Guiziliu's bent waist had been bent like that for five or six minutes, while Zeng Guofan, who was sitting on the chair, just watched quietly, with no joy, no sadness, calm and indifferent!
"Hey...Prince Gong! Why haven't you found your opponent until now? It surprises me so much, and it makes me so regretful!"
"No wonder you didn't come to me last night. It turns out you didn't understand this situation at all! You probably didn't know how serious the problem was at that time!"
"Haha... I'm afraid you don't know how serious the problem is now, because you have no idea how powerful the mastermind behind it is!"
"Hiss...ah!" Guiziliu took a breath of air. "Brother...could it be that the British took action? Could it be that the British high-level officials were behind it?"
"It can't be the queen, right? Or should it be their prime minister?"
Guiziliu was so shocked that he broke out in a white-haired sweat. In this era, the entire Qing Dynasty already had a deep Anglophobia. That huge empire on which the sun never sets is indeed an enemy that is difficult to defeat!
In the early days, the Manchus and Qing Dynasties believed that how powerful a small island country could be. No matter how advanced the technology was, no matter how many powerful ships and guns they had, they could not withstand the scale of the Qing Dynasty!
A mouthful of saliva can drown him!
But after two wars, the top management of the Manchu and Qing Dynasties knew very well that saliva could not kill others, especially when Zaichun was in London, he mailed several copies of the world map published in London to the country!
That kind of shock made the Japanese six tremble with fear. All colonies in the British Empire were marked with light red **!
Countless small countries throughout Canada, Australia, the Indian continent, South Africa and Central Africa, not to mention Japan and the Lion City! All are British territory.
Although the territory of the Qing Dynasty was vast, compared with such a huge British colony, it was still not enough!
People in the Manchu and Qing Dynasties may have a very poor understanding of industrial and technological strength, but their understanding of land area and population is clear at a glance!
That empire has a large territory and a large population, which naturally means it is strong!
It was not just the two Opium Wars that caused the Manchu and Qing senior officials to become Anglophobic, but also the fear that radiated from their hearts after understanding their opponents!
The Empire on which the Sun Never Sets is too huge. Once such a super empire fully supports Emperor Tongzhi, the old guard like them will have no chance of winning!
"Queen? Or Prime Minister? I never believe these ministers have so much energy!"
Zeng Guofan looked at Guiziliu and sighed and shook his head, "Why haven't you understood it yet? Forget it, stop saluting and sit down!"
"It seems that you can't understand it yourself! Let me tell you the truth, there is nothing wrong with the Queen, the Prime Minister and the Minister!"
"At most, those people have the right to know. They know and watch with cold eyes. That's it... they don't oppose, don't support, or even take a stand, and just let the counterattack happen... That's all!"
"Impossible!" Guiziliu was like a cat that stepped on its tail. "How could there be such an efficient revenge without an organization? It's not just one or two people. Almost 90% of the British businessmen who came to the Qing Dynasty were involved!"
"Even Xiao Letian took action. The Northern Special Zone stopped all the distribution rights in the 49 cities. You said there is no organization here? I won't believe it even to death!"
"Is it Xiao Letian? Marshal, for the sake of us being ministers of the same dynasty, and for the sake of you being a minister of the Qing Dynasty, tell me, is it the British who coordinated this matter behind Xiao Letian? "
"It's impossible not to have someone in charge! It's impossible not to have someone..."
Yi Xin's face is really wonderful, with anger mixed with grievance and fear, and finally a little confusion!
All kinds of emotions are mixed together, and the flavors are mixed!
Zeng Guofan shook his head helplessly, "Don't think about it, nothing will happen without Xiao Letian! At most, he is just a know-it-all, watching indifferently, neither pushing nor stopping, that's all!"
"At my age, it's hard to say whether I can survive this winter... Even when a person is about to die, his words are good. Why should I lie to you?"
Yi Xin slumped on the chair as if he had lost all his muscles and bones. "Commander...for the sake of the courtiers' friendship for many years, just tell me the truth! Don't forget, when I tried to protect you from the mountain, I also put in a lot of effort!”
"Although we have been wary of each other for so many years of cooperation, I have never held back on major matters! Your money and food for the Hunan Army, your imperial edict... when have we ever blocked it?"
"Brother! After so many years of friendship, can't we exchange for a word of truth? Just tell me who is the mastermind behind this!"
"I don't believe Zai Chun has this ability, don't push him out as a shield!"
Zeng Guofan picked up a piece of bacon cloth and placed it on Prince Gong's plate. "Don't be impatient. This matter cannot be explained clearly in one or two sentences! To be honest, I don't know much about this pool of water. I only have a partial understanding... "
"But there are sensible people in the Chinese race! I won't hide it from you. Xiao Letian and I have a good personal relationship. He has talked to me several times. The connections here are not ordinary!"
"Don't always think about the queen, the head of state, the prime minister, the minister... they really didn't come forward, it's not that they didn't want to, it's that they couldn't!"
"You have to know that everything is governed by laws! Both the Chinese and the British practice a parliamentary system. All major national affairs require a vote by the parliament to pass!"
"Xiao Letian's expedition to popularize law, as the founder of the Chinese race and the first founder of the country, Xiao Letian only received 80% of the votes in favor, and 20% were against it!"
"This is the Chinese ethnic group, let alone the British... When the British proposed sending troops during the First Opium War, the number of votes in the British Parliament for sending troops was only 9 more than the number of votes against!"
"These nine votes were only temporarily changed when the Queen of England clearly expressed her intervention. If the Queen had been silent at that time, maybe the Parliament would have denied the war!"
"This is the characteristic of the parliamentary system. Any act of corruption must be supervised by the parliament and can easily be refuted by a vote of the parliament!"
"Prince Gong, think about it... is it so easy for such a large-scale counterattack involving all foreign businessmen and Chinese forces to pass the parliament?"
"Xiao Letian has a translation bureau, which has translated a large number of European works over the years... including those introducing the national conditions of Britain!"
"You have to know that everyone in the British government and the public strongly believe in free trade, which means prohibiting foreign interference in businessmen's business! What they say is that it is possible as long as there is no prohibition by law!"
"As long as the businessman does not break the law, the government is not allowed to interfere!"
"Under this kind of thinking, who would interfere in a businessman's business? Not afraid of being scolded to death? Not afraid of being impeached?"
