Xinshun 1730

Chapter 674 Homecoming
With a knowing smile, Louis XV understood that the distant empire, like his France, needed to form a holy alliance.

Only those who are unholy will be called holy.

Originally Dashun handicraft industry and budding industrial capital and commercial capital competed with the British and Dutch industrial capital and commercial capital, but Liu Yu put on such a sacred imperial cloak.

However, this skin has an irresistible magic for Louis XV.

Lies are always logical and self-consistent. Whether a lie can be believed depends on the purpose of the lie and the inner desire of the listener.

Worries about "after my death, there will be a flood"; worries about Enlightenment scholars such as Voltaire in the Paris Salon, already made Louis XV panic.

Now, from Liu Yu's mouth, he learned that the "country with a perfect system" in those pamphlets was actually a fantasy like Atlantis, which made Louis XV even more disturbed.

The truth is not scary.If the Eastern Empire is indeed an ideal country ruled by the philosopher king, it is not a big problem to be honest.

But those people know it's not the truth, but they insist on saying it is the truth. Why?This is self-explanatory and predictable.

Just as these men in Paris praised England, it was because of its success that Britain was praised.

Speaking of it, Poland's king election system is also very strange and peculiar, which highlights the uniqueness of Poland, but no one praises Poland's king election system.

France itself has the psychological sequelae left by John Law's bubble and the banknote incident. It is more convincing to try a living and successful example for any theory.

It seems that Dashun is taking precautions to contain the rise of these non-absolute monarchy countries as much as possible.

Everything makes sense.

When Dashun's anti-British incident made sense, some of Liu Yu's follow-up suggestions were taken for granted.

Taking this opportunity, Liu Yu took advantage of the opportunity to mention the fact that Dashun's ginseng harvesters went to North America to aid France. The friendship between the imperial court and court.

Including supporting it, a batch of new guns will be provided to French-friendly tribes in North America; Dashun will train a group of Catholics who have been expelled from "persecution" and throw them to North America to help France, etc.

The number of people will not be too many, and Dashun has no idea of ​​setting foot in North America at all, mainly to disgust the British.

Anyway, Catholics belong to the marginalized group in Dashun. There are so many Catholics in Macau who have no food and clothing. If they can serve in the army, they will definitely be willing, and if they can go to a place where Catholicism is the only religion, they will be happy.Besides, they don't think that Dashun, which banned religion, is the motherland, and it's fine to send it away to disgust others.

Three to 500 people will basically be trained as artillery to add strength to the chaos in North America.It would be better to send some ambitious military officers, former smugglers by the banks of the Heilongjiang River, gold diggers, ex-fu soldiers who had to gather in the mountains and forests after the looting incident, and the navy who wanted to do something big but was afraid of Liu Yu. Retired military officers, tribal people on the north bank of Heilongjiang and the lower reaches, etc., let them go to North America to create a world of disaster.

Now that he is convinced that Dashun did this to curb the rise of non-absolute monarchy countries, Louis XV certainly supports and is grateful.

The distance is so far, and France has been in business for more than a hundred years. How could it be possible to worry about the influence of Dashun and those people in North America?Now Dashun contributes money, people, and guns, and they are all Catholics. To help France fight against Britain in North America is really what they wished for.

For this, Louis XV thanked him and expressed his understanding of Dashun’s prohibition of Catholicism: Since France was able to form a blasphemy alliance with Turkey, it is also true for Dashun’s move to ban Catholicism on the one hand and be friendly to France on the other hand. Accepted and understood very smoothly.

Louis XV was not a qualified diplomat, not even at entry level.After the two said they were happy, Louis XV directly raised the issue of the transfer of papermaking and textile technology conveyed by Fleury.

Maybe it was because they talked happily and felt that Liu Yu was a good person, and Dashun and France had to conclude a holy alliance, so there should be no problem with such a trivial matter.

Or maybe it was because France really couldn't exchange what Dashun wanted very much, so they didn't submit an exchange at all.

What Liu Yu wants is of course Indian cities like Pondicherry and Madras, but of course it cannot be mentioned now.

"Your Highness, on this issue, of course China can give France enough support."

"But on the one hand, it is necessary to investigate the situation in France; on the other hand, it also requires me to make some preparations after returning home."

"If everything goes well, I think the support that the Celestial Dynasty can give must be more than His Royal Highness thinks."

"For example, Europe's first-class, Japanese paper and Korean paper-level paper industry; for example, some cotton textile technology; for example, flat glass, etc. This will effectively increase the national strength of France."

"However, it will take a certain amount of time. I think we will not discuss this issue for the time being this time, but after the end of this war, when the Chinese Empire comes to sign the armistice treaty, we will discuss some of this issue."

"The sacred alliance of China and Europe is to contain the expansion of non-monarchist and parliamentary countries in Asia and Europe. This is the basis of the alliance between China and France. And we sincerely hope that your country can adopt the correct strategic thinking, Know the trade-offs, and dedicate the greatest strength to the sacred mission of the Holy Alliance."

Louis XV did not give an answer immediately, but the strategic and diplomatic considerations mentioned by Liu Yu had already planted seeds in his heart.

Now Liu Yu has drawn a big picture, saying that technology transfer is absolutely no problem, and the scale will be larger than the French thought, which also makes Louis XV very happy.Although it seems that it will be at least a few years away, he can still wait for this time.

It's just that the more beautiful Liu Yu's picture is, the more acceptable the French will be to betray and exchange on the Indian issue in the future.

