It's already late at night in the palace.

Zhu Yicheng, who was in the side hall, had not yet rested, was still watching the memorials with lights.

Tomorrow is the day for Russian envoys to formally meet. In fact, the so-called audience is just a process. What we have to discuss before has been agreed. If the Ming Dynasty did not intend to establish formal diplomatic relations with Russia, then Zhu Yicheng, as the emperor, would not agree to the audience of Russian envoys.

Tomorrow, after Zhu Yicheng, as the Emperor of Ming Dynasty, took over the letter of nationality from the Russian envoy, it means that the diplomatic relations between the two guys are officially established. The next step is to send ministers to each other and engage in normal diplomatic exchanges.

In response to this, the Ministry of Rites and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs have come up with plans and candidates, and now Zhu Yicheng is making the final decision to determine the final candidates on the presented list.

As the emperor, Zhu Yicheng could not have known all court officials, but that doesn't matter. The Military Affairs Office had already prepared detailed information on candidates and attached it to the list for Zhu Yicheng's reference.

After carefully looking at the list of personnel, Zhu Yicheng was quite satisfied. The selected minister was a viscount. This man belonged to the old minister of Long and was awarded the title of military merit. Now he has retired from active service due to his old injuries on the battlefield and has served in the Governor's Office of the Five Army.

There are many such nobles in the Ming Dynasty, and their loyalty to the Ming Dynasty is self-evident. It is more appropriate to choose such a person as a minister, both in terms of law and other aspects. Of course, in addition to the minister, you must also send civil and military officials and followers, and the selection of these people is also extremely strict. After the Ministry of Rites and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has taken out the list, the Jinyiwei will also verify it, and then submit it to the Military Affairs Office for review and transfer to the emperor.

When Zhu Yicheng mentioned the pen, he thought for a while and circled the names of several of them, which represented the establishment of the final candidate.

After doing this, Zhu Yicheng put down his pen and rubbed his eyes that were sore.

He looked a little tired after reading memorials for a long time, but he was in good spirits.

He picked up the teacup next to him and Zhu Yicheng took a sip of the boiled water inside.

That's right, because it's night, drinking tea is not good for sleep. Zhu Yicheng has always been healthy and does not like to drink ginseng soup. After all, it's three parts poisonous to medicine. He doesn't want to replenish it in the end. As for the so-called ** that the Qing emperor likes, Zhu Yicheng doesn't have that kind of hobby. He feels uncomfortable when he thinks about drinking human milk. As for the goat milk, he can't get used to it. And the cows don't have this kind of thing yet. It's okay to get some from Europe in the future.

So now Zhu Yicheng still drinks some boiled water, at least heals.

"Emperor, the report sent by the Public Affairs Office." Just after drinking a sip of water, before he could put down the teacup, Xiao Jiangzi stepped into the hall and said softly.

Then, Xiao Jiangzi took a few steps forward, put the sealed report on the desk, and then went backward without saying a word.

Zhu Yicheng put down the teacup, glanced at the report, and reached out to take it.

He has been waiting for this thing all night, but he hasn't had a rest so late, and he is waiting for this thing except government affairs.

Pick it up, Zhu Yicheng took it and looked at it carefully. After looking at a few lines, a smile gradually appeared on the corner of his mouth. After reading it all, he looked at it again from beginning to end, and finally nodded with satisfaction.

"This Churchill is such a smart person." Zhu Yicheng said softly in his heart, and completely relieved.

The day before yesterday, Zhu Yicheng learned about George Churchill's birthday party. In the capital, and even the entire Ming Dynasty, all foreigners were under the surveillance of the Public Affairs Office, let alone George Churchill's goal as the British ambassador to the Ming Dynasty?

Previously, Zhu Yicheng deliberately asked He Xianzu to spread the news about the Russians, with the purpose of taking this opportunity to see the reactions of these Europeans. But now, isn’t this reaction just coming? According to the report of the General Affairs Office, there was not much movement in Portugal, but the UK responded very quickly.

The day before yesterday, George Churchill sent a letter to the local area from the embassy. Although the Mingtong Office could not yet know the content of the letter, it was learned based on information that the letter was written by George Churchill to the current King George I of England.

This letter was written early but not late but was written at this time, and it was written using important letter channels from the British. In addition, the Ming Dynasty just disclosed the news about the Russians to the outside world not long ago, and the mystery of it is naturally self-evident.

At the same time, at noon that day, the British Embassy reported that George Churchill was going to hold a banquet for his birthday today. What's bizarre is that this birthday party was actually George Churchill's so-called lunar birthday.

When Zhu Yicheng learned the news, he laughed silently. This British minister was a wonderful person and could come up with such a high-sounding reason.

