The sixth master said in his heart, is this guy Mai Ke really prescient?

Otherwise, why did he ask me for conditional surrender a long time ago?

After a big turn, didn't you finally come back to this road?

The fourth brother will not talk about it, whether he is the emperor or the elder brother, he is just a Chinese asset, and it is not surprising that he can't see these things.

But what about you, as an emperor, what the hell is going on with you?

Can't you see the ending?

Does that mean you're too incompetent?

Did you see this ending and twist it on purpose?

Do you have ulterior motives, and you don't care about the loss of human and financial resources?

Or is it more profound, do you mean to do so?

With so much thinking, from now on, the sixth master felt that everything he did was not all about maintaining the throne of the fourth brother.

However, since this guy is now mentioning the preferential terms of the royal family, the sixth master is naturally turning the rudder with the wind, and strives to settle this matter by the way.

Only Xianfeng doesn't seem to have turned a corner.

As before, he has never accurately grasped the proportions of defending, fighting, and surrendering, and now his thoughts are still wandering between "running away" and "starting to fight".

He asked confusedly, "Aren't we going to flee to Sanxiang?

The sixth master and the spirit looked at each other and smiled bitterly, and the spirit had to come forward to explain.

"We now have no city to defend, no soldiers to fight, no way to flee, and no way out on all sides! Only by surrendering to the Heavenly Army with dignity, as Prince Gong said earlier, can we live. The Regent gave a brief explanation of the current situation.

"Can't we just hold on and wait for help? I can give another order to quit the household!"

Xianfeng said.

This is also out of the house has become a habit.

When Regent Ling and the Sixth Master mention the extinction now, they feel like they have been exterminated!

In terms of effectiveness, it can be said that it has reached an unparalleled height in terms of the number of people mobilized.

But what about the role it plays. Not to mention that it didn't help the Manchus, but helped the Heavenly Army!

The direct help was that the mobilized reinforcements all ran to the side of the Heavenly Army.

In other words, if there is one less soldier of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, there will be one more soldier of the Heavenly Army!

Although he scoffed at Xianfeng's suggestion, the sixth master still took care of the fourth brother's emotions. said: "If the fourth brother wants to die for the country, you can take this road; the sixth brother and I will definitely stick to the end with the fourth brother and become benevolent together!"

These two people sang black faces and red faces, squeezing Xianfeng with no way out, so they had to agree to surrender.

Then he was in a state of his own and went into the back room.

Only the Regent and the Sixth Master were left looking at each other.

However, the two of them were still relatively sober and knew that the terms of those surrenders were more complicated. I couldn't figure it out for a while, and the top priority was to quickly tell the Heavenly Army, inform Mai Ke, and tell him the intention of the Manchu Qing.

Otherwise, this last place of land will be destroyed by the Heavenly Army every second.

The sixth master told Xu Guangjin, the governor of Liangguang, about this, and Xu Guangjin volunteered to make a trip, because he had a relationship with Mai Ke.

It didn't take long. Mai Ke came over.

With him, only Liuhua came over as a negotiator. There is also Hu Servant, who is Mai Ke's guards.

In fact, the two families are now separated by one street, and if something goes wrong, Mai Ke's guards, even if they can't suppress it immediately, hold on until the arrival of the big army. No problem at all.

Several people came to sit down at the table that had been arranged in advance, and talked straight to the point about the preferential conditions of the Manchu royal family.

The so-called preferential treatment is to give the royal family and related personnel basic protection, including life safety and private property, on the condition of giving up resistance.

Mai Ke studied the conditions given to the royal family by the Republic of China. The main preferential treatment was divided into the emperor himself, the imperial family, and other ethnic groups close to the Manchu Qing Dynasty, including the Manchus, Mongolians, and Tibetans.

The conditions given to them by Mai Ke embody the principle of "equal treatment".

Although on the surface the victory of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom was a victory for the Han people, in fact it was a victory for all Chinese.

In other words, whoever joined the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom was the victor, regardless of whether it was Han or not.

Since the emperor abdicated peacefully, then first of all, the Manchurian and Mongolian return to Tibet will be protected by the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom and enjoy the same rights, but without the previous privileges, the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom will not allow such privileges to exist again.

Therefore, the national question is solved, and there is no need to propose special care or special protection.

This is followed by all members of the royal family, including nobles of various titles.

The provisions of the Republic of China were retained, and it was not completely lost until another regime change later.

What Mai Ke proposed was that these titles were still retained for a generation, and after the death of these parties, the titles were abolished.

These people are given titles in the same way as local administrative officials, and are the responsibility of welfare institutions.

Their family members have to fend for themselves.

During the transition period, if there is real difficulty, it will also be taken care of by the welfare agency.

In terms of social activities and political participation, these members of the royal family have the same rights and obligations as the rest of the kingdom of heaven.

Those who are well-educated can serve as government officials, and those with high martial arts can join the army.

