The Han culture is spreading strongly in Southeast Asia

Chapter 703: Fighting for Food with the Bear

Late at night, in the Tai Shang Wuji Palace in Osaka.

The more Mo Tianci looked at his grandson Mo Gongze, the more satisfied he became. He had always felt very sad because his third son Mo Zirong was sent to Europe. Now that his grandson was capable and ambitious, he liked him even more.

"Your father was unwilling to go to Europe back then. I used your father's name to force him to go. He made sacrifices for our Mo family and for China."

Mo Tianci said with some regret that in his opinion, the third brother Mo Zirong's greatest contribution was not helping the emperor stabilize the Western powers in the early days and attracting investment, so that Dayu did not cause collective intervention from European countries after swallowing Batavia.

Rather, it was Mo Zirong's presence in Europe that successfully made the Western world view the Eastern world as a whole of Eurasian civilization, thereby greatly weakening the concept of East-West confrontation in the minds of Europeans.

Let Dayu always appear as the highly moral and civilized Seres Empire, rather than being classified as a barbaric Eastern Tatar.

At the same time, Mo Zirong himself is also a radiator of Chinese culture in Europe.

This handsome old man was not very good at governing the country and was totally incapable of fighting a war, but he was quite good at culture, art, equestrianism, etc., and was very prestigious.

He was the dean of the School of Oriental Painting at the University of Paris. Before the Revolution, he often went there to teach in person. He also recommended a large number of Oriental painters to teach in the West, and recommended a large number of Western painters to the Dayu royal family and Imperial Academy.

He was Mozart's most important sponsor and benefactor, and together they translated a large amount of Chinese classical music into the West.

Mo Zirong was also very clever in using the Little Zheng Prince Zhu Zaiyu as a banner and bringing Mozart along to establish Zhu Zaiyu's position in the history of Western music, and explained in detail the profound influence of the twelve-tone equal temperament on Western music.

Zhu Zaiyu's statues were successfully erected in a large number of Europe's top universities, including the University of Paris, the University of Edinburgh in Scotland, the University of Göttingen in Prussia, and Charles University in the Holy Roman Empire.

It gives every Westerner a clear understanding of Eastern culture and art.

Under Mo Zibu's arrangement, he was the most important admirer and promoter of Beethoven, who had not yet made a name for himself.

Under the influence of Mo Zirong, oriental hairstyles, jackets, skirts, and yisas are becoming popular in Europe today, and even palace architecture presents a new trend of combining the East and the West.

And unlike in history when only England was fond of tea, now almost all major European countries are big tea drinking countries.

The nobles were proud of being able to speak fluent Chinese, and Chinese became their third language after French and their mother tongue.

The political systems of European countries were also constantly learning from the East, and small-scale imperial examination systems and historian systems were gradually emerging in the West.

These achievements are even greater and more important than what Mo Gongze is going to do to establish a presence for Dayu in Europe.

Because this is a soft knife that is subtle and silent, and it is the cultural outreach that the future Republic most desires.

This is also the reason why his two elder brothers, Mo Zihuang and Mo Zitang, were only dukes, but Mo Zirong was able to become the Prince of Lu and was also given a fief of 5,000 households in Qufu.

Mo Gongze was still young after all. Born in 1774, he was only nineteen years old this year and did not quite understand the power of this set. Of course, he was still very happy that his grandfather praised his father so much.

At least that's what my grandfather said, so the more resources he would bring from his father's country to Europe.

"Your father has done very well over the years, and the mere title of Prince of Lu is not enough to reward him.

So I often told the Emperor to help your third brother build a great foundation in Europe and not let him always live under someone else's roof like a son-in-law of the Habsburg family."

This was really beyond his imagination. Mo Gongze never dreamed that his grandfather, who was far away in the world, cared so much about their family.

On this world map, Europe is marked so detailed and accurately, it seems that a lot of thought has been put into ensuring that their family can have their own throne.

Thinking about how they had been treated as outsiders by the Austrians over the years and how three consecutive emperors had wanted to drive them out of Hungary, Mo Gongze sobbed with sadness for a moment.

Seeing his grandson crying, Mo Tianci's eyes also turned red. He wiped away his grandson's tears with his old hands and said excitedly:

"It's a pity that your father has a weak character, loves pleasure, and doesn't like to fight with others. He only cares about music, chess, calligraphy and painting, and cannot fulfill my ambition.

With his personality, he cannot be the founding ruler. To be the founding ruler, he must be like your fifth uncle, who is ruthless but kind-hearted, and kind-hearted but cruel.

He is ambitious and enjoys fighting with all kinds of people, as if he was born to conquer the world.

Fortunately, my grandson, you have such potential. Although you may not be as good as your fifth uncle, you don’t need to build a foundation like your fifth uncle.

