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Chapter 116 Newton's Science

Heinsius stood in the seat of the Speaker, quietly watching the old man's insult in front of him. He had won all his victory. Now the respect for the old man is more reflective of his measurement. Most of the others are not easy to provoke him. The old man's shouting is getting louder and louder, constantly scolding everyone, and even starting to name and accuse several senior members of parliament. One of his personal names was clicked, and finally his finger fell on Dan Tai Yunfeng's seat. He said: "Chinese messenger, do you think what I said makes sense?"

The parliament hall suddenly became quiet, and it seemed that everyone was interested in Dan Tai Yunfeng's response.

Dan Tai Yunfeng smiled and said, "What sentence are you referring to?"

"I know that your country, without your royal family, your country and people would groan under the hoofs of the Tatars. Similarly, if there were no Orange family, the Netherlands gentlemen here could only go to Versailles to sell their butts, right?" said the old man.

Tan Tai Yunfeng replied with a smile: "His Majesty the Supreme Emperor is still alive. He has said more than once that what he did is just the responsibility given to him by history, and our royal family has never placed itself at the height of the nation's savior. Therefore, your arrogance is not true. As for the issue of selling ass, haha, if there is no ruling Lord William, there is indeed that possibility, but the situation of all gentlemen is that if you continue to have ruling Lord William, you can only go to London to sell ass. Lord Heinsius and the gentleman who voted in favor were banned from the position of ruling Lord William for the sake of the freedom and independence of the Netherlands. Am I right?"

Heinsius cast a look of praise over and clenched his fists and shouted, "It's all for the Netherlands."

Many MPs followed his actions and shouted this slogan, which became the political slogan of the Netherlands National Party led by Heinsius.

The Orange family's rule in the Netherlands ended with a meeting. When the news spread, the entire The Hague burst into cheers. Of course, there were also discordant voices, but they were quickly suppressed. Two days later, a team of soldiers drove into the main cities of the Netherlands, ports, and especially the inland cities supporting the Orange faction, to wipe out the resistance that tried to change the status quo.

Heinsius was soon voted by the third-level parliament to become the head of state of the United Republic of the Netherlands and officially announced the establishment of a provisional government.

Heinsius's provisional government issued many decrees at the beginning, including banning the East India Company, which had become a rat crossing the street, announcing the establishment of an African colonial company, reorganizing the West India Company, announcing the cessation of taxation, inviting China, Portugal and other countries to mediate the war with France, and announce the withdrawal of the Grand Alliance, ending this war that has caused great disaster to the Netherlands.

Louis XIV once imagined secretly manipulating, and taking over Britain and the Netherlands in one fell swoop by using the empire, which means that France will be the strongest naval country in Europe. If it owns the Netherlands, it will own the richest land in Europe. However, Li Junwei also carried out secret operations and finally completed the complete independence of the Netherlands.

Regardless of whether Louis XIV accepts it or not, he must accept it. Now that the table has been overturned, he can get nothing. If he continues, he may still get Britain.

On the last day of September of the 30th year of the empire, the Dan Tai Yunfeng, who had just experienced the Netherlands' transformation, appeared in London, the capital of Britain. The continuous autumn rain enveloped this already very humid city. There were few pedestrians on the streets of the city of London, which had a population of 400,000, and most of the shops were closed. It was as dull as the autumn rain.

Standing on the roof of the hotel, Dan Tai Yunfeng holding an umbrella, enjoying the scenery of London. Here you can see the Tower of London. Just half an hour ago, he held a round of talks with British representatives. This negotiation was the armistice negotiation between the Empire and Britain.

This is absolutely good news for the whole of Britain. In their opinion, Britain is now on the verge of destruction and has provoked the world's number one and Europe's number one power. Now, China has taken the initiative to send an olive branch and wants to withdraw from the war, which is really God's blessing.

Almost all the conditions of the empire were recognized, including the recognition of the empire's occupation and ownership of two North American colonies and the Caribbean colonies, the promise to open up the British domestic market, give the empire the most-favored-nation treatment, and allow the empire to trade freely in the UK. The only thing that did not agree was the issue of compensation. Britain was willing to accept the compensation of 21 million taels of imperial silver dollars requested by the empire, but had no money in hand. It said that as long as the empire was willing to open up domestic financing, the British government would be willing to make compensation, and it would be fine if the amount was greater.

Britain is not without conditions, but the conditions have nothing to do with a truce. There is only one condition, that is, to support the war between Britain and France, and to provide support in terms of war financing, weapons trade, etc. The British did not even expect this to be unilateral support. They just hope that the empire can treat Britain and France equally. Since they can sell ironclad ships to France, they should also give the same status as Britain.

However, these requirements were unacceptable to Dan Tai Yunfeng. He knew that the reason he came here was to follow the orders of King Yu Li Junwei. The reason was that according to the agreement reached by King Yu and King Louis XIV of France, Britain should be unilaterally occupied by France, and the Empire did not allow it to interfere in British affairs. Before France launched a full-scale war against Britain, the empire reached an armistice agreement with Britain was the most important part of implementing the agreement.

In fact, Tan Tai Yunfeng could not accept France's unilateral occupation of Britain. In his opinion, this was entirely aiding and strength of Louis XIV, but the answer given by Li Junwei was that this war was to push France into the fire pit and France would not be strengthened.

"I just looked at the autumn scenery in Britain, you all." Dan Tai Yunfeng turned around and saw a few people standing behind him, and said helplessly.

These people are often core figures in London's political circles, but they have a lot of connections with the empire. Sir Thomas is a friend of King Yu Li Junwei. Although the two have not had contact with each other for several years after the quarrel, Sir Thomas still came out to sell his old face for the sake of Britain.

