Before Glo could speak, Pashali said to himself: "Obviously, we only need to maintain this high-pressure situation any longer, and the Chinese Emperor will definitely continue to soften, when the time comes," Pashali instructed his personal envoys to invite the ministers of the United States and Russia to come over and discuss, "When the time comes, Mr. Glo, we will be able to accomplish the great cause of the British Empire twenty years ago!" ”

Glo asked, "Then how are we supposed to reply to this Lord Tan?" ”

"I personally feel that we don't need to reply, now that time is in our hands, how Ye Mingchen treats us in Guangzhou, we can also learn a lesson," Pa Xia Li disdainfully threw Tan Tingxiang's letter in the fireplace, watching the tongue of fire licking the envelope, the letter paper quickly became charred and black, suddenly, the fire in the fireplace became larger, and then returned to calm, Pa Xia Li looked at the fireplace, the smile on his face was extremely fierce against the firelight, "Even if you give the Chinese more time, what else?" The Chinese did not dare to fire a shot at us first! ”

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The spring rain in the valley rain season is falling tricklingly, and the sea breeze at the mouth of Dagukou, which is located by the sea, makes the mouth of Dagu even more humid, and the stove in the signing room has been lit all night, and the maid who is responsible for filling the carbon is leaning on the outside of the signing room and dozing, and even a trace of spring rain stains the hem of his placket without realizing it.

In the signing room, the stove was already a little cold, but Tan Tingxiang did not think about the meaning of letting the maid come in to fill the carbon, he took the letter in his hand and looked at it repeatedly, and Chonglun, the waiter in the warehouse on the side, said with a bitter smile: "Marshal, you have been watching it for half a night, although this Pasha Li is hateful, but he is quite proficient in Chinese, and he does not care about the words of writing, which means that he can see it very clearly." The implication is that there is no need to figure out the meaning of this so-called official letter of the four countries word by word.

Tan Tingxiang put down the gold-wire glasses on the bridge of his nose and shook his head helplessly, for him, he almost didn't feel the warm temperature in the room, "How can I not know." It's just that when I first saw this letter, my heart was already half cold, and I read it over and over again in disbelief," Tan Tingxiang rubbed the corners of his dry eyes with his hand. Nervous all night, his voice hoarse and gloomy, "Sure enough, these foreigners are not fools, especially Pashali. I have learned a lot of things in Chinese officialdom, and I know that this official is not a minister! Damn the people in the south who are in contact with the Pashali! Tan Tingxiang was a little embarrassed, "Let Pa Xiali peep into China, otherwise how could he say, 'If you are not a minister, how can you handle trade and foreign affairs?' Such words that the official could not utter half a sentence! ”

"At the moment, the meaning of the foreigner is very clear, they just don't want to talk," Chonglun coughed, stopping Tan Tingxiang's complaints, "I said that the note was in the wrong format before, and I refused to accept the document." It was not easy for the American minister to talk about it, and only then did he take the format they wanted, and then he sent it to them, but now he used the excuse that the lord did not have a minister and did not have full authority to handle the exchange of contracts as an excuse, and his heart was condemnable. ”

"What the foreigner is thinking in his heart, although the old man doesn't know, he can guess," Tan Tingxiang drank the tea that had been cold in the teacup and moistened his throat. "Changing his way and refusing to see the old man is nothing more than thinking about the right time, if it is the same as in Shandong, if he wins the battle. At that time, it was to sit on the ground and start the price, and I wanted to take a bite here in the Celestial Empire. ”

"I want to play the Son of Heaven, reorganize my armaments, and prepare for war," Tan Tingxiang put down the bowl heavily and stood up. The little maid under the eaves was awakened, rubbed her eyes, pricked up her ears to listen to the movement inside, afraid that her errand was missing nothing but mistakes, and her heart was pounding.

