The convoy entered the ancient and weathered Yan Jing City, and a strong sense of history hit them in the face!
More than a hundred years ago, the Ming Empire, which had stood in the east for more than two hundred years and insisted on not ceding territory, paying reparations, submitting to the court, marrying the emperor, paying tribute, guarding the country gate, and dying for the country, collapsed and perished.
When the Qing army entered the pass, the flower planting people suffered the darkest and most tragic moment in history. Even in the 21st century, their broken spines still hadn't been straightened. Many people were still kneeling. The tail of the money mouse was cut off from their heads, but it grew in their souls.
As Qianlong had completed the small goal of " those who offend our Qing Dynasty, even if they are far away, they must pay compensation." Yanjing City was full of shops and hotels run by Western merchants. Among the passersby, there was no lack of well-dressed foreigners with blond hair and blue eyes.
Oh, these were the foreign officials that Qianlong and his servants respected.
Armored vehicles with sci-fi designs drove on the streets. Two hundred and forty black-haired, black-eyed, yellow-skinned soldiers carried the Russian flag. The black flag was embroidered with the word Qin, and they rode tall horses on both sides of the convoy.
This combination caused an uproar in Yan Capital.
"The Empress of Russia is here!"
"Am I seeing things? The one riding the horse is a gardener?"
"Qin Ziqi, Qin Jun, no wonder the foreign newspapers said that the newly appointed Minister of Industry and Commerce of the Russian cabinet, Qin Jun, would accompany the Russian Empress to visit Yanjing.”
" Oh my god, Qin Jun is really something. I heard that he won the medical award at the age of fifteen. He earned a fortune with the help of the antibiotics that only the high-ranking officials and nobles could afford…"
"It's the Nobel Prize in Medicine. Not only did Qin Jun develop penicillin, but he also developed many drugs that are worthy of the Nobel Prize. However, for some reason, he announced that he refused to accept the Nobel Prize and established the Qin Science Prize in Moscow to encourage and support flower farmers from all over the world to study in Moscow. The Qin Group provides free accommodation and tuition fees!”
"I heard that my aunt's son went to Moscow. I heard that the school run by the Qin Group is very good and has even been recognized by the Russian Empress.”
"Amazing, hero! Why didn't such a talent return to China and work for Russia instead?”
A fat middle-aged man among the crowd on the street raised this question, which immediately attracted the attention of the surrounding people.
Judging from his attire, he was a typical Jurchen noble.
Only the Jurchen nobles could say such brainless words. Who would know?
"Hahaha, this noble lord, may I ask why Qin Jun has returned?”
"A slave?"
"Become a servant of the Imperial Court and oppress a gardener?”
"Or did you painstakingly establish the Qin Group and then let the imperial court confiscate it?”
"Or should I hand over the penicillin and be a slave in peace?”
Everyone was talking at the same time, sending out a series of soul interrogations, leaving the middle-aged man speechless.
The commoners were getting more and more excited.
There was no lack of people in the crowd who worked for the foreigners and had already cut off their money tails.
These people were known as refugees.
The general meaning was that they would work for foreign businessmen, obtain the recognition of the embassy established by the country, and have a certain level of citizen treatment.
The greatest treatment should be freedom of speech. The Qing court had no right to control these foreigners, so they could speak freely.
If it was someone from the Qing Dynasty who dared to attack and criticize the imperial court, they would be captured and tortured at any moment, and finally executed by a thousand cuts.
It was not enough to die, but it was not impossible to kill all nine generations.
"If I were Qin Jun, I wouldn't have come back either. What is the Qing Dynasty? You're a good-for-nothing who kneels down in front of everyone!"
"Don't insult a good-for-nothing. At least a good-for-nothing still has dignity. The Qing court is a lapdog. Anyone can give it a slap.”
"You guys…"
"What about us? Is he not telling the truth?"
"Mr. Qin is a gardener. How can he grow flowers in the future? Other than being a servant of the Qing court, there was no other way out. The Qing court…? Hehehe ~"
"This noble lord, you should go home and eat your delicacies! Eating a little more is a little more. I guess you bandits and barbarians won't have many good days.”
What did he mean?
Although the middle-aged man was angry, he did not dare to make a move. After all, the other party had the advantage in numbers.
However, when he heard that there were not many good days left, he asked in confusion,"What do you mean? What do you mean I don't have many good days?"
"The secrets of heaven cannot be revealed!"
……
Forbidden City.
In order to show the prestige of the Qing Dynasty, Qianlong ordered tens of thousands of craftsmen to spend seven days repainting the outer walls of the Forbidden City. The glazed tiles were washed once, and even the stone slabs on the ground were smoothed out, making it look as smooth as jade.
Beautiful and magnificent!
Dressed in a brand new dragon robe and a Xia crown, Qianlong stood on the square in front of Taihe Palace with his ministers, concubines, princes, and princesses, waiting for Catherine's arrival.
In order to save face, Qianlong covered the huge square with expensive carpets. All the officials, soldiers, and even palace maids and eunuchs who participated in the reception had to change into new clothes.
For this, just today's reception ceremony alone cost more than one million silver dollars.
The silver dollar was created ten years ago when Emperor Qianlong decided to reform the monetary system. It was based on the western metal currency. The international exchange rate of ten silver dollars was equivalent to 2.1 dollars.
In other words, Qianlong spent 500,000 dollars to buy 20 tanks for the sake of his reputation.
That was not all. Tonight's state banquet was the real deal. It cost 300,000 silver dollars.
"My lord, Empress Catherine is only eighteen years old. Is it worth it for you to mobilize so many people?”
Nala, who had just been conferred the title of Imperial Noble Consort, asked in a low voice.
The other concubines were equally puzzled. They did not understand why the Emperor would make such a big fuss and even invite the Empress Dowager out to welcome the foreign empresses.
That's right!
No matter how weak the Qing Dynasty was, no matter how many times it was bullied by the Western powers, the Qing royal family and nobles still looked down on the Western powers. They usually called the Westerners " foreign barbarians."
Qianlong, who was in a good mood, patiently explained,"The Russian Empire and the Qing Empire are both empires with equally large territories in the world. Although the Russians are crude and barbaric, our Qing Empire is a country of etiquette and is open and tolerant to foreigners.”
"Catherine is here. How can we not show her the demeanor of a great country and let Catherine experience what the Heaven Tides are like?”
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