The Lunar New Year is approaching in the blink of an eye, and Japan's plan to sign a treaty with Yuan Shikai before the Lunar New Year has failed, which has plunged the entire Japanese embassy in China into a scorching atmosphere. Lu Zhengxiang can be regarded as a small victory, but he is not happy at all, because this small victory really does not play a role, but will make the Japanese side more aggressive in the next negotiations.

But Sakurai Shun didn't seem to be in the anxious crowd, he even took Sakurai Miko to Xie Huaichang's residence to pay New Year's greetings on the twenty-ninth day of the lunar calendar, but Xie Huaichang was left in Lu Zhengxiang's house by Lu Zhengxiang, so he didn't see him, so he had to ask his neighbor to convey his heart.

Xie Huaichang had long reported his friendship and relationship with Sakurai Shun to Lu Zhengxiang, firstly to clear his suspicions, and secondly, to hope that his relationship could provide Lu Zhengxiang with new ideas or some other help—although he felt that it was extremely unlikely.

Lu Zhengxiang's reaction was as he expected, because the former was the one who had really dealt with Sakurai Shun. According to Lu Zhengxiang, Sakurai Shun is a polite gentleman, and he has the temperament of a Confucian general compared to the average soldier, but the so-called righteous Jia Ci is not in charge of the army, and he can attend the negotiations as a representative of the Japanese military, obviously not by his gentlemanly bearing and the so-called Confucian general's demeanor.

Xie Huaichang lived in Lu Mansion for the entire New Year, no guests came to pay New Year's greetings, no relatives were full of relatives to celebrate the New Year, and the entire Ministry of Foreign Affairs was not in the mood for the New Year, so instead of those banquets and blessings, there were only one endless meeting after another.

After receiving the treaty, Yuan Shikai commented on the 21 clauses on the covenant one by one, and he held a secret meeting with Mr. Liang for several days to determine that China's attitude towards the treaty was to avoid the important and trivial, thus setting the tone for normal negotiations.

The battle in Europe is still in full swing, and there will be no results in a month or two. Yuan Shikai originally declared neutrality and planned to concentrate on developing its own economy, industry, and military during the European war, but Japan planned to take advantage of this opportunity to take advantage of the fire to rob, which made Yuan Shikai have to adjust his strategy, pay close attention to the situation in the European war, and plan to declare his participation in the war at an appropriate time, so as to strive for an international environment favorable to China.

Lu Zhengxiang was dejected in private, but when he stepped into the office building of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, he would immediately be in high spirits, and the more the Japanese side was afraid of something, the more he had to do something.

The more long the night is long, and the longer the day is delayed, the greater the possibility of international intervention in the treaty.

As soon as Lu Zhengxiang entered the office building, his secretary greeted him worriedly: "I received a call from the Japanese Embassy, and Ambassador Nippon Zhiyi asked for another negotiation meeting in the afternoon. ”

Lu Zhengxiang was surprised: "Why do you want to open another one?" Didn't you just finish it yesterday? ”

The secretary frowned and said: "They said that some problems were solved yesterday, but there are still some problems that have not been finalized, so I want to strike while the iron is hot and finalize it." ”

Lu Zhengxiang waved his hand: "Could it be that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of China opened it for his Japanese embassy alone?" Tell them that I am busy with official business, and it is not easy to find three days a week for meetings, and I really can't squeeze in time today, so let's follow the plan and start tomorrow. ”

Japan's treaty is already the biggest and most serious diplomatic incident facing the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and Lu Zhengxiang's claim that he is "busy with official business" is just an excuse to delay time.

Xie Huaichang opened the office door for him and said with a smile: "You can't drag it out like this, in case they come to the office to block you, wouldn't it be accurate one by one?" ”

Lu Zhengxiang put the documents in his hand on the desk and said angrily: "They will not rush into the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to make trouble, so what is the difference between that and openly starting a war?" ”

Xie Huaichang said: "I mean, the chief might as well leave the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in the afternoon, so that if they come to block you, it can be regarded as a proof that you are indeed busy with official business." ”

Lu Zhengxiang pondered for a moment, felt that Xie Huaichang's words were reasonable, and after a little thought, he said: "Ask the secretary to contact the Tsarist Russian embassy, and I will visit their ambassador in the afternoon." ”

His plan was to leak the contents of Japan's treaty to the Russian ambassador to China, which was exactly what Yuan Shikai meant, and only half a month later, Yuan Shikai contacted Western reporters through Cai Tinggan, a secret clerk of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and revealed the contents of the treaty to reporters from several Western newspapers.

At the end of March, Miko Sakurai came to say goodbye to Xie Huaichang, saying that she was going to Shanghai to visit Wanlan. She went on her own, not accompanied by Sakurai, to imply that their relationship was purely private and did not involve relations between the two countries.

