"Don't have high expectations for the League of Nations. It is just a liaison mechanism to facilitate communication and discussion."
At the Prime Minister's Office of Qianqingmen, Zhu Yihai explained that he was planning to invite all countries to establish a national alliance.
Europe has just finished the Thirty Years' War. The Protestant Union and the Catholic Union fought for thirty years. The civil war in the Holy Roman Empire evolved into a war across Europe. It started as a religious war and ended up as a European melee.
During the Thirty Years' War, 30 to 40% of the total population of the German states was wiped out, and half of the men in the German states were killed.
The German Protestant princes were on one side with Sweden, Denmark, and France, and were supported by the Netherlands, Britain, and Russia. The Holy Roman Emperor, the German Catholic princes were on the other side with Spain, and were supported by the Pope and Poland, and they fought for thirty years.
It ended with the defeat of the Catholic Habsburg Alliance, and the countries signed the Peace of Westphalia, which weakened the rule of the most powerful Habsburg dynasty in Europe, deepened the political divisions in Germany, and also delineated the It changed the national boundaries of the European continent and changed the balance of political power in Europe.
This was the first multilateral treaty between the Middle Ages and modern times in Europe, and an important milestone in the development of international law.
At this time, Zhu Yihai took the opportunity of abdicating the throne to invite envoys from the major powers in the East and West. Not only was he the icing on the cake to watch his son's ceremony, but he also wanted to allow the major powers to sit down and divide their spheres of influence while he was still there.
Not to compete for territory, but to develop multilateral commercial and cooperative relations, Ming Dynasty rose rapidly. From being closed to East Asia to now joining the world stage, this big man from the East who suddenly broke in has aroused the vigilance and even hostility of many big countries.
Even the Ming Dynasty now has conflicts of interest with many countries. It previously declared war with Tsarist Russia, seized the Far East of Siberia from them, fought with Portugal to take back Macau, fought with Spain to take back Taiwan, and even fought in the Luzon Islands many times in recent years. During the conflict, the Ming Dynasty, despite the opposition of the Spanish Governor of Manila, landed on the islands and began to colonize the Luzon Islands.
The Ming Dynasty supported the Sultanate of Nederland, established the Aralia Gate colony in Singapore, and built a free trade port at the eastern end of the Malacca Strait, which also seriously harmed the interests of the Netherlands.
The wars in the snowy mountain plateaus such as Lakda, Guge, Kangjuti, and Kashmir also brought direct conflict between the Ming Dynasty and the Mughal Empire in India.
The Ming Dynasty supported Dawan and Khiva in the river, the Nogai Khanate in the Kipchak Steppe on the northeastern coast of the Caspian Sea, and the Turgut Khanate on the Volga River on the northwest coast of the Caspian Sea. It also cooperated with the Safavid Dynasty of Persia, the Ottoman Turkish Empire, Poland, Lithuania, and Tsarist Russia. There is a direct conflict of interest.
It can be said that except for the German states, France, the United Kingdom, Sweden, Denmark, Norway, etc., which have not directly confronted the Ming Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty has now officially set its sights on Eurasia as an Eastern hegemon.
Even more powerful than the King of Spain, who is known as the King of the Earth, the most powerful Habsburg royal family in Europe has now fallen into defeat.
It is precisely because the Ming Dynasty is expanding rapidly, from the South China Sea to Central Asia, and even North America and Eastern Europe, it is necessary to strengthen ties with those big countries in a timely manner.
Zhu Yihai still hopes to have more time to develop. Although he is very powerful in the South China Sea and has recaptured Macau and Taiwan from Spain, Portugal and the Dutch, and also established a colony in Luzon, he still hopes to avoid direct war as much as possible.
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Although the Spanish Armada was destroyed, the Portuguese were independent from the Spanish King. Both Portugal and Spain were weakened, especially as the defeated party in the Thirty Years' War, the Spanish King was also a branch of the Habsburg Dynasty.
, they are now very weak, but the skinny camels are bigger than the horses, so they are still very strong.
Zhu Yihai's strategy is to coexist peacefully with Spain, the Netherlands, and even the Portuguese in the South China Sea and strengthen trade cooperation. The South China Sea is still such a large area and has not been divided up yet, so there is no rush to start a war. Of course, trade cooperation also requires the consent of the other party.
The Netherlands and Spain are already competing fiercely in Southeast Asia, America and other places, so now as long as Zhu Yihai masters this balance and stirs up tension between them, Ming Dynasty will be in a more advantageous position.
At the appropriate time, you can have a fight, but you must control the scale of the war. You can have a small fight, show your strength and determination, use the fight to promote peace, and strive for the Ming Dynasty's status in Nanyang. At this stage, the Ming Dynasty mainly wants to
Put your power into the Annan coast of Indochina and Myanmar, followed by Japan, Ryukyu, Luzon and Singapore.
