New Shun 1730

A slight turn completely changed the meaning of these words.

At the beginning, he said a lot of things about foreigners ruling Russia, which seemed to be instigating the relationship between the German Party and the Russian Orthodox.

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

Under the moral political correctness, the Qin Dynasty is definitely a bad example.

But from the perspective of enriching the country and strengthening the army, being praised as being like the Qin Dynasty is a very high compliment.

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

Count Osterman laughed and felt that Liu Yu was using formal diplomatic language, which was a compliment to them.

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

However, just when Count Osterman just laughed, the next turn came again.

"However, not long after, the King of Qin discovered that his engineering director was a spy. The real purpose was to weaken the power of Qin and start a canal that consumed the country's national strength. Some people even suspected that some of Qin's policies were seriously influenced by foreigners, especially foreign policies. Many policies were completely based on the interests of foreign countries..."

This didn't sound like a veiled attack, but it sounded like a veiled attack.

Count Osterman once again became the focus of the audience, and some people gradually felt that the atmosphere of today's banquet was not right.

The French ambassador, Marquis Lachetadi, who knew the situation, played with the wine glass in his hand expressionlessly, thinking that this story was really interesting, but he didn't know whether it was true or not. Two thousand years ago, China had the ability to organize large-scale projects? The so-called Qin engineering director was not made up, right?

And those who didn't know the situation always felt that Liu Yu had something to say.

Count Osterman didn't know how to ask Liu Yu directly: Are you alluding to Russia? Are you alluding to us?

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

However, the next words changed the atmosphere again, and it was full of twists and turns in an instant.

Liu Yu avoided Count Osterman's eyes and continued to tell the story.

"So, someone in Qin advised the King of Qin to issue the "Edict to Expel Foreigners". However, at this time, a cabinet adviser beside the King of Qin was also a foreigner and was also on the list of those to be expelled. So he wrote the "Anti-Expulsion Edict to Foreigners."

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

"The King of Qin followed his advice and cancelled the edict to expel foreigners. This foreigner also became the Prime Minister of the Cabinet of Qin. Many years later, the King of Qin had already been promoted to the emperor, and this foreign Prime Minister firmly abolished the feudal system, completing the real centralized unification, and was considered a real emperor. "

"Not long after, he died while on an inspection tour. This 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 to the throne, so that it would be easier to control. "

After these words, the whole audience immediately fell silent.

The previous stories seemed to be just spitting at Ostermann and other German parties. But the following words humiliated almost everyone present.

Many years ago, in order to prevent Elizabeth from being out of control, many old Russian nobles participated in the coup in which the Privy Council closed the door and invited a German widow to be the tsar.

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

Ostermann and others felt that Liu Yu was satirizing the German party, crossing out Elizabeth's name before Queen Anna died, and finding the story of the newly born Ivan VI becoming the Tsar.

The French ambassador, Marquis de Lachetadi, felt that Liu Yu was satirizing the French "Edict of Fontainebleau", which led to a large number of technical personnel and Protestants running abroad, greatly enhancing the industrial and commercial capabilities of Prussia and the Netherlands.

The British Minister felt that Liu Yu was satirizing the "Little Patriot" movement in Britain at that time, trying to promote populist sentiment in Britain, exaggerating many things into conspiracies of France and Spain, and organizing activities to smash French, Dutch and Spanish merchants.

The Austrian ambassador felt that Liu Yu was satirizing the Holy Roman Emperor of Austria, who was simply a fake emperor. He didn't even achieve the most basic abolition of feudalism and true centralization, and he still had the nerve to call himself an emperor?

The Dutch envoy felt that Liu Yu was mocking Dutch merchants and had no concept of his motherland. "Lending weapons to opponents and sending food to enemy countries" was a common practice of Dutch bankers, wasn't it?

Everyone present felt that Liu Yu was mocking them with these words, and everyone could find Liu Yu's point of mockery in this story.

Everyone didn't know whether he was just telling a story or was simply using the arrogance of the legendary "Heavenly Kingdom" to mock them, the "barbarians".

But Liu Yu’s story is not over yet.

This era is the best era for cultural export. Not only is it a moral and utopian dream, but it is also a good time to popularize China’s thousands of years of magnificent history in Europe.

In this age of great strife, it is expected that these stories and wisdom will soon become popular in Europe along with Dashun's aggressive attitude towards Southeast Asia.

