"Yes, yes, yes! This is exactly what the words of the national government mean concisely. I had also sent warships to Matsue, where the Dutch had merchant houses, and had seen that there was already a navy in our dynasty. ”

Speaking of some of the preparations he had made before, Qi Guogong praised: "In addition to customs duties, the more ships you have, the harder my waist for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to speak to the outside world will be." This thing was done beautifully, anyway, they thought that the French came to our court to discuss dealing with the Rakshasa together, and sent a ship to Sweden, and if you send a warship to Songjiang, they would not think of making a move on Nanyang. ”

originally thought that Liu Yu had found a hot potato for himself, and when he heard that it only took three years for warships to suppress the Dutch in the South Seas, this meant that in addition to relying on his mouth to talk nonsense, or cutting off trade, he had another choice, and he was very open-minded.

Thinking that the emperor has the heart to experience the South Seas, this time he handled the affairs of the Netherlands more beautifully, and it was also his own credit to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Considering the attitude of the emperor, the emperor certainly did not want the Dutch to be slaughtered, nor did he want the Dutch to expel those people back to Fujian. If the second possibility can be done as much as possible, the emperor will be happy, and it can be regarded as a good deal, and it can also highlight the role of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

There are some things that the emperor must not be able to say directly, and it is impossible for him to take the blame.

This matter has to be handled by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, just like if the Dutch say that they will send back all the remnants of the country, and if the emperor says that they will not allow it, it will be a bit immoral, and if the Dutch really learn from the actions of the Spaniards in Luzon, the emperor will not be able to hold his face.

Thinking about a few things to be done by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in his heart, and thinking about putting up the shelves of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs before the Nanyang was pacified, and giving the emperor a satisfactory explanation, Qi Guogong also knew it in his heart.

Any department, from the perspective of Dashun as a whole, the meaning of the existence of this department, in theory, is to make Dashun better and better.

And if it is a separate department, the meaning of the existence of the department, from the perspective of "merit and righteousness", that is, the higher the rank of the department, the more officials, and the more funds it has, the more meaningful and successful it is.

How can you prove that your department is important without a high enough rank, without enough officials, without enough power, without enough funds?

It doesn't matter what exactly was done.

Although Dashun changed the six ministries to the six governments, it was a change of soup but not a change of medicine. Thinking of the six ministries, there are also various departments, such as the Ministry of Military Affairs, the Department of Vehicle Driving, the Department of Arsenal, and so on, and the framework of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs should also be a template in turn.

If the tariff power can be grasped, this customs department must have it.

And there are only a few people who can talk about diplomacy with Dashun.

Therefore, there must be the English Division, the French Division, the Spanish Division, the Portuguese Division, the Dutch Division, the Swedish Division, the Rakshasa Division, and so on.

The creation of new departments is either to manage new things from scratch or to wrest power from old ones.

Not to mention the new, it is not difficult to think only of seizing power in the old sector.

The Customs Department, the government can only manage half of it, and the other half is in the emperor's account, as long as the emperor agrees, this is not a big problem.

Macau, at most, was taken away from the Guangdong Jiedu Envoy, and this matter was not difficult.

The Dutch also took a form that year and came to the capital to "pay tribute" once, and then they didn't come, and the court didn't ask them to come again, it was just normal trade.

As for the reception of the envoys of various countries, the government did not want to take care of these matters in the first place. When the Rakshasa envoys and the French envoys came, the people in the Rite government were unwilling to deal with it, one felt humiliated, and the other did not want to take the blame - maybe one day someone would participate in a copy, saying that they had fallen into the dignity of the Celestial Empire and were not in harmony with the courtesy.

At that time, the Li government did not want to take the blame, so it pushed out the work of receiving the missions of the developing countries, and now it is easy to take away the right to receive non-tributary countries.

By the way, by taking advantage of this boundary survey, we can also snatch those people in charge of boundary surveying, and this can cooperate with the newly established Privy Council to divide up these people who survey the boundary and divide part of the power of the Ministry of Duties in the hands of the military government.

Now this Ministry of Foreign Affairs is still an empty shell, but by the time it is handed over to the emperor in the future, it will be complete.

It is not difficult to make sure that the emperor can answer his own questions, or that his own departments can answer them.

"Usually, if the Ministry of Foreign Affairs wants to communicate with Western countries and control tariffs, it needs talents."

"It is not possible to take the imperial examination of talents. They don't understand Western languages, let alone tariff issues, so they either choose people from the Wude Palace or from the Jinghai Palace. ”

"Wude Palace learns some Taoism, and Jinghai Palace learns some techniques. In my opinion, this matter needs to be returned to Your Majesty, and Jinghai Palace will cultivate these people, and they will be useful for future assessments. ”

"Your translation and brief introduction to the history of Western countries also need to be completed as soon as possible, so we will make a teaching material."

