Although he had not yet entered the Military Affairs Office, his power was far less prominent than in the future, and his official position was only the deputy commander of the Cabinet Scholar Inlaid Blue Banner, Sushun was still the most popular person in front of Emperor Xianfeng. Even the Minister of Military Affairs and the Minister of the Six Ministers had to be polite when they saw Sushun's speech. There were countless officials who wanted to embrace Sushun's thick thighs. Unfortunately, the first impression Wu Chaoyue left on Sushun was very bad.

The reason is that Wu Chaoyue is too suspicious. Even though Su Shun has already shown his identity and stated that he is here to re-invest the case of Wu's grandparents and grandchildren colluding with foreigners, he also promised that Wu Jianzhang stay in his original position for the time being. However, Wu Chaoyue insisted on re-letting Weng Tonghe and insisted that Su Shun show the Xianfeng imperial edict first and then release him. Even if Wu Jianzhang spoke out, he would not listen to the advice, and directly explained: "Grandpa, you can't believe it, beware that they want to trick Weng Tonghe first, and then take the opportunity to catch us all!"

In the end, Sushun had no choice but to take out Xianfeng's imperial edict to read it aloud, proving that he was indeed here to deal with Weng's heart rather than to trouble the grandparents and grandchildren of the Wu family. Wu Chaoyue then let go of Weng Tonghe and went to Sushun to apologize. Sushun was very dissatisfied and couldn't help scolding: "Mr. Wu, your suspicion is too serious, right? I have already expressed my intention in public. You are still so suspicious. Can you even believe me?"

"Mr. Su is to forgive his crimes, and he is not unavoidable." Wu Chaoyue said very directly and replied frankly: "The villain has never seen you before and does not know your status. Of course, he has to be careful of Weng Xin's sudden tricks and send someone to pretend to be a fake imperial envoy to deceive his son, and then take the opportunity to kill me and my grandfather and I, so the villain has to be more cautious."

Su Shun snorted even more dissatisfiedly, and Su Shun immediately added Wu Chaoyue to the blacklist he didn't like, but fortunately, Su Shun was also a person with a big belly, and didn't think about revenge on Wu Chaoyue's disrespect for him. He just asked Wu Jianzhang's grandparents and grandchildren to enter the city as soon as possible and face the Weng Xincang, who was suspected of lying to deceive the emperor. As a result, Wu Jianzhang agreed happily, but Wu Chaoyue was still worried about being the Qing Dynasty. The court caught all the troops in one go, and on the excuse that the concession was preparing to send troops, he wanted to go back to the concession to explain and comfort to the foreigners, but refused to follow Sushun into the city, and persuaded Wu Jianzhang to go back to the concession with him. Although Wu Jianzhang understood the thoughts of his precious grandson, in order to win the reinstatement, Wu Jianzhang did not agree to go back to the concession with his grandson, but asked Wu Chaoyue to go back to the concession to explain to the foreigners first, and he followed Sushun into the city to confront Weng Xin.

Because he was worried that the conflict with foreigners would further expand, Sushun agreed to let Wu Chaoyue go back to the concession to negotiate with foreigners to comfort the foreigners first. So Wu Chaoyue and Wu Jianzhang told each other to take care of each other for a while. Wu Jianzhang followed Sushun to Shanghai City, while Wu Chaoyue returned to the concession to introduce the situation to the consulates of various countries. As a result, A Liguo, Qi Liyun and others all sneered after hearing this, and they all said that it was too late to do so. If the stupid and arrogant Qing court did not force the concession to make factual concessions, the joint fleet would never return! Wu Chaoyue smiled bitterly, but he was helpless.

The facts proved that Wu Chaoyue was worried this time. When it was dark, Wu Jianzhang happily returned to the concession and told Wu Chaoyue that Weng Xincun had been taken down by Sushun, and Yuan Zuqian was also dismissed from office on the spot. All the Wu family members who had been arrested were released before, and the property seized by Weng Xincun was returned in full. At the same time, Su Shun also praised Wu Jianzhang for being loyal to his duties while being unjustly wronged, saying that Emperor Xianfeng was also very satisfied with this matter, and that the old Wu family had a great hope of safely tragedy.

"Grandpa, then how do you say that I will jointly build a factory with foreigners and help foreigners preach? " Wu Chaoyue asked a very critical question.

"Mr. Su said that these matters need to be investigated carefully. After finding out the truth, he reported to the court and asked the court to decide." Wu Jianzhang answered truthfully, then patted Wu Chaoyue on the shoulder and comforted him: "Don't worry, this matter has reached this point. The court should not be entangled in this matter anymore. Grandpa will give Lord Su some more money to him and ask him to say a few more good words to you in the memorable comments. It will be fine if you go there in a vague way."

