Done?

However, at present, not only did the French not return the three eastern provinces of Nanqi to Vietnam, but not long ago, they also occupied the three provinces of Nanqi and the western provinces.

"Pan Qingjian's envoy," Tang Jingsong said, "is the second time that Lord Ruan has sent a mission to Taixi after Prince Yingrui; Since the founding of the Nguyen Dynasty, it was the first time. Therefore, the French side attaches great importance to www.biquge.info courtesy: 17 salutes are fired, the foreign minister hosts a banquet, and the envoys of the Western countries accompany them. ”

After a pause, "After that, the French Emperor Napoleon III, together with the queen and the crown prince, met with Pan Qingjian and his party. ”

Well, the French have really a set of ways to cultivate the Belt and Road Party.

"Pan Qingjian was in the audience with the Emperor," Tang Jingsong said, "and submitted his credentials requesting the return of the three provinces of Nanqi. He implored His Majesty the Emperor to recite the friendship between the two countries for generations, and promised to return the three provinces of Nanqi, so that all the people in Vietnam will wear the great virtue of His Majesty the Emperor, and the friendship between Vietnam and France will be unwavering forever. ”

"I didn't have much hope, I didn't think that Napoleon III was quite moved by Phan Thanh Ksim's words, thinking that a new treaty could be made to replace the Treaty of Saigon, that is, the Peace of Nonxu, and appointed Lieutenant Colonel Ho Bari as consul in Bangkok to be fully responsible for negotiating a new treaty with the Vietnamese envoys."

As a result of the negotiations, Vietnam redeemed the three provinces of Nam Ki for 13 million silver dollars; In addition, France was given the right to increase its colonies in Vietnam, expand trade, and send envoys to Beijing. ”

Oh, and sure enough, "it was done"?

Guan Zhuofan pondered for a moment and said: "The French probably feel that it will take a lot of time and investment to digest the three provinces of Nanqi; At the same time, outside the three provinces of Nanqi, Vietnam must strictly defend France, and France is full of thorns in every step of the way, whether it is trade or missionary. In a short period of time, occupy the three provinces of Nanqi, and if you don't see the benefits, you will suffer first. If Nanqi is returned, firstly, it will be exchanged for more real money, and second, the French power will be able to penetrate deep into Vietnam-in this way, and in this way, perhaps, the whole of Vietnam will be included in the bag sooner. ”

After a slight pause, "Well, there are pros and cons to occupying Nanqi and returning Nanqi, and it depends on how the ruler chooses." ”

"The prince is wise!"

After a pause, Tang Jingsong continued, "However, in any case, the three provinces of Nanqi have been recovered, and the news has been transmitted back to Vietnam.

After another pause, "What is surprising is that the Vietnamese court refused to ratify this new covenant. ”

Yes?

"That's amazing!" Wen Xiang said, "Is it because of ...... The minister is stationed in Beijing, this, is it not in line with the system? ”

Wen Xiang thinks so for a reason. In the year of Xinyou, the reason why Britain and France attacked Beijing and caused the Son of Heaven to move was because Wenzong rebelled and refused to accept the previous "Tianjin Treaty" proposal of "the minister to be stationed in Beijing", and refused to allow the ministers of Britain and France and other countries to enter Beijing to exchange the treaty.

"Or—" said Guo Songtao, "the ransom of thirteen million silver dollars is too high?" Before, well, the indemnity of four million silver dollars has forced King Heide to sell his official beard! ”

"It's all of them, but they're not," Tang Jingsong said, "The most important reason is that the king of Hede and the ministers who are in charge of the affairs agreed to return Nam Ki as a sign of weakness, thinking that the legal person had no intention of taking the land of Vietnam, so they were not greedy enough, and they actually wanted to take back the three provinces of Nam Ki without spending a single silver dollar!" ”

After a slight pause, "Also, don't say that you don't want to give the ransom of 13 million silver dollars, and King Side will rise up and cut the previous 4 million silver dollars in compensation!" ”

Yes?

The audience looked incredulous.

"At that time, the 'minister who used things'," Xu Gengshen asked, "which one is it?" ”

"There is more than one person, but the person who holds this proposal the most is called Zhang Denggui, who acts as a person-"

After a pause, he smiled slightly, "If you want to compare it to a person from our side...... That's Xu Yinxuan. ”

Xu Yinxuan, Xu Tong.

Oh, got it.

"Zhang Denggui repeatedly advised King Side, 'According to my decision, insist on not being moved', and King Side listened to his words and really 'insisted on not moving'."

Soon after, Hobari came to Vietnam with the New Testament. When they were in France, they only negotiated an 'intention' with each other and did not initially sign the contract, but this time, Hobali came to sign the contract. ”

"After hearing Vietnam's new demands, Hobali was dumbfounded, and after coming back to his senses, he refused."

"King Side sent Pan Qingjian out again. Pan Qingjian knew that it was impossible for a miracle to happen this time, so he resigned and recommended Zhang Denggui to replace him and fight with the envoy. ”

The audience thought to themselves, this hand "with the other way, give back to the other body", is still very beautiful, quite a dispute with the Wenguan, Prince Gong asked the Wa Wenduan "into the urn" taste.

And then the eggs.

"King Side doesn't allow it—he also knows that Zhang Denggui doesn't know how to deal with foreigners at all."

He Bali also gave Pan Qingjian face, although the important terms cannot be changed, but the less important terms can still be changed. It's just that this kind of small repair and small repair is naturally far from the requirements of King Heide and Zhang Denggui, and the matter of the New Testament is so frozen. ”

When the news reached Paris, Napoleon III and below thought that the Vietnamese were unreasonable. Napoleon III ordered the cancellation of the New Covenant, and at the same time, he made up his mind that not only the three provinces of Nanqi and the east would not be returned to Vietnam, but even the three provinces of Nanqi and the west would be robbed. ”

I see.

