Edward looked at Cixi with sincere eyes, and the Empress Dowager Cixi raised her eyebrows, "I will definitely help you, Eddie," Empress Dowager Cixi smiled, "But let's not talk about these things yet, let the officials talk about specific matters, let's go, I'll take you to see other scenery." Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info"

The two of them went to Changchun Garden together in a sedan chair, there are many Western scenery here, the Empress Dowager Cixi does not come, because she does not like Western architecture, but today to accompany Edward, but to come together to see, the fountain before the big water law is like thunder, Edward does not intend to see such a building in the east, nodded again and again, the Empress Dowager Cixi pointed to the towering water law: "This is the Italian missionary Lang Shining designed and built for Emperor Gaozong, every two hours," She pointed to the bronze statue of the zodiac in front of the Great Water Law, "Every animal will spew water from its mouth to tell the time." ”

"It's really exquisite," Edward nodded, and the two of them went to the labyrinth of thousands of flowers together, the Western garden technique pruned the trees and flowers neatly, there were two thrones in the ten thousand flowers, the Empress Dowager Cixi and Edward sat down together, and saw the eunuchs and palace maids shuttling through the labyrinth, until the fastest person arrived at the throne and was considered the winner. It was almost evening, and the Empress Dowager Cixi was really impatient to accompany her for so long, so she asked Edward, "Let's stay here today, the Western Mansion has been built for more than a hundred years, and it has not received European guests, Eddie, you are the first." ”

So he stayed in Haiyan Hall, and a minister's entourage lived here together, and the Empress Dowager Cixi quickly returned to the Qinzheng Hall after saying goodbye, and Prince Gong and the Minister of Military Aircraft, as well as Guo Songtao and others who negotiated arrived. As soon as she entered the palace, the Empress Dowager Cixi asked, "I didn't expect it, no wonder I was aggressive before, I thought the British were going to make trouble!" Guo Songtao, the British just want Bangladesh? Want Shi Dakai and others to get out? ”

"Yes," Guo Songtao replied, "the British proposed a retreat in canals, railways, warships, etc., in exchange for China's separation of Shi Dakai and others. ”

"What does the big guy think?" Empress Dowager Cixi breathed a sigh of relief and asked slowly.

"On the surface, no one can say that we have something to do with Shi Dakai, but inside, everyone knows that blind people eat dumplings," Prince Gong took the lead in saying, "I am not guilty of Shi Dakai in the past, and I have given him so much support over the years, helping them gain a firm foothold in India, it can be said that there is no great kindness, and now since the British are willing to give us benefits and solve Shi Dakai, I think I can accept this matter." ”

Bao Jun also nodded and said, "What the king said is reasonable, the secret account of the household department, the value of the arms sent to Shi Dakai and others every year without going through the customs is as much as 300,000, not to mention anything else, this money, we have been sending it for more than ten years, and there are four million here, if the British are willing to give warships, I am afraid that the best warships can buy one." Shi Dakai and others' income in India is nothing more than iron ore and rice, and across Myanmar, these shipments back have long been expensive, and they can't be used for trading, and this idea is not enough. "All in all, it is a very small benefit to support Shi Dakai and the British to do it, and it is not worth doing, and now the British are willing to pay a lot of money to buy the lives of Shi Dakai and others, so it is better to sell it.

"If the British are willing to give China warships and other technology, this is a great thing," Jing Lian said, "If you have the best technology, you don't have to spend a lot of money to buy it in the future, and you can build warships in your own shipyard." ”

The Empress Dowager Cixi was noncommittal, just pondering, Guo Songtao couldn't help but feel that the conditions proposed by the British were very good, but before he could speak, a loud voice burst out, "I thought that I couldn't talk to the British about Shi Dakai!" ”

"Why is that?" Empress Dowager Cixi asked.

"Not to mention that we have shown that we have nothing to do with Shi Dakai, let's talk about the conditions of the British, don't forget that the British will never be the ones who will fulfill their promises, not to mention any warships, trains or other canal shares, just say that they have entered Burma, and when the time comes, they will use various reasons to shirk and not be able to leave, what should you do? India is connected to Myanmar, and when the time comes, needless to say, it will gradually encroach, and Myanmar will no longer exist, so the land of Yungui will become a border again. ”

"In the land of vassals, if it is about economic income, it is naturally a loss, but if it is about other things, it is naturally profitable."

Bao Jun sneered slightly, "Lord Zuo, you said that everything else is earned, why don't you talk to the big guy?" ”

Zuo Zongtang's provocation to Baojun was regarded as the wind in his ears, and he said to the Empress Dowager Cixi after the imperial case on the throne, "The vassal land, not to say how much output can be used for profit, the arm is squeezed like the British against India, which is naturally not in line with the appearance of the lord of benevolence and virtue in the Tian1 Dynasty, but the vassal land, the necessity of existence, the most important one, is to serve as a place of separation from other powers." ”

"What is a partition? In terms of Burma, if Burma is still a vassal of China, the British army can not be stationed on the Yunnan border anyway, so that the pressure on Yunnan-Guizhou armaments has been greatly reduced, which is why the Western Sage used to help Kokand restore the country, Mongolia is an internal domain, the northern border to deal with the Russians was originally very stressful, but now to attack instead of defend, but the pressure is much less, if you add the northwest, the number of troops to defend against Russia is unimaginably huge, there are Kokand and other countries as a buffer between China and Russia, In the future, if Russia suddenly makes trouble, we will have more time to react, this is the meaning of vassal states, and the same is true of Vietnam today, if the French can rely on Guangxi and Guangdong, and enter the border of China overnight, I see that you can still sleep peacefully that night! ”

"If it is purely based on the output, in the past, the rebellion in Xinjiang and Gansu was quelled, and the money was spent more than 10 million, why did Xisheng still make such a effort to quell the rebellion and make a big move, it is nothing more than unwilling to follow the story of the Northern Song Dynasty, Shaanxi and Gansu have become the border, Xinjiang is peaceful, Kokand has also been restored, and the northwest is safe, this is the biggest profit."

"Xinjiang, I know a lot, Xinjiang cotton over the years, in addition to supplying Lanzhou cotton mills, most of the cotton has been purchased by British businessmen in Kashgar, as well as tea from Zhejiang and Fujian, the number of exports has doubled, what does this mean, Shi Dakai is making trouble in India, they can't produce tea and cotton, Britain asked us to buy, Xinjiang and Zhejiang have more interest. Lord Bao, why don't you count these accounts! (To be continued.) )