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Volume Two, Chapter Thirteen, Beating

PS: The four women in the family are so noisy. Only when they all go to bed can I have the possibility of writing. Oh my God! Help!

After Wang Da shouted, the lively street seemed to have been cast with magic in an instant. Everyone stopped, closed their mouths, and looked at Chen Congyun with a whizzing look.

Chen Congyun was also stupid. Why did Wang Da kneel down as he spoke? When he quickly reached out to help Wang Da up, young people walked to Chen Congyun silently and knelt down for Chen Congyun together.

"Mr. Shen, you beat the French and avenge our father. There is nothing we can do to repay you. We can only kowtow a few times." After that, he kowtowed three times, and he kowtowed firmly.

Chen Congyun was confused. The matter of the boss of the Shaobing Shop has not been resolved yet, and another one came.

"What do you mean? I beat the French, that's the right thing for a Chinese. I can't watch the French bully our China, and I have to swallow this breath, right? Besides, there are so many French people, but I'm not all of them beat me alone." Chen Congyun smiled and said, and stepped forward to help these two people. At this time, someone around him shouted: "Okay! Well said!"

"Okay! Well said!" The crowd immediately shouted like a thunderous cry! The people around him didn't know who clapped first, and everyone clapped. Chen Congyun looked around for a while and saw that the simple faces were full of excitement, and his hands were red. He couldn't help but feel sad, bowed his hands high, and slowly turned around.

"The young and old men of Tianjin Wei have killed Congyun. Congyun has just done something within his mind. Everyone is so loving and Congyun is polite." Chen Congyun shouted, stretched out his hand to wipe the tears left unconsciously. At the same time, Chen Congyun thought to himself that he can't stay any longer. I have to retreat quickly. It's not fun to be the first bird.

When he was about to leave, Chen Congyun noticed that the entire street was already full of people, and he didn't know when these many people were surrounded.

"Young and young men, Congyun is in charge of official duties and go to the Governor's Office. If you can't stay for a long time, everyone will help you give way to the sect."

"Young and young men, let the way for Lord Shen." Someone in the crowd shouted again, and the people who were originally surrounded by Chen Congyun retreated consciously.

But at this time, there were too many people on the street, so it was not just for them to get out of the way. When Chen Congyun returned to the carriage, there were people standing on both sides of the street, and the crowd was applauding desperately, and the team was winding forward with difficulty.

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Chen Congyun, Xue Fucheng, Sheng Xuanhuai and other Chinese and foreign aides who Li Hongzhang met in the study were all present. Everyone was looking at Chen Congyun with a complicated look.

Seeing this stance, Chen Congyun's heart skipped a beat. He glanced at Li Hongzhang's still calm expression, and hurried forward and called Qian: "I have met Master Zhongtang!"

"Haha, I'm up quickly. Why don't you say that you are the deputy envoy of the imperial envoy now? I can't afford such a great gift." Li Hongzhang had a gloomy face and did not come forward to help Chen Congyun, with a scent of a storm.

Chen Congyun was not clear, so he made a confused expression on his face, and still knelt on one knee, looking up at Li Hongzhang, who was sitting in the middle, and asked, "Why did Zhongtang say this? Congyun is the Zhongtang's one-handed support, so how can he not behave?"

Li Hongzhang picked up a piece of paper from the table, shook it on his hand a few times, and said with a angrily expression: "Get up! Come and see it yourself!"

Chen Congyun stood up and took it. When he opened it, he immediately smiled bitterly. This was a telegram, which was sent out this morning. It said that Zuo Zongtang and Zhang Zhidong called the two palaces one after another, believing that Chen Congyun should be allowed to preside over the negotiations. Qingliu, led by Weng Tonghe, even wrote letters, counting Li Hongzhang's several negotiations to lose power and humiliate the country. This negotiation should not be presided over by Li Hongzhang. The telegram was transferred from the Military Affairs Office, and there was no change in the meaning of Li Hongzhang's presided over the negotiations.

Chen Congyun then understood. Li Hongzhang knew that the court was going to train a new army and wanted to use this telegram to knock on him. Thinking of this, Chen Congyun showed a grievance and said angrily: "Master Zhongtang, Congyun stayed honestly in Beijing. He didn't even take a step when entering the inn. Weng Tong and they gave Zhongtang eye medicine, which was to alienate Zhongtang and Congyun, Master Zhongtang, a clever view." After that, Chen Congyun brushed another thousand.

A peaceful smile appeared on Li Hongzhang's face, and he raised his hand gently and said, "Get up, sit and talk."

