As soon as the British and Dutch ambassadors said that, the audience was silent, and the Qing ministers who participated in the negotiations had already known what the other side might want, although they were angry but did not show any excess, but one person gritted his teeth with hatred, who? Who else could there be besides Yinzuo, the reason why Yinzuo chose the negotiation location in Changchun Garden was just to make it easier for him to listen to it by himself. At this time, hearing that the terms proposed by the British and Dutch envoys, in addition to the compensation, were a copy of the "Beijing Treaty", Yinzuo immediately remembered the tragedy of the British and French forces burning the Old Summer Palace in the time and space of the previous life, and he couldn't wait to immediately rush to the outer hall with a knife and cut down all the Ziying and Dutch envoys to the ground. Of course, if you want to think about it, you will be angry, this kind of thing that can only export evil anger, but has no actual benefits, Yinzuo will not do it, and at this time he can only force the anger in his heart, sit on the dragon chair and listen, and see how his subordinates deal with this matter.

Prince Cheng Yunzhi is the person in charge of the negotiation on the Qing side, took the credentials submitted by the ambassadors of the two countries, just smiled faintly, and didn't say anything, but he made a secret sign in his hand, and a Lang official of the Ministry of Rites dressed in five-grade clothes immediately understood, and did not get up, just sat in his position and bowed slightly, and said: "Your Excellency the Honorable Ambassador, this official Lian Heda, at the behest of the Emperor of the Qing Dynasty, is responsible for receiving the envoys of the two countries. In line with the principle of mutual benefit, our Qing Dynasty proposed to set up consulates in Mumbai, which was poisoned, and Batavia in the South Seas, and requested the establishment of our commercial banks in the above two places to facilitate the trade needs of the two sides. In return, we can pay a certain amount of rent and pay taxes according to the laws of your country, and Britain and the Netherlands can also set up embassies in our country. ”

"Oh, no, no. No. "As soon as I heard the translation of the general interpreter, Van Forster; Green shook his head like a rattle, and said with a smile on his face like a career diplomat: "This gentleman must have not understood the words of the contemptible people, the contemptible people were ordered to negotiate with your country, and they can only negotiate around Her Majesty's letter of our Majesty, and other matters are not within the scope of this negotiation, if your country has this proposal, you may as well wait until the end of this negotiation." The two sides will talk separately, this is the consensus between the Kingdom of Great England and the Kingdom of the Netherlands, and I ask for your forgiveness. ”

"Oh, then, Mr. Van Forst has not been given carte blanche as ambassador plenipotentiary. If this is the case, there is no need for this negotiation, and the Queen of your country should send another ambassador plenipotentiary to negotiate. Your Excellency Earl Van Horn, have you not been given carte blanche either? If it is consistent with Mr. Van Forster's authority, please also go back to His Majesty King William IV and have a new ambassador plenipotentiary, and, of course, Mr. Ambassador, when you return, bring with you the greetings of the Emperor of the Qing Dynasty to His Majesty the King of your country. After listening to the translation, the second elder brother, who was always sitting upright, carried forward the Tudi Interface.

Ambassador and Ambassador Plenipotentiary are two completely different concepts, and the former is not fully authorized. can not fully represent the country, and the latter is fully authorized to make decisions on something, this is the rules of the game in the diplomatic circles of European countries, of course, in this era of the Qing Empire except for Yinzuo knows a little about one or two, there are very few people who understand, but obviously carry forward is one of them, carry forward this as soon as this comes out. Not to mention that the British and Dutch envoys were taken aback. Even Yinzuo was surprised, and he really couldn't figure out how he knew this concept.

