Monk Lingqin soon left the city of Beijing and returned to Tianjin to deploy the next defense of Gyeonggi.

As for Guo Ye, he began to select the Qing army to form a firearms battalion among the various departments in the capital, and in order to complete the formation as soon as possible, Emperor Xianfeng specially allocated 100,000 taels of silver from the state treasury to allocate land in Tongxian County to build barracks and training facilities.

In the next time, Guo Ye was almost so busy that his legs didn't touch the ground, he was too busy, and as for the affairs above the court, it was not something that a small staff member could control.

However, the current court is also in huge trouble, for no other reason, the British and American ministers of France and Russia jointly appeared in the city of Beijing, the American minister Warren, the French minister Bulblon, the Russian minister Blaviov and the British minister Pruth, the four of them came to Beijing with their entourage, and once again put pressure on Xianfeng, demanding further signing of the treaty.

If it was just one country or two countries, Xianfeng would have already ignored it, specially, is it a decoration when we are in the Heavenly Empire? If you want to start a war, then you can fight it well, but now that the four countries are coming together to put pressure together, Xianfeng can't sit still.

Emperor Xianfeng sent the university scholar Guiliang and Wuren to be responsible for communicating with the envoys of the four countries, but the result lasted for half a month, and there was still no gain, the attitude of the ministers of the four countries was still tough, and the conditions of the four countries must be met, otherwise, the four countries will jointly send troops again and invade the Qing Kingdom!

Emperor Xianfeng was a little dumbfounded, Emperor Xianfeng is not a fool, where do you not know the power of the Four Kingdoms, if the fleet of the Four Nations really crisscrosses the sea frontier of the Great Qing Dynasty, then the entire sea frontier will fall into chaos, bringing huge losses to the imperial court! However, you can't promise them like this, the conditions they put forward are too harsh!

Not the usual harshness!

Tsarist Russia's demand for land east of the Ussuri River in the Qing Dynasty alone must not be agreed, this is not a joke, the entire Guanwai is the land of Longxing of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, which was worked hard by the ancestors and ancestors.

The entire court is gloomy and bleak, helpless, and the Qingliu who have always been fierce and boastful have also been completely born, there is no way, there is no one who is good at handling foreign affairs in the entire court!

Let's not talk about how to bargain, even if you don't understand the language of others, and your understanding of the national conditions of each country is even poorer, how can you take the initiative in the negotiation in this case?

The important ministers in the court have changed several waves one after another, all of them have returned, one by one, no one dares to come out indiscriminately, once they mess up, they may be used as a scapegoat by the emperor, and it is not so easy to be a bird.

Emperor Xianfeng was so angry that he was so angry, usually all of them were arrogant, five people were six, and now he had just encountered a little thing, and he had all numb his claws, so Lao Tzu, the emperor, took the money for nothing to raise you?

"Speak! You are talking! ”

Emperor Xianfeng patted the dragon book case and asked, still no one cares about his stubble!

Ahem......

Emperor Xianfeng was so angry that his blood surged, and he coughed one after another, and the ministers below hurriedly knelt down and said again and again: "Your Majesty, the emperor is angry, and the dragon body is important!" ”

"Waste, a bunch of waste, what use do I want you to have? I raised you with a large sum of money in vain, but at the critical moment, I dropped the chain like this for Lao Tzu! You're all a bunch of trash! ”

Emperor Xianfeng was furious, but the important ministers below had become stuffy gourds, and he was also sighing in vain, could he withdraw all these bigwigs?

At this moment, Prince Gong's voice sounded below.

Abundant? played: "Brother Huang, the minister will have a book to play when the time comes!" ”

Xianfeng snorted angrily, he has always looked down on Yi, this brother is too capable, and he can't accidentally deal with his city.

But at this time, only Yi? stood up, and others didn't even dare to say a word.

"Prince Gong, please have something to say!"

Abundant? He replied: "Your Majesty, although the ministers of the court are all old ministers, they have always had little understanding of Western affairs, and negotiating with foreigners must be taken by people who are familiar with Western affairs......

Su Shun on the side snorted coldly: "Lord Gong, what you said is light, we are not familiar with foreign affairs, are you very proficient in foreign affairs?" ”

Emperor Xianfeng glared at Su Shun on the side and replied, "Prince Gong, do you intend to come forward?" If you can solve the coercion of Shikoku this time, it will be the first contribution to the world! ”

Abundant? replied: "Your Majesty, you know the ability of the minister, maybe a little clever, but for foreign affairs, the understanding is also very limited, but the minister can guarantee one person......"

Emperor Xianfeng raised his eyebrows and asked, "Who?" ”

Abundant? He replied: "Your Majesty, have you forgotten that more than a month ago, you gave a banquet at the Qianqing Palace, and during the banquet, you asked Guo Ye, the chief counselor, about foreign affairs, but Guo Ye once said that he himself is proficient in the four Chinese languages of English, French, Japanese and German, and he also has a slight knowledge of Russian, and he is also very familiar with the customs and customs of the West. ”

Emperor Xianfeng's heart was shocked, he had been busy with state affairs during this time, but he forgot about this matter, Guo Ye's kid had admitted to himself that he had been involved in foreign affairs in various countries, and he was strategic, if he was allowed to go out, maybe it could really come in handy!

Just when Emperor Xianfeng's heart was moved, the university scholar Wu Ren stood up and shouted: "Your Majesty can't!" ”

Xianfeng and Yi? There are some puzzles, why not? If Guo Ye really has such ability, it will be a great thing!

Xianfeng said unhappily: "Wuren, why not? ”

Wu Ren hurriedly played: "Your Majesty, Guo Ye is now just a leader, the military position of the third grade, the official rank, and the number of courtesies of the country, and the ministers of Britain and France are equivalent to our governors or governors according to their official ranks, and the status is very different, one will make the foreigners look down on us, and the other will also fall the majesty of our Heavenly Empire, this matter must not be!" ”

Abundant? I was almost angry, and refuted: "Lord Wuren, although Guo Ye's official rank is low, but this foreign affairs are not fake, the most important thing now is to negotiate with foreigners, and be able to make a breakthrough, as for official ranks and other matters, they are all trivial, don't mention it!" ”

Wu Ren's face was straight, and he shouted sharply: "Prince Gong, it is related to the majesty of the national dynasty, how can it be considered a trivial matter?" ”