The emperor was still hesitating, rubbed the bridge of his nose with his hands, and didn't say a word, Xingzhen saw this, knowing that the emperor hadn't made up his mind yet, and decided to add another fire, "This American minister said that the request of the four-nation alliance is for the minister to be stationed in Beijing?" What does military aircraft mean? ”

"Hmph, this must not be done!" Emperor Xianfeng opened his eyes suddenly, and he was furious, "This is really a ridiculous idea in the world!" China's exchanges with foreign countries are always on the border, and only the subject countries have to pay tribute to Beijing, and there is no matter of sending them to Beijing. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 infoIf this person is in front of me, I will definitely reprimand him! ”

It is a common practice and common etiquette in modern international exchanges for countries with diplomatic relations to send ambassadors to each other, but China has always regarded itself as a "heavenly kingdom" and has never sent ambassadors to "belong to a vassal domain." However, in modern times, it has been repeatedly invaded by Western powers, and on the one hand, it feels that it is a loss of identity to deal with the "foreigners" of the "barbarian state", and on the other hand, it cannot but submit to the pressure and arbitrary demands of the foreign powers. This kind of contempt and fear for "foreigners" is closely entangled with the concept of adhering to traditional "etiquette" and never sending ambassadors to each other, and they are even more reluctant to send ambassadors abroad. The exchange of ambassadors means the recognition of the collapse of the "Celestial Empire".

"I have already decided on this matter, there is no need to discuss it anymore," the emperor set the tone, "There is no need to close trade, and there is no need to declare war, naturally, the minister is not allowed to be stationed in Beijing, what kind of system!" Just refute it. Emperor Xianfeng raised his hand, opened his mouth to speak, and motioned to Xingzhen Zhu Pi.

"Don't start the army first because of the courage of the soldiers."

Xingzhen's pen tip paused slightly, but without pause, she wrote such a line of dazzling cinnabar characters in Tan Tingxiang's fold.

The emperor took care of this top priority, and stood up with a yawn, "Empress, you can look at the rest of the folds yourself, and I will go out for a walk," the emperor put his hands on his back, "It's good to go and take a look at the flowers and plants outside." ”

"Yes, the concubine sent the emperor," Xingzhen was blessed, and the emperor really accepted the palace maid Jin who was singing in the lake and mountain a few days ago. It's been hot lately, and I'm probably going to listen to Kim promise to sing again.

Fan'er picked up Xingzhen, only to see the queen's face with a disdainful sneer, and hurriedly reminded in a whisper. "Niangniang~" Even if you are jealous, don't show your face.

Xingzhen understood Fan'er's expression, and couldn't help but glance at it, I'm not jealous at all, okay, I'm cold.

Yes, it's chilling.

"Don't let the soldiers be emboldened. And start the army first. Tan Tingxiang muttered this disheartening sentence, and couldn't help but sit down on the Taishi chair, staring at the wind and rain outside the window in a daze, Chonglun shouted, Tan Tingxiang didn't react, just muttered: "How can it be so, how can it be so!" ”

"Dashuai, what should we do now?"

Tan Tingxiang's eyes turned to Chonglun's eager face, and after a long time, a cold wind blew outside the signing room. Tan Tingxiang finally came back to his senses, "What else can this official do?" Hehe," Tan Tingxiang smiled bitterly, "I can only obey the order, and the edict also asks us to strictly refuse the rude request of the ministers of the four countries to be stationed in Beijing......"

"Then the meaning of the Jingshi is to declare war?"

Tan Tingxiang shook his head, "No,"

"Hey, what's that!" Chonglun stomped his feet, hating and hating.

"So feuding and yet not fighting." Tan Tingxiang seemed to be more than ten years old, and the white hair in his ears could no longer be hidden, hanging down on his neck, "How should state affairs be good!" ”

"Excellent! Very good! Pa Xia Li was having dinner with the ministers of various countries when he received a reply from Tan Tingxiang. Seeing the ambiguous but rigid refusal of the minister's request to be stationed in Beijing, Pa Xiali did not feel the expected thunderstorm at all, but clapped his hands extremely happily.

