The interpreter stepped forward with hatred, and translated the notice to Pashali, who listened impatiently, snatched the notice from the interpreter's hand, crumpled it into a ball, and threw it at Bai Gui's feet, "What kind of thing is this!" Such a proclamation would not be in the interests of the British Empire, and frankly, the French delegates and I would not allow such a proclamation to appear in the streets of Canton. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo”

Bai Gui looked down at the notice that was crumpled on the ground, and didn't dare to gnaw, and waited until Pashali finished speaking, then bowed again and said: "Don't be angry, if it's not suitable, go back and change it, don't be angry, what does Lord Pashali mean?" "The humble attitude and low stature have completely forgotten that he is the official of Tiannan Frontier.

Pa Xia Li peeked at Bai Gui's posture with satisfaction, although he pretended to be so ungentlemanly to receive the governor of the Great Qing Kingdom, but this governor of Liangguang was not as smelly and hard as his predecessor Ye Mingchen, and he was very cordial, presumably what he meant next, Governor Bai Gui could also understand it very well, right? Thinking of this, Pa Xia Li almost laughed, and in a blink of an eye, he saw Bai Gui looking at him humbly, Pa Xia Li cleared his throat to cover up, "Regarding the proclamation to the residents of Guangzhou City, I have prepared it for you here for the Governor," Pa Xia Li put down the wine glass full of blood-like red wine, and picked up a booklet on the side, "Your Excellency, you take it back and copy it again, and stamp your big seal and paste it out." ”

Bai Gui took the booklet, opened it and looked at it, and couldn't help but be surprised, his legs were weak and he was about to fall!

Bai Gui walked out of the Liangguang Governor's Mansion, which was supposed to be his residence, and the interpreter on the side helped Bai Gui out of the gate with a sweaty face, and hurriedly greeted the sedan chair man, "Hurry up, go home, the adult is not happy." ”

The sedan chair man hurriedly lifted the sedan chair and staggered back to his original governor's mansion with the acting governor of Liangguang and the first rank of the minister.

The interpreter walked forward with the sedan chair in his hands, listening to the movement inside the sedan chair with his ears pricked up, and after half a sound, a long sigh came from the sedan chair. The interpreter hurriedly approached the car curtain and whispered, "My lord? ”

"You go and ask General Guangzhou to come over." Bai Gui's voice was tired.

"Wow."

Bai Gui was personally helped to sit down in the flower hall of the governor's back office, and then drank a sip of sweet soup. A thin middle-aged man with a six-fold hat and a reddish-brown gown rushed in from outside, and the maid who served on the side hurriedly curts, and shouted, "Great luck to the general." ”

The thin middle-aged man came to Bai Gui. Bo Gui was in a daze with the bowl, and was awakened by this person's salute, so he put down the bowl, nodded, waved him to sit down, and waited until the maid served the sweet soup, Bai Gui opened his mouth to ask the servants to retreat, and then said with a wry smile to Mu Kedenne, who was still in Guangzhou City with him, "Brother Nian." Now our woe has come. ”

Mukdenne and Baigui should be replaced, so thin and wrinkled, it seems that the old man is about to fall as soon as the wind blows, and he is actually a Manchurian general who is in charge of the provincial capital and a city with eight armed forces.

"Pashali said that a security committee should be formed," Bai Gui took out the booklet from his sleeve and handed it to Mukdenne, and the whole person collapsed on the back of Huang Huali's official hat chair, "The British ordered the old man to enter this so-called peace committee and serve as one of its members. ”

Mukdenne swallowed hard, and the originally sweet and refreshing sweet soup of white fungus stewed with lychee and tangerine peel became extremely bitter in his mouth, and he raised his head with difficulty. Looking at Bai Gui, who was full of decadence and decay, "My lord, we can't do this." Guangzhou fell, it can be said that Ye Mingchen is old and stubborn. Mishandled, anyway, he was also escorted to Macao by the British, and there was no evidence, and he was not afraid of the lawsuit going to the military plane in the future. "The British were extremely disgusted with Ye Mingchen's arrogant attitude, and after attacking Guangzhou. Ye Mingchen was captured and taken to Macao, and he was strictly guarded, and Mukdenne put down the sweet soup, and it was only February, and dense fine sweat was already breaking out on his forehead, and he continued, "But if you enter this committee run by the British, this is really, really ......" Mukdenne said a few truths, but he couldn't tell what it was.

"These impudent Englishmen not only take away the decrees issued by the emperor and the military plane, but also ask the old man to review the excerpts before they are played," Mukd was terrified, isn't this a traitorous minister who fornicates with a foreign country? The emperor's order, the changes in Guangzhou, are all in the hands of the British, although he surrendered to the British with Bai Gui, the shame is gone, and he doesn't want to do anything to communicate with foreign countries and invade the imperial court, thinking of this, the cold sweat on Mukdenne's face can't help but flow.

