Bury the Qing Dynasty

Chapter 267 Selling the Entire Europa

Maybe it was George III's consolation that helped, or maybe he really wanted to understand, William I threw away the candied haws in his hand thoughtfully, and said, "I see."

But George III picked up the candied haws thrown away by William I with a black face: "Listen, William, in the Ming Dynasty, you will be fined for throwing away garbage. They don't care if you are the king or not. , even the emperor of the Ming Dynasty himself would be fined for throwing rubbish on the street.”

After admonishing William I twice, George III went on to say: "I heard that the idiot Louis XVI came a few days late because Napoleon had already captured the entire Luxembourg."

"You know, after losing Luxembourg, the strength of the entire Habsburg family will be weakened by a large part, and this is also a good time for you to rebuild the Netherlands - as long as the Emperor Ming is willing to help you, Louis Sixteen and the Bourbons will not object."

"Also, let me tell you something very funny."

William I couldn't help being a little curious, and asked, "What is it?"

George III chuckled and said, "That idiot Louis XVI, when he first came to the Ming Kingdom, he brought his own cook with him, saying that he was afraid that he might not be used to the food of the Ming Kingdom."

William I didn't want to understand what was so funny about it.

But George III went on to say: "Of course, if it's just like this, it's not so funny. The key is that after the first meeting of our five benevolent people, that idiot Louis XVI said that he would invite everyone to French meals, which means Chinese food doesn’t pay attention to presentation.”

The look on George III's face gradually became weird: "Later, the Emperor of Ming Dynasty invited us to have a meal, and most of them were plate-setting—or, that shouldn't be called plate-setting, but It should be called a work of art."

"Later, Louis XVI never mentioned any French food. When he returned to France, he borrowed two chefs from the Ming emperor in a shameless manner. He said that if he didn't lend him the chefs, he was afraid that he would starve to death."

William I still didn't understand what was so funny.

Seeing William I's bewildered face, George III could only sigh helplessly in the end, and said, "Well, William, I just hope you can be a little happier."

King William I nodded, forced a smile on his face, and said, "Thank you."

George III patted William I on the shoulder and said, "Come on, let's keep going, there are more beautiful scenery ahead - I think, the more you see, the more you will know about the Ming Kingdom." More, more clearly."

"For example, look there, that woman, she gave her child to the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty to take care of, did you see this kind of thing when you were in Europa?"

King William I shook his head and said, "No."

George III laughed and said, "Why didn't we see this kind of picture? In fact, all we can see is the fearful eyes of civilians towards the army."

"When Europa's army appears in a village where civilians live, the first reaction of those civilians is always to run away, far away, regardless of gender."

"But in Ming Dynasty, this kind of situation will not happen."

William I asked curiously: "Is there really no conflict between the army of the Ming Dynasty and their civilians? George, you know that if the relationship between the army and the civilians in some places is particularly good, this is actually true." It's normal, but the whole country is like this, so it's kind of abnormal."

George III said with a strange expression: "Who said they didn't have conflicts? The "Da Ming Newspaper" recorded conflicts between the Ming army and civilians."

"Ming's army has a rule that they are not allowed to take needles from civilians, and they are not allowed to eat food from civilians' homes, but the civilians of Ming Dynasty never care about this. Give it to soldiers of the Ming Dynasty."

"This is the biggest conflict between the Ming army and the Ming civilians. The emperor of the Ming Dynasty also issued a notice on the "Daming Newspaper", forbidding their civilians to attack their army, um, feeding, that's the word."

"Obviously, the Ming Emperor's order became invalid for the first time, and the civilians of the Ming Kingdom were not willing to pay attention to their emperor's order—if the Ming Emperor let them go to the battlefield, they would be very happy, even if the Ming Emperor asked them to go to war." If they die, they will probably not refuse, only this order to prohibit feeding, they have never paid attention to it."

William I said thoughtfully: "It seems that we in the Netherlands, and even the whole of Europa, should learn from this most."

George III shook his head and said, "It's difficult."

"William, can your Dutch army be able to starve to death rather than looting the food of those civilians? Can you not enter the homes of civilians even if you freeze to death? Can you rescue those civilians as soon as a disaster occurs? Can you use your own life to protect the lives of those civilians in a particularly dangerous situation?"

"Your Dutch army can't do it, our English army can't do it, and the armies of other European countries can't do it either."

"But Ming's army can do it."

"Also, whether in wartime or peacetime, the Ming army has a tradition of officers taking the lead first, and the sacrifice ratio of high-ranking officers is even higher than that of low-ranking officers."

"This is something we will never be able to learn, because the Ming army is very special. They can be defeated and scattered, but even if there are two or three people left, they can still consciously form an army and continue to complete their tasks. Until the last one dies too."

"Does Europa have an army capable of doing this?"

"Obviously, no."

George III was full of helplessness: "Although I really want the army of England to learn from the army of the Ming Dynasty, judging from the current situation, this is not very ideal, because there are many things that cannot be learned at all."

"If you want to change the relationship between Europa's civilians and Europa's army, you have to go through a big turmoil, and it can't be done in a year or two."

"Take your time. When you re-establish the Netherlands, you can also send some foreign students to the Ming Dynasty like us. Maybe you can also get a place for military students."

William I nodded, and then sighed again: "I hope Louis XVI will not obstruct it."

……

Louis XVI was holding the roast leg of lamb in one hand, and the wine glass in the other. If someone came over without knowing it, no one would recognize him as the majestic King of France and the leader of the Bourbon family.

