The Han culture is spreading strongly in Southeast Asia

Chapter 682 Prussia is my little brother, France is also my little brother
In the Forbidden City in Shuntian Prefecture, Beijing, Mo Gongze looked at the news sent back from Europe and couldn't help but break out in a layer of sweat on his forehead.

"This happened too suddenly. This is a huge loss for the Austrians. Although I don't like Uncle Leopold, he is indeed the only one who can stabilize the Holy Roman Empire. As for my cousin Franz."

Mo Gongze looked at his fifth uncle, the emperor, and his younger brother, the second prince Mo Zhouxu, who had just been transferred from the title of Prince of Lelang to the title of Prince of Hanchuan, with a wry smile on his face.

"Franz wasn't even qualified to be a dandy. After two years of studying military science, he couldn't even handle a flintlock rifle. When studying literature and law, he would sleep so soundly that his teachers ran away. The only thing he could boast of was his decent horsemanship.

How could such a person manage the turbulent Holy Roman Empire? I think the Habsburg family's thousand-year-old foundation will be destroyed in Franz's hands!"

It is no secret that within the Holy Roman Empire, the two deceased Holy Roman Emperors, Joseph II and Leopold II, did not like Mo Gongze's father, Mo Zirong.

Although they knew that their mother Queen Theresa was worried about their brother-in-law Mo Zirong, she specially arranged for him to go to Transylvania and use his special identity to help the two of them stabilize the Hungarians.

But it is difficult for people to admit in their hearts that they are not capable enough. The same is true for Queen Theresa's sons. They both think that their mother's actions are unnecessary.

There is absolutely no need to turn Mo Zirong, the brother-in-law who is considered an outsider, into a half-parent or a small backer.

It seemed as if Shinra would split apart without Mo Zirong, which made them very unhappy and they even hated Mo Zirong.

Moreover, there are a group of confused people within Shinra who believe that Mo Zirong's appointment as Grand Duke of Transylvania is splitting Shinra and targeting our third brother Mo everywhere.

In fact, these fools don’t think about it. With Joseph II’s behavior, without the pressure from Moskovsky, the Hungarians would have rebelled long ago in history.

When the recently deceased Leopold II came to power, he was almost forced to recognize the Hungarians' more independent status, causing the Holy Roman Empire to almost become the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Only then did the Hungarians agree to nominate him as the King of Hungary. It was not as easy as it is now.

"You said that although Franz was a complete mess in military school, his riding skills were pretty good. So, is this kid really into military matters? He always thinks he's some invincible commander, and he fantasizes about the heroic deeds of his so-called ancestors every day?"

Mo Gongze stared at the Emperor Uncle with his eyes wide open in shock, his mind full of questions, "Uncle Emperor, how do you know Franz's character? It's like you watched him grow up."

Mo Zibu laughed out loud, he knew who Franz was.

Isn't this Francis II who was severely defeated by Emperor Nazi Germany along with Tsar Alexander I in the Battle of Austerlitz during the War of the Three Emperors and almost became a prisoner of the French?

This guy was eventually forced to marry his daughter to Napoleon, and the Holy Roman Empire was destroyed in his hands.

Even though Mo Zibu's memory of European history was not very clear, he still remembered the Battle of the Three Emperors and the failure of Francis II.

But Mo Zibu certainly couldn't say he was a time traveler, so he smiled and said to Mo Gongze, "Aze, you're underestimating Uncle Wu's Jinyiwei. If they can't even get this little bit of information, then they're unqualified."

Mo Gongze was silent now. Even though the information was so far away, it was still so accurate. It must have been provided by someone who could contact Franz when needed.

Is it the Liu Rongqing brothers? Or is it Rakoczi Zog? Or simply his father Mo Zirong?

"Your father is in for a rough ride now. The Girondins in France are said to want to go to war abroad to cover up domestic conflicts. They will definitely attack Brussels first."

Hearing the emperor's fifth uncle's gloating, Mo Gongze breathed a sigh of relief first, because if the emperor was so relaxed, then his father must be fine.

