Chapter 32: Purging (6)
The British agreed to Weser's contract, but Weser didn't dare to fully trust the gang. He had already sent someone to contact the French and Americans in Hong Kong, and an unexpected visitor surprised Weeser. This man's name is Hong Renxuan.
Wei Ze, who has studied history, naturally knows Hong Renxuan, the author of "The New Chapter of Senior Administration", and for Wei Ze, Hong Renxuan is a genuine Chinese who can understand the capitalist system in this era. So he's tempted to recruit this guy.
However, the people in Wei Ze's army obviously have a lot of opinions about Hong Renxuan, and as Hong Xiuquan's clan brother, he is easily regarded as an enemy by Wei Ze's Guangfu Governor's Mansion. Of course, Hong Renxuan is not a fool, and he is also very aware of the impact of his identity. After seeing Wei Ze, Hong Renxuan's expression was quite cautious. "King Qi!" shouted, and Hong Renxuan was about to kneel down and salute.
"No need to kneel, we don't have that rule here." Wei Ze waved his hand, and the guards standing on both sides of Hong Renxuan immediately unceremoniously set up Hong Renxuan.
Wei Ze said slowly: "In addition, although I was named King of Qi when I was in the Kingdom of Heaven, I am no longer a person from the Kingdom of Heaven, so I am naturally no longer the King of Qi." Just call me by my name! ”
Accompanying Wei Ze was Wu Qilu, who was in charge of the propaganda of the Ministry of Political Affairs, and it was obvious that Hong Renxuan's identity had made Wu Qilu quite unfriendly, and Hong Renxuan's gesture made his gaze look at Hong Renxuan even more unfriendly.
Hong Renxuan was quite uncomfortable with Wei Ze's heartiness, but he quickly regained his normal appearance, "My lord, I originally wanted to defect to the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, but I didn't catch up, and then I had to flee to Hong Kong. Now I don't know what happened to the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom. ”
Wei Ze gave a general introduction to the Tianjing Incident, and Wei Ze's departure from the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom to the south immediately after the Tianjing Incident.
Hearing these changes, Hong Renxuan fell silent. What Wei Ze said in his words is really too clear, this King of Qi of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom has completely torn his face with the Heavenly King Hong Xiuquan, and there is no possibility of cooperation between the two sides. And both of them are rebelling now, although Wei Ze's foundation is unstable at this time, but if both sides can hold out until the fall of the Manchu Dynasty, then it is almost inevitable that the two sides will fight in the end.
However, Wei Ze said: "Mr. Hong, I don't know if you are willing to come to me to do business?" ”
"Coming to you on an errand?" Hong Renxuan felt that he had heard a little wrong, and he asked in surprise.
Weser nodded in certainty, "Yes, I want to ask you to come to me on an errand." None of my brothers have ever been in contact with foreigners, let alone know about foreigners. I would like to set up a Ministry of Foreign Affairs as a yamen for diplomacy with countries around the world. If you have to talk about it, there is still no one who can be more suitable than you, Mr. Hong. ”
"I'm the brother of King Hong's family......" Hong Renxuan felt that he had to remind Wei Ze of this.
Wei Ze first asked Hong Renxuan to sit down, and then continued: "Whether you are his brother or not, this is your parents' business." The parents of the two of you are relatives, and you are naturally relatives too. But the leg is on yourself, whether you come to me to do business, or go to Tianjing City to follow King Hong, or you don't want to join, just stay in Hong Kong. Where you go and who you choose to follow, that's your choice. What does it have to do with King Hong? ”
These words made Hong Renxuan speechless, in this era of looking at his background and relatives, it is too rare for a hero like Wei Ze to not ask where he comes from. He stared at Weese, eager to see something in the young face.
"What's the matter, does Mr. Hong want to give me an answer now, or will he wait until later?" Weser asked. He is now busy every day, setting up various departments, formulating various policies, Wei Ze has no time to waste time on Hong Renxuan.
"But I don't know why Lord Wei rebelled?" Hong Renxuan asked.
Wei Ze replied cheerfully: "I am not religious, and I do not believe in gods and ghosts. The reason why they rebelled was because this world could not go on like this, and if it continued like this, everyone would not be able to live. ”
"Why did Lord Nawei follow back then...... Heaven to go? Hong Renxuan originally wanted to ask Wei Ze why he wanted to follow Hong Xiuquan, but he remembered what Wei Ze said not long ago. He originally followed Yang Xiuqing, the king of the East, not Hong Xiuquan, the king of heaven. Not to mention that he is no longer a man of heaven now.
Wei Ze smiled: "At that time, the Kingdom of Heaven was going to rebel, and I saw that the Kingdom of Heaven was the most decent and the most capable of becoming a climate, so I followed the Kingdom of Heaven." ”
Regarding Wei Ze's frankness, Hong Renxuan was speechless for a while. If it were someone else, after leaving the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, he would have to say a few bad things about the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom anyway. What I didn't expect was that Wei Ze only told the truth. Since this is the case, Hong Renxuan also let go of other thoughts, and he said seriously: "Master Wei, can I give you an answer in a few days?" ”
Weeser replied, "Of course. However, Mr. Hong, if you know someone who thinks you can engage in diplomacy with foreign countries, you may wish to introduce them to me. I may not be able to use him, but let's see if I can do it. ”
After sending Hong Renxuan away, Wu Qilu said a little unhappily: "Dudu, why do you value this person so much?" ”
Weeser asked rhetorically, "If we have had a holiday, are we going to kill them?" ”
"Why not!" Wu Qilu said angrily.
Weeser shook his head, "Then there will be too many people we have to kill." I've never been soft on my enemies, but I don't think it's necessary to kill so much! As for Hong Renxuan, I used his talents, not his relatives. ”
"But the brothers don't necessarily think so!" Wu Qilu reminded.
Weser nodded, "I know!" That's why I hope to be able to use guò on this person, and gradually establish a system for how everyone uses people, as well as corresponding regulations. ”
Of course, Wu Qilu couldn't quite accept Wei Ze's opinion, but since Wei Ze said so, he didn't want to oppose it too much. Most of Weese's troops didn't know each other three years ago. Except for Chen Ke's nephew Wei Changrong, no one is particularly qualified to say that he is Wei Ze's ironcore. Including him Wu Qilu!
"How's your newspaper doing, and when will it be printed?" Weeser asked a new question.
"The origin of this paper is uncertain, and who are these newspapers for?" Wu Qilu began to discuss these specific issues with Wei Ze.
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