Chapter 365: New Outlook of the Ministry of Rites (I)
When the honest third junior brother began to spread the word that Qian Qing originally joined Huo Chong's early group as a "little junior sister" rather than Huo Chong's apprentice, this seemingly interesting little past story spread at an astonishing speed.
As is common practice among those who try to manipulate public opinion, subsequent content was released in waves. This time, there was clearly no fake news. All the content was factual.
Qian Qing's tragic life experience made her very vigilant. In order to make Qian Qing feel at ease and to ensure the legal inheritance of knowledge, Huo Chong accepted Qian Qing as his disciple.
Gong Yu and others felt that it was enough to release the news here. Anyone who understood the meaning of this matter knew that they could not go too deep. After all, some things were true. Qian Qing was Huo Chong's disciple. In this era, the relationship between master and apprentice was that of elder and junior. The purpose of releasing this news was not to expect this marriage to be accepted by everyone. It was just to give supporters as many reasonable reasons as possible.
However, Qian Qing obviously didn't take these things to heart. She had already come to live with Huo Chong. Qian Qing's uncle Yang Youfang also came in person. This old friend couldn't help but call Huo Chong "Brother Huo" when talking to him. It can be seen that Qian Qing's uncle was not so happy about this marriage. But Yang Youfang didn't object to this marriage.
When Yang Youfang was having dinner with Huo Chong, he drank a few glasses of wine. When he was drunk, he sighed, "Brother Huo, you saved Qian Qing's life. This child is yours. This time... Alas... Qian Qing is really willing. Please treat her well."
Yang Wangfu, who came back specially to drink with them, brought his wife he married in Jiangsu and Zhejiang with him. When he saw Qian Qing, he pulled her away to talk. Yang Wangfu was relieved at this time, and he obviously looked down on his father's attitude.
Fortunately, as Qian Qing's elder, Yang Youfang agreed to this matter. Yang Wangfu said nothing more.
After getting the elders' consent, Qian Qing was obviously relieved. Huo Chong also knew that things could not be so simple, but it was just that simple. Many decisions must be made by someone, and Huo Chong had reached this point.
Fortunately, the Marriage Law was implemented at this time, and legal marriage has become very interesting. Legitimacy depends on whether an application is made, and publicity depends on whether a large number of people are invited to a banquet. Huo Chong plucked up the courage and asked Qian Qing to go with him to get the marriage certificate. Qian Qing was just stunned for a moment, and then he smiled.
When the two went to apply for the certificate, nothing happened, except that the atmosphere with the staff at the Civil Affairs Bureau was a bit awkward.
Huo Chong got the marriage certificate and couldn't help but sigh: "We are getting married now."
Qian Qing pulled Huo Chong's arm and leaned close to his ear and asked, "Sir, are you afraid of being opposed, so you want to make it a done deal first?"
"Hehe..." Huo Chong felt that he had encountered so many things in his life, and from the perspective of embarrassment and inability to deal with them, this was probably the most embarrassing and powerless one.
Although Qian Qing showed the characteristics of girls, she did not continue to embarrass Huo Chong. She hugged Huo Chong's arm tightly and leaned against him. "Sir, there are some things I'm afraid you won't say. I'll say it. Compared with the tens of thousands of brothers in the court, hundreds of thousands of troops, and hundreds of millions of people's expectations of you, I want very little. But no one can replace it! I wonder if you know what I want."
Huo Chong thought about it for a moment and understood what Qian Qing said. "Qing'er, I'm an old man, and I feel wronged for asking you to accompany me for the rest of my life!"
"Don't say that! Don't say that!" Qian Qing immediately became excited. She held Huo Chong tightly, as if she was still the child who had nowhere to go before. "As long as I can be with you for even one day, I feel that my life has not been lived in vain."
Huo Chong wanted to say something, but he didn't know what to say. In the end, Huo Chong just held Qian Qing's hand and said nothing.
The spring night is short and the sun rises high. From now on, the king no longer holds court early in the morning.
Huo Chong felt that living with Qian Qing was good , but it was far from being so exaggerated. After all, Qian Qing had lived with Huo Chong for several years. If I had to say something, I would probably use Qian Qing moving back to describe the current changes.
So Huo Chong was just a little tired when he was sitting in his study in his pajamas reading a report.
At this age, the way he sees things is completely different. For example, the 50,000-man Chinese army has already captured the capital. In the report, the commander of the Chinese army did not regard the capture of Beijing as a great achievement.
The capital was no longer the same as before. Even when the army was strong, Huo Chong still rushed in and killed Yongzheng. It was not worth bragging about leading 50,000 troops to conquer the capital.
But Huo Chong could see that these guys were beginning to play tricks. After occupying the capital, the troops immediately began searching for books, documents, and historical materials. This search surprised the professionals accompanying the army. There were really a lot of books and materials in the capital!
