Seeing that the Japanese, who had always been sharp-tongued, were dumbfounded this time, Prince Gong and Wenxiang, as well as several other ministers of the Prime Minister's Yamen, were all secretly happy. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

From the beginning of the issue of the exchange of contracts, the cunning and difficulty of the Japanese have always caused headaches for the ministers of the Prime Minister's Yamen, and until today, the Prime Minister's Yamen has finally found some "home field" feeling.

Of course, they also understood that if it weren't for Lin Yizhe's timely reminder from Lin Yizhe, who was far away in Fujian, they would not have been able to cope with this scene alone.

"Do you have any questions about this?" Seeing that the Japanese were silent, Prince Gong asked again quietly.

Yanagihara Qianguangwu pretended to be tough and said: "The identity of this person, my country should verify it in detail, and then come to negotiate with your country." ”

"Listen to me." Prince Gong smiled, and the conversation suddenly turned to Yanagihara Qianguang, "According to the Fujian Provincial Fu Bureau, your envoy once led a team to steal into Taiwan with firearms, which was intercepted by my patrol ship. Dare to ask what is the intention of your envoy to act like this? ”

Yanagihara Maemitsu was shocked in his heart, but he was still very calm on the surface: "I went to Taiwan for sightseeing this time, and I was approved by your government, and your country also issued passports for me and my entourage, and local officials in Fujian Province have also verified that our trip to Taiwan is a normal trip, not an illegal immigration." It was just because there were many snakes, insects and beasts in Fandi, and in order to defend ourselves, we carried some hunting guns without informing the local officials of your country in advance, so we caused a misunderstanding and were detained in the chicken coop for more than three months. Now that the misunderstanding has been clarified, we apologize deeply for causing trouble to your country. ”

Hearing Yanagihara Maemitsu's words about bringing weapons into Taiwan without authorization, the vice-island minister admired it in his heart.

Yanagihara Maemitsu said, got up and bowed deeply to Prince Gong, and the deputy island Tanetomi and Mizuno Jun and others also hurriedly bowed.

"The treaty between China and your country clearly stipulates that no swords and firearms are allowed to be brought in by businessmen and civilians of the two countries. Wen Xiang deliberately said unrelentingly.

"Master Wen misunderstood, we did not intend to break the contract, but there was an ambiguity in our respective understandings of the treaty." Yanagihara's mind turned quickly, and he immediately replied, "The treaty stipulates that businessmen and people of the two countries are not allowed to carry weapons when they enter each other's borders. In your country's view, swords and all firearms fired with gunpowder are included in the list of weapons, while in our country we regard swords, bows, spears and military firearms as weapons, and hunting guns are not among weapons. The difference in understanding of the text of the treaty between your two countries is due to a misunderstanding. It's not like we're deliberately breaching the contract. ”

"Since the treaty is not exhaustive, this weapon classification should be re-enacted and written into the treaty! From this day onwards, this king declares to your envoy that all firearms are included in the list of weapons, and that they are not allowed to be brought in without the special permission of the imperial court. Otherwise, you will be severely punished! In the end, Prince Gong said that the tone of the door habitually became high.

Yanagihara Maeko wanted to argue about this matter again, but suddenly saw the eyes of the vice-island minister, signaled himself to stop, he thought for a while, and said: "In this case, this article should be noted in detail when the contract is renewed. ”

After the end of the meeting, which was extremely depressing for the Japanese, Yanagihara Maemitsu and Sotomi Tosajima left the Prime Minister's Yamen and returned to the embassy.

At this time, the Qing court had allowed foreign envoys to enter and exit by carriage in this area of the imperial city, and Yanagihara Maemitsu and Vice Island Tanechen rode in the carriage in the direction of the embassy area, and both of them were silent along the way.

Unconsciously, the group came to the overpass.

The overpass is located in the northwest of the Temple of Heaven and crosses the Longxu Ditch in a north-south direction. It was originally the bridge that the emperor must pass to go to the Temple of Heaven to worship the sky, which means the bridge to the sky, so it is called the "sky bridge". During the Daoguang and Xianfeng periods, a number of itinerant vendors emerged in the West Altar Root and North Altar Root of the Temple of Heaven and the East Altar Root and the North Altar of the Xiannong Altar, because the imperial court did not levy taxes on them, which promoted the development of commerce and amusement industry in this area, so there were various artists performing here, and all kinds of quyi performance venues sprung up along with tea shops, restaurants, restaurants, stalls, martial arts and acrobatic venues, becoming a concentrated place for the people of Beijing to appreciate folk skills and quyi art, and it is also one of the most lively places in Beijing.

For foreigners in Beijing, the flyover is also a good place for them to relax and have fun.

On the overpass, Yanagihara Maeko's eyes were unconsciously attracted by those juggling artists. He ordered the carriage to stop, temporarily let go of the bad mood that had just arisen from the failure of the negotiations, and concentrated on watching the juggling show.

Not far from them, a group of people formed a large circle and watched the monkey show.

At this time, there were many onlookers, and it became a thick wall of people, and the short Japanese could not squeeze in at all. Fortunately, the Japanese diplomats could look out from the carriage and could see it clearly without crowding.

