Chapter Eighty-Six: Contempt for the Foreign
"'Fu Langsha'," Xu Gengshen said with a smile, "This name is interesting, come to think of it, the Yue people refer to legal persons, and they are all called 'rich people'." Pen, fun, pavilion www. biqugeγ infoβ
Tang Jingsong also smiled and nodded: "What Xinggong said is true!" β
After a pause, he smiled away, "Actually, when King Side ascended the throne, the situation in Vietnam was generally peaceful, and he himself probably thought that he would be able to be a peaceful prince comfortably." β
"In all fairness, if it is in the real peaceful season, this King of Heide will probably be able to be a mid-track and middle-distance king, but, as the prince said, right now, it is 'a great change unseen in three thousand years'!"
"The law and Vietnam are evil, and they have their origins, but in the end, the two sides broke their faces, but they provoked themselves to teach the case. The teaching plan in Vietnam was very troublesome, the people and religion were at odds with each other, and the imperial court did not judge impartially, but blindly 'protected the people' and killed many missionaries, and later, it repeatedly banned religion. β
"The French finally couldn't take it anymore and pulled Spain in a big fight against Vietnam."
Guan Zhuofan thought, this situation is somewhat similar to the changes of our Gengzi in the original time and space.
"This war was fought for four years, and at the beginning, the Vietnamese held on to it in one breath, and the battle was still good, but after all, the legal person was strong and strong, and after a long time, Vietnam finally could not support it, and it was defeated again and again, and it had no choice but to sign an alliance under the city and pay compensation for the land - that is, the "Peace of Renxu", which the French called the "Treaty of Saigon."
In the flower hall, it was very quiet, and several people came up with such a thought: "The alliance under the city, the compensation for the land cut", we have also done it.
"The house leak happened to rain overnight, and while making a lot of trouble with the French, a major flood was launched in the country, and the people were struggling to make a living, and the thieves swarmed, pressing the gourd to float the scoop, which really made the internal and external difficulties difficult."
"This great flood swept from north to south - from Liangguang in China to Beiqi in Vietnam. In fact, many of the thieves in North Ki of Vietnam have come from our south. β
Speaking of this, Tang Jingsong said to Guan Zhuofan: "Lord, let me say something off-topic, I privately think that the Hongyang Rebellion has something to do with this great flood. β
In everyone's hearts, there was a move: it makes sense!
Think about it for a moment: What is the situation between China and Vietnam? It was all natural disasters that led to civil uprisings, foreign insults took advantage of internal strife, and in the end, they were all forced to sign an alliance under the city.
The atmosphere in the flower hall began to heavily.
Guan Zhuofan nodded quietly, "Well, go on." β
"This battle is lost, Vietnam's breath is released, and state affairs cannot be asked!"
"If nothing else, let's just talk about the indemnity - four million silver dollars, to be paid in ten years. This number is nothing for us, but for Vietnam, it is the weight of Mount Tai! King Side raised his fingers, calculated and calculated, serious finance, within ten years, no matter what, he couldn't squeeze out this money, and in desperation, he even marked the price of the official position, this ...... Raise the money for this payout. β
Wen Xiang's eyebrows were raised slightly, "Selling the official mantle?" β
"Yes, it's the official mantle."
Guan Zhuofan thought in his heart: Our "donating officials", I don't know if it is considered a "selling official beard"?
