Xie Huaichang went back to Xie Daoyong's mansion that night to meet Xie Wanxian and told her not to participate in the demonstration. Wanxian was quarreled with by him from her sleep, and knowing that he was here for this matter, she couldn't help sighing and yawning: "I didn't participate, I heard that they were going to march outside, so I didn't go." ”

"You're doing the right thing," Xie Huaichang said, "but in the future, even if you don't go to the outside parade, you shouldn't participate." ”

"Why?" Wanxian looked at him in surprise, "My brother is now an official, is he complicit with the government?"

Xie Huaichang was speechless for a long time: "It's not that I'm complicit with the government...... It's because I'm involved that I know what's going on. ”

Wanxian propped her chin: "What's going on?"

Xie Huaichang opened his mouth, thinking of Lu Zhengxiang's "traitor" who was physically and mentally exhausted.

"This country belongs to yours and to President Yuan," he whispered, "and no one wants to be a traitor." ”

The students who marched only had to say "boycott the 21st Article", but as the high-level leaders of the Central Committee of the Republic of China who participated in the negotiations and needed to be responsible for both the treaty and the people, they had to have a way to resist in addition to the slogan of boycott.

He went to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs the next day, reported to Lu Zhengxiang what the Japanese Embassy had done to the students who had marched, and went to the hospital to visit the injured students and ask for details of the conflict. Wei Yunru was in the hospital, and when she saw Xie Huaichang coming, she was very surprised: "Why are you here? How do you know that we are here?"

"I went to Peking University to inquire," Xie Huaichang stood in the corridor with her and talked, "How are your classmates?"

"Fortunately, it's just flesh wounds," Wei Yunru said, "The teachers came in the morning, paid the hospitalization fee, and the muscles and bones were injured for a hundred days, just take care of it." ”

Xie Huaichang asked again: "How did you get started?"

Wei Yun sighed and told in detail, she was also a little injured in the conflict, her face was bruised, her elbow and knee were also broken, fortunately it had been properly bandaged yesterday.

"Don't go to the embassy district to demonstrate in the future," he told Wei Yunru, "and once there is danger, it will be difficult for our police to rush in and save people." ”

Wei Yunru nodded: "No wonder it was like that yesterday, and there was no police to help us." ”

"Now is the time for negotiations, and neither side dares to act rashly at this juncture, and the police have an official background, and even if they come, they dare not do anything with the people in the embassy. ”

"You know so well," Wei Yunru looked at him suspiciously, "You're from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs?"

"Not really," Xie Huaichang had no intention of hiding from her, but he didn't want to reveal his true identity either, "I just happen to know better." ”

"No, that is, it does have something to do with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs," Wei Yunru was quick-witted, and after a little thought, he said, "If the police help us get into trouble, then the Japanese embassy can also cause trouble if they beat people?"

Xie Huaichang was a little surprised, he didn't expect her to figure out this relationship, so he nodded and said, "Yes, if my prediction is good, the negotiation team will take advantage of this to challenge the Japanese side in the afternoon." ”

Wei Yunru breathed a sigh of relief: "Then we won't suffer this scene in vain." She said, looking at Xie Huaichang with a smile, "We didn't rush into the embassy, they beat people outside, if you had told me earlier, then we would have been able to make a bigger fuss, Lin Zexu, who was a former Qing Dynasty smoker, said that the life and death of the country is profitable, how can we avoid it because of misfortune and fortune, we are powerless scholars, except for marching on the streets, there is no other way to serve the country at the moment, and we can use our own strength to create some favorable conditions for the negotiation team of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, which can be regarded as seeking benevolence." ”

Xie Huaichang looked at her, smiled with mixed emotions, he raised his hand, as if he wanted to pinch Wei Yunru's shoulder, but he was afraid of the difference between men and women, and hung down halfway: "I heard that Mr. Lu, the foreign minister who presided over the negotiations, once had a requirement for his students, that is, they must be proficient in a foreign language, you are just the time to be an English student, study hard, if you still have the intention of serving the country after graduation, I recommend you to Mr. Lu to study diplomacy." ”

Wei Yunru immediately became excited, and her eyes sparkled: "You don't lie to me? Can you recommend me to study diplomacy with Mr. Lu? I am a girl, and I can also be a diplomat?"

"You are a girl, and you can also be a diplomat," Xie Huaichang said with a smile, "I can recommend you to go, but it is difficult to say whether you can be selected by Mr. Lu." ”

Wei Yunru pressed her hands on her chest, breathing rapidly, her face was peachy, and she couldn't help herself with excitement: "I'm ...... I will definitely study hard, thank you, thank you...... Belch...... Thank you ......"

"Ning Yin," Xie Huaichang smiled and reported his name for the second time, "Xie Huaichang, the word Ning Yin." ”

"Well, Mr. Xie," Wei Yunru didn't call him, but politely "Mr. Xie".

Xie Huaichang nodded and repeated: "Ning Yin." ”

Wei Yunru knew what he meant, so he blushed half of his face before he called out in a twisted voice: "Ning Yin." ”

Xie Huaichang smiled even deeper, looked up at the ward, and said, "Okay, you go get busy, I'm leaving." ”

"Wait," Wei Yunru called out to him, her face worried, "Your sister, are you okay?"