Wen Xiang let out a long sigh and said, "I have mistaken the country, and I have made a mistake so far!" Alas! ”

"Pan Qingjian is the envoy," Tang Jingsong said, "This is the first time in many years that the Yue people have gone abroad—"

After a pause, "In the words of the prince, it is 'open eyes to see the world'." Pan Qingjian was shocked by what he had witnessed during the trip, and after returning to China, he tried his best to describe the wealth and strength of France to the King of Side, and even said, 'The wealth and strength of the rich waves and sands cannot be described by the words of the ministers'. ”

Speaking of this, he shook his head slightly, "Naturally, these words are just a whisper for King Side. ”

"Since the new covenant is annulled, the legal person will implement the "Saigon Treaty" and officially cede the three provinces of Nam Ki, and the monarchs and ministers of the Nguyen Dynasty watched it, but they were helpless."

"Not long after the legal person took the three eastern provinces into his pocket, he sent a note to the Vietnamese government, saying, 'The rebel party in the south and the three provinces in the east and west are in flux, resisting the rule of the governor of Indochina, and since the Vietnamese government is powerless to restrain them, it is better to hand over the three western provinces to France as well.'"

"At that time," said Kwan Zhuofan, "France must have turned the Khmer into some kind of 'protectorate' of his, right?" ”

"Yes."

"The three provinces of Nanqi and the West," said Guan Zhuofan, "are sandwiched between the Khmer and the three provinces of Nanqi and the east, and take the three provinces of Nanqi and the three provinces of Nanqi and the jurisdiction of the French Governor of Indochina. Therefore, this 'sandwich biscuit', the French have to eat it no matter what. ”

Tang Jingsong thought for a moment, and his eyes lit up, "The prince understands the painting, that's what happened!" ”

"People have no foresight, but they must have near-term worries!" Cao Yuying sighed, "Vietnamese monarchs and ministers, you always have to wait until the knife is on your neck to be surprised, alas! ”

"That's what Zhuo Gong said!" Tang Jingsong said, "However, the Vietnamese monarchs and ministers can only be called 'shocked' at best, not 'awakened' - not to mention that the knife is on the neck, even if the neck is broken and the head falls off, it may not be able to 'wake up'!" ”

"After receiving the note from France, the Vietnamese government and the opposition were in a mess. At this point, King Duc actually thought that the legal person's move was only to express his dissatisfaction with 'Vietnam's ineffective restraint of the chaotic party', and at most, it was to find an excuse to enter the three western provinces to live and trade, and as long as the people sent to negotiate were 'trusted by the rich', he could keep the soldiers and horses of the 'rich' out of the three western provinces with his incorruptible tongue. ”

"This messenger of 'rich people's trust' is naturally Pan Qingjian."

"In this way, King Side put on the hat of 'Minister of Economic Strategy of the Three Provinces of Yonglong' to Pan Qingjian and forced him to negotiate with the legal person."

"Before Pan Qingjian left, I met with him once, and he said, 'The Holy Lord Wen exhorted me, with the trust of the rich man, I will be able to compromise speculation, and be virtuous in one word, and eliminate his desire to win Longwang Shu. I have been sent to the throne again and again, and this time, if I insult the king's order again, I don't know how to deal with myself? ’”

After a pause, "Looking back now, at that time, he was already dead." ”

"After Pan Qingjian arrived in Nanqi, he still had a lot of dealings with the legal person for a while, but in June this year, the French finally made a move and sent troops into Yonglong and other three western provinces of Nanqi."

"Pan Qingjian knew that the military was far from the French, and he did not mobilize troops to resist, but only advised the French army that after entering the city, 'don't disturb the people and the warehouse, and I will still take care of the money and grain stored now'."

"The French still gave him face for this kind of thing, and they all agreed to him."

"Within a few days, all three provinces of Nanqi fell. When the matter reached this point, the Vietnamese court had no choice but to send a letter to the French army commander in his own handwriting, asking for the ministers of the three provinces to return to Beijing. ”

Everyone else went back, but Pan Qingjian refused to leave. After handing over the three provinces of money and food to the imperial court, he began a hunger strike, and after 17 days, he finally committed suicide by medicine. ”

Everyone was speechless for a while, and the atmosphere in the flower hall was quite heavy.

After a while, Cao Yuying said: "Pan Qingjian handed over the money and grain of the three provinces to the imperial court, and the French didn't stop him?" ”

"Nope."

"Sure enough, it's a 'rich man's trust', but it's a pity-"

Shaking his head, he stopped.

"It is said," Tang Jingsong said, "Before Pan Qingjian died, he left these two sentences to his children and grandchildren: first, he must not do things for legal persons for the rest of his life; Second, it is not allowed to study French. ”

Hey.

"It is not uncommon to say that you are not allowed to do things for a legal person", and that "you are not allowed to study French" -

Alas, Pan Qingjian once "strongly advocated that the teacher should be a legal person and update the national politics in order to strive for self-improvement".

These two testaments, although there are considerations for slander for themselves and for their children and grandchildren to avoid disaster, it can also be seen that Pan Qingjian's heart is dead before he dies.

The atmosphere in the flower hall has become even heavier.

After a while, Guan Zhuofan spoke: "The situation in Vietnam, the past and present, the ins and outs, Wei Qing said very thoroughly and clearly-good!" Wei Qing, you, the 'Vietnam Interview Envoy', have fulfilled your mission! ”

Tang Jingsong hurriedly said: "The prince praises falsely! ”

"Well, I've already talked about other people's things," Guan Zhuofan said, "It's time to talk about our own affairs!" ”

*(To be continued.) )