But in the end, it was an eventful autumn, just when the uncle and nephew of the Xie family in Beijing packed up their bags and were about to leave for the New Year, in January 1915, the third year of the Republic of China, the Western calendar, the Japanese ambassador to China, Nichitoshi, suddenly made a request through the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to meet the president of the Republic of China in private. As the Chinese New Year is approaching, many ambassadors to China have extended New Year's greetings to Yuan Shikai and the citizens of the Republic of China on behalf of the president of their home countries, but the foreign ministry members who handled the matter did not smell the danger and happily contacted the presidential secretary and set the time for the president to meet Rizhiyi on January 8, and Xie Huaichang sent troops to escort Rizhiyi to the presidential palace.

This is Xie Huaichang's last official matter that he needs to personally inquire about before going home, with his identity, he didn't have to personally lead the troops, but the other party is a country's envoy after all, and it is close to the time of the Lunar New Year, he doesn't want to cause trouble again.

Xie Huaichang's duty was only to send Rizhiyi to the presidential palace and escort him back to the embassy in Japan after his visit. But unlike the rest of the ambassadors to China, Hiki had a long time to meet, during which the door to the president's office was locked, and all those who wanted to see the president, without exception, were asked to be at the back of the conference room. Mr. Hsieh waited in the conference room with the staff who had come to meet the president, and everyone realized that this was no ordinary diplomatic engagement.

Sure enough, after the meeting in Japan, Xie Huaichang sent him back to the embassy, and when he returned to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs again, he heard that the foreign minister and vice minister had been urgently summoned to the presidential palace. Someone came to Xie Huai'an to inquire about the news and asked him if Ri Zhiyi had told him anything on the way to the presidential palace.

But the party who asked the question also knew that Xie Huaichang was only in charge of security, and even if there was really any big thing, Rizhiyi would not tell him.

Xie Huai'an called Xie Daoyong, who was in the political affairs hall, in the office and asked him if Secretary of State Xu Shichang and Yang Shiqi, the left of the political affairs hall, were in the office.

Xie Daoyong didn't know what was going on, so he asked left and right before telling Xie Huaichang in a very ordinary tone: "It was still there before, and it seems that they all went out." ”

Xie Huaichang's heart tightened: "Do you know where to go?"

Xie Daoyong laughed: "How would I know." ”

Xie Huaichang pondered for a long time: "Uncle, something may have happened, if I guessed correctly, the two gentlemen should have been urgently summoned to the presidential palace." ”

In the second year of the Republic of China, the battle that broke out in the Sarajevo Incident led to a pot of porridge in Europe, and at that time, Japan put forward a request to take over all the privileges of Germany in Shandong, China, and took the lead in deploying troops to Japan, forcing the Central Committee of the Republic of China to retreat and advance without retreating, and had to recognize Japan's privileges in Shandong.

Now that the Japanese ambassador has asked to meet with the president, and after he left, the entire presidential palace has entered a tense and anxious atmosphere.

Xie Daoyong didn't pay much attention to this matter, because he was not among the few people summoned by President Yuan, and it was in vain to pay attention. But Xie Huaichang is very concerned about the national interests involved.

Xie Daoyong told him on the phone: "You pay attention to it, don't forget your identity...... Your father is still waiting for you to go back to Zhenjiang for the New Year. ”

However, Xie Huaichang did not go back in the end, because Zhao Bingjun directly met with him and ordered him to take full responsibility for the safety of the foreign minister and vice minister from now on.

This order was headless and brainless, but in the evening of the same day, the presidential palace issued a notice to remove Foreign Minister Sun Baoqi from his post and replace him with Lu Zhengxiang.

Lu Zhengxiang is President Yuan's confidant Wenchen, and when Tang Jiyao was deposed, Lu Zhengxiang was the candidate to succeed him. As the second premier of the Republic of China, Lu Zhengxiang's ability to deal with emergencies is obviously much higher than Sun Baoqi.

Yuan Shikai rarely abruptly removed or replaced his officials, but this time he acted vigorously and without warning. Sun Baoqi, who was dismissed, had no complaints, and Lu Zhengxiang, who replaced him, began to hold meetings one after another after taking office, and at the same time, Xie Huaichang received a list from the military department, asking him to protect the people on the list no matter what.

He looked at the list and asked as if unintentionally: "They are all high-ranking officials of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, will there be assassinations?"

Zhao Bingjun smiled: "If one of them is like Ferdinand, then we may be involved in the war...... But last year, the president just declared neutrality. ”

"At present, we have to borrow money from the banks of the five countries, so we really don't have the spare financial resources to participate in foreign wars, right?" Xie Huaichang memorized the list, took out a box of matches and burned the pages, "What happened?"

