清代之竹头木屑
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2 chapters·27,279 characters·Classical Chinese · Public Domain
唐景星香山唐景星观察廷枢，洞悉欧洲情势，有干才。同治初，奉旨在总理衙门行走。时大臣未谙欧洲交涉之术，每欧使盛气相凌，诸大臣辄噤缩相顾，不敢发一语，于是外人玩侮益甚。一日，威使争一事未得，辄拍案厉声，唐忽奋拳起曰：“威妥马，汝何得如此？”威怒曰：“汝何故无礼，敢直呼我名？”唐曰：“此何地而汝拍案？吾何得复有礼于汝？”威使出不意，闻是言遂稍戢其威。后有人问唐曰：“汝何以敢得罪大使？”唐曰：“吾在彼久，熟知彼中事。在公堂拍案，彼已有过，故彼无以罪我也。”然大臣等，终以唐在衙门，恐易启衅，遂出之。
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