"This is the capital of the Ming Empire?"

"It's... It's so surprising that I thought it would be impossible to see such a scene in the conservative East. ”

"The Chinese have opened the country, they used to be the most civilized country in the world, and now they have reopened the country, I think... Their interests will be a headache for many European countries. "Please download the app to read the latest content

On another ship.

It was the envoys of the countries of Europa who came with the return fleet of Grand Duke Lin.

There was Sir George Staunton, the British Consul General for the East, and the Spanish ambassador, Rafal. Bregorat, Consul Nicholas Sent from the U.S. Embassy in Paris. Huntington, a Russian diplomat sent by the Tsarist Russian embassy in Madrid. Lavrov.

Since the Ming Empire had not yet established formal diplomatic relations with these European countries.

Therefore, the primary goal of the diplomats from Europe was to seek to establish an embassy or consulate in Yingtianfu, the capital of the Ming Dynasty, and to achieve direct official exchanges with the Ming Empire.

Everyone knows that when the Ming Dynasty opened the door to China.

In a world where sailboats are already closely connected, the role of the Chinese cannot be ignored.

The country is too big.

There are too many people.

And it's a civilization that has lasted for thousands of years, and they once stood in the world at the same time as the ancient Roman Empire.

And now Rome in the West is gone.

The Central Empire of the East still dominates the international order of the entire East.

Dealing with the Ming Empire.

In a way.

It is in and throughout the East.

The entire circle of Chinese civilization is dealing with it.

Because according to the regulations of the Ming Empire: vassal states have no diplomatic rights!

Other words.

The entire South Asian states that claimed vassals to the Ming Empire.

Including a series of sultanates on the Malay Peninsula, the two regimes in the north and south of Annam, Siam, Vientiane, Chiang Mai, Champasak, Cambodia and other countries, do not have diplomatic authority.

They were vassals of the Ming Empire, a marginal state in the Chinese civilization circle protected by the Central Dynasty.

Therefore, these countries from the European civilization circle know very well that they are not only dealing with the Ming Empire now.

To some extent.

They are establishing contact with the entire Eastern civilization.

Of course.

Now China is in the midst of a civil war.

Whether the legal system of the Central Empire belonged to the Ming Dynasty remains to be seen as a result of the war.

But everyone can see clearly now that it may be difficult for the Qing Empire to bargain much in the war with the Ming Empire.

Even their vassal state, Korea, is now said to have begun to seek contact with the Ming Dynasty...

The international order of the Eastern world, with the tributary as the name, the Central Empire as the suzerain, and the surrounding small countries as vassals, has continued from the Ming Dynasty to the present.

This international order existed even earlier.

For Europeans.

Diplomacy on an equal footing exists only between European countries.

They usually behave in two ways with countries outside of Europe: trade if they can't fight militarily, and open artillery bombardments, open gates, burn, kill, plunder, and build colonies.

But now facing this Ming Empire.

Trade?

The Ming Empire is now the world's largest exporter.

On the basis of the traditional export commodities of the original Central Empire, now the medicines (garlic medicines) exported by the Ming Empire are also going to occupy the European market.

In terms of trade, the Europeans simply could not establish an advantage over the Ming Dynasty.

You're going to say hit...

Frankly.

No European country has this in mind.

The military strength and potential of the Ming Empire were daunting to any European country.

They are glad that the Ming Dynasty is too far away from Europe, otherwise, it is uncertain who will fight whom.

Trade is not cheap.

I can't beat it.

I had no choice but to seek equal diplomacy.

.......

The fleet went all the way through Songjiang Mansion, Changzhou Mansion and Zhenjiang Mansion.

The vast Yangtze River waterway goes all the way to the west.

Finally, under the escort of several Daming Yangtze River defense ships, they arrived at Yingtianfu Jiangning Port.

The European envoys did not see the emperor for the first time, but were arranged to live in the post house.

Zhu Daohua personally went to the port to welcome Lin Dagong back to China.

"Minister, Long live the Grand Duke of Lin to see my emperor!"

