Xinshun 1730

Chapter 624 Dashun's First Appearance in Europe ([-])
A slight turning point completely changed the meaning of these words.

At the beginning, he said a lot of things about Russia being ruled by foreigners, which seemed to be provoking the relationship between the German party and the Russian orthodox faction.

But in a blink of an eye, he said that it reminded him of Qin, which became a supreme honor and compliment.

Under the political correctness of morality, Qin is definitely a bad example.

But purely from the perspective of a rich country and a strong army, it is extremely high praise to be praised as being like Qin.

Although these nobles did not know that period of history, they also knew that it was Qin who unified China.

Earl Osterman laughed, thinking that Liu Yu's formal diplomatic language was a compliment to them.

Even more like an affirmation from ancient oriental wisdom: the current situation in Russia is not necessarily bad.

However, just as Earl Ostermann laughed, the next twist came again.

"However, not long after, the King of Qin found out that his engineering director was a spy. The real purpose was to weaken Qin's power and started construction of a canal that consumed national power. Some people even suspected that some of Qin's policies seriously Influenced by foreigners, especially foreign policy, many policies are completely based on the interests of foreign countries..."

This doesn't sound like referring to Sang and Huai, but it sounds like referring to Sang and Huai at all.

Earl Ostermann once again became the focus of everyone's attention, and some people gradually felt that the atmosphere of today's banquet was not right.

The well-informed French ambassador, the Marquis de La Chettadi, played with the wine glass in his hand expressionlessly, thinking that this story was really interesting, but he didn't know if it was true or not. Did China have the ability to organize large-scale projects 2000 years ago?The so-called engineering director of the State of Qin is not fabricated, is it?
People who don't know it always feel that there is something in Liu Yu's words.

Count Osterman couldn't ask Liu Yu directly: You are not alluding to Russia, are you?Alluding to us?

It's just that there has never been such a thing at the previous diplomatic banquets. This is a serious violation of diplomatic etiquette.

However, the next words changed the atmosphere again, with twists and turns in an instant.

Liu Yu avoided Earl Ostermann's eyes and continued to finish the story.

"Therefore, someone in the state of Qin advised King Qin to promulgate the "Decree on Expulsion of Foreigners". However, at this time, one of the cabinet staff next to King Qin was also a foreigner, and he was also on the list of expulsion. So he wrote "Anti-Expelling Foreigners" Human Decree."

"He said: Mountains do not reject the soil, so they can achieve their height; rivers, lakes and seas do not abandon their small streams, so they can achieve their depth. Abandoning the people makes them help the enemy country, and rejecting foreign talents makes them serve other countries. Seriously, so that the talented people in the world dare not come to Qin, this is called "lending weapons to opponents, and sending food to enemy countries."

"The king of Qin followed his advice and canceled the decree to expel foreigners. This foreigner also became the prime minister of Qin. Many years later, King Qin had already been promoted to emperor, and this foreign prime minister firmly abolished Only when the enfeoffment system is established and the real centralization and unification is completed, can he be regarded as the real emperor."

"Not long after, he died of illness while he was out on an inspection tour. The Prime Minister, together with some court nobles, as members of the Privy Council, closed the door and decided to let the youngest son of the First Emperor succeed him, which is easy to control."

After these words were finished, the audience immediately fell silent.

The previous stories seem to be only referring to Sanghuai and other German parties such as Ostermann.But the following words humiliated almost everyone present.

Many years ago, in order to prevent Elizabeth from being out of control, many old Russian aristocrats who were doing it participated in the coup that closed the Privy Council and invited a German widow to be the tsar.

These old Russian nobles felt that Liu Yu was talking about the closed-door conspiracy that made Anna the tsar more than ten years ago.

Osterman and others felt that Liu Yu was satirizing them, the German party. Before Empress Anna died of illness, Elizabeth's name was crossed out, and the story of the newly born Ivan VI becoming the tsar was found.

The French ambassador, the Marquis de La Chettadi, said from the phrase "abandoning the people and making them help the enemy country, rejecting talented people from abroad to make them work for other countries, and making talented people in the world dare not come to Qin, this is called Qin. 'Lend weapons to opponents, send food to enemy countries'", I feel that Liu Yu seems to be satirizing the French "Edict of Fontainebleau", which caused a large number of technical personnel and Protestants to go abroad, which greatly strengthened the industrial and commercial relations between Prussia and the Netherlands ability.

The British minister felt that Liu Yu was satirizing the "Little Patriots" movement in Britain at this time, trying his best to promote populist sentiment in Britain, exaggerating many things into conspiracies by France and Spain, and organizing the French, Dutch and Activities of Spanish businessmen.

The Austrian ambassador felt that Liu Yu was satirizing Austria, the Holy Roman Emperor, and he was simply a fake emperor.Even the most basic abolishment of the real centralization and unification of power has not been achieved, how dare you call him the emperor?

The Dutch minister felt that Liu Yu was satirizing Dutch businessmen and had no concept of the motherland at all. "Lend weapons to opponents and send food to enemy countries", isn't this a common operation of Dutch bankers?

Everyone present felt that Liu Yu's words were satirizing them, and everyone could find Liu Yu's irony from this story.

Everyone didn't know whether they were really just telling stories, or they were simply using the arrogance of the legendary "Heavenly Dynasty" to satirize these "barbarians".

But Liu Yu's story is not over yet.

This era is the best era for cultural output.It is not only the wish of morality and utopia, but also a good time to popularize China's thousands of years of magnificent history in Europe.

