8. March 15 (Tuesday)
"Vietnam's Thang Long Governor Tran Van Dinh used to be in the Qing Dynasty in the Jinshi, he knew that the French were very strict at sea patrol, so from the land to the north, into Guangxi, he used to be a county magistrate in Nanning Province, familiar with the market, so he handed the fold to the Guangxi political envoy, and then from Qinzhou to the sea, all the way to the post ship of the Ministry of Posts to transport over, this escaped the French. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć ļ½ļ½ļ½ļ½ā
"They're arrogant." The Empress Dowager Cixi was slightly displeased, "The Vietnamese haven't surrendered yet, so they regard the Beibu Gulf as their own pond?" ā
"They are now only armed merchant ships, no cannons, just a few muskets, the commander of the Nanyang Navy Division plans to cruise Hainan Island, I think there is no need to make such a big fanfare, if there is a conflict with the French, it will be difficult to solve the matter of Vietnam."
Empress Dowager Cixi's eyes froze, "It's very good that the Nanyang Sailor has such a heart, but," the Empress Dowager Cixi glanced at Prince Gong and said with a smile, "Sixth Master, what you said is very true, you can't easily dispatch the sailor, in the end, the French sailor is not here, we dispatched the sailor, and it seems that we are bullying people." ā
Prince Gong got up and retired, and out of the side hall, the Empress Dowager Cixi's expression was a little faint, and she said to Li Lianying: "What Prince Gong means, do you understand?" ā
"Back to Xisheng's words, the slave understood."
"About Vietnam, you asked someone to inquire, that Chen Wending, is it our person?"
"No, but where are our people in Thang Long Mansion."
"Very good, then ask someone to inquire about what is going on in the Nguyen Dynasty, I don't want to just hear the news from these officials, I want to know what the Vietnamese themselves think." Empress Dowager Cixi said lightly.
Beads of sweat appeared on Li Lianying's forehead, "Yes." ā
"Now there are two major things outside, one is Vietnamese, the other is Edward's visit, what to do in the official's face, the Lifan Yuan and the Prime Minister's Yamen can do it, and the inside still depends on your ceremonies, what the British think in their hearts, there will never be no clues, and the French, I have to know what small actions they want to make in Vietnam, otherwise my eyes will be black, how to talk to them." Empress Dowager Cixi said, "But since the Vietnamese have gone to the fold of asking for help, the people of the Xuanli Office can be arranged to enter Vietnam first." ā
"Huh."
"You go and invite the Seventh Master in."
Prince Gong withdrew from the side hall, and the ministers of the Military Aircraft Department converged together, and walked down the Anyou Palace, not far away, Wang Kaiyun, who was wearing court clothes, took a fold and walked up the stairs, Prince Gong originally turned his head and said something to Bao Jun, saw Wang Kaiyun, stopped, Wang Kaiyun casually arched his hand towards Prince Gong, and was about to cross Prince Gong, but was unexpectedly stopped by Prince Gong: "Ren Qiu," he shouted Wang Kaiyun's words, his hands wrapped in the horseshoe sleeves, "What is so in a hurry?" ā
Hearing Prince Gong's words, Wang Kaiyun had to stop, "It's an excerpt in the imperial history, and there are a lot of absurd words in it, so hurry up and take it over to Xisheng first." ā
"Oh? What kind of excerpt is it? ā
Seeing Prince Gong asking questions and exploring, Wang Kaiyun squinted his eyes slightly, and looked at Prince Gong who was smiling indifferently, "It's Li Ciming's excerpt, about the etiquette of British visits to China." ā
Zuo Zongtang heard the words of the etiquette of visiting China later, his eyebrows jumped, and he hurriedly asked: "The etiquette of visiting China is still being discussed, why did Li Ciming have news outside?" ā
"Yes," Wang Kaiyun replied, "There is not only news outside, but now this is ,......" He immediately covered his mouth and just confessed, "Ladies and gentlemen, I will go to the West Sage first." ā
Prince Gong still smiled, glanced at Bao Jun, Bao Jun recruited a Sula to come over, Sula took a piece out of his sleeve and handed it to Bao Jun, Prince Gong took a look, looked at it a few times, and couldn't help but frown, "This Li Chunke is really worthy of a big pen." ā
Zuo Zongtang was in a hurry, but he couldn't take it from Prince Gong's hand to see, Prince Gong looked at it a few times, praised it a few times, and after watching it, he put the film in his sleeve, he saw Zuo Zongtang's anxious appearance, and smiled slightly, "Brother Ji Gao, why should you be in a hurry, you will see such a film sooner or later." ā
"Lord Zuo's qi cultivation kung fu is still a little lacking in heat." Bao Jun An'an sarcastically said, "I need to learn from the old man." ā
Bao Jun laughed, turned around and left, Zuo Zongtang was slightly angry, but he didn't speak, and also walked out of Anyou Palace, Wang Wenshao followed, and the two of them went out of the Old Summer Palace and went to Zuo Zongtang's mansion together.
Wang Kaiyun sent the excerpt to the front of the palace, the Empress Dowager Cixi was about to summon Prince Alcohol, Prince Alcohol was already waiting at the door of the side hall, Li Lianying saw Wang Kaiyun, "Lord Wang, is there something urgent?" ā
Wang Kaiyun trotted for a while, a little anxious, panting, and his forehead was covered with sweat, "Gonggong Li, I have something urgent to meet Xisheng." ā
Li Lianying glanced at Prince Alcohol, "I'm sorry, Seventh Master," he smiled all over his face, "Why don't you wait first?" (To be continued.) )