After establishing a foothold in these places, they will continue to establish new colonial strongholds in Borneo, the Malay Peninsula, Sumatra and other places. Then they will definitely have to compete with the Netherlands and Spain.
Zhu Yihai does not want to provoke a full-scale war, otherwise the Netherlands and Spain will be forced into a panic. The South China Sea will be full of their warships, armed merchant ships, and plundered pirate ships. It will be very troublesome. This is a lose-lose strategy. Not only will
It will affect the control of new colonies, maritime trade routes, and even the industrial and commercial manufacturing industry in the Central Plains.
Zhu Yihai has no plans to attack Manila, Luzon, or Batavia in Java. These are the strongholds of the Netherlands and Spain in Southeast Asia. Even if they want to attack, with the current strength of the Ming Dynasty, they will definitely be able to defeat them, but
Not worth it.
Moreover, Zhu Yihai also hoped to open up trade relations with Spain and the Netherlands through these two Southeast Asian trade centers, especially using their routes, merchant ships, and their trade networks and markets to strengthen Ming Dynasty's foreign trade.
Between countries, there is nothing more than a vertical and horizontal alliance.
It is best to use profits as lubricant.
Just like France was originally a Catholic country, but during the Thirty Years' War, in order to defeat the Habsburg dynasty of the Holy Roman Empire and compete for hegemony on the European continent, it joined the Protestant Alliance.
The British and the Dutch teamed up to suppress the Spanish at sea, and Sweden and Poland worked together to block Tsarist Russia's ambition to open up the Baltic Sea to the west.
Persia and the Mughals fought countless battles over Afghanistan, and the river has always been their second battlefield.
Ottoman Turkey is also very expansionist, and these guys who call themselves Turks are also very powerful. At that time, they destroyed Byzantium, the thousand-year empire, and occupied Constantinople, the European bridgehead, as their capital. They once conquered Vienna and conquered a group of people.
The European barbarians taught you a hard lesson.
The Grand Duke of Russia married a Byzantine princess, considered himself the heir to Rome, gave himself the title of Caesar, and upgraded himself from Grand Duke to Emperor.
In fact, the title of emperor is not very common in the East and the West. Having the title of emperor invariably represents a powerful civilization circle.
For example, the title of Tsar of Tsarist Russia was Caesar from Eastern Roman Byzantium. After Byzantium was destroyed by the Ottoman Turks, the Grand Duke of Moscow shamelessly claimed to be the heir of Rome because he married a Byzantine princess.
Byzantium was separated from the Roman Empire, and there was also Western Rome, which was destroyed by the barbarians. The title of emperor of the subsequent Holy Roman Empire also inherited the legal tradition of Western Rome and Frank Charlemagne.
Of course, the later French emperors were self-proclaimed by the French. Although they claimed that they represented the legal continuation of the emperors of the Western Roman Empire, the church and the Germanic nobles did not recognize it.
After Eastern Rome was destroyed by the Ottoman Turks, the Ottoman Sultan also called himself the successor of Rome. He made Constantinople his capital, added the title of Roman Caesar, and also called himself emperor of the Romans.
It’s just that the Russians have been competing with Turkey for this title, claiming to be the orthodox heirs of the Eastern Romans.
In addition to the two great emperor inheritances left by Rome, there are also Persian emperors in Central Asia. The ancient title of Persian emperor is also called King of Kings. The Persians actually established the title of emperor much earlier than the Romans.
The title of the Persian emperor was stereotyped as Asa during the Sasanian period. Later, many rulers in the Persian region, from governors to kings who dominated one area, to kings of kings who controlled large areas, all used the title Asa.
It was not until the Mongolian Western Expedition that the Mongols conquered the Persian region and established the Yin Er Khanate. Later, the Chagatai Khanate produced Timur, the lame war god, and conquered Persia, spanning Asia, Africa and Europe, and established the
A Timur empire. After his death, his sons competed for the throne. One of his sons, Miranshah, took Azerbaijan in the Persian cultural circle as his foundation, thus restoring the title of Persian Asha.
A hundred years later, Babur, a descendant of Miran Shah, suffered repeated defeats in Central Asia and established a foothold in southeastern Afghanistan. He then invaded India, established the Mughal Empire, and continued to use the title of emperor Asha.
In fact, speaking of it, there are actually three real emperors' legal traditions in this world: the Chinese emperor's legal system in the East, the Roman emperor's legal system in Europe, and the Persian emperor's legal system in Central Asia.
The Roman legal tradition has been passed down to this day and is divided into three branches. The Holy Roman Emperor was inherited from the Western Roman Emperor, which is also blessed by the Roman Church.
