"Will the French ask for this share?"

"Of course it will, as long as he still has the slightest hint of wanting to be the hegemon of Europe, he will want it." In the Qinzheng Palace, Prince Gong asked the Empress Dowager Cixi, and the Empress Dowager replied with a smile, "Now we have become a key minority, and whoever we give this idea shares to, whoever is the major shareholder, has the decision-making power." The Suez Canal, for us in China, is just the first step to go out of the country and look at the world, if you want to rely on how much voice you can have here, now it is just a fool's dream, just follow Britain and France to make some money. But now that the British are hypocritical, they don't want us to make money, not to mention, and they want to threaten us elsewhere, so who is not selling? It is better to sell to the French in exchange for concessions from the French in Vietnam. ”

"Does the Queen Mother mean that the French should withdraw from Vietnam on the condition of equity?"

Empress Dowager Cixi shook her head, "It's not practical to let the French withdraw from Vietnam, after all, we can't give away 10 million francs for nothing, if we give it away for nothing, presumably the French will be able to withdraw from Vietnam without saying a word, but is Vietnam worth 10 million francs for China?" Empress Dowager Cixi sneered slightly, "Vietnam has lost so many more than 4 million francs and has already smashed the pot and sold iron, which is not worth 10 million francs at all, if you want to exchange, I would rather keep the shares of the Suez Canal and let Vietnam die, but we are not giving away shares for nothing, just giving priority to selling to the French, then, let the French annul this treaty, it is about still done." ”

"If the matter of shares is sold to other countries, it will inevitably be a failure, and the British can completely deny it, and only France, which is also a shareholder of the Suez Canal, dares to take this share. I came out with this thing, after all, it was cheap for the French. ”

"If it can be exchanged, the peace of Vietnam is worth it," Prince Gong comforted, "It seems that we have not lost money, and the money can be recovered in the end." ”

"The French paid reparations to Germany all these years. Now I can take out a thousand out of 10,000 francs, I guess I can do it, but it's a pity," the Queen Mother muttered, "It's a pity that I finally got into Suez with a foot." ”

"The Queen Mother won't be reluctant to share here, right?" Prince Gong said suspiciously, "The French seem to be very anxious, if there is a recurrence, I am afraid that it will provoke them, and now Britain and France are attacking at the same time." Russia is entangled in the land of the North Sea again, and we really shouldn't cause trouble anymore, and it's not good to make foreigners hate the same enemy. ”

"Of course I am willing," the Empress Dowager Cixi said with a smile freely, "as long as you change to a stable environment and be able to manage the government with confidence, not to mention anything else, the next Eight Banners Reform will be operated." Things outside can't involve our energy too much. ”

Prince Gong didn't answer either, just sitting. The Empress Dowager Cixi knew his intentions and blinked slightly, "Just leave this matter to the Seventh Master, his identity is different from yours, and he is not afraid of offending people, you are the central Zaifu." It is inconvenient to do these things that offend people in the future. ”

Prince Gong said goodbye to the Empress Dowager Cixi, walked out of the Qinzheng Palace, and before he reached Feiyunxuan, he saw an official in his thirties coming up to him. Hit himself a thousand, "Say hello to the king of parliament." ”

"Hurry up," Prince Gong nodded and couldn't recognize who it was for a while, and when that person got up and took a look, he found that it was the younger brother of the Empress Dowager Cixi, Gui Xiang, who inherited the title of Duke of Cheng'en, Hui Zheng died three years ago, and now Yehenara Mansion is the head of this Gui Xiang, "It's Grandpa Gui, how can you make such a big gift," Prince Gong nodded, and said reservedly, "I deserve it." ”

"The king of the council has every opportunity, everything in the Qing Dynasty is to be done by the king of the council, so many years of conscientious and hard work, how can he not be a greeting?" Gui Xiang smiled without humility or arrogance, "My courtesy is still light." ”

"You," Prince Gong shook his head and smiled, "Did you come to the Qinzheng Palace today to invite An?" ”

"Back to the words of the king, I came to invite Xisheng's An, these days long live the study of the Lord is good, I am also afraid that Xisheng is worried, take advantage of the invitation An to report."

"Oh? How's the Emperor's homework? ”

"Long live the schoolwork, and he is diligent every day," Gui Xiang replied, "English and mathematics are also very transparent." ”

"That's the best," Prince Gong nodded, seeing that Gui Xiang had not left with his hands down, he seemed to have something to say to himself, "Is there anything else to do with Grandpa Gui?" ”

"It's not a big deal, it's just that I entrusted the king with the matter last time, I don't know what happened to the king?" Gui Xiang smiled at Prince Gong and said, "I was entrusted by others, and I had to be cheeky to say this." ”

"Oh, that's it," Prince Gong thought about it, a little disdainful, and a little ridiculous, "Your brother-in-law, is his vision too low, I don't know the severity, Guangdong Customs Road, is it an ordinary place?" There are now a few places where there are a number of customs, it is not able to accommodate idlers, and it doesn't hurt to arrange a few idlers in other places, Guangdong Customs Road, Ningbo, Hangzhou, Fuzhou, Shanghai, these places, even if it is the yellow belt of the Eight Banners, I must not send it to the past. After speaking, he didn't wait for Gui Xiang to explain anything, he threw up his sleeves and left.

Gui Xiang touched the short beard under his chin, looked at Prince Gong's back thoughtfully, shook his head and walked away.

"Edward wants to see me?" The Empress Dowager Cixi said in surprise, and then relieved, "It seems that the British know that we have contact with the French, and we haven't spread the word yet, why do they all know?" ”

"Presumably they have their own people in the French embassy, and these foreign embassies are secretly connected with each other." Li Lianying said that he saw the Empress Dowager Cixi pondering, so he asked, "Do you want to see the Empress Dowager?" ”

"Don't see you for the time being," the Empress Dowager Cixi smiled bitterly, "Now it's just a matter with the French who are in such a hurry to meet, if something else comes out again...... I'm afraid it's going to be like thunder, I'll hide for a few days, to Edward, I'm still not too embarrassed to play with power tricks and strategies, just let the people of the Prime Minister's Yamen contact it, and when it's almost over, I'll come forward again, can't push everything on my head, and the next thing, let the Lifan Yuan and the Prime Minister's Yamen go to the black pot! I can watch the play with peace of mind," the Empress Dowager Cixi leaned on the kang and leisurely picked up a honey-stained cherry, which was as red as blood, "The next thing is going to be more and more interesting." (To be continued.) )