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Lin Haifeng and the others walked out of King An's Mansion, and under the guidance of Han Muyue, who had just rushed back to the door, they crossed a wide street that was expanding to the south and turned into a residential area.

"Your Highness, what kind of guest is it?" Zeng Guofan became more and more puzzled as he walked, and couldn't help but look at King An, who was smiling in front of him, but never said a word, and asked softly.

"Hehe, I've never seen these guests." Lin Haifeng stopped, looked at a crowd of people who were unloading large bags and small wraps in front of a gatehouse not far away, turned around and looked at Zeng Guofan with a smile, "It's there, I'm still waiting for your Mr. Zeng to introduce us." ”

"Your Highness is really joking, how can I have ...... here" Zeng Guofan looked in the direction of King An's finger, and immediately, he was stunned, his mouth was wide open, and what he wanted to say below was stuck in his throat. His gaze was drawn to a woman in the crowd.

Almost at the same time, the woman, who was turning to enter the gate with a burden in her arms, also inadvertently glanced at this side, and suddenly, her body trembled, and the burden in her arms slipped to the ground.

"Mother, what's wrong with you?" A teenager looked at his mother, whose eyes were wide open and teeter-eyed.

The woman hugged the young man who was about to bend down to pick up the burden on the ground, and tears welled up in her eyes.

"Mother......" The young man looked up at his mother, turned his head to follow his mother's wooden gaze, and surprise suddenly appeared on his puzzled face, "Father...... That's my father, my father, my mother! ”

"Your Highness," Zeng Guofan slowly took his gaze away from his wife Ouyang and eldest son Ji Ze, looking at the prince in front of him who had always held his power of life and death, but was so friendly, "Your Highness, you ...... You are truly the benefactor of my Zeng family! His knees went limp, and he fell to his knees.

"I can't help it, I can't help it," Lin Haifeng hurriedly helped Zeng Guofan and looked at the old and young of the Zeng family over there, "Mr. Zeng, there is gold under the knees of men, and in front of our families, especially children, we need a person's dignity even more." You say yes, right? ”

"Your Highness......" Zeng Guofan cried, he cried many times, but the tears he left this time must be true.

Everyone has dignity, but the method of using it is very different.

With the recovery of the whole territory of Guangdong, the red storm blown by the Celestial Empire began to spread to the Qiongzhou Strait and the land of Guangxi. Britain, which was "ravaged" by the Celestial Empire, and the American government, which was indecisive, also fell into an embarrassing situation at the same time. As two countries that still had formal diplomatic relations with the Manchu government in the north, the consulates in various places were long gone. Even this legation has now become a nondescript thing. The north is not allowed to go, and there is no place for the south to gain a foothold except for Taiwan.

Thanks to Fang Jingbo's Tianlong Trading Company, Qichang Foreign Company was given the opportunity to cooperate with the Celestial Empire government, and the Beijing-Shanghai Railway project was launched, so that although Jin Nengheng wanted to share the benefits of the railway project with Fang Jingbo, an old friend of Tianlong, he was also beautiful. You can make money just as much as you do a serious business, and you don't have to worry about it, and you don't have the bad luck of the British, so why not do it?

As a result, the American diplomats who are still stranded in Shanghai have formed two forces. The first is to move closer to the more fragile Manchu Qing and join forces with Britain, the United States and Russia, so that greater benefits can be reaped. The second is to completely fall over to the side of the southern government, and cannot watch the French enjoy the benefits of this place alone. Otherwise, if you continue to mix like this, as a diplomat, you will lose your own honor, not to mention your own honor, and it will also affect the honor of the country.

However, as Mashali himself, he strongly advocated the second way. The north can't go, the Russians are even more greedy, and they definitely don't want to get a piece of the pie with anyone. The coastal defense fortresses of Lushun, Tianjin, and Qingdao were now gradually in the hands of the Russians, who could influence the diplomatic orientation of almost the entire Manchu government. At this time, to get close to them, even if you win this protracted war in the end, it is to make wedding clothes for others.

