The French king Louis Philippe quickly avoided Xu Qing, he was very frightened just now. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info arranged the script by himself, but Xu Qing was not frightened, but he was frightened. This made Louis Philippe very faceless, and hurriedly returned to his room to rest and was shocked, and did not dare to come out to preside over this banquet.

This banquet was also presided over by Louis Charles, the second son of Louis Philip. In fact, there are many similar situations in the West, and both the East and the West are strikingly consistent in the order of succession. Generally, it is the eldest son, then the eldest grandson, and then the second son. Of course, unlike the East, there is no such thing as a "concubine" in the West, because the West does not recognize concubines, and illegitimate children have no inheritance rights, they are all monogamous, and would rather give the inheritance to their daughters and grandchildren than to illegitimate children.

However, this second son, Louis Charlie, is not a fuel-efficient lamp!

"Minister Xu Qing, do you think our French army is majestic?" Louis Charlie asked.

Louis Charlie saw that he had lost a big face just now, and naturally wanted to help him regain face this time, so Tian directly asked if their army was strong.

Louis Charlie hopes that through this, he can make things difficult for this Xu Qing, get back some face for the country, and then show his face, which can help him inherit the position of king in the future.

Xu Qing nodded and replied, "Well, it's still very good!" ”

Louis Charlie immediately nodded and asked, "Minister Xu Qing, do you have such a powerful army in China?" ”

Louis Charlie's words were obviously a bit aggressive, obviously to ask Xu Qing whether China has such a powerful army and what is its military strength.

Xu Qing also replied "honestly": "We also have it in China, but it is also elite, not common!" Of course, our overall quality is about the same as that of the armies of European countries! “

But Louis Charlie simply asked directly: "Minister Xu Qing, why were you forced to surrender by tens of thousands of British troops a few years ago?" ”

"Boom!" There was a roar in many people's heads, this Louis Charlie was simply a slap in the face.

Louis Charlie's words were obviously revealing the scars, obviously deliberately uncovering the scars of China a few years ago, embarrassing Xu Qing. A few years ago, in the First Opium War, the war between Britain and China, China had already signed an agreement on land reparations, which was very humiliating. But now Xu Qing actually bragged about the Manchu Qing Dynasty, saying that the strength of the army was no less than that of European countries, which is obviously a bit unreasonable. Louis Charlie uncovered the scars like this, obviously to save face.

But Xu Qing still talked and laughed, and said, "Hehe, I think Your Excellency has misunderstood. The Jiangning Treaty a few years ago was a peaceful armistice, not a surrender treaty. As for the war between China and Britain a few years ago, it was actually a misunderstanding. First, politically, we admit that we are ill-prepared. In our tradition, the status of merchants is generally low, so it was not expected that Britain would start a war for the sake of merchants, first of all, politically ill-prepared! ”

"Second, and most importantly, our army has not been at war for more than 200 years. I admit that our Chinese army has not experienced a real major war or vicious battle in the past 200 years, so our army's combat effectiveness has been reduced to a low point, so we are suffering a lot from this. ”

"However, we also want to 'thank' the British, because they have made us truly aware of the weakness of our army, so we in China have begun to strictly grasp military reform, strict military discipline, and restore combat effectiveness. However, I think that the army that has been peaceful for 200 years, even if it changes any European country, is not much better than us! ”

Those French aristocrats suddenly agreed with Xu Qing's words, because the army that had been peaceful for two hundred years was not surprising that its combat effectiveness declined! If it is an army that France has been at peace for 200 years, an army that has not experienced a real major war for 200 years, it is not much better! What's more, people have already strictly grasped the army this time, and it is normal for the combat effectiveness to increase.

Xu Qing then stretched out four fingers and said, "Your Highness, maybe you don't know that our population in China is 400 million. Four hundred million, do you know what it means? 400 million means that we have endless combat effectiveness, and if we mobilize casually, we can mobilize tens of millions of troops. ”

Listening to Xu Qing's braggadocio here, those Europeans turned green. The Europeans made the mistake of measuring China by their own national standards. In fact, Xu Qing knew that Europe and China did not understand each other in this era, so he sought benefits from it. Xu Qing knew that Europe didn't really understand China's social system, so he could brag about it.

According to Western standards, according to the mobilization capacity of the West, if they have a population of 400 million, they can fully mobilize tens of millions of troops, or even just more, not less. Xu Qing deliberately took advantage of the fact that the West did not understand China's characteristics and bragged about it. In fact, where is China so powerful, China's mobilization capacity and social system are simply not able to meet this mobilization demand.

But those Western countries who measure China by their own standards were suddenly taken aback, tens of millions of troops? When I went, many people's faces turned green. You must know that in European countries, even if they mobilize to the limit, it is only enough to be a million, which is already a serious production problem, and it is already a time for the nation to perish.

But this mobilization in China is actually calculated in the tens of millions, so let that person live?

"Fortunately, China's navy is a serious shortcoming, otherwise they would have attacked with tens of millions of troops, oh my God!" There was a nobleman wiping a cold sweat and couldn't help but think.

Xu Qing looked at those French aristocrats who had palpitations, and scolded in his heart: "Hmph, bragging, blowing, see who can blow whom!" Today, I'm going to blow until you doubt your life! ”

Xu Qing continued: "Since the defeat of the Sino-British War a few years ago, we in China have been strictly grasping the military, so that the combat effectiveness of our army has skyrocketed. And we in China have a perfect military-political system, and if it is in wartime, the will of our Emperor His Majesty can be carried out most perfectly. With an order, His Majesty the Emperor can directly order the entire army. The whole army will be like a rope, attacking in one place. ”

Those European countries were even more frightened into a cold sweat, and if tens of millions of troops were in Europe, they would be enough to sweep through Europe. Such a large force makes people shudder. These foreign devils were fooled by Xu Qing in a cold sweat, and according to their own country's standards, they found that there were no less than tens of millions of troops that could be mobilized in China! If we mobilize to the limit, we can mobilize 40 million troops. If 40 million troops attack a country, that country will inevitably perish.