"The foreigner replied and laughed that the Celestial Empire did not dare to declare war now, and it was indeed a big joke in the world," Tan Tingxiang paced back and forth, "Hmph, now the foreigner is a dog biting a turtle, and he can't get down, and the monk has been on guard for more than half a year in Dagukou. Tan Tingxiang raised his face and called out to the people outside, "Come on!" ”

The little girl hurriedly rushed in, "Master? ”

"Dashuai!"

Tan Tingxiang waved his hand to let the little maid retreat, and said to his own Goshha: "Tell the master, let him prepare more artillery, grain and grass, help the monk king, go quickly." He turned his head to Chonglun again, "Lord Shilang, I want to play the Son of Heaven, will I go together?" ”

"Naturally, go with you."

"The name of obedience on the outside, and the skill of demand on the inside...... Tianjin County, no day's water, no overnight food, outside the city is adjacent, the river road is complicated, the battle and defense dilemma, the last resort is still to be appeased, but so that the county can be restrained for a day, and the Beijing division is prepared for a day...... The ministers and Jin have sworn to survive for a long time, and they dare not retreat to survive with words. ”

In the Qinzheng Hall of the Old Summer Palace, a little eunuch quietly walked into the Qinzheng Palace, holding a stack of newly arrived folds in his hand, and when the eunuch who lifted the curtain lifted the curtain, the queen read the excerpt loudly from the East Warm Pavilion, and the little eunuch slowed down and walked to the inside, and the Shuangxi who was waiting inside took the fold and put it on the small few on the kang, Xianfeng closed his eyes, frowned, and listened to the voice of the queen sitting opposite.

After reading the excerpt, the queen put it down, and looked at the emperor in silence, "Your Majesty, Tan Tingxiang's excerpt, what do you mean?" ”

"If you want to stop trade and close the four treaty ports of Guangzhou, Xiamen, Fuzhou, and Ningbo, this method will not work," Emperor Xianfeng shook his head and vetoed Tan Tingxiang's proposal, "Now no matter what the tariff is, the Western artillery bought by Ningbo is indispensable, how can trade be stopped," Now that the rebellion has been suppressed in the Jiangnan area, if trade is stopped, I am afraid it will be rampant again.

"Is war declared...... It's not yet time," the Emperor continued to shake his head.

Xingzhen hurriedly said, "Huang Zonghan of Liangguang said that it is proposed to quickly recover Guangzhou, so that Britain and France and other countries can be shocked and enlightened...... "For the legal students who produced the most public elites in the previous life, he is a relatively unique exception, and he is a typical person who puts the interests of the country first, Xingzhen clearly understands that it is indeed unwise to go to war with Britain and France now, and the Taiping Army and the Twist Army in China are all rebellions in the era of cold weapons, and the imperial army has not exterminated Hong Xiuquan in Jinling with the strength of the whole country. How can you beat the steam power that rose in the Age of Discovery, and hit the two powers of Britain and France at the doorstep?

"Your Majesty, the concubines think that declaring war is not about really using swords and guns with foreigners," Xingzhen said what she meant, "Declaring war is just an attitude of our Qing Dynasty, to be tough to the end, the Celestial Empire is extremely benevolent and righteous, even if it is a foreigner who is not educated, we should also salute first and then soldier," Xingzhen spoke to round the emperor's face, and it can't be said that the emperor is afraid of losing the battle so he refuses to declare war. (To be continued.) )

PS: Laiyang Song Lishang I studied at home school when I was a child, and there was a person in the township who was keen on the imperial examination and had no fame

The old pedant asked me, 'Little child, what are you reading?' I said, 'Chronicles.' Q: 'Who wrote it?' 'Me

Answer: 'Sima Qian. Then he asked, 'Is he a jinshi?' I replied: 'He is the Taishi Ling of the Han Dynasty, not a Jinshi.' He picked it up

When the book came, after reading one or two lines, he patted the table and said, "This Sima Qian, who is not a Jinshi, is not very well written, so why bother to read it."

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