"I'm afraid it's not that simple." Wu Chaoyue dared not be as optimistic as the comprador grandfather, reminding him: "Grandpa, don't forget that the foreigners' joint fleet went to Dagukou to negotiate directly with the court. At that time, the foreigners bombarded Dagukou and forced the court to make more concessions, which also involved our affairs. The court and the emperor were furious and might not have attacked us again!"

Wu Jianzhang's face changed and he nodded immediately, recognizing the concern of his baby grandson. Then Wu Jianzhang's face changed again and he cried out, "Oh no, why did I forget to tell the imperial envoy the foreign fleet to Dagukou?"

After complaining, Wu Jianzhang had to return to Shanghai City to report this major event to Sushun. Wu Chaoyue quickly stopped him and urged Wu Jianzhang not to take risks to enter the city. It would be better to stay in the concession and send someone to report the matter to Sushun. However, Wu Jianzhang was obsessed with the official thoughts and believed that no matter how the next step should be developed, he must now support Sushun, a popular celebrity in front of Xianfeng. He insisted on returning to Shanghai City. Wu Chaoyue's hard advice was useless, so he had to let Wu Jianzhang flatter Sushun, and then muttered: "Look, this matter may not be finished in one or two months."

After Wu Chaoyue's crow was told that the foreigners' joint fleet was evacuated to attack Dagukou, Sushun was shocked and forced Wu Jianchang to return to the concession overnight to negotiate with the foreigners, asking the foreigners to withdraw to Shanghai and discuss again. Wu Jianchang smiled bitterly and said that he had persuaded him long ago but it was useless. As a result, he was scolded by Su Shun, so he had to run back in shame and negotiate with A Liguo and others. However, A Liguo and others, who were determined to force the Qing court to further open up the country, still refused flatly, let Wu Jianchang get angry in the middle, and run around on both sides.

Feeling sorry for the embarrassing situation of the comprador grandfather, Wu Chaoyue gave Wu Jianchang another bad idea, persuaded Wu Jianchang to submit his resignation by restraining his descendants, and resigned to avoid the storm, kicked the ball back to Sushun and asked him to find a solution by himself. Wu Jianchang was still a little reluctant at first, but in the end he was forced by Sushun. However, Wu Jianchang gritted his teeth and actually submitted his resignation. Then he did not think that Su Shun, who was afraid of taking the blame, did not allow Wu Jianchang to resign, but did not dare to force Wu Jianchang too much as before. He just tried his best to push the responsibility of angering foreigners and causing foreigners to send troops to Weng Xincun, and submitted a memorial to ask Emperor Xianfeng to decide.

At the same time, the warning memorial that Wu Jianzhang had previously requested the Governor Lu Jianying of Liangjiang to be sent to Xianfeng by Lu Jianying for 600 miles. Emperor Xianfeng was shocked and had not had time to send reinforcements to Dagukou, Dagukou had already sent an urgent military report, reporting that the foreign fleet had already arrived at Dagukou, and a diplomatic note jointly signed by Burbron on behalf of the consuls of the six Western countries was asked to send a plenipotentiary representative to negotiate with the six Western countries on the contents proposed by the previous note. Emperor Xianfeng was forced to hold a court meeting and discuss countermeasures with the ministers.

This court meeting turned into a quarrel. The xenophobic factions represented by Mu Yin, Linkui and Senggelinqin firmly advocated going to war with foreigners, but many court officials were afraid of the strong ships and cannons of foreigners, and were even more unwilling to open an external battlefield when the Taiping Army became more and more joking, advocating negotiations and appropriate concessions in exchange for peace. The pro-war factions and the pro-peace factions argued endlessly, and almost fought in the Golden Palace. They discussed for a long time without any results.

It was also coincidental that when Emperor Xianfeng was hesitating about whether to start a war with foreigners again, bad news came from Hunan, saying that the Taiping Army, who had been playing hide-and-seek with the Qing army at the junction of Hunan and Guangxi, had prominent troops and captured the county of Daozhou, a military city in Hunan. The Hunan Admiral Yu Wanqing, who was ordered to block it, did not even dare to see the Taiping Army. He stole the civilian ship and fled directly to Lanshan. The Qing generals such as Sai Shang A, Xiang Rong and others did not know the main force of the Taiping Army until the fall of Daozhou. They would not have time to launch a counterattack on Daozhou for a while. The gateways in Hunan were opened, which implicated Guangdong next to them.