In view of the fact that Burbulon repeatedly admonished him, it is important not to misestimate the shape again. He had even more on his mind. Yes, the French are not stupid, the reason why they dared to openly jump out and be the first to recognize the legitimacy of this Taiping Heavenly Kingdom regime while they were still in alliance with Britain to fight Russia, of course, they must have learned more about them. To this end, he personally went to Tianjing to make a purposeful visit there. The whole process of visiting Wèn strengthened his convictions.

Unfortunately, when he submitted an objective analysis of China's realities and emphasized the certainty that the Southern regime would eventually unify China, he received orders from President Franklin•Pierce to take advantage of this opportune opportunity to force the Manchu government to cede Taiwan under the guise of maintaining continued neutrality. If necessary, a powerful fleet will be sent to the east from within the country.

Mashali knew that President Franklin•Pierce was a northerner at home who was sympathetic to Southern politics. At his instigation, last year the United States Congress passed the Kansas-Nebraska Act, which allowed the two states to open up their animal slavery. As a result, Southerners and Northerners competed over their respective areas, which led to the outbreak of the Kansas Civil War. Despite this, Pierce always stood on the side of the southern slave owners, sending troops to suppress immigrants who opposed slavery.

Perhaps it was because the political ambitions of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom were too incompatible with Pierce, which is why they were so hostile to the southern regime here. Marshali thought so.

No matter what he thinks, the president's will will must be carried out. He secretly sent people to Tianjin and made an appointment to meet with the representative of Yixin, the leader of the Westernization faction in the north. Things went unexpectedly, and the Manchus in the north happily agreed to make Taiwan a leased territory for the United States. Before he could rejoice, he learned from another source that the same reply was not directed at him by the United States government, but by the United Kingdom.

, Marshali couldn't help but scolded secretly, you pigtail pig, you want to use us Americans as a watchdog! I'm not fooled by you, I'll wait and see.

At this time, the news came that the British Concession in Hong Kong had been repossessed by the armed forces of the local Tiandihui riot. A cold sweat suddenly broke out on Mashali's back, fortunately, it was really a blessing, fortunately, he hesitated for a moment, otherwise, if he intervened in Taiwan, he would be asking for trouble. To be honest, he didn't believe that the British Concession in Hong Kong was a unilateral action that would riot in the world, and that the Celestial Empire government was so terrible that they kept saying that they wanted to negotiate a solution to the problem, but in fact they were just setting off smoke bombs to confuse their opponents. And what about Taiwan, won't that King An claim that the navy is insufficient and will not consider the Taiwan issue for the time being?

Tossing and turning, now Mashali is really at a loss and a little helpless.

In any case, the bell still needs to be tied to the bell, so I have to go to the king of An for advice, no matter what, we must first consider the interests of the country.

Compared with Marshali, Ali Guo is even more disgraced. His Excellency the Minister Wolf Bèi slipped away to the East India Company, but after scolding him for being a bloody squirt, he sent him another order. Taking advantage of the promise he received from the Yiwang of the Tianjing government in Canton, Pauling told him to meet with King An in Shanghai in person to seek a bilateral understanding. And repeatedly affirmed that this is the latest directive from the Cabinet of Ministers and, of course, a stopgap measure.

Seeing King An, as soon as he mentioned this topic, Ali Guo's head was going to grow several times. In order to find out the strategic intentions of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom government in the south, and also to provide reliable military information to His Excellency the minister, he asked to meet the king of An, but he was so busy that he never achieved his goal. At this time, I will ask for an interview, don't say whether the other party is willing to see it or not, that is, I really saw it, but where to put this face!

Ah Liguo looked at himself in the mirror and almost lost weight, touched the face that had become like a pitiful knife, and couldn't help but sigh, where else can nourish people, it is simply hell on earth!

That's it, that's it, let's be wronged for the time being. Ali Guo straightened his bow tie and gritted his teeth vigorously, waiting, sooner or later the Empire will wipe this land off this earth!

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