Bury the Qing Dynasty

Chapter 247 I want to go to Jiangnan too
What Zweig said is not wrong, the lie is repeated more times, it becomes the truth.

Before Louis XVI rectified the "French Newspaper", it was not so much the official newspaper of France as it was a tabloid, full of true and false news, and basically no one would believe the "French Newspaper". The stuff in the newspaper.

After Louis XVI realized the importance of the newspaper and rectified it, the news on the "French Newspaper" became much more reliable, and its credibility gradually improved.

However, the editors of those French newspapers are masters of gossip.

Regarding this incident, the "French Newspaper" used a lot of words such as "uncertain", "suspected", "doubtful", "impossible", etc., but after reaching the mouths of European nobles and commoners, similar words It just disappeared.

The key is that this kind of news is always processed by people into what they like to hear.

At the beginning, it was only "suspected to be 1 Austrian soldiers", and later it became more than [-] Austrian soldiers. The reason also changed from "not very clear" at the beginning to "these soldiers broke through the The scandal of King Ci II was silenced" or something like that.

Anyway, the painting style gradually deviated, and slowly ran all the way from Europa to Ottoman.

What's more terrible is that this news and Gold, who was in charge of the mission to Osman, almost arrived at Osman.

Therefore, when Gold asked to see the No.20 eighth Sultan Selim III, Selim III did not want to see Gold at all.

What are you talking about, a majestic emperor actually burned more than 1 soldiers of his own country?Is this something that humans can do?

It has to be said that Selim III is a relatively different one among the 36 Ottoman sultans.

Selim III believed in Sunni teachings, was good at reciting poems and prose, and also had a good command of classical music. He also always advocated peaceful coexistence with the outside world. In 1791, he signed the Treaty of Svishtov with Austria, and signed the Treaty of Iasi with Russia in the following year. It won the opportunity for Ottoman's reform, and because of it, he became the first sultan in history to implement large-scale "Europeanization" reforms.

In short, it was a bit of youth, a bit of idealism, coupled with the Svishtov Treaty signed between Ottoman and Austria or the Habsburg family, Selim III finally received Gold.

It's just that Selim III didn't give Gold a good face: "Ottoman has an ambassador in Austria, why don't you contact the ambassador first, but come to see me instead?"

Gold was choked up, and after a while, he said: "Dear Sultan, there are many problems that the ambassador can solve, but there are many more problems that the ambassador cannot solve."

"Just like the current situation, our Habsburg family is facing the siege of France and England, and your Ottomans are about to face the attack of Tsarist Russia and the Ming Dynasty. If the news is sent back and forth through the ambassador, the situation may become worse. , isn't it?"

Selim III shook his head and said, "You are wrong. We are not about to face the attacks of Tsarist Russia and the Ming Dynasty, but have already been attacked by them."

"Just yesterday, the army of Tsarist Russia launched an attack on us, and the army of the Ming Dynasty is also marching towards the Kashmir region. Maybe one day they will launch an attack on Ottoman."

"So, please go back. Osman has already taken care of himself and has no extra energy to help you."

Gold said urgently: "Since we have all been attacked by the evil alliance, then we should join hands at this time, shouldn't we?"

Selim III still shook his head: "How to join forces? Did you send troops to help us? Or did we send troops to help you?"

Shaking the "French Newspaper" in his hand, Selim III went on to say: "As you can see, your emperor doesn't care about his soldiers, and burns them as soon as he says he wants to. I don't believe he will treat our Ottoman warriors well." .”

Gold anxiously said: "This is a misunderstanding—just like the misunderstanding in 1788, this time, it was mostly for the same reason, and His Majesty the Emperor was being chased by the French cavalry at that time, so he had to give up burying them. idea."

Although Gold was not at the scene, the guessed process and the result were pretty much the same.

But the incident in 1788 mentioned by Gold made Selim III even more dissatisfied.

In 1788, Selim III's Abdul Hamid I served as Sultan, but Austria, headed by the Habsburg family at that time, stood on the side of Tsarist Russia and was regarded as an enemy with Ottoman. It was not until the signing of the Svishtov Treaty in 1791 that the relationship between the two parties eased down.

And the incident that Gold said was that the Austrian cavalry and the Austrian infantry fought among themselves because of drinks, and finally annexed more than 1 people.

Selim III said: "There is an old saying in Saudi Arabia that camels will not fall into the trap of the last time - what happened in 1788, your Austrian soldiers will actually repeat it?"

Gold understood Selim III's implication—how stupid are your Austrian soldiers to make such a similar and funny mistake?
It was precisely because of this that Gold was left speechless.

Before Gold could figure out how to persuade him next, Selim III shook his head in disappointment and said, "You haven't even solved your own problems yet, so how can you have the extra energy to help us Osman?" Woolen cloth?"

"Similarly, in the face of Tsarist Russia and the more powerful Ming Dynasty, we Ottomans cannot guarantee our own safety, and it is even more impossible to deploy troops to help you."

"Go back, we only have to face our own problems and work hard on our own, and not to cause trouble to each other is the best help."

