Six hours later, the German Emperor Wilhelm II summoned Liu Fusheng, the Chinese minister to Germany, again.

"We in Germany want to participate in the goal of rechanging the world together with the empire formed by the future kingdom, so we are willing to strengthen cooperation. However, in order to strengthen cooperation, I would like to be able to express our sincerity to each other. I hope that in order to express a plan to strengthen cooperation, then we might as well get married! Kaiser Wilhelm II said.

"Marriage? This is not something I can decide, and I ask your Majesty's forgiveness. However, our Lord Wang has no suitable partner for marriage, and our Lord Wang has only one son, Wang Jiazhao, do you want to marry the princess to our Lord Wang? Our Lord Wang already has many concubines, and we Chinese men can have more than one woman, so please think seriously about whether you want your daughter to suffer this kind of grievance? Liu Fusheng replied.

But Wilhelm II shook his head and said, "I don't want to marry my daughter to your lord, I only have one daughter, and she is only eight years old this year, so it is impossible to marry you lord." According to my information, your king has a niece, so I hope that your king will marry this niece to my youngest son, Prince Joachim. If nothing happens this year, your niece seems to be about ten years old, which is exactly the same age as my son, and she can be the object of marriage. ”

"I have to ask for this!" Liu Fusheng replied.

"Okay!"

Wilhelm II obviously knew that the matter of such a marriage was not something that a courtier could decide for himself, and that he had to ask for advice. And if China and Germany can marry, it will naturally be able to maintain stability for a period of time. Although everyone knows that war will inevitably break out again in the future, it will be decades or even hundreds of years later. So for the current marriage, that is also a good choice.

The telegram returned to Wang Guorui, and saw that the German Emperor Wilhelm II had proposed to let Wang Guorui's niece go to marry. This makes everyone play dumb. It's as if I didn't hear it. And Wang Guorui looked at this thing, and he also felt a little strange.

If others don't know, can you not know? The so-called relatives of themselves and their bodies are actually terribly bad. Although Wang Guorui occupies this body, the biological mother of this body does not recognize Wang Guorui as a son at all, and Wang Guorui has no way to explain it. Because he doesn't have the memory of this body. And as a mother who is very familiar with her son, the so-called mother can't find any signs of the past Wang Guorui from the current Wang Guorui, and her personality and habits are completely different, except for the same body. Those so-called time-traveling novels can hide from their families, that is simply impossible. Because a mother has raised her son for more than ten years, where does she not know her son's habits? The slightest change will be very sensitive, not to mention that Wang Guorui is a completely different person. Wang Guorui has no way to explain this change, and as a mother, can he not know how capable her son is? So she completely disagrees that this Wang Guorui is her son. And Wang Guorui is too lazy to get close to her, so Wang Guorui will only go to "say goodbye" to his "mother" once a month. It doesn't last more than ten minutes at a time, it's more like a routine.

But his so-called niece, Wang Guorui has not really met a few times at all. Since the last time Wang Guorui sent his nephew to prison in Taiwan, he didn't see much with his so-called eldest brother at all. His so-called eldest brother is also a so-called Yulu who eats a starvation to him, and Wang Guorui plans to give him the title of an empty prince after he becomes emperor, and even this throne will still decrease. But now he wants to make his so-called "niece" the object of marriage, which makes Wang Guorui a little different.

Wang Guorui thought for a moment, and then said with certainty: "Our Chinese princess does not marry outside." It was any princess, whether it was a blood relative or a later seal. ”

Wang Guorui said this. It can be regarded as a qualitative formulation for this matter. Although he doesn't have much to do with this so-called niece, and they don't have a good relationship, she also represents the future Chinese royal family. Even if she has a very poor relationship with Wang Guorui, and even Wang Guorui doesn't intend to approve of them, but after all, she is a person who represents the future royal family and represents the princess.

"Back then, the Ming Dynasty would not use its own princesses to marry and kiss. So why can't we do it? From today onwards, our Chinese princesses will never marry outside, even if it is just a non-blood princess. Wang Guorui asked.

Wang Guorui's words completely blocked the possibility of marrying the princess in the future, even if it was just a random woman to canonize the princess, it was impossible to marry outside. During the Han Dynasty, many times a random palace maid was canonized as a princess, and then married to a Huns. But this is nothing more than self-deception. In the end, it was China that suffered.

"Lord Wang, this time we are fair, in fact, there is no need to ......" Li Enfu wanted to say something, but was immediately stopped by Wang Guorui.