"It just so happens that the group of people who went to Europa with me this time, Your Majesty is also worried about how to settle them, and this Ministry of Foreign Affairs is a good place to go. If you don't have the ability, you can go and learn. ”

"If you have the ability, Your Majesty still hopes that they will learn the method of military formation and become officers in the future. If you are a little bit lower, you can throw it to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. ”

When it comes to people like Dang Xuanming's group of people who went to Europe with him, Qi Guogong is also a big head.

I thought that I had seen the military formation techniques of the Westerners, and after I came back, I went to the army to reform, but I never thought that before I got home, Dashun had already changed the army.

As for technology, Qi Guogong is not Peter, and he didn't go to the shipyard to really learn his skills, and those noble sons who followed him didn't learn any technology.

Moreover, the Celestial Empire has despised skilled craftsmen since ancient times, and letting them learn it is also an insult in their eyes.

sent a group of noble sons out for a spin, but in fact, Mao didn't learn. A few studious ones were left in the French and Russian academies of science or military academies, and the rest of those who came back were only a few years old.

But there is no merit in this, there is also hard work, and the emperor also has a headache for the resettlement of these people after they return.

Qi Guogong felt that it was just right that these people went around Europe and could speak a few words of Western language.

You might as well throw it to Jinghai Palace, find some Western teachers, learn Western language for a few years, and then directly stuff it all into the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Anyway, waiting for Nanyang to be sure, this Ministry of Foreign Affairs is just a decoration.

It is just right to arrange for these people to have something to do, to receive some salaries, and they are all their own people in Xungui's family, and they can be regarded as seeking benefits for their own people.

Hello, I'm hello, everyone, except for the emperor's treasury or the treasury.

Liu Yuxin said what you said, this is treating the Ministry of Foreign Affairs as a garbage dump for defective products?

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs originally needed foreign-related languages, and the so-called family origins were not all close relatives in the end?

"Okay. I'll do the hiring of teachers. Translation of things, I'm also as soon as possible. As for the candidates...... I'm afraid that I will have to be approved by His Majesty? ”

Qi Guo said: "That's nature. The quality of the performance along the way, whether it can be used, whether it has learned anything, this is all to be reported. His Majesty is to select some people first, and the military correction can be used to fill in the officers. The rest can be thrown to you. ”

Liu Yu thought that as long as he didn't throw it into the navy, as for diplomacy, it didn't matter too much.

If a weak country has no diplomacy, and if its navy is not strong, it cannot go out of the South Seas, and there will be no diplomacy.

If the navy is strong, diplomacy will naturally be simpler.

Anyway, at least in the next ten years, Dashun's general diplomatic line has been decided: to unite with France, fight the Netherlands, contain Britain, and make peace with Russia.

The general line has been paved, and Dashun does not need diplomatic geniuses like Su Qin and Zhang Yi, but only talents who follow the steps are needed.

The minutiae are not as important. It's okay to get a group of noble concubines to be diplomats.

"Guogong, there is one more thing. They may have to be sent to various European countries in the future. You have to think about it, going to Europe at this time is no different from being exiled for 3,000 miles, and they are afraid of reluctance in their hearts. When the time comes, it will definitely offend some people. ”

Qi Guogong snorted and said, "What's wrong with this? Before this, it may feel like a 3,000-mile exile. I've been there once, but it can only be regarded as being released outside the capital, and it is not so wild. Although clothing, food, housing and transportation are very different from this dynasty, they are not as if Zhang Qian was trapped in the Xiongnu and Su Wu was in Beihai. ”

"In the future, if the Ministry of Foreign Affairs is really established, those who have the ability will be among the divisions, and those who are not capable will also be mixed with outsiders. One by one can't attack the lord, and now it's not their turn to fight for their exploits, give them a way out, where will they hold grudges? ”

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has not yet skimmed the eight characters, but there is an empty shelf, and Qi Guogong has already thought of the future positions of various divisions and foreign ministers.

"That's it. I will play Your Majesty, first decide on the candidates and functions, and then talk about the rest. If the Swedes can come, I will go and talk to them about it; If the Dutch really have intentions, I'll take care of them. You don't want to meddle. That one is called Lian Huaiguan, you will call him to come to my house in a few days. ”

Liu Yu hurriedly said: "Guogong, this person came from Batavia, and if I pass through the South Seas in the future, this person will still be useful." Although it is not said that it is like a spring breeze, it is not good to chill the hearts of these overseas migrants. ”

Although these nobles of Dashun were kind and pleasant when they talked to themselves, Liu Yu knew too well the attitude of these people when facing civilians.

That attitude of not looking at people right is almost innate.

Under the etiquette system, the feudal hierarchy is very serious, this is not even a show talent in Huaiguan, and he also goes to the sea to make a living, even if he has some prestige in Batavia, but he can enter the capital, in the eyes of these nobles, he is a little ant.