Liu Yu also took advantage of the opportunity to talk about the French colonies. He implicitly criticized the French colonial policy. Louis XV was suffering. It was possible to relax in the time of Colbert, but it is not possible now. Can only continue to continue.

Following the issue of colonial policy, Liu Yu talked about the focus of French overseas interests.

In Africa, North America, the Caribbean, and India, these strategic directions, the French navy simply cannot gain all the advantages.The result of an all-out war is doomed to be an all-out failure.

The value of a colony is one that ebbs and another.

Duplex realized that India's wealth lies in India's land tax and poll tax, and also realized that French goods are difficult to sell in India, and even realized that it is entirely possible to conquer India now.

But now, no one has seen how valuable the diamonds in this colony of India are.

20 years ago, John Law also said that money is wealth, as long as money is issued suddenly, as long as banknotes without reserve funds are issued, the economy will improve.But the result was the explosion of the Mississippi bubble.

Now Duplex says that if you conquer India, you can get huge wealth, and France will be invincible.But few people believed his words, what if this is also John Law?

On the one hand, Liu Yu told Louis XV about the Bashu strategy, and on the other hand, North American ginseng and mink made France the first country to trade with China without carrying silver.

And at this time, every extra Catholic, every extra gun or cannon that Dashun throws to North America, will give France a higher weight in North America.

In the future, once Dashun reveals its ambitions for India, India's weight in France's heart will drop by another point.

Liu Yu talked eloquently, not trying to reach any form of written treaty at this time, but constantly paving the way for the future.

Louis XV listened with gusto. After all, Liu Yu had hundreds of years of knowledge, perspectives and methods to understand the world, and more than ten years of experience in the upper echelons of Dashun. In terms of the overall strategic situation, I really don't know how much higher the level is than those in the Palace of Versailles.

The two chatted behind closed doors in the small meeting room for three whole days, but when they came out, they didn't reach any form of treaty.

However, the more there is no treaty and no joint statement between China and France, the greater the consensus reached at this meeting may be.

And, quite possibly dangerous.

Louis XV was in a very happy mood, and Liu Yu looked very happy. The two did not issue a Sino-French joint statement, but reiterated that the friendship between the two sides will last forever.

Many foreign ambassadors in Versailles said sourly: "The friendship between China and France is so deep that the level of the visit is the most magnificent standard of the Dashun Mission in European countries."

"The proud French and the proud Chinese are like beautiful animals admiring each other, displaying their etiquette cumbersomely and gorgeously, and bending their stiff necks so arrogantly to each other symbolically."

"One is the eldest daughter of Catholicism, and the other is the leader who banned Catholicism and the anti-Christ in East Asia. The friendship between the two parties is so deep."

"Every time I see the French praise their devotion to the Lord, I can't help crying for Judas—of course, in a sense, the two are so similar. Judas took thirty silver coins from the Romans and sold them Jesus; the French used ginseng to take 300 million silver coins from the Chinese and betrayed God."

No matter how sour the words are, they have no effect on reality.The French dared to form an alliance of blasphemy back then. What's wrong with forming an alliance with Dashun, a country that believes in "God"?
No one knew what Louis XV and Liu Yu talked about during those three days, including the French Prime Minister Fleury, and the content of all the conversations was highly confidential.

And after that conversation, the two sides did not hold any form of formal talks.Because Louis XV was convinced that after the 45-year war, Dashun would send envoys to Europe to sign the treaty, and then it would be time to truly implement the details of economic, technological and other cooperation.

After the conversation, the atmosphere has been harmonious and relaxed.

Either it's a ball, or a banquet, or let Liu Yu go around France, or let Liu Yu hold a salon with people from the Paris science circle.

Liu Yu stayed in France for about half a year, until the French Prague Legion escaped from the encirclement, and when France really turned to strategic defense as he had imagined, Liu Yu left France.

I went around the UK for a few times, visited Newton’s tombstone, saw what the legendary flying shuttle looked like, looked at the meeting format of the British Parliament, collected the technology of the British woolen textile industry, and bought some scientific knowledge. class of books.

Then he went to Petersburg again in 43, mediating the war between Switzerland and Russia, and warned Denmark not to interfere with the Crown Prince of Sweden, otherwise it would impose an embargo on the Danish East India Company.

After the Russia-Switzerland peace, they took the opportunity to sign the "Russia, Sweden, and China Asia Trade Armed Neutrality Alliance Treaty", which reorganized the Swedish East India Company and brought Russia into Sweden and Dashun's East India Company.It has completely deteriorated the relationship between Denmark, Switzerland and Russia, and also planted a nail in the relationship between Britain and Russia.

Then he placed a large number of entourage, abducted academicians of the Academy of Sciences, technical tools, and some recruited handicraft talents on board, and asked the fleet to wait until the monsoon blows, and returned with the East India Company fleet that cooperated with China, Switzerland and Russia.

He himself took some military entourage, set off from Petersburg by land, and visited the Turghut Ministry under the surveillance of the Russians.Transferred to Omsk, inspected the setting of the boundary agreement and boundary markers between the two parties, and formulated the first draft of the regulations for the trade port on the northwest border.

I went south from Omsk to the Western Regions, inspected the fortification and immigration at the foot of the Tianshan Mountains, went around the defeated tribes of the Zhunbu, and told those people that I was still alive and in good health.

Then cross the Hexi Corridor, followed the old route of the Han and Tang Western Region envoys, and returned to Dashun before the arrival of the fleet.

(End of this chapter)