The Han culture is spreading strongly in Southeast Asia

Chapter 704: Roman Temple Name and the Emperor of Heaven

"Your grandpa is trying to put pressure on me!" Mo Zibu sighed and said to his third son Mo Zhouyu, who had recently followed him to observe government affairs.

He knew that if Reinstein and the old man got together, there would definitely be no good things, but Mo Zibu didn't expect that these two people were still unwilling to admit their age at this age.

"Have Gongbo come over and use their internal channels to write a letter to his brother."

After a while, Mo Gongbo, the Austrian half-brother who had followed Mo Gongze to the East, came over.

"Tell your brother that I will support him, but tell him not to have any unrealistic ambitions. Don't mess with a powder keg like the Balkans.

Furthermore, I can assure you, brother, that the war in Europe will not be over in ten years, and he must be prepared for a tough battle."

The reason why Mo Gongze made an inaccurate judgment was that he was born and raised in Europe and had not deeply experienced the fighting power of the good families of the Han and Tang dynasties.

Nor could anyone have imagined that in the current chaos of breeding insects in France, a King of Chu or Yuwen Tai would sooner or later emerge.

You should know that before the Industrial Revolution, France was the only country in Europe with a broad agricultural base, and this land was the richest in Europe, without a doubt.

So even though France's land area is only about the same as Greater Sichuan, which is Sichuan Province plus Chongqing City, France's arable land area is almost three times that of Greater Sichuan.
This was calculated in later generations. In the 18th century, the cultivated land area of France should have been more than five times that of Sichuan.

Moreover, Sichuan has many mountains and slopes, while France is almost entirely composed of large plains with convenient irrigation, and the levels of wealth are completely different.

In terms of climate, France basically has a temperate oceanic climate, with the North Atlantic Current passing through it, making the summers cool and the winters mild, with little temperature difference throughout the year.

It is simply a dream place for agricultural production activities, and the Sichuan Basin, which is a summer furnace, cannot compare with it at all.

In the whole world, there are few places with better agricultural conditions than France. Such a place is too terrible with the blessing of productivity in the 18th century.

You should know that France's steel production is now higher than England's, almost the sum of England and Prussia.

Under such conditions, just imagine how terrifying this force would be when millions of good family members appeared for the first time in French history.

Don’t even think about raising a Napoleon. Even if they raised someone who was a level lower than Napoleon, he would be able to sweep across Europe.

So in fact, even if we count from 1793 this year, to 1815 when Napoleon was exiled for the second time and could not recover, the chaos in Europe lasted for as long as years.

This time and space is probably even more difficult to predict, because Tsar Russia is threatened by Dayu. I don't know whether he will be as tough as in history. After all, the decision to burn down Moscow is not something that ordinary people can make.

In addition, the English were also severely weakened in the American War of Independence. This weakening was not in terms of strength, but in terms of mentality.

The British Isles stand alone outside the European continent, and their courage to compete for the best in the world comes from overseas.

But now North America is lost, and India is basically a gift from Dayu. As long as Dayu makes up its mind, it can eradicate them within five years.

Therefore, this situation dealt a great blow to the national character of the English. Mo Zibu was not sure whether the English royal family and capitalists at that time still had the determination to fight to the death with France.

After all, even if they defeated France, there was still the huge Seris Dayu Dynasty waiting outside, and they still could not become the world's number one.

This is likely to undermine morale in England.

"Yes, Your Majesty, I will write a letter immediately to inform my brother of this." Mo Gongbo answered cautiously.

After all, this sounded like a minor disagreement between the retired emperor and the great emperor, and as a junior, he didn't dare to get even slightly involved.

"But Uncle Fifth, please tell your nephew clearly what my brother can get and what he cannot touch."

After hesitating for several times, Mo Gongbo finally asked, because this was not only very important to his brother Mo Gongze, but also to him as well.

This great empire will bring their family a great future, and it will also be the place where his younger brother can make a living.

Mo Zibu paused for a moment, then took out a map and started drawing on it. Mo Gongze had been in China for more than three years. After visiting his grandfather, he was about to return to Europe. It was time to explain everything to them.

"Dayu's army will approach the shores of the Caspian Sea. They won't be able to advance further west, so only you brothers can approach.

