Chapter 197: "Bear the Burden of Humiliation"

On November 1, 1634, with the roaring salute and the passionate "Singing the Motherland" (lyrics adaptation), as well as the envoys from Japan, the Netherlands, Korea and other countries to watch and congratulate, the global Chinese traverser alliance across six continents (except Europe) and bordering the three oceans (excluding the Arctic Ocean) ended the two-year preparatory stage and officially held the founding ceremony in the newly completed capital China Town (Perth, Australia). Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

After a series of campaigns, lobbying, and behind-the-scenes deals, he successfully became the first president of the China League, Comrade Wen Dehei, who wore a well-combed hairstyle, a silver-gray high-end tweed tunic suit, and delivered his inaugural speech on the South Lawn of Capitol Hill with a smile.

-- On the issue of the standard dress code for the top leaders of the China League and government officials, at first there were quite a few people who called for the "revival of Hanfu", and many people were fooled into taking it for granted. However, when the relevant departments really brought dozens of sets of the Han Dynasty's "Eguanbo belt" from a certain costume movie props group, everyone was shocked. Then I tried it on for a few days, and most of the traversers said with a painful face that wearing such clothes in daily life was simply to find fault for themselves, so it was better to keep pace with the times and change customs.

In the modern world, even in a country like Japan, which is keen to maintain traditional customs, does not force the prime minister to wear a kimono to work.

In fact, the kimono in modern Japanese society has also undergone many improvements and changes compared to the real ancient kimono.

Of course, in this world that is about to be conquered by the Chinese, if the civil servants of the Huameng are still allowed to wear suits and ties, it feels a little unreasonable, and it seems to be a bit of a suspicion of admiring foreigners. So I made a compromise and wore a tunic as a standard uniform.

(Personally, I always think that the tie is really useless, and it is very uncomfortable to wear, but it is still very expensive.) ）

In the afternoon, the boulevard under the Eiffel Tower was filled with flags and decorations, colorful balloons fluttered in the sky, bands in gorgeous uniforms played cheerful waltzes, and people wandered around in cute puppet costumes.

On the roadside's manicured lawns, long tables covered with snow-white linen filled with sweets, fruits, and dishes are served in huge white porcelain plates or glassware. At one end of the table, a charcoal stove and grill are set up, and the chef in a white hat is expertly turning large pieces of steak, pork and fish steak, turning whole lobster, suckling pig and roast duck, and frying French fries and chicken nuggets in a pan, constantly emitting mouth-watering "sizzling" sounds and bursts of strong spices, which almost melt the nasal mucosa.

Although the buffet was full of dishes, in order to prevent people from getting drunk and causing riots, only juices, soft drinks, and low-alcohol beer and kvass were served. However, the travelers and citizens present have long been accustomed to this, and the visitors from other places are also very interested in following the local customs, each holding a large plate full of dishes in one hand and a wine glass in the other, sitting or standing, chatting and eating with relish.

There were also many young men and women dressed in festive costumes, dancing happily to the cheerful beat of the band.

However, in the midst of this joyful and celebratory atmosphere, there seems to be a small patch of discordant gloom......

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“…… Hmph, this man is really hateful! There is no etiquette at the state banquet, and there is no even the most basic sitting ceremony, and the guests are actually allowed to pour wine and eat by themselves with plates! Don't you think we're beggars in front of the soup kitchen? What a shame! ”

At a round table hidden in the shade of a tree, Xia Yunyi, the deputy envoy of the envoy sent by the imperial court of Emperor Yonghe in Shanghai, was sitting precariously and muttering angrily.

It's just that although he was scolding, the plate in front of him was also full of delicacies, such as crab cakes, fried shrimp, steak, fried eggs, onion rings, grilled chicken, cold tomatoes, small cakes and French fries, everything, and a glass of coconut water in his hand, scolding and pouring it into his mouth.