As expected, Mo Zibu said next, "But don't worry. With Wang Wubing here, he knows how to protect your father and the main force of the Three Guards. As for Belgium, I will help you get it back later."

Mo Gongze nodded. He actually didn't care whether he lost Belgium or not, as long as his father was fine, because their family bloodline determined that they must have a place in Europe.

However, he was quite curious about why the Emperor's fifth uncle was so nonchalant, and Mo Zibu quickly gave him the answer.

"Frederick William of Prussia wrote to me like crazy, desperately wanting Prussia to sell something to China to solve their domestic product oversupply crisis."

There was no precise German technology at that time, and Prussia was still largely an agricultural country, so the scrap metal and rags produced in the limited factories could not be sold at all.

This made William II very anxious, and the anger even reached our Great Emperor Mozibu. But it just so happened that Mo Zibu also had a use for Prussia, and the two sides hit it off.

"In my personal capacity, I presented Kaiser Wilhelm II with jade and emerald stones valued at approximately 600,000 silver dollars.

They also sent some craftsmen to teach Prussian craftsmen how to inlay jade on chime clocks and to appraise the price of jade, so that they could make some chime clocks that conform to the aesthetic tastes of the Chinese people and eventually sell them back.

This is estimated to bring Prussia at least 200,000 silver dollars in net income each year. So when I proposed that the Prussian army had a responsibility to help you restore your country and accept the Three Guards, William II agreed without hesitation.

It seemed like Mo Zibu had spent a lot of money and gave away jadeite worth hundreds of thousands of dollars, but in fact, this thing was not worth anything at all. The jadeite mines in Shangchuan Province were basically in the hands of Mo Zibu, and he even specially dispatched mine supervisors.

The amount of jadeite raw stones produced each year is determined based on market conditions, for fear that large-scale mining at one time will cause the price to crash.

The premium for this thing is not even a little bit high. Mo Zibu said that he gave away jadeite worth hundreds of thousands of silver dollars, but the actual cost is the hard work of dozens of miners for a month and the transportation cost, which adds up to less than 800 silver dollars.

At the same time, Mo Zibu also asked the Fuxing Company's large trading ships to buy several ships of various coarse woolen textiles produced in Prussia every year, which was considered to give William II enough face.

What we want is, of course, that Prussia also acts as a thug for China, and use the Prussian army to solve some harmless little things for the Dayu Dynasty in Europe, such as helping Mo Zirong restore his country in the future.

Prussia was also quite willing. Since they could recognize England as their big brother, they naturally didn't mind being China's little brother as long as there were benefits.

This is more than 300,000 yuan a year, and sometimes even 500,000 yuan in profit, which is enough to buy off these poor Prussians.

Thinking of those shoddy industrial products of Prussia, Mo Gongze couldn't help but show gratitude on his face. The emperor's uncle had paid too much for them and their son.

There won't be many people who will buy this Prussian chime clock after it's shipped back. Fuxing Company will suffer a pure loss!

What he didn't know was that Mo Zibu had already considered this, which was why he sent skilled craftsmen to Prussia to teach their skills and participate in the design.

After they were transported back, the emperor would buy dozens of the largest and most luxurious ones and place them in the palace, and personally endorse and promote them.

In this way, there will be nothing that cannot be sold, and there will be no loss. It is just a matter of how much profit you make.

Moreover, buying some products from Britain, France, Poland and Austria will also be beneficial to the external environment.

During this era, China basically did not need to import anything from Europe, and all it exported were the core products that Europe could not do without, such as tea, high-end silk and porcelain, rhubarb, pig bristles, medicinal herbs, etc.

This resulted in an annual surplus that was off the charts, and there was no good financial reservoir at the time.

It is also impossible to spend money on the Belt and Road Initiative and turn gold and silver that cannot be eaten or clothed when hungry or cold into actual industries.

The result of the huge trade surplus is that the value of domestic silver continues to depreciate.

European countries were furious, feeling that this trade was unfair and trying desperately to reduce imports of Chinese goods. The trend of trade protectionism was about to start.

