Chapter 1053: Boiling and Reverse Yingtian (3)
"Your Royal Highness, I and the other six countries are indeed here with great sincerity, for your statement, we can only express extreme regret, today is not early, why don't you and I adjourn the meeting for the time being, and then discuss it in the future?"
The Kingdom of Great Britain in diplomacy, especially for all countries except the West, has always been blackmail first, sticks and carrots later, and now, Hongqing's attitude of not being afraid of war came out, blackmail is obviously a little unbearable, as for the sticks and carrots, it seems that they are not very useful, at least in the eyes will not have any effect, in view of this, the Earl Wilson since he did not want to negotiate the matter so broken, this is full of regret to spread his hands, put forward a request for adjournment.
"Adjournment? Of course, you can, but there is one thing that the king must inform you in advance, that is, the king has limited time, at most ten days to wait, no matter how many rounds of negotiations are held during the period, as soon as the ten days arrive, the negotiations will not have to be carried out again, and you can go to each country, as for the relationship with my Qing Dynasty, then your king or emperor will choose for yourself, and this is all you say, send off the guests! ”
At this delicate moment when Emperor Chengde had the possibility of returning to the sea at any time, Hongqing was in no mood to play a trick of marathon negotiations with the envoys of the six countries, not to mention that Hongqing had never taken the threat of war from the six countries to heart, and he was very angry in his words, and he gave an ultimatum to the envoys of the six countries without saying anything.
"Farewell."
Seeing Hongqing's attitude so tough, Earl Wilson's face couldn't help but change, the corners of his mouth twitched a few times, as if he had something to say, but at the end he still didn't say that he was going to come out, just bowed and saluted, and after a polite word, he led the envoys of the six countries to withdraw from the Summer Palace.
"Hmph, a group of miscellaneous people, but a small country that has turned into a barbarian, dares to threaten my Huanghuang Heavenly Empire, I really don't know whether to live or die!"
Rong Zhu was not originally a hot-tempered person, but he was really angry with Grand Duke Petrovich's words and deeds before, even though the envoys of the six countries had left, the anger in Rong Zhu's heart had not diminished much, and he opened his mouth and snorted angrily.
"Those who come are not good, those who are good are not coming, Lord Wang, the lower officials think that this matter is not so simple, if the talks really collapse, the interests of the 'Eight Banners Firm' will be greatly affected, in case it is ......, then the consequences are a little unbearable."
Lang Erheng was also extremely disgusted and dissatisfied with the threat of war when the envoys of the six countries opened and closed, but he was more worried about the consequences of the breakdown of the negotiations, but he couldn't say that Hongqing's attitude was too tough, so he could only remind him euphemistically.
"It's okay, Lord Lang just rest assured, this king has his own way of dealing with it, and in the past few days, Lord Lao Lang will take a lot of effort to take care of those turtle grandchildren, and after ten days, they will all be sent away."
Lang Erheng's worries are not unreasonable, if the negotiations really collapse, the Western countries are really likely to take risks, of course, at the beginning will definitely not choose war, more likely to be a trade embargo, in order to block the steady flow of silver to the Qing Dynasty, in this sense, most of the income is supported by overseas trade The interests of the "Eight Banners Firm" will be greatly affected, followed by the protests of the children of the Eight Banners who are used to taking the benefits, in this regard, Hongqing has already foreseen, I had already thought about it all, and I had already made a decision in my heart, but I didn't intend to say anything about it at this time, so I just vaguely appeased Lang Erheng.
"Yes, the subordinate obeys."
Hongqing had already ordered this, Lang Erheng was worried in his heart, but he didn't dare to say more, and hurriedly answered, and then hurriedly withdrew from the Summer Palace, and went to be busy with the reception without mentioning it.
"Lord, it's a delicate moment, one more thing, it's really better to have one less thing, I think this matter should not be delayed for a long time, otherwise, I am afraid that there is a danger of becoming a constraint."
Although Rong Zhu is not Hongqing's disciple, he has been unswervingly on Hongqing's side as early as the Kangxi period, and he can definitely be regarded as one of Hongqing's henchmen, Lang Erheng didn't dare to say anything, but he didn't have too many scruples, of course, he also didn't dare to say it too bluntly, so he just vaguely mentioned a word.
"Well, Lord Rong has a heart, this king knows this matter in his heart, and today's matter is so good first, this king will enter the palace to face the saint."
The matter involves the inheritance of Guozuo, even in the face of Rong Zhu's henchmen, Hongqing didn't want to say too much, just nodded knowingly, explained indifferently, and then led a group of guards to stride towards the gate of the garden......
