Chapter 22: Asking for Votes, I'm Eleventh!
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"The palace has telegraphed to the five major ports that before the completion of this incident, the green camp will guard the entrances and exits of the concessions, overseas Chinese businesses, and residences of various countries to ensure the absolute safety of people from various countries in China. Of course, if your government feels that our country cannot guarantee the safety of the people of all countries, this palace will send someone to escort your compatriots back to the warship from which you have evacuated. Qingyu smiled, took a sip of tea, and said slowly.
The French ambassador was stunned, and the British and American ambassadors straightened their backs all of a sudden. Clearly listening to Qingyu, it seems that she is protecting their interests, but the concessions, businesses, and residences of the five major ports have been sealed by them. That means that now the expatriates at their five major ports are under house arrest.
Evacuation? That is to give up all their interests in China. But if you don't withdraw, the warship will start fighting? These people were the hostages of the Qing government. Wait until you withdraw and then fight? One is to give the Qing people time, and the other is that they can afford to lose it?
"Your Majesty! You are a person with the spirit of the law. The Americans finally spoke, and here the Americans were the most slippery, the United States claimed to be free trade, but as soon as the Treaty of Nanking was signed, it immediately proposed to the Qing government to enjoy the same conditions as the British. Subsequently, France also asked the Qing government to take advantage of the fire to rob this matter, and the Americans have always done it very skillfully.
"Yes, I am very law-oriented, and as long as my opponent also abides by international law, this palace absolutely, very abides by international law. Of course, this palace recently did a small survey, and the Qing people have 400 million people! Qingyu said very easily, and her face just now showed a shallow smile.
The ambassadors of the three countries stiffened, bowed to them again, and withdrew. Qingyu said very clearly, this matter is clear, it has nothing to do with the government, they have caught the prisoner in the first time, and they will deal with it according to the law. And in accordance with international law, compensation to the victim's family is their bottom limit, if they want anything else, at least in Qingyu, it is impossible to get by. They can't be the master, so they can only send a telegram back to China to inquire.
"Niangniang, what did you just talk to them about?" Yiren looked at Qingyu, these foreigners were still very arrogant before, but when Qingyu started chatting with them, all three of them changed their faces, but Qingyu behaved more and more relaxed, obviously, Qingyu got their sore spots.
"I told them that all the concessions of the five major ports are surrounded by green camps, and we will definitely protect the safety of their expatriates. Also, they can evacuate at any time. I'll send someone to put them on board. By the way, I told them that we were 40,000,000 people. Qingyu let out a long sigh and smiled at Xianfeng, "I'll go back." ”
"Go ahead!" Xianfeng still smiled at Qingyu, he really felt that it was so difficult! I didn't dare to say this to the Three Kingdoms, but Qingyu hardened. He understood that he was showing weakness by asking them to make a price. People will not give him face, they will only take advantage of their illness and ask for their lives.
Everyone thought of Xianfeng's whisper to Qingyu just now, and thought that the emperor had already given Qingyu instructions, so Qingyu was so arrogant.
"Brother Huang, can you let the fourth sister-in-law say that? This is a threat to them, in case ......" Prince Gong's face is not good, he has also dealt with foreigners over the years, and Prince Gong in history is a representative of the Westernization movement. Now he doesn't know more about foreigners than Qingyu, and over the years, he doesn't need to call on the Westernization movement. There is no such word anymore, because they are not blindly learning from the West, but slowly changing from a small place. So on the contrary, Prince Gong has become a representative of the old-fashioned.
"So what do you say?" Xianfeng didn't object, he deliberately looked around at everyone, "You can also talk about it, now they should go back to talk, we have some time to deal with it." ”
"Your Majesty, that's not what you said, you are so coercive to foreigners, how can we resolve it?" Prince Gong quit, feeling that whatever he did now was useless. The matter has reached this point, and he has to form a negotiation team to sue for peace with the foreigners, and he has already thought about it, no matter what Xianfeng says this time, he will not go. When you make a fuss like this, you come to find yourself, are you so cheap?
"Your Majesty, the servants don't know much about foreign affairs, but looking at the faces of the three ambassadors just now, I feel that I am afraid that I have caught their sore spots, and I think they are only afraid that they are very concerned about the lives of those expatriates. So I can't say they'll give in, right? Yiren thought for a moment and said softly.
"Originally, it was useless for us to say anything, the emperor was afraid that he had thought about it." After Duanhua died in Su Shun, he was actually a little uncomfortable in his heart. At this time, he looked at his wrench lightly, and said it lightly, as if it had nothing to do with them.
"What did Zeng Guofan and Monk Greenqin say?" Prince Hui lowered his head and thought about it, Xianfeng dared to argue with foreigners like this, and thought he was a little confident, "Over the years, Niangniang has spent tens of millions of taels of silver, so it can't be useless at all, right?" ”
"We are apprentices, and we are all taught by others. The army is fine, but the British are used to fighting, as you know, they use warships to shoot shells into the city. Xianfeng shook his head gently.
This is also the reason why Qingyu immediately asked people to surround the concession. These people are the best talisman against their cannonballs. According to international law, even if they evacuate overseas Chinese, they can only take with them what they can, and if they can win the war, it is fine, but if they can't win, their efforts over the years will be ruined. They can even re-sign the contract. Their businesses, their homes, and their churches were all they had to worry about.
And as Prince Hui said, their investment in armaments over the years is unprecedented, and military training has also been trained for so many years, Britain, France, and the United States understand very well that after five years, the Qing army at this time is fundamentally different from Dao Guangnian. When they sold armaments, they were very happy, but now, it is really not necessarily.
"Then get ready first! The great thing is to lose money again, and if you don't fight, you don't know where you are! Prince Hui thought about it, "The servant went to the household department to prepare." ”
Yiren also stood up, "The slave went to the Domain." ”
Xianfeng smiled, yes, no matter what, get ready first. Prince Hui and Yiren went out together, and Prince Gong and Duanhua glanced at each other, Duanhua was in charge of the Internal Affairs Office, but it was just a rubber stamp. At this time, even if he wanted to do something, he didn't seem to be able to do anything. And Prince Gong is facing the same situation, where should he go? Military Aircraft Division? The problem is that the meeting has just ended, and Xianfeng has arranged it at all, and it has nothing to do with him.
"Okay, things have come to this point, it's not something we can think about, you go back and take care of the concubine! I told them, no matter what, I still have to find an opportunity to add a title to the concubine. Xianfeng smiled at Prince Gong, showing his gentleness, but also ruthlessness.
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