My Daming New Empire

Like Princess Yongheng and Mrs. Admiral Xu of Crete, they are all real nobles of the Ming Dynasty, but they hardly know how to deal with Europeans.

Duan Qi was the first Ming woman to directly enter the European upper class, and because of their intentional integration, Duan Qi quickly displayed the oriental charm in front of Europeans.

In the eyes of Daming people, Duan Qi is not considered beautiful, she is a little tall and a little fat, which does not meet the standards of Daming people for being small and exquisite.

But to Europeans, the tall, fat, white, tender and charming Duan Qi exudes a fatal charm all over her body.

Every piece of her clothes is so exquisite. The oriental style combined with the soft silk, exquisite embroidery, and alluring silk and satin makes all the women in Milan fall in love with it.

Especially her exquisite jewellery, each of which fascinated countless women, and those trembling golden steps made those noble ladies wish to exchange all their wealth for it.

As soon as she arrived in Milan, Duan Qi was more popular than Meng Zheng, and was accepted by the European upper class women faster.

Those grown-ups in the Secretary of General Administration were also depressed. If they knew that silk-drawing and golden-step jewelry was so popular, and if they knew that women were more likely to be accepted by the European upper class than men, they would not have taken a detour for decades.

They quickly sent people to the Yingzhou capital, and sent a telegram from the Yingzhou capital to Tianfu, sending more Jinbuyao jewelry.

Now that Duan Qi has successfully penetrated into the upper class of European society, this opportunity should be fully utilized.

Zhang Han in Gibraltar finally waited for Monte, but after meeting this uncle, Monte did not suggest that he go to Northern Europe with him, but let him go to Milan as well.

Because Maria, the son of the Grand Duke of Milan, is going to marry Princess Bona of the Kingdom of Savoy, Milan has now become an important social venue in Europe.

After Monte has traded with the Kingdom of Portugal this time, he will also rush back to Milan to attend the wedding.

And when the officials of the General Administration Department who came with him asked Yang Zhihe embarrassingly if they could borrow a few pieces of Princess Yongheng's jewelry for socializing, Princess Yongheng was also quite moved by this change.

"In vain I have lived in Gibraltar for eight years, but I have never thought of integrating into Europe in this way. It turns out that European women can lose their dignity for a few pieces of jewelry. However, I don't want you to hold my jewelry Do favors. As the princess of Da Ming, I have more responsibility and obligation than any of you to help Da Ming establish a new order in Europe."

Princess Yongheng said so, and the staff of the General Administration Department naturally had no reason to object to her willingness to go to Milan in person.

Yang Zhihe was already full of apologies to Yongheng. After getting married, apart from enjoying a few years of freedom in Dongzhou Governor's City, she was confined to the military camp in Gibraltar for the next few years.

Every year, he can only go out once in a while, and go to Crete for a tour. For Yongheng, life has always been very boring.

Therefore, without any hesitation, he immediately sent an elite troop of 1000 to [-] people, plus Princess Yongheng's own personal guard of [-], to escort Yongheng and several children, as well as Zhang Han and several younger sisters, together Go to Milan to relax.

And before they set off, a team of 40 female officials arrived in Milan in advance, preparing for the princess of Ming Dynasty to stay.

Meng Zheng and Duan Qi in the city of Milan never imagined that, because of their participation in an ordinary wedding, the snowstorm would become bigger and bigger, and the influence would become bigger and bigger.

The princess of Ming Dynasty actually came to Milan in person, which was also very shocking to Grand Duke Sforza of Milan.

He didn't dare to be negligent, and immediately let people vacate the right courtyard of the Sforzesco Castle as the landing place of Princess Daming.

On June 26, a ship flying the Daming Dragon flag docked by the river in Pavia.

Countless European common people came here admiringly, wanting to witness the honorable Princess Daming with their own eyes.

Although most of them didn't directly see the princess herself, [-] cavalrymen, protecting [-] cars, marched mightily from Pavia to Milan, which still allowed countless European common people to see the aura of Ming Dynasty.

It was the first time that the princess of Ming Dynasty appeared on an international diplomatic occasion as an envoy.