It was not until he was full of wine and food that Louis XVI said excitedly: "Luxembourg has been completely won. Facts have proved that my decision to send foreign students to Ming Dynasty to learn military skills was correct—if Napoleon hadn't become It’s so powerful, I’m afraid this war will last for several more years.”

Speaking of this, the look on Louis XVI's face was a bit tangled: "The only headache is that the consumption of ammunition is too fast, whether it is shells or bullets from firing guns."

Zhu Jinsong laughed, and said: "When you come, you will eat the roast leg of lamb, and after you finish eating the roast leg of lamb, you will ask me to lower the price of ammunition for you. You are really rushing to praise me."

Louis XVI also laughed and said, "The matter between the two of us, how can it be said that we rushed to eat you up? However, I didn't eat your leg of lamb for nothing. I still have Another piece of good news for you."

Zhu Jinsong snorted and asked, "What good news?"

Louis XVI said: "I am going to restore the Netherlands. Is this good news?"

This is really good news.

Zhu Jinsong was still thinking about how to persuade Louis XVI to agree to the restoration of the Netherlands-the French Bourbon family swallowed the Netherlands, not to give the Dutch any warmth, if If they can't get enough benefits, they will definitely not agree to restore the Netherlands.

Now Louis XVI suddenly said that he would agree to the restoration of the Netherlands. To Zhu Jinsong, it was no different from someone giving a pillow when he was dozing off. It was a real good thing.

The question is, did Louis XVI drink too much fake wine?

Louis XVI said: "I know that Ming has already taken back the Dutch East Indies. Since William I is willing to spit out the Dutch East Indies, it means that there must be more attractive benefits to him than the Dutch East Indies."

"Besides restoring the country, I really can't think of any other benefits that would make that idiot William I give up the Dutch East Indies."

"So, instead of waiting for you to bring it up, I might as well put it up first and let you owe me a favor—should the ammunition be cheaper?"

Zhu Jinsong said with a chuckle: "All right, you won. As you wish, the ammunition will be cheaper for you."

Louis XVI nodded, and then said seriously: "I have to admit that those officers who came to Ming Dynasty for training are indeed stronger than those who did not come to Ming Dynasty for training, whether it is tactical command or strategy."

"Especially Napoleon, who ingeniously invented the Ming Mechanic's way of playing - he organized some of the officers who had been trained back from the Ming Dynasty to create a separate division."

"From the current point of view, the combat effectiveness of this division can be said to be the highest among all French armies, and its discipline is also the best among all French armies."

Zhu Jinsong nodded and asked, "So what? Are you planning to ask for more places for military students?"

Louis XVI shook his head and said: "No. Now the annual quota of [-] foreign students is almost enough for France. If there are more, it will not be easy to arrange for a while, and the French treasury will not It may not be able to afford it.”

After being told by Louis XVI, Zhu Jinsong was not sure what Louis XVI was thinking for a while.

Speaking of which, Louis XVI is not really short of money right now, at least the loan of 1000 million Da Ming Long Yuan is equivalent to [-] million taels of silver, and now there is no Mrs. Lock, how much money can he spend?

Besides, Louis XVI made a lot of money in France, and he killed many nobles in France. He played the trick of stealing money from their homes, and even wiped out the French treasury's foreign debt of more than one billion francs. If it is flat, this guy still needs money?

Just as Zhu Jinsong was thinking wildly, Louis XVI went on to say: "I am going to let France learn from Ming Dynasty in an all-round way, including primary school, middle school, and university. I hope to get your help in this regard."

"The help I'm talking about is to get the textbooks for your Ming country's primary, secondary and university textbooks. By the way, I'd like to trouble you to send me some teachers and let them go to France to help me establish a complete education system."

"I am going to list Chinese as one of the official languages ​​of France, so that all French children can learn the language and characters of the Ming Dynasty from an early age."

Zhu Jinsong bent his fingers, knocked on the table, and asked, "Why?"

Louis XVI laughed and said, "We are friends. Ming and France are each other's most loyal allies, aren't they?"

Zhu Jinsong said: "This reason is not enough. Louis, you know that the primary school textbooks in the Ming Dynasty are better, but starting from the middle school textbooks, there is a lot of history of the Central Plains - if you let your French children learn the Central Plains from childhood History, do you know what the consequences will be?"

Louis XVI said: "Of course I know. Either they will continue to rebel, or they will especially admire and worship Da Ming - but no matter what, this is a good thing for Da Ming, isn't it?"

Zhu Jinsong said: "But, you will suffer, and France will suffer."

Louis XVI said meaningfully: "Who knows if you suffer a loss or take advantage of it?"

"I've read an article in your Ming Dynasty, it is said that an old man surnamed Sai lost his horse, and it may not be a good thing."

"My friend, I don't mind letting people in France learn Chinese from an early age, and I don't mind them becoming Ming nationality, or even selling the whole of Europa——I think, you should understand what I mean, right? "

Zhu Jinsong understood it very well, but he was somewhat confused.

From the initiative to restore the Netherlands to the country, to the full introduction of Ming textbooks, to make Chinese one of the official languages ​​​​of France, until the last naked talk of selling the entire Europa, the signal revealed by Louis XVI is already obvious up.

This kid is basically betting on the future of France, betting that Daming will embezzle Europa, and he wants to win the most benefits for the Bourbon family and the whole of France, at least in the future, when Daming embezzles the entire Europa, Be kind to the Bourbons and the French.

The question is, how much of this guy's statement is sincere?How much is it for testing?

After knocking on the table with his fingers again, Zhu Jinsong said in a deep voice, "Louis, do you know what you're talking about?"

(End of this chapter)