Russia's changes just gave the Empress Dowager Cixi a step down, such a dignified exit from Russia negotiations, and can bite off a piece of meat from the North Sea, the Empress Dowager Cixi was happy at this time, but still a little depressed, after all, to make concessions with the British, "Prime Minister Yamen wants to negotiate with the British." Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info" She looked around at everyone and nodded to Zuo Zongtang's general, "Park Cungong, you go talk to the British and see if their bottom line is there, are they willing to share it with us or what." ”

This is not a comfortable errand, after all, to bow to the British and give up their own interests, Zuo Zongtang originally wanted to refuse, but he suddenly thought of something, "Weichen obeys the order." That's it.

Empress Dowager Cixi nodded, "Where is Edward right now?" ”

"Back to the Queen Mother," Jing Lian reported: "He Prince is now playing in Rehe." ”

"He was very patient, and he just looked at my jokes," the Empress Dowager Cixi sighed, "This matter is handed over to Park Cungong, the king of parliament, you take care of the affairs of Vietnam, what do the French mean, do you want a stake in the Suez Canal?" If you want to ask them to show sincerity. ”

"Yes."

"I want to meet the German ambassador in person, and the Prime Minister Yamen has arranged for me to meet in the next few days."

"Huh."

Zuo Zongtang rolled up his horseshoe sleeves and walked out of the Qinzheng Hall slowly, he looked at Prince Gong and others who walked to the front, his eyes were fascinated and he didn't say a word, he walked into his duty room, flipped through the folds, and corrected some at will, and after a while, Guo Songtao arrived, and his face was full of sweat, "Brother Ji, you took the British's errand?" ”

"Yes, that's what the West Sage meant." Zuo Zongtang drank tea and said with a smile.

"This is not a good errand," Guo Songtao expressed his concern, "The British have a big appetite, I'm afraid that Kashmir will want it, Bangladesh will want it, and maybe Myanmar will want it!" You are responsible for this kind of thing, if there is a concession to the British in the future, Brother Ji Gao, who is in charge of this matter, will definitely be the target of public criticism, and you have already served as a traitor before. ”

"It's just a title, what are you afraid of." Zuo Zongtang stroked his beard and smiled, he put down the bowl in his hand, rolled up his sleeves, and polished the ink for himself, he took the pen and thought about it, and wrote the words "Britain, France" on the paper, and then drew two lines between the two, one line wrote "Suez", and the other line wrote "Vietnam", he put down the pen and smiled at Guo Songtao, "The British want Kashmir, it is a recent thing, if we don't say that we want to give it to Russia, the British in this place should not take the initiative to want it, if it is given in the future, Then it makes no difference whether to Russia or to Britain. So here I'm not worried at all. ”

"As for Bangladesh, it was originally used to contain Britain's moves in India, Shi Dakai is a hero among the people, I privately think that if Shi Dakai becomes the king, now I am afraid that the north and the south will be divided! It's just that he lost the opportunity, and he can only mess around in India, but with Li Xiucheng and Chen Yucheng together, it is true that the British are a little angry. Zuo Zongtang picked up the bowl and took a sip of tea, "If the British can use all the strength of India to deal with Shi Dakai, then we are not worried, Shi Dakai can't go into the deep mountains and old forests of Myanmar to fight guerrillas, if he really can't mix in the future, he will return to China." ”

"People outside think that Shi Dakai was accidentally leaked out by Rong Lu, how could he contact us to lose power and humiliate the country? I'm not worried about this at all, it's just that the warships in the Suez Canal are a little embarrassed," Zuo Zongtang sighed, "Prince Gong said that he could give up other warships for the sake of this warship, but I think he is right." ”

"Whether this thing looks good or not depends on how we give in." Guo Songtao wiped the beads of sweat on his face, how could it still be so hot in August, "Britain and France eat dogs, but they are united to a certain extent, we use our strength to fight, as long as the shares in the Suez Canal are handed over, we can exchange this warship for a safe return." ”

"You can talk about it, do you know why I'm going to do this next errand?" Zuo Zongtang smiled mysteriously, "I was here to hide from an errand in Vietnam." ”

"Vietnam? Brother Ji Gao's meaning," Guo Songtao seemed to understand, "You want to avoid the strife there?" ”

"Vietnam cannot be lost, and even if the French take a stake in the Suez Canal, they will never make big concessions in Vietnam. Zuo Zongtang sneered slightly, "The wronged head who gave the silver and was still occupied by the land?" The Western Sacred Heart knows it. ”

"Then why talk to the French?" Guo Songtao said curiously, "This is not the same as the change in Russia's negotiations, at least the previous negotiations with Russia were about wanting the land of the North Sea." ”

Zuo Zongtang wrote another word under the Vietnam on the paper, "Black Flag Army", "The Governor of Yunnan and Guizhou came to report, saying that Liu Yongfu of Vietnam has greatly increased his military strength these days, and has quelled several rebellions in Vietnam one after another, although I don't know the inside, but I also know that this is by no means a French move, so in Vietnam," the brush in Zuo Zongtang's hand dotted the two words Vietnam on the rice paper, "Who else is there besides the French?" The Western Sheng's Rite Office quickly sent the Franco-Vietnamese Treaty to the Qinzheng Palace. ”

He wrote two more words, "Ege".

"Xisheng filmed this idiot, needless to say, naturally he was going to mess up this matter, just the clan whose brain was bad at reading and reading, relying on benevolence and morality to persuade the French? If it can really be done, what kind of foreign affairs will we do, and what kind of sailors will we build. ”

Guo Songtao nodded thoughtfully, "Could it be that Brother Ji Gao, what do you mean, Xisheng is eager to fall out with the French?" ”

"It's going to be a fight, and I think it's going to be a big fuss." Zuo Zongtang pinched his beard and smiled, ""

"But according to Brother Ji's temperament and methods, it is natural to look as chaotic as possible, so that it is possible to use this to appease Vietnam and compete with Prince Gong." Guo Songtao said, "If it is according to Prince Gong's temperament, he must be treated with silence and softness, how can it make trouble." ”

"Prince Gong?" Zuo Zongtang wrote these three words on the paper on Vietnam, "Prince Gong wants to be quiet, but this matter is not up to him, let me ask you what is the public opinion now?" ”

"Naturally, I want to promote my heavenly prestige," Guo Songtao smiled slightly bitterly, "Now everyone is like this, the Prime Minister's Yamen has been called the Second Devil Yamen, which shows how people in the market look down on us who are engaged in diplomacy, and only say that we blindly meet the foreign lord." ”

"The will of the people is like this, the will of heaven is like this, how can a Prince Gong stop it?" Zuo Zongtang said with a smile, "I'll just hide aside and watch the play first, and it's not too late to go when it's my turn to appear." (To be continued.) )