However, his original intention was not to focus on this, but just to use this opportunity and these audiences to have a conversation with Elizabeth who was busy with the Winter Palace coup.

He then briefly introduced the fall of Qin and the rise of Han. The Han Dynasty, which inherited the centralized power of the Qin Dynasty, used inaction to govern the Renaissance, then went to the whole people to fight with salt and iron to fight against the Xiongnu, and then to Zhuge Liang's discussion of "lenient" and "strict" in Shu.

The suppression of large aristocratic families in the Tang Dynasty and the imperial examination system to solve the problems of China's nobility are described in detail, which is the level of introduction to the history of various countries in Voltaire's "On Customs". It's a mixture of raw and intrusive, intrusive and superficial.

These stories that almost everyone present felt were very long, but interesting.

There was no singing or dancing in this banquet, only some history that had passed away, and some Chinese stories that were completely different from what they imagined.

The more senior people are, the more they like to listen to such stories and ponder the things behind these stories one by one.

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

These things, in this era, are really too shocking, but they are really impossible to refute. At least, there was no immediate refutation in a short period of time. Instead, many people nodded secretly, and some doubts about their country seemed to be solved one by one.

Relying on these stories that they had never heard of, Liu Yu conveniently laid the foundation for Dashun to make more appearances in Europe in the future, while delaying the banquet.

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

"The little tsar was captured, and so were his parents. There wasn't even a fight in the Rakshasa Palace. When Hannibal took people into the little tsar's room, the little tsar was still sleeping."

"Princess Elizabeth's face now controls the palace. She, Hannibal and others have arrived outside our place."

After muttering under his breath, Liu Yu nodded with satisfaction. It seemed that his icing on the cake had really become a help in times of need.

The nobles and ambassadors from various countries present did not know what happened, but when Liu Yu waited for the attendant to finish speaking and then left, he took out a booklet with a smile and said: "This is a booklet used by Weihai Academy in Dashun." This history textbook contains simple history and some short stories about governance. "

"There is a saying in China, which is to use history as a mirror to see the consequences of what you do."

"So today, I will tell you the last story."

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

"Liang Ji felt that Liu Zhi was easy to control, so he supported Liu Zhi."

"Of course Liu Zhi wanted to take back power, but he did not formulate a grand coup plan, nor did he discuss it with any ministers in the court. Because many ministers are just facilitators, and it is difficult to determine who is loyal. , Whoever wins will go."

"Liu Zhi found a few trusted eunuchs around him and led his people to directly surround Liang Ji's mansion. Because as long as Liang Ji is killed and controlled, everything will be solved."

"A coup to seize power is sometimes really simple."

"But this method is not always effective. Later, some people followed it, but it failed. For example, there was a man named Cao later. For this kind of situation, there is an old saying: carving a boat to ask for a sword."

“If you want to succeed and reproduce, you need to analyze why you can succeed and find out several prerequisites for success.”

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

"Secondly, you cannot discuss it with the ministers in advance, otherwise the news will definitely leak. Instead, you must 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 settled. In the Chinese Empire, such confidants were mostly eunuchs; in Europe, they could be childhood friends, best friends, lovers, or friends. "

"Then, those who seize power in a coup must have legitimate legitimacy. After gaining power, they can rely on the long-established family legitimacy and legitimacy to be recognized by the ministers. For example, Elizabeth is Peter's daughter."

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

At this point, it is already clear.

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

Count Ostelmann and other party members suddenly changed their colors and subconsciously wanted to get up, but a group of Dashun soldiers carrying guns and holding grenades rushed out from beside them.

Liu Yu pulled out a pistol from his waist, fired a shot at the roof, and shouted: "Quiet! Gentlemen and ladies, please be quiet. As the host of the banquet, I have the obligation to maintain order at the banquet and prevent trampling and other incidents."

"Here, I am honored to tell you that Princess Elizabeth Petrovna, the daughter of Peter the Great and the legitimate daughter of Catherine I, has just arrived at her palace and is about to come to the banquet hall of Duke Menshikov's mansion."

"She entrusted me to maintain order at the banquet. By the way, she entrusted me to ask: Who supports her to be the tsar? Who opposes?"

"Those who support, please sit on your chair and don't move. Those who oppose, please stand up immediately."

"I will ask the princess one last time: Who supports her to be the tsar? Who opposes?"