"Originally," Tang Jingsong sighed, "After losing the battle, we should learn from the pain, lie down and taste the courage, and gather lessons to learn from each other, but as I just said, as soon as the "Renxu Peace Treaty" was signed, Vietnam went up and down, and the spirit was dispersed!" β
After a pause, "There are those who can get by, there are those who are drunk and dreaming of death, and there are those who break the jar and fall, but there are not a few who are brave and work hard after being ashamed!" β
"The most important thing is that after a big defeat, but few people have figured it out, why is it a complete defeat and irretrievable? For foreign people, there are those who are afraid of foreign countries like tigers, those who are charming like fathers, and those who are contemptuous of foreign countries like enemies, but there are few people who understand and admit that our things are indeed not as good as foreigners. β
"'Fearful of the ocean like a tiger', 'charming like a father', 'contemptuous of the foreign like hatred'," Guo Songtao said, "is really picturesque." β
"Yun Weng praises," Tang Jingsong said, "that King De is a very typical kind of person who 'scorns foreign countries like hatred'. β
After a pause, "Don't say anything about 'mastering Yi's long skills to control Yi', this King of Hede simply can't listen to 'Yang' or see 'Yang'." The Ruan Dynasty and France, although they have turned their faces at the moment, have a friendship with each other for nearly a hundred years, and in the palace, over the years, they have also saved a lot of foreign gadgets. β
Cao Yuying glanced at Guan Zhuofan and said: "This is about what the prince said about the 'ostrich policy' - bury your head in the sand, and your ass is still ......."
Laugh and stop.
Tang Jingsong was stunned for a moment, thought about it carefully, his eyes lit up, and he nodded and said: "The metaphor of 'ostrich' is appropriate!" The current Vietnamese monarchs and ministers are still like this! β
"If I am not mistaken," Qian Dingming said, "Lord Nguyen restored the country with the help of a legal person - although the French court did not fulfill the covenant of the Treaty of Versailles, but Lord Nguyen, through French missionaries, privately recruited many French officers, trained troops in Western France, and used foreign guns and cannons, which defeated the three Nguyen in Xishan, not only restored the country, but also unified the north and south, and established the Nguyen Dynasty - right?" β
"Ding Gong is very knowledgeable," Tang Jingsong said, "That's not bad at all!" β
Qian Dingming's "Ruan Lord" is a matter of the Later Li Dynasty, at that time, the Li King has been elevated by Ruan and Zheng for a long time, the South Ruan Lord, the North Zheng Lord, is a situation of confrontation between the north and the south. Later, the three brothers of Nguyen Yue, Nguyen Huh, and Ruan Lu in Xishan rose up, first destroying the Ruan Lord, then destroying the Zheng Lord, and finally replacing the Li clan and unifying the whole of Vietnam.
Although the Ruan lord was destroyed, however, the remnants insisted on resisting, the leader was named Nguyen Phuc Anh, was the cousin of the last Ruan lord, he tried his best to save the dead, indomitable, after more than 20 years, finally from weak to strong, in turn destroyed the Xishan Dynasty, "revenge of the ninth generation", unified the whole Vietnam, and established the Nguyen Dynasty.
"I'm wondering," Qian Dingming said, "Since the Ruan clan relied on 'Western French military training, foreign guns and foreign artillery' to restore the country, then, the benefits of 'Western French military training, foreign guns and foreign artillery' are naturally known, and then we should also know the benefits of Western civilization artifacts, why, decades have passed, but ...... Uh, this ...... Reversed? β
"Why don't you 'go back'?" Tang Jingsong shook his head, "To this day, the Vietnamese army is still training their 'elephant array'!" β
Elephant array?
Belch......
"The benefits of 'Western French military training, foreign guns and foreign artillery'," Tang Jingsong said, "King Jialong naturally knows it, but when it comes to King Side, it is already the fourth generation, and it is difficult to say whether he knows it or not!" β
King Gia Long, that is, Nguyen Phuc Anh, his era name is "Gia Long".
After a pause, "Actually, according to Pan Qingjian, the cause of the different day, the fruit of today, as early as the time of King Jialong, has been deeply planted with cause and effect!" β
Even Guan Zhuofan paid attention to this "statement".
Cao Yuying asked, "Wei Qing, what do you say?" β
"Although King Jialong is allied with a legal person, he is actually very wary of France."
At the same time, he also clearly saw the ambition of a legal person behind the 'training of troops in Western France and foreign guns and artillery,' and he was deeply afraid that if there was no fence, one day the legal person would be anti-customer, and the dove would occupy the magpie's nest."
"Looking back at the past," Wen Xiang said, "this King of Jialong is quite prescient. β
"Zhongtang is right!" Tang Jingsong said, "However, whether his 'Fan Fence' is right or not, it's hard to say." β
"Oh?"