Although Liu Yu didn't want Lian Huaiguan to do big things by himself, he had been slightly shocked before.

However, there is a degree to everything, I am afraid that even Huaiguan will come to the capital to take a look, and the nobles will look at him like a mustard, and their hearts will be cold, and their hearts will be dogs anyway, and Lao Tzu might as well be a dog for the Dutch, then it will be over.

This kind of thing is not impossible to happen, Liu Yu thinks it is better to remind him.

"Hahahaha...... Do you know what the cheapest thing in the world is? ”

Liu Yu shook his head, and four words popped out of Qi Guogong's mouth.

"Corporal Lixian. One does not spend money, the other does not let profits, he looked at the stone lions at my door, the big red door, the gilt ring, the entry and exit etiquette is strict, the subordinates are obedient, the hall is open, and naturally there will be a kind of small humility. With these things, I only need to be a little more pleasant, and it will make them feel very honored. This is called Corporal Lixian. ”

"Down, down, there's up, there's down. If there is no superiority and humility, how can you be courteous to the corporal? If there is no dignity, you can only speak for profit. If you are advantageous, others will listen; The upper and lower levels are humble and strict, and the etiquette is strict, which is very different. ”

"You, you, you only know the bottom, but you don't know the top, and you don't know the wonderful use of the difference between the top and the bottom. You should study these things well. ”

Liu Yu smiled bitterly in his heart, sighed slightly, and said: "I'm afraid that he is used to wandering around in Nanyang, and his heart is unrestrained." Seeing that there are many etiquettes in the country, I don't like it. ”

Qi Guo said fairly: "After passing through the South Seas, the imperial court spent money and dispatched large armies and warships, what are you going to do as the imperial court?" Although His Majesty has established the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, this is only outside the South Seas, and the South Seas are still within the Celestial Empire, is it possible that the Celestial Empire will send troops and money, but the rules of the Celestial Empire will not work in the South Seas? You also know in your heart that if there is no imperial court, whether it is the Celestial Empire, or Britain, France and the Netherlands, it will be difficult to gain a foothold outside. There are many people who don't obey discipline, Southwest Tusi, is it possible not to change the land and return to the stream? ”

"The Celestial Empire is like this, I don't know the rules, I just want to be favored, do you know that the Jing Navy is a festival? How is Annan doing now? In the Song Dynasty, the north and the south were still different, each had its own hatred, and it was only then that the Ming Dynasty was reorganized into the world, what kind of Nanyang do you want? ”

"If he really wants to be for the tens of thousands of Chinese in Nanyang, how can he turn his back on it because he doesn't like the etiquette of the Celestial Empire? If he doesn't want to have Holland on his head and a Celestial Empire on his head, then what's the use? ”

"If you just see me, you think that the etiquette of the Celestial Empire is cumbersome, let me ask if His Majesty summons him in the future, will he ask the Son of Heaven to call him to the court? I'm trying him, if he even thinks it's cumbersome, and his face is irritable and displeased, then it's best not to let His Majesty summon him, and then His Majesty doesn't like it, and it will be difficult to say about Nanyang. ”

"The four words of Corporal Lixian, you only know the words Xian and Shi, but you don't know that the essence of these four words lies in Lihe."

"The Celestial Empire is the Celestial Empire, and China is China. The word Celestial Empire is attributed to a 'ceremony'. If he had the ability, he would have driven out the Dutch in the South Seas, whether it was tribute or trade; If you don't have such ability, if you need the Celestial Empire to send troops, then you must abide by the rules of the Celestial Empire. Your Majesty...... I don't want to go through the South Seas and then change the land and return to the stream. ”

This is a private conversation between the two, and Liu Yu has nothing to take into account, so he carefully considered Qi Guogong's words, nodded and said, "It's that I think less." Guogong's words are reasonable, if you can't even stand the etiquette of meeting Guogong, if you are really summoned by Your Majesty, it is difficult to say what will happen. That's the rule. ”

Qi Guogong sighed, looked at Liu Yu for a long time, and said quietly: "Normal, normal, Jinshuiqiao asked right that day, Your Majesty can listen to you, not because you have the ability, but because your father is the prince of the dynasty." You yourself have benefited from this rule, and since you were born, there have been few people with whom you have knelt. But the world is not like this. ”

"When Nanyang enters the Celestial Empire, the rules must be observed. Who wants to worship when he sees an official, and who doesn't have to kneel, these are all rules. I still say the same thing, he has the ability to do things on his own, the Celestial Empire will not care, and it doesn't matter if he doesn't trade and doesn't pay tribute; If he doesn't have the ability to do things on his own, he has to follow the rules of the Celestial Empire. ”

"There are no rules. The rules can be changed, but if they are to be changed, they must be changed by the Celestial Empire, and the new rules will replace the old rules, rather than the north having the rules of the north, the south having the rules of the south, and the south of the seas having the rules of the south. ”