"Lord Xu, why do you say that within fifteen years, you can let this child of yours recognize Her Majesty? Fifteen years, can you have this ability? Hu Ling asked. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

Xu Qing nodded and said, "I believe that I have this ability, and within fifteen years, I will definitely be able to." ”

Of course, Xu Qing would not say that he would become the emperor of China within 15 years, and China could become a country of great importance in the world. Regarding Xu Qing's idea, Xu Qing didn't tell anyone, let alone a few foreign women around him, and even Hu Ling and other girls. Xu Qing knew that there were some things that could not be said casually, although these international students were in the UK, it did not mean that they would rebel with him.

Inciting international students to rebel is not a simple matter. If international students rebel so easily, this is also impossible. Xu Qing carefully studied why those students studying in Japan in the late Manchu Dynasty joined the revolutionary party one after another, but almost none of them studied in Germany, Britain and the United States, and participated in the revolution? Is this a coincidence? This is definitely not a coincidence, there is a Japanese harbor in this!

Although the overthrow of the Qing Dynasty was necessary, if the Japanese harbored evil intentions, then the nature was different. Japan wants China to be chaotic, so it will incite students to rebel. Xu Qing didn't think that he would be able to incite these students to rebel with him in a short period of time, after all, China is not chaotic at present, and rebelling at a time when it still seems to be very strong is no less than asking for a dead end, they will not do it.

However, when the time is ripe, these international students can become an important help for Xu Qing, and they will not be able to help them at that time.

"Hu Ling, my child, will be left to your care. I have written to request a voluntary transfer back to China, and I should be returning to China soon. The regular term of office of most of the official positions in the imperial court is three years, and I have been in Europe for more than two years, and according to the regular rules of the imperial court, it is natural to be transferred. This is not aimed at me, but against the thing and not the person. However, instead of being passive at that time, I should take the initiative to request a transfer, which will help me to control the situation. Xu Qing said.

"Master Xu, are you going back to China?" Hu Ling asked.

Hu Ling was still a little reluctant, although she knew that Xu Qing would return to China sooner or later, and Xu Qing had been training himself these days, didn't she just want to make herself his successor? But when it really came to the day Xu Qing left, Hu Ling was worried. However, since Xu Qing has already made a decision, Hu Ling can only acquiesce.

Domestically, Emperor Daoguang held Xu Qing's recital.

"We, the Qing Dynasty's minister to Europe, Xu Qing, asked to be transferred back to China. He claimed that his regular term of office in the Qing Dynasty did not exceed three years, and that he had been in Europe for more than two years, so he requested that he be transferred to China to take up his post. May I ask you, what do you think? Emperor Daoguang asked.

Those ministers looked at each other, and they hadn't actually met Xu Qing, a "colleague", but they still had a lot of impressions of Xu Qing. Because Xu Qing relied on his diplomatic ability, he recovered Hong Kong without a single soldier, and even asked the British to return the indemnity. Even if this indemnity does not really fall into the Qing court, but if it falls into the hands of the people of the Qing Dynasty, it is meat rotten in the pot, which is better than giving it to foreign barbarians!

To one's own people, and to foreign barbarians, those are two kinds of things, and everyone will not say anything to their own people, and they will not be ashamed. But the compensation for the land cession is too embarrassing. Therefore, Xu Qing took back Hong Kong and recovered the compensation without spending a single soldier, thus maintaining the face of the central court of the imperial court, and these people still have a good impression.

Especially before Xu Qing went abroad, he was a seventh-rank candidate petty official, and he didn't have much status, and he didn't have a direct conflict of interest with these central bigwigs in the imperial court, so they naturally wouldn't have any problems. Since there is no hatred contradiction, and Xu Qing made this request to be transferred back to China, so they don't know how to choose.

"Your Majesty, there is no precedent for this! Although the term of office of my official post in the Qing Dynasty is three years, and it is generally transferred every three years, there is no precedent for the status of this minister stationed abroad, so should we proceed with the three-year transfer? Someone asked.