As for the Eastern Roman emperors, that is, the tradition of the Byzantine Empire, Osman and Tsarist Russia both competed to claim themselves as the heirs of Rome. Osman occupied Constantinople and claimed that he was the emperor of the Romans, while Tsarist Russia claimed that he had married a Byzantine princess, so
When Byzantium was destroyed by the pagans, it was reasonable for his son-in-law to inherit Rome and call himself Caesar.
Historically, even Bulgaria came out to compete for this title.
The Persian emperor's legal system was interrupted after the Sassanid Dynasty. They were conquered by Arabia, and then the Mongols came again. After the Timurid Empire conquered Persia, they also continued to use the title of Persian emperor Asha, but later the Timurid Empire in Central Asia
The descendants of the deceased went to conquer India and continued to use the title of Asha.
In the original Persian area, the Persians established the Safavid dynasty, which called itself the Third Empire of Persia and also used the title of Emperor Asa.
Therefore, the legal tradition of the Persian emperor is actually two traditions today. One is in India and the other is still in Persia. But the more interesting point is that the kings and nobles of the Mughal Empire who ruled most of India were mostly Turkic Mongols.
, or in other words, they are leaning towards Persian culture, and their court language is Persian.
The Persian Safis claim to be descendants of the Sasanian dynasty, but they have long been followers of the Turkic culture.
The Ming Dynasty Emperor of China, this is the Eastern emperor who has been in the same line since Qin Shihuang.
Holy Roman Emperor, Ottoman Turkish Sultan, Roman Caesar, Russian Tsar, Mughal Asha, Persian Safi Asha.
There are only six people in the world today who can hold the title of emperor.
The rest, such as the King of France, the King of England, the King of Sweden, the King of Spain, the King of Poland and Lithuania, the King of Denmark, the King of Portugal, etc., are all just kings, or even just grand dukes.
The Queen of England was able to have the title of emperor later because Britain later occupied India and thus snatched the title of Emperor Asha from Persia from the Mughal Empire.
The French Emperor, it was Napoleon who later forced the Pope to crown him emperor. This was actually a transgression. Of course, Napoleon almost trampled all of Europe under his feet. His title of emperor was equivalent to what he had stolen, and it was still a Roman legal system.
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Today's six emperors, Holy Rome was defeated in the Thirty Years' War. Now it is neither holy, nor empire, nor Roman. In this European country with Germania as its core, the emperor had actual power at its peak, but
It has long been reduced to a loose political alliance composed of hundreds of small vassal states in the name of a country.
Originally, the Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire was elected by the seven electors, but later the Habsburg dynasty of the Grand Duchy of Austria monopolized the throne for four hundred years through royal marriages and financial bribes, and the Austrian capital Vienna became the actual capital of the empire.
But after the Thirty Years' War in Europe, the Habsburg dynasty was overthrown and lost all face. Naturally, the HRE became more lax. The emperor of the Holy Empire was in name only, and even the emperor of the German states was
The leader of the alliance does not count.
Today, the Holy Roman Empire has a total of 314 states and 1,475 knightly estates. The Holy Roman Emperor has actually become a Habsburg monarchy centered on Austria, not a German emperor.
The Ottoman Empire was very powerful, even reaching its peak in this century. Under the leadership of Barbarossa Hayreddin, its navy controlled the Mediterranean. They were the only Yin Sect force that could challenge European countries, and they were also the leading brother of the Yin Sect.
However, by this time, they had reached their peak and began to flourish and decline. Their current territory is very vast, spanning Asia, Africa and Europe. They are at the intersection of Eastern and Western civilizations, and they control the land of Eastern civilizations.
The lines of communication are hundreds of years old.
However, as countries such as Portugal, Spain, the United Kingdom, and the Netherlands opened new sea routes, the Ottomans inevitably began to decline. Their failure to participate in the opening of new trade routes in the New World of America and the East was their biggest loss.
The European bastions also made it difficult for the Ottomans to expand, and were even overtaken by European military technology. At this time, the young Ottoman emperor was in power, and the queen mother was in power, but the power was handed over to the great nobles as the Grand Vizier. This was also the Ottoman
During the most serious period of civil strife, the young emperor, the young queen mother, and powerful foreign ministers, coupled with Europe's military catch-up, and the economic losses caused by the new routes, caused constant rebellions in the huge empire, making it a Turkish version of the late Eastern Han Dynasty.
They also wanted to expand to the northwest coast of the Caspian Sea, support the Crimean Khanate to destroy Tsarist Russia, burn Moscow, and compete with Poland for Ukraine. However, the European countries that had just finished the Thirty Years War united to take back what was captured by the Ottomans.
European part of the plan.
Osman now looks a bit like Empress Dowager Cixi of the Qing Dynasty, strong on the outside and hard on the inside.
Not to mention Tsarist Russia. It took decades to conquer Siberia in the Eastern Expedition, but it was all taken away by the Ming Dynasty in a few years. The thousands of colonists who conquered the Eastern Expedition all became captive slaves of the Ming Dynasty.
