Guo Songtao was about to leave the garden after seeing Emperor Xianfeng, and was stopped by a small eunuch in front of the Qinzheng Palace. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

The little eunuch waved his hand arrogantly and called back the eunuch who led Guo Songtao out in front of the palace, and smiled at Guo Songtao and asked Guo Songtao for peace, "Say hello to Lord Daotai, Lord Daotai, do you remember the slave?" ”

Guo Songtao had already recognized the hippie smiling eunuch in front of him, it was really Xiao Anzi who met the queen when he came to Beijing to rescue Zuo Zongtang the year before last.

"It turned out to be Father-in-law An, where did the lower official not recognize it," Guo Songtao was very humble, and hurriedly helped An Dehai with his own hands, and smiled modestly, "Since the last time we met in front of the palace, the lower officials have never forgotten their father-in-law, and now I saw Hezi again, which is really a blessing in three lives." ”

An Dehai smiled when he heard the flattery, and hurriedly waved his hand, "Lord Daotai said that he laughed, how dare you be a little one, I found you today because I wanted to take you to meet someone." ”

Guo Songtao seems to understand who he will meet, although there are some taboos, but Guo Songtao also understands that this must go, judging from the rescue of Zuo Zongtang last time, it is not appropriate to not thank him.

Guo Songtao gritted his teeth, "Please let Father-in-law An lead the way." ”

Sure enough, he was a smart man, and he didn't ask who to meet, An Dehai nodded with a smile, "Then Master Guo should follow the minions." ”

All the way around and around, walk to the Shoushan in front of the Zhengda Guangming Temple, where is a stack of rockeries stacked with Taihu Lake stones, facing the lake water of the front lake, the water shines on itself, and it is exceptionally majestic and clear.

Guo Songtao didn't dare to look up, looked down at the hem of An Dehai's dark red robe and walked forward, and when An Dehai stopped, Guo Songtao also hurriedly stopped, stood with his hands down, only to see An Dehai kneeling down and saluting, "Master, Lord Guo has arrived." ”

"Yes." A low female voice sounded in his ears, Guo Songtao hurriedly threw up his sleeves, knelt down and saluted, "Weichen Guo Songtao knocks on the queen's mother, the mother is blessed with Jin'an." ”

"Lord Guo is smart and tight, how do you know that it is this palace? Hurry up. The queen said with a smile.

"Yes," Guo Songtao got up and lowered his head and waited with his hands down, "I don't know if the queen summoned Weichen?" ”

"Naturally, it's for your new errand, Lord Guo," Xingzhen looked at Guo Songtao, one of China's first diplomatic ambassadors and the founder of the Hunan Army, with great interest, "The emperor told you about the south?" ”

"Exactly."

"I might as well tell you that what the emperor said was said by the palace and the emperor, you just need to know this." Xingzhen said that last year, she helped deal with and study domestic political affairs, but she actually forgot about Britain and France, which seemed to be trivial matters at the time, but she didn't expect that this year, the two countries have been sharpening their knives in Guangzhou.

Or did I not learn my own history properly, and I didn't remember that the fuse of the Second Opium War turned out to be the Yarrow and the Xilin Lesson Plan, and now the incident has happened and is irreversible.

"Ye Mingchen's improper handling of foreigners' affairs is the current situation, Lord Guo, what do you think of the ministers of the DPRK and the Central People's Republic of China speaking like this?" Xingzhen threw the bait into the lake under the rockery, there were few goldfish here, and there were a lot of willow leaf fish, tossing up and down the water surface around it, grabbing the fish food that Xingzhen had dropped.

Guo Songtao thought for a while, "Weichen thinks that this is inappropriate, although Governor Ye's actions are a little slower, in the end it still shows that my Qing Dynasty wants to solve this matter, but the foreigners are not reluctant." ”

"Not bad," Xingzhen nodded approvingly, "The world is bustling, coming for profit, the world is bustling, going for profit." This is the famous saying of the sages, foreigners come to our China from thousands of miles away, not to take away our country, or to rob us of our money, if there is no Xilin lesson plan and Yaluo, naturally there are other things, as long as we make mistakes, they will attack us, this is no way. Xingzhen sprinkled the fish food in her hand into the water, causing the fish in the lake to jump more than once.

"You go to Guangzhou, and tell Ye Mingchen what the emperor and the palace have to say, if he knows how to advance and retreat, he will inevitably hand over the matter of dealing with foreigners to you, and foreigners will naturally negotiate, and you remember a word." Xingzhen turned to look at Guo Songtao, and Guo Songtao lowered his body.

"That's drag! "In fact, according to the current military strength of the Qing Dynasty, it is impossible to deal with Britain and France, and the first and second powers in the world today can unite together," You can only send a competent person to negotiate with the foreigners, and slowly drag the matter of the exchange of contracts until the time of rebellion, and then discuss this matter with the foreigners. ”

"Yes."

"Su Shun promoted you to the emperor, and the palace also felt that you were talented, and it was appropriate to handle military affairs in the army of the Zeng Kingdom, and when the emperor talked to the palace, the palace also agreed."

"Thank you for your kind words."

"Whether it succeeds or not, it depends on your own ability, and if you go to Guangzhou, you might as well have more contact with those British and American arms dealers, these people can also influence the direction of their domestic wind, if there is a war with the Qing Dynasty, their arms will not be sold in China." Xingzhen carefully instructed, "You should be bold and do it, if you have something to say to this palace, you can write an excerpt, and this palace can see it; If there is anything secret, you can also send it to the mother's house of the palace. ”

It was true that the queen helped the emperor approve the excerpts, and Guo Songtao hurriedly saluted again, "Weichen obeys the order." ”

"Then this palace wishes you success." The queen smiled and said, "The palace is going to see the emperor in the Qinzheng Palace, so I won't accompany you." ”

"Yes, congratulations to the Queen." Guo Songtao stood up and said respectfully, An Dehai winked at Guo Songtao playfully, turned around and followed the queen all the way through the flowers and willows, and left Shoushan, leaving only Guo Songtao, who was sincerely afraid, in place.

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"Procrastination?" Ye Mingchen muttered and repeated. (To be continued.) )