Your territory must reach the coast of the Black Sea, and then you must build a powerful Black Sea navy to force the small Caucasus countries between the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea to surrender, so as to connect with Dayu directly.

In order to achieve this goal, the future territory of the Moldavia-Moldavian Rome would be mainly based on Greater Hungary, the Principality of Moldavia, the southwest of the Principality of Wallachia, and the former Bulgaria and Romania occupied by the Ottomans, with controlling the Bosphorus Strait as the top priority.

As for the rest of Serbia, Macedonia, Greece, and other places, if they are willing to submit, then we can keep them under our control and rule, but we should not use them as a base."

The territory that Mozibu demarcated for the Roman state of Mogongze was later Hungary, most of Romania, Bulgaria, and the area around Istanbul in Türkiye.

This was also the result of Mo Zibu's careful consideration. His third brother Mo Zirong's contribution was indeed great, and in the next twenty years it was indeed up to his nephew Mo Gongze to allow Dayu to deeply participate in Europe and create the impression of the integration of the East and the West.

And to avoid the situation where both Britain and Russia were weakened, in case Napoleon was lucky enough to unify Europe.

But all this is not enough for Dayu to risk his life to support Mo Gongze in building a new Rome. If an Eastern Roman Empire really emerged that unified the Balkan Peninsula and Asia Minor, Dayu would not be able to sleep.

Because even though Mo Gongze is a member of the Mo royal family, the people below him are all standard Europeans, and it is impossible for Dayu to complete the ethnic replacement of the Balkans and Asia Minor.

If that really happens, I'm afraid that after two or three generations, the royal relationship and blood ties between the two sides will fade, and they might even become enemies.

Therefore, Mozibu did not support the crazy plan of Reinstein to restore the Eastern Roman Empire including the Balkans and Asia Minor.

He would only support Mo Gongze to become a big Husky, to strangle the Black Sea, to block the Russians in a bitter cold land, and to force the Russians to head west into Eastern Europe to fight a fierce war with the former Polish Federation and Sweden.

However, there is still a hidden danger, that is, Mo Gongze may rely on his Habsburg family bloodline to transform the Holy Roman Empire of the Germans into the Eastern Roman Empire.

Then Francis II became Caesar in Vienna, and he became Augustus in Constantinople, establishing a dual empire, and finally took over the Habsburg family within one or two generations.

"I heard that Franz II already has a daughter, and she is very beautiful." Mo Zibu suddenly asked.

This question stunned Mo Gongbo. Francis II's eldest daughter died young, and his second daughter, Marie Ludovica Lucia, was only two years old. How could they be considered beautiful or not?

"Yes, Your Majesty, Francis II has a two-year-old daughter who is very healthy." Mo Gongbo thought about it and could only describe her as very healthy.

"That's good!" Mo Zibu smiled. "Gongbo, because of your father's contributions and your loyalty and filial piety, I will confer upon you the title of Inner Honored Earl of Dongping."

Worried that Mo Gongbo didn't understand the origin of this title, Mo Zibu kindly explained, "Dongping is located in Qufu, a territory of the State of Lu. Your father was the King of Lu, so it is very appropriate for you to be granted the title of Earl of Dongping."

Pfft!
Mo Gongbo's knees softened, and he fell to his knees, trembling with excitement. He then prostrated himself on the ground and shouted, "I, your nephew, thank you, the great emperor, for your kindness. Long live your majesty, long live your majesty, long live your majesty!"

The main reason why Mo Gongbo and a group of people came to the East was for this moment.

Because when Dayu signed the alliance with France, it was actually a tripartite alliance, and Shinra also participated.

Queen Theresa and Holy Roman Emperor Joseph II also agreed to the exchange of titles.

Although the Bourbon dynasty of France has collapsed, the Holy Roman Empire still exists and the agreement is still valid.

Then, after Mo Gongbo obtains the title in Dayu, Dayu can notify Shinra to activate the terms of the agreement and confer the title on Mo Gongbo, thus freeing him from his illegitimate status and making him a true aristocrat.

"Considering that Emperor Franz II of Austria might be prejudiced against your family, I intend to let you act as a matchmaker just in case.

When you return, tell Franz that my eighth son, Ah-chu, is about the same age as his daughter. It would be a great blessing if our two countries could form a friendly relationship."