"You are in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, you must have guessed, now come to ask me, just want to be sure. Zhao Bingjun looked at him through a desk and said with a slight smile, "You guessed right, the Japanese ambassador to China, Nichiki Mashi, met with the president on the 8th and submitted a letter of agreement to Mr. President, which was called good-neighborliness and friendship between China and Japan, but in fact it was an immortal desire to covet our country's soil. The list I gave you is the main general of the next diplomatic war, Ning Yin, I handed over the general's life to you. ”

Xie Huaichang smiled: "If you kill me as the foreign minister, will you be able to take away my country's land?"

Zhao Bingjun sighed softly: "It's not appropriate to start a war right now, the big president means that if you can drag it out." Ri Zhiyi asked the president to keep the treaty secret, presumably because he did not want to let a third country know. When there is no tearing of the face, everyone will carefully maintain the tacit understanding, but if the matter is exposed in broad daylight, then the next situation is not out of our control. ”

There is a huge disparity in the combat strength of China and Japan, and in such a situation, the only way to delay the peace talks is to reduce the damage caused by foreign hostile countries by means of tricks. Japan is reluctant to make this treaty known to other countries, and President Yuan Da is even more reluctant to make it public to China.

He did not return to Zhenjiang, in fact, the entire central government of the Republic of China failed to spend this Lunar New Year peacefully. The Japanese side wants to complete the treaty before the New Year, and President Yuan wants to delay it. Lu Zhengxiang's diplomatic skills are extraordinary, he is short and stocky, with a kind smile, and when facing the Japanese ambassador, he neither grovels nor is domineering, just like facing a friend, but the other party's status is more noble.

So far, the treaty and negotiations have been carried out in secret, and even Xie Daoyong, who works in the political affairs hall, does not know what happened, so there is no way to give a true explanation for Xie Huaichang's detention in the capital in front of Xie Daozhong. However, the daily communication methods of everyone involved in this diplomatic struggle were monitored, and even if Xie Daozhong called to ask, Xie Huaichang could only be vague and vague about him.

The old man who was a grandfather put down the phone abruptly and sighed softly: "There must be some difficult official business." ”

"And it should be crucial. Xie Daoyong sat on the side and said in a low voice, "It can be regarded as being reused by the superiors." ”

Xie Daozhong sat across from him with a somewhat dazed expression: "I don't want him to be used seriously, especially in such state affairs." Merely...... He should be very happy to be reused. ”

"You can't control him anymore," Xie Daoyong smiled slightly, "Even I can't control him anymore." ”

"Maybe we haven't really managed it," Xie Daozhong turned his left hand around the wrench on the thumb of his right hand to symbolize the patriarch's power, and was silent for a long time before he said lightly, "The children are getting more and more their own ideas, and we old things should take a back seat and give them the venue." ”

This really didn't look like something Xie Dao could say! But he said it after all, and it seemed that he had been thinking about it for a long time, and finally made up his mind.

Xie Daoyong was taken aback: "What, you want to sue the old man?"

"Tell the old?" Xie Daozhong chuckled, sighing and shaking his head, "I'll tell the old, what about the Xie family's status in the officialdom?"

Xie Huai'an is a businessman, although Xie Huaichang is in the officialdom, but far away in Beijing, if Xie Daozhong is old, Zhenjiang is run by others, then after a few generations, the Xie family's status in Zhenjiang will completely decline.

Xie Daoyong had never thought about this problem – it is true that no businessman in history could have passed his family down from generation to generation by doing business alone, so it seemed that he had made a mistake in transferring Xie Huaichang to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs as a marginal figure, and that he should have been told to gain a foothold in the capital in time and then try to be sent to Zhenjiang – or Jiangsu Province.

Xie Daozhong saw his thoughts, and said: "You transferred him to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs before Wu Ziyu, it is not a wrong move, he will be under Wu Ziyu's control one day, and all the promotions and transfers are in his hands. The people of our family do not seek to soar into the sky, but only seek to win steadily. ”

He said, with a solemn expression: "I know you want to return to your hometown, but I'm afraid it won't work now, and it will have to be delayed for another two years." ”

"Two years" is just a casual mention, Xie Daoyong must at least stay in office until Xie Huaichang can gain a firm foothold in Beijing.

He sighed with emotion, looked at Xie Daozhong's ravine-ravine face, and smiled lightly: "Big brother has seen old in the past few years. ”

Xie Daozhong was stunned for a moment, and laughed slowly: "Zhiheng is too, I have been wandering outside for decades, and it has been hard. ”

"Do you think I'm hard now?" Xie Daoyong laughed, "Do you feel guilty that you left me in the capital for thirty years?"

"It's too late to feel guilty," Xie Daozhong sighed, "Actually, there is no need for this at all, I was too careful." ”

"Be careful to sail the ship of ten thousand years. Xie Daoyong comforted Xie Daozhong in turn, "Be enterprising in prosperous times, and think cautiously in troubled times." ”

"Zhiheng," Xie Dao said in a low voice, "Do you think that it has reached the peak of the age now?"

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