After the interrogation, the government of the Huaxia Heavenly Kingdom announced that all the British customs officers in the customs had been arrested for the crime of embezzlement and bribery, and were sentenced to a series of prison terms ranging from death to more than 10 years according to the amount.

Pashali was taken aback, and immediately visited Luoyang, resolutely protested, and demanded the release of all British customs officers.

Luo Yang was furious, laid out the results of the trial and the British criminal record, and asked Pashali to explain: "Shouldn't crimes be punished?" ”

"No, they are British nationals, so they naturally have consular jurisdiction, and you China are not allowed to try and adjudicate at will." Pashali fought hard, and also demanded to meet with all the British customs officers,

Luo Yang refused,

Pasha Li was furious, "Please consider that our British Empire must be careful when protecting the interests of its own expatriates, more than 20 years ago, it was the goods of several merchants who were treated unfairly, and our Congress sent troops, and defeated the Qing Empire." ”

"Okay then." Luo Yang said that he could consider it and could back down: "However, our country is extremely short of funds, and the financial crisis is serious, and a big reason is the corruption and theft of the British staff of the customs, according to the results of the trial, the number of embezzlement and theft by hundreds of them has been as high as more than 4 million taels of silver, if the British government insists on interfering, then, please ask your government to pay off this silver immediately within a month." ”

Pashali was stunned: "I also want to know if there was any brutality against our British expatriates during your interrogation, and if you use your kind of punishment to abuse, I have reason to suspect that your so-called results are all untrue and slanderous." ”

"I'm sorry, we have treated British staff with the treatment of nationals, and it is the most politically favored nation status, and our nationals enjoy the same treatment as the British customs officers who are hired, so I reject your unfounded speculation that the interrogation process is unjust." Luo Yang didn't pee on him at all,

Pashali insisted on meeting with the British staff, Luo Yang refused, and Bo Shali also asked for the release of the British in accordance with the provisions of consular jurisdiction, Luo Yang refused again, "I can't open this opening, there are many problems in our financial crisis, among them, the corruption of officials is one of the main factors, we must severely punish them, if hundreds of customs officials are released, our government will lose its authority, please understand." ”

In this way, Luo Yang personally went out and opposed the British minister,

Pashali made several sorties, but could not get the purpose, and immediately reported the facts to England.

When the British Government received this news, it was taken aback, and could not have imagined that the Chinese Government, which had always been submissive, would be so tough, and immediately sent a telegram to the Minister Pashali, in the name of the British King and the Parliamentary Cabinet, demanding that the Chinese Government immediately abide by the provisions of the existing treaty, give the British people sufficient rights and respect, and release the officials unconditionally.

This time, it's a big deal,

China's customs, has changed personnel, mainly Chinese, there are also a small number of French Dutch, or the original personnel, the purpose of this is naturally to divide and disintegrate, the Chinese have long been premeditated, ordered some people to learn customs management knowledge, enriched to the job, do quite well,

Luo Yang inspected the customs, and received an urgent telegram from the British at Tianjin Customs, and then laughed it off, and said to Zhang Suimou, who was entourage: "We have finally waited for this day." ”

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Luo Yang stepped on the telegram under his feet in front of the telegraph messenger, stomped a few feet fiercely, and spat out, "I'm sorry." ”

There were several people who sent the telegram, two of them were British, and the faces of the Britons were even whiter,

"Your Excellency, Your Excellency the Celestial Kingdom of China, this is the letter of His Majesty the King of the British Empire, as well as the decisions of the Parliament, and the letter from the Prime Minister, are you right to do so?"

You reason with Lao Tzu,

"Shameless, you actually want me to release the criminals, it's really shameless, is this how you British treat criminals, your clerks have embezzled the taxes of our Huaxia Heavenly Kingdom, and your king, government, and cabinet have come forward to vouch, I really don't know what kind of king your king is, is it the leader of the criminals." Luo Yang said disdainfully,

The British were mad, and rushed over to duel with Luo Yang, but were intercepted by the guards of Huaxia Tian** beside him, twisted his arms, slapped several five-fingered mountains on the handsome little white face, and rewarded them with a lot of national scolding, and then walked in a nest, "Get out." ”

At the same time as rejecting the credentials, the Luoyang government came forward from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and notified the ministers of various countries, saying that the British king and government, the prime minister, etc., had come forward to cover up the crimes of the British staff in China, which was an extremely shameful act, and the government and people of the Chinese Heavenly Kingdom resolutely opposed it, and vowed to fight the embezzlement and thieves to the end.

The reason why Britain is cleared by the king, the prime minister, and the parliament is that the Chinese Heavenly Kingdom has always had a moderate attitude and a patient and obedient policy to Britain, so the king of Britain is very confident, and the prime minister is even more indifferent: "The Chinese, like the Qing Empire, always like to provoke, and always back down in the end, this time, there are no new tricks." ”

The British government still has great illusions and hopes for Luo Yang, so this slap made that hearty,

In addition to the circular, the Chinese government also sent a question to the ministers of various countries in China, "Is it possible that Britain's criminal acts go unpunished, is it true that the British government is a government that likes to commit crimes, and the king is the king of criminals?" ”

In the middle of the nineteenth century, it was the golden age of the empire on which the sun never set, and the Chinese government dared to expose the scales.

All the ministers of the country were shocked, and hurriedly transmitted this explosive news back to China.

Internationally, there have been endless reports of the Sino-British conflict, and people have talked about it.

Even in China, the officials and people who knew the news were also very shocked, and everyone knew how serious the consequences of provoking the British Maozi were, because in the pre-Qing era, China had suffered enough painful lessons.

After learning of Luo Yang's attitude, the British government was furious, and immediately convened in Congress to discuss the strategy against China, the angry British king, this Queen Victoria, the greatest British king in history, was so angry that her face and demeanor were out of shape, she personally participated in the discussion in the Congress, and strongly advocated the use of troops against China: "To conquer that barbaric and rude country." ”

The British government telegraphed, in the presence of Minister Pasha Li, who sent an ultimatum: "If, within twenty-four hours, the Government of the Kingdom of China fails to release the British staff and apologize for the ceremonial barbarism, the British Empire has the right to fight for dignity." ”