Xinshun 1730

Chapter 635 Liu Yu Who Gathered the Seven Virtues
After teasing, Liu Yuhun smiled indifferently, and said something that shocked the Queen.

"We are all the ruling class of the country. The country is our country. Of course, we will hold our chests straight when we say it. It will not be like the suffering peasants in our floodplains, or the serfs in the Russian noble manors. pain."

The queen was shocked by his definition of the country, but asked from a purely moral level: "I can hear that you are a kind person. Since you have felt the pain of those people, why do you focus on external expansion? , instead of alleviating their suffering?"

Liu Yu thought nonsense, the time has not come, the spear that breaks the shield is not yet sharp.

But he said righteously: "The reason why I am eager to expand abroad is because maybe the people under the rule of foreign races have the same hardships, but at least it can guarantee that there will be no massacres divided by ethnic groups."

"A very bad thing, and a very bad thing plus one bad thing are not equivalent on the balance. I have no ability to make the world no longer have ethnic divisions and religious conflicts, so I just need to take the initiative. I have it in my hands. I can kill, or I can be kind and not kill, but I don’t like passively handing over my fate to others, I can only hope that others will not kill.”

Elizabeth smiled and asked, "Do you think you are a kind person?"

"Almost. For example, I don't like hunting very much. I went to Heilongjiang to participate in the war since I was 17 years old and killed many people with my own hands. Seeing those animals struggling always reminds me of killing people. So I work hard Become a general, because there is a saying in China that a gentleman stays away from the kitchen. Of course a gentleman has to eat, and even orders the slaughter of cattle and sheep, but as long as he doesn’t look at it, his heart will be at peace.”

"It's very hypocritical, isn't it?" Elizabeth asked, with blue eyes shining elegantly and as if she was close to the relationship, with this kind of impoliteness, or the kind irony between friends.

Hannibal, who was accompanying Elizabeth, also lost no time in speaking fluent Chinese to speak to Liu Yu.

"Yuan Shao sees people who are hungry and cold, and he feels compassionate. What he doesn't see, worry about or fail to do, is the so-called benevolent ear of a woman. How could Marquis Jing have the benevolence of a woman?"

Liu Yu almost burst out laughing when he heard such fluent Chinese, but finally held back, and clicked his tongue at Hannibal.

"maybe."

"Perhaps, a hypocritical ruling class is better than an absolutely evil ruling class."

Queen Elizabeth shook her head and chuckled, and gave Liu Yu's negation a definition she thought she knew well.

"If you think so in your heart, then you are a staunch Machiavellian. Machiavelli educates the superiors to be cruel in the heart, but they must show kindness on the surface."

"The ruler should show that he loves the people like a son and is kind and generous in public. The punishment of others should be done by others. In the end, he can blame others and find a scapegoat to avoid being condemned by the people. Reward others The matter should be revealed in person, so as not to allow subordinates to do personal favors. Favors should be given little by little, so that he has hope; Pretend to be ignorant and ignorant of everything, to avoid letting subordinates understand themselves, but to know their subordinates well, manipulate him at any time, and use the power of killing and killing."

"A Machiavellian, who believes that humans are inherently evil, must be hypocritical."

"You are not a ruler, but your understanding of hypocrisy shows that you are a standard Machiavellian."

Liu Yu smiled and said, "Your Majesty, I haven't read Machiavelli's book, but what you said, we call it the 'jutsu' of the three schools of Fa, Shu and Shi of Legalism."

"The Celestial Dynasty ruled the country with Confucianism. As a Confucian believer, what we understand cannot be understood by the Law School's 'law, technique, and power'. Of course, I can't explain the difference for a while, but if I have the opportunity, I will send you some books written by the ancient sage Han Feizi. You can take a good look and understand the difference between "law, technique, and force". What is the starting point of the debate?"

"If you can't understand the ancient sages, you can't deal with the Celestial Empire."

"A lot of things, if you use your habitual thinking to think about them, it will often cause misunderstandings between the two sides. It is foreseeable that there will be more and more exchanges between China and Russia in the future. I still suggest that you send some scholars to study in the Celestial Dynasty so as to understand The difference in thinking between the two sides should avoid unnecessary misunderstandings."

Queen Elizabeth smiled and said, "I will respect your suggestion."

"I haven't read Confucian books, but I have read some introductions by Voltaire."

"If you think you are a gentleman of Confucianism, can you think that you helped me ascend to the position of tsar simply to abide by Confucian morals and be an honest and trustworthy person? Just because you promised Hannibal at the beginning, so Are you going to fulfill your original promise? And you won't have any demands on me?"

