"The envoy of the Kingdom of France, Thefried Wilhelm Leibniz, kowtows to His Majesty the Emperor of the Qing Dynasty. Long live the Emperor, long live, long live..."
"Harry Gryffindor, the envoy of the Kingdom of England, kowtows to His Majesty the Qing Emperor. Long live the Emperor..."
"Philippe, the envoy of the Ecumenical Church and the chief exorcist of the Roman Demon Suppression Department, respectfully wishes the great Emperor Holy Ann. May God bless the great emperor with long life..."
In the newly repainted Wuying Hall of the Forbidden City in Nanjing, envoys from eight countries including Western France, England, Spain, the Netherlands, Portugal, the Holy See, Sweden and Holy Rome were standing next to each other, following the etiquette of the Qing Dynasty to pay homage to Emperor Kangxi. The nine-kowtow ceremony.
Although the kowtow postures of the envoys from the eight countries were not very standard, and it was clear at first glance that they had not been practiced properly, but no one dared to be like Macartney in history, who refused to bow to the Qing emperor with three bows and nine kowtows. Don't even dare to raise objections.
Because they all already know how advanced and powerful the Qing Dynasty is!
How could it not be advanced?
While these envoys were paying homage to the emperor, gentry from eleven provinces or localities were in the Jiangnan Gongyuan by the Qinhuai River, seriously discussing national affairs such as the apportionment of military expenditures and the formation of local regiments for training... Now More national affairs may be discussed in the parliaments of England and the Netherlands.
But in most European countries, the aristocratic parliaments or the three-level parliaments probably will not discuss national affairs so seriously.
Moreover, they could not come up with the "Declaration of the Consultative Council" that was enough to anger their monarch... In addition to the envoys from England and the Netherlands, other countries, including the envoys from the Holy See, were now fighting for this "Declaration" gives me a headache!
The translation of this "Declaration" will definitely be brought back to Europe and will definitely be distributed everywhere. If theories such as "the people are the main subject and the king is the guest" and "the king and his ministers are comrades" came to Europe and were used by people with ulterior motives, that would be a big deal!
Today, China is still the representative of advanced civilization in Europe. As soon as this declaration reaches Europe, coupled with such lofty things as magic rockets to explore the sky, the group of rebellion experts in Europe are still going to get excited?
This is the advanced experience of advanced civilization, and it must be the truth!
Something like "I am the country"... sounds like something only a villain would say!
Unlike the eight envoys who were upset, Kangxi was quite proud at the moment.
The situation is good now!
At noon today, Tuhai came over excitedly and reported that the meeting was a great success. Huang Zongxi was good at "doing business", and group training licenses were very popular, with gentry from all counties in the south of the Yangtze River eager to subscribe.
According to Tu Hai's estimation, he should be able to exchange for silk, cloth, sugar, rice and other materials worth millions of taels for the court, and there should also be several million taels of cash - it seems that there are still many wealthy households in the Jiangnan area. Yes, and they are quite loyal to the Qing Dynasty. When the war begins, you can rest assured that Jiangnan will be handed over to these people.
They have all bought the officials of the Qing Dynasty... and they also have the power to build forts to defend themselves. They should not fall to Zhu Heji before the victory of the Jiangnan War is decided.
As long as the local powerful people in Jiangsu, Anhui, and Zhejiang can remain neutral and self-defeating, and add the large amounts of materials and silver they donate,
Emperor Kangxi knew it in his heart!
He was now confident that he could repel the invading Zhu Heji with the help of the powerful Yangtze River Navy, several fortresses such as Anqing, Yingtian, Yangzhou, and Hangzhou, as well as the New Eight Banners Land Division numbering hundreds of thousands.
The foreign barbarians in front of them also performed well. They all kowtowed obediently and offered generous tributes.
It seems that they still know who is most beneficial to them in unifying China.
Thinking of this, the Emperor of the Qing Dynasty smiled and waved his hand and said: "Pingshen... give me a seat!"
After hearing Kangxi's instructions, Little Guizi's father-in-law quickly called to his young eunuchs to quickly move out the eight embroidered piers and let the envoys from the eight countries sit down one by one.
