New Shun 1730

"Maybe. I hope that when these people go to Europe, what they see will be like what those Europeans see in China now. Use what they know to understand each other."

"Before, the Jesuits were able to translate Dousi into God here and into Dainichi Tathagata in Japan. This is because they have been immersed in the foundation for decades and can be said to know themselves and the enemy. Without decades of hard work, it is indeed difficult to understand things far away clearly."

"You are right. The cultural gap may indeed make many things difficult for them to understand."

Although Kang Budai sounds a little too optimistic, Liu Yu thinks that there seems to be no better solution besides anxiety at this time, so he has to think optimistically.

Cultural gap is a problem, but there is a way of analysis based on economy and class that cannot be affected by cultural gap.

What Liu Yu is worried about is that there are experts in the court who will use similar methods to keep an eye on the situation in Europe and find some terrible things in the West that may threaten the imperial power for the emperor.

But there is no use in being afraid, so he has to do it this way.

Kang Budai heard Liu Yu cite the example of Vairocana Tathagata. He didn't want to make Liu Yu anxious anymore, so he used this topic to lead to another place. He smiled and said, "Sir, when you mention this, I remember one thing. Westerners can't understand our words; Westerners can't understand us either."

"Sometimes, we really have to speak like those missionaries who created God and Vairocana Tathagata. We have to use words they can understand to make things clear to them."

"For example, the British ship incident today, you still have to use words they can understand to make it clear. Did you do this intentionally? Or did you take advantage of the situation when it happened by chance?"

Liu Yu thought for a while and said, "It was an accident. I don't want to stir up trouble at this time. But today, things happened to the British."

"First, that George Anson is quite arrogant, and I really hate him. Secondly, he slapped me in the face. It hurt my face about the navigation clock, and I was angry. "

"Of course, the French also made a move. It involves the intention of usurping the authority, so I have to express my opinion. "

"The incident has already happened, and I have to take this opportunity to kill a chicken to scare the monkeys. "

"Kang Budai said: "Killing a chicken to scare the monkeys, I am afraid they may not understand it. In their eyes, they still don't understand where the British are wrong. Instead, they think that this dynasty acts according to personal preferences. "

"Since they can't understand our words, and we can't understand their words. Then we really have to learn from those missionaries and talk to them in words they can understand. You might as well use this incident to explain it to them. "

"What can't be done, what will be punished, and what rules are followed for today's punishment."

"For example, the crime that the young master accused the British of was trespassing into the territorial waters of the Celestial Empire."

"So, what does territorial waters mean? What is territorial waters? Are the territorial waters we define the same as the territorial waters understood by Westerners? It's best to make it clear while this matter is going on. And it should be made clear in words that they can understand."

"It is said that if you want to accuse someone of a crime, you can always find a pretext. But even if you want to accuse someone of a crime, it must be a crime. Crime is breaking the law. Law is a clear order."

"In the past, Zhao Jianzi cast a criminal tripod, which clearly stated what could be done and what could not be done."

"Now, the young master might as well take this opportunity to punish Britain and engrave a clear order on stone. Not for the people to see, but for those Westerners to see. Let them know what things can be done and what cannot be done. "" This is also inside. " "It is also an opportunity to initiate the country. If it is not nonsense, you ca n’t get Nanyang. But you are right, this dynasty can only say this kind of nonsense that seems to be nonsense but is not nonsense. "

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In the evening, the navy met with Liu Yu and told him that the British side had surrendered and was dismantling the cannons and supplies on the ship, preparing to hand over a cruiser as an apology.

"Sir, the British side said that you only want them to hand over a ship, but did not ask for cannons and cargo on the ship. They asked me to ask you, what should we do about this matter?"

"Let's do it this way. I don't even bother to take the things on his ship, just the ship."

"Yes. However, they picked the most broken ship. It is said that it encountered a storm and hit a reef at sea a while ago and almost sank. It was simply maintained with wooden boards."

"That doesn't matter, I just want a ship. Admitting mistakes is just a matter of attitude, don't make it so stiff. Go and tell them that when the British have dismantled the things on the ship, they will take the ship to the Humen Fort."

