As expected, Palmerston directly greeted Guo Songtao with a smile on his face and apologized for his neglect in the early stage. Before Guo Songtao could speak, he agreed to Guo Songtao to set up an embassy in London, and even said that he could provide a piece www.biquge.info of land for Guo Songtao to build an embassy.

Guo Songtao did not answer, and did not intend to set up the embassy in a remote place, he had already sent someone to see it, and he was ready to work with the prosperous areas of France, Greece, Italy, and the Netherlands, and wait for the British government to agree, and then spend money to buy a piece of land and build an embassy.

"Mr. Special Envoy, now that your army has driven away the Qing Kingdom, I don't know where the capital of your country is located? I also hope to inform the British Governor of Hong Kong Island as soon as possible, so that Great Britain can also set up an embassy in your capital city in a timely manner to facilitate communication between the two countries. Palmerston made a direct request.

Guo Songtao said: "As long as Mr. Prime Minister asks the Governor of Hong Kong Island to present his credentials to the Emperor and request the two countries to formally establish diplomatic relations, he can apply for concession land and build an embassy." ”

Guo Songtao is forcing the other party to recognize the newly established Chinese Empire, once the credentials are officially submitted to the Empire, at that time, the Empire will have a reason to let the other side break off its contacts with the Manchus, at least on the surface, the other party cannot help the Manchus, and it is also a recognition of the Chinese Empire.

Palmerston was a little annoyed, lost his smile, and said, "In that case, I will notify the Governor of Hong Kong Island as soon as possible to submit his credentials." However, since your country has inherited the land of the former Qing state, it may inherit some of the agreements and treaties of the former Qing state. How are you prepared to deal with the obligations of the Qing State as stipulated in the Treaty of NanJing? ”

Guo Songtao looked at the general matter next to him, and the other party hurriedly told Guo Songtao in Chinese what the foreign devil meant, Guo Songtao only then knew that this foreign devil actually had this idea!

It turned out that he wanted to impose the unequal treaties forced on the Manchus on the head of the Chinese Empire without a single shot. Guo Songtao felt a surge of blood and energy above his head, with his understanding of the Holy King Feng Yunshan, when he was weak and still a Saint King, he did not hesitate to start a war with the British fleet, and now he is called the emperor, and he has hundreds of thousands of strong troops under him, and it is even more impossible to accept this unequal treaty of foreigners.

So, he said very calmly and undoubtedly: "Mr. Prime Minister, before Guo came, His Majesty had already explained that the Chinese Empire was willing to establish diplomatic relations with your country, the empire was not the Manchu Qing, and the unequal treaties between the Manchus and your country must be abolished in their entirety. The two sides must sign a treaty on the establishment of diplomatic relations on an equal footing. ”

"That can't be!? How can you enjoy the rights of the Qing country, but not fulfill the obligations of the Qing country? Palmerston said angrily: "Since you have inherited the Qing state, you must recognize the treaty he signed." ”

Guo Songtao also-for-tat: "The "Treaty of Nanjing" must be abolished!" ”

British Foreign Secretary Cleradern, who was on the side, saw that he was about to make a fuss, so he hurriedly stepped forward to persuade Palmerston to stop, and whispered: "Sir, don't be angry. They just want to save face, after all, the new emperor, the Qing people in the East, aren't they all like this, don't they want to save face? As long as we can expand the treaty ports, sell them our goods from Great Britain, and earn gold and silver, what does it matter what treaties they have? ”

Palmerston suddenly felt reasonable, and said, "In that case, let you negotiate with that man." I have only one request, in addition to the five treaty ports of the Qing Dynasty, ten more treaty ports must be opened to the British, and the right to send consuls to the treaty ports and to establish concessions must be reserved, and all taxes paid by British merchants on imports and exports must be given preferential treatment. ”

After saying that, Palmerston led Herbert, the Minister of War, and walked away.

Kleralarden, who was left behind, smiled and relaxed, and said: "Mr. Special Envoy, on behalf of Her Majesty the Queen, I would like to congratulate your country and Your Majesty on the establishment of the Chinese Empire. As for the abrogation of the "Treaty of Nanjing" that you just proposed, I can also make up my mind and agree to it. However, it is necessary to be closer to the commercial and trade exchanges between the two countries, so I hereby request to your country to open at least ten more treaty ports, and that Great Britain has the right to station consuls in the treaty ports and establish concessions, and at the same time, you should give Great Britain the most-favored-nation treatment. ”

Guo Songtao sneered in his heart, hearing this, how could he not understand the plan of the smiling tiger in front of him. It's just to give himself a superficial face, but in fact, it's still the unequal treaty of the British Prime Minister.