Therefore, under the guidance of Mo Zibu, Dayu was constantly looking for goods that could be imported from Europe and its colonies in order to ease the situation to a certain extent and prevent it from becoming extreme.

"Have you finished writing the letter to your father? The messenger is about to leave." Mo Zibu accepted his nephew's grateful look and then asked.

Including the travel time, Mo Gongze has been away from Europe for two years, and he still needs to write a letter to his parents every few months.

"Is the royal uncle planning to have Princess Charlotte come directly to China?" Mo Gongze nodded, indicating that he had already written the letter, but he didn't understand why the royal uncle was so anxious to capture Princess Charlotte.

"Uncle, it is stipulated in the Code of Sacre that women of the French royal family have no inheritance rights. Although the clause is currently being misquoted, this misquotation was confirmed during the Hundred Years' War.

Therefore, if you want to change, you'll have to fight. My nephew doesn't think a French princess at the end of her life is worth such a big fight." Mo Zibu chuckled and asked his second son Ah Xu to summon several older princes to prepare to teach the children.

“Aze, it is not advisable for the emperor to only consider whether there are immediate benefits.

As a monarch, one should hold in his own hands anything that may be useful, or even something that seems useless for the time being but can be obtained.

The more cards you have in your hand, no matter whether they are useful or not, as long as you hold on to them, the cards in other people's hands will decrease, which will invisibly weaken potential competitors.

For example, my daughter cannot inherit the throne now, but what if there are any changes in the future? Perhaps by then our strength will have grown to the point where we can set rules for the French.

Even now, I can think of Princess Charlotte's two main roles. Let me ask you, what is Dayu most afraid of right now?"

A group of princes were a little puzzled. For Mo Zibu's sons, the only European countries with some strength were too far away. In addition, the Dayu Dynasty was so powerful that they really couldn't imagine what Dayu was afraid of.

Only Mo Gongze's eyes lit up, because strictly speaking, he was actually a European, a European-Chinese mixed-race, so he could think about problems from the perspective of a European.

"I think that, except for a few areas, China's strength is dozens of times greater than that of the European countries. Even if the European countries are ahead in these few areas, it will not be able to erase the gap in strength.

In this light, the only thing China should be wary of is the reappearance of a Roman Empire on the European continent. In other words, we should be wary of the European countries banding together to confront Dayu and start a war between the East and the West.

"Smart!" Mo Zibu gave a thumbs up, then sighed and said, "Dayu rose too late. The European countries have awakened and are no longer as easy to defeat as they were during the Mongol invasion. They are no longer a loose sand.

Since they cannot be easily defeated, let alone conquered, we must prevent them from forming groups. Although there is no such trend at present, who knows what will happen in the future.

I am very worried that if the royal families of the European countries cannot suppress the French Revolution this time, France may very well take advantage of this joint revolution of small and medium-sized nobles and small and medium-sized merchants to create a republican New Rome with slogans such as human rights, freedom, and fraternity.

This is not impossible. The French Revolution in history was scary enough and almost allowed France to succeed.

At this time and space, the British were unprecedentedly weakened. It was not known whether they had the ability to rally the whole of Europe to fight against France, and they might not even have the intention to do so.

Because in history, Europe was the whole world, and England defeated France and became the world hegemon.

In this time and space, the whole world is made up of Europe and Dayu, the ruler of the East, and each of them is half. It is not that Europe occupies the absolute majority and the East is just the end.

This would make England feel that even if they tried their best to defeat France, it would only be to make things easier for China, and this feeling would probably lead them to not try their best to stop Napoleon.

Napoleon's abilities must not be underestimated. If England had not been as strong as it was in history, this guy might have really succeeded.

Although the probability is indeed small, we must be on guard.

Mo Gongze felt that it was impossible. To put it nicely, the emperor uncle was making preparations for a rainy day, but to put it bluntly, he was just worrying about nothing. With the European countries fighting for thousands of years, how could they possibly unify?

However, Mo Gongze felt that the emperor's next words made sense.

