Chapter 567: Take advantage of the fire to rob
Vietnam's royal palace, with a layout similar to the Forbidden City, but small in scale, is full of Chinese architecture, decoration, and Chinese characters.
Entering from the noon gate, passing a memorial arch, soon, Genui was led by the eunuch into the main hall of the Ruan Dynasty: Taihe Palace!
In the dim place at the end of the hall, Si De sat on the throne, and behind him were two palace maids shaking banana fans weakly.
To tell the truth, Genui's impression of Side is not good, only from the first glance, Side is black and thin, short, I don't know what's going on, he always gives people a feeling of thief eyebrows, and Wang Feng has fair skin, tall figure, sitting and standing, and there is a kind of majesty of a superior person, but with affinity, this kind of person has a natural leadership temperament.
Although he had never seen Xianfeng, he heard Baoling and others mention that no matter where Xianfeng went, he was almost the same as Wang Feng, with his own aura all around him, and Xianfeng's figure was also tall and his skin was very white.
Judging from the dress, Xianfeng, as the emperor of the Qing Dynasty, naturally does not dress indiscriminately, while Wang Feng is always dressed in formal wear no matter what occasion he attends, with a well-fitting top, straight trousers, and shiny leather shoes.
Vietnam's summer heat and humidity are unbearable, but as an emperor, you should always be careful when receiving foreign envoys, and he wears tulle white civilian clothes, the white fabric reflects the swarthy face, and the wide clothes seem to hang on his body, if you look closely. You can also see the calves!
Finally, in terms of foreign exchanges, Wang Feng took the initiative to open the country. Although this man is as cunning as a fox and greedy as a wolf. But it is not xenophobic, on the contrary, blindly resisting all foreign technology and culture, if you have to use one word to describe it, it is ignorance.
Putting aside his hostile position, Genui still admires Wang Feng and maintains due respect, but for Side, he can only despise him.
However, Genui still bowed respectfully: "The plenipotentiary envoy of the Second French Empire to Indochina, Genui, see His Majesty the Emperor of the Great Southern Kingdom!" ”
He raised his hand. He asked, "Excuse me, Frenchman, what do you see with me?" ”
Genui was secretly unhappy, thinking to himself that you didn't even skimp on the word sir, and said politely at the moment: "Your Majesty the Emperor, the Democratic Alliance Army has already deployed heavy troops under the Zhennan Pass, and there is a steady stream of follow-up troops, and when the rainy season is over, it will inevitably raise troops to attack." Are you ready? ”
The imminent invasion of the Democratic Alliance made Side worried, and if possible, he was willing to return Zhennan Pass. and paid compensation to confess guilt, but the Democratic Alliance army slaughtered all the Vietnamese soldiers who entered China, obviously putting on a posture of leaving no way back. Side had no choice but to give up the idea of seeking peace, and concentrate on preparing for war. But he really didn't have much confidence, and the French army stationed in Vietnam was only a thousand people, so he was helpless. And how many of the Democratic Alliance forces were no less effective than the French army? There are nearly 200,000 people in South China, and every time I think of it, it makes him sleep!
In fact, Si De could guess the purpose of Genui's visit, but he also knew that the French would never help the Nguyen Dynasty for no reason, they must have a plan, and he wanted to take the initiative in the negotiations, so he pretended to be calm and said: "Zhennan Pass is my great north and south frontier, even if he has thousands of troops and horses, it is difficult to fly more than half a step, what are I worried about?" ”
Genui secretly sneered in his heart, but nodded and said: "I didn't expect that His Majesty the Great Southern Emperor had already made up his mind, it seems that I was worried about your country in vain, and I took my leave!" ”
After speaking, Genui bowed slightly, and was about to walk out, and at this time he finally understood that the disaster of the Nguyen Dynasty's extinction was in front of him, and he had no qualifications to put on a show, but France, although the attack by the Democratic Alliance would lose its interests in Vietnam, but it was only there.
What the Vietnamese side lost was his life, and the money lost by the French side, which was more important, he could still divide it clearly, even if he knew that Genui was playing the old trick of retreating as advance, but he had no choice.
"Wait!" Side hurriedly called.
"Oh?" Genui slowly turned his head and said, "Is there anything else to do with His Majesty the Emperor?" ”
The stakes were very high, but Side straightened his mentality, stretched out his hand downward, and said, "Your Excellency Genui, please take a seat." ”
"Thank you!" Genui sat down in his chair.
After the palace maid served herbal tea, Si Decai said: "As far as I know, your country's troops in our country are only more than 1,000 people, even if you bring in the British troops stationed in Singapore, it will not exceed 10,000 people. ”
Genui said unhurriedly: "In the north of your country, there are tens of thousands of Chinese refugees gathered as bandits, and the Democratic Alliance is likely to contact them. Besides, the Navy of the Democratic Alliance can also attack Shouchun from the sea, if our country does not ask, your country will inevitably be wiped out in the near future, but with the intervention of our French side, at least there is a glimmer of hope, isn't it? ”
"Not bad!" After a long time, Si De reluctantly nodded.
Genui added: "We will do everything we can to put pressure on the NLD forces from all sides to keep your country, but"
As he spoke, Genui stopped speaking and looked embarrassed.
Side knew that this was for good, and he didn't have the heart to play tricks with Genui anymore, so he directly said: "What does Your Excellency want to say, why don't you say it directly?" ”
"Okay, I'll make it clear!" Genui Zhengse said: "As a reward for our country's help to your country, your country must cede the three provinces of Bianhe, Jiading, and Dingxiang to Kunlun Island, and pay 4 million francs for negotiations with the Democratic Alliance, allow the spread of Catholicism, and open the port. ”
"You are presumptuous!" Side stood up!
This Frenchman is a fucking robbery, and the last three heirs can agree on the spot, but the first one cuts the land, especially Jiading or the land of Longxing in the Ruan Dynasty, how can this be agreed? He hated to push Genui out and cut it down, and murderous anger erupted from his eyes!
Genuui, on the other hand, looked at each other calmly as if he had settled on his virtues.
I don't know how long it took, Si De sat down on the dragon chair and sighed long, whether to kill Genui or not was only in his thoughts, but in addition to venting his anger, killing Genui could solve the crisis of the Ruan Dynasty's extinction of the country and species?
As the lord of a country, Side is not alone, behind him, there are clans, hundreds of beautiful concubines, and tens of millions of subjects, he can't be rash.
Genui knew that the time had come, and said with a slight smile: "Your Majesty, the Emperor of Vietnam, we French people are the most honest, and after receiving your payment, we will naturally help you do things, you don't have to worry." ”
Side asked weakly, "What if it doesn't work?" ”
Genui said solemnly: "Our agreement is null and void!" ”
"Okay, I hope you don't deceive me!" Side looked deeply at Genui and said with difficulty. (To be continued......)
PS: Thank you for the dark _ ah ah and Ming Ming's tip~~~~