I wanted the idea of "the Yellow River breach to promote the sea transportation of rice" flashed in my head, but this terrible and dark idea actually lingered.

From time to time, people will have thoughts that will feel terrible, embarrassing, or even shameless afterwards, and most of the time they just don't do it.

But at this time, Liu Yu's heart was a little panicked, and he felt that he was really a little sick and distorted.

The heart is separated from the belly, and the emperor can see that Liu Yu's face is a little strange, but he doesn't know what Liu Yu is thinking.

I thought that Liu Yugong was loyal to the country, and when he was considering the complete abandonment of Caoyun and the reform of shipping, he also praised this loyal minister in his heart.

"Aiqing, don't think about shipping anymore. This was not a one-time effort. If you want to be fast, you will be Han Wu if you are light, and Sui Yang if you are heavy. I know that I am impatient, but I always warn myself in this matter that I must not be in a hurry. ”

"Don't talk about it. In the case of the visit of the French Mission, I decided that the British Minister should be the chief envoy and you should be the deputy envoy to receive the mission and be responsible for the negotiations. The monsoon is about to rise, according to the report in Guangdong, about June and July every year, it is the time when Western ships come, right? ”

Speaking of the French mission, Liu Yu couldn't help but want to laugh.

Let the British minister be the chief envoy, and himself, who was almost named Krupp, the deputy envoy, this is a tripartite meeting between Britain, France and Germany?

In the emperor's words, a very important detail was also revealed.

The Son of Heaven said "visit" rather than "tribute", Chrysostom said, which is tantamount to characterizing this matter.

The emperor was qualified, and he dared to use the word "visit" boldly with confidence.

"Your Majesty, there is no question for the Minister to be the deputy envoy of the French Kingdom. There are only two things, and the minister needs to know His Majesty's bottom line. ”

"First, the difference between tributary and diplomacy, and the rules that can be set by the DPRK and China?"

"Second, what do I want in negotiations with France?"

This time it is different from the negotiations with Russia, and with Russia it is the border and trade issues.

With France, there is no border to be asked, and trade is not of any use.

The Fontainebleau Amnesty Decree and the standardization laws that were too ahead of the times in France made it even more difficult for French handicrafts to be sold in Dashun, which was already difficult to sell in Western goods.

Liu Yu wants to know, what to talk about?

Although he led this matter, and he knew in what direction to talk about, this Dashun was not his after all, and he couldn't make his own decisions, and he had to listen to the emperor's bottom line.

The British public rank is high enough, as a member of the Heavenly Blessing Palace, to some extent the same level as Count Morpa.

But the British duke's health is getting worse day by day, and it is impossible to be responsible for everything, and he, the deputy envoy, is the real envoy.

Li Gan saw the ingenuity of these two questions, which also showed that Liu Yu did not have the mind to assert himself, and his heart was happy.

"This tributary is still a diplomatic matter, if it is a tribute, it is the responsibility of the courtesy government. I thought about it, and in the future, tributary and diplomacy went hand in hand. ”

"The government is still in charge of tributary matters. And I will set up a non-permanent Ministry of Foreign Affairs, which will be directly managed by me and the Heavenly Blessing Palace. ”

"The Son of Heaven has the government of the Son of Heaven, and the emperor has the emperor's set of government."

"The Son of Heaven is courteous, and the government manages the tribute. The emperor had a foreign ministry in charge of foreign affairs. Parallel and non-interference. ”

"The expenses and rewards of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs are all from the inside, not from the government."

This compromise made Liu Yu a little surprised, there are really a lot of capable people in the Xindao court, and such loopholes can be drilled out, but they are talents.

Come to think of it, it seems to make sense. At least for now, the sovereignty of the emperor, the king and the state has not been clearly distinguished.

The responsibility assumed by the Son of Heaven was China's internal affairs and the tributary system of suzerain, maintaining the existence and legitimacy of the Celestial Empire within a certain range.

The responsibility assumed by the emperor is the foreign policy of Dashun, and the emperor is used as a symbol of sovereignty. Otherwise, it really doesn't make sense, the whole world is not the king's land, and the Son of Heaven is the largest level, so there is no possibility of any diplomacy.

The Son of Heaven is the Son of Heaven of Confucianism, and every move must theoretically conform to Confucian moral norms.

The emperor is not necessarily a Confucian emperor, and there are some things that do not have to conform to Confucian moral norms.

It looks like taking off your pants and farting, but this pants take off very meaningfully.

Immediately afterwards, the following words made Liu Yu feel that the emperor was afraid that he didn't just care about this meaning.

"If, as in the case of the General Staff, the Privy Council, the Good Family, and, possibly, the Admiralty, the tariffs on the goods of the countries which may henceforth be foreign should also be attributed to the internal treasury. The Son of Heaven does not rule the Four Yi, but the Emperor wants to communicate with the Four Yi. ”

"The responsibility of the Son of Heaven cannot be arbitrary. The emperor's appointment is to follow the first emperor's decree and dictatorship. ”

Li Ganxin said that I am really fed up with the nonsense of the court and the clear stream of advice, but if I don't set up these positions that I oppose for the sake of opposition, if I don't get scolded, I will definitely leave a bad reputation in the future.

"Didn't the Western missionary's Gospel of Matthew say, 'Render to God what is God's, and to Caesar what is Caesar's'? In the future, if the affairs of the Son of Heaven belong to the Son of Heaven, and the affairs of the Emperor belong to the Emperor. ”

Liu Yu said in his heart that you are tough, but in fact, the money of the navy is not from the household government?

This is not much different from Zheng He's silver profits from the Western Flower Household Department, but they go to the inside.

