Xinshun 1730

Chapter 813 Dashun is no longer a background board
This is probably the first time that the French idiom of "picking chestnuts in the fire" has been used as a metaphor in Chinese.

Duke Qi touched the story and said with a smile, "It's wonderful. Sure enough, the cat doesn't blame the monkey who ate chestnuts, but the maid."

"If France ceases the war and withdraws its troops, it will be a waste of time. If it can sign a contract with the Netherlands, the Celestial Dynasty will have a good bite."

"In the end, this country of France has to thank the Celestial Dynasty!"

Kang Bushao also laughed and said, "That's true. France will definitely say a few words of thanks!"

The two laughed very heartily, and the story of Kang Bushao taking chestnuts from the fire also really told the current situation in France.

Speaking of India, although Duplex lost so badly in India, Dashun supported two warships and even went to India to stand for France.As for the supplies obtained by the George Ansen fleet in Luzon and the Philippines in Dashun, they quickly supported India in defeating France. .

In America, although Fort Louise in France was breached by the British, the soldiers pointed directly at Quebec.However, Dashun supported the trade of ginseng mink fur and ice cubes, and also sent guns to the Indians, as well as a group of ginseng pickers and Catholics.Although this caused the British colonists to be jealous of the ginseng and mink trade, and to attack France's North American colonies with all their strength, the number of troops was much larger than in history.However, this did not happen to Dashun, so I would like to thank Dashun for its previous trade cooperation.

In Europe... in Europe, Dashun is not to be blamed, and there is only "thank you" for Dashun.

Instigated Sweden to go to war against Russia, and Dashun also supported Sweden in the back; the Russian court coup, Dashun directly supported it before coming to power; the Netherlands provided the state edict of the Allied Army with gold coins and silver coins, and Dashun directly abolished the Dutch financial industry...

After helping so much, if it is said that Dashun is not an "ally" and his work is not up to standard, then there is nothing to say.

Looking at it now, Dashun's actions on the surface are absolutely worthy of the word "ally".

In France, Qi Guogong has sent invitations several times, hoping that Qi Guogong can go to the Palace of Versailles after dealing with the affairs of the Netherlands. France will hold a grand welcome ceremony, and will officially declare at the Palace of Versailles: Absolutely support Dashun’s "Recovery" of Southeast Asia, and recognized Dashun's undisputed suzerainty over Southeast Asia.

Who will benefit more from this "eat roasted chestnuts" war?

France is definitely out of reach of Mao, so there is no need to think about it.In North America and India, Liu Yukeng made shit without knowing it; on the European side, Prussia has withdrawn from the war, and once the Russian army joins the battlefield, the situation in France will be ugly.

On the other side of Russia, the empress is preparing to sing a double reed with Liu Yu: Dashun shows up and expresses his attitude, hoping that Russia will not be hostile to Dashun's traditional allies, so the empress can take advantage of the situation and say to Britain: No, you have to Add money.

In this way, France owed Dashun another favor.

If Dashun's affairs are completed, Dashun will not send a single soldier or warship to Europe.

However, having won Southeast Asia, objectively, China has been looking forward to the initiative to trade with Europe since the Ming Dynasty. By the way, it can also gain a foundation for a traditional naval power in Europe that can resist the United Kingdom, laying a solid foundation for future comprehensive cooperation with the United Kingdom. Prepare for the battle for supremacy of the Seven Seas.

To put it bluntly, there were actually two winners in the Austrian Succession War.

Acquired Prussia in Silesia.

Dashun gained Southeast Asia and the trade initiative.

It is true that Dashun is the "monkey" who ate chestnuts, and France is the cat that burned the hair off its paws.

After the agreement, the "monkey" who was about to eat chestnuts set off from Amsterdam with great fanfare under the warm invitation and attitude of absolute gratitude from the "cat" who burned his paw.

So, in the spring of Bingyin year, Dashun Minister of Foreign Affairs and Qi Guogong took a hundred rides to Paris.

When they arrived in Brussels, the Generalissimo of the Lanxi Kingdom, the General of the Conquest of the Netherlands, the concubine son of the late Polish king, and the German Hermann sent thousands of the most elite Haibanian soldiers of the Lanxi Kingdom to escort him as a show of respect and gratitude.Haibania, the ancient Daqin dialect, is now called Ireland.

At that time, the Duke of Qi was thinking about the jokes of the Marquis of Jinghai in the past, saying that if the Lanxi Kingdom had women and foreigners as its generals and sharp soldiers from foreign legions, they would surely win a big victory.Seeing this scene, except for the women, everything is ready, and he sighed secretly: "If Luocha doesn't participate in the war, there will be Kuiqiu and the overlord who practiced the soil in the Lanxi Kingdom."

When they arrived in Paris, the King of France greeted him with his closest ministers out of the city, showing his attitude.

The Duke of Qi also heard from Kang Bulan that before Louis XV succeeded to the throne, his grandfather, the Sun King, once said: good at listening to advice, but be assertive.

However, Louis XV only listened to the second half of this sentence, he didn't listen to the ministers, but he was very assertive.

Especially after the death of the Prime Minister Fleury, he was in power and there was no prime minister.

He abolished the prime minister, set up a cabinet meeting in front of the imperial court, and secretly caused the cabinet to fight among parties, and he was on top.

