Chapter Eighty-Nine: The Day of Awakening, the End of the Road

"Wei Qing," Wen Xiang asked, "When did King Ming Ming open the 'Water and Fire Ji Ji Depot'?" ”

Tang Jingsong thought for a while and said, "It's about the fourteenth year of Daoguang." Pen Fun Pavilion www.biquge.info"

Fourteen years of Daoguang? Wen Xiang's eyes flashed, and he said: "That is to say, at that time, there were still five years before Lin Wenzhong's Humen gunsmoke. ”

Everyone looked at each other: I didn't expect that Vietnam's foreign affairs began more than 20 years earlier than China!

Thinking that Emperor Mu Zongyi died of "smallpox" again, I was even more emotional! -- More than 20 years ago, the king of Vietnam planted "cowpox" for the princes and princesses!

"Vietnam's foreign affairs," Guo Songtao sighed, "I want to try it at a moment's notice, but if I can't continue it, I will eventually end it." Alas, if it can be consistent, after more than 20 years, why worry that the country is not rich and the army is not strong? Why did you get to today's situation of land reparations and the destruction of the country? ”

"Yun Weng is right!" Tang Jingsong said, "However, because the dispute between foreign affairs, academic affairs, and the heirs is entangled, foreign affairs cannot be handled -- they dare not do it at all!" So, I had to 'taste it'! ”

"King Mingming is still bold and talented, and the subsequent King Shaozhi is mediocre, and his courage and talent are far inferior to his father, and he doesn't need to say anything about what King Mingming can't doβ€”in fact, he probably didn't think about it at all, and picked up these things that his father left behind."

"When I came to King Side, he was a man who read the book of death, plus the king of Anfeng County rebelled in the front, Director Ding made a rebellion in the back, and the battle for the heir became more and more intense, I think that although the national situation of Vietnam has reached the point where it is almost out of control, but the section of foreign affairs, within three or five years, there is still no need to count on it!"

"Don't talk about the clan," Cao Yuying said, "the situation has deteriorated to such a point that outside the clan, among the important ministers of the Vietnamese court, there is no one who is sober-minded and conscious?" ”

"Yes, but it's not much. There is only one person who is really sober-minded and enlightened, as Zhuo Gong said. ”

Speaking of this, he shook his head slightly, "But...... Alas, alas! ”

"Wei Qing," Cao Yuying said, "This is the second time you have 'pity' for Pan Qingjian." ”

"Yes," Tang Jingsong said, "the reason why I say that is becauseβ€”"

After a pause, his expression was solemn, "Just before I left for China, I received news: Pan Qingjian committed suicide with medicine. ”

Yes?

The audience was amazed.

"It's because of the Nanqi thingβ€”"

After a pause, Tang Jingsong said: "In June this year, France used troops against Nanqi again - before, France had already ceded the three eastern provinces of Nanqi, Jiading, Bianhe, Dingxiang, and Kunlun Island; This time, Bing Feng was referring to the three western provinces of Nanqi, Yonglong, Anjiang, and Haxian. Last time, France and Vietnam fought for several years, but this time, Vietnam was completely powerless to resist, and the legal soldiers had no blood to do what they wanted, and at this point, the whole of Nanqi fell into the pocket of the legal person -- I have already told the imperial court. ”

Guan Zhuofan nodded, "Yes." ”

"At that time," Tang Jingsong said, "Pan Qingjian's title was 'Minister of Economic Strategy of the Three Provinces of Yonglong'. ”

Yes......

"So," Wen Xiang said, "Pan Qingjian committed suicide and martyrdom by upholding the duty of Xinjiang ministers to defend the territory and coexist with each other?" ”

"The same can be said," Tang Jingsong said, "but this is not the most important reason. Pan Qingjian can't be said to be a serious 'Xinjiang minister', he, the 'minister of economic strategy of the three provinces of Yonglong', was temporarily arrested, he went to Nanqi, not to 'defend the land', but to 'fold and rush', but the situation has come to this point, and he can't 'fold' at all. ”

The audience thought to themselves, even if the talks are not reached, it seems that the responsibility for the loss of land cannot be borne by the person presiding over the negotiations. This one...... No need to commit suicide!

Tang Jingsong knew the audience's incomprehension, and said: "If you change someone, you will definitely not commit suicide; However, Pan Qingjian is different, he is ...... Thousands of people pointed out, he ...... Alas, it has come to the end of the road! ”

"The peace talks, Pan Qingjian is the 'Minister with Plenipotentiary for Peace', and the "Peace Treaty of Renxu" was signed in his hand, starting from here until he committed suicide with medicine, and the negotiations between Vietnam and France were all presided over by him."

With just a few words, the audience vaguely knew what the reason for Pan Qingjian's "suicide by relying on medicine" was, and they also roughly understood why Tang Jingsong said that he "came to the end of the road".

"During the peace talks, when Pan Qingjian resigned, King Heide warned him, 'The land must not be allowed, and the cult must not be allowed to be carried out publicly', but if the land is not ceded and the mission is not allowed, how can 'peace' be achieved? The "Peace Treaty of Renxu" finally still inevitably ceded land and proselytized terms. Back in the capital, King Side scolded Pan Qingjian, 'Not a sinner of the Teben Dynasty, but also a sinner of the ages'! ”

However, after scolding, Pan Qingjian was not given a substantive punishment. King Side also dreamed of overturning the agreement and recovering the lost territory, and since he wanted to continue to fight with the legal person, Pan Qingjian could not be missing, and no one could do it except him, and no one wanted to do it. ”

"But how could the French let a duck that had already been cooked? Pan Qingjian is destined to speak in vain. The following year, the renewal of the treaty was completed, and the Peace Treaty of Renxu came into effect. ”

"Originally, Pan Qingjian's official reputation was excellent, he was not only honest and diligent, outspoken and outspoken, but also the leader of Shilin - well, Pan Qingjian's status in Shilin in Vietnam is similar to the status of Wu Wenduan in Shilin in China."

