Listening to Lin Yizhe's words, his laughter stopped abruptly.

At that time, he looked at Lin Yizhe blankly and didn't say a word, but the crazy expression on his face had disappeared.

"People can't be resurrected after death, and I ask the prince to mourn." Lin Yizhe also understood that his words had already woken up Prince Jing, and he shook it again and said, "I also hope that the prince will take state affairs first, so take care." ”

I just took a deep breath and nodded.

"Now that the power is in the hands of the prince, the prince must make a plan early, and he must not miss the opportunity." Lin Yizhe said again.

"Thank you Kunyu for waking up." said to himself, and also gave Lin Yizhe a deep look.

"The younger generation didn't do anything, everything is the king's decision!" Lin Yizhe said with some trepidation, waved his hand again and again, hid to the side and bowed deeply, resolutely refusing to accept a salute from his own prince.

Knowledgeable, well-learned, thoughtful, exhaustive, only seen at home, and thoughtful, not like the actions of more than 20 people - this is Wen Bochuan's comment on Lin Yizhe, at first he was a little unimpressed, but at this moment, he was convinced.

Just as far as what happened on this day is concerned, the Queen Mother and his own thoughts, he can actually guess that this kind of ability is very human!

……

"Manager Liu is here. Please sit inside. ”

"Lord, I am hereby to invite the prince to enter the palace immediately by the decree of the Queen Mother."

"Oh. The minister obeyed the order and immediately entered the palace. ”

"Lord, the Queen Mother has a bad face, after you pass, be more relieved."

"Good. Okay......" Prince Jing just agreed. But his body trembled.

"Listen to the people below. Minbel ...... Deceased? ”

"Yes......"

"Since Minbel is gone, I am now going to pay respects. Tired of the prince's guidance. ”

"Thank you, Mr. Liu, ......"

……

"Liu Shengyin, what's wrong?"

"Back to the Queen Mother's words, the prince ...... The prince put Minbel ...... Killed. ”

"Sixth Master, you ...... But why bother......"

"Minister...... There is no way to teach the son, and the sin deserves death! Ask the Queen Mother to punish him heavily! ”

"The sixth master is a family, and Mingbeile has a thousand kinds of inconsistencies. Anyway, we should discuss how to deal with it, right? You can't take care of yourself with such a heavy hand......"

"The minister has such a rebellious son, ashamed of the ancestors and the ancestors, and ashamed of the queen mother! Ask the Queen Mother to punish ......"

"Sixth Master, hurry up! Don't cry! ”

That time, seeing the bloodstains on her forehead, the Empress Dowager Renxi couldn't bear it, so she took out a handkerchief and stepped forward to gently wipe the blood on her forehead.

Although it was just a small action, my heart was surging at that time, and I looked at the Empress Dowager Cixi, recalling the moment when my uncle and sister-in-law joined forces to deal with the crisis. I couldn't help but burst into tears.

Seeing her tearful appearance, Renxi felt sad in her heart. The corners of his eyes were also full of tears.

From that moment on, the knot between the uncle and sister-in-law was opened, the suspicion was gone, and the crisis caused by the death of Emperor Tongzhi caused by Chengming's retrograde behavior also disappeared invisibly.

That day, when he had just returned to the mansion, Li Jintai, the second governor of the Forbidden City, arrived later. Li Jintai read out the decree of the Empress Dowager, ordering Chengming to mourn after his death, respect the prince for three meals, and crown his daughter Princess Rongfu as Princess Gulun.

After Li Jintai finished announcing the decree, he also stepped forward and said to himself: "Lord, the Queen Mother of Our Lady dictated: 'I hope that the Sixth Master will mourn and change smoothly on the Day, and take care of his body, and the new monarch still needs the assistance of the Sixth Master. ’”

After listening to Li Jintai's edict, he was inexplicably moved in his heart, and he couldn't stand on the ground and kowtowed again and again.

Since that day, his position as the "first prince" of the imperial court has never wavered.

But just when he was full of ambition and tried his best to promote the advance of this old Celestial Empire, Lin Yizhe, who was the backbone of the Westernization faction, suddenly passed away!

Lin Yizhe's death has brought an unimaginable blow to the great cause of foreign affairs.

For Lin Yizhe's sudden death, Prince Jing was not only saddened, but also careful about the precious legacy left by Lin Yizhe, despite the constant opposition and interference of conservative and diehard ministers, the projects run by Lin Yizhe during his lifetime have been well preserved.

It's just that he never thought that Lin Yizhe's earth-shattering plan in Japan, which is separated by a sea, would achieve such great results!

