After the summer, the temperature in Nanjing rises rapidly, which makes smoothies and ice cream xx become an indispensable 'dim sum' from the streets and alleys of Nanjing City to the courtyard of the deep house, from the courtyard of the deep house to the palace inside.

Afternoon is the hottest time of the day. But at this time, it is the time to go to work in the afternoon, whether it is a high-ranking government department or an inconspicuous small company employee, you must walk on the way to work at this time. The streets are full of traffic, but fortunately there is no dust, as the capital of Chen Han, Nanjing City, which has completed urban renovation and basic urban construction, is so clean and beautiful.

Walking in the shade of trees on both sides of the sidewalk, it is rare to feel a touch of shade under the scorching air, even the hot sun in the sky and the non-stop sound in the ears for a moment cannot stop the mood of pedestrians from becoming light.

A solemnly decorated black carriage surrounded by four cavalrymen drove into the gate of Chen Han's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and finally stopped in front of the office building, after the door opened, a secretary jumped out first, and then Gao Category, who is currently the right attendant of Chen Han's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, got out of the car with a serious face, and a middle-aged official standing on the edge of the parking lot hurriedly greeted him and handed over a document to Gao Category.

"My lord, this is the summary of the recent European intelligence that I just sorted out, and it has been sorted out according to your orders, according to the strength and priority of the country, and also according to your orders, Lord Shangshu has also sent a copy to it." Gao Zhisi, the right-hand man, is in charge of European foreign affairs in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

During this period, the proportion of Britain and France has continued to rise, and both Belgium and Luxembourg have reached a preliminary conclusion. Napoleon made great concessions, and the British also made great concessions.

The French spit out the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, and Napoleon, in order to show his sincerity, even allowed Prussia and Austria to garrison troops on the territory of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg. Of course, the French also occupied a piece of territory and stationed a large army as well. The British gave Napoleon enormous support at this point.

The small principality of Luxembourg has almost negligible economic and political benefits. But Luxembourg's greatest interest lies in its military value.

In the 21st century, Luxembourg is the only remaining Grand Duchy in the whole of Europe, located in the northwest of Europe, surrounded by neighboring France, Germany and Belgium.

As we all know, the castles in Europe have a certain military defensive significance, and from this aspect, the military value of Luxembourg is undoubtedly revealed. Although the area of this land is small, the terrain is complex and varied, and it is located on the main road between Germany and France, the terrain is dangerous, and it has been an important military fortress in Western Europe for thousands of years, and has the title of 'Northern Gibraltar'.

Luxembourg was under the control of the Duke of Burgundy and was the territory of the French. However, after the War of the Spanish Succession in 1714, Luxembourg was transferred to Austria along with the Spanish Netherlands. It became the Austrian Netherlands until 1795, when Luxembourg was fully occupied by the French army, along with the Dutch.

Now that Napoleon's ambitions have been shattered, Britain and France have merged, and the issue of Luxembourg left over from history will have to be carefully discussed. The bold Napoleon offered to spit out Luxembourg, but Napoleon could not allow Prussia to occupy Luxembourg completely. He brought in his wife's maiden family, Austria, and at the same time, France was holding on to a piece of land that would not change hands. Now Luxembourg is a three-legged powerhouse, but the Nassau family has no rights. According to European inheritance law, the position of the Grand Duke of Luxembourg belonged to Prussia, but Nassau of the Netherlands offered a series of German fiefdoms to replace them with Prussia. The Prussians also knew very well that France could not sit idly by and watch them take over Luxembourg.

The Confederation of the Rhine under Napoleon's wing was not yet broken, and France still had huge interests in the German region.

"............, Luxembourg belongs to the Netherlands regionally and should be incorporated into the Netherlands. However, the king of Prussia, as the closest heir to the earliest Luxembourg dynasty, made territorial claims to Luxembourg, and eventually, the Dutch king exchanged Prussia for a series of Rhineland possessions of his Nassau family. And because in 1783, the various branches of the Nassau family reached a family agreement, and the Duke of Nassau of the city of Wilburg had the right to inherit the territory of this branch in the case of the Dutch king's heir, so Luxembourg was not successfully incorporated into the Kingdom of the Netherlands, but established a separate Grand Duchy, co-ruled with the Netherlands, and according to the Nassau family agreement, the Dutch king was the heir, and Luxembourg was inherited by the Duke's family of Nassau......"

