Zhu Jinlei had one hand, like a door god, in front of Hu Linyi's body, but it touched Hu Linyi's most sensitive nerve.

He was ruthless, so he hit it directly, and said in his mouth: "I am also the prime minister of the cabinet, and those who respect me call me a nonsense, and those who disrespect me call me Hu Runzhi, what is your identity, dare to cut off the relationship between our monarchs and ministers!" ”

Since he entered Beijing, Liu Chang has granted him the right to see him at any time, but Hu Linyi has always promised himself to be a national soldier, but he has never used this right: "Your Majesty allows me to see me at any time, and I will see him in the wind and rain, you dare to stop me?" ”

Hu Linyi and his two entourages almost crashed into Zhu Jinlei, the door god, Zhu Jinlei had no choice but to retreat to the right, but he was unwilling to give up his duties, grabbed one of Hu Linyi's hands and said: "Hu Xiang, it is really inconvenient for Your Majesty, he is now receiving foreign envoys." ”

Hu Linyi once again remembered the high gate of the Gongyuan, and wanted to get rid of Zhu Jinlei's hand, but he couldn't break free, Zhu Jinlei had already begged for mercy: "Your Majesty is indeed not very convenient, otherwise, I will send someone in to ask Your Majesty what he means." ”

Hu Linyi weighed it, it was okay for him to continue to break through, but he also knew that although Liu Chang was ridiculous and lustful, he would never come to a military aircraft such as a small barracks, so he asked suspiciously: "Is it really inconvenient?" Which country's envoy was you meeting with? ”

He knew that Liu Chang never considered the opinions of the cabinet in these affairs in military politics and diplomacy, and only ordered the cabinet to carry out the decisions after making decisions, so things like receiving foreign envoys often did not have anything to do with him, and he would only inform himself after Liu Chang had finalized them.

Zhu Jinlei's tone was very tight: "Let's see what Your Majesty means." ”

He explained that a staff officer hurriedly went to Liu Chang's side to inquire: "Just say that Hu Xiang wants to see him, and ask Your Majesty if it is convenient now?" ”

About a quarter of an hour later, the staff officer came back under the leadership of a beautiful man in men's clothes, and the female officer in the khaki military dress stretched out her hand: "Premier Hu, right?" Please come with me, Your Majesty has given you permission to attend the hearing, and then discuss important matters with you, Prime Minister. Come with me. ”

Hu Linyi was proud in his heart, and immediately followed the female officer and walked inside, crossing one sentry after another, and he was also a little curious about the female officer.

He knew that the scale of Liu Chang's harem was not small, although he didn't know the specific number, but it was said inside and outside Hangzhou that there were at least dozens of them, at least when the pseudo-heavenly king Hong Xiuquan abandoned Jinling and left, the concubines who stayed behind and the good daughters in Jinling City at that time all returned to Liu Chang. Among them, there are not only small jasper, famous ladies, but also married wives and new widows.

It's just that Liu Chang's harem is not a decoration, many of them are beautiful girls, small family jasper, and good daughters of the real eunuch family, so they also got the position of a female official granted by Liu Chang to handle government affairs for him. Xiang Shi Tinglan and Yang Changmei are extremely favored, but few of them wear military uniforms.

The female officer in front of her, although she was young, was wearing a Western general's uniform, a medal on her chest, an armed belt around her waist, a silver sword at her waist, and a horsewhip in her hand. I didn't know who it was, so Hu Linyi asked casually: "I don't know which palace the girl belongs to?" ”

"Premier Hu, please respect yourself." The officer in front of him had some frost on his face: "I'm not from any palace, I'm Zhou Xiuying." ”

When Hu Linyi heard this, he blamed himself repeatedly: "It turned out to be Commander Zhou Xiuying and Zhou, offended." ”

He has met several commanders of the Rainbow Army, only Zhou Xiuying, who commands the entire Rainbow Army, has never met, so he pleaded guilty again and again: "I really didn't expect it to be the world-famous big sword girl, Commander Zhou." Hu Linyi just said the wrong thing. Thank you for your understanding. ”

Hu Linyi, such a big man, pleaded guilty to himself, and Zhou Xiuying was embarrassed: "Premier Hu is polite." ”

Hu Linyi whispered tentatively: "Your Majesty is receiving the envoy of which country?" So solemn. ”

"It's the envoy of Spain." Zhou Xiuying walked with full spirit: "I don't know the current affairs. ”

"I don't know the current affairs" as soon as the evaluation came out. Hu Linyi knew it in his heart.

