Chapter 115: Perry is going to Japan
The White House, USA
Perry, commander of the East India Fleet, received President Fillmore's letter and asked: "Mr. President, you have asked me to abolish Japan's policy of closing the country to the outside world and not allowing my fleet to open fire. ”
President Fillmore smiled and explained to Perry: "My dear general, this is already the best way for my think tank, you must know that the cake of the Far East has been made, but we don't have a plate, Japan is this plate, the United States must have an excuse to get involved, in the past ten years, Britain and France have received rich benefits in the Far East, but what about the United States!" I can't open the situation all the time, so I sent you to Asia to be a deterrent! ”
Perry repeated: "Deterrence? But I'm more confident in the shells! I propose to talk directly to China, so that you can get the same benefits as the UK. ”
The president shook his head and waved his hand, and retorted: "That will attract British opposition, the United States is not yet capable of confronting Britain in Asia, we open the door to Japan, Britain, France, the Netherlands and even Russia, they will follow, so that we can justifiably enter the range of their power, do you understand?" My general! ”
Perry nodded and repeated: "Because our navy is too weak to offend Britain, so give him a little advantage, it's just an exchange, with the benefits of Japan." ”
The president happily patted Perry on the shoulder and said, "Originally, I was going to let you go around the Atlantic, but the situation in China is changing so fast that I have already received a complaint from Mr. McLene, the seventh consul in China." The British gain a hundred times more every day in China than we in the United States, as president of the United States. I don't allow such a situation to continue to develop, so you cross the Pacific Ocean. Through Australia, Singapore, Hong Kong, and Shanghai, by the way, I will write a letter, and you will hand it over to a person named His Royal Highness the King of Han, and the rest will be handed over to Mr. Mai Lian, and you will lead the fleet to Japan. ”
Perry estimated the time and said, "Then I'm afraid it will be three months before we can reach the Far East." ”
The president smiled: "Yes, good luck, my bravest general!" ”
Jiao Liang had recently been appointed commander of the infantry in Nanjing, but he always had an uncomfortable feeling. Worried that the emperor still had doubts about him because of the Jiao Jing incident, the foreign gun team in Nanjing City did not fall under the jurisdiction of the commander's yamen, but became independent.
Xu Yuegui looked at her husband and didn't think about it, the whole person lost weight, and persuaded: "My husband is still thinking about Jiao Jing, although the concubine is just a woman's family, she also understands that the emperor is good to us, and if she puts it on others, she will have been robbed and wiped out a long time ago." will continue to be an official and a concubine like this. ”
Seeing that his wife had misunderstood, Jiao Liang frowned and explained, "What do you know! I'm worried that the emperor is angry with Jiao Jing, so Yuexiang's life in the palace is not easy, and I was greedy for glory and wealth at the beginning. Sending her to the palace, perhaps, was wrong, and now the emperor is on the throne. There will only be more and more concubines, and Yuexiang's weak temperament will suffer the most. Plus the emperor...... Ay! ”
Xu Yuegui grabbed her husband's shoulders and leaned over, and whispered, "Yuexiang is now a concubine." Second only to the queen, she doesn't know how happy she is! Besides, she has always been good friends with the queen, with the support of the queen, who would dare to bully Yuexiang, you still don't have to worry about her, you should think more about yourself, don't mix with Lu Jianying's gang all day long, I feel that something will happen sooner or later if this continues. ”
In the end, it was a woman's family, Jiao Liang didn't bother to explain the reason for his so, but said to his wife gently: "If you have time, call Yuexiang home, I will interrogate and interrogate carefully, if the emperor treats Yuexiang harshly, I will be punished desperately, and I will also admonish." ”
Jiao Liang didn't think about these things in his heart, he didn't understand why Xu Yuexiang had been in the palace for so long, and there was still no news of pregnancy, he thought it was the emperor's problem, but the queen's pregnancy made him very disappointed, if the queen gave birth to a boy this time, then his nephew would never want to inherit the throne.
Xu Yuegui did not doubt her husband's intentions, but said with relief: "Tomorrow I will go into the palace to talk to Yuexiang, so that she has time to go home, now Yuexiang doesn't have to be before, our Jiao family can't be lazy." ”
Jiao Liang promised: "I understand all these things, today I will let them buy supplies, and they will definitely do it beautifully and make Yuexiang happy." ”
Li Yunzhong woke up early in the morning, and he actually heard the sound of 'ping-pong, bell' weapons hitting in the courtyard, and from time to time there was a coquettish shout, this is the voice of Yuexiang, this is the voice of Xuanjiao, and the voice of this cheer is Shanxiang...... Li Yunzhong hurriedly jumped out of bed, put on his shoes and ran out to see what was going on.
Xu Yuexiang's petite and delicate body flashed the phosphorescent light of a long sword dance, up and down, Hong Xuanjiao stabbed left and right with a spear, and the two of them went up and down, jumping and falling, and attacked each other without giving way.
"What are they doing?" Li Yunzhong saw that his life was not in danger, and asked Fu Shanxiang, who was watching the excitement on the sidelines.
Fu Shanxiang looked at Li Yunzhong's clothes and was startled, suddenly smiled, pursed his lips and asked: "Why did the emperor run out without clothes, although it is dog days now, but the emperor is the king of a country, what kind of system does it look like this." ”
Li Yunzhong found that he had no clothes on his upper body, so he went back to the room with a smile and put on his clothes, and when he came to the courtyard, he saw Xu Yuexiang and Hong Xuanjiao looking at each other three meters apart, and the fine sweat on his face was dripping across his chin and falling onto his undulating chest.
Fu Shanxiang looked at Li Yunzhong's nervous appearance and explained: "The blades used by the two sisters are specially made, and they can't hurt anyone, so the husband doesn't have to worry." ”
Li Yunzhong saw Fu Shanxiang's strange face and asked, "What are the two of them fighting for, is it for exercise?" ”
Fu Shanxiang finally couldn't help but laugh, and explained after a while: "Today, the two of them discussed together what name should be given to the child born by the queen's mother, and the two quarreled while talking, and agreed with each other that whoever wins will be the child's milk name." ”
Li Yunzhong wondered: "The child's name should be taken by me, the father, what name did they get?" ”
"Sister Hong's name is Li Xiaoyun, Sister Xu's name is Li Xiaozhong, Ha Lu Ha ......" Fu Shanxiang smiled without image in Li Yunzhong's arms.
"Don't laugh, what's so funny!" Xu Yuexiang and Hong Xuanjiao shouted at Fu Shanxiang.
Li Yunzhong stepped forward and persuaded: "Naming the child is my father's business, what are you two mixing blindly, if you want to choose a name, come to me tonight, I will give you ......" (to be continued......)
PS: Ask for a recommendation ticket in the morning