After the British reporter finished asking, there was a burst of "buzzing" discussion at the scene, because the British reporter's question was indeed a bit excessive, and it also had some flavor of provoking trouble. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info However, in this era, it is normal for reporters to ask some sharp and tricky questions, that is, in the old time and space, reporters' questions will not be flat and stable, with thorns in the words, and there are not a few digging pits. Therefore, the other reporters present didn't pay much attention to it, just to see how Qin Zheng responded.

Qin Zheng said: "First of all, I want to correct what you just said, we did not forcibly occupy the concessions of various countries by force, because these concessions were originally Chinese territory, and it was other countries that forcibly occupied the concessions instead of us. ”

The British reporter was about to open his mouth to argue, but Qin Zheng continued: "I know that these concessions were all signed by various countries and the Qing State, and I don't want to argue with you here whether these treaties were signed on equal terms, nor do I want to discuss whether the treaty signing the concession is legally binding on us, but now the Qing State and the countries are still in a state of war, since it is in a time of war, then there is no reason to be reasonable or unreasonable." ”

After a pause, Qin Zheng continued: "However, in our opinion, the concession is a symbol of the Qing Dynasty's loss of national sovereignty and a symbol of China's humiliation in recent decades, so our recovery of the concession is an act of safeguarding China's sovereignty." As for the question you raised, there are too many assumptions and premises, and it also involves our military secrets, so I can't answer your question, but of course he can also find an answer in my last reply according to his own understanding. But one thing I can tell you is that we have never had a plan to attack Shanghai, thank you. ”

After Qin Zheng's answer was finished, there was another round of applause at the scene, because Qin Zheng's reply was neither humble nor arrogant, and it was reasonable and modest, although he was calm, but he was also soft and hard, and there was a needle hidden in the cotton, which not only showed the attitude of the traverser, but also stabbed the British reporter back, it should be said that the answer was quite good.

The British reporter sat down a little embarrassed, and the reporter of the [News] who asked the next question said: "If this negotiation is successful, then what is the next step for your people?"

Qin Zheng smiled: "Of course, I want to stay in China and settle down, otherwise what else can I do?"

There was some laughter at the scene, and the reporter of Shanghai [News] looked embarrassed, and hurriedly said: "I didn't mean that, I asked ...... Is it to ask...... Yes to ask ......" I was so anxious that I didn't know what to say, so I was so anxious that I was sweating profusely.

Qin Zheng said: "Mr. reporter, don't worry, I understand the meaning of your question." You must all know our origin by now, the island we founded overseas has sunk, so our return to China this time is not a short return to visit relatives, but a complete return to the land of our parents, but also a return to the roots, just coincided with this war, so we went to war with other countries, from our hearts, we still love peace and refuse war. If this negotiation is successful, we will naturally stay on the land of China, otherwise it will be so difficult that we will find another island to build a state? In addition, we also know overseas that over the past few decades, the Qing court has been ceding land and paying reparations, losing power and humiliating the country, so we also hope that through our efforts and experience, we will help China shake off backwardness, oppression, and humiliation, and gradually move toward prosperity and strength. ”

The next question was asked by an American reporter, who said: "I have read your pamphlet introducing your history, but the records in it are a little simpler, and I hope to get some more detailed information, and according to our understanding, the country you established overseas seems to be practicing a similar republican system, but as far as we know, China has always been an absolute monarchy, and your ancestors were also in the period of absolute monarchy when they left China, so how did you establish the republican system?" ”

Qin Zheng felt a little surprised by this question from the American reporter, and he didn't know what his intention was in asking this question, but he was just curious about the affairs of the traversers, or was he a little instigated from it? Because although he was only asking about the system of the traversers, the question itself was a very sensitive matter, and since it was a country like the Qing court, which still practiced feudal autocracy, the republican system was simply like a flood of beasts, and it was simply a matter of insoluble water and fire.

However, Qin Zheng thought about it, although the traveler still needs the banner of the Qing court, there is no need to care too much about the attitude of the Qing court, after all, with the strength and prestige of the current traveler, there is no need for the Qing court at all, and although the traveler still needs this skin, it is not appropriate to dissolve too deeply with the Qing court. The symbol of backwardness, secondly, the ultimate goal of the traverser is to overthrow the Qing court, so it is also necessary to keep a certain distance from the Chunting court, so that the Chinese of this era feel that the traverser is different from the Qing court. In Qin Zheng's answer just now, he didn't save any face for the Qing court at all, and he approved what should be approved, and he couldn't use any negative words such as losing power, humiliating the country, and backwardness, so there was no need to scruple about the Qing court at this time.

