What's the big deal?

An apology to the Americans. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

This is a big deal, but in Bai Gui's eyes, it's a big deal.

The heavens mocked the kingdom and sent people to apologize to the Yi people, which is a humiliating thing for the country, so it is definitely a big deal.

But last time, Bai Gui obviously agreed, Zhu Jinglun negotiated with the Americans because of the bombing and sinking of the American warship, and the Americans proposed that they must apologize, Zhu Jinglun agreed, and Bai Gui also agreed in view of the tense situation at that time. But then Bai Gui repented, he felt that he was not thoughtful at the time, and asked Zhu Jinglun to negotiate with the foreigners again, and strive to cancel this article, and the money could be compensated.

Receiving Bai Gui's request, Zhu Jinglun almost rolled his eyes.

Don't think that Zhu Jinglun is really interested in apologizing, even if he sank someone else's warship to apologize, there is no shame at all, and he is not interested in getting together to apologize, in the diplomatic circles of later generations, in fact, although everyone does not say it, they all look at the US imperialists, the kind of domineering style of the US imperialists that it is easy for me to beat you and it is difficult for me to apologize, most diplomats are condemning, but they are actually very envious in their hearts.

Zhu Jinglun also wanted to beat others without apologizing, the reason why he was so active Zhang Luo was, of course, not to apologize, but to make an envoy.

He wants to send a delegation to travel around the world, let a group of turtles take a good look at this ever-changing world, pull them out of the fantasy of the heavens mocking the kingdom, and let them understand that this era is no longer the era of the Chinese, no longer the prosperous era of the Han and Tang Dynasties, but the prosperous Victorian era of the British.

But if Zhu Jinglun openly proposed to Bai Gui to send a delegation to visit a foreign country, it is estimated that he will be scolded by Bai Gui directly.

So when the Americans said that they would send someone to apologize, Zhu Jinglun agreed to come down as soon as possible, just borrowing the pressure of the United States so that he could send some people out to see the world and change their world view, otherwise it would really be black-eyed, and Zhu Jinglun really didn't have the confidence to lead such a group of people to the new era.

Zhu Jinglun knew that sending people to envoys was difficult to accept in the consciousness of the Chinese at this time, and it had always been the Yi people who worshiped the heavens and mocked them, so how could the Shangguo send people to the Yi country. But Zhu Jinglun didn't expect that it would be so difficult to make an apology group by changing the law.

However, he made up his mind to send people out, so Bai Gui's request for him to put it aside directly, without telling the Americans at all, he was looking for an opportunity to send people out, only telling the Americans that it would take time to prepare and let them wait patiently.

Now that the time has come, when the fall of BJ makes Bai Gui completely unsure of what to do, and it is also the most panicked time, Zhu Jinglun made this request again.

"My lord, the day before yesterday, Xin'an sent a message, and the Americans warned that if they didn't send someone to apologize, they would send troops."

Bai Gui was irritable and snorted coldly.

"You look at it, don't mess with the soldiers, these damn people!"

Bai Gui really hated the Yiren at this time, BJ City was occupied, and the emperor didn't know what to do.

As the banner people, and the magnates, to be honest, they are the real masters, although they have long lost the courage of their ancestors, but in terms of position, they are absolutely on the side of their court, which is completely different from many Han people to maintain a neutral attitude, the first Raven War, the British and French troops landed not to be blocked by the Han people, but a group of people carrying baskets to buy vegetables and sell eggs, and they are willing to give money and guidance.

Zhu Jinglun continued: "This matter can't be done by the lower officials, I'm afraid that the warrants of the adults are needed, and the lower officials can do it." ”

Where did Bai Gui have any effort to write about the leader at this time, he directly pulled a blank piece of paper and stamped his own big seal on it.

"You take it and do it, write it however you want."

Well, at this time, Bai Gui needs to be quiet.

It was unexpectedly smooth, and some rhetoric was originally prepared, for example, the officials sent were only minor officials like county officials, and the others were all businessmen and the like, so as not to insult the dignity of the imperial court, but Bai Gui didn't ask anything at all, so that Zhu Jinglun's preparation fell short, but the power that should be asked still had to be wanted.

Zhu Jinglun took the blank paper and said goodbye to each other. Now that the power is in hand, Zhu Jinglun must act immediately.

Directly assign the governor's official in the yamen to go to various counties to greet the county order, and the county order is to ask the county order to help invite people, this time Zhu Jinglun wants to invite the famous businessmen of the entire GD province.

At the same time, he sent someone back to Hong Kong to contact the American minister and told the American minister that he was ready to apologize and hoped that they could help arrange a ship.

At this time, the entire Guangdong people were panicked, including the county-level officials, who also knew about BJ's affairs, and the speed of this kind of news was always impressive, so when the orders of the governors of Liangguang were handed over to them, they showed extremely high efficiency, probably because these civil officials felt a heavy pressure of the country's imminent demise and were nervous.

