IV. The Minister Comes to Beijing (3)
On the one hand, the two countries have become a pot of porridge in the two countries, and Palmerston is questioned every day in the House of Commons, making him anxious, and not only the opposition parties gloat every day, but the parliamentarians of the arms industry have begun to join forces and prepare to unite all walks of life to hold a demonstration, and the slogan of the demonstration is "drive the stupid Palmerston out of Downing Street." Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info Even the conservative forces within their own party put forward their opinions, asking Palmerston to take the blame and resign, assuring that the party will not be implicated in the next general election because of this defeat, the Admiralty and the Army Department also quarreled and attacked each other, one said that the navy was ineffective, the other said that the army was stupid, and in the end, the two departments all told the queen where they were, and a large number of princes and ministers assured God in front of the queen that the defeat of this war was completely caused by the brains of Pasha and Palmerston, "God, Their military bill is ten times more than the money that arms dealers make from China! "Palmerston, who was in a hurry, had already telegraphed to Liszt that he must properly handle the affairs with the Chinese in the shortest possible time, and must give London a satisfactory answer, so that his position as prime minister will not be shaken.
The same is true on the French side, although Emperor Napoleon III, who spoke harshly at Fontainebleau, is ready to deal with China with a tough attitude, Ferrero clearly understands that His Majesty the Emperor has just signed the "Treaty of Turin" for the Austro-French War to collect troops from the Kingdom of Sardinia in the two places, and there is no extra energy to put it in China, and the French army buried in China this time is already all the French soldiers who have been formed between the Mediterranean Sea and the Strait of Malacca.
China is too far away, Ferrero lamented to Liszt, "such a vast country, so rich, in Europe, such a weak national strength, we France alone can completely defeat China, as long as several of our countries act together, it is enough to divide this country for a few months, then we don't need to fight each other for such a small territory in Europe, we can completely coexist peacefully, God really favors the Chinese, gave such a good place, except for Russia, There is no other strong enemy on land, even Russia, the center of domination is not in Asia, but in Europe, this is a very magical place! ”
"It's a magical place," Liszt turned a blind eye to the porcelain that filled the room, you must know that he likes to collect porcelain from the Orient the most, and now he is turning a blind eye to the porcelain produced by the Chinese royal family in the market in London, England, which is equivalent to gold, it must be a troubled mood, Liszt smiled bitterly, "The two most powerful countries in the world have actually been defeated in this magical place, can this not be a magical place?" ”
"Where did that Chinese go?"
"Staying in my room and not coming out, I said, Mr. Minister, I think very seriously, can such a person who hates his own country serve us?"
"I'm not sure, Mr. Minister," Liszt shook his head, "although his attitude towards the Chinese prince was a little excessive before, but this is what we allowed, but after waiting for a few days, this Chinese is not in a hurry, I heard that the prince has gone to the western suburbs to hunt today." ”
"It's okay for me to drag it out like this, I'm afraid of those captives," Ferrero was a little worried, "I heard that there is a kind of punishment in China, I am 100% sure, because it was said by that Gong that it would cut off pieces of human flesh, and it would take three days and three nights, during which the criminal who was tortured could not die, and if he died, the executioner would be severely punished, so the executioner would be very careful and cut the meat into thin slices, in order to prevent the criminal from biting his tongue in pain, or screaming, he would cut off his tongue first." If the French captives were disposed of in this way, I would definitely be treated the same by His Majesty the Emperor when I returned home! ”
Liszt felt that the flesh on his body hurt, and couldn't help but laugh dryly, "Hehe, Mr. Gro is a minister and a diplomat, and the Chinese will not do this no matter how barbaric they are." ”
Ferrero smiled bitterly, "But he's not a pure diplomat anymore." Since he came ashore with his troops, I did not even dare to open my mouth to negotiate with the Chinese at this point, and if they insisted on dealing with Mr. Gro in the same way as the Chinese treated prisoners of war, I would have no choice but to protest. ”
"So what are we going to do?" Liszt walked around the room in annoyance, "I even felt that the servants in this house were looking at us with very unfriendly eyes, and I didn't understand at first why they looked at me with a golden look, until I learned from Gong, oh my God, the Chinese are so shameless, they actually came up with such a desperate (gan de piao liang) idea, and turned every foreigner's head into silver, and mobilized ordinary people to capture our soldiers, I believe." As long as that prince loses patience with us, and we don't need a regular army to deal with it, the servants in this garden can poison and cut off our heads to ask for money from that wicked woman, ah that wicked woman, the witch of the East! ”
Liszt cursed loudly the Oriental witch who was lying on the bed recuperating and couldn't raise her hands with a sour body, and at this moment, bursts of scolding suddenly sounded outside, and the sound was so loud that it drowned out Liszt's solo cross talk performance. (To be continued.) )
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