Sixty-eight-year-old Aisin Gioro Hongli sat upright on the tall golden dragon chaise, holding a small piece of paper in his hand.

This is a piece of cardboard, the style and material are obviously not found in the Qing Dynasty, with a few lines of words printed on it.

"State Secretary of the Privy Council of Truqin Empire"

"Cebu Island Governor's Administrator"

"Zhang Henxue"

"Zhang Henxue? It's quite poetic." Seeing this name, Hongli couldn't help but become interested.

The small piece of paper was very different. He tapped it a few times, and it actually sounded like metal.

“How is this done?”

The civil and military officials in the court were all in the left and right, and one person stood tall in the middle. He was wearing a gray plaid suit, a white shirt, a bow tie on the neckline, and had short hair that Truqin was commonly seen. However, his short hair was obviously carefully tidied up, and his style was obviously greasy and looked shiny.

The face is fair, with clear edges and clear eyebrows and beautiful eyes, but the eyes are sometimes sharp, which makes people feel a little chilling.

This person is naturally Zhang Henxue. In order to facilitate his movements, Qitade specifically asked him to continue to retain the title of "State Secretary".

Tuo Guang quickly received a reply from Wang Cong'er, the supreme leader of the White Lotus Sect and was named "Lotus Virgin" by the church members. The reply was very simple, and the general meaning was that the White Lotus Sect could naturally believe Truqin and could hold on for another month or two, but the situation of the Hubei Jiangnan religious believers in Changyang County is the most critical.

If the Truchens are really sincere, can they rescue them first?

The reason why the situation in Changyang County is the most critical is that the main force of the official army besieged there is the chieftain army of the Tushi people (Tujia people) and Miao people in Shinan Prefecture, who are very brave and brave. They climbed mountains and wade like walking on flat land. In addition, they did not take long to change the land and return to the current, and they were eager to seek credit in front of their new master.

Therefore, although Changyang County is also among the mountains and ridges, they have never stopped attacking the church members.

After receiving the news, Tuo Guang immediately used a telegram to pass the news to Zhang Henxue and others who were still on Cebu Island. After receiving the news, Zhou Jixun originally wanted to go there in person, but Zhang Henxue said: "You are from the Intelligence Bureau, and I believe the Qing people know it too. It is inappropriate to go to Beijing, so let me go"

Although Zhang Henxue has been with Qitade and has never served in the local area, he has been influenced by Qitade and has his own cultivation skills. Although his future is dangerous, he still decided to take a trip by himself.

Of course, he also firmly believed that what Qitad taught them daily, such as "negotiations without pressure are meaningless, proficient negotiation skills, strong aura, great personal charm, etc., are worthless under strong pressure."

Therefore, he asked Zhuang Jiyun to take the iron armored fleet to set off with him, and carried a brigade's troops with him.

Of course, these are all unknown to the Qing court. The ironclad fleet and army are temporarily stationed on Jeju Island. Once the negotiations are unfavorable, Zhang Henxue can use the telegraph to let him come and attack Tianjin.

As for his own safety, on the one hand, he was sure that the Qing court did not dare to do bad things to him, and on the other hand, he also believed that he could deal with any danger calmly and clearly.

For such a big event, we will naturally report to the Ashalai couple in Hexian Town. Once danger occurs, the entire Hexian Town, including Hong Kong, Keelung, Ryukyu, and Jeju Island, will launch warships and troops.

Nowadays, the Kingdom of Korea, Japan is a vassal of Truchen, and it can also dispatch troops to assist him.

When he thought of this, a trace of inadvertent smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

Of course, when he just arrived at the hall, a small episode appeared. As the "Celestial Kingdom", the ministers and eunuchs naturally came to force him to kneel down, but he naturally refused without hesitation. What a joke? Now, under the circumstances of Truqin, there is no kneeling salute, let alone the Qing Dynasty, which was defeated by Truqin many times?

So he just bowed his head slightly and even became a polite ceremony, which naturally caused the ministers to curse. Some even wanted to pounce on him and press him down and kneel down to show his loyal servant's heart to "death the master".

Fortunately, our old man Shiquan still knew the general idea, and he stopped drinking the moment he was about to be knocked down.

"State Secretary? What position is this?"

Hongli's voice came from the high platform. Although he was already an old man in his seventies, he would not die for twenty years after all. His body was obviously well maintained. The sound was still loud and clear, like a middle-aged man, without any trace of oldness.

Zhang Henxue replied: "my country regulates the Central Government, the Central Committee establishes the Government Affairs Council, presides over government affairs, the Military Commission, presides over military affairs, Zargu, and other affairs. A committee is set up above the three institutions. Oh, I'm afraid it's similar to the Military Affairs Office of your country. The chiefs of the three institutions participate, and the following are the personnel who assist His Majesty in the daily contact and arrangements."

When Hongli heard this, he thought to himself: "I'm afraid there are some first-class guards who are similar to my Qing Dynasty, or the ministers in the inner guards, who are so young."

"According to the investigation of our people, this person's appearance seems to be somewhat similar to that of Qitade. Is that the rumor true?"

"Forget it, this guy Qitade has countless children, let alone an illegitimate child? Let's see why he came"

"Cough cough", he coughed lightly, and the noise in the hall stopped immediately, "Secretary Zhang, see that you look like your ancestors are from Central Plains?"