Pashali picked up the glass in his hand, and the wine in it was as red as blood, "Your Excellency, the stupid Chinese did not take the words of our four countries seriously. Having rejected the minister's suggestion to enter the city, I am desperate to find a reason to mobilize our army, gentlemen," Pasha waved the glass in his hand, and the red wine stirred unscrupulously in the glass, "have you seen the wine in the glass?" Like not like bright red blood? We, the civilized and advanced countries, not only need to bring civilization to the backward and decadent countries, but also bring them what is called a sword and a sword! We need to use the blood of the Chinese to water the delicate flowers of Western civilization to maintain our hegemony over the world," Pasha Li poured the wine from his glass on the tablecloth, and the red wine seeped into the beige tablecloth embroidered with daisy flowers, and then dripped on the floor, "Gentlemen, let us set out and follow the glory of our ancestors to create a century that belongs to our time!" China's glorious era has passed, and our glorious era has arrived! ”

At 8 o'clock in the morning of the first day of the fifth month of the eighth year of Xianfeng, the British and French allied forces sent two officers to the Dagu Fort to hand over the ultimatum to Tan Tingxiang and the Qing army within two hours. Tan Tingxiang's self-confidence, in addition to the defense that Seng Lingqin had prepared for a long time, is also related to the geographical situation of Dagukou. There is a barrage outside the mouth of Dagu, and the large ships of Britain and France cannot pass through it at all, and how can the small ships that can pass through withstand the powerful artillery fire of the four batteries?

Tan Tingxiang did not know at all that the Anglo-French coalition forces had a total of 26 ships and ships, including nearly 20 small steam gunboats, which were specially prepared for carrying out inland river operations at the mouth of Dagu. Just after 10 o'clock, the British and French troops immediately attacked. the British gunboat Namuro and the French gunboat Dragoon, attacking the south shore; Gunboats such as the British Cormorant and the French Shotgun attacked the north shore. The Qing army stubbornly responded to the battle, but the difference in artillery between the two sides was immediately superior in actual combat.

Tan Tingxiang said in the recital: Our "10,000-pound cannon bombarded its ship's plank, leaving only one or two holes." The roof of the north fort was torn off, the south fort collapsed and unloaded, the gun walls were all shattered, our cannons were not as strong as they were, and the ship's guns were fired on both sides and could not be dodged." After just over an hour of artillery fighting, the North Fort was destroyed by Allied artillery fire, and although the South Fort did not miss, it was powerless to prevent the Allied Forces of the two countries from entering the mouth of the White River. The British and French armies then attacked the city of Tianjin, but fortunately they were desperately blocked by Seng Greenqin, and the armies of the two countries were blocked under the city of Tianjin, so that they did not completely lose the prestige of Monk Greenqin in the Central Plains.

For a while, Gyeonggi was shaken, and the old things in the Daoguang period were about to reappear in front of us. (To be continued.) )

PS: Li, who was the county magistrate of Jinyun County, was accused of losing his job because of his gambling habits. But he is a gambler by nature, and when he is seriously ill, he also uses his arm to shoot

Hit the edge of the bed, and the mouth came out with a gambling cry. His wife cried and persuaded him: "Why bother with being out of breath like this! ”

Li said: "Gambling is not something that can be carried out by one person, I have a few gambling friends who roll the dice with me in front of bed, but you don't."

Just see. After speaking, he lost his breath, woke up after a while, stretched out his hand to his family and said, "Quickly burn the money paper and gamble for me."

Debt. ”

When his wife asked him who he was gambling with, he said, "I just gambled with a gambler in the underworld and lost money." The gambling god of the underworld is called a fan

Dragon, with thousands of gamblers under his hands, he made a fortune by drawing his hair and became powerful. I will be in his charge, and if you pay the gambling debts for me, he will let me go

Back to the sun. ”

The family then burned a lot of money paper, but Li closed his eyes and died. Someone said, "He's cheated on the gamble again, yes."

Don't worry about going to the underworld to gamble, so I don't want to return to the world. ”