Daming 1805

Chapter 102 Which Rome are you talking about?

All the people who participated in the entire "Da Ming Peace Talks" activities may not have high political and diplomatic IQs.

Many princes and nobles came to join in the fun, and even generals like Napoleon and Nelson came to join in the fun in a sense.

Those who actually participate in the negotiations are the prime ministers and foreign ministers of various countries, such professionals.

Those who came to this informal preliminary meeting today to discuss the layout of the negotiation site are all these real political and diplomatic personnel.

Facing Zhu Jianfeng's question, the scene was quiet for a few seconds, and British Prime Minister William Pitt spoke "neither humble nor overbearing":

"His Royal Highness, the kneeling salute we Europeans perform is a courtesy to the monarch we are loyal to.

"Although His Royal Highness the Prince of Ming Dynasty has a very honorable status, he is not the monarch we are loyal to, so kneeling should not be used.

"His Royal Highness should not force us to be loyal to you, that will make it impossible to proceed with this peace talk."

These few words are still Daming's elegant words.

In this era, the concept of equal status of all countries has not yet been formed, and there is no tradition of speaking the native language in a diplomatic environment.

In most cases, the governments and diplomats of various countries will choose to use the most common language in the talks between many countries.

Taixi was popular in Latin before, and Zhu Jingyuan was popular in French in his previous life, and then English.

In this era of Ming Dynasty, the most common language has become Daming Yayan.

In particular, the person Pete communicated with was the Prince of Ming Dynasty, and he knew how to use the elegant words of Daming directly.

After hearing this, Zhu Jianfeng seemed to agree and nodded slightly:
"That's right, this king will indeed not force you to be loyal to me. The only white ghosts that this king sees on weekdays are female slaves and eunuchs..."

Before Zhu Jianfeng finished speaking here, and before Pete next to him opened his mouth, Prince Nicholas from Lucia couldn't help it.

Prince Nicholas was obviously a little annoyed and said loudly:
"Please don't use the insulting title of white ghost!"

Zhu Jingyuan sighed secretly in his heart, his ninth uncle really came to find fault on purpose, and at the same time took the initiative to add a sentence:
"Uncle Jiu, white ghost is indeed a derogatory term. We are negotiating now, let's call it white."

Before Zhu Jianfeng could speak, Prince Nicholas spoke again, but this time with a different attitude.

He slightly bowed his hands to Zhu Jingyuan, and reminded him kindly:

"So that His Royal Highness Prince Dashi knows that young people in Europe generally believe that 'white' is a discriminatory term.

"It's discrimination against people from the Nordic countries who are overly light-skinned.

"The most reasonable name should be Europa, followed by Taixi."

Now Zhu Jingyuan is a little stunned, "white man" has become a discriminatory term?

But after thinking about it for a while, I quickly guessed the logic.

In this world, being white does not mean being good. The best people here are from Daming, and it has nothing to do with color.

Although the Ming people are also whiter, they are not as pale as the Taixi people, and they don't call themselves white.

In the era of the rise of nationalism in various countries, calling people from a certain country white and black may really be regarded as discrimination by sensitive people.

In fact, names with colors may be discriminatory, but what is discriminated against in this world is white and black.

White people are pale, black people are black.

A little observation of this evaluation system can reveal a detached group.

The Daming people in the middle have a certain dominant position, and they can stand on the commanding heights as a matter of course and give pointers to other ethnic groups.

The key problem is that those who are evaluated in this way still feel that this evaluation is correct.

Yes, the Taixi people are indeed pale, and the Mozhou people are indeed as dark as ink, only the Ming people are peaceful and gentle as jade.

So they just hope that Ming people will be polite and not directly call them white people on the surface and in language.

In Zhu Jingrong's view, the most reasonable name should not be colored, but should be called by a representative region.

However, the choice of region can actually be discriminatory and intentionally misleading.

For example, referring to them as Lucians instead of Europas will probably make most people in western Taixi very uncomfortable.

When Zhu Jingyuan was thinking about social logic, Zhu Jianfeng next to him immediately added:
"You all have red hair and green eyes, pale skin, long hair, and a stinky smell. You really look like ghosts, why don't you tell me?"

As a result, there was a burst of unrepressed laughter immediately among the representatives of the feudal kingdom and Huangzhuang.

Obviously, they all felt that what His Royal Highness said was too correct.

The representatives of Northern Yinzhou and Nanmozhou, the representatives of these feudal states that have the potential to separate, feel a little complicated at this time.

If you really leave the wings of Ming Dynasty and go out to establish a country independently, what kind of status will you have in the world?
Can it be higher than the Western countries?Will he be denounced as a barbarian by the local Ming Dynasty?

The Taixi representatives immediately glared at Zhu Jianfeng, and some of them twisted their bodies as if they wanted to "go away".

Zhu Jingyuan, as the theoretical leader of the Ming delegation, hastily stood up to make peace with both parties:
"Okay, okay, everyone, don't be angry, my Uncle Jiu is straightforward, so don't bother me, Uncle Jiu.

"Negotiations must continue, otherwise today will be a waste of time, let's change the subject..."

This persuasion is actually not very polite, and the outspoken meaning, doesn't it mean that you agree with what your uncle Jiu said is right?

Now it's only because of concerns about the feelings of the Taixi people that they forcibly hold back?

But this forced restraint has already "moved" the Taixi people a little. His Royal Highness the King of Food is indeed a little angel.

Then both parties seemed to be persuaded by Zhu Jingyuan.