"As you command. "

The officer repeated Liu Yu's order, confirmed it was correct, and left in a hurry.

Liu Yu thought about what Kang Budai said and felt that it made sense. So he went to Guangzhou overnight, met with the governor and defense envoy of Guangzhou, and told them about his general plan.

The two did not have much experience in dealing with Westerners. When they heard that Liu Yu wanted to write some things clearly, they were happy.

In order to avoid any trouble in the future, if Westerners could understand, they would not take the initiative to cause such a mess again.

He was also secretly glad that Liu Yu was in Guangdong today, otherwise the navy would have fought with the British directly. On his side, as long as the British did not dock or approach the fort, they would probably not care. How could they make trouble for nothing just because of the arrogance on the sea dozens of miles away?

Since it was decided to be at the Humen Fort, Liu Yu discussed some things again, which were not a big deal, and the two agreed to it together.

In a few days, this news quickly spread throughout Guangzhou under the arrangement of the governor.

When the agreed day arrived, many idle people or scholars who had become scholars ran to the vicinity of Humen to watch.

Liu Yu was in charge of external affairs, while the Jiedushi was in charge of internal affairs. The same thing had different accounts.

Internally, the majesty of the Celestial Empire could not be touched lightly, and those who violated the majesty of the Celestial Empire would be severely punished.

Externally, a large number of messy international law prototypes derived from the Westphalian system were used to clarify the right and wrong of this matter and to participate in defining the meaning of "territorial waters" as the first step of Dashun's future "Five Hegemons' Rituals".

The broken ship, whose canvas had been removed, was slowly dragged to the vicinity of the fort amid the cheers of the people who heard another version of the story.

Several ships had ropes hung up and were ready to be dragged to the shore during the high tide. Liu Yu did not intend to sink it, but decided to leave it here as a memorial, as a token to be engraved on a stone, to serve as a warning to others.

Humen Fort was the only way to enter and exit Guangzhou. If it was placed here, anyone who came to Guangzhou for trade would be impressed.

Today's Humen Fort is no longer the shabby Humen Fort many years ago.

Since Dashun began to build a navy, the emperor determined that the navy's fear lies in strategic mobility and the right to choose the initiative in battles, so he spent money to strengthen the Humen Fort.

The reason why this place was chosen is that even if we don't consider the original subsequent humiliating history, just looking at what has happened before, this fort can be regarded as a witness to the relationship between China and Britain.

In the tenth year of Chongzhen, the first conflict between the Chinese official and Britain occurred in Humen. Of course, in terms of conflicts between merchants, it may be earlier. The British had the Southeast Asia Mutual Defense Agreement with the Netherlands in Southeast Asia, and they robbed many Chinese ships going to Manila for trade.

However, the incident in the tenth year of Chongzhen was the first official conflict.

There is no need to belittle yourself or be arrogant. Whether it was the Ming Dynasty, which was already shaky at the time, or the weak Britain in Asia at the time, both sides did not take this matter as a big deal.

That is, it was at the level of a pirate attack.

At that time, there was not even a garrison soldier at Humen Fort, only a few patrols. After seeing the British ship, they slowly transported people to Humen Fort, which had just been breached by Ming pirates in the sixth year of Chongzhen.

Britain robbed some pigs, and Ming lost some broken cannons with sandblasting, and finally solved it by diplomatic means.

Britain paid 2,800 taels of silver in compensation. For the sake of trade, it paid a lot of money to Li Dan and other pirates in Hirado, but after paying the money, the purpose was achieved and the goods were sold; Ming allowed Britain to sell the goods on the ship and leave, and was not allowed to come in the future. Ming’s purpose was also achieved, and its sovereignty at the mouth of the Pearl River was guaranteed.

It was not shocking that the British captured the fort guarded by dozens of civilians. They felt that Ming was weak and a small group of pirates had captured it four years ago. It was originally a small coastal defense stronghold the size of a palm, not a regular fort in front of a crow.

