Chapter 71: Messy in the Wind
Xu Qing rejected the Frenchman's blackmail, which made the French immediately angry, and they soon told the commissioner in the Far East to go to the Daoguang Emperor of China to complain. Pen ~ fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info they think that as long as they are willing to sue, then Xu Qing's political future will be completely ruined. After all, wouldn't it be the most undesirable thing for a minister to have an affair with a queen and countess stationed in a country if he dared to have an affair with the queen and countess stationed in the region? If this is the case, Xu Qing's political life will come to an end, and he will even be severely punished.
Therefore, the French commissioner confidently told the news to Emperor Daoguang and several of his important ministers.
"Your Majesty the Emperor, I am Johnson, the special envoy of France, and I have come to tell His Majesty the Emperor of China a matter on the orders of His Majesty the King." Johnson said.
Emperor Daoguang took the initiative to ask, "Do you have anything to do?" ”
Johnson replied: "Your Majesty, your country's Minister to Europe, Xu Qing, what he has done is completely contrary to the qualities and morals that a diplomat should have, and what he has done in Europe is completely inconsistent with the diplomatic rules of any country. By doing so, he has seriously infringed on China's interests, but he has not taken the initiative to tell China, and I am afraid that this will harm your interests in China. Our King of France can't bear to let a bastard be in Europe like this, so we have come to tell His Majesty the Emperor what your Minister Xu Qing has done. “
Emperor Daoguang frowned at this time and asked, "What happened to our minister in Europe, Xu Qing?" Did he do anything to betray my Qing Dynasty? ”
Johnson continued: "Your Majesty the Emperor, your Minister to Europe, Xu Qing, he actually has an affair with the Queen of Spain. This matter, in our European high society, is almost an open secret. He is a minister, and he actually has an affair with the Queen of Spain, and the Queen of Spain has a lover relationship with him. He, a minister stationed abroad, actually had a relationship with the queen of the place where he was stationed, and the queen became his woman. Isn't this a big taboo, how can you get it? ”
When Emperor Daoguang heard this, he frowned at first, but he quickly "cut" it and didn't care about it.
"Anything else? Is it just such a small matter, is it worth the mobilization of your unrelated country? Emperor Daoguang asked.
Johnson was surprised for a moment and asked, "Your Majesty the Emperor, how can this be a trivial matter?" This is obviously a big deal, how can you not care. Isn't it taboo that a minister actually has a relationship with the queen who is stationed there, and the queen even becomes his woman? ”
The Ministry of Rites under Daoguang is full of Shangshu Baochang, but he said even more proudly; "Your Majesty, the slave thinks that I, the Qing Dynasty minister, Xu Qing, can subdue Europa, and even one of the queens of Europa is willing to serve her, isn't it very good? This shows that my Qing Emperor is majestic, and my Qing Dynasty is full of talents, and can convince the queen of Europa, and even make her willing to serve her, which just shows that my Qing Dynasty literature and religion are prosperous, which makes Western queens envious. So I am willing to serve each other, this is the face of my Qing Dynasty? ”
Another minister also hurriedly said: "That's right, Your Majesty, this just shows that I have a lot of talents in the Qing Dynasty!" Any person sent can amaze Europa, so that the Queen of Europa is willing to serve as a woman for our minister. Your Majesty, this shows that the emperor is working hard to govern the country, and everyone yearns for civilization. Wouldn't it be nice if I sent anyone in the Qing Dynasty to convince Europa and make the Queen of Europa fall in love? In this way, my face has increased greatly, and it will be a good story in the future! “
Johnson next to him was suddenly blindsided, what are these Manchu officials thinking, actually saying so? You must know that a foreign minister actually had an affair with the queen who lived there, and this Manchu Qing was not only nervous, but proud. This situation is too strange, this is simply unreasonable!
European countries saw that Xu Qing's style and life were very "Westernized", so they brought the image of Xu Qing as a diplomat into the Chinese government, and even all Chinese thoughts. So they have a big deviation, subconsciously thinking that the Chinese are the same as Xu Qing, and they are very "Westernized". In this era, diplomats represent the image of a country, especially in such a distant country, and diplomats are almost the image of this country.
