Xinshun 1730

Chapter 387
Tian Ping still thought that being an envoy stationed abroad was a trick, but Liu Yu went one step further and called him a "thief".

Tian Ping, who was still a little confused at first, suddenly felt enlightened, and thought that this merit must be guided by someone. If I didn't point it out, how could I think that stealing is also a kind of merit?
Really pointing out the way where there is no way, so going to that cold and gloomy England, I can finally feel less wronged.

I used to be irritable.

In theory, domestic officials cannot bring their family members with them when they take office.Not to mention going to Western countries, and even though Tian Ping has been in Songjiang for a long time and often sees Westerners, this aesthetic concept has not changed after all, which is really hard to accept.

This alone is enough to be annoying.What's more, Britain and Dashun seemed to be out of reach, and they were obviously going to survive, so one can imagine the mood.

Liu Yu clicked on him and told him to steal things, which could be regarded as driving away the haze that had enveloped him before he even arrived in London.

"Keep the routine, keep the routine, clear the clouds and see the sun! Now you can understand that stealing something is a merit. This method is feasible. The person who chooses you will help find some clever and confidantes, who probably know what is good and what is bad. Yes, so I know what to steal. I won’t do it, I’m afraid I can’t even tell the difference between wheat seedlings and leeks.”

Liu Yu also laughed and said: "It's easy to steal, but it's hard to send it back after stealing it. So Brother Tian went, remember to socialize more. Some things seem to be different from China and foreign countries, but the inside is the same. It's nothing more than face, relationship, favor, Jinyin, since you were born in the Duke's Mansion and have worked in customs and other places, you are not bad at such things."

"Hahahaha! Not bad, not bad, very good!" Tian Ping laughed and said, "I have such skills. Making connections is nothing more than money. I have been in the customs for many years, and I haven't learned anything else. How can I collect it?" Give money to give money but learn to understand."

He knew that Liu Yu was willing to spend money on such matters. The court did not provide much funds, and it was impossible to grant such tasks in private. I was already dissatisfied, and the emperor was reluctant to pay too much money from his internal funds. Besides, as Liu Yu said, the emperor didn't know what the Westerners had, so how could he know what to spend money to steal?

As for money, Liu Yu naturally wants to subsidize part of it, but besides money, there are also some valuable things.

"I think so. Both of us have some things that are not commercially available at home, and we don't need them on weekdays. They are pressed under the box. They are either rewards or gifts from others. These things are not commercially available. I can’t get it anywhere. Even if it’s one or two pieces of women’s clothes, it’s far more worthwhile to give them away from our family than to sell them here as a pawn.”

"You might as well search and collect, and convert it into cash and I'll buy it. You take it there, whether it's a gift or a friend, it's both respectable and valuable. Gold and silver are gold and silver here, and they are also gold and silver there. "Although jade is precious, it is a stone in the eyes of Westerners who don't understand that a gentleman is like jade."

Tian Ping also figured out the key point, and answered with a smile, "Yes. Porcelain from the official kiln and clothes embroidered inside are good things to give as gifts over there."

Liu Yu was about to tell him a few more words, but Tian Ping just said: "Be safe and rest assured."

"I just didn't know what to do before, so I was confused. I didn't know where to go. Even if I have ten thousand catties of strength in my legs, what's the use?"

"Since you have pointed out the direction, you don't need to tell me about these details. It would be the best if you know what to steal. What is this called? It means that you are an official and I am an official. You don't need to be specific. To do it, you just need to tell me how to make it. But speaking of it, my father should take care of this matter... Ask him to take care of diplomacy, everything starts from the beginning, with thousands of clues, and I can't think of these details."

Liu Yu sighed, shook his head and said: "What's the use of saying it? Just say one thing: Western scenery, you must carefully examine it, and learn from the good ones. But what is good? What is bad? Art has its own meaning. In fact, the imperial court should send more witch doctors and musicians, so that they can know what kind of witch doctors and musicians in Western countries are good to learn, and what are bad and can be discarded."

"Send us honorable heirs, who can't tell the difference between wheat seedlings and leeks. Scholar-bureaucrats, you must pay attention to the etiquette system. For example, those who understand music must follow the etiquette. When watching Western music, you will think that you have lost Zhong Zhengping and so on; if you don't understand music Yes, children who need to be literate go there and learn from the beginning. But after learning this, they can’t be an official. The smart ones have a lot of futures and can go to the imperial examinations if they need to go? If they are not smart, they will get twice the result with half the effort and may not be able to learn.”

"Difficult... Difficult. Whether it's the navy or cannon casting, officers or staff officers, mathematics or science, it's all done by the third or fourth-ranked talents in the world. When will the first-ranked talents in the world learn these things? I'm really relieved. Now I'm taking the third and fourth-class talents in the world to compete with the first-class talents in the West, and I don't feel good after all."

After complaining fiercely, I could only complain.Dashun's ability to make the current changes was already beyond Liu Yu's expectations, and he could be regarded as the emperor's "sage".But Liu Yu reckons that's all there is to it.

Trapped by such a big frame, it is more difficult to accomplish things.

Tian Ping got up and patted Liu Yu's arm, and comforted him: "I have outstanding people in China, and these third- and fourth-class people can always be regarded as their second- and third-class people. Besides, Western countries are falling apart. How many champions are there?"

"Originally they were far away, but Western countries were close. When they had one country, they copied it from another country. It was different before my dynasty. Who do you say to copy? North Korea? Japan? Annan? There is nowhere to copy. It’s a little behind, don’t worry about keeping up.”

