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Text Chapter 450 The fatal telegram

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    Guo Songtao is not a social star, and he is almost 60 years old.  The reason for this is that as China's first minister to the United Kingdom, he carried out serious inspection and research on the political, economic, military and social life of the Western world.  He has made many friends in a strange country, and his attitude towards British social etiquette is also open and understanding.  Guo Songtao has always been honest and self-disciplined. On this mission, only salary and rent were reported as public funds, and the rest was paid for at his own expense.  This expensive tea party was also organized by Guo Songtao out of his own pocket.  "This Lord Guo is one of the few enlightened people in the Qing Dynasty." Chen Tingxuan sighed as he looked at Guo Songtao who was chatting cordially with the guests from a distance.  "Yes. And his young and beautiful wife." Sara's eyes stayed on "Mrs. Guo" Liang. After listening to Chen Tingxuan's words, she immediately understood why her father-in-law would sigh like this.  .  Sarah¡¯s eyes immediately left Liang¡¯s family and turned to the surroundings. After a while, she discovered Liu Xihong who was chatting and laughing with several foreigners.  "Look at him. He seems to be easy-going on the surface. He doesn't seem to have any objections to foreigners. Who would have thought that what he would send back to China would be such vicious words?" Chen Tingxuan also saw Liu Xihong, frowning in a habitual way.  He frowned sexually, but his expression when talking to his daughter-in-law, from a distance, still looked like he was smiling.  In these days, whether it was the diary that Liu Xihong mailed back to China or the telegram that he sent, all the contents were reported in detail by the Rothschild family to Sara, who forwarded them to Chen Tingxuan.  "You want to tell Mr. Guo the contents of those memorials, right?" Sara asked softly, with a faint smile on her face.  "Yes." Chen Tingxuan asked calmly, "What do you think?" "I think it's better not to let Mr. Guo know this." Sara shook her head and said softly.  "If he knew, maybe he would change his view of us." "Yes." Chen Tingxuan nodded and said no more.  "By the way, where is Hong'er? Where has Hong'er gone?" Chen Tingxuan was surprised when he realized that Chen Hong was not with Sarah, and his grandson Xiao Chen Wei was also missing.  "Hong is over there." Sara smiled faintly and tilted her head slightly.  Chen Tingxuan followed Sara's gaze and saw Chen Hong and the beautiful girl next to him, and immediately understood what was going on.  There was a hint of embarrassment on his face.  "Hong and Cecilia don't have many opportunities to meet, so let them chat for a while." Sara said nonchalantly, looking away from Chen Hong and Cecilia, searching for her son in the crowd.  figure.  Soon, there seemed to be a slight commotion among the crowd. Everyone seemed to be lowering their heads and watching something. Sara and Chen Tingxuan walked over and saw it in surprise.  In the center of the field, two boys were fighting each other with wooden swords.  Sarah immediately recognized the black-haired boy as her son Chen Wei, and the blond-haired boy who was slightly taller than him was little Eustace of Sir Tennyson-Dyncott's family!  Although the two children were fighting with toy wooden swords, their moves were precise and precise.  It's completely like a gentleman's sword show.  Therefore, the two of them did not compete with each other with swords and attracted the attention of the guests.  At this time, the two children were competing with all their strength, ignoring everyone's gazes, and saw little Chen Wei slashing with his sword.  Little Eustace on the opposite side struggled to fight, but soon showed signs of failure.  "Bang!" With a crisp sound, the toy wooden sword in little Eustace's hand was knocked out.  It fell to the ground, while little Chen Wei put away his sword and stood, staring at little Eustace.  Little Eustace wiped the sweat from his forehead, looked at little Chen Wei, and bowed deeply to show his resignation. Little Chen Wei stood there solemnly, and after receiving his salute, he held his sword in his hand.  , bowed back.  Seeing the performance of the two young gentlemen, the people around them applauded.  Sarah looked at her son, her eyes full of joy and pride.  At this time, Guo Songtao separated from everyone and walked to the field. He smiled and placed a small red agate cup (which was a very valuable item brought by Guo Songtao from China) as the winner's prize into Xiao Chen Wei's hand.  Mrs. Guo stepped forward and gave a beautiful Guangcai small porcelain cup as a "consolation prize" to little Eustace. The two children were very happy, and they offered gifts to the amiable old man and his beautiful wife respectively.  A gift.  Seeing that Guo Songtao loved little Chen Wei so much, Chen Tingxuan felt warm in his heart, but at this moment, his eyes suddenly caught sight of Liu Xihong who was sitting there motionless.  At this time, Liu Xihong looked at Xiao Chen Wei with unconcealable contempt on his face.  And when I saw Mrs. Guo Songtao,When handing out prizes to the two children, Liu Xihong's eyes were full of malice.  Sarah obviously noticed Liu Xihong¡¯s gaze. She and her father-in-law looked at each other, and she seemed to read something from her father-in-law¡¯s eyes.  After the tea party, the first thing Liu Xihong did was to return to his study, close the door, and write down everything he had just seen in written form, ready to send it back to China.  And Sarah took little Chen Wei out of the Chinese Embassy, ??got into the carriage, and went straight to the Rothschild Bank.  Seeing his daughter-in-law leaving in a hurry, Chen Tingxuan couldn't help but feel a little strange.  When Sarah returned to Chen Mansion, it was already getting late.  "My daughter-in-law has a telegram here, please look at it." Sara handed Chen Tingxuan the telegram that Liu Xihong had just received. "It is the telegram that Minister Liu sent to Beijing." Chen Tingxuan took the telegram and read it.  When he got up, as soon as his eyes glanced at the first line, his brows suddenly wrinkled.  "Since he came to England, he has tried his best to exaggerate, saying that he has strict laws, benevolent and righteous, that he is still prosperous and strong, and that the world has returned to his heart All flesh and blood will gnash their teeth after hearing this" "His single-minded focus is on  Acrobatics, making boats and chariots for profit, and firearms for killing people, competing for more and more skills, thinking that they are rich and powerful, can they be said to be useful and practical learning?  He also wants to use profit-seeking merchants as officials One more merchant among the officials will mean one more country.  Stupid! There is only one thief among the people! How can the people's livelihood not be respected, but only relying on ships and cannons to cure evil in the world?" After reading this sentence, the expression on Chen Tingxuan's face remained calm, but the muscles at the corners of his mouth were not.  He twitched a few times consciously.  Chen Hong, who was by his father's side, knew that his father would only behave like this if he was extremely angry.  "He disregarded the dignity of the imperial court, bent over backwards, and colluded with traitors and businessmen. I don't know what he is doing, but what is the purpose of those who are willing to follow him."  "I have my heart set on Britain, and I want Chinese ministers to serve" Chen Tingxuan's face turned livid after reading the telegram.  "Are these telegrams sent by him recently?" Chen Tingxuan asked in a deep voice.  "Yes, my daughter-in-law is worried that he will hinder our plan to return to the Qing Dynasty, so she has set up an spy to monitor his every move." Sarah said, "You have already read the telegram sent a few days ago, but  Today's telegram is much scarier than the previous ones. "This telegram hasn't been sent yet, has it?" Chen Tingxuan thought for a while and asked.  "No." Sarah smiled slightly and said, "I have ordered the people at the telegraph office to seize all telegrams sent by people named Liu and deliver them to me." After hearing his daughter-in-law's answer, Chen Tingxuan's eyes flashed  Approval.  The efficiency of the Rothschild family's intelligence network is unimaginable to the outside world.  "This person is really irresistible." Chen Tingxuan squeezed the telegram in his hand bit by bit, as if he really made up his mind at this moment.  "Ageng, go and do it." Chen Tingxuan turned around and ordered Chen Geng, the old butler who had been standing beside him.  "Yes, sir." ¡ù¡ù¡ù¡ù¡ù¡ù¡ù¡ù¡ù¡ù¡ù¡ù¡ù¡ù¡ù¡ù¡ù¡ù¡ù¡ù¡ù "Li Wenzhong Gongji: Memorial: On the Disobedience of the Second Envoy Guo and Liu (Letter to the Prime Minister's Yamen)":  "Yesterday, I received an official letter. The two ambassadors, Guo Yunxian and Liu Yunsheng, were quite at odds with each other. They worded each other inappropriately, and they were also very close to each other. I am afraid that there may be discrepancies in the official documents, which may cause confusion. Supervisor Li's correspondence with Ying  , De, I will report the discord and affairs at any time. Since the envoys Zuncha and Liu Xing came out of the capital, their opinions were not very consistent, and they were increasingly at odds with each other.  I have received repeated letters, and I have received a letter from Yun Xian in front of me, showing the draft of the advisory letter from the Jun Office. I am so angry and resentful that I want to go to Hongzhang to argue.  Zhang Siqi came from Germany, and it was quite difficult for him to gain momentum. His close associate Liu Fuyi wrote to Zhang Sicheng that neither the outside world nor the ministers from various countries took it seriously, saying that the negotiations on the Yunnan case were tense, and one person was throwing tantrums.  It may not be appropriate to leave a legacy to the country. British news papers often complained about Liu Jingqing, and Jingqing often excused himself from illness. When he heard that he would write an English letter to the London newspaper, he recounted that Liu Jingqing had supervised the army and put down the rebellion, and he had been regarded as a pillar in China and North Korea.  Maybe it is because of Westerners' understanding of it, but the words are mostly implicit, but there are some hints of it. Yun Xian is the person who has no deep friendship with me, and the three questions in front of him are very rare.  In the letter on the 15th of the month, he discussed the current affairs in Europe in general, saying that today's envoys are the hostages of the past and do not have enough power to make a difference.  As for Nan Beiyang's article, he criticized Yun Xian for sparing no effort. To be fair, Yun Xian was excellent in academics, but he was also stubborn in his opinions and had many suspicions.The temperament is not necessarily good, but the temperament is violent, polite, and the experience is too little.  The short and the long meet each other, and they are understood in the candlelight.  If Yun Sheng is born in Ying, as Supervisor Li and others say, it will not be beneficial to the overall situation, and he will have a grudge and quarrel with Yun Xian. He is so close to each other but cannot communicate with each other, and is only laughed at by outsiders. It seems inappropriate. If you want to be smart, you must have it.  Deal with it.  "(To be continued, please search Piaotian Literature, the novels are better and updated faster! PS: The first update is here! Please collect! Please recommend! Please subscribe! Please click! Please vote!"
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