“…… It is precisely that this man is so vulgar, although he claims to be of the Great Song Dynasty and Miao descent, in fact, he must be just a pretense for overseas lowly people. ”

Another Jiangnan Confucian sitting next to him drank all the beer in the cup, and then gently bent his fingers to tap the tall glass in his hand while saying disdainfully, "...... The people pretended to be Chinese nobles, but they did not pay attention to Confucianism and holy religion, did not learn poetry and etiquette, and just indulged in strange tricks and tricks, which is really the way to death! Even if the tools are not without subtlety, what is the use of the country and the people? The Qi family governs the country and equalizes the world, and it has to rely on moral articles! ”

“…… Not to mention that as soon as the country was founded, this man abused the people's power and built a large number of buildings, without any simplicity of the new dynasty! Look at how many Qionglou Yuyu and majestic palaces have been built in the capital of this bearded man? Even this useless tower must be built of steel! It's comparable to the king of Shang's poverty and luxury, and he desperately wants to repair Lutai to Bo Daji's smile! What kind of expropriation does this court's court have to extort and extort the people's fat and ointment to fill the hole in the financial scheme? ”

Xia Yunyi wiped his mouth, raised his hand and pointed to the Eiffel Tower beside him, and said with a sneer, "...... is so poor and extravagant, and does not care about the people's power, it can be seen that the people must be living in poverty under his rule! If there is a slight change, the people are afraid that they will rise up! And the national situation of the people is clearly so dangerous, but they still don't know how to recuperate, but they will continue to use military force and conquer the Quartet! Hum! Qin Shi Huang and Emperor Yang of Sui are not far away! ”

For this high-level remark, several Confucian scholars of the Ming Dynasty mission all nodded their heads again and again, and praised Xia Yunyi for "really seeing and understanding it". Then some people quoted scriptures to reprimand the female thief for dressing boldly, exposing her arms and thighs, which is really immoral, and even dancing in the street and hugging men, which is really shameless. Others told the anecdotes of the thieves' impudence, cruelty, and greed...... The final conclusion is that "the eyes of the people and the rats are narrow-sighted, they do not understand the etiquette of poetry and books, and they do not respect scholars and scholars, and they will die in the future." I completely forgot that I came to ask for help because my country was about to die.

So, just after seizing the opportunity, he managed to have a few words with the foreign minister of the Huameng, and Fang Yizhi, the envoy of the Yonghe Emperor's court, who was returning to sit down with a wine glass, asked for help, and was almost blown up by anger when he heard it, and immediately put up a stand and reprimanded, "...... Xia Yunyi! Why do you make noise outside? Could it be that so many delicious food and wine can't stop your stinky mouth? Could it be that you really want to spoil the court? ”

Seeing that Fang Yizhi was obviously really angry, Xia Yunyi snorted, although he couldn't pull his face down to apologize, he also lowered his head, stopped talking, and just concentrated on eating and drinking. The others fell silent. Fang Yizhi glanced at them coldly again before sitting back on the table and taking a bite of the steak, the rich and fatty taste and the spicy black pepper sauce poured into his mouth, but it gave Fang Yizhi such a bitter feeling......

——This trip to Australia to ask for help is really not going well, I am afraid that I will return in vain......

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The small court of the Yonghe Emperor, which was restored in Shanghai, has been in turmoil almost since its birth.

Previously, in the spring, the Qing army had launched an attack on the small court of Emperor Yonghe, and the Suzhou Mansion, which had been slaughtered, was ravaged for the second time, and the rabble hastily pulled up by the gentry in the south of the Yangtze River was rushed to collapse, and it was only by relying on the desperate defense of Jiangyin City and Shanghai City that they barely survived.

Before Fang Yizhi's mission set off, the small court of Emperor Yonghe suffered another military disaster this summer: the two princes of the Qing army, Abatai and Azig, joined forces to march eastward, mobilized more than 50,000 soldiers and horses, bypassed the hard nail of Jiangyin, and poured into Suzhou and Songjiang under the jurisdiction of Emperor Yonghe from the west.

In the face of the Qing army's large-scale attack, the dilapidated Suzhou Mansion fell almost instantly. In the territory of Songjiang Prefecture, only Shanghai County, where the Yonghe Emperor's court was stationed, relied on a strong fortress system and relatively sufficient troops, and withstood the Qing army under the death battle of Sun Yuanhua's superintendent, while Kunshan, Jiading and other towns were all broken and slaughtered by the Qing army. Even the castle of Songjiang in Huating was captured after three days of fierce fighting. Immediately, after the famous Jiajing Dynasty of the Ming Dynasty, the Xu family of Songjiang, who was known for their wealth, could not avoid it, and all the doors were slaughtered by the Qing army.

