Of course, Zhu Jinglun didn't go back to the city immediately, he had just come out, and there were not many people entering and leaving the city gate at this time, who knew if the soldiers guarding the gate could remember his face, and it would be bad to be arrested as a spy, so he planned to stay here for one night and leave the next day. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

At night, Hou Jin took care of Ma Laosan, who had recovered some strength, and left, and after sending them away, Zhu Jinglun came to the temple to sleep.

This is a rather grand temple, the light hall is the building of the five entrances, and there are officials who are in charge of the temple affairs here at ordinary times, and the incense is vigorous. However, because of its proximity to Guangzhou, and there is a wharf in the south of the temple, it has also been affected by the war, and the people in charge have run out, and the people in the nearby villages have fled, hiding, even if someone stays behind, the door is closed these days, and if you can not go out, you will not go out, so the temple will be deserted.

The place where Zhu Jinglun stayed was also a temple, enshrined in a statue of a god, it was night at this time, and his face was not clear at all, and during the day, Zhu Jinglun just swept by in a hurry, remembering that it was a statue with a purple and black face.

"Do you know that your followers are being humiliated by foreigners, and are you angry?"

A strange thought arose in Zhu Jinglun's heart, which made him laugh at himself.

It is just the responsibility of man, whether it is glory or humiliation, it is all man's own business, including the belief in God, isn't it also a human activity, and taking refuge in ghosts and gods is just an excuse for the desperate and helpless weak.

He did not think much about it, but found a place to rest, and his companion was here for a few days, and made a small nest out of the futons, hay, and rags in the temple, which was convenient for him. It's just that the lice and fleas in the temple are no less than those in the firewood house, and the next day they were scarred.

So Zhu Jinglun got up early, and the morning light shone into the temple, and Zhu Jinglun found that the statue in the temple looked a little strange and did not look like an authentic Chinese. Chinese sculpture art was greatly influenced by India and the Western Regions, probably for this reason, Zhu Jinglun thought about it and did not delve into it.

Leave the mountain temple and rush in the direction of Guangzhou City.

When the morning sun shone on the city gate, Zhu Jinglun had already arrived at the city gate, and the foreign soldiers did not sleep lazy, but were loyal to their duties.

After a closer inspection than the last one, Zhu Jinglun was allowed to enter the city.

Today is January 9th, the fifth day of the occupation of Canton by the British and French forces. On December 28, they launched an attack, and on the 29th, they occupied Guanyin Mountain, an important place in Guangzhou, and by January 5, they had basically controlled most of the city of Guangzhou.

But the Anglo-French forces found that they could not control the situation at all, and although the Chinese in the city of Guangzhou did not launch the large-scale raids they had feared, they seemed to be expressing their dissatisfaction in other ways.

There were hundreds of thousands of such silent inhabitants in the city of Guangzhou, and the Anglo-French army had only a few thousand, and among these thousands of people, including the consul Pashali, only three could speak Chinese, and one of them was an interpreter seconded from customs. The British and French leaders met several times and decided that they did not have the manpower to manage Canton at present.

After many repeated discussions, the two sides believe that the most feasible way is to support the Chinese to govern the Chinese. An occupation committee was set up by the Anglo-French forces to supervise the Canton government. The core members of this committee consisted of three members, one of whom was the British Consul Pashali, the other was British Colonel Thomas Holoway, and French Captain Martine de Schäné. The committee selected officials headed by Bai Gui, the governor of Guangdong, and Mukdenne, the general of Guangzhou, and made four demands to them:

1. The British and French sent representatives to set up an occupation committee at the governor's yamen, which would thereafter be guarded by British and French soldiers, and a number of troops would be used to patrol the city to assist the governor in maintaining law and order.

(ii) All offences committed in the areas occupied by the coalition forces shall be tried by military tribunals established by them. Cases involving only Chinese outside the Allied occupied areas were tried by Chinese officials, and cases involving foreigners and Chinese were tried by the Occupation Commission.

3. The Governor shall not issue notices or issue notices in his name without the seal of the Occupation Committee.

Fourthly, all weapons and military equipment must be handed over to the occupying forces.

The Occupation Committee promised that, as long as they agreed to these four demands, they would release Bai Gui and Mukdenne, and allow them to continue to work in the yamen, but only under the supervision of the British and French forces.

The two men agreed.

At noon, the British and French troops held a welcoming ceremony and sent troops to escort Bai Gui and Mukdenne from Guanyin Mountain back to the palace, beating drums and playing in unison along the way.

Such a lively attraction attracted a lot of onlookers, Chinese really love to be lively!

Zhu Jinglun also hid in the crowd to observe, he couldn't see Bai Gui sitting in the sedan chair, but the expression of Mukedenne on a horse was carefully watched, this fat Manchurian white flag nobleman from the Guarjia clan also made a swaggering expression on the horse, as if he was not a puppet, but a triumphant return.

Zhu Jinglun felt sick for no reason, this kind of goods can also be in a high position, how can the Manchu Qing Dynasty not die.

Mukdenne and Bai Gui entered the yamen of the governor of Guangzhou, and then a succession of guests came to the door, all of whom came to celebrate the reinstatement of the governor of Guangzhou and the general of Guangzhou. According to the information seen, it is said that these merchants who traded with foreigners also played a significant role, and when Bai Gui was imprisoned on Guanyin Mountain, the merchants came to persuade Bai Gui and others to accept the proposal of surrender and restore Taiping Yunyun as soon as possible. Some people say that this is due to the merchants' profits, and Zhu Jinglun feels that most of them were forced to go by the British and French forces, because Chinese businessmen, no matter how eager they are to make a fortune, do not dare to determine the attitude of government officials.

At this time, Zhu Jinglun saw that the businessmen who came to the door one by one, although they had a smile on their faces, most of them forced a smile, and showed a helpless expression from time to time, obviously they really didn't want to get into trouble at this time, but they were forced to be helpless, whether it was the British and French alliance or the Eight Banners nobles like Bai Gui and Mukdenne, they were not provoked by them.

The governor of Guangzhou, Yamenzhong, should be holding a cocktail party to celebrate at this time.

Zhu Jinglun was in the crowd, and the crowd soon lost interest and began to disperse slowly. Zhu Jinglun also planned to leave quietly in the crowd, and suddenly saw a servant wearing a vest in the yamen come out to post a notice, and someone surrounded him again.

I really like to watch the excitement, Zhu Jinglun sighed again, and he also went to the city to check it out, it was a recruitment notice, and a recruitment interpreter. Translation is translation, and the remuneration is quite generous, with a monthly salary of thirty taels, that is, a daily salary of one tael.

Zhu Jinglun was suddenly moved, not because of the generous Yulu, but because he felt that this might be an opportunity. After thinking about it for a moment, he decided to apply.