Seeing that the eight envoys had all climbed up and sat on the embroidered pier, he smiled and said: "Now there is some trouble in our country in the Qing Dynasty, and you must know it. The remnants of the former Ming Dynasty, Prince Zhu San, Grandson Zhu San and The pirate Crown Prince Zheng who is entrenched in Taiwan colludes with Wu Sangui, my rebellious minister of the Qing Dynasty, and now they have occupied a large territory... I must go all out to fight them. Gu
And who are you going to support? Talk about it! "
Kangxi spoke very slowly, and Nan Huairen translated everything into Latin.
As soon as they heard that Kangxi asked them to express their stance, the eight foreigners stopped pretending to be "good friends of the Qing Dynasty" and all made their stance clear.
"Great Emperor, although the East India Company of the United Provinces Republic has a good relationship with the Qing Dynasty, we are outsiders after all and cannot interfere without reason..."
The governor of the Dutch East India Company, Ma Suike, did not say anything to death. In fact, he had always supported the Qing Dynasty before. As early as the Shunzhi period, he went to Beijing to kowtow to Emperor Shunzhi! Later, the navy was used to help the Qing Dynasty attack Xiamen Island.
In the last battle of Quanzhou, he also sent a fleet. There is now a Dutch fleet docked at Ningbo port!
But because Zhu Heji's power was growing too fast, he needed to carefully assess the risks of intervening in China's civil war.
"That's right, this is a war within China...it has nothing to do with England!"
Charlie Gough of the British East India Company put it more seriously - because Zhu Heji had the perfume he wanted!
Since Louis XIV was crazy about perfume, Chaozhou perfume has now become a cash cow for the British East India Company to make huge profits.
And as far as Gaofu knows, the Daming North Factory controlled by Zhu Heji is the only supplier of Chaozhou perfume!
The Portuguese envoy sighed: "Even if we want to interfere, there is nothing we can do!"
Leibniz shrugged: "Great Emperor, the French Kingdom that I represent has no power in East Asia!"
The envoy of the Holy Roman Empire also said: "Great Emperor, our Holy Roman Empire does not have any power that can be used in the east."
A Swede who did not know why he got on the Dutch ship and had a hand in the joint mission also expressed his position, "The maritime power of our Kingdom of Sweden is also very limited."
Now it was the turn of Pastor Philip, the emissary of the Holy See, to speak: "Your Majesty the Great Emperor, in principle, the Holy See will not interfere in the internal affairs of pagan countries..."
He also didn’t mean what he said!
The Spanish envoy Santos made it clear: "Spain's position on the China issue is consistent with that of the Holy See!"
Emperor Kangxi suddenly laughed after hearing the words of these people, "If the country you represent does not occupy an inch of land in Nanyang, you can accept that the situation in Nanyang will return to the state of the Yongle period of the Ming Dynasty... ..Then, the war between me and the third prince Zhu and the third grandson Zhu has nothing to do with you!"
As he spoke, his sharp eyes had already passed over the faces of envoys from Spain, the Dutch East India Company, the Holy See, and Portugal.
Kangxi waited for Nan Huairen to translate his words into Latin, and then slowly said: "You should know that my father is not the king of the Central Plains... but because the lord of the Central Plains has lost his morality. And being supported by all the people, he became the master because of it. This is already a great gift from God, so all I want is to protect the Qing Dynasty.
Because for me, this heavenly kingdom already has everything. Therefore, I have no desire for the wild land of Nanyang.
But the third prince Zhu and the third grandson Zhu are not like this! If you don't believe it, just send an envoy to Nanchang to ask Zhu Heji face to face if he wants to restore Luzon's vassal state? Do you recognize the East India Company's rule in Java? Do you want to restore the old port of Malacca? Then ask them if they are willing to protect the free spread of Catholicism within their borders? After asking this question, you should know that the Qing Dynasty is your true friend! "
After hearing these words, the envoys from the Netherlands, Portugal, Spain and the Holy See present, and even the envoys from the British East India Company, all changed their minds.
Because the colonial system they built in the Nanyang region was based on overthrowing the Ming Dynasty system!
If the Ming Dynasty returns with force, how could the sect leader of Nanyang allow them to act recklessly in Nanyang?
