"Where are the officials in your Prime Minister's State Affairs Yamen?" Zhu Erdian said angrily.

The ministers of various countries came to the Prime Minister's National Affairs Yamen, only to find that they were empty, and they found that the Prime Minister's National Affairs Yamen did not have any office staff, and only an old janitor was left here. So Zhu Erdian questioned the old man, obviously very angry.

"Our Prime Minister's National Affairs Yamen has temporarily taken a collective leave, and Shandong has visited Baotu Spring!" The old janitor said.

"Falk squid's!" Zhu Erdian immediately scolded the British.

This reason is too far-fetched, and the personnel of the diplomatic department of a regime have collectively asked for leave, and you are going to the grave to burn newspapers - fools! Zhu Erdian and other ministers of various countries also understood that this member of Taiwan's diplomatic department was avoiding him, and obviously was avoiding them. They had known for a long time that they would come and question them, so they all left. As for going to Baotu Spring, whether this is true or not, Zhu Erdian doesn't care about this, anyway, he just needs to know that he can't find this official in the Prime Minister's National Affairs Yamen in a short period of time.

"Let's go, go directly to Wang Guorui!" Juerdian shouted.

Zhu Erdian took the army envoy to Prince Qing's mansion, which is Wang Guorui's temporary headquarters, but when they arrived at this headquarters, they also found that there were guards standing guard here, and they went to ask to see Wang Guorui.

"We are ministers of various countries, and we have come to ask to see Wang Guorui!" Juerdian shouted.

The guard outside the door immediately went in to report, and soon the guard came out.

"Our Lord Wang said that he and a few ladies have gone to Xiangshan to enjoy the red leaves!" The guard said.

"Nima, can you be more professional when you tell lies? What do you call you' Lord Wang said that he had gone to Xiangshan with a few ladies to enjoy the red leaves! You're not professional in lying, you're fooling me? Zhu Erdian scolded in his heart.

However, the Russian minister next to him also heard the problem and just wanted to burst into anger. But he was stopped by Zhu Erdian. Zhu Erdian knew that it was useless to make a fuss, anyway, Wang Guorui made it clear that he didn't want to see him this time, anyway, if he didn't see him, he was a scoundrel, so they couldn't do anything. Will they still be able to break in? This is obviously not going to work. So even if Zhu Erdian knew that Wang Guorui was inside, he didn't have any way at all.

Next, Zhu Erdian found many departments, and other departments were working, but they pushed 625, anyway, they were not in charge of diplomacy, and they were not responsible for answering these questions. Zhu Erdian doesn't know how many times he has spoken about the British national scolding today, which is more than he has said in the previous ten years in China combined. However, to no avail, Zhu Erdian could not find anyone to explain Wang Guorui's specific thoughts on their future for those unequal treaties.

"Husband. This time, Zhu Erdian, they even had to look everywhere for all major departments, and we didn't give them a reply. What do we do next? Kang Tongwei asked.

Wang Guorui replied: "Hmph, what is there to be afraid of?" What can he do? If we don't answer, can they force us to answer? Anyway, if we beat ours, we'll drag it out and let them see what they can do. Of course, we can't just say that we want to abrogate the treaty, and we won't say that we will continue to acquiesce anyway. We're going to drag it out anyway. When we unify China, then they will see that they will do it well! It is not appropriate for us to take a position at this time. When China is unified and has the human resources of the whole of China, then we are afraid of them? I'm afraid they don't dare to fight hard for this little thing with a big country of 400 million people. ”

Zhu Erdian returned to his British legation, and finally sent a telegram to China helplessly. And the Prime Minister's Office at 10 Downing Street in the United Kingdom began to continue the discussion, and they couldn't guess what this Wang Guorui meant!

The Marquis of Salisbury looked at the report and immediately asked, "What does this mean?" ”

"Ate ours. Do you have to spit it out with interest? Your Excellency, according to my understanding of the Chinese language, this means that they will not suffer and that they will take back everything that others have taken. However, this sentence can have multiple meanings, and this is also the art of Chinese Chinese. Language art in China is simply too complicated. The same sentence, different times, different places, different characters, and even different tones can have different meanings. For example, this sentence of the Chinese spokesman, if it is used in black. It can also be used in the words of the gang, but it is too vulgar to use it on the occasion of this kind of news speech. If it is generally understood, it means that they want to abolish the treaty, and sooner or later they will seek revenge on us. A Chinese Chinese expert in the UK explained.