Today is George Churchill’s so-called birthday party. There are many people invited and attended the banquet, including not only the nobles, officials and some merchants in Western countries in Beijing, but also some diplomats from the Ming Dynasty court and even officials from various ministries.

The Ming Dynasty did not put too much restrictions on the exchanges between officials and foreigners. In terms of diplomacy, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Rites only required that in addition to ordinary commercial contacts, all relevant diplomatic contacts must be registered and filed. There are not many other restrictions.

In addition, George Churchill spent a long time in the Ming Dynasty. He was the British ambassador to the Ming Dynasty as early as Nanjing and had contacts with many officials in the court. Therefore, it was normal for him to hold a birthday party to invite these people to attend. However, Zhu Yicheng knew very well that the real purpose of this birthday party might not be that simple.

The General Office naturally sent people to the banquet and learned about the actual situation of the banquet through other channels. As soon as the banquet ended, the General Office organized specific information and sent it to the palace as soon as possible. This specific information was the report Zhu Yicheng had just read.

Originally, Zhu Yicheng thought that George Churchill would try his best to provoke the relationship between the Ming and Russia at the banquet to destroy the audience of tomorrow's Russian envoys. But unexpectedly, the smart George Churchill did not do this at all. Instead, he talked about the friendship between the Ming and Britain at the banquet, and used his relationship and experience in the European aristocratic circle to tell everyone about the situation in Europe.

Nowadays, the Ming Dynasty has entered the world, and its horizons are naturally not as closed as before. However, as officials in the capital, many people have never been overseas and have naturally less experience in the Western world.

However, due to the great atmosphere, many Ming officials also knew that the Ming Dynasty was not the previous Qing Dynasty. The open Ming Dynasty was like the Tang Dynasty. Zhu Yicheng was even the emperor of the ages. His attempt to expand to the world was almost everyone knows.

If the superiors have something to do, the inferiors will be even more. Zhu Yicheng's pioneering and enterprising spirit naturally also influenced many officials. Although the entire Ming Dynasty is still somewhat conservative, the general trend is already like this. In addition, the Ming Dynasty is at its peak now. Although the Ming Dynasty inherits the legacy of the previous Ming Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty is actually an emerging dynasty, as vigorous as the rising sun.

Therefore, many officials are more interested in the international situation, and officials who are able to have some friendship with George Churchill are naturally more open.

Many people only heard about the war that broke out in Europe, but rarely learned the inside story. George Churchill's story attracted many people even more.

With George Churchill's explanation, many people understood the reason for the outbreak of the European War for the first time. Although many people still only had a preliminary understanding of the complex relationships of European countries, they also affected their enthusiasm for these overseas anecdotes.

Through the narrative, George Churchill talked about the historical evolution of Europe, from the rise of the first era of the Arrogant Paving of Spain, Portugal and the Netherlands to the current distance between Europe. Because of the participation of the Portuguese ambassadors, and the nobles of Spain and the Dutch Kingdom also attended the banquet, these narratives are even more convincing.

Afterwards, George Churchill talked about the situation in Europe after the war, from the prosperity of France to the situation in the north, when talking about the situation in the north, we must not ignore the Northern Alliance, and thus the Russian Empire.

It happened that everyone had known about the Russian Empire's dispatch of envoys, and many people immediately became interested in it, asking George Churchill to tell everyone about the situation of the Russian Empire.

These were exactly the purpose of George Churchill's banquet, and he naturally agreed happily, and introduced to everyone in great detail the rise of the Russian Empire and the great changes over the years.

However, although George Churchill talked about the Russian Empire, he did not have any derogatory meaning to the Russian Empire in his words. On the contrary, when George Churchill talked about Tsar Peter of the Russian Empire, he still had great admiration and appreciation in his words.

In the words of George Churchill, Tsar Peter was a talented and stubborn master of the Russian Empire. His name as the Great Emperor can be said to be true. It is precisely because of his reforms and great martial arts that the Russian Empire has today's rise and prosperity.

In his opinion, the greatest monarch in Europe before was naturally Louis XIV of the French Empire, and this Sun King was a strong man who could fight against the entire Europe with his own strength. Now, Louis XIV has passed away, so the only one who can be replaced is Tsar Peter of the Russian Empire.

As long as Peter can continue to lead the Russian Empire, the Russian Empire will dominate the European continent just around the corner. At that time, the Russian Empire may become the world's leading powerful empire. Under Peter's wise leadership, any country that competes with the Russian Empire will become his stepping stone.

Finally, George Churchill even sighed that if he was not a British nobleman, he really hoped to make achievements under Tsar Peter, and it would be possible to sweep Europe and even the world by then.

The words were sincere and sincere, and at the same time, everyone admired the talented and wise Tsar, but at the same time, a feeling of indescribability in their hearts.

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