As soon as the boat docked, Lin Dagong stepped off the boat as soon as possible, took three steps and made two steps, and knelt down on one knee in front of Zhu Daohua.

According to the rites, the subjects are formally bowing to the emperor and only need to kneel down on one knee.

However, generally speaking, this kind of etiquette is quite solemn, and it is basically not needed in daily life, only the bow of the hand is required.

"Dagong, please get up quickly, say goodbye for three years, have you ever thought that goodbye is actually in this Ying Tianfu!"

Zhu Daohua helped Lin Dagong up and said with a smile.

"The emperor recovered the south in three years, which is really a great fortune for China!"

Lin Dagong said with emotion.

He is now the Chinese who knows most about Europe besides Zhu Daohua.

This is also the reason why Zhu Daohua attaches so much importance to Lin Dagong.

Although a single European country is not afraid.

But if there is an alliance in Europe against the Ming Dynasty.

Zhu Daohua had to pay attention to it.

Even if now Daming is half a position ahead of Europa in some key military technologies.

But Zhu Daohua didn't think that the lead of this half of the body would be able to make Daming sit back and relax.

After the completion of the Renaissance, Europa was able to continue to lead in science and technology, and it was not by luck that it was not by chance.

The region has even been the source of two world wars.

How could Zhu Daohua, who came from later generations, underestimate the Europa?

Therefore, a large part of his Europa policy was to prevent the European war on the one hand, and to avoid as much as possible the situation in which the whole of Europa was united because of the Ming Dynasty.

Therefore, he needs diplomats who know enough about Europe.

In this era, Lin Dagong was a very scarce diplomatic talent in the Ming Dynasty.

"There is nothing to brag about defeating the Manchus, the key to the future is the competition between the East and the West!"

Zhu Daohua pulled Lin up and pulled him up.

Together, they boarded a four-wheeled carriage drawn by two horses.

"What is the situation in France?"

"Louis XVI was imprisoned, and now the National Convention in France is arguing."

"Argument over whether to kill Louis XVI?"

Lin Dagong was stunned for a moment when he heard this, and then nodded: "That's right, there has never been a situation in Europe where the monarch of a country was judged by a rebellious people. ”

"So those old European aristocrats are afraid, and they want to collectively oppose France." Zhu Daohua said, "Daming doesn't need to express his attitude on this matter. ”

"Now in Europe, in addition to opposing the French Republic, the atmosphere of opposition to the Ming Dynasty is also very strong." Lin Dagong said, "There are a considerable number of Europeans who regard the Ming Dynasty as the Mongol Empire of this era, and in this case, can we consider an alliance with the French Republic." ”

"Alliance..."Zhu Daohua pondered for a moment, still shaking his head firmly.

"An alliance is not good for the Ming, the French will not help us, and an alliance will reduce the diplomatic flexibility of the Ming. We can seek friendship with one or two countries in Europa, but we will not form alliances. ”

"We are different from the countries of Europa, our Ming is a civilized country that surpasses the so-called sovereign countries of Europe, we represent not only the interests of the Ming Dynasty, but also the interests of the entire Chinese civilization circle, no country in Europe is equal to the Ming Dynasty, unless their Roman Empire can be resurrected.."

Zhu Daohua said.

"That's our principle, we don't seek an alliance with any European country, and our European policy remains flexible and adapts to our own needs."

Lin Dagong nodded when he heard this.

Zhu Daohua patted Grand Duke Lin on the shoulder: "It is impossible for Europa to unite, unless they have a mortal enemy, we don't want to do such a thankless thing." ”

Lin Dagong said with a smile: "What the emperor said is that the countries of Europa have been fighting for hundreds of years, and it is unlikely that they will be united, and we will not be able to threaten the core interests of most European countries, and we will be enemies of a few European countries, and maybe some countries will be optimistic about their success." ”

"And this time, many European countries have sent envoys to the Ming Dynasty, on the one hand, they hope to establish diplomatic relations with the Ming Dynasty, and on the other hand, they hope that the Ming Dynasty can open its borders for free trade."