Sure enough, Zhu Jianfeng changed the topic here, but this topic is also very sensitive:

"Then you Western barbarians, how do you salute when you meet the monarchs of other countries in Taixi?

"How did I hear that you both kneel down?
"You kneel down to other Taixi kings, even if they are just kings of small countries, or even just grand dukes.

"But now when you face me, the prince of Ming Dynasty, and my nephew Jingyuan, the king of the Great Food Kingdom of Ming Dynasty, you don't take the initiative to kneel down.

"Are you trying to show that your king is qualified to be equal to our Ming Emperor? Your country is equal to our Ming Dynasty?
"If that's the case, why do you still want to form Naoshizi's anti-Ming alliance? Come and face our Ming Dynasty yourself!

"British, do you dare? Lucian, can you do it?"

Zhu Jianfeng's words were not particularly loud, but they made the Taixi princes a little overwhelmed, and subconsciously took a step back.

The status that Zhu Jianfeng mentioned was actually what the Thai and Western countries hoped for, but none of them dared to say it in front of the representative of Ming Dynasty.

According to the general perception in the current world, the status of the kings of the Thai and Western countries is equal to that of the Prince of Ming.

This anti-Ming war directly proved this point.

The whole Taixi was tied together to draw a tie with Daming, and in the end they had to take the initiative to make a peace.

Although this war gave the Taixi people status, it made the Taixi people think that they had got rid of their barbarian status.

But this status is still not very high, and it also made it clear that the status is lower than that of Daming.

Before the war, they could still hold back their necks and forcibly face up against Daming alone, but now and in the future it will not work.

Although they all yearn for the position of directly facing Da Ming, they actually don't have the courage to face Da Ming directly for the time being.

After a brief silence, the actual host of the anti-Ming alliance, British Prime Minister Peter, spoke:

"Your Highness, there is no need to be angry, we just know that in the Ming Dynasty tradition, there is a principle of doing what you want.

"So in Daming's Huangzhuang, we used the usual etiquette of Daming."

What Pete said was actually not very confident.

In fact, he was already prepared in his heart, to kneel down and salute Zhu Jianfeng and Zhu Jingyuan's uncle and nephew respectively.

They had always knelt down to their own king, and several other Taixi kings also knelt down several times.

Kneeling like a Prince of Ming is actually not uncomfortable in my heart.

Now I just want to raise the status of the Thai and Western countries as much as possible, so that the momentum in the formal negotiations will be more sufficient.

If it were any other ordinary Taixi people, kneeling down to Prince Daming might still feel honored.

As a result, Zhu Jianfeng directly restrained his momentum now, and did not continue to be serious with him:

"Okay, let's do what you want, it's actually quite good..."

Then Zhu Jianfeng just shut up, making the representatives of the Western countries a little confused.

Zhu Jingyuan reacted instantly, and immediately followed the stubble left by Zhu Jianfeng, and greeted everyone with a smile on his face:

"Since this is the case, everyone should sit down quickly, and let's start discussing quickly..."

At this time, the princes and representatives of the Thai and Western countries suddenly realized that the "whatever you want" just now was a trap.

They were originally going to protest the seating arrangement at the scene, so they insisted not to sit down.

Now Pete took the initiative to say that it is up to the owner, and then Zhu Jianfeng directly gave a stamp for confirmation.

Then Zhu Jingyuan pulled everyone to sit down...

Do guests sit as they please?

Zhu Jingyuan had already sat down, at the top of the huge conference table, which was the seat of the master of the Great Ming Dynasty Hall.

Zhu Jianfeng always sat at the first place on the left, which was the position of the most honorable courtier in the Ming Dynasty.

The other representatives of the Ming court and feudal states lined up below Zhu Jianfeng, all on the left side of the venue.

The rest is the position on the right, and now the guest will sit there as the host.

The representatives of the Thai and Western countries were embarrassed again.

Zhu Jianfeng saw that the Taixi people were not moving, so he couldn't help but urged:

"What's the matter? Why don't you sit down? Didn't you just say that? It's up to you, and you don't accept it now?

"You barbarians, you really have no bottom line and principles. Can this king trust your sincerity in the truce?"

Several Thai and Western ministers were very helpless and aggrieved, brewing emotions and words, and prepared to find a suitable rhetoric to fight against Zhu Jianfeng.

If it doesn't work, just go back to the previous stage and kneel down, and then come back and continue to pay attention to the position.

Kneeling is nothing, in fact, it does not particularly affect the status of the Thai and Western countries, but the seats in the negotiation must be contested.

It is impossible for Zhu Jianfeng to fall into that trick and give up the particularity of seating.

But at this time, the younger brother of the Austrian emperor, Archduke Karl, noticed the layout of the scene.

Next to Zhu Jingyuan who had already sat down, there was another seat vacant.

So Archduke Karl asked:
"May I ask His Royal Highness Prince Dashi, which representative is the seat next to you reserved for?"

finally come.

Looking at the location of Rome, Zhu Jingyuan thought of all the stalks about Rome in his previous life, and couldn't help but want to laugh in his heart.

But now is a very serious occasion, Zhu Jingyuan tried his best to maintain a serious posture:
"It's for the representatives of Rome."

As soon as Zhu Jingyuan said this, the atmosphere on the scene changed immediately.

Representatives of several Thai and Western countries, several princes, princes, and grand dukes all came to their spirits.

I don't know how many people, at this time, asked in unison:

"Which Rome are you talking about?"

(End of this chapter)