Daming 1805

Louis XVI and his wife finally compromised and decided to allow Charles to marry Liu Muyu.

Then all parties discussed and planned a wedding plan.

Shire and Liu Muyu, first of all, registered their marriage in Xintianfu as civilians, and held a Ming-style civilian wedding.

Louis XVI and his wife also came, but they only attended the wedding as Louis' parents and civilians.

Then they went to France together to handle the procedures for Liu Muyu to be naturalized in France, and accepted the canonization as the Duke of Orleans in France.

Finally, at the Palace of Versailles, a French-style royal wedding was held.

The marriage of Charles and Liu Muyu had a huge impact on France.

After Liu Muyu was awarded the title of Duchess of Orleans, she also got the Palais Royal in Paris opposite the Louvre.

The Royal Palace originally belonged to Bishop Richelieu and later became the property of the Duke of Orléans.

The Duke of Orleans was deprived of his title and all his property by Charles because of his treason, and the Royal Palace returned to the royal family again.

After they got married, Charles and Liu Muyu lived in the Royal Palace in the center of Paris, not in Versailles outside Paris.

At the same time, Charles also obtained a clear regent status, and directly placed his office in the Royal Palace.

French officials no longer need to race to Versailles, which directly improves the overall administrative efficiency.

This also brought the administrative center of France back to Paris and separated from King Louis XVI who remained at Versailles.

Louis XVI basically entered a state of retirement.

Starting from their own homes, Xia Er and Liu Muyu started a more in-depth and comprehensive Minghua reform.

First of all, all personnel in the royal palace must be proficient in the elegant dialect of the Ming Dynasty, and must speak the elegant dialect of the Ming Dynasty in the royal palace.

The selection of French imperial court officials and civil servants began to take Daming Yayan as a compulsory item.

French public schools also list Daming Yayan as a compulsory subject.

Based on the joint venture with Zhu Jingyuan, Shire began to vigorously build the industrial industries owned by the French royal family.

Further expand and strengthen the guard force directly under its own control, while further compressing and controlling the privileges of traditional nobles.

For example, private employees of nobles must also have legal status officially registered by the imperial court.

When the court deems it necessary, court law enforcement officers have the right to enter noble manors and mansions for investigation.

The properties of the nobles must also be reviewed by the relevant departments of the court and pay the same taxes as ordinary civilian properties.

The Shire began to organize intellectuals and set out to formulate a new legal code based on "equality".

All nobles, commoners, and priests below the king are all treated equally and execute exactly the same laws.

This behavior has very broad support.

French nobles and officials realized that France has ushered in a strong "king".

The new king sees them as the same beings as ordinary commoners.

The days ahead will be even more difficult for them.

The main reform direction of Shire is to limit the privileges of traditional nobles and completely eliminate the privileges inherited from the feudal era.

At the same time, the royal power of France and the law enforcement power of the French court were expanded.

Of course, this kind of reform harmed the interests of the traditional aristocracy, and of course it would be resisted by them.

However, this reform was supported by the French common people, the emerging bourgeoisie, the middle class and even the bureaucracy.

Because the privileges of the nobles were abolished, the common people and the emerging bourgeoisie without noble status could compete fairly with the nobles.

The French aristocracy headed by the former Duke of Orleans relied on the various privileges of the traditional aristocracy, and they were invincible in the commercial competition with the new bourgeoisie.

Under the original system, the emerging French bourgeoisie made peace with the traditional aristocrats and gained room for development in the early stages of growth.

But after growing to a sufficient scale, they began to instinctively resist the restrictions of traditional nobles.

The bourgeoisie and the common people feel that they can definitely beat the nobles in the case of fair competition.

The bourgeoisie felt that the nobles should not require themselves to sell their own profits through their status.

It is unreasonable for the traditional aristocrats to protect their shares with their privileges.

The middle class believes that they should not serve the nobles simply for the sake of their status.

You should be paid fairly for your work.

The bureaucracy and the middle class also don't like aristocratic privileges, because aristocracy tends to affect their productivity.

Charles is not going to destroy the king, but if there is no need for war, everyone can compromise.

Instead of dealing with a group of privileged people, big and small, it's better to keep the king alone.

After getting rid of the privileges of the nobility, isn't his status as a court bureaucrat more useful than that of the nobility?
The point is that the slogan of fairness is very reasonable, and people from all walks of life, including civilians, middle class, civil servants and bureaucrats, are willing to shout it.

