One evening in 855, the events of the Far East were different in every corner and center: the Haijing Palace was holding a cocktail party, and foreigners and Chinese raised their glasses to compliment the emperor, and various spoils were divided and agreed to connect them extremely closely;

At the gate of Haijing City, teams of sheriffs drove out of the city gate with their own guns, boarded the smoke-filled steamer, and transported to various key cities in the distance. They were reorganized and used as reserve troops to make up for the temporary gap in the military strength of the Song Dynasty;

On the oceans of South China, the soldiers of the Sharp Spear and the Knife Legion fell asleep on the bumpy ship with guns in their arms. Their huge fleet sailed across the ocean like a blade, pointing at the strange Annan;

In Nanchang City, the Sun and Moon Army headquarters was brightly lit. The commanders analyzed the actions of the Hunan Army and the Taiping Army in front of the map, and quarreled endlessly while cursing Yang Xiuqing and Shi Dakai and Zeng Guofan;

In the city of Tianjing, the illiterate Yang Xiuqing had a divine melody again. His huge sedan chairmen carried the sick Dongwang toward the Heavenly King's Mansion. Wei Changhui beat the gong proclaiming the divine melody like a follower, and his brother the Heavenly King ran through his long nine-story palace and sat on the steps of the front door panting. Then he had to look at the sedan chair and kneel down and wait for the divine melody;

In Changsha City, Zuo Zongtang was studying the infantry rituals bought from the Song Dynasty merchants. From time to time, he looked at the Western portrait on the flat table, but his mind was filled with the scene of a gangster rubbing against the loyal and brave men of the Qing Dynasty with his feet sticking to the phlegm. On the other side, Guan Wen was tidying up a large number of black materials, and the round relatives in front of him were nodding and bowing with a smile; while Zeng Guofan was repeatedly looking at the secret letters sent by coastal officials, threatening that if the Hunan Army would dare to talk nonsense, they would not talk about money, grain and arms, and the bastard who had broken the rules was also found. Zeng Guofan, a great scholar, was swaying between his personal grudges against Zuo Zongtang and his loyalty to the emperor and patriotism;

The palace of Annan Huhua was brightly lit. After receiving three letters of war from France, Spain and Hai Song, Emperor Side was so scared that he was speechless. Reinforcements from all over the country advanced towards the capital. The messenger who asked for help from the Qing Dynasty could not wait to send out a fast horse in an hour;

On the lake in the Summer Palace in the capital, the eunuchs and palace maids lined up on the shore and shouted "Anle Ferry" one after another with the dragon boat in the lake. Until the boat landed, Xianfeng walked out. His face was majestic and seemed to be silent forever. The eunuch in the leader walked in front of the dragon with his waist and carrying a lantern, and was more cautious than any day. He knew that it was not so easy to have a night.

But in the bedroom, Xianfeng overturned a pile of memorials in disgust, but his eyes lit up. He picked out a thick piece of things from the pile of things that seemed like cockroaches. He laughed, then opened it and looked at it, and laughed. The leader and eunuch immediately went up to grind the ink and began to grind it.

"Mr. Lu was jealous and smiled at the eunuch while knocking on the memorial, but the latter just smiled on his face. He didn't dare to say anything---it was definitely not easy to have a good night, but his master seemed to be in great interest and kept talking to him about these things that he, a humble man, shouldn't have heard from the emperor.

"The little woman Zhu Lianfang also had an affair with Yu Shi Zhishi Lu. He loved her so much that she was crazy. A few days ago, didn't I call Zhu Lianfang to stay in the Old Summer Palace for a few days? Yu Shi Zhishi Lu was jealous and actually wrote thousands of words to quote scriptures and give direct advice, haha." Xianfeng said with a smile.

The eunuch knew that Emperor Xianfeng was fond of listening to operas. Zhu Lianfang was a local actor (prostitute) in the opera troupe. She was the best actor in Kunqu opera. She was good at Kunqu opera, and she was extremely fragile. She could write poems and was skilled in regular script. The emperor was summoned from time to time. However, Yushi Lu had an affair with her. Because Xianfeng played every day, he couldn't play by himself. Naturally, he was so angry that he brought out the trick of Kong Laoer and accused the emperor of not being able to play opera!