In this world of great controversy, the wisdom of these stories will soon become popular in Europe along with Dashun's aggressive attitude of going to Nanyang.

However, his original intention was not based on this, but he just wanted to use this opportunity, through these audiences, to talk to Elizabeth who was busy with the coup in the Winter Palace.

He also briefly introduced the demise of Qin and the rise of Han.The Han Dynasty, which inherited Qin’s centralization of power, revived with the rule of inaction, and then all the people fought back against the Huns with salt and iron, and then Zhuge Liang’s discussion of "lenient" and "strict" in governing Shu.

Tang's suppression of the noble families and the imperial examination system to crack the Chinese aristocracy's ills are not detailed, which is the level of introduction to the history of various countries in Voltaire's "On Customs".Straightforward, perfunctory and attached, mixed in the meantime.

Almost everyone present felt that the story of "pointing and scolding" was long but interesting.

There was no song, dance, or dance in this banquet, only some past history and some Chinese stories that were completely different from what they had imagined.

The more high-ranking people are, the more they like to hear such stories, thinking about the things behind these stories one by one.

Moreover, Liu Yu's perspective on the world is completely different from theirs. Many places are discussed from the perspective of productivity development.

These things, in this era, are too terrifying, but it is impossible to refute them.At least, it was impossible to refute immediately in a short period of time. On the contrary, many people nodded secretly, and some doubts about their own country seemed to be solved one by one.

Relying on these unheard stories, Liu Yu used convenience to lay the foundation for Dashun to make more appearances in Europe in the future, while delaying the time of the banquet.

Until the contact person from outside came to Liu Yu's side, and whispered in Liu Yu's ear: "Jinghou, the outside affairs are over."

"The little czar was arrested, and his parents were also arrested. There was not even a battle in the Raksha Palace. When Hannibal brought people into the little czar's room, the little czar was still sleeping."

"Princess Elizabeth's face is now in control of the palace, and she, Hannibal and others have already arrived outside our place."

After muttering softly, Liu Yu nodded in satisfaction. It seemed that his icing on the cake really turned out to be a timely gift.

The nobles and ambassadors from all over the world didn't know what happened, but Liu Yu waited for the attendant to leave after finishing speaking, then took out a booklet with a smile and said, "This is a booklet used by Dashun's Weihai Academy." This history textbook contains simple history and some short stories about governance."

"There is a saying in China that you use history as a mirror to see what consequences your actions will have."

"Then today, I will tell the last story."

"In the Han Dynasty, there was an emperor named Liu Zhi. At that time, a man named Liang Ji was in power in the court. He had great power, controlled the government, and even poisoned the emperor."

"Liang Ji felt that Liu Zhi was very manipulative, so he supported Liu Zhi."

"Of course Liu Zhi wanted to regain power, but he didn't formulate a grand coup plan, and he didn't discuss it with any ministers in the court. Because many ministers are swaying their heads with the wind, and it is difficult to determine who is loyal , Whoever is not loyal. Whoever wins, they will follow."

"Liu Zhi found a few trusted eunuchs around him, led them, and directly surrounded Liang Ji's mansion. Because as long as Liang Ji is killed and controlled, everything will be settled."

"Coup d'état, sometimes it's really simple."

"But this method is not all effective. Later, some people followed suit, but they failed. For example, there was a person surnamed Cao. For this kind of situation, there is an old saying called "Carving a boat to seek a sword."

"If you want to be successful and reproduce, you need to analyze why you can succeed and find out several prerequisites for success."

"First of all, Liang Ji, or someone like Liang Ji who controls power, has offended too many people. Many people are just afraid of power and dare not oppose it, but if someone gets rid of him, people will be very happy. For example The German Party in Russia."

"Secondly, you can't discuss it with the ministers in advance, otherwise you will definitely leak the news. Instead, you need to discuss it with the cronies around you. Hundreds of soldiers and six or seven cronies can kill the person in power. As long as the person in power dies, everything will be over. It’s all resolved. In the Chinese Empire, most of these cronies are eunuchs; while in Europe, they can be Faxiao, girlfriends, lovers, and friends. For example, Princess Elizabeth’s girlfriends, lovers, and doctors around her.”

"Then, the person who seized power in a coup must have legitimate orthodoxy. After gaining power, relying on the family's legitimacy and legitimacy that has been built for a long time, it is logical for those ministers to admit it. For example, Elizabeth is Peter's daughter."

"Finally, after regaining power, we must prevent the cronies around us from becoming bigger. It is best not to carry out a major purge immediately, so as not to suddenly lose the political balance."

At this point, it's already a pity.

Even the most stupid person can understand what Liu Yu is talking about.

Earl Osterman and the rest of the henchmen suddenly changed color and were about to get up subconsciously, but a group of Dashun soldiers with guns and grenades rushed out beside them.

Liu Yu pulled out a short gun from his waist, shot towards the roof, and shouted: "Quiet! Gentlemen and ladies, please be quiet. As the host of the banquet, I have the obligation to maintain the order of the banquet and prevent stampedes, etc. event."

"Here, I have the honor to inform you that Princess Elizabeth Petrovna, daughter of Peter the Great and legal daughter of Catherine I, has just arrived at her palace and is about to arrive at Menshikova The banquet hall of the Duke's Mansion."

"She entrusted me to maintain the order of the banquet. By the way, she entrusted me to ask: who supports her as the tsar? Who opposes it?"

"Those who support it, please sit in the chair and don't move. Those who oppose it, please stand up immediately."

"I will ask the princess one last time: Who will support her as the tsar? Who will oppose it?"

(End of this chapter)