In the circle, several topless jugglers are waving whips in their hands, shouting while driving the monkeys to do various performance actions, seeing a few monkeys in ridiculous clothes from time to time to make a cute performance action, the surrounding people from time to time let out bursts of cheers and happy laughter. Sotomi Soejima and Yanagihara Maemitsu couldn't help but laugh heartily.

Smiling and smiling, Yanagihara Maekoshi seemed to remember something, and the smile first froze on his face, and then disappeared little by little.

Soetomi Soejima noticed the change in the expression on Yanagihara Maemitsu's face, and his laughter stopped abruptly.

"What's wrong? Yanagihara-kun? Are you uncomfortable? He asked with concern.

"I'm fine." Yanagihara Maemitsu shook his head and asked rhetorically, "Vice Island-kun, do you remember, when was the last time we watched this monkey show?" ”

"Of course I do." Vice Island Seed Minister nodded, "Last time, I saw it on the way back after negotiating with the prime minister of the Qing State. He recalled that day that he and Yanagihara Maemitsu went to the prime minister's yamen again to negotiate, and from the mouths of the two stupid ministers Mao Changxi and Dong Sui, he once again got the words "Taiwan's land will not return to the king", and the joy of having everything under control appeared on the corner of his mouth again.

When they saw the monkey show that they could often see on the way home, they thought of the two ministers who had been circled by their diplomatic rhetoric, and they all laughed in unison.

In the eyes of the vice-island ministers and Yanagihara Maeko at that time, weren't Mao Changxi and Dong Sui like monkeys driven by this juggler?

Sotomi Tokushima suddenly understood the intention of Yanagihara Maemitsu to ask, and the smile on the corner of his mouth disappeared suddenly.

"Vice Island-kun, don't you think that today, like this monkey, we have been tricked by a Chinese?" Yanagihara Maemitsu sighed and asked.

"Yes." Vice Island Chongchen's face suddenly became gloomy, "I still wonder why today, these ministers of the Qing Kingdom seem to be a different person. ”

"That's because someone is pointing them behind their backs." Yanagihara Maemitsu said, "Vice Island-kun, you have to remember this person, his name is Lin Yizhe. ”

"I know him, and now he is acting as the governor of Fujian Province." Sotometomi nodded, "I'll remember him." ”

"As long as this person is in Fujian, we have no chance for Taiwan." Yanagihara Maemitsu's eyes looked at the red sun in the distance, as if he was talking to the deputy island retainer, and as if he was talking to himself.

Sokushima Tanetomi looked at Yanagihara Maemitsu in surprise, he had always relied on the strong help of this extremely talented young man in front of him, and believed in his judgment. He had also heard of this young Chinese official named Lin Yizhe, who had subconsciously compared Lin Yizhe to Yanagihara Maemitsu, believing that although Lin Yizhe was the most capable of the younger generation of Chinese officials, he was not as good as Yanagihara Maemitsu. And now, when he heard that Yanagihara Qianguang had raised Lin Yizhe to such a high level, he couldn't help but be a little puzzled.

"This man...... Is it so scary? Sotomi asked, his voice unnatural.

"He's the most terrifying Qing man I've ever seen." Yanagihara Maemitsu turned his head and looked at the vice-island minister, his face full of solemnity, "And those who are clamoring to open up the land of Taiwan are a group of fools who are carried away by ambition and desire!" Do you think Japan will have a chance to seize Taiwan from the Qing Dynasty? ”

"Yanagihara-kun refers to those people in Shanxian County, Junxi Xiangjun?" Sotomi Sotomi asked.

"And Kayama-kun!" Yanagihara Maemitsu snorted coldly, and his eyes fell on the monkeys who were driven by the jugglers to perform, "He actually thinks that Lin Yizhe is a clown courtier of the Empress Dowager and Emperor of the Qing Kingdom!" I've never heard anything more stupid than this in my life! ”

"A wolf-like opponent is terrible, but even more terrifying is a pig-like stupid one's own people (not afraid of a wolf-like opponent, afraid of a pig-like teammate?). ）！ Yanagihara Maemitsu remembered the behavior of Shiki Kayama, and he was angry, "A stupid and arrogant person like him will only drag Japan to the abyss of destruction!" ”

"Then let's work together and try our best to stop their recklessness!" As a diplomat, Tanetomi Viceshima also disagreed with the "Taiwan conquest" theory, which was very much in the air in Japan, and when he heard Yanagihara Maemitsu directly denounce the "Taiwan conquest faction" such as Shikiki Kayama as stupid pigs, he was a little amused, but also secretly happy in his heart.

"Remember this man named Lin Yizhe, Vice Island-kun." Yanagihara Maemitsu withdrew his gaze from the monkey, turned his head to Sokushima Tanetomi and said solemnly again, "This person will inevitably become Japan's great enemy in the future!" Unless ......"

Probably thinking that the idea that popped up again in his head was too absurd, Yanagihara Maemitsu didn't say any more, but shook his head, sighed, and got back into the carriage.

The carriage continued on its way and soon disappeared into the streets of Beijing.