Next, the Qing army under Azig continued to move south, deep into Jiaxing Mansion in Zhejiang, and slaughtered the county all the way. It was not until Haining County, the southernmost part of Jiaxing Prefecture, was shelled by Australian warships that the Qing army, which had already plundered it, calmly retreated, but still stationed troops on the front line of Taicang and Kunshan, and could attack Shanghai again at any time, and drive the remnants of Donglin from the Yonghe Emperor's court into the sea.

What's even worse is that seeing that the Yonghe Emperor's court in Shanghai is so unstable and vulnerable to the invasion of the Qing army, the surrounding neighbors have also taken advantage of the fire to rob. First of all, the helmsman of Su who was in charge of the twelve serial docks of Taihu Lake water bandits, that is, the "Emperor of Great Wu" who had just ascended the throne on West Dongting Mountain Island, led the Taihu Lake bandits ashore, all the way into Jiaxing City, and also occupied Tongxiang, Jiashan and other places. Then, Wen Tiren, a famous minister in the late Ming Dynasty who was now entrenched in Huizhou and was dominated by Zhu Cihong, the crown prince of Emperor Chongzhen, also personally led his troops back to his hometown Huzhou, mobilized the power of the Wen clan, and took Huzhou without blood. In the end, the headquarters of the Zhejiang occupation army of the Huameng stationed in Hangzhou, seeing that the Yonghe Emperor's court was really muddy and could not even play the role of a cushion, also re-sent troops to the north and occupied Haiyan County in Jiaxing Prefecture as a forward outpost and peripheral barrier to defend Hangzhou.

So far, the territory under the name of the small court of the Yonghe Emperor has shrunk significantly again in just half a year, due to Kunshan, Jiading and other suburban counties have changed hands, and the capital city of Songjiang Huating has been slaughtered by the Qing army into a blank land, this poor small court has only left Shanghai, Jiangyin two lonely cities, plus a Chongming Island. Moreover, there was a shortage of food and food, and there was no money at all, Xu Guangqi, the first assistant of the cabinet, died of grief in early August, and Zhu Yihai, the emperor of Yonghe, in order to avoid the Qing army, simply fled to Chongming Island by boat and refused to land, and was nicknamed "the son of heaven on the sea".

In the face of such a desperate situation, anyone with a discerning eye can see that this small imperial court in Shanghai is about to be unable to sustain itself. Like any employee of a company on the verge of bankruptcy, the Jiangnan gentlemen who were originally trapped in Shanghai also started to change jobs.

However, looking around, these suave talents sadly found that they had no place to change jobs!

Needless to say, the Australian thieves in the south have never been respectful, despise etiquette and poetry, and trample them into the mud of these gentry talents, the Manchu Tartars on the opposite side, when Huang Taiji was in power before, there were some courtesy scholars and doctors, but now they have fully restored slavery, and the national policy is to "degrade the Jiangnan people as slaves", and defect to the slave leaders who can be at most a manager in the past, and don't even think about becoming officials.

Among the remaining two forces, the "Great Wu Empire" of the Taihu Lake Twelve Serial Dock Water Bandits is simply a puppet thug who was pushed out by the Australians, and the power is worse than Shuibo Liangshan in the play. And although the little emperor Zhu Cihong of Huizhou is orthodox in the Ming Dynasty, compared with the situation of Emperor Yonghe, it is only half a catty and eight taels.

So after turning around, these Jiangnan gentry found that they had no way out at all - the world of the Ming Dynasty was over, and all the major forces around them were killing them as fat pigs, and they had no intention of giving preferential treatment to scholars and opening up a branch to take scholars, and the only remaining small piece of territory was also precarious.

And in order to keep these last two lonely cities, and to survive for a while, these noble scholars had to kneel in front of the Australian thieves whom they had always disdained and despised, and beg for help from those lowly pirates and craftsmen.

Think about these Donglin people who are famous in the south of the Yangtze River, they were originally all born in rich and powerful families, all of them are noble and noble, their eyes are above the top, and they regard themselves as talents who govern the country and help the world, but now it has only been two or three years, but all of a sudden the country is ruined, and the poverty is destitute, which is equivalent to falling into the quagmire from the clouds.