As for taking control of Constantinople, Grandfather believes you will definitely be able to do it."

Mo Gongze's blood boiled as he looked at Mo Tianci and said, "The situation in the Balkans is complicated, with many ethnic groups and prominent contradictions, and Hungary's strength is insufficient.

At most, my grandson could use some tricks to add Bulgaria, but that would still be far from enough to swallow up the entire Balkan Peninsula, so I must have the strong support of my parents' country."

"Don't worry, grandpa has been preparing for you for ten years and will definitely help you conquer the Balkans!" Mo Tianci said firmly.

Looking at his frail grandfather with a gleam of striving in his eyes, Mo Gongze suddenly seemed to understand something.

Perhaps, this is not only a journey for his family, but also a way for his grandfather to make up for his regret of not being able to expand the territory.

The poor old man, he was obviously the Lord of the River Immortals who was good at governing the country, but suddenly a son appeared who was so perverted that he only appeared once every five hundred years. Not only did he take away all his glory, but his son even drove him around and treated him as a human tool. He was over eighty years old and still had to fill in the holes everywhere.

This strong-willed and stubborn old man seemed to want to use this method to prove to the world that he, Mo Tianci, could also be a great leader.

"Let Guizhonghou in. It's time for him to return to Europe." Mo Tianci suddenly shouted outside.

Then, in front of Mo Gongze's shocked eyes, Ryanstein, the first-generation builder of the Dayu Guards Cavalry, who had served as the commander-in-chief of the guards for four years and was granted the title of Neixun Guizhong Hou, walked in.

The big golden retriever is old now. He is fifty-three years old. The golden hair that he used to be proud of is now quite sparse and fluffy, a bit like Trump's, but he is still very healthy.

Reinstein's current position is the commander-in-chief of the Dongyang Mission's garrison troops. He prepares and trains a 20,000-strong garrison composed of Dongyang warriors for Dayu, and also manages a Beijing camp army that is stationed in Dongyang on a rotating basis.

As one of the earliest senior generals of Dayu and a teacher of Chen Lian, Wu Wenyong and others, General Yuan Cong, Reinstein has not had a happy life in recent years.

The biggest reason is himself. Although Big Golden Retriever has been in the East for almost 20 years, he still misses his hometown in his heart.

His ideal was to return to Europe, acquire a piece of land and become a nobleman, so he even married his wife from a branch of the Wittelsbach family, the monarch of the County of Berg in the Holy Roman Empire.

This approach naturally led to Reinstein's status plummeting after Dayu no longer needed his military prowess. Even though the emperor, against all odds, promoted him to Lieutenant General and appointed him Commander-in-Chief of the Imperial Guard, he still faced widespread criticism. Everyone believed that the security of the capital and the imperial palace should not be entrusted to an outsider.

In addition, Reinstein is a person with outstanding abilities but he does not know how to handle relationships with his colleagues. He does not speak his mind directly and does not care about his face.

Rather, his attitude is straightforward, but the tone of his speech always makes people feel that Reinstein is playing tricks on him.

It seems that during the Seven Years' War, Reinstein made great contributions, but in the end he was put on the team of scapegoats. There is a reason for this.

However, although Reinstein has serious flaws, if you can tolerate him, just like Mo Zibu used him in the past, he will be a great talent.

"Your name, Marquis, is well-known throughout Europe. Are you willing to give up your wealth and glory in the East and return to Europe with me?"

Mo Gongze really couldn't believe it. This was a famous figure known throughout the world, even Wang Wubing couldn't compare to him.

"Prince, the problems in the Balkans are actually due to two reasons: poverty and lack of hope.

Poverty leads to internal strife, and ethnic groups are automatically divided into very small groups based on closeness and living habits, because if the divisions are too large, there will not be enough cake to go around.

Without hope, everyone focuses solely on the petty gains in front of them. Since they can't see the future, why not live a better life now?

Reinstein ignored Mo Gongze's excitement and analyzed very calmly: "So if the prince still uses the current thinking to look at the Balkans, then the problem here is unsolvable.

Even killing people won't solve the problem, because the mountains of the Balkans are big enough to hide a large number of people you can't find."

Mo Gongze coughed dryly, then sat up straight and bowed solemnly to Reinstein for advice. "Mr. Rui is so confident. It seems that he has already found a solution. Please feel free to enlighten me."

Reinstein accepted Mo Gongze's respect with peace of mind, nodded and said, "To solve the Balkan issue, we must start from the big picture. I think the prince's idea is to rebuild the Roman Empire, which is very good.

Then we can start from two aspects, one is ethnicity and the other is religion.

In terms of ethnicity, the prince can hold high the banner of restoring the Roman Empire and clearly tell these people that those who follow him can become the new Romans, and those who do not follow him will be barbarians to be eliminated.

