January 1830 A.D. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

The Sino-British War had already come to an end, the Qing army was defeated disastrously, and the casualties were heavy.

"My lord, it's a lot of snow under it." At Humen, Guangzhou, Qiying was standing, and the subordinates beside him sighed.

"Ulantai, do you know why I'm here in the snow?" Qi Ying looked at the seven-foot man beside him and asked, and the person he asked was the deputy capital of Guangzhou, Ulantai.

Ulantai has been in a bad mood recently, it should be said that he has been in a bad mood since he swore that he would arrest the Heavenly King Hong Xiuquan, but in the end he didn't even see Hong Xiuquan's hair.

Seeing Qiying asking, Ulantai arched his hand and said, "My lord, I'm thinking about Lord Lin Zexu's Humen selling cigarettes!" ”

"Not bad!" Qi Ying looked into the distance and said leisurely, "In this Sino-British war, we have lost our troops, and I am afraid that in the future, we will have to use huge losses to satisfy the greed of the Western powers, and the price is so heavy, why is it so heavy?" It's this ridiculous Humen cigarette! Lin Zexu was short-sighted, just because this was just tens of thousands of boxes of opium, which was worth no more than 10 million silver, but it provoked the powerful Britain, thus bringing such a big disaster to our Qing Dynasty. ”

"He is the sinner of the ages! The emperor's punishment for him was still too light, too light. ”

Ulantai was silent, in his heart, he was a general, and he also advocated the use of force to resist foreign aggression, and even clapped his hands when he heard that Lin Zexu Humen was selling cigarettes, but in front of him was Qiying, a boss who had the grace to promote him.

Therefore, Ulantai did not speak and remained silent.

For a long time, "My lord, what are you going to do this time when the emperor sent you to negotiate with the British?" Ulantai asked, staring at Qiying's face.

Qiying still looked into the distance, and suddenly laughed, "It's snowing in this cold winter, let's talk to the British earlier!" With a little benefit of my heavenly kingdom, I think it is easy to satisfy those Western barbarians. ”

"But those foreign devils are afraid that they are not satisfied!"

"It's okay, the emperor has already given a will, which can meet some of the requirements made by the British, and we just respect what they say."

"This ......" Ulantai glanced up at Qiying, and seeing that Qiying's expression was natural and firm, he sighed slightly in his heart, and arched his hand: "Obey!" ”

……

In the afternoon of the same day, a guest came to the Qincha Mansion in Guangzhou, a commanding envoy, but he was still invited by Qiying himself to the guest in the mansion, an Englishman.

With a very strong Western accent, the British went straight to the point, and spoke not very fluent Chinese, "Hello Lord Qiying, I am the envoy sent by the chief captain of my British warship, Pu Dingcha, and he asked me to bring you a message." ”

Qi Ying said with a smile: "Please speak." “

"The crime of this Sino-British war lies with your Qing Dynasty, and it was your minister Lin Zexu who sold tobacco first, so we started this war."

"Now that the war is over, but our Great Britain has lost a lot of manpower, material and financial resources, and even sacrificed dozens of soldiers, so you need compensation, a compensation that can satisfy my Great Britain, if not, we don't mind starting the war again, and then ......"

"Although your country can rest assured, Lin Zexu has offended your country and has been dismissed and investigated, I will definitely compensate for your country's losses, if there is any request from your country, we will try our best to meet it."

When Qi Ying's words fell, the Englishman smiled and patted Qi Ying on the shoulder with satisfaction, "Very good, you are very reasonable, three days later, at nine o'clock in the morning, that is, when you said Shenshi, on the Xiaguan River in Nanjing, our Captain Pudingcha will talk to you on the flagship Kang Huali, please be sure to come on time." ”

"Definitely, definitely, I'll be there myself." Qiying nodded hurriedly, and when he saw that the Englishman was leaving, he shouted, "Ulantai, send the British envoy." ”

"Yes." Ulantai took the order and left.