"Wilhelm II doesn't want his daughter to marry me, isn't that a princess who pities her country? Could it be that he is a father and a king, and he cherishes his own princess, so don't I cherish my own princess? Our Chinese princess will never marry outside in the future. If we can use this seemingly fair marriage today, our descendants will surely use us as an excuse in the future, and then as an excuse to marry the princess in exchange for peace. Therefore, we, as predecessors, cannot leave this hidden danger. Wang Guorui said.

"Well, then we will reply to Germany, we do not agree to the marriage." Lee replied.

In Germany, Liu Fusheng said to Wilhelm II with great pity: "Your Majesty the Emperor, our Lord Wang is unwilling to marry a princess. Even, no princess is willing to marry, and we in China will not marry any princess in the future. ”

"Why?" Wilhelm II said.

"Since the Ming Dynasty hundreds of years ago, we in China have not had any cases of marrying princesses. Even the Manchus didn't marry princesses, so we can't do the same. Liu Fusheng replied.

"What kind of rules are this?" Wilhelm II couldn't help but complain.

However, when Wilhelm II returned to the palace, he considered the marriage a failure, and it was clear that Wang Guorui was unwilling to marry a Chinese princess to Germany.

"Your Majesty, I have recently studied some Chinese conventions. Since the Ming Dynasty, China has never married off Chinese princesses, which is a matter of national sentiment in the past. In fact, as early as the Song Dynasty, China had almost no cases of princesses marrying outside, and in the Song Dynasty, there was a situation, that is, being invaded by foreign tribes, and then forced to use princesses and royal women to offset the so-called indemnity, and then given to foreign enemies as sacrifices, making the Chinese feel extremely humiliated, which made China even more unacceptable to the princess marrying a foreigner. After the Ming Dynasty, the princess will not be married at all, because if the princess is still to be married, it will make many Chinese recall that humiliating era again. And the Chinese have another situation, that is, to save face! They think that as a later government, it must be better than the previous government, otherwise how can they show that they are the so-called legitimate government that 'wins the hearts and minds of the people'? Since the Ming Dynasty issued such cruel words, the Qing Dynasty naturally did not dare to marry the princess again, otherwise wouldn't the Qing Dynasty just beat its own mouth? And the Qing Dynasty would rather pay the land reparation than marry the princess, because the princess's marriage will hurt the national emotions more than the land reparation. The compensation for land cession is equivalent to boiling a frog in warm water in China, and everyone has endured it, but marrying a princess is a direct and comprehensive blow to the national sentiment of the whole country. ”

"This ......" Wilhelm II obviously didn't quite understand, if marrying a princess could recover the loss of land, wouldn't it be great?

Of course, there is another reason, that is, the Manchu magnates know that it is useless to marry a princess, so the Manchu court will naturally not marry a princess. As the Wang Guorui regime that replaced the Qing Dynasty again, since the previous two dynasties were able not to marry the princess, if he married the princess, wouldn't he be slapping himself? So Wang Guorui could only grit his teeth and not let the princess marry outside. Wang Guorui naturally wants to maintain that his new regime is more advanced and powerful than the previous Ming and Qing regimes, so it is naturally impossible to do such a stupid thing to let the princess marry outside. German Prime Minister Billo said.

Wilhelm II then asked: "Then we will not be able to marry China?" ”

"Otherwise, Your Majesty, there is actually a person who is more suitable to represent China in the marriage. In this way, not only can the unspoken rule that Chinese princesses do not marry outside, but also can obtain greater benefits for the future development of our Germany. In fact, this person is the most suitable person to marry us in Germany. Because this person can be used as a means for us to hold China in, and on the other hand, he can also be an important ally for us near Europe. Your Majesty, isn't there a princess who is not a princess in the Chinese forces represented by Wang Guorui? Prime Minister Bilow said.

Wilhelm II was immediately surprised, and then said: "You mean that neighboring country next to our Germany?" ”

"Your Majesty is wise!" Prime Minister Bilow said.

"This is indeed a good way, it is literally to hold two countries at once, and it can also provide us with an important port in Germany, and directly threaten the capital of England, London, this method is really better than marrying a Chinese prince of pure blood. And it's just a lot of money, and the benefits are immeasurable! Kaiser Wilhelm II said.

Unbeknownst to Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands, someone had already betrothed her daughter. (To be continued.) )