The two of them left Zhangfu, Cuiyu's mood was a little depressed, the Zhang Tong she had seen in the past, even when Goryeo was defeated and his reputation was ruined, he still talked and laughed freely, his majesty did not fall, and his spirit was extremely strong. Pen ~ fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info but he doesn't want to see him again, but he is so weak, think about his age, and know that this old Xiangguo's time in Hongchen will not be too long.

Zhao Guanhou held her hand tightly, "I know that Lao Xiangguo took good care of you back then, and the two of you are like father and daughter, he is sick like this, you are sad, and my heart is not comfortable." But there is no way, life is old, sick and dead, it is a common thing. I think maybe Zhongtang is also involved in some trouble, and under the internal and external difficulties, people can't stand it. It is already very embarrassing to do this negotiation alone, and if you get involved in any turmoil again, it is common for you to be tired and tired. ”

When the former signed the Treaty of Shimonoseki, he was shot first, and lost his name later, and after returning to Beijing, he was not only pointed out by thousands of people, but also the foundation he operated was almost in vain. At that time, although I was sad to see him, he was not as depressed as he is today. No matter how difficult the situation is this time, I shouldn't be sad about Ma Guan, I always feel that his old man is involved in some great disaster this time, and this disaster is not only related to the court, but also to himself. If...... If there is really that time, the crown marquis must look at my face and turn around for my father-in-law, if it weren't for his old man's protection, Cuiyu would not be able to leave a clean body to you. Just look at this layer, you have to help his old man more."

Both of them had doubts about Zhang Tong's situation in their hearts, so they came to King Qing's mansion in a cloud full of doubts. The palace is more lively than Xianliang Temple, and some small Beijing officials who had taken refuge in Beijing before were either trapped in the entanglement or worried about the hunting and killing of foreigners, and began to return to Beijing one after another.

Although the negotiation was led by Zhang Tong, King Qing was a relative of the clan, and at this time, among the relatives and nobles in the capital, whether it was seniority or proximity, he was respected. After these people return to Beijing, they all have to come to visit King Qing, hand over the book and leave the favor, King Qing's Mansion is like a market, even the door bag silver, the market is bullish.

Most of the guards of the first battalion entered the house, and some people stood guard outside the gate of the house. Seeing that it was the patriarch who came back, he hurriedly stepped forward to greet him, and asked people to go in and pass it on. When Zhao Guanhou entered the gate, less than the second gate, the housekeeper of the Qingwang Mansion had already greeted him.

"Lord Zhao, this is a jade girl, right? Come, let's go this way, the prince is waiting for the two of you in the covenant. ”

Within the time of the day, Shigege had already changed into a flag costume and was talking to King Qing. King Qing was smoking a hookah in his hand, and his demeanor was extremely leisurely. After Zhao Guanhou and Cuiyu entered the door, they knelt down and kowtowed, but King Qing hurriedly rubbed Cuiyu with his hand, "Get up, you are Lafayette personally married, so you don't have to worship me." Zhao Guanhou, you have to kowtow to this king, this is your courtesy. ”

After kowtowing, King Qing instructed Cheng Zhen to sit on the two of them, and called Zhao Guanhou to his side, "Fang Cai Lao Shi has told me a lot, you kid did a good job." At the beginning, I saw that you were a talented person, and it seems that this king did not see the wrong person. At your age, you have such a future, which is already an outlier in the dynasty. Do a good job, and you won't have to worry about a better future in the future. If you are good to Lao Shi, I can rest assured. Give birth to a few children early, and let the king hug his grandson. How about the whip that beat you at the beginning, and now you still hold a grudge? ”

"That's your old reward, how can the younger generation hold a grudge. Being able to marry Yuqing is the creation of the son-in-law's previous life, and the whip is changed for a grid, and this whip is worth it. ”

King Qing laughed and said, "You kid, just now in Xianliang Temple, it's also this set of words, right?" But Zhang Shaoquan is not like me, he won't beat people, but he won't be honest with you. This person has too many eyes, but unfortunately he has been scheming all his life, but this time, he has played himself into it. How is he doing now? ”

Zhao Guanhou recounted what he saw in Xianliang Temple, and King Qing nodded, "He is sick, he earned it himself." Who made him mistakenly believe people's words and lost a big ugly, he doesn't know how to fill this hole this time. ”

King Qing knew a lot about Zhang Tong's heart disease, and at this time the mystery was revealed. The cause of this incident can be traced back to the time of the Juye Teaching Case, when Prussia forcibly occupied Jiaozhou Bay, and Minister Tiele hinted to Zhang Tong that he was willing to stand up for Dajin. Zhang Tong didn't know that the emperors of Prussia and Prussia had already reached an agreement, but instead used common diplomatic tactics to contain Prussia with Tiele and ask him to act instead.

