The so-called 30 years in Hedong, 30 years in Hexi, feng shui in turns, Kokand country claims to be the first power in the Central Asian inter-river region, and has earned all the handling fees of Sino-Russian trade. The two big countries have offended the light, and now it is impossible to be a grass on the wall

"The lord of Kokand has not surrendered, naturally Russia cannot justifiably annex Kokand, this is a great righteousness, and it is easy to naturally hand over Nasir al-Din Khan to Russia," Wen Xiang continued, "There are still two countries in Central Asia, and Kokand is a matter of cold lips and teeth, and now that the country of Kokand is in danger, the other two khanates are naturally also frightened, afraid that the Russians will face them next, although the lord of Kokand is like a lost dog, but in the excerpt, it is not wrong at all, if it is bordered by the Russians from the northeast to the northwest for thousands of miles, daily defense." , it's too hard, so these foreign domains in the northwest can be kept, or it's better to keep them. ”

The emperor nodded, "What Gong Wen said is reasonable, that is to ask the Prime Minister Yamen to go to the Bukhara Khanate and the Khiva Khanate on a festival, do you know the reason?" Was this helpful? Envoy? The Emperor asked Prince Gong.

"It may be of some use," said Prince Gong, "that we will not be able to give them much practical help, but let them know that it is very good, and the Prime Minister Yamen will contact other countries to put pressure on Russia, so that their ambitions can be curtailed a little." ”

"What's the use of a little restraint," the emperor shook his head, disapproving, "If you talk about the overland Silk Road, Central Asia is the key, and I would rather see Central Asia in a mess than be firmly choked by the Russians on the way west." ”

"But now it's not appropriate to make a big move, it's not for the money," Prince Gong said, the news of German reunification in recent years, newspapers, news, and books are all talking about it, so Prince Gong is also very familiar, "The railway is not planned to go to Xinjiang, if it is an ordinary official road, it will take a long time for the army to set off, China goes to Kokand far, and the Russians go to Kokand near, Russia is also extremely cunning, the army in the past in Xinjiang to quell the rebellion, he did not move, the army returned to Beijing to do such a thing." ”

"Hey, in the end, there are still not enough elite soldiers," the emperor said with annoyance, "Zuo Zongtang is in Xinjiang, can he train soldiers and horses?" ”

"There are about some, but there are not many soldiers, Xinjiang is dominated by tribes, and it is impossible for all of them to be under the command of the governor," Prince Gong said contemplatively, "I don't know the specific truth, and Zuo Zongtang's excerpt has also come up, and he has no intention of using force." ”

Prince Gong means that Zuo Zongtang does not approve, and the emperor will die of the heart of using force. The emperor was really a little disappointed, but he didn't want to stop there, "Then let the Prime Minister Yamen go to Central Asia to express his condolences first." ”

"Your Majesty," Li Hongzao reminded in a low voice, "the Central Asian khanates are vassals. ”

"Oh, yes, yes, I'm confused," Emperor Tongzhi said with a smile, "There is a difference between inside and outside, this vassal naturally belongs to the Li Domain, so do it according to your wishes, first, the Prime Minister Yamen and the Russians negotiated, and they must be asked to withdraw from the Chinese border, and second, Zuo Zongtang concurrently served as the secretary of the Li Fan Yuan, which was originally his business, so he asked him to send people to the Central Asian countries to proclaim consolation, and third, let him deal with the affairs of Kokand, if it is feasible, allow him to act at the opportunity to help Kokand recover the country." Also, if the Russians are unruly, it is okay to teach them a few lessons. ”

Prince Gong should be under the auspices of Zuo Zongtang, presumably worry-free in the northwest, which is why Zuo Zongtang has always been in the northwest. Hanlin went down to prepare the decree, and the emperor instructed, "Okubo Ritsu has asked for communication with China, so I have promised to let the Beiyang Navy go to Japan to visit when it is convenient." ”

This is also a trivial matter, it doesn't matter, even Li Hongzao thinks that Japan is rude, a small country actually dares to break ground in the head of the Celestial Empire, deterrence and lessons, very good, everyone should come down, the emperor feels that the Kokand matter is not beautiful, some lazy, for other things, but also nodded and agreed, after a while, Prince Gong on another fold, "This is the minister's fold, please the emperor to see." ”

The emperor took the fold, and when he saw the beginning, he frowned, "Why did the sixth uncle resign from the position of the king of parliament?" ”

"This king is a great grace, when the curtain is very bad, only luckily gave the minister such a title, now the emperor has been pro-government, the minister can not continue to live in this position, hindering the unification of power and responsibility, so please resign."

"No," the emperor shook his head and put down his fold, "Sixth Uncle has made great contributions to the court, and he has also been kind to me, I am still young, I still need you to mention more about everything, it is the time to rely on you, Sixth Uncle, how can you resign, so since then, it doesn't chill my heart, don't you!" ”

The emperor continued, "Duke Wen's health has always been bad, there are so many errands on his body, I look at his face is very bad, it's not that I dislike Duke Wen," the emperor said sincerely, "In the past, Duke Cao Wen Xianggong also died because of overwork, and the emperor regretted it very much, this is not the intention of protecting loyal ministers, so I look, the military aircraft department will add a few more people to help the sixth uncle, and also help Duke Wen share the burden, sixth uncle, what do you think?" (To be continued.) )