Chapter seven hundred and forty third: countries send princesses
But for those countries, there is no way. China is too powerful.
If they were just a little stronger than them, they could definitely form an alliance and jointly deal with China.
But now, China is so powerful that one country can defeat all their countries.
How to play this?
What's more, they had previously sent a naval coalition to attack the Huaxia Kingdom.
Although at that time, they did not use their country's flag or show any symbols of their country.
But the Chinese people are not stupid either. How could they not guess that this is the force they sent?
Therefore, we must now find a way to improve our relationship with China!
Now, these countries are very prosperous.
Finally, they came up with a good idea.
Their solution was naturally to get married.
Historically, the best way for a weak country to confront a strong country is to form a marriage alliance.
They sent envoys to the Huaxia Kingdom one after another to ask for the princess of the Huaxia Kingdom.
Then, these envoys were scolded by Li Min, who was so angry that he almost killed them.
Each of these guys are monkeys that have not yet fully evolved.
You actually want to come and marry my precious daughter?
It’s simply wishful thinking!
Li Min was so angry that he wanted to send troops to attack these countries now.
After those envoys returned, they informed their king of Huaxia's reaction.
Their king was very frightened.
What to do?
Isn't it true that China is now unwilling to even do basic perfunctory things?
You must know that marriage is the best bridge to establish friendly relations between two countries.
Of course, this bridge is actually not stable.
It could collapse at any time.
But, at the very least, with this bridge, they can still have peace of mind.
But now, the Huaxia Kingdom actually refuses to give them this kind of peace of mind?
In the end, it was the people from the Eastern Roman Empire who understood the emperor of China better.
Because the Eastern Roman Empire sent the most people to study in China.
Princess Anna of the Eastern Roman Empire studied abroad in China for the longest time.
She also studied with the Emperor of China for a period of time.
Of course, at that time, he was not the emperor and had not yet established an empire.
At that time, he was still the city lord of Huaxia City.
While studying in Huaxia City, Princess Anna had a detailed understanding of the history of the Emperor of Huaxia.
She discovered an interesting thing, which was very similar to the current situation.
That is, at that time Songtsen Gampo of Tibet came to the Tang Dynasty to propose marriage.
At that time, the Emperor Li Shimin of the Tang Dynasty and a number of ministers decided to agree to the Turkic marriage.
Because as long as you get married, you can buy decades of peace.
However, Li Min, who was a prince at the time, firmly opposed the proposal of marriage.
He said at that time, how could the country's stability be entrusted to a weak woman?
What's more, marriage cannot exchange for peace between the two countries.
Only strength can do it!
He also proposed at that time that in the Tang Dynasty, if there was no marriage or marriage, the monarch would guard the country and the prince would guard the country.
After that, Qiwang of the Five Surnames came up with another evil plan to unite the fifteen countries and propose marriage to the Tang Dynasty at the same time.
If the Tang Dynasty had categorically rejected the marriage proposal of these fifteen countries, it might have offended these fifteen countries at that time.
It is very likely that these fifteen countries will attack together.
At that time, Li Min, who was the king of Shu, fought against the envoys of fifteen countries alone.
He picked them off the horse one after another.
Moreover, in the end, Yizhou Nineteen Cavalry and bombs were used to scare all the envoys from fifteen countries.
In the end, the King of Shu at that time did not categorically reject the request for peace from the fifteen kingdoms.
Instead, he told them that our princesses are all married now.
If you want to get married, why not marry all your princesses?
In the end, fifteen countries actually listened to Li Min's suggestion and married their country's princesses.
However, Qiwang of the Five Surnames used another trick to marry all the princesses from the fifteen kingdoms to Li Min.
However, Li Min did not actually marry the princesses of these fifteen countries in the end.
Instead, he betrothed them all to his subordinates.
Of course it is not a forced marriage, but a consensual one.
And it can be seen from what happened in the past two years.
The Emperor of China firmly resists such things as marriage.
Of course, what he resisted was actually the marriage of his country's princess.
As for princesses from other countries marrying in, that actually doesn't matter.
In other words, they can only take advantage and cannot suffer any loss.
Thinking of this, Princess Anna couldn't help but tell her father what she had discovered.
The King of the Eastern Roman Empire, Constans II, couldn't help but suddenly enlightened after hearing Princess Anna's words.
It turns out that we can't marry their princess.
However, we can marry the princess over.
Doesn’t this make it clear that you look down on us?
This question made Constans II very frustrated.
But there is no way.
Because others are better than me!
If you fall behind, you will be beaten.
But soon, Constans II remembered something.
Princess Anna said that they could only marry the princess.
But isn’t Anna herself the princess of our Eastern Roman Empire?
Then doesn't she mean to marry herself?
Could it be that while she was studying in China, she and the emperor of China had already established a relationship that went beyond friendship?
No wonder Princess Anna has never married after so many years since she came back.
She is a grown up girl now.
Even Constans II was worried about it.
If you can't get married again, you will become an old girl!
Constans II could not help but marry her off by force.
Fortunately I haven't done this yet.
It seems that the relationship between Princess Anna and the Emperor of China is very good.
If this is the case, it is really possible to preserve the Eastern Roman Empire by marrying Anna.
No matter what happens, you can still preserve the glory and wealth of your family, right?
Thinking of this, Constans II directly discussed with the ministers and prepared to marry the princess.
Of course, Constans II was not too proud of himself.
Instead, the news was shared with other alliance countries.
After hearing the news, the other alliance countries suddenly realized.
No wonder the envoy they sent last time was driven back and almost killed.
It turns out that other people’s princesses can’t marry outsiders, they can only marry in!
