On the same day, the decree was drawn up by the Military Aircraft Department, sealed by the Tongzhi Emperor, and sent to Yunnan with an expedited delivery of 800 miles

Cen Yuying, the governor of Yunnan, did not know about this matter After receiving the telegram, he personally investigated the "Ma Jiali case" A preliminary conclusion was reached a month later Cen Yuying folded his son and passed into Beijing Cen Yuying said: The southern barbarians near Tengyue killed a Han man who invaded their territory It is estimated that the British translator Margaret was mentioned in the holy decree The governor yamen has collected the bones of the magistrate Tengyue Some bones still survive and I still know the ins and outs of the matter The general cause is similar to what the British said If there is any progress in the matter, the prime minister should be reported to the yamen immediately

After reading the excerpt, Prince Gong immediately called Li Hongzhang and the two of them to study countermeasures and discuss how to resolve the dispute with the British

Li Hongzhang began to make an appointment with Wei Tuma to inform Wei Tuma of the truth of the preliminary investigation of the "Ma Jia Case" and discuss how to properly resolve the matter

Wei Tu Mardri is unforgiving, how can he give up Ma Jiali is his personal entourage, people are emotional animals, he wants to seek justice for the death of Ma Jiali, first proposed that the Qing Dynasty should send important ministers of the imperial court to Tengyue to investigate in person, and the governor of Yunnan, Cen Yuying, and other officials from top to bottom should be locked into Beijing for questioning, and then proposed to open more ports, reduce taxes and various burdens on British merchants

The lion opened his mouth and proposed that the Qing Dynasty should pay a large sum of money to compensate Margaret's widow and compensate the British Empire for its losses, and that the compensation should not be less than one million taels of silver

Later, Wei Tuma was instructed by the British government to add clauses: the Qing Dynasty should follow the precedent of the previous "Tianjin Teaching Plan", send a mission to England, apologize to the British people, demarcate the boundary of the British residence at the old port, and the Qing people should not enter casually

Li Hongzhang patiently negotiated with Wittoma, listened carefully to Wittoma's proposition, showed that everything is easy to discuss, and did not approve of every condition until the last moment

Prince Gong was disturbed by this matter, and almost every day he entered the palace to show the progress of the negotiations to the Tongzhi Emperor The Tongzhi Emperor hummed haha, vaguely said that he did not express his position on the conditions of the British Empire, and also sharpened his salary and tasted shame

Premier Yamen first sent Li Hanzhang, governor of Huguang, to Yunnan to find out the matter with Cen Yuying, but when he proposed that Yunnan Governor Cen Yuying and other officials should be arrested and questioned for questioning from top to bottom, Premier Yamen always gritted his teeth and refused to agree

This made Wei Tuma think that "The Margaret Case" was a conspiracy, on the surface, Margaret was killed by the savages in the Tengyue area, but secretly it was a premeditated plan between the imperial court and Cen Yuying, and it was deliberately difficult for the British Empire, trying to make the British dare not enter Yunnan

Negotiation is more than patience and strength Wei Tuma is high and domineering, insisting that the imperial court arrest Cen Yuying and others in Beijing for questioning, and a Chinese and British official will be tried Wei Tuma wants to use the "Margaret Case" to get the unfinished interests of the British Empire in his hands, and also threatens the British ** team to Chen soldiers on the Burmese border

Prince Gong and Li Hongzhang used a trick of "dragging" the Qing Empire's inefficiency Let the British negotiating team end with dinner every time As for the reply to the negotiation, there is still a request for a decree No one here has done the main Prince Gong and Li Hongzhang and other important officials of the court did not think it was a big deal It's just the death of a British translator Wei Tuma is unreasonable

After two months of negotiation and negotiation, Wittoma lost patience and threatened to return to London, England, to state to Parliament the shameless act of the Qing Dynasty, which meant that the dispute should be resolved by force, because the British had to go to war by a vote of the Senate and the House of Representatives, and the initiator, Wittoma, asked the Parliament to reply

Speaking and saying that he was tired, Wei Tuma showed his determination with practical actions, set off for Tianjin Port, and wanted to take a boat back to London, England, and then the prime minister Yamen panicked, and Li Hongzhang sent Xu Zhan, the British consulate in Tianjin, to stop Wei Tuoma, to show the sincerity of the Qing Dynasty to continue negotiations, and the friendship between Qing and Britain will last forever

In this way, the final terms of the negotiation were placed in front of the eyes of the Tongzhi Emperor There are a total of eight unequal treaties to be recognized by the Tongzhi Emperor with a jade seal This time the Tongzhi Emperor was angry and tore the treaty to shreds on the spot and severely scolded Prince Gong and Li Hongzhang and said that they were not doing well and messed up the negotiations and changed people to negotiate with the British Li Guolou was so inexplicably named by the Tongzhi Emperor A holy decree went directly to Yan'an Li Guolou was appointed as the emperor's envoy Full-time to discuss the disposition plan of the "Margaret Case" with the British Empire Let him immediately go to Beijing to report on his work

Emperor Tongzhi made this decision because he received an edict from the Empress Dowager of the Two Palaces, "It's still your own slave to do things, rest assured, let Li Guolou do it, Li Guolou will not betray the interests of the country, and if you can save it, you will save it."

