Seeing Eunuch Shen Jing taking the credentials, the prince gave him a wink and motioned for him to read it out quickly. Shen Jing immediately opened the credentials and read without changing his expression: "To His Majesty the Emperor of China and North Korea from the Lord of the Atlantic Kingdom "It has been over a month since your country bombarded our ship, but I haven't heard any apology. I am sincerely angry at the soldiers and civilians of your country... If your Majesty still wishes to be reconciled, I hope that a peace treaty can be negotiated quickly. There are three things to do: 1. Withdraw." Border defense on the island, completely abolish the New Deal; second, depose a total of twenty-five officials involved and list them on the left...; third, prohibit foreigners from selling firearms in your country." After reading, he calmly handed over his credentials. Fold it and watch the reaction of the audience.
As he expected, the ministers suddenly went crazy. They all blushed and shouted loudly. They either fell to the ground to remonstrate, or rolled up their sleeves and pointed directly at Lian Chongwen, wanting to come forward to argue with him. .
Of course, there were also many people hiding among the chaotic crowd, keeping their bodies low and trembling - most of these people had given benefits to Su Zongshan. They thought they could eliminate the disaster, but unexpectedly they were still inevitably held accountable and fell into trouble. In fear and doubt.
Only Ye Yongjia stood thoughtfully and did not echo their angry voices. It was not that he planned to compromise with the Westerners, but it was different from what everyone was paying attention to. Instead, he was very concerned about Article 3 of the Letter of Credence. , feeling a little uneasy.
He had never considered this request and was not fully prepared. His nervousness immediately covered the rest of his thoughts, causing a few large drops of sweat to appear on his seemingly calm face. Everyone knew that this The ban is obviously aimed at the previously opened firearms factory. If it is completely banned, it will not only cause a shortage of firearms, but also represent the complete failure of the New Deal led by Ye Yongjia.
He thought that this was aimed specifically at him, so he glanced at Lian Chongwen, who realized that he could only give him a guilty look. Therefore, Ye Yongjia guessed that the plan was either his or Wu Sixing's. , these two people are the only ones who know themselves well.'Ignore him, just follow Tongpao Chen's plan first, and then we'll find out when the time comes. Don't mess up the situation...' He twisted the sweat on his forehead, Thinking silently.
Niu Yuan's eyes scanned the surroundings, watching An Xi from the side. A lot of ideas popped up in his mind, and he quickly reported to the prince: "Although the proposal of dismissal is due to frivolousness and rudeness, this dynasty will handle all responsibilities according to the law." People should not hide away. Eunuch Shen should be bold enough to read out the names of those involved and carefully examine the circumstances. If there is anyone who has neglected his duty, let him go instead of replying to him one by one. So. If the envoy acts in a reasonable and reasonable manner, even if the envoy wants to stir up trouble, he will have nothing to criticize."
The prince saw Liu Zhennian and saw that he was as motionless as a sculpture, so he nodded slightly and asked Shen Jing to read out the name he had not pronounced.
The prince's order had been given, and everyone did not dare to raise any objections. They listened quietly to Eunuch Shen reading out the name, just like the time when the palace exams were held. When it came to "the wise man of Lu, the Minister of Rites", the Minister of Lu instantly typed He was so excited that he nervously replied: "I don't dare!" which made everyone laugh out loud.
"Shang Shu of the Ministry of War, Ye Yongjia."
"Ahem," Niu Yuan suddenly coughed twice, interrupting Shen Jing's long voice, "May I ask what Ye Bingbu did and why he was targeted by Westerners? I hope you can explain it first."
'Let him take the lead, wait a little longer...' Su Zongshan pinched his fingers, stopped counting the number of people just now, and looked at Ye Yongjia anxiously. Ye Bingbu showed no fear on his face and strode out of the queue.
, first bowed respectfully to Niu Yuan, and then
Later he said: "I didn't know what the other country had to do, so I was condemned as a criminal. If you think about it carefully, I just transported a few cannons to Fuguang. Everything was arranged by the court, and even the amount of military expenditures was not determined.
"You mean, our officials are in charge of you, so we should be more responsible for this?" He frowned and stepped closer.
Ye Yongjia lowered his head and looked directly into his eyes: "I didn't mention the official department at all, so why did you arouse such suspicion? It seems that I am guilty of being a thief!"
Chen Tongpao sneered and said: "What a joke! If I were a thief, why was my name not read out on the list? It's obvious that you are scared and are considering him right and left!"
Ye Yongjia threw down his sleeves, widened his eyes and cursed: "Shilang Chen, don't push yourself too far!"
Seeing their tense appearance, the people around them suddenly panicked. Many people came out to break up the fight, but they couldn't. The two almost started fighting. Several ministers had to forcefully pull them away, but Ye Yongjia still cursed and chattered endlessly.
Just when Liu Zhennian and others were looking puzzled, they suddenly saw Gao Jizhi kowtow and said: "As the Prime Minister, the barbarians have gone too far to bully others and the conditions they have imposed are very harsh. This has caused a dispute among the ministers, which may not be resolved for the time being. It is better to discuss it with Envoy Lian.
, let’s see if we can exempt ministers, or just a few local minor officials to fill the gap, so as to calm the rumors of injustice between the government and the opposition.”
Niu Yuan originally wanted to use this opportunity to shirk the blame and then beat the courtiers, but he was extremely annoyed by such a change and refused: "Gao Shangshu, you are too naive! We are negotiating now, and we must not talk about it in negotiations."
Is this what you want? What do I say? Besides, I didn’t agree to this shameful request, so why don’t I think about it?”
Incited by Niu Yuan's words, Ye Yongjia quickly winked at Cai Xianqing; Cai Xianqing was so smart that he had long seen that they were playing a show with each other. It must be said that this strategy was very effective. The Manchu Dynasty
The ministers had the opposite idea to Niu Yuan. They hoped that the court could take advantage of this situation.
opportunity to remove this troublesome condition; but Niu Yuan insisted on going his own way and had no intention of letting them go. He clearly wanted someone to take the blame for him. His words further confirmed everyone's thoughts, and their anger was in their hearts.
Boiling, but helpless, the only color in his eyes was despair.
However, Su Zongshan smiled happily at this time. He changed his impatience and said slowly: "Prime Minister, how can you know if they are not happy if you don't give it a try? If Ambassador Lian is willing to agree, I will
I hope the disputes in the temple will be resolved naturally."
Niu Yuan didn't know what was going on behind the scenes, and firmly believed that Su Zongshan just wanted to compete with him and show his face, so he glanced coldly and said with a smile: "Prime Minister Liu asked us to do our best to do our best. If there is a way,
How can you not use Niu? If Su Shenzheng has some ideas, you can have a few words with him, it doesn’t hurt!”