Chapter 23: History is long, and tragedies will naturally occur

  Because of sensitive word issues, the "Green Teachings" mentioned in this article, I think everyone knows what that is.

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  Leaving the Augustus Square, it was already after noon. Alexander gazed out of the window at the crowds coming and going for a while, lost in thought. He sighed and said, "I wonder what the future will be like?"

  What will happen in the future?

  All these actions of France today are influenced by a war in Northern Europe not long ago, called the War of the Polish Succession, which lasted for five years.

  As for the cause, originally, as long as Russia didn't stir up trouble, the Polish succession war couldn't have started. But in the end, it was still because Poland had become weak.

  Poland, a country that people who love it generally affectionately call "The Great Power of the North". It once briefly flourished by merging with Lithuania, establishing a renowned Winged Hussar cavalry regiment and achieving the glory of pushing Russia back from Moscow. However, these could not change the fact that Poland was repeatedly partitioned three times after being re-established three times.

  In this world, Poland is even more miserable than in the original one. Thanks to the Mongols, Russia became Sparta, and as a result, it pushed the Teutonic Knights' big *** before they could advance to the point of killing themselves, but instead, they were dragged to the streets by the rising Sweden and beaten up.

  It was just the beginning of a tragic scene. As mentioned earlier, Poland is a bottom, and will always have an inexplicable sense of pleasure when being attacked. Just as Poland had just been attacked by Sweden and started to feel something, Russia pulled down Sweden from behind Poland's back and ruthlessly inserted its influence into Poland without showing any mercy to Poland's still sore "flower". The Polish king who was summoned to the stage by the Swedish king was immediately replaced with a Russian-approved one. Since Russia is even more capable of stirring up trouble than Sweden, Poland has been suffering and taking pleasure in it for over a decade until 1714, when the Russian-backed Polish king died.

  Elizabeth Petrovna, the daughter of Peter the Great who had seized power in a coup, ignored the persuasions of the Polish nobility and parliament and unilaterally appointed one of her lovers as King of Poland after the death of the previous king.

  The Poles softened for several decades and finally hardened here! Even with the threat of the Russian queen, they still elected their own king. The Russian army soon killed into Poland, and the Russian queen's lover became king with the support of a minority party. Some Polish nobles gained the support of the Swedish kingdom and established their own king to declare war on the Russian kingdom, while others called themselves parliamentarians and declared war on both sides. But no one took them seriously.

  A woman's boredom led to the War of the Polish Succession, which brought together the main characters. At this time, various countries also began to take action. However, who would have thought that just as Austria and Prussia were expressing support for Russia, Denmark and Saxony were expressing support for Sweden, the French suddenly descended from the sky, bringing with them fluttering flower petals and melodious music? France declared war on Austria and its allies under the pretext of helping the king's father-in-law recover his territory.

  After five years of fighting, the Treaty of Warsaw was signed after negotiations. The French-backed claimant to the throne and the Swedish-backed claimant to the throne renounced their claims to the Polish crown. The warring powers - the Russian Empire, the Kingdom of Sweden, Austria-Habsburg, Prussia, and Saxony - each took a portion of the Polish kingdom. Austria-Habsburg ceded some territory near the French border to France as compensation. On the basis of the Treaty of Warsaw, the Russian Empire and Austria-Habsburg signed an Austro-Russian alliance treaty, forming an alliance. The Duchy of Prussia was elevated to a kingdom and signed an alliance agreement with Austria. Poland was thus dismembered, leaving it with less than one-eighth of its original area. The mistress of the Russian queen became King of Poland, known as Stanis?aw August Poniatowski.

  That war is hard to say who the real winner is, but there's no doubt that Austria's Habsburg can't withstand France's offensive in Western Europe! And anyone who tries to dominate the European continent will be an enemy of Rome!

  But this enemy fills me with a strange foreboding! Yes, France, our enemy, whose king is Louis XIV, the Sun King! A Frenchman who claims to be God on earth!

  Facing such an enemy, I have mixed feelings!

  In fear, in excitement, and in unease!

  Because in my past life, even if I was a Chinese, there were 108,000 miles between me and France. Even though there was a gap of French and Chinese languages between me and that civilization, I could still learn the great name of the king who lived more than 300 years ago in France. It can be said that Louis XIV had a huge impact on the course of history, so big that even in the Eastern Hemisphere, people can still feel the lingering influence of the dazzling light of the Sun King!

  Yes, the light of that French sun is very dazzling and scorching.

  Whenever Louis XIV is mentioned, everyone knows that it was absolutely the heyday of France!

  The most prosperous period in history, strong to the extreme, with the strongest army in all of Europe, the best commanders, the strongest defensive fortifications, and the most perfect financial system. The "Emperor of the Romans", also known as the Holy Roman Emperor, who once dominated Western Europe, was now trembling under the radiance of the Sun King. The Dutch masters of the sea were shaking at his feet, and the Spanish army, which had once been invincible, was repeatedly defeated before him. The lands of neighboring countries were in his hands, to be taken or given as he pleased...

  I am the State...

  In this world, France, which possesses the hardware to dominate the world, is also inevitably rising and taking over, just a few steps away from seizing dominance over Western Europe! History is so amazingly similar, the man who brought France to its peak was also named Louis XIV, and he called himself Apollo, the Sun King, residing in the Palace of Versailles in France, shining brightly like the sun in the sky, radiating light in all directions with France as the center, scorching the Western European powers, even in Constantinople, one can still feel the lingering aura of the French Sun King's dominance.

  Due to the butterfly effect of the previous term, who knows if France will or will not follow the old path of history! It's worth noting that it's currently 1718, and at this point in memory, Louis XIV has long since passed away. The Western European Great War surrounding the Spanish throne has turned into a duel between France and Habsburg over the Castilian throne! We intervened in the struggle for the Castilian throne between France and Habsburg! Managing to merge the Kingdom of Castile into France after Louis XV's accession was already our greatest effort, but the result is still not satisfactory. All this is because we were hindered by the Green Sect Mahdi.

  That man who made countless Muslim women give birth to more children is really formidable. For half of last century, we were at war with Muslims. My great-grandfather and grandfather spent their lives in the bottomless pits of Adana and Aleppo in the south, barely turning the tide, thanks to the early death of Mahdi, the leader of the Muslim uprising. It wasn't until the generation of my father that we gained the upper hand and suppressed the Muslims!