Section 27 Foreign Affairs Consultants

"Yuan Gongzi, it's been a long time. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo”

Yang Chao walked up to the visitor and bowed.

These two people were Ma Tengfei and Yuan Keding, and they hurried to Beijing, went to the German military camp to inquire about Yang Chao's presence in the church, and immediately looked for them.

"Mr. Yang, please take a step to speak."

After Yuan Keding returned the salute, he suggested.

Yang Chao nodded, then patted Ma Tengfei on the shoulder, expressed his approval, and then asked him to go back to rest, or stay here to help, Ma Tengfei thought about it and stayed in the church.

Yuan Keding borrowed this step and borrowed a French restaurant in Dongjiaomin Lane.

"Mr. Yang, are you really sure that Lianggong was killed?"

Yuan Keding didn't beat around the bush, and almost asked as soon as he opened his mouth, he didn't come to idle when he ventured to the chaotic city of Beijing.

"Of course! If nothing else, it is estimated that in a few days, the whole world should know"

Yang Chao said, but Yuan Keding still didn't believe it.

At this time, it was in a ruined temple in the western suburbs.

A fair-skinned young man was smiling and smiling with a noble son in brocade clothes into the temple.

"Guibel, please."

took the noble prince all the way to the statue in the temple, pointed to a few rolled up tattered straw mats next to a few people, and said:

"Look, this is the remains of the two houses. The little ones worked hard to send Lafayette and the emperor's dragon body back to Beijing, but they really didn't dare to enter the city. I know that you have a lot of hands and eyes, and you have a lot of face in foreigners, so I want to ask you to help bring Lafayette and the holy dragon body back to the city for settlement. Lafayette and the emperor were killed, we are slaves, we can't let them be brutal corpses in the wilderness. ”

The young man said bitterly.

Gui Beile has been covering his mouth and nose with a clean handkerchief, squatting down with the stench, lifting the straw mat with trembling hands, seeing the familiar appearance of the Queen Mother and the Emperor, he couldn't help jumping back in fright, and his face was a little pale.

"Xiao Chengzi, don't worry, this matter is handed over to the masters, bury the two palaces, this is the business of our banner people, as long as the master has a breath, the two palaces will not be allowed to be decently damaged. I will want the foreigner to bury Lafayette and the emperor with the gifts of the queen mother and the emperor! ”

Guibel said with great righteousness.

Suddenly, a man next to him, who was unkempt and lying on his side like a dead man, broke out and cried bitterly.

"Gui Belle, don't be wronged by Lafayette and the emperor!"

Guibel was startled, he thought he was also a dead man, and suddenly he heard a voice that was somewhat familiar, and looked closely.

"Ahh It turned out to be Yoon-beko! ”

In this stinking place, seeing an old man, Guibeile has no interest in bragging with him, and there are more such down-and-out nobles these days, and it is still important to get down to business.

As soon as Guibeile waved his hand, several of his subordinates immediately moved to carry the corpses of Cixi and Guangxu onto the wooden plank, and there was a carriage arranged by Guibeile outside the temple.

Xiao Chengzi followed, avoiding people and pulling Gui Belle to say.

"Lord Belle, let's talk about it, the brothers are also hard, so this!"

He rubbed his hands together.

Gui Beile rolled his eyes at him: "Ye can still treat you badly." Take it and reward you. ”

After speaking, he took out a few silver tickets from his arms.

Xiao Chengzi didn't answer, and said with a sneer: "Gui Beile is deceiving, who doesn't know that Lao Xi's ticket number is about to fall, and it's too hard for you to give me these tickets to wipe my belly." ”

Guibel pointed at him and said, "You know what. ”

But Xiao Chengzi sneered and pulled him, and at this time, several Eight Banner soldiers with knives came out next to the broken temple, all of them looked fierce and vicious.

Gui Beile was stunned for a moment, and then reacted, he was still familiar with those people: "It's a few brothers, since it's a matter of a few brothers, then I, Gui Xiang, don't dare to break the rules." Come on, the dry and crisp and hard ocean. ”

After speaking, he took out a few oceans wrapped in red paper from his sleeve.

Xiao Chengzi weighed it, felt that it was not bad, and did not check them one by one, and put it away with a smile.

Guibeiler turned over and hugged his fists at the group of Eight Banner soldiers: "Yes, goodbye, my brothers have time to go to my place to make a game!" ”

Guibeile beat the horse, his men drove the car, and while the wheel was turning, the bodies of Cixi and Guangxu were sold by several eunuchs and a group of Eight Banner soldiers.

Guibel did not go to the city of Beijing, but disembarked at a Zhuangzi on the outskirts.

Only then did he open the integration of the two palaces, looked through it, and found nothing to gain, and everything that should have been looted had already been scavenged.

In the end, he fixed his eyes on the yellow coat under Guangxu's coat.

In the city of Beijing, because Yang Chao refused to reveal the exact circumstances of the murder of the two palaces, Yuan Keding did not dare to confirm that the two palaces were really killed, and the two had a meal, each thinking about separation.

But early the next morning, Yuan Keding hurried over.

It turned out that early in the morning, suddenly a group of British soldiers arrived in the west of the city and blocked the city gate and the main street.

Then a group of Eight Banner disciples dressed in white and wearing filial piety, holding the hearse of Cixi and Guangxu, howled loudly and entered the city from Desheng Gate, crying loudly all the way along the street.

Guibel was also among the children of the bannermen, his face was sadder than anyone else's, but his heart was more comfortable than anyone else's.

When Xiao Chengzi found him, he knew that this was a big business as soon as he heard it, but he didn't expect such a big gain. Xiao Chengzi's ignorance, even though he asked for a thousand oceans. Of course, Guibel knew that the corpses of the two palaces were definitely more than this price, but who would have thought that the British would be willing to pay 100,000 taels of silver.

