When Zhu Jingyuan gave the order to remove the chairs, he suddenly realized a problem that was not big or small.

That chair now symbolizes Rome.

The removal of this chair in front of the royal families and dignitaries of the European and Western countries and under their witness would have brought an end to the existence of Rome.

In fact, under the auspices of the Ming Dynasty, the vassals of the Ming Dynasty and the Western countries bowed three times to Rome and then buried it together.

This is a symbolic funeral, the ultimate funeral for the concept of Rome.

After this, Rome may really disappear.

From now on, there will only be Lucia, Austria, Prussia, and Ottoman, and there will be no Rome, HRE, or Green Roman Empire.

In the original history, this funeral was the Napoleonic War and then the Congress of Vienna, which completely sent Rome into the grave of history.

Now it is the transformation of Europe and the West under the influence of Mingxue thought, coupled with the world war in the past ten years.

Now when Ming Dynasty goes to see Rome, Rome itself is actually dead.

If you remove the chair now, you are completely burying it and making people give up on it completely.

However, Zhu Jingyuan's original plan was to use the empty concept and name of Rome to instigate civil strife in the European and Western countries.

That is, not to bury Rome, but to let the European and European countries fight in front of her grave to compete for Rome's political and cultural heritage.

Thinking about it this way, it seems that it is better not to send him away completely.

But the order to remove the chairs has been given.

Just when Zhu Jingyuan was a little confused, someone from Taixi cooperated very well.

French Foreign Minister Talleyrand spoke:

"Please wait a moment, I think this seat can be kept and left vacant as a warning to us Europeans."

Zhu Jingyuan frowned slightly. Talleyrand must have discovered the advantage of keeping the chair.

But he didn't tell the truth. This guy from France was very slippery and not as direct as the British William Pitt.

But according to my current status and identity, it seems that it is not convenient to directly ask questions in a rude way.

Either you ignore him and continue to withdraw, or you have to agree to the other party's request.

But that won't do any good.

At this moment, Zhu Jianfeng, who had not spoken for a long time, seemed to have found an entry point again:

"Does our Ming Dynasty have a good relationship with you Taixi people? We have just fought a war for more than ten years and lost millions of people to each other.

"Now why should we leave you a warning sign? Does this do any good to our Ming Dynasty?

"So, nephew Jingyuan, let's ignore them. It's better to remove this position.

"The barbarians in the West had no chance to stand side by side with our Ming Dynasty. If it weren't for the tribute paid by the great Han, we wouldn't have given Rome this position."

Zhu Jingyuan glanced at his Ninth Uncle, you are really cooperative.

Although I placed this chair, I want to remove it now. It doesn’t matter whether I remove it or not.

But you took the initiative to stand up, and you asked me not to withdraw, so you have to pay some price, and you can't make such a request in vain.

"Since Uncle Jiu said so, my nephew should obey his orders."

Talleyrand listened to the conversation and had to be a little more honest:

"We European countries are all successors of Rome.

"The representatives of Rome and the Ming Dynasty are placed side by side, and we are all below.

"Can the layout of the negotiation venue be determined like this?"

Talleyrand's words were addressed to Zhu Jingyuan and Zhu Jianfeng's uncles and nephews, as well as to other representatives of the West.

So after finishing speaking, I looked at the other representatives with an attitude of soliciting opinions.

After some consideration, representatives from the Thai and Western countries felt that this layout was barely acceptable.

Although no one wants to be Rome, putting the Roman vacancy on it is equivalent to the Ming Dynasty.

The status relationship represented by this pattern should be able to be explained in the country.

British Prime Minister William Pitt was more decisive and said directly after he understood:

"Keeping the Roman location empty allows us to accept the current venue layout."

Other representatives agreed and expressed their acceptance of the suggestions of the British and French representatives.

Zhu Jingyuan completely understood this, or he knew this originally. This was a compromise arrangement acceptable to both parties.

But now I can't agree so easily. I have to continue to take advantage of the opportunity to make more fuss and continue to exaggerate the atmosphere.

