Chapter 19: The Empire on which the Sun Never Sets

Guo Ye smiled bitterly and nodded, and took out a charter in three days, this prince is really an anxious son!

Monk Lingqin then said: "Okay, just leave the matter here to the people below, and you will stay with me!" ”

When they returned to the station, as soon as everyone sat down, Monk Greenqin asked: "Guo Ye, Yintang said that you have seen people and are proficient in Fanwen, is it true?" ”

Guo Ye hurriedly replied: "It's true that I am proficient in Fanwen, English, Russian and Prussian writing, I know some lowly characters, and I can understand French, which is much worse, as for seeing people, it is Yin Shuai and praised, and I am only in my twenties this year, where did I come from......

Monk Greenqin's heart was beating when he heard this, and he scolded in his heart, this is really a demon! Absolute wickedness! If the entire Qing Dynasty can understand a single language, it can be regarded as erudite, and he actually knows the languages of three or four countries! Do you want to let others live?

Monk Lingqin then asked: "I know the person in the Yin Hall best, he has always said one thing and two things, he is upright and square, and he never lies. Since you are quite knowledgeable, then the king is going to test you, how should the current situation of the court and various countries be handled? ”

Guo Ye's heart sank, and after a little thought, he replied: "Lord Wang, with all due respect, although we have suffered a heavy blow to the spirit of foreigners in the battle of Dagukou, we still have nothing to fear!" I have to say that with the current strength of the imperial court, it is indeed difficult to compete with England and France, and we have no chance of winning......"

Monk Greenqin frowned, and said unhappily: "Guo Ye, why are you so arrogant? Although the ships of England and France are strong, but we have a population of tens of thousands of people, can't we deal with two small border countries? ”

Guo Ye smiled bitterly and said: "Lord Wang, I guess you haven't heard of it, this England is not a small country, he has a title in all countries in the world, called the Empire on which the sun never sets!" That means that no matter when, the sun will shine on their land, and you can imagine that when night falls, the entire Qing Kingdom will also be shrouded in night? But England is always a place where you can see the sun at any time, which shows how vast its territory is......"

Hiss......

Monk Grinch gasped, I'm a mother, the sun never sets on the empire, what a big breath! What a vast land! Is there really such a powerful country in the world?

Monk Lingqin suppressed the shock in his heart in front of him and asked, "Guo, Guo Ye, what you, what you said is true!" ”

Guo Ye nodded and replied: "Lord Wang, the current English mainland plus their colonies, the territory is vast, close to three times that of our Qing Dynasty, as for the population, it is similar to ours, as for France, although it can't catch up with the United Kingdom, but it is not much different, it is undoubtedly not the hegemon in the world, their iron ships are rampant in the world, invincible, and now our Qing Dynasty has constant domestic worries, there are long hairs in the south, twisted bandits in the north, self-care, and the treasury is empty, There is no money to fight a protracted war with these two countries, in a word, we have no money, we are too poor, our elite troops are all contained in the Yangtze River valley by Changmao, and it is very unwise to fight with foreigners at this time! ”

Monk Greenqin's face was solemn and he could squeeze out the water, and anyone who heard such depressing words would feel uncomfortable, let alone the Iron Hat Prince of the Great Qing Kingdom? However, what Guo Ye said is still eloquent, quite reasonable, the internal worries are not endless, and if he causes external troubles, it will definitely be a disaster for the imperial court!

It took a long time for Monk Lingqin to calm down his mood and asked, "Then in your opinion, we can only seek peace now?" ”

Guo Ye replied: "Lord, I know that the dying princes in the court all hope to be able to fight with the foreigners and beat them to the ground, but unfortunately, they have not led the troops, have not fought, they only know the big words in the court, once they really encounter problems, but they are at a loss, I am originally a small Qianzong, where I speak, maybe these words just now will bring the disaster of the stage to the lowly position, however, these words, I have to say, for the sake of the people of Li, for the sake of thousands of miles of rivers and mountains......"

Guo Ye scolded angrily in his heart, the ghost ****** is for the sake of the Manchurian Tartars, Lao Tzu is distressed by hundreds of millions of fathers and ordinary people, specially, there is no way, people are under the eaves, they have to bow their heads, who makes themselves fart now, wait for Lao Tzu and me to turn over, so I don't care about this......

Monk Greenqin snorted coldly, quite dissatisfied with Zhang Yi's reply, and replied: "Guo Ye, what I want now is your real advice, as for success or failure, this king has his own decision, and the emperor will naturally make a decision when he sees thousands of miles!" ”

Seeing thousands of miles? See ****** the hell, right?

Listening to Monk Lingqin's words, Guo Ye's nose was almost crooked, the most useless thing in the entire Qing Dynasty was Emperor Xianfeng, the country was destroyed in his hands, it was useless, except for leaving a Queen Mother of the West who brought disaster to the country and the people, nothing was left for the country!

Guo Ye smiled bitterly: "Old prince, you are trying to force me to death, okay, I said it with the courage to do it, our best strategy now is to promote peace with war, and take advantage of the great victory of the imperial court to restart negotiations with Britain and France, you can promise them some conditions, and then scare them and appease the foreigners, and then we will free up our hands to clean up the long-haired and twisted bandits, rectify the dynasty, and retaliate in the future." A gentleman's revenge, ten years is not too late......"

Monk Greenqin nodded, Guo Ye said well, take advantage of this opportunity, if you can make peace with Britain and France, it is the best, Britain and France are just scabies, but long hair is a big problem, which is more important, presumably those important ministers in the court should be able to weigh it clearly.

Monk Lingqin replied: "Okay, since this is the case, you can come and draft such a memora for this king, think about it and write it, be quick, this king is still waiting to ask for credit for you!" I don't blame you for the delay, for delaying your promotion! ”

Guo Ye was speechless for a while, rubbing, this monk king will save trouble, just throw the courage to himself!

"Wow!"

Guo Ye hurriedly agreed.

He Zhengqing on the side stabbed Guo Ye and said, "See, brother? The prince values you a lot, and your kid is probably going to soar into the sky! ”

Guo Ye glared at He Zhengqing and said, "Lord Wang, it doesn't matter if I write this memorabilia for you, you need to promise me one condition......"

Forehead......

He Zhengqing covered his forehead, Xiao Yezi's brain was burned out, and he dared to think that the prince would put forward conditions, I will wipe it!

Even the monk Greenqin was stunned for a while, this kid, so bold, let him write a recital, that is to promote him, he even dared to put forward conditions to Lao Tzu......