"You're right, Mr. Ambassador, this country has been sinking for too long, you know, a person, or a society, or a country, anyway, as long as it is a whole, it will fall very quickly, and if you fall and want to get up, it is very difficult, this process often takes a long time, your current France, hehe, although he is the nephew of the invincible Emperor Napoleon, but it is really no threat to our British Empire...,"

"Yes, so the cabinet sent me here, not as the center of diplomatic work, the foreign minister clearly told me that I only need to protect the merchants here in the Far East and China's business, so as to avoid the loss of our country's economic interests because of the Chinese's conservatism or ignorance," Ambassador Edward continued, "In the past few months, although the Chinese are polite, most of them still have an arrogant and rude posture in their eyes, and they still think that they are the Heavenly Empire. Especially after winning that war six years ago, this kind of unwillingness and arrogance, cowardice and inferiority are very unfavorable for me to deal with the Indochina this time, as you know, I have never liked to deal with them, because the Minister of the Navy is in charge of the warships and the Minister of War is in charge of the muskets and artillery, and in addition to these official purchases, the local Chinese officials are very enthusiastic, and have long since solved the difficulties and problems of the merchants. ”

"So this is the first important thing in Mr. Ambassador's tenure," Hurd said, he lit his pipe, this pine inlaid with emeralds was given to Hurd by the Tongzhi Emperor, and it was exquisitely made, and Hurd loved it like a treasure, and he always carried it with him, "How did you deal with this matter?" ”

"I have already submitted my credentials. Ask the Great Qing Kingdom to give me an answer. The ambassador continued, "My news back then was that Shi Dakai and his men broke through the siege of government troops and fled to Burma and then to India. Of course, Mr. Hurd, this is just an official statement, and of course I will not believe it all, either that General Ronglu is a waste, or the Chinese think that they can't stop it anyway, and by the way, they will drive these thieves out of the territory and go to other places," the ambassador, Mr. Howard, smiled bitterly, "The Governor of India has sent me several telegrams. ”

Hurd smiled, "What Mr. Ambassador said can exist in both cases, political matters, national matters, far from being as simple as they seem, we need to clear the fog and find out patiently and meticulously," Hurd spat out a cigarette, his expression in the smoke was inscrutable, "Mr. Ambassador, I provide a small piece of news, yes, it is gossip, it is my subordinates who heard it on the street, I heard it, I heard it, Prince Gong let them go." ”

The ambassador looked surprised, "How can this be?" You know, these people are the most important traitors! Now in Britain, the head of each of the three people can at least pull out the title of an earl from the cabinet, and Prince Gong can also be appreciated by the emperor and the queen mother, how can he let it go like this! After all, the ambassador's mind was not stupid, and he turned around a few times and stood up, "It's to let it go and deal with us Britain?!?!? ”……

The Queen Mother was sullen, and the Imperial Council did not talk much, so she asked Prince Gong to tell first, "The British ambassador issued a letter of state, and protested against the establishment of the state by Shi Dakai and others in India. ”

"What protest?" Cixi said lazily.

"Protest against our ineffective suppression of bandits, and let Shi Dakai and others escape."

Cixi snorted coldly, "If he wants to protest, then we will admit our mistakes," the Queen Mother held her chin with her hand, "Just say that the suppression of bandits is not effective, let's accept his opinion with an open mind." ”

"Yes, several people from the Military Aircraft Department discussed and prepared to reply to them, and they were willing to deploy heavy troops in Yunnan and other places to block the border and prevent Shi Zhi from entering China again," Prince Gong seemed to smile, "and strictly forbade the merchants of the Ancient Tea Horse Road from selling supplies to Shi Zhi and others. ”

"It's excellent to do this," the Empress Dowager Cixi nodded with satisfaction, "We can't let the British find out what is wrong with us," the Empress Dowager remembered one thing, her brows furrowed slightly, "I heard that someone is saying on the street now that Shi Dakai was let go?" Is it said to be a strategy to drive the tiger and the wolf into trouble? ”

Prince Gong Wenxiang, Wen Xiang straightened up and replied: "There is such a saying, and I don't know where it flowed out." ”

"Hmph, this Qinzheng Hall is leaky like a grass house, and it is ventilated everywhere," the Queen Mother was very unhappy, "I know everything outside!" ”

"The Queen Mother is angry."

The Queen Mother flipped through the British ambassador's letter of state, "When the king talked to the British ambassador, he told him again that China's weapons and equipment are really not enough, and they are not good enough, and they urgently need the support of the British government, and we will spend money to buy them, and ask him to convey our wishes to the country, and ask the British government to sell us their most advanced weapons, so that we can put down the rebellion well." (To be continued......)

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