Xinshun 1730

Chapter 251 Pressure
Not long after, in the capital, the emperor looked at the somewhat special gift list and was full of smiles.

The newly delivered glass was installed in the warm pavilion, and the light through it made the emperor more comfortable when reading.

For two thousand pieces of glass, 1000 yuan was left in the palace, and the rest was given to the ministers as rewards.

Liu Yu, who contributed the glass, is currently inspecting the Beijing camp. The emperor asked Liu Yu to go to the Beijing camp to inspect the practice and see the results of the military reform.

Today's inspection is almost over, and it happens that all the glass in the Forbidden Palace will be installed today.

This is not a big project. Compared with the seemingly countless rooms in the Forbidden Palace, a thousand pieces of glass are really a drop in the bucket.

When the glass was first delivered, Li Gan thought that Liu Yu's behavior would encourage extravagance.But when I saw the price of the glass, I felt that it was a bit too cheap. As a reward to the minister, it really couldn't be wiped away.

In this glass workshop, there are shares of the emperor.Liu Yu bought shares with technology, part of which was dedicated to the emperor as a tribute, and the most vulgar things were precisely the emperor's favorite.

The feeling of being rich is cool.

Just received the dividends from the monopoly chamber of commerce in Mongolia, and here Liu Yu sent the dividends in advance for this year. With a swipe of a pen, each of the [-] soldiers stationed in the Western Regions was given a leather hat.

The emperor also likes money, especially when he is an emperor, the treasury and internal money still have to be clearly distinguished.If you have money, you will be straightforward in doing things. In the past, you must have been reluctant to give a leather hat to two thousand soldiers stationed in the Western Regions. Ten thousand taels of silver must be painful.

But this year, Mongolia’s dividends are more than 20 taels. Liu Yu’s advance dividends are no longer invested in the navy, but there are also 10,000+ taels, and there are a lot of stock notes that can be used as silver. The emperor is also generous.

However, the process that should be followed still needs to be followed.In the reply to Liu Yu's gift list, Liu Yu was still "rebuked". Giving money such a stupid thing is really insulting to the gentleman, and told him to study more.

This is an article on the public face, and of course what is said in private must be said in private.

The sunlight coming in through the glass windows is more comfortable than the gloomy window paper.

Some places need to use glass, but the Forbidden Palace is the place with the most privacy in the world, so some places still cannot be used.

But where you can see light, it must be better than window paper.

Seeing that the emperor was in a good mood, the serving eunuch naturally wanted to praise Liu Yu a few words.

"Your Majesty, did the glass sent by Yingsao really burn it by himself? Some missionaries thought about trying to burn glass in the official kiln before, but the burnt ones were not very good. The ones sent by Yingsao, It’s very translucent, which makes a big difference.”

Of course, there was glass in the Forbidden Palace before, and it was not that the emperor never thought about burning glass. In order to gain favor and bring the "lost lamb" of the emperor back on the right track, the missionaries also suggested trying to burn glass.

However, the burn out effect is poor.

Li Gan looked at the glass windows of the Nuan Pavilion. The eunuchs wiped them extremely clean, without a speck of mud.

A set of glass lamps and matching whale oil sent by Liu Yu made the night in the Forbidden Palace much brighter and more luxurious.

Just when he was in a good mood, the eunuch also knew the curvy posture, so Li Gan said: "When Jinshuiqiao asked the right one, Liu Yu said that there is a specialization in surgery. These missionaries may be counted as calendars, but some skills, It’s still far away. If it weren’t for Liu Yu’s ingenious use of the bayonet and the ingenuity of the new formation, I’m afraid the flintlock guns they paid tribute would have been shelved.”

"The missionary's ability, I just talk about it after seeing it. I have a routine, so why use missionaries who don't know their minds?"

Speaking of happiness, Li Gan is in a good mood.

He was hesitant to ban religion before because he was seduced by the "capability" of the missionaries.

Whether it is calendar or mathematics, these missionaries selected to continue the upper-level route left by Matteo Ricci are really capable.A calendar contest completely discredited Dashun's astronomy.

For this reason, when teaching was banned, it was a bit of a trick to cast a mouse.

However, after Liu Yu did this, Li Gan discovered that the missionaries had completely become a negative existence.

Even the missionaries didn't understand the questions they asked to intimidate the Russian mission.

Moreover, the missionaries were cut off, diplomatic channels with Russia and France were opened, and normal exchanges were carried out, without the need for missionaries, who were second-hand dealers with ulterior motives, and the efficiency doubled.

Today's vigorous prohibition of religion has caused a lot of disturbances in Jiangnan, but it was quickly suppressed.

A large number of missionaries who insisted that believers are not allowed to worship their ancestors and that Dashun believers must obey the Pope's decree were driven to Macau, and a Catholic jihad in Fujian was also eliminated.

Even so, France, a Catholic country, has extended an olive branch, and it is not as threatened by missionaries: if Christianity is banned, all European countries will cut off communication.

The eunuch observed the words and expressions, and hurriedly said: "Your Majesty has discerning eyes, discovered the talent of Ying Suo Bo, and knows how to use it well. It is said in the book: Maxima is always there, but Bole does not often have it. If it is not for your Majesty's sage, Ying Suo Bo has talent, but it is also a talent. The pearl is covered with dust and cannot be used."

"Hahahaha..." This flattery is a bit vulgar, without too many tricks, far inferior to Liu Yu's novelty in the Northeast and Northwest.

