Xinshun 1730

Chapter 496 High-level banquet
The British didn't care too much about another war between Shun and Russia. Anyway, the UK was not involved, and the relationship between the UK and Russia was not very good.

But Britain doesn't like Sweden's top hat party.

Sweden is actually already a second- and third-rate country at this time, or even reduced to a fourth-rate country, but Gustav has been dead for so long, and the glory is still there, and the power is still there.

All countries still hold a cautious attitude towards Sweden's ambition of "kicking Russia to regain Petersburg, crushing Prussia to regain Pomerania, and crushing Denmark to monopolize trade in the Baltic Sea."

Sweden did it back then, who dares to say it won’t work now?
Britain doesn't care about Petersburg or Pomerania, but the problem is that the Top Hat Party is extremely pro-French in diplomacy.

And they support mercantilist policies.

But Sweden has a fart industry and commerce?

It is said to be mercantilism, which is obviously "emphasis on smuggling".Isn’t all the goods that Sweden takes from China sold to British smugglers and colonies?Sweden wants to engage in the textile industry and raise silkworms, but can it be done at that latitude?Digging your own big copper mines and big iron mines, is that also called mercantilism?

You can’t do anything. If you talk about mercantilism, isn’t it emphasizing smuggling?Don't buy it in your own country, try to sell it to foreigners.

The East India Company is already quite dissatisfied, and now Dashun is going to get involved again, which is naturally depressing.

However, in addition to the issue of smuggling in Sweden, Britain also had to consider the overall direction in the general direction.

After the Sino-Japanese War, the relationship between Dashun and the Netherlands took a turn for the worse.Cutting off people's wealth is like killing their parents. The British know this truth too well, otherwise they would not go to war with Spain now.

Fazaklei was very dissatisfied with the competition between the Netherlands and the East India Company in Guangzhou before, and now he is advocating to reach some deals, taking advantage of this opportunity of cooling Sino-Dutch relations to directly drive the Dutch away.

The Dutch drove the British out of Southeast and East Asia 100 years ago, and now they want to retaliate with an eye for an eye.

Didn't the Dutch "spread rumors" that the King of England married a Catholic wife, making it impossible for Britain to restart trade with Japan?You, the Netherlands, can "spread rumors", but I, the UK, can't?
Secondly, Britain has already started a war against Spain. The war is not only in Europe, but has spread to the whole world.

The prime minister's secret letter brought by the British merchant ship told the royal envoy that the British had sent a fleet to South America. If the goal could not be achieved in South America, it would go to Asia and capture Manila.

Manila may not be necessary. Manila is tasteless to Britain at this time, but it is very important to Spain.Manila can be used as a negotiating weight to reach favorable conditions for the United Kingdom in the future.

The Earl of Walpole, who had no name as a prime minister but was actually a prime minister, appealed to the special envoy's letter. The British parliament had been instigated, and war with Spain was inevitable.Even within the Whig Party, some people doubted whether the elderly Earl of Walpole could still lead the war, thinking that he was too weak.

Therefore, the Earl of Walpole hoped that the special envoy would observe the situation in China and try to reach some agreements so that China could allow the British warships to obtain supplies and repairs in its southern ports; at the same time, obtain more favorable conditions for trade.

If you want to reach an agreement with China, you have to make concessions in other places.

It's just that China seems to have a lot of appetite for what it wants.

The British special envoy knew the attitude of the Dashun court, and would not allow them, the envoys from foreign countries, to attend the palace banquet for no reason. Since this time they had the prestige of a great victory against Japan, the conditions to be raised would not be that simple.

The special envoy of the British royal family quietly observed the envoys from various countries traveling with him.

But one can guess that this time the news sent by Europe with the monsoon must be joyful for some and sorrowful for others.

Since the war between China and Japan, Dashun has stopped conducting high-level talks with Western countries at the official level. It just warned Japan that it has nothing to do with Western countries and should not participate.

This time he returned with the power of victory, but reopened the high-level contact.

