"Father, what's wrong with you? I said, you should wear more clothes...... Oh, this damn weather, oh, this damn air, oh, these damned, filthy Tatars! ”

"Randolph, trust me."

Old Churchill suddenly stopped, and pointed his civilized stick at the guards in the coats around him.

The royal guards, who were supposed to proudly defend the dignity of the royal family, all bowed their heads when they saw the foreigners pointing at them, as if nothing had happened, and they did not dare to say a word.

"This is what the yellow race should be, it is their most perfect state. Those alleys full of oriental style, those quaint and primitive tools made by oriental craftsmen, women with low eyebrows, and men bent over, these are beautiful landscapes and unforgettable exotic customs! ”

"God forbid, please let all this last forever, otherwise it will be a loss of the treasures of human culture!"

"Of course, an overly beautiful Qing state is also detrimental to the interests of the Far East of the empire, and I have talked to Her Majesty the Empress that a Qing state with military capabilities between Persia and Turkey is the most appropriate existence."

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Before Churchill's arrival, there was actually a fierce debate going on in the Golden Luang Palace.

The reason is very simple, the first Baturu of the Qing Dynasty, the Prince of Tongliao, the de facto banner owner of the Eight Banners, the chief soldier of Dongjiang Town and the governor of Liaodong, the commander-in-chief of the Ming strategy, and the prince of Suotenampengsuke, actually refused the imperial court's edict to invite him to Beijing to discuss matters.

That's a big deal!

This is listening to the tune and not listening to the announcement!

It is the only way for powerful ministers who have supported the army and respected themselves since ancient times.

In addition, Sotna already had the privilege of going to the temple with a sword and worshipping the unknown.

What will happen next, everyone dare not think deeply!

Yi Yi sneered gloomily: "It is always said that foreign soldiers are unreliable, and in my opinion, this Mongolian is also unreliable!" ”

However, Cixi and others still argued on the basis of reason, and this time the prince of Suo went on an expedition to Ming Lijian, and he fixed the country with one foot, which made the violent Ming heart and gall split.

However, there were some people in the court who slandered the prince Suo and the Ming people for secretly communicating with the Ming people and taking the benefits of the Ming people.

This statement is extremely false.

It was these people who chilled the heart of Lord Suo, so people didn't dare to come to the capital to go to court.

Who knows if there are some villains who secretly ambush the knife and axe hands, and engage in the matter of killing He Jin?

After all, the mourning family knows that Zeng Guofan has now entered the palace of a certain prince, if it weren't for the Admiral of Jiumen to stop him, his often defeated army is afraid that it has already entered the Sijiu City!

Cixi's words made Yi Yi's face blue and white for a while.

He connected Zeng Guofan to the palace, thinking that the gods were unaware, but he didn't expect Xingzhen to know about it a long time ago.

The vassal king colluded with the foreign ministers, or the foreign ministers who led the troops, this is an unforgivable sin!

However, the time is not as good as in the past, the attitude of foreigners was ambiguous before, but now it ......

Yi Yi forgave Xingzhen and didn't dare to do anything to herself.

"Governor Zeng is indeed in this palace, but as everyone knows, over the years, Governor Zeng has sent bandits to the south of the country, twisted bandits in the middle of the country, and bandits in the northern war, worked hard for many years, and suffered from ringworm, eye disease, heart failure and other diseases."

"Zeng Shuai came to this king's mansion to seek a doctor, this king has a lot of contact with the priests of France and England, you can invite them to come to the palace to treat him, if you don't believe it, you can ask your royal doctor...... The prince is here to be a witness! ”

Yi Yi didn't tell a complete lie.

Zeng Guofan's body has always been not strong, far inferior to Li Hongzhang and Zuo Zongtang.

He had many bad problems when he was young, such as lust, smoking, drinking, etc., and after the age of 30, he set a precept for himself, quit smoking twice, and finally basically did not touch tobacco, but he still only lived to be 61 years old.