So Qin Zheng said: "The country we have established overseas is indeed a republican system that you think, of course, compared with the current countries with a republican system such as your country and France, there are still some differences in details, but one thing is the same, that is, there is no monarch, the head of state is elected, and there are term limits and are subject to the supervision of the people. As for our history, we will gradually release more relevant information in the future, so please be patient. ”

After a pause, Qin Zheng said again: "And how did our ancestors implement the republican system, the reason is not complicated, because there are no princes and grandsons among our ancestors, so no one is qualified to be the king, and our ancestors also reflected on the history of China and thought that absolute monarchy was not a good system, so they decided to choose the ability to The most notary person to lead our country, and in order to prevent the emergence of a dictator, so the term of office of the leader was stipulated, and then gradually improved this system, and also absorbed the advantages of some other countries' systems, and finally formed our republican system, and in the future, we will make public relevant information, specifically introduce our political system, to satisfy everyone's curiosity. ”

After listening to Qin Zheng's reply, the current Chinese are also relieved, although Qin Zheng made a lot of criticisms of the Qing court before, but these criticisms are basically recognized by the Chinese of this era, and they are not considered taboos, and the traverser is not a subject of the Qing court now, plus the current prestige is as good as Zhongtian, so although the words are a little excessive, no one has any objections. But when it comes to the system, it is too sensitive, so everyone wants to hear Qin Zheng's reply, but they are afraid that Qin Zheng's reply will appear more promising, forbidden words. After all, most people still hope that the time-travelers can cooperate with the Qing court and bring China into the ranks of prosperity and power in the traditional model of Ming monarchs and virtuous ministers.

Although Qin Zheng's answer seems to be a bit rebellious, and even has some meaning of accusing the monarchy, he is talking about the history of overseas Chinese after all, and did not mention the Qing court, so it cannot be said that he is wrong, of course, if it is in the Qing court's "Kangqian prosperous era" era, whether this remark is right or wrong, it is a capital crime, but the current Qing court has long passed the era of the sky, not to mention that Qin Zheng did not explicitly refer to the Qing court, even if Qin Zheng directly said that the monarchy system of the Qing court is not good, the Qing court has no choice.

Of course, this is undoubtedly a great subject for foreign journalists, enough to write a sensational report after returning to China.

Although the [Declaration] at this time was not the newspaper that had great influence in the whole of China, but at this time in Shanghai, the [Declaration] was already quite an influential newspaper, and it was established as one of the three major newspapers in Shanghai along with the "Zilin Shanghai Daily" and "News Daily".

The reporter of the [declaration] said: "We have noticed that during this period of time, you have repeatedly mentioned that the Qing Dynasty needs to be innovated in various activities, so what kind of innovation do you think the Qing Dynasty should need to carry out, just now the Qin political commissar mentioned that you can help the Qing Dynasty to carry out innovation, please ask if you have a plan to help the Qing Dynasty to innovate." Will it be based on your experience in building a country overseas? ”

Qin Zheng nodded, [Declaration] is indeed [Declaration], and the questions raised are also quite level, the Qing court wants to carry out reforms, which is basically the consensus of the Chinese elites, but how this change should change, no one can say clearly, and the arrival of overseas Chinese has also made the Chinese elites see a glimmer of hope, because it is the traveler who is promoting the Qing court should carry out the change in various activities, giving people the impression that the traveler wants to lead the reform of the Qing court, so some people are also eager to hear the reform ideas of the overseas Chinese.

In addition, Qin Zheng could also hear that the potential question of this question was whether the traverser would implement a republican system in the Qing court, which would be to subvert the Qing court.

Qin Zheng said: "Since the Opium War, the situation in China has developed to the current Gengzi State changes, I think I don't need to say, everyone also knows that if the Qing State does not carry out reforms, there will be no hope, so change is the trend of the times, there is no doubt about this." And in fact, the Qing court had already done a lot of things in terms of innovation, such as the Westernization Movement. However, compared to the Meiji Restoration carried out in Japan, these innovations were clearly not enough, as evidenced by the results of the First Sino-Japanese War. As for what kind of reform should be carried out by the Qing court, after all, we have just returned to China, and we are not very clear about the current situation in China and the operation of the system of the Qing court, so the reform of the Qing court should be led by the Qing court, and we have not formulated any reform plan. Our experience in building a country overseas should be said to have a certain reference effect on the future reform of the Qing court, but after all, the conditions of the two are different, and we cannot copy them rigidly, but the reform must be carried out, and as long as we can help, we are absolutely duty-bound. ”