Red Alert 1895: Chapter 704 A marriage that beats around the bush Part 1

After six full hours, Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany summoned Liu Fusheng, the Chinese envoy to Germany, again.

"We in Germany hope to participate in the goal of re-changing the world pattern with the empire formed by Wang Guorui in the future, so we are willing to strengthen cooperation. However, in order to strengthen cooperation, I hope to express our sincerity to each other. I hope that in order to express the plan for strengthening cooperation , and then we might as well get married!" William II said.

"Marriage? This is not something I can decide. Please forgive me. But our lord Wang has no suitable marriage partner. Our lord Wang only has one son, Wang Jiazhao. Does your country want to marry the princess to our lord Wang? Our lord Wang There are already many concubines, and we Chinese men can have multiple women, so please seriously consider whether you want your daughter to be wronged like this?" Liu Fusheng replied.

But William 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. It is impossible to marry your lord. According to my information, your lord has one Niece, so I hope that your lord Wang can marry this niece to my youngest son, Prince Joachim. Your lord Wang’s niece seems to be about ten years old this year if there is no accident, which happens to be the same age as my son. as an object of marriage."

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

"OK!"

William II obviously knew that this kind of marriage was not something a subject could decide on his own, and he had to ask for instructions. 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 marriage at present is also a good choice.

The telegram returned to Wang Guorui, and saw that German Emperor Wilhelm II proposed to let Wang Guorui's niece marry. This made everyone pretend to be stupid, as if they hadn't heard about it. And Wang Guorui felt a little strange looking at this thing.

If others don't know, can you not know? The relationship between myself and my body, the so-called relative, is actually terrible. Although Wang Guorui occupied this body. But the biological mother of this body didn't recognize Wang Guorui's son at all, and Wang Guorui couldn't explain it either. Because he has no memory of this body, and as a mother who is very familiar with his son, the so-called mother can't find any signs of the past Wang Guorui from the present Wang Guorui. Personality and habits are completely different, except that the body is the same. It is impossible for those so-called time-travel novels to hide the truth from their family members. Because a mother has raised her son for more than ten years, how can she not know her son's habits? Even a slight change would be very sensitive, not to mention Wang Guorui was a completely different person. Wang Guorui couldn't explain this change at all. And as a mother, can you not know how capable your son is? So she completely disapproved that Wang Guorui was her son. And Wang Guorui didn't bother to get close to her, so Wang Guorui only went to "greeting" to "mother" once a month, and each time would not exceed ten minutes, more like a routine.

But Wang Guorui has never really met this so-called niece of his own a few times. Since the last time Wang Guorui sent his nephew to prison in Taiwan, he didn't see much of his so-called elder brother at all. My so-called eldest brother is just eating a so-called salary that will never die of starvation. At most, Wang Guorui intends to give him the title of an empty prince after he becomes emperor, and even this throne will still be diminished. of. But now he wants to let his so-called "niece" be the object of marriage, which makes Wang Guorui feel a little strange.

Wang Guorui thought for a while, and then said with certainty: "Our Chinese princesses don't marry outsiders. It's any princess, whether it's a blood relative or a later seal."

When Wang Guorui said this, it was regarded as a qualitative decision on this matter. Although he doesn't have much relationship with this so-called niece, and their relationship is not good, but she also represents the future Chinese royal family. Even if she has a bad relationship with Wang Guorui, and even Wang Guorui doesn't intend to recognize them, but after all, they represent the future royal family, representing the princess.

"Back then, the Ming Dynasty would not use its own princesses to make marriages, so why couldn't we do it? Starting today, our Chinese princesses will never marry outsiders. Even if it is only a non-blood relative." Wang Guorui asked.

Wang Guorui's words can be regarded as completely blocking the possibility of marrying the princess out in the future, even if it is just finding a random woman to be a princess and then marrying out is impossible. In the Han Dynasty, many times, a random court lady was canonized as a princess, and then married to the Huns. But this is nothing more than self-deception, and it is China who will be humiliated in the end.

"Master Wang. This time we are being fair, there is no need..." Li Enfu wanted to say something, but was immediately stopped by Wang Guorui.