"Hasn't the imperial court changed now? We have been sent to the West, and we will know if there is something good. Even if we don't know anything else, we can still see the benefits of guns and firearms. As long as If the guns and firearms are not behind, there will be no major problems, so take your time."

"Besides, first-class Western figures are in their own country, and those who come to the so-called colonies around our dynasty are also third- and fourth-class figures. Everyone is a third- or fourth-class figure, so there is really no need to worry."

After some reassurance, the cloud in Liu Yu's mind cleared up, knowing that he was just complaining, that there was no hope for the reform of the imperial examination for the time being, and he was just looking for someone to talk to.

"Okay, don't mention it. Just drink. After a few days, I will find some people to send it to you. Then I will go to Xiyang. Just don't forget that this 'Huang Dao Po Project' that is crucial to your future will it is good."

"Don't worry, you can forget about other things. Can you forget about getting promoted and getting rich? I'll go home tomorrow and tell my father to pack up all the unused things in the house that are packed in boxes." Pack it up, and when you get there, you can give gifts and make friends."

After having a drink, they stopped mentioning these things, and only asked Liu Yu to talk about the general situation in Britain. Tian Ping didn't feel any surprise, and kept these things in his heart.

After getting drunk, he sent Tian Ping back, opened the book, turned out the letter passed by Tian Ping, glanced at it in a daze, Liu Yu knew that the matter in the letter was a bit big, and it was not appropriate to think about what Tian Zhenyi said after drinking. right or wrong.

Go back quickly, hide the letter and have a good sleep.

After waking up, he read the letter carefully again, and after setting it on fire, he began to pace the room.

After walking around the room like a donkey pulling a mill all day, he finally nodded, thinking that this idea seemed weird, but it was actually beneficial.

After the morning court on the second day, the emperor summoned Liu Yu and was about to inquire about the Korean envoy. Liu Yu thought about the contents of Tian Zhenyi's letter and finally made up his mind.

Li Gan didn't know what was going on in Liu Yu's mind, so he asked about the North Korean envoy with a smile, and couldn't help but smile when he heard Liu Yu's deceitful and intimidating words.

"I really didn't expect that there would be domineering methods against suzerains like North Korea. North Korea will definitely say that I use my strength to pretend to be benevolent. If I don't say it, there will always be slander."

"However, your strategy of using business to control Mongolia is indeed very effective. Increasing control over North Korea is not just your idea. The British Duke also said it in the past. But this time the request is indeed a bit too much."

Liu Yu hurriedly said: "Your Majesty is the Son of Heaven. Isn't it normal for the Son of Heaven to order the princes to do something? If he is not willing, it will prove that they are not loyal enough; if he is loyal, he will not be reluctant."

"Hahahaha... That's what I said, but don't you dislike such lies? I also know the little ink in your stomach, so don't talk about these lies in front of me. You talk to North Korea What are the reasons? It is clearly blackmail."

"I'm just a fox pretending to be a tiger. If there is no His Majesty to rule the heavens, the country is prosperous, the people are safe, and the army is strong, I'm afraid those reasons are nonsense. It's just that the words of the minister are not so unreasonable. Originally, it is for the sake of the sea of ​​​​whales and the construction of the navy. Protect the Celestial Dynasty. How can the skin be attached? The small country just doesn’t know the reason.”

Li Gan knew that this was the case, but he still shook his head.

"Shouchang, I have taken a big step. With this step, it will no longer be the Song and Ming Dynasty. The Han and Tang Dynasties are too domineering, and I am actually a little worried."

Liu Yu knew that the emperor was just saying that, and since he had made a decision, it was too late to change it now.But in order to reassure the emperor, he still said some reassuring words.

"The story I like most is to carve a boat and seek a sword. The Han and Tang Dynasties were too overbearing, or it was true. But in the Han and Tang Dynasties, there were no firearms and no gunboats. The excess in the Han and Tang Dynasties was not the excess in this dynasty. Taking history as a mirror, You can know the ups and downs, but use history as a guide to avoid cutting a boat and seeking swords. For example, if you take history as a guide, you can know that disasters must come from the north, and now the disasters in the north will be settled? Therefore, using history as a guide, you should know that disasters must come from the barbarians, not from the north. Now the western barbarians are If the northern barbarians are strong and the northern barbarians are weak, if they only know the north but not the barbarians, then they are seeking swords; another example is the Western Regions, at this time the Western Regions are in Nanyang."

Li Gan nodded, knowing that it was these words that made him make some overbearing decisions in the first place.It's just that the worries that should be there are still not gone, when should it be considered enough?

Just as I was about to talk to Liu Yu about "taking history as a mirror" and "carving a boat to seek a sword", Liu Yu suddenly knelt down on the ground and said: "I have something to do. I will be in charge of the navy for a while. .”

"I once said in the past that if you want to separate soldiers and generals, you need to change the general, and you can also rely on training and class teaching to make yourself invincible in the surrounding area. The army has done it, and I want your majesty to see it. The same is true for the navy."

"Even though the Seventh Prince is still young, as long as His Majesty confers a position and seal, even a low-ranking staff can assist him; with the knowledge of the captains and the training of the sailors, he can completely win."

"You can have ministers, or you can have no ministers. The navy is the navy of the celestial dynasty. At the beginning, the ministers and consuls were arbitrary, just for efficiency. Now that there is a system, it is also considered that the ministers fulfilled their original promises. The soldiers will be separated and the staff will make decisions. "

"The inevitability of this victory is not enough to be credited! But if the minister can operate freely without leading the army, then the minister can be regarded as having fulfilled His Majesty's entrustment."

(End of this chapter)