Even the whole of Europe may not be able to resist China's invasion. Once tens of millions of Chinese troops invade, they will be extremely afraid of Europe, which is an astonishing result, and people are constantly in a cold sweat.

These European aristocrats broke out in a cold sweat one by one, and they didn't know what to do.

Xu Qing snickered again in his heart and thought: "Hmph, I deliberately avoided the disadvantages of our China in terms of weapons, and I also deliberately ignored that our country is still in the feudal era, and in fact, the war potential is very limited. It is impossible to mobilize millions of troops, let alone tens of millions. Coupled with the relatively backward military system, the combat effectiveness is very problematic. You are scaring yourself by measuring the combat effectiveness of our army by your own standards! ”

Xu Qing felt that this era of underdeveloped communication was indeed a very good era, and he, a person who understood the East and the West, could send letters from both sides to fool, take advantage of the mutual ignorance between the two sides, and then fool hard until they both doubted life.

Xu Qing wanted to brag for the Manchus and brag for the Manchus, so that Western countries would not dare to continue to attack China, in short, first completely cover up the situation that China is a paper tiger, cover up this cover, make the appearance of this paper tiger more prominent, and scare them.

"Well, what's wrong? Stopped talking? Xu Qing asked pretendedly.

The French nobles in the entire court were silent one by one, and they didn't dare to say a word, obviously they were confused by Xu Qing's flickering, and they couldn't find the north at all. When they heard that China was so "powerful", they were also so frightened that cold sweat broke out on their backs.

What they want to do now is not to colonize China, but to be careful that China is coming. In this way, they are also extremely frightened, if China can really mobilize tens of millions of troops, then Europe will be swept away.

"Hmph, I don't believe that before there are no nuclear weapons, you will not be afraid of the hundreds of millions of people in China, and tens of millions of troops can be mobilized." Xu Qing thought.

Xu Qing knows why Europe is most afraid of China, and why China has always been the country that Europeans are most worried about. Because the Chinese population is large and the population is large, this is China's largest resource. The large population, coupled with an adequate educational base, is enough for China to feed a well-established industrial system. You must know that even in later generations, even if it is known as those powerful countries, it is only the Yankees who can really have a relatively complete industrial system. Even the Yankees' population could not maintain such a perfect industrial system, and had to allocate some industrial systems to other developed countries for division of labor.

However, the Chinese population is the biggest advantage, and the population coupled with a sufficient educational base makes the strength of such an explosion unparalleled. Can these Western countries not be afraid? Even in the era of nuclear weapons, they are afraid, and it would be strange if they were not afraid.

Engaging in diplomacy is the same as fighting a war, and what is important is to make use of the strong points and avoid the weak points. Just like those salesmen, they deliberately only talk about the benefits of their own products, but intentionally or unintentionally ignore the disadvantages of this product, so that consumers will know that they are fooled after they buy it.

As a diplomat, Xu Qing's "promotion" is his own country, of course he has to brag for the motherland and try his best to fool these foreign devils.

"Hehe, Minister Xu Qing, we really didn't expect that there would be such a powerful country in the far Far East, which really makes us all feel amazing!" Prince Louis Charles replied with an embarrassed face, obviously trying to hide his inner fear.

"Well, Minister Xu Qing, drink and drink!" The other nobles hurriedly said.

Those nobles didn't even drink Xu Qing, so they hurriedly took the initiative to drink themselves, wanting to "suppress the shock".

"What a rice bucket! This banquet was originally to invite me, and it stands to reason that the shock should be to shock me, and you are all here to shock yourself. Xu Qing complained in his heart.

These French aristocrats were completely frightened, and Xu Qing bragged to the Manchus, saying that they could mobilize tens of millions of troops, so that even the whole of Europe combined could not be enough. This situation made them all so frightened, so frightened that they were almost colorless. So I had to hurry up drinking and eating food by myself, and I was shocked quickly.

The French nobleman Victor Hugo saw the appearance of these aristocratic rice buckets, and his heart was also depressed, as if he didn't want to be with them. originally wanted to deter Xu Qing, but when the king "accompanied the review", he was so frightened that his legs became weak. Then he wanted to show his military might, but now he was scared again.

China's "army of 10 million" is still in the far Far East, but these guys are all frightened one by one, as if 10 million troops are close at hand. Such a level is really a scum, which makes Victor Hugo very depressed.

But no matter what, it is also his own family, and he can't accuse himself in front of outsiders, and it is impossible for Victor Hugo to come forward to accuse them at this time, and he is extremely depressed. However, Victor Hugo is also dissatisfied with these nobles, and the parallel goods have reached this level, so that Victor Hugo already has the idea of not supporting these guys.

Victor Hugo walked up to Xu Qing and took the initiative to introduce himself: "Minister Xu Qing, welcome to our France. We French people are a very literary people. I've heard that the East has a very famous civilization, and I think the East must also have very famous literary works, right? ”

"I think that literature is indispensable to any civilization. In any civilization, literature represents the spirit of the nation, can you tell me about your oriental literature? ”

Xu Qing heard the name of "Victor Hugo", and a trace of good feelings flashed in his eyes, because he knew this person's name and also knew this person's situation, this is a great French writer!