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Far Eastern Hotel, Hong Kong.

It is the most haunted place on the whole Hong Kong Island, and it is also a gold cave for foreign business executives who come to China to enjoy the comfortable life of the West. Although this hotel is the property of Segur Bank, but Segur Bank in Hong Kong has half of the shares of Jishi Bank, so Zhu Jishi asked his mistress Madame Duran to participate in the management of Far Eastern Group Hotel, turning this hotel into a stronghold in Hong Kong. Luo Li, who has infiltrated the Qing Dynasty Western-style Yamen, is naturally a frequent visitor to the Far Eastern Hotel, and has booked a room here for a long time, and will stay every time he returns to Hong Kong. And if Zhu Jishi wants to meet him secretly, he will also choose to do it in the Far Eastern Hotel.

"Jason, Ricciardo has arrived."

The door of a luxurious suite was pushed open, and in came Madame Duran, who was wearing a Western off-the-shoulder dress, and the hot climate here in Hong Kong meant that Western women were more scantily dressed than in Europe.

"Ask him to come over." Zhu Jishi smiled and introduced to the Zuo military division beside him: "This is my outer room, Roman. Durán, is French. ”

Zuo Zongtang looked at Mrs. Duran, smiled and nodded, which was regarded as a greeting. That Bai Siwen had also written a book about Western customs and customs before, called "Interesting Facts about European Travel", which included Zhu Jishi's romance in Europe. These romantic things have naturally become the reason why some pedantic scholars are not ashamed of Zhu Jishi. However, in Zuo Zongtang's view, Zhu Jishi is living in the West, if he doesn't sleep with a Western woman. Is it impossible to ask a rich nobleman to become a monk? Moreover, the West is monogamous, and Zhu Jishi refuses to marry a wife in the West. You can only keep a mistress. Making fun of it is simply boring.

Soon. Mrs. Duran led Rodley through a secret door in Zhu Jishi's suite. When Luo Li saw a bald man in a robe and a horse coat beside Zhu Jishi (of course Tou Ming couldn't keep braids anymore), he was stunned for a moment.

"This is Mr. Ryo Jin, my military advisor." Zhu Jishi pointed at Rodeli again, "This is Rode, and his Spanish name is Ricardo. Tang Dynasty. Rodriguez, now an advisor to the Qing Dynasty's Western-style yamen, holds the rank of Taoist. ”

Zuo Zongtang arched his hand to Rode, who also used Chinese etiquette, and then sat on the sofa opposite Zhu Jishi.

"Roman. Go outside and keep guard, don't let people approach. After arranging for Mrs. Duran to look at the wind, Zhu Jishi went straight to the point. That Lin Zexu is quite concerned about foreign affairs, right? ”

"Yes, Lord Lin's enthusiasm is very high, but unfortunately he is still not very proficient in Western affairs, and the Manchu court is up and down. There are also many different opinions, so it is not easy to do something. ”

Zuo Zongtang asked: "What are the different opinions?" ”

Rodli stroked his beard and said, "I don't know much, but I've heard some of Bai Siwen talk about it." On the surface, the dispute over foreign affairs is clear and pedantic. I don't know how to work around, but in fact, it is still Manchu and Han competing for profit. A group of out-of-the-box Hanchens can't see the banner people cheering up by taking advantage of foreign affairs. It has taken away their interests, so let alone the defense of China and foreign countries. I want to spoil the country's plans. Although he didn't dare to oppose it on the surface, he was always unwilling to cooperate. There was also a lot of criticism of the imperial court's levy of coastal defense donations in Jiangnan, Liangguang, Fujian and Zhejiang. ”

That is to say, it is mainly the Hanchen rather than the Manchu who say no to the affairs of foreign affairs, which seems to be different from the situation in Zhu Jishi's impression. He looked at Zuo Zongtang, who said with a smile: "No matter what happens in the Qing Dynasty, Zuihou can't get around the dispute between the Manchus and the Hans." This was not only the case with this Westernization, but also with the previous Sino-British war. ”

Is the Opium War related to the Manchu-Han controversy? Zhu Jishi shook his head, expressing puzzlement. Zuo Zongtang said with a smile: "The defeat of the national dynasty to the British is that on the surface it is the decay of the Eight Banners and the Green Battalion, but the British ships are strong and the guns are strong, but in fact it is not the case. The decay of the Eight Banners and the Green Camp is not a day. When the White Lotus Sect was in turmoil that day, the Eight Banners and the Green Camp were already useless, and as a result, the Manchu Qing Dynasty used the methods of village bravery, regimental training, armor protection, fort and regimental defense, and strong walls and clear the wilderness, and Zuihou still suppressed the White Lotus Sect. So, what about the Manchu Weishenme not using the same method to deal with the Yingyi? ”

"England doesn't want the throne of the emperor of Daoguang." Zhu Jishi sneered.