It's a pity that these Europeans have clearly misunderstood.
"Your Majesty the Emperor, this is a big taboo! As a minister stationed abroad, he actually had a relationship with the queen who lived in the place and let the queen be his woman, but he didn't report it to the country, such a thing is so huge, isn't His Majesty the Emperor angry? When the time comes, aren't you afraid that he will betray China's interests? Johnson hurriedly asked.
Emperor Daoguang said indifferently: "Isn't it just the queen of a European country serving her?" What is this, what is this big deal, what are we to be nervous about. What's more, our Qing Dynasty sent a random person as a minister, which is enough to make the Queen of Europa willing to commit, doesn't this just show that our Qing Dynasty is full of talents, so that the Queen of Europa is intoxicated? ”
"Far from being ashamed of this, I am glorified! This is my country, this is the country I govern, it is so strong that the Queen of Europa is tempted by our Qing people. ”
Those Manchu officials immediately slapped their sycophants on the back.
"Your Majesty, this is right! I went to be a minister in the Qing Dynasty alone, and they all made their queens willing to serve each other, which just shows that my Qing Dynasty is a civilized country and a country of etiquette. Send a random minister and conquer the Queen of Europa. This just shows that the civilization of our Qing Dynasty has begun to cover Europa, so that the queens of Europa will take the initiative to submit. “
"That's right! It is precisely because of this that we in the Qing Dynasty can truly exalt our prestige in foreign lands, so that our Qing civilization can spread to the far west, so that Western people can feel the style of our Qing Dynasty Chinese civilization. My Chinese civilization is enough to make the queen of the West willing to serve each other, so this actually just shows the national prestige of my Qing Dynasty! ”
"This is all the work of the emperor's education, long live the emperor!" "Long live the emperor!" "Long live the emperor, long live, long live!" ……
Johnson is blinded again, this situation seems to be different from what you speculate! You know, before that, he estimated that once the Chinese emperor heard that his minister actually had an affair with the queen of Europe, wouldn't this make the emperor angry? This kind of thing is enough to make many emperors angry. They speculated well that they could take advantage of this opportunity to take revenge on Xu Qing, and then ask the Chinese emperor to recall Xu Qing, and then severely punish Xu Qing.
But I didn't expect that after hearing the news, these Chinese emperor officials not only did not get angry, but also seemed to be very "happy". Of course, with this Johnson's Chinese level, he really doesn't understand why these Chinese are so happy, this is unreasonable and unscientific!
Isn't it true that such a minister has an affair with a foreign queen and has no professional ethics for a diplomat? However, their Chinese emperors and ministers, not only did not worry about this, but took the initiative to "climax", looking extremely proud. This made Johnson confused and didn't know how to deal with it.
"Your Majesty, your envoy is not only having a personal affair with the Queen of Spain in Europe. Even has something to do with the Spanish Countess Eugénie, which obviously has no diplomat work ethic! He, a man with no professional ethics, has relations with European queens and female nobles everywhere in Europe, so don't you China plan to punish him? Johnson asked hurriedly.
After hearing this, Baochang, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, said indifferently: "Your Majesty, the slave thinks this is not a big deal!" Since this Spanish queen has a relationship with Xu Qing and has become Xu Qing's woman, then there is one more Spanish countess, so what is this? ”
Another Manchu official also nodded and said, "That's right, we in China have a tradition of dowry since ancient times." Since the queen has become Xu Qing's woman, it is normal to have a countess to marry! ”
"What's more, such a monarch and a minister serve a husband together, maybe this is still a matter of elegance and beauty in Europa! This just shows that the Queen of Europa is virtuous and not jealous, and takes the initiative to take concubines for her husband. And such a matter of a monarch and a minister serving a husband together must be a good talk of Europa in the future. And my minister of the Qing Dynasty convinced the queen of Europa outside, and then the queen took a countess to marry our Chinese minister, which just shows that the queen of Europa is virtuous! ”
"That's right, this kind of story just appears in legends! This kind of beautiful talk, we haven't appeared in the Qing Dynasty for many years, and now it has appeared again, isn't that my long face in the Qing Dynasty? Convince the Queen of the Western Regions, let the Queen of the Western Regions marry one of her counts, so that the monarch and the minister serve a husband, whether it is for me in the Qing Dynasty or for Europa, it is a beautiful talk! “
Johnson almost fainted on the spot, the situation was completely different from what he had guessed! Far from being angry, these Manchu officials were proud, as if they were honored for it. This is completely bizarre, so that this Johnson doesn't even know how to describe it. But then they didn't know how to get it.
