Qi Guogong attaches great importance to this matter, and may really feel that the Westerners have taken the lead in some places.

But Liu Yu really doesn't support the Eastward movement of Western learning and the translation movement, at least for this time.

The premise of the century-old Arab translation movement is that the technological level of the world is almost stagnant, and it can be translated slowly and slowly influenced.

Now, not to say that there are three changes in a year, but to say that a decade will produce many unprecedented theories, and it is not possible to rely on translation. If it was at the end of the Ming Dynasty, maybe the translation movement would still be in time, but now it really can't.

Some technical books are useless when translated, and the current technology still has to be learned from an apprenticeship at an early age.

Harrison, who made a series of top mathematicians such as Newton disgraced and made a marine clock, Liu Yu seriously doubted that he could write.

Watt may not be illiterate, but that's probably what happened.

Before Euler unified mathematical symbols and raised calculus as an adult, Newton's books had to be understood by the top people, which was of little significance.

As for algebra and the like, it is necessary to have the ability to write a set of teaching materials, rather than translating all the previous papers.

Of course, translation still has to be translated.

Liu Yu thinks that if he wants to carry out the translation movement, he should still focus on literature and history books, and those in science and engineering should wait for him to finish compiling teaching materials and wait for those orphans to grow up.

"What the prince sees is what he sees. If the name of this translation is not uniform, it is indeed difficult to do. In this way, I will publish a book popularizing Western geography and a brief history, and I will use it as a basis for future translations. ”

Qi Guogong praised: "Keeping the usual is really a little bit of a point." That's what I mean, and that's what Your Majesty means. You'll have to do it. Anyway, I heard that Your Majesty said that you are quite idle in Weihai, everything is in order, and the navy can already operate on its own. But you, who go to Songjiang today and Batavia tomorrow, are idle. ”

"I'll wait for your news about the translation. There is another matter, that is, His Majesty intends to put me in charge of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and the Rakshasa people will send a higher-ranking envoy because of the boundary survey. The matter on the Rakshasa side is easy to say. But Your Majesty has said one more thing, and that is that let me ask you about trade with the Swedes. ”

Trade with the Swedes is very important, and not many people know about it.

Since the Duke of Qi said that His Majesty asked him to take over, it seems that the emperor told him some things, and Liu Yu no longer concealed it.

"It's troublesome and troublesome, and it's easy to say. His Majesty intended to pass through the South Seas, and this time he also sent a ship to Sweden to sell goods. ”

"In the event of war against the South Seas, the Dutch will rob our ships. East of Malacca, we don't have to be afraid. But after Malacca, our ship won't be able to go to Europa. Halfway through, he had to be robbed by the Dutch and bankrupt. ”

"That's what I think, there must be a big war in Europe. Once a war breaks out in Europe, France and Spain will have to rob Dutch and British merchant ships; On the contrary, the Dutch and British will also rob the merchant ships of France and Spain. This is an excellent opportunity, the trade of our dynasty is completely subject to the Westerners, what to buy and sell, the Westerners say, and the profits in the middle are also earned by the Westerners. ”

"Therefore, taking the opportunity of this European war, since they have hijacked each other's ships, of course we must take advantage of this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to sell our goods to the Western Ocean."

"It's just...... If we pass through the South Seas, we will go to war with the Dutch. So I thought about borrowing Sweden, borrowing chickens to lay eggs, flying the Swedish flag, or talking to the Swedes about trading companies. The Swedes were certainly not willing to give up their interests, and therefore relied on diplomacy in this matter. ”

Unlike Europe, in fact, Dashun's "Ministry of Foreign Affairs" is really not very significant. It's just that Liu Yu wants Dashun to let go of the Celestial Empire and enter the world, so he can only make people think that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs is of great significance, even if he pretends to be out, takes off his pants and farts, he has to create this kind of illusion.

Qi Guogong understood as soon as he heard it, and frowned: "Dutch country...... The Netherlands is not to be underestimated. ”

"When I was in France, I was at war. This country of France can be described as a powerful country, and the strength of the army is really amazing. But even so, it was several times that he did not even have the courage to start a war near the Netherlands, for fear of drawing the Netherlands into the war. Although the country of Holland is small and has not many people, it is a strong land. ”

Liu Yu didn't think so, and said with a smile: "At the end of the strong crossbow, you can't wear Lu Min." The Dutch have nothing more than money, and to fight a war is to fight money. But no matter how rich he is, he won't spend too much money in Nanyang, isn't it for me to knead in Nanyang? Guogong went to Europe this time, can you check the European tariff? ”

This Qi Guogong has really been inspected.

"Checked. When I went, the Dutch happened to be in France, and they were talking about tariffs. Their properties are almost the same, such as Henan and Shandong, they are competing with each other. If the Dutch do not collect taxes on French wine, then Dutch winemakers will not be able to make a living, and vice versa. ”

"This is not easy for the dynasty to do. One is that there is no exchange, and there is no competition at this time; The second is that the coast of the country is long, and the tariffs are not easy to manage. If you collect more, you will smuggle more, and from Weihai to Guangdong, you really can't find out how many boats you have. ”

"Your Majesty said let me handle this matter and cooperate with you. But I'm really hard to cooperate. ”

"The kingdom of Sweden, bordering the Rakshasas, is a battle of mortal enemies. This can be a long-distance and close-range negotiation, but when it comes to this kind of thing, how can I, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, be the master? If Sweden fights against the Rakshasas, I want to deter the Rakshasas and threaten to go to war, how can the Ministry of Foreign Affairs have such great power? ”

"The other is customs duties, and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has the right to decide who to tax?"

