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"Marfa, what do you say over there?" A young man in his twenties, with a thin and bony body, a slightly sallow face, and a faint smell of tobacco on his body. After seeing an old man return home, he immediately stepped forward and asked.

Marfa means grandfather in Manchu, and this old man is the grandfather of the young man.

"Let's not take any action for the time being, the Han people have been investigating this aspect recently, and the Han people are in charge of the capital in the capital, so it is inconvenient for us to show up too much." The old man shook his head helplessly, looked at his grandson and said.

The incident in the afternoon was quite a blow to them.

Although their grandfather and grandson have a lot of prestige in the clan, after that incident, they have basically exhausted all their prestige.

Now let them organize a crowd to do the same thing, I am afraid that those direct relatives may not listen to their grandfather and grandson.

After all, we are all human beings, and no one doesn't care about their own lives.

Although their life is hard, compared to the Han people in the world, their life is easy enough.

Every month, they could receive a certain amount of food and silver taels from the imperial court as a subsidy, so that even if they did not go to cultivate the land and make money, they would not fall to the point of starvation.

But if you want to live a comfortable life, it's impossible.

The ancestors created a chance for them to survive, but if they wanted to live better, they could only rely on their own efforts.

The monthly money distributed by the Manchurians was not taken directly from the state treasury, but from an independent small treasury, and this small treasury was the military department.

Everyone in the banner is a soldier, and the money is only given to those who are in the banner.

Some Manchurians who are not in the banner have the right to reclaim the land, and they can go to other places to reclaim the land, and they only need to report the location to the military department, and after review, set the annual tax, and then they can directly cultivate.

And their taxes were not included in the treasury, but were handed over to the military department to pay for the expenses of the people in Qiman.

When Erhe was young, he went to the battlefield and made meritorious contributions, and his son died on the battlefield.

It stands to reason that such a family should be treated favorably by the imperial court.

But it's a pity that his grandson Etenyi didn't enter the barracks, but became infected with opium, and he didn't leave his cigarettes all day long, so that the originally wealthy family suddenly became poor.

It was precisely for this reason that after receiving the notice from that person, Erhe immediately began to arrange for his people to go and make trouble.

Because in addition to having money to get, he also promised to raise the level of their family by three levels after the emperor returned to Beijing. And this means that in the future they can get three times as much as they do now.

And this is not just a short-term promotion, but it will be passed down from generation to generation, as long as you don't commit any crimes of deception, or the problem of insufficient family contributions, this level will definitely not be reduced.

In the face of great temptation, Erkh had no reason to refuse, nor did he have the courage to refuse.

But no one thought that things would happen to such an extent, in just a few minutes, the thousands of people they organized were killed by dozens of soldiers, and the rest were even more frightened and fled in all directions, embarrassed.

And Erhe, who was originally worried that he would be reprimanded by that person, was not reprimanded by the other party after meeting with the messenger, but warned him to stand still, for the above meaning, Erhe couldn't guess, and couldn't guess, and Erhe's only concern was that the benefits promised above would be fulfilled?

"Bastards, damn Han people, even the capital dares to invade." Etenyi scolded angrily, and immediately became addicted to smoking, but there was no money left at home, so he could only think crookedly.

"Marfa, why don't we secretly contact the other clansmen, this time we will go out together and attack their troops in the entire capital at the same time, so that they cannot support each other. As long as we can defeat them, it will be equivalent to taking back the capital, and the time will ......," Etenyi said.

"Shut up!" Erhe reprimanded fiercely, and then looked at his grandson with some doting, and explained in a wide voice: "Ertenyi, no matter who is on both sides, we can't afford to offend, and there was that one behind us before, so we are not afraid." But now that he has ordered us to stop, if we continue to do it wantonly, with that person's means, will our grandfather and grandson still be alive and well?

Also, do you really think that he is trying to rely on us to drive those Han people away? In fact, everyone is wrong, what that person means is actually to use us to test the strength and firepower of the Han people, and now that the goal has been achieved, what reason is there to continue?

The Eight Banners are no longer the Eight Banners of the year, we no longer have the heroism of the past, and there are some things that must be done within our means. ”

Eteng Yi looked at his grandfather with shock, although he also knew very well that the Eight Banners were no longer the Eight Banners Tiger and Wolf Division of the past, but Eteng Yi did not expect that he would sacrifice their Manchu people and use Manchu lives to test the strength and firepower of the Han people.

Could it be that the army of the Eight Banners Tiger and Wolf back then can only be reduced to the point of cannon fodder now?

