"Still don't have the right!"

Zhu Jinglun couldn't help sighing, if he had the power in his hands, he would be able to choose to deal with it according to his own ideas, of course, after dealing with it, I am afraid that the result will not be too good, just like Li Hongzhang, when negotiating and signing the treaty, the Empress Dowager Cixi took him out to do things, and after signing it, he was taken down and the people were angry. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

As diplomats, in fact, most of them are more certain of people like Li Hongzhang, and it is their own job for diplomats to sign treaties, and they should not be blamed at all. What should really be blamed is the person in power behind it, this is like the CEO of a company asking employees to do a certain project, the project loses and everyone scolds the employee, and no one dares to say that the boss makes a mistake in decision-making, persimmon always picks up soft pinch, no one dares to scold Cixi, but signed a treaty of loss of power and humiliation of the country, it is not okay not to scold, scolding is politically correct, then scold Li Hongzhang.

If he could keep Guangzhou City, Zhu Jinglun would rather be scolded and take responsibility, but unfortunately he didn't have enough power for him to exert and let him use his own methods to keep Guangzhou City.

He had been borrowing Baigui's identity through Baigui before, but now Baigui didn't support it anymore, which made him feel completely helpless and powerless.

I picked up the pen but didn't know how to fall, my heart was so depressed that I really wanted to let out a long whistle, threw the pen and walked out of the yard.

It's the middle of August, and it's still so hot.

The appearance of those four running ships today means that it is likely that the main force of the British and French forces has moved south to Hong Kong.

It's too late to do the math.

On 18 June, the Treaty of Tientsin was signed, and if the Anglo-French forces moved south immediately, they should return to Tientsin in July.

It's just that they spent a lot of time in Shanghai, the first was to rest, and the second was that the Qing court asked them to negotiate the aftermath of the treaty of commerce in Shanghai, that is, the detailed trade rules. Ergin and others believed that maintaining troops in Shanghai and then negotiating with Chinese officials would help the negotiations progress, and that the Treaty of Tientsin was not because of their strong military strength that the Chinese emperor was afraid.

In addition, the Anglo-French army in Tianjin was a huge war machine, with more than 4,000 troops, dozens of warships, and 11 gunboats alone. Together with the transport ships that transport supplies, logistical medical ships, it is not so easy to mobilize. So they retreated from Tianjin one after another, of course, the Anglo-French forces were not in a hurry, because they thought that after the treaty was initialed, the Chinese should not take the initiative to attack, and Guangzhou was not so dangerous and was not in a hurry to return to help.

So throughout July, the Anglo-French forces basically withdrew their troops from Tianjin to Shanghai, and rested in Shanghai, a port where supplies were more convenient. It was not until early August that they received a message from Hong Kong asking them to immediately go south to support, telling Erjin and others that Guangzhou, which was surrounded by the Qing army, could launch a strong attack at any time.

While protesting to Gui Liang, who had negotiated with him, Erjin said that the Qing army had violated the provisions of the Treaty of Tianjin and launched an attack without authorization, and that the Qing court would be responsible for all the consequences.

After learning of the situation, the two immediately held a meeting to discuss the situation, and their opinions were surprisingly unanimous, and they must aspire to the treachery of the Chinese and make a deep impression on the Chinese.

Well, they are soldiers, and how can a soldier not like to fight.

Therefore, the four gunboats were sent to test it at the first time, and found that the Chinese's artillery skills were poor, and they thought that as long as they sent two third-class battleships, together with four gunboats, plus 500 army, it would be enough to take the battery. After controlling the fort, you can calmly send the army to land and attack the city of Guangzhou, the whole battle plan lasts 5 days, the total number of troops invested is 2,000 people, as for the French, the main force is still in Shanghai.

Zhu Jinglun has no understanding of the current situation of the British and French forces, which is also an important reason why he feels that he has nowhere to write.

was anxious, but Fu Li's round face appeared at the door, and he walked into the courtyard of the customs yamen with a smile.

"Brother Zhu, congratulations!"

Fu Li smiled and bowed his hands.

"What's the joy of?"

Zhu Jinglun was puzzled, but he knew that Bai Gui asked for credit for himself, and Huang Zonghan refused, but Bai Gui immediately gave the emperor a recital, explained the reason, and said that the emperor would definitely not treat the meritorious heroes badly. These were also told to Zhu Jinglun by Fuli, Bai Gui did something for Zhu Jinglun, so naturally he wanted Zhu Jinglun to know.

Zhu Jinglun was a little surprised that his name would go straight to the ears of the Manchu Emperor, according to the normal situation, it is impossible for a small person like him to come into contact with the center of power, if he is an ordinary reader, it is estimated that he will be ecstatic, but Zhu Jinglun is not happy about this, because the authority of the Manchu Emperor in his heart is not great, he does not think that the emperor can represent the sky, the emperor does not have any sacredness in his eyes, to be honest, when China becomes strong, Zhu Jinglun as a diplomat has no less dealings with foreign royal families, Both kings and queens were extremely polite to Chinese diplomats.