Ambassador Van Horn of the Netherlands; Count Cage clearly didn't have much diplomatic experience. As soon as he finished listening to the translation, he said with a very excited look: "Your Royal Highness, the contemptible person has naturally been given carte blanche to negotiate with your country, which has been clearly written in the national letter. ”

Oh, damn Dutch pigs! Ambassador Van Forst of England; Greene listened to the Dutch ambassador Van Hoorn; Earl Cage's words turned pale at once, and he viciously despised Van Horn in his heart; Earl Cage, with some curiosity, looked at the bland face of the profuse, and inadvertently frowned and said: "His Royal Highness the Prince, respectfully, is knowledgeable and talented, and is so admirable that His Royal Highness the Prince has just said, the Contemptible declares as follows: The Contemptible is entrusted by the carte blanche of Queen Anne of the Kingdom of Great England to negotiate all matters with your country, and the Contemptible has full powers. ”

Van Forster; Green didn't notice Van Horne; The smugness of Earl Cage's excited face, but Prince Cheng Yunzhi and the second elder brother Hongyang were all in sight, both of them were veterans of the battlefield, and they were all mixed up in intrigues, Van Horn; Count Cage's little trick is really not enough in front of them, but this uncle and nephew are both scheming people, and they have not broken it, Prince Cheng Yunzhi smiled indifferently, cleared his throat and said: "In this way, the two ambassadors are plenipotentiary ambassadors, that's good, today I will discuss the topics proposed by my Daqing first, as for other matters, it is not too late to discuss after the two sides reach a consensus on my Daqing proposal, so it is decided." ”

"I protest that, in accordance with diplomatic practice, we should first reach a consensus on our subject before discussing the others, and this is brought to the attention of His Excellency. "Van Forster; Green immediately objected.

Carry forward smiled, and waited for the translation to finish Van Forster; Green's words immediately confronted each other and said: "Your Excellency Ambassador, please pay attention, this is the Qing Dynasty, Your Excellency the Ambassador is a guest from afar, I have an ancient saying in China: the guest is as the host becomes, which means that the guest should respect the host's arrangement, rather than arbitrarily assert himself, presumably your country also has the habit of following the local customs, so there is nothing inappropriate about our proposal." ”

Since the rise of the Kingdom of England at the end of the last century, it has always been a giant ship and cannon to open the way, and has never paid attention to the so-called customs of other countries. Van Forster; Green's face flushed, and it was easy to suppress the anger in his heart after being scorned, and he forcibly held back his anger and said: "The difference between your and my opinions is too great, I request a temporary adjournment of the meeting, and we will discuss it again tomorrow, and ask His Royal Highness to approve it." ”

"Okay, the two ambassadors, you can discuss in detail the topic of my Daqing land, and we will discuss it tomorrow. Adjournment! "Prince Cheng Yunzhi didn't bother to pay attention to Van Furster; The British and Dutch ambassadors saw the arrogant attitude of the Qing officials, and they were all red-eyed, but they were not allowed to go wild on the territory of the Qing Dynasty, so they had no choice but to return to their residences accompanied by a group of officials of the Ministry of Rites. Secretly consulted.

As soon as the British and Dutch envoys left, Prince Cheng Yunzhi and the uncle and nephew immediately turned back, hurriedly walked into the inner hall of the Yunya Pavilion, and bowed to Yinzuo: "The minister (son) knocks to see the saint." ”

"Excuse me. Yinzuo smiled and motioned for the two to be even. looked at Yunzhi and said, "Third brother, we had a good conversation, and I am very relieved, hmm." In your opinion, what's next? ”

"Returning to Your Majesty, during the meeting just now, I found that the Dutch ambassador seemed to be intent on hinting that there was a disagreement between them and England, and that he seemed to be waiting for me to negotiate separately before the Qing Dynasty. Yunzhi replied respectfully.

"Hmm. Yinzuo nodded noncommittally, looked at Yangyang and said, "Yang'er, what is your opinion?" ”

"Emperor Amma. Erchen thought that the talks should be discussed, but he was not in a hurry, so it would be better to let them dry first, and it seemed more appropriate to wait for the Dutch to be in a hurry. Hyan replied calmly, bowing down.

