C138 Foreign Minister Shaw
"What a monster!" This is a monster … Finally, the political situation calmed down a bit, but in the end, another Sun Monkey jumped out and made a ruckus in the Crystal Palace. Tell me... They all said, is this surnamed Xiao Sun Monkey or not? He went to the East Sea to stir up trouble, what does he want to do? "Just what is he trying to do …"
Forbidden City, Heartbreak Palace, East Warm Pavilion. The floor in front of Ci Xi was strewn with clasp. An Dehai was the leader of the eunuchs, palace maid.
Emperor of Tongzhi looked at Frontalis's pale face and was confused. "Frontalis?" Why are you so angry? Isn't it a good thing that Xiao Letian is promoting China's national might overseas? "You've already won, how can you still be angry …"
With a "pa" sound, the blue and white flower lid bowl on the table jumped half a foot high. Wu Tie's fingernails were all knocked away by the impact. "Huang'er, you are so silly …" Who was Xiao Letian? He is not a scholar raised in the Daqing at all, he grew up eating foreigners' bread, and from the bottom of his heart, he does not share the same thoughts as us … "
"Moreover, he is also a Chinese. With such ability, who would be able to subdue him?" And … And where exactly is this glume? What kind of tyrant or Shouli City is this? "Stupid Slave, why aren't you bringing the Myriad Kingdom Universe Map over …"
"Yes, yes, yes, Slave is going now, he's going now …" An Dehai, who was covered in cold sweat, quickly led his men out to carry the Maps. The two girls were the only ones left in the room, along with palace maid, his trusted aides.
Ci Xi had really lost his composure today. As a talented female student proficient in politics, Politicians, she was extremely indignant towards Xiao Letian's lawless behavior. A scholar who wrote a book and was even a scholar like Trader had actually dared to pacify a nation's capital? The strangest thing was that he actually succeeded.
Although the Japan Country was small, it was still an ancient country that had existed for a thousand years. And that Shimadzu, I've never heard of a lord like that one. Wasn't the Country under the control of the Dechuan Palace? Oh that's not right, didn't the Japan have Celestial Emperor? Their Kaiser couldn't even control underhand's Slave?
The most infuriating thing are the foreigners, these large nose's blue eyes are so protective, isn't Xiao Letian raised overseas, and he's not a white man like you, so how dare you guys protect him like this? Too arrogant, too arrogant.
However, the biggest doubt in Ci Xi's heart was not these. Rather, it was that Ba Wanwu, the fugitive who gave up his ancestors' tomb, how could he not die cleanly? He was actually able to survive for generations. On the contrary, long hair remnant and some of the Song people were still alive. These lowly commoners who refused to accept being under the control of the Daqing were still alive.
What did Xiao Letian want to do if he could motivate these people? You want to rebel? Xiao Letian actually dared to take the position of Wu Tie from the glume, this damned small country? Was this Kid tired of living?
Ci Xi was very conflicted. She was a genius among geniuses when it came to balancing the domestic political situation. However, once it involved overseas, he would immediately turn into a typical ignorant village woman. Other than saying harsh words, both of his eyes would be blank.
To be honest, when the information from the glume entered the Northern Capital City, when all people started discussing, the silence within the Forbidden City was not like what most people guessed, it was due to deep contemplation, the wisdom pearl being grasped, and Mount Tai collapsing without changing its expression. For a moment of silence, it only proved that the center of Manchu was stunned and did not know what to do.
Chinese had flaunted his power overseas and even brought down the capital of a country. Just looking at the matter itself, it was indeed worth the Forbidden City throwing a feast. But the person who made the contribution had a problem, and it was a big problem. Not being Manchu, not to mention that High Scholar didn't even have the status of High Scholar, it would be problematic if such a person didn't count as a pure Chinese.
A middle class commoner actually made the contribution of a marquis, aren't you just roasting court on fire? Be it bestowing or not, court would definitely be scolded. Then he wanted to kill Xiao Letian? But would glume agree to it, to kill a Subordinate States? Who would dare to take the blame for such a notoriety?
What was most chilling about it was the fact that the Western Merchant ships had supported Xiao Letian with their cannons. This was the most terrifying thing in Forbidden City, would they let the Western people negotiate if they really killed Xiao Letian? He is a citizen of the USA.
Just as Ci Xi's mind was in a mess, the sound of chaotic footsteps came from outside the Heartbreak Palace. Shortly after, Ci An, Prince Kung, and a group of eunuchs, palace maid, hurriedly walked in.
"I heard that Sisters is very angry today?" "Someone, change Sisters's cup of chrysanthemum …" Ci An was as steady as ever, with a calm expression on his face.
When Ci Xi faced his son alone, of course he could show his true nature, but when facing an outsider, he still had to pretend to be calm like before. Isn't it because I saw the censors' Recital s that were a little upset? " As he said that, Young Eunuch quickly tidied up the scattered Recital on the ground and returned back to Emperor's table.
