The "General Charter for Peace and Trade Aftermath" was signed, and all outstanding cases in Guangdong Province were resolved, and the negotiations were under the guidance of Zhu Jinglun from beginning to end. Pen fun and pavilion www.biquge.info

Xin'an is the future of Shenzhen, where the development potential is undoubted, excellent port conditions, control the geographical location of the throat of the Pearl River, the whole of China is better than the geographical location of the place is a handful.

It's just that in this era, the advantages of Xin'an's deep-water port are not obvious, because sea ships can go directly to Guangzhou, so in the short term, Zhu Jinglun must create other advantages to establish Xin'an's trade status, and it is the most direct and effective way to bring Guangzhou's trade over.

The charter was signed, but the matter about the charter did not end like this, although this is not a treaty, but it still has legal effect and should be implemented, Zhu Jinglun is not the emperor of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and completely regards the treaty as a delaying tactic, so Zhu Jinglun is more serious than the Manchu officials when negotiating, because he intends to implement it seriously.

The signed charter was originally sent to Guangzhou, which had to be delivered by Zhu Jinglun in person, because there were quite sensitive contents, such as the issue of those prisoners. Under normal circumstances, after catching so many prisoners, officials like Bai Gui can't wait to send them all to the capital to invite merit, and then the emperor will cut down all the sacrifices to the temple and report his exploits to the ancestors, if he really does this, Zhu Jinglun is sure that the foreigners' warships will come to Guangzhou again, so his most important thing is to persuade Bai Gui to give up this credit and release those prisoners.

I thought it would take a lot of talk, but what I didn't expect was that Bai Gui didn't hesitate much to agree, in fact, Zhu Jinglun still didn't thoroughly understand the court of this era, if Bai Gui gave these captives to Xianfeng, Xianfeng may not be happy, because this is equivalent to a problem for Xianfeng, cutting off his head and sacrificing the ancestors of Aixin Jueluo is indeed angry, but foreigners are determined to find trouble, and Xianfeng will not be easy to do at that time, although he may have to reward on the surface, he will hate Bai Gui in his heart. Therefore, this is a two-sided unflattering thing, Bai Gui will definitely not do it, of course, if he releases these prisoners, he will be criticized again, and he will definitely be impeached by Qingliu.

Compared with the emperor's anger, Bai Gui didn't care much about Qingliu's impeachment.

Then Zhu Jinglun reported to Bai Gui in detail the main content of the charter, and explained to him the individual contents of the profession, such as the right to divert water, such as professional terms, which it is impossible for a bureaucrat like Bai Gui to understand. Bai Gui was quite satisfied with the general content of this charter, especially after he had just received the appointment from the imperial court, Zhu Jinglun talked about such a charter that did not damage the national character on the surface, which was tantamount to giving him a big gift, and some of the contents, in Bai Gui's opinion, could make a big fuss, such as the issue of the prisoner's food expenses, although it was clearly said that it was food expenses, but after all, this was the first time that a foreigner paid money to the Qing Dynasty, and Bai Gui felt that this was very important to do.

"Okay, okay, make sure that the foreigners are in Guangzhou before the contract is renewed?"

The most satisfying thing is that this charter makes foreigners clearly promise not to come to Guangzhou, and Baigui is a little worried about the credit of foreigners.

Zhu Jinglun said: "Lord Huitai has to make preparations with both hands, and Guangzhou needs to strengthen the city defense and forts. Xiaguan asked to repair the Chiwan and Jiulong forts, if the Xiangshan magistrate can rebuild the forts in Sanniang Xianshan and other places, it will be able to merge with the Xin'an forts to become the first barrier in the estuary. Xiaguan asked to rebuild the Humen Fortress and cast the gold lock copper pass again. ”

Humen Fortress is not a fort, but composed of a huge group of forts, along the Pearl River estuary on both sides of the dense more than ten forts, like the tiger's upper and lower jaws, choke the Pearl River Estuary gate, plus the upper and lower rungs in the river, the fortifications of the big tiger and the small tiger islands and the river in those years there are barrage iron cables, wooden rows, known as "golden locks and copper passes".

With this golden lock and copper pass, the Pearl River Estuary can be blocked from Panyu and Nansha on the west bank of the Chuanbi Ocean and Dongguan and Taiping (Humen) on the east bank to block the enemy from going up the river.