"Insulting Sven?" Bai Gui reluctantly took Mukdenne's words, in Bai Gui's opinion, accepting the management of the British in Guangzhou, and even saying that participating in the management of the British in Guangzhou, was just insulting. Bai Gui shook his head, disapproving, the emperor's edict and the excerpt he played should be reviewed by Pasha Li in advance, it is not a big deal, after all, this is also something that a small number of people know, and it is far from being known to everyone, but if he accepts the request to pull it out and form a coalition committee - to announce it to the whole city, wouldn't this be ridiculous to the world? said that he, a scholar who was rich in five cars, accepted the command of the barbarians. But if the proclamation comes out, everyone in the world knows that he shakes his head and tails and lives under the foreigners, for the foreigners to drive, and this face can be lost.

Mukedena took a long breath, and suddenly felt that the remaining sweet soup in his mouth became sweet again, he didn't have to participate in this Laoshzi committee, presumably in the future, Beijing would not be able to settle accounts, even if the governor and himself could cover the sky in Guangzhou City and block the news, but there was Guo Songtao in Foshan, this deal was not cost-effective.

Bai Gui glanced at Mukedenne, who suddenly relaxed and leaned on the back of the chair leisurely, and a mischievous mood surged in his heart, "Pasha Li said that you also want to join this committee, and you must rely on the elite soldiers in your hands to maintain local law and order and suppress the civil unrest." ”

Mukedne's body shook when he heard this, and his shaking arm accidentally touched the bowl, and with a click, it fell to the ground and shattered.

In the eighth year of Xianfeng, on the third day of the second lunar month, a notice was posted in Guangzhou City, and Pashali, together with the French consul, the acting governor of Liangguang Bai Gui, and the Guangzhou general Mukdenne and others established a "coalition security committee" in Guangzhou City, which opened a precedent for modern Chinese officials to surrender to foreign enemies.

Hurd, who had been in charge of the General Administration of Taxation of China for decades, came to Wuyangcheng after the allied forces captured Guangzhou, and on February 6, the eighth year of Xianfeng, Hurd entered the siege. That night, the "Governor of Guangzhou" Pa Xiali hosted a banquet for him. Pashali is very capable of doing things, but he has a violent personality and will make some abnormal actions from time to time. For example, the Chinese personnel who worked closely with the coalition forces, except for Bai Gui and Mukdenne, belonged to Wu Chongyao of Jardine Hawks, but Pashali slapped Wu Chongyao hard at a meeting. This not only made the Baigui people feel sad about the death of the rabbit and the fox, but also made the Gentiles, including Hurd, deeply regret. Later, Hurd met with the Governor and the General. General Mukdenne "He is a most inconsequential figure". On 18 February, Mukhdena paid a "courtesy visit" to the two commanders of the coalition forces, and after the meeting, Hurd asked him to take photographs, "and the Tatar general and his attendants seemed to be a little suspicious when they saw the camera, but he sat there bravely and tried to be as dignified as possible." The governor "lived in the capital from an early age, and his speech and demeanor were in accordance with the etiquette of the court", "he was a shrewd and capable man, and his appearance was strong and decisive", and "it was clear at first sight that he was in every respect superior to the military official (Mukdenne)". It's just that, in Hurd's opinion, Bai Gui is still not "shrewd" enough, at least, he is not good at lying, and when he tries occasionally, he is immediately recognized.

On the afternoon of 15 March, Hurd, as an interpreter for Ke Luhui and Ma Dianbang, accompanied him to visit Bai Gui. Bai Gui proposed that he wanted to go out of the city to pay homage to the newly arrived Qincha Huang Zonghan, and the sooner the better. In order to highlight the importance of the early meeting, Bai Gui revealed the delicate and complex situation in Guangdong officialdom. The political envoy Jiang Guolin and the envoy Zhou Qibin "were enemies of him," "had no respect for him, and completely ignored that he was now the acting governor of Guangdong." Even the magistrates of Panyu and Nanhai counties did not respect him, and left the administrative office without asking for instructions and went to Foshan to contact the "rebellious party" -- yes, Bai Gui had no choice but to call the rebel army a rebellious party at this time. Bai Gui was deeply afraid that these people would meet with the Qin Cha and would say that the Qin Cha would "participate in the anti-British and anti-Bai Gui clique", so he had to "make a move first" and "make a statement" to the Qin Cha as soon as possible, hoping to pull the Qin Cha to the side of the "Sino-foreign reconciliation" camp. (To be continued.) )