A's mother was from the Qian family of Jiading, Songjiang. She was a beauty from Jiangnan whom Mo Zibu married after he restored the country. She also had some of Xia Wanchun's blood, so she was considered very favored.

In that split second, Mo Gongbo understood what his uncle, the emperor, was going to do. He wanted to continue to infiltrate the Habsburg family and Austria, and to take away some of his brother Mo Gongze's glory, so as not to put all his eggs in one basket.

And this is feasible. Due to the close intermarriage of European royal families for thousands of years and the low level of medical care, royal families in various countries have faced the phenomenon of poor health of royal members and the decline of their descendants.

But it is different for Dayu. This great uncle of the emperor already has ten sons and six daughters.

Even if the emperor's uncle's childbearing age ends at 60, the emperor, who is now 45 years old, still has 15 years to go, so it would not be surprising if he has ten or eight more children.

Then as long as the great emperor uncle is willing, he can use these children to influence all the royal families in Europe.

Moreover, Crown Prince Da Lao Sen is also a fertile man. He is only 21 years old this year, but he already has three sons and two daughters. In the future, he may have more children than his father.

Thinking of this, Mo Gongbo shuddered. He suddenly had a deeper understanding of male reproductive ability, an ancient "weapon" that all human beings are born with and has different levels of quality.

"Nephew, I understand. I will definitely complete the task!" After Mo Gongbo sighed in his mind, he immediately took on the task.

'Brother, please don't blame me. I don't know when your Rome will be built. It will take at least 20 or 30 years for you to make me a noble. But now the title of my uncle the emperor has fallen on my head, and no one can withstand it.

If my uncle wants to drive another nail into Shinra, then let him do it. You can't stop him anyway.'

However, neither the uncle nor the nephew had expected that this Marie Ludovica Lucia had another name in history called Marie Louise.

She was the Queen of France from 1810 to 1814, and Napoleon's legal wife. If she were to be chosen by Dayu in advance, I wonder what Francis II would do to satisfy Napoleon's requirements twenty years later.

After Mo Gongbo left, the third son, Mo Zhouyu, said, "Father, if you're worried about Ze Ge being the only one in power, why not choose a noble family in Shenzhou for him to marry and have someone by his side?"

"This is not a good idea!" Mo Zibu shook his head directly. "It's not that I'm worried about the Aze family being the only one in power, but from the perspective of governing a country, no single family can be allowed to dominate.

It has nothing to do with how close you are, it just has to be this way. Even if you were in Aze's position, I would still impose restrictions on you.

In addition, a man like Aze cannot be controlled by a woman, and his loyalty cannot be guaranteed by having a spy. If he can't even handle a woman, he is not worthy of completing the task I assigned to him.

Besides, the current situation is so complicated, Aze's marriage must maximize his interests. I'm afraid he won't be able to settle down in the next five years."

After educating his son, Mo Zibu suddenly seemed to remember something and asked, "The Hong who was given to Aze two years ago is about to give birth, right?

You go to the Imperial Hospital and order the judge to allocate the most skilled female physicians and midwives to guard day and night to ensure the safety of mother and child.

Give them more medicine, sugar, and fine cotton cloth, and let the eunuchs of the Imperial Household Department buy everything they need."

Mo Gongze is also a strong young man of eighteen or nineteen years old. Although his marriage is not settled yet, he cannot become a monk.

So after arriving in Dayu, Mo Zibu gave two palace maids to Mo Gongze.

Among them, Hong, who was born in Huaxian County, Guangzhou, and was the sister of Hong Jingchen, the general of the Hubei Wuhan Town and the commander of the military force, was the most favored. Mo Gongze even considered marrying her.

If this baby is a boy, then it is worth raising him well. When he is ten years old, send him to Mo Gongze. It is no more appropriate than sending a woman and an informant there.

After the third brother Mo Zhouyu left, Mo Zibu fell into deep thought again. This is how governing a country is. Even the emperor cannot do whatever he wants, not even the founding emperor.

For example, a guy like Reinstein who is fanatical and wants to rebuild the Roman Empire, although he has instigated Mo Gongze, can you severely punish such a meritorious general for this?

There is also his own father, Mo Tianci. On the one hand, he is about to close his eyes and wants to do something to show his ability. On the other hand, he feels sorry for his sons and wants to build a great foundation for the third son.

