Prince Gong's spirit was shocked, and he said slowly: "Guo Ye, did you find something?" ”

Guo Ye smiled: "Lord Wang, do you know why when I negotiate with foreigners, it will always go well?" Although the attitude of foreigners is also very arrogant, they have never been able to gain the upper hand, and finally had to agree to our plan? ”

Prince Gong was stunned for a moment, and said slowly: "Or is it because you are resourceful and far-sighted......"

Guo Ye shook his head and replied, "Lord Wang, when it comes to far-reaching knowledge, there are many people in our court who are very far-sighted, even that Su Zhongtang is known for his knowledge; However, these are not enough, if you want to gain the upper hand in the negotiations, the first thing to do is to know yourself and know the other, know yourself, many people can do it, but know the other, it is far from it, these princes and ministers in our court, few of them understand the West, for the history of the West, the political system of the West, the current situation of the economy and development of the West, do not understand at all, the foreigners put forward their own opinions, whether it is reasonable or not, these big men, only know the opposition, boycott, but never want to think, why people put it forward like this, why is there such a request. These are still not enough, there is one more, that is, for the diplomatic etiquette of the West, they have not seen it at all, if the diplomatic etiquette of the dynasty, to ask those foreigners, those people will definitely be angry, look at it, when the Western minister comes to Beijing again, when the contract is exchanged, it must be a big joke, that Zaiyuan Wangye, he has no such ability, he has to stop such an errand, this is not a blessing, but a landmine, which will explode at any time! ”

Prince Gong was shocked and asked, "Guo Ye, what you said is true"

Guo Ye nodded and replied: "It's not false at all, I understand Western culture, their etiquette there is completely different from ours, for example, when they meet the emperor, they only need to bow, but the envoy to the emperor is here to bow three times and bow nine times, which is a great insult to the foreigners, they will never accept it, this is the difference, if it is not solved well, it is even possible to raise a sword again, but, lord, these things are no longer beyond our control, What we can do now is to reach an agreement with Tsarist Russia as soon as possible to drive them back to the far north, and the land east of the Ussuri River must not be snatched by them. ”

Prince Gong looked at Guo Ye with appreciation, this kid, soft with steel, when it is soft, the steel can be turned into a soft finger, and when it is hard, it is difficult to move his heart, and the future Daqing really doesn't know if he can fit this kid!

Abundant? He said in a deep voice: "Since this is the case, then I will ask the emperor tomorrow to start peace talks with Tsarist Russia as soon as possible!" Everything else can be discussed, only the matter of land, we will never give in, the country that our ancestors have beaten down cannot be defeated in our hands like this! ”

Guo Ye enlightened Yi? At the same time, Prince Yi Zaiyuan was summoned to the Qianqing Palace by Xianfeng.

The two of them sat opposite each other, and Prince Yi Zaiyuan was triumphant-it seems that the emperor still trusts me more, even if the institution of the Prime Minister's Foreign Affairs Yamen was proposed and established by the devil Zi Liu, the position of the chief prime minister still fell on his head? Devil No. 6 is a bamboo basket that fetches water, and he made a wedding dress for himself in vain......

"Zaigaki!"

Xianfeng shouted in a deep voice.

Zaiyuan hurriedly stood up and knelt down, and replied, "Your Majesty, the slave is here!" ”

"Do you know why I put the position of Prime Minister in your hands?"

Zaiyuan hurriedly replied: "This is the emperor's grace, hehe, the prime minister's authority over national affairs is not small, and his status is transcendent, of course the emperor wants to put such authority in the hands of the most trusted person, the slave is not talented, but this loyalty is not bad at all!" ”

Xianfeng nodded, Zai Yuan is right, this kid, although he sometimes makes mistakes, but his loyalty is not bad at all, and he is much more reassuring than the sixth child, but this ability is a big difference with the sixth child.

Xianfeng continued: "Zaiyuan, it's good that you know, I appoint talents, the first thing I value is loyalty, there is no brave loyalty, this son can't fall into your hands, you must know that the sixth is for this errand, but it took a lot of effort, but I can't hand it over to him, the sixth city's city is too deep, people can't figure it out, hehe......"

Zaiyuan hurriedly replied: "Yes, Your Majesty, you have a unique vision and see thousands of miles!" The sixth person just has too many eyes, and no one can deal with him without thinking, how can this kind of person be reused, and the critical moment is going to break the big thing......"

Xianfeng continued: "Thinking is a shortcoming, but the talent of the sixth is good, without him, this negotiation will not be so smooth, in the future, you also have to learn a little, dealing with foreigners, you can't be as unscrupulous as dealing with those Hanchen, after all, the difference is still very big, Hanchen is just our Manchu watchdog, is a minion, we have to pick up a stick with one hand, and give sweet dates with the other." But foreigners are different, they are strong and strong, and once they go to war, it will be the end of life, and they can't be cautious. For the rest, you are still reassuring, but you have not dealt with foreigners, and handling this errand is really worrying to me, so you should be careful. ”

Zaiyuan said with a smile: "Yes, yes, the emperor, the slave obeys the holy decree!" ”

"Guo Ye that guy is a character, talented, I deliberately transferred him from the Lifan Yuan to the Prime Minister's Yamen, in the future, you have to listen to his opinions more, don't be careless, let alone make decisions privately, remember that you are only in charge, specific affairs, just throw them to these people below to do it, as the head of a department, you must learn to use people's strengths, as long as you can call Guo Ye up, then all the affairs of foreign affairs, there is nothing difficult."

Xianfeng was afraid that this second stunned man would stab Lou Zi to himself, so he broke it and crumpled it to teach Zaiyuan his experience, without him, there is no trivial matter in foreign affairs, and if you don't pay attention to it, you will have a big disaster!

Zaigaki is a little unhappy? What the? If you want to rely on Guo Ye more in foreign affairs and listen to his opinions, whether the Prime Minister Yamen is Lao Tzu in charge, or his Zhang Jing is in charge, but he is just a stinky kid, luck, relying on some cleverness, he has scared the foreigners, he is not so easy to fool, in the Prime Minister's Yamen, then you have to listen to yourself, Lao Tzu is the prime minister of Zhengyin, don't talk about Guo Ye, even Gui Liang and Wenxiang have to be honest with me! Lao Tzu didn't stumble on him!