Wild North America 1846

Chapter 530: 1870 and the conferment of 12 Dukes.

Author: Portuguese toothless

Chapter 530: 1870 and the conferment of 12 Dukes.

The Lunar New Year in 1870 was an unprecedented grand gathering, with all the vassal states sending envoys to congratulate them. The place was filled with dignitaries from all over the world, which demonstrated that the Tang Empire was now prosperous in both civil and military affairs and had a decisive influence in America.

Among the vassal countries, the new President Stuart of Paraguay and the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces Lieutenant General Zheng Fengrong, the President of Uruguay Bernardo Bello and the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces Lieutenant General Dai Xueli, Tokugawa Shogun Sekishiro Nijō-sama, President of the Navy

General Motobu Yang, Lanfang State Commander-in-Chief Chen Enguan, and Ryukyu State Yinjiang Crown Prince Shangjian all came to the court with congratulatory forms and gifts. It was true that all the barbarians came to the court, and guests from all over the world were in attendance.

besides

Ben Simmons, Vice President of the United States of America, Hughes, Secretary of State of the Confederate States of America, and Lord Palmerston, Governor-General of Canada (he and his wife have never left. They have lived in Chang'an City for more than five months, and it seems that they are planning to continue living there.

), as well as vice presidents or senior government officials at speaker level from Brazil, Argentina, Venezuela, Colombia, Chile, Bolivia, Peru and other countries came to the DPRK to congratulate them on the New Year and were generally warmly received.

Here is an interesting episode

Bolivia sent Foreign Minister Suarez as its representative, but upon arriving in the imperial capital Chang'an, we learned that the Tang Empire had no agenda for ministerial-level officials from South American friendly governments to come to the palace to meet with His Majesty, and there may not be any arrangements in the future.

In other words: I dislike the low-level government officials dispatched by Bolivia.

His Majesty the Emperor is so busy, how can he have time to meet with you, the foreign minister of a small country? Where can you relax and stay?

The Tang Empire now has a feeling that I am the overlord of the Americas. If you don't come to congratulate me, you are disrespecting me. I am not happy about the low-level officials sent. You should think about what to do.

Don’t blame me for reminding you...

With so many guests coming, His Majesty the Emperor may not always remember them all, but whoever doesn't come will definitely be remembered firmly in his heart.

Without any choice

Minister Suarez urgently sent an urgent telegram back to the country, and Congress Speaker Fernandez Antonio led a delegation on an emergency cruise. After arriving in Mexico, they transferred to the Tang Dynasty Empire's fast direct train and took nine days and eight nights to reach the imperial capital Chang'an.

We drove slowly and hurriedly all the way, just in time for the day before the Lunar New Year.

throughout America

Only the Kingdom of Spain, which was extremely hostile to the Tang Empire, did not send a representative to the DPRK. These days, newspapers and public opinion in the Tang Empire were full of shouts of beating and killing, demanding that the empire send troops to Cuba and Puerto Rico to save the Cuban people who were in dire straits.

Radical newspapers said;

"The empire must trample the Spanish expeditionary force severely under its feet and let those stupid and arrogant Spaniards know who is the talker in America?"

Relevant heated remarks triggered strong protests from the Spanish ambassador.

As a result, the Spanish ambassador who submitted the protest document could not even enter the Imperial Ministry of Foreign Affairs, because the sentry said that the superiors were not there, so the relevant protest document could just be left in the concierge.

This extremely contemptuous attitude simply made the Spanish ambassador, Count Juan Rodriguez, furious, but there was nothing he could do about it.

In Count Juan Rodriguez's heart, he is deeply worried about the current relationship between Tang and West.

He could sense that the danger of war was gradually increasing. Is it just warm-heartedness of the Tang Empire to make ill-intentioned comments on Cuban affairs?

Not to mention that Count Juan Rodriguez himself didn’t believe this answer, even the subjects of the Tang Empire didn’t believe it. Cuba and Puerto Rico are just two pieces of fat on the lips. The relationship between the two countries happens to be quite bad. Don’t you see this?

What a coincidence?

The issue of Cuba was very popular in the Tang Empire. People from civilians to politicians expressed their opinions in newspapers and radio stations. Most of them were hardliners. Many people talked about military invasion plans and enjoyed it endlessly.

The opinions of the government departments of the Tang Empire were ambiguous, but the issues of Cuba and Bodolic were heatedly heated among the people.

Some economists have even begun to talk about how to develop Cuba's plantation economy? How to develop industry and Caribbean shipping in a targeted manner? How to more closely connect the Andean Viceroyalty in South America through Cuba, a transit island?

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As a Spanish aristocrat, it would be a lie to say that I am not angry when I hear such unscrupulous remarks, but after hearing it too many times, I can only let him go and I can't even protest.

At the lunar calendar meeting in 1870

The most dazzling guests were Crown Prince Friedrich Wilhelm Nicholas Karl and Crown Princess Victoria of the Kingdom of Prussia, as well as their 11-year-old eldest son Wilhelm, later known as Wilhelm II.

Accompanying His Royal Highness the Crown Prince of Prussia to the Tang Empire, there were also the Grand Dukes, Crown Princes and other nobles of the German Confederation, plus their entourage, forming a large delegation of more than 330 people. This became the most dazzling event at the New Year's Day.

Highlights.

In the majestic main hall of Hanyuan Hall, the imperial court and guests from various countries gathered together. After presenting national gifts and memorials one by one, more than two hours passed.

Immediately following, the second item on the agenda of the New Year's Court meeting was to confer dukedoms and fiefdoms on 12 adult princes, as well as conferring fiefs on ministers who had contributed to the South American war, including one marquis, three counts, and 16 viscounts and

baron.