Even Zhu Jinglun was faintly worried, if Bai Gui praised himself too much, in case Xianfeng felt that he was useful, for example, if the emperor recognized his diplomatic ability, he would be transferred to Beijing and sent him to be the translator of a certain foreign minister, and if the prime minister's yamen was established in two years to serve directly in the palace, it would not be what Zhu Jinglun was willing to accept.

In addition to letting the Chinese retake Guangzhou on their own, so as to get a strong reason to say that they were victorious in front of foreigners, he was also laying a solid foundation for himself, and he planned to take root in Guangdong, which was a hot land enough to move around.

Guangdong faces the foreign ocean, is a natural window to the outside world, and has not interrupted the communication with the West, there are the most understanding of the West talents, there are dealing with foreigners for decades or even hundreds of years of merchant families, these businessmen have long been integrated into the world business network, the Wu family of the thirteen lines have invested in the United States, to introduce Western science and technology, Guangdong here is undoubtedly the most suitable.

Moreover, the Qing government is obviously rotten to the roots, and the reality of a small clan ruling a large country is destined that their greatest interest is to prevent the Han people from becoming bigger, rather than resisting foreign humiliation, so it is destined that it will be difficult for this regime to adapt to the upcoming fierce international competition, and history has proved this. The Westernization Movement and the Wuxu Reform, the Hanchen tried hard, but failed.

Zhu Jinglun didn't plan to try it once, and if he followed the Manchu Qingming, he might not even have a chance to try. Because he doesn't have a little power in his hands, according to the normal procedure, he can also play, such as being an official in the imperial examination, and within twenty years he can climb to the position of governor even if it is fast, if it is not normal, if you buy an official, although the Manchu Qing Dynasty has always had a system of donating officials, but it is really difficult for an official to do a high position, the most famous is none other than Li Wei, who spent ten years to become the governor of Zhejiang. In addition, there are very few donors who can even reach the governor level.

Another shortcut is to rely on military merits, the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom has made many Han officials stand out, not to mention Li Hongzhang, Zeng Guofan, Zuo Zongtang and others, such as Liu Mingchuan, who became the governor of Taiwan, also relied on military merits to climb up.

Most of these Han officials who rose by virtue of military merits have become Westernists who follow Li Hongzhang and Zhang Zhidong, Li Hongzhang and Zhang Zhidong have done a good job, at least establishing some Western-style enterprises, but they are still constrained too much, and they can't let go of their hands and feet, and Zhu Jinglun doesn't want to end up with the same fate as them.

So there is only one last way to go, that is, change, aside from the Manchu Qing Dynasty for reform, Zhu Jinglun has two choices, the first is through the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom's armed rebellion, set up a stove, and hold power by himself, the other is to carry out reform within the Manchu system, when the time is right, Zhu Jinglun is more inclined to the former, but no matter which one, Guangdong is the most suitable place, because it not only has the talents who know the West best, but more importantly, the sky is high and the emperor is far away, so that the power in Beijing is loyal. Distance is the best guarantee.

So as soon as Fu Li said goodbye, Zhu Jinglun's first reaction was that there was news from the emperor's side, but he soon understood that it was impossible, there was no one from Guangdong to Beijing who couldn't get a month, and he went out in two months.

So what good news could there be?

Fu Li didn't sell Guan Zi: "Those coolies under your command are now incorporated into Nanhai County, form a musket battalion, and you will temporarily serve as an assistant." ”

That's good news.

The 2,000 coolies recruited by Zhu Jinglun now live in inns to smoke opium and gamble money, Bai Gui wanted to let these people become their own camp from the beginning, which can be regarded as the power in his hands, but Huang Zonghan disagreed, thinking that these people are all rebellious ministers and thieves who have taken refuge in foreigners, and it is already the emperor's grace if they are not arrested and punished, how can they recruit these people.

The governor of Liangguang has this power, and when Lin Fuxiang set up the Pinghai Battalion, it was his teacher who recommended Huang Peifang, who was then the governor of Liangguang, to Qi Gong, who was a staff member, and Qi Gong appointed Lin Fuxiang to recruit people to train the village brave.

Huang Zonghan disagreed, Bai Gui had already left his post again, and even the Great Yin was no longer by his side, so there was really no way to arrange the coolies that Zhu Jinglun had recruited, but if he gave up the existing strength at hand, Bai Gui was unwilling. Since Zhu Jinglun told him that foreigners would definitely come over, he didn't dare to give up these manpower.

did not convince Huang Zonghan, but persuaded Nanhai County Ling Hua Tingjie, let Zhu Jinglun take these people into Nanhai County Yongzhong, the county commander, as a magistrate, also has the power to temporarily transfer the township Yong, Hua Tingjie as early as Dongguan when he was the county commander formed the township Yong to suppress the Xiaodao Society uprising, this time out of the city to train the township Yong, he is also the earliest one.

It's just that Hua Tingjie can't know the relationship between Bai Gui and Huang Zonghan, Huang Zonghan doesn't agree to accept these coolies, but Hua Tingjie recruits these coolies into his command, doesn't he offend Huang Zonghan.

There is only one explanation for this, either Bai Gui successfully won over Hua Tingjie, or Hua Tingjie was Bai Gui's person from beginning to end.