Want to marry Daming?

It turns out that the Holy Roman Empire was aimed at this! Zhu Ci frowned tightly.

If you want to talk about the marriage between the two countries, Zhu Ciji does not object, but it is limited to other countries marrying their own princesses to Daming, but if Daming wants to marry the princess in the past, it will not work. Not to mention that as a father, Zhu Cicheng never wants his princess to marry in a foreign country so far away in Europe, as far as his identity as the Ming Emperor is concerned, since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, he has pursued the iron inscription of not getting along, not cutting land, and not paying compensation, and he will not let the princess marry into a foreign marriage anyway.

"No, I refuse this request, I will not marry my princess to a distant foreign land!" Zhu Cihee flatly refused, and instantly sentenced Prince Ferdinand to death for the marriage between the two countries.

As soon as the translator translated Zhu Ci's words, Prince Ferdinand was immediately shocked, and his face turned ugly in an instant.

Emperor Daming refused so quickly, and his tone was so resolute, wouldn't it be difficult for the two countries to marry, how could this work, this was the goal that he had to achieve in this trip, if he couldn't marry Princess Daming, his status as the crown prince of the empire and the heir of the family line would be shaken.

Originally, Prince Ferdinand came with full confidence, not only because of the offering of treasures, but also because of their status in Europe, the marriage between the Ming and the Habsburg family is almost equivalent to a marriage with half of Europe, only interests, and no harm.

Prince Ferdinand couldn't figure out why Zhu Ciji would refuse so quickly.

"Your Majesty the Great Emperor of the Ming Dynasty, don't you just ask me which princess I want to propose to and refuse?" Prince Ferdinand asked unwillingly.

"Oh? Which princess? Although he had firmly sentenced Prince Ferdinand's marriage proposal to death, seeing that Prince Ferdinand said this, Zhu Ciji still asked in passing.

"I want to propose to His Majesty's Seventh Princess, as long as Your Majesty agrees, I swear in the name of God that the Seventh Princess must be the most honorable queen of the Holy Roman Empire in the future, and Holy Rome is also the most loyal ally of the Ming Dynasty in Europe, which is beneficial to both my Holy Rome and the Ming Dynasty." Prince Ferdinand named his choice and made a solemn promise.

Before proposing, Prince Ferdinand specially learned about the situation of the remaining two unmarried princesses of the Ming Dynasty, namely the seventh princess and the eighth princess.

Among them, the biological mother of the seventh princess is Chen Xiuxiu, who is now eighteen years old. Because Chen Xiuxiu is in charge of the Daming Firearms Bureau, she spends a lot of time living outside the palace, and the Seventh Princess also inherited Chen Xiuxiu's talent, and has shown a genius side in technology and technology since she was a child.

The eighth princess's biological mother is Concubine Xian, who is now seventeen years old and has lived in the palace since she was a child, so there is nothing special.

However, these are different in the eyes of Prince Ferdinand, in the eyes of Prince Ferdinand, the seventh princess lives outside the palace most of the time and rarely enters the palace, which must be because she is not favored.

On the contrary, it was the eighth princess who came out with some rumors of being quite favored.

So in the eyes of Prince Ferdinand, the seventh princess and the eighth princess are the difference between being unfavored and being favored.

Originally, Prince Ferdinand was more fond of the 'favored' eighth princess, after all, if you want to marry, a favored princess and an unfavored princess have different meanings, of course, it is better to be favored.

However, the matter of marriage just now was just proposed, and Zhu Ci hesitated to refuse, Prince Ferdinand was afraid that if he mentioned the "favored" eighth princess, the possibility would become smaller, so he could only mention the "unfavored" seventh princess, hoping that because the seventh princess was not favored, it was not so important in the eyes of the Ming Emperor, and he would not refuse to use the seventh princess to marry.

Prince Ferdinand thought very well, but he was wrong, because the seventh princess inherited Chen Xiuxiu's talent and her personality was very similar to Zhu Cijiao, she was much more favored by him than the eighth princess, who was not special.

Zhu Ci sneered in his heart, the current eighteen-year-old seventh princess has actually made great contributions to the research of the Academy of Science and Technology and the Firearms Bureau, and has grown into the top scientific and technological talents of the Ming Dynasty, plus she is the princess, it is really the treasure of the most precious treasures of the Ming Dynasty.

Not to mention that Prince Ferdinand only brought some valuable treasures, even if the entire Holy Roman Empire offered them, Zhu Ciyan would not have any intentions.

"I still refuse, I will not marry my princess to such a distant foreign land, and there is no precedent for the Ming Dynasty to use the princess to marry a foreign country!" Zhu Ci hesitated again and refused.

Hearing Zhu Ci's refusal again, Prince Ferdinand's eyes widened in disbelief.

"Oh, no! Great Your Majesty, this is a matter of interest to both countries, why should you refuse! Prince Ferdinand asked aloud unwillingly.

Zhu Ci shook his head.

Daming is not in harmony, this is not about interests, but principles! Moreover, the strength of the Ming Dynasty does not need to be married to the Habsburg family, even if the Habsburg family controls the Holy Roman Empire, as well as many principalities, and nominally rules half of Europe, the Ming does not need it!

"This is the principle of Daming, Princess Daming, never marry another country for the purpose of marriage!" Zhu Ci said categorically, his tone full of revealing that there was no room for negotiation.

However, although he categorically rejected Prince Ferdinand's request to marry Princess Daming, Zhu Ci did not directly refuse the marriage between the two countries, and said: "However, although Princess I will not marry other countries, I can consider being a very prince!" ”

It means that if you want to marry Daming, it is no fun to marry Princess Daming, but if you marry your own princess to Daming, it is not impossible.

To say, with the status of the Habsburg family in the Holy Roman Empire in Europe, Zhu Ciji also wanted to marry them.

In fact, a large part of the reason why Europe has not been unified in history is because of the rule of the Habsburgs.

The Holy Roman Empire, under the rule of the Habsburgs, was in fact nothing more than the Central Plains Dynasty during the Zhou Dynasty, and the country was filled with a large number of independent city-states, principalities, private fiefdoms, etc.

These large number of independent city-states, principalities, private fiefdoms, etc., because of the existence of the Holy Roman Emperor, the nominal co-master, generally do not fight with each other, and as long as the Holy Roman Empire still has an emperor, no one can directly annex the other without the Holy Roman Emperor.

And without annexation, how can it be unified.

Historically, the rule of the Habsburgs has been maintained until modern times, with the rise of nationalism.

The rise of nationalism further restricts unification, which leads to the fact that Europe in later generations, even if it has been exhibited for more than 2,000 years, can still only be scattered, because they have actually only reached the Spring and Autumn Period of the Central Plains, and even the Warring States have not yet arrived, and the Qin Dynasty, which is in the situation of great unification, is even farther away.

Therefore, as long as there is the existence of the Habsburg Dynasty like the 'Son of Zhou', Europe under the rule of the Habsburgs will always be a piece of scattered sand, and there will be no real unity.

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