Hearing Huang Zongxi say this, many people frowned.
Yu Guozhen sent him to Europa, accompanied by a maritime overlord like the Huaqing. He was not just asked to do some business and then go back. Yu Guozhen asked him to come to Europa to establish order!
This is a plan that lasts for nearly thirty years. If this order is established, the products manufactured by China's machines will sweep the world, and the ideas exported by China will become the mainstream ideas of the world.
"Obviously, Chinese culture with complete social governance can play a huge role in Europa, which is disillusioned with monotheistic religions. The monarchs of Europe are also willing to use Chinese culture to counteract the declining influence of the church and stabilize their rule.
Therefore, many people were confident before coming and felt that Yu Guozhen¡¯s thirty-year plan seemed a bit conservative. In his opinion, fifteen to twenty years would be enough to complete this task.
"One hundred thousand miles of sea route, launching an expedition, the labor of the people is heavy, and the profit is very light. In China's current situation, we only need to recuperate and train our troops with the small barbarian countries around us. In a hundred years, we will become a unified world, so why rush For a while?" Huang Zongxi shook his head and said: "Your Majesty is too eager. He just wants to complete this great cause in his own lifetime, but haste makes waste. Xu Buzheng, as the Minister-General of Foreign Affairs, you should give me advice. "
Many people stared at him blankly for a while, and then laughed.
"Why are you laughing at me?" Huang Zongxi said displeasedly.
"Your Majesty has said that Huang Taichong is restricted by his family views, so his position is a bit narrow, but he is still a sincere gentleman. After coming to Europa, he asked me to listen more to your analysis of the current situation in Europa. Now it seems that your Majesty really knows people. bright."
"The dispute between me and Your Majesty is a family dispute and a personal grudge. Speech and advice are state affairs and official business. If you are too talented, how dare you abolish the official position for personal gain?" When Huang Zongxi said this, his old face turned red. .
These words are somewhat similar to what Bu Xiuqiu said just now, so he must have plagiarized them.
"Don't worry, Mr. Taichong. When I come this time, Your Majesty asked me to honor Ban Chao, Chen Tang, and Wang Xuance, not Li Jing and Ma Yuan."
"European countries are not stupid, so how could they be fooled?"
"It's nothing more than luring them with benefits and coercing them."
"Compared to China, the internal conflicts among the European countries can be said to be eternal. Yu Guozhen's plan is very clear. The first step is to dismember England and permanently lose the opportunity to form a unified and powerful island country. However, it is impossible for Yu Guozhen to send a large-scale expeditionary force here from distant China. He can only maintain a squadron of more than ten warships and a Marine Corps of less than 5,000 people. Therefore, to dismember England, he needs the help of It is Europe's own forces that are deeply contradictory to it: France, the Roman Church, Spain and the Netherlands. The Swedes will also be happy to get a share of this feast of partition.
"They are not so easily fooled, are they?"
"Why were they fooled?" Many people laughed again: "The Spaniards had suffered repeated defeats in the Thirty Years' War and the Franco-Spanish War. Their colonies were not as good as before, and they lost the Netherlands. Now they are in dire straits and are surrounded by enemies. They are just hoping to get something. Strong support, but the English have repeatedly robbed Spanish treasure ships. The two sides have deep hatred. They have been gearing up to deal with the English. The French and the English are still having disputes in the royal family. If they can take advantage of the English, France will definitely not I will fall behind others. Besides, I promise these two countries to divide part of the British colonies in America with them."
Huang Zongxi was horrified and shook his head: "How can this be so? England is just a small country in the sea, while France has gradually become the hegemon of Europe. We cannot cut off our meat to feed the tiger!"
"After England, there is France." Many people said meaningfully.
Huang Zongxi was dumbfounded. No wonder Yu Guozhen had a diplomatic layout that lasted for decades. It seemed that Yu Guozhen wanted to dismember all the big countries that might rise in Europe. At least he would cause them huge troubles and make their borders on fire. They would not be able to do well for the time being. develop themselves. By the time they put out the fire to develop themselves, China has already taken an absolute advantage.
They can only exist as a pursuer, and cannot become a challenger.
"That being the case, I have nothing to sayThe current situation in England is like this"
Huang Zongxi told everything he knew about England on the boat. Many people listened carefully and even took out pens to record. At this time, England is also internallyThere were many conflicts, Cromwell's remaining power was still there, and the battles between various sects were fierce. He had only been talking for a while when he heard the sound of a cannon and the Huaqing shook. Huang Zongxi looked up in surprise and realized that before he knew it, they had already caught up with those Yingji warships!
This is inevitable. The English warships are all sail warships. Before, they sailed with the wind and their speed was not slow. However, when they returned, the wind was against the wind and their speed was greatly reduced. The three warships that the Chinese Navy came to meet this time were all steamships. The headwind was nothing to them, so it only took a moment to catch up.
As an iron-armored battleship, the Huaqing's artillery fire was much more ferocious than that of the English. One hit from the bow cannon blasted a big hole in one of the opponent's warships. Nowadays, after twenty years and two generations of development, Chinese chemistry has made many achievements, and gunpowder can highlight this achievement. After the cannonball that penetrated the hull exploded, the front half of the ship was blown into pieces. In the blink of an eye, it sank into the water and turned into whirlpools and debris floating on the water.