To defend the ports of Xin'an and Chiwan with the Chiwan and Jiulong Forts, to defend the ports of the South China Sea with the Sanniang Xianshan Fort, to block the mouth of the Pearl River with the Humen Fortress, and to defend the city of Guangzhou with the forts outside the city of Guangzhou, as long as they can prevent it, even if a war breaks out from then on, even if they can't defeat the British navy, they will not lose the city and lose their ground.

Bai Gui nodded, no one believed in foreigners, from the emperor to the minister.

The reason why the Qing court signed the Treaty of Tianjue was because the British and French forces captured Tianjue, and Gui Liang said at that time, "At this time, the peace treaty between Britain and France must not be used as real evidence, but if this is a few papers, temporarily retreat from Haikou warships." In the future, if you want to betray the alliance and abandon the good, you only need to treat the minions and others to deal with the crime of misconduct, and you can use it as waste paper. To be honest, the Treaty of Nanjing, which was signed after the First Raven War, was not strictly abided by by the Qing court, for example, the city of Guangzhou always insisted on not allowing foreigners to enter trade, so the local authorities instigated the anti-entry movement of the Cantonese people, which was one of the biggest reasons why Britain and France launched the Second Raven War.

Bai Gui also does not believe in foreigners, their attitude towards foreigners has always been that if they can fight, they will fight, and if they can't, they will be appeased, and they will use the experience of the Central Plains Dynasty in dealing with the nomadic tribes of the border Sai.

Bai Gui also hoped that he could fight against the foreigners, and he also knew that repairing those forts was of great use, but the Humen Fortress was destroyed by the foreigners twice, and repairing it was equivalent to rebuilding, and the cost was huge.

"But where does the money come from?"

Bai Gui sighed, before this battle, although Guangfu also had many small knife and other party uprisings, but after all, it is a rich land, and it can still pay a million taels to Zeng Guofan every year.

Zhu Jinglun said with a smile: "Xiaguan has set up a bureau in Xin'an, and it is expected that the annual commission will reach one million, which is enough to repair the fort." ”

Bai Gui couldn't help but exclaim: "Why do you smoke so much? ”

In any case, it is difficult for Bai Gui to imagine that a centimeter can draw so much centimeter gold, and there is a fixed number of centimeters of gold extraction, in fact, there are very few centimeters, Zeng Guofan has set up centimeters all over the world, and nearly 500 places have been set up in just one hb, which is only a million taels, Zhu Jinglun has so many centimeters in a centimeter game, compared to the appearance of the Hunan army being scolded, I don't know how much anger Zhu Jinglun has to provoke.

"Don't push too much!"

Bai Gui was a little scared.

Zhu Jinglun said with a smile: "Xiaguan has launched a campaign for Yangli. The soil is not heavy. ”

Bai Gui was relieved, but he had other worries: "Can the Yi people agree?" ”

Zhu Jinglun said: "The lower officials have a team of 3,000 foreign guns, and they can't help but not allow it." ”

Bai Gui sighed: "The Yi people are arrogant and unreasonable, they are really barbarians, and they only recognize the sharpness of the knife." But don't be careless, don't cause trouble. ”

Zhu Jinglun said; "Don't worry, sir. The Yi people are strong and weak, and the British are strong and strong, so only the British merchants are levied and can only be levied before the exchange of contracts. Others, the Portuguese, Spanish, and Prussian people, were not killed. ”

Bai Gui thought about it, nodded, and suddenly smiled.

"You, you, you're just a little bullying and afraid of the hard."

Zhu Jinglun said: "The lord reprimands. ”

Engaging in diplomacy is not just bullying the weak and fearing the hard, I really think that those diplomatic norms are useful, and international morality has not yet evolved to that point.

Bai Gui said again: "But only if you do this kind of business, you won't get into trouble." If you are in charge of the court, you will not be ruined. Jing Lun, do you want to go to the Lifan Academy on an errand? ”

Bai Gui suddenly came up with the idea of recommending talents to the Li Fan Academy, and even Bai Gui couldn't see the things that those people did.

Zhu Jinglun was really startled, but he couldn't refuse, he still had a ghost in his heart, and if he didn't go, it was as if he was greedy for Guangfu, and it was not a big mistake to show people that he was ambitious.

"The subordinate is at the mercy of the lord's orders."

Bai Gui suddenly sighed again, to be honest, Zhu Jinglun knows how to do things like this, and he is really reluctant to do things, especially now that it seems that there is loyalty, otherwise he can take out the million taels of silver he got to repair the fort for the government?

