"They must have a plan, between countries, not by any will, this matter, let the Prime Minister Yamen and the British continue to communicate, to see what they mean, since they are coming, always have to be warmly received, everyone has been talking about the state of etiquette, if there is a lack of etiquette, but let them criticize. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info" Empress Dowager Cixi thought for a while, "Sixth Master, do you think that the officials in the government and the opposition care more about which thing?" ”

Prince Gong shook his head, "These two things are not easy to do, one is the lining, the other is the face, the kneeling ceremony is just face, but now the people's hearts are soaring, and they are not willing to put foreigners in their eyes at all, if they kneel to welcome, there will definitely be a royal history to impeach and humiliate the country, you must know that Guo Yunxian used to be in London, but he respected the British a little, and he has already caused an uproar in the country," Prince Gong said, he seemed to be only a little worried, after all, in his opinion, this matter is not a big deal," Now that Edward is visiting China, this is the gift of bowing to the monarch of another country for the first time. "Since ancient times, China's foreign relations are carried out by the diplomatic relations between the suzerainty and the vassal state, even if the vassal lord enters Beijing, it is only a pilgrimage, and there is no need for any officials to kneel down, the vassal lord is just an analogy with the prince, and there will never be the same treatment as the Chinese emperor, in the Qing Dynasty, the Sula of the Li Fan Yuan can throw his face to these vassal envoys, the king of Sulu Dong Tailai died of a sudden illness in the eighth year of Tongzhi, the news came to the country, Wang Shizi Dongjing succeeded the king of Sulu in the Sifang Pavilion of the Li Fan Yuan, and the Tongzhi Emperor came to watch the ceremony, Dongjing wore the prince's uniform, the Shangshu of the Lifan Yuan read out the canonization decree, and the Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites gave the golden seal treasure book, Rao is so Xuanhe, Dongjing still has to give the Tongzhi Emperor three kneels and nine bows.

Although Tsarist Russia had a legation in Beijing after the Kangxi Dynasty, it was the first time that the emperor of a country came, and there was no old precedent to help in China, so it could only be decided one by one with reference to the rules of mutual visits by European countries, coupled with China's own etiquette system.

The Empress Dowager Cixi secretly sighed that if the two countries had ceded land and paid compensation and bowed their heads when the two countries attacked in the past, there would probably not be so entangled now, and there would not be many people who opposed the etiquette dispute related to the British visit.

"You discuss it first," the Empress Dowager Cixi thought for a while, "see if we can make concessions, some things can be seen first, ask the Ministry of Rites, if there are any ready-made examples, if there is, then there must be less resistance, and then let the Prime Minister Yamen and the British continue to chat, if we can talk about what they really want in their hearts, we can be prepared." ”

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Feiyunxuan.

Outside the hall of Feiyun Xuan, there are many peony flowers, the change of the peony platform in the past, there has almost become a place where the Empress Dowager Cixi will never set foot in, if no one appreciates the peony flowers inside, it is inevitably lonely, so the peony is planted to all parts of the garden, several copies of "Ni Dress Feather Coat" and "Weaver Girl Hairpin Flower" outside Feiyun Xuan bloom the best, and the center that has always been very majestic has more soft spring beauty. The main hall of Feiyun Xuan is the place where everyone in the military aircraft department discusses, the door of the main hall is closed on this day, and there is not a single idle person outside, even the military aircraft Zhang Jing can only wait outside the second gate, and cannot be close to the errand, so as not to hear the matters discussed by the important ministers of the imperial court.

"This depends on the person, the person is different, the reaction to that one is naturally different," Bao Jun patted his stomach and leaned on the official hat chair, in the past few years, he has grown older, more and more fat, especially after his 70th birthday, he listened to the advice of the imperial doctor, to get more nutrition, can no longer be vegetarian as in the past, so Bao Jun has been open to eat over the years, not taboo meat and vegetarian, he is full of stuffed in the official hat chair, his hair and beard are almost white, his complexion is excellent, and his face is full of red light, He said to Prince Gong, who was sitting at the top, "The matter of the British warship escorting the British Prince Edward into Dagukou is naturally the most reluctant of the military attaches who have made a fortune with their military achievements. ”

This is the inevitable reason, the military attaches are natural hawks, over the years of small wars, created countless military exploits, the prince Bo Zi Nan grabbed a handful, only through the war their Lu and titles will be promoted and changed, the queen mother is also very important to the warriors, Guangxu has never stopped a year against the land of Beihai small-scale conflict, no matter how the prime minister Yamen explained to the Russians, "just a small dispute of the local armed forces", Bao Jun, who is in charge of financial planning in the center, knows how much money needs to be paid by the center.

After Bao Jun finished speaking, he glanced at an old man opposite, and smiled apologetically, "Lord Zuo, I don't mean anything else, please forgive me." ”

Sitting opposite was an old man in a first-class costume, he heard Bao Jun's words, and smiled slightly, "Bao Gong doesn't have to be like this, I'm not a martial artist, I've been in the center for six or seven years, can I still not know the hard work of the princes in the court?" These admirals, generals, and generals outside," he snorted slightly, "those who shout and kill all day long know the hard work of the country, and if they know the hard work of Baogong, they must not be so unstoppable." ”

Bao Jun squinted his eyes, this sound is comfortable, but what the person opposite said next is inevitably a little unpleasant, "But when it comes to military merits, who in the older generation doesn't have it?" I, Zuo Zongtang, not only got a knighthood by virtue of my military merits, but also entered the military plane," Zuo Zongtang picked up the gaiwan, took a sip of tea, put the gaiwan in the palm of his hand, and looked at Baojun, "Here, who doesn't have military merits?" Even Lord Jing and Lord Wang are no exception, in the past, the Battle of Beihai rewarded hundreds of officials, I remember that Bao Gong took a co-organizer of the university scholar, so in this way, wouldn't Bao Gong also have to be tough on the outside world? ”

Bao Jun was slightly displeased, but was stopped by Jing Lian, "If Gong Yu said so, then there is a group of people from Yushitai?" ”

Baojun glared at Zuo Zongtang, who was drinking tea indifferently, "It's those imperial historians, as long as they know that our officials have bowed down to the so-called barbarians, tsk, needless to say, let's not want to sit here and drink tea with peace of mind." ”

"If you know, you know, what can you do?" Zuo Zongtang said disdainfully, "The idea set by our military aircraft department is to rely on those unsuccessful clear streams, what can we do?" The etiquette of the Qing Dynasty to treat vassals was applied to the British, but it was not applicable, if the foreigners were neglected and the national body was lost, it was not just a joke at home, and when it was spread, all the Western countries wanted to laugh at it. (To be continued.) )