C509 The Diplomatic Secrets of Six Years Ago

The moment Xiang Ying's words left his mouth, the atmosphere on the city wall became sluggish. Looking at the perplexed looks in their eyes, Xiang Ying and his companions knew that their guess was right.

Xiao Letian was good at teaching, which was something that everyone in the Ryukyu knew about. However, many people did not know that Xiao Letian had always been teaching based on his talent, and Xiao Letian, who had a different identity, placed a different emphasis on it.

For example, people like Cai Mao, Liang Kun, Xiao Hexin, would talk more about the impact of military technology on the war and talk more about strategy. As for Lin Yuanmiao and Fan Lian, they would talk more about the future development of paper money and the ways of Jewish finance.

If all the students in the classroom were Japanese Knife Puller like Yepingtai, Bing Tai Lang and Taro Shimadzu, then the topic of the lecture would be on national integration and the rise of Asia.

The military history that he had accumulated in his previous life was enough for him to squander for a few years. In any case, when the private goods in his stomach were all gone, his own subordinate forces would probably be able to evolve their own brains.

As the saying goes, time is of the essence. Xiao Letian did not have the time to train all of his talents, he could only train a large number of talented students to fill his team, while Xiang Ying and the others only talked about the laws of the world and diplomacy, he hoped that among the university students, there would be a group of truly reliable diplomats.

The power of diplomacy was very strong. In the Second Opium War six or seven years ago, the United States Minister Hua Ruohan relied on her astute diplomatic skills to get what she wanted. In a situation where she did not send a single soldier, she actually signed a diplomatic treaty that was not inferior to the English and French's Three Kingdoms.

was indeed a diplomatic genius, he had more than a hundred thousand soldiers hidden in his chest.

Today, Xiang Ying had asked for the authority of the prisoners of war to be taken over with a forceful attitude, which made all the Ryukyu officials present very surprised. They had never seen Xiang Ying be this rude, and had even forgotten to berate him.

It was only when Xiang Ying brought up the topic of British and French combined forces invading the Beijing six years ago that everyone knew that Xiang Ying definitely had his own reasons.

"Your Majesty, my lords, why did the British and French combined forces set the Yuan Ming Yuan on fire six years ago? Was it really just Gong Cheng selling the countries and the English and French being greedy? If they were greedy, why didn't they massacre the city? How can a little Gong Cheng command Elgin? "

"Qing Dynasty has always been hiding a great secret from the public. Monarchs, don't let Qing Dynasty's hypocritical face fool you!"

Xiang Ying's question made everyone present speechless, only Molière laughed, his eyes flickered as he stared at Xiang Ying, and suddenly asked: "Who are you? My information did not record you, what you wish to say, I have already guessed a few clues. If you can obtain this information from Xiao Letian's mouth, it means that you are not a nameless person … "

Xiang Ying did not follow up his words, he only coldly looked at him, then turned and spoke to Shang Tai.

"In the spring of 1860, the British and French combined forces arrived in China one after another. They gathered outside the Da Gu Kou at the end of July and attacked the Da Gu Kou officially in August. They captured Tianjin at the end of August and the allied forces had already reached the oculi bridge at the end of September …"

"Qing Dynasty would never tell this to the common people. In fact, in such a long period of time, the English and French's envoys have never given up on trying to resolve the conflict through diplomatic means. Moreover, before the bloody war between oculi bridge and Pasha and the envoys were already detained by the Qing Dynasty …"

"Moreover …" Xiang Ying panted a few times before calming himself down. "Furthermore, they have been subjected to inhuman treatment, which is one of the reasons why Qing Dynasty was so passive at the negotiating table in the later stages …"

Just then, Molière who was leaning against the city wall with a swollen face suddenly spoke out, "Let me talk about the rest …" Seng Gelinqin was a high official of the whole family who negotiated the most with Ba Xia Li, but his negotiations were actually just brutal torture to force a confession … "Seng Gelinqin made Ba Xia Li kneel and press his head to the ground, making him agree to withdraw his troops. Ba Xia Li said that he was a negotiator and could not make the decision, so Seng Gelinqin continued to knock Ba Xia Li's head onto the ground again and again until blood dyed the floor red."

"Not only that, this barbarian also detained all 39 representatives who participated in the negotiations, and escorted them back to the capital. Among these people, the secretary of the Barbarian Priest and the British Special Envoy of China, Elgin, was imprisoned in the Ministry of Justice's Prison, and the rest of the people were imprisoned in Yuan Ming Yuan …"

Molière sneered and said, "Yuan Ming Yuan, this emperor's summer palace was destroyed on the savagery of the Qing Dynasty … When they were being escorted, their hands were tied with soaked leather ropes that had never been untied ever since. This kind of leather rope is tighter and tighter, and within a few days, the binding area will begin to rot and produce maggots. "

"When they first arrived, Emperor Xian Feng sent people to interrogate them, but after the defeat of the Chinese side in the oculi bridge battle, Emperor Xian Feng fled in panic, leaving the rest unattended. "And so, these foreign ministers were forced to kneel on the ground with their hands tied behind their backs. Three days without any progress …"

"According to later survivors, the reporter for The Thames, Balbi, died on the fourth day, his body was placed in her cell for three days, then thrown into the field for the wild dogs to eat. Lieutenant Anderson, maggots were growing on her hands and feet, and he watched the maggots spread over his body and go insane for three days, shouting and dying. A French prisoner, maggots entered his mouth, ears, nose, and finally went mad …"

The more Molière talked, the more excited he became until he almost shouted in the end, "A single survivor is actually counting maggots in the prison, saying, that he can reproduce 1,000 maggots in a day!"

