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"Obey the order!" Pan Shien hurriedly kowtowed, and then said: "However, the emperor, the minister is 73 years old this year, from Beijing to Guangzhou, thousands of miles away, although the minister is willing to fight for this life, but if the court major events are delayed, the minister will be guilty of ten thousand deaths!" ”

Emperor Daoguang nodded, Pan Shien was a lot old, and it was indeed a little inappropriate to send him to Guangdong to negotiate with the Xinhua Army. is so far from Beijing to Guangzhou, bumpy all the way, Pan Shien's old life is estimated to be lost in Guangdong. Of course, the premise is that he doesn't die on the road. For Pan Shien, Emperor Daoguang still attaches great importance to it. In addition, a more important point is that if there is no problem in the negotiation with the Xinhua Army because of Pan Shien, it will be a big trouble.

"Sai Aiqing, it's up to you to go to Guangzhou to negotiate with the Xinhua Army!" Emperor Daoguang said. Saishana was only 48 years old and was in the prime of life, so it was appropriate to send him to Guangzhou to negotiate with the Xinhua Army.

"Slaves obey!" Sezanne had to say. He is a member of the Mongolian Zhenglan Banner, manages the household department, and is quite capable in dealing with ethnic minority issues. However, when he went to Guangzhou to negotiate with the Xinhua Army, he had little confidence. But Emperor Daoguang has already named him, and he deserves to be tough.

"Your Majesty, what is our bottom line when negotiating with the Xinhua Army?" Sezanne asked. This has to be figured out! In case the request made by the new Huajun exceeded the bottom line that Emperor Daoguang could accept, he would have to refuse! lest he bring back an agreement that would displease Emperor Daoguang. By that time, he would be miserable. Losing an official position is a trivial matter. If you don't know it, you'll lose your life!

"Tell those Celestial Empire outcasts to withdraw from Guangdong unconditionally and return to Nanyang. I can be blameless. Forgive their sins. Otherwise, my army will surely kill them without a single piece of armor! Emperor Daoguang said.

"This ......," Cezanne was a little speechless. James, a British businessman, described the strength of the Xinhua Army. If you don't know the current situation in Guangdong, the situation has already eroded, and it has even fallen into the control of the Xinhua Army. Under such conditions, the Xinhua Army, which has the upper hand. Will you say yes? Think about it with your toes. In case the new Huajun was angry and cut off his head, then he would have no place to redress his grievances.

"Your Majesty. Such conditions alone may not be able to satisfy the Xinhua Army. Especially when the Xinhua Army still has the upper hand. Unless we can defeat the Xinhua Army on the battlefield, the Xinhua Army will definitely not agree to such conditions! Minister of Military Aircraft Wen Qing said.

Hearing Wen Qing say this, Saishana couldn't help but glance at him gratefully. Wen Qing's words. is undoubtedly to relieve him again!

"Yucheng. After the army arrives in Guangdong, will it be able to defeat the Xinhua army? Emperor Daoguang asked.

"Your Majesty, the slaves will do their best to defeat the Xinhua Army. However, for the result, the minions do not dare to guarantee! Yucheng said stubbornly. Although what he said now would make Emperor Daoguang dissatisfied. But this is better than being cut off by Emperor Daoguang after losing the battle.

"Humph! Bastard, what's the use of raising you bunch of shit? Emperor Daoguang said angrily.

"A slave deserves death. I hope that Your Majesty will forgive your sins! Yucheng hurriedly knelt down and kowtowed and begged for mercy.

Looking at Yucheng who was kneeling and begging for mercy, Emperor Daoguang was very angry in his heart. But more than that, it's helplessness. After the Opium War was defeated by the British, these soldiers also lost confidence. If this continues, how can we keep the Qing Dynasty! Emperor Daoguang suddenly realized that he could not continue like this. Otherwise, the Qing Dynasty would have to be lost in his hands.

"Then what kind of conditions do you say, what kind of conditions does the Xinhua Congress propose? And how should we reply to them? Emperor Daoguang asked.

"Your Majesty, the servants believe that the Xinhua Kingdom, like the British, came for the wealth and trade of my Qing Dynasty. As long as the Qing Dynasty rewards them with a little gold and silver, and then agrees to let them come to the Qing Dynasty to do business, they should be satisfied! Mu Zhang'a, Minister of Military Aircraft, said.

"Lord Mu, the lower officials have a different opinion. Xinhua may also value business, but they certainly have other plans. Previously, the British businessman James had said that the population of Xinhua was sparse. There are only two or three million people. But they occupy the whole of the South Seas. Although the territory is large, it does not have a sufficient population. I think the reason why they attacked the Qing Dynasty was probably because of the population! If we can promise Xinhua to allow them to relocate some of their population from the Qing Dynasty, we may be satisfied! Wen Qing said.

"Lord Wen, Nanyang is a wild land, I am the people of the Heavenly Empire, who wants to go to that place?" Pan Shien said disdainfully. In his opinion, China's great rivers and mountains are the places where people stay, and other places are just wild places where birds don't.