Only then did Emperor Tongzhi have the confidence to dare to go to the study to be angry with the two important ministers, otherwise he would not dare to offend a prince and a minister at one time by borrowing him as an ambitious leopard

Prince Gong and Li Hongzhang were scolded by Emperor Tongzhi but the errand still had to be done First stabilize Wei Tuoma and then draw up a holy decree Eight hundred miles to expedite Li Guolou to enter Beijing immediately

Li Guolou received the holy decree and did not excite him to become an official and enter the knighthood He didn't say that he finished explaining many matters of the Wujun and completed the sacred killing mission given to him by Zuo Zongtang After reviewing the Wujun The next time he went on the road in a hurry Even Wanniang didn't take it all the way without stopping and lived directly in the Xianliang Temple Pavilion Waiting for the Tongzhi Emperor to summon him

In the dead of night, in the study room of the Xianliang Temple, Li Guolou and Fan Dahui also studied the documents of "The Case of Margaret" and looked for clues in the vast sea of literature to find useful clues from them Before meeting the Tongzhi Emperor, Li Guolou could not meet the courtiers in person, so he could only read the courtiers' reply excerpts and the contents of the treaty issued by the British

After reading a book, Fan Dahui sighed and said, "Master Li, this is what you think the superior people do, and it's too inauthentic."

Li Guolou laughed dryly: "Master Rice, don't be irritable, Britain is in turmoil, they see that the Prussians have gained too much It's a little unbalanced, I don't believe that the British dare to provoke a war on their own Yunnan border war Those ethnic minority bare-ass cubs are so strong that the British ** team will be defeated Cen Yuying, Cen Chunxuan, father and son have experience in counterinsurgency and are good people Those ethnic minorities are willing to work hard The British on land dare not stir Only the sea is a big threat to our country."

Li Guolou faces Tianjin, where the Qing Dynasty has no weakness to solve, or to grovel to the British Empire, and the negotiations cannot be messed up

"Then what do you say to do" Fan Dahui's round eyes were bright, and the oil lamp was shining

Li Guolou smiled and said: "I am a great spy of the Qing Dynasty, there is my inside line everywhere, who is afraid of whom, I still collect a lot of British intelligence, and I have also caught the weakness of the British."

"Where" Fan Dahui asked happily

"Burma, Ottoman Empire," Li Guolou said with great firmness

Fan Dahui sighed: "Master Li said that Burma is still feasible, what does the Ottoman Empire have to do with us, you are too far away."

The Ottoman Empire is a Eurasian Empire, that is, the Turkish Empire, and the establishment of the Zhedeshar State Aguba is to be canonized by the Ottoman Emperor The Zhedeshar State is a vassal state of the Ottoman Empire, and the Ottoman Empire is very similar to the Qing Dynasty, which is a foreign power and a middle cadre, and seems to be a behemoth, but it always loses battles, is divided up by the Western powers, and is constantly ceded land and reparations, and the Qing Dynasty is a difficult brother

At this time, the Ottoman Empire was at war with the Russian Empire, known as the Turkish-Russian War, which was divided into three phases and lasted for a hundred years

Li Guolou showed his teeth and smiled slightly: "You don't understand, war boils down to interests, can the British reap the benefits of Yunnan, the mountainous heights, and the poor inland are chicken ribs for the British, even if the British invade the territory of the Qing Dynasty, they must be in the coastal areas, and they will never fight for consumption in the mountains and the Qing Dynasty, and the war is to maximize the interests Where are the great interests of the British?"

Fan Dahui touched his chin and thought: "Are you saying that the Ottoman Empire is the great interest of the British?"

"That's right, although Russia and the Ottoman Empire are inseparable, but the British must be the mediator of this war for the sake of European interests, and they don't want to see the Russians win If the Russians occupy the entire Ottoman Empire, the Europeans will go east to Russia After the Russians achieve a partial victory in the war, the British will definitely take action to forcibly mediate this war, so the British overseas legions are all concentrated in Constantinople The British ** team in East Asia is only enough to maintain law and order in India and Burma So I want Burma to sprinkle a handful of salt Wittoma wants the Qing Dynasty to compensate one million silver Dream on I'm willing to spend a million dollars of silver on the Burmese opposition, and I want to let the Burma turmoil continue, and let the British also taste the Burmese people's independence movement."

