Not all people participating in the entire "Ming Dynasty Peace Talks" event may have high political and diplomatic IQs.
Many princes and nobles came to join in the fun, and even generals like Napoleon and Nelson came to join in the fun in a sense.
Those who actually participate in the negotiations are professionals such as prime ministers and foreign ministers of various countries.
The people who came to participate in this informal preliminary meeting today to discuss the layout of the negotiation site are all real political and diplomatic personnel.
Faced with Zhu Jianfeng's question, after the scene was quiet for a few seconds, British Prime Minister William Pitt spoke "neither humble nor overbearing":
"Your Majesty, the kneeling ceremony we Europeans perform is a courtesy to the monarch to whom we are loyal.
"Although His Royal Highness the Prince of the Ming Dynasty has a very distinguished status, he is not the monarch to whom we are loyal, so he should not use the kneeling ceremony.
"His Royal Highness will not force us to be loyal to you. That would make it impossible for this peace negotiation to proceed."
These few sentences still speak of Ming Dynasty elegance.
This era has not yet formed the concept of equal status for all countries, and there is no tradition that one must speak the national language in a diplomatic environment.
In most cases, governments and diplomats of various countries will choose to use the most common language in negotiations between multiple countries.
Latin was popular in Thailand and the West before, and French was popular in Zhu Jingyuan’s previous life, and then English became popular.
In this era of Ming Dynasty, the most common language became Ming Yayan.
Especially since the person with whom Peter communicated was originally the Prince of Ming Dynasty, he was even more able to directly use Ming Yayan.
After hearing this, Zhu Jianfeng nodded slightly in agreement:
"Yes, I will not force you to be loyal to me. The only white ghosts I see on weekdays are female slaves and eunuchs..."
Before Zhu Jianfeng finished speaking, and before Peter next to him opened his mouth, Prince Nicholas from Lucia couldn't help himself.
Prince Nicholas said loudly with obvious embarrassment:
"Please don't use the insulting term white ghost!"
Zhu Jingyuan secretly sighed in his heart, thinking that his ninth uncle was really deliberately looking for trouble, and at the same time he took the initiative to add:
"Uncle Jiu, white ghost is indeed a contemptuous term. We are negotiating now, so let's use the term white ghost."
Before Zhu Jianfeng could speak, Prince Nicholas spoke again, but this time his attitude was different.
He slightly cupped his hands to Zhu Jingyuan and reminded him in a gentle manner:
"His Royal Highness Prince Dashi knows that young people in Europe generally believe that "white" is a discriminatory term.
"This is discrimination against those ethnic groups with excessively fair skin from the Nordic countries.
"The most reasonable name should be Europeans, followed by Europeans."
Zhu Jingyuan was a little stunned at this moment. "White man" turned out to be a discriminatory term?
But after thinking about it for a while, I quickly guessed the logic.
In this world, white does not mean excellence. The best people here are Ming people, and color has nothing to do with it.
Although the Ming Dynasty people are also relatively white, they are not as pale as the Taixi people, and they do not call themselves white.
In this era when nationalism is on the rise in various countries, calling a certain country white and black may really be regarded as discrimination by sensitive people.
In fact, names with colors may be discriminatory, but in this world, white and black are discriminated against.
Those who are pale are white people, and those who are dark are black people.
A little observation of this evaluation system reveals a detached group.
The Ming people in the middle have a certain dominant position and can naturally stand on the commanding heights and point fingers at other ethnic groups.
The key issue is that those people who are evaluated in this way still think that this evaluation is correct.
Yes, those Taixi people are indeed pale, and those Mozhou people are indeed as dark as ink. Only the people of Ming Dynasty are peaceful and gentle as jade.
So they just hope that the Ming people can be polite and not directly call them white people in their appearance and language.
In Zhu Jingrong's view, the most reasonable title should not be colored, but should be called by a representative region.
However, the choice of region can actually be discriminatory and deliberately misleading.
For example, referring to them as Lucians instead of Europas would probably make most people in western Europe very uncomfortable.
When Zhu Jingyuan was thinking about social logic, Zhu Jianfeng next to him immediately added:
"You have red hair, green eyes, pale skin, long hair all over your body, and a stinky smell. You are really like ghosts. Why don't you let people talk about it?"
As a result, the representatives from the vassal state and Huangzhuang behind immediately burst into laughter that was not too suppressed.
Apparently they all felt that what their Prince and Highness said was too right.
The representatives of the Northern Yinzhou and the Southern Mozhou, representatives of these vassal states that had a potential tendency to separate, had a somewhat complicated mood at this time.
If you really leave the wings of the Ming Dynasty and go out to build an independent country, what kind of status will it have in the world?
Can it be higher than the countries in Thailand and Spain? Will he be denounced as a barbarian by the Ming Dynasty?
The Taixi representatives immediately glared at Zhu Jianfeng, and some of them twisted their bodies as if they wanted to "walk away."
Zhu Jingyuan, as the theoretical leader of the Ming Dynasty delegation, quickly stood up to reconcile the two sides:
"Okay, okay, don't be angry, my Uncle Jiu is straightforward, so please stop pestering me, Uncle Jiu.
"The negotiations have to continue, otherwise today's trip will be in vain. Let's change the topic..."
In fact, this persuasion is not very polite. Doesn't the straightforward meaning mean that what your uncle Jiu said is right?
Are you just holding back now because you are concerned about the feelings of the Taixi people?
But this forced restraint has already made the Taixi people a little "touched". His Highness the King of Food is indeed a little angel.