"Lord Wen, you must not agree to the relocation of the population of Xinhua to Nanyang! Xinhua has only two or three million people now, but it has already armed 200,000 troops, which is simply a reckless military force to the extreme! If they are allowed to move their population to the South Seas, once the population increases, they will definitely arm more troops. When the time comes, their ambitions will be even greater. It would be even more difficult if they attacked the Qing Dynasty again and wanted to repel their attack. Yucheng hurriedly said. Now tens of thousands of Xinhua troops have invaded Guangdong, and they have already made him scorched, and if Xinhua has obtained enough population, it will be troublesome to arm more troops.

"Yes, yes! They must not be allowed to move their population to the South Seas. In that case, the Xinhua Congress will be stronger, and the threat to the Qing Dynasty will be greater! Emperor Daoguang also hurriedly said.

"Your Majesty is very right. The saint once said that if you are warlike, you will die! Xinhua Guo's reckless military force will definitely not end well. They are still fighting foreigners, are foreigners easy to deal with? Maybe it won't be long before the army of foreigners arrives, and they will die. When the time comes, we will be able to retake Guangdong without much effort! Mu Zhang'a, Minister of Military Aircraft, said.

Minister of Military Aircraft Wen Qing glanced at Mu Zhang'a, full of sarcasm. Wouldn't Xinhua be allowed to relocate its population to Nanyang, and Xinhua would do the same? Qi Gong, the governor of Liangguang, had just been sent to Beijing, and it took more than ten days on the way. No one can say what kind of situation Guangdong is in now. Perhaps, Guangdong has fallen under the control of the Xinhua Army. In terms of the combat effectiveness of the Xinhua Army, which is even stronger than that of the foreigners, this is entirely possible. After mastering Guangdong, will the newly populated Xinhua Kingdom sit back and wait for the Qing Dynasty to attack? They must have been migrating people to the South Seas, or even recruiting soldiers and organizing armies on the spot. In short, Wen Qing was not very optimistic about the big war between the Manchus and Xinhua. More precisely, in a short period of time, it is unlikely that the Manchus will defeat the new Chinese state. According to his opinion, now the Manchu Qing should actively prepare for war, train the army, form more elite soldiers, and then gradually defeat the Xinhua State in a step-by-step way. It's not realistic to think about it all at once!

"In that case, Sai Aiqing, after you go to Guangdong, tell the people of Xinhuaguo. If they are willing to withdraw from Canton, we can reward them with 20,000,000 taels of silver, and allow their merchants to come to the Qing Dynasty to do business. In addition, other harsh conditions, no other promises! Emperor Daoguang said.

"Yes, the minion obeys!" Sezanne nodded. However, his heart was full of bitterness. He felt more and more that this time he would not succeed in sending an envoy to Guangdong to negotiate with the Xinhua Army. But even then, he'll have to make a trip!

"Ladies and gentlemen, now that the Qing Dynasty has reached a life-and-death time, I hope you can work together to ensure that the Qing Dynasty can survive this difficulty! When we defeat the Xinhua Kingdom, I will be rewarded! Emperor Daoguang said.

"Thank you, Lord Longne!" Several ministers of military aircraft hurriedly knelt down to thank them, and all of them looked grateful.

The next day, the Minister of Military Aircraft, Shangshu Saishan'a of the Ministry of Industry, left Beijing and went to Guangdong to prepare for negotiations with Xinhua on behalf of the Manchu government. However, he himself was not very optimistic about this errand, so he stopped and stopped along the way, and it took two months to arrive in Guangzhou. By the time he arrived in Guangzhou, the Xinhua army had already occupied the entire territory of Guangdong and had basically gained a firm foothold. Under such circumstances, the Manchu government was only willing to pay a small war reparations and agree to the conditions of the merchants of the Xinhua Kingdom to do business in China, which certainly could not satisfy the Xinhua Kingdom. Eventually, after a few days in Guangzhou, he returned to Beijing.

The military preparations of the Manchus also began. First of all, Emperor Daoguang sent officials in Guangxi, Hunan, Jiangxi, and Fujian to prepare for the attack of the Xinhua army and wait for reinforcements from the imperial court. In addition, the Ministry of War also issued an order to begin to draw troops from the northern provinces to prepare for a decisive battle with the Xinhua Army in Guangdong. Compared with the armies of the southern provinces, the armies of the northern provinces were undoubtedly a little more courageous. The armies of the southern provinces suffered heavy losses in the Opium War, and most of the current armies are just newly recruited recruits, and their combat effectiveness is worrying.

After more than a month of preparation, the troops organized by the Manchu government set out from the north to Fujian and Hunan, intending to use these two directions as the main direction of attack on Guangdong. In order to defeat the Xinhua army, the Manchu government also made a bloody investment, and all the troops from the provinces were transferred. Among them, there are 150,000 green battalion soldiers in the northern provinces, and 30,000 elite cavalry from the Mongolian Eight Banners, plus 20,000 elite soldiers from the Eight Banners of Manchuria, a total of 200,000 elite troops! (To be continued......)