Gao Zhisi took the document and hurriedly flipped through it while standing under the sun. He could barely see anything because of the glare of the sun, so he closed the paperwork, put it in his briefcase, and walked into the office building with a frown. The middle-aged official followed him and explained all the way.

"What about the South Netherlands?" That is, Belgium.

"The creation of the Kingdom of Belgium has largely been confirmed. After all, there is a serious antagonism between the Northern Netherlands and the South Netherlands, both economically, religiously, culturally, and linguistically. ”

Since the Reformation in the sixteenth century, the faith in the Netherlands has been divided into Roman monotheism and Protestantism. A broad line can be drawn from the province of Zeeland in the southwest to the province of Groningen in the northeast. The northern side of the line is traditionally dominated by Protestantism, while the southern side of the line is occupied by monotheistic parishes. Protestantism itself can be further divided into many groups, such as Reformed Christianity, Free Protestantism, Lutheranism, and so on.

Linguistically, the people of the Northern Netherlands speak Dutch [mostly], while the northern Flemish region of the Southern Netherlands is predominantly Dutch, the southern Walloon region is predominantly French-speaking, and the eastern part of the eastern province of Liège is German-speaking.

Moreover, the Northern Netherlands seriously discriminated against the South Netherlands in terms of social status, and they were also severely oppressed economically, and the contradictions between the North and the South have been standing for a long time, but they have become more and more acute.

Therefore, the South Netherlanders, at the instigation of the French, decisively declared their independence. This event featured Talleyrand, who relieved Napoleon of a great deal of pressure. Initially, the Belgians tried to secede from the Netherlands and join France. This was naturally not tolerated by the European powers, who were all worried that France would become super-powerful again and strongly supported the Netherlands.

Subsequently, Napoleon announced that France had no land claims to Belgium [South Netherlands], which made Napoleon's political image in Europe change in a certain sense. But this will not help to settle the dispute between the north and the south of the Netherlands, and will it not be possible for the two sides to fight again? Whether it is the Netherlands, which has weak national strength, or Belgium, which has just chosen independence, they do not have great combat effectiveness. The Dutch had just been restored, and their overseas colonies had been lost, and the treasury was empty for horses.

In the end, the British came up with a compromise to make Belgium an independent country, and Prince Leopold, the husband of the British concubine, Princess Charlotte, and the younger brother of Ernst I, Duke of Saxe-Coburg Gotha, became the king of the new kingdom. Although the Belgian parliament has not yet made a name for itself, it is very likely that they will pass the bill and accept the proposal. England is a thick thigh that the Netherlands today must hug tightly.

Princess Charlotte Augusta is the only son of the current British regent, and in 1811 the aged George III stepped down due to health conditions, and George Augustus Frederick, Prince of Wales, was also the regent. Princess Charlotte's identity as the crown prince is a certainty!

"The guy who became a colonel at the age of five, a major general of the Russian Army at the age of twelve, and a marshal of Prussia at the age of 25?" Huang Song, who is currently the foreign minister, listened to Gao Likesi's report while reading the intelligence summary, and finally laughed out loud.

No wonder he thought it was ridiculous, but Leopold's experience was too unbelievable. His promotion process is like making a rocket, and Huang Song has to think of the title of XX Metropolitan Governor and XXX Jie Du Envoy who was rewarded by the ancient Chinese feudal emperor to his minor son.

Although Archduke Karl also became a marshal at the age of 25, he was shot at the battlefield. In contrast, Leopold's rank of marshal is really water, and it can't be watered anymore.

But everyone can't deny his good luck, as the youngest son of a noble family, not only married the British crown prince, but now there is a crown falling from the sky, Leopold's luck is really good against the sky.

When he walked into his office, the first thing Gao Sisi did was to ask the secretary to go to the office to get the documents, although he was the right attendant of European affairs, and he was old, it was impossible for the next one to continue to work. But these are not the reasons why he does not care about the major affairs of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, his main focus is on Europe, but some of the things that happen in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Gao Zhisi must also be aware of them.

