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Jiang Heng took the translated version of the letter written by King George II of England and read it from the beginning.

Because it was written by the Lord of the West, the translators of the foreign affairs office did not dare to polish it, and did not change it into an official style. Basically, the original meaning of the word was reversed, with a strong "Oh, my God" Ah' sense of translation.

At that time, what Jiang Heng skipped was the title of "Holy Mandate...King George II" at the beginning - at least dozens of words were skipped by her in the middle.As we all know, Da Ying's title of king has always been very long. Compared with it, the Qing emperor's posthumous title with only 22 characters is not enough.

For example, when Jiang Heng crossed over, the monarch of the big bang was still the queen of super long standby time, and her title was also very long.

But now reading it carefully from the beginning, Jiang Heng discovered a big blind spot. In addition to claiming to be the "King of Britain and Ireland" and the self-proclaimed "Ruler of the Ocean", the title of George II actually secretly added a "future" King of France' title.

Jiang Hengxin said: "Oh, you are like this, does France know?"

Jiang Heng's spirit returned, and his memory became clearer.

Yes, according to the historical process, after a few decades, the industrial revolution in England is completed, and the national power will gradually overwhelm France. After the Seven Years War between the two countries, as the winner, the English monarch can also show off his might and call himself the king of France. But now, Still a long way to go.

Jiang Heng could understand the meaning of George II's letter and adding this title: because the Qing Dynasty had given France the right to operate the only officially certified Western business house in Beijing for two consecutive years.

For England, it's okay to give it to others, but to France!

The grievances and hostilities between Britain and France have a long history, and the most acute time period was the war that lasted more than 45 years in the 100th century.That's really okay for me to be bad, and you definitely don't think about it.

So George II's letter is intended to tell Emperor Yongzheng: Has this colleague blinded you by being far away across the ocean?Don't get me wrong, I, England, am the real overlord of the West!Quickly cancel the improper relationship with France and throw yourself into my arms!

The last sentence is Jiang Heng's divergent thinking, and he laughed out loud while thinking about it.

"Looking at the spirit of the empress, we people's hearts are in our hearts." Seeing that the empress finally regained her energy and smiled, Qiuxue came up to deliver berry tea, and incidentally expressed the feelings of the people in the palace.

Only when the empress returns to normal, they will have the backbone.

Otherwise, not to mention that she and Nanny Yu are walking on thin ice these days, even the little court ladies and eunuchs who are in charge of watering the flowers or watching the tea stove are a little restless and dare not take a step further, for fear that something will happen at this moment If you come here and make trouble for your empress, then you will definitely not be able to stay in the Yonghe Palace——where is there a better place in this harem than the Yonghe Palace?Many young eunuchs are really willing to honor Zhang Yuzhu's self, and also want to squeeze into the Yonghe Palace.

Jiang Heng and Qiu Xue were talking, when Qiu Shuang came in to answer, she had just gone to the Hall of Mental Cultivation to run errands.

The original words that the emperor told Yumao before were: "When Concubine Xin's cat winter is over, call someone to come back to me." She was directly compared to small animals that hibernate and store energy.

Seeing that the empress was refreshed today, Qiu Shuang hurriedly followed the instructions of the Long Live Lord to answer the questions in the Hall of Mental Cultivation, and brought back the emperor's words: "I must be hungry after sleeping for a few days. I am going to have dinner today and tell your empress , what to eat, directly send someone to tell Chang Qing."

This is so that she doesn't have to worry about her own order, and she doesn't have to pay out of her own pocket, just go directly to Changqing and order the imperial meal.

After the emperor came over, he took a good look at her complexion before nodding his head in agreement: "Sure enough."

Afterwards, the two went to see Minmin together. Jiang Heng had just picked her up from the Queen Mother in the afternoon and played with her for a long time. Now Zi Minmin was eating an extra meal at night, which was still two small bowls.

Jiang Heng glanced at his daughter's food supplements today. They were mashed yam and fish and stewed tofu eggs. Because they were unseasoned and soft, they seemed to have no appetite.But Minmin liked it very much, and even scooped it up with a small spoon and invited Ama and Erniang to have a bite each.