"Of course, this is one reason, but the factor of the Manchu-Han dispute is greater."

Zuo Zongtang stroked his beard and said: "If Emperor Daoguang wants to fight that day, it will definitely not work by relying on the Eight Banners and the Green Battalion, and the only way is to rejuvenate the group practice." After the first war, countless military expenses were spent, and I don't know how many Han people were promoted to the position of governor and cabinet through military merits. Therefore, when the war was together, Daoguang exempted Lin Muweng from the governor and the Qin cha, and if the front was slightly unfavorable, he sent Qi Shan out to betray the country and end the war early. Otherwise, how could a White Lotus Sect who had fought the Manchu Qing for eight years admit defeat to Yingyi so easily? This bit of thought of the Manchu Qing Dynasty was actually used to deal with the Han people. ”

Reasonable! Zhu Jishixin said that it was impossible for the British Empire to invest troops on the Chinese battlefield, and the Opium War was not so much a battle of life and death, but rather a fat girl like Victoria, who jumped out on impulse to scare Daoguang Lao'er. Daoguang really wants to take out the strength to fight the White Lotus Sect, and Victoria will keep it deflated.

And the Han Chen above the temple, although he was sincere to the Manchu Emperor, he did not stop fighting openly and secretly with that group of Manchu adults. They have to fight, if they don't fight for their children, there will be no hope of feuding. If you want to be as the adults want, Hanchen had better be like Ji Xiaolan, be a word minister, write some flowery articles to whitewash the peace, and get a false name. How can the gang of official fans in the temple be willing? Therefore, when the Chinese and British discussed peace, Qi Shan was impeached by the Han Qingliu group, and he was convicted of losing his official position like Mu Weng. ”

After Zuo Zongtang finished talking about the inside story of the Opium War, he turned the topic to foreign affairs and said: "Today's foreign affairs are the same. If the foreign affairs are dominated by Hanchen, then it is time for the clear stream to speak for the flag people. Of course, the Hanchen above the temple were never one, and they would also be divided into factions and attack each other, which gave the Manchu ministers the opportunity to control the Han with Han. Therefore, this Manchu Qing Dynasty's foreign affairs must not be able to be handled, and Ming Gong can rest assured. But we still have to do something for Lin Muon, because we have to help Mu Weng keep his position as foreign minister. ”

"Why?" Zhu Jishi asked puzzled.

Zuo Zongtang said: "First, Lin Muweng can do things, let him do a good job in Guangdong, and we will take over in the future, which is the foundation of the Ming Dynasty; Second, Lin Muweng has come to think about the name behind him, he has always regarded the name of the Qing Dynasty as more important than the Manchu court, he is the Minister of Foreign Affairs in Guangdong, and the Ming Duke does not have to worry about him colluding with the Ying Yi to deal with the Ming Duke. ”

In fact, the main responsibility of the foreign minister is not to run a factory, but to engage in diplomacy, similar to that of a foreign minister. However, Lin Zexu, the foreign minister, must be extremely difficult to deal with, not to mention the ban on opium, it is a matter of foreigners entering Guangzhou, and it has not been done until now! So now Sir Davis, the Governor of Hong Kong and Minister to China, is about to hate Lin Zexu to death. As for the issue of selling Zhu Jishi, there is no way to talk about it at all, because no one is willing to buy it at all. Well, it's not that no one buys it, but there is no one who is willing to bear the charge of betraying the country for glory. At this point, Lin Zexu is really inferior to Qi Shan, not as good as Qiying, and not as good as Bai Siwen.

"But how can we help Limmuon?" Zhu Jishi frowned.

Zuo Zongtang smiled: "Then I have to ask Mr. Rodley." ”

"What do you say, Ricardo?"

Rhodes thought for a moment and replied: "There are three kinds of official duties that Lord Lin is responsible for: one is the tax of the Guangdong Customs; the second is to purchase Western machinery and munitions, and set up Western-style factories; The third is China's diplomatic involvement. The first two of them are easy to handle, but the third one is a little difficult, and the matter of a foreigner entering Guangzhou City alone is very troublesome......"

"Make efforts on the issue of foreigners entering Guangzhou!" Zuo Zongtang said to Zhu Jishi, "I also asked the Duke of Ming to lobby the British envoys and ask them to let go of Guangzhou City." (To be continued......)