Seeing that Edward had already decided and issued an order, the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs had no choice but to stop speaking out against it, after all, he wanted to maintain the dignity of the royal family, and the plenipotentiary representative of this trip to China was Edward, not a bystander. Pen fun and pavilion www.biquge.info

Wade nodded, ready to deal with this matter, he felt insulted by the Prime Minister Yamen, very angry, at this time he must want to see the Chinese unlucky, he also wants to see the Chinese Prime Minister Yamen diplomats in front of him thunderous but helpless embarrassed.

"The purchase of warships cannot put pressure on China in a short period of time, but the two actions of the Chinese can play a huge destructive role in a short period of time, then the most direct means is military action," Edward noticed that the Privy Council Deputy Minister Jacob did not say a word, "Viscount Jacob, what do you think?" Any good suggestions? ”

"Military action is even more unrealistic for the Far East, Your Highness," said Deputy Minister Jacobs slowly, "first, we cannot take military action, especially naval action, without the authorization of the Privy Council, and second, as the Undersecretary for Foreign Affairs said, we cannot afford to suddenly start a military conflict with the Chinese now." But we can take certain measures at the military level. ”

Wade's state of writing suddenly stopped, and he turned his head to look at Jacob, who was sitting next to Bazali, and Edward wiped the short beard of his chin with his hand, "What measures?" ”

"Our Indian fleet is still anchored in Hong Kong......"

"I'm sorry, but we can't take military action without permission." Bazali said quickly, "It's against the law. ”

"Of course," Jacob said with a mysterious smile, "we will not take military action, but I can order them to patrol the coast of China from Hong Kong...... This is perfectly possible, and the treaty in which they allowed the Indian fleet to enter Chinese waters to escort His Royal Highness does not specify a deadline for its end. ”

"So we can put pressure on the Chinese on the sea!" Wade said loudly, "We are still in the process of escorting His Royal Highness the Prince's state activities!" He was very happy, "It is to make the Chinese face up to our attitude!" ”

"We don't need to carry out military activities at all," Bazali thought for a moment and nodded to admit that this was indeed a better method, "Yes, as long as we patrol the Indian fleet on the sea, back and forth, close to China's most prosperous port, then the Chinese will definitely panic." ”

"It is to make the Chinese understand the fate of offending the British Empire!" Wade said happily, "The damned Chinese have probably forgotten that we bombarded China's port cities with naval artillery twice!" ”

Inspired by Jacob's opinion, Bazali even expanded, "We can also go to the countries of the South Seas, such as Sulu and Brunei, which are loyal client states of the Chinese, not only economically, but also indirectly transmitted to China by the pressure of their subject countries!" ”

"Yes, Your Excellency, what you said was a genius idea!" Wade exclaimed, "This is definitely a wonderful opportunity to show the strength of our British Empire!" It is necessary to let the Chinese clearly understand the correct facts. ”

Edward nodded, "You're right, then give the order!" We must demonstrate our strength in Asia, or we wonder how many people have forgotten the glory and might of our British Empire! ”

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The Empress Dowager Cixi looked at the fold for a long time and turned around, "That is, the British fleet is sailing in the East China Sea and the South China Sea again?" ”

"Back to the Empress Dowager, it has appeared in Ningbo, Xiamen, Taiwan and other places, and yesterday Zeng Guoquan sent a telegram back, which also appeared on the water outside Guangzhou."

The Empress Dowager Cixi slammed the fold on the ground, "Bold! ”

The ministers of military aircraft all knelt down, only Prince Gong bowed his head slightly, listening to the anger of the Queen Mother on the throne, "These damn Britons, the task of escorting Edward has now been completed, and Edward has not returned, they actually used this loophole to make trouble, King Yizheng, how did your Prime Minister Yamen act on an errand!" ”

"Yes, it's not good for us to do things, please ask the Queen Mother to condemn." Prince Gong is a little wronged, although he is the prime minister and the minister of the Yamen, but the foreign affairs are all in charge of Guo Songtao, and he himself is only responsible for communicating with the French these days, how can he manage these trivial matters? In particular, "although a lot of diplomatic affairs have been done, it is the first time that the British have seen such a loophole in the treaty." ”

"That's not a reason, what I need is a countermeasure!" The Empress Dowager Cixi patted the imperial case and shouted angrily, "On the open sea of Guangzhou, Zhejiang, Fujian and even Shanghai, there are British warships everywhere, what are they going to do!" Do you want to have another Opium War! ”

"In Weichen's meaning, they don't want to start a war rashly, they just patrol all parts of the port to express their dissatisfaction." Zuo Zongtang said.

"He may just be dissatisfied, but the local people are already scared!" The Empress Dowager Cixi said angrily, she pointed to the thick stack of folds on the desk, "It's all the folds that tell me that these days because of the unexplained appearance of the British, which has led to a sharp decline in trade in various ports, except for the British, the merchant ships of various countries have decreased by 70%, and the prices of silk, silk, tea and porcelain have plummeted, but they are all cheaper than the British!" The British made a lot of money! ”

In the face of the queen mother's anger, the ministers were silent, only Baojun reluctantly replied, "The household department has ordered the merchants everywhere to wait patiently, and they cannot sell at a low price, in order to prevent selling, the household department has prepared to open government-run storage warehouses in various parts of the southeast to purchase and prevent the price of export goods from being too low." But it can only be used as an auxiliary, after all, the treasury bank cannot buy all the goods that are ready for export at a higher price. ”

"This is good, it can be used." Empress Dowager Cixi's expression softened slightly, "Is there any other way?" ”

"Hangzhou businessman Hu Xueyan has formed a silk chamber of commerce to prevent hostile takeovers by the British." Zuo Zongtang said.

"That's not bad either." The Empress Dowager Cixi was unaware that Zuo Zongtang suddenly mentioned Hu Xueyan, "Hu Xueyan? Does he still have a ticket number? ”

"Yes, he is known as the god of silkworms, most of the silk exported from Hangzhou over the years is handled by him, this time the price of silk plummeted, he was the first to be impacted, he recently asked the governor of Zhejiang for support, but was refused." Zuo Zongtang finally said this leisurely, and sure enough, he was satisfied to see the Empress Dowager Cixi's brows furrowed. (To be continued.) )