Xinshun 1730

Chapter 448 The Big and Small Heads of Eggs
The moment the news of Japan's peace proposal reached the capital in a hurry, Liu Yu was enjoying the leisure time after marriage in his Earl's mansion.

The French gave him a set of gadgets that gypsies set up shooting booths in trouble, a moving target with a spring mechanism.

When the weather is good, he will teach Tian Zhenyi to use a musket and shoot those moving targets for fun.

The weather was not very good today, it was a bit cold, so the two of them huddled in the room, and Liu Yu read an overseas novel there.

"These two kingdoms have been fighting bitterly for 36 months. The war started for the following reason: We all believe that before eating an egg, the primitive way is to break the egg from the big end. And the grandfather of the current king also followed this ancient method when he was a child. He cracked an egg in the same way, but once accidentally broke his finger. So his father, the king at that time, issued a decree that all subjects should break the egg from the smaller end before eating it..."

"The great prophets have a teaching in their Bibles that all true believers may break an egg from whichever end he finds convenient."

"However, what is the convenient end? Is it the big end? Or the small end? Or the legislator can stipulate that the large end is convenient, but the small end is inconvenient?"

Tian Zhenyi lazily huddled in Liu Yu's arms, closed the small hand stove, and giggled: "It's the etiquette to beat the eggs from the big end or the small end. I don't think there is any difference between these things. Song Shi If the new party breaks eggs from the small end, and if the old party gains power, it must beat from the large end even if it knows that cracking eggs from the large end may pierce your fingers."

"This dynasty has learned from history. People all over the world crack eggs from the big head, but they have created a group of good heretics. The emperor uses it without fear of forming a party, and abandons it. The world will discuss it. The third brother is now doing what this heresy does. It's skyrocketing, but there's no 'Blavescu Country' to take refuge in."

After a few months of marriage, the previous habit of addressing them has not changed, and they are still called "San Ge" and "San Ge".Liu Yu threw the "Gulliver's Travels" aside, knowing that Tian Zhenyi was teasing him about the "Three Caves of the Cunning Rabbit" in Tokugawa Yoshimune's letter a few days ago, and made some jokes in the court, so he laughed and laughed. she.

The two quarreled for a while, and their breath became hotter. Just as they were thinking about doing something shameful, there was a cry from outside.

"Sir, someone is coming from the palace. His Majesty summoned him and said that there is something urgent."

He yelled twice, and stopped when he heard a reply from inside.

Tian Zhenyi didn't blush, she tidied up her slightly disheveled hair naturally, and muttered with some dissatisfaction: "Then Tokugawa Yoshimune in Japan really knows how to choose a time for peace talks. I don't know what you think, why do you have to go Going down to talk? This trip will take a long time."

She is very smart, these days Liu Yu has been at home all the time, since the First World War in Hagi City, she hasn't even been to the Privy Council.

She naturally believed what Liu Yu said, after the First World War in Hagi City, there was no other way for Wa country except peace talks.Now the urgent recruitment in the palace is because of the peace talks.

The peace talks were not difficult, but Tian Zhenyi really couldn't understand Liu Yu's constant muttering about going to Xiaguan in the Wa Kingdom.

The two have been in love for several years, and their wish has been fulfilled. A few months of sweet life, plus Liu Yu's title as a noble and her own noble mansion, she doesn't have to serve her in-laws, and she plays and has fun every day, like glue.Now that the peace talks are underway, Liu Yu insists on going to Xiaguan. The time will not be short, and it is really hard to let go.

He got up and found the official uniform for Liu Yu, put it on, and then reminded: "Third brother, don't forget what I said. This Japanese man is very bad. Although it is only a joke to drive you apart now, this kind of thing Always a thorn. Do you know when the thorn pricks the most?"

Liu Yu clung to her ear and whispered, "When the old man was in a daze?"

Tian Zhenyi giggled, picked up the book that Liu Yu threw away, and whispered: "When the emperor eats eggs and wants to eat big heads, but you think that you should eat small heads. That thorn is the most piercing. But today Don’t worry, there is really an egg now, so you can eat it any way you want.”

After finishing speaking, he helped Liu Yu straighten his clothes, and after Liu Yu hugged her and sniffed her hair gently, he pushed him away and said, "Go and do your work. I'll go and share the things you brought back from Weihai." Girls play."

Out of the house, went outside, got into the carriage, and galloped all the way to the Forbidden City.

The eunuch led the way, walked around for a while, and came to one of the few rooms without glass windows in the Forbidden City. After getting close, the eunuch dared not go any further. It was the place where the emperor and his ministers discussed important military matters.

Open the door and go in, there are already seven or eight people sitting inside, all of whom are important officials of the court.The emperor sat at the head, and after seeing Liu Yu coming in to salute, he carried the peace letter from Japan, and said with a smile, "Ying Suo Bo came at the right time. This Japanese man is not talking about Ying Suo Bo, so he changed to Ping Zhang Jun's state affairs are not done either."

After the alienation letter from the Three Caves of the Rabbit arrived, the emperor asked people to read the letter of faith in the court hall, and finally the emperor Jinkou set the tone, which means "sinister intentions and alienation between the monarch and his subjects".

Now that the Japanese came with such a letter of peace, Liu Yu felt as if he had eaten a bunch of flies. He was about to say something, but the emperor laughed and said, "The Japanese must have figured it out. Are you going or not?" , The terms of the negotiation must be bitten to death, and I won’t think about changing someone to bite me lightly. I’ll just disgust you.”

