Chapter Seventy-Eight: The Great Gathering of International Diplomacy
Gu Ba came to Chen Wan's mother and son, Chen Wan was facing a soldier like Gu Ba for the first time, and he couldn't speak French, he didn't know what to do for a while, and a trace of panic flashed in his eyes.
Gu Ba bowed solemnly to Chen Wan, "I don't know what words to use to express the sadness in my heart, madam, but please accept my great respect for your husband, I hope you don't grieve too much, at this moment, the grief in my heart is the same as yours, but we can't live in sadness forever." Guba said in a hoarse voice.
Chen Wan didn't know French, so she could only return the salute and listen quietly, fortunately, the Prime Minister Yamen sent the students of Tongwenguan to come over as interpreters, and after the translator translated Guba's words, she was moved in her heart, but at this time she was still grieved, and she didn't know what to say for a while.
"Although we do not belong to the same country, we are brothers, real brothers." "There is no one in this world who knows me better than Lin. I want you to treat me as his brother, and what you need me to do, please do not treat me as a stranger. β
"We're grateful that you came to see him...... Thank you, General. Chen Wan endured the grief in her heart and said softly.
After listening to the translation, Gu Ba nodded, and was about to walk away, but suddenly saw a boy snuggled next to Chen Wan, looking at him curiously with a pair of big black eyes.
Gu Ba leaned down and looked at him, as if he saw Lin Yizhe's appearance when he was a child, his heart was surging, Lin Guanchen seemed to feel the love in the eyes of the bearded general in front of him, Chong Gu Ba showed a lovely smile, stretched out his hand and gently touched the sword scabbard on Gu Ba's waist.
Guba stretched out his hand and gently stroked the boy's head, the boy opened his arms to him, he saw the boy's movements, he couldn't help but squat down, and impulsively hugged the boy.
Chen Wan looked at this scene blankly, and couldn't help but shed tears again.
At this time, Chen Wan would not have thought that it would not be long before today's scene would appear in the headlines of newspapers around the world, and her husband's career successor, a real brother, would also see this scene (at this moment, Lin Yiqing, who was far away on the other side of the sea, suddenly shuddered inexplicably).
As a matter of fact, none of the Qianguo officials present today could have imagined that Lin Yizhe's funeral would have such a great impact.
After the news of Lin Yizhe's death came out, it first caused a huge shock in France, because the story of the "Oriental Magic Box" continued to ferment in France and the close cooperation between the French shipbuilding industry, and the French people were extremely sorry to hear that the "French savior" had unfortunately died young. The French Emperor Napoleon IV announced that he would send a delegation to Qianguo to offer condolences and appointed General Guba as his personal representative to "express the deepest and sincere condolences for the death of the savior of France." French Prime Minister Thiers also announced that he would send Paris Mayor Jouferry as his personal representative to form a delegation with members of the royal family to go to Qianguo to mourn, and the French Parliament also expressed support for this decision, believing that " This is the best way to show the world the traditional friendship between the French Empire and the Great Qian Empire. β
The news that France is going to send a high-level special condolence mission immediately spread all over the world, Britain is not far behind, Queen Victoria of England announced as soon as she learned the news that Britain will also send a high-level mission to the Qianguo to mourn, this mission will be led by Bertie, Prince of Wales, and Princess Alexandra, the crown princess of Denmark, including a number of royal family members and government officials.
The German Emperor Wilhelm I sent his grandsons, Prince Wilhelm and Prince Henrik, to represent himself and Crown Prince Frederick respectively, the respected Field Marshal Moltke became the most conspicuous figure in the mission as a representative of the "troika", and Baron Krupp the Elder requested that his son Friedrich be sent to join the mission as his personal representative, in order to "express to the Emperor of the Great Qian Empire his most capable servants, The deepest condolences and regrets for the death of the envoy of the friendship between Qianguo and Germany" (on the one hand, he thanked Lin Yizhe for facilitating the order of a large number of artillery guns from the Krupp Arsenal for the Qianguo Army, and on the other hand, he came to Qianguo to investigate the situation because he was worried that he would not be able to do business in the future), and obtained the permission of the Kaiser.
In addition to Britain, France, and Germany, the United States, on the other side of the ocean, was not willing to be lonely, and US President Grant sent a condolence delegation headed by Secretary of State Fish to Beijing. Similarly, the Russian Empire, which had always been fond of fun, sent a high-profile delegation, as if to deliberately compete with the British, and Russia also sent Crown Prince Alexander as a special envoy of condolence, accompanied by the Captain of the Guard, Admiral Alekseev (the illegitimate son of Tsar Alexander II), and officials of the Russian government and military circles.
When the news of Hayashi Yoshizhe's death reached Japan, there was a jubilation in Japan, and the person who was considered the most threatening to Japan had died, and a lantern parade was even held in some Japanese cities to celebrate, but Tokyo was extremely cautious about this, and the Japanese emperor immediately sent a telegram of condolences to the Qianguo side, and the Japanese Government also sent a telegram of condolences to the Qianguo Prime Minister Yamen, and after learning that all the major powers in the world had sent special condolence missions, the Japanese Government also immediately took action and sent Foreign Secretary Vice-Shima Tanetomi as a chief envoyThe condolence delegation headed by Hirobumi Ito, Secretary of the Ministry of Industry, went to Beijing to offer condolences.
Lin Yizhe may not have imagined that after his death, his funeral would turn into an international diplomatic gathering.
After the French delegation entered the mourning hall, the British delegation led by Bertie, Prince of Wales and Crown Princess Alexandra, entered the mourning hall to pay their respects under the loud singing of the Ministry of Rites.
Seeing that the Qianguo side had arranged for the British to enter in the second group, the head of the German delegation, Master Mao Qiyuan, pretended to glance casually at Prince Wilhelm beside him, and he was surprised to find that the "bad boy Willy" in front of him did not look unusually unusual, and he did not feel happy because of the death of the "Mr. Oriental Dragon" that he once called "Mr. Oriental Dragon," nor did he show the slightest dissatisfaction because the Qianguo side ranked the British whom he had always hated in the front.
Moltke's nephew, Moltke Jr., noticed his father's gaze, and of course he understood what his father was worried about, and immediately turned his gaze to Prince William, who was now 16 years old.
William Jr. sensed the gaze of Uncle Moltke's nephew, and he immediately let out a sneer in his heart.
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