Chapter 23 Leonardo

Even the so-called Holy Roman Empire in real history can be introduced in one sentence in the original history.

That is: neither holy, nor Roman, nor empire.

From the [-]th century AD, the Eastern Frankish Kingdom changed its throne and the Roman Empire was born. The emperor of the so-called Holy Roman Empire only had absolute power for a short period of time.

The emperor of the Holy Roman Empire and the Pope had a fierce struggle for the succession of bishops. This was not only a struggle for the control of the church, but also a struggle between the central royal power and the local feudal separatist forces.

Nevertheless, throughout the Middle Ages, the empire and the church worked closely together in maintaining the feudal system.

In order to dominate Europe, the rulers of the empire repeatedly invaded Italy, the most powerful region in Europe, and the protracted war consumed the strength of the empire.

During the reign of the Hohenstaufen dynasty, with the decline of central power and the lack of economic ties throughout the country, the empire became a weak alliance of feudal duchies and free cities that recognized the supreme power of the emperor.

When the territory of the empire expanded, the power in the hands of the various grand duchies and city-states increased, and the emperor became a leader in honor.

The period of the Hohenstaufen Dynasty from the twelfth century to the thirteenth century was the most powerful time of the Holy Roman Empire, but this was also the most significant period of the weakening of the imperial power of the Holy Roman Empire.

After this, the emperor became an honorary position, losing actual control of the country.

Therefore, the so-called holiness, the so-called Rome, and the so-called empire are all misnomers.

More than 40 years ago, the fleet of the Ming Empire came to Europe, allowing the still ignorant European countries to truly realize the strength of the world's most powerful empire.

After being shocked, the whole of Europe fully realized its own gap.

However, they did not have a basis to unite, and the decentralized power structure plunged the whole of Europe into a restless atmosphere of political affairs.

Portugal, Castile, England, Frank, Genoa, the Papal States, Venice and other countries all have their own interests.

On the one hand, they kept publicizing the threat of Da Ming, but on the other hand, they tried their best to establish a closer relationship with Da Ming.

However, these are only the countries along the Mediterranean Sea, and most of the territory of the Holy Roman Empire is in the north of the Alps. Behind this backward trade is the loss of the entire economy after being backward and unbalanced.

The rich get richer and the poor get poorer.

It is also because of this imbalance that for the sake of development, after they secretly learned some steelmaking technology, some countries in the north will form a coalition to snatch more resources from the east.

The sea has been occupied by the Ming Empire, except for the ships of the Ming Dynasty, there is no news of ships from any country entering the sea.

Over the past few decades, European countries have also come to their senses, knowing that none of the fleets they sent out came back, probably not because of the storm, but because of the Ming Empire.

They didn't dare to dream of conquering the ocean anymore, they just shared a little benefit from the Ming Empire in the bath tub of the Mediterranean Sea.

However, this does not mean that they have lost their aggressiveness. In fact, they have been sparing no effort in public relations with the upper echelons of the Ming Empire, hoping to gain more trade shares.

And their efforts did not seem to be in vain. From the beginning, European cargo ships could only trade in the Mediterranean Sea. Now the Ming Empire has released the control on European ships, allowing them to trade in the West Continent and the southern part of Central Continent.

Although Xizhou is also controlled by the Ming people, and Hulumos in the south of Central Continent is also dominated by Ming merchants, they can also earn more price difference and freight in this kind of trade, supporting a lot of people.

However, this seems to be the limit. So far, the Ming people still do not allow European ships to go to Central Continent, and Hulumos is the furthest distance they can go.

Even India is a restricted area for them.

This is not to say that Europeans don't know what the East looks like. Every year, at least tens of thousands of people take Daming's cargo ships to Central Continent.

Some of them only reached Star City in the southern border of Ming Dynasty, but many of them witnessed Yingtianfu, the most prosperous city in the world.

After they returned to Europe, they published a lot of books introducing Ming Dynasty, so that many Europeans knew how powerful the powerful empire in the East was even if they had never been outside.

They also know that this world is controlled by one emperor, and the unique emperor in this world controls the life and death of everyone.

The Holy Roman Empire, after learning about these details, no longer dared to call itself an empire.