Several people hurriedly stood up, An Dehai went down the steps, bowed slightly at Hurd, and said with a smile, "Mr. Hurd, the Queen Mother summoned you and invited you in." Pen %Fun %Pavilion www.biquge.info"

Hurd smiled and nodded, "There is a father-in-law, father-in-law, please." Slowly walking up the stairs and walking past the palace maids, Hurd asked narrowly, "Have the two young ladies eaten?" A sentence of Chinese words shook the palace maids in place, and they couldn't say half a word, and waited until Hurd and An Dehai bypassed the white marble Dan Majesty, and the two palace maids came back to their senses, and the young palace maid hurriedly pinched her cheek with her hand, "Ouch, it's not a dream, oh mom, my Buddha, this foreign devil can actually say our words!" ”

Hurd, with Andehai into the purple light pavilion, the purple light pavilion is located on the west side of the sea, was built in the Ming Dynasty Zhengde period, at the beginning of the Ming Dynasty Wuzong Zhu Houxie horse arrow shooting place, the name of the platform. "The platform is several zhang high in the middle of the small hall of the group roof, with yellow tiles, four wings on the left and right, the building is slightly lower, and the tiles are all blue. The north and south perpendicular oblique corridors, hanging steps and descending, face like the city wall ......". Later, the pavilion was built in the abandoned Taiwan, and the appearance was very different when it arrived in Chongzhen, "the pavilion is very high and open, the shade of the tree is in the shadow of the pool, the verdant and verdant, and a good scene is also." "In the Qing Dynasty, the Purple Light Pavilion was used as a place for the emperor's palace to test martial artists and review the ministers of the guards. After the twenty-ninth year of Kangxi, around October 18 every year, the emperor examined the subjects of martial arts horse arrows, bows, knives, and stones in front of the Ziguang Pavilion. And the emperor appointed the first three people, the second class five people, and the top ten people in the third class. Those who are selected will be selected to serve as the imperial guards. Emperor Kangxi once left a poem in the Purple Light Pavilion, which contained the sentence "The team leads the flowers into the room, and the willows are urged outside".

During the Qianlong period of Gaozong of the Qing Dynasty, the western expedition to the south reached the peak of national fortunes. The status of the Purple Light Pavilion is even more important, reaching its prominent period. Qianlong's self-proclaimed "Ten Perfect Martial Arts" has a close relationship with Ziguang Pavilion. Among Qianlong's "Ten Perfection Martial Arts", especially the pacification of Dzungaria and the pacification of the Huibu Rebellion, Emperor Qianlong attached the most importance to it. In order to promote his martial arts in the Western Expedition and commend the successful soldiers, Qianlong ordered to renovate the Ziguang Pavilion in the twenty-fifth year. In the following year, the inauguration ceremony was held.

So it's a place to boast about Chinese martial arts. Although Hurd didn't know about this place in advance, after receiving the edict to meet the Empress Dowager, he still found someone to learn about it carefully, although he felt that the Ziguang Pavilion was a place to boast of Chinese martial arts. But Hurd believes that he is not worthy of the Chinese boasting about their military force, and moreover, in his view, the so-called Chinese force. It's also not worth mentioning. So now, it seems that there are no swords, guns and artillery all the way, so the understanding of the empress dowager who decides China's international affairs has been raised to a higher level, at least she will not be so nervous that she will put on a meeting similar to the Hongmen banquet more than 2,000 years ago.

"Jiang Customs and Excise Department Hud to meet you!" The eunuch who gave the order shouted, An Dehai hurriedly invited Hurd into the hall, and when he arrived in the hall, he saw that the throne was empty, and there was a gauze screen behind him, and there was a young man who looked like a royal family standing under His Majesty, and Hurd arrived in the hall. Standing in a position, facing a figure with a shadow behind the screen, he took off his hat, waved his hat in a dashing manner, and bowed, "Hurd sees the Queen Mother, and wishes Her Royal Highness the Queen Mother eternal youth and beauty." ”

Today's minister is the king of Chunjun, and the king of Chunjun looked at this foreigner who refused to bow down with displeasure, and he was extremely angry but helpless. Before the matter of seeing this foreign devil, the court was already in trouble, and even his sixth brother did not want to see this foreign devil to see the queen mother. "Foreigners have bad intentions, just like Hurd seems to be obedient, afraid that when he sees the royal driver, he will have a bad heart, and it will be irreparable when the time comes, and it will be a gift from Chinese and foreign monarchs and ministers. The isolation is very strict, even the tribute of the vassals, there is no common gift of heaven, Hurd is just a Chinese hired laborer, the status is humble, the queen mother does not need to be like this. ”

The Queen Mother does not want to listen to anyone's words, this time she wants to be arbitrary, "the ancient monarchs, all listen to the clear, partial listening is dark, Hurd, although he is a foreigner, but he is willing to do things for China, properly dispose of the fleet, so that the French warships are paid, his heart is commendable, Li Tai gave up, the post of customs still needs to use foreigners, if Hurd is available, it is necessary to inquire about it, there is no reason not to meet and commend it!" ”

The Queen Mother has always insisted on summoning Hurd, and Prince Gong is not easy to object, but he just moved the Ministry of Rites Shangshu Quanqing out, "The Yangxin Palace is to summon Chinese ministers, and it is not appropriate to meet foreign ministers, please choose another side hall." ”

Elected to choose, and had to choose the Ziguang Pavilion, to the Ziguang Pavilion, the military aircraft and the center is no opinion, here is the Qianlong Emperor boasted of the ten perfect martial arts place, placed here, but also how much can recall the past of the Kangqian prosperous era, of course, now no one dares to say anything more about the bow ceremony, for this choice of place to meet, the Queen Mother has been very angry, see that someone wants to say what to bow down, this day Zuodu Yu Shi Wuren, is the master of the Tongzhi Emperor, folded and said, Hurd is required to imitate the story of the British envoy Magalny during the Qianlong period and kneel down on one knee. The Queen Mother was extremely angry, and the words she said in the Yangxin Hall were not very good: "In the past, China was strong, and naturally foreigners surrendered, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty destroyed the Huns, Ping Wusun, and there were Chinese people in Longyou, and the countries of the Western Regions did not have a seal from Emperor Wu, and they did not dare to call the lord of the country; Tang Taizong Tian Khan, split the Turks, captured the auspicious Khan, great martial arts, the Holy Ancestor Emperor drove three times to personally conquer Geerdan, in exchange for hundreds of years of peace in the northwest, forced Russia to set the Treaty of Nebuchu, at that time no one dared to despise China, but now the foreigners are strong, the offensive and defensive strength is reversed, Xuanzong Wenzong twice foreigners are like the sea frontier in a no-man's land, it can be said that the momentum is great, if you still use the old gifts, how can the foreigners be willing? What qualifications does China have? So there is annoyance, moreover," the Queen Mother expressed doubts and encouragement to the ability of the ministers, "If you work together, do your best, and serve the country, China will naturally prosper in the future, and when all countries come to the court, command the world, and do everything, this is the style of the Celestial Empire. ”

scolded him for this, and all the ministers were speechless, so they had to let Hurd do the gift of their own country, but fortunately, the big guys didn't know, at this time, the British wanted to kiss the hand when they saw the noble lady, and the Queen Mother knew, but she also knew that Hurd didn't have a chance to do this, through the curtain.

"Thank you, Mr. Hurd," the Queen Mother behind the curtain smiled and spat out a sentence in English, "nice to meet you!" (To be continued.) )

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