Xianfeng smiled and criticized the saint's memorial in his hand, saying: "It's like a dog gnawing on a bone. It's taken away by someone. Isn't it hateful! I admire this!"

After writing, he smiled at the eunuch leader and said, "If you meet Jingshi Lu, please don't be afraid. I will not be punished. This is what is called "the king and the ministers are happy together."

"Yes, the emperor." The eunuch quickly bowed and replied.

"Go. Have a drink." Xianfeng pointed to the door. The eunuch shivered and smiled, "Your Majesty. I was drinking the day before yesterday. You are working hard in state affairs today..."

"I ordered you to drink!!!" Xianfeng suddenly changed color and punched the imperial desk. The inkstone jumped up.

"Zo...Zo the order!" The leader and eunuch ran out in fear.

After a while, wine and delicacies were listed on the imperial bed. Xianfeng leaned on the desk with one hand, and didn't even look at the wine and dishes in the middle. He poured wine himself, raised his head and drank a drink.

Feng sighed long and said, "Why do you have to do for me? How great is a prince!"

A series of Southeast memorials from a few days completely disturbed him. After a few days, he was happy from the joy of winning the victory of the Northern Expedition Army of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, a few days later, another bandit made a big fuss in the south again - Zhao Ziwei of the pseudo-Song Dynasty.

The Yunnan-Guizhou Governor General was delivered at the same time as the letter of help from the Annan Ruan Dynasty. When he saw the two items, Xianfeng almost fainted on the imperial desk.

Not only rebel, but also attacked his own vassal state!

Not only did they start against the vassal states, but Britain and France also required diplomatic negotiations, demanding that the Qing Dynasty recognize the legitimate status of the Song Dynasty, and also requesting the amendment of the Treaty of Nanjing and signing a new contract similar to the Treaty of Haijing that they signed with the Song Dynasty!

When Zhao Ziwei first appeared, the Qing court had no energy to pay attention to him. He was not as circulating as his master Hong Xiuquan, and he was no longer able to control himself. It seemed that a sneeze would kill Beijing. But now he had stood up from the shadow behind Hong Xiuquan. As soon as the Song thief demon soldiers came out, they would immediately kill Jiangxi and Guangxi within a year. They were invincible. The Qing soldiers did not even have a single general. Even Hong Xiuquan was defeated by him in Jiangxi. The white fangs were even more terrifying than Hong Xiuquan. At this moment, the Qing Dynasty actually had two confidants.

Hunan officials, coastal officials, and Yunnan and Guizhou officials all reported that this person was thousands of times better than Hong Xiuquan. Although everyone called him "Shi Jingtang of the new era", Xianfeng could see everyone's opinions from those hidden allusions: Zhao Ziwei was Wu Sangui.

How did the Ming Dynasty perish?

Isn’t it just that the feudal dynasty has come to the end of life, the people are living in poverty, the people are in a rebellion, and the Qing soldiers take the opportunity to enter the pass and steal the country?

Just like when Zhao Kuo took advantage of Li Zicheng to fight against the Ming Dynasty and Wu Sangui led Qing troops into the pass, the difference was that he colluded with not braids, but foreigners.

The Qing Dynasty hated and feared the Han people. Although the slogans of "Manchu and Han rank" were loud, they were actually still hated and feared. Whose slave owners were not afraid of slaves? However, hatred for the rebellion of the Han people far exceeded fear - I robbed them, I robbed them, you have to resist, look at whether the hooligans hate you or not?

But for foreigners like Britain and France, they are both afraid of being intimate. But they are afraid of being more than hatred. In a word, they are all brothers in the Tao - the little gangster who entered the house to rob and kidnap the original owner is not necessarily afraid of the original owner's resistance, but they are afraid that friends from the same gangster come to disrupt the situation, because they do not believe in Confucianism or Buddhism, and they are unreasonable (different civilizations). Maybe they can be beaten with one stick, and you can't beat them.

