New Shun 1730

Soon after, in the capital, the emperor looked at some very special gift lists and smiled.

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

Of the two thousand pieces of glass, one thousand pieces were kept in the palace, and the rest were to be given as rewards to the ministers.

Liu Yu, who presented the glass, is now inspecting the Beijing camp. The emperor asked Liu Yu to inspect the training situation in the Beijing camp and see the results of the military reform.

The inspection is almost over today, and it just so 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, one thousand pieces of glass are really a drop in the bucket.

When the glass was first delivered, Li Gan thought that Liu Yu would encourage extravagance. But when he saw the price of the glass, he felt that it was a bit too cheap. As a reward to the ministers, it was really a bit hard to wipe it out.

The emperor has a share in this glass workshop. Liu Yu used his skills to buy shares, and part of them were presented to the emperor as tribute. The most vulgar things are exactly what the emperor likes most.

The feeling of being rich is great.

Having just received the dividends from the Monopoly Chamber of Commerce in Mongolia, Liu Yu sent this year's advance dividends. With a stroke of his pen, he gave each of the two thousand soldiers stationed in the Western Regions a fur hat, which was from the inner treasury.

Emperors also like money, especially when they are emperors. The national treasury and the inner treasury must be clearly distinguished. With money, things are done quickly. In the past, I would definitely not be willing to give a fur hat to the two thousand soldiers stationed in the Western Regions. Ten thousand taels of silver must have hurt my heart.

But this year, the dividends from Mongolia are more than 200,000 taels. Liu Yu's advance dividends are no longer invested in the navy, but there are still more than 100,000 taels. There are also a lot of stock bills that can be used as silver, and the emperor is generous.

However, the procedures should still be followed. In the reply to Liu Yu's gift list, Liu Yu was still "criticized". Giving money was really insulting and he was told to read more.

This is an open article. Of course, private words should be said in private.

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

Some places need to use glass, but the Forbidden Palace is the most private place in the world, so some places cannot use it.

But places that can see light are definitely better than window paper.

The eunuchs who served saw that the emperor was in a good mood, so they naturally had to praise Liu Yu.

"Your Majesty, are these glasses sent by Ying Suo Bo really made by yourself? There were missionaries who thought about trying to make glass in the official kiln before, but the ones they made were not very good. The ones sent by Ying Suo Bo are very transparent, which is very different."

Of course, there was glass in the Forbidden Palace before, and the emperor had thought about making glass. In order to gain favor and get the emperor, the "lost lamb", back on the right track, the missionaries also suggested trying to make glass.

However, the effect of making glass was very poor.

Li Gan looked at the glass windows of the warm room. The eunuchs wiped them very clean without a speck of mud.

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

Just when he was in a good mood, the eunuch also knew how to flatter. Li Gan said: "When asked about the right answer at Jinshui Bridge that day, Liu Yu said that everyone has their own expertise. These missionaries may be considered calendars, but some skills are still far behind. If Liu Yu hadn't pointed out the wonderful use of bayonets and the wonderfulness of the new formation, I'm afraid that the flintlock rifles they tributed would have been shelved."

"I only see the skills of the missionaries. I have the usual, why do I need missionaries with unclear minds?"

Speaking of happy things, Li Gan was in a good mood.

The reason why I was hesitant to ban religion before was because I was tempted by the "skills" of the missionaries.

Whether it is the calendar or mathematics, these missionaries who were selected to continue the upper-class route left by Matteo Ricci are really capable. A calendar contest made the astronomy of Dashun lose all its face.

For this reason, when banning religion, it was a bit like a rat-killing move.

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

When intimidating the Russian delegation, the questions asked were not understood by the missionaries at all.

Moreover, by cutting off the missionaries, diplomatic channels with Russia and France were opened up, and normal exchanges were conducted. Missionaries, who were middlemen with ulterior motives, were not needed, and the efficiency was doubled.

Now the vigorous ban on religion has caused a lot of disturbances in Jiangnan, but it was quickly suppressed.

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

Even so, France, a Catholic country, still extended an olive branch, and did not do what the missionaries threatened: if the religion was banned, all European countries would cut off exchanges.

The eunuch observed the emperor's words and said hurriedly: "Your Majesty has a keen eye for pearls, and has discovered Ying Suobo's talent and knows how to use people. The book says: There are often good horses, but there are not often good horse trainers. If it weren't for your majesty's wisdom, Ying Suobo would be a pearl covered in dust, unable to display his talents."

"Hahahaha..." This flattery was a bit vulgar, without too many tricks, far less innovative than what Liu Yu had done in the northeast and northwest.

But the prelude of that kind of flattery was too long, and the emperor also needed a little flattery from time to time to adjust. At this time, he couldn't help laughing, thinking that this was right. If I were that kind of foolish person, you, Liu Shouchang, would have no place to use your talents no matter how capable you were.