"In the hands of King Jialong," said Tang Jingsong, "the road of 'training troops in Western France, foreign guns and cannons' is only half of the way - after recovering the country and taking revenge and unifying all Vietnam, it stopped; Western 'civilization utensils' or something are even more so. β
"Well," Wen Xiang nodded, "I seeβI lost food because of choking." β
"In the middle of the hall!"
After a pause, Tang Jingsong continued, "This is especially true of King Jialong, not to mention the descendants of his successors. β
"King Jialong is actually fine--after all, he still has incense for the French, but he is secretly on guard, and on the face, they are quite passable with each other. However, the king who succeeded to the throne was not polite, not only suppressed the legal person in many ways, but also issued a decree to strictly ban foreign religion. β
"I have read his edict, 'The Western way is the left way, which confuses people's minds and corrupts customs, so it should be strictly forbidden so that our people may believe in the right way'. He ordered the Catholics of the whole country to 'leave the church', and summoned missionaries from all over the country to Hue, imprisoned them in the imperial city in the name of translating French books, and arrested all missionaries who did not obey the edict. β
"Dinggong just said that Lord Nguyen recruited instructors through French missionaries, trained soldiers in Western France, and finally defeated San Nguyen and took revenge on the country -- this French missionary, called Pak Duo Lu, when King Gia Long asked him for help, he had promised him, and after the restoration of the country, Xu Catholicism spread freely in Vietnam, and the ban on religion by the king of Ming Ming was considered to be fat for the previous king to break his word."
"However, the king of Ming Ming also has his reasons-it was the French missionaries who could not stand me first."
"There's a lot of ...... here."
Speaking of this, Tang Jingsong hesitated slightly, "The battle for the heirs." β
The battle for succession?
At the moment, these four words have a bit of a "sensitive word" meaning, but the audience looks as usual.
"Originally," Tang Jingsong said, "the throne of King Jialong should have been inherited by the crown prince - the crown prince died early." However, King Jialong passed the throne to the fourth son of the concubine, that is, King Mingming. β
"The uncle took the nephew's place, and many people were not convinced. The crown prince, who died early, was not only the prince and sister-in-law, but more importantly, the crown prince made great contributions to the restoration of the Nguyen family - it was he and Bai Duolu who went to Paris, the capital of France, to move the rescue troops of the legal person; The Treaty of Versailles was signed by him and Emperor Louis XVI. β
"At that time, he was only seven years old."
Seven years old?
In the audience, there was a slight exclamation.
"The crown prince is nicknamed 'Yingrui'," Tang Jingsong said, "although he is the second son of King Jialong, because the eldest son died young, he is actually the eldest son." β
At the time of King Gia Long, there were no steamships, and the sea journey from Vietnam to France was very long, arduous and dangerous, and it was not easy for a seven-year-old child to survive this arduous journey.
"Well, by the way," Tang Jingsong added, "Prince Yingrui was not yet six years old when he set off, and when he arrived in France, he was only seven years old. β
That is to say, a five-year-old child has been tossing back and forth on the road for almost two years.
Hey.
In the audience, there was again a slight exclamation.
"I think," said Cao Yuying, "that King Jialong could not have been unaware of the dangers of the journey, and that he had sent his eldest son to France, in fact...... It has the meaning of 'proton', and to put it mildly, it is to take the life of the eldest son to express the sincerity of expectation and cooperation to France. β
"Indeed," Xu Gengshen nodded, "Just a trip back and forth to France, even if nothing is negotiated, this Yingrui crown prince can be regarded as ...... 'no merit and hard work'!" What's more, the Treaty of Versailles was also signed? Well, it's really 'a great achievement'! β
"What the second prince said is extremely true!" Tang Jingsong said, "Although, because of the ensuing domestic turmoil, the French government was unable to fulfill the Treaty of Versailles, but without this treaty, Baduolu would not have been able to recruit French officers for King Jialong to serve in Vietnam. β
"But," he sighed, "here is where the bad things areβand thus the Dauphin and the French are getting closer and closer, and at last, to the point that King Garon could not tolerate it." β
*(To be continued.) )