"The envoy of the Kingdom of France, Thefried Wilhelm Leibniz, kowtows to His Majesty the Qing Emperor. Long live, long live, long live the Emperor..."

"Harry Gryffindor, the envoy of the Kingdom of England, kowtows to His Majesty the Qing Emperor. Long live the Emperor..."

"Philippe, the envoy of the Ecumenical Church and the chief exorcist of the Roman Demon Suppression Department, respectfully wishes the Great Emperor Holy Ann. May God bless the Great Emperor with long life..."

In the newly painted Wuying Hall of the Forbidden City in Nanjing, envoys from eight countries including Western France, England, Spain, the Netherlands, Portugal, the Holy See, Sweden and Holy Rome were standing next to each other, following the etiquette of the Qing Dynasty to pay homage to Emperor Kangxi.

The nine-kowtow ceremony.

Although the kowtow postures of the envoys from the eight countries were not very standard, and it was obvious at first glance that they had not been practiced properly, but no one dared to be like Macartney in history, who refused to bow down to the Qing emperor with three bows and nine kowtows.

Don't even dare to raise objections.

Because they all already know how advanced and powerful the Qing Dynasty was!

How could it not be advanced?

While these envoys were paying homage to the emperor, gentry from eleven provinces or localities were in the Jiangnan Gongyuan by the Qinhuai River, seriously discussing national affairs such as the apportionment of military expenditures and the formation of local regiments for training... Now

More national affairs may be discussed in the parliaments of England and the Netherlands.

But in most European countries, the aristocratic parliaments or the three-level parliaments probably will not discuss national affairs so seriously.

Moreover, they could not come up with the "Declaration of the Consultative Council" that was enough to anger their monarch... In addition to the envoys from England and the Netherlands, other countries, including the envoys from the Holy See, were now fighting for this

"Declaration" gives me a headache!

The translation of this "Declaration" will definitely be brought back to Europe, and it will definitely be distributed everywhere. If theories such as "the people are the mainstay and the monarch as the guest" and "the monarch and his ministers are comrades" reach Europe, they will no longer be

If someone with ulterior motives takes advantage of you, then that's okay!

Now China is still the representative of advanced civilization in Europe. Once this declaration comes to Europe, coupled with such lofty things as magic rockets to explore the sky, the group of rebellion experts in Europe are still going to get excited?

This is the advanced experience of advanced civilization, and it must be the truth!

Something like "I am the country"... sounds like something only a villain would say!

Unlike the eight envoys who were upset, Kangxi was quite proud at the moment.

The situation is good now!

At noon today, Tu Hai came over excitedly and reported that the meeting was a great success. Huang Zongxi was good at "business", and the group training licenses were very popular, with gentry from all counties in the south of the Yangtze River eager to subscribe.

According to Tu Hai's estimation, he should be able to exchange for silk, cloth, sugar, rice and other materials worth millions of taels for the court, and there will also be several million taels of cash - it seems that there are still many wealthy households in the Jiangnan area.

Yes, and they are quite loyal to the Qing Dynasty. When the war begins, we can rest assured that Jiangnan will be handed over to these people.

They have all bought the officials of the Qing Dynasty... and they also have the power to build forts to defend themselves. They should not fall to Zhu Heji before the victory of the Jiangnan War is decided.

As long as the local powerful people in Jiangsu, Anhui, and Zhejiang can remain neutral and self-defeating, and add the large amounts of materials and silver they donate,

Emperor Kangxi had confidence in his heart!

He was now confident that he could repel the invading Zhu Heji with the help of the powerful Yangtze River Navy, several fortresses such as Anqing, Yingtian, Yangzhou, and Hangzhou, as well as the New Eight Banners Land Division numbering hundreds of thousands.

The foreign barbarians in front of them also performed well. They all kowtowed obediently and presented generous tributes.

It seems that they still know who is most beneficial to them in unifying China.

Thinking of this, the Emperor of the Qing Dynasty smiled and waved his hand and said: "Pingshen... give me a seat!"

After hearing Kangxi's instructions, Little Guizi's father-in-law quickly called to his young eunuchs to quickly move out the eight embroidered piers and let the envoys from the eight countries sit down one by one.

