The three Jishi, Bao Zhanlin, Fang Jiaxiang, Wang Yide, and "Little Teacher" Cheng Yi, the four of them opened their mouths slightly.

Some people thought that Bao Ting was joking, and some people simply thought that they had heard it wrong.

After half a ring, Bao Zhanlin smiled and said, "Zhupo, you are getting more and more witty!" But, uh, this kind of thing is still ...... It's good not to make jokes. ”

"Yuting, you're right," Bao Ting said loudly, "The heir is the foundation of the country, the hope of the four seas, and the weight of the nine tripods!" No matter how frivolous I am, I don't dare to joke about it. ”

That is, you are ...... Really?

The mouths of the four Hanlin opened a little wider, and their eyes widened.

"Zhupo," Bao Zhanlin lowered his voice slightly, pointing out an obvious fact, "Princess Rong'an...... But a woman! ”

"What about women?"

Fang Jiaxiang couldn't help it: "Zhupo, you ...... Ridiculous! Can the chicken be in the morning? ”

Bao Ting seemed to smile: "Shedding Weng, in this way, the Queen Mother of the Two Palaces was originally ...... Pheasant? ”

That's what I said!

Fang Jiaxiang's face was flushed suddenly, he just opened his mouth, and before he could say a word, he broke out of breath and coughed violently.

Wang Yide glanced at Fang Jiaxiang with a little contempt, then turned to Bao Ting, and said: "Zhupo, although it is not appropriate, the big meaning is good, the queen mother of the two palaces is just hanging the curtain to listen to the government, and the emperor ...... Uh, no, it's the Daxing Emperor - Originally, after the Daxing Emperor was in power, he was going to withdraw the curtain and return to power. ”

After a pause, he said, "This, Princess Tong Rong'an...... Ascend to the throne. It's completely different. ”

Bao Zhanlin said: "Yes. This is the case. Is...... Well, my son is too young, as a mother, I will take care of my son's house for a few years first, and when my son is older, this family business still has to be returned to him! ”

"What the two of them said is good." Bao Ting said coldly, "However, I want to ask, where is this 'son' now?" ”

Bao Zhanlin and Wang Yide were speechless for a while.

Right now, I just can't find this "son".

Without a son, this family business can only be handed over to a daughter......

This situation, placed in a small family, is naturally in the past. However, the "family business" we are talking about. It's the society, it's the country, this ...... I'm afraid it can't be simply compared to ordinary people!

The most important thing is that this "family business" cannot be said to be Emperor Wen Zongxian's alone! But if the surname is "Aixin Jueluo", you have a share!

However, the trouble is also here-there are a lot of people with the surname "Aixin Jueluo", however, they can't pick a suitable one to be the "son" of Emperor Wen Zongxian!

Bao Zhanlin and Wang Yide were still looking at each other, Fang Jiaxiang had already relieved his breath, coughed twice, and said one after another: "Ridiculous, ridiculous!" Throughout the ages, the world is so big, how can there be a woman to inherit the heir? Even if you are a barbarian, you have never heard of it! Ridiculous, ridiculous! ”

Bao Ting sneered: "Throughout the ages, the world is big? You're so knowledgeable! What else is 'barbarian'? Okay, let's talk about your 'barbarians'! ”

Raising his hand, he pointed diagonally at the air, and said, "England is just south of us—may I ask you, is this lord of England a man or a woman?" ”

"England is just south of us" -- this is not because the geography of the court is too bad, and even the basic direction between Britain and China is not clear, but the court is actually referring to the British legation.

The south side of the Hanlin Courtyard was originally the residence of the Zhenguo Gong Yiliang, commonly known as the "Liang Gongfu". This "Liang Gong" is the descendant of Yunyou, the seventh son of the Holy Ancestor, Yunyou conquered Geerdan from the Holy Ancestor, and was ordered to lead the most important camp with yellow flags, and was awarded the title of Baylor, the king of the Later Jin Dynasty, and the prince of the Jin Dynasty, with the title of "Chun". Prince Chun is not a hereditary ********, and by the generation of Yiliang, he has been demoted to the Duke of Zhenguo, but for the sake of the merits of the ancestors, the imperial court has always allowed Prince Chun's main branch to live in the original Prince Chun's mansion and did not ask them to move.

In the eleventh year of Xianfeng, King Gong presided over the "Fu Bureau" and reached a peace agreement with Britain and France, and Britain and France were allowed to set up legations in the capital. Among them, Britain took a fancy to the "Liang Mansion", and at the price of 1,000 taels of silver a year, they "rented" the Zhenguo Mansion regulated by the Prince's Mansion as their own legation.

The unlucky Yiliang had to move out and find another place to live. However, this is not good for the imperial court to be able to stand up to him, because their family has lived here for more than a hundred years - that is, they have taken advantage of it for more than a hundred years, and they will not suffer losses.