"My sister?" Xie Huaichang was stunned for a moment and then reacted, "You said Wanxian, she's fine." ”

"Wanxian, Xie Wanxian," Wei Yunru whispered the name, "Good name." ”

"I'm leaving," Xie Huaichang was still worried about the affairs of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and did not dare to stay here for too long, so he hurriedly left.

Lu Zhengxiang really attacked the Japanese side about the Japanese embassy's injury to the students who marched, but the other party claimed that the people who hurt people were just ordinary Japanese, not embassy staff. Lu Zhengxiang was not surprised at the other party's reaction, and even Xie Huaichang was not angry, diplomacy was just the most polite way to do the most rogue things.

Negotiations with Japan dragged on from January to May, and the think tank of the Presidential Office racked its brains, and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs also dug out its efforts and mobilized all the forces at its disposal. At the end of April, the Japanese side submitted another amendment and bluntly stated at the negotiating table that "this is the last document."

Since the formal start of negotiations on 2 February, 25 formal negotiation meetings have been held on the treaty, and Lu Zhengxiang has gradually changed from a high-spirited foreign minister who was ordered to be in danger to a middle-aged man who is now exhausted, and he has to rely on a large amount of medicine to ensure sleep, and he also has medicine in hand during his day work.

The fact that delaying tactics is becoming more and more difficult to implement shows that the last limit of patience on the Japanese side is getting closer and closer. Yuan Shikai began to keep the latest progress of the negotiations secret, and the media that could get the latest news also fell silent, which made rumors fly everywhere.

In May, the "21 Talks" had been negotiated for more than four months, and Lu Zhengxiang and all the senators of the negotiating group were maneuvering among Europe, the United States, and Japan, in an attempt to use the authority of Europe and the United States to suppress the aggressive attitude and conditions of the Japanese side. On the 7th, the embarrassed and angry Japan issued an ultimatum to China, and Lu Zhengxiang responded passively, trying to move out of the European and American powers again to force Japan to make concessions.

British Minister Zhu Erdian received Lu Zhengxiang in the conference hall of the British Embassy in China, listened politely to his intentions, and smiled helplessly: "At present, China's situation is extremely dangerous, and all countries have no time to look eastward. ”

This meeting was accompanied by Xie Huaichang to Lu Zhengxiang, and he knew that the negotiations had reached the point where there was nothing to talk about, and President Yuan Da and Duan Qirui were even ready to meet with the Japanese soldiers, and even the British minister knew this very well.

He elegantly picked up the cup, took a sip of black tea, and said: "China and Japan have a precedent for war, and the results of winning or losing have already been achieved. I heard that the Chief of the Army of your country, Mr. Duan, has been preparing for war for several weeks...... Lu, I am an old friend of the Chinese people and an old friend of the president, and I really don't want to see him suffer this kind of ruin. ”

Lu Zhengxiang was politely sent out of the embassy by Zhu Erdian, today is sunny and it is a rare good weather, Lu Zhengxiang stood at the door of the British Embassy, built a pergola on the eyebrow bone with his right hand, looked up at the sky, looked at it, suddenly his legs and feet were weak, and he paused.

Xie Huaichang stood beside him and hugged him before he fell to the ground. Lu Zhengxiang didn't say a word, quickly got into the car, and left Dongjiaomin Lane.

Rizhiyi was meeting Yuan Shikai in the presidential office, and across the door was the State Council that was being held. In the face of Yuan Shikai, Ri Zhiyi was quite polite and courteous, and respectfully put the last amendment of the Japanese side on his desk: "President, our great Japanese empire has always cherished the friendship between China and China, and His Majesty the Emperor cherishes his friendship with the great president even more. As you know, the revolutionaries in China have very close relations with the Japanese who are in the opposition, and they have the means and influence, which makes His Majesty the Emperor very worried about the personal and political safety of the President. ”

As soon as these words came out, not only Yuan Shikai, but even the participants of the State Council across the door suddenly changed color.

Ri Zhiyi ignored Yuan Shikai's expression, and said: "His Majesty the Emperor is willing to guarantee the safety of the President and the Diet under your command. As you know, a few days ago, during the negotiations, some idle ronins in our country had a little conflict with several students in Peking University, and our side was also very sad about this, and we have arrested those ronin, sent them back to China, and are on trial. ”

He was polite, and Yuan Shikai was also smiling, flipping through the contract, as if unintentionally: "Japan should treat China as an equal friend and return to each other, why do you treat China like a dog or a slave at every turn?"

"This is really a big misunderstanding, Your Excellency the President," Hi Zhiyi stood up and saluted him, and said sincerely, "Japan and China have a long history of exchanges, and looking at all countries in the world, there is no country with Japan that has the same deep friendship as China. His Majesty the Emperor believes that the purpose of saving the country is to save the country for all generations, and if the President wants to change the national system to be restored, the country will approve of the President's wise resolution. "() "Jiangnan Family" only represents the author's views on the content of Lianpian, if it is found that its content violates the national law and contradicts the content, please delete it.

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