The First Opium War had already made the idea that foreigners were invincible in naval warfare deeply penetrated into the Qing court.

I don’t know what the large pond of water in the ocean is useful. It’s easy to understand. If you steal a thief in a cattle farm, drive a BMW and smoke opium, you don’t care about the benefits of raising fish.

Zhou Tianjue, a Qing official, reported: "But the previous defeat (the failure of the Opium War), he was dedicated to the sea gate and all ships and gun positions, and everything was imitated."

It means, why defeat? It is because the ships and artillery positions in the naval battles were learned from Western barbarians. This was the imitation of the East, not the kingly way, so it failed. As a result, the consequences of the Opium War were Guangzhou Xu Guangjin sighed, choked up, and drank three cups in a row.

This sentence is not the first time he said, when the Taiping Army Northern Expedition Army was invincible north of the Yellow River, he once said to his mentor Du Shoutian (of course, in Xianfeng's eyes, this Han man was not a traitor), "Tianqi should destroy the country but not the country but not the country but not the country but not the country but the country is destroyed. The thief has crossed the river and has taken the initiative to take action. In the misfortune, I will be like Chongzhen who will not die."

At that time, Xianfeng had already planned to control the river. The best ending was that he could occupy the north of the Yellow River.

But Zeng Guofan, a Han man who was not a "traitor", saved him. Under the name of Saint Confucius, he led the Hunanese to fight bravely for his master, and succeeded repeatedly in the Yangtze River field, saving the demise of the Qing Dynasty and allowing its life span for another half a century.

However, another powerful enemy rose in the southernmost part of the world. Not only was it invincible on land, but it also colluded with foreigners. The foreigners came to talk about the situation for him personally - they actually wanted to rule the border!

How could Xianfeng agree?

The mainstays of Confucianism in the Beijing court howled and submitted memorials: I wanted to sway foreigners and Zhao Ziwei together! I wanted the emperor to declare war with these rebels! I rebel! I was actually rebel!

They are all wise men who read the books of sages. They do not need to judge the power of the enemy and us, nor do they need to consider combat power, money and food. Their argument is to adhere to the traditional way of the barbarians and the Xia, and to be prosperous and despaired. The power of righteousness is invincible. The means to defeat the barbarians and the barbarians are not objects, but people's hearts, and you can pacify the world with sincerity.

Of course, Xianfeng wanted to read a passage of Confucius's remarks, so he came out to smash the foreign aircraft carriers, protect the Qing Dynasty forever, and the untouchables forever, but these remarks and ideas were undoubtedly loved by loyal ministers in the Qing Dynasty, but this practice was a fool.

The Qing Dynasty was always afraid of foreign friends. As early as when they were rebels of the Ming Dynasty, they hired Russians and Dutch people to fight in the Eight Banners and hired Westerners as technicians. They also made many friends in the stealing country back then. These friends were naturally not as easy to deal with as the people of the Ming Dynasty.

And it is not these powerful Western barbarians. Just talking about the surrounding barbarians, Qianlong and other "Xianjun" used their national forces to defeat Myanmar and Annan, and what was the result? The national treasury was over, the people were living in poverty, and the clamor in the prosperous era was just washing the butt holes full of shit in those February rivers, and spreading some fragrant farts to deceive themselves.

The Qing Dynasty was afraid of all outsiders except the Han people.

Even if he fought a war with the British, there was a rush of war, and the Qing court did not want to eliminate the land, but instead hoped that the militia and the people would kill foreigners. Then the Qing court could actually serve as a mediator to mediate the conflict between the "civilians" and "barbarians"!!!

For countries other than the Han people, the Qing Dynasty always suppressed and pacified the people.

It is impossible to wipe out such a terrifying enemy as Britain and France. Only comfort.

"But how can you comfort these unreasonable madmen?" Xianfeng shook his head, sighed, and swallowed the wine gulp.

The ministers of Tongxiongfu gave some "wisdom" advice: We must divide the barbarians and defeat them one by one!