As a result, there are two interesting situations:

First, after the British moved into the "Liang Mansion", they naturally had to make a big move on the interior decoration and even the structure of the house, but the façade of the house basically maintained its original appearance.

Second, the legation of the British Empire is next to the Hanlin Courtyard of the Qing Empire, and the south wall of the Hanlin Courtyard is the north wall of the legation.

Fang Jiaxiang's face was flushed again, and he couldn't help but feel very disappointed: This English lord is a woman, in fact, I also know it, why didn't I think about it!

In his mouth, he still argued with himself: "If it is not Xia Zeyi, it is not enough training!" That English ......"

Bao Ting interrupted him: "Molten Weng, stop talking about your Yixia Zhizhi!" England is the largest country in the world! Civilization and craftsmanship are the best in all countries! You treat others as barbarians, and others still treat you as barbarians! ”

"How can this be ......?"

"How can that be?" Bao Ting sneered and said, "Shedding Weng, according to your 'reason', I am probably also your 'Yi', this, do we want to distinguish it again?" ”

"You! ……”

Fang Jiaxiang's face, "brushed", turned red and white, and after saying the word "you", he couldn't say anything else.

The topic of "Yi and Xia" must not be perfunctory, Bao Zhanlin coughed lightly and said: "The lord of England is naturally a woman, but I don't know that this ...... Well, Queen Victoria, is this Queen Victoria's succession like ours, uh, a special case of last resort? ”

The subtleties in Bao Zhanlin's words, Fang Jiaxiang was so dizzy by Bao Ting that he couldn't hear it, but Cheng Yi and Wang Yide were both slightly stunned: What is called "a special case like ours, which has to be done as a last resort"?

It is also a "last resort" and a "special case", and the implication is that it is ...... I have already accepted such a "special case"?

Bao Yuting, you changed your face too quickly, didn't you?

Could it be that he was frightened by the "distinction between Yi and Xia"?

As for it?

"It's not!" "The first queen of England, Mary I," said Bautin, "was ...... Well, it happened during the period of the former Ming Zhengde. Mary I died, and was succeeded by her half-brother - also a queen! This queen, called Elizabeth I, was a great king! ”

After a pause, "Elizabeth I has worked hard to govern the navy, and the country is thriving. At that time, Spain was the first maritime power, and England was established as a country by sea trade, and to be the world's first power, it was necessary to pass Spain! Britain and Spain finally fought, and under the First World War, Spain's 'Invincible Armada' that dominated the world was completely annihilated, and the hegemony on the sea was snatched by England from then on! ”

Bao Ting's words are not very accurate.

In the Anglo-Spanish naval battle of 1588, although England defeated the Spanish "Invincible Armada" by defeating the weak and the strong, Spain's losses in the battle were actually very limited, and there was no "total annihilation" at all -- Spain's heavy losses mainly came from the storm on the way home.

Moreover, it cannot be said that "under the First World War, the hegemony on the sea was taken over by England from then on" -- after the first defeat of the "Invincible Armada," the Spaniards did not lose their vitality, and in the following decades, they took the initiative to attack Britain several times, during which they even regained the upper hand for a time.

However, this does not change the general trend of the decline of Spain and the rise of England, and it is appropriate to regard the naval battle of 1588 as the first step for Britain to take the "empire on which the sun never sets".

These joints are unknown to several Hanlin, including Bao Ting himself. Some people also have a vague impression that Prince Xuan has said more than once in the court that England, France, and Spain have fought a sea battle, and England has won a big victory, so they think that the sea battle that Bao Ting said is the sea battle that Prince Xuan said.

This is certainly not true. The naval battle that Guan Zhuofan said was the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805, more than 200 years have passed since the Anglo-Spanish Battle in 1588, and the main opponent of Britain in the Battle of Trafalgar was France. The Anglo-Spanish naval battle of 1588 had nothing to do with France.

"So," Wang Yide said, "in England, women's succession is ancient, and this, China and Taixi, have different civilization systems with each other, and it seems that it is not easy to compare......"

Bao Zhanlin said in a deep voice: "The first queen of England was born in the former Ming Zhengde period, can this be said to be 'ancient'?" ”

With that, he looked at Bao Ting.

"Yuting is right!" Bao Ting said, "It's not something that has existed since ancient times! The rules of succession in England were changed by George VIII, who was the father of Mary I and Elizabeth I's sisters, and before Mary I, there was no female succession in England. ”

After a pause, he said: "The reason why England is able to lead all nations today and call it the 'Empire on which the Sun Never Sets' is the beginning of the original theory, and its **** is all in the wisdom of Elizabeth I!" If George VIII had refused to change with the times and the world, how could Elizabeth I ascend to the throne? Where did England come from today's good days?

Change with the times, change with the world.

Among the listeners, some people are becoming more and more strange: Baozhupo has always been talented, but have you never heard of him being "proficient in foreign affairs"? When it comes to England today, how can it be so treasured?

*(To be continued.) )