Zuo Zongtang is the most resolute in doing things, although the dispatch of envoys is the head and end of the Ministry of Rites and the Imperial Academy, but he took the errand to come over, but in three or two days he chose a bachelor of the Hanlin Academy, and the Ministry of Rites and the Imperial Academy played, and elected Jaw Ge as the envoy to Vietnam. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

Jaw Ge, Manchu, inlaid with red flags, good at calligraphy and painting, the word Liangfeng, the number Qing Yu Sanren, Daoguang twenty-six years of Xiucai, Xianfeng seven years, served in the Hanlin Academy to teach the editor, Tongzhi year, served as a bachelor in the Hanlin Academy, conservative thinking, resistant to foreign affairs, especially against Western teachers to teach in Beijing, but behind the scenes often envy the new things of the West, although it is denounced as a strange trick, but not excluded, but there is no doubt that it is very exclusive to foreigners, the etiquette dispute jumps up and down, not only to refuse the British crown prince to come to Beijing, It is even more necessary to advocate that the customs will be banned from now on, and Hurd will be driven out together, "Western things can enter the heavens and one dynasty, and Western people must not live in China." This is his famous quote.

It can be regarded as a headache character, but the most important thing is that he is pedantic enough, when he was about to leave to see His Majesty, the Empress Dowager Cixi said sincerely to Jawge, "Vietnam is a small country, it has been alienated from China for a long time, it does not respect the power of heaven, it is not educated, and now it is even more brazen, signing a treaty with a legal person without authorization, breaking away from China, and committing a great crime!" The first thing you want to do when you go south this time is to persuade the Vietnamese monarchs and ministers that you must not act on your own initiative and seek trouble for yourself; The second is to inform the legal person that the palace wants to live in peace with other countries, let the French withdraw from Vietnam, and do not allow Vietnam to become independent, and at the last time, can only accept Vietnam as a vassal state of China and France. Jaw Ge you are the best at the book of moral sages, the foreign domain is not moral, and the meaning of the dynasty must be told again and again. ”

Jaw Ge said yes, the Empress Dowager Cixi especially thought that Jaw Ge didn't pay attention to her own meaning, and even fanned the flames, "You go to Vietnam, but you have to remember your identity, don't lose the prestige of the Tian1 Dynasty, that Chen Wending is just a fellow jinshi of the second list, and he is already the governor of the eight living quarters in Vietnam, you are a scholar and a leader, you must not lose your identity, there are just French consuls in Vietnam, and you are not worthy of carrying shoes, you do it casually, and I support you in everything." The Empress Dowager Cixi almost patted her chest to promise, and asked, "Now you are studying for a bachelor from the fourth grade?" Spread the decree, add the Zhan Mansion Shao Zhan Shi, and then add the title of the chamberlain of the Domain. ”

The Queen Mother rarely attaches so much importance to the Hanlin Academy and the Imperial History, this is an extremely rare time, Jaw Ge remembers that these years, the Imperial History and the Hanlin have been summoned by the Queen Mother alone to play almost nothing, Dong Yuanol is one, but he is the Queen Mother's henchman, naturally it is different, a few days ago Li Hongzao recovered, re-entered the military aircraft department, the military aircraft department of this dynasty is also similar to the cabinet of the Ming Dynasty, are ranked in order of the time of the military aircraft, although Li Hongzao is a recovery, but the protégé is all over the world, and he himself is a genuine Jinshi background, Hanlin Huaxuan, although Zuo Zongtang is conceited and arrogant, but in the end he is just a person, and he is a little lacking in momentum in the face of Li Hongzao, which is a kind of diploma inferiority, just like a master's student at Peking University dealing with a third-rate undergraduate, it is not equal.

Jaw Ge was grateful, it seemed that there was a lot of Wolong Zhaolie Emperor Zhaolie's three visits to the thatched house, in half a day, he had already left the Old Summer Palace, took the train to Tianjin, the ship was already waiting at the Dagukou wharf, and went south on the boat. didn't stop at the shore all the way, and Jaw Ge was bent on rushing to Vietnam to raise my heavenly might.

Jaw Ge set off for Vietnam, Zuo Zongtang finally got Edward's visit to Huayi almost done, or did the problem of kneeling and bowing well, as soon as Jaw Ge came out of Beijing, the Qingliu characters were less of the main force, Li Ciming is not a fool, he will not be a stunned person, a little concession is okay, although Li Hongzao is extremely dissatisfied with the kneeling ceremony, but he is the identity of Zaifu can not be careful, Weng Tongyi in order to put pressure on the court, let Li Ciming jump out to impeach Zuo Zongtang for negligence in etiquette, the drunkard did not mean to drink, and entered the military plane, This matter can also be put aside, the English people also let a lot of steps, the Chinese and British fleets jointly escorted, so there will be absolutely no problems.

Kneeling and bowing, everyone was attracted by Zhang Peilun's excerpts, Weng Tongyi is the head of the Hanlin Academy and the head of the Ministry of Rites and the waiter of the Ministry of Rites, he also has to take the lead in the reform of the etiquette of the Ministry of Rites, so understatement, it is to distract his attention, and the rest of the small complaints of the imperial historians, everyone will not take it to heart, because after all, Prince Edward's fleet has passed through Shanghai, and it is about to arrive at Dagukou.

April is the best month in Dagukou, the blue water, the flying white gulls, the snow-white waves, and the flying flags, under the various flags, all kinds of officials wearing flower feathers have already lined up according to their grades, waiting for the arrival of the British crown prince, among them there are many bachelors of the Hanlin Academy present, at first many people were very surprised why there were people from the Hanlin Academy, Weng Tonggong explained: "Diplomatic matters, the Ministry of Rites is also responsible, the Hanlin Academy is present, so as not to lose the courtesy." ”

This is to give someone a good look, Prince Gong recommended Zuo Zongtang as the Minister of Military Aircraft to Tianjin Dagukou to meet, Zuo Zongtang has a book of etiquette, and it is the only surviving three orphans "Prince Shaobao", the status is respected, the most suitable for welcoming guests, Zuo Zongtang gritted his teeth, but he couldn't shirk it, and he had to respond hard, the Empress Dowager Cixi added Prince Xuan to welcome the envoy, ordered Zuo Zongtang to welcome the deputy envoy, Guo Songtao to welcome the counselor, and ordered Honglu Temple, Taifu Temple, Zhan Shifu Yushitai and other heads and brains to greet together, Horizontal and vertical is now Tianjin is very convenient, all of a sudden, back and forth, as a general easy freehand to the suburbs spring outing.

The two Yu Shi, who were dressed in embroidered hedgehogs, took advantage of the fact that there was no one around, and talked in a low voice, "You say, since you are kneeling, why did you take these two people together?" I said before that I would bow down and bow down, and the officials above the fourth grade did not come, and only took our small fish and shrimp to deal with the British. ”

"And the Englishman will come?" A person on the side said disdainfully, "Xisheng went to England, but Crown Prince Edward personally came to the dock to greet him, we have no crown prince in the Qing Dynasty, the emperor's uncle and a Zaifu, plus the prime minister and the assistant minister of the Yamen, are also very honored, giving enough face to the foreigners, maybe we will all kneel down at that time, and the three bigwigs stand straight, or bend down slightly." ”

"Then I'm not happy," the other sneered slightly, "I came today, but I didn't want to, I was asked to kneel, I was originally thinking about it, and then I said, if I wait for the British to be rude, I am willing to be Hai Rui!" (To be continued.) )