Zhoukou Lane, an ordinary alley in Guang'anmen, belongs to a fork in West Street, not big, that is, two zhang to wide, not to talk about any characteristics, just an ordinary alley, really want to say the characteristics, maybe just one, that is in the alley at both ends of West Street There is a teahouse, the left is called "Qingxian Teahouse", the right is "Leisure Teahouse", the two names are similar, the location is far away, it is a faction of fighting in the ring, on weekdays, The guys of the two teahouses are also happy to fight in the ring and compete to solicit customers, such noise and noise may also be regarded as a scenery in Guang'anmen, but this is a quiet faction, because Prince Ren's drive is coming from Guang'anmen, and the people along the street, no matter who it is, have only retreated, this is an official system, and no one dares to offend.
Hongqing has never liked to take a sedan chair, unless it is needed by the court, usually, it is a carriage, this time is no exception, the car is not fast, and the road is flat, people sit in a wide carriage, but also very comfortable, but Hongqing obviously has no intention of enjoying this kind of comfort at this time, although people are relaxed and leaning on the brocade cushion, but the brows are slightly wrinkled, obviously still thinking about the previous verbal confrontation with the envoys of the six countries.
Weak countries have no diplomacy, this is a truth that is not easy to come, although today's Qing Dynasty is not weak at all, on the contrary, when it comes to comprehensive strength, it can definitely be called the world's most powerful country, but it is obviously not recognized by the world powers, if not, this time there will be no envoys from the six countries to come to pressure the incident, there is no doubt that the Qing Dynasty wants to stand on the top of the world, there is still a long way to go, whether it is the domestic economy and politics, or the establishment of international status, must go through a bloody baptism, as the helm, the burden on Hongqing's shoulders is not heavy, even if his heart is far tougher than ordinary people, he can't help but feel that the pressure is huge.
Well, not good!
Just as he was pondering, a heart palpitation that was so strong that it was extremely strong suddenly surged up in his heart, and Hongqing suddenly opened his eyes, and at this moment, a change suddenly happened!
"Huhuhu......"
Hongqing's car had just arrived on the street between the "Qingxian Teahouse" and the "Leisure Teahouse", the third floor of the two teahouses suddenly threw out more than a dozen long-handled grenades one after another, whistling and smashing towards Hongqing's car from both sides.
"There are assassins!"
Although Hongqing had woken up before the grenade attack, but he was in the carriage, he couldn't find that there were so many grenades being smashed outside, but someone noticed that something was wrong for the first time, this person was Ding Song, but under his loud roar, his hands were already raised, and in just an instant, countless hidden weapons had been splashed out like a storm, not only did he bounce all the dozen long-handled grenades that had not yet fallen into the distance, but also sealed the windows of the teahouses on the left and right sides with dense hidden weapon rain.
"Boom, boom......"
Ding Song's hidden weapon kung fu is good, but it is impossible to break the strong long-handled grenades, all that can be done is to bounce those grenades away, there is no doubt that successive explosions are inevitable, although Ding Song has tried his best to bounce the long-handled grenades to a place with few people, but West Street is a traffic artery, even if most of the pedestrians on the street have retreated to the alley or the side of the street because of avoiding Hongqing's car, but there are still many people standing on both sides of the street, such a fierce explosion down, Death and injury are inevitable, just in an instant, the entire West Street suddenly became a mess, people roared and neighed, miserable howls came one after another, minced meat and stumps flew all over the sky, the state can be described as miserable!
"The first company attacked the 'Qingxian Teahouse' on the left, the second company, took the 'Leisure Teahouse', Hugh was going to leave the assassins, and the rest of the teams lined up in place, and those who dared to make noise and disturb again would be killed!"
Although there were many casualties among the innocent people around, and the scene was even more bloody and miserable, Ding Song didn't pay attention to it at all, and issued a series of orders with a loud roar.
"One company, rush with me!"
"Second Company, keep up, kill in!"
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Most of the guards in Prince Ren's Mansion are elite soldiers in a hundred battles, and many of them are masters trained in Xiaoskeong Hutong, and their combat quality is needless to say, although they were slightly panicked due to the sudden attack, but when Ding Song gave the order, they all immediately took action, and the commanders of each battalion and company shouted and gave orders, and in an instant, a strict defensive formation had been arranged on the street, such as Lin's spears pointed in all directions, and the carriage that Hongqing was riding firmly guarded in the center, at the same time, The guards of the two companies had also rushed into the two teahouses at high speed, and scattered quickly, no matter who they met, they would all take it down, and those who dared to resist would be killed, and the sound of gunfire, shouting, and screaming suddenly became a ......