Tiele sent troops to Lushun and Dalian with the attitude of helping others, and Tang Qing allocated materials to supply Tiele Navy supplies. and allocated a huge amount of money and workers to assist Tiele in the construction of the Lushun Fort. I didn't want Jiaozhou to lose, so Tie Lebing couldn't go because of this, so he asked to rent Luda. At this time, if you want to get rid of the Tiele people, you can't do it. 、

When the coalition forces invaded Dajin, Tiele used Luda as a base and sent a large number of troops, sweeping the entire Guanwai. Heilongjiang general Shoushan committed suicide by poisoning, and Jilin general Changshun surrendered to the enemy. The land of Longxing outside the Guanxi is the foundation of the Jurchens, and even the tombs of some emperors are also outside the Guan.

The Tiele people annexed Guanwai and were aggressive, Zhang Tong already felt frightened, and felt that the situation was about to get out of control. Immediately afterwards, another astonishing change came, the Tiele army entered Shenyang, and the Shengjing general Zengqi signed a "temporary agreement between heaven and earth" based on Tielewen, a total of nine paragraphs. If this covenant is carried out, Mukden will become the territory of Tieler.

As far as the Jin State is concerned, the provinces outside the Guanxi are important places that cannot be lost and cannot be lost, but Zhang Tong entered Beijing to rent the Tiele military ship, and what he relied on to negotiate was that the Tiele people used it for their own use, and did not seek gold with other countries. However, once the land outside the gate is lost, the court will not be able to tolerate, he has no ability to recover his homeland, and he knows that he cannot bear the responsibility of losing the old land of his ancestors. There is no way back from internal and external difficulties.

However, Tieler's minister, Geers, refused to relax, and would go to Xianliang Temple every day to force Zhang Tong to sign the treaty and legalize the occupation of the three provinces. Otherwise, they will reject the peace talks. Zhang Tong is in trouble both internally and externally, and he knows that the catastrophe has been cast, so it is not surprising that he can't afford to get sick.

With this kind of crime, if the imperial court investigates it in the future, not only its own leader will not be able to protect it, but even the family will inevitably be affected. King Qing has been friends with him for many years, but he doesn't want to persecute him, and he knows his difficulties, so he doesn't chase after him. But it is difficult to say how many people in the court understood this.

"In addition to matters outside the customs, it is not easy to negotiate with foreigners. Of course, Qin Xuan is sick, but he is not as sick as he is, he is taking a step back, because he doesn't want to be ruined in this negotiation. But because of his illness, Zhang Tong pulled you to the top tank. I think I'm going to be ten, it's good for you to come and see me, as for the negotiations, you just go back, don't rush forward, it's a layer of skin. We are our own people, relatives will always help relatives, you can rest assured, there is this king to protect you, and no one will join you. ”

"Thank you father-in-law for taking care of me, my son-in-law wants to ask about something, the Tiele people have already retired from the army?"

"Retirement? Zhang Shaoquan said it, right? When he said this, he deceived outsiders, but the people in the capital would not be deceived by him. The so-called withdrawal of the Tiele people is actually your credit. ”

The Tiele people suffered heavy losses in Xuanhua, suffering heavy casualties, and the most effective Cossack cavalry also suffered heavy losses, not only suffered heavy losses in mobile forces, but also plummeted their position in the coalition army. His troops in Beijing were poorly disciplined, wantonly looted, and committed lawlessness. The Fusang army has been trying to do it for a long time, and this time it took the opportunity of Tiele's defeat to fall into the ground, and the military police of Fusang dared to catch Tiele's soldiers. There have been several clashes between the two for this.

On the coalition side, both Prussia and Capet favored Tieler, but Albion and Yankee supported Fuso, and the Tieler people did commit discipline first, and they could not stand up in lawsuits. The biggest reason is that they were defeated at the hands of the Jin people, and they lost face, even if they wanted to speak for him, they couldn't find a reason, so they could only ask the Tiele people to discipline themselves.

The Tiele soldiers robbed a lot of property, and the soldiers no longer had much sharpness, and the capital was limited by the Fusang army, and the supply was also greatly troubled. There has been a phenomenon of sporadic soldiers fleeing, and the Tiele people's retreat is not so much to give Zhang Tong face, but to say that they are unable to maintain the station, so they have to shrink their troops. Some of its troops retreated to Jinmen, but there were still garrisons in Beijing, but the number was not large.

The countries did not loosen because of Tieler's retreat, and the conditions for peace talks were still harsh, and Zhang Tong had the catastrophe outside the border, and he did not dare to sign the treaty, and the negotiations became deadlocked.

King Qing instructed Cheng Zhen to bring the content of the treaty he had copied, and said to Zhao Guanhou: "Look at it, this foreigner is simply too deceitful, and the conditions this time are even harsher than those of Ma Guan. But fortunately, this time the culprit was dealt with, and we had a place to speak in the negotiations with the foreigners, and we always took a step back, and they had to take a few steps back. ”

Among the conditions for the foreigners, in addition to punishing the culprits, other conditions included apologizing to Prussia, erecting a monument for Klinder, erecting a monument for the murdered people of various countries, prohibiting Shanxi people from participating in the imperial examination for five years, and not allowing Chinese people to live in Dongjiaomin Alley. A few others are particularly harsh.

The first is the indemnity, which has always been necessary for the defeat of the Jin State, but this time the amount is too huge. Based on the standard of one tael per person in the whole country, the indemnity was 450 trillion (trillion refers to one million). It was repaid in thirty-nine years, with an interest of four percent, and the total before and after, the total amount was close to one billion taels of silver.

