Li Hongzhang's face turned a little blue with anger, but Wang Sirui still talked to himself regardless of it, although he said something that sounded very reasonable, but in Li Hongzhang's opinion, Wang Sirui's approach was extremely irresponsible to the country.

As a country of etiquette, how can we compare those etiquette issues with foreigners?

Obviously, Li Hongzhang didn't want to talk any more nonsense to Wang Sirui, so he said directly: "Give you half an hour of time, and after half an hour, you must set off." ”

In this regard, Wang Sirui could only express his helplessness, but since Li Hongzhang had already issued an order, Wang Sirui could only obey.

So, Wang Sirui could only speed up the speed in his hand, wash quickly, and then take over the breakfast prepared by the guards, gobbling up a steamed bun and a bowl of gruel, and then wiped his mouth, signaling that he could go.

And looking at Wang Sirui's thunderous gobbling, Li Hongzhang was slightly surprised.

If you were to be yourself, I'm afraid that at most this amount of time would only be enough for washing, right? But Wang Sirui even solved the breakfast. It's just that what surprised Li Hongzhang even more was that Wang Sirui's breakfast was so economical.

However, compared to Wang Sirui's economy, after seeing Wang Sirui's grinning appearance, Li Hongzhang's face showed an unteachable expression, and then flicked his cuffs and ran directly outside the house.

"Secretly check the food situation in the city, and there are also vegetables and fruits." After going out, Li Hongzhang whispered to a confidant beside him.

The henchman nodded slightly, and immediately left the group, without attracting anyone's attention.

After a quarter of an hour's effort, Wang Sirui and Li Hongzhang, escorted by soldiers from a battalion, came to the venue of the meeting, the Ministry of Rites.

The Ministry of Rites is located about 100 meters north of Zhengyangmen in the inner city, close to the household department in the north, and Tai Hospital in the east, which is the closest to Zhengyangmen and the southernmost part of the six departments.

In normal times, this is definitely a forbidden place for ordinary people and some petty officials, but now it is extraordinary.

The reason why the venue for the negotiation was chosen in the Ministry of Rites was to tell the foreigners that we were in the Qing Dynasty as a state of etiquette, although you once occupied the capital, but that was the result of my first salute and then the soldiers, otherwise you see, now the capital is not recaptured by us? Moreover, you have preemptively put forward a request for negotiations.

When the team drove to the front of the ceremonial department, ****** Yixuan and the ministers had a blue face.

They had been waiting here for half an hour, letting a prince and a number of ministers wait for Li Hongzhang and Wang Sirui, which made them feel that the face on their faces was very unbearable.

Therefore, everyone tacitly decided to let Li Hongzhang give them an explanation.

"Lord, the old man is a little uncomfortable this morning, so he has been delayed for a while, and I hope the prince and all of you will understand." Li Hongzhang naturally saw everyone's dissatisfaction, so he didn't hesitate, and after getting off the carriage, he went straight to a few people, hugged his fists and apologized.

And Li Hongzhang also took all the responsibility on himself, and did not mention Wang Sirui's matter at all.

Of course, it's not that Li Hongzhang doesn't want to mention it, but even if he mentions it, they won't believe it.

You dignified Li Zhongtang, can't you even manage a commander in his twenties who has just been promoted from the second rank?

And Li Hongzhang's health has not been very good in recent years, and everyone knows this. And the reason why the Empress Dowager Cixi sent a imperial doctor to accompany her this time was actually mainly to take care of Li Hongzhang.

It's just that after returning to the capital, Yixuan was also angry and sick after seeing what happened to his Qingwang Mansion, so the imperial doctor has been living in Yixuan's Qingwang Mansion for the past few days.

"Lord Li still has to take care of his body, Imperial Doctor, why don't you hurry up and help Lord Li take a look? If Master Lee can't talk, can you afford to take on the responsibility? Yixuan squinted his eyes slightly and looked at Li Hongzhang, and said duplicitously.

"Lord Lao has bothered." Li Hongzhang thanked without changing his face.

And the imperial doctor on the side also hurriedly stepped forward to help Li Hongzhang after hearing Yixuan's words.

The Imperial Doctor sometimes frowned, sometimes depressed.

Judging from the pulse, Li Hongzhang's body has nothing abnormal except for those old problems. As for the stomach, at least there is not much problem with the pulse.

Of course, Li Hongzhang has been riddled with diseases in the past few years, which will more or less cause some changes in the pulse.

Although there are all kinds of possibilities, for the imperial doctor, he does not dare to draw conclusions easily. If you draw the wrong conclusion, the consequences can be severe.

However, considering the current weather and season problems, the imperial doctor's brows finally relaxed, and he said: "Lord Li's diet is a little unreasonable recently, it should be that he has eaten some kind of food that is not easy for Lord Li to eat, plus in the cold winter, there may be some colds at night, so this is the gastrointestinal discomfort caused by this." In the past few days, Mr. Li has drunk more hot water, avoided spicy food, and if it really doesn't work, drink medicine to recuperate. ”

"Hmm!" Li Hongzhang nodded, he was very satisfied with the imperial doctor's answer.

Whether there is a problem with one's stomach and intestines, only oneself knows best, and the Taiyi is not one of those Jianghu Langzhong on the market, regardless of the size of the disease, he will drink medicine to recuperate.

