New Shun 1730

Said so arrogantly, but in fact Liu Yu was quite conservative in his heart.

He did not think that taking over Nanyang would make the Celestial Empire, nor did he think that he would use France to destroy the Netherlands as Duke Qi thought. Things were far from that simple.

It was just that some things in the court should be simplified, and some words should be carried with the thinking that Dashun had its own national conditions.

The scene of the sailors' fight ended quickly.

The sailors of a battleship and four cruisers could always beat up the sailors of a Dutch merchant ship with a standard 85 people.

The ministers in the capital would spontaneously perform the rest of the play. After all, the Nanyang expansionists were only a minority, and even fewer knew about it, and even if more knew about it, they would oppose it.

There was no need to act out the conservative atmosphere in the court.

There was no need to act out the violent style of the sailors.

Both sides were very restrained and did not use weapons. At most, they used sugarcane wine bottles commonly used by sailors in fights.

After the army arrived to maintain order, the sailors of the warships dispersed with reluctance.

Phillips, who got the news, left the government office alone. His interpreter was detained by Duke Qi "very unreasonably" on the grounds that no third person should know about this.

The interpreter was found in Guangdong. Dashun did not have any real rule of law. It was easy for the Duke to detain someone, and Phillips had nothing to say.

Looking at his sailors being beaten, he knew that Liu Yu was holding a grudge against the Netherlands. It might be religious factors, or he might have been a count at a young age and had never suffered any loss, so he was still upset about the Dutch ship being detained for inspection, or he might be the kind of patriot that was common in the Netherlands many years ago.

Having experienced the diplomatic incident of Duke Qi who only considered his own interests, Phillips understood that Dashun did not have a federal meeting. The emperor and officials ruled the country from top to bottom, and personal preferences might even determine the country's policies.

He couldn't help but worry.

He was eager to return to Batavia to discuss the matter with the Governor of Batavia and come up with a "low-key and face-saving" solution as soon as possible.

But after this fight, he knew he couldn't leave for the time being.

France and Britain, who were watching the excitement, were like vultures waiting to peck at a corpse.

This fight was obviously caused by Liu Yu's personal grudge, but Phillips, considering that the British and French envoys were not aware of it, would definitely think that this was the official attitude of Dashun.

Once Britain and France misunderstood that this was the official attitude of Dashun, they would probably take this opportunity to add fuel to the fire and squeeze out the Netherlands' trade with China.

So he couldn't leave yet, he had to follow, and beware of these possible enemies, slander, and slander - although most of them might just tell the truth, some of the things the Netherlands did were more disgusting than the slander based on imagination.

In order to prove that this was not the official attitude of Dashun, he had to meet the Duke of Qi again, hoping that Dashun would deal with the leader of the trouble. The Duke of Qi pretended to be surprised and said: "You mean... let me deal with an earl for beating the barbarians? Or, you want me, a duke, to deal with a prince? I think you are crazy."

"Do you understand the Celestial Empire? You don't even understand the Celestial Empire, and the Netherlands actually sent you to be responsible for trade with the Celestial Empire?"

He rejected Phillips' request neatly, saying that only the emperor could make a decision on this matter, and he was not qualified to make a decision.

But the Celestial Empire put benevolence and righteousness first, and still gave 100 taels of silver for soup and medicine, and found a doctor for injuries to see.

Phillips also took great pains to make a big fanfare, like welcoming a high official, and welcomed the doctor for injuries, just to let Britain and France see that the fight was not the official attitude of Dashun.

He knew very well that he had to keep an eye on his ally Britain at this time.

France had seen the emperor of Dashun long ago, and it was estimated that it had already slandered the emperor, and now it seemed that there was no effect.

On the contrary, it was the first time for Britain to see the emperor of Dashun and the first time to contact the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Dashun. This suspicious ally was the one to be most cautious.

But soon, he got very bad news.

The British hosted a banquet for the Duke of Qi. There were not many participants in the banquet. What was discussed was kept secret by both sides. Phillips did not know, but he could guess that the British must have bribed.

This was an official British delegation from London. In fact, Dashun did not invite the British to come, but the British took the initiative to come.

First, the Netherlands did not have a provincial governor who was now in a vacancy period. Second, the East India Company believed that trade with China was very stable and there was no need to talk about anything. Third, the Dutch were sure that Dashun's previous series of actions were for Russia.

There was no invitation, and the Netherlands did not take the initiative. They could only passively let Phillips, the head of the China Trade Commission, go to Tianjin, but he was not a China expert.

The suspicion between the countries had already deepened before they went to the capital. The possible diplomatic attitude of Dashun meant real money to European countries. This suspicion made them inquire about each other, but they did not believe what they heard, even if the other party was telling the truth.

Soon, news came from the capital that the envoys from Western countries were allowed to come to the capital for an audience. The seventh prince Li Li boarded a ship and stayed in Tianjin. Before the envoys from various countries returned, he took charge of the warships that arrived in Tianjin to avoid any accidents at sea.

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The capital.

The day after the Western envoys arrived in Beijing, another heavy news spread like the wind and sand in the spring of the capital, covering the streets and alleys.