——The Ming Empire, which respected scholars and treated the gentry favorably, collapsed; The Tartars and thieves who slaughtered the gentry and abused the scholars were like the Japanese, and no matter how much they sprinkled and how they stirred up, the scholars in Jiangnan could not deny this terrible reality.

Under such a drastic gap, many scholars could not accept such a cruel reality, thinking that something must be wrong with this world, and they all went insane, some hanged, some went crazy, and some became monks...... However, today's Jiangnan Buddhism is by no means a pure place, whether it is a thief or a Qing army, there is a hobby of cutting down mountains and destroying temples to rob nuns and kill monks, and as a result, many scholars who have shaved their families have to escape from "being returned to the world".

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In addition to these mentally fragile waste wood soft eggs, other Jiangnan celebrities with relatively tenacious spirits continue to grit their teeth and work hard. After Xu Guangqi died of illness, Sun Yuanhua, a "city building expert", took over the position of chief assistant to the cabinet and continued to lead the Yonghe Imperial Court in the great cause of the Anti-Japanese War. However, the food and salary here in Shanghai are exhausted, and Sun Yuanhua is also a clever woman who can hardly cook without rice. Under his persuasion and persecution, Fang Yizhi and Xia Yunyi and other famous people in the south of the Yangtze River finally went to Hangzhou again to ask for help from the thieves for the sake of the imperial court and society, and begged for military salaries and grain aid.

Later, because the occupying authorities in Hangzhou deduced that they did not have enough authority and could not call the shots, these Jiangnan scholars were like Jing Ke assassinating the King of Qin, with the tragic mood of "the wind is sluggish and the water is cold, and the strong man will never return", and boarded the big iron boat of the Australians, preparing to "go deep into the wilderness" and go to the capital of the Australians to "cry for the Qin Court".

I have to say that through the massacre of the Qing army and the earth-shaking changes, those mouth cannon experts and paranoids in Jiangnan Shilin have been almost eliminated. The rest of these guys, regardless of their character, are at least able to do things and willing to do things.

However, today's anti-Qing righteous people, although relatively speaking, can be called brave to do things, but they still have not been able to jump out of the historical limitations of their circle, and they are still 108,000 miles away from the three views of modern time-travelers, and they do not have the ability to bend and stretch diplomats.

In many cases, the most backbone "righteous men" often mean the most granite-headed conservatives. Just as the Westernists in the late Qing Dynasty were mostly slippery villains, the diehards were mostly "gentlemen" in the clear stream. Although Fang Yizhi and Xia Yunyi are strong-blooded, they can fight to the death on the battlefield until the last moment, with their full names. But when it is necessary to surrender and beg for help, it seems very reluctant and reluctant

For example, although the Yonghe Imperial Court has been beaten to the territory of only two counties, the mission still considers itself to be the superior kingdom of the Celestial Empire, and at the same time, they deceive themselves into treating Australians, who have a territory all over the world, as a small barbarian state. It is necessary to know that governing the country and the people is the ability of scholars, and even if you are an invincible force in the world, you can only take the world immediately, but not immediately rule the world. Seeing so many famous people in the south of the Yangtze River "endure humiliation and burden" and go deep into the wilderness, you "border savages" in Australia should be flattered, deeply feel vigorous, and do your best to entertain them warmly.

Unexpectedly, when I arrived at the state guesthouse in the capital of the Australians, the specifications of the "Australian government" to entertain these envoys of the "Heavenly Empire" were actually ranked after the Japanese Japanese and the Western Hongmaoyi envoys, and they were on a level higher than the barbarian chieftains in Saibei!

- You modern time-travelers don't think they have any "endurance and humiliation" to speak of, but think that these people are here to beg and eat rice. It's just that they are all so down, and they are still looking at people with their nostrils with that stinky shelf...... Is there such a request from you in the world? Anyway, now China is rich in emperors, and there are not 10,000 but thousands of emperors, and your little territory is really not as big as the hunting ground of a tribe!