Outside the mansion, looking at the arrogant British leaving, Ulantai clenched his fists and gritted his teeth, and the foreigner's words "We even sacrificed dozens of soldiers" deeply pierced his heart.

However, it was the death of these dozens of foreigners that was exchanged for the sacrifice of tens of thousands of officers and soldiers of the Qing Dynasty, hundreds of times more troops than the other party, and tens of thousands of people.

Ulantai, he is a general, he cherishes his soldiers, is the life of his own soldier not his life? Isn't it worth it? He was a little confused, dragging some heavy steps to return to Qiying.

……

In Guiping County, in the county jail, there is a prison that is very different, except that it is locked, and the tables, chairs, tea stools, beds, and quilts inside are all available, because here is Guan Fu, the general soldier who was captured in the Jintian Uprising.

When Guan Fu was first captured, he was also prepared to fight heroically, if he was forced to ask the Qing court secrets, or if the thieves wanted him to surrender, he would rather bite his tongue and commit suicide, and he would definitely not agree.

To his surprise, no one embarrassed him, and he ate and drank well every day, except for some restrictions on freedom.

But recently, it seems that his freedom has been relaxed a lot, and every once in a while, some thieves pressure him to go out for a walk, but it was this simple shopping a few times, Guan Fu was completely stunned.

Because, he has never seen a place where the people will be like the people of Guiping County, everyone will smile; He had never seen officers and soldiers illegally collecting grain, but a large number of people gave away food; He had never seen that being a soldier in a war would have been so popular, and the people were scrambling to be the first to be the first, rather than being forced to be recruited.

He racked his brains, but he couldn't figure out how this group of thieves, who were robbing homes and houses in his eyes, could make such achievements.

But today, he may need to know the answer.

Looking at the young man in front of him, to be precise, if you observe carefully, he is still a teenager, not as immature as an ordinary teenager, and even looks a little old, he sat in front of Guan Fu, Guan Fu had an illusion that everything about himself seemed to be seen through.

Guan Fu was silent, he naturally knew who the person in front of him was, but he didn't know what the other party was looking for him, sometimes, Guan Fu was even thinking, there was nothing wrong with being locked up like this, it saved a lot of trouble, and there were some books for him to enjoy, and he would not be lonely, although they were all books that surprised him and couldn't even understand them.

But Guan Fu knew that his "comfortable" days were about to end, although he didn't know how it would end.

"Hong Xiuquan, what are you looking for me to do?" Guan Fu finally took the lead and couldn't bear it, and asked Hong Renkong, who seemed to be smiling.

Hong Renkong smiled calmly, without words, took a large piece of paper handed by Shi Dakai, who accompanied him, and said loudly: "In 1828, Lin Zexu Humen sold cigarettes and angered the British, and the next month, Lin Zexu was dismissed and investigated, and was assigned to Ili, in October 1820, the Sino-British War broke out for the first time, and the Qing court was defeated, in mid-October, the first army captured Guangzhou South Street, and in November, Zhapu was captured, and the Manchurian Eight Banners were annihilated......"

"Then the Qing court advocated peace, and the generals were demoted to Emperor Daoguang to show their sincerity, and sent the Shengjing general Qiying to negotiate peace with the British, although the results of the peace talks have not yet come out, but it can be expected that the mountains and rivers of the motherland will be difficult to maintain integrity, and our Chinese territory will be divided and broken......"

"Fart, you demon, talking nonsense, are you still trying to bewitch me?" Guan Fu got up, snatched the paper from Hong Renkong's hand, glanced at it quickly, and then slammed it to the ground, "You don't have to waste your tongue and gossip to confuse the public, you can kill or hang as you like." Guan Fu put on a stalk on his neck, and put on an expression that a dead pig was not afraid of boiling water.

Guan Fu's outburst made everyone stunned, and Shi Dakai almost took down this guy, but Hong Renkong seemed to have expected it, and said lightly: "Are you finished?" ”