able to creatively use a stage-like layering technique to show the priority of characters. So Rembrandt
The paintings look a little different from other paintings.
The whole painting shows a high aesthetic level. Such a painting appeared in the seventeenth century, which indeed demonstrates the level of civilization of white Europeans.
Li Zhi looked at the painting for a while, and then looked at a statue of Bernini. According to the Austrian palace attendant next to him, the name of this statue is called "St. Teresa Altar", which is the ruler of Austria and the Holy Roman Empire.
The emperor spent a lot of money to get it from Rome. It is said that if Bernini and Alexander VII had not had a very bad relationship, Bernini's works would never have left Rome.
The lines of the sculptures are lifelike and full of beauty.
The entire hall is filled with works of art and looks magnificent. If the three palaces of the Forbidden City give people the impression of being majestic and majestic, full of suffocating hints of power, the palaces of European princes are full of luxury and pride.
and a sense of superiority that seems to be imprinted in my bones.
European princes always seem to show off their artistic appreciation and unique talents.
Li Zhi finally turned around, facing away from the front entrance of the hall, and looked at the huge mural "The Triumph of Holy Rome" painted by the Austrian court painter Boretti on the wall.
This painting was lost to later generations, but in Li Zhi's opinion it was very exquisite.
The Hofburg Palace is the palace of the Holy Roman Empire, and this long-established empire is considered the most orthodox empire in Europe and has a unique status. Although over time, the Holy Roman Empire has ceased to exist in name only, and the throne was replaced by Habsburg
The family was entrenched. After the Reformation and the Thirty Years' War, the grand dukes, marquises and counts in the empire even ignored the emperor of Vienna.
But in any case, only such an empire existed in Europe in the seventeenth century.
The Hofburg Palace, the palace of the Holy Roman Empire, is also a special existence in Europe. It can be said to be the highest-standard palace in Europe.
Of course, this palace has been controlled by the Tiger Army. After more than a year of fighting, the number of Tiger Army troops transferred to Europe has now exceeded 250,000, with more than 1,000 ships of various types, and 170,000 warrior troops have been transferred to Europe.
They were transferred to cooperate with the war. So Li Zhi now has relatively sufficient manpower to occupy Europe.
Li Zhi now occupied Spain, France, Britain, the Netherlands, Italy, Romania, Hungary, southern Sweden and northern Germany.
Except for Cromwell, who led Britain to surrender, all other European kings chose to flee. A large number of European nobles fled to the mountains between southern Germany and Switzerland in an attempt to fight guerrillas.
However, these nobles were unwilling to give up decent expenses and were unwilling to enter the most barren mountainous areas. They led their soldiers and guards to gather on the edge of the Nande Mountains, still hoping to obtain supplies from the farms and rivers outside the mountainous areas. Therefore,
This unresolute guerrilla warfare was quickly defeated by Li Zhi's samurai army.
The 170,000 samurai army rushed into the Nande Mountains with the most advanced weapons and defeated more than 100,000 European noble soldiers and imperial guards in just one month. After all, these European imperial guards and soldiers were the most advanced.
They only had mini rifles, while the samurai army charged in the mountains and forests with shotguns and mortars that could fire continuously.
The samurai fought without risking their lives. They were so advanced that they completely destroyed the Europeans.
The top princes and nobles in Europe were almost all captured by Li Zhi in the west of Nuremberg in South Germany. Today, Li Zhi can see these prisoners.
Soon, Zhong Feng and Zheng Kaicheng walked into the hall. Behind them, King Felipe IV of Spain was escorted into the hall.
The gorgeous clothes of this king of a large Western European country were in tatters. He obviously had an embarrassing escape process before being captured. Seeing Li Zhi's back, Felipe IV immediately understood that this person was the Chinese emperor who could decide his life or death.
He started to tremble subconsciously. But he seemed to be stubborn and conceited. Although he was scared to death, he still stood with his trembling legs and was unwilling to kneel behind Li Zhi.
Zhong Feng looked at him, snorted coldly, and asked the soldiers to take him aside to wait.
The rulers of the Italian city-states, the grand dukes and marquises of various countries, the Austrian Emperor, and the kings of various countries walked into the hall one by one and stood at the bottom of the hall in disgrace. Some of these people were captured in Nuremberg, and some were captured in other places.
They were caught in various places, but most of them were caught during the escape. The European nobles unanimously believed that Li Zhi would kill them all.
The scene in the hall was a little funny. The magnificent palace and the tattered clothes of the nobles were in sharp contrast. The aura of the top nobles in Europe was as shabby as the clothes they wore.
More and more people gathered in the hall, and eventually there were more than a hundred people.
The last ones who staggered in were King Louis XIV of France and Queen Christina of Sweden.
Louis XIV's face was bruised and swollen. There was a scar on the left side of his face. There was a black circle under his right eye. It seemed that he had been beaten by the warriors who captured him. His right foot was injured and he was limping.
It was very inconvenient to walk. However, the blonde Christina was very calm. She gently supported the eighteen-year-old young king, as if she was preparing to walk to the execution ground with this proud young king.
The two of them walked forward slowly under the surveillance of the soldiers and stood in the corner of the hall, as if they did not want to attract Li Zhi's attention.
After these two people entered the hall, the European nobles were basically all gathered together. Except for the Russian tsar who had abandoned Moscow and fled to Siberia, almost all other European rulers were standing here.
Zhong Feng walked behind Li Zhi and whispered: "Your Majesty, all the prisoners have been brought here."
When Li Zhi heard this, he looked away from the mural on the wall.
He turned around and glanced at his prisoners.
Some nobles were still stubborn at this time, although there were not many of them. A Swiss earl looked calm and even raised his chin high. That seemed to say that Li Zhi's victory relied on advanced skills, and he could not win without force.
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Of course, most people are afraid of death. After being glanced at by Li Zhi, most of the princes and nobles in the hall couldn't stand it. Some nobles with weak personalities knelt down on the ground, prostrate themselves on the ground. A Hungarian region
The earl was so frightened that he became incontinent and leaked all over the gorgeous Persian carpet.
Li Zhi looked at these nobles for a while and smiled.
"In order to meet you and completely solve the European problem, I have been in Europe for more than a year. I don't know if my prince made any mistakes in managing Daqi with the assistance of Prime Minister He Nei."
Zheng Kaicheng bowed to Li Zhi, raised his hands and said: "Your Majesty, with all due respect, it is indeed time for Your Majesty to return to the capital. Envoys from Persia and Ottoman Turkey have been waiting in Beijing for a long time, hoping to discuss the terms of surrender with Your Majesty. European
Leave the matter to your ministers!"
Li Zhi glanced at Zheng Kaicheng, said nothing, and then looked at the European nobles.
Smiling, Li Zhi said: "You don't need to be afraid."
"We have different positions and different nationalities. It is normal for us to fight against each other for the benefit of the country. In fact, I will not shoot you all." (https:)
