▁G ong ▁to ▁carry ▁on ▁peace ▁negoti ations ▁is ▁not ▁an ▁easy ▁one ▁to ▁shoulder . ▁I ▁deeply ▁understand ▁the ▁difficult ▁situation ▁he ▁was ▁put ▁into . ▁There ▁is ▁no ▁need ▁to ▁pun ish ▁him ." ▁Prince ▁G ong ▁settled ▁the ▁diplom atic ▁affairs ▁in ▁Be ij ing ▁by ▁the ▁end ▁of ▁ 1 8 6 0 . ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 8 6 1 , ▁Prince ▁G ong ▁set ▁up ▁the ▁Z ong li ▁Y amen , ▁which ▁function ed ▁as ▁the ▁Q ing ▁government ' s ▁de ▁fact o ▁foreign ▁affairs ▁min istry , ▁and ▁placed ▁Gu ili ang ▁( <0xE6> <0xA1> <0x82> 良 ) ▁and ▁W en xi ang ▁in ▁charge ▁of ▁it . ▁He ▁wrote ▁a ▁mem orial ▁to ▁the ▁X ian f eng ▁Emperor , ▁propos ing ▁to ▁enh ance ▁the ▁training ▁of ▁B anner ▁Tro ops ▁in ▁Be ij ing ▁and ▁let ▁the ▁Q ing ▁troops ▁station ed ▁in ▁J il in ▁and ▁Heil ong ji ang ▁provinces ▁train ▁with ▁the ▁Russian ▁Empire ' s ▁forces ▁and ▁stock p ile ▁military ▁supplies . ▁The ▁gener als ▁Sh eng ba o ▁( 勝 保 ), ▁J ing ch un ▁( 景 <0xE6> <0xB7> <0xB3> ) ▁and ▁others ▁were ▁ordered ▁to ▁train ▁the ▁troops ▁in ▁Be ij ing ▁and ▁n ortheast ▁China . ▁ ▁Under ▁the ▁T ong z hi ▁Emperor ▁ ▁X iny ou ▁C oup ▁Before ▁the ▁X ian f eng ▁Emperor ▁died ▁in ▁August ▁ 1 8 6 1 ▁in ▁the ▁Ch eng de ▁Mountain ▁Res