Discuss things well, was disturbed by the little emperor, with the support of Tongzhi, Li Hongzao even asked to fight to the death, no matter how you fight, who you send to fight, anyway, you must not give in!

As for Emperor Tongzhi, he is just a half-grown child who knows a fart about national affairs? The young man only knows his face, but he doesn't know that war is extremely cruel. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

The next day, when I arrived at the court, as soon as I told the matter, the whole court was completely chaotic. Those who make peace, there are. But how, exactly? How and? They couldn't come up with ideas one by one, and the Manchu Dynasty civil and military were either Qingliu party who only knew how to talk rhetorically, or they were stupid aristocrats who were greedy for life and afraid of death, and when it came to practice, they were 108,000 miles away.

The two sides argued from early morning to noon, and they didn't say a single ugly thing, and the teenage Emperor Tongzhi was about to fall asleep on the dragon chair, and it was still useless.

Just when the courtiers were standing for two big struggling and struggling, the eunuch on duty ran up, knelt on the ground, and shouted: "Your Majesty, the Empress Dowager, the King of Parliament, the co-organizer of the university scholar, and the governor of Zhili, Zeng Guofan, request to be seen!" ”

Yixin raised his eyebrows, finally here, Zeng Guofan, Lao Tzu finally looked forward to you!

The telegram sent out yesterday morning was just past noon today, and it can be seen that after Zeng Guofan received the telegram, he did not delay for a moment, and he definitely traveled day and night before rushing to Beijing. You know, from Baoding to Beijing, it is nearly 400 miles, even if it is a fast horse, it is not so easy.

Indeed, when Zeng Guofan received Yixin's telegram, he was anxious, and the ministers of the four countries forced the palace at the same time.

Zeng Guofan was so anxious that he didn't even have time to change his clothes, so he called the most powerful assistant around him, five people and ten horsemen all the way, day and night, and ran out of 400 miles in one day, which is the official road from Baoding to Beijing City is the most smooth, and it is absolutely impossible to change it to another place, even so, Zeng Guofan is already tired, after all, Zeng Guofan is already in his sixties, where can he withstand such fatigue?

"Quick, hurry up and invite Zeng Guofan to enter the palace to see the driver!"

Yixin shouted, Ci'an behind the bead curtain was also heartbeat, and his spirit was lifted, Guo Ye was not around, there was a Zeng Guofan, it was good, at least there was a person in charge!

After a short time, Zeng Guofan walked up, day and night, Zeng Guofan's beard was already curled, his eye sockets were deep, his eyes were covered with bloodshots, and the corners of his mouth were chapped!

"The governor of the minister, Zeng Guofan, knocked on the emperor, the queen mother!"

Zeng Guofan knelt down and saluted.

"That's it, Di Gong rushed back to Beijing from Baoding day and night, it's really hard, come here, hurry up and give a seat and serve tea!"

Ci'an looked at Zeng Guofan's embarrassed appearance, and his heart was also a little unbearable, the old man had not had a good life in the past ten years, almost all of them were spent in Rong Ma and Yan, and finally rested for a few days, and now there was a more ruthless one, but it was enough for Zeng Guofan's choking.

"Thank you, Lord Ron!"

Zeng Guofan hurriedly thanked him, and he was not polite, he was so tired, and now Zeng Guofan walked straight and was exhausted.

"Di Gong, hard work, you must have read the telegram to you, now the ministers of the four countries are persecuting the imperial court, demanding that we compensate the four countries for the loss of 33 million taels of silver, and also open all the ports of the Yangtze River, investigate and deal with He Tengjiao, and hand it over to the four countries to dispose of, and only give us five days, you see, how is this good?"

Yixin saw Zeng Guofan sitting down, and hurriedly asked.

Zeng Guofan took a sip of tea to moisten his throat, and hurriedly replied: "Queen Mother, Lord, the minister already knows everything about this matter." It is not an overnight thing for the four countries, especially England and France, to covet our great rivers and mountains, even if there is no friction, there will be other frictions, their purpose is not to seek so-called justice for the Japanese, but to benefit themselves, even if we compensate all the silver taels, not much of this silver fell into the hands of the Japanese, but the three Western countries divided ......"

Yixin and Ci'an behind the bead curtain nodded, Zeng Guofan was right, Britain, France and Spain were definitely planning for a long time.

"So what should we do about it? After all, the foreigners only gave us five days, and today is already the next day......"

Yixin asked.

Zeng Guofan pondered for a moment and replied: "Queen Mother, Lord Wang, it is better not to make a big move in this matter, and peace should be negotiated first, the three Western countries are just asking for so many indemnities, and they are asking for the price, won't we sit on the ground and pay the money?" Send competent people to negotiate with the ministers of the four countries, and try to suppress the terms of compensation Now that our civil strife is preliminary, it is the time to recuperate, once the war starts, the consequences are unimaginable, and the work of pacifying the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom will be wasted! ”

"Well, that makes sense!"

Yixin asked, "Di Gong, what you said is right, if you can not go to war, it is good not to go to war, but negotiation also requires people who are proficient in foreign affairs, what suitable candidate do you have?" ”

Zeng Guofan smiled bitterly: "Lord, then you still need to ask, for foreign affairs, it is naturally the Yasukuni Duke Guo Ye who is in charge, and only he can deal with the difficult situation in front of him, and it is almost impossible for others to get a little cheap in front of foreigners......

Yixin felt bitter in his heart, and said with a wry smile: "Di Gong, you don't know that the current Guo Ye has already led the Lu army of Zhili and the troops of Baoding Town to Shaanxi and Gansu, it is estimated that at this time, I am afraid that I am already going to the western part of Shanxi, even if it is seven hundred miles to expedite and urge Guo Ye to return to Beijing, it will take a certain amount of time, where can I have time?" ”

Zeng Guofan's face was stunned, and he said with a wry smile: "Lord Wang, in addition to Guo Ye, only Guo Songtao, the governor of Shandong, and Li Hongzhang, the governor of Huguang, are the best at foreign affairs, but Li Hongzhang is far away in Wuchang, and the distance is even farther......"

"Guo Songtao? That's right, and Guo Songtao! ”

Yixin's eyes lit up, after Guo Ye arrived in Shandong, he pressed almost all the affairs in his hands on Guo Songtao's shoulders, and for the past two years, Guo Songtao has independently supported Shandong, and the governance of Shandong is thriving, and his ability is not inferior to anyone in the court!

"Come, immediately send a telegram to Jinan, appoint Guo Songtao as the minister of the conference, and order Guo Songtao to receive the order, immediately enter Beijing to see the driver, Di Gong, you don't have to shirk, this time the negotiation is better for you to preside, appoint Di Gong as the Minister of Foreign Affairs, responsible for the negotiation with the ministers of the four countries!" (To be continued.) )