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Lin Yuan thought for a while and said, "It's hard to say. I think the Russians must have said something to them. What would the Russians say to them?"

Shen Wanqing said: "It must have something to do with interests. Didn't you see it? When you talked to the French minister just now, he seemed indifferent."

Lin Yuan said: "In this way, I also understand a little bit. The Russians can give many immediate benefits to various countries. Unlike me, what I can give them are some long-term benefits, and I have offended many people. .”

Shen Wanqing asked: "What will you do if the Russians unite with other countries to put pressure on you?"

Lin Yuan smiled and said: "Then let them come, I don't believe it, they dare to attack our country because of this matter, every country is very realistic, after they heard that I will not abolish those unequal treaties , will definitely not help the Russians wholeheartedly, at least not send troops for the Russians."

Shen Wanqing asked: "Then what should we do? Just watch the Russians forming alliances everywhere and remain indifferent?"

Lin Yuan said nervously: "It's really impossible to do this, we must find a way to reverse this situation!" Then Lin Yuan frowned, contemplating deeply, whenever there was danger or difficulty, Lin Yuan would always do something. Make this expression, and then come up with an ingenious solution, Shen Wanqing knows this very well, so she looks at him expectantly.

Unexpectedly, Lin Yuan spread out his hands, and said helplessly, "Actually, I have nothing to do."

Shen Wanqing couldn't help laughing coquettishly, and said: "Since you have no choice but to put on such a formal look, I have been waiting for a long time..."

At this moment, a follower suddenly came to report: "Lord Lin Yuan, Giles, the head of the Russian mission, has called us."

Shen Wanqing hurriedly asked, "Did Giles call himself?"

The entourage nodded, and Shen Wanqing said to Lin Yuan with a charming smile: "Look how high your rank is! When Russians call other countries, they always call with their assistants. When they come to you, they become Gilles." Hit it myself."

Seeing Lin Yuan and Shen Wanqing joking, the attendant didn't understand what it meant, so he asked, "Master Lin, will you answer this call?"

Lin Yuan smiled and said, "Pick it up! How can you not answer it? I can't slap him in the face when Giles has given me face like this!" Lin Yuan followed his entourage to the office, answered the phone, and heard Giles laughing. He said: "Is Mr. Lin Yuan free tonight? I would like to meet with you in person at the place where you are staying. I wonder what Mr. Lin Yuan would like?"

Lin Yuan said: "Okay, you can come." Putting down the phone, Lin Yuan began to think, why did Gilles see me?At around [-] o'clock in the evening, Giles came to Lin Yuan's hotel and talked nonsense, then Giles cut to the chase and said, "Mr. Lin Yuan, I hope that you can change your position and put The basis of the treaty we negotiated was changed back to the "Aigun Treaty" and the "Beijing Treaty."

Lin Yuan thought to himself: "If I approve these two treaties, then I will be an eternal sinner who sold the land of my motherland!" So Lin Yuan laughed and said: "If I ask you to cede Moscow and St. Petersburg to China, will you agree? "

Gilles smiled heartily and said, "Mr. Lin Yuan is really good at telling jokes. It seems that we can chat often in the future."

Lin Yuan also laughed loudly and said, "A philosopher in China once said: Do not do to others what you do not want done to yourself. Since you are not willing to sell your own land, why do you want me to sell my own land?"

Giles spread his hands and said sincerely, "I did this for your own good."

Lin Yuan thought to himself: "You have made me a sinner through the ages, and you even said it for me! It's really arguing, but I'll see if you can tell me the reason." So Lin Yuan smiled and said: " For my own good? Why didn't I see it?"

Giles said: "A few days ago, you charged me 130 million pounds. If your emperor knew about this, what would he think? When you go back, will you be punished? ?”

When Lin Yuan heard that Giles had brought out Emperor Guangxu to suppress him, he couldn't help it, and laughed hahaha. No matter how powerful Giles was, it was impossible for him to know that Lin Yuan was not afraid of the emperor at all, so Lin Yuan His laughter stunned him, and he asked in amazement: "What's so funny about you? Aren't you afraid of the emperor in Beijing? He knows that you have accepted bribes, and he will definitely be furious!"

Lin Yuan laughed for a while, and then said: "If you are going to sue me in front of the emperor, go ahead, if you can find him."

Giles raised his brows and said angrily: "Mr. Lin Yuan, I know you have many enemies in Beijing. Even if I can't tell the emperor directly, I will tell them about it. When the time comes, they will tell you about you in front of the emperor." Bad words, let me see what you should do?"

Lin Yuan said indifferently: "Please go ahead."

Giles stared at Lin Yuan, with an imperceptible smile on the corner of his mouth, he said softly: "Mr. Lin Yuan, in your mission, I not only sent money to you, but also to some other people With the money, as for who? I believe you will be able to find out with your ability."

"You Chinese have an old saying, which makes a lot of sense. It's called not worrying about the few but worrying about the inequality. It means that people are not afraid of poverty, but they are afraid of the inequality of the rich and the poor. The basic principles are very similar, if you don’t agree to my request, I will make this matter public, and when the time comes, your mission will be divided, and I don’t think you have the heart to fight with me.”

Hearing these words, Lin Yuan thought: "I said, why did Gilles send money to me and Wanqing? So there is a conspiracy here!" However, Gilles' words did make Lin Yuan worry, the mission is indeed not monolithic Needless to say, the people on our Beijing ship must be indistinguishable from outsiders; but in the mission there are Qing court officials headed by Xu Jingcheng; progressive young people headed by Qiu Jin and Wang Tingjun, and some businessmen, and even There are also ordinary people represented by Wang Genbao.

Officials are used to bribery, but others are not, especially Qiu Jin, Wang Genbao and the others, who treat themselves like gods. If they know that they have accepted bribes from the Russians, they will definitely despise themselves The idea of ​​​​a lot of work will not be able to be carried out at that time.

Gilles saw Lin Yuan's hesitation, and laughed, "I know that Mr. Lin Yuan has always been known for his honesty and incorruptibility in the country. If they find out that you also take bribes, and they are bribes from foreigners, you will be ruined! Let me show you a clear way, you must still remember the international condominium I told you about? We will follow that plan, and no one will suffer, don’t you think?”

Lin Yuan smiled coldly and said, "You don't need to worry about the internal affairs of our mission. If you want to tell me about my bribery, then you can go ahead and talk about it. I am always waiting."

Seeing that Lin Yuan had said so much, Giles knew that it was useless to say anything else, so he stood up and said with a sneer, "Actually, I have even more powerful tricks!"