Soon someone said: "Your Majesty, the slave thinks it's better not to follow the three-year rule, let Xu Qing stay there." Who of us in the Qing Dynasty wants to go to that English barbarian place, especially Xu Qing now also has the official rank of Sipinqing, if we send it out again, it shouldn't be too bad, right? Above our court, who is willing to go? ”

Those ministers were silent, the Manchu court still thought that this Britain was a barbarian, a barbaric place where Mao drank blood, who wanted to put aside his life at home and go to a foreign country to suffer?

What's more, it is obviously very difficult to take up a post in a foreign country, the future is uncertain, and what position you will be in the officialdom. The identity of this diplomat is not accurately located in the officialdom, which is also a problem. There is no route for promotion, and how to be promoted in the future is a completely unconventional route, which makes them very headache.

No one wants to go, so they wish Xu Qing had been working in Europe.

"Your Majesty, yes, the minister thinks that since there is no precedent before, you don't have to stick to the rule of three years!" "Your Majesty, that's right, don't be stubborn!" ……

A group of ministers said that they did not want to stick to a three-year transfer, after all, no one wanted to go to Europe to serve, so they wished that Xu Qing would stay in Europe all the time, so that everyone would not have to worry.

But there are also those who disagree.

"Your Majesty, the slave thinks that it is not appropriate to let Xu Qing stay in England all the time. After all, the three-year transfer is the practice of our Qing Dynasty, and this is not for the matter, not for the person, not for Xu Qing alone, nor for any official. This is the rule of the imperial court, a regular term of office of three years, if this rule can be broken casually, then won't we be more troublesome in the officialdom in the future? Your Majesty, such a bad precedent, no, you can open it casually! Once a precedent is set casually, I am afraid that it will be like a flood Jedi, unstoppable. If there are no rules in the imperial court, if someone has been in office for a long time, wouldn't it be ......"

In this court, it was immediately divided into two factions, one faction believed that there was no need to stick to the rules of the past, and there was no need to transfer Xu Qing back. In fact, no one in their faction wants to go to Europe, they think that Europe is still barbarian, and if they go to Europe, they will suffer. Therefore, they naturally do not want to suffer, for fear of offending people. I wish Xu Qing had served in Europe for the rest of his life, which would be beneficial to the bureaucrats in China.

But the reason for the other school is also very important, that is, this precedent cannot be easily set. With regard to job transfers, this is a rule that exists in any country. In many countries, military and political positions are transferred for a certain number of years, which is also known as a fixed term. Such a fixed term of office helps to prevent one person from holding too much power in this position, thus becoming the emperor of one party, and finally affecting the stability of the whole country.

The term of office system is a system adopted in ancient China in order to avoid the emergence of local emperors and warlords in feudal towns, which is an important means to maintain national stability, prevent local officials from becoming local emperors, and affect the unity of the country. This is a matter of principle, and this rule cannot be broken casually. If the triennial transfer rule is broken so easily, I am afraid that more problems will arise in the future, so I think this precedent cannot be opened.

Both sides are public and reasonable, and the mother says that the mother is reasonable, and it is obvious that the court is also quite controversial on this issue. On the one hand, no one wants to go to Europe to serve, and on the other hand, the rules of the imperial court cannot be easily broken, which is a difficult point.

"Your Majesty, the minions think it's better not to break through easily. This European minister is just a position, and it has little impact on the overall situation of the imperial court, so he really didn't break the rules of the imperial court for the sake of this minister's position! The three-year term system is one of the foundations of the long-term peace and stability of our Qing Dynasty, and it cannot be destroyed for the sake of a small minister to Europe. ”

"The slave is not aimed at anyone, not against any colleague, and also not deliberately against Xu Qing, the slave is loyal to the emperor and to my Qing Dynasty. For the sake of this post as a minister to Europe, the foundation of long-term peace and stability has been destroyed, which is obviously not worth it! ”

Emperor Daoguang thought carefully about the pros and cons of this, and soon he also made a decision.

"Ladies and gentlemen, I think that for the sake of this Xu Qing, I have ruined the long-term peace and stability of my Qing Dynasty, and this is not worth it. The three-year term of office is the rule of the Qing Dynasty that cannot be easily broken. Therefore, I decided to transfer Xu Qing to return to China to take up his post. It is not worth it to undermine the rules of long-term peace and stability of the Qing Dynasty for the sake of a small post as a minister to Europe. Emperor Daoguang said.