Regarding the rules of Huaxia Kingdom, they only feel that they are strong and domineering.
But the situation is stronger than the people, so they can only obey.
In fact, to them, a princess is of no importance at all.
They really can't understand the political views of China.
But now that there is a solution, it will be much easier.
Next, these countries selected the most beautiful princesses in their own countries and dressed them up in all their glory.
Then a grand procession was sent to send off the bride, carrying a generous dowry, and began to march towards the Kingdom of China.
I have to say that this time, the dowry they prepared was really generous.
Because, in their opinion, this is not a dowry at all!
This is clearly their compensation.
And as long as we can gain China's understanding, all this will be worth it.
They hope that China is still separated from them by a wide strait.
The two sides are far apart, which is very inconvenient.
They hope that China has no intention of invading them.
I hope this marriage can bring real peace to both parties.
They feel that they are actually a nation that loves peace from the bottom of their hearts.
Well, at least when they were weak, that was indeed the case.
Teams from various countries set off one after another.
The time apart is not long.
Because they all want to arrive first.
The first one always leaves the best impression.
Of course, the first one to set off was the team from the Eastern Roman Empire.
There was no way, they were the first to decipher the thoughts of the Emperor of China.
They were also the first to prepare.
They waited until they were almost ready before telling the news to other allies.
Therefore, naturally, they were the first to set off.
And it wasn't until before departure that Princess Anna knew that she was actually the princess she was married to.
Princess Anna was shocked when she first learned the news.
Because she was not the only princess in the Eastern Roman Empire.
Even, it is not necessary to marry a real princess.
As long as she is the daughter of a prince or minister, it is enough as long as she is beautiful.
She never expected that she would be chosen in the end.
And soon, Princess Anna understood what her father meant.
I guess my father misunderstood?
However, nothing can be changed at this time.
Princess Anna finally had no choice but to accept her fate.
However, this is considered a good choice for her.
Studying abroad in China, I got to know the heroes of China.
Then after returning from studying abroad, it was really difficult for her to take a look at those nobles.
Princess Anna knew that even if she arrived in China, she would not be able to truly marry the Emperor of China.
Because, as early as in Yizhou, as early as when he was the king of Shu.
He has already rejected the princesses from fifteen countries.
Now, Princess Anna feels that it is even more impossible for him to marry these princesses.
Most likely, they will still be rewarded to some of his subordinates.
Of course, perhaps, we will also follow the principle of mutual consent.
For Princess Anna, if she really wants to get married, choosing among the heroes of China seems to be a good choice.
At least, it is much better than choosing among those stupid nobles in their country.
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Not long after, the bride-to-be teams from these countries arrived in China one after another.
This made Li Min couldn't help but be stunned.
These countries are really interesting.
At the beginning, I came to ask for marriage.
Seeing that he didn't agree, he simply sent the princess of their country over.
I'm afraid these people have heard of their deeds in Yizhou, right?
For Li Min, this is indeed the case.
Marrying a princess abroad is naturally impossible and is simply unthinkable.
However, if they took the initiative to send the princess here, this would not matter.
Anyway, I won't suffer any loss.
Of course, Li Min himself would not choose these princesses.
The wives he already has are enough.
If he wanted to marry, his harem could probably expand to more than a hundred people over the years.
Several of his wives kept urging him to bring Shangguan Wan'er closer to the palace.
Because Shangguan Wan'er is really infatuated with him, and she is still alone until now.
Even the queen and several other noble concubines were deeply moved by Shangguan Wan'er's infatuation and took the initiative to beg the emperor for her.
But Li Min was always hesitant and did not do so.
It is even more impossible for Li Min to keep these princesses sent from other countries by his side.
The only thing about the princesses sent by these countries that made Li Min very satisfied was probably that the dowries they brought were very generous.
It was even so rich that it no longer looked like a normal dowry.
Of course Li Min understood the meaning behind this.
But it doesn’t matter, just take the order and take it all.
Naturally, they wouldn't naively think that if they sent the princess here and then gave them a generous gift, China would let them go, right?
How can it be such a child's play between countries?
In the following time, Li Min first found a few princes and asked them to choose first.
Even King Lu and King Qi were summoned back.
And among these princes, a few actually chose princesses from other countries.
For example, King Lu selected Princess Anna away.
As for King Lu, Princess Anna also knows something about him.
Princess Anna is also quite satisfied with King Lu.
Of course, even if you are the princess of a country.
This Princess Anna cannot be the royal concubine of King Lu.
In the future, when King Lu ascends the throne as the emperor, she will not be able to become the queen.
But Princess Anna also looked away from these.
Being chosen by King Lu was already a blessing for her.
As for the remaining princesses, Li Min settled them down and decided to deal with them slowly.
Although Li Min didn't take it seriously about marriage or these princesses.
But I won’t mess with the mandarin duck spectrum.
In the end, both parties have to be satisfied.
What Li Min has to do next is to coordinate and communicate the development between Xinlu and Xinqi.
It can be said that these three countries basically divide the entire America equally, almost on one continent.
Li Min wants to basically keep the development status of these three countries in a stable state.
But now, the country with the worst development is Xinlu.
Because although the New Qi State had just been established.
But after all, that was the headquarters of the Family Alliance before.
The Family Alliance is developing very well, and its infrastructure has been basically completed.
Now, you only need to make some small changes based on the original.
And what about the Xinlu Kingdom?
Although there are also some cities built by aristocratic families.
But compared with Xin Qi, it is far inferior.
The current construction of Xinlu State is still not as good as that of Xinqi State.
However, the development of Xinlu State was also very rapid.
And Li Min also focused his development on the Xinlu Kingdom.