They even allowed these Western envoys to participate in today's banquet, thinking that Dashun wanted to use this matter to declare its sphere of influence like a dog enclosing land with urine.

But that's okay, after so long, the formal negotiations are finally about to start.

The envoy of the British royal family thought that Britain was certainly not as happy as the French, nor as happy as the Swedes.But in calculations, they are better than the panicked Russians and depressed Dutchmen.

Not the worst, nor the best.

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Inside the Great Hall of the Forbidden City, the ministers had already lined up on both sides of the hall.

Dashun abolished the humble nationality, and there was no Jiaofangsi, and the ancient name was changed to Yuefu.In fact, as far as work is concerned, it is still the same thing if you change the soup but not the medicine.

As soon as the emperor's holy car arrived, the Harmony Lang of the Yuefu directed the musicians of the Yuefu to play music. The chime was struck, and "The Song of Xuanshui Yingtian" was played first.

Because of the virtue of fire in the past, Dashun called himself the virtue of water.Although Dashun didn’t have much culture when it was founded, Shui De was obviously black, but insisted on admiring blue, but if the rules of the Ming Dynasty were not changed when playing “Song of Yan Jing Kai Luck”, then it would not be uneducated. But out of my mind.

Although Dashun also banned the performance of "Red Maned Horse" and Xue Pinggui borrowed soldiers to enter the customs-level literary prison, but if someone consciously monopolizes knowledge there and secretly continues the song "Flame Essence Lucky", playing the fate I'm afraid it won't work if you don't stop Yanming.

When the "Xuan Shui Ying Tian Song" was played here, the three waves of dancers from the Yuefu were already in place.

The martial dancer holds a banner with five-color feathers on the stick, and directs the warrior dance. After a while, he will follow the procedure and dance a section of "Martial Arts Determines Misfortune and Peace of the World".

The civil and dance masters hold the red and white feathers on the sticks, and direct the civil and military personnel. When the music that requires them to dance is played, they will dance a piece of "Cheshu will unite the world".

There is also a group of Sibari dancers, and the leading dancer holds an umbrella-like umbrella to direct the dancers of the tributary kingdom... As for whether it is true or not, I don’t know, anyway, it is the kind of dress that looks very barbarian, After a while, I will go through the process and skip a section of "Fu'an Siyi Jingtianxia".

After the dancers were seated, the music stopped, and the ministers on both sides of the line knelt down to worship the emperor.Among the ministers, Liu Yu and the others were the only ones who wore military uniforms instead of dresses for the feast, deliberately standing out from the crowd and ranking ahead of the ministers.

After kneeling, the ceremony officer called out, and then the music started again, changing from "Xuan Shui Ying Tian" just now to "Respect the Heaven, Love the People and Peace the World".

The preface group led the officials who had bowed just now into the main hall, and led everyone to stand in their seats.

The Minister of Guanglu Temple poured wine for the emperor, and the preface class also poured wine for the officials who were qualified to attend the banquet. Those Western envoys knelt and knelt just now, and now they also have their seats.

Probably to avoid irritating them, there were no Rakshasa people among the Yi dancers who were wearing weird costumes and were about to dance "Peace the Four Peaceful World".

The music was so loud that the emperor raised his wine bottle without saying a word.All the officials followed suit, seeing the emperor lift it up, they lifted it up themselves, and after drinking the first cup, they all sat down, and the music stopped at this time.

Liu Yu is also someone who has experienced similar banquets, and knows that it will be a while before eating the first bite of food.Sure enough, after sitting down, the music started again.

This time it was played, and it was called "Jie Dao Xuan, Qi Yan'an". Liu Yu seriously suspected that this piece was a direct copy of Daming's "Qi Lin Hao".

Anyway, it’s all elegant music, and I can’t tell whether it’s Shaanxi dialect or Anhui dialect, and it’s hard to tell whether it’s God’s Endless Flame Essence or Heaven’s Mandate of Xuanshui.

The martial dancers who were already in place waved their jingles, and the dancers dressed as warriors began to dance the first section of the dance "Martial Arts Determines Misfortune and Peace to the World".