However, after the battle of the "Peace Treaty", Pan Qingjian's prestige was greatly damaged? The government and the opposition simply regard him as a 'public enemy' and a 'target of the public'! ”

"At that time, the dissenting theories were used as excuses, thinking that the matter of land cession and compensation was done by the plenipotentiary minister, not out of the will of the above, so the good and the bad were agitated, and the rumors were stirred, and finally caused a big chaos - the clan Ruan Phuc Hong Ji and others raised troops to create a rebellion, claiming that 'the Qing monarch's side' and 'killed all the traitors' - that is, a group of 'master and faction' headed by Pan Qingjian."

Damn, the clan rebellion in Vietnam is endless.

"This Ruan Phuc Hongji," Xu Gengshen said, "shouldn't he be pro-French and religious?" ”

"No," Tang Jingsong said, "he is the son of Nguyen Phuc Mian An, the king of Phu Binh County, and the cousin of King Duc, and he is a typical defender. He rebelled, and his intention was not to be in the big position, but indeed to go to the 'Qingjun side'. ”

After a pause, "So, it is also a rebellion, and the fate of Ruan Phuc Hong Ji is much better than that of Ruan Phuc Hong Bao and Ruan Phuc Ying's father and son - the punishment is just 'studying behind closed doors', and even the title has not been cut." ”

Among the audience, some people naturally thought of the one who also "studied behind closed doors" on the shore of Taiping Lake, but that one's title was cut off.

Of course, the reasons for each other are not the same.

"Ruan Fuhong is causing chaos," Tang Jingsong said, "'Qingjun side' and 'kill all the traitors' Yunyun are not the most uncomfortable for Pan Qingjian." After drinking and spitting out the truth, Pan Qingjian once said to me that what he was most distressed about was the eight words on the banner of the Nanqi volunteers - 'Pan Lin betrayed the country, and the court abandoned the people'. ”

After a pause, "After Nanqi was ceded to France, the local people, some of whom were unwilling to surrender, pulled their flags and set off cannons against legal persons, but they were swirling and extinguishing, and they did not become a climate. ”

After another pause, "This 'Pan Lin', 'Pan' is naturally his Pan Qingjian, 'Lin' is his deputy during the peace talks, and the 'Vice Minister Plenipotentiary' Lin Weixun." ”

Cao Yuying sighed: "It's really the world that everyone wants to kill." ”

Guan Zhuofan coughed lightly and said: "I remember, after the Xinyou coup, Emperor Mu Zongyi returned to Luan with the two palaces, and there was quite a lot of discussion in the capital, saying that although the situation was successful, it suffered too much!" If it's ugly, they will say 'lose power and humiliate the country', and scold Prince Gong for being 'devil six' and 'traitor', and there is no shortage of them-"

After a slight pause, "At that time, I thought, what, if you change your brother to talk, you won't suffer?" Looking at your brother's ignorant look, I'm afraid that I will suffer more, right? Or just leave it at ease and keep fighting? If so, what will you do? Where are the soldiers? Where is the money? And where is the gun, gun, and drug? ”

"If you really fight hard, when you can't continue, you still have to talk to others, and when the time comes, you will lose money and lose money, I'm afraid that it will be twice as much as today, right?"

"Generous, cheap, which wouldn't? However, how can there be any benefit in the overall situation? If you lose the battle, what you have to do is not to hold your neck and refuse to admit it--don't you admit it? If you don't admit it, you haven't lost a battle? If you don't recognize people, you will be let go? Hmph, what's the difference between this and an ostrich that buries its head in the sand? ”

"If you have lost a battle, you should do it, one, you should admit it, you must admit it; Second, learn from the pain, lie down and taste the gall, and gather lessons, in order to one day, a shame! ”

In the "Fu Bureau" of Xin Younian, the person who presided over it was King Gong and King Gong's father-in-law Gui Liang, but Wen Xiang was also regarded as "praising his affairs". The hard work and grievances of insiders are really "not enough for outsiders", at this moment, Wen Xiang listened to Guan Zhuofan say it in one go, and almost every sentence entered his heart, even if he defended himself, he might not be able to be so thorough!

The past came to his heart, his nose and eyes were hot, and he was almost about to cry, so he quickly took a secret breath and pressed his excitement down.

"The prince's precepts are very thorough!" Tang Jingsong said loudly, "It's a pity that the Vietnamese government and the opposition are full of people like this kind of 'cheap tongue' that the prince said!" ”

After a pause, he lowered his voice slightly, "Didn't you say that King Side dreamed of overturning the agreement and recovering the lost territory?" He believed that the French officials in Vietnam could not be the master of this kind of matter, and it was useless to talk to them, and if they wanted to talk, they had to talk directly to the emperor. Naturally, this messenger still fell on Pan Qingjian, and King Side added him the title of 'Ruxi Envoy', and asked him to go to Paris, the capital of France, to meet the French emperor and return the three provinces of Nanqi and Dongdong. ”

When Pan Qingjian sent the envoy, almost everyone thought that it was impossible to ask the French to spit out the fat that had been swallowed in their stomachs, which was tantamount to seeking skin with a tiger. Butβ€”"

After a pause, "It's really a miracle among miracles - Pan Qingjian actually did it!" ”

*(To be continued.) )