Shengbao's Assistant Yamen is also on Xuyuan Lane, diagonally opposite the Governor's Yamen, and has borrowed a house in Ziyang Academy. When Yiliang and Yuanbao came over, he and Bai Siwen were entertaining Witoma and Wu Jianzhang for a chat. Very happy!
Although Shengbao came to Suzhou in the name of "helping with military affairs", his actual mission was to contact the foreign devils entrenched in the Shanghai Concession to discuss borrowing help to suppress them. However, he felt that he was a high-ranking minister of the Qing Dynasty, a second-rank official. I respect you, you should not be too disrespectful. It is really shameless to condescend to visit the foreign devils in Shanghai. It would be better if you ask for reinforcements, but if you still can't ask for reinforcements, it will be really embarrassing and you will have to send them to England, France, and the United States. .
So after he arrived in Suzhou after a long journey, he settled down at Ziyang Academy across from Jiangsu Governor's Office. He just asked Yiliang to come forward, issued a letter card and a "Secret Report on the Discovery of Devils in China". Send them all to Shanghai to Wu Jianzhang. Or should Wu Jianzhang first contact the consuls of Britain, France, and the United States to see how they react to the birth of the "devil"?
If the foreign devils really cared about devils, they would have taken the initiative to come to Suzhou to discuss with Lord Sheng how to conquer demons!
If you don't care... then you have reason to suspect that the foreign devils and Changmao are colluding. That "bull devil" might be their relatives sent by the Holy See to help God's family rebel against the Qing Dynasty. Fortunately, the foreign devils are watching He took the monster seriously, and not long after getting the "secret report" that everyone could read, the British Vice-Consul Waitoma came to Suzhou with Wu Jianzhang.
"..It turns out that God's family doesn't have a second son, a third son, a fourth son, a fifth son, a sixth lady, a sixth son-in-law, a seventh son, or an eighth son. His old man only has one son in total! So, what about the old man God over there with Changmao? His children and sons-in-law are all fake?
Mr. Wei, you all in England believe in God, right? Do you have anything to say about this kind of behavior of pretending to be a son, daughter, or son-in-law of God? Is it legal? Do you want to arrest him and hold him accountable?"
The person who asked this question was Master Shengbo Sheng, who quite "understood the law". He also asked Wade whether it was legal to pretend to be a relative of God's family in the UK. This really confused Wade!
It seems that the British Parliament has not enacted legislation to convict people who pretend to be relatives of God. This matter should be under the control of the church, but how should Parliament deal with it? And even if Parliament has enacted a law, it will not be easy for the courts to try it!
As the so-called guilt is beyond suspicion, whoever prosecutes will provide evidence.
If you say someone is pretending to be a relative of God, you must provide evidence to prove that this person is not a relative of God, but is pretending... Where can British police officers find evidence?
Using God's household registration as physical evidence? Where to go? To heaven?
Invite Jesus to stand as a witness? How to invite him? Do you also want to get on top of Jesus? Do a great dance in the court?
It can't be done!
However, Wade can't say that no one in the UK cares about this matter... This shows that the UK has no spirit of rule of law. You don't care about people pretending to be God's relatives. Is that a country ruled by law?
He thought for a while and finally had an explanation.
"Lord Katsu, such serious blasphemy has not happened in Europe for many years! If anyone dared to do this back then, he would definitely be sentenced to death by the Inquisition under the jurisdiction of the Holy See!"
"Oh, you should be burned at the stake!" Shengbao nodded, "Then the Holy See in Rome can deal with demons?"
The questions became more and more magical... Weitoma had no choice but to nod!
He cannot say that there is no devil in the world, which shows that he does not believe in God.
He can't say that no one in the West can deal with the devil. This shows that the West is very backward. It has already had the industrial revolution, how can it still be unable to deal with the devil?
"Yes!" Witoma gritted his teeth and said, "The Exorcist Department under the Inquisition of the Holy See has the strongest exorcists in the world!"
"This is great!" Shengbao clapped his hands, "Then we have to invite them quickly... By the way, how do we invite them?"