Huang Song is a good thing, he did not go to the feudal country in South America, but has stayed in Nanjing. Then he mixed up with the position of the secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, but the major event of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs was more of Lu Yinpu, the left waiter. Lu Yinpu, Ji Xiaolan's in-laws. His eldest brother Lu Yinwen is Ji Xiaolan's eldest son-in-law, although Ji Xiaolan did not contribute much to Lu Yinpu's growth, but Ji Xiaolan let Lu Yinpu find an organization.

In the early days of the founding of the Chen and Han dynasties, the political forces in the court were still divided. The Xungui faction, the Conglong faction, and the surrender officials of the former Qing Dynasty are the mainstream of the demotion faction, which is very distinct. Later, the distinction between new Confucianism and old Confucianism, and the resurrection and introduction of various ideas, made several big mountains and small hills stand up, and it was only in the end that the view of the portal was broken.

Before that, of course, the way for Chen Han's officialdom to climb up could not all be monopolized by various factions, but they at least had more than enough bad things. Lu Yinpu leaned against the big tree to enjoy the shade, because now he is only 55 years old, and he has actually presided over diplomatic work. It can be said that half of the chair of the next foreign secretary is already under his ass.

After the secretary went out, Gao Yisi walked around the office with his hands behind his back, stopped by the window, reached out to open the curtains, and looked at the garden downstairs of the office. Outside, there were white flowers, and the sun was strong, but it didn't ease his depressed mood.

The mutual compromise between Britain and France on the Luxembourg and Belgian issues can be said to be a sign of success in European diplomacy after the merger of Britain and France. This means that the trust between Britain and France has taken a big step forward, which is of great significance for the integration and exertion of power throughout Europe.

For example, Britain, France, Prussia, and Austria, the four powers, if Britain and France each left seven points of strength before, they were guarding against each other. Prussia and Austria beat the side drums, and because of their respective strengths, they both retained eight points of strength.

But now, Britain and France can each give another five points of strength, and Prussia and Austria can also give three points each, and their reinforcements to Russia and the Americas will be directly doubled.

That means that there can be 100,000 more French troops on the American battlefield, and 200,000 more European coalition troops on the Russian battlefield, is there anything else that has a greater impact than this one?

Chen Han grossly underestimated the progress of the integration of Europeans. More importantly, after this war has passed, regardless of who wins or loses, Europe will reappear on the world stage as a powerful political, economic, and military cooperative.

Britain, France, Prussia, Austria, Russia and other countries, no matter how big or small, are likely to have contradictions and disputes among themselves, but when it comes to external affairs, the whole of Europe is united, and it is an extremely powerful force.

To tell the truth, Gao Zhisi has very opinions about Chen Ming's 'obstinate action' and elevating the war dispute between China and Russia into a full-scale war between the East and the West.

Yes, in Gao Zhisi's eyes, the initiator of this East-West war is to a large extent Emperor Chen, who is already preparing to abdicate.

He doesn't think that the Europeans are not interesting, and they have to be tough on China, and they are completely looking for k by themselves. In Gao Xiangsi's eyes, the reason why the war between the East and the West broke out was completely because Chen Ming had squeezed the Westerners too much.

Look at his claims to Russia, look at his insistence on the interests of the Americas, look at his greed for African gold......

Gao Zhisi subconsciously still has a good impression of Europe, of course, he will never betray his motherland because of this, but it is inevitable that there will be unusual changes in his emotional judgment.

Although he agrees with Chen Ming's hard-line stance against Russia, he also believes that the current situation has not developed to the point of adopting military means against the entire Western world, and that the current war situation in which the East and the West are fighting is completely caused by Chen Ming.

In contrast, Europe seems to be constantly strife, and Chen Ming seems to have chosen a very clever timing, but in Gao Zhisi's view, it is precisely because of the oppression of Chen Han, a constantly advancing behemoth, that the whole of Europe quickly converged. Otherwise, the two major forces represented by Britain and France may not be able to continue fighting.

Chen Ming's 'toughness' and 'greed' provided an excellent opportunity for Britain to solve Europe's problems and for France to solve its own crisis. Chen Ming is helping the Europeans, and as the war progresses, the whole of Europe is rapidly integrating, and their strength will become more and more huge.