Bao Jun understood what Prince Gong meant, Prince Gong was also the same as himself, and felt that Zuo Zongtang was a little domineering, but Zuo Zongtang was so domineering that he had his own capital and backer, his backer was the one in Qingyan in Kyushu, Guangxu ordered Zuo Zongtang to return to Beijing in the first year, as soon as he entered Beijing, he immediately became a scholar of Wenyuan Pavilion, and then entered the direct military plane, this is the idea of the Empress Dowager Cixi alone, Zuo Zongtang is nothing more than a person, and he actually has to be awarded a bachelor's degree, which is really ridiculous. Pen & fun & pavilion www.biquge.info but Zuo Zongtang is straightforward and fast-talking, vigorous and resolute, and the royal response is also very confident, compared to his own style of the countryman who was posthumously crowned as the king of the county, it is completely different, in terms of holy grace, it seems that Zuo Zongtang is more loved by the Empress Dowager Cixi than Zeng Guofan, in charge of military affairs, the Russians are there in Beihai, and they can't raise their heads, although the shift is after Baojun and Shen Guifen, but the people of the time faintly use the "second auxiliary" to call Zuo Zongtang. "Call Li Baoding back, I'm afraid that the pool of water in the Military Aircraft Department is even more mixed." Bao Jun was faintly worried.

"The Romance of the Three Kingdoms is always more interesting than the Northern and Southern Dynasties." Prince Gong said such a profound sentence, and he didn't say anything else, "When will Li Baoding enter Beijing?" ”

"It's always about 10 years old."

"Then there are still a few days, go and invite Master Weng," Prince Gong smiled calmly, "I should also ask the emperor about his homework." ”

"Does the prince want it?" Bao Juncai would not believe that Prince Gong would care about the emperor's homework, this must be just an excuse.

"No one knows about Edward's visit to China, which is normal, after all, this matter has not yet been decided, but Li Baoding is the emperor and the leader of the Qingliu, I think I always have to listen to what he means, but Master Li has not yet entered Beijing, so I will tell Master Weng first, listen to their meaning, and listen to it clearly, so that the court can do things."

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The French ambassador's name is Albert, who only came to Beijing in March last year to take up his post, and now it is almost exactly a year, and he thinks that he has already understood the behavior of the Chinese, especially Chinese officials, but today he was invited to the prime minister's yamen specially set up a French parliament to discuss affairs, but he unexpectedly found that Guo Songtao, the prime minister's yamen co-minister who should be present in charge of foreign affairs, was not present, and Wang Yangbing, the common French stock director, had already stood up to greet him. And a man in his sixties on the side was still sitting still, drinking tea with relish, Albert glanced at Wang Yangbing suspiciously, Wang Yangbing was faintly embarrassed, but he also had to introduce, "This is Lord Qinghai of the Great Qing Dynasty." ”

Albert hadn't seen Qinghai, but he knew the duties and authority of the Li Fan Academy, he raised his eyes unhappily, turned a blind eye to Wang Yangbing's outstretched hand, and just took off his white gloves arrogantly, "Lord Wang, I think you don't have a clear mind?" ”

"I'm in a clear mind, Mr. Ambassador."

"Since you are sober," Albert stretched out his right hand and rubbed his thumb and forefinger, "don't you know that this is the place where the Prime Minister's Yamen and our French negotiate foreign affairs?" He deliberately pronounced the word "diplomacy" in a particularly strange way, "As far as I know, this lord," he put his hands behind his back and arrogantly nodded his chin at Qinghai who was sitting in his position, "Now he is no longer an official of the Prime Minister's Yamen, and the Imperial Court is also in charge of the affairs between you China and the vassal states, does your country want to lower the status of the French Republic to the same position as your vassal states?" Is this serious diplomatic mistake a disdain for the French Republic or is your mind not clear, Your Excellency? ”

Albert was aggressive, Wang Yangbing took his hand back in embarrassment, and relayed Albert's words to Qinghai, Qinghai got up and nodded slightly, "Your ambassador has always refused to meet with me, and I have no choice but to borrow the channel of the prime minister's yamen, but I and Mr. Ambassador will not talk about any diplomatic affairs, after all, we will not do the same thing in Nanzhang and Vietnam, and do all the affairs of our Tian Dynasty." I came here today to talk to Mr. Ambassador about Vietnam. ”

Albert glanced at Wang Yangbing, saw him nodded, so he walked to the long table and sat down in front of Qinghai, he was unwilling to contact the Chinese, because the signing of the agreement with Vietnam this time was still under secrecy, and he didn't know why some articles would flow out to be known by the Chinese, not before the fait accompli, such a thing was very passive, but coming, he was not afraid of the Chinese, jokes, when will the proud French be afraid of the ignorant Chinese? "Regarding the matter of Vietnam, I can listen to your opinion, minister, but only to listen, our decision of the French Republic will not change, as I said to Lord Guo: France has jurisdiction and dominion over Vietnam, there is no doubt about that."

"Vietnam is a vassal of the Qing Dynasty." Qinghai said.

"This is only ceremonial, but in fact, how much influence does your country have on Vietnam?" Albert stretched out a little finger, "It is negligible, and the founding king of the Nguyen Dynasty of Vietnam was able to unify the whole of Vietnam with the help of our French, there is no doubt about this, we French people are born with interests in Vietnam." So I can listen to your opinion, but I will definitely not listen to it, and I think that your statement is a waste of time, and the Vietnamese themselves are ready to break away from the fetters of your country and throw themselves into the arms of our French country, so you Qing Guo should not interfere, after all, this is the choice of the Vietnamese people themselves, the independent choice of the nation, and no major country can interfere. ”

"If it weren't for your invasion of Vietnam and the arrival of troops in the city, Vietnam would never have become a protectorate of your country, there is no doubt about this," Qinghai was not angry at Abbot's arrogance, according to his temperament to deal with those vassal states, he would have turned his face and left a long time ago, and when he turned around, he would have discussed with the military department how to punish the vassals who were shameless, but in the face of the French, he seemed to have a very good temperament today, Qinghai said with a smile, "So please don't talk nonsense with your eyes open." ”

"We just want to guarantee our rights in Vietnam, what, is your country ready to fight with us because of Vietnam?" Abbott said disdainfully.

"Ambassador, you are too careful, I just want to say that the state of Vietnam does not want to break away from China's jurisdiction," Qinghai took out a booklet from his sleeve and handed it to Ambassador Abbott, Agu Bai stared at the booklet suspiciously, Qinghai smiled slightly, "It says that they still want to be a vassal state of China." (To be continued.) )