The French were not bad in the past, and helped Manqing to eliminate the Shanghai Xiaodaohui Uprising. This is what they should be praised, but now they are directly rebels from the Song thief! And they also attacked the Qing Dynasty's vassal, Annan! This is a rebellion! It is a clown jumping in front of the Celestial Empire! The emperor should issue an order to question the French harshly and let them clear their hearts! If they are convinced, let them convince the British! If they are not convinced, let them leave it first...

The British, the most hateful bastard, was the last time they fought. This time, not only did they want to make a contract, but they also said that they wanted to be the person between the Song thief and the court! This is such a bastard! They should strictly refuse all kinds of unjust demands unless they persuade the French not to make rash things, or help us to eliminate the traitors.

Americans seem to be very peaceful, but they just do business. They can use them to encourage them and make them act as lobbyists for Britain and France...

In short, they are all despicable barbarians who are greedy and despised, and they are definitely not good at being scheming. We not only carry forward the pressure of the power of the Celestial Empire, but also divide and dismantle them like Su Qin and Zhang Yi, and defeat them one by one!

"Oh, I can only try it." Xianfeng drank another pot of wine and ordered the eunuch to change it, but he was unsure, because all the officials along the coast reported this revision of the agreement, and the ministers of Britain, France and the United States would never give up.

What is a contract revision?

In 854, Bao Ling wanted to replace Wen Han's position as Minister to China. He brought the order from his own country's Bamazun government and demanded the amendment of the convention.

Amendment refers to the amendment of the Sino-British Nanjing Treaty in 842 and the Sino-British Humen Treaty in 843. The basis for the amendment of the diplomatic revision is paragraph 34 of the Sino-US Wangxia Treaty in 844: Once the contract is agreed, both countries should abide by it and shall not be changed lightly; as the circumstances of each person are different, all trade and sea sections may be slightly modified, and they should be fairly handled by two years later.

Paragraph 8 of the Sino-British Humen Treaty in 843 is a clause similar to the most-favored-nation treatment: If the emperor has new favors and countries in the future, the British should also share the same benefits and use them to show peace.

Although the Wangxia Treaty will expire in 1985, the most-favored-nation clause in the Humen Treaty allows the British to enjoy the policy of the U.S. Wangxia Treaty. The Humen Treaty is the "adhesive treaty" of the Nanjing Treaty, so two years will naturally expire in 854!

The economic requirements of the UK are:

.The minister was stationed in Beijing;

2. Open the mainland;

3. Kaifu in Tianjin;

4. The minister can go to the governor's offices of various provinces to meet the governor with parallel courts;

5. Modify tax rules, legal import of opium

.British ships can undertake freight transportation from various trading ports;

7. Abolish the sub-mouth tax;

8. Determine the value of silver coins of each country;

9. Jointly eliminate pirates;

. Formulate the regulations for Chinese workers to go abroad;

.Admit the British to purchase Chinese land;

2. Issuing an edict to protect the lives and property of the British;

3. Issuing an edict to recover the money owed to the British by the Chinese;

4. The tea trade stops pumping;

5. Allow British people to enter the city;

.The treaty shall prevail for two years and shall be re-organized upon expiration;

7 Establish a protection official stack;

8. The treaty shall prevail in English;

France and the United States also have similar requirements.

The British government can describe the determination to sign this treaty as murderous intent, because they have the advantage in Crimea and are inspired by Zhao Kuo in the Far East - these treaties are almost the general benefits obtained in the Treaty of Haijing.

Prime Minister Bamaitun was even determined to beat him if the Qing Dynasty Manchus did not agree!

If the House of Commons does not pass a proposal for war, it will be dissolved! A new election!

Therefore, Wen Han and Bao Ling's attitudes were extremely tough, so tough that even the numb coastal officials felt that this time had an unusual request.

Xianfeng's land was just bitter. He drank glass after glass in the bedroom of the Old Summer Palace. The request of this barbaric foreigner was so unreasonable and hateful.

Zhao Kuo also drank to relieve his boredom, but he, a shameless gangster, was only worried that his interests would be sucked out. The first few fundamental drizzles were all international practices, but it was like the beginning of a letter. What was there!

But Xianfeng and Zhao Kuo's considerations were completely reversed!
To be continued...