Huo Chong once burned the archives of the Ministry of Personnel and the Ministry of Revenue, but other books were fine. In this war-torn era, no one cared about this.
After searching for a few days, new information was quickly sent over. "…If we use words to describe this information, it can be described as a book that fills up a room. It will take two hundred thousand people to transport this much information back to Xuzhou…"
Huo Chong couldn't help laughing when he saw it. These guys were too aggressive to dare to say that. While laughing, Qian Qing, who had already stood up, walked behind Huo Chong in pajamas, hugged Huo Chong from behind, rested his chin on Huo Chong's shoulder, and looked at the documents together.
After looking at it for a while, Qian Qing smiled and said, "These people want to occupy Hebei and make contributions to taking back Hebei."
"Yeah." Huo Chong fully agreed. Although the old brothers have not lost their spirit, many of them actually want to return to the local areas. Hebei is probably the only remaining plain area, and they must fight for this credit.
Qian Qing turned to Huo Chong and sat directly in his arms. Huo Chong sighed in his heart, but still hugged Qian Qing. Huo Chong also found it very interesting that Qian Qing had a strong body and strong athletic ability. Because of his abundant muscle mass, Qian Qing was not light. However, when he was held in his arms, he did not feel heavy at all.
If I must describe it, it's like a very well-matched sword that is not cumbersome to use.
However, not being a burden does not mean that Huo Chong can do whatever he wants. Qian Qing held Huo Chong's face with both hands, looked at him carefully for a long time, gave him a kiss, and then hugged him tightly.
Huo Chong could only use the little space he could to pick up another document.
Since the Chinese Ministry of Rites must have a global vision, Spain, the pioneer of globalization in this era, must be within its vision.
At this time, Spain also participated in the Polish War in Europe, a war in which European countries sought to help Poland establish a king in order to satisfy their own interests.
It started with the battle for the Polish throne after the death of King Augustus II of Poland, which was vacant. It eventually evolved into a war between the Bourbon dynasty that ruled France, Spain and the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies and the Habsburg dynasty that ruled the Holy Roman Empire.
Qian Qing obviously felt Huo Chong's movements, so he got off Huo Chong and sat next to him, "Sir, please explain this to me. Don't say those names, it sounds like a spell."
Huo Chong also didn't like European names, especially in this ghost era, the names of European nobles were particularly long. Qian Qing was still polite when he said he was chanting a spell. This thing is quite similar to summoning spirits.
On February 1, 1733, Augustus II died. The Polish and Lithuanian nobles, led by Archbishop Theodore Potocki, gathered to elect the next king. Seeing that Leszczynski had many nobles' support, Russia and Austria decided to give up electing Manuel and instead support Augustus II's son, the only reasonable candidate, Elector August of Saxony, as King of Poland. Although Russia and Austria mobilized troops to surround the Polish Parliament and force the parliamentarians to choose Augustus, the Parliament still elected Leszczynski as King of Poland.
After listening to the general explanation, Qian Qing asked, "Sir, is this Poland's veto system?"
Huo Chong nodded repeatedly. When talking about the history of Big Popo, it was really full of complaints. "Yeah, it's that country. It brought about its own destruction!"
Practicing democracy may not necessarily lead to your own death, but if you practice democracy and develop a veto system, it will be a disaster. Huo Chong has read some comments from European and American historians, and many of them believe that Poland's democratic system is very meaningful. Even in this atmosphere, those historians basically believe that this veto system is no longer a real democracy. It is even the main reason for the decline and destruction of Poland itself.
Any resolution in the parliament could not be passed if it was vetoed by one noble member. Polish members who became foreign spokespersons could veto proposals at will, blocking the situation and making it impossible to implement any policy that was beneficial to the country.
Thinking of this, Huo Chong suddenly remembered that it was 1733, and Huo Chong remembered that the first of the three partitions of Poland was in 1772. It was not even 40 years ago.
In May 1772, the Russian Empire, the Kingdom of Prussia, and the Austrian Empire met in St. Petersburg and signed the first partition of Poland on August 5. According to this treaty, Poland lost about 35% of its territory and 33% of its population, and became a protectorate of Russia, Prussia, and Austria.
On January 23, 1793, Russia and Prussia signed the Second Partition of Poland in St. Petersburg. After the Second Partition, Poland became a small country with only 200,000 square kilometers of territory and a population of 4 million. It became a puppet state of Russia. The Polish king was not allowed to declare war or make peace with foreign countries without the permission of the Tsar.
On January 3, 1795, Russia and Austria signed the third partition of Poland, and on October 24, Prussia also signed the agreement. According to the agreement, all of Poland's territory was divided.
Just as I recalled the general history, I heard Qian Qing laughing beside me: "I really don't know what those people were thinking to pass such a system!"
Huo Chong could tell from Qian Qing's tone that he was very unhappy with "democracy" and felt that Qian Qing had gone too far. Just as he was about to say something, the guard reported from outside the door, "Report, there is military intelligence!"
