The next day, the military aircraft department "called".

"The Empress Dowager of the Two Palaces," Guan Zhuofan was full of energy, "Last night, I received a telegram from the English Foreign Secretary, here is the translation, and I would like to present it to the Imperial Court." ”

After that, he stepped forward and put a white fold on top of the imperial case.

Our Lady Queen Mother looks first.

Looking at it, the expression on the royal sister's face has undergone a wonderful change: the cherry lips are slightly opened, the wings of the nose twitch slightly, not only a pair of phoenix eyes emit fiery light, but the whole beautiful face is like the first sun, bright and dazzling, almost unforgiving.

The hand holding the white fold trembled slightly.

After reading it, Cixi pushed the excerpt to Ci'an and said, "Sister, take a look." ”

Although the Queen Mother tried to suppress herself, everyone could see that she was in a agitated mood at this time - the Queen Mother's voice was trembling slightly.

"Yo, I don't understand ......"

"It's okay, the telegram is written in plain and understandable."

Ci'an picked up the fold, just read two lines, and said with a smile: "Well, this fold of the British is well written, it is all in the vernacular, I can understand it!" ”

This is where Guan is considerate and careful. This "excerpt" of the British, the Queen Mother of the Two Palaces has a first glance in the court, and it is unlikely that it will not be like in private, and the Queen Mother will explain it to the Queen Mother and Queen Mother sentence by sentence, and the Queen Mother and Queen Mother can understand it alone, and the translation will not be easy to understand, and it will have to be written in the vernacular.

Looking at it, Ci'an was also stunned:

"To celebrate the establishment of formal diplomatic relations between the United Kingdom and the Qing Empire, and to pay tribute to Her Majesty the Emperor and the Queen Mother, the House of Commons, the House of Lords and the Privy Council of the United Kingdom have resolved in pass. Assisted the Chinese government in recovering some of the artifacts that flowed from the summer palace. Subtle and subtle. To solidify the friendship. ”

The Queen Mother raised her head, but the expression on her face was more confused than excited—in many places, she did not quite understand, so she did not dare to be sure: what she was thinking, right or wrong?

"Uh...... What is this 'summer palace'? We don't seem to have such a place in China, right? ”

"After returning to the queen mother, this is the saying of foreigners - it is the Old Summer Palace."

Ci'an shuddered violently. The tone of voice immediately changed: "Old Summer Palace?!" ”

"Yes."

"That'...... What 'assistance', what 'recovery' - is that to say...... Shall we send someone to find it ourselves? ”

Without waiting for Guan Zhuofan to answer, Cixi hurriedly said: "Scene talk! In fact, I want to spit back the things I stole from the Old Summer Palace! ”

"Our Lady Queen Mother Shengming!"

Ci'an trembled again, and whispered: "God! ”

After the yellow veil, two lines of tears slid down his face.

Cixi's eyes were blazing: "Guan Zhuofan, what is going on?" Tell me about it! ”

"Yes!"

After a pause, Guan Zhuofan said: "Back to the Queen Mother, the initiator of this matter is Xi Diktor, the assistant chief teacher of the Xuanjun Navy - when he was in Tianjin. The Queen Mother met Di. ”

"Dictor?" Cixi thought for a moment and nodded. "Well, I have an impression."

After Dictor arrived in the port, he witnessed the training of the Xuan army in Western France, and China was greatly prosperous in foreign affairs, and he thought that China's reform and opening up was in the ascendant, and according to this momentum, not only could it be expected to prosper, but it would also be one of the most powerful countries in the world in the future. Di conspired tacitly, China's future must not be insulted, and England should be introduced as early as possible and reserve a retreat. ”

"Reform ...... Opening? ”

"Yes!"

The word...... Kind of interesting! This Dictor is, well, a real insightful! ”

"Yes! Di has been praised by heaven, and he will be honored by Hua Gon! ”

After a pause, Guan Zhuofan continued: "Dickdo's uncle, called Victor, is an admiral, and he served as the first sea secretary in the British Navy Headquarters Committee, and he is the first person in the British Navy to hold a military position. ”

The Queen Mother and the Queen Mother really wanted to ask: Why do Dictor and their family, nephews and uncles have different surnames, but their names are the same?

However, Sister Ci'an knew that she had asked, and there was a chance that she would make a joke. Besides, this is not a matter of urgency, and it is not easy to use it to interrupt the topic, so I endured it and swallowed it very hard.

"Dictor wrote a letter to Victor, detailing what he had seen and heard to Uncle Nai, and lobbied the court bigwigs, 'Her Majesty the Queen will come forward to help return the artifacts that flowed from the Chinese royal gardens'—well, these are the original words of Dictor in his letter."

"Dictor thought that this was the best way to 'eliminate hatred, gain understanding, and build friendship.'"

Cixi nodded and said, "Dictor is a smart man! To tell the truth, the things were not theirs in the first place, and they spit it out, and they won't be so distressed, well, this is called 'benefiting without costing'! ”

Benefit but not expense - the royal sister likes to use this word.

"The Queen Mother Shengming! Dictor thought that it would be better for the minister to submit a bill to the House of Representatives, and the House would be clear, and the matter would be famous, and it would be even more beautiful on the table. ”

Ci'an couldn't help but ask: "What is this 'House'?" Isn't it what the excerpt says, what is the 'House of Commons' and 'House of Lords'? ”

"Back to the Queen Mother, it is the House of Lords and the House of Commons in the message."

After a pause, Guan Zhuofan continued: "This 'parliament' is also known as 'parliament' and 'parliament'. The members of the House of Lords are all nobles, and the members of the House of Commons are all the handsome people of the Shishu. The major policies of the country, the king pays the House of Lords to discuss it, and the so-called plan and the nobles are also; Pay it to the House of Commons, and the so-called plan and Shishu also. After the resolution was passed, the bill was submitted to the king for decision. ”

This passage is somewhat watery. However, at this stage, the ultra-sensitive topic of "parliament" can only be talked about at this point.

Ci'an said: "Ah, isn't that similar to our 'negotiation'? ”

People's parliaments are too different from ours. However, this topic is not suitable for in-depth discussion for the time being, so let's stop there.

"Yes, Queen Mother Shengming."

"And what is ...... 'Privy Council'?"

Hey, you have a lot of questions.

"Back to the Queen Mother, the Privy Council serves as an advisor to the king, a little like our cabinet."

"Yes, Bachelor."

Guan Zhuofan smiled slightly and said, "Yes, Queen Mother Shengming." ”

"Yo, in this way, if this 'bill', if the 'House of Lords', 'House of Commons', and 'Privy Council' have all passed, on the table, it is really ...... Pretty! ”

"Yes. Dickor agreed, Victor thought so. In July and August last year, Victor began to campaign for this matter. The Queen Mother knows that in the British court, the Admiralty has the closest relationship with us, and with Victor's strong promotion, the Admiralty has become the most important promoter of this bill. ”

"However, in this matter, the Admiralty only worked hard behind the scenes, and did not come forward directly, but approached Lawrence, the British Governor in India."

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(It's too busy today, slightly shorter, forgive me)

*(To be continued......)