……

Compared with Gold, who was rejected by Osman and still didn't know how to return to the mission, Waltz, who was in charge of the mission to Ming Dynasty, had already fallen into deep despair.

The Holy Roman Empire, or Austria, is not very far away from Ottoman, but Austria is far away from Ming Dynasty.

In order to be able to reach the Ming Kingdom in the shortest possible time and complete the tasks assigned by His Majesty the Emperor, Waltz even changed his hairstyle and forged a certificate in order to board a ship to the Ming Kingdom.

But what no one expected was that Waltz got off the wrong boat——

This "Black Pearl" from France is indeed a mixed-use ship for merchants and passengers heading to Daming. It is true that the final destination is indeed Daming's Tianjin Port. On the boat, after reaching the destination, it is not far from the capital of Daming.

It's a pity that Waltz was too impatient, so that he hurriedly disembarked after hearing the reminder of "Daming XX Port". When Waltz took a rest and started to find someone to inquire about the way to the capital But he was told that this place was indeed Daming's territory, but the place where he disembarked was called Lanfang Port, which was still a hundred and eight thousand miles away from the capital of Daming, and the next boat to Tianjin Port of Daming, It won't be here until half a month later.

Of course, there may be a few days at night.

After getting this news, Waltz almost went crazy.

Half a month?And maybe later?

Does that mean that when I arrived in the Ming Dynasty, submitted my credentials, and successfully joined Xiaopoguo on behalf of the Habsburgs, the Habsburg family far away in Europe should be completely cool?

In desperation, Waltz had no choice but to find the local government offices with his credentials, trying to persuade these government offices to send him a ride.

For someone who went to Daming with a letter of credence, the officials and gentlemen of the Lanfang Chief Envoy were still willing to help, but from the county government to the state government to the government office, and finally to the Lanfang Chief Envoy's Yamen, at this time Several days have passed, and when they saw that Walz only had the credentials but no "fang wu", the officials and gentlemen of the Chief Envoy of Lanfang's Office were not interested, and finally looked at the credentials for the sake of the credentials A boat was arranged for him.

However, this ship is not a large ship specially used for distant ships at sea, but a small ship that is more suitable for offshore sailing. If it is a large ship, then Walz can go directly from Lanfang Port to Tianjin Port, and the journey can shorten some time. For small boats, they can only sail from Lanfang Port to Cochin Port, then from Cochin Port to Guangzhou Port, then Songjiang Prefecture, Ningbo, Jimo, Dengzhou, and finally Tianjin Port.

After such a rough and fast voyage, when Waltz finally arrived at Shuntian Mansion, it was about a month later than originally expected.

However, what happened next really made Waltz feel desperate.

After finally finding the Yamen of Shuntian Mansion, he was told that the Yamen of Shuntian Mansion was not responsible for the matter of Xiaopoguo, and there was no way for Waltz to meet His Majesty the Emperor of Ming Dynasty.

After pointing, Waltz finally found the yamen of Honglu Temple, but the officials of the yamen of Honglu Temple regretfully informed Waltz that the Emperor Ming was not in the capital at the moment and had already gone out to play. As for when he would come back, then No one can tell.

As for the idea of ​​the Habsburg family wanting to join Xiaopoguo, the small official of the Honglu Temple Yamen also gave the answer?You can't join Xiaopoguo at any time, at least you have to wait until the annual Xiaopoguo conference to submit an application, and you won't give a formal reply until the next year's Xiaopoguo conference.

More importantly, to join Xiaopoguo, you have to be in a state of non-war and the unanimous consent of the five benefactors. Now Habsburg is opening a film with France and England, and it is properly in a state of war, and it is still with one of the five benefactors The two families are at war, and want to join Xiaopoguo?Difficult~
Waltz suspected that these Ming officials were playing themselves.

Through the recent inquiring news, Waltz already knew the news that the Ming army pushed Gurkha, and that the Ming country was about to open a film to Ottoman-at such an important juncture, the emperor of a country would not stay in the capital or go to Going to sit on the front line, but ran out to play?

Waltz felt that his mind was not so stupid, at least not so stupid that he believed what others said.

But the little official of Honglu Temple really didn't lie to Waltz, because Zhu Jinsong did not stay in Shuntian Mansion recently, but ran to Jiangnan.

Zhengde went to Jiangnan, Mazi also went to Jiangnan, and Qian Deaf also went to Jiangnan.

It can be seen from this that going to the south of the Yangtze River may really be a favorite activity for the emperors.

The difference is that Qian Deaf and the old dog went to Jiangnan to inspect the river project on the little ladies, while Zhu Jin went to Jiangnan to calm down.

Receive the hearts of the people in the south of the Yangtze River.

Ever since Yiguan went south, there has been a tendency for the halls of the Central Plains to look at each other from the south and the north. The Yang Erxiu Canal failed to solve this problem, and the north-south list in the Hongwu period also failed to solve this problem. .

Zhu Jinsong went to Jiangnan this time to find a way to cure the root cause.

By the way, go to Jiangnan.

(End of this chapter)