"William II doesn't want his daughter to marry me. Isn't that pity for the princess of his own country? Could it be that he is the father, the king, and he loves his own princess. Don't I love my princess? After our Chinese princess Absolutely will not marry outside. If we can use this seemingly fair marriage today, our descendants will definitely use us as an excuse in the future, and then use it as an excuse to marry the princess outside in exchange for peace. Therefore, as predecessors, we must not This hidden danger can be left behind," Wang Guorui said.

"Okay, let's reply to Germany, we don't agree to the marriage." Li Enfu replied.

In Germany, Liu Fusheng said to Wilhelm II very regretfully: "Your Majesty, our lord is not willing to marry a princess. Even, any princess is not willing to marry. In the future, we in China will not marry any other princess."

"Why?" William II said.

"In China, since the Ming Dynasty hundreds of years ago, there has been no out-marriage of princesses. Even the Manchus did not marry out princesses, so we can't do that either." Liu Fusheng replied.

"What kind of broken rules are these?" William II couldn't help complaining.

However, after William II returned to the palace, he thought the marriage had failed, and Wang Guorui was obviously unwilling to marry a Chinese princess to Germany.

"Your Majesty, I recently studied some customs in China. Since the Ming Dynasty, China has not married Chinese princesses out. This is a matter of their past national sentiments. In fact, China had almost no princesses as early as the Song Dynasty. Marriage, and there was a situation in the Song Dynasty, that is, being invaded by foreigners, and then forced to use princesses and royal women to cover the so-called indemnities, and then gave them as sacrifices to foreign enemies, which made the Chinese feel extremely humiliated. This makes it even more unacceptable for China to marry a foreigner to a princess. After the Ming Dynasty, the princess will not be married off at all, because if the princess is still married, it will make many Chinese people marry again. Recalling that era of humiliation. And the Chinese still 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 so-called "people's hearts" What about the legitimate government? Since the Ming Dynasty made such harsh words, the Qing Dynasty naturally did not dare to marry the princess out again, otherwise the Qing Dynasty would just slap it on its own? And the Qing Dynasty would rather cede the land and pay compensation than marry the princess out, because the princess Marrying is more harmful to national sentiment than ceding land and indemnity. Ceding land and indemnity is equivalent to boiling frogs in warm water in China, and everyone endured it and passed, but marrying a princess directly and comprehensively hit the national sentiment of the entire country."

"This..." William II obviously didn't understand. If marrying the princess can save the land loss, wouldn't that be great?

"Of course, there is another reason, that is, the rich and powerful in the Qing Dynasty knew that it was useless to marry a princess, so the Manchu court naturally would not marry a princess. As the Wang Guorui regime that once again replaced the Qing Dynasty, since the previous two dynasties were able to do If he didn’t marry the princess out, wouldn’t he be slapping himself if he married the princess out? So Wang Guorui could only grit his teeth and not let the princess marry out. Naturally, Wang Guorui wanted to maintain his new regime. The Ming and Qing regimes in the past were more advanced and more powerful, so it is naturally impossible to do such a stupid thing of letting the princess marry outside." German Prime Minister Biluo said.

William II then asked: "Then, can't we marry China?"

"Otherwise~www.mtlnovel.com~Your Majesty, in fact, there is a person who is more suitable to marry on behalf of China. This will not only prevent the unspoken rule that Chinese princesses do not marry outsiders, but also gain greater benefits for the future development of 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, and on the other hand, it can also hold an important ally for us near Europe. Your Majesty, represented by Wang Guorui Doesn’t the Chinese power have a princess who is not a princess?” Prime Minister Bilo said.

William II was immediately surprised, and then said: "You mean the neighboring country next to our Germany?"

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

"This is indeed a good way. It can hold two countries at once, and it can also provide us with an important port for Germany, directly threatening London, the capital of the United Kingdom. This method is really better than marrying a pure-blooded Chinese princess. .And it can kill multiple birds with one stone, the benefits are immeasurable!" William II said.

Unbeknownst to Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands, her daughter was already engaged. (To be continued.)