Zhang Henxue replied: "Yes, my father arrived in Tulichen mission of your country, and later he stayed there. My mother was the daughter of Taiji, a Mongol of Tulichen, and my father was from Suzhou, Jiangsu."

Hongli nodded, "It turns out that they are from Suzhou and Mongolians, no wonder they are so handsome"

"Your name..."

"The former place where the Turgut was located was about half a year. It was winter, and it was cold everywhere. My father had a little literary talent and was quite dissatisfied with this scene. He named it after his birth"

"No wonder", Hongli nodded, he looked at the eunuchs beside him, "give him a seat"

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The old eunuch brought a small round stool wrapped in yellow cloth. Zhang Henxue was quite tall and said, "Your Majesty, just stand and talk."

The Minister of Personnel and the Commander of the Infantry Army, Heshen cursed: "The Emperor asked you to sit down and sit down, what are you talking about?!"

Another military minister, Agui, had fought with Truqin, and naturally knew how powerful they were, so he coughed lightly. Heshen was most afraid of Agui, so he had to retreat tremblingly.

At this time, Heshen was about the same age as Zhang Henxue, both of whom were only twenty-eight or nine years old, but he was already a senior official in the ministry. When Zhang Henxue first came in, people from the Ministry of Rites introduced him. The name Heshen was often mentioned by Qitade, so he also had an impression.

He didn't want to bother with him, nor did he want to make enemies with him, he just smiled faintly.

Hongli asked: "Secretary Zhang is here this time..."

Zhang Henxue thought for a while and said, "When our country learned that there was a civil unrest between Sichuan, Shaanxi and Hubei in your country, or a chaos under the banner of religion, we sent us to share the worries of Your Majesty"

"Oh?" Hongli's eyes couldn't help but turn away, "my country's suppression of the White Lotus Sect has reached its end stage, and the great achievements are about to be completed. What do the Truqin people want to do?"

He suddenly thought of something, and his eyes couldn't help but feel a little solemn, "The Truqins' ships are strong and cannons are powerful. If their warships enter the Yangtze River, they can support the rioters. The reason why our Qing Dynasty has made progress is because it has occupied the advantage on the water and separates the rioters from all over the place."

"If the Truqins intervene, my Qing Dynasty will lose its water advantage, and the thieves will become bigger again!"

"No, I have to finish it quickly before the Truchens come in!"

"Your Majesty", Zhang Henxue did not see the change in Hongli's expression, and continued to say to himself: "I heard that the rebellion is about to be quelled. I am congratulating Your Majesty in advance. I also heard that when the rioters gathered from Hanzhong, Xiangyang, Dazhou, Yidu and other places on the edge of the Yangtze River, they engulfed a large number of households. Once pacified, how will Your Majesty deal with these people?"

"So that's how it is." Hongli's expression calmed a little, "The Truqin people like to plunder the population the most. It seems that they have fallen in love with these hundreds of thousands of chaotic people, but these chaotic people are all my Qing people. Although they were bewitched and bullied by demons, wouldn't they let the world laugh at if they were given to Truqin for nothing?"

Then he looked at Agui, who was the chief military minister. Seeing this, Agui said, "Your Majesty, these believers naturally need to be dealt with seriously, and ordinary people will just move back to their original homes."

In fact, things are not as simple as he imagined.

The White Lotus Sect's uprising in China began in the Ming Dynasty, and by this time it was becoming more and more intense. In order to exploit the people, local governments often arrested people randomly under the banner of arresting religious followers. Even some people who were not the White Lotus Sect were arrested just to squeeze money. In the end, many people simply joined the White Lotus Sect with their families.

This is the important reason why the White Lotus Sect is becoming more and more intense. By the middle of Qianlong period, the entire junction of Sichuan, Shaanxi and Hubei was under the general pressure of the government, and almost no one did not join the White Lotus Sect. Once they joined, there was no chance to turn back.

For the Qing Dynasty, any person who caused chaos under the banner of "anti-Qing and restoring Ming Dynasty" and "White Lotus Sect" would definitely end up with the destruction of the whole family. Agui's so-called "relocating back to his hometown" was just a hypocritical act.

It was only because Zhang Henxue and others made the decision. Otherwise, if there was still a way out, who would be willing to travel abroad to a foreign country?

Thinking of this, Zhang Henxue said: "My country is willing to use money to redeem these people"

Hongli and Agui were all eyes lit up when they heard this. As mentioned earlier, the three years of encirclement and suppression of the White Lotus Sect had already cost the Qing court 100 million taels of silver. The treasury had already been exhausted. If they could get an extra amount of money, it would be great. Moreover, if they were killed or moved back to their original homes, they still gained nothing.

Moreover, nowadays, Siam and Khmer in Southeast Asia have surrendered to the Qing Dynasty. For the sake of decent, they can claim to exile these people to the "South Ocean" or simply exil to the Yalu River. When they leave the sea, who knows where they went?

However, such a major matter is obviously not something that can be solved by a court meeting. Agui said to Hongli: "Your Majesty, I think this matter is very important and cannot be decided day and night, and it needs to be discussed carefully."

Hongli nodded, "Well, Secretary Zhang will stay in the inn at Honglu Temple for a few days"
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