This will break the small ethnic group's cognition and shape the larger Roman cognition.

In fact, this is what the Russian Empire did, but they had baggage and could not get the Romans to agree with them, so they could only get the Slavs to identify with them.

Therefore, the Balkan tribes were both looking forward to and wary of the Russian Empire, otherwise the Russian Empire would have taken over the Balkans long ago.

From a religious perspective, Your Highness wants to raise the banner of religious reform. The mainstream of the Roman Empire back then was very different from the mainstream today, and this is a very important difference.

The Russians raised the banner of Orthodoxy, but their cultural heritage was too poor, and they created a freak that no one else could accept.

But Your Highness is different. You carry the blood of both the Moss and Habsburg families, and you have the cultural treasure of China behind you. Even the Habsburg family cannot easily offend you.

Then Your Highness will have enough manpower and prestige to reform religion and establish a true Roman Orthodox Church that restores the way of the king. Use this Orthodoxy to rule the hearts of the people of the Balkans. Those who believe in me will live, and those who do not will be heavily taxed. "

In fact, this is not a clever trick, because this is actually the trick used by Tsarist Russia against the Balkans in history, and it is very effective, and it almost consolidated the concept of Yugoslavs.

However, Tsarist Russia was limited by its background that was despised by everyone, and its rough cultural heritage, or it could be said that it had no heritage at all, so the Pan-Slavic nation and Orthodoxy it created had limited appeal.

But Mo Gongze is different. His bloodline and culture are not something that the Rakshasa people can challenge. If he really uses this trick, it will definitely be much more powerful than the Rakshasa people.

Mo Gongze stood up suddenly. What Reinstein said was what he had thought about, but he only had a vague concept of it.

But after standing up, Mo Gongze turned around again, looking a little depressed, "This is too grand, too grand!
Neither of these two things can be implemented without sufficient benefits to be distributed to the majority of people."

Reinstein smiled cunningly, his expression very intriguing. "So, Prince, this is not something you should consider. This is something His Majesty the Emperor should consider."

Mo Gongze was stunned, "Marquis Rui is saying that the interests will be handled by Uncle Wu?
No, no, no, this is too exaggerated. I am just a nephew, not a biological son. No, even if he is a biological son, I would not be so devoted. "

Mo Gongze was really clear-headed. He thought about raising the Roman flag, but he never thought about creating new Romans.

How much benefit would it take to win someone over to this extent?

"His Majesty will agree, Prince, please rest assured. As long as you can show His Majesty that you can incorporate Chinese culture into Catholicism, he will definitely support it."

Reinstein said with a smile that he had long seen through the emperor's character and thoughts, and the emperor would definitely not let go of such a good opportunity.

“This kind of integration of various Balkan ethnic groups was actually also done by the Holy Roman Empire, but the Germans were even less welcome than the Slavs.

Well, since we Germans have lost the possibility of restoring Rome, a barbarian monarch like the Tsar has no qualifications at all.

Only you, Prince, possess the most dazzling bloodline of the world. It would be most wonderful if you could restore the Roman Empire."

At this moment, Mo Gongze understood Reinstein at the speed of light.

He hasn't changed. He still believes, just like he did twenty years ago, that Europe is in constant war and that the nobles are brutally and unscrupulously exploiting the common people simply because the Roman Empire of Europe is gone.

Without the norms of the founder of European civilization and the supervision of the Roman emperor like the wise rulers of the East, the kings and dukes of Europe would have become what they are today.

Then, as long as the Roman Empire is restored, with today's productivity and the implementation of civil rights and democratic systems like those in the Roman period, the thousands of years of chaos and cruel and extravagant aristocratic rule in the West will end.

"Marquis Rui, I believe the European war caused by the French riots should end within ten years. Then, after another ten years, when I am thirty-nine years old, the action of restoring the Roman Empire will begin.

I hope to get your help, Ruihou, and I also hope that you can stay healthy and witness that moment with me in person."

Mo Gongze solemnly extended the invitation. At present, this idea is still very rough. For example, among the Balkan ethnic groups, who will be suppressed, who will be won over, who will become stronger, and who will perish, all need to be implemented step by step to distinguish right from wrong in practice.

In this case, Mo Gongze also needs a staunch Roman restorationist to do the preliminary work for him, and Reinstein is undoubtedly the most suitable one.

"I am happy to accept the invitation from His Royal Highness the Crown Prince because you are wise. This kind of thing cannot be rushed. Your patience will greatly increase the success rate of this matter." Reinstein only thought for a few minutes before accepting the invitation.

Mo Tianci was also observing Mo Gongze. If he could tolerate the stubborn temper of Reinstein and allow him to display his intelligence and talents, then he would be able to accomplish things and he would have his full support.

(End of this chapter)