She had a wishful thinking, but Xie Huaichang suddenly had a new idea, he politely sent Sakurai Miko away, and turned around to find Lu Zhengxiang: "The chief should still remember that our family has some friendship with Sakurai Shun's wife." ”

Lu Zhengxiang looked dazed: "I know, what?" ”

Xie Huaichang formed a fist with his right hand and smashed it into the palm of his left hand: "I may be able to extract some information from Sakurai Shun's mouth, so as to confirm the bottom line of the Japanese side's concessions, and avoid you from doing useless work in the negotiation process." ”

Lu Zhengxiang smiled miserably: "Ning Yin, you are indeed dedicated to the country, and even I am quite relieved to see that there are still young people like you in China." ”

Xie Huaichang bowed his head and said, "The chief praised falsely, I am Chinese, and I am not dedicated to my mother country, do you want to be a traitor who eats inside and outside?" ”

Lu Zhengxiang nodded: "In this case, I won't hide it from you, your idea, the president thought of it a long time ago, Mr. He Changxiong arrived in Tokyo, Japan a month ago, to visit the old friends of Japan's patriarchal faction. ”

Xie Huaichang was stunned: "What is the effect?" ”

Lu Zhengxiang leaned back in his chair and rubbed the bridge of his nose tiredly: "The cabinet of the current Japanese prime minister, who is afraid of Shigenobu, has some contradictions with the senators, and this is the message from Mr. He's return, and he suggested that we use the contradictions between the two factions to bargain with the Japanese. ”

Xie Huaichang asked: "How is the effect?" ”

"It can't be said that it has no effect, but it can't be said that it has achieved a lot of results." Lu Zhengxiang smiled, "It's a little useful." ”

Since the beginning of the negotiations, Lu Zhengxiang seems to have aged more than ten years in just two months, and gray hair has begun to appear on his sideburns, Xie Huaichang stood in front of him across a desk, feeling quite sad, and couldn't help but say: "Chief, you ...... Pay attention to the ...... of the body"

Lu Zhengxiang put on the glasses he had taken off, took a deep breath, and smiled at Xie Huaichang: "I know." You go get busy. ”

Xie Huaichang hesitated: "I want to ask you for a leave, I may not be able to accompany you home tonight, someone from Zhenjiang is coming, I have to arrange him first." ”

He didn't say who it was, Lu Zhengxiang thought it was a relative of the Xie family, and immediately waved his hand and said, "It's okay, you're busy with you, say hello to Xie Weng and his wife on my behalf." ”

Xie Huaichang bowed to him and turned his head and went out.

The person he wanted to arrange was Xie Wanxian, who came to Beijing to take the entrance exams for Tsinghua University and Peking University. But what he didn't expect was that as soon as he arrived at the Beijing Railway Station, he met two old friends who he hadn't contacted for a long time.

Xie Cheng.

and Xu Shinian.

It was Xie Wanxian who saw Xu Shinian first, so he called him generously and greeted him. On the contrary, Xu Shinian felt quite embarrassed when he saw her, his eyes dodged, and he didn't know where to put his hand.

Xie Cheng was polite to Xie Huaichang: "I didn't know that the third lady would also be in the capital today." ”

He borrowed the Xie family to participate in the revolution and protect Xu Shinian, mainly relying on this third lady, so he naturally had a little intimacy, but Xie Wanxian had already learned all the causes and consequences of the incident from Wanlan's mouth, and in the face of Xie Cheng's closeness, she only felt resistant, so she smiled lukewarmly: "Big brother is busy with affairs, so I didn't want to disturb you." ”

She said, and then put her eyes back on Xu Shinian: "Didn't Mr. Xu compile textbooks in Aurora Public School?" Why did you come to the capital? ”

Xu Shinian met her down-and-out gaze, but she didn't react yet, but he blushed half of his face first, and said crampedly: "I'...... I'm here to ......"

Xie Wanxian raised her eyebrows: "Oh? Then I want to congratulate Mr. Xu on his promotion, I don't know what a good position is? ”

Xu Shinian was even more embarrassed: "Where, thanks to Congyan's single-minded recommendation, I was fortunate to be hired as a counselor of the Department of Higher Education of the Ministry of Education." ”

Xie Wanxian went to see Xie Cheng again, and smiled meaningfully: "It turned out to be a recommendation from Yan, Brother Xie Cheng is now also a high-powered figure, it's really a matter of people." ”

Xie Cheng heard the coldness and detachment in her tone, and couldn't help but look at Xu Shinian embarrassedly, and said, "Third Miss said that I was just a small clerk, just receiving a salary to make ends meet, and I was definitely not a high authority." ”

Xie Wanxian smiled: "At least it's more impressive than the housekeeper's son." ”

Xie Cheng's face slowly became bad, and he was about to speak, but Xie Wanxian continued to smile: "If the two of you have nothing important to do at night, let's have dinner together." After finishing speaking, he immediately turned to Xie Huaichang and asked, "What about you, second brother?" Do you have something to do at night? ”

Xie Huaichang shook his head: "I asked for leave to come out, and I can accompany you to dinner in the evening." ”

Xie Wanxian didn't wait for Xie Cheng and Xu Shinian to speak, so he took matters into his own hands and said, "Then let's have dinner together, Mr. Xu, do you already have a place to live in Beijing, or do you want to live in a hotel?" ”

Xu Shinian said: "I haven't found a place to live yet, so let's squeeze with Congyan first." ”

Xie Wanxian went to see Xie Cheng again: "Then Brother Xie Cheng leave me the phone number, let's go separately and put things away and meet directly at the hotel." ”

Xu Shinian glanced at Xie Cheng hesitantly, Xie Cheng didn't want to go, so he immediately refused: "How can you tell the second young master and the third young lady to break the bank, besides, the third young lady has a tired journey, so let's rest today." ”

Xie Wanxian looked at him with a smile: "Brother Xie Cheng doesn't want to eat with me?" ”

Xie Cheng was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly waved his hand: "No, no." ”

Xie Wanxian smiled and made a final decision: "Then eat together." ”

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