"That's no problem, it's just that Brother Zhao shouldn't jump too out in front of him. Sheldon agreed, confused.

"That's inevitable, how can a person who can sign an agreement with the governor of Liangguang be lazy. Zhao Dagui agreed without a word.

The five of them then continued to talk about other topics, and in the evening, the priest left the five of them to eat at the monastery, and sure enough, he brought out the rum brewed by the monastery and served it to everyone.

This rum is indeed the best, the taste is first-class, even Zhao Dagui, who has never drunk much, can feel that this wine is not ordinary, and when he said goodbye and went home at night, his steps were already a little fluttering.

On the way back to the hotel, Stark helped Zhao Dagui, and then asked quietly: "Zhao comprador has a really broad connection, do you know Mr. Gu Sheng, the special history of the president of the United States?"

"Hehe, I haven't met him, it's just a divine friend. I'll tell you Major Stark, I'm going to make a fortune this time. Zhao Dagui was in a good mood and said wine.

"It's a good thing to get rich, but I don't know how?" Stark asked with his ears pricked up.

"This, this thing is a fortune for me, but I'm afraid it doesn't mean much to you. Zhao Dagui woke up a little and said with a sigh.

Stark shook his head, knowing that he couldn't say anything, so he had to give up.

Caleb Cushing was born in Salisbury, Massachusetts, in 1800 to a wealthy family of shipbuilders.

In 1813, Gu Sheng, who was only thirteen years old, entered Harvard University (another neighbor's child, a thirteen-year-old college student, still from Harvard);

After graduation, he taught mathematics at Harvard from 1820 to 1821;

He began working as a lawyer in 1824 and married the daughter of a Massachusetts Supreme Court judge in the same year;

In 1843, U.S. President John Taylor nominated Gu Sheng as U.S. Secretary of the Treasury, but was vetoed by the U.S. Senate.

In 1843, he was sent as a special envoy to China by the President of the United States, arrived in Macao in February 1844, and signed the "Treaty of Wang-Ha" with Qi Ying, the Governor of Liangguang, in the village of Wang-Ha in June, and obtained the criticized one-sided most-favored-nation treatment;

After returning to the United States in 1846, he held many important positions, and in 1853 he was appointed Attorney General of the United States;

In 1874 President Ulysses. S. Grant nominated Gu Sheng as Chief Justice of the United States, but was rejected by the Senate;

He died in 1879.

It can be seen from Gu Sheng's resume that Gu Sheng was originally a prodigy from a wealthy family and a successful teenager (the halo of the protagonist), and he held many important positions--- of course, Chinese was more concerned about the "Wangxia Treaty" signed by Gu Sheng.

The United States had never sent diplomats to China before Gu Sheng's arrival in China, and there seemed to be no example of official diplomatic personnel sent by the U.S. government to China during the long period from 1846 to 1853 after Gu Sheng's return to the United States.

When President John Taylor sent Gu Sheng to China as a special historian, he gave him $40,000 as a fund, and then gave him the power to "act cheaply", and told him to go to Japan to submit his credentials and open the door to Japan if he had the opportunity (but Gu Sheng did not seem to have arrived in Japan).

As a result, Gu Sheng, a former student tyrant, used his funds to buy a large number of science and technology books, covering all subjects, fantasized about using these books to win the favor of the Chinese officials who wrestled with the British, and then boarded a ship to China and headed straight for Macao.

After Gu Sheng arrived in Macao, he handed over the credentials to the magistrate of Wangxia County, which governed Macao, and then the credentials sank into the sea, and no one paid attention to them, and he didn't dare to get involved in Fuyi's diplomatic affairs even if he wanted to come to the county.

However, who made the family a scholar, he quickly figured out the diplomatic principles of this area, and claimed to the officials of the county yamen that if no one paid attention to him, he would have to go to Beijing by military ship and negotiate directly with the emperor.

What the local officials are most afraid of is that foreigners will do this kind of thing, and then they will be severely cleaned up by the imperial court, and they will hurriedly persuade Qiying with good words, and tell Qiying that there is such a thing, and finally make Qiying appear to solve this diplomatic trouble.

Qiying's solution to the problem was also very simple, he met Gu Sheng in Wangxia Village, Wangxia County, and then was fooled by Gu Sheng for a while, and signed the contract signed by Gu Sheng without making any modifications and bargaining, which was known as the "Wangxia Treaty" in later generations.

Considering that the United States at this time was off the coast of China, there was not a single soldier, a soldier or a ship, Gu Shengneng succeeded in blackmailing and could still seize so much benefit for the United States, which is really a model for future generations.

Gu Sheng's model was fully learned by the diplomatic envoys of other countries later, for example, France sent a special historian to China to establish diplomatic relations, and also used the excuse of going to Beijing to meet with the emperor, forcing Guangdong officials to meet, and taking the opportunity to sign a treaty that was extremely unfavorable to China, and easily obtained many benefits that Britain had obtained only by fighting for life and death.

Gu Sheng in China won a one-sided most-favored-nation treatment for the United States, except for the indemnity for the cession of land, the United States did not lose all the rights obtained by the United Kingdom;

In addition, the so-called consular jurisdiction was also talked about by Gu Sheng.

The time limit for this treaty signed by Gu Sheng was 12 years, which later became the trigger for the Second Opium War:

In 1854, when the "Wangxia Treaty" was about to expire, Britain and France sent troops in the name of helping the United States extend the time limit of the treaty.

Hundreds of British and French soldiers were killed and wounded on the spot, and more than 10 warships of the two countries were sunk, which was in fact the most important military victory for China in the previous and subsequent 100 years; even in the First Sino-Japanese Naval Battle, China failed to sink a single Japanese warship.

At that time, the U.S. Navy was originally watching the battle from a distance and making a neutral posture, but after seeing the heavy casualties suffered by the navies of the two countries, it also entered the battle with red eyes and helped attack China's land batteries.

An officer of the Navy asked the commander of the US Navy at the time why he was bailing out because Britain and the United States had a feud, and the Navy commander famously said: "Blood is thicker than water."

The phrase "blood is thicker than water" has become a famous saying that has spread all over the world and to future generations.

Let's talk about the "consular jurisdiction" that Gu Sheng obtained for the United States, and the American consul punished Americans who broke the law in China, and after returning to China, he actually received a lot of criticism.

Some people who do not understand history or do not want to understand history point out that the judicial systems of China and the United States are so different and backward that it is understandable that Americans who do not allow Chinese to try lawbreakers.

However, according to the international conventions at that time, foreigners who commit crimes in a certain country have always been punished in accordance with the laws of the country where they are located, and there is no such statement.

What's more, it is not at all in line with the judicial system to let the U.S. consul in China punish Americans who break the law in China.

What's more, does the U.S. government have jurisdiction over U.S. citizens who go abroad, and have U.S. citizens given such great powers, and have they given such important powers without the authorization of Congress and the Senate?

It is not difficult to understand that many Americans blamed Gu Sheng afterwards, so that the Chinese cannot punish Americans who break the law, and the American consul does not have the power to punish Americans who break the law, and in the end it will only lead to no punishment for the offender.

Alas, this modern era is one bad debt after another, and Zhao Dagui can't complain.

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