1825 My New Daming

Chapter 38 How Could Lin Zexu Not Hate Britain? (Seek collection, monthly pass, recommendation, follow-up)
In the Yuxi Palace in the West Garden of the Imperial Palace, several cups of tea are exuding a refreshing fragrance.Empress Dowager Zheng has changed into a court dress, and Bao Xiang is sitting solemnly on the throne, accepting the visits of Cheng Wang Zheng Guozhong, Minister of the Left Prime Minister of Ming Dynasty, and Lin Zexu, Shang Shu of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Zhuge Weidao and Zheng Guoxian stood in the main hall of Yuxi Palace wearing Jinyiwei's flying fish suits.Contrary to Zhuge Weidao's expectations, his close friend Yu Hui also appeared in Yuxi Palace with Lin Zexu today.

However, Zhuge Weidao didn't pay much attention to Yu Hui, all his attention was attracted by Lin Zexu who appeared with Zheng Guozhong!There are not many historical celebrities who survived the "Zhuge Wuzhong King Change" in China!As far as Zhuge knows, one is Wei Yuan, the ambassador to Petersburg, one is He Zhongtang of the Jin Empire, and the other is this Lin Zexu. Oh, there is also a fat Daoguang, which doesn’t look like the original one, so I don’t never mind.

So now Zhuge is taking a closer look at Lin Zexu and Lin Dashangshu. He is a middle-aged man in his forties. He is not tall, has a broad forehead, and is a little fat. He has a goatee and piercing eyes. , looks like a high official.

According to Zheng Yuhuan, this Lin Zexu is also a noble queen.When Zheng Chenggong regained Fuzhou, his ancestors joined the army, followed Zheng Chenggong, Zheng Jing, and Zheng Kezang to conquer the east and west, and finally became a viscount. He returned to his hometown and settled in Zuoyingsi, Fuzhou, Fujian. Lin Zexu's generation is already the fourth generation. .However, he was able to become Minister of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs at the age of 40, not all because of the title of his ancestors, but because of his own outstanding ability and the promotion of his college classmate Zheng Guozhong.

"Cheng Wang, Lin Shangshu, and Ambassador Yu, please sit down."

Seeing that Zheng Guozhong and Lin Zexu had finished walking and saluted, the Empress Dowager Zheng politely invited Zheng Guozhong, Lin Zexu, and Yu Hui to sit down.

"I invite the three of you to enter the palace today, and I have two things to say." Seeing that the three of them had settled down, Queen Mother Zheng began to speak. Zhuge Wei said, "The first thing is that Grand Duchess Natalie failed the examination by the female doctor in the palace. Her body was broken!"

It turned out that Queen Mother Zheng summoned Zheng Guozhong, Lin Zexu, and Yu Hui into Yuxi Palace through Natalie's affairs.According to the current "Daming Constitution", the emperor is a constitutional rubber stamp, let alone Queen Mother Zheng?She wants to invite people in the name of discussing and promoting the hostility between Jin and Ying. Zheng Guozhong, Lin Zexu, and Yu Hui will definitely not come.But Natalie's matter is not only a state matter, but also a private matter of the emperor's family.Empress Dowager Zheng definitely has the right to speak, and can also call relevant people into the palace for discussion.

"what?"

"Is there such a thing?"

"Empress Dowager, can you find out who did it?"

Although Zheng Guozhong, Lin Zexu, and Yu Hui already knew that Natalie was letting people sleep, they all showed surprised expressions at this moment, and Lin Zexu still wanted to investigate with a serious face.

However, Zhuge Weidao, the chief culprit of this matter, was not panicked at all, he was still standing there with his chest and belly protruding.

After hearing Lin Zexu's question, Queen Mother Zheng said solemnly, "It's just that Natalie is the princess of a great country, and our Ming Dynasty is a state of etiquette. Is it possible to torture people? This Natalie If Li is devoted to protecting her husband, what can we do?"

Zheng Guozhong sighed: "What else can I do? Give the gold and pay it back! There is a precedent for this. When the princess of the Siamese country married, she was also found to have lost her virginity. In the end, it was not the gold that was given back. gone?"

Lin Zexu said: "Empress Dowager, even if we find Mrs. Natalie, we can't punish Grand Duchess Natalie. It's just a pity that so many years of planning and so many people's busy work. If we can catch Mrs. Mrs. Seriously question the crime!"

After listening to Lin Zexu's words, Queen Mother Zheng nodded lightly, then turned her head to look at Zhuge Wei and said, "Daozi, you are the one who escorted Grand Duchess Natalie all the way from the Raksha Kingdom, do you know which man she has been with all the way?" How close is it?"