The second is the arms embargo, which prohibits arms and the raw materials used to manufacture them, as well as foreign gunpowder, from being imported into the country for two years.

The third is that there must be a smooth passage from the capital to the seaside. The Dagu fort was flattened.

Among them, the indemnity figure is certainly frighteningly large, and it is not something that the Jin State can afford to pay, and the embargo treaty is certain, so the Jin State will never have the means to resist humiliation, and the road to self-improvement in military training will be cut off. The manufacturing bureaus and the guns bureaus in the provinces must also have nothing to do, and they must be shut down, and they will not be able to agree. As for the third paragraph, once the promise is made, China's gateway will be completely withdrawn, and combined with the ban on arms transportation, it will become an undefended country, and there will be almost no armament to speak of.

The fake telegram forged by King Duan, Li Laizhong and others on the day made Cixi unacceptable, and now the content of this real treaty is not much stronger than the fake message, and King Qing and others dare not agree, but they also dare not refuse. Na Qin Xuan was in a dilemma, so he had to get sick, but it was not a solution.

Zhao Guanhou looked at it for a while, and suddenly pointed to the above sentence, "Father-in-law, look here." The embassies of the Beijing division were besieged and attacked by officers and soldiers in collusion with the regimental bandits, in accordance with the edicts of the inner court. This seems to be inappropriate, and it is implicitly that the two palaces are included in the scope of war criminals. We have already disposed of our relatives and nobles, what if the foreigners use this text to extend and want to list Lafayette as the culprit? These foreigners are the most important treaty text, and they can't pull out the word when they enter the public door, which is a drag knife trick. If we are careless, we may be fooled. ”

King Qing was also scared into a cold sweat when he said it, but this was something he didn't see. If this treaty is really signed, even the safety of the Queen Mother will be a problem in the future, and she will not become a sinner. He knows the Queen Mother's intentions very well, and the compensation and land cuts are easy to handle, and the Queen Mother must be preserved. If you can't save the Queen Mother, your life is also in danger.

He couldn't help nodding, "Guanhou, you're coming to the right place." Zhang Tong's square inch is messed up, and this king is not as proficient in foreign affairs as you, so I didn't see it. This article must be changed no matter what. You look at the other textual terms, what about it. ”

Zhao Guanhou smiled, "Father-in-law, this matter is not an urgent matter, let's discuss it in a hurry, and we can't get any results, let's take our time." I always have to use a water grinding kung fu with foreigners, use soft skills, and talk little by little, hoping to get things done all at once, but it can't be done. Now that they have the upper hand, the terms must be harsh, and they must find a place to break the situation and then reason. ”

King Qing saw that he was calm, and he was a little relieved in his heart, he always had a think tank by his side, and he could suffer less losses. nodded immediately and said: "That's right, this matter can't be solved in a hurry, we have to figure it out slowly, this year, we can't get by, we have to grind our teeth with foreign devils." Guanhou, don't go anywhere in Beijing, just live in the palace. Cheng Zhen, you ordered, let's have a family banquet tonight, entertain the crown marquis, and the foreign guests will not be seen. Let the people who handed them back first, and if they have anything to say, they will talk about it later. ”

The dinner was very rich, and although Yuqing and Cuiyu did not have a good relationship with King Qingfujin, they had to do the work on the surface. What's more, the three and four grids are in the line, Da Fujin is also worried about their safety, deliberately enveloping the two of them, listening to his daughter's situation, and the two can get along well.

On the man's side, King Qing said a few words to Zhao Guanhou, and then he took a seat and ordered Chengzhen to accompany Zhao Guanhou's seat, and the other guest at the same table was Su Wang Shanqi, who came from the line. Speaking of the big break of the iron strangulation outside Xuanhua City, Cheng Zhen's eyebrows danced, as if the credit was made by himself.

In the flower hall, I invited a few people who were not in time to go out of Beijing to worship and act, these people have not had a good time since the foreign soldiers entered the city, but fortunately, there are a few Liyuan protectors to support them, and they can barely survive, and they will not refuse this church. While listening to the play, Cheng Zhen said to Zhao Guanhou:

"Guanhou, I don't know much about this negotiation. But I understand human feelings, and if you want to do something, you have to have someone first, which is always good. Although Zhang Shaoquan became a big man of Tiele, his idea was right, he had to have friends to do things. It's just that there is a problem with the friends he chooses, and the Tiele people are too untrustworthy to be friends. I've been friends with Shanyi recently, and when we're done, let's go see him? Let him pull the strings, and maybe the matter will be negotiated. ”

Zhao Guanhou saw that Shanqi also agreed, so he asked, "Which friend is this?" ”

Shanqi said: "He is a Fusang person, and he is very familiar with the Fusang Legation and the military, and he has hands and eyes, and he is also a talent." If this man can help us, it will be helpful to negotiate. I bowed to him two days ago and changed the sticker, everyone is their own people. The name of this Fuso person is called: Kawashima Naniwa. (To be continued.) )