Because of Fuqing's relationship, Ci'an was labeled as a royalist and a reformer. Cai Bixia's many secret contacts with Emperor Tongzhi in the capital were all done in Beiyuan, the large royal garden of Jingshan and Beihai. of!
Today's capital is completely immersed in the festive atmosphere of the Dihua Victory. A victory in a foreign war has greatly diluted the bloody chaos caused by last year's palace coup!
The steel plant and railway projects led by Zai Chun have begun to advance smoothly. Although the executioners below are a bit bloody, Zai Chun does not care about the results he wants!
Doesn’t the greatest reform in the world require death? No matter how many people die, it is enough if the final result is good!
It was a double happy event. Hearing the call from Senior Sister Cai Bixia, Zai Chunle ran to Beiyuan. However, only halfway through the banquet, he got good news from Senior Sister.
"What? What did you say, Senior Sister? Did Tsarist Russia agree to set the border with the Transkhinggan Mountains? And also agreed to cede part of the waters of Lake Baikal?"
"Is this... is this true? It's a triple happy event! It's a triple happy event for me in the Qing Dynasty!"
Zai Chun never expected that the senior sister would bring such good news today, and for a moment, he lost his composure and smiled almost silly!
"Your Majesty, don't laugh too early. I just said that Tsarist Russia has this intention. As long as we can continue to exert pressure, there should be a great possibility of getting these two pieces of land in the future!"
"But we need the sincere cooperation of the head of state and His Majesty. Our two families must use their strength together and cannot go back and forth to break things up!"
"No! Of course not... As long as the master can negotiate, I... I am willing to make a decree and respect the master as my father! From now on, the master will be my father in the Qing Dynasty!"
"Ah?" Cai Bixia exclaimed, "This...isn't this not good? The head of state is not that old, so the whole Qing Dynasty calls him Shangfu?"
Zai Chun is so willing! He actually wanted to invent a decree to give Xiao Letian the honorary title of Shangfu!
This is incredible. Shangfu is a word of great respect in ancient Chinese. It can be easily interpreted as the most respectable father! Although we are not related by blood, your kindness is equivalent to being a reborn parent!
Zai Chun is the emperor, the master of the Qing Dynasty, and the emperor of all people! He was the king and father of all the officials and people of the Qing Dynasty! And if he wants to honor Xiao Letian as his father-in-law, wouldn't Xiao Letian become the grandfather of all the people in the Qing Dynasty?
Cai Bixia quickly shook his head and threw away this random thought. Returning to his grandfather. If Xiao Letian became the grandfather of hundreds of millions of people in the Qing Dynasty, this scene would be too absurd!
But no matter what, if Zai Chun calls Xiao Letian Shangfu, then he must be the Shangfu of the entire Qing Dynasty, that is, the father of everyone in the Qing Dynasty!
This verbal advantage is too great. As long as Xiao Letian appears in the Qing Dynasty in the future, everyone will have to salute him, and no one has a higher status than him!
Cai Bixia kept shaking his head, "Your Majesty! To tell you the truth, the head of state did not want these titles to help the Qing Dynasty in this way. It is useless!"
"We have considered it very clearly. By helping the Qing Dynasty, we are also helping ourselves! Your Majesty, please don't believe the confused ideas of some rotten veterans in the court!"
"The Chinese will eventually annex the Qing Dynasty! It's all nonsense. How can there be any reason in the world for a master to annex his disciple's kingdom? Is there any precedent?"
"What the Chinese want is economic benefits. What we want is to continue to develop commerce and industry, and ultimately build a powerful country with a maritime civilization..."
"The ultimate goal of the Qing Dynasty is to become a powerful industrialized mainland country! You said that one of us takes the ocean road and the other takes the mainland road. There are many opportunities for cooperation, but there is little chance of conflict!"
"There are very few conflicts of interest between us, so don't worry unreasonably and always think that we Chinese will annex the Qing Dynasty or invade the Qing Dynasty..."
"The head of state understands very clearly that if the Qing Dynasty is stabilized, then we Chinese people will be able to do business with the Qing Dynasty better, make money together, and finally become stronger together!"
"Your Majesty, you have also gone abroad to see the world. Of course you know how big the world is. There is still a lot of land in the world that is ownerless and wasteland!"
"There is so much territory for us to open up. What does it mean to snatch 1.8 million square kilometers from Tsarist Russia now? In the future, we will also colonize Australia and Africa!"
"The picture needs to be bigger. Our head of state is looking at the whole world... but those people in His Majesty's court are looking at this three-acre land in front of them. How hopeless!"
"Your Majesty, please rest assured that the territories opened up by the generation in the Outer Xing'an Mountains and Lake Baikal belong to the Qing Dynasty. We Chinese will help your Majesty win over them and open up territory for the Qing Dynasty..."
"As for the Ili Valley, we will try our best to support Marshal Zuo and strive to drive away the Rakshasa ghosts there and restore the security of the northwest border of the Qing Dynasty!"
"Hahaha... ok, ok... I really don't know what to say. If you don't have so many things to do, you should go to Naha in person to thank the master!"
Ci'an, who had been silent during the banquet, now smiled and spoke, "Your Majesty! Don't just smile? You should ask Special Envoy Cai what conditions the Chinese have!"
"There is no such thing as a free lunch. The Aijia would like to hear what exactly the head of state wants me to do in the Qing Dynasty?"
Cai Bixia smiled and nodded and said, "The Queen Mother Mingjian, negotiating with Tsarist Russia is a very difficult task, and it is not something that can be reached easily!"
"Now Wulan Geli insists on one point, saying that the Chinese and the Qing Dynasty are not the same thing, and this northern territory has nothing to do with us!"
"Including the issue of the Ili River Valley, he refused to let go... What he said makes sense to a certain extent, so I, the Chinese, hope that the Qing Dynasty will give me an authorization, or send a cooperating official of the same level to take full responsibility!"
"We are responsible for negotiation and blackmail. How can the Qing Dynasty find a representative and issue a letter of authorization?"
"No problem! I agreed to this matter, Master, and this is what it should be... I will ask the Ministry of Rites to send a senior official to follow Senior Sister's command throughout the whole process! I will also give Senior Sister an authorized edict!"
Ci'an frowned slightly, feeling something was wrong but couldn't say anything.
"Senior sister, if you have any other requests, please tell them all..."
"Your Majesty needs to express an attitude, especially to put pressure on the Western Regions! New news from the Western Regions says that His Majesty's generals Guan Lu and Doluo have begun to return to Beijing..."
"You might as well remove one or two thousand elites from the capital, and then escort a batch of artillery provided by the Chinese to Commander Zuo... and send it to the Western Regions with great fanfare!"
"Let Duoluo and General Guan Lu wait in Xi'an. Two thousand troops here are parading on the outskirts of the capital. Let the people of the capital, especially Wulan Geli, see with their own eyes that the imperial court has escorted a group of cannons to the Western Regions!"
"Only by putting enough pressure on the Rakshasa ghosts will they succumb..."
"Do it! I'm sure about this! Are there any other conditions?"
Cai Bixia shook his head, "If His Majesty can agree to these two things, our negotiations will be 80% sure... Finally, let Marshal Zuo fight two more beautiful battles!"
"We can finally raise our heads from the Rakshasa ghost!"
