Led by Li Lianying, out of Renshou Palace, straight to Yulan Hall, between the twists and turns of the corridor, Zhao Guanhou whispered: "Xiaguan has never been alone, if there is something that can't be done, the chief manager can help Xiaguan Mi sew some." ”

"You're welcome. Just to save the face of the ten masters, we are also our own people, and there will be nothing wrong. You just replied very well, Lafayette is very happy, to be honest, you just suffered the loss of your background, otherwise, with your brain, it is more than enough to be a hall official. ”

While speaking, he had already come to the outside of Yulan Hall, but he saw Pang Delu standing guard outside with more than a dozen little eunuchs, and when he saw a group of people coming, he hurriedly shook it with a fly, "It's Master Weng inside, don't disturb." ”

He squinted at Zhao Guanhou, and he no longer had the humility and flattery that he had when they met in Jinmen. snorted, "You can't even dare to get up from the Long Live Lord, and you can be regarded as pulling your head in the garden." There are many talents in the court, is there still a lack of one person who can't play? ”

Li Lianying did not back down, "Lao Pang, you are hiding over there, I have Lafayette's words, I want to tell Banzai." What's the matter, do you dare to stop me from telling Lafayette? As for whether this person sees or not, it is a long live decision, how can outsiders be allowed to interfere? ”

No matter what, Pang Delu didn't dare to stop the queen mother's mouth, otherwise a crime of isolating mother and son would be enough to cut him ten times. Hurriedly flashed to the side, "Boss, please inside." ”

Not long after entering, Li Lianying walked out of it and said to Pang Delu: "Long live Lord called you to go in and have something to say, go in and ask for a reward." ”

Zhao Guanhou was watching outside, and after a while, he saw more than a dozen little eunuchs dragging Li You out of the palace, and Li You was dragged away, shouting "Long live your life, long live your life!" And Pang Delu followed at the end with a pale face, and ordered: "Fight me hard, long live the Lord has something to say, Lafayette wants to establish rules, this Li You, just kill him." ”

Turning around again, he looked at Zhao Guanhou, "Long live you have a decree to tell you to go in and reply." ”

Li Lianying glanced at Zhao Guanhou and asked him to go in, only to whisper when the two passed by, "Don't be afraid, what should be done, just do it." ”

In Yulan Hall, there were already a lot of people at this time, and Zhao Guanhou walked in, which was quite eye-catching. When he saw the driver first, he heard a deep man's voice come from him, "Raise your head and let me see you." When Zhao Guanhou heard this, he raised his head, and he could be regarded as coming face to face with the nominal supreme ruler of the current Dajin Kingdom.

Emperor You's ascension to the throne is not yet thirty years old this year, which is the peak of youth. But his body is thin and pale, and in Zhao Guanhou's opinion, his body is not even much stronger than the Empress Dowager Cixi, who is over the age of six. But seeing that his face was flushed and his eyes were shining, he was very ambitious and wanted to show off his strength.

"Even if you have a yellow coat, you don't have to kneel and speak flat. Since Fang Cai is called by the emperor's mother, Li You shouldn't have dragged you here, this slave can't do things, you can't learn from him. Listen to King Qing, you are very proficient in foreign affairs? ”

"If you go back to Long live, the minister doesn't dare to say that he is proficient in two words, but he can only say that he knows a little bit about it."

"Zhang Yinheng, you come to test his foreign language to see if he really has real learning?"

"Yes."

It was an old man in his early sixties who replied, and he greeted him in Puwen, "Turn around and look at me." ”

Zhao Guanhou's grade identity, it is naturally impossible to have a seat here, turned around, and looked at this Zhang Yinheng. I know a little about his name. This person is from the South China Sea, and he is an old fellow villager with the newly popular Kang Changsu, and Kang Changsu is engaged in three or four things in the Beijing Division, and the result of his vigorous assistance is also behind it.

This person was a Westernist faction raised by Zhang Tong, but after the defeat of the Goryeo army, he gave up his benefactor and drove his benefactor out of the general office of the national affairs yamen and switched to Weng Fangtianmen. His ability to run foreign affairs is excellent, he has done a lot of practical things, and he is the first person to do foreign affairs by Weng Fangtian. However, with the change of the pro-political situation of the Son of Heaven, Zhang Yinheng was bent on implementing comprehensive Westernization because of the Son of Heaven's reliance. Fu split with Weng Fangtian, the leader of the Qingliu, and formed his own faction, and became a fire and water with this Changshu Xianggong.

He and Albiang's Minister to China, Dou Nale, are very good friends, and with foreigners as support, Zai Fu is helpless. It is said that there is no problem for him to preside over the reception of Prince Henry, and the reason why he chose himself is that there are some inhumane reasons.

Seeing that he understood this sentence, Zhang Yinheng asked some more writing, including reception etiquette, specifications, etc., and Zhao Guanhou answered them one by one, calmly and decently. It's just that the other ministers all showed a blank face, and now in the room, there is only one Zhang Qiaoye and Zhao Guanhou who really understand these languages.