The doctors have always adhered to the idea that medicine is three parts poison, believing that some symptoms that are not serious can be treated by normal means.

Therefore, not prescribing medicine to Li Hongzhang for conditioning is also exactly what Li Hongzhang meant.

As for Yixuan, he didn't compare this truth, and sometimes, all they wanted was a statement. To put it bluntly, as long as they get face-saving, it doesn't matter if they tell a lie.

Now that there is Li Hongzhang's statement and the confirmation of the imperial doctor, things are already perfect, and their face has been saved, which is enough.

"Lord Wang, can there be troops patrolling near this Ministry of Rites?" Zhang Fuhua suddenly brought the topic to Wang Sirui, not only him, but almost all the ministers have looked at Wang Sirui very unpleasantly, so they want to make some trouble for Wang Sirui.

As for the issue of identity, although Wang Sirui is younger, he is a member of the second grade, and it is not too much to embarrass Wang Sirui as Zhang Fuhua.

"Back to the prince, the lower officials are ready for everything, and the troops are currently being deployed according to the plan." Wang Sirui didn't pay attention to Zhang Fuhua, but reported to Yixuan.

Zhang Fuhua has been making things difficult for himself everywhere since the first day he entered Beijing, and now Zhang Fuhua is the first to stand up.

Wang Sirui didn't know where he had offended him, although he knew very well that these people were actually in the same group, but Wang Sirui still wanted to slap Zhang Fuhua in the face as much as possible.

"Ready for everything? Let me ask you, how many streets are there in this area? If the enemy mobilizes artillery to attack, what countermeasures do you have? Zhang Fuhua grimaced and continued to ask, as if he wanted to regain his face on Wang Sirui's body.

Wang Sirui looked at ****** Yixuan quietly, and then glanced at Zhang Fuhua, the two of them were silent, and the other was chasing after each other.

Listening to Zhang Fuhua's questioning, coupled with Wang Sirui's own speculation, Wang Sirui is now more and more suspicious, and the behind-the-scenes instructions of those people storming the barracks yesterday may really be ****** Yixuan.

Zhang Fuhua's words seemed to be asking Wang Sirui about the security arrangement, but because of the lessons from the past, it gave Wang Sirui an illusion that Zhang Fuhua was indirectly taking his real strength and the current deployment of troops.

"Within a radius of one mile, no one can enter!" Wang Sirui thought for a moment and replied.

"Hmph, if the prince is like this, he is only responsible for a radius of one mile, if the enemy is hiding in the house, how will you deal with it?" Zhang Fuhua continued.

Wang Sirui hated to directly pull out the gun and kill Zhang Fuhua, an old stubborn, what kind of grudge does Lao Tzu have with you? Why is it that he bites Lao Tzu and refuses to let go?

"If the prince is like this, the lower officials naturally don't dare to be careless, and the lower officials can ensure that there will be no people who have nothing to do with this meeting within a radius of one mile. As for the house, since Lord Zhang can think of this problem, how could the subordinate who is the commander not think of it? Wang Sirui squinted his eyes slightly and glared at Zhang Fuhua, and a wave of anger rose.

Zhang Fuhua was so frightened that he took a step back, if it weren't for the fact that there were other people behind him, he would have retreated a few meters away.

As for Wang Sirui, he was not really angry, but deliberately acted like this to tell Zhang Fuhua.

Since you can think of a question that a civilian official can think of, can't I, a general who led the army to win a battle, still think of it? Instead of arguing with Lao Tzu about security here, it is better to think about how to negotiate with foreigners later.

Of course, there is another meaning in the voice, but this meaning is relatively vague, and only Li Hongzhang heard the meaning.

And Li Hongzhang glanced at Wang Sirui thoughtfully, but he didn't point it out.

"Enough, when the country is in trouble, you are competing for a moment of rap here, what kind of system has it become? If the foreigner sees this scene, I'm afraid that there is no need to talk about this negotiation, and we will already lose. Yixuan reprimanded the two of them, adding a little more weight to the word negotiation.

However, anyone with a discerning eye can hear the meaning of Yixuan's voice, although he reprimanded the two, he still favored Zhang Fuhua.

It was precisely to remind Wang Sirui that Zhang Fuhua was the minister of the Qincha and one of the main personnel in charge of the negotiations. And you, Wang Sirui, are just a co-envoy of the Qincha, to put it bluntly, you are here to assist them in negotiations, what qualifications do you have to confront the minister of the Qincha as a small co-envoy?

If it weren't for the fact that Wang Sirui's troops were in full swing at this time, and it was not easy to have turmoil in the capital, and it would not be easy to relieve Wang Sirui of his military power before the negotiations were concluded and the foreign soldiers did not retreat.

I am afraid that at the first moment of entering the capital, Yixuan ordered Wang Sirui to be relieved of his military power. Then he reorganized his troops into his own Shenji Battalion, if the Shenji Battalion can be so powerful, then Yixuan will have one more hole card.

Of course, even now, Yixuan is still planning the army under Wang Sirui, and wants to select some elite troops to supplement his Shenji battalion to enhance his strength.

"The foreigner is coming, ......" (to be continued.) )