"A woman who made a queen a minister, and then brought a countess with her. This monarch and ministers serve a husband, and then the queen is not jealous, what is this? You Chinese, you can really play! Johnson was full of mud and didn't know what these Chinese were talking about.
But the officials of the Manchu Qing Dynasty are still "climaxing", and they are completely proud here.
"Your Majesty, I, the Minister of the Qing Dynasty, Xu Qing, for my Qing Dynasty to exalt his prestige in the Western Regions, convince the Queen of Europa, make the Queen of Europa willing to commit, and also make the Queen of Europa jealous, and let his female courtiers marry together, which is very virtuous. This is a beautiful talk, a good story! Such a situation should be rewarded! "Hurry up and have a minister say.
At this time, as Chinese, as Chinese officials, we must "unanimously open to the outside world"! In addition, before Xu Qing went abroad, he didn't have any conflict of interest with these bigwigs, so there was no need for them to block Xu Qing's way!
And other officials also took credit for Xu Qing on this ground, and I sent a person out with the table to impress the Queen of Europa, and let the Queen of Europa take a countess to marry the Chinese minister, isn't this the long face of the Qing Dynasty? As an envoy, he represents China, and the representatives are all Chinese. After the Chinese went out, they convinced the foreign queen, made the foreign woman committed, and sent a countess as a dowry.
If this thing gets out, what a long face! All Chinese will feel that the country has prestige!
"Your Majesty, a few years ago, England sent troops to fight our Qing Dynasty. And I heard that the king of England is the queen. And this time, after our Minister Xu Qing actually went abroad, he immediately conquered the queen of Europa, wouldn't this be victorious without a fight? Isn't this the result that the Qing Dynasty has used benevolence, righteousness and civilization to win without a fight? Speaking of this, how much to boost the morale of my subjects in the Qing Dynasty! ”
"That's right, that's right!"
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Those Manchu officials really had strange brain circuits, since the British invaded a few years ago, and the British king was a woman. This king of Spain is also a woman, and the minister of "I am in the Qing Dynasty" has convinced a queen, that is, "victory without a fight", what a long face it is!
Johnson also almost fainted, and the brain circuits of these Chinese officials made him indescribable.
"The Queen of Spain, and the Queen of England, are not alone. Spain can't compare to England, you guys really ...... this idea" Johnson felt as if he was playing the piano to a cow, and everything was in vain, but it was counterproductive.
Emperor Daoguang immediately said: "Okay, Xu Qing asked me to Qing Yang Wei in the Western Regions, so that I can win without a fight!" I can't help but be rewarded! I specially rewarded Xu Qing with the title of Sipin Qing and awarded the title of Honglu Temple! ”
Immediately, a minister replied: "The emperor is wise, the rewards and punishments are clear, the emperor is wise!" ”
As the Ministry of Rites in charge of foreign affairs, Xu Qing was nominally also his subordinate after his promotion, and Bao Chang hurriedly said: "The slave replaces Xu Qing, thank you for the emperor's grace!" ”
Johnson didn't know how he left the palace, and he had no idea that instead of punishing Xu Qing for this, the Chinese emperor gave him a promotion. Although the position has not been promoted, the rank has been raised. This makes Johnson want to die very much, what the hell is going on?
His own words, not only did not make the Manchu officials feel valued, but on the contrary, the brain circuit was very peculiar, making him, Johnson, feel that he was playing the piano to the cow, and the chicken was talking to the duck.
A gust of wind blew beside him, and Johnson felt completely messy, messy in the wind.