An old man who was close to ancient times suddenly coughed, "Long live, Zhao Guanhou is not in all four bodies, and it seems that he should not receive foreign envoys, otherwise it will be obvious that I have no one to do." Besides, his person is a military general, has never made eight shares, has never had a meritorious reputation, and does not know etiquette, how can he cope with this difference? ”

Zhang Yinheng talked to Zhao Guanhou at this time, but he was very agreeable, he spoke with a serious southern accent, and the official language was extremely non-standard, even if the emperor talked to him, he felt very difficult. In a place like the capital, it is very difficult to communicate. On the other hand, it is much less difficult to communicate in a foreign language.

But in the capital, there are not many people who really know foreign languages except foreigners. Zhao Guanhou speaks fluent Prussian, copes with it easily, and understands Western etiquette very well, but he is the perfect operator in his heart.

Regarding the old man's words, he was very disapproving: "Long live, the minister thinks that we should not be confined to the constitution, and it will be difficult to do everything if we look at the present people with the ancient law." Although Zhao Guanhou is physically handicapped, he is not hindered by official duties, his fluency in foreign language, his pronunciation is more accurate than that of our students in the Tongwen Museum and the Translation Bureau, and there is no obstacle to communicating with foreigners. And be familiar with Western etiquette, so as not to make jokes, if such people don't use it, but I don't know who to use. ”

"Qiaoye, your general text is also very good, so why do you have to use someone else?"

"Gong Weng, although I am a few years younger than you at the next age, I have a lot of things at hand, I don't have enough energy, and I am distracted, so I am afraid that I will be a little negligent and miss my errand. So you need a competent assistant, and he is the best candidate. ”

Listening to the meaning of his words, he said that he had nothing to do all day long, so he was overpowered, and the old man surnamed Weng was about to have a seizure as soon as his face was straight. But at this time, Emperor Tianyou waved his hand to stop the quarrel between the two: "Zhao Guanhou, Zhang Yinheng said that your Puwen is very good, and you also know the etiquette of the Pu people. Then I ask you, when Prince Henry came, I treated him with Western courtesy, what do you think? ”

Without waiting for Zhao Guanhou to answer, a minister suddenly knelt on the ground, "Long live, this matter must not be!" The man's voice was so loud that the whole room was filled with echoes.

"My Dajin is the co-lord of the world, all the worlds are vassals, and their emperor is just a second grade. Just a foreign vassal king, with a lower grade, can let him see the face of the sky, even if he is a great creation, how can he let us meet each other with Western rites? In that case, will I, Dajin and Prussia, treat each other as enemies, without distinction of dignity or inferiority? Slaves are courageous, please think twice, and don't break the law of the ancestors and lower their own value. According to the opinion of the servants, this matter should be discussed with the Holy Saint and then considered. ”

Emperor Tianyou was killed halfway by this minister, and he was very angry, and slapped the table with his hand, "Gang Ziliang, I didn't ask you, don't interject." Zhao Guanhou, you come. ”

Zhao Guanhou looked at Gang Ziliang who was killed in the sky, and saw the face of this life, he was extremely stubborn and even a little paranoid, if in the later life, this kind of person should be very suitable to be a moral education director. As for things like diplomatic PR, it's better to get as far as possible.

"Long live, in the humble opinion of the minister, it is a matter of course to perform Western etiquette."

Emperor Tianyou called the military plane today, and summoned Zhang Yinheng again, just because he had a headache about how to receive Prince Henry. As soon as he took power, he wanted to do something, wanted to implement new policies, and used new laws, and he also attached great importance to foreign affairs. And Prince Henry was the first foreign envoy he received after he was completely pro-government, and he naturally took it very seriously. Thinking of opening a trend, he received Westerners with Western etiquette, so as to show the court's determination to attach importance to foreign affairs and change the law.

It's just that Dajin Guoxiang attaches great importance to etiquette and law, and claims to be the co-master of the world, and can make trouble at any time for a question of kneeling or not, not to mention treating each other with Western etiquette. Regardless of whether it is Gang Ziliang, the minister of military aircraft who has always been conservative, or the emperor Weng Fangtian, they all strongly oppose this proposition of the Son of Heaven. The only one who supported him was Zhang Yinheng, the minister of the Yamen of the General Office of National Affairs and the head of the household department.

However, it is a clear stream and a siege by military aircraft, and it is also powerful and cannot be supported, not to mention that this matter is related to diplomacy, and the slightest carelessness will have a huge responsibility to press down. It is because Zhang Yinheng is very hesitant about the reception, and he is not very willing to take over, King Qing at this time to protect Zhao Guanhou, in Zhang Yinheng's opinion, it is tantamount to an excellent backing object.

He vigorously returned to the protection, and he did not have this kind of consideration, once Zhao Guanhou was driven away, he still had to stay good inside and out. It is to leave Zhao Guanhou in Beijing to run errands, and his own interests are the greatest.