Britain had an old problem, and it deserved to be beaten for intruding into the territorial waters of other countries without permission. There was no need to exclaim that the Celestial Empire was invincible after paying 2,800 taels of silver. Britain's goal was to sell goods, and in the end it sold the goods before leaving, which was considered paying the port fee. After selling the goods, it also knew that its power in Asia at that time was not qualified to participate in trade with China, and it was a lesson.

At that time, it was not a big deal for both sides, and no one cared too much.

But this is a different time.

At that time, Britain had no ability to gain a foothold in Southeast Asia. The Dutch massacred the British on Ambon Island, and the British dared not even fart; Tokugawa Hidetada asked the British to withdraw their trading houses outside Nagasaki, and they listened if they listened, and left if they didn't listen, and Britain didn't dare to say anything at that time; Spain robbed British cargo ships, and could only go to the Japanese shogunate to complain, saying that the Spaniards were too bad; the Ming Dynasty told them not to come again, and they didn't come again until the world turned upside down and the new dynasty was established.

Today is different from the past. It is already possible to sail around the world with a fleet of warships... Although the mortality rate is 90%... But it is much stronger than before.

The East India Company has learned its lesson, but the navy is used to showing off its power and has no memory of the East India Company.

The old problem relapsed, and they entered the territorial waters of Dashun without reporting in advance, and greeted after they arrived.

Liu Yu also happened to teach the British, who are now stiff-backed, a lesson.

Although the ships that were towed here now, valuable or worthless, even the canvas has been removed, and they are completely empty shells.

But what they want is just an attitude, to show others, it doesn’t matter whether there are cannons inside, anyway, people only see the surface.

Nowadays, Britain has a nautical clock and naval bases along the way. It slapped Liu Yu in the face. Liu Yu had no other countermeasures except the trade scare.

We really don’t have the ability to drive warships to the Thames Estuary, so we can only stop at an appropriate level.

After all, trade can only scare people.

Dashun doesn't want to close the door and go to China the same day, but wants to go out and go to Europe to be a smuggler. Then there is no way to "be strong without desire", and sanctions on trade have become a double-edged sword, just say it.

It would be much easier if we closed the door and went to court that day. After destroying this fleet and cutting off trade with Britain, Britain had nothing to do with Dashun: the mortality rate of a fleet like George Anson's on a long voyage was just a gift when it came.

With a double-edged sword hanging above his head, Liu Yu had no choice but to control the speed as much as possible.

At this time, tens of thousands of people came to watch the excitement.

People from various countries' business offices and envoys who had not yet left were also invited to come and see.

The navy stationed here came out in full force. Although the number was not too large, the advantage was that there was a battleship large enough to suppress others, which was enough to support the scene.

Near the fort, a group of unlucky pirates who had just been captured were also escorted to the fort.

The huge gallows has been erected. These pirates were originally sentenced to death, but due to bad luck, their beheadings were changed to hangings.

In order not to make the matter too big and difficult to deal with, the British side requested not to fly the British flag on the ship that was trying to scare the monkeys.

You can tacitly agree that when Dashun carves a stone monument, it should be clearly stated that this is a British ship.

The British don’t recognize Chinese characters anyway, so as long as they don’t recognize them, they can treat them as if they don’t exist. But if the British flag is hoisted and so many ships from various countries enter and leave the Pearl River Estuary every year, it will really look bad.

And these unlucky pirates will hang up on the mast of the broken ship when the time comes. Later, after it dried, I couldn't tell which country it was from, so I pretended to be a captured British person.

This was not Liu Yu's idea, but the Jiedushi's idea.

This is to fool the people of this country.

Liu Yu contacted those foreign envoys, and on the other side made sure that what the people heard and what Liu Yu talked about could not be heard by each other.

Jiedushi was in the distance and said a lot of things about the majesty of the Celestial Empire to the people, and changed the situation to the English being rude and the Celestial Empire furiously attacking them. The reputation spreads far and wide.

Liu Yu was on the other side, talking directly to envoys and businessmen from various countries about things outside the Celestial Empire and making some things clear.

One is the way of the Celestial Empire, and the other is the way of China. The two sides do not interfere with each other.