In three days, the businessmen invited by Zhu Jinglun were escorted by the officials of various counties and rushed to Guangzhou as quickly as possible.

Zhu Jinglun didn't expect this to be the case, so he hurriedly asked people to loosen the restrictions on these middle-aged businessmen of different ages.

Then set up a banquet in the restaurant to entertain them, apologize, express their neglect, and let them not panic.

After that, he said his own request, and asked at least one person from each family to go to the United States to apologize.

As businessmen, they can't fight their parents, but they are not completely without resistance, because many people are not exactly businessmen, and many of them are also landlords, and they have strong power in the countryside. They were escorted by their parents to see the governor of Liangguang, they didn't dare to disobey, they were worried all the way, and they didn't know what they had done, but they were afraid of their parents and governors, but they were not afraid of Zhu Jinglun's county order.

Especially let them send people to the country of Yiren, or to apologize, forgive their fate, literati doctors have ruled for thousands of years, and the worldview of businessmen is actually the same as that of literati, who despise the power of Yiren, thinking that except for China, the rest are Hua.

You ask a scholar to apologize to Yiren, and if you have a strong temperament, it is possible to die directly. Businessmen generally have a relatively slippery personality, but some people feel that apologies touch their bottom line.

Zhu Jinglun continued to appease, on the one hand, he told them that the apology was for the people of the government to apologize, and they only needed to follow, and on the other hand, he scared them with big words, telling them that the country was in danger at the moment, and he asked them to do something on behalf of the governor of Liangguang, and if they still dragged on, they should not blame the ruthlessness of the national law.

These are the most famous businessmen in Guangdong, their news is not slower than the official at all, they also know that Beijing has fallen, and they also feel the tense atmosphere, at this time, when they heard Zhu Jinglun link their apology with the fall of BJ, this is a little loose.

Zhu Jinglun also told them that inviting them to come was to inform them, and let each family go back and prepare immediately, either in person or send their eldest son, anyway, it must be someone who can be the master of the family, and warned them that if they dare to escape, they will immediately raid the house.

Zhu Jinglun used both soft and hard, and directly suppressed these people, among them, the family and country feelings were strong, and they were going to sacrifice for the country with a tragic heart, and those who were slippery could only sigh, thinking that it was better not to fight with the court at this time, the capital fell, the emperor was nowhere to be found, and the court might not know what had happened.

Of course, Zhu Jinglun didn't fully believe them, and still asked the county officials to send them back, and gave orders to the counties, so that the county and county orders could act according to the orders, and they must strictly supervise these people to send important people in their families to Guangzhou Mansion, and tell those county orders that these matters are related to the overall situation of Fuyi, and also make the local county officials mistakenly think that they have something to do with the BJ incident, and when they think that if they can appease the Yi people and make the Yi people withdraw from the army, they are also willing to seriously oppress the businessmen, anyway, it is not the first time that they have oppressed the businessmen.

In five days of back and forth, they got things done, basically sending the merchants back, and the official went directly to their house to get people, and directly arrested the eldest sons of each family.

At this time, Zhu Jinglun also rented a boat and rushed to Xin'an directly with these people.

When he arrived in Xin'an, the Americans were also ready, and Warrhohan decided to take this delegation directly on his own ship, the battleship Minnesota, and he also planned to return home.

At this time, Hua Ruohan felt extremely frustrated, he came to China this time, and only encountered failure.

He completed the contract change, but until now, the Qing government did not intend to abide by those terms.

The Chaozhou port, which was promised to be open to the United States, has not been opened until now. At first, the Qing court said that it would open in four months, and later it was changed to wait for all the countries to complete the renewal of the treaty, and then they fought with the British and French forces, and who knows when they could change the treaty.

Hua Ruohan went to TJ for more than 7 months but could not find the Qing court officials, and finally his note was forwarded through the Russian minister, but the Russians replied, and the Qing government refused to accept his note, but instead replied to the Russians' note.

Hua Ruohan felt that he was a joke, he was the only minister, who was the most accommodating to the Qing government, they said to go to Beitang, he left, they said they couldn't lead troops, he didn't bring troops, they didn't let him sit in a sedan chair, he didn't sit in a sedan chair, but he still didn't see the emperor in the end, and there was still no way to make the treaty take effect.

He couldn't help but think of the warnings of Liewillian when he came to replace Liewilliam.

William's mission is the same as his, he is here to exchange contracts, but after communicating with the Qing government for a few months, William Liewilli submitted his resignation on the grounds that he was in good health.

Including his predecessor William, Warrenham was already the fourth minister to feel defeated in China, and in order to complete the amendment, they sent four ministers back and forth, but the results were still not satisfactory.