"So, I really don't understand what this Ministry of Foreign Affairs does? I see, it's no different from Honglu Temple or something, and it's in charge of etiquette? ”

New departments will inevitably lead to the distribution and reorganization of power.

The advantage of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs is that it will not encroach on the powers and responsibilities of the government, which is tantamount to creating something out of nothing, and there is little resistance.

But the disadvantages are the same, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs does not take away the power of others, and the whole thing is an ornament.

Theoretically, if the Ministry of Foreign Affairs wants to get things done, it should enter the cabinet and enter the Heavenly Blessing Palace, and be responsible to the emperor and prime minister of Dashun, the Son of Heaven.

Now the problem of Dashun is that the rights and responsibilities are not clear, the Heavenly Blessing Hall is in charge of everything, and the rights and responsibilities of the six departments are invaded everywhere.

But the Sixth Department actually has its own leader and its own team.

The emperor didn't want to have a prime minister, so he got a secretary team in the cabinet of the previous dynasty or the Tianyou Hall of the current dynasty, but many things were not easy to do.

If the Ministry of Foreign Affairs wants to get things done, it is simple now, because the head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs is the Duke of Qi Guo, and he can go beyond the Heavenly Blessing Hall and directly play affairs with the emperor.

But what about the future? Without a clear mechanism for the distribution of rights and responsibilities and discussion, what should I do if someone is replaced? It can't all rely on the honorable and noble, and Shengsheng turned the Ministry of Foreign Affairs into a nursing home.

It is said that the most reasonable thing should be that there should be six or seven people in the Heavenly Blessing Palace, and one should be in charge of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

The British have a similar situation, so the UK has a foreign office, and a Commonwealth office. Correspondingly, it can also be in line with Dashun, one is in charge of tributary affairs, and the other is in charge of diplomacy outside the scope of tributary states, east of Malacca is called the Celestial Empire, and west of Malacca is called China.

However, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Rites must have a person in charge, and it should also be in the cabinet.

In this situation, it is not big to say that it is not small, but it is not small.

said that he had no power, and he could communicate directly with the emperor; Say you have the right, you can't make your own decisions about.

This matter fell on him, and Liu Yu thought clearly.

The emperor didn't want Liu Yu to take care of too many things and seize too much power.

Originally, Liu Yu reported these things directly to the emperor, but now across a foreign ministry, the exchanges, exchanges and negotiations with Western countries have actually changed from "relying on Liu Yu" to "relying on the Ministry of Foreign Affairs".

This is the emperor taking away the authority in advance, just for the convenience of doing it, and let the Duke of Qi be in charge. One is the right person and has been to Europe; Second, the emperor also knew the relationship between Qi Guogong and Liu Yu.

In the future, when the team of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs can operate independently, it will definitely be replaced.

Now the emperor wants to organize two sets of teams, one is the internal Celestial Empire; One is China's external affairs. The problem is that there is only one Tianyou Palace, which is both the Tianyou Hall of the Celestial Empire and the Chinese Cabinet, which is very troublesome.

The emperor moved the inner court to the outer court, and tried his best to grasp power, but now he found that his energy was limited, and he had to acquiesce in letting go of some power.

However, there are no rules, and they only rely on unspoken rules to support them, and when they encounter an emerging department like the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, they are a little blind, especially if they have not yet formed a set of unspoken rules for operation, they are naturally blind.

Qi Guogong also felt that this Ministry of Foreign Affairs was purely a stamp that was not used.

"Look, you see. The last time the French delegation entered Beijing, the envoy on our side was the British Minister. The British Duke is the Pingzhang military state affair of the Heavenly Blessing Palace, so the matter can be negotiated. ”

"Then next time, if the Rakshasa Kingdom, the Inggui Li Kingdom, and the Dutch Kingdom send a mission. If you want to talk about business, the person who came out for the interview must at least be a military and state affair of Jiapingzhang, right? ”

"Aren't I in charge of etiquette? Some translations? ”

Qi Guogong didn't have too much dissatisfaction, he didn't have much interest in entering the Tianyou Palace, and he also knew that the candidates for the Tianyou Hall were almost fixed. The British duke has gone down, and there is the one who fought in the northwest for many years and now wants to dismiss the army.

But since the emperor had appointed him to this new department, he also had to consider the authority of this department.

In fact, Liu Yu does not know very well what the Ministry of Foreign Affairs does, and foreign policy must not be independent, but must consider a series of issues such as war and tariffs.

Then the Ministry of Foreign Affairs is a stamp? Came out to speak?

Diplomacy, the geographical location of Dashun determines the periphery that is qualified for diplomacy with Dashun, in fact, there is a Russia and Spain.

Portugal occupied Macau, but nominally tributary; Japan is not a tributary state, but everyone pretends that it does not exist, and if they really bring Japan's affairs to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the world will be shocked.

Moreover, Russia is on the side of Dashun, and there are envoys of the same level, but this is because the border issue has always been discussed, and it is difficult to say whether it can be permanent in the future.

Spain is a mess of mud, and it is best to pretend not to exist for the time being. The Luzon massacre, once it detonates public opinion, will definitely be in an uproar; But in order to get rid of the Netherlands, you have to pinch your nose and communicate, after all, the West French alliance is the Bourbon dynasty, and the Netherlands can jump into this quagmire after getting rid of it.

In this way, this is called the Ministry of Foreign Affairs?

This is clearly a "boundary survey office for negotiations with Russia," and its style has suddenly dropped from a ministerial level to a department-level organization.