Mo Zibu continued, "In order to prevent the formation of an atmosphere of confrontation between the East and the West in this world, there are only two means, one civil and one military.

However, in terms of military power, it might have been possible to regress seven or eight hundred years, but it is completely impossible now.

Then the only way is to use literature to package China as one of the Europeans’ own people, or at least as a relative, not an outsider.

You and your son are from the same family. In the future, you, Mo Gongze, will have the blood of both the Habsburg and Mo royal families. With the support of your uncle, you will surely become the king of a great European country.

As for Charlotte, I think the Bourbon dynasty is going to be gone, so after she marries your brother Assen, she can use her name to win over those French people who are unwilling to serve the revolutionary government.

I can help them build another France belonging to the Bourbon family overseas, in North America or South America.

Of course, North America would be the best. Spain was also ruled by the Bourbon family, who occupied Louisiana and Texas. I think as a relative, Carlos IV would not mind giving up some land to accommodate these French nobles who had lost their dynasty. It was reasonable.

Of course, I won't let his generosity go to waste.

I heard that the Kingdom of Spain is in financial trouble. I can buy it with the total revenue they can get from Louisiana and Texas in the next twenty years.

If you don't like North America, then Argentina in South America is also fine, or even Australia, South Africa and India.

I will accept them all, encourage them to intermarry with the Chinese, and encourage them to regard China as a motherland they can rely on!

What the hell!

Mo Gongze was deeply shocked. He knew what his great uncle, the emperor, was going to do. He was going to assimilate the French!

Because these policies seem to be very generous to the French, but underneath the generous treatment, there are two nooses wrapped around the French people's necks.

One is culture. Although France is already a beacon of European civilization, it is nothing compared to China.

Not to mention the group of spiritual Chinese people in their country who are engaged in literature and art. If the two countries were to get entangled, there is no doubt that French culture would be absorbed and integrated to the point where it would be unrecognizable.

The second is population. France has 27 million people, China has 480 million, and the population is increasing rapidly at a rate of more than 8 million people per year. This does not include data on a large number of native people in Southeast Asia.

If the two families really intermarry, then these French people who escape will be completely mixed-race, and then some of them will be allowed to return to France, which will be a cultural boost and economic temptation.

Mo Gongze could already imagine that scene. In just fifty years, at least 30% of the people in France would be mixed-race people like him, with a Western appearance and a Eastern heart.

"You understand now, kid, hahahaha." Mo Zibu laughed, "I don't want any inheritance rights at all, I don't even want to claim it. The land in North America is just something I took.

The real key is to make use of Charlotte's bloodline and her identity as the only orphan of Louis XVI.

More than a decade later, several princes and princesses with the blood of Louis XVI lived in Brussels or even in Paris all year round under your protection.

They brought with them a large number of literary books and exquisite works of art, which became popular throughout Europe.

They were also particularly kind and willing to provide shelter for French people going out to sea, and even willing to coordinate Dayu's navy and army overseas to protect the interests of some French overseas colonies.

They also have special business channels that allow those who follow them to make big money together.

With so many benefits, I don’t believe that the French cannot be impressed, even though France may no longer have a dynasty at that time.

But isn't it possible to let them become congressional leaders, or become presidents like George Washington?

This is Mozibu's ultimate blueprint. Through the grandchildren born to him by Princess Charlotte, he wants to integrate and pull France in terms of blood and culture, create the illusion of the unity of the East and the West, and prevent Europe from forming a large ethnic distinction between the East and the West.

Finally, let France, the beacon of European civilization, become the medium for Dayu to radiate Chinese culture. If Mo Zirong and Mo Gongze, father and son who have established a firm foothold in Europe, are added, then great things can be accomplished.

After that, Dayu used these two places to continuously create a sense of presence and interfere in European affairs, making them all close to China, but also dissatisfied with each other, and could never form a unified European perception.

Well, England uses the English Channel to isolate itself and act as a troublemaker in Europe.

Dayu used the descendants of Mo Zirong and Charlotte to stir up the entire Eurasian continent.

(End of this chapter)