The emperor tasted the yam paste and minced fish for the first time, and it seemed that the yam paste and minced fish were not fine enough, so he simply took the small spoon in his daughter's hand and took two more bites to taste it carefully.

But the emperor directly ate one-third of the bowl with these two mouthfuls, and Minmin was stunned.

After going out, Jiang Heng couldn't help but said to the emperor: "You really eat her? Minmin cherishes her small bowl very much, but she doesn't have enough for herself." Because the child's ability to perceive hunger and fullness is weak, Jiang Heng pays attention to it. Control the amount of supplementary food for Minmin, rather less than too much, lest she have to drink the bitter medicine of the hospital when she lasts.

So Minmin eats every time with unsatisfactory appetite.

Jiang Heng was afraid that the emperor would eat his daughter's food like this and leave a shadow on her, so he was unwilling to share it with others in the future.

The emperor didn't explain, just smiled and accepted the complaint.

After dinner, the emperor will go back to the Hall of Mental Cultivation to approve the papers.

The battle situation in the northwest is not so critical, but it is still going on, and there are so many things that need to be decided by the emperor: from the important matters of dispatching generals and garrisons in various places, to whether the horse farm in the suburbs of Beijing should increase horse breeding this year, the emperor has to look at it printed on.

Moreover, fighting is the most costly thing. The emperor can't stop all the work of the Huikao government just because he is busy with the war. Instead, it is more accurate to check the tax accounts of various places, so as not to avoid tax evasion while busy.

Therefore, these days, the emperor stayed in the Hall of Mental Cultivation, reviewing various abbreviations and reports every night until before going to bed.

Jiang Heng first asked him to sit down and rest before leaving, and then took out the translation letter: "The emperor left this here last time."

The emperor signaled her to keep it: "It's okay, the original manuscript is kept in my study. There are many translations like this. My name is Thirteenth Brother. Zhang Tingyu and others took one back to have a closer look." Go to Annan to give a copy to Lao Jiu, the manager of the foreign affairs office.

Jiang Heng also sat down beside the emperor, and asked curiously, "Has the emperor seen the Duke of England?"

The emperor shook his head and said coldly: "I have a lot to do, and I'm not in a hurry to see him, let's talk about it in two months."

If there is no matter about drugs, the emperor would not be so cold-hearted about the "envoys" of other countries. It is the tolerance and courtesy of a country to summon its country's envoys and respond in accordance with the corresponding etiquette.

But England should be cooler.

In particular, there is no truth in George II's letter. Instead, it is full of boasting about his family's status in the West.When it came to the matter of Afulan, I just briefly mentioned it, saying that it was caused by the difference in the understanding of drugs between the two countries. It is reasonable to say that anyway, we English people often eat it. It is because of the different customs that you do not eat it in the Qing Dynasty. It is not that our Afulan is not good. .We all directly take his current wine and candy, and it is definitely a kindness to share if we want to sell it to you!

Even secretly poking at the connotation, the emperor of the Qing Dynasty should not be so rigid and stubborn, and should learn to accept new things, just like they in England readily accepted tea from the Qing Dynasty.

Seeing that Yingjili wanted to continue the trade between the two countries, and pretended to be unapologetic about the drug, and refused to say that he would give up earning the money, the emperor directly threw the English envoy aside.

And wait to go.

After Jiang Heng read this letter, he also felt that George II probably wrote it after drinking too much alcohol—George II was fine in the early years, but in his middle and old age, he was notoriously drunk, and Jiang Heng The first time Heng heard about this king was from a short article summarizing the strange deaths of Chinese and foreign monarchs in the past dynasties: This king probably died suddenly on the toilet because of a cerebral vascular problem caused by drinking.

She spread the letter on the kang table next to the emperor, and then pointed to the title at the beginning and asked: "Your Majesty, does the Duke of France in Beijing know that they have changed the king? And if the King of France knows, what will he think?"

After she asked this sentence, the emperor looked at her and smiled.

Jiang Heng couldn't help touching his face: "Why, what's on my face?" The emperor couldn't help stretching out his hand to pinch her face: "I got a little bad thoughts on it."

Then he explained to her in detail: "What I'm laughing at is that the whole family has the same thoughts." The emperor pointed to the words "the future king of France" and told her: "Since the old nine went to Annan, the foreign affairs office has been controlled by the government. Your grandfather took it on your behalf, but old Su Yibo is also getting old, so your second elder brother usually takes care of me."