In order to prevent the cabinet party from trying to figure out what to do, the "secret du roi" was established in secret.

This "secret du roi" is in charge of major affairs such as diplomacy and military affairs.

Especially in foreign affairs, it is often determined by "secret du roi" without the foreign minister or cabinet meeting. Those who can enter this are all cronies and favorite ministers, so as to ensure that the cabinet party disputes will not easily guess his true thoughts, which is beneficial to Enwei is unpredictable and controlled.

For example, the famous androgynous knight Dion de Beaumont was born in "secret du roi".

If we look at the system of the Celestial Dynasty, because the Celestial Dynasty does not need diplomacy, and there are many countries in Europe, the Minister of Foreign Affairs is generally second only to the Minister of Finance. Therefore, this "secret du roi" is a bit like... the official and close minister of the emperor in the Han Dynasty , the later cronies of the eunuchs, or maybe a bit like the "Military Aircraft Office" in the Qing Dynasty, in short, it is a small circle that overrides the cabinet and specializes in implementing the will of the monarch.

Or from the perspective of Dashun's court politics, this "secret du roi" is definitely not Dashun's Tianyou Temple.And it is more like the small circle of the emperor, Liu Yu, Qi Guogong, the Privy Council, etc., bypassing the Temple of Heaven and the Six Governments, and directly implementing the emperor's will in diplomacy and military affairs.

Countries that follow the line of monarchical centralization will basically end up with similar things by different routes.

Like Liu Yu and others in Dashun, it participates in major affairs such as diplomacy, military affairs, etc., but it is not a permanent organization with a legitimate name in administration.

If you want to say that it is not justified and not a permanent institution, then you say that it has no power. This is definitely wrong, because it can't even control the cabinet, bypassing the public and directly implementing the will of the monarch; Great power, that’s not right, because it’s only a matter of the emperor’s words to advance or not. It’s neither a permanent institution nor an official title—it’s just an extension and embodiment of monarchy.

Qi Guogong is also a person who has been in Dashun for many years. It can be said that France has seen a lot of centralized power, checks and balances of party struggles, and unpredictable methods.

If he were to go to England and watch the British Parliament quarrel, he would not be able to understand it in a short time.

But when you come to France, you are really like a fish in water, like a bird flying into the sky. If you know a little bit, you will know the door.

I thought to myself that there are no eunuchs and no imperial examinations in France, but he did it like this. No wonder he bribed a few more women before keeping the routine. Under such circumstances, the morning rooster is the easiest thing.

It is also a good thing that His Majesty is directly greeted by people from this secret diplomatic office today. He can bypass the French ministers and cabinet, and directly discuss secrets with His Majesty.

As long as you persuade the King of Dharma, you can get things done.If it is in England, it will be different. Partisan disputes must be taken into consideration, and even the king cannot act arbitrarily.

Qi Guogong hadn't seen the King of France yet, and the news that he was going to France with great fanfare spread throughout Europe.

Especially under the background that the Netherlands was struck by Dashun, the Nanyang financial collapse, Russia and the United Kingdom signed a subsidy treaty, and all countries participating in the war were exhausted, it was inevitable that many speculations would arise.

The gossip ability of European court circles is definitely not low.

Some people speculated that it was the Marquis of Dashun who went to Petersburg to help Princess Elizabeth launch a coup, because Princess Elizabeth used all kinds of tricks, and even fought against two. The Marquis of La Schettadi could not tell the difference between east and west, north and south.

In the end, the coup was successful, but it was thrown away like chewed sailor tobacco or sugar cane after juicing.Both China and France are only helping this woman's coup d'état. In the future, Russia will be pro-French and pro-China. The two marquises feel that they have taken advantage of it.

Who would have thought that Russia would be in contact with Britain in the blink of an eye.

Now that the Duke of Dashun and the Minister of Foreign Affairs had heard about Russia and Britain, they immediately went to Paris to discuss how to deal with Russia.

Maybe, Dashun and Russia will go to war again.

Such guesses and gossip are still a little off the charts.

As for the more outrageous, one has to admire the imagination of the Europeans.Because of the war in Southeast Asia triggered by the Dutch "tributary" or "free trade", now Europe can definitely distinguish between diplomacy and tribute.So some people speculated that it was the duke of Dashun who went to France. It was at this time that he asked the French king to pay him tribute to Dashun, so that Dashun would send troops or provide financial support.

All in all, during this sensitive period, Duke Qi's visit to Paris indeed cast another layer of uncertainty on the direction of the unfinished Austrian succession war.

This level of uncertainty stems from Liu Yu’s stunning appearances in China’s two previous coups in Europe, and also from Dashun’s trip to Nanyang to directly destroy the Dutch financial industry—Dashun has proved itself to be capable of interfering in Europe Affairs, using all kinds of weird and unpredictable means.

If there is no previous appearance, Dashun will always be a "distant and mysterious country" that exists in the story and background.

Although Europeans have begun to get used to considering the existence of Dashun in "diplomatic considerations".

However, at this time, the whole of Europe hadn't guessed correctly why Dashun came to France this time.

Obviously, they are not very used to the existence of Dashun, and they are about to take this opportunity to make them more accustomed to it. When considering diplomacy in the future, they will take the distant country that can only be used as a background board into realistic considerations.

(End of this chapter)