Just like the French delegation coming this time, the court was in an uproar again.

The cost of equal diplomacy is huge.

It is equivalent to Dashun giving up the dignity of the Celestial Empire and the self-system of "all under heaven belongs to the king" in front of the West.

As for gains and losses, the court has been arguing fiercely, and finally there are only three choices.

Either continue to maintain the Celestial Empire, give up exchanges, expel missionaries, and live a door-to-door life.

Or, give up the dignity of the Celestial Empire, 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 Empire, rely on missionaries to communicate, allow missionaries to preach, and merge Confucianism and Christianity.

The performance of the new army in the Pingzheng War was a heavyweight.

In the end, the emperor chose to maintain exchanges with the outside world, expel missionaries, and give up the concept of the Celestial Empire in front of Western countries.

The French envoys are coming soon. From the letter of credence submitted in advance by the East India Company, it can be learned that the French side sent the Minister of the Navy, a count.

According to Li Gan's understanding, France has a special navy minister who is listed in the cabinet, and it can be regarded as sending a person of the level of military government minister. This reception is different from the Luosha envoys. That was a post-war treaty, and this is peaceful diplomacy, which is very different.

Especially the reception etiquette, even with the precedent of the Luosha envoys, it still caused an uproar in the court.

Luosha, Dashun recognized it as an empire.

France is a kingdom.

Are the two receiving the same standard of reception? Or will France be downgraded to the treatment of Korea and entertained with the etiquette of the principality?

If France and Russia are the same, then Dashun recognizes the Westphalian system.

Then if Switzerland, Hanover, and even the princes of the Holy Roman Empire come, small countries with small digits should be treated equally in etiquette?

If not, which countries can get the same etiquette as Luosha? Why?

If it is based on strength, then wouldn't it be contrary to the etiquette system?

Etiquette is the core of the world. If etiquette is abolished, wouldn't it encourage the law of the jungle?

The strong can get higher treatment, instead of looking at the title of their country? In this way, wouldn't the Celestial Empire under the tribute system be completely messed up?

It's not easy to directly blame the emperor for this matter. Many people have taken out their ability to point fingers and say that the world's rituals and music are broken, and the root cause is that Liu Yu urged equal diplomacy in the negotiations with the Russian Kingdom.

It can be regarded as a special case at the beginning, but once this head is opened, all kinds of subsequent problems will appear. Today the Russians come, tomorrow the French come, and the day after tomorrow if the small European countries also come, what should we say?

There is a bug in the logic of the Celestial Empire's 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 they really can't accept the fact that the Celestial Empire system is gradually collapsing.

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

As long as there is a collapse, the collapse of the entire system will be brought about.

These collapses have fallen into the interpretation of the slogan put forward by Dashun after the Battle of Jingxiang.

Protect the world.

Now, even the concept of the world has collapsed. What is it protecting? Some people in the court have questioned, not learning the classics, not learning the words of sages, but learning Western knowledge, is this still called the world?

The emperor, the emperor, actually wants to have equal diplomacy with the barbarians. Even the emperor is gone, is there still the world?

Another thing is that Liu Yu opened a practical school, but he didn't teach the words of the sages, but learned Western knowledge in their eyes. Some people questioned that if we learn from Westerners because they have sharp guns and cannons, then should we learn from the Huns after the siege of Baideng? Should we learn from the Turks after the Weishui Alliance? Should we learn from the Jin Dynasty after Jingkang?

How can Dashun protect the world? It is clearly destroying the world.

Such scolding is endless, and many people even compare themselves to Hai Gangfeng, and write to the emperor, directly accusing the emperor of destroying the world by doing this.

After all, Li Gan and some people in the court who supported the reform withstood the pressure.

Whenever he thought of this, Li Gan felt that he was really a good person, thinking that if there was a change of emperor, Liu Yu would have died a long time ago.

Sometimes, Li Gan would feel aggrieved. Just like the deadlock of building a navy:

If there is no navy, the Westerners may, as Liu Yu said, harass the southeast and cut off the grain transport in the future, and China will be in danger.

If the navy is built, the Westerners will not dare to harass the southeast, nor will they be able to cut off the grain transport.

However, if the Westerners do not come to fight, how can the decision to build a navy prove to be wise and powerful? In the end, Li Gan was also afraid that he would leave a bad reputation in the history books as "wasting money and building useless troops", because he did not know whether the Westerners had such thoughts after making preparations.

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

"Bring the Japanese book "The Battle of Koxinga"."

After saying that, he laughed at himself and said, "The whole world, even though they are so close, doesn't respect the etiquette of the world. Maybe we should send some clear-minded people to educate the Japanese. If we can convince people with just a mouth, it would be simple."