So Zhu Jingyuan raised his tone and repeated the words of the old emperor loudly and solemnly:

"Two thousand years ago, the Han Dynasty and Rome were great countries that existed side by side. Although the two countries were thousands of miles apart, they still cared about each other and cherished each other.

"Nowadays, the Ming Dynasty has inherited the destiny of the Han and Tang Dynasties and expanded the sea territory thousands of miles away. However, there is no trace of the Roman successors in the west of the country.

“If there are any countries in the West that can inherit the Roman destiny and open up the past and come, they can stand alongside my Ming Dynasty in the world.

"But now that the countries in Europe and the West are not prepared to continue to inherit the Roman Mandate, what is the use of keeping this position?

"How can a completely dead Rome be compared with our Ming Dynasty?"

Several representatives of the Thai and Western royal family at the scene, especially a few young princes, became a little excited when they heard such an announcement.

The most important thing is not the Roman title itself, but that as long as you inherit the Roman title, you can stand alongside the Ming Dynasty in the future.

Moreover, this was acknowledged by Ming Dynasty himself, and we are not bragging!

This is actually the ideal in their hearts, but they could never find the direction and method in the past, and they almost lost it after a battle.

Now Ming Dynasty has officially given the direction.

As long as he becomes the recognized successor of Rome, he can truly live with the Ming Dynasty on an equal footing.

Not only did he get rid of the title of barbarian, but he also wanted to become the leader of Western civilization.

So very soon, almost at the same time, several young princes spoke:

"We have not given up on Rome!"

"We must inherit the destiny of Rome!"

"It is our duty to restore the glory of Rome!"

"We are all descendants of Rome!"

Zhu Jingyuan nodded slightly with satisfaction:

"It seems that Rome still has a successor. As the successor of Rome's distant friend, I feel very happy now.

"But who among you should inherit? Who is qualified to inherit?

"We need to have a relatively clear standard to screen out the true heir, instead of continuing to brag to each other aimlessly.

“Since representatives from the Thai and Western countries can accept this seating layout, let’s start taking seats now.

"Then we use the remaining time to discuss the criteria for inheriting the Roman Mandate."

Most of the princes were in high spirits, even quite excited, especially the young ones among them.

However, the expressions of the representatives of the imperial courts of various countries in Thailand and Western countries, these older officials, were not very good-looking.

They all knew in their hearts that if nothing unexpected happened, the representatives of the royal family today would become the masters of their respective countries in the future.

If each of them wants to inherit the Roman destiny, and then compete with each other for this so-called destiny, how can this Europe be good?

If the Ming Dynasty did not exist, fighting for the destiny of Rome might not be a bad thing, and it would be possible to create a truly modern Rome.

But now that Ming Dynasty is watching closely, how could Ming Dynasty allow you to produce normal results?

From now on, Ming Dynasty doesn't need to come here specifically to invade. As long as it provokes you to fool yourselves, Ming Dynasty will be able to reap the benefits.

The negotiations haven't even started yet, and you may already be thinking about how to undermine each other in the future.

This was a damaging move devised by the Ming court.

What a loss!

Everyone subconsciously glared at Talleyrand, thinking why did you stop Zhu Jingyuan from removing the chair? Wouldn't it be okay if he just moved it away?

Talleyrand himself was even more speechless and made a gesture of spreading his hands towards them:

"Don't just look at me. Akito must have planned it this way. I just happened to get it right. With or without me, it won't affect the outcome!"

Everyone immediately realized that Talleyrand was not to blame, he just happened to run into it.

If the struggle for the destiny of Rome was the Ming Dynasty's original plan, even if Talleyrand had not come forward at the time, the Ming Dynasty would have found a way to keep the chair.

But whatever the reason, Talleyrand was determined to bear the blame.

At this point, everyone can only take one step at a time, and then find ways to disrupt this competition and avoid the battle for the Roman heir in the future.

At this moment, the young princes had already gone to sit down happily.
To be continued...