Chen Congyun breathed a sigh of relief and thought to himself that we will write down this account first, and there will be some places to settle accounts in the future.

The people next to him brought a chair, and Chen Congyun bowed to Li Hongzhang and said, "Thank you for your unjust sin!" After that, he sat down and looked at Li Hongzhang with no sign of fear.

Li Hongzhang seemed to be used to Chen Congyun's finally looking confident, and gently touched his beard and said, "You are all close friends. Now the peace is imminent. The day after tomorrow, Badno and Poly will also attend the negotiations as representatives of France. Everyone will talk about it and set a tone."

"Zhongtang, the battle between China and France was 30 million yuan. The court did not want to continue. This is already certain. I think that the French are fighting themselves at the moment. As long as they give in a little, the peace talks will be successful." The speaker was Xue Fucheng and Li Hongzhang's chief aide. This was equivalent to what Li Hongzhang said on behalf of Li Hongzhang, and also set a tone for this discussion, that is, tolerate peace.

Xue Fucheng started this, and everyone spoke in a word, basically expressing an attitude, symbolically paying some money, and then maintaining the content of the "Simplified Treaty of Sino-France". Chen Congyun had not spoken, and had a gloomy face was listening. Zheng Guanying and Sheng Xuanhuai did not express their opinions, but just listened quietly.

The person who spoke the most was a tall foreigner. Chen Congyun heard others call him Bidege, and Bidege said in a saliva: "Master Zhongtang, I think that maintaining the Sino-French Concise Treaty is the key to the success of the peace talks. I have reiterated this many times that as long as this is the tone, peace talks are definitely not a problem."

"Hehe! Mr. Bidger still remembers the help of the French to the United States during the American Revolutionary War, right? As a victorious country, the Qing Dynasty negotiated according to your opinion. Even if it was negotiated, Lord Li would not be able to sit firmly. I think you took the benefits of the French and helped the French." Another foreigner stood up, speaking English quickly and quickly, Chen Congyun pricked up his ears before he heard it. He thought to himself, why did the two foreigners fight each other here?

Bidge was not a vegetarian. After hearing this, he immediately raised his chin and looked at the other party slowly and said, "Mr. Decuilin, I am thinking about the Qing Dynasty. Although France was defeated, France has a strong industrial foundation as the backing. It is impossible for China to win a long-term war. I would like to ask Mr. Decuilin, is it not necessary for you to incite the Lord Zhongtang to confront the French? I think you are for your own national interests. I hope France can continue to fight with the Qing Dynasty. It will take ten or eight years to fight?"

When Zheng Guanying saw two foreigners squatting, he immediately walked to Li Hongzhang and kept whispering to translate the conversation between them to Li Hongzhang in Chinese.

The two foreigners were excited while arguing, and they changed their English and French. (Note, French was the international common language at that time.) Chen Congyun heard it so hard. Fortunately, they all understood the general meaning. Two foreigners were Americans and Germans, both of them were Li Hongzhang's foreign aides. The focus of the two debates was, what was the final bottom line for the Qing Dynasty's concession in this negotiation? De Cuilin meant that this negotiation would not only abolish the "Simplified Treaty of China and France", but also abolish the "Beijing Treaty" signed before. The French should not worry about the place in Vietnam, but also the French would have to pay for 10,000 prisoners of war.

Bidge repeatedly emphasized that such conditions would only hurt the French people's self-esteem and prompted the new French government to continue to go to war with the Qing Dynasty, saying that De Cuilin was killing people with a knife and causing trouble for Germany's main opponent in Europe, France.

The two of them had their own opinions, and they were fighting red-faced, and they both slapped the table, standing there in a cock-fighting confrontation.

Chen Congyun heard the two people quarreled and knew that these two people were trying to control Li Hongzhang's decision for the interests of their respective countries. The Americans naturally did not want to abolish a series of unequal treaties in France, which was equivalent to opening a head. Since France could be abolished, it would have possible to happen to the United States in the future. China is too big, and it is impossible to conquer it, so it can only conquer the Chinese government. De Cuilin said that Chen Congyun's thoughts were naturally very concerned, but there were also attempts to weaken France.

The two of them were quarreling. Li Hongzhang frowned so hard that he looked at this and that, and finally stopped his eyes on Shen Congyun.

"Don't argue with each other," Li Hongzhang finally spoke. Then the two foreigners sat back and stared at each other, looking at each other's stance that they refused to give up.
Chapter completed!
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