Xinshun 1730

Chapter 680 Metaphor

By the time I hurried back to the capital, it was already midsummer.

The people in the capital know that Jinghou has returned from the West, but they just know it. There is no other feeling, and it is far less interesting than the people in the capital who have been bored all winter when they see green willows spit out new shoots.

The West is too far away to have much to do with them.Even if some concepts such as maps and the earth have begun to spread on a small scale in the past few years, in the eyes of the public, the difference from before is not too big.

The Celestial Dynasty is still the Celestial Dynasty, but the world has become bigger, and everything in the distance is barbarian, backward and ignorant.This is not a problem of China, but a disease that all celestial dynasties will suffer from—I insist because I am the only one who is civilized, correct, and the only truth—not having this disease is not a good thing, it only proves that I have never been a celestial dynasty.It's like not using an iron kidney for 30 years, and mocking those people who hurt their waists because of excessive beds are no different.

Cycling on the streets of the capital is just like when Liu Yu left.People are busy with their own affairs and are in a hurry.

The quiet changes are nothing more than a little more glass windows, more "sea goods stores" distributed from Tianjin to Hong Kong, and the soldiers patrolling the streets can't see the swords and spears at all, only muskets and bayonets are left.

As for the so-called temperament of the common people, if there is such a thing, then now is life, just life.Eating, shitting, sleeping, talking to people you know, trying to survive in your own small circle, selling vegetables wants to raise prices on the spot, and buying vegetables is willing to pay back on the spot—if you don’t get together all day to discuss politics, If they are not as numb as Paris in 1793 and the streets of Europe in 1848, you can also say that they are numb.

Live, obey the rules at this time, and just live.

The streets of the capital remained the same as before. Amidst the chaotic yelling, Liu Yu walked forward slowly, and finally saw the walls and the river of the Forbidden City.

After going through the rules, he was summoned by the emperor and entered the palace to face the saint.

Before actually arriving in the capital and entering the Forbidden City, Liu Yu thought about one thing more than once.

That is, after he kowtowed to the emperor, after talking about those nonsense formal topics, what would be the first sentence the emperor said to him?
He imagined many kinds of scenarios.

But unexpectedly, after prostrating, the emperor laughed and said, "Marquis Whale did such a great thing in Europa. Abandon a king and establish a king."

"The story of Tonggong and Weiyang. Let's do it with a raise of your hand."

I couldn't tell whether it was a compliment or a sarcasm, or a joke, or a warning.

Because it's all possible.

Some things, even in a foreign country, are best left untouched.But of course, it depends on how it is understood.

In fact, everyone in the court is an actor, and the emperor is both an actor and an audience, and by the way, a referee.

Any sentence of the emperor can have many completely different interpretations, which requires the cooperating "actors" to make corresponding actions.

But even if this is a joke, it's not funny at all.

On the contrary, it's pretty scary.

Liu Yu didn't know what kind of performance to make, and thought that if the emperor was just joking, then the emperor's brain really has some problems, and if it really doesn't look like a gentleman joking with his ministers, then he can't say such a thing .

Just when he was about to pretend to break out in a cold sweat, the emperor said, "Okay, get up and talk, I was just joking. It's just that I really don't understand that the coup d'état in the Raksha Kingdom is so simple? Peter's daughter, actually Let her contact the imperial guards at will? And as long as three to five hundred people attack the Rakshasa Palace, will this be done?"

The emperor seemed to have made a joke casually, and naturally shifted the topic elsewhere.But this Tong Gong Weiyang's remarks, after all, was said before, and now a fluffy joke is over.

Liu Yu didn't mention these two metaphors again, but explained the situation of the coup completely.

After finishing speaking, he patted his horse and praised: "Thanks to your majesty's great blessing, you are also blessed with wealth and military power. This is one. The second is that Europa is all barbarians, and they don't know much about court affairs... so I am a humble minister. What he did in Europa is nothing but what Ban Dingyuan did in the Western Regions."

"A great sage said: Thousands of miles away, a weak barbarian who lives in his own way cannot surpass a Chinese pavilion leader. Ban Chao's merit requires neither courage nor wisdom, and anyone can do it. People praise Ban Chao Wisdom and courage are like people digging a hole and crushing mole crickets to death, or people catching fish in a swamp, and then others praise and say: Wow, you are so brave and smart! It is really ridiculous."

"So, the sage said so, but the minister is also similar, that is, the trivial things like digging a hole to kill a mole cricket or catching fish in a swamp are really not big things. They don't need courage or wisdom, and any pavilion chief can do them. .Your Majesty's absurd praise, I'm really ashamed."

He was being modest, saying that anyone could do this kind of thing.

But the emperor laughed and said, "You should keep the words of Wang Chuanshan for yourself. He also said back then that the reason why Qin Hui wanted to negotiate peace was because he was worried that Yue Fei would usurp the Song Dynasty. He also said that Yue Wumu's level was about the same as Li Guang's." , It was blown out by making friends with scholar-bureaucrats. His words are really ridiculous. I am trying to rectify some people's false words recently..."

When the emperor smiled, Liu Yu's heart skipped a beat, and he suddenly and keenly sensed a different smell... It felt weird.

