On the outskirts of Jinling City, a strange mission crossed the ocean and came to Jinling from Manraka.

On the boat was a blond and blue-eyed missionary who was very familiar with the Chinese dynasty, Joshua Wong, who had served as an official in the Chongzhen dynasty, and Nan Huairen, a Belgian missionary who had just landed in the Chinese dynasty.

Britain had just experienced a revolution, and Cromwell led his own cavalry to defeat Charles I and executed the emperor. Soon, he disbanded the parliament, established the British Republic, served as the Duke of Guardians, and became the de facto head of state in Britain.

Over the past three years, the domestic economic situation has been deteriorating and class contradictions have become increasingly acute. Cromwell has never been able to stabilize the situation. Cromwell relies on the support of the army to maintain systematic governance. From this point of view, he is a military dictator. However, he has tried many times to establish a democratic system and insisted on refusing others to crown him, not to be an emperor, indicating that he does not want to implement a dictatorship, and he has no choice but to do it because his supporters cannot create a practical political system.

In this complex situation, only a major mutation can attract domestic attention, unite everyone, and solve domestic problems in Britain. At this time, the news of Spain and China-Korea fighting and the great defeat attracted his attention.

Information from the Far East shows that the Far East has always overlord, the Central Plains dynasty, has re-emerged, and has a powerful navy, and has the ability to expedition to Europe. The imperial edict issued by their emperor clearly stated that it would be a plan to expedition to Spain. Will this be a new yellow peril?

The continuous merchant ships coming from the Far East confirmed this. Cromwell seemed to have caught a life-saving straw and immediately decided to send an envoy to establish diplomatic relations with the powerful country in this distant place. By the way, he collected intelligence and saw the reality of this empire.

Even if an alliance cannot be formed, it is absolutely good news if the Huachao market can be opened.

The British mission was headed by Hamilton, the British duke once held a large number of troops. Leading the mission by him was a kind of importance. After all, what was needed was a voyage of ten months before reaching the East.

For this mission, London spent 160,000 pounds, including astronomy, geographical instruments, books, carpets, military supplies, and ship-style, totaling 600 boxes. They were all carefully selected to show British civilization. They also brought two missionaries who were proficient in Chinese culture to avoid misunderstandings.

When he arrived in Jinling, he was about to enter the capital of this dynasty. Joshua Chan said tirelessly: "Mr. Duke, here is a dynasty that attaches great importance to cumbersome etiquette. I hope that Duke can tolerate some of their etiquette, especially when he is received by the emperor. You must obey the etiquette of their court, otherwise it will easily anger their emperor."

Johnson Chan worked in the Imperial Heavenly Prison during the Chongzhen period in the late Ming Dynasty. Of course, he knew how big the emperor was. Later, he went to Nanyang to join forces with war. This time he returned to China, and had changed dynasties, but according to his understanding of China, every emperor was very domineering, especially in terms of etiquette, and he would kill people at any time.

After entering Jinling, the group was immediately shocked by the bustling market. The clean and tidy ground was paved with large bluestone slabs, and the shops on both sides were lined up, neat and standardized. The pedestrians passed by were full of people, dressed in beautiful silk Hanfu. It was indeed the capital scenery of the Supreme Kingdom of the Celestial Kingdom, and it was different from other places.

Zhuo Wang Tang was also shocked. He was in Beijing at the time, but this kind of scene was not the case. When Chongzhen was in power, he was an official in Beijing. The internal organs in Beijing were notoriously messy. The smell of sludge and feces were everywhere, which also caused the plague...

No wonder the Chinese Dynasty was able to expand its territory in just a few years. It turned out that the court became so rich and the people were so prosperous...

The officials of the Ministry of Rites came to greet them. The people from the Four Elements Pavilion of the Honglu Temple led them to the Ministry of Rites, taught some simple Chinese etiquette, and took them into the palace to face the holy.

The Forbidden City of Jinling has been repaired several times and now looks particularly spectacular. Hamilton, who originally did not trust the Eastern civilization, saw this Eastern Palace full of exotic style, and the depression and anger brought by the ten-month voyage were wiped out. If the Duke of the National Guardian still asked someone to go to Huachao next time, he would definitely have to sign up.

This is a very novel feeling, like getting to know another world, everything here seems very charming.

In Fengtian Hall, Hou Xuanyan was wearing a black dragon robe, sitting upright on the dragon throne, waiting for the mission from the other side of the ocean with great enthusiasm.

It was when Britain was rising in Europe that the Chinese and North Korea also took off in the East, and this was the first time that the East and the West had established diplomatic relations.

Hamilton brought the mission to Fengtian Hall. Looking at the high emperor, he did not expect that he was so young. He thought that the emperors in the East were all greasy fat men, wearing ridiculous clothes, arrogant and ignorant.

With a handsome face and slender figure, his eyes were still sharp from such a distance. The two beautiful oriental beauties behind him fanned. From any aspect, the emperor of this empire was completely different from what the Portuguese described... Those people might have been beaten so badly that they slandered the emperor like this, Hamilton thought.

Hamilton originally wanted to steal the opportunity and act like a slickering ceremony, but the missionaries Nam Huaili and Joshua Chan were already kneeling down familiarly. Thinking of the Duke of the Protector when he came, he had to pinch his nose and kneel down.

Hou Xuanyan was a little surprised. The historical books of later generations did not say that when the British were on missions to the Qing Dynasty, they just refused to kowtow...

It seems that this thing depends on national strength. As long as it is strong enough, no matter how unreasonable the rules you set, others will forcefully abide by them.

When Qianlong was the emperor, the streets were full of beggars, the dilapidated capital, and the navy who could only fish in the sea, asked others to kneel down to him.

Hou Xuanyan was surprised, but the civil and military officials in the court took it for granted. In their eyes, only Hou Xuanyan was the emperor, and the places covered by heaven belonged to his people.

After figuring this joint, Hou Xuanyan said with a smile: "Thank you for your hard work from afar, hurry up and calm down."

Johnson Chan made a guest appearance as a translator. His Beijing dialect is like a thief. In fact, after arriving in China, they took off their foreign clothes, wore Confucian clothes, and put on their hair and wore scarves. While preaching, they spread Western knowledge.

It seems that he did not expect that the Emperor of Huachao was so easy to talk to. After returning to Europe, the Portuguese and the Dutch demonized Hou Xuan's life. In the eyes of Westerners, this was an absolute tyrant.
Chapter completed!