"Is this the ancient civilization that you boast about? Savages, you are all a group of savages... In the end, we lost the war, and you guys couldn't beat us, so you sent these captives back to the allied army, but … When they left, there were 39 of them and only 19 of them had returned. Furthermore, they had all been tortured to the point of losing their looks! If such atrocities are not punished, then God will not bless us... "

Molière was so angry that his chest kept on rising and falling, and then, Xiang Ying sighed and said, "That's right, according to the laws of the world, if an envoy is killed, there will be no one left. Elgin also specifically brought up one more point, which is to enter Beijing and not kill anyone while trying to disturb the people. However, you must burn down Yuan Ming Yuan because his envoy is being held there … "

"Before setting fire to the Yuan Ming Yuan on October 18, Elgin posted a notice in Beijing stating the reason for the burning of the Yuan Ming Yuan and the time set for the setting of the fire:" Anyone, regardless of whether she is noble or lowly, must be punished for her foolish fraud and the Yuan Ming Yuan will be set on fire on the 18th as a punishment against the emperor for breaking the peace agreement. No one who is unrelated to this matter will be affected by this operation, but Qing Government will be responsible for it. "

"Haha …" Xiang Ying laughed coldly, "It's a pity that Elgin's notice was ineffective, no one in Beijing would care about the fact that the emperor's house was burnt. That garden is the emperor's home, it's none of my business, whoever dares to attack it, whatever they like, what can they do about mistreatment of a prisoner, this is how China came about all these years, and they even picked out a few grammatical mistakes in the notice."

"That is why the destruction of the Yuan Ming Yuan was not only a complete and tragic military defeat, but also a tragic diplomatic defeat. If there was anyone who knew better at that time who could have stopped Emperor Xian Feng … "Oh, of course it's just my imagination. I was only saying that if we had used Western diplomatic methods to resolve the entire dispute, Tianjin City probably wouldn't have fallen …"

"Your Majesty, we cannot repeat the mistakes made by those idiots in the Qing Dynasty, no matter how angry we are, we have to restrain ourselves … If you guys are truly unable to control yourselves, then endure until the Prime Minister returns.

There was dead silence on the city wall and no one said a word. In the end, it was Molière who opened his mouth first. If Xiao Letian was the one to tell you all these secrets of diplomacy, then he could really be considered a European … But I was wondering, with his vast knowledge, how could he remain unknown in the Western world? "Just what is his identity …"

Before Molière could even answer his question, suddenly, waves of shouts came from the direction of Naha Harbor's mouth like the tide of the ocean. Everyone looked over and saw that the great battle on the water was nearing its end.

"Not good... Your Majesty, please follow me. knife drawing team is following closely behind, we must immediately go to the dock to stop this atrocity … "Hurry up, if you're too late, you're going to die …"

Shang Tai did not dare to be negligent, he turned and shouted to the imperial guards: Lock Molière up, do not mistreat him... "As for the rest of the people, all of the warhorses in the city have gathered. Let's hurry to the dock …"

Not long later, the southern gate of the Shouli City opened, and more than 10 warhorses rushed out, the Ryukyu's Royal Flag fluttered in the hands of the imperial guards, Xiang Ying was afraid that the people would not listen to his orders, and allowed Lin Zhen to attack another Xiao character recognition flag, like a group of people entering a dragon, they rushed towards the pier. Behind them, hundreds of Knife Puller Warriors and Warriors were scampering and chasing after them.

Now, the Tyrant Pier had gone completely crazy. The French soldiers s who had been driven into the sea were now all scooped out one after another like drowned chickens.

This sea battle was a one-sided massacre. There were only two thousand people in the French Army and their rifles lost their effect when they fell into the sea. The number of Liuzhu Military and Civilians s that rushed into the water to capture people amounted to more than twenty thousand.

The 10: 1 difference made the French army, who were trying to escape, completely collapse. Many French soldiers, who were unable to swim well, were forced by four to five fishermen to drown in the deep sea. If it were not for the orders from the military officers of the new army to capture more alive, these lobster soldier would probably have had to feed all these sharks.

There were people everywhere on the bridge, and a French army appeared from the sea. Some soldiers and civilians pulled out long ropes to fish him out, and then tied him up into a dumpling.

"F * ck, you damned invader, your 'good days' have finally arrived. Grandfather I have 108 ways to play with you slowly. Killing you would be considered my lack of craftsmanship …"

"Fellow villagers, bundle it up, tie it up into the shape of a lobster... It's time for us to take revenge! "