In the Yuxi Palace in the West Garden of the Imperial Palace, a few cups of tea are wafting with a refreshing aroma. Empress Dowager Zheng has changed into a court dress, and the treasure minister is sitting solemnly on the throne, and is accepting the visit of Zheng Guozhong, the prime minister of the Ming Dynasty, and Lin Zexu, the secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Zhuge Weidao and Zheng Guoxian were wearing the flying fish suits of Jinyiwei and stood tall in the main hall of Yuxi Palace. Contrary to Zhuge Weidao's expectations, his best friend Yu Hui also followed Lin Zexu today and appeared in the Yuxi Palace.

However, Zhuge Weidao didn't care too much about Yu Hui, and all his attention was attracted by Lin Zexu, who appeared with Zheng Guozhong! There are not many historical celebrities who survived the "Revolution of King Zhuge Wuzhong" on the Chinese side! Zhuge is known to the Tao, the ambassador to Petersburg Wei Yuan is one, the Jin Empire's Hezhongtang is one, and the other is this Lin Zexu...... Oh, and there's also a fat Daoguang that doesn't look like it's original, so it doesn't count.

So now Zhuge Weidao looked at Lin Zexu Lin Dashangshu carefully, this is a middle-aged man in his forties, not tall, with a wide brain, and a little fat, with a wisp of goatee, and his eyes are bright, and he looks like a big official.

Listening to Zheng Yuhuan, this Lin Zexu is also a noble queen. When Zheng Chenggong regained Fuzhou, the ancestor threw his pen from Rong, followed Zheng Chenggong, Zheng Jing, and Zheng Kezang into the three generations of kings to conquer the east and west, and finally became a viscount, returned to his hometown, and settled in Zuoyingsi, Fuzhou, Fujian, and passed to Lin Zexu's generation is already the fourth generation. However, he was able to become a scholar of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs at the age of forty, not because of his ancestral title, but because of his own outstanding ability and the promotion of his college classmate Zheng Guozhong.

"King Cheng, Lin Shangshu, Ambassador Yu, sit down."

Seeing that Zheng Guozhong and Lin Zexu had finished their bows, Empress Dowager Zheng politely invited Zheng Guozhong, Lin Zexu, Yu Hui and others to sit down.

"I invite the three of you to the palace today, I have two things to say." Seeing that the three of them had already sat down, Empress Dowager Zheng began to speak, and as she spoke, she glanced at Zhuge Weidao, who was standing on the side as a guard, "The first thing is that the Grand Duchess Natalie did not pass the examination of the female doctor in the palace...... Her body is broken! ”

It turned out that Empress Dowager Zheng summoned Zheng Guozhong, Lin Zexu, and Yu Hui into Yuxi Palace through Natalie's affairs. According to today's "Daming Covenant Law", the emperor is a constitutional rubber stamp, not to mention the Empress Dowager Zheng? She wants to invite people to come in the name of discussing and promoting the hostility between Jin and Ying, and Zheng Guozhong, Lin Zexu, and Yu Hui will definitely not come. But Natalie's affairs are not only a state affair, but also a private matter of the emperor's family. Empress Dowager Zheng definitely has the right to speak, and she can also summon relevant people into the palace to discuss.

"What?"

"Is that so?"

"Queen Mother, can you find out who did it?"

Although Zheng Guozhong, Lin Zexu, and Yu Hui already knew that Natalie had made people sleep, they all showed surprised expressions at this moment, and Lin Zexu still wanted to track it down with a straight face.

However, Zhuge Weidao, the culprit of this matter, was not flustered at all, and still stood there with his chest and belly protruding.

When Empress Dowager Zheng heard Lin Zexu ask, she said seriously: "I want people to check it out...... It's just that Natalie is a princess of a big country after all, and our Daming is a state of etiquette, so can she still torture people? If this Natalie is dedicated to protecting her J husband, what can we do? ”

Zheng Guozhong sighed: "What else?" Give the money back! There is also a precedent for this matter, when the princess of Siam married back then, she was also found to have lost her virginity, and in the end, it was not returned with money? ”

Lin Zexu said: "Queen Mother, even if we find out J husband, it is impossible for us to punish Archduchess Natalie...... It's just a pity that after so many years of layout, so many people are busy. If you can hold that J husband, you can be seriously questioned! ”

Empress Dowager Zheng listened to Lin Zexu's words, nodded slightly, and then turned her head to look at Zhuge Wei and said, "Daozi, you escorted the Lady Archduke Natalie all the way from the Rakshasa Country, do you know which man she has been with all the way?" ”

Zhuge Weidao hurriedly bowed and said: "The queen mother forgives her sins, but the minister was negligent...... After escorting the Grand Duke Natalie to Yingxian Pavilion, he was summoned by He Shen to meet Emperor Daoguang in the Wuji Palace, and it was already two days later when he came out of the Wuji Palace. ”

He plucked himself clean.