The two of them crossed a heavy sentry again, and then after the four female internal guards and six male guards checked that they did not carry weapons or other prohibited items, they officially entered the lobby where Liu Chang usually handles official business, and as soon as Hu Linyi appeared, Liu Chang beckoned to him and motioned to sit beside him.

Hu Linyi glanced up, this negotiation can be said to be an elite gathering, Liu Chang sat in the main seat, next to a number of senior officers and political officials of the Hong Army, among which Rong Hong, deputy minister of etiquette of the cabinet, was also among them, he was a little embarrassed when he saw Hu Linyi.

For Rong Hong to put aside himself as the prime minister, and even ran to negotiate with the Spaniards without even knowing it, Hu Linyi naturally had a lot of dissatisfaction in his heart, but he was quickly attracted by the content of the conversation between the two sides.

The Spanish envoy was not a career diplomat, but a missionary, with a Bible in his hand, a cross on his chest, tall and thin, with high cheekbones, and eyes with the zeal of a missionary, who opened his mouth to God, punished, and refused to make substantial concessions.

"You have invaded God's domain, the Philippines is the sacred territory of the Kingdom of Spain, this land was given to Spain by God through the Papal States, and it was established by Spain after three hundred years of pioneering, management and blood and sweat, and if you refuse to withdraw from the Philippines, then you will be punished by God."

Hu Linyi carefully sat down beside Liu Chang, and then heard Rong Hong arguing with reason, he pointed out that the actions of the Rainbow Army were purely self-defense counterattacks, and that it was Spain and the Philippines that intervened in the Chinese civil war to support the rebellious Guangdong government, so the Rainbow Army must send troops to punish it.

But the missionary, who was really not a qualified diplomat, roared and cried, "You know what you have done? You are committing an unprecedented act in the history of mankind, you have confiscated the property and land of the Church, divided them among a group of savages, driven the shepherds out of their pastures, and even handed over the meek faithful to a group of heretics, wait for God's judgment! ”

Liu Chang interrupted Rong Hong's action of standing up and speaking, he held the tea cup and said: "I'm sorry, Mr. Missionary, I don't believe in God, so God's judgment has no meaning for us, let's not waste time, I can propose our maximum concessions." ”

"We can divide the Philippine Islands with the Kingdom of Spain, and the Spaniards can return to Manila and Luzon, throughout the Philippines. We have reciprocal powers, and we can make up for the series of reforms that Lin Mengchu made in the northern Philippines, such as the redistribution of the land of the Church, the expulsion of the Spanish missionaries, the property of the Church and the Spaniards, which can be ransomed from the treasury of the New Philippines, and the Spanish missionaries and governors can return. ”

"But in return. Spain had to acknowledge the reality and commit itself to maintaining the status quo in Luzon, such as the de facto allotted Church land and property, which was the greatest concession I could make. ”

"If you want, we can now lay the foundation of friendship between the Chinese and the Spanish people."

Hu Linyi couldn't help but secretly applaud Liu Chang's speech, and he had to admit that Li Hongzhang had some truth in what he said. It was not because of a little luck that this Liu Jiehu had today's status, at least at his age, he couldn't organize such a wonderful speech.

What's more, the conditions he put forward are also very reasonable, although the Philippine colony is not within the jurisdiction of the Cabinet, it is the territory of the Philippine Overseer Lin Mengchu, and the Cabinet has no authority or ability to manage such a distant colony, and can only provide help as much as it can, but he still knows the actual situation in the Philippines well.