The talent and courage shown by Lin Yiqing, the executor of this plan, also shocked him.

According to the information he has now, Lin Yiqing not only dealt a severe blow to the extremely aggressive Japanese Meiji government this time, but also cleaned up together with Russia, the old enemy of the Great Dry Empire, so that the strength of Russia and Japan was greatly weakened!

Now, it's time to put this project to a close ......

And after Lin Yiqing returns to Daqian, he will become the backbone of the Westernization Movement like his brother!

Prince Jing was thinking about the past when a prime minister's yamen official hurriedly walked in under the guidance of the porter.

"Lord, the Russian Minister Butzer has come to the Prime Minister's Yamen again, and he wants to see you by name." The official looked at Prince Jing, who was sitting there and staring ahead, and reported carefully, "Lord Xia can't persuade him, so the lower officials have come to ask you to ......."

"You go back first, and ask him to wait. I'll be over in a moment. Prince Jing said quietly.

The official understood, said no more, but bowed, and hurried away as he came.

After watching the official's figure disappear at the door, Prince Jing took out another letter from his sleeve and looked at it.

This letter was also written by Li Shaoquan, the governor of Zhili and the minister of trade in Beiyang, and he had already read it once, and then he read it again.

"The honorable department debated with the Russian envoys and the Japanese envoys repeatedly, and the last reply read: 'If you dare not receive the teachings again in the future', if the envoy has a slight understanding, he should boil down to the method and turn around on his own, and if there is a regeneration of branches, he should be forced to use the military force as the end party."

"Recently, I read the Shanghai newsprint, the Russians stationed 30,000 troops in Hokkaido, and if the Russian envoy cannot settle properly in Beijing, I am afraid that Russia will send troops to invade Middle-earth. It's to be prepared. Youyun because Lin Yiqing is the main soldier of Satsuma. Russia now intends to claim 2 million in compensation for the soldiers. Again. If Russia is at war with China and Turkey, it is ordered that the merchants and merchants living in Russia will be protected without fear. In addition, the Russians purchased two ironclad ships, and purchased fine guns and German and Italian steamers to defend against the arrival of soldiers and horses from Middle-earth. It is nothing more than empty shouting and confusing the public. I hope I'll do it quickly. ”

"Yesterday, I received a letter from Yisheng on 30 July, saying: The arrival of the Russian and Japanese envoys is embarrassing and conceivable, but it must be cunning to show that they are in good order, and they are unwilling to give in to the scope. It is the intention of wanting to end quickly, when he is not in me, I am waiting for work, but I don't want to speed up. It seems to be in the middle of the talk, implying the meaning of respect. It is said that the envoy should be stubborn and argue with each other. If you don't get the question for a while, it seems that you can discuss it: please let the countries make a public comment. Make a turn of the pen. ”

"It is suitable for the French envoy to pass through Tianjin from Yantai, Shaoquan went to pay respects, talked about the occasional incident, and would like to submit the abridged notes of the question and answer for verification. On the afternoon of the 19th, the envoy boarded a boat and headed eastward for Japan. A few days ago, Feng Daozhuo of the Jiangnan Machinery Bureau came to Tianjin and brought the consul general in Shanghai and the United States, Chen Taishi, and the German consul Anneke. The general idea is slightly the same as that of the former Jiang Customs, Shen Dao, and others. It is still derived from the theory that the Jun Department will do the end of trade. This is written by Feng and Shen Erdao, and is recorded and sent to your office and Minshuai. Hearing that the governor of Fujian is quite a policy, and the second article is feasible. Yisheng is bracketed with the words "benefit and people, and its power must be exercised by me", which is very concise. He also planned to use Western methods to open mines on the platform by himself, and leaked the essence of the mountain, but he did not have the financial resources to do so. ”

"Looking at the British and French consuls discussing Russia's dispatch of troops to help Japan quell the chaos, it can be seen that Russia has coveted Hokkaido for a long time, and finally worried that Japan would be unable to defend it alone. In the future, if the envoys are to be judged publicly, it is not known whether they will be discussed here. However, the Chinese and Western rules are too bad to be feasible. The Anneque language is relatively plain and has a sense of dominance. But depending on how to do things and how people are. I hereby submit the electric core according to the original manuscript of the banknote. Shaoquangu ordered Feng Dao to return to Shanghai and wait for the letter. The German and American consular offices did not answer, and they still waited for the future. According to Feng Daomian, Russia and Germany secretly helped Japan to quell the Satsuma Rebellion, hoping that he would gain land and fertilizer one day. But Britain was jealous of it, and did not join it. If Britain and Russia have never been on good terms as far as the discussion is concerned, it seems appropriate to use the power of Britain and France to control the countries. ”

Prince Jing took a deep breath, lay down on the chair, closed his eyes for a while, and then got up, pulled the bell to call the servants to change clothes, prepare a sedan chair, and went to the prime minister's yamen.

