What Zweig said is correct. If a lie is repeated enough times, it becomes the truth.

Before Louis XVI rectified the "La Presse Française", it was more of a tabloid than the official newspaper of France. It was full of true and false news. Basically, no one would believe "La Presse Française".

Newspapers.

After Louis XVI realized the importance of newspapers and rectified them, the news in "L'Equipe Française" became much more reliable, and its credibility gradually improved.

However, the editors of those French newspapers are all masters of gossip journalism.

In response to this incident, the French newspaper used a lot of words such as "uncertain", "suspicious", "doubt", "impossible" and so on. However, after reaching the mouths of European nobles and civilians, similar words

Just disappeared.

The key is that this kind of news is always processed by people into what they like to hear and see.

At the beginning, it was just "suspected 10,000 Austrian soldiers", but later it became more than 10,000 Austrian soldiers. The reason also changed from "not very clear" at the beginning to "these soldiers broke through the French

Ci II’s scandal was silenced” and so on.

Anyway, the style of painting gradually deviated, and slowly went from Europa to Ottoman.

What's even more terrible is that this news almost arrived at the same time as Gold, who was responsible for sending Ottoman envoys.

Therefore, when Gold asked to see the 28th Sultan Selim III, Selim III did not want to see Gold at all.

What are you talking about? A majestic emperor actually burned more than 10,000 soldiers of his own country? Is this something a human being can do?

It has to be said that Selim III was a relatively unusual one among the thirty-six Ottoman sultans.

Selim III believed in Sunni doctrine, was good at reciting poems and poems, and was also proficient in classical music. He also always advocated peaceful coexistence in foreign affairs. In 1791, he signed the Treaty of Svishtov with Austria and the Treaty of Iasi with Russia the following year.

He secured opportunities for Ottoman reforms and became the first sultan in history to implement large-scale "Europeanization" reforms.

In short, with a bit of literary youth and a bit of idealism, coupled with the Svishtov Treaty signed between the Ottomans and Austria or the Habsburg family, Selim III finally received Gold.

But Selim III didn't give Gold a good look: "Ottoman has an ambassador in Austria. Why don't you contact the ambassador first and come to see me instead?"

Gold was choked for words, and after a while he spoke: "Dear Sudan, there are many problems that the ambassador can solve, but there are even more problems that the ambassador cannot solve."

"As is the current situation, our Habsburg family is facing the siege of France and England, and you, the Ottomans, are about to face the attacks of Tsarist Russia and the Ming Dynasty. If the news is conveyed back and forth through ambassadors, the situation may become even worse.

, isn’t it?”

Selim III shook his head and said: "You are wrong. We are not about to face an attack from Tsarist Russia and the Ming Dynasty, but have already been attacked by them."

"Just yesterday, the army of Tsarist Russia launched an attack on us, and the army of the Ming Dynasty is also marching towards the Kashmir region. Maybe one day they will launch an attack on the Ottomans."

"So, please go back. Osman has taken care of himself now and has no extra energy to help you anymore."

Gold said anxiously: "Since we have all been attacked by the Evil Alliance, we should join forces at this time, right?"

Selim III still shook his head: "How to join forces? Do you send troops to help us? Or do we send troops to help you?"

Shaking the "French Newspaper" in his hand, Selim III continued: "As you can see, your emperor doesn't care about his soldiers and will burn them whenever he wants. I don't believe he will treat our Ottoman warriors well."

.”

Gold said anxiously: "This is a misunderstanding - just like the misunderstanding in 1788, this time it was probably for the same reason. His Majesty the Emperor was being pursued by the French cavalry at the time, so he had to give up burying them.

idea.”

Although Gold was not present at the scene, the process and results he guessed were very close to each other.

But the incident in 1788 mentioned by Gold made Selim III even more dissatisfied.

In 1788, Abdul Hamid I, who was still Selim III, was the sultan. At that time, Austria, headed by the Habsburg family, was on the side of Tsarist Russia and was considered an enemy of the Ottomans.

It was not until the signing of the Treaty of Svishtov in 1791 that relations between the two parties eased.

The incident mentioned by Gold was that the Austrian cavalry and the Austrian infantry had a fight over drinks, and ended up fighting more than 10,000 people.

Selim III said: "There is an old saying in Saudi Arabia that a camel will not fall into the trap of the last time - what happened in 1788, your Austrian soldiers will actually do it again?"

Gold understood the implication of Selim III's words - How stupid are your Austrian soldiers to make such similar and funny mistakes?

It was precisely because of this that Gold was rendered speechless.

Before Gold could think of how to persuade him next, Selim III shook his head in disappointment and said: "You haven't even solved your own problems, how can you have extra energy to help us, the Ottomans?"

Woolen cloth?"

"Similarly, facing Tsarist Russia and the more powerful Ming Dynasty, we, the Ottomans, cannot guarantee our own security, and it is even less possible to mobilize troops to help you."

Gu Yang/span "Go back. We can only help each other if we face our own problems and work hard without causing trouble to each other."

…

Compared with Gold, who sent an envoy to the Ottomans but was rejected and now doesn't know how to return, Waltz, who was in charge of the envoy to the Ming Dynasty, has fallen into deep despair.