"For example, Prince Gong, you," although Mai Ke was not too reluctant, he also knew that he was the same age as Prince Gong, so he still called him a knighthood like everyone else.

As for the sixth master being Mai Ke's apprentice, and Mai Ke is the sixth master's master, this is a private agreement between the two, and it cannot be publicly disclosed now.

"You can continue your business and specialize in dealing with foreign devils. Prince Gong has a nickname, called "Devil Six", because he has a lot of dealings with those foreigners, and those conservative parties have arranged this nickname for him to be sarcastic.

"I don't have to relearn this. Hey, I heard that the foreign devils over there are very obedient, how did they do it? I didn't get angry with them, and they all looked like they had eyes on the top of their heads. As soon as Prince Gong heard this, he was really interested.

"Well, I won't hide it from you. There are two tricks. ”

"What's the trick for two?" asked Prince Gong like a child anxious to hear a story.

"One is a lot of money, and the other is a hard fist. Mai Ke smiled and said, "They are not as rich as us, and they are not as powerful as us, so they have to be honest and obedient." ”

When Prince Gong heard this, wasn't it obvious? Didn't the Manchu Qing Dynasty also end up in the same way? Don't laugh at foreign ghosts.

The Manchus were not as good as them. At least they don't have to surrender.

However, Prince Gong really has a bent and stretchable character, and immediately let his thoughts out of the trough. Isn't there still a chance now, once they join the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, can't they deal with those foreign devils in the same way? They don't have such a chance.

Hoping to be together, Prince Gong wants to end his official business as soon as possible. Learn more about the Western affairs he is interested in.

So he turned to the emperor himself.

"I hope to give my fourth brother more freedom and privileges, anyway, the emperor will end up with him, and I estimate that he will die soon. The sixth master whispered.

The negotiations were two-on-two, the Heavenly Army was Mai Ke and Liuhua, the Manchu Qing was Liuye and Lingling, and Xianfeng did not participate.

Mai Ke knew that Xianfeng in history was a short-lived emperor, and the portrait was particularly emaciated, so there must be a special reason. Hearing him say this, he asked, "The emperor is at the age of prime and strength." How can you say that?"

"Probably because of internal and external difficulties! He often sleeps all night and doesn't think about eating, so how can he last long?" said the sixth master worriedly.

"Okay, you mention it! What other conditions need to be changed or added?" Mai Ke really wasn't worried about this Xianfeng Emperor.

If a good emperor lets him be in charge, he can be gone, does he still have the ability to turn over and regain the lost throne?

"I would like to add two: one is to give him an honorary title so that he can continue to represent the country. He won't be pointed at the back and called him the king of the dead country! This may be the only way to make him feel better! Do you think it's okay, Mai Ke?"

The sixth master mentioned the first one. It seems that I have matured in my heart.

Mai Ke was silent, but said in his heart that this was really not a big deal.

Give you an honorary vice chairman, it sounds good, you have no rights, and you are still idle.

"Hmm. This counts as one, and what is the second condition?"

Prince Gong saw that Mai Ke was noncommittal, and spoke more carefully.

"The second is to give him more freedom to go around and relax. Maybe it will help his physical recovery. ”

Seeing that Mai Ke was silent, he hurriedly added, "For the sake of these two items, I can further lower the other conditions." ”

Mai Ke saw that the sixth master really cared about his fourth brother, so he stopped pinching him, and said: "For the sake of Prince Gong's sincerity, I will agree to the latter two articles." It's just that I need the sixth master to give me a bearing. ”

"I don't know what I can do?" the sixth master asked suspiciously.

"I invite you to join the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom as the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Heavenly Kingdom, responsible for all foreign affairs. I don't know what the sixth master wants?" Mai Ke threw out an olive branch that had been planned for a long time.

"I can monopolize the power of foreign exchanges and make my own decisions?" the sixth master couldn't believe his ears.

"Of course, as long as you follow the established national policy of the kingdom of heaven, you can do it! However, I would like to remind you that we are a great country, so don't bully them. ”

Mai Ke was a little worried that the long-suppressed Sixth Master would take revenge on those foreigners.

Of course, Mai Ke didn't think that the sixth master would retaliate against those foreigners who made things difficult for him, but he still felt the need to remind him.

"Of course not! I will treat people with courtesy and make them ashamed of themselves!"

The Manchu Prime Minister, who has always been angry in front of foreigners, and Prince Gong, who has always been attacked by his own people as "Devil Six", finally raised his eyebrows.

"Hahahaha!"

He laughed again, he had never been so happy.

I am both civil and military, domineering and exposed, the real sixth master is here!

Seeing that it was about to be completed, the spirit that had not spoken all this time came out again.

"I don't think it's that simple, right? Let me put forward one condition, we will fight each other in pairs, and if we lose both games, we will sign a contract immediately! If you lose, you will withdraw your troops! If you lose and win, ......."

"It's good that we lost!" Liuhua, who had not spoken all this time, stood up and answered.

"That's it!come, we've fought!".

(To be continued.) )