Delayed for a few days, Britain, France, the United States and Russia ministers came late, let Zaiyuan and others wait for a few days, although the Taishan female Taoist troupe of the Tongzhou prefect is interesting, but it is not as good as the emperor's day by day, now after a few days, the original excellent Zaiyuan has long been very impatient, graceful bearing has long been gone, this day when the two parties met for the first time, Zaiyuan wooden face arched his hand, the United States and France ministers stroked their chests and saluted, Pasha Li turned a deaf ear to the salute of the ministers below Zaiyuan, Da Ma Jindao did it in the middle of the long table in the Puji Temple, "Everyone please sit down," Pa Xia Li turned against the guest, but commanded the Honglu Temple officials in the hall, "You," Pa Xia Li stretched out his right index finger and said to a Qing official embroidered with quails in fluent Chinese, "I want the best Qimen black tea, yes, or Da Hong Pao, green tea don't," the Honglu Temple official Wei Wei Wei hurriedly went out to prepare. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

Zaiyuan turned a blind eye, just sat on the chair with a wooden face and didn't speak, Gui Liang hurriedly played a round, the two of them had dealt with each other when they were negotiating peace in Tianjin, "Mr. Pashali, I haven't seen you for many days, and I haven't had time to congratulate you on becoming the British minister, I'm really ashamed," Pashali closed his eyes and didn't speak, Gui Liang said again: "This time, I have brought the terms of the peace talks between our Daqing Dynasty and your country and other four countries, and I invite Mr. Pashali and the ministers of the three countries to take a look." ”

The ministers of France, the United States and Russia took the template of the clauses, opened it and looked at it carefully, but Pashali ignored it, lit a cigar, and slowly smoked the clouds, Glo put down the text, and looked at Pashali, it won't be much, the ministers of the three countries have finished reading the text, Hua Ruohan also took off his glasses, wiped them carefully with a white cloth, and did not say a word, Zaiyuan and the others also looked at Pashali, Pashali finished smoking a cigar in his hand, Kuang Yuan did not smoke. Furrowed from the smoke exhaled by Pashali, Pashali spread out the text on the table carelessly, snuffing out the cigarette butt of the cigar in the sweet white glazed lotus leaf ashtray with one hand, and closing the text with the left hand. Ignoring the eyes of Zaiyuan and the others, Pa Xiali sneered, "To be honest, we have already decided on this clause, and there is nothing to talk about." Come and see your attitude in China today," Gui Liang's eyes widened, looking very incredible, this Pasha Li is really unbelievable! The two countries negotiate without talking about anything, only proposing their own treaties and asking the other side to directly fulfill them! You must know that now it is just the loss of Tianjin, and in this Tongzhou, the army of the monk king and Ruilin Shengbao is still good, which is really deceitful!

"Today the ministers of our four countries are here. Just to tell you what we've decided,"

Kuang Yuan and Zaiyuan looked at Pa Xia Li directly, the audience held their breath, the needle could be heard, and even a few Sura who poured tea pricked up their ears to listen to the request of the four countries, Pa Xia Li saw the reaction of the scene, and smiled proudly, "Each of our countries is ready to bring two thousand people to Beijing and submit their credentials to your emperor in person." Change the contract in person, and something else," Pashali leaned behind him, and a hand slammed on the table. "Hehe, you don't deserve to talk about anything."

Zaiyuan's brows couldn't help but tremble violently, according to his original temperament, he had already brushed his sleeves away, thinking of the emperor's repeated instructions "not to let foreigners enter Beijing", so he said patiently: "Your country is waiting to enter Beijing to face the saint." Mr. Minister is so proficient in Chinese that he must know that there is an idiom in China called 'entering the country and following customs', and when we meet the emperor from the prince and minister, "Zaiyuan bows his hand to the north to show respect," and he must bow three times and bow nine times. "The meaning of the words is that if you British can't bend your knees, you should not enter Beijing, and Zaiyuan is not all wine bags and rice bags, which is very level.

"I'm not a minister of China, why should I learn from you three bows and nine knocks?" Pashali asked rhetorically.