The Holy Son of Heaven was going to Zhengyang Gate, and the King of Ryukyu knew that he was guilty and bound himself to plead guilty to the Holy Dynasty.

The King of Ryukyu is still a king after all.

As long as Dashun follows the etiquette for one day, the prince will be the prince after all. When the sea merchants who were in trouble in Ryukyu wrote the "interrogation record" to the King of Ryukyu, actually to the people of Satsuma, they all addressed him as the prince.

The Ryukyu Kingdom appeared quite frequently in the stories of the market, and many people in the capital had heard of Ryukyu. Those who were educated knew that it was just a small country the size of a palm; those who were not educated thought that it was also a kingdom, so it must be a kingdom of 3,000 miles.

As for what crime the King of Ryukyu committed, there were many rumors in the capital, but generally speaking, they could not avoid the fact that Ryukyu had taken refuge with the Japanese Kingdom.

The capital was not close to the sea, and even the oldest people in the capital had never experienced such memories of Japanese pirates.

However, no matter what, the story of "Du Shiniang's Anger and the Sinking of the Treasure Box" had been heard. At the beginning, it said that the Japanese Guanbai rebelled, and then Li Jia was imprisoned. Not only did we know that there was a Guanbai in Japan, but we also knew that the Guanbai who rebelled at the time was called Hideyoshi, and his surname was Ping.

As for more, the people don't know. Japan has been closed to the outside world for a long time and has never paid tribute, so the people's memory stays in the long, long time ago.

Some of the storytellers in the teahouse happened to catch up with this part of Du Shiniang and said: "It is said that the previous dynasty has passed from Emperor Yongle to Emperor Wanli for eleven generations. This emperor was smart and brave, virtuous and blessed. He ascended the throne at the age of ten and reigned for forty-eight years. He suppressed three rebellions. The three places? Taira Hideyoshi, the Japanese regent, Hai Chengen of Western Xia, and Yang Yinglong of Bozhou."

"Taira Hideyoshi invaded Korea. Hai Chengen and Yang Yinglong were local officials who rebelled and were suppressed one after another. All the distant barbarians were afraid and came to pay tribute. It is true that: one person is happy and the people are happy, and the country is safe in the world. Peaceful."

When it comes to the excitement, the storyteller can't help but add a few words praising the present dynasty, saying: "But if we talk about the present dynasty, the previous Wanli period is not as good. The Holy Son of Heaven personally conquered Luosha, recovered the Western Regions, restored the old borders of Han and Tang, and prevented the northern threat before it happened. Now, all nations are coming to pay tribute, even the Western countries are coming. Do you know how far those Western countries are from here? "

There are few high-ranking officials in the teahouse, and they don't know about the quarrels in the Forbidden City over "tribute" or "diplomacy". They just think that those Westerners are coming to pay tribute.

The court also has to pretend to be a celestial country, so naturally it won't explain what diplomacy and tribute are.

In addition, Westerners really didn't leave too many memories for the people in the capital. In the early years, there were people who went to the foreign monk temple to see the scenery, but the foreign monk temple has been closed in recent years.

Liu Yu did not give matches the opportunity to be called foreign matches. The people of Beijing did not know that the glass in the capital originated from the West. They only knew that the glass in the capital was produced in Zunhua Prefecture.

As for fire guns, cannons, and even the military reform of Dashun, they did not cause any waves.

Fire guns have existed since ancient times. Some people who knew about it knew that this fire gun was imitated from France, but they did not have time to name it a foreign gun. In the early years, the "Rumi" gun full of Roman flavor was rumored to be "Lumi gun", which means to eat food when serving as a soldier. Moreover, when naming it, it simply bypassed the imitation of the new flintlock gun.

The high-end four-wheeled carriage with bogies and shock-absorbing springs running in the capital was also called Zhengxi Car. It is said that when the Zhunqi was conquered, such a four-wheeled carriage appeared in the capital for logistics purposes.

The emperor's edict separated Western learning and practical learning. In this era when you can still surpass others with a little effort, Western learning and practical learning are completely separated.

Reading Confucius and Mencius is called reading Confucianism; learning geometry is called learning practical learning; singing mass with foreign monks is called Western learning.

Since they have been separated, in the eyes of the people, these Western countries can only be tribute.

The storyteller in the teahouse got angry, flattered the emperor, and finally got back to the main topic and talked about the story of Du Shiniang.

But when he was talking about the key point where Sun Fu met Li Jia, he heard a few people coming in from outside and shouted: "What are you still listening to here? Go and watch the fun. The King of Ryukyu tied himself up to apologize, and the emperor went to Zhengyang Gate. If you go too late, there will be no place to stand!"

It didn't matter that he shouted like this, and the people in the teahouse got up and rushed out, and in a blink of an eye, only the remnants of the cups of tea were left.

The storyteller was thinking of making some extra money, but when he saw that there was no business, he thought to himself, "We storytellers rely on our ability to talk and tell stories of our ancestors, but it's rare to see such a scene. Why not go and have a look and broaden your horizons? When we talk about Emperor Taizong of Tang expelling Jie Li Khan at Shuntian Gate in the future, we can also describe the emperor's demeanor as if the sky was falling and the sky was falling." This kind of scenery is indeed rare to see, so he packed up and followed those people.