As a result, these Jiangnan scholars, who thought highly of themselves, were furious on the spot, waving their fists and shouting. Who knew that the Australian side actually rolled his eyes and scolded: "...... A group of people who came to beg for food and fight the autumn breeze still dare to shout like this? If you love to live, if you don't live, you can get out! ”

The Confucian scholars listened to it even more on fire, and as soon as they rolled up their sleeves, they planned to teach this disrespectful guy a lesson. But on the opposite side, a few strong men with big shoulders and round waists immediately stood up, and they looked at them with unkind eyes...... These Svens had to retreat. After that, some people felt deeply humiliated and shouted that they wanted to jump off the building, but they jumped back and forth several times, but no one came to stop them, and finally they had to give up.

Next, about Xia Yunyi's deputy envoy's cronies and his teasing of the Australian maid, as well as Xia Yunyi's quarrel about this, the mission is also clear. But the problem is that you Jiangnan scholars don't feel that they have done anything wrong here at all - in their eyes, a classless "post man" and a group of lowly "slaves", is there still a reason why they can't be driven by shouting? As for letting the maid "accompany the guests to sleep", it is the norm in Daming, and it doesn't make sense that it won't work in Australia! It's clear that Australians are deliberately making things difficult and humiliating themselves!

Despite this, they still understand the truth that "people are under the roof and have to bow their heads". Therefore, in the face of the obscenity of the Australians, the mission once again chose to "endure the humiliation and bear the burden", and reluctantly detained Xia Yunyi, so as not to cause any more trouble. It's just that Deputy Envoy Xia Yunyi was also stimulated to be extremely angry, and his mentality was seriously unbalanced, and he shouted angry words for several days, and kept arranging all kinds of things that the Australians were not doing, and even when the Dutch "Hongmaoyi" envoy came to visit, this guy didn't keep the door on his lips at all, so that he was "surprised by friends"......

Compared with Deputy Envoy Xia Yunyi, Fang Yizhi, as the chief envoy, understands that he has a mission, and he is quite involved in Western studies, and his mind is more open-minded, so he finally does not regard Australians as first-class barbarian beasts. It's a pity that he didn't actually put on a correct posture, and always felt that his people were struggling to support themselves in Songjiang to resist the Manchu Tatars, which was a great righteousness. Since Australians still think that they are descendants of China, then grain and ordnance should be supplied free of charge. It makes no sense that these hot-blooded warriors are desperately working in front, but the Australians are shrinking behind the battlefield to watch the excitement and make money.

Therefore, although Fang Yizhi finally put on a begging attitude, he asked for this and that every time he opened his mouth, he asked for everything in silver, ordnance, and food, but he refused to pay any price, and insisted that Australians had the obligation to meet all their needs...... Obviously, such a routine of begging for nothing, still completely unable to match the thinking of the traverser, and the relevant departments said that they did not treat the Qing army as a dish at all, let alone a big wrong.

In short, after a series of incidents, the envoys of Emperor Yonghe of the Ming Dynasty successfully turned themselves into a piece of, and no one in the Huameng was willing to deal with this group of useless wastewood. It's just that I'm going to entertain them until the end of the celebration, and then send the gang away.

In this regard, Fang Yizhi, as the envoy, also vaguely heard a hint of wind just now, and couldn't help but feel anxious, wanting to find the newly appointed supreme leader of the Australian to say a few words, but he couldn't find it. finally found a few Australian officials he knew, and they were "not speculative for more than half a sentence", and a few members of the mission would only complain all day long to help, so Fang Yizhi had to drink worriedly.

What he didn't know was that at this moment, the chairman was not at the celebration site, but quietly came to a wilderness in the suburbs...... It was beaten to the point that only two counties were left, but the whole mission still regarded itself as the superior kingdom of the Celestial Empire, and at the same time, they deceived themselves into treating the Australians with a territory all over the world as a small barbarian state. It is necessary to know that governing the country and the people is the ability of scholars, and even if you are an invincible force in the world, you can only take the world immediately, but not immediately rule the world. Seeing so many famous people in the south of the Yangtze River "endure humiliation and burden" and go deep into the wilderness, you "border savages" in Australia should be flattered, deeply feel vigorous, and do your best to entertain them warmly.