Lin Zexu frowned and asked, "What did Emperor Daoguang call you to do?" ”

"Back to Lin Zhongtang, that Emperor Daoguang summoned the official into Wuji Palace to tell fortunes for him."

Yu Hui, who came with Lin Zexu, added for Zhuge Weidao: "Zhongtang, the people of the Jin Kingdom have always been superstitious in fortune-telling, and they claim to have the inheritance of Nalan Mingzhu, a disciple of King Wuzhong, so they believe in the surname Zhuge very much. That Daoguang and He Shen are especially superstitious fortune-tellers, so Zhuge Daozi settled down in Yingxian Pavilion, and He Shen was invited by Daoguang's order. ”

Sure enough, it's a good brother!

When Zhuge Weidao heard Yu Hui's words, he cast a grateful glance at him.

Lin Zexu didn't dwell on the matter of Archduchess Natalie letting her sleep, but continued to ask about Daoguang's fortune telling, "Major Zhuge , what does Daoguang make you count?" ”

"Zhongtang," Zhuge said for the Dao, "where is the martial and financial luck that Daoguang asked the lower officials to give him?" ”

"Did you figure it out?" Zheng Guozhong asked with a smile.

"Figured it out."

"Where is the martial and financial fortune of the Daoguang Emperor?"

"In the south, in Tianzhu."

Lin Zexu's eyelids jumped: "Major Zhuge , are you instigating Emperor Daoguang to go south to India to rob?" ”

"Zhongtang," Zhuge Weidao said, "Xia Guan just said what Emperor Daoguang thought in his heart, not to mention agitation. ”

Lin Zexu asked: "You mean that what Emperor Daoguang is thinking about is going to India to grab money?" ”

Zhuge Weidao said with a smile: "Zhongtang, who doesn't want to go to India to grab a king who dominates Central Asia in history?" Now the Jin State is strong and the country is poor, except for grabbing money, then there is only poverty. ”

"But India is a colony of the British Empire!" Lin Zexu frowned, "Emperor Daoguang really dares to touch the tiger butt of the British Empire?" ”

"What if you touch it?" Zhuge Weidao said with a smile, "If you win the Lord Tianzhu, you won't be short of money in the future." Can the British Empire still enter the Infinite Valley if it loses? The foundation of the Jin Empire will not be damaged, and it will not suffer if it can beg the British Empire for money and food through diplomatic channels. ”

"Oh?" Lin Zexu seemed to be interested, "According to what you say, as long as Emperor Daoguang sends troops to India, the horizontal and vertical losses will be British?" ”

Zhuge glanced at him for the Tao, and said in his heart: "It is worthy of Lin Zexu, I am happy to hear that Daying is going to be unlucky." ”

"Zhongtang," Zhuge Weidao said, "Daying is like a rich bully, and he has also occupied the net worth of this rich woman in India, and his life is called a leisurely life." Jin Guo is a barefoot beggar, not to mention his life, and the British can't take it away. If the evil beggar of Jin Guo rushes into the house of a rich Indian woman occupied by the British to make trouble, what can the British do? What can this so-called hegemon of the world's oceans do? Drive the ironclad to the Infinite Valley? ”

"I'm afraid it's not as easy as you say, right?" Lin Zexu stroked his goatee, looked at this little Zhuge who had an extraordinary relationship with the Queen Mother, and muttered in his heart.

Didn't you say that this little fox was stupid? It's okay to look at it now, not stupid! And what he said about those Jin country beggars harassing the British bullies is quite reasonable...... Daying, a bully, hates it when he looks at it! Relying on the advantages accumulated in the era of sails and the status of the leader of Europe, he was stunned from a small country to the status of an empire on which the sun never sets.

What is even more hateful is that since the fall of Napoleon's France, the British have begun to talk about the Yellow Peril every day, saying that the Great Ming Dynasty is the biggest threat to their European Christian civilization, and they want to unite the European Christian civilization to contain the Ming Dynasty...... So far, it's just an empty shout, but it's also harsh to hear!

And no one knows when they will actually take action to cut off East-West trade in the Indian Ocean! If there is a chance to repair the British Empire properly, and there is no need for the Ming Dynasty to mobilize the people, it would be really good.

"Lin Zhongtang," Zhuge Weidao had already seen something from Lin Zexu's expression, and immediately said with a smile, "Xia Guan feels that Emperor Daoguang still needs someone to push him before he really rushes to India to find trouble with the British." ”

"Who's going to push?" Lin Zexu asked.

Zhuge smiled and said nothing. Zheng Guozhong took over the conversation and said with a smile: "Brother Shaomu, besides you, who else is more suitable to push Daoguang to the battlefield?" ”