"Fourth grandfather." With a childish shout, a little girl in a pink dress pounced on Wei Ze. The little girl's soft body slammed into Wei Ze, who stood still like an iron tower. The little guy didn't feel good enough, so he took a few steps back and swooped up and bumped into Weeser's leg a few times.

"Don't mess with your fourth grandfather like this." Wei Changrong scolded his daughter, but it was only a bit harsh in his language. In fact, there is no blame at all in this tone.

"Every time he says that, I feel like I'm getting old." Wei Ze laughed and picked up Wei Changrong's daughter Wei Rui, and then rubbed his face on that tender little face. The little guy knew that this was Wei Ze making out with her, so he laughed and hugged Wei Ze's neck.

Back then, Yang Xiuqing, the king of the East, gave Wei Ze twenty beauties, and Wei Ze asked his subordinates to draw lots to choose, and he didn't want any of them. Wei Changrong was the lucky one back then. Jiang Ning's beauties are indeed very beautiful, not to mention the beauties selected by Yang Xiuqing, the king of the East. Wei Rui's appearance is indeed like Wei Changrong, but every detail of his appearance is much more beautiful than Wei Changrong. Weeser liked the niece very much.

"Fourth grandfather, how is the little uncle? When will I be able to play with my little uncle! Wei Rui asked Wei Ze.

"He's good. Wait another year or two, and you'll be able to play with him. Wei Ze hugged Wei Rui, a little unbearable to put down his hand.

"You can't play with Uncle Xiao, what are we going to eat today!" Wei Rui continued to ask.

"What do you want to eat? I'll let your fourth grandmother do it. Weser laughed.

Although Wei Changrong was three or four years older than Wei Ze, he couldn't help but complain at this time: "Fourth uncle, you spoil her too much." Wei Rui didn't dare to make such a fuss at home. ”

Wei Ze never felt that there was anything wrong with the little guy in such a mess, and he smiled: "Okay, okay." Little one, you can still make trouble. When she grows up, I'll have to knock her down if she hits me like this. ”

Qi Hongyi likes Wei Changrong's daughter very much, so when Wei Ze handed Wei Rui to Qi Hongyi, Qi Hongyi took this little thing to the house to play together. Wei Ze and Wei Changrong sat down, and he said, "I said Changrong." Recently, there will be a lot of female military retirement, and everyone has to worry about getting married. There are quite a few single people in your personnel department, and we have to solve the problem for these single comrades. ”

"Fourth uncle, are you going to pull Lang to match?" Wei Changrong replied.

"It's a question of whether the girls will be able to take a fancy to your boys. Lalang matched? It's nice for your guys to make the girls take a fancy to you. How did your wife get here? There's still a lot to draw! Wei Ze ruthlessly exposed Wei Changrong's previous deeds.

Thinking of the past, Wei Changrong smiled helplessly, but he quickly became serious, and Wei Changrong asked seriously: "Fourth uncle, what's going on?" ”

Wei Ze also replied: "It's simple! We must free our comrades in the system from the constraints of the old era. No parent's order, matchmaker's covenant, can be stored in the system. Everyone can get married if they want to, and they can not get married if they don't want to get married. But whoever wants to take people away from us, that's absolutely not a no! ”

"Oh?" Wei Changrong felt that Wei Ze's attitude was quite tough, and this kind of toughness was rarely seen.

Wei Ze said arrogantly at this time: "As parents, we want our children to have a good family and have offspring." This person is normal, but the countryside is very poor and the economic foundation is insufficient, so the view on marriage will change. Raising a girl is a commodity they see as a trade. If that's what they see, I can't just force them to change their minds by beating and killing. However, the people who are within our military system are our people. We have to be seen as human beings. We don't see ourselves as human beings, so do we expect this society to treat people as human beings? ”

This span is relatively large, and Wei Changrong can't understand it for the time being. He asked, "Fourth Uncle, are you saying that as long as you become a soldier, the marriage problem will be handled by our Guangfu Army?" ”

"I'm talking about it, we Wei Rui have to grow up and get married. Then let me ask you, when you let Wei Rui marry, did you hope that this child would marry someone who could make her live a good life for the rest of her life, or did you hope that she would marry someone who could benefit you? Wei Ze said, and after saying that, he felt that the problem was not well set, and he added, "I said that this is one or the other." ”

This question did not stump Wei Changrong, he quickly replied: "Choose one of the two, that is, of course, let Wei Rui marry someone who can live a good life." The child has to be good! ”

Wei Ze was very satisfied with Wei Changrong's answer, and he said with a malicious expression: "That's right! Our first consideration is the interests of the child. But in many places, many people don't think about it that way. They think about their own interests. Since they have to consider their own interests, of course we can't let them do it so satisfactorily. There is no room for the old system to prevail within the system of government. So, we now have to arrange the retired female soldiers in our army. Their family dares to make a hindrance, and grandma will clean them up! ”

"Then ......, I'll have to tell them about the guys in our department first." Wei Changrong knew who Wei Ze was fighting for, but he didn't refuse.

