Chapter 52: Making Wedding Dresses for Others

Now there is only one Tsarist Russia left, without Britain and France as a cover, Tsarist Russia is lonely, now, if you want to reap the benefits, but it is not so easy, no matter who the Qing government wants to negotiate with Tsarist Russia, I am afraid that it will not collapse its waist!

As soon as the results of the negotiations were reported in the court, they caused a sensation!

There are those who abuse, there are those who excite, and some people threaten that Guo Ye is talented, and he is completely qualified as the governor of any province, and Wen Taowu has all the outstanding points, this is the second Zeng Guofan! Some people gritted their teeth fiercely, eager to swallow Guo Ye alive!

However, everyone who understands knows that for the sake of a peaceful environment, Guo Ye still gave up some interests, for example, the three million war reparations to Britain and France, added together, that is, six million taels of silver, if you count the interest, I am afraid that it will reach close to eight million taels, but Guo Ye exchanged these silver for a large number of weapons and equipment, and it cannot but be said to be a win-win plan, which not only gave Britain and France face, but also benefited himself, once a large number of firearms are in hand, it is not a problem to extinguish the long-haired and twisted bandits! Although Guo Ye opened up a large number of commercial ports to Britain and France and allowed British goods to enter China freely, he took back the one-sided most-favored-nation treatment, and if the two countries want to levy relevant taxes, although there will be a certain loss of wealth in the short term, the most important face of the Qing government is to keep it, and the one-sided most-favored-nation treatment is the most painful scar in the heart of the imperial court!

The only two unsatisfactory ones are the minister in Beijing and the missionary affairs, but these two articles are only symbolic and do little damage to China, and at the same time strengthen exchanges, and also help to promote exchanges between the East and the West.

Xianfeng is still quite satisfied with the outcome of this peace negotiation, at least, Guo Ye found a fig leaf for himself, the emperor, and paid compensation? That's not called reparations, that's military procurement! Open a commercial port? Lao Tzu also took back the one-sided most-favored-nation treatment, at least, Lao Tzu did not lose the face of the ancestors, even if the dragon returns to heaven in the future, then he can go to see the ancestors and the ancestors!

Xianfeng against Yi? , Wen Xiang and Guo Ye praised everyone, let them continue to work hard, they must be in the near future, even Tsarist Russia has been done, and the Qing Dynasty is a bright and bright place! As for the princes and ministers below, now in the case of Xianfeng's high interest, no one is good to pour cold water, why can't you do your errands, now that others have done it, you will talk nonsense, is this emperor so easy to fool?

Immediately after, Prince Gong? He joined hands with the university scholar Wenxiang to request the establishment of the Prime Minister's National Affairs Yamen, which will be responsible for all foreign affairs, including politics, economy, trade, diplomacy, military and other fields!

Now the facts have become very clear, that is, the original Li Fan Yuan was not enough to deal with the criticism and persecution of foreigners, and the ministers of the court and the central government were also ignorant and ignorant, and they couldn't tell what diplomacy was at all!

Xianfeng looked at the recital and asked the courtiers, "Ladies and gentlemen, what do you think?" ”

Mu Meng, the secretary of the Ministry of War, said: "Your Majesty, the slave thinks that what Prince Gong said is quite reasonable, now Britain, the United States, France, Russia and other countries are in contact with us more and more frequently, in the West, there are other countries such as Spain, Italy, etc., the imperial court lacks the talent and institutions to deal with foreign affairs, and when negotiating with people from these countries, language is the biggest problem, so the establishment of an agency specifically responsible for foreign affairs is a top priority, and the minister thinks it should be done!" ”

Seeing Mu Meng's statement, others also agreed.

Xianfeng saw that the opposition in the court was not very loud, and immediately agreed to the request of the two people, but the prime minister of the prime minister's affairs yamen, Xianfeng didn't want to throw it to Yi like this, after all, this guy was too dangerous, he was the most favored prince of the first emperor, the most capable one among his brothers, and now the first prince of the Qing Dynasty.

Xianfeng pondered for a while, and appointed Prince Yi Zaiyuan as the chief prime minister of the Prime Minister's Affairs Yamen, and the university scholars Wenxiang and Gui Liang as ministers, and at the same time promoted Guo Ye to Zhang Jing, the general office of the Prime Minister's Affairs Yamen.

The will comes, Yi? 's face was gloomy and scary, ******, Lao Tzu wasted most of his strength, after difficult negotiations with Anglo-American France, and repeated discussions with Wenxiang, let Guo Ye come up with ideas again and again, and then drew up the excerpt of the Prime Minister's Affairs Yamen, now it's good, the Yamen is established, but the benefits have not been earned, all of them are cheaper Zaiyuan's kid! It's so deceitful!

But Yi? There is no way, after all, now the emperor is Xianfeng, not himself, and he is under the roof, how can he not bow his head?

Returned to Prince Gong's Mansion, Yi? The bitterness in his stomach, nowhere to vent, he hid in the study alone and was sullen, and even Fujin was driven out! The people didn't dare to approach!

At this time, Guo Ye Shi Ran came to the door of Prince Gong's mansion, came to visit, opened the door, Egil was overjoyed, dragged Guo Ye in from the door, and shouted: "My brother Diqin, you are finally here, Lord Guo, now the prince is sulking, we minions dare not approach, you are the most favored by the prince, let's go and see, but don't make the master angry......"

Guo Ye smiled and replied: "Ergil, it's okay, I'll go and see the prince, there will be no problem with me, I know why the prince is angry, I promise you, as long as the prince sees me, he will smile when he doesn't have time for tea!" ”

Egil was overjoyed and shouted: "Brother, as long as you can make the prince happy, I will personally run to the back and find Fujin to repay you, but you don't know, just now the prince even drove Fujin out......"

Guo Ye replied: "Okay, I'll go to see the prince." ”

When he came to the door of the study, Guo Ye said loudly: "Humble Guo Ye kneels down and asks Wang Ye'an." ”

Abundant? was sulking in the house, and when he heard that Guo Ye was coming, he was shocked, opened the door, and said lightly: "Come in, boy!" ”

After Guo Ye came in, he smiled and said, "Congratulations to the prince, congratulations to the prince?" ”

Abundant? glared at Guo Ye angrily and replied, "What is there to congratulate?" A good seat is cheap for nothing, that bastard in Zaigaki! It's really embarrassing! ”

Guo Ye smiled mysteriously and replied, "Lord Wang, this is a bad word, although this position is prominent, but not everyone can sit firmly?" Zaiyuan's person is not successful enough, and he has more than enough failures, but I'm afraid that he will have bad luck, and the prince is far from the time when you go out of the mountain......"