Viscount Norton was the governor of the East India Company in India. At that time, he was old and worked with the Supreme Emperor of the Empire to deal with challenges from Europe decades ago. He was also an important driving force for the East India Company to achieve long-term cooperation and peace with the Empire.

Another one is Sir Newton, who has no connection with the Empire and appears here simply because Li Junwei repeatedly mentioned him during his correspondence with the British Stuart royal family on behalf of the royal family. During the peace between the two countries, several scientific magazines in which Newton published articles were immediately subscribed.

However, when Li Junwei was interested in Newton, the sir had not published a gravitational article in "Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy". When the British now asked Sir Newton to bring the relationship between the two countries as a gift, the scientific master was already in charge of the minting work of the Tower of London. Perhaps the salary of 500 pounds could not meet his life needs, and Newton became obsessed with alchemy.

"In this autumn rain, people can feel calm, maybe we can talk here," said Sir Thomas.

Dan Tai Yunfeng was helpless and said, "Everyone, I tell you very sincerely that I really don't have the kind of authorization you need. I just conduct the armistice negotiations on behalf of the palace. Whether it is success or failure, I have not been asked to achieve any results. The things you want can only be obtained from His Highness Yu, or even from Shenjing."

"But I heard that you have begun to hand over ironclad ships to the French Mediterranean Fleet." Newton said.

Dan Tai Yunfeng: "That was carried out according to the original plan."

"Can you really accept that France is dominant in Europe?" Newton continued to ask.

"So what if you can't accept it? France was originally the dominant one. King Louis almost fought against the entire Europe in this war." Dan Tai Yunfeng responded calmly, and he looked at Newton deeply: "The existence of Britain cannot balance France's expansion, and Britain's loss actually cannot change the overall situation."

This is the fact. Britain seems important, but it is not that important in reality. In the fight against France, Britain can only provide part of the navy, financial capital and part of the army. The first two of these three can be provided by the Empire. As for the British army, the Empire can balance it by arming the armies of other countries. Now the Empire has the strongest strength and advanced military technology. It can be said that in war, whoever wants to win will win.

In the long run, Britain was still very important, but that kind of importance must be based on Britain's obedience to the interests of the empire, otherwise it would be better than not.

"If you have this attitude, I don't think there is any need to continue talking." Newton said angrily, turning around and leaving.

Tan Tai Yunfeng asked: "Jazz, can I ask you a private question?"

"I will only discuss science with my friends, not diplomats from hostile countries," Newton said.

Tan Tai Yunfeng shook his head: "No, I just want to ask for your Highness, did you discover gravity because an apple hit the head?"

"This... what's the problem with you?" Not to mention Newton, the others didn't understand why Dan Tai Yunfeng asked such a question.

Dan Tai Yunfeng said: "This is a story in our primary school textbook."

"Hmph! There is nothing to tell." Newton threw down a cold words and turned away.

Dan Tai Yunfeng was helpless when he saw that he was like this. He remembered that when he was in Lisbon, when he was preparing for this negotiation with his colleagues, everyone discussed that after Britain was defeated, he must beat Newton as a war criminal, and then tied him under the coconut tree in the Caribbean to see if the fallen coconut could smash the guy's head open.

My colleagues had a deep hatred for Newton. It would be fine if this guy found that gravity was enough, but he had a deep attainment in calculus. Given his reputation in the empire, many people mistakenly thought that he had also invented calculus. People from the diplomatic lineage were all liberal arts students. Who had never suffered from calculus?

Although Newton withdrew from the peace talks, the negotiations went smoothly. In any case, at least in this peace talks, Britain could hype the empire's acceptance of William III as the king of Britain, and could also remove the threat of a stronger enemy.

In the afternoon, the two sides signed the "London Treaty" and officially announced a truce. In the evening, a man in a raincoat came to the hotel and walked into the study of Dantai Yunfeng. He turned out to be Sir Newton who had dispersed with Dantai Yunfeng during the day.

"Now, I am here on behalf of King William." Newton said in a deep voice.

Tan Tai Yunfeng nodded slightly. He knew William III's situation in Britain very well. As the Netherlands withdrew from the Grand Alliance, William III completely lost real power in Britain. In the war to defend the country, people did not need a mascot unless he had the value of betrayal. William III was also worried that he would be sold, so he rarely showed up in public.

Newton said: "War is inevitable, and failure is the same. His Majesty the King wants to know whether the Orange family will be killed."

Tan Tai Yunfeng responded: "We should ask Louis XIV and Heinsius."

Seeing that Dan Tai Yunfeng didn't want to answer, Newton just said, "His Majesty the King is willing to be responsible for this and give his life, but he hopes that King Mary and Stuart's bloodline can be preserved. I wonder if you are willing to help."

"Do they need our protection?" asked Dan Tai Yunfeng.

Newton nodded, Tan Tai Yunfeng thought for a while, and said, "It seems that many countries can do it."

"Louis XIV is so fierce and domineering, others may not have the courage. If there is a country that can give them courage, you are the only one." Newton didn't say much, but he was very honest.

Tan Tai Yunfeng said: "Yes, this can be done. But Sir Newton, I would like to ask, are you obsessed with alchemy because of your insufficient salary?"

"So what? So what?" Newton asked.

"If you find mathematics more interesting, Your Highness Yu is willing to find a position for you in the Imperial Academy of Sciences. Believe me, the salary level will definitely not make you have the urge to alchemy." Dan Tai Yunfeng said seriously.

"Your Excellency, please help me solve the royal resettlement problem first, then talk about it." Newton said.

Dan Tai Yunfeng smiled: "Okay, do the important thing first."

Newton bowed slightly: "So, then you'll take your leave."

"His Royal Highness Yu asked me to tell you that alchemy has no future." Dan Tai Yunfeng said loudly.
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