"When he presented this translated letter, he told me about the generational grievances between England and France." The emperor heard the grievances between the two countries that started hundreds of years ago, and felt that compared with them, the Qing Dynasty's Junggar Decades of friction are considered short. "Your second brother asked me for orders at that time, and wanted to 'unintentionally' let the French know the contents of this letter."

France attaches great importance to trade with Qing Dynasty.

In particular, they were lucky in winning the bid in the first year, mainly due to the blessing of the Englishman who slapped the table with Master Jiu at that time to destroy the Great Wall.Yingjili lost the qualifications, so they took a big deal.

So in the second year, France was afraid of losing this big cake, so it specially sent a duke to sit in charge.But the duke didn't help much: when he was still struggling to learn Chinese, another drug incident happened, and the English businessmen were directly suppressed, and France won again.

So this faithful duke felt: This is God's blessing, and they really have a relationship with the Qing Dynasty.So he worked harder to learn Chinese, thinking about winning three consecutive victories for France this year.

Especially after this year, when the Duke of England arrived in Beijing with a letter written by the king, it gave France a sense of crisis.But don't think that the French are more Buddhist, but it depends on who the opponent is. If you meet an Englishman, you will immediately become supportive.

"Really?" Jiang Heng asked the emperor: "The Duke of France already knows?"

The emperor nodded, and then said that if something happened in the future, he would tell Jiang Heng the follow-up progress.

Seeing that she was concerned about this, the emperor asked her if she had read the list of 'gifts' brought by the English this time, and if there was any suitable one, she would take it out for Minmin to play with.

Because it was entered into the Thirteenth Treasury, Jiang Heng really has a list here.

She had already prepared it, and when the emperor asked, she took it out and asked the emperor to look at it: "The emperor looks at this list. It is the same every year. It is nothing more than expensive perfumes and powders, pocket watches and clocks. Who would buy them except the palace and aristocratic families?" These? Even in the palace, if these things are broken, they will be carried from the warehouse again, and will not be repaired." These are all top-notch luxury goods at this time, and the amount of purchase is very small.

"They only sell this amount, but they have to buy a lot of tea, silk and other things from us. Except for the unlucky businessmen who make money, the money in England is outflowing. It's no wonder that the king rambled about justifying the drug. , thinking about it, I still want to earn money from drugs."

The emperor nodded: "I know their crooked intentions. The twelfth brother is still in the port of Guangdong and Guangxi. Later, I will ask him to check other places in Yuntai, Jiaozhou, Ningbo, etc. This thing must be banned."

Jiang Heng looked at the western clock in the room: the Qing Dynasty can't make its own clock at this moment.

So she tried to ask the emperor: "Your Majesty, my concubine sees that there are Western clocks on the gift list every year, and there are also fresh things such as woven cloth and machine-pressed oil a few times." This is what Yingji used to show off her national power. Indeed, England already had the world's first automatic planter, as well as a simple machine oil press.

"Then why can't we buy some machines from them?" She believes in the wisdom of the people of Tuchao. The experts are among the folks. As long as there are enough samples to dismantle and study, they will definitely be able to create corresponding machines, and even improve them.After all, this is not yet a high-tech product, but the first industrial product.

In fact, the pros and cons that modern people can think of are rarely unexpected to the sperm of the ancient royal family and officialdom.

The emperor said: "Lao Jiu wants some Western craftsmen or watchmakers, and the loom Lao Jiu you mentioned is also very interested - he has his own embroidery shop in the south." , has always been very hard. "However, according to the English merchants, there is a "Decree Prohibiting the Export of Machinery" in the country, which prohibits any agricultural and industrial machinery from leaving the country." law and other confidential.

So don't look at the strict interrogation of Westerners who enter the capital, but in fact it is strict who leave the capital!

Basically, you have to go through the inspection of the foreign affairs office naked, don't try to take anything away, let alone take away anyone.