The Prime Minister's Yamen was a special central agency of the Daqian Imperial Government for foreign affairs and foreign affairs, and its location was originally the residence of the university scholar Saishan'a. The eastern half of the Prime Minister's Yamen is the earliest foreign language teaching institution in China and Turkey, the Jingshi Tongwen Hall (that is, the National Institute of Foreign Languages), referred to as the "East Institute", and the western half is the place where ministers of various ministries and foreign envoys conduct diplomatic activities, referred to as the "West Institute".

Before the Anti-Smoking War, the imperial court of the Great Qian Empire believed that relations with foreign countries were only "management of vassals, and there was no need for diplomacy." When Russian envoys came to Middle-earth, they were received by the Imperial Court, and the other countries were received by the Ministry of Rites. After the Anti-Smoking War, the Governor of Liangguang made special representations with European and American countries, and the title of Minister of Tsagachincha was given. After the signing of the Treaty of Tianjin and the Treaty of Beijing, various countries set up embassies and envoys in China. The envoys of various countries were unwilling to deal with the "Li Fan Yuan," a diplomatic organ of the great Qianguo court, which had the habit of being a feudal society, and at the same time held that the local governors had no authority to handle foreign-related affairs, and repeatedly demanded that the Qianguo government establish a special foreign affairs organization.

In November of the tenth year of Xianfeng (9060), the Anglo-French troops withdrew from Beijing according to the agreement, which made Prince Jing think: "It is not beneficial to the people of our land, but it is still possible to believe in righteousness, tame its nature, and try to revitalize itself." In January of the 11th year of Xianfeng, Prince Jing submitted the "Six Articles of the Draft Regulations for the Overall Coordination of Foreign Affairs", requesting the establishment of the Prime Minister's National Affairs Yamen to effectively handle foreign affairs and foreign affairs. "In recent years, there has been a great deal of military aircraft from all walks of life, and there are many things to do about foreign affairs, and after being stationed in Beijing, if you do not manage carefully and concentrate on your work, you will inevitably delay the handling of the affairs and fail to understand the opportune situation. After Prince Jing wrote the letter, the scholar Guiliang and the left attendant of the household department, Wen Bochuan, also asked the Beijing Division to set up a national affairs yamen for the prime minister to take over the foreign affairs of the former Ministry of Rites and the Imperial Academy. On January 20, the 11th year of Xianfeng, it was approved by Emperor Xianfeng.

The full name of the Prime Minister's Yamen is the "Prime Minister's National Trade Affairs Yamen", referred to as "the Prime Minister's Yamen", "General Administration", and "Translation Office". At the beginning of its establishment, it was led by Minister Wang or Minister of Military Aircraft, and imitated the style of the Military Aircraft Department, and set up two levels of officials, Minister and Zhang Jing. There are prime ministers, prime ministers walking, prime ministers studying walking, and ministers of affairs. When it was first established. Prince Jing Yixin, University Scholar Guiliang, and Wen Bochuan are three ministers. Since then, there has been a slight increase in the number of people. From seven or eight people to more than 10 people, the minister has the general office Zhang Jing (two people from the Bo Central Plains), the deputy Zhang Jing (one from the Bo people), Zhang Jing (10 people from the Bo people), and the additional Zhang Jing (8 people from the Bo people).

Prince Jing had just come to the Prime Minister's Yamen today, and when he stepped into the gate with the plaque of "Chinese and Foreign Happiness", he noticed a strange atmosphere permeating the courtyard.

Xia Jiahao, the minister of the Prime Minister's Yamen, saw that Prince Jing was coming, and whispered a few words to several ministers around him, and then greeted him.

Prince Jing couldn't help but feel a little strange when he saw Xia Jiahao clutching a paper manuscript in his hand.

"What's going on?" Prince Jing asked. He noticed that the expression on Xia Jiahao's face was very calm. But the hand holding the paper was trembling slightly, obviously something unexpected had happened.

"Lord Wang, please." Xia Jiahao looked at the people around him who were busy dealing with official documents and Zhang Jing, stretched out his finger and pointed to a room opposite, and said.