Etenyi is very unwilling, although he is not a person with big ambitions, he is not willing to let the Eight Banners, which were extremely beautiful in the past, become what they are now.

But for him as an addict, how much can he help his clansmen?

"Etenyi, you have to remember that no matter what, don't be reckless and competitive for the sake of face, sometimes, proper forbearance is not all a bad thing." Erhe said earnestly to his grandson.

Erhe only has one grandson, Etenyi, and he does not want his grandson to survive in this society in a hundred years.

Although I don't believe it a little, but Erhe has lived for most of his life, and he has been in the army for a year or two, and he has already become a human spirit.

Etenyi nodded, ostensibly remembering Erhe's words, but in fact he didn't care too much, he was still thinking, if the Manchu control of the capital was restored, how would he be rewarded by the imperial court at that time?

…………

The next day, early in the morning.

In the barracks, Wang Sirui's door was knocked on, and Wang Sirui, who was helpless, had to reluctantly get up from the bed.

"When has this been, as a co-envoy of the Qin Mission, you still sleep here, what kind of system has it become?" The person who knocked on the door was none other than Li Hongzhang, who lived in the same barracks.

At this moment, Li Hongzhang's face was not very good-looking, and after knocking on the door of Wang Sirui's house, he stepped directly into the house and reprimanded Wang Sirui.

Previously, he had sent three groups of people to inform Wang Sirui, the first time he brought back the news that Wang Sirui had not gotten up yet, and the second time he was washing.

But after waiting left and right for half an hour, he still didn't see Wang Sirui, so Li Hongzhang sent a third group of people to urge, but he didn't expect the news that the third group of people brought back was also that Wang Sirui was washing.

Now Li Hongzhang is completely on fire, even if it is once, but twice it is still like this, seeing that the time is getting more and more late, Li Hongzhang can't help but put down his body and come to wake up Wang Sirui in person.

When the door was opened, after seeing Wang Sirui's sleepy expression, Li Hongzhang's heart was even more angry.

"My lord, you have also had a lot of dealings with foreigners, and you have also experienced a lot of negotiation occasions like this. Dare to ask your lord, have foreigners ever arrived early before? Even once? Wang Sirui didn't have any reaction to Li Hongzhang's reprimand, but asked with a normal face.

Subsequently, he personally fetched some water from the bucket in the house, although it was already winter, Wang Sirui was still used to washing his face and rinsing his mouth with cold water.

"My dignified China is a country of etiquette, this is a gift handed down by our ancestors for 5,000 years, how can it be compared to those foreigners?" Li Hongzhang didn't expect Wang Sirui to ask him this, but Li Hongzhang understood the meaning of Wang Sirui's voice.

It's a pleasure, but it comes at a cost.

Again, it's not just the two of them who are negotiating, if even ****** Yixuan arrives, but the two of them are late, wouldn't this make Yixuan lose face?

Let a prince wait for the two of them, this is a big rebellion in feudal society, even Li Hongzhang can't afford such a crime.

Moreover, the negotiation is a matter that the whole country is concerned about, if it is known that they treat foreigners like this, if the result of the negotiation is ultimately beneficial to them, then it is okay to say, but once the result of the contract is unfavorable to them, then the two of them will immediately become the target of public criticism.

He Wang Sirui is young and vigorous, and he won the battle, and he is the biggest contributor to this negotiation, so Wang Sirui will naturally put on a show, but Li Hongzhang can't, he knows the difficulty of foreigners.

In fact, lowering the posture is more to avoid leaving any handle for foreigners to attack them, although this will create some trouble for themselves.

"My lord, when a friend comes, he has his own wine and meat, and when a jackal comes, he can only raise his shotgun. We are the victors, and we have enough chips in our hands, so these foreigners will never dare to be presumptuous. Wang Sirui said that he knew what Li Hongzhang meant, but he himself could not accept this concept.

obviously won the battle, but in the end, he still had to negotiate with foreigners like a grandson, and he acted like a vanquished.

That's right, the current Qing Dynasty is indeed no match for foreigners, but so what? If you can't beat them in a full-scale war, can't you still fight a local war? And facts have proven that they can win local wars.

Exaggerating your strength will indeed make more enemies pay attention to you, but exaggerating your strength after victory will help improve your own status, and it will be beneficial to later negotiations.

It is impossible for Li Hongzhang not to understand these truths, but based on different considerations, he can only bury them deep in his heart. (To be continued.) )