1786 The Missed Telegram
Of course, the scenery in Prince Gong’s mansion is very unique. Although it is not as grand as the Forbidden City, it is better than the small scenery. Heshen used to build this house back then. There were scenery every step in the garden and blessings were everywhere.
Li Lianying paced around the study, and a little eunuch from the royal palace was talking indiscriminately. Occasionally, a few angry Russian roars came from behind the rockery. They all knew that the negotiation must be extremely difficult.
After half an hour following the foreign clock, the sound of the door opening sounded in the direction of the study room, and the footsteps became messy. The eunuchs and palace maids who were serving rushed up and waited for the battle.
The Russian minister Ulan Geli Li Lianying naturally knew him, but he didn't expect that the blond and blue-eyed Russian had an old face and seemed to have exhausted his energy.
He bowed to Prince Gong, then turned his head and left with his entourage. As usual, Yi had to send one to the second door, but today the Japanese Lion stood on the steps and waved his hand carelessly, just as he had given it.
Looking at Ulan Geli's lonely back, Li Lianying was relieved and worried, "Oh... I hope that our Qing Dynasty defeated these Rakshasa ghosts!"
Just when Li Lianying wanted to come forward to pay his respects, she didn't expect Yi? Suddenly, she burst into emotions and turned her head and slapped a loud slap in the face.
"Bastard! How do you do it? Why don't you report such a big thing early? Get out, get out of the Zongli Yamen... Come on, give him out!"
Li Lianying shivered in fear. Seeing that the scared official was dragged out by someone, he turned around and saw the prince looking at him. He quickly ran down and kowtowed, "I wish you good luck to the prince, you're lucky! The queen mother asked the servant to invite the prince into the palace..."
"Hey... Lao Li, why are you kowtowing? If we don't talk about this, hurry up and help..."
As soon as he entered the study, Li Lianying was almost pushed out by the smoke inside. He thought to himself that he had smoked many foreign cigars, and he was almost unable to see his fingers in the room.
The little eunuchs quickly opened the window to dissipate the air. The palace maids holding fans stood in the corner and swayed the round fan to help the study ventilate. The wealth of the ancients was basically made up by manpower. In fact, the enjoyment was really not as good as the various benefits brought by technology.
Li Lianying quickly laughed, "Prince, the Queen Mother is in a bad mood these two days. As soon as the news of Xiang Shaolong's founding of the country in Vladivostok came, Lao Fu strangled his beloved starling to death and smashed the house apart... I beg the Prince to feel sorry for the servants, and go to the palace to persuade the Queen Mother. Now you are just talking to you!"
Yi? But he didn't answer directly. He just held the tea bowl with one hand and closed his eyes and asked, "Where is the Queen Mother Dong? Why didn't he discuss it with the Queen Mother Dong?"
"Hi... What can we discuss? I went back to Jingshan on the east side, saying that it was because of the accidental wind and cold weather these days, but in fact..."
There is no way to say the following words. Li Lianying can't say that Fu Qing had just returned from Tianjin, so she told Yi that your sister-in-law was stealing a man, and she was looking for a beating.
Yi? Smiled and stopped talking. Li Lianying was anxious. "Prince, when is it now? Are you still closing your eyes to rest? Listen to the discussions on the streets of Sijiu City. The entire Eight Banners were shocked. The territory of our ancestors was taken away by the Han people. Now people are panic and are almost crazy..."
"I said Lao Li... Do you know why I slapped that member just now?" Yi suddenly asked back, and Li Lianying was stunned by the question, thinking that I didn't know why you hit someone.
"Because that boy didn't know the importance of it, he actually put an important piece of information to me at the end... Just now, Ulangeli shouted at me, and I didn't know why..."
"I didn't expect that Xiao Letian was indeed cruel and ruthless. He actually buried Molière alive... and cast the Frenchman into a kneeling statue!"
Hiss... Li Lianying took a breath of air conditioning, "Is this Molière the big nose that I mentioned before who came with the French fleet? Oh my God, this kind of person was buried alive by Xiao Letian? The French must not go crazy..."
"Absolutely, I guess the French minister has to come to me to discuss matters today, so I won't go to the palace today..."
"No! Prince, you must not go to the palace. What should I do with the Queen Mother? I'm so angry..."
"You are stupid, the key to breaking the deadlock is that once Molière dies, some things will be easier to deal with!"
The Qing Dynasty was the first to reject telegraph technology. In fact, not only telegraph technology, but also Western new technologies, except for foreign guns and cannons, but also people rejected them.
However, Xiao Letian's appearance forced the Manchus to carry out changes. Fu Qing, a great hero who was later revered as a popular telegraph technology, actually borrowed Xiao Letian's power to successfully build a telegraph network throughout the Qing Dynasty.
At this moment, the telegrams from the Qing Dynasty had been connected from north to south, from Shengjing to Shanghai, Guangzhou, and the telegram lines to the west had reached Xi'an and were advancing little by little towards Lanzhou.
There is even a telegram line that is approaching the country of Tianfu, and these are all under the responsibility of Master Qing San. It is precisely because the team led by Fuqing is one of the few pragmatic people among the Manchus that the construction of the telegram network is still very fast.
Nowadays, all prefectures and counties that have received telegrams have given up their backward express delivery business in the past and chose to use telegrams to report government affairs to the court.
In addition, the Chinese telegraph companies are constantly laying submarine cables in the sea. Now the imperial court can directly communicate with North Korea, Japan, Ryukyu and even Southeast Asia, and even send reports to Europe.
The telegram network is getting bigger and bigger, and the Zongli Yamen receives more and more telegrams every day. Yi? It is impossible to deal with hundreds of telegrams every day.
In the end, we had to learn from the methods of the Military Affairs Office to handle government affairs, and the subordinate officials classified the telegrams and gave them to the superiors for reading. Generally speaking, Yi is the most urgent category, and the rest depends on whether the time is free and the selection is selected.
This is a problem. The most urgent information is the most urgent information, such as Ryukyu's contribution to government, Tsarist Russia's surrender, and the founding of the Far East. However, killing a French prisoner, even if he is a knight, is not considered an emergency military information.
The unlucky official actually put the news that Molière was buried alive in the general category, which made the joke just now.
Prince Gong actually heard the news from Ulangeli's mouth.
"Old Li, I just told the Queen Mother back! The key to breaking the situation lies in the French. Xiao Letian took a step forward and was absolutely terrible. He was exorcist!"
"Don't look at him having a good time now, he will always have to make a list in the future! If you kill Molière, France will have no way out. Let's sit down and watch the tiger fight!"
Chapter completed!