The emperor said again: "Western countries have their own wonderful things. For example, France has a kind of firearm, which is stronger than the torches used in the army. They are happy to sell firearms, but these firearms manufacturing methods, France will never sell them. "

Jiang Heng thought for a while and suddenly came up with an idea: "French merchants naturally don't know how to sell their own firearms or ship structural drawings and skills, but if they have the opportunity, don't they want to get English machines and sell them?" It is too difficult for people from the Qing Dynasty to go to the West to acquire technology. Everyone is of different races, so they will naturally be watched and guarded against.

But it is much easier for people from France to get into England.As much as France protects its own things, it is estimated that it wants to sell English things as much.They may even have some blueprints in their hands. As long as the Qing Dynasty can offer a suitable price, plus George II's phrase "the future king of France", it shouldn't be difficult for France to sell it.

After Jiang Heng finished speaking, the emperor looked down at her abdomen.Jiang Heng instantly synchronized his brain circuits with the emperor, and she pointed to the fruit on the table: "Your Majesty, the child is only as big as a small apple. these thoughts.”

The emperor laughed and denied: "I didn't say anything." He even retorted: "I think so, I can see from your elder brother, these narrow ideas must be passed down from your family, not because of me and my children."

Jiang Heng: ...

The next day, the emperor summoned Jiang Yuan after finishing the official business.

In addition, Guanbao gave his daughter Chinese names, all of which came from the word Jiang: the daughter was named Jiang Heng, which means Chang'e, and the sons were the eldest son Jiang Fang and the second son Jiang Yuan, hoping that their brothers would be well-rounded. Compensation for each other.

His direct descendants also live up to their names.

The daughter was born beautiful and lived up to the word 'Hang'.The eldest son, Jiang Fang, is also really upright and upright. Now he is an official in Dali Temple and is a good judge of cases. His square face is as awe-inspiring as the Fang Zhang of Dali Temple.

The second son, Jiang Yuan, is also true to his name, a thoughtful person who always smiles. Before being transferred to the foreign affairs office by the emperor, he was very popular among the imperial guards—of course, it was even better after he arrived at the foreign affairs office. When dealing with Westerners, there are always some novelty foods and gadgets to distribute to relatives, friends and colleagues.Coupled with the blessing of his younger sister who is a concubine in the palace, and his unreasonable elder brother, it is difficult for Jiang Yuan to think he is not popular.

After all, many officials who went to find Jiang Fang, who was close to the Duke of Su Yi's mansion, were frustrated, so they had to settle for the next best thing and try to get along with Jiang Yuan.

Jiang Heng also tasted the character design of the men of the Suyibo family under the leadership of Ama.

She thought that her elder brother's inhumanity probably wasn't because he was so upright and unsophisticated, but it was also intentional: Uncle Su Yi's mansion is already quite prosperous now, as the eldest son of Xijue, it's not a bad thing for him to be a little bit flawed in the world .

Only relatives and friends want bad things.

This time Jiang Heng is pregnant, so of course she hasn't had time to meet her family, but she believes that with Ama's leadership and wisdom in managing the family, her elder brother will become more and more "unhuman and upright" in the future.

Now it is only said that Jiang Yuan is listening to orders in front of the imperial court.

Speaking of which, although Jiang Yuan had the status of an imperial guard in the past, she was not the kind of first-class servant who could often show her face in front of the emperor—they were relatives and noble children who had to go to the Three Banners, and their family was decorated with white flags. Zhenghuang, Xianghuang, and Zhengbai are a little bit worse.

So the emperor didn't see Jiang Yuan much before, but saw Jiang Fang a little more.The three of them have similar eyebrows and eyes, but Jiang Fang Fangzheng's face and temperament are completely different from Jiang Heng's. The emperor doesn't think so, but looking at Jiang Yuan, he feels that his face is naturally kind.

The emperor asked about the movements of the Duke of France.

Jiang Yuan then reported the duke's angry seven orifices and how he hadn't eaten in the past few days.He also said that the foreign affairs yamen accepted the duke's application for leaving Beijing - not that he wanted to leave, but he wanted to stay and watch the duke of England, but his cronies wanted to bring this letter back to France.

In a small way, this is an insult to their French king and their country. In a big way, who knows if this is the sign of England going to war again. The duke of France is full of humiliation and worry, and is rushing Send the letter back home.

The emperor nodded: "Let them go."

