After the signing of the armistice agreement, the war between the Ming and the French coalition forces, which was marked by the signing, was finally concluded. On the day of the signing, according to the French, in order to show the sincerity of the French military, the French army began to gradually evacuate the battlefield, and the soldiers who remained in the camp would also withdraw one after another. After that, the two sides would not interfere with each other in the divided areas and strictly support the content of the agreement.

More than an hour later, when the guard came to report that the French did start to withdraw the camp as agreed, Ma Changbao and other officers finally breathed a sigh of relief. It seemed that these French people were relatively trustworthy. Since the French army began to retreat, it means that the signing of the other party's agreement was valid.

However, to be on the safe side, Ma Changbao still told the Ming army not to relax their vigilance and prepare for all defenses. It was not until a few days later that the last batch of French and Western coalition forces were all withdrawn, and the Ming army realized that the war was really over. The Ming army, both ordinary officers and soldiers, were very happy about it.

Regarding the unauthorized signing of the armistice agreement, Ma Changbao had already written a detailed report and sent it to Pan Mengyuan. When this report arrived in Pan Mengyuan, it was the fifth day after the French and Western coalition forces retreated in full. After carefully reading the report, Pan Mengyuan didn't speak for a long time. After a long time, he sighed and asked someone to invite Sun Hanxiang, the envoy of Xinming Tongzheng.

Although Sun Hanxiang was a civil servant, he actually came from the General Staff Department, and initially he was a military official. When he was in the General Staff Department, Sun Hanxiang was a master of planning and good at writing. He was a famous "scholar". Before coming to Xinming, his position had already reached the position of general, which was only one level lower than Pan Mengyuan. However, in terms of the difference between the central and local areas, Sun Hanxiang's rights were not bad at all.

However, in order to consider the importance of Xinming, Zhu Yicheng specially selected Sun Hanxiang, transferred him from a military position to a civilian position, and then transferred him from the General Staff Department to a position of direct appointment as a political envoy to Xinming.

The so-called Tongzheng Envoy will be the chief officer of Tongzheng Department from the official position, and Tongzheng Department is responsible for matters such as internal and external seals and subjects sealing complaints, etc., in other words, it is similar to the role of director of the leadership office.

This position is not too high in grade, only in third rank, but has a great power, and it plays the role of the steward around the emperor. The reason why he appointed and removed him from this position and sent him to Xinming was that Zhu Yicheng considered the particularity of Xinming's expansion, and the reason why Xinming did not really set up a prefecture for the time being.

So, Sun Hanxiang, the Tongzheng Envoy, is actually the civil servant leader of the court in Xinming. Compared with Pan Mengyuan, the Xinming Governor, Sun Hanxiang is also directly responsible for the emperor and assists the Governor's Office in the work of civil governance. Pan Mengyuan is naturally clear about this. Moreover, Zhu Yicheng sent Sun Hanxiang to Xinming to hold this position actually means that he has to trust him. On the contrary, both civil and military sides have restrictions. It is not a bad thing to use Tongzheng Envoy to restrain part of his power as the governor.

In addition, Sun Hanxiang was originally from the army, and his previous cooperation with Pan Mengyuan was very good. Although both sides rarely meet in private to avoid suspicion, they at least have a harmonious relationship.

After receiving the news that Pan Mengyuan asked him to go to the Governor's Office, Sun Hanxiang rushed over without thinking. If it were on weekdays, he might have sent someone to ask what it was, but now it is different from the past. With the war between the French and Ming dynasties and the Ming Dynasty in North America, the entire Xinming was under great pressure. As one of the two with the highest positions in Xinming, Sun Hanxiang immediately guessed that Pan Mengyuan must have been looking for him because of the war.

"Master, is it an urgent report from the front line? What's wrong with Ma Changbao?" As soon as he saw Pan Mengyuan, Sun Hanxiang asked impatiently.

Pan Mengyuan nodded, but shook her head at the same time. In a look that Sun Hanxiang was a little confused, he said, "That's right..."

Is that true? What does this mean? Sun Hanxiang asked in confusion. At this time, Pan Mengyuan smiled bitterly, took out a letter that he had just delivered today and handed it over and said, "You have a look at this first."

Sun Hanxiang took the letter and looked carefully. After a glance, he realized that the letter was sent from the envoy sent by the Ming Dynasty to negotiate with the British. According to the content of the letter, the British finally dispatched. According to the British, that is, Britain and the Ming Dynasty are allies, and the British side will never sit idly by and watch the Ming Dynasty be attacked by the Fans. For the sake of friendship between the two sides, the British side will inevitably abide by the agreement signed by His Majesty the Queen and His Majesty the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty to express Britain's sincerity.

After these unnutritional words, the letter writer wrote that the British did mobilize several elite troops and had launched military operations against New France in France, but the British did not send troops to advance in the direction of fighting, but instead advanced to the north.

In response, the Ming envoy asked the British why they did this, but the British side's reply was that the British military naturally had the freedom to formulate military operations. They did this to reduce the pressure on the war against the Ming army and use a relatively safe way to solve the problem.

After reading the letter quickly, Sun Hanxiang immediately understood what the British intended. As a former excellent general of staff, how could he not understand what the British were planning.

"It's really easy to plot." Sun Hanxiang sneered: "These British people are proficient in the three kinds of military tactics and have played the trick of surrounding Wei and saving Zhao. However, in my opinion, it is probably because Xiang Zhuang dances his sword intent in Pei Gong. They have repeatedly tried to shirk reasons, but now they are acting like this, and they treat me as a fool."

"Brother Sun said very well." Pan Mengyuan nodded. They were all one of the best generals of the Ming Dynasty and were also military and political officials in charge. How could they not see through these?

"But then again, the British were not without any benefit to Ma Changbao. At least the French would definitely return to the army to rescue him. As long as Ma Changbao persisted for a while, the siege on the front line would be unsolved..." Although seeing through the British's intentions, Sun Hanxiang could not refuse to deny that the British did this, although it was very likely that the fisherman would benefit from the fight between the snipe and the clam, and the British would eventually make the profit, but it would also reduce the pressure on the front line, which made Sun Hanxiang, who had been worried these days, breathed a little relieved.

If it weren't for Ma Changbao's letter, Pan Mengyuan might have made the same judgment as Sun Hanxiang. However, when Sun Hanxiang said this, Pan Mengyuan immediately smiled bitterly and shook his head. In Sun Hanxiang's doubts, he handed over the second letter.
Chapter completed!