Then both sides seemed to be really persuaded by Zhu Jingyuan.
Zhu Jianfeng changed the topic here, but this topic is also very sensitive:
"Then how do you Westerners salute when you meet the monarchs of other countries in Taixi?
"Why did I hear that you all know how to kneel?
"Kneel down to other Thai kings, even if they are just kings of small countries, or even just grand dukes.
"But now when you face me, the prince of the Ming Dynasty, and my nephew Jingyuan, the king of the Ming Dynasty's food country, you don't take the initiative to kneel down.
"Do you want to show that your king is equal to our Ming Emperor? Your country is equal to our Ming Dynasty?
"If that's the case, why do you still form Nao Shizi's anti-Ming alliance? Come face our Ming Dynasty yourself!
"Englishmen, do you dare? Lucians, can you do it?"
Zhu Jianfeng's words were not particularly loud, but they made several Taixi princes a little unable to bear it, and they subconsciously took a step back.
The kind of status Zhu Jianfeng mentioned was actually what the Western countries wanted, but they did not dare to say it in front of representatives of the Ming Dynasty.
According to the current common understanding in the world, the status of the kings of the Thai and Western countries is equal to that of the Ming Dynasty Prince.
This anti-Ming war directly proved this point.
The whole of Taixi was tied together, so they ended up in a draw with Ming Dynasty, and finally had to initiate a peace.
Although this war gave the Taixi people status, they believed that they had got rid of their barbarian status.
But this status is actually still not very high, and it is also made clear that his status is lower than that of Ming Dynasty.
Before the war, they could still hold their necks and forcibly confront the Ming Dynasty alone, but they can't do that now or in the future.
Although they all yearn for the position of directly confronting Ming, they actually do not have the courage or courage to face Ming directly.
After a brief silence, the actual leader of the Anti-Ming League, British Prime Minister Peter, spoke:
"Your Highness, there is no need to be angry, we just know that in the Ming Dynasty tradition, guests do as they please.
"So in the imperial palace of the Ming Dynasty, we used the usual etiquette of the Ming Dynasty."
In fact, what Peter said was not very confident.
He was actually prepared in his mind to kneel down and salute Zhu Jianfeng and Zhu Jingyuan, his uncle and nephew respectively.
They often knelt down to their own king, and several other Taixi kings also knelt down.
Kneeling to the Prince of Ming Dynasty actually doesn't feel uncomfortable in my heart.
Now I just want to improve the status of the Thai and Western countries as much as possible, so that they can have more momentum in the formal negotiations.
If it were any other ordinary people in Europe and the West, they might still feel honored to kneel to Prince Daming.
As a result, Zhu Jianfeng immediately stopped his momentum and did not continue to be serious with him:
"Okay, then let's do as we please, that's actually quite good..."
Then Zhu Jianfeng just shut up, which made the representatives from various countries in Europe and the West a little confused.
Zhu Jingyuan reacted instantly, and immediately picked up where Zhu Jianfeng left him, greeting everyone with a smile on his face:
"In that case, everyone, please sit down quickly and let's start discussing..."
At this time, the princes and representatives of the European and Western countries suddenly realized that the "guests and hosts" just now was a trap.
They originally wanted to protest the seating arrangement, so they refused to sit down.
Now Peter took the initiative to say that he was a guest or host, and Zhu Jianfeng directly gave him a stamp of confirmation.
Then Zhu Jingyuan took everyone to sit down...
Do guests and hosts sit wherever they please?
Zhu Jingyuan has already sat down, at the top of the huge conference table, which is the seat of the master in the Ming Dynasty Hall.
Zhu Jianfeng always sat in the first place on the left, which was the position of the most distinguished minister in the Ming Dynasty.
Other representatives of the Ming court and vassal states were lined up below Zhu Jianfeng, all on the left side of the venue.
All that's left is the seat on the right, where guests can sit as they please.
Representatives from various countries in Thailand and Spain were embarrassed again.
When Zhu Jianfeng saw that the Taixi people were motionless, he couldn't help but urge him:
"What's wrong? Why don't you sit down? Didn't you just say that you can do whatever you want, but now you don't accept it?"
"You barbarians really have no bottom line and no rules. Can I still trust your sincerity in the truce?"
Several Thai and Western ministers were very helpless and aggrieved. They worked up their emotions and words, preparing to find suitable words to confront Zhu Jianfeng.
If it doesn't work, just go back to the previous stage and kneel down, and then come back and continue to pay attention to the position.
Kneeling down is nothing. In fact, it does not particularly affect the status of the Thai and Western countries, but the seat in the negotiation must be fought for.
It was impossible for Zhu Jianfeng to fall into that trap and give up on being particular about seating arrangements.
But at this time, Archduke Karl, the brother of the Austrian Emperor, noticed the problem with the layout of the site.
There was another empty seat next to Zhu Jingyuan who had already sat down.
Then Archduke Karl asked:
"May I ask, Your Highness Prince Dashi, which representative is reserved next to you?"
finally come.
When Zhu Jingyuan looked at the location of Rome, he thought of all the jokes about Rome in his previous life, and couldn't help but want to laugh.
But this was a very serious occasion, and Zhu Jingyuan tried his best to maintain a serious attitude:
"This is for the representatives of Rome."
As soon as Zhu Jingyuan said this, the atmosphere at the scene immediately changed.
Representatives of several Thai and Western countries, several princes, princes, and grand dukes came to the meeting in high spirits.
I don’t know how many people asked in unison at this time:
"Which Rome are you talking about specifically?"
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