Afterwards, he mentioned Jiang Heng's idea that came up by chance last night to Jiang Yuan: "Go back and make a note, I'll read it first and then I'll talk about it." And as soon as he finished speaking, Jiang Yuan's eyes lit up. It seems that the two brothers and sisters are more alike.

The emperor said: "Don't be anxious about this matter, let France be anxious." It is easier to negotiate the price if they take the initiative.

After all, Daqing is not only not in a hurry on the surface, but in reality it is not in a hurry.Today's Yingjili is eager to continue to expand, but after all, it has not even cleared up its own door, and it is really powerless to run around.The biggest pressure now is the neighboring France and other countries, and it is by no means the land of China that is far away from the ocean.

Instead of looking for France to cooperate, it is better to create an atmosphere for France so that they feel that they have to cooperate with Qingqiu.

To talk about this kind of pull and scene ability, we have to count that the land of China is the ancestor. The 36 Strategies of Sun Tzu's Art of War were clearly written and practiced countless times before the establishment of these Western countries.

After Jiang Yuan returned to the Foreign Affairs Yamen, she was very excited, she rolled up her sleeves and was about to write Chen Shu.

Unexpectedly, just as soon as he picked up the pen, he felt someone slap the back of his head.

Jiang Yuan was shocked: "Who in the hall dares to plot against this official?"

Turning around, he burst into laughter again: "Mafa, why are you an old man? You have a grandson here, so you just come for a stroll every few days."

Jiang Heng's grandfather, Chinese name Peng Nanji - he was named very early. At that time, the Manchus had just started to use Chinese names, and there was little attention to them. It didn't matter how they got up, and the difference between father and son brothers seemed to be irrelevant .However, in recent years, the Chinese name of the son inheriting the father's surname has gradually become popular.

At that time, the old man was in poor health, so he found Peng, a long-lived man among the Han people, as his surname.

He thought it was a good name for himself, but when he compared it with other names such as Xu Yuanmeng, he immediately felt a little plainer, and he couldn't help feeling, no wonder Xu Yuanmeng can be the emperor's teacher and also the president of "History of the Ming Dynasty". Elegant.

At this time, the old man Nanji taught his grandson with his hands behind his back: "Your boy is happy to do this, but what's the good thing?"

Jiang Yuan immediately shared the matter with his grandfather, and finally said with emotion: "According to what the emperor said, the matter was actually mentioned by the empress. As expected, the empress is Mafa's granddaughter." He knew that his grandfather was the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi. At that time, there were many ideas about how to deal with Western businessmen.

After speaking, he was hit on the head again.

But Jiang Yuan is very serious, she doesn't care at all, she is still smiling.On the contrary, the old man said seriously: "I didn't hit you because of your nonsense, but because of your self-satisfaction! It's nothing more than what was called in the English translation letter before, but this time it is a big event that requires careful planning and takes a long time. , you write the abbreviation yourself? Don’t forget, whoever begged the foreign affairs office before the emperor, Jiu Beile is not easy to offend.”

Jiang Yuan calmed down and said: "But Jiubeile is still in Annan..."

"Then your etiquette is coming! Now that the French have not left the capital, you should send the official documents to Annan first, and wait for Jiubeile to decide on the general outline, and then you will have time to do this!"

Jiang Yuan lowered her head to be taught.

Hearing the grandfather sigh, even if there is no one around, he said very softly: "Don't think your sister is hot in the palace, but it's like a charcoal stove. Outsiders look at the red fire, but in fact it's too close to burn, but only I know .”

Then he said harshly: "Especially at this moment, our family would rather not do it than to cause trouble for the empress in the palace! If you are so impatient, I will ask you Ama to report to you later. Sick, don't do your errands, go home and lie down!"

In the Yonghe Palace, Jiang Heng is reorganizing the list of the Thirteen Treasurys.

The timeline here is not exactly the same as the history books in her memory, and she wants to verify it again from these artifacts.

"Your Majesty, the Punishment Department invites Miss Qiao to see you."

Jiang Heng raised his head: Usually Yinqiao came here, but Qiuxue just came to lead the bridge girl, but this time she specially added the Department of Punishment.

This time the approach bridge is here on behalf of the Department of Punishment?