The Minister of Guanglu Temple poured wine again, and the sequence team added wine to all the officials in turn.This time the emperor didn't raise his glass or move his chopsticks, so everyone could just sit there and watch the warriors dance.

The martial arts dancers are all men, and the martial arts dancers are also masculine, and there are no white arms or tender ankles, but the choreography is still at a certain level.Although Liu Yu's cultural level is not very high, the meaning can be seen from these dances to some extent.

There are still a lot of dances in the back. Just this "Martial Arts Determines Misfortune and Peace of the World" is divided into several sections, and each section has a different choreography.

Starting from "Jie Daoxuan, Starting from Yan'an", it jumped to "Xi'an Establishment and Opening Taiping", and then changed to Wenwu.Then from literary dance to "Ying Liang Jing Cong Ke Jingcheng", and then to martial dance... then from a piece of stone to Jingxiang Nirvana, and then to "Sejong Zen World", "Fu Jingcheng", "Li Ting" "Sweeping Points", "Returning the Hearts of the Barbarians", "Determining the Award", "Great Unification", "Shouping Peace".

That's what it used to be, but it's different now.

Li Gan compares himself to the Han and Tang Dynasties all day long, wishing the world would know what he did, and now he has to cut off two quotas, and add "Huangbeidi" and "Anxiyu", and it is estimated that he will add "Yuanbeidi" after a while. Isle of Honor".

Although Liu Yu had participated in similar banquets, the previous ones were not this big.And even if there are similar specifications, that is, the emperor's full birthday, the music played and danced are not the same.

For weddings, business, and celebrations, each has its own customization.After the founding of Dashun and the unification of the country, in fact, there were not many banquets of this size.

Dashun's founding of the country was a bit troublesome, and Dashun's lineage was also a bit problematic, which Liu Yu had learned when he took the Martial Virtue Palace exam.

Before the palace examination questions of other dynasties, it is enough to just briefly talk about the founding of the country, and just talk about the Taizu.At most, it's like Daming, with Cheng Zu Zhu Di on it.Then it leads to the selection of talents in the palace examination, Anji Tianxia and so on, explaining its significance.

Dashun is good, there is a whole page before the title.

From Li Zicheng to Li Guo to Gao Yigong to Li Guo's adopted son Li Laiheng...no one can be left behind.Those who founded the country were hardly related by blood. The closest ones were just uncles and nephews. They couldn’t be like Daming.

The same is true for such a more formal banquet.Even the number "nine" was thrown away directly, and the music and dance from the beginning to the end were added together, according to eighteen.

Eighteen sons, the main artifact.

Fortunately, the surname is Li. If the surname is not Li, and the number "nine" cannot be used, it is estimated that there will be another "water virtue blue" joke.

Fortunately, this time the emperor was not so rigid, waiting for the music to dance to the third section "Ying Liang Jing Cong Ke Jingcheng", the emperor raised his chopsticks and picked up a mouthful of food.The officials who drank a few glasses of wine on an empty stomach finally had a chance to gag a couple of sips. Although the wine was not strong and there was hot soup, it was not too comfortable.

The musician stopped the music, and used the musician to play the event of the founding of the country and the breaking of the capital. Li Gan said: "In the past, when the Emperor Taizu rebelled, the Emperor Chongzhen of the former Ming Dynasty liked to talk about Yao and Shun. It’s really unbearable and shameful.”

"However, when it comes to the strength of China and the prosperity of the Han and Tang Dynasties, I still admire it. The Han Dynasty had the seal of the Japanese king, and the Tang Dynasty had the teaching of sending Tang to the Tang Dynasty. Now I am punishing Japan to let them know the martial arts and culture of the heavenly dynasty. I dare to compare with Chinese and Tang Zong. Two, don't be ashamed."

"Since Western missionaries came to the east at the end of Ming Dynasty, they began to realize the size of the world and the roundness of the earth. Is there a limit to the celestial dynasty? Where is the limit? This righteousness must be observed."

(End of this chapter)