"That's it. You won't be reused if you go, so you might as well run errands under the Governor. I can't lose your future. ”

Bai Gui is not reluctant, but also understands the greasy officialdom in the capital, and it is impossible to do anything to put a person like Zhu Jinglun who can only do errands and has no foundation in the capital, but it is better to do things under his own hands, and he can give full play to Zhu Jinglun's talents.

Bai Gui suddenly felt that he still had some Bole vision, which was quite good, and it was more pleasing to the eye when he looked at Zhu Jinglun.

"In this case, the matter of the general handling of the Humen forts will be handed over to you. Do you have a charter in mind? ”

Bai Gui thought of this, since Zhu Jinglun paid the money, and Xin'an is located at the mouth of the river, Zhu Jinglun is convenient to handle it in one piece. can really build an iron bucket from the Humen Fortress, and can really build a golden lock and copper pass, and he Baigui is not at ease in Guangzhou.

Zhu Jinglun immediately replied: "Your Excellency, the lower officials have a strategy, saying that they will hire Yi people, use Yi cannons, and use Yi to control Yi!" ”

Then Zhu Jinglun told the story, telling that the main strength of the Yi people was the strength of the ships and artillery, and every time he saw that the soldiers had not arrived, the Yi artillery had made the officers and soldiers discouraged, so they were defeated repeatedly. If you are strong in firearms, then please use people to buy artillery to fight, and say that you will use razor to control raze.

The more Bai Gui listened, the more he felt that it made sense.

Can it be unreasonable, this truth is the slogan shouted by Li Hongzhang's group of Westerners.

"It's a good one to raze the raze, but don't be gullible about the razor, be cautious in employing people."

Bai Gui still doesn't worry about foreigners.

Zhu Jinglun said: "Xia Guan understands. The lower officials must be careful, select credible Yi people as the head of the sect, recruit the brave and brave, and give them firearms and clever tricks. In less than a year, the estuary will be built into an iron barrel, and the Yiren will never be allowed to enter the river pass. ”

Bai Gui nodded: "You can rest assured to do things." You don't have to care about it here in Guangzhou, everything has its own official support. The day before yesterday, Heng Qi, the superintendent of Guangdong Customs, complained many times that the merchants in Guangzhou were moved to Xin'an, which caused the tariffs of Guangdong Customs to be reduced day by day. ”

Heng Qi, the superintendent of Guangdong Customs, is a very stunned person, Heng Qi was among the four people imprisoned by the foreigners that day, compared to Wu Chongyao, Cai Zhenwu and others trembling, he can also shout loudly for the foreigners to cut off his head immediately, there is a kind of ruffian cultivated by the children of the flag people, although I don't know if he really has the courage, but the courage to make trouble is very big, and he is unreasonable to stir up three points.

Obviously, Hengqi has complained to Bai Gui, Bai Gui is worried that Hengqi and these people will go to Xin'an, which will cause trouble to Zhu Jinglun, and he is afraid that Zhu Jinglun will not be able to deal with this kind of person, so he will block it.

Zhu Jinglun immediately understood: "Thank you, thank you, for taking care of you." ”

Bai Gui waved his hand: "You don't have to turn around here in Guangzhou, just do things with peace of mind, you don't need to pay attention to those false courtesies, go back now." ”

Bai Gui saw that Zhu Jinglun was delayed for many days in Guangzhou last time, causing the British warships to sail, for fear that Zhu Jinglun would be socializing in Guangzhou again, who knows what else will happen, his governor has just taken office, and he doesn't want to cause trouble at all.

Zhu Jinglun had this intention and immediately said goodbye.

This trip to Guangzhou was not in vain, he got an errand from the general office of the Humen Fortress, and was fully responsible for the rebuilding of the Humen Fortress, of course, although the Humen Fortress was destroyed, but the green battalion soldiers at that time escaped, and they were not eliminated, they were still there. But Zhu Jinglun didn't break up and let them come back, and when the fort was repaired next year and China and Britain went to war again, Zhu Jinglun would take his own troops into the fortress, and this fortress was built by himself, and he had to defend it himself.

If you hold the mouth of the Pearl River, you will keep a foundation.

There was no delay and went back to Xin'an directly, at this time there was already a group of foreigners coming to the door, they had been waiting for the British to negotiate, and now that the British had finished negotiating, they were going to come to the whole country.

Among them were the French, the Americans, the Russians, the Dutch, the Belgians, the Portuguese, the Spaniards, the Prussians, and so on.