Is it because the emperor felt that some Western knowledge was anti-feudal, so he was worried about the integration of Chinese and Western cultures?Or was the emperor aware of all kinds of thoughts that posed a great threat to imperial power created by the weak monarchy in the West?

Although the emperor casually said "his words are really ridiculous", Liu Yu was still very worried, because this was what he was most worried about.

The emperor must have read the original text written by Wang Fuzhi. Regarding Yue Fei's sentence, the emperor obviously took it out of context on purpose, and also deliberately cut off the beginning and the end, misinterpreting his own meaning.

The original text said: Qin Hui negotiated peace because he was worried that Yue Fei would usurp the Song Dynasty.But the question is, what if Yue Fei usurped the Song Dynasty?Yue Fei defeated the Kingdom of Jin and usurped the Song Dynasty. Is this better than the two emperors Jingkang and Shame being captured and taken away?This is better than 10 people crossing the sea to die in the first battle of Yashan, right?

Usurping the Song Dynasty is not guilty, and it is reasonable to resist the Jin Dynasty.

As a result, the taste changed completely after being pinched from the beginning to the end by the emperor.

Wang Fuzhi's reputation is quite high in Dashun.Because, the Dashun Jedi counterattacked, and the debate between Hua and Barbarians was guaranteed to win the world.

Just like the text about Yue Fei and Qin Hui just now, when it is substituted into the late Ming Dynasty, it is very clear what it actually means: the Nanming negotiated peace, and even united with the captives to fight the invaders, because they were worried that Dashun would "usurp" the Ming Dynasty.But what about Dashun usurping the Ming Dynasty?At least it's better than shaving your hair and making clothes easier, right?At least it is better than Huaxia Clothes, right?

It was talking about Yue Fei at that moment, but it was talking about Mingshun Houjin at that moment.

These words, at the most difficult time of Dashun, were quite touching.This is equivalent to the scholar-official class building momentum for Dashun.

However, times have changed.

Now it is no longer the fierce conflict between Hua and Yi at that time, because the surrounding barbarians are all too weak, the northeast has already swept the caves, the northwest has also been determined by a battle, and they have the advantage of firearms.

So, the emperor didn't like to hear the same words.

Because the contradiction at that time did not exist, the word "usurp" by Yue Fei "usurp" Song must have made the emperor quite disgusted: as a courtier, usurp is wrong.How can it be considered that in some special cases, usurpation is reasonable and innocent?Under no circumstances can you be innocent.

Because this is feudal etiquette, he is sacred.Sacred things cannot be loosened. Once a small piece of the sacred thing is loosened, it is likely to break the dike, and it will all be over at once.

Since it is to fight against foreign races, even the leader of the three cardinal principles, the monarch and ministers, can be ignored.So what is the meaning of loose, no longer perfect sanctity?Can Huayi be demonstrated today, and whether it can be demonstrated the living standards of the people tomorrow?Is it possible to justify suppressing businessmen in the future?

Once the sacred things are slightly damaged, other directions can always find reasons to destroy the sanctity.

Dashun was a "thief" back then, but now he is the court.The chair under the buttocks is different, and I can't get used to some words.

Moreover, there is still a serious problem of communication between the East and the West-the Dutch incident can be understood as a slightly modified version of Yue Fei's metaphor.

The Great Speaker can't fight, so don't occupy the latrine and stop shitting.Orange has "usurped", so what?As long as the Netherlands is not humiliated, usurpation is not guilty.

These are not the original words in Liu Yu's report to the emperor, but once you put on such colored glasses to see this matter, you will definitely think about it.

Liu Yu guessed that the emperor felt it after reading the briefing on the matter.I bumped into the muzzle of the gun again, and I was humble, and finally came up with such a sentence.

But is this what the emperor deliberately did?

Is it really time to talk?

Or maybe the emperor had always kept this matter in his heart, so when it happened, he subconsciously blurted it out?

Liu Yu was beating his own drums in his heart. After years of struggling in the court, his sensitivity to some issues has increased a lot compared to before.

It is ridiculous for the emperor to cut off the beginning and the end of the original text when he knew that the original text was willing, and then criticize a sentence. I am afraid that what is ridiculous is not the paragraph left by the head and tail, but the paragraph that was cut off. .

Thinking of this, Liu Yu secretly breathed out, thinking that fortunately the academician-level masters he recruited in Europe are those who don't like to meddle in politics, like Euler.

Fortunately, they didn't recruit people in France. If they recruited people in France, they would have to wipe out Dashun's Academy of Sciences just to talk about the "stinky" problems of state affairs in French salons.

However, the emperor did not say anything clearly after all, nor did he continue to discuss this issue, nor did he even talk about the Raksha Dutch coup.

Instead, he said: "Ai Qing has worked hard, so don't be overly humble. I was just joking before, if Tong Gong and Wei Yang are at this level, then they really don't have the right to leave a place in Shi Dian Gu."

"It's just that Aiqing Guoqian said that she is no more than Ban Dingyuan, but I don't think so."

"I still want Aiqing to be my Dou Mengsun. This Dingyuan will have to be done by others in the future. Since Nanyang is more than the Western Regions, if Aiqing is Dou Mengsun and returns after the first battle, the rest will have to be Dingyuan. It's dealt with. Does Ai Qing have any suitable candidates to recommend?"

(End of this chapter)