Ci An glanced at the Recital. He didn't even have the mood to open it to see what was written inside. This flow was a bit too much, even giving a marquis? "Do you really think us orphans and widows are easy to bully? They're forcing us to our deaths …"
Sitting on the chair, Bidens bowed and took over the conversation, "That's right, I've already asked around. This matter was caused by Weng Changkai, so he has a death grudge with Xiao Letian." However, this Xiao Letian is really vicious. It was not wrong of you to protect the overseas Chinese in this chaos, but don't kill them that viciously! It's been said that over ten thousand of Japan's Popular's people died, and the entire Gulf was dyed red with blood … "
Bidens shook his head as he continued to display the information. Who knew where he got the information from, but his words actually brought up a bit of a defense. After all, the Industrial Zones was personally handled by Bidens, and he knew very well that if not for Xiao Letian's help, the Industrial Zones would not have been easy to deal with.
Even Little Emperor Tongzhi was able to see through such a small scheme of his, but his worries weren't unreasonable. Xiao Letian was alone, and he had returned to Home Country from far away. He wrote books and offered suggestions, and the court truly appreciated this kind of kindness. As for Xiao Letian offending that faction, wasn't that a good thing?! The more lonely Xiao Letian was, the safer it would be for the court.
Ci An was just as recorded in history. His nature was still pure and kind. She thought for a moment and said, "Sisters, what Uncle said isn't unreasonable. Xiao Letian had never been educated by the Confucian since he was young, and had learnt how foreigners do as they please. He was indeed a little insolent when doing things, but he did not commit the crime to the point of death. Oh, that's right, Zeng Family Brothers, do you have any thoughts on this? "
Yi Yu quickly said, "The news came from Shanghai. The two brothers from Zeng Family should have received it earlier than us. nine commander has already sent the news over 500 kilometers away." "Although he did not say anything, he just expressed that he is about to enter the capital. Furthermore, from his words, it seems like the branch city is also preparing to enter the capital …"
The sub city Yi Yu spoke of was the famous Ceng Guofan character city. This Grand Marshal, who had finished calming the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, was currently calming down the rebel Twisted Army in Shandong. It was unknown if it was because he was too big or because he was avoiding suspicion, but the campaign against the Twisted Army did not go smoothly for Great Marshal Zeng. Instead, it was his student, Li Hongzhang, who was shining brilliantly.
"Now that Li Hongzhang has taken control of the situation, the two great marshals of Zeng Family can catch their breath. Hurry and let them enter the capital, I haven't seen him for so many years, His Majesty truly misses him!" When Cixi heard that Zeng Guofan was going to enter the capital, she quickly beat the iron while it was still hot and forced the Zeng Family brothers to enter the capital as soon as possible.
Just at this time, An Dehai hurried over with the chief eunuch in charge of the storeroom. Behind him, two Young Eunuch walked in with a roll of carpets on their shoulders. When the carpets was spread out in the main hall, the Glowing Daqing appeared in front of everyone.
"Reporting to Liu steel. Zhou steel. Sun steel. this is the map of the universe that Wu steel. when we were alive, this is the map of all the mountains and rivers in our Daqing …" After all, Emperor of Tongzhi was still a child. Seeing such a large piece of carpets that even had pictures of him playing on it, he immediately climbed onto it.
"This is the Capital City, this is the Grand Canal, this is the land of Su Hang … Yunnan, Guizhou, Sichuan, Gansu... This is the Quasier, this is the Great prairie … " The child's imagination was always in the air. As he pointed towards the direction of the finger, scenes were instantly imagined in his mind. It was a pity that he could only imagine, he would never be able to see it with his own eyes.
"Is this the usuri River? Is this Yaksha? Is the land that Russian stole from me here? " Tongzhi's words scared the entire eunuch, causing palace maid's face to turn pale. empress dowagers and Yi Ke also had an embarrassed expression.
Huang'er is being naughty again, aren't we going to watch the glume? "Don't look at the irrelevant …" Forget it, a million square kilometers of land had become irrelevant in Ci Xi's mouth.
Tongzhi searched through the large carpets s, but was unable to find the glume. "Where?" Where exactly is the glume? " In the end, Bidens crawled over and pointed it out to Xiao Kaiser. "Your Majesty, glume is on the sea, please don't look for the Xinjiang …"
Honestly speaking, this was the first time that even the two palaces Emperor Empress Mother was looking directly at the position of the glume on top of the Maps. With a few glances, the three mothers were all stunned.
only covered an area of 3000 square kilometers, which was slightly larger than Yi County. How could this kind of county possibly enter the eyes of the Sovereign King?
"So small!" "It's so small …" Emperor of Tongzhi measured it with his fingers and found that each county in Daqing was bigger than this country. At that time, he did not know that his brain was messed up.
"Is Xiao Letian stupid? If the senior officials of the Daqing are not good enough, then why would they go to the countryside and become Village Head? " His words destroyed all the solemn atmosphere in the hall, and even he and Frontalis were amused.
"Huang'er is too naughty!" Ci Xi's eyes shone with the light of motherhood that he hadn't seen for a long time. Just at this time, another few eunuchs walked in. The one in the lead was Hairy # 2, and Young Eunuch, who was behind him, was carrying a half-human tall box with difficulty. As soon as he arrived at the entrance of Heartbreak Palace, a group of people kneeled down.
"Greetings to Empress Mother and Emperor. The gold room especially offers Western China's tribute, please preview Master!" Er Mao swiftly took a thousand steps and kneeled on the stairs, looking neither servile nor overbearing.