The Holy Roman Empire, or Austria, was not very far from the Ottomans, but Austria was very far from the Ming Dynasty.

In order to reach the Ming Dynasty in the shortest possible time and complete the tasks assigned by His Majesty the Emperor, Waltz even changed his hairstyle and forged certificates in an attempt to board the ship bound for the Ming Dynasty.

But what no one expected was that Waltz got off the wrong ship——

This "Black Pearl" from France is indeed a merchant ship leading to the Ming Dynasty. It is correct to use a mixed-passenger ship, and the final destination is indeed the Tianjin Port of the Ming Dynasty. If Waltz stayed there honestly from beginning to end

On the boat, after we reached the destination, we were not far from the capital of Ming Dynasty.

It's a pity that Waltz was so impatient that he hurriedly got off the ship after hearing the reminder of "Da Ming XX Port". When Waltz took a short rest and started looking for someone to inquire about the way to the capital,

But he was told that this place was indeed the territory of Ming Dynasty, but the place where he got off the ship was called Lanfang Port, which was still 108,000 miles away from the capital of Ming Dynasty. However, the next ship to Tianjin Port of Ming Dynasty was

It won't come until half a month later.

Of course, there may also be a few nights at night.

After getting the news, Waltz almost went crazy.

Half a month? Or maybe later?

Does that mean that when you arrive in the Ming Dynasty, submit your credentials, and successfully join the Little Broken Pot on behalf of Habsburg, the Habsburg family in Europe will also be completely cool?

In desperation, Waltz had no choice but to find the local government offices with his credentials and try to persuade them to send a boat to take him away.

For those who go to the Ming Dynasty with credentials, the officials of the Lanfang Chief Envoy Office are still happy to provide help. However, from the county government office to the state government office, then to the government office, and finally to the Lanfang Chief Executive Office Office, this time

Several days had passed, and when they saw that Valz only had credentials but no "Fang Wu", the officials in the Yamen of Lanfang's Chief Envoy were not interested, and in the end, they still took the honor of the credentials.

A boat was arranged for me.

However, this ship is not a large ship specially used for sea voyages, but a small ship more suitable for offshore navigation - if it is a large ship, then Walz can go directly from Lanfang Port to Tianjin Port, and can shorten some time on the way.

As for small boats, they can only sail from Lanfang Port to Jiaozhi Port, then from Jiaozhi Port to Guangzhou Port, then to Songjiang Prefecture, Ningbo, Jimo, Dengzhou, and finally to Tianjin Port.

After such a twists and turns, when Waltz finally arrived at Shuntian Mansion, it was about a month later than originally expected.

But what happened next really made Waltz despair.

After finally finding the Shuntian Mansion Yamen, they were told that the Shuntian Mansion Yamen was not responsible for Xiao Po Guo's affairs, and there was no way for Waltz to meet His Majesty the Ming Emperor.

After some guidance, Waltz finally found the Honglu Temple Yamen. However, the officials at the Honglu Temple Yamen regretfully told Waltz that the Ming Emperor was not in the capital at the moment and had gone out for fun. As for when he would come back, then

No one can say for sure.

As for the idea of ​​the Habsburg family wanting to join Xiao Po Guo, the clerk at the Honglu Temple Yamen also gave the answer? Xiao Po Guo cannot join at any time, at least until the annual Xiao Po Guo Conference

Applications can only be submitted when the meeting is held, and a formal reply will not be given until the Little Poker Conference the next year.

More importantly, to join the Little Broken Pot, you must be in a non-war state and the five good people must unanimously agree. Now Habsburg is fighting with France and England, and is in a state of war, and it is still with the five good people.

Two families are at war. Want to join Xiao Po Guo? Is that difficult?

Waltz suspected that these Ming officials were playing themselves.

Through recent inquiries, Waltz already knew that the Ming army was pushing back against Gorkha and that the Ming Dynasty was about to launch an attack on the Ottomans - at such an important juncture, the emperor of a country would not stay in the capital or arrive in the capital.

Go to the front line to sit in battle, but go out to play instead?

Waltz felt that his mind was not that stupid, at least not stupid enough to believe whatever others said.

But the clerk at Honglu Temple really did not lie to Waltz, because Zhu Jinsong did not stay in Shuntian Mansion recently, but went to Jiangnan.

Zhengde went to Jiangnan, Mazi also went to Jiangnan, and Qian Deafangou also went to Jiangnan.

It can be seen that going to the south of the Yangtze River may have been a popular activity for the emperors.

The difference is that Qian deaf old dog went to Jiangnan to inspect the river project on the young ladies, while Zhu Jin went to Jiangnan to calm down.

Win the hearts of the people in Jiangnan.

Since the Yiguan crossing to the south, there has been a tendency for the south and the north to look at each other unfavorably. Yang Er’s canal construction failed to solve this problem, and the north-south list during the Hongwu period also failed to solve this problem. Most of them treated the symptoms but not the root cause.

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Zhu Jinsong went to Jiangnan this time just to find a way to cure the root cause.

By the way, go to Jiangnan.
Chapter completed!