Chapter 293: Razing and Razing
Prince Gong was the most heartwarming, and Xianfeng left him in the capital and asked him to reach a treaty with the foreigners as soon as possible. He is also aggrieved, this treaty is all humiliating and humiliating, and the person who signed this treaty will have to bear the infamy in the future, this errand is really not easy to do.
What's more, now that foreigners are arrogant and arrogant, and others have won the battle, you now have no strength to negotiate conditions with others except for pretending to be a grandson. Prince Gong was in a hurry in the palace, and complained to Xianfeng again and again in his heart, if he didn't look for me, he would leave this pickled matter to me, not authentic.
"Lord Wang, Lord Changshan of Zhenguo asks to see you." The men came up and reported.
"Please, please!" Prince Gong raised his eyebrows, this Changshan finally rushed back, and he had a helper somewhat.
Yang Xiaoshan also hurried here in three steps and two steps, he knew that there was only one Prince Gong in this Beijing city to preside over the overall situation, and he had to find Prince Gong to do something.
When Prince Gong saw Yang Xiaoshan coming, he didn't wait for him to salute, and hurriedly supported him, and said excitedly: "Changshan, it's really time for you to come, this king is about to die, and now the foreign devils are coming." What to do? What are we going to do? ”
"Lord Wang, don't worry, what do the British and French want? Let's hear it. Yang Xiaoshan asked Prince Gong to sit down and signaled him not to worry.
Prince Gong made up his mind and told Yang Xiaoshan everything on the treaty.
It sounds like Britain and France are still the same, losing money and opening commercial ports, allowing missionaries to open embassies in the capital. It's just that this time the British will also occupy the Kowloon Division area of Hong Kong.
"The Russian delegate Ignachev came to the king and said that he could mediate with England and France, as long as we agreed to the Treaty of Aihui. Shall we promise him first? "Prince Gong is now bent on reconciling with Britain and France and getting their soldiers out of Beijing.
"Never." Yang Xiaoshan hurriedly vetoed, "Although Britain and France are aggressive, they can't do it for money, the Russians are wolf-like, they want our land." We don't need him to mediate, we can talk to them ourselves. ”
"Changshan, what are you going to do?" Prince Gong asked the point.
"Raze to raze!" Yang Xiaoshan thought about the treaty for a long time on the road, and the Qing court's force was not enough to negotiate terms at the negotiating table, so he could only choose the lesser of two powers.
"Oh? How do you raze it? Prince Gong's eyes lit up, he had never thought of this, in his head there were all foreigners.
"Although foreigners have big noses and blue eyes, they are not of the same heart, in fact, the British, French and Russians are not a united front, and the contradictions between them are also very deep." Yang Xiaoshan patiently explained.
"Oh, and what's going on?" In this era, the officials of the Qing Dynasty lived behind closed doors, and they were ignorant of the international situation in the outside world.
"According to the officials, Britain and France fought a great war with the Russians a few years ago over Crimea, a disputed area near Russia. The Russians were not much better than us, they were beaten by the British and French, and their tsar committed suicide for this. Yang Xiaoshan told Prince Gong about the Crimea.
"And this? It seems that foreigners are not monolithic. It seems that the Russians are trying to take this opportunity to blackmail us. Prince Gong nodded, originally he thought that foreigners were all a family, but it seems that this is not the case.
"Yes, this Russian is so bad, we just don't sign it, and he doesn't dare to do anything with us. Of course, we still have to borrow the hand of Britain and France to put some pressure on him, so that he does not dare to mess around. Yang Xiaoshan continued.
"How do I borrow it?" Prince Gong hurriedly asked.
"The British and French forces have reached the capital, this is an alliance under the city, we have to sign it if we don't sign it, but we still have to bargain with them, let them resist the Aihui Treaty, and recognize the area north of Heilongjiang and south of the Outer Xing'an Mountains as owned by our Qing Dynasty. This is the use of razing to defeat raze. Yang Xiaoshan said what he thought in his heart, the money can be lost, but the land cannot be lost. This land was lost to the Russians, and it will be difficult to get it back.
"Can the British and the French agree? We don't have the strength to bargain with them now. Prince Gong wondered.
"Lord Wang, don't look at the fact that we can't defeat foreigners on the battlefield, but when foreigners enter the city, they may not be able to be stable. We can't do it openly, we come secretly. Yang Xiaoshan's eyes flickered.
Prince Gong was very smart, and he knew what Yang Xiaoshan meant as soon as he heard it, but he hurriedly waved his hand: "I don't want to know what you did, and you don't have to report it to me." If you have any requirements, you can mention them now, the emperor has handed over the capital to me with full authority. ”
Yang Xiaoshan waited for Prince Gong's words, now that the monk has been abolished, he has no backer, others may not take him seriously, and now only by borrowing the power of Prince Gong can he have the final say in the capital.
"Lord Wang, there are no requirements for the lower officials, as long as the Nine Commanders and Yamen can obey the arrangements of the lower officials." These nine admirals are responsible for guarding and curfew in the inner city of the capital, and are also responsible for night patrols, firefighting, armor protection, prohibitions, arrests, prison breaks, etc., and are an important public security force in the capital.
"Okay, I'll let them cooperate with you. You bring my post with you, and what you say is my command. "Prince Gong has a lot of trust in Yang Xiaoshan, and it is impossible for an ordinary person to easily hand over such an important force to others.
Yang Xiaoshan asked for rights from Prince Gong's side, and immediately set off to find Hatu, the commander of the Nine Gates.
The position of Admiral of the Nine Gates is very crucial, and those who can achieve this position have always been the emperor's most trusted people.
Yang Xiaoshan just came, Hatu still looked down on him, first, the monk king fell, Yang Xiaoshan, as his son-in-law, naturally followed the price, and secondly, he was from the first grade, Yang Xiaoshan was only from the third grade, and it was still far behind. Therefore, the treatment of Yang Xiaoshan's visit was a bit perfunctory, lukewarm.
Yang Xiaoshan knew that he would not be able to suppress him if he didn't take out Prince Gong's post, "Please also ask for more cooperation." Yang Xiaoshan showed Prince Gong's sign.
After all, Prince Gong is Prince Gong, no matter how big your Jiumen Admiral is, he is also a slave of the Aixin Jueluo family, Hatu immediately changed his face, and put on a smile that was not smiling: "Zhen Guogong, if you don't say it earlier, the lower officials will definitely cooperate." ”
"Then you take the men and horses to drive the foreigners out." Yang Xiaoshan looks down on such a chameleon the most.
Hatu's face changed: "My lord is joking, the 30,000 army of the monk and king can't stop the foreigners, and my hundreds of people can only show the emperor the gate, how can I have the strength to fight the foreigners." As long as you don't hit foreigners, you can tell whatever you want. ”
Yang Xiaoshan said just angry words, and he was also an army. Seeing that he knew each other, he let him go, after all, he still had to rely on his strength.