But the prelude to that kind of flattery is too long, and the emperor also needs a little flattery to adjust from time to time. At this time, I couldn't help laughing heartily, thinking that this is a good thing, if I am that kind of fatuous person, you Liu Conservation is no matter how capable you are, there is no use for it.

Just like this time when the French mission was coming, there was another quarrel between the DPRK and China.

The price of equal diplomacy is huge.

It is equivalent to Dashun giving up the decency of the Celestial Dynasty and the self-system of the king of the earth under the whole world in front of the West.

As for winning or losing, the DPRK and China are already arguing, and in the end there are only three choices left.

Or, continue to maintain the celestial dynasty, give up communication, expel missionaries, and live at home.

Or, abandon the dignity of the Celestial Dynasty, expel missionaries, conduct normal diplomacy, keep the East Asian tribute system unchanged, and conduct diplomacy with Western countries.

Or, continue to maintain the dignity of the Celestial Dynasty, rely on missionaries to communicate, allow missionaries to preach, and Confucianism and Buddhism merge.

Equalizing the performance of the new army in World War I can be regarded as a heavy weight.

In the end, the emperor chose to maintain communication with the outside world, expel the missionaries, and abandon the concept of the Celestial Dynasty in front of Western countries.

The French mission is coming soon. From the credentials submitted in advance by the East India Company, it can be known that the French side is sending the Minister of the Navy, an earl.

According to Li Gan's understanding, France has a special navy minister who is in the cabinet, and it can be regarded as sending a person at the level of a minister of the military government. , quite different.

Especially the reception etiquette, even with the precedent of the Rakshasa Mission, still caused an uproar in the court.

Dashun recognized Raksha as an empire.

France, is the kingdom.

Are the two equivalent specifications of hospitality?Or is it the treatment of reducing France to North Korea, and entertaining with the etiquette of the princely kingdom?
If France and Russia are the same, then Dashun has recognized the Westphalian system.

If the princes of Switzerland, Hanover, or even the Holy Roman Empire came here, even small countries with bigger farts should be treated equally in terms of etiquette?
If not, which countries can get the same etiquette as Rakshasa?Why?
If it is based on strength, isn't it against the ritual system?
Rituals are the core of the world, if the rituals are abolished, wouldn't it encourage the weak to eat the strong?
The strong can get higher treatment, instead of looking at their country's title?In this way, wouldn't the celestial dynasty under the tributary system be completely messed up?

It's not easy to directly blame the emperor for this matter, and many people have used their ability to criticize Sang Huai, saying that the world's disintegration of etiquette and happiness is rooted in Liu Yu's efforts to promote equal diplomacy in the negotiations with the Raksha Kingdom.

At the beginning, it could be regarded as a special case, but once it started, all kinds of subsequent problems would appear.Today the Raksha people come, tomorrow the French come, and the day after tomorrow, if a small European country also comes, what do you say?
There is a bug in the logic of the Celestial Tribute System, and no one can solve this bug at this time.

Many people in the court who are familiar with the scriptures are not bad, but really cannot accept the fact that the celestial system is gradually collapsing.

Confucianism after Song Confucianism has entered a logical closed loop. The isomorphism of the family and the country, the celestial tribute system, the monarch and his ministers, father and son, etc., are all the contents of this closed loop.

As long as there is a collapse, it will bring about the collapse of the entire system.

These collapses have fallen into the interpretation of the slogan that Dashun put forward after the battle of Jingxiang.

Protect the world.

Now, even the concept of the world has collapsed. What is it that protects people?Some people in the court have already questioned, do not study the classics, do not learn the words of the sages, but go to learn some Western knowledge, is this still called the world?

The Son of Heaven, the Son of Heaven, actually wants to make diplomacy with Yi Di. Even if the Son of Heaven is gone, is there still a world?

Another one is that Liu Yu opened a practical school, but he didn't teach the words of the sages, but only learned Western knowledge in their eyes.Some people questioned, if because the Westerners have sharp guns, they should learn from the Westerners, then after the siege of Bai Deng, should they learn from the Huns?Is it necessary to learn from the Turks after the Weishui alliance?Does Jingkang want to learn from the Jin Dynasty?
How can this Dashun protect the world?It is clearly destroying the world.

This kind of scolding was endless, and many people even compared themselves to Hai Gangfeng and went to the emperor, denouncing the emperor's actions that would destroy the world.

In short, Li Gan and some supporters of reform in the DPRK withstood the pressure.

Every time he thought of this, Li Gan felt that he was really a Bole, thinking that if there was another emperor, this Liu Yu would have died long ago and couldn't die anymore.

Sometimes, Li Gan also felt wronged.Just like the knot in the establishment of the navy:
If there is no navy, the Westerners may, as Liu Yu said, invade the southeast and cut off the water transportation one day in the future, and China is in danger.

If a navy is established, Westerners will not dare to harass the southeast, and they will not be able to cut off water transportation.

However, if the Westerners do not come to fight, how can this decision to build a navy prove its wisdom and prowess?In the end, Li Gan was also afraid of leaving a reputation in the history books of "wasting money and food and building useless armies", because he had made preparations, so he didn't know whether Westerners had such thoughts.

Thinking of this, Li Gan felt a little depressed, so he ordered the eunuch.

"Bring that Japanese copy of "Guo Xing Ye He Zhan"."

After finishing speaking, he laughed at himself and said: "All the people in the world don't respect the rituals of the world even if they are close at hand. Maybe we should send some Qingliu to educate and educate the Japanese people. If you can teach people with one mouth, it will be easy to convince people."

(End of this chapter)