Could it be that Mo Zibu, as a son, could issue an imperial decree to reprimand his father?
That would be too contrary to Tian Gang.
For this kind of thing, unless you are willing to learn from Zhu Yuanzhang, the Hongwu Emperor was limited by his background and dealt with this kind of problem by killing, killing, killing, killing, killing.

As a result, together with his good son Zhu Di, he almost destroyed the brilliant military class in the early Ming Dynasty.

Mo Zibu also had to learn this lesson. Zhu Hongwu's parents had died long ago, but Mo Zibu still had both parents alive, so he could only find ways to comfort him.

. . . .

Osaka, Taishang Wuji Palace.

Mo Tianci was dragging his weak body, teaching Mo Gongze and Mo Zhouzhen how to handle government affairs.

Of these two people, the former wanted to go to Europe to build a Mo-style Rome that combined the East and the West.

The latter was to marry the daughter of the Xu family (Tokugawa family) and become the Lord of Edo County, managing the entire Kanto region and promoting large-scale expansion into North America. It was even possible that he would become the Prime Minister of the East Asia.

Mo Zibu sent them to Mo Tianci so that they could learn more from their grandfather. After all, Mo Tianci's administrative ability was not low.

Among them, Mo Tianci paid great attention to educating Mo Gongze, because he felt that the situation Mo Gongze faced was very similar to that in Japan.

"Aze, your future Mo's Rome, your so-called Augustus, is actually best viewed as a shogun.

Your fifth uncle also wrote to me, suggesting that you should only consider Hungary, Croatia, and Romania as the base for establishing the concept of the New Romans, and separate the rest as vassal states.

You used the defeat of the Ottoman Turks and the recovery of Constantinople as your banner to unite the people, which is similar to the Shogun.

So you could try to see if you could make the various Balkan noble groups into daimyo and break down their ethnic concepts, which might have a miraculous effect.”

Mo Gongze thought carefully and decided to interact more with the Japanese feudal lords in the coming days, on the one hand to recruit useful talents, and on the other hand to learn from Japan's experience.

Perhaps, it would be better to come up with a bunch of European names than to blindly raise the Roman flag and integrate everyone.

"Grandfather, my father's letter said that you have inherited the legacy of Emperor Huizu Yuan, and for thirty years, you have been diligent and frugal, undeterred by any hardship. You are the true Emperor of Hexian.

So if, a hundred years later, you were given the temple name Tai and the posthumous title Guang, becoming Emperor Taizu Guang, and he would be Emperor Gaozu Wu, that would be enough."

When Mo Tianci heard that he could become the Taizu of the Dayu Dynasty, his face suddenly lit up.

In recent years, he has been a bit naive and has been doing things like a child, because he is afraid that Mo Zibu will take away the temple name and posthumous title of Emperor Taizu Gao and give him something else.

Because in this way, he became a posthumous emperor, and the founder of the country was his son Mo Zibu.

Although this is indeed the case, Mo Tianci is definitely unwilling and resigned to it. He wants to prove himself so much because of this consideration.

"Achievements of high and low caliber are called light, those who can carry on the legacy of the past are called light, those who can be humble in a superior position are called light, and those who have outstanding achievements are called light." Mo Tianci muttered softly.

"Old Five has really given me, his father, a lot of face. I think the only way I can live up to is to be humble when in a superior position."

After a rare moment of modesty, Mo Tianci waved his hand and said, "Send someone to report to the emperor that he has restored the country and revived the Han Dynasty. In a sense, he is the one who can carry on the legacy of the past.

I will give him the title of Guang, and let him be the Emperor Guangwu of the Great Yu Dynasty."

"To be well-informed and versatile is called Xian; to be virtuous and virtuous is called Xian. I will be Emperor Yu Taizu Xian!"

Mo Tianci became more and more excited as he spoke, and his energy and spirit seemed to have improved a lot. However, after he quickly finished speaking these words, he immediately felt weak, and then his whole body became numb and sweaty.

Mo Tianci tried his best to prevent himself from falling. After a while, he said to his grandchildren who had not noticed that he had just experienced a life-or-death ordeal:
"Hurry up and learn, boys. We don't have much time. I can't die in Japan, because then the emperor will have to come back to carry my coffin.

He doesn't have that much time, so I won't bother him any more. Let him die in Nanjing."

(End of this chapter)