Liu Yu nodded immediately.

"Yes, you can think so. I don't have any improper demands on you personally, or on Russia. As you said, I helped you ascend to the throne of the Tsar only because I made Hannibal Promise to me—he told me what he learned in the French military academy and the experience of participating in the construction of the Russian navy, and in return, I will protect you, the princess in his heart.”

"I support the previously signed boundary treaty and will not ask for more. I personally do not want to accept the Russian title. I do not want to turn this help out of morality and integrity into a dirty, vulgar one. exchange of interests."

His tone of voice was not serious, but rather joking.

But since these words were spoken, even if the tone was joking, it was enough to reassure Elizabeth.

"So, you are a real 'scholar'. Do you believe what you say?"

Liu Yu blinked mischievously, and said with a smile: "Do as the Romans do, Europe cannot define the profound concept of a scholar. You can think that I have gathered all the seven virtues."

Elizabeth also smiled and said, "I can be sure that there is no integrity in the seven virtues. And your Latin teacher is a Jesuit missionary. You must know that the seven virtues have no integrity and do not tell lies."

Yes, seven dollars, there really is no integrity.

After all, the two looked at each other and laughed at the same time.

Since Liu Yu said that his character does not include "not lying", it is obvious that some of his words are lies.

As for which ones are fake, although it is impossible to judge in a short time, at least it can be confirmed that Liu Yu said that he agrees with the previous boundary agreement and will not ask for too much, which is true.

Elizabeth said that Liu Yu was a Machiavelli, and Liu Yu said that Machiavelli was just a school of magic. In fact, she was telling Elizabeth that these so-called learnings that sound amazing, Dashun does not have Machiavelli , but the magic power is also very smooth.

The hallmark of Machiavellianism is hypocrisy.Even if you believe in the evil of human nature, you must show that you believe in moral benevolence and righteousness.

Liu Yuyue said that Dashun uses Confucian ethics to govern the country and conduct diplomacy. In fact, he is saying that Dashun's foreign policy can only be hypocritical, and its essence is the exchange of interests.

As if they were joking, the two set the tone for today's meeting: Don't talk about morality, talk about interests.Liu Yu promised that he would not make any claims about the territory, and Elizabeth could not put her mind on bargaining.

Moral things, stop here.

After the joke, Liu Yu followed Elizabeth and entered the summer palace.

The upcoming dinner was not attended by many people, only some confidantes around Elizabeth, not even the Privy Council Deputy Prime Minister Bestuyev who presides over foreign policy.

Among these people, except for Hannibal and Liu Yu who were old acquaintances, the rest had met once on the day of the coup.

As the lubricant in the middle, Hannibal introduced to Liu Yu one by one that the people present were all Elizabeth's coup team and members of the so-called "shadow cabinet" during the forbearance period.

However, they were all native Russians, and the court doctor, Earl Lestock, was not present either.

The main ones are the Shuvalov brothers, Razumovsky, Elizabeth's cousins, etc. These people are not many in number, but they are all Elizabeth's real confidantes.

There are no foreign powers, nor are they local aristocratic powers. They are all upstarts who have risen with Elizabeth's rise to power.

The atmosphere was also less formal, not a formal court banquet, more like a family dinner for a feudal lord and his retainers.

Under the bright candlelight, Elizabeth, who went to change her clothes, reappeared.

After taking his seat, Liu Yu didn't wait for those people to bring up the topic, but asked directly.

"Just now in the summer palace garden, Her Majesty the Empress used this light snowfall as a metaphor for some political affairs. Presumably there will be some metaphors for this meal, right?"

"Fortunately, after receiving the invitation from Her Majesty the Queen to hunt, I have been thinking about how to make a metaphor along the way. I have prepared a lot of props for this. I have also been thinking about various possible scenarios along the way."

"For example, what kind of beast was captured, and what kind of metaphor should be used for it? For example, when eating, what kind of metaphor should be used on the dinner table?"

"People in the classical era like metaphors. Our culture is also inherited from the classical era. In the books I read since I was a child, the ancient sages used all kinds of metaphors. Since Her Majesty the Queen also likes to use metaphors, then I also like to use metaphors." Just follow Her Majesty's preferences and try to gain her favor."

Several people at the table let out what sounded like good-natured laughter. It was the first time people who heard this kind of metaphor, raised it on their own initiative instead of naturally leading to the question.

"Then, I propose to give a toast to the Marquis who likes to make metaphors, and we will listen to your metaphors carefully."

The queen raised the wine glass first, and the rest of the people followed, drank the wine in the glass, and then turned their eyes to Liu Yu.

(End of this chapter)