Guo Ye replied lightly: "Lord Wang, there are some things that don't need to look ahead and backward, when it's time to do it, just do it, in extraordinary times, what do you do so much?" Taking a step back, even if we can't establish it immediately, we can also prepare in advance, such as the Tongwen Museum, such as the Western-style Yamen, we can look for talents first, and once the time is ripe, we will launch it immediately, so as not to be caught off guard at that time. ”

Prince Gong nodded and did not speak.

Guo Ye continued: "Also, this peace talk, we must communicate with the emperor first, reach an agreement with the emperor, and then negotiate with the four countries, so that we can have a target, now we have not figured out the emperor's thoughts, rashly go to negotiate with the four countries, originally thought that the emperor would agree to things, but turned back, the emperor was dissatisfied, thankless, there are many such examples!" ”

Prince Gong replied: "In that case, then we will enter the palace overnight, and I will take you to meet you!" ”

Guo Ye didn't expect Prince Gong to be so anxious, and he was stunned.

Abundant? replied: "Guo Ye, now the news of your entry into Beijing has not spread, once others know that you have entered Beijing tomorrow, it will be even more difficult to communicate with each other, and the so-called public mouth is difficult to reconcile." ”

Guo Ye nodded and said, "Okay, then it's hard work!" ”

Yes? With it, it is much easier for Guo Ye to enter the palace, after all, Prince Gong is the emperor's brother-in-law, even if there is some estrangement, it is also a prince, and he is the prince of the iron hat, the first prince of the Qing Dynasty.

Soon, I met Emperor Xianfeng.

At this time, Emperor Xianfeng had just eaten the imperial meal, and he had not rested yet, so he summoned the two of them in the imperial study.

Entering the imperial study, Guo Ye hurriedly saluted: "Weichen Guo Ye greets the emperor!" ”

Emperor Xianfeng's face was very bad, and when he saw Guo Ye, he reluctantly smiled and said: "Guo Qing get up, this morning, when the ministers were at a loss for the negotiations of the four countries, Prince Gong specially recommended you to call you back to Beijing, I ask you, can you be sure to complete this peace talk?" ”

Guo Ye said in a low voice: "If you go back to the emperor, the original minister's position was low, and it was not suitable to participate in the government, since the emperor asked, the minister rashly suggested, and asked the emperor to forgive the sin!" ”

Emperor Xianfeng was a little tired, and replied: "Okay, you just have to say it, and it is better to be able to say it than those ministers who can't say anything." ”

Guo Ye replied: "Your Majesty, we can first set a strategy, and then a strategy, now that the envoys of the four countries have entered Beijing and jointly persecuted, we are alone, if we want to be able to take the initiative, it is best to break through each one, but they cannot successfully unite!" That's what I'm talking about. ”

Xianfeng's heart was shocked, Guo Ye was really not simple, as soon as he came up, he set the tone very high, from a high vantage point, and his knowledge was really much higher than others.

Xianfeng asked, "How to break each one?" ”

Guo Ye replied: "Your Majesty, Weichen suggested starting with the United States, the minister has received information, the United States is not very peaceful in the country now, and the local forces in the south are ready to move, and they may fall into the same civil strife as us at any time, that is to say, within a year, they are very likely to break out into chaos like the Taiping bandits, as long as we have a proper strategy, there will not be much problem in taking the United States." ”

Xianfeng nodded, he had never heard of this news.

Guo Ye continued: "Your Majesty, there is also Britain and France, in addition to economic interests, Britain and France are nothing more than wanting to preach and apply for a minister to be stationed in Beijing, compared to us to have to pay a lot of gold and silver, these two conditions are not any conditions at all, as long as we limit their preaching to a certain range, it is not impossible, more than a thousand years ago, Buddhism was also introduced to the Central Plains from India?" Now it has been popular in China for more than 1,000 years, and I have not seen it shake the rule of the empire, so don't care too much, as for the minister stationed in Beijing, the minister thinks that we can send ministers to each other, so that it is convenient for us to encounter problems, and the two sides are convenient to solve negotiations, on the other hand, it can also be convenient for us to understand these Western countries, the so-called knowing oneself and knowing the other, in order to survive a hundred battles, we lost these two wars, in fact, there is no reason for this, the Western countries know about us, far more than we know about it. As long as we agree to these two items, we can not pay them compensation, or try to pay as little as possible! With a small face, in exchange for a lot of benefits, why not? ”

Xianfeng's face sank, and he replied: "Guo Ye, the mission is related to the system of the country and the dynasty, how can you easily agree?" ”

Guo Ye said with a smile: "Your Majesty, our 5,000-year-old history of China, when we had a great poet like Li Dubai, they were still in a state of wilderness, and just by relying on a small foreign religion, can we shake our national foundation?" Where is it so easy? What about the 480 temples of the Southern Dynasty back then? As for the ministers, this situation is common in all Western countries, and they are not vassal states of the country, so naturally they cannot be treated with Korea, Tibet or Mongolia, do you say yes or no? ”

Although Xianfeng felt that something was wrong, Guo Ye's words were not unreasonable, it has been almost 5,000 years since the emperor ruled the kingdom of the Celestial Empire, how can it be said that it will be broken?

Xianfeng frowned and replied, "Guo Ye, do you think it's feasible?" ”

Guo Ye muttered: "There is another one, that is, the commercial port, the emperor, opening the commercial port, it is really a double-edged sword, a trade together, there will be a large amount of tax revenue, which can enrich our treasury, now the war in the south is frequent, and the bandits are also repeatedly suppressed, it is the time when money and food are needed; Second, the things produced by Western countries will have a great impact on us and will easily cause social chaos, but the minister thinks that it is better to open more commercial ports, as long as we collect more taxes and use them for the country, why not? We gave them two more trading ports, but we revoked their privileges, and demanded that they must abolish the opium trafficking and cancel the war reparations! I think they'll think about it. ”

Xianfeng's brain was already a little unable to react at this time, Guo Ye said something he had almost never heard of!

Prince Gong on the side was also a little overwhelmed, it turned out that this kid still had more things in his stomach and didn't leak out, he really couldn't be a person!

Xianfeng was a little upset in his heart, and said: "Okay, since you think your strategy is feasible, then leave it to you to handle, all the affairs are handled by you, be sure to do it well for me, I will definitely reward you!" ”

Guo Ye smiled bitterly: "Your Majesty, the minister is a third-grade official, and it is also a military position, such a thing, the minister really can't be in charge, the minister thinks that he can be in charge of the head with Gong Wangye, and the minister is willing to attach to Jiwei and serve the work of dogs and horses!" ”

Abundant? My heart chuckled, rub, this kid, he went astray while talking, and if you involve me at this time, then the two of us will not have a good life in the future!