The twelve adult princes are;

His Royal Highness Tang-Li Xiao, the fifth prince, was granted the title of Duke of Costa Rica, was given a duke's palace, was included in the royal fund, enjoyed a duke's salary, and received a fiefdom in the province of Costa Rica.

His Royal Highness Li Yao, the sixth prince of the Tang Dynasty, was granted the title of Duke of Straits, and was given a duke's palace, entered into the royal fund, enjoyed a duke's salary, and received fiefs and fiefs in Straits Province.

His Royal Highness Tang Li Xin, the eighth prince, was granted the title of Duke of Zhennan. He was given a duke's palace, entered into the royal fund, enjoyed the Duke's salary, and received the fiefdom of Zhennan Province.

His Royal Highness Tang-Li Zhe, the Ninth Prince, was conferred the title of Duke of Tierra del Fuego. He was given a duke's palace, entered into the royal fund and enjoyed a duke's salary, and received remote fiefdoms in the province of Tierra del Fuego.

His Royal Highness Tang-Li Jia, the tenth prince, was conferred the title of Duke of La Pampa, and was given a duke's palace. He was included in the royal fund and enjoyed a duke's salary, and he received the fiefdom of La Pampa Province.

His Royal Highness Li Qi, the twelfth prince of the Tang Dynasty, was granted the title of Duke of Storm, and was given a duke's palace, entered into the royal fund, enjoyed the Duke's salary, and received the fiefdom of Storm Province.

His Royal Highness Tang Li Nan, the Thirteenth Prince, was conferred the title of Duke of Shuguang. He was given a duke's palace, entered into the royal fund, enjoyed the Duke's salary, and received the fiefdom of Shuguang Province.

His Royal Highness Tang Li Heng, the fourteenth prince, was granted the title of Duke of Cordoba, and was given a duke's palace, entered into the royal fund, enjoyed a duke's salary, and received a fiefdom in the province of Cordoba.

His Highness Li Zheng, the fifteenth prince of the Tang Dynasty, was conferred the title of Duke of Glory. He was given a duke's palace, entered into the royal fund and enjoyed a duke's salary, and received a fiefdom in the Glory Province.

His Royal Highness Tang Li Mo, the sixteenth prince, was granted the title of Duke of Mendoza, and was given a duke's palace, entered into the royal fund, enjoyed a duke's salary, and received a fiefdom in the province of Mendoza.

His Royal Highness Tang Lisen, the seventeenth prince, was conferred the title of Duke of Dahe, and was given a duke's palace. He was included in the royal fund and enjoyed the duke's salary, and he also received the fiefdom of Dahe Province.

His Royal Highness Li Peng, the eighteenth prince of the Tang Dynasty, was conferred the title of Duke of Dongshan. He was given a duke's palace, entered into the royal fund, enjoyed the duke's salary, and received the fiefdom of Dongshan Province.

After the imperial approval of the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty, 18 adult princes have now obtained the title of duke, moved out of the palace, opened mansions, married and had children, and lived a free life.

Most of these princes had their own duties. Some joined the Royal Army, some joined the Royal Navy, and some joined various ministries to observe politics after returning from their training in Europe. They held various positions, large and small, and began to accumulate political experience.

Some are obsessed with academics or art and are not satisfied with the title of honorary chairman of the Imperial Museum, higher education institution or charity foundation. Instead, they participate in actual work, which adds an extra sense of participation.

After the victory in the South American War, not many officers received noble titles.

The reason

This is because the intensity, level and importance of the South American war were slightly lower. The imperial military only had one marine division of the Royal Navy participating from the beginning to the end, and the rest were mainly mercenary armed militia groups, so the rewards were naturally not much higher.

Lieutenant General Lei Juekun, the commander-in-chief, received an additional title of marquis, which was a step forward from his original title of earl. The fiefdom he was awarded was located in Dawn Province, just south of Buenos Aires Province, in a fertile area.

in the pampas.

There are also some officers who have performed outstandingly and received awards, so I will not go into details here.

It was almost noon when the agenda was finished. Emperor Richard waved his hand and hosted a banquet in honor of guests and ministers from all over the world. More than 300 tables were set up at the banquet. There were laughter and laughter everywhere, the aroma of wine and meat, and a scene of the prosperity of the empire.

This royal banquet was unprecedented in scale and did not break up until late in the evening.

The New Year of 1870 came quietly. On the second day, little snowflakes started to fall in Chang'an, the imperial capital, attracting more than 3.2 million people in the city to look forward to it, hoping that there would be a good omen of snow that would herald a good harvest.

If you count on your fingers, it has not snowed in Chang'an, the imperial capital, for seven years.

The sky was covered with clouds for three consecutive days, and on the third day of the Lunar New Year, the heavy snow finally came.

The sky was filled with large clumps of white snowflakes dancing in the wind. In just two or three hours, Chang'an, the huge imperial capital, had been covered in a layer of silver, completely changing its appearance.

The residents of Chang'an City were absolutely crazy with joy, especially the children who were rolling and playing happily on the snow. Even though they had runny noses and red faces due to the cold, they were still playing with great interest.

This is a prosperous year, but also a year full of pride and pride. The wealthy and confident subjects of the empire are full of hope for the future, and the joy in their hearts blooms in the falling snow.

They firmly believe that through their hard-working hands, they will create a better life.

The smart and wise Chinese people only need an equal and free development environment, and they will radiate extremely passionate creativity and bear fruitful results.

The prosperous commercial economy, industry, agriculture and animal husbandry of the Tang Empire, as well as the fiery night market economy that was unique in the world, were all created by the entrepreneurial enthusiasm of Chinese immigrants.

(End of chapter)