"Howhow can we really fight?"
Huang Zongxi, who once shouted "Where are our armored gunboats?", was a little dazed when he saw this scene. He did not expect that when Yu Dahai came, he opened fire as soon as he said it, without any intention of negotiation.
Many people were also in a daze. Their primary purpose this time was to escort Huang Zongxi and others back, not to start a war with the English immediately. After all, his diplomatic compromise had not yet been completed. With only a dozen ships of the West Sea Squadron, the truth was going to be defeated. This is absolutely impossible for a large maritime country like England.
"I'll go take a look." He said, got up and left the cabin, heading towards the bridge.
In the bridge, Yu Dahai opened his eyes and was cursing: "Grandma, I ask you to practice artillery fire on weekdays, but I have never seen you so accurate. Why did you hit it with one shot today? Didn't I tell you to scare me first?" Well, why are you aiming so accurately?"
"Ha ha."
There were people around who were holding back their laughter. Only the naval instructor who was following him smiled.
"What should I do?" someone asked cautiously.
"What should I do? It's no big deal that my Chinese warship sank a pirate ship that tried to invade the Chinese people. Do I need to go up and apologize to the British man, saying that I will be gentler next time if I accidentally hurt you?"
Yu Dahai¡¯s lewd joke made everyone laugh. Everyone knew in their hearts that this shot would not be held accountable. At this time, many people opened the door and came in. They happened to hear Yu Dahai's last words and smiled: "Brother Dahai, I've been so depressed these days. Why haven't you found a golden-haired Yi girl in Europa?"
Many of these people have the temper to talk nonsense to others. He knows that Yu Dahai was born as a pirate and has always been rude and loves to tell dirty jokes. He only restrains himself when he is around Yu Guozhen and Luo Jiuhe, so he surrenders as soon as he opens his mouth. Yu Dahai likes it.
Yu Dahai was really happy: "I only thought that I was the only one who loved this tune. I didn't expect that you, Xu Buzheng, are also in the same league. However, the smell on the golden-haired Yi girl is really unpleasant. I have spread my seeds all over the world, but only the women from Tianzhu The strange smell can be better than the smell of the golden-haired barbarian girl, no wonder our Chinese perfume is so popular here!"
Everyone was even more happy. Huang Zongxi came to listen and couldn't help shaking his head. He said in his heart that Yu Guozhen would miss someone after all. This Yu Dahai was so lustful and greedy that he might cause trouble.
¡°He didn¡¯t know that Yu Dahai looked rough on the outside, but he was a cautious man on the inside. He didn¡¯t hold back on his words but acted in a measured way.
¡°Brother Dahai, signal to the other party to stop the ship and undergo inspection!¡± Many people said after laughing.
He heard Huang Zongxi mention his escape and knew that these British warships were trying to detain them in the name of stopping for inspection, so he was still with them immediately. Huang Zongxi was very happy after hearing this, and many people explained to him: "A few years ago, a few corrupt scholars were bribed by the barbarians and wrote a letter to Your Majesty, saying that the emperor of China should be lenient to distant people and be gentle and appease them, so he should give The barbarians were exempted from taxes - His Majesty was furious and gave those rotten scholars five sheep's skins to let them go, and then he drafted a law. I wonder if Mr. Huang has heard of this law?"
Of course Huang Zongxi has heard of this law, but he doesn¡¯t know that there is a story behind the formulation of this law. This law mentions the principles of exchanges between China and foreign countries, which are reciprocity and courtesy. If someone runs a business sincerely, China is willing to support him and everyone will make a fortune together. However, if he has no good intentions towards China, anyone who insults China will be harmed. Those who undermine the national prestige and harm the interests of the Chinese people will be repaid double by China!
Yu Guozhen was fed up with the kind of small countries jumping up and down to cause trouble for China, and he also looked down upon the Ming Dynasty's experience of giving away national interests in vain, leaving behind troubles in the future. In his view, in foreign affairs matters, safeguarding the interests of the country's people should always be the first priority. The so-called diplomacy is no small matter and should be?The interests of the people of this country are no small matter.
"I've heard of this method." Huang Zongxi nodded.
"That's it. Since the British dare to fire at the ship flying our Chinese Golden Dragon flag, then how many times they fire, we have to fire back." Many people sneered: "Brother Dahai, if they don't stop the ship Get checked, just fire and sink as many as you can!"
Yu Dahai didn¡¯t expect that the orders issued by many people who always smiled and seemed to be kind to others would be so iron-blooded. He was stunned for a moment, and then said with a smile: "Okay, this is very satisfying!"
Naturally, the British would not surrender. After receiving many endorsements, the Chinese navy refused to hold back. After a bombardment, they sank four more British ships. One British ship pretended to surrender and wanted to enter the follow-up battle, but failed. After being seen through, the Marines fired a burst of fire and then naturally stopped.
When the full moon rose, the sea surface had returned to calm. Huang Zongxi raised his head to look at the moon, looking at the rags still floating in the sea in the distance, and suddenly felt a strong sense of pride in his heart.
Even though we are thousands of miles away from each other, the bright moon of China still shines on this sea!