Although the British are currently fighting with Napoleon in Europe, according to Hong Jinglai's understanding, Britain's eyes have already turned to East Asia, which is still outside the trend of world capitalism.

About twenty years later, Britain would even send troops and warships to the waters off North Korea and send a letter to Hanyang, asking this "hermit country" to open a port and establish a country and establish diplomacy. At about the same time, British galleons also

We will drive to Ryukyu and submit a message to the Ryukyu royal family and the Satsuma Shimazu clan's acting official in Ryukyu.

If the memory is correct, the Korean soldiers and civilians would rise up to resist. The local military commanders in Dingxiang sternly refused the British merchants to disembark, and mobilized the people of various villages to fight against the barbarian invasion.

The Hanyang court in North Korea would also respond to the British envoy in the name of "no diplomacy among vassals", reject all the conditions proposed by the British, and urgently mobilize the five armies to prepare for war at any time.

To a certain extent, the people of North Korea these days are still full of the idea of ​​"I am a human being, not a barbarian". Even the poor people are proud that they are born as human beings and have received etiquette education. What they don't know, and

All known countries except the Ming Dynasty have a kind of "human" superiority.

Of course, for all kinds of "beasts", after struggling hard and finding that they can't resist, North Korea can also put down its dignity and call you daddy when you should, and be a son when you should be a son. But in my heart, I still don't treat you as a human being, and I will do my best at any time.

Get up and get ready to stab.

Only I, Emperor Shenzong Xian of the Ming Dynasty, am my biological father!

Two flowers bloomed, one on each side. Although Jiaqing had a headache, Nguyen Phuc Anh, who had just been crowned King of Vietnam, actually mobilized more than 2,000 warships (I personally doubt this data, but the materials I found said so. The point is that there are

(four European-style three-masted battleships), but they were still happy to have wiped out the few giant pirates in the southeast.

On the one hand, an order was issued to Ji Qing, the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, and Mo Guanfu, Liang Wengeng, and Fan Wencai were clearly convicted of treason, and Ji Qing was ordered to execute them in Lingchi.

On the one hand, it also tells Guangdong, Guangxi and Fujian to wipe out all the southeastern pirates who are causing trouble to prevent Vietnam from becoming arrogant. In today's terms, it is probably to prevent them from "interfering in X's internal affairs"!

These pirates, who were consecrated as military envoys, military envoys, and general military officers by the Xishan Dynasty of Vietnam, will soon be destroyed under the joint encirclement and suppression of all forces from the four parties.

From a legal perspective, these pirates are of course heinous scum. After all, they not only robbed merchant ships from various European countries, but also showed no mercy to the merchant ships of the Qing Dynasty. They were pure destroyers and murderers, with their hands full of dirt.

The blood of our compatriots can never be washed away.

Sentencing them to death will only please people and no one will feel sorry for them!

But this kind of power was once the fresh blood that European countries constantly drove to the vast five continents and four oceans. In the vigorous Age of Discovery, these objectively adventurous pirates, or people who were both merchants and thieves, were the most

A good pioneer.

Hey! What are we thinking about here?

Hong Jinglai calmed down, because Jiaqing was going to give another banquet, and Hong Jinglai needed to go to express his gratitude on behalf of King Chunzong. As usual, he was still at the Old Summer Palace, Kyushu Qingyan, and as usual, he was accompanied by Manchu princes, ministers and some Han officials.

Although it was said that he was in the Old Summer Palace, Hong Jinglai had never seen a concubine from the Jiaqing harem. When Niu Colu was canonized as the queen, Hong Jinglai also served as the human body wall of the Li Dynasty to go to the mountain to cheer for long live. Unfortunately, he was really far away at that time. We were farther away, so I didn't see anything at all. Apart from that, I never saw any other high-ranking concubines. As for the maids and maids who served in the palace, I saw a lot of them, so I won't mention their appearance.

Suddenly I remembered the description of Xue Baochai who was preparing to enter the palace and was waiting for selection in "A Dream of Red Mansions"!

On her head was a glossy black tie, a honey-colored cotton-padded jacket, a rose-purple gold and silver-coloured shoulder-length coat, and a green-yellow silk cotton skirt. They were all of the same color, not old but not old, and they didn't look luxurious. Her lips were red but not red, and her eyebrows were not. The painting is green, with a face like a silver basin and eyes like apricots. He rarely talks and is said to hide his stupidity. He is calm and at all times, keeping his clouds and keeping his clumsy attitude.

Not to mention other things, just the words "face like a silver basin" are definitely not acceptable to Hong Jinglai. When Cao Xueqin wrote this paragraph, he must have adopted the common requirements for the beauty of women at that time.

It can be doubted that if all the candidates in the draft were of this standard, they would all have big pie faces, flat noses, and they might even have no fans and have freckles all over their faces.

Think about it!

Probably because they realized that it was too difficult to eat during the banquet, the Jiaqing banquet was relatively casual this time, and they actually passed on operas. It is undeniable that many emperors in the Qing Dynasty had a huge boost to the popularity and spread of operas in the future.

Including the future Emperor Xianfeng, Jiaqing also liked to listen to operas. In the first month of the first year of Jiaqing (1796), Jiaqing, who had just ascended the throne of emperor, even watched the opera for eighteen days in a row.

According to Mr. Ding Ruqin, who specializes in Qing court drama, Jiaqing was proficient in opera. Whether it was preparing for new plays, assigning roles, or staging the stage, he was involved in almost everything. It would not be an exaggeration to call him the director of Qing court dramas. Palace opera singing concentrated on During the New Year celebrations, there are continuous performances from morning to night.

It was a lively and festive occasion, so Hong Jing liked it very much. After all, the level of the royal troupe must be extremely high, and their figure and appearance were exquisite.

The excitement of others ended, because Hong Jinglai was a relative of King Li by marriage, so Jiaqing left Hong Jinglai to talk less. This showed that he was an excellent minister and a shining light to all nations.

"Are you used to food and accommodation?" Jiaqing waved his hand to Hong Jinglai, who was kneeling on the ground three times and nine times, and signaled Hong Jinglai to get up.

It seems that he just sang along with the opera for a long time. The state affairs were busy, and Jiaqing did not have much free time to listen to the whole opera. This was just in the light of rewarding the North Korean envoy, which just gave him an addiction. Now it may be My throat was dry, and I was slowly swallowing water in mouthfuls.

"The hospitality given by your minister was excellent. I am extremely grateful for the kindness." Hong Jinglai jumped up.

Probably because he was happy today, Jiaqing did not ask Hong Jinglai to stand up and reply, but gave Hong Jinglai an embroidered pier to sit on. Hong Jinglai was happy because sitting was better than standing.

"It's so hot in the summer! Here are two melons." Jiaqing put down the teacup. Although it took him so long to drink, he actually only drank half a cup.

"Eat two slices." Picking up a piece of melon, Jiaqing motioned to the eunuch holding the fruit plate.

Hong Jinglai immediately stood up and knelt down to thank him, then took a piece from the edge of the fruit plate, not daring to take a big bite, but sipped it bit by bit to prevent chewing noise, then crushed it and swallowed it whole.
Chapter completed!