As Tian Zhenyi said, when there is still an egg and everyone is eager to eat it, no one really takes these differences seriously.

This time, the battle against the Japanese made the voice of the court think that the navy and Liu Yu were "responsible for curing the disease" and completely disappeared.

Nominally 10,000+ warriors, under the threat of the navy's mobilization, don't say that they have no chance to clench their fists and hit people, even if they stretch out their palms, they are stunned by the navy.

What is even more unprecedented is that the war has been going on until now, and even counting the military expenses, there is still a profit... The military rations for the siege war; extortion of gold and silver from the Sendai, Changzhou and other feudal clans; the trading company did not use the court to spend the logistics of food loss... ...It is really possible to support war with war.

The main force of the army who originally planned to land on the island was nestled in the Weihai camp, training troops as usual, and eating the grain rice that was also eaten in Weihai official warehouses on weekdays, so it was useless to go to the island.

Up to now, more than [-] people have died in Dashun, and the Japanese can no longer hold on to the peace talks.

The news that the Wa Kingdom had a lot of gold and silver had already spread throughout the imperial court. At this juncture, all the ministries were eagerly expecting Liu Yu to negotiate for the silver.

At this time, no one held Liu Yu back, because last month, Liu Yu gave a secret report in front of important ministers.

Important ministers may not fully understand strategic things.

But they understood the personnel matters in the court.

The audience are all important ministers in the court, and it is an infinite honor to be allowed by the emperor to participate in the discussion of such important military and political affairs.

After going out, don't spread it to outsiders, that's also a natural principle.

This secret report is about Japan's inevitable peace and no further war.

Emphatically expounded the importance of the navy, as well as the conception of future imperial reform.

The former is what Liu Yu wanted to say.

The latter was raised by the emperor through Liu Yu's mouth. After all, although the pace of reform is not big, the movement is a bit big.

Since ancient times, the six ministries have been changed to the name of the six governments, which is just a change of soup but not medicine.

However, the six governments want to reform the military government, add the Ministry of the Navy and the Ministry of the Army, and add a Ministry of Foreign Affairs. In fact, the steps are not very big, but the situation is really amazing.

Even if the Ministry of Foreign Affairs can be counted as the inner court, the royal housework, because the Celestial Dynasty does not have diplomacy, but the emperor may have private affairs.

But the fact that the navy has become an army alone is really unprecedented.

It is said that if you become a high-ranking official in the court, your disciples and old officials will form their own line.This point Liu Yu is a very embarrassing existence. If it is said that he has no old students and old officials, even he himself does not believe it. All the officers in the navy can be counted as his old students and old officials. Most of them only had military ranks but no formal official positions; after the military reform of the army, those who were born in the Qingzhou Army also dispersed in the army.

The emperor wanted to change this situation, but didn't want to take the initiative.

Liu Yu took the initiative to raise it. Although the movement is big, it is easier for people to accept: the purpose of the reform is actually to strengthen the army, but in the eyes of the people in the court, it is more like Liu Yu wants to cut off the military power in the past. .

The navy is too capable of fighting, and the first battle against the Japanese also proved that the strategic significance is too great. Now Liu Yu proposed to create the Ministry of the Navy, so that the logistics and military equipment will be completely separated from the command and deployment of troops in wartime.

In the battle against the Japanese, the navy forced Japan to be so horrific that it couldn't use its strength, so that the people in the court could smoothly consider the secret report made by Liu Yu along the line of intrigue.

Everyone felt that Liu Yu was about to retire, because the stronger the navy, the more threatening Liu Yu's influence in the navy would be.

Now that the Ministry of the Navy is going to be established, it is obviously impossible for Liu Yu to do it for the purpose of gaining weight for himself. Naturally, he cannot be the secretary of the Ministry of the Navy.

The command of the governor's navy and military administration was also handed over to Li Yan. This is clearly worried and suspicious, and he is ready to retire after success.

Under such circumstances, no one wants to pull Liu Yu's legs, or do anything to Liu Yu, otherwise, he would be slapping the emperor in the face. Afterwards, he stepped back in great strides, and whoever was looking for trouble at this time would not open his eyes.

The emperor was actually very satisfied in his heart.

Once the Ministry of the Navy was established, the Jinghai Palace was no longer under Liu Yu's management. After the peace talks and truce, he was promoted to Marquis and thrown into the position of Deputy Envoy of the Privy Council.

Either send them to inspect the Jianghuai River, or preside over the Academy of Sciences. After a few years, the influence will gradually dissipate.

Of course, when necessary, it should be used,
On this point, the tacit understanding between the monarch and his ministers is unparalleled, and they coincide with each other.

A few days ago, Liu Yu took the initiative to write a letter, hoping that after the negotiations against the Japanese, please go to Europa.

One is to maintain peace with Russia after the signing of the Northwest Boundary Treaty, so that Russia does not have to worry about the Eastern issue at all, and goes westward with all its strength; the other is to go to the Netherlands to discuss trade issues and make an attitude, so that the Netherlands believes that Dashun will not do anything to Southeast Asia; the third is It is to choose the good ones and follow them, to learn some skills of Westerners; the fourth is to explore the Western Ocean and Southeast Asia, and survey and map the geography of the sea.

The emperor did not agree, thinking that it was too hard.

But knowing how to advance and retreat, the monarch and his subjects are naturally harmonious.The monarch and his ministers were harmonious, and the emperor also liked the reputation of a harmonious monarch and his ministers. Even if the ministers had some opinions on Liu Yu before, it was inconvenient to raise them at this time.

(End of this chapter)