Upon receiving this news, Emperor Xianfeng, who was furious, immediately issued an order to kill Yu Wanqing, and he had no intention of starting a war with foreigners. He could only decide to beg for grievance and send a full-minded minister to negotiate with foreigners and strive for a peaceful handling of the matter. However, what made Emperor Xianfeng vomit blood was that after he announced the decision at the court meeting, no minister was willing to serve as the representative to negotiate with foreigners. It was all your push and let each other go, and humble, and no one volunteered for a long time.

But then again, it is really impossible to blame the Qing ministers in the court for their unwillingness to do their duty. Instead, none of the Qing ministers who were ordered to negotiate with foreigners before would have any good ending. Qi Shan, who signed the "Wearing the Grass Treaty", was almost cut off by Daoguang. Mu Zhanga, who was powerful in the court, was beaten down by Emperor Xianfeng himself. Then Emperor Xianfeng wrote a handwritten edict to cut off the heads of Qiying who promised to let foreigners enter and leave Guangzhou City. In the end, although he only took Qiying's official position under the persuasion of everyone, these were enough to let all civil and military officials learn from it, and he dared not take anyone else to take over this mission that was destined to take the blame.

In the end, there was no other way. Emperor Xianfeng could only directly issue an order and ask the Minister of Personnel Hua Shana to take the blame. However, after Hua Shana was sad, she ran to Dagukou to negotiate with the foreigners, she quickly sent a note saying that the foreigners did not open their mouths this time, but whales opened their mouths! He proposed harsh conditions including opening Tianjin as a trading port, allowing foreigners to garrison in Tianjin and allowing foreigners to establish an embassy in the capital! Hua Shana was a plenipotent minister, and did not have the courage to agree to let the foreigners garrison at the feet of the emperor. He could only report to Emperor Xianfeng truthfully and ask Emperor Xianfeng to decide.

It was still a coincidence that when the Huashanao was sent to Xianfeng by Qi Jizao, Emperor Xianfeng was just like the last time, and Emperor Xianfeng was just with his favorite concubine, Concubine Lan. After reading the Huashanao's remarks, Emperor Xianfeng was furious and inevitably fell into a dilemma again. He was determined to fight but had no courage and wanted to negotiate but could not accept the conditions of foreigners. Helplessly, Emperor Xianfeng could only ask Qi Jizao, who was sending the remarks, "Qi Aiqing, in your opinion, what should we do about this matter?"

The matter is too big, and if you can't say it well, you may be blamed. Therefore, Qi Shuzao's answer was very smooth, and he replied: "Your Majesty, I am not familiar with Tongyi, so I can't have any opinions for long live reference. But the emperor might as well hold a court meeting and discuss this matter with the ministers."

Xianfeng frowned and refused to speak. He neither wanted to listen to the quarrels of the ministers, nor did he want to discuss how to bow to foreigners in the current dynasty. However, the nobleman Lan next to him wanted to speak but stopped. He tried to speak several times but forced himself to hold it back. Finally, when Xianfeng discovered this, he took the initiative to say: "My beloved, what do you think?"

"Emperor, the harem is not allowed to interfere in politics, and I dare not speak nonsense." Guiren Lan's hypocritical answer was indeed fake enough.

"It's okay to say it straight, I just ask you what you think." Emperor Xianfeng waved his hand, not caring about his favorite concubine's comments on this matter.

"Then I'm brave enough to speak out." Guiren Lan was not very modest and said directly: "I think it's better to let Hua Shana compete with foreigners. Foreigners ask for a lot of prices. We can pay back the money locally, so we may not be able to let foreigners give in."

"Foreigners are all barbarians overseas, and they do not know justice and courtesy, which is unreasonable. It is probably difficult to let Hua Aiqing argue with them." Xianfeng shook his head, and had no confidence in Hua Shana's diplomatic ability.

"Your Majesty, I don't think so," said Lan Guiren again: "It is true that foreigners are barbarians, but after they bombarded Wusongkou some time ago, they still paid tariffs to our Qing customs under Wu Jianzhang's negotiations. There are examples before."

"That's because Wu Jianzhang is a bit talented and has a good relationship with foreigners." Xianfeng replied smoothly.

"Your Majesty, then why don't you consider letting Wu Jianchang go to Beijing and help Hua Shana negotiate with foreigners?"

The words of Concubine Lan almost made Emperor Xianfeng jump up, and then Emperor Xianfeng turned his head in surprise to look at his beloved concubine and said, "Let Wu Jianzhang enter the capital? What are you talking nonsense about beloved concubine? Don't you know that the foreigners' soldiers attacked Dagukou this time because of him and his grandson?"

