1867年,清政府急需派遣特使出国,但寻遍朝野竟无一人堪当此任,万般无奈之时,恭亲王奕想出个“金点子”———大清国总理衙门急商差遣钦差出国修约1865年11月,担任中国海关总税务司的英国人赫德向清政府“总理各国事务衙门”(掌管外交、通商事务,下简称总理衙)呈送《局外旁观论 In 1867, the Qing government urgently needed to send a special envoy to go abroad, but no one looked through the ranks of both the government and the office. When desperation, Kung Prince Wang Yi came up with a “golden idea” --- the Qing dynasty In November 1865, Hurd, the British general department of customs administration of China, presented to the Qing government the “Yamen of the Prime Ministers” (in charge of diplomatic and commercial affairs, hereinafter referred to as the Prime Minister’s Office)