The Ming army directly built a castle in the Ural Mountains and was often invaded by horsemen. Many Tatars and some Cossacks even turned to the Ming Dynasty, became vassals and paid tribute to the Ming Dynasty, and accepted titles and titles from the Ming Emperor.
The forced young tsar had no choice but to ask for peace from the Ming Dynasty. It would be impossible not to ask for peace. Losing Siberia would also lose the largest financial income today. Siberian furs brought one-third of the revenue to their treasury, completely
After losing this income, their finances almost collapsed, and how could they still have the energy to organize troops and horses to march eastward to recapture it? After several failed counterattacks, facing the Ming army that continued to invade the west, they had no choice but to beg for mercy, otherwise Sweden and Poland would again
If we take advantage of the situation, Moscow may be occupied again.
The Mughals and the Safis have been fighting for many years over the river, Tochara and other areas. The Mughals have also been prosperous and declining. The emperor is old and ill, and his three sons are vying for the throne. Each of them raises troops in the local area and claims to be the emperor.
The Mughals also want to support the princes of Kashmir and other regions, accept the Yarkand's fugitive nobles, compete with the Ming Dynasty for the east and west of Congling, and want to seize this strategic buffer zone. However, the war has not started until now, although they have strong support behind the scenes.
, but never won.
The Ming army is unstoppable. Although they are still carrying out post-occupation purges and maintenance, there is a fire in the Mughal backyard and the front is unfavorable. They cannot win at all. If they dare to continue fighting, the Ming army may come down like a tiger at any time.
Rush to the Indus River Basin or even the Ganges River Basin.
The Safis were not much better. They were fighting the Mughals and the Ottomans at the same time. They were fighting back and forth, and they were getting weaker and weaker.
Looking at the world today, five of the six great empires are actually in decline, and only the Ming Dynasty has been revived.
On the contrary, countries such as the United Kingdom, France, the Netherlands, Spain, Sweden, and Poland were quite strong. These countries were characterized by capitalist mercantilism and sea power, but the feudal royal power was not strong.
For example, the United Provinces of the Netherlands do not call themselves a republic, they call it a federated province. Each province is autonomous. When united, major national affairs must first be approved by the provincial assemblies. However, there are many autonomous cities in each province, and they must be given first.
The city council approved such a layered representative system, which is very special, but their lowlands are very business-oriented, and the sea coachmen are not for nothing. They colonized everywhere, and the Dutch East India Company was much stronger than the current British East India Company.
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"The Holy Roman Emperor, the Habsburg royal family, wants to marry into our Ming Dynasty. The Austrian and Spanish Habsburg royal families have sent their princesses and princes this time for the same purpose."
The most remarkable thing about the Habsburg dynasty is their marriage. The whole of Europe is related to their family. It is not for nothing that the European aristocrats are one family. Zhu Yihai is in favor of the marriage. Anyway, the inheritance system in China is different from that in Europe.
Even if they marry, they cannot be like Europe, where princes from one country go to another country to inherit the throne or territory.
"The envoy of the Protector of the English Republic secretly proposed that they hope to attack the Mughals together with the Ming Dynasty and carve up India together."
Zhu Yihai smiled slightly. This British Republic is also very interesting. The Thirty Years' War in Europe also promoted the British bourgeois revolution. The British Civil War began. Cromwell, a young officer who came from a declining new aristocratic family, stood in the parliamentary camp and organized his own party.
The cavalry army repeatedly made military exploits and later defeated the royal party. A few years ago, Parliament authorized Cromwell to reorganize the army. He formed a model new army based on the cavalry army and commanded this army to finally defeat the royal party army. Five years ago
, in the name of Parliament and the army, he executed King Charles I and declared Britain a republic.
Last year, he dispersed the Parliament and appointed himself Lord Protector. He wanted to be king, but was afraid that his generals would not support him, so he created a Lord Protector system, which actually integrated legislative, executive and military powers into one body. It was much better than the previous British kings.
The power is still great.
It's a pity that he himself rose up as a representative of the anti-royal faction in parliament, but now he is the protector of the country. He is obviously Yuan Shikai. Zhu Yihai knows that he has only been around for a few years. Charles I was defeated and executed by the parliament. How long can he last as the protector of the country?
For years, no one inside or outside will support you.
"He is a traitor who committed rebellion and usurped the throne. How could the Ming Dynasty associate with him?" Zhu Yihai knew that Cromwell had only been around for a few years. The royal party's restoration elements, the people at the bottom, and even the parliamentary faction would not support Cromwell.
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There is no need to cooperate with someone who is about to betray everyone and end up with each other.
"The son of Charles I is in exile now, right? We can find him, then support him, and burn the cold stove. In the future, he will be restored to the throne, and we can also cooperate friendly with him."