It's just that when he came, His Majesty had already expected that these Western countries would have these requirements, and he had already explained them, and he only needed to obey the order.

"Mr. Kleradern, you have no problem saying that ten more treaty ports will be opened. I can now reply to you on behalf of our Emperor: In addition to the original five treaty ports of Guangzhou, Xiamen, Fuzhou, Ningbo, and Shanghai, the empire can also open fifteen treaty ports, a total of twenty, five more than your country has requested. However, Guo also has a condition, the empire first opened five new places, and the remaining ten, it is necessary to find a suitable port, and it also needs to build a wharf, which takes time, so he will open one every two years, and by twenty years later, the empire will open a total of twenty treaty ports. ”

Kleralarden was overjoyed that it was only a matter of time before more ports were opened than he had asked for, and it was almost negligible. He was just about to praise, Guo Songtao continued: "Your country can send consuls in the treaty ports that have been opened, but you need to report to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the empire. As for the establishment of concessions, it is absolutely not permissible for our Emperor to grant you a land of not more than 100 acres for the construction of consulates or commercial settlements at treaty ports, and more than 100 acres must be approved by His Majesty the Emperor himself. In addition, the Empire can grant you MFN status, but your country should also grant MFN status to the Empire. ”

Kleralarden frowned, he didn't understand why Guo Songtao wanted to limit the area of one hundred acres, but one hundred acres was already big enough and should be enough.

As for Guo Songtao's request to let Britain give them the most favored nation treatment, this is even more nonsense, what other goods can the other party sell to Great Britain? They can't even get to Africa! Not only are ships not good, but even if they do, they are not capable of sailing the oceans. Not to mention being blown to the Americas by the monsoon winds of the Indian Ocean and the Atlantic, a few bands of pirates on the way can rob them all.

Even if their silk, tea, and porcelain are exquisite, they are now monopolized by British and American merchants, and it is only they who are the ones who are given the most favored nation treatment.

Thinking of this, Kleillarden couldn't help but laugh secretly, what did it matter if he agreed to such a condition. I'm afraid I won't see the day when these Orientals deliver goods to Europe for sale in my life, right?

Kleillarden agreed. The two sides signed the "China-UK Commercial and Trade Agreement" in both Chinese and English.

Watching Guo Songtao leave, Palmerston and Herbert, who were hiding next door, walked out, it turned out that they didn't leave, they just pretended to be angry and left.

Palmerston laughed at Kleraldeen: "Kleradern, you are doing a great job! It's ridiculous that the Qing people are still so arrogant and love face. ”

Herbert also said, "yes." Now the Crimean War is the most critical time, the coalition forces are suffering from plague and other diseases, and the front line battlefield needs to transfer a large number of troops. At this time, there was really no way to send troops to the Far East to teach the newly established Chinese Empire a lesson. Mr. Kleillarden was able to achieve the goals of the Jazz in a bloodless manner, and he did a good job! ”

Hearing Herbert say this, Palmerston's brows tightened again, and he sighed, "Herbert, have you found those nurses?" There are no more professional nurses, but I am afraid that the soldiers on the front line will not be killed by the damned Russians, but will be killed by the plague? ”

Herbert said helplessly: "Sir, I originally had a colorless head nurse named Nightingale, and I wanted her to lead a team of nurses to the front line, but I didn't expect that someone would be the first to invite Nightingale away!" I heard that it's still a group of Orientals! ”

"What!? Nightingale, was asked to leave by the Orientals? Send someone to investigate. ”

Herbert agreed, and asked again, "Sir, do you want to send some more troops to the Crimean region?" The recent plague has made the front-line soldiers unwilling to fight, and the already defeated Russians have reorganized themselves. ”

"You can't just draw troops from Great Britain itself! Recently, there was a guy named Carl, who was very restless, and wrote random articles like a mad dog, inciting the workers and peddlers to make trouble. And the French emperor was ambitious, and Great Britain could not draw too many troops. Send a few thousand troops from the East Indies. On the Far East side, it can only be put away temporarily. ”

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