Zhuge Weidao hurriedly bowed and said: "The empress dowager forgives the sin. I have neglected the subject. After escorting Grand Duchess Natalie to Yingxian Pavilion, I was called by He Shen to meet Emperor Daoguang in the Wuji Palace and came out of the Wuji Palace. , it's already two days later."

He had picked himself clean.

Lin Zexu frowned and asked, "What did Emperor Daoguang call you to do?"

"Reporting to Lin Zhongtang, Emperor Daoguang summoned his subordinates to Wuji Palace to tell fortunes for him."

Yu Hui, who came with Lin Zexu, added for Zhuge Weidao: "Zhongtang, Jin Guo has always been superstitious about fortune-telling, and claimed to have the inheritance of Nalan Mingzhu, a disciple of King Wuzhong, so he believed in the surname Zhuge very much. Daoguang, Heshen Especially superstitious about fortune-telling, that's why Zhuge Daozi settled down in Yingxian Pavilion, and He Shen invited Daoguang to invite him."

Really good brother!

When Zhuge Weidao heard Yu Hui's words, he cast a grateful look at him.

Lin Zexu didn't pester Grand Duchess Natalie about making people sleep anymore, but continued to ask about Daoguang's fortune-telling, "Major Zhuge, what does Daoguang want you to be?"

"Zhongtang," said Zhuge Weidao, "Where did Daoguang ask the subordinates to calculate his luck in martial arts and wealth?"

"Have you figured it out?" Zheng Guozhong asked with a smile.

"I figured it out."

"Where is the luck of martial arts and wealth of Emperor Daoguang?"

"In the south, in Tianzhu."

Lin Zexu's eyelids twitched: "Major Zhuge, are you encouraging Emperor Daoguang to go south to India to rob?"

"Zhongtang," said Zhuge Weidao, "the lower official just expressed what Emperor Daoguang thought in his heart, not to mention encouraging him."

Lin Zexu asked: "You mean that what Emperor Daoguang wanted in his heart was to go to India to rob money?"

Zhuge Weidao said with a smile: "Zhongtang, whoever the kings who ruled Central Asia in history would not want to go to India to grab one? Now the Jin country is strong and poor. Apart from robbing money, the only thing to do is to be poor."

"But India is a colony of the British Empire!" Lin Zexu frowned, "Emperor Daoguang really dared to touch the tiger's butt of the British Empire?"

"So what if you touch it?" Zhuge Wei said with a smile, "If you win the Lord Tianzhu, you will not be short of money in the future. If you lose the British Empire, can you still enter the Wuji Valley? The foundation of the Golden Empire will not be hurt, and it will still It will not be a disadvantage if you can ask the British Empire for money and food through diplomatic channels."

"Oh?" Lin Zexu seemed to be interested, "According to what you said, as long as Emperor Daoguang sends troops to India, the losers will be the British anyway?"

Zhuge Weidao glanced at him and said in his heart: "As expected of Lin Zexu, I'm happy to hear that Daying is going to be in trouble."

"Zhongtang," Zhuge Weidao said, "Daying is like a rich bully, and even took over the wealth of a rich woman in India, living a happy life. Jin Guo is a barefoot beggar, and his life is not good. Let’s say, Da Ying still can’t take it away. If this villain from the Kingdom of Jin rushes into the home of a wealthy Indian woman occupied by Da Ying to make trouble, what can Da Ying do? What can this so-called world’s ocean overlord do? Drive an iron-clad ship to Wuji Valley?”

"I'm afraid things are not as easy as you said, right?" Lin Zexu stroked his goatee, looked at this little Zhuge who had an unusual relationship with the queen mother, and murmured in his heart.

Didn't you say this little fox is stupid?It's okay to look at it now, not stupid!Moreover, what he said about those villains from the Kingdom of Jin harassing the bully of Daying is quite reasonable. The bully of Daying just hates it!Relying on the advantages accumulated in the age of sails and the status of the leader in Europe, from a small country to the status of an empire on which the sun never sets.

What's even more hateful is that since the fall of Napoleon's France, the British have been talking about the yellow peril every day, saying that the Ming Dynasty is the biggest threat to their European Christian civilization, and they want to unite with European Christian civilizations to contain the Ming Dynasty. Although so far, it has only Empty shouting, but also harsh to listen to!
And no one knows when they will actually take action to cut off the trade between the East and the West in the Indian Ocean! If there is a chance to repair the British Empire without the need for the Great Ming to mobilize the troops, that would be the best.

"Lin Zhongtang," Zhuge Weidao saw something from Lin Zexu's expression, and said with a smile, "I feel that Emperor Daoguang needs someone to push him before he really rushes to India to find the British." Trouble."

"Who will push?" Lin Zexu asked.

Zhuge laughed and said nothing.Zheng Guozhong took the conversation and said with a smile: "Brother Shaomu, besides you, who else is more suitable to push Daoguang to the battlefield?"

(End of this chapter)