Seeing that the eight envoys had all climbed up and sat on the embroidered pier, they smiled and said: "Now there is some trouble in our country in the Qing Dynasty. You must also know it. The remnants of the former Ming Dynasty, Prince Zhu San, Grandson Zhu San and

The pirate Crown Prince Zheng who is entrenched in Taiwan colludes with Wu Sangui, my rebellious minister of the Qing Dynasty, and now they have occupied a large territory... I must go all out to fight them.

And who are you going to support? Tell us!"

Kangxi spoke very slowly, and Nan Huairen translated everything into Latin.

As soon as they heard that Kangxi asked them to express their position, the eight foreigners stopped pretending to be "good friends of the Qing Dynasty" and all made their positions clear.

"Great Emperor, although the East India Company of the United Provinces Republic has a good relationship with the Qing Dynasty, we are outsiders after all and cannot interfere without reason..."

The governor-general of the Dutch East India Company, Ma Suike, did not say anything to death. In fact, he had always supported the Qing Dynasty. As early as the Shunzhi period, he went to Beijing to kowtow to Emperor Shunzhi! Later, he also used the navy to help the Qing Dynasty attack Xiamen Island.

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In the last battle of Quanzhou, he also sent a fleet. Now there is a Dutch fleet docked at the Ningbo port!

However, because Zhu Heji's power was growing too fast, he needed to carefully assess the risks of intervening in China's civil war.

"That's right, this is a war within China...it has nothing to do with England!"

Charlie Gough of the British East India Company put it more seriously - because Zhu Heji had the perfume he wanted!

Since Louis XIV was crazy about perfume, Chaozhou perfume has now become a cash cow for the British East India Company to make huge profits.

And as far as Gaofu knows, the Daming North Factory controlled by Zhu Heji is the only supplier of Chaozhou perfume!

The Portuguese envoy sighed: "Even if we want to interfere, there is nothing we can do!"

This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Leibniz shrugged: "Great Emperor, the French Kingdom that I represent has no power in East Asia!"

The envoy of the Holy Roman Empire also said: "Great Emperor, our Holy Roman Empire does not have any power that can be used in the East."

A Swede who somehow got on the Dutch ship and got involved in the joint mission also expressed his position, "The maritime power of our Kingdom of Sweden is also very limited."

Now it was the turn of Pastor Philip, the emissary of the Holy See, to speak: "Your Majesty the Great Emperor, in principle, the Holy See will not interfere in the internal affairs of pagan countries..."

He also didn’t mean what he said!

The Spanish envoy Santos made it clear: "Spain's position on the China issue is consistent with that of the Holy See!"

Emperor Kangxi suddenly laughed after listening to these people's words, "If the country you represent does not occupy an inch of land in Nanyang, you can accept that the situation in Nanyang will return to the state of the Yongle period of the Ming Dynasty...

..Then, the war between me and the third prince Zhu and the third grandson Zhu has nothing to do with you!"

As he spoke, his sharp eyes had already passed over the faces of envoys from Spain, the Dutch East India Company, the Holy See and Portugal.

Kangxi waited for Nan Huairen to translate his words into Latin, and then slowly said: "You should know that my father is not the king of the Central Plains... but because the lord of the Central Plains has lost his morality.

And to be supported by all the people and become the master because of it. This is already a great gift from God, so all I want is to protect the Qing Dynasty.

Because for me, this heavenly kingdom already has everything. Therefore, I don’t want anything from the wild lands of Southeast Asia.

But this is not the case for the third prince Zhu and the third grandson Zhu. If you don’t believe it, just send an envoy to Nanchang to ask Zhu Heji face to face and ask him if he wants to restore the vassal state of Luzon? Does he recognize the rule of the East India Company in Java? Yes

Don’t you want to restore the old port of Malacca? Ask them if they are willing to protect the free spread of Catholicism in their territory? After asking, you should know that the Qing Dynasty is your true friend!”

After hearing these words, the envoys from the Netherlands, Portugal, Spain and the Holy See present, and even the envoys from the British East India Company, all changed their minds.

Because the colonial system they built in the Nanyang region was based on overthrowing the Ming Dynasty system!
Chapter completed!