The Marquis of Salisbury immediately asked, "Then do they mean to officially declare the abrogation of these treaties?" If they want to abolish the treaty completely, then we will definitely rally the countries again and then start an all-out war against them. We, the British Empire, will never tolerate their abrogation, and if this is what they mean by announcing the abrogation of the treaty, then we really have no choice, we must go to war against them, a full-scale war. Pull Russia and France again and start an all-out war against them together. ”

"Your Excellency, Prime Minister, you can't say that! They didn't mean to abolish the treaty in this statement, they just used a Chinese black . Gang of the saying, this phrase in China is black. Gang is a common phrase that has a history of many years, and has appeared similarly in many Chinese novels. Therefore, if we insist on forcing them to China to abolish this treaty, it cannot be explained in this way. So if we insist on understanding it this way, then we are also somewhere between what we can and can't! So, Your Excellency, if we use this as a pretext for war against China, this is too far-fetched. If it is for some national organizations that do not have strength, then this excuse is not a problem. But now that we are facing a very powerful force, our excuse is obviously not enough. If this excuse is used alone, it will be difficult to pull France along. The Chinese Chinese expert said.

When the Marquis of Salisbury heard this, he felt his head grow on the table, and he didn't know how to describe this. The meaning of this Chinese language is so rich that it is difficult to explain it clearly. Li Enfu's sentence can be completely understood as the abolition of the treaty, so that people in China can also be explained.

Li Enfu used this sentence to tell the people in China, telling them that they would definitely abolish all kinds of unequal treaties, so that they must feel at ease. However, the meaning of this sentence is very complicated, and this is the breadth and profundity of the Chinese language, and people who do not understand Chinese culture generally understand it. Not to mention anything else, in fact, many Chinese themselves do not fully understand the meaning of the same sentence in some contexts! There are too many hints in Chinese, and Li Enfu's sentence can be regarded as a hint and gives everyone an explanation.

But the British could not do anything to abolish this unequal treaty for Wang Guorui, because this phrase is very commonly used. The British simply could not grasp the sore foot, and it would be too far-fetched to use this as a pretext for war. If it's an if, if you hit it, you will fight it, and there is no excuse for the crime you want to add! But in the face of an organization with a certain strength, that excuse is still very important, and if there is no suitable excuse, it will not be able to attract more allies. I can't even get through to my own parliament.

Is it because of a so-called hint that he is starting a war against Wang Guorui's forces on this ground? The capitalists in this country are not willing to take risks, not to mention that Wang Guorui can cut off this Strait of Malacca at any time, what business will they do at that time! Although Wang Guorui controlled the Strait of Malacca, he did not cut off their trade contacts, so naturally let them continue to make money. And in a parliamentary country like Britain, it is not so simple to go to war, as for their many threats to the Chinese Manchu government to go to war, in fact, it is all fart, just an excuse they use to blackmail. However, the guys in the Manchu court couldn't see these situations clearly, and they really thought that the other party would go to war if they wanted to, and they thought that Britain was still a period of absolute monarchy like theirs, and such a major event as war could be decided in a word.

In 1840, the first crow was launched. The War, called the Trade War in Britain, was under great pressure on many British officials, including the Queen, and even the Queen had to come out in person to really persuade Parliament to go to war. So Britain went to war not something that anyone could decide hastily, especially with a country of great power. At that time, the "aftermath" of the Manchu Qing Dynasty was still there, and even if Britain was the world's first power, they were terrified in their hearts. Later, they found out that China was just a paper tiger, and they dared to continue to make profits.

But now that Wang Guorui's power has risen, it is not at all a grade compared to China back then. The Manchu Qing Dynasty was a paper tiger that made Britain worry for a long time, and now Wang Guorui is a real tiger! The British didn't want to fight alone, they had to pull in their allies. But this excuse is so far-fetched that it cannot even be passed by its own parliament, how can it be possible to convince the French?

"Damn, the Chinese language is so incomprehensible!" The Marquis of Salisbury couldn't help but scold.

"Your Excellency Prime Minister, should we submit the idea of going to war with Wang Guorui to the Parliament?"

"You ask me, who do I ask?" The Marquis of Salisbury said angrily. (To be continued.) )