Fan Dahui's eyes widened in horror, but he didn't expect that Li Guolou's thoughts transcended national borders and engaged in a diplomatic negotiation He actually wanted to mess up a country and said urgently: "Lord Li, you can't mess around, the British can't afford to offend, this is against national policy, and if you want to be attacked, the British will retaliate."

Li Guolou was righteous and shouted: "What are you afraid of, the curve to save the country is also a patriot We can let the elders and the remnants of the party, Liu Yongfu, the leader of the Black Flag Army stationed in Annan, go and do it Even if Liu Yongfu embezzles part of the money, it will be beneficial to us I want to let the British and French smoke behind their butts and fall into the quagmire of the people's war."

Fan Dahui heard Li Guolou's voice, and said very worriedly: "Master Li, you are doing this way, don't want to empty out your family, we are not strong ourselves, we have to support the national struggles of other countries and provoke the consequences of war, have you thought about it?"

Li Guolou waved his hand and said in a loud voice: "Fan Dahui, you are a wise and wise person, don't be afraid, start construction of the train next year, you can quickly increase the national productivity, and the agricultural economy will develop into an industrial society, and then it will not earn 10 million silver a year, at least double every year, and the national economy will double in less than five years, and the comprehensive strength of the whole country will also double, and after ten years, it will quadruple, and the national rejuvenation will depend on the train industry, and the banking and transportation industries will be in the hands of the two national economies, and the world will be at my disposal, and I will appoint you to be the secretary of the Ministry of Railways, and drive the train to the border with Myanmar."

"Lord Li, then it's hard for you," Fan Dahui looked at the handsome Li Guolou, hehe, he smiled treacherously, only Li Guolou in the world can deal with the insatiable Manchu princes and nobles, as well as the two powerful queen dowagers in the palace

Li Guolou didn't seem to hear the voiceover Looking down at the twists and turns Unencumbered by a diplomatic dispute "The Margaret Case" is just an appearance The British are looking for an excuse to provoke war If it is not handled well, the British will definitely take action The interests of the British must be taken into account The British are not willing to be robbed of China's interests by the Prussians They still have to sign an unequal treaty But the compensation of one million taels of silver That is the sky-high price of Wei Tuma Why didn't Li Hongzhang even see that As long as he was a special envoy for negotiations, he would never promise to compensate so much silver Remove one zero This is about the same Everything else is negotiable

Fan Dahui said in a low voice: "Master Li, let you be this envoy, there will be endless troubles If the negotiation is successful, your name will be recorded on the contract between the two countries, and you will be a traitor, and the halo of a national hero will no longer be there In the future, leading troops to fight The death squad will not be so easy to call This black cauldron must not be carried Let Li Hongzhang come forward Anyway, Master Fu Xiang has a lot of lice on his body, and he is not afraid to record it."

Li Guolou suddenly came to his senses, patted his thigh, and said: "Master Fan, what you said is reasonable, there is no problem for me to be the special envoy, the name will never fall at the negotiation table, the green hat can be worn, and the traitor hat is absolutely not worn."

"Hey, Master Li, you still miss Qiu Xiang Forget this woman who sent it to the door as soon as possible Or I'll send you a fellow sister of Orchid Ji to you" Fan Dahui didn't forget to tease Li Guolou The two of them even had the leisure to reveal the old story

"Hey, to be honest, I'm still glad I really want to go a few more That Wu Yingzi didn't leave, but it made me in a dilemma " Li Guolou didn't feel ashamed at all Not ashamed, but proud He is an outlier among men He actually wanted to give the old bustard Wu Yingzi to Wang Wu

Fan Dahui admonished: "Master Li, the family and everything is prosperous, don't fight the ghost idea, be careful of being punished by God, Mother Wu is concerned, you will treat others well, don't expose people's scars at home, go home and be the first to coax her, you know?"

"Hmm" Li Guolou lowered his head Despicable thoughts will only be exposed once You still have to focus on the overall situation The she-wolf in the family has to be settled one by one I couldn't help but show a lewd expression

Fan Dahui pushed open the window The dawn light illuminates the study Li Guolou is like the bright light beside him Illuminating his path A battle without gunpowder smoke is about to start a round of competition Fan Dahui looked at Chaoxia as if he saw artillery fire filling the battlefield Where is the killing battlefield

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