Only the traditional aristocracy opposed this reform, but they were powerless to resist this natural trend.

This is actually a reform that is highly similar to the goals of the French Revolution in history.

It just changed from a fierce revolution to a top-down reform.

The French bourgeoisie is already strong enough to have the ability to become the ruling class independently.

The current reform of Shire is to follow the trend.

Through this reform, Charles will gradually transform from the traditional king of the Bourbon royal family to a new bourgeois king.

Just like Napoleon was also the emperor of the bourgeoisie.

The Royal Palace where Shire and Liu Muyu live, and the surrounding porch street have more than 100 various shops.

There are luxury shops, cafes, teahouses, salons, hair salons, bookstores, museums and numerous parks and gazebos.

When the Duke of Orleans controlled it, it was a gathering place for intellectuals who opposed the king.

It has quickly transformed into a meeting place for all walks of life who support Shire reform.

Charles himself is a fashion trendsetter in France and a natural leader of the younger generation.

Now the actual interests of the two parties have also begun to converge to a high degree, making Shire quickly change from a fashion leader to an old opinion leader.

In the process of gradually spreading the relevant reforms, these people began to directly use "king" to refer to Shire.

When someone doubts, they will add a prefix, become "the king of Paris", and then draw a line with it.

Charles himself is the undoubted Crown Prince of France, and he has his own guards to protect him personally.

It has the support of Dashi Prince of Ming Dynasty outside, and the support of civilians, bureaucrats, and bourgeoisie inside.

At the same time, Charles did not yell at the nobles again, nor did he directly confiscate wealth and assets.

Just cutting flesh with a blunt knife, slowly removing their privilege.

With no countermeasures and no life-threatening situation, most nobles can only choose to accept it.

Aristocrats can also have illusions, even if they don't have privileges, they can still make money.

As an aristocrat, the ability he possesses is definitely not comparable to that of ordinary people.

Shire's reforms encountered relatively limited resistance.

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The marriage of Shire and Liu Muyu also had a considerable impact on the countries of Thailand and the West.

When the relevant news spread to Prussia, King William III of Prussia almost subconsciously thought that if he wanted his two sons to become Prince Daming's brother-in-law, especially Prince Dashi's brother-in-law, at least one should be made.

When Ming Dynasty began to influence the whole world, the royal families of the Thai and Western countries actually had the idea of ​​marrying Ming Dynasty.

The issue of belief is actually not a big issue, and the Thais themselves have flexible guidelines.

Especially Germans including Prussians.

Before being truly unified, there were nobles from various sects in the German region, and they could change their sects for marriage.

Catherine II was a German, originally a Protestant Lutheran, but converted to the Orthodox Church when she arrived in Lucia.

For the people of Ming Dynasty, this kind of thing can be expressed verbally.

But after a careful study, they discovered that Daming completely rejected the royal marriage.

They only marry civilians of their own country.

So the nobles of the Thai and Western countries had to give up this idea.

Now, based on the identities of Shire and Liu Muyu, they discovered a new way to establish a new connection with Daming.

The point is that the French and Daming have established this special relationship, which makes other Thai and Western royal families anxious.

Especially the Prussians.

Germany is the crossroads of the Western continent, with Lucia and France on both sides.

The big reason why Germany can get the support and help from Ming Dynasty is to check and balance the countries in the western continent.

Daming reconciled with Lucia by splitting the Grand Duchy of Xianbei before. The daughter of the Grand Duke Xianbei is also a granddaughter of the Supreme Emperor Lucia. She has long been sent to Prince Dashi to "study abroad". It is said that she has become Prince Dashi's exclusive mistress. one.

The relationship between Daming and France is getting closer and closer, and the relationship between Prince Dashi and the Crown Prince of France is well known.

The only daughter of the Prince of Wales of the United Kingdom, went to Xintianfu twice in a row, and has an ambiguous relationship with Prince Dashi.

The relations between the most important countries in the Western continent and Daming have improved, and Prussia will definitely be marginalized.

At the very least, the importance will be greatly reduced, and it will become more and more difficult to take care and support.

After discussing it with his wife, William III felt that he should really try it.

So William III asked people to send formal letters to Daming Honglu Temple and the Clan Mansion to inquire about related matters.

He also sent a telegram to Zhu Jingyuan in his private capacity to inquire.

Then there were two very similar fully official responses.

"The marriage between French citizen Louis-Charles Bourbon and Ming citizen Liu Muyu is a personal act.