"A bunch of stupid hairies."

Gui Beile looked at the British in this way, he had long been prepared for the British to repay the money, in fact, 10,000 taels of silver Gui Beile was not unacceptable, but the other party did not make a counteroffer.

But the other party made an additional request, that is, he wanted to find a group of Eight Banners disciples to treat the funeral of the two palaces with great fanfare.

At first, Gui Belle was afraid that the foreigners would play some tricks, but in hindsight it was not a bad thing, so he pretended to be a loyal and filial son.

"Mr. Yang, you say, what are you going to do? In the next must be obedient. ”

Yuan Keding looked eager.

He has always followed Yuan Shikai's instructions, and he must figure it out before he can make a move. I also communicated with Yuan Shikai last night, and the plan remains the same. As a result, this morning, there was such an incident, Yuan Keding believed it this time, and immediately found Yang Chao.

"Obey?"

Yang Chao was a little confused, Yuan Keding's meaning was definitely not what he meant, it must be the meaning of his father Yuan Shikai.

But what does Yuan Shikai mean exactly?

"That's right. My father intends to hire Mr. as a foreign affairs consultant! The monthly salary is 1,000 yuan. ”

"Heh, this price is not low!"

"Did the gentleman agree?"

Yuan Keding questioned, his face showing a look of longing.

Yang Chao shook his head: "Foreign affairs consultant? Who's the foreign affairs consultant. Who I'm working for, it's going to have to be figured out. ”

Yuan Keding said: "Of course, it is a foreign affairs consultant in Shandong Province." ”

Yang Chao nodded, understood, in the final analysis, it was Yuan Shikai who was wooing himself, not Li Hongzhang behind Yuan Shikai, but there was nothing strange about it, he had a relationship with Yuan Shikai, and he could be regarded as a small favor for Yuan Shikai, but he couldn't fight with Li Hongzhang.

It's just that Yang Chao still can't tell at this time, whether this is Yuan Shikai's own idea, or whether Li Hongzhang is operating behind the scenes, using Shandong as a guise to let Yang Chao do things, after all, Li Hongzhang can't drag the entire Jiangnan governor in at this time, so he can only let Yuan Shikai come forward to deal with it on behalf of Shandong.

No matter who it is, Yang Chao has no need to refuse at this time, he has long wanted to communicate with foreigners, but he has no identity, and with such an identity at this time, he can probably meet some weighty foreigners.

"That's good. Then ask Yuan Gongzi to go with me to the British army headquarters. ”

"Ahh

Yuan Keding was stunned for a moment, and went directly to find a foreigner, he was really not prepared.

"I just said that I obeyed my words, why did I change my hexagram after so much effort?"

Yang Chao said with a smile.

Yuan Keding gritted his teeth: "Okay, just listen to Mr.!" ”

The British command chose well, and even chose the Temple of Heaven in Beijing, which is the rhythm of going to heaven.

Yuan Keding and the governor of Shandong, Yamen, sent a sticker, and soon the British sent a clerk to invite the two in.

They soon met with the British commander, Seymour, but Seymour asked them to wait.

A carriage soon stopped secretly in front of the British command, the carriage was a very ordinary carriage, but the people who came down were very unusual, the British Minister to China, Dou Nale, obviously he was sitting in such a carriage, he deliberately concealed his identity.

It was much easier to meet the British envoy than to meet the Chinese officials, because these people did not have much arrogance and only cared about interests.

Of course, if it weren't for the Eight Banners kid looking for the British to sell the bodies of Cixi and Guangxu, Dou Nale would not have time to meet the Chinese.

Last night's events made Dou Nale understand that the affairs of the Chinese should listen more to the Chinese, and who knows what unexpected things they will play.

Of course, the most important thing is that this time the Chinese are representing the Shandong Governor Yuan Shikai, and the British know Yuan Shikai's identity very well, knowing that this person is a bridge between Jiangnan Governor Fu and Beijing, it can be said that appearing at this time, I am afraid that it is not only his personal meaning, but also the temptation of Jiangnan Governor.

And at this time, the British were actually in a hurry.

There are more than 20,000 troops in the Eight-Nation Alliance, of which Japan occupies more than half, and the Russians also have 6,000 people.

In fact, after weighing up, the British believed that the sooner the war ended, the better it would be for the British.

Britain is the hegemon of the world, and they naturally share the greatest interests in the world, just like a champion, they only need to defend their achievements and wait for the challengers to challenge them one by one, so maintaining China's stability and integrity is actually the most in the interests of Britain.

Looking at the number of British foreign companies in various ports in the south, and seeing that most of the foreign steamers sailing on the Yangtze River are British ships, and even the chief tax officer of China's customs is British, it can be said that it is not an exaggeration to say that the British control China's customs duties.

So what good did this war do for the British?

Is it a sign of national prestige? The British Empire did not need a decaying Qing dynasty to assert its national prestige.

Occupy the land? The British Empire has long passed the stage of territorial expansion, and now it is playing the expansion of interests.

But the Russians are waving the banner of war, and the tsar is excited to jump out of himself, Yellow Russia is no longer just a slogan, the Russian army is advancing step by step in the northeast, if it advances to Beijing, who else can stop them?

The most important thing the British need to do is to end this damn war immediately, and then use diplomatic means to make the Russians go back wherever they came from, and no one wants to touch the cake of the British Empire, even if they lick the cream on the cake, and also discount their legs.

Therefore, when the first official representative of China, Yuan Shikai, sent someone to contact him, and it was already determined that Cixi and Guangxu were dead, Dou Nale did not hesitate to come directly to meet Yuan Shikai's representative.