He is 59 years old this year, and his physical condition can be imagined.

Zuo Zongtang is only 1 year younger than Zeng Guofan, and now he is not only alive and kicking, but also in good spirits on happy occasions, crossing mountains and mountains, wading across rivers, not at all like people who are almost sixty, no different from young men.

Zeng Guofan is not good.

was already in poor health, and with the blow of the Tianjin teaching plan a year ago, it is now on the verge of death.

However, as the governor of Zhili, the 20,000-strong army in his hands is still a key force in the political situation of the imperial court.

Zeng Yi's collusion is the trend of the times.

This time the British came with a big gift, and it was a great opportunity for their Westernists to reverse the decline and trample the Qing school on the soles of their feet.

In fact, the Qing Dynasty had already sent envoys to European countries to apologize.

Li Hongzao, the leader of the Qingliu, carried three carriages full of the Four Books and Five Classics, and planned to go overland to Europa to educate the foreigners.

At that time, even Yi Yi persuaded him to take the sea route.

But Li Hongzao was very stubborn and said: "The sea road is based on the tyranny, Yu Ning is dead and can't understand the way, and besides, Russia can come to my Qing Dynasty from Europa, and the old man can naturally go to Europa by land."

The old man looked through the records and found that as early as the 28th year of Kangxi, my Great Qing State sent an envoy to the Russian capital.

Don't persuade the kings, the old man will go by land, and send the saint's words and righteousness, this scripture to Europa! ”

The result......

Just in time for Ming Chu's second offensive against Russia, the troops were in chaos, not to mention that no one in Beijing knew where Li Hongzao went, not even Zhu Fugui.

After all, the Western Regions of Mongolia and Gansu are so big, who can figure it out if an old man is lost.

As a result, the envoys sent by the Qing Dynasty to Europe were nowhere to be found, but the British envoys to the Qing Dynasty came first.

Churchill father and son, as well as more than 20 people from his entourage and interpreters, strode into the Taihe Palace.

Now the Manchu Qing Dynasty does not have the spirit of Qianlong's forced Magalny to kneel.

Not to mention three kneeling and nine knocking, old Churchill didn't even bother to pretend to be a British kneeling look, he directly put one hand in front of his waist and the other behind his waist, and bowed slightly to Tongzhi on the dragon chair, even if it was a salute.

As for the bending range......

It's probably only 3180 at the angle of Morishita's salute to Zhu Fugui's photo every morning.

However, there were no objections.

This foreign devil duke is actually willing to bend over, which has exceeded the expectations of everyone, including Yi Yi and Xingzhen.

Compared with the foreign envoys when the "Beijing Treaty" and the "Tianjin Treaty" were signed, this Duke Churchill is really a decent person who respects my national character of the Qing Dynasty.

Li Lianying and Wang Gonggong stepped forward to receive the "Letter of State from the British Empire to the Qing Empire" written in Chinese and English respectively, and the "Personal Letter from the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and the Empress of India to the Queen Mother of the Qing Dynasty".

Among them, the [Letter of State from the British Empire to the Qing Empire] was read aloud by Li Lianying on the spot, so that the important ministers present could discuss it.

Of course, the tone of the national letter is actually that the two sides have already ventilated, otherwise they would not have done so.

However, the specific content of the national letter still greatly exceeded everyone's estimates.

Xingzhen was in a complicated mood, even a little worried, and Yi Yi almost jumped up with joy.

[The British Empire believes that the Qing Dynasty is the most civilized country in the Far East, and the two countries are close in ideology and have common national customs. In the past few decades, there have been some misunderstandings between the two countries, but this does not change the common desire of the two governments for friendly cooperation. 】

[The British Empire is now willing to invite the Qing Dynasty to join the Compact of Stability within the Framework of the International Order.] 】

[If the Qing Dynasty becomes an Entente power, the British Empire is willing to provide 62 industrial projects to help the Qing Dynasty become a major force for stability in Northeast Asia.] 】

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