The Spanish envoy, or rather the missionary, was furious at Liu Chang's concession: "It was you who violated the Philippine colonies. Having taken away our dioceses, possessions and colonies, remember that it took us Jesuits centuries to return to the Philippines, but you, invaders, infidels and heretics, have tried to take everything away from us. ”

"The Philippines is the Philippines of Spain." The missionary clenched his fists, and he glared fiercely at Liu Chang and these infidels: "I also solemnly declare now that the request of the Kingdom of Spain is very simple, immediately withdraw from the entire Philippines and compensate for all the losses caused by this war, otherwise you will know what God's judgment is!" Heathen! ”

Liu Chang was also furious: "This is what Her Majesty Isabella meant?" ”

As another empress in the history of Spain. Isabella II was a tragic king. She ascended to the throne at the age of three, but the war over the throne was fought twice. It lasted until 1849, when she took charge of the kingdom only to find that the regent's mother and the fine general had withdrawn from the center of power because of the different ideas of reform, and when she took over power, she was faced with an unprecedentedly complicated situation, facing the whole of divided Spain and a desperately decaying empire.

Isabella did not even have a happy family, and the whole of Spain was rumored of her debauchery and immorality, and she could only devote herself to the dream of rebuilding the Spanish Empire, and in 1860 she finally won an unspeakable victory, successfully conquering Morocco, but in 1867, a war with the old colony of Chile not only made all the dreams of rebuilding the empire disappear, but even the whole of Spain fell into civil war.

Therefore, Liu Chang did not think that Isabella was crazy enough to start a large-scale war in the Far East, although Spain still had the ability to continue to commit troops to the Philippines.

When the Spanish-American War broke out, Spain invested 200,000 troops in Cuba (although only 12,000 of them were combat-ready), and 42,000 in the Philippines (including 26,000 Spaniards).

But the Jesuit preacher declared that Liu Chang's good intentions would be in vain: "Remember, this is God's judgment!" Exit the Philippines at once, heretics, and return all the gold, silver, and goods that have been plundered from the Philippines, and make all the damages, or else you will perish. ”

Liu Chang didn't take this as the same thing, the Spaniards in the Philippines fought a war with the Muslims in the south for three hundred years, but in the 330th year when Spanish rule fell in the Philippines, the Spaniards still only retained nominal suzerainty over the Moro people in the south, not to mention that the country of Daxia that was several times more powerful than the Muslims was now fighting against them.

"If you do not repent, you will face the miserable situation of fighting on three fronts, and fifteen thousand Spanish soldiers will immediately attack the entire Philippine Islands to expel the heretics from this sacred territory of Spain, and they will fight with a full five million Filipino people, and they will even send tens of thousands of indigenous soldiers to assist Spain in the war."

"In the land of the mainland, the original Central Empire will continue to fight against you, they have the most fertile land and the largest number of troops in the whole of China, and there is a sacred uprising going on in your territory, and you will be exhausted to deal with the rebel army."

The missionaries clung to the Bible: "And in the north, our most powerful ally, the Russian Empire, is invading your lands with the force of a nation, taking away your valleys, steppes, mines, rivers and forests, and they have the strongest army in the world, the best Cossacks, the most hard-working soldiers, they are like a hurricane in the North Pacific, destroying everything, taking everything, and you will fight to the death against our country and start the largest battle in the world with Russia!" ”

This was the lifesaver of the Spanish missionary, who declared in a condescending tone: "Withdraw from the Philippines immediately and compensate our country for all losses, otherwise it will be the end of the infidels in the Eastern world!" ”

"Pa!"

Liu Chang had already thrown the teacup out, and he stood up, his original gentle temperament suddenly changed, and it became a momentum that Hu Linyi didn't expect at all.

Originally, he thought that this Liu Juehu only had a little luck, a little bit of learning, and a little bit of hard work to get to where he was in this troubled world, but at this moment, the whole hall was killed, and Liu Chang couldn't suppress his domineering.

"If you want to provoke a war, let the Spaniards cry wolf, let Spain always remember the Philippines, just as they remember Peru, Mexico, Bolivia, Venezuela, Paraguay, and the whole of Latin America!"

"The war has begun!" Liu Chang raised his hand and pointed at the Spanish missionary: "Drive this person back to me, and let the whole of Spain remember him!" ”

"From the very beginning, we will plunge into the greatest war in the whole of the Eastern world, and let our enemies fear us forever."

Liu Chang's domineering declaration shocked Hu Linyi, until Liu Chang calmed down and called his name, Hu Linyi didn't react: "Prime Minister, come to see me today, what do you want to discuss?" ”