When Xu Qinghe was temporarily living at Buckingham Palace in the United Kingdom, Davis, the British Governor of Hong Kong, also received an order from China to go to Beijing to take the initiative to negotiate the return of Hong Kong's sovereignty and negotiate the matter of scholarships for international students. When Davis, the www.biquge.info of the pen "Fun" Pavilion, saw this order, he was also speechless, what is this?

However, he didn't dare not listen to domestic orders, so he could only go to Beijing with his head on.

"What? Those British barbarians were willing to take the initiative to return Hong Kong and return those reparations? Emperor Daoguang exclaimed.

The ministers present also looked like the sun came out of the west, how could this be? You must know that they did not intend to recover these Hong Kong and indemnities, and since ancient times, they have never heard of the other party taking the initiative to return them after the land is ceded. What's more, in the eyes of many people, these barbarians are not all greedy, and it is impossible to spit out what they eat in their mouths. But it's too strange to take the initiative to return it, right?

"Your Majesty the Emperor, we have sent an order from our country, let me inform you. Our domestic order says that Mr. Xu Qing, the director of the customs office in London sent by your country to our British Empire, has succeeded in convincing our Her Majesty and Parliament that our Parliament and Cabinet are willing to return these war reparations, as well as the sovereignty of Hong Kong. Davis, the governor of Hong Kong and minister to China, said.

Emperor Daoguang was also surprised in his heart, what this person ate could still spit out? However, when Emperor Daoguang heard that it was the people he sent out to persuade the British government, he also felt a little "long-faced" in his heart.

This kind of level is different, maybe in China, everyone is happy to fight for power and profit, but when facing foreign countries, they still can't help but regard themselves as "family". The officials sent to London, England, actually persuaded the other government to take the initiative to return sovereignty and return the reparations, which is very powerful.

"Are there any conditions?" Emperor Daoguang asked.

Davis took the initiative to say: "According to Mr. Xu Qing's suggestion, these war reparations will be returned in batches in the form of tuition fees and scholarships for international students, not directly to your country." According to Mr. Xu Qing's opinion, China will be able to send some male and female students under the age of 15 to study in our British Empire, and these tuition and living expenses and some scholarships will be offset from these indemnities. This is a long-term process and will be returned gradually, so that we have returned the compensation. ”

"As for Hong Kong's sovereignty, we can and will return it to China. But the condition is to set up a window on the world, with your country as the highest official, but you have to hire some of our Western advisers and some junior civil servants. Of course, advisers only have the power to make recommendations, not the final decision, and the final decision rests with the officials of your country, and our civil servants are only responsible for implementing policies and cannot make any decisions. ”

When Emperor Daoguang and those ministers heard this, those old oilmen were also surprised that this could still be exchanged.

"I'm going to discuss it with all my ministers!" Emperor Daoguang replied.

When Davis left, the ministers immediately said: "Congratulations to the emperor, congratulations to the emperor, the emperor's majesty, so that the barbarians have to take the initiative to return!" ”

Those ministers are not fools, and of course they know that this is a great thing. Britain actually took the initiative to return these reparations and the territory of Hong Kong, which is a good thing to restore the face of the Qing court!

Of course, although Hong Kong must be established as a special administrative region, after all, sovereignty has been transferred to China, and China has the right to appoint the highest official and have the final decision. Sometimes sovereignty is sovereignty, and although the SEZs have been opened up, sovereignty still belongs to China, and this is the most important place.

Sovereignty belongs to China, which means that it has recovered its territory, and the recovery of its territory is a good thing to increase its prestige. As for the indemnity, although the more than 20 million taels were not directly returned to China, but were returned to China in the form of scholarships for tuition and living expenses for international students, it was also "returned" in this way.

The so-called meat rots in the pot, and the people get it, so it's good to give it to the foreign devils! As the emperor and official of the Qing court, the most important thing is face. If you don't have face, how can you mix it up next?

Although it was not directly returned to the imperial court, it was nominally returned. In this way, they can be regarded as recovering these things in the Qing Dynasty, and they have grown a face among the people and the people.

"God bless me! Your Majesty, God bless me in the Qing Dynasty! I recovered Hong Kong without spending a single soldier in the Qing Dynasty, and let the British barbarians take the initiative to return the indemnity, isn't this the benevolence of our emperor and the world? "Yes! Your Majesty, from now on, my Qing Dynasty will be the real power of Europe! "The Emperor's ......"

Almost all the courtiers are a burst of sycophancy, hurry up and praise it! Emperor Daoguang is almost impossible to find the north!

The war a few years ago made Emperor Daoguang lose face. Not only did they knock on the door, but they also directly asked you to pay for the land, and even you had to pay for the military expenses they spent, which is a great shame!

Although everyone doesn't say it in their hearts, the prestige of this Daoguang Emperor will definitely plummet, this is for sure! In China, there is no emperor who can have a long face! Many people will regard this indemnity as a tribute, which is also a very strange thing.

So Daoguang was disgraced, but there was no way, because the British could fight, but you couldn't! But now someone can persuade the British to take the initiative to return the reparations and the territorial sovereignty of Hong Kong, which is of course better.

Although the method of restitution is relatively special, as long as the "sovereignty" is in hand, even if it is only nominal, there is no problem. This name is very important, so neither Daoguang nor the courtiers are fools and know this. As long as it is returned nominally, it is enough, enough to brag!

"Your Majesty, what did that foreigner say just now? He said that it was a director of the customs office sent to England by the Qing Dynasty, named Xu Qing? Who is this Xu Qing, who was sent by our Qing Dynasty? Who sent it? However, no matter what, that is also my person from the Qing Dynasty, this Xu Qing is the reincarnation of our Qing Dynasty's Su Qin Zhangyi, it is really the reincarnation of Su Qin Zhangyi! Without spending a single soldier, the British barbarians can be persuaded to return these lands and indemnities, isn't this the reincarnation of Su Qin and Zhangyi? Ministry of Rites Shangshu Baochang said.