Emperor Tianyou didn't know about this kind of officialdom, he just listened to Zhao Guanhou's views on supporting him, and he felt happy in his heart, just like a lone army under siege, who met reinforcements at first sight. Regardless of the number, there is always a glimmer of hope, and he hurriedly said: "Okay, you can tell me your reasoning." ”

"Long live, Prince Henry is the brother of the Emperor of Prussia, and his status is as honorable as that of my country. He visits other countries, and other countries treat each other with Western courtesy, and the etiquette is the same. If we are unique, we will be different from the Westerners, so that they will inevitably see us as different. If he is entangled in diplomacy in Japan, he will conspire with me. If we try our best to be the same as the Westerners, so that they do not regard us as different, it will be conducive to the development of diplomatic relations in the future. Moreover, respect for the Prince of Prussia is respect for the Prussian Emperor, and treating him slowly will inevitably lead to dissatisfaction with the Prussian people. Nowadays, our country is diplomatically pro-Pu, and militarily, there are many places that rely on the common people, because of this kind of etiquette problem, and the grudge against the common people, it will greatly hinder the establishment of a new army and the establishment of foreign affairs, and the gains really outweigh the losses. ”

He paused, and then said: "Since the Goryeo War, the imperial court intends to cheer up, to train a new army, to build a railway, to enrich the country and strengthen the army. The first is to borrow foreign debts, and the second is to train good soldiers. The ministers came from Jinmen and the new army, and most of the guns and ammunition used were currently supplied to Prussia. Once you have a grudge with the ordinary people, you will have to pay two bullets, and it will be difficult to maintain the affairs of new soldiers. It is because the ministers believe that at present, it should be based on strengthening the army and enriching the country, rather than insisting on making the ordinary people bow and salute. ”

Gangzi Liang just hit a moldy head, but at this time he said: "This is not right. The most important thing in the court is the etiquette and clothing, if you don't even talk about the etiquette, won't there be no rules in this world? When we get to the ground of foreigners, it is appropriate to follow their etiquette, and when foreigners arrive on our ground, they should also act according to our etiquette. This is called following the local customs, and the guests follow the host. ”

He has limited reading, and the only thing that can be desired is that he has no shelves. Always in the market, I learned a lot of slang and foul language, but on this occasion, it makes sense.

Emperor Tianyou was angry, "Strong, I know that you don't have me in your eyes, and you always don't think about my claims." Then I would like to ask you, if you do not follow my statutes, will the Prussians agree to them? What if they don't? Is it a fight? ”

The Son of Heaven was flushed, and he reprimanded him in person, just like arguing with the courtiers and resenting the monarch in person, and the sin was not small. Gang Ziliang wanted to say something, but Emperor Weng Tianfang had already snorted, "Lord Gang, please be careful." ”

Although he protected Ganglie's entry into the military plane, and also opposed the treatment of Westerners with Western courtesy, he also despised Gang Ziliang for not learning and not knowing, and he was the emperor's teacher, and it was also an unshirkable responsibility to protect the Son of Heaven. He said to Emperor Tianyou: "Long live, the reception of the Prince of Prussia with the West Rite is tantamount to acknowledging that Prussia and our country are not inferior, and long live must be investigated." ”

"Master Weng, let's just talk about it here, if you talk outside, I'm afraid that the first person to laugh will be the ordinary people. Their warships have all sailed into Jiaozhou Bay, and they still say that they are not equal to our country? In my opinion, now is the best way to know! ”

What he said was anger, at least it shouldn't be what the Son of Heaven said, and the ministers looked at each other miserably and didn't dare to speak. Emperor Tianyou said to Zhao Guanhou again: "Tell me, how to practice this Western rite." ”

"If you go back to Banzai, the minister's words have not yet been finished. Although it is said that the Western rites are performed, the place is still to avoid the palace and change it to the Summer Palace. If they treat each other with Western courtesy in the palace, the momentum will be too great, and the envoys of various countries will inevitably have a heart of favoritism. If we are in the garden, we not only take care of the face of the common people, but also preserve our dignity. Just think of it as a good friend, and everyone will be entertained. As for the specific etiquette process, the minister is young and knowledgeable, and his knowledge is limited, and it should be discussed by all the adults, and the minister does not dare to speak falsely. ”

Zhao Guanhou's tone was calm, neither humble nor arrogant, Zhang Qiaoye watched from the side, and there was a trace of trance in his heart, how could this young man give himself a feeling, like himself back then, and like Zhang Shaoquan back then.

It is said that such a talent is a good hand at handling foreign affairs. It's a pity that I heard that he has a close relationship with the Jue Luo Chan of the Qingwang family, and he must be a faction of the Qingdi, and he still can't be kept in this affairs yamen. The more capable he is, the more he must drive away from afar, and wait until this incident comes, and drive him back to the Jinmen barracks as soon as possible. (To be continued.) )