Unexpectedly, when I arrived at the state guesthouse in the capital of the Australians, the specifications of the "Australian government" to entertain these envoys of the "Heavenly Empire" were actually ranked after the Japanese Japanese and the Western Hongmaoyi envoys, and they were on a level higher than the barbarian chieftains in Saibei!

- You modern time-travelers don't think they have any "endurance and humiliation" to speak of, but think that these people are here to beg and eat rice. It's just that they are all so down, and they are still looking at people with their nostrils with that stinky shelf...... Is there such a request from you in the world? Anyway, now China is rich in emperors, and there are not 10,000 but thousands of emperors, and your little territory is really not as big as the hunting ground of a tribe!

As a result, these Jiangnan scholars, who thought highly of themselves, were furious on the spot, waving their fists and shouting. Who knew that the Australian side actually rolled his eyes and scolded: "...... A group of people who came to beg for food and fight the autumn breeze still dare to shout like this? If you love to live, if you don't live, you can get out! ”

The Confucian scholars listened to it even more on fire, and as soon as they rolled up their sleeves, they planned to teach this disrespectful guy a lesson. But on the opposite side, a few strong men with big shoulders and round waists immediately stood up, and they looked at them with unkind eyes...... These Svens had to retreat. After that, some people felt deeply humiliated and shouted that they wanted to jump off the building, but they jumped back and forth several times, but no one came to stop them, and finally they had to give up.

Next, about Xia Yunyi's deputy envoy's cronies and his teasing of the Australian maid, as well as Xia Yunyi's quarrel about this, the mission is also clear. But the problem is that you Jiangnan scholars don't feel that they have done anything wrong here at all - in their eyes, a classless "post man" and a group of lowly "slaves", is there still a reason why they can't be driven by shouting? As for letting the maid "accompany the guests to sleep", it is the norm in Daming, and it doesn't make sense that it won't work in Australia! It's clear that Australians are deliberately making things difficult and humiliating themselves!

Despite this, they still understand the truth that "people are under the roof and have to bow their heads". Therefore, in the face of the obscenity of the Australians, the mission once again chose to "endure the humiliation and bear the burden", and reluctantly detained Xia Yunyi, so as not to cause any more trouble. It's just that Deputy Envoy Xia Yunyi was also stimulated to be extremely angry, and his mentality was seriously unbalanced, and he shouted angry words for several days, and kept arranging all kinds of things that the Australians were not doing, and even when the Dutch "Hongmaoyi" envoy came to visit, this guy didn't keep the door on his lips at all, so that he was "surprised by friends"......

Compared with Deputy Envoy Xia Yunyi, Fang Yizhi, as the chief envoy, understands that he has a mission, and he is quite involved in Western studies, and his mind is more open-minded, so he finally does not regard Australians as first-class barbarian beasts. It's a pity that he didn't actually put on a correct posture, and always felt that his people were struggling to support themselves in Songjiang to resist the Manchu Tatars, which was a great righteousness. Since Australians still think that they are descendants of China, then grain and ordnance should be supplied free of charge. It makes no sense that these hot-blooded warriors are desperately working in front, but the Australians are shrinking behind the battlefield to watch the excitement and make money.

Therefore, although Fang Yizhi finally put on a begging attitude, he asked for this and that every time he opened his mouth, he asked for everything in silver, ordnance, and food, but he refused to pay any price, and insisted that Australians had the obligation to meet all their needs...... Obviously, such a routine of begging for nothing, still completely unable to match the thinking of the traverser, and the relevant departments said that they did not treat the Qing army as a dish at all, let alone a big wrong.

In short, after a series of incidents, the envoys of Emperor Yonghe of the Ming Dynasty successfully turned themselves into a piece of, and no one in the Huameng was willing to deal with this group of useless wastewood. It's just that I'm going to entertain them until the end of the celebration, and then send the gang away.

In this regard, Fang Yizhi, as the envoy, also vaguely heard a hint of wind just now, and couldn't help but feel anxious, wanting to find the newly appointed supreme leader of the Australian to say a few words, but he couldn't find it. finally found a few Australian officials he knew, and they were "not speculative for more than half a sentence", and a few members of the mission would only complain all day long to help, so Fang Yizhi had to drink worriedly.

What he didn't know was that at this moment, the chairman was not at the celebration site, but quietly came to a wilderness in the suburbs......