Nan Ming Sun Never Sets

Chapter 666

The fall of France seemed to sound the death knell for the whole of Europe. Many countries, including Britain, Italy, Basque Country, and Catalonia, were full of defeatism at this time.As powerful as France, with nearly 100 million troops gathered, it was still defeated by the Western Qing Empire.

At the same time, the Ming Empire, regarded as the most powerful country by European countries, did not perform well throughout the war. To this day, the Ming Dynasty has not really fought against the Western Qing Empire on land. The finished France withdrew [-] French troops.

Many people don't understand what Ming is doing. Europeans think that Ming has a strong military force, both the air force and navy are far stronger than the Qing army, but Daming has never really sent troops.As a result, some public opinions emerged.

In a noble and elegant hotel, François Eugen, a young man dressed in ordinary clothes, held a newspaper in his hand and asked his cousin, Marquis of Baden, who was opposite him, "Louis, do you really think that the newspaper said In the same way, Daming was worried that his army would not be able to defeat the Qing army, so he did not dare to take action easily, fearing that his painted skin would be punctured."

The Marquis of Baden opposite him was somewhat decadent. The former Marquis of Baden was an important general of the Holy Roman Empire, an aristocrat with real power, and was deeply trusted by King Leopold I.But now the Marquis of Baden is just an exile. If he didn't have a huge fortune, he wouldn't even be able to live in style in Italy, and he would have to run around for food, clothing, housing and transportation.

Austria failed, and it was so easy in Xiqing's hands.The hundreds of years of prestige established by the Habsburg family in Europe completely dissipated in this battle.Even though Austria has existed as one of the best powers in Europe for a long time, it is nothing compared to the Western Qing Empire.For the first time, Europeans knew what real power was. The kingship and army they were in awe of were nothing more than chickens and dogs.

From a certain point of view, the Western Qing invasion of Europe was an extremely humiliating experience for Europeans. It also made Europeans understand what it means to be beaten and how far they are from the world's top forces.

In fact, people living in Daming also have such emotions. Although Daming is now prosperous, prosperous and civilized, the change of Jiashen is a very important part in the dissemination of public opinion and even in history textbooks of Daming.Various ideas, theories and reflections emerge in endlessly. People reflect on the failure of the former Ming Dynasty. Bai Mingxiu also very far-fetchedly re-copied the theory that "if you lag behind, you will be beaten". The truth is that science and technology are the primary productive forces.

Europe is now experiencing all of this personally, and Europe is backward in all aspects compared to the Western Qing Empire.Although Europeans contemptuously refer to the Western Qing Empire as a "mixed race of Tatars and Slavs" and a group of backward barbarians, in fact, the Western Qing Empire is superior in terms of technological strength, industrial production scale, and social organization. above the current European countries.

These things are also the questions that the Marquis of Baden has been thinking about these days. Although he is now an exile, he still pays attention to the changes in the European situation.

"I don't need to answer this question. My cousin, Eugen, you are an officer of the Italian army yourself. You have been in contact with the Ming army. I think you know better than me what level they are."

Eugen smiled, took a bone china coffee cup in his hand, and sipped lightly: "At least the Ming Army I have seen is so strong that it makes people doubt human beings. That kind of strength is not just about how many advanced equipment they have. weapons, but their terribly strict discipline. I believe that even in the face of the most difficult situation, these soldiers of the Ming Dynasty will rush upwards without blinking. Compared with such Ming Army, the French army sucks."

Marquis of Baden smiled and said, "So you came to Italy from France?"

Eugen patted himself on the chest: "I'm of Italian descent, and in France, I won't get any attention. The Sun King is a rude guy and doesn't think I have any talents."

This Eugen is the historical Prince Eugen, one of the three major military commanders in Europe in the 18th century.His father is the Count of Soissons from the line of Savoy, and his mother is Olympia Mancini, the niece of the French Prime Minister Cardinal Mazarin, who is pure Italian in blood.Eugen's mother, Olympia Mancini, was the mistress of Louis XIV. Through this relationship, Eugen's father became the governor of the Champagne region of France and was named earl.And so Eugen also grew up in the French court.

However, as Eugen's mother participated in the poisoning of Louis XIV and gradually fell out of favor, Eugen did not achieve much development in France. Immediately after the invitation of his relative, the Savoy family Vittorio Amedeo II, Eugen After that, he came to Italy to join the army, and made good progress, and now he has become a brigadier general.

The Kingdom of Italy is a rather peculiar existence. Although it developed along the Ming line in many respects, it still retains a lot of European feudalism.For example, one of the most typical characteristics of Italy is aristocratic politics. The former kings, dukes, and marquises, no matter whether they voluntarily joined the kingdom or not, have now transformed into Italian political families. They may serve as local governors, or cabinet ministers, or for Members of the Parliament control most of the interests of the Kingdom of Italy.

Because of his background, Eugen has no prospects in France, but now he is being cultivated as a branch of the Savoy family. In addition, he performed well and was favored by Ming, so he was able to grow in the 20s. At the age of [-] years, he was on the rise.

Eugen said firmly: "I just laughed off the rumors outside. They thought that Da Ming was afraid of Xi Qing so he didn't fight Xi Qing? You know, Xi Qing was driven by Da Ming from East Asia all the way to Europe. Daming has not been wasting his time these years, I have often communicated with them, and I don’t think there is any army in this world that can defeat them. The rumors now are simply nonsense.”

Seeing Eugen's self-confidence, the Marquis of Baden couldn't help but sigh: "It's great, you have such a strong self-confidence, unlike me, even the country has been flattened."

He looked at Eugen and asked, "Then what do you think is the reason why Daming is so hesitant to send troops?"

Eugen put it bluntly: "I am afraid that the purpose of Ming Dynasty is to see a dilapidated Europe. Xiqing and the others are bound to be destroyed, and a strong European country is definitely not what they like to see. Take this opportunity to let Europe Let’s sink too, this is Da Ming’s idea.”

(End of this chapter)