"Fight? Who do you want to fight? The prince? Why? The Qing Dynasty does not belong to the prince alone!"
The mouse-bearded nobleman glared, "Sit down, why are you so anxious? Even if the sky falls, it will only be the taller people who bear it. Are you the pillar? You are so handsome..."
The three newcomers who were trying to steal the money were blushing and thick-necked. After all, they had just entered the Yamen to do errands, and they were all ordinary scholars before.
Due to family background, there was no hope of taking the imperial examination, so I had to compromise and spend money to donate money for an errand. Their positions as scribes all have different prices!
Among the three, the most well-connected one spent 200 taels, and the least well-connected one spent 500 taels. They were all bought errands. What I hope is that after four or five years, I can make a profit, and then I will make a pure profit!
It is precisely this kind of people who still retain a trace of the simplicity of ordinary people. When they hear that foreign devils bully the Chinese, they will naturally become angry.
But Mr. Mousebeard is an experienced veteran who has been immersed in the Prime Minister's Office for ten years. He has seen too many gloomy things!
"Sit down! You know nothing! Negotiating with foreign devils is the most difficult thing in the world. Do you want to be angry? I don't want to? Don't you want the prince to do it? Does the emperor want to do it?"
"But no, we can't let this anger come out. We can't afford to offend him!"
"Britain, France and Rakshasa ghosts, our Qing Dynasty loses every time we fight. Isn't Senggelinqin's cavalry good? The foreign guns and cannons at Bali Bridge are like cutting leeks!"
"We can't beat them! No one can beat the foreign devils... Let alone the foreign devils, even those two Japanese devils Xiao Letian, we can't beat them!"
"If you're not as powerful as a human, then why bother? Just bear with it!"
"You still don't understand, we are called the Prime Minister's Office for International Affairs. To put it bluntly, all the affairs involving foreigners in the six ministries are gathered together and let the prince handle it!"
"The Ministry of Rites, the Ministry of War, the Ministry of Household Affairs, the Ministry of Industry, the Ministry of Punishment, the Ministry of Officials...these yamen are more or less involved with the foreign devils. These involved affairs are really complicated to deal with separately, so they are brought together to let them handle it separately. The prince will take care of it!"
"That's why people now say that our Prime Minister's Office is the head of the six departments! Because more and more foreigners are coming, the six departments need more and more intensive foreign negotiations, and no one can do without us!"
"Since you can't live without us, you have to listen to our orders. You can't just do whatever they want! Grandma, if you hand me the official document, Grandpa, I have to do it right away?"
"Why? What kind of benefits did you give me? The Ministry of Rites is just a fool and asked them to wait. All the official documents will be collected for more than half a month and then processed together!"
"The Ministry of War is amazing! Are you trying to scare the widow with a big bird? Do you really dare to fight the foreign devils when they come? Can you beat them? Why don't you use our Prime Minister's Office as a fool to negotiate with you!"
"I was bullied at the border and at the port. I didn't dare to lose my temper with the foreign devils. In the end, I came to deliver official documents to us. The ball was kicked to us and we were made to be the bad guys? Isn't this the idea? I have been doing this for ten years. Now, you still want to fool me? Grandma!"
"If you want to lose your temper, just call him back! There's no point in handing over official documents now!"
"You guys remember, many official documents are false, and the prince is too lazy to read them! Any affairs involving foreigners, you guys have to keep your eyes open and compile and analyze them!"
"What kind of negotiations does the Ministry of Etiquette have with foreigners? It's not about etiquette, whether to kneel or not, where to stand, and foreigners' unintentional oversteps, etc..."
"Most of them are local scholars who become stupid because of their studies and insist on competing with foreign devils, swearing and fighting in the street!"
"These are all trivial matters, don't worry about it! Let them suffer the loss!"
"The official document from the Ministry of War seems to be a big deal to you, but it's just a big deal to pull the skin of a tiger. In fact, it's just a small conflict for you to take the lead!"