Zaiyuan was speechless for a while, and Kuang Yuan hurriedly picked up the conversation: "Mr. Pa Xiali, during the Qianlong period, the envoy of your country also insisted on the etiquette of seeing the emperor for a month, and finally," Kuang Yuan stretched out his index finger and bent to make a bow posture on the table, "or knelt down on one leg." "In the 58th year of Qianlong (1793 AD), King George III of England sent the former minister to Russia, Lord Magalni, the governor of Bangladesh, and the East India Company's Daban Stanton as the chief and deputy envoys in the name of celebrating the birthday of the Qianlong Emperor, and came to China with 600 boxes of gifts. On the fourth day of the eighth month (September 8 of the Gregorian calendar), Ma Garni, Stendon and other people arrived at Rehe. Before the official meeting, the Minister of War and Aircraft and Shen made an appointment to meet with the special envoy, but Magalny said that he was ill and only sent the deputy envoy Staunton to ask for negotiations. This made Qianlong feel that the British envoy was "arrogant" and became even more wary of his attempts to come to China. Next, there was a fierce dispute between the two sides over the etiquette of the audience: according to the regulations of the Qing Dynasty, foreign envoys who came to China to meet the Chinese emperor must bow three times and bow nine times. This proposal was rejected by the Qing court, and Magalny also insisted on not kneeling three times and bowing nine times, saying that he could only kneel on one knee to the emperor in the English courtesy. The prior consultations between the two sides reached an impasse for a while.

According to British records, He Shen, a bachelor from Beijing, was milder and agreed to be exempted from prostration, while another scholar, Fukangan, who had been the governor of Shaanxi, Gansu, Fujian, Zhejiang, and Guangzhou, was arrogant and insisted that he must perform the prostration unconditionally when meeting the emperor. The British believed that this was due to the fact that Fukangan had always pacified border troubles in the frontiers, especially in Fuzhou and Guangzhou, where he had more contact with British rogue merchants. Fukangan regarded the British as an aggressive people, and could not give any words of encouragement, and seemed to be moved by them. The British envoy was only willing to kiss the emperor's hand and kneel down on one leg with the etiquette of one leg, and the negotiations were very tense. When Emperor Qianlong heard the news, he ordered the officials of the Ministry of Rites to enlighten the British envoys, to the effect that if any envoy from the four directions came to the Heavenly Dynasty to pay tribute, not only the courtiers must bow three times and bow nine times to the Son of Heaven, but even if the king himself came to the court, he must also bow to this court. If you insist on it, it will violate the original intention of King Er's edict to return to sincerity, and make the world laugh at you and others who don't know the etiquette of the Heavenly Empire. In the end, the two sides gave each other face, and Magalny had no choice but to restrain his "arrogant" attitude, and the Qing court also made certain concessions, and the two sides reached a consensus: At the ceremonial welcome banquet at the 60,000 Tree Garden in early August, the British envoys performed the English salute, and on 13 August, when the Qianlong Longevity Ceremony was officially held at the Jingcheng Hall in Tangbo, the members of the mission performed the Chinese three kneeling and nine bowing salutes. When Emperor Qianlong learned that the two sides had reached a compromise, his attitude softened, saying, "These people have come from afar by sea, so they are not familiar with the laws of the Celestial Empire, so they have to be restrained a little. In the Qing Dynasty imperial painter Lang Shining's "Magarni Audience with Qianlong", Qianlong sat proudly on the dragon chair, while the British envoy Magalny knelt on one knee in front of the dragon chair very unconvinced. Regardless of the outcome of the controversy, Qianlong was very unhappy and rejected the trade demands made by the British envoys on the grounds that they were "inconsistent with the rules of the Celestial Empire," and the mission of Magalny ended in failure.

Pa Xiali's eyes narrowed, obviously a little annoyed by Kuang Yuan's attitude, but then he smiled, stepped forward and put his hand on the table, "There is also a saying in your country, which is called this time and that time, as if this is also an idiom?" But it doesn't matter, of course, it doesn't matter, the important thing is that I still have a little bit of rheumatoid arthritis in my legs. ”

Zaiyuan and others were silent, at this time and at that time, how could this foreign devil be so proficient in Chinese culture, not to say that the Qianlong Dynasty was prosperous, but now the country's fortunes are declining!

Originally, the monk Greenqin, who was looking at the nose and nose, opened his tiger eyes and looked directly at the triumphant Pasha Li, at this time, Gui Liang opened his mouth to speak and changed the topic, "In the old years, when I was discussing peace in Tianjin, I also talked about the fact that your envoy can only stay in Beijing to face the saint, and he can only stay with ten members, and he cannot carry ordnance, take a sedan chair, or set up a line, and your Excellency wants to bring two thousand people into Beijing, what is the intention?" ”

"Yes, I was just about to ask you, since you asked me to negotiate peace, why are there so many troops stationed in Zhangjiawan!" Pashali asked rhetorically. (To be continued.) )

PS: The second one was sent, I went to sleep, I took Chinese medicine, and I was sleepy. . .