Of course, Emperor Daoguang knew how to make trade-offs, one was for the long-term peace and stability of the Qing Dynasty and to avoid the result that the courtiers would not be able to lose their tails. On the other hand, the position of a small minister to Europe is obviously not very worthwhile. For the sake of a minister in Europe, he easily broke the rules of the entire Qing Dynasty, which is really not worth it.

Therefore, Daoguang has no contradiction with Xu Qing in this regard, not even the right thing or person, and he has no intention of targeting Xu Qing. But this is to maintain the rules, to maintain the rules of long-term peace and stability, and this is the biggest problem.

"The emperor is sage, the ministers (minions) admire!" The ministers immediately froze.

With the political system of the last years of the Qing Dynasty, the emperor's imperial power has reached its peak, and no courtier can affect the emperor's power.

However, since the emperor has made a decision and asked to transfer Xu Qing back, everyone naturally does not dare to disagree with the emperor on this matter. However, the only biggest problem at present is who can prepare to take over Xu Qing's position. This Xu Qing's successor is a big problem.

"Your Majesty, who will succeed Xu Qing? Who wants to succeed? "The question was immediately raised.

Everyone's faces were embarrassed, who will succeed Xu Qing's position, this is also a big problem. Although the Manchu officials were pedantic, they did not mean that they were stupid, and of course they understood that it was difficult to choose a successor!

With Xu Qing, an excellent person, "Zhuyu in front", then this successor cannot be too bad. You must know that Xu Qing did not spend a single soldier, and recovered Hong Kong and reparations through diplomatic means and eloquence, which is an astonishing achievement. With this jewel in front, if his successor is a rice bucket, it will be a shame.

As the Celestial Empire of the Qing Dynasty, of course, it is to die to save face, even if it is not as good as the predecessor, it can't be too bad! But his diplomatic talent is no less than Xu Qing's, even if it is worse, then he can't find it! In this Qing court, who can guarantee that he can recover Hong Kong and recover the reparations without spending a single soldier?

Take 10,000 steps back, if you have this ability, who wants to go to a barbarian place? Those who have the ability are unwilling to go, unwilling to depreciate their future to take up this unfortunate position. And if you don't have the ability, it's a shame to send it abroad, such a double embarrassment makes it very tricky for these Manchu Qing princes.

"Ladies and gentlemen, who would like to recommend an excellent candidate?" Emperor Daoguang asked.

Those ministers have small abacus in their hearts, those who have the ability are unwilling to go, and those who are not able to go are ashamed. Who wants to send those who have the ability to send them abroad, those outstanding talents are not all important forces of their own faction, and who is willing to depreciate their future to go there? Xu Qing is already a nominal fourth-rank official, and this successor is at least a fourth-grade official, right? But who is willing to go to this unlucky errand, the future is uncertain, and even go to a satisfactory place to stay.

No one dares to recommend, this is the biggest problem, if anyone recommends someone, isn't that harmful? Cut off people's futures, there is no need to harm your subordinates in this matter!

"Who to send to succeed you, how to send people here, and please name a candidate for Aiqing?" Emperor Daoguang said.

All the ministers were silent, this is not a casual nonsense, if anyone dares to say nonsense, the consequences will be unimaginable. So everyone still chose to remain silent, and they couldn't recommend a suitable candidate for a long time. Because they don't have anyone in their hands, those who can do it don't want to go, those who can't do it go out and embarrass people, and finally the recommender wants to eat and hang up, who is here to do more?

"Your Majesty, the British minister has sent a note, hoping that the minister sent to Europa by the Qing Dynasty can be as familiar with Europa culture and diplomacy as Xu Qing, otherwise they will not agree to the entry of our officials. According to the rules, they have the right to refuse the appointment of the minister and invite another minister to be sent. After all, if you don't even understand the other party's culture and language, this is too rude, and it is not in line with our identity as a state of etiquette in the Qing Dynasty. “