Prince Jing saw Xia Jiahao's cautious appearance, and did not speak, but entered the house according to his words. After Xia Jiahao followed into the house, he casually closed the door.

"Today, the German Minister Barland, the Russian Minister Butzer, and the Japanese Minister Yanagihara Maemitsu have come together, saying that the prince must give an explanation today." Xia Jiahao said, handing the manuscript in his hand to Prince Jing, "That little brother of the Lin family in Satsuma." This time more than thirty Germans were cut off and hung in front of the battle. This time, the envoy is asking for guilt. I'm afraid this is not easy to do. ”

"What? How can this be? Prince Jing was taken aback when he heard this, and immediately took the paper and read it.

The manuscript was an excerpt from a British newspaper about Lin Yiqing's Japanese information by a translator at Tongbunkan, including a report that Lin Yiqing had killed a member of the German military advisory group on the Kumamoto front.

Prince Jing quickly finished reading the news on the manuscript, and Xia Jiahao noticed that after Prince Jing read the manuscript, his expression instantly returned to calm, and there seemed to be a smile on the corner of his mouth, and he couldn't help but be surprised.

If the government of the Chinese government does not arrest Lin Yiqing for trial, Russia and Germany will organize an alliance to enter Beijing like the British and French coalition forces did in those years, and several prime ministers and ministers such as Xia Jiahao and Chonghou were a little worried when they heard this, so Xia Jiahao hurriedly sent someone to invite Prince Jing, but after Prince Jing arrived, when he heard the news, not only was he not anxious, but he smiled, how could he not surprise him.

"It turned out that the Germans slaughtered him as advisers to the Japanese army, hehe! It's really exciting! Joyfully! Prince Jing smiled.

"Lord Wang, the stakes are very high, and you can't do anything with your will." Xia Jiahao reminded Prince Jing, "The prince knows that most of the slaughtered are German officers, and there are many generals and nobles, and Russia is now isolating the countries because of the movement of troops everywhere, and is looking for allies to be enemies of our country, if the Germans are pushed to the side of the Russians because of this matter, it will be very disadvantageous to our country!" ”

"Don't worry! See how this king deals with them! Prince Jing smiled confidently, returned the paper to Xia Jiahao, and strode out of the room.

Xia Jiahao followed Prince Jing out of the house and came to the meeting hall of the West Institute, at this time, the ministers of Russia, Germany, and Japan had been sitting at the table and waiting for a long time, and when they saw Prince Jing appear, they all stood up.

After seeing that Prince Jing looked unhurried, the ministers of the three countries patiently greeted him and exchanged greetings, and the German minister Barand could not wait to show the prepared protest book.

"Your Royal Highness, on behalf of the Government of the German Empire, I lodge a grave protest to your Government and demand that your country severely punish the murderers of the people of the German Empire." Barland placed the formal protest in front of Prince Jing.

Prince Jing glanced at the protest book in front of him, did not move, but took a cup of hot tea from the servant, and after taking a sip, he turned his gaze to Barland.

"This king has never heard of what your envoy said, you must know that my great cadres and your country have always been good friends, and all the people of your country who come to our country are protected and respected, so how can you kill them?" Prince Jing put down the teacup and asked unhurriedly.

The German translator translated Prince Jing's words into German, and after hearing this, Barland's face showed a sad look: "Our people were killed in Japan by thugs in your country. ”

"What's happening in Japan? The king has never heard of this book either," Prince Jing pretended to be surprised, "I hope that the envoy will explain the specific details." ”

"This was last month, and a group of 32 members of the German Imperial Military Advisory Group was attacked by the Satsuma rebels led by Lin Yiqing outside Kumamoto Castle, and all of them were killed." Barland stared at Prince Jing tightly and said, "Lin Yiqing, His Royal Highness won't have heard of it, right?" ”

"Lin Yiqing? Oh, yes, this king has heard of this man, and it turns out that he did it. Prince Jing nodded quietly, "However, I would like to ask your envoy, is the military advisory group sent by your country to Japan on the orders of your government?" Are they registered soldiers, or are they civilians? ”

"They were volunteers, employed by the Japanese government, and all their actions were voluntary, and had nothing to do with the German Imperial government." Barand immediately sensed the mystery in Prince Jing's question, and quickly gave a clear answer.

"Oh, that's it." Listening to Barland's answer, Prince Jing nodded, glanced at the Russian minister meaningfully, and said with a smile, "That means it's the same identity as those people who volunteered to go to Japan in Russia, right?" (To be continued......)

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