"This. You have to apply through the Nanjing Diocese, which is affiliated with the Roman Church."
"Nanjing?" Shengbao shook his head, "I can't invite you...Nanjing has been surrounded by long hairs, and you can't go there!"
Wu Jianzhang, who was beside Weituma, quickly explained: "Sir Sheng, the main church of the Nanjing Diocese of the Roman Church is not in Nanjing, but in Shanghai."
"In Shanghai? It's easy!" Shengbao said with a smile, "Master Wu, please ask, what are the procedures for asking the Holy See to help subjugate the devil? How much does it cost?"
As soon as Witoma heard this, he immediately found an opportunity and said: "Sir Sheng, it is not easy to ask the Holy See to slay the devil. In order to show the grandeur and solemnity, it is best to send an imperial envoy to Rome... and let the minister go to Rome along the way.
The minister visited France and England to discuss treaty renewal and military cooperation."
In fact, the three major powers, Britain, France, and the United States, had always found it difficult to communicate with the Qing court, and they wanted to send people to Beijing to talk directly to Xianfeng. Xianfeng did not agree with foreign envoys entering the capital, and wanted the Qing Dynasty to send talkative people to Europe.
Talk about it, the Qing Dynasty will not accept this problem either.
Those who can negotiate with the three powers are Ye Mingchen, the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, Su Songtai, and Wu Jianzhang, the supervisor of Jiangsu Customs... But the authority of these two does not seem to be large enough. They are both local officials. This is equivalent to letting the British
The minister went to confront a senior French official...
Therefore, if the Qing Dynasty could send an imperial envoy to visit Europe, the great powers would at least be able to find someone with whom they could negotiate.
As long as you find your opponent, you can force or trick him into signing an unequal treaty.
"Send an imperial minister to invite..." Shengbao was just thinking about whether this was feasible. Suddenly, a roll call sounded outside, and Jiangsu Governor Yiliang had arrived.
Shengbao, Weitoma, Wu Jianzhang, and Bai Siwen quickly stood up to greet the governor of Yida.
The governor invited in, and after the chief sat down, Shengbao asked him whether he could send an imperial envoy to Rome to invite a "magician."
Yiliang originally disapproved of sending officials to Europe to invite Western mages, but now the top priority of the Qing Dynasty was to subjugate demons. If the Roman mages really wanted that ability, the emperor would probably agree to send someone to invite them... Since
If the emperor agrees, then it will be hard for his servant to object.
"It's not impossible," Yi Liang twirled his beard, nodded slightly, and said to Shengbao, "Ke Zhai, just give the emperor a note."
"Okay," Shengbao nodded and said with a smile, "I'll write a note to the emperor later."
Yiliang asked again: "Master Wei, Wu Daotai, I heard that you helped a military commander from Luo Ruzhai recruit and train a new army in Shanghai?"
Wu Jianzhang hurriedly cupped his hands and said: "Master Futai, I came here to report this matter to you..."
He then reported in a "focused" manner all Luo Xueyan's actions on the beach and the foreigners' hope of supporting Luo Xueyan to build a new army to protect Shanghai... Of course, he must highlight his own contribution in this matter. .
As soon as he finished speaking, Witoma added: "Sir Futai, the Consul of Ali Country feels that our Lord Zhitro running the new army is a model worth promoting, which will not undermine our neutrality, but also help The Qing Dynasty maintains stability. Unfortunately, there is only one Mr. Luo now. If there are a few more Mr. Luo, the stability of the Qing Dynasty can be expected."
"How many more Mr. Luo will come out?" Yiliang looked at Weitoma and said proudly: "Our Qing Dynasty is full of talents, and there are many young and promising officials like Luo Xueyan!"
Witoma smiled and said, "That would be great. Master Futai may be able to recommend a few such officials to organize a new army. We are also willing to cooperate with them without violating neutrality."
Yiliang waved his hand and said with a smile: "It's not my recommendation, but the imperial court's dispatch! In fact, the imperial court has already been selecting capable officials to organize military training. As long as they can survive the current hurdle, fight against rebellion and quell the chaos, it's no big deal. Down!
Chapter completed!