"If the foreign devils really send troops to start a war with the Qing Dynasty, then the Military Aircraft Department will naturally send a message to the Prime Minister's Yamen! You can't delay at that time!"
"As for the official document from the Ministry of War, it must be a trivial matter like Chen Guzi rotting sesame seeds! What's the use of coming to me if you've been wronged? Your Majesty doesn't bother to care about you!"
"You said that foreign devils hit you on the left cheek, wouldn't it be enough for you to give the other cheek? If you are asked to kneel down, then kneel down and kowtow. Isn't there no contradiction if you are more respectful? You have to make trouble?"
"As for the Ministry of Revenue, you don't need to worry about it. They don't have much to do. At most, the customs will count the number of foreigners coming in, register them, check their household registrations, etc."
"Of course, the Ministry of Accounts is also responsible for money and food matters. This is an important matter, because our Prime Minister's Office also has to settle money with the Ministry of Accounts!"
"This is serious, we must deal with it urgently, so when the official documents from the Ministry of Accounts come, we must take a look at them first! If they involve money exchanges, we should deal with them as soon as possible and send them to the prince... let him go for the others. Let’s talk about it in half a month!”
"We've finished talking about the Ministry of Rites, the Ministry of War, and the Ministry of Household Affairs...what else is there? Yes, yes, there is also the Ministry of Works!"
At this point, the three smart newcomers spoke up, "Ah! I understand, the Ministry of Works can also be pushed forward, isn't it just some projects? The foreign devils don't dig our canals, and they don't care about building our houses, so Don’t worry, just leave it for half a month?”
"Bah..." the rat-bearded nobleman spat angrily, "Are you full of dregs in your head? As long as foreigners are involved in the affairs of the Ministry of Industry, it will be a big deal! There is no shirk at all, you must register and summarize it immediately Give it to the prince!"
"What a careless person! Once the Ministry of Industry is involved in external affairs, what is it? It must be a big project, either dock expansion or road construction!"
"The thing that requires us to coordinate the most with the Ministry of Industry is Xiao Letian's special zone construction! In many places, our Ministry of Industry has to send people to measure and verify with Xiao Letian's people!"
"How dare you slack off in the affairs of Head of State Xiao Letian? Our princes have to be careful! You fool, you don't know how to pretend to understand!"
The three of them were scolded so much that they no longer dared to talk. The rat-bearded gentleman said angrily, "Remember, the Ministry of Industry must deal with matters urgently, because this...this involves something...what industrialization!" "
"I don't understand anyway. Anyway, the emperor, the queen mother, the prince, Xiao Letian and even the foreign devils are all interested in them. This can't be delayed. Remember!"
"If you three hadn't been filial, I wouldn't have told you the doorway here! I would have let you hit the south wall and kill you..."
After taking two sips of tea, the noble master said, "The rest are the Ministry of Punishment and the Ministry of Personnel! The Ministry of Punishment doesn't need to worry, it's all the common people who have been bullied by foreigners and come to us to complain!"
"Hey...this kind of thing happens too often. Today my daughter is ruined by foreigners, and tomorrow my son will become a church member, or there will be disputes between businesses..."
"Again, we can't afford to offend the foreign masters. If we coordinate, we will just ask the foreigners to pay more... Can we really make the foreign masters pay with their lives?"
"As for the staff department? There's no way to say that. That's the yamen in charge of the assessment of officials all over the world. It has nothing to do with foreigners, so don't worry about him!"
"But I heard that Long Live Lord is going to send ambassadors to various countries. Maybe there will be more business by then!"
Only then did the three newcomers understand: "Ah! So that's it. What I'm asking you to say is that our Prime Minister's Office doesn't have any urgent matters anymore?"
"Anyway, when we negotiate, it's a matter of procrastination. If you delay big things, you'll put off small things. If you don't put off small things, we can't afford to offend the foreigners anyway, so let's just give in!"
