523 court farce

"What are you kidding? Is this unbearable? The German envoy threw the telegram in his hand to Ambassador Hannadson, who was beside him, and muttered bitterly. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

As soon as he wanted to wait and see what would happen, and wait for the battle for the South China Sea to be decided, a telegram came from the British side, urging him to bring about peace talks as soon as possible.

"It seems that even on the sea, the front line is not going well......" Hanaldson was also depressed, and said this.

Not only is it not going well, so it seems that the British did not even win the naval battle, so they were so eager to hope for peace with the Ming Empire.

It's just that the German envoys, Hannason and others, relying on their imagination, can't guess what the battlefield is like.

I can't guess it, but the German envoy really doesn't know how to deal with the aggressive officials of the Ming Empire's Ministry of Rites, as well as the difficult Lord Sun Fangshangshu.

This time, he had to put down his shelf, go to the other party, and then try his best to use a neutral posture to get the Ming Empire to allow the British envoy to enter the border for peace talks.

Whether the battleships of the British Navy could still shell the coastal areas of the Ming Empire, this German envoy did not know, and the specific losses of both sides could not be passed on to him at this time.

All he can do now is to get the negotiators of the two countries together as soon as possible to argue for an end to the war.

"Spare car...... I want to go to the Forbidden City and meet Sun Fang, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites! The envoy finally gritted his teeth and decided to give up his reserve.

For a qualified diplomat, the least valuable thing is his face. That dough is priceless and represents a country, but when it is not valuable, it is no different from a blank piece of paper.

After weighing it again and again, the German envoy stood up and was ready to change his passive strategy of waiting for Sun Fang to come to the door and adopt a more active mode.

He had already been defeated, and in the competition of patience and stamina, he was completely defeated by Sun Fang of the Ming Empire. Because just a few minutes ago, Sun Fang already knew the news that the fleet of the Ming Empire was completely wiped out.

However, Sun Fang, as the official of the Ming Empire, resisted the pressure, and did not send anyone, but insisted on not contacting the German envoy first.

Sun Fang knew that even if the front-line troops of the Ming Empire had a good situation and allowed him to defeat the German envoy, it did not mean that he had won.

Because this is just to make the envoys of neutral countries such as Germany and Austria-Hungary who came to put pressure bow their heads, and the real negotiators, that is, the British envoys and the Ceylon envoys, are still on the way.

This is already a very quick statement, if it were not for the rush to end the war with the Ming Empire, the British envoy is estimated to be still on standby at home.

Now, because the front-line troops of the Ming Empire are fighting too well, the British envoy who should have been far away in the British mainland is now on the way.

"I'll go with you." Ambassador Hannathan, who was standing on the side, hurriedly followed, squeezed into a carriage with Mr. Special Envoy, and drove bumpily towards the peak of the power of the Daiming Empire, the Forbidden City.

In the Forbidden City, a group of officials who were in a hurry were persuading Emperor Zhu Mu. There were already several people kneeling on the ground, without raising their heads, waiting for His Majesty the Emperor's words.

The official kneeling on the ground was the one who asked His Majesty the Emperor to issue an edict as soon as possible and order Sun Fang, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, to make peace with the British as soon as possible. Most of these people represent the interests of maritime trade and coastal wealthy merchants, and Zhu Mu knows it clearly in his heart.

The possible northward movement of the British fleet, as well as the total annihilation of the Nanyang Fleet of the Ming Empire, touched the most fragile and sensitive nerve of these people.

The shipping of the Ming Empire will be completely cut off, the cost of transporting materials from the south of the Ming Empire to the north will increase exponentially, and the barrier formed by the two fleets of the north and south of the Ming Empire will be broken by the enemy!

"Your Majesty! We should immediately let Sun negotiate with the British, suspend the attack, find a way, and end the war with dignity! Your Majesty! "An old minister was crying so much that those who didn't know would think his son was dead.

Zhu Mu sat in his place and looked at the minister kneeling on the ground below without saying a word, without any expression on his face.

Wang Jianfeng lowered his head and looked at Ma Siyuan, the second assistant of the cabinet leaning next to him, this old minister was originally Wang Jianfeng's family, and he was standing there at this moment, like an old monk in a fixed place, as if he had already fallen asleep.

Looking further to the other side, Zhang Huai, who is more shrewd than a monkey, and Bai Fei, the two of them also have no intention of moving, as if the annihilated fleet has nothing to do with them at all.

Seeing this appearance in front of him, Wang Jianfeng really felt sad for the ministers who were kneeling on the ground, no one in the cabinet came out, and none of the chief officials and deputies of the six ministries stood up, what is the point of crying?

Several people representing the new forces, Shen Yan, who had just been promoted, had also already made up their minds not to say a word at this court meeting.

When the war has reached this point, everyone knows that the goal of the new forces to rise through His Majesty the Emperor has been achieved, and the benefits of recovering the benefits of the region have also been obtained.

Now what they are concerned about is whether His Majesty the Emperor will continue to expand his armaments and prepare to start the next war, and when he will borrow money to continue to expand the scale of the next war.

The newly rising capitalist forces kept silent about whether it was war or peace, and the cabinet, which represented the old bureaucratic forces, also tightened its mouth and pretended to be dead, and the rest were clowns.

Zhu Mu didn't bother to pay attention to it, and let them cry and mourn there. Sun Fang stood there without even looking at His Majesty the Emperor. Among the ministers who impeached him, there was not a single person with weight, which really made him unable to raise his will to fight.

"If it's just such a thing as negotiating peace, I have already ordered Sun Fang to weigh the pros and cons and negotiate with the envoys of various countries." After a long time, watching the people below cry enough, Zhu Mu finally said this.

When the kneeling man heard this, he was about to cry again, but he found that he no longer had the strength to cry. Zhu Mu stood up and walked away: "If you are willing to kneel, you will all kneel here, I still have something to do, so I will not accompany you." ”

The people below looked at each other, really didn't know what to do, and waited until the dragon chair was empty, and it took a long time for everyone to come back to their senses, get up from the ground, and go after the cabinet ministers who had already left, as well as the six scholars.

"Shousuke...... Wait a minute! Shousuke! "Lord Shen, stay ......" "Hey! Don't go so fast! Master Ma, Master Ma! ”