"The laws of Ming Dynasty do not prohibit the marriage between common people of Ming Dynasty and common people of Taixi, but they also do not encourage this kind of transnational marriage.

"The Ming royal family and the imperial court will not organize any form of official cross-border marriage activities.

"If someone invites your royal family or nobles to participate in such activities in the capacity of the Ming imperial family, clan mansion, or imperial court, it may be an international fraud. Please don't be deceived."

Honglu Temple and Zongren Mansion are both official institutions of the Ming court, and it is absolutely impossible to respond to questions related to marriage.

The matter of Shire and Liu Muyu is defined by Daming as private behavior.

Daming's official attitude is that it does not object, but it does not support it either.

What's more, Liu Muyu has a special status, she is the younger sister of Zhu Jingyuan's prince's concubine.

If people ask formally, they must pretend not to know.

As for Zhu Jingyuan himself, he is not interested in such things.

Introducing someone to Charles is because the two parties are already familiar with each other, and Charles really obeys his words.

Zhu Jingyuan didn't have any in-depth communication with the other Thai and Western royal families at all.

The point is that it is impossible to trust yourself like Ciel.

So I directly gave an official response, and didn't answer this question in depth at all.

William III was immediately confused when he saw this reply:

"Personal behavior? Fraud?"

Queen Louise of William III subconsciously speculated:

"So Louis Charles of Bourbon met the younger sister of the concubine of King Dashi at the banquet in Xintianfu, and then the two fell in love?"

William III frowned and said:
"Of course it's possible, but I think it's probably just an excuse...

"I just asked directly, whether it is possible to introduce the two parties to each other. As for whether to marry, it depends entirely on the personal wishes of both parties."

William III took out Zhu Jingyuan's response to his wife:
"The key is the personal response of Prince Dashi, which is completely similar to the formulaic official caliber, and did not make a direct response to my inquiry at all.

"This shows that our personal relationship with Prince Dashi is far from being able to discuss such a topic."

Queen Louise nodded after listening:

"Indeed, it is well known that Shire of Bourbon has a very close relationship with Prince Dashi.

"Some people even suspect that the relationship between Charles and the Great Food Prince may have surpassed normal friendship.

"Especially after Charles went to Xintianfu, he started to wear obviously lady-style skirts after he came back."

William III considered and calculated carefully for a while:

"Looking at it now, Daming does not prohibit members of the Ming royal family from establishing a brother-in-law relationship with the Taixi royal family.

"But the premise is that both parties are willing, and the relationship between the two parties is close enough.

"There is absolutely no basis for this kind of relationship between our two children... and Prince Dashi."

After hearing this, Queen Louise tilted her head and said:
"Then... shall we send several of our eldest children to Daming? To establish enough personal friendship with the Daming imperial family?"

William III was obviously taken aback for a moment:
"It...seems like you can try, but you can't send all of them, just arrange one or two to go there.

"William and Louise can go there, a man and a woman, both have a chance.

"But in what name do we arrange it?

"There is no direct relationship between us and Prince Dashi..."

Queen Louise thought for a while and said:
"Study abroad? Just like Lucia's Romanov royal family, there is a tradition of sending their children to study in Ming Dynasty.

"The current Grand Duke Xianbei met his Daming wife when he was studying abroad in Daming.

"Although we don't have an existing friendship with Prince Dashi, he is also the person we are most familiar with.

"We can ask Prince Dashi, we want to send members of the royal family to study in Daming, if he can help arrange it."

William III shook his head when he heard this:
"Students can only go to ordinary schools, and have no chance to enter the specialized schools of the Ming imperial family.

"Otherwise, the royal families of Thailand and the West would have formed the habit of sending their children to study in Ming Dynasty.

"Grand Duke Xianbei's wife is just a commoner of Ming Dynasty, a real commoner who has nothing to do with the royal family.

"What we want is obviously not this kind of result, we want the child to establish a direct friendship with the Great Food Prince...

"So let's be more direct and ask directly if we can arrange for the child to work and study next to Prince Dashi."

Queen Louise said directly:

"That will most likely be rejected..."

William III nodded subconsciously, then shook his head and said:
"Not necessarily... Prince Dashi's previous response was very official, we can also be more official now.

"In order to enhance the relationship between the royal families of our two countries, we hope to arrange for members of the royal family to work and study with Prince Dashi.

"On an official basis, I implore Prince Dashi to provide the most basic care."

William III made up his mind, and asked someone to send an official message to Zhu Jingyuan on an official basis the next day.