"That's right. Yinzuo said lightly: "Third brother, Yang'er, you must know that there has never been anything like faith and friendship between countries, and only strength is the measure of everything in this world, without strength as a backing, no matter how strong your negotiation skills are, they are empty words." If it weren't for the envoys of these two countries, they had seen the majesty of our Qing Imperial Navy. How can there be such a good talk. Well, you will understand these things later. Third brother, you should get busy first. ”

Yunzhi is old and sophisticated, how can he not know that Yinzuo's words just now were actually said to Hongyang, even if he was afraid that Yinzuo still had some private things to talk to him about at this time, he naturally would not stay any longer, so he hurriedly knelt down and kowtowed, and exited Yunya Pavilion.

"Jan'er, how do you know the difference between an ambassador and an ambassador plenipotentiary?" Yinzuo silently watched the promotion for a while, and finally asked directly.

"Back to the emperor Ama's words, the son of the minister since the foreign affairs of the mission, then around to look for a person who knows about this matter, fortunately met a surname Xiao, a single name Yao, the word Ming Zhan of Guangzhou, this person's family ancestors have been engaged in overseas trade for generations, although the scale is not large, but can be to the place of many places, even in Europa has been to someone has been, left a lot of genealogy recorded overseas anecdotes, this person is well-read, to the son of the minister has a lot of mention, the son of the minister can know a little about foreign affairs, all rely on this person to help. "Carry forward did not dare to conceal it, and honestly confessed everything he knew.

Alas, when the children are older, they can't help our old man, there is a Cao Zhidong on the boss's side, and Xiao Yao will appear on the second side, which is really lively! Yinzuo was a little gloomy in his heart, but he didn't want to blame Yang Yang for this matter, after all, Yinzuo didn't do much when he was a brother when he was a big brother, and these boys just learned from each other, which is the inevitability of being a child of the heavenly family.

"That's it, I don't want to say anything else, but there is one thing you remember for me, put your heart on government affairs, don't think about it, I put the words here, whether it is you or Hongli, if I find that you and others are stumbling with each other, don't blame me for not talking about father and son. When I am tired, kneel down. Yinzuo waved his hand helplessly.

"Yes, the retainers retired. Although Hongyang's voice was still steady, his vest was all wet with cold sweat, and he knelt down and kowtowed a little in a little panic, and retreated. Yinzuo looked at the figure that carried forward and withdrew, and sat on the dragon chair, with mixed feelings for a while, and the whole person seemed to be crazy......

On the fifth day of the first day of November in the third year of Yuanzhuo, in the lobby of Yunya Pavilion, the second trilateral talks began again, and the two sides had just taken their seats. Green took the lead in speaking again: "Your Royal Highness the Prince, Your Royal Highness the Prince, after consultation, we propose that you and I can discuss the plan submitted by us one by one, first of all, we propose that you and we set up embassies for each other, and each appoint ambassadors, so as to maintain the contact between you and us and enhance the friendship between you and us, and this point is for His Royal Highness the Prince and His Royal Highness the Prince to consider in detail." ”

Mutual embassies and strengthening understanding of Europe were originally the national policy set by Yinzuo, and there is nothing to say, but the problem is Van Forster; Green's words set a trap, as long as the Qing agreed to the matter, then the negotiation would be Van Forster; Green took the initiative, this little trick is just a child's trick for Yunzhi and Hongyang, but neither of them opened their mouths to break it, Yunzhi glanced at Lian Heda beside him, Lian Heda understood, bowed slightly, and said with a smile: "Your Excellency, Honorable Ambassador, I'm sorry, Your Excellency proposes that we can't accept it, according to the laws of our Qing Dynasty, all people in my Qing land must obey the laws of our Qing Dynasty, and your ambassador must perform three bows and nine bows when he meets my Qing Emperor, this article is non-negotiable, However, I have made it clear that the laws of your country may be obeyed, and we propose that we may establish an embassy in your country to facilitate communication between you and us, according to our proposal, and I would like to consider this point in detail. ”

Translation has just been completed, Van Forster; Before Green had time to interface, the Dutch ambassador Van Horn; Count Cage stood up again with a worried look on his face and said: "Your Royal Highness the Prince, Your Royal Highness the Prince, my Kingdom of the Netherlands has always respected the Qing Dynasty, and our envoys can abide by the laws of your country. ”

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