The Duke of Newcastle had a very bad impression of the Manchus, not only because of the closure, backwardness and the two wars, but also because of the barbarism of the Manchus, who were considered to be a group of barbarians in the upper circles of Britain at that time.

The good impression that the British had of China and the travels of Marco Polo was evaporated in the barbaric atrocities they witnessed again and again.

In fact, the Duke of Newcastle did not want to take on this task, and in his consciousness those barbarians did not deserve such a high-level welcome ceremony.

But at the same time, he also knew that this diplomatic event was destined to go down in history, and in order to give the queen such glory, he had to be strong to complete the task.

So from the very beginning the Duke came with a perfunctory mood, and even he opposed the queen's use of the Victory, a national treasure. However, when the two ships intersected with the Zhiyuan, the Chinese salute and the 21-gun salute made the Duke of Newcastle very pleased, and he suddenly added a lot of points.

Originally, the Duke didn't want to go on the Zhiyuan, he just wanted to accompany the guests into the Thames on the Victory, just go through the motions, in fact, according to the earliest exercise arrangement, he should accompany the Zhiyuan throughout the whole process.

The guests are polite, the host's face is of course light, the old impression of the past has dissipated a lot, and the duke feels with great curiosity that he should still come to meet the little emperor and the head of the Chinese people in the East.

This sight is really extraordinary, the little emperor is not as arrogant as the legendary Eastern emperor, on the contrary, he is extremely approachable and unpretentious.

Xiao Lotian exudes a literati atmosphere and a sunny smile.

"Oh God, is it true that the information brought back by the expeditionary force is wrong? They don't say that the politicians of the East are all fat pigs, greedy and stupid fools, and barbaric and arrogant......

"But the emperor and the head of state in front of me don't have the slightest such characteristics, did I welcome a fake emperor?

It is no wonder that the Duke of Newcastle was suspicious, because the information fed back by the previous expeditionary force was really bad, especially the details of the Manchu Qing torture and killing of the envoys, which shocked the entire European high society.

At that time, the British and French forces had captured Dagukou, but the coalition forces at that time still had no plan to attack the city of Beijing, one was that the city of Beijing was the capital of the Qing Dynasty, and it was likely that it would not be able to defeat it if it was heavily guarded, and the risk of failure was too great.

Another reason is that there is no need, Britain and France do not want a military occupation of China, they do not have such a big appetite, they just want the right to preach and diplomacy and expand the business circle.

That's just these three conditions.

Therefore, the coalition forces at that time sent Pasha Li to Beijing with a delegation of 39 people to negotiate with the Manchus, but unfortunately they still quarreled over the issue of kneeling and bowing.

Pa Xia Li not only did not see Emperor Xianfeng, but also because of the dispute over kneeling and worshipping, the Manchu Qing were furious and directly detained the envoys.

During the seizure, Pashali and others were treated inhumanely, and the monks sent soldiers to kowtow to him on the ground according to Pashali until his forehead was bloody.

While asking Pashali to kowtow, Monk Lingqin also forced him to order the withdrawal of the army, but Pashali could only answer helplessly that he was an envoy and had not been fully authorized, so he could not order the army.

The enraged monk Grinqin then made him kowtow, and finally the envoy, whose head was broken, was thrown into the prison of the Criminal Department, where he continued to be tortured by various tortures.

The remaining 30 or so members of the legation suffered even worse, they were imprisoned in the cells of the Old Summer Palace, and what kind of treatment were they received in the Old Summer Palace?

"When they were escorted, their hands were bound with leather ropes soaked in water, and they were never untied again. This kind of leather rope is more and more forbidden, and it will not take a few days for the binding place to start rotting and growing maggots......"

"When these people first came, Emperor Xianfeng also came to interrogate them, and then the Chinese side failed in the Battle of Baliqiao, and Emperor Xianfeng fled in a hurry, and no one cared about the rest of these people. So these foreign envoys were tied behind their backs, knelt on the ground, and did not eat water and rice for three days......"

"The Times reporter Bowlby died on the fourth day, and his body was left in a cell for three days before being thrown into the field and eaten by wild dogs......"

"Lieutenant Anderson, whose hands and feet were strangled to maggots, watched the maggots spread all over his hands, and he was delirious, and he screamed for three days, and he died......"

"A French prisoner, maggots got into his mouth, ears, nose, and he also went crazy...... One of the survivors was still counting maggots in prison, saying that he could breed 1,000 maggots a day!"

Of the 39-member envoys, only 19 of them returned alive, and this is the very famous Pasha incident in the history of human diplomacy.

At that time, the plenipotentiary envoy Ergin had already been bombed, and he ordered that the Old Summer Palace must be burned on the day the city was broken, as punishment for the barbaric acts of the Manchus.

Since the Pashali incident, Europe's impression of China has taken a turn for the worse like an avalanche, and the elites who have access to this information have completely swept the Manchus out of the ranks of civilized countries, and China has completely reduced itself to the representative of the barbarians.

At this moment, only the common people in Europe still have a good impression of China in the past, and the top officials of various governments have long despaired of the Manchus.

Especially in the eyes of the British, the Manchus were a big slave owner who could cooperate and exploit it, and through his assistance they could better seize the wealth of China, nothing more.

So the Duke of Newcastle's contempt was still justified, but what he never expected was that the young emperor and the suave head of state suddenly made him doubt himself.

Such a polite emperor is rare in Europe, is this really a barbarian king?

The Duke of Newcastle's waist lowered, and he said respectfully, "Your Majesty's demeanor makes the foreign minister sigh, this time I would like to extend a sincere welcome to Your Majesty on behalf of myself, and if you have the opportunity, I invite Your Majesty to my fiefdom...... I have a football team and it's still worth watching......"

"Newcastle United?" Xiao Lotian couldn't help but exclaim.

The duke was stunned, "Ah...... Führer, are you going to give a name to my team, and why is it called a United Team? However, since I formed a team, it should be possible to give me the title!"

"Hahaha...... Thank you for the name, from now on my team will be called Newcastle United!"

Xiao Lotian almost didn't choke to death by his own saliva, this is really a fun that only a traverser can experience, who would have thought that this famous team was originally named by himself.

But this fun can't be said yet, I can only hold it in my heart, and I'm about to hold back my internal injuries.

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