Wouldn't this be a preparation for the reparations to be paid to Japan after the war against Japan, the monopoly trade tax to be paid to the country, and even the spice trade after the war against the Netherlands?

Is this to treat the people in the General Staff, the Admiralty, and even the Customs Department as eunuchs with Ding Ding?

I felt a little awkward in my heart, but the emperor said happily, and said: "According to what you said, the diplomatic envoys of these Western countries have to spend their own money on food, clothing, housing and transportation. Since the Ministry of Foreign Affairs is not under the jurisdiction of the Son of Heaven, but by the Emperor, and these people are not here to pay tribute but to do diplomacy, then they should pay for the food and clothing themselves. ”

"Heaven and earth are vast, as long as you have silver, you can buy anything. If they want to come to the Celestial Empire, the French often trade in the Soviet Union, Guangdong, and Fujian, and they already know that when the French come to visit, they should let them see the warships of the dynasty and the soldiers after the military reform. ”

"As for what to talk about with France...... This matter is not only for you to lead the way, but also to deter the Rakshasa and intimidate the British into neutrality, and these are naturally to be discussed. ”

"But it's a target, not a book."

"Since you said that now is the world of great contention, I thought of the Spring and Autumn Period of the Alliance of Practicing the Earth and the Kuiqiu Alliance. In addition to the small Kyushu, there is also the big Kyushu, the princes of the big Kyushu, if there is no China, how can it be an alliance? ”

"Therefore, in addition to the ships, diplomacy, and trade that you want to discuss, you must also formulate the rules of the alliance with the French countries. It would be good if all nations could be involved in it in the future. ”

"Europa is far away, and I can't control it at this time, even if I say anything, it's useless. However, covenants such as the berthing and rescue of merchant ships in other countries when they encounter wind and waves can be regulated. Since China and France have joined this alliance, other countries will also join in the future, which is also the prestige of the country. ”

Liu Yu reacted for a long time and understood what the emperor meant. Is this to formulate international law and be the initiator of international law?

Now let's formulate some seemingly useless international law, first use the concept of participation in international affairs, and then slowly expand it later?

It seems that the emperor or those ministers who are interested in innovation also have brains, probably after reading his own pamphlet about Western countries, after seeing the British revenue and naval tonnage, he understands that it is impossible for people to come to pay tribute, and the reason why the Netherlands and other farts came to pay tribute before is not because of any national situation, it is nothing more than the East India Company to make money...... The East India Company was nothing but a company, so how could it be eligible for tribute? Just laugh, if you believe it, then it's really a cover-up.

Knowing the level of national strength of the Western countries, and also knowing that with Dashun's current military capabilities, not to mention Europe, which is tens of thousands of miles away, even in the South Seas, may not be as influential as the Netherlands, and even in Siam and other places, it may not be as good as France.

After facing himself squarely and understanding what kind of level he was at, he came up with this kind of moth: if he wants to be decent and this decency is acceptable, he can only engage in this kind of gadget like a merchant ship salvage treaty.

That's fine.

…………

On June 8, 1736, two French ships sailed into the port of Matsue without a card.

The Chinese on the dock didn't even look at it much, there was customs here, and such Western ships had seen a lot, and even looked at the flag to know that it was a French ship.

The French ships did not have any good goods, and basically only bought them with silver, and the workers who loaded and unloaded the goods had long been cleared.

On the shore, Tian Ping and the others were already waiting a little irritable.

This year's New Year is relatively late, the Western calendar is only in mid-February, and now even the Dragon Boat Festival has not arrived, and the longevity festival of the emperor's birthday has only passed, and Songjiang has received two big news.

The French envoy was to stop at Songjiang, and the envoy of Jiangsu Jiedu asked the Yin of Songjiang Prefecture and the emperor to ask the customs personnel to receive them properly. Send someone to arrange a pilot as soon as possible and go to Weihai.

Another major event is that the Caomi in Songjiang Jiangsu Prefecture will be transported by sea on a trial basis, and a joint-stock company will be established in order to facilitate management and compensation and share costs.

The previous news was not taken seriously, the French did not have many goods in their hands and did not buy much.

The latter news suddenly detonated the surrounding area of Songjiang, like a tsunami, along the coastline all the way, from Jiangsu to Guangdong, many people rushed to come to Songjiang to participate in the shares.

10% of the tax exemption quota for bringing goods, this is simply giving money, who would not participate in such a good thing?

If it weren't for the fact that there were not too many shares not to be invested, and because some joint-stock workshops had just been set up a while ago, and because I heard that an insurance company was going to be set up to absorb a large amount of money, I am afraid that the news would not have to spread to Guangdong, and the local big businessmen would have been able to eat all the shares.

Tian Ping was busy with these matters of equity participation and preparation for the establishment of insurance companies, who would have thought that the French were coming, and he would have to be in charge of the reception together with Songjiang Mansion Yin.

If it's just a reception, there is an order from above: reception is a reception, and it must be enthusiastic, but some unreasonable requirements must be eliminated.

Along the way, including going to see porcelain, silk reeling, silk weaving, jacquard and other workshops, it is necessary to refuse.

If the order is violated, the punishment will be severe.

This kind of duty, and the need to eat during the period of supply, greatly annoyed the officials present who knew the will.

Seeing the French ship docking, Tian Ping muttered to the tax supervisor of the customs: "Hurry up and arrange a few people who have been to Weihai, invite them to have a meal, and send them away tomorrow." ”

The same is true of the tax superintendent.

"That's right, there are many people who have been to Weihai. Uncle Ying didn't say that he would send someone to pick him up, so we could only receive him first. Just do as you said, have a meal, and send it away tomorrow and tomorrow. If you want me to say, just send a ship to meet you here, don't stop in Songjiang, just go straight. ”