"It is precisely because this incident happened because of him that I suggest that you use him by the emperor." Lan Guiren smiled charmingly and said, "Your Majesty, have you forgotten a saying that if you need to tie the bell, you need to tie the bell? Wu Jianzhang has the talent of Tongyi, and this incident happened because of him. Isn't it much more convenient to transfer him to Beijing to help Lord Hua negotiate with foreigners?"

"That dog thief colluded with foreigners very closely. What if he took the opportunity to sell the Qing Dynasty to foreigners?" Emperor Xianfeng asked sternly.

"Then just cut him with one knife." Lan Guiren answered extremely directly, saying: "He indulged his descendants to help foreigners preach and build factories. Foreigners shouted for injustice for him. It is not convenient for you to kill him, but if he colluded with foreigners to sell the Qing Dynasty during the negotiations, the emperor would behead him and ask for guilt. The foreigners naturally had nothing to say. Moreover, the final ruling of this matter is still in the hands of the emperor. If you feel that Wu Jianzhang's results were not satisfied, Hua Shana would not be allowed to sign. Isn't ******* unscathed?"

Speaking of this, Concubine Lan pursed her lips and smiled, and said, "But if Wu Jianzhang helped Hua Shana talk to the foreigners, the emperor could also pardon his previous crimes with the flow. Wouldn't it be a killing two birds with one stone?"

Xianfeng finally understood the true meaning of his wife. It was possible to let Wu Jianzhang participate in the negotiations to give him the opportunity to sell his country, but the final decision was in his own hands. If Wu Jianzhang really did something about selling his country, he would not allow Hua Shana to sign the treaty. He could also take the opportunity to cut Wu Sangui's family, who felt unhappy when he heard the name, and would exclaim that he would be angry. But if Wu Jianzhang helped Hua Shana to negotiate well with the foreigners, he would follow the flow and issue an order to pardon his previous crime, which not only met the foreigners' demands to admit that the Wu family's grandparents were innocent, but also did not lose face and not make outsiders think that the Qing court was forced to pardon the Wu family's grandparents and grandparents by foreigners. It was indeed a good way to kill two birds with one stone.

Seeing that Xianfeng had been shaken, Concubine Lan took the opportunity to say, "Your Majesty, I'll dare to remind you one more thing. The last time Wu Jianzhang was responsible for solving the problem, foreigners drove the gunships to Jiangning City, but Wu Jianzhang just asked the court to dismiss a seventh-rank county magistrate and asked the people who caused the accident to compensate 300 taels of silver. He did not sign any treaty or open a port, so the foreigners' gunships retreated from the Yangtze River and completely settled the barbarian affairs. In comparison, other barbarian affairs..."

Speaking of this, Concubine Lan lowered her voice obediently and stopped her mouth, and did not poke the scars in Xianfeng's heart about various treaties. Xianfeng nodded involuntarily, and then he realized that the Qingpu lesson plan that Wu Jianzhang was responsible for handling last time was indeed quite good - at least he was not forced to open a port, pay for military expenses, and sign a treaty that made the Qing court lose face.

At this time, Qi Shizao, who had been silent beside him, suddenly spoke and said carefully: "Your Majesty, I have a small matter to report to you about Wu Jianzhang. When Mr. Lin Wenzhong was in Guangzhou, he named Wu Jianzhang as the general translator, helped him handle barbarian affairs, and took him to participate in the Guangzhou ban on smoking and the Humen cigarette removal throughout the process. During this period, Wu Jianzhang made some achievements..."

"Is there anything wrong?"

Xianfeng and Concubine Lan were both shocked, and then Concubine Lan couldn't help but ask again, "What an upright person is Lin Wenzhong? Can you still name someone like Wu Jianzhang as a translation?"

"It's true that Wen Zhonggong's attention is Wu Jianzhang's family background and Wu Jianzhang is a bit moral and moral. He was the only businessman in Guangdong who refused to do opium business at that time, so Wen Zhonggong chose him. Later, Wu Jianzhang's foreign companies went bankrupt and went bankrupt. Even Wu Bingjian, the richest man in the Thirteenth Company, died and his family was defeated. Wu Jianzhang's business became bigger and bigger, and he was getting better and better. It was because Wen Zhonggong wanted to support and take care of Wu Jianzhang's credit for his meritorious day."

Qi Shuzao answered truthfully and said, "The Wei minister is familiar with Duke Lin Wenzhong. This is what he told him personally. The reason why the Qingpu Yi case was appointed by the Qingpu Yi case was to negotiate with foreigners because the then governor of Yunnan and Guizhou was strongly recommended by Duke Lin Wenzhong, who was the governor of Yunnan and Guizhou, was that the Tai emperor had made an exception and initiated the Wu Jianzhang, who was only an alternate road, was fully responsible for the Qingpu Yi affairs."
Chapter completed!