"And this time... Some countries are afraid that they will jointly put pressure on the Ming Dynasty and are ready to unite to demand that the Ming Dynasty abolish the blockade of Western merchant ships in the Strait of Malacca. ”

"This matter can be discussed, unless European countries can also completely open up their markets, otherwise there is no need to talk about it!"

Zhu Daohua waved his hand.

Where is there any real free trade in this era.

Some are just self-cultivated trade.

For example, the Ming Dynasty has now been blocked by the British, and the merchant ships of the Ming Dynasty cannot go to the British colonies in India, but the British only account for about half of India, so in the case that the Ming and the British have not completely torn their faces, the Ming Dynasty can trade with the Maratha Alliance, the Mughal Empire, the Fetal Pu'er Kingdom, the Kalat Khanate, the Durrani Kingdom and other countries.

Meanwhile.

The countries of Southeast Asia that were forced to open their borders under the coercion of European colonial powers.

Now, after being protected by the Ming suzerain, their market is also closed to Europeans.

Therefore, the current trade is basically protectionism in their respective spheres of influence, and in the spheres of influence of others, it is to promote free trade.

Before Zhu Daohua didn't get the south.

It is impossible for him to agree to anything open to the market.

But now it's different.

Because the current Daming is comparable to any European country in terms of industrial capacity.

Therefore, the current Ming Dynasty can hold high the banner of free trade.

Dumping industrial products from Guangdong and Liangjiang to the world.

It is necessary to open up the market.

Let's open it up!

It depends on whose product can play.

Contrarily.

If only these European countries had asked the Ming to open their markets.

Their own domestic and colonial markets were protected.

Of course, it is impossible for the Ming to agree to such unequal trade.

Be open.

Let's open it together!

After the endless coma, Shi Yu suddenly got up from the bed. If you want to watch the latest chapters, please download the Star Reading app and read the latest chapters for free without ads. The website has not updated the content of the latest chapters, and the Star Reading APP has updated the content of the latest chapters.

He took a big breath of fresh air, and his chest trembled.

Confused, incomprehensible, all kinds of emotions come to my heart.

Where is this?

Then, Shi Yu subconsciously looked around, and then became even more dazed.

A single dormitory?

Even if he had managed to be rescued, he would have been in the ward by now.

And their own bodies...... How could it be that there was no injury at all.

With doubts, Shi Yu's gaze quickly swept from the room, and finally his gaze stayed on a mirror at the head of the bed.

The mirror reflected his current appearance, about seventeen or eighteen years old, and his appearance was very handsome.

But the problem is, it's not him! Download the Star Reading app and read the latest chapters ad-free and free

The previous self was a handsome young man in his twenties who had been working for a while.

And now, no matter how you look at it, this appearance is only the age of a high school student......

This change made Shi Yu stunned for a long time.

Don't tell him that the operation was a success......

The body and face have changed, and this is not a question of surgery or not surgery at all, but immortal magic.

He's a different guy altogether!

Don't...... Did you cross by yourself?

In addition to the mirror at the head of the bed, which was obviously not good in feng shui, Shi Yu also found three books next to it.

Shi Yu picked it up and looked at it, and the title of the book instantly silenced him.

"Essential Animal Breeding Manual for Novice Breeders"

Postpartum Care for Pet Animals

"Alien Beast Ear Girl Evaluation Guide"

Shi Yu: ???

The names of the first two books are quite normal, but what are you doing with the last one?

"Ahem."

Shi Yu's eyes were solemn and he stretched out his hand, but his arm quickly stiffened.

Just as he was about to open the third book to see what it was, his brain stabbed violently, and a flood of memories flooded back.

Icefield City.

Pet animal breeding base.

Trainee pet breeder. The website is about to close, download the Star Reading app to provide you with the great god Mr Mu Mu Mu Ah's Qianlong: Qing Dynasty? What about my Great Qing Dynasty?

Beastmaster?