"Marriage law is the only legal basis for marriage, and many places certainly don't take marriage law into account. I know that this situation will not only save zài, but also save zài for a long time. However, in the city, the marriage law is the only basis for marriage. Whoever works against the marriage law, we must not allow them to behave like this. So, hurry up and settle the marriages of our female fighters. Whether or not you are doing well after marriage is a question of no one managing your marriage. But a bad marriage and not getting a new marriage system are not the same thing at all. Weeser gave a clear order.

After talking with Wei Changrong, Wei Ze talked to everyone in the Central Committee of the Liberation Party one by one, asking for a solution to the marriage problem of female personnel.

It took three days to talk about this issue, and Wei Ze actually felt quite ridiculous in his heart. At that time, he was also a person who once criticized the organization and arrangement of marriage in history, believing that marriage should be free. But in the current situation, Wei Ze also figured out one thing, organizing and arranging marriage is to implement China's marriage system in accordance with the Marriage Law. And without this seemingly rough arrangement, marriage will be reduced to the traditional marriage model, and these young people will invariably fall into old-style marriages.

In the 21st century, the kind of freedom that men and women choose to marry on their own seems to be free, but without the guarantee of marriage law, especially without the foundation of industrial society, that kind of freedom is also nonsense. Everyone can't find a job in the city, so they all have to go home honestly to farm and find a marriage partner on their own? This kind of dream is better to wash and sleep.

In May, the vigorous marriage began under the impetus of Wei Ze, the chairman of the Liberation Party.

At this time, the foreign devils came into play, and Weeser asked the consulates of Britain, France, the United States, and Russia to provide bands. Many of those consular officers were pretty good at dancing. It doesn't matter if it's a ballroom dance, a court dance, or an American dance. The government of the Republic of China officially sent a letter asking these foreign embassy personnel to come forward to help. Teach the young people of the Liberation Army to dance.

This letter caused a stir among the diplomats of various countries, who did not see it as an insult to them by Weeser, and that Europe at a time saw it as indeed an obligation to spread its own culture. In particular, the embassy staff were trained in dance, which was a form of high society.

The British, French, and Russian personnel gladly obeyed, while the Yankees dealt with them more in their true colors. They offered to charge a fee, and said that if Mr. Weser was willing to pay more, they could bring in a dance teacher from the United States to provide professional services.

After learning of the Yankees' construction, the British, French, and Russian representatives also began to provide corresponding demands. As long as they are willing to pay for it, and music teachers only provide services in large Chinese cities where embassies and consulates are available, then European countries can provide not only dance teachers, but also music teachers.

At a joint meeting of the consuls of Britain, France, the United States, and Russia, Weeser sneered: "I said Sir Humphrey, don't think that I don't know that the music country of Europe is Austria, and the music capital is Wiena. Don't think I don't know Chopin, Mozart, Beethoven, the Italian violinist Paganini, and the German Wagner. I know all of this, you get a bunch of foolish musicians, I don't admit it. ”

After saying this, the consuls of the four countries were dumbfounded. In their intelligence, the Chinese emperor himself had never been to a foreign country, but the Chinese emperor was so proficient in talking about foreign musicians. Paganini is Italian, and there is no Italian consulate in China, let alone the influence of the violin in China. The Chinese Emperor Wei Ze was able to accurately name Paganini's name, place of origin, and musical instrument expertise. It's a bit scary, indeed.

Wei Zexin said, I am also a piano grade 10, okay. Although it is much worse than the level of performance, it is common for China to talk about a piano in the 21st century.

"Your Majesty, do you want a high-level orchestra to visit WÈN China?" Sir Humphrey said to Weser with unprecedented deference. After the British forced the Manchus to accept the British Treaty of Nanking, the Europeans thought they could sell their industrial products to China in a frenzy. At that time, there was even a ridiculous saying that if every Chinese family bought a piano, how much money could European piano manufacturers make.

Of course, China's self-sufficient small-scale peasant society has put this dream in Europe to an end. Fighting with Wees, the British suffered great losses. Later, the Manchu Qing Dynasty found a new field, but it was not able to expand British exports to China. It was only here that the British finally found that the door to China's market had finally opened, and British goods had finally found the power of the Chinese government that they were willing to buy. So the British side, of course, wants to be able to take a larger share of this. Even if he is a second-class peddler, as long as he can help Wei Ze, the emperor who seems to have a heavy love for European music, to contact the first-class orchestra in Europe, then the future benefits will not be small.

Weeser immediately dispelled Sir Humphrey's delusions, "That's it. I'm just saying, don't expect shoddy. And I don't need any top experts, I just need someone who can teach dance. ”

"Do you need our ballet company?" The Russian consul immediately proposed a project of Russian superiority.

"Forget it. Swan Lake is a classic, but we Chinese audiences are afraid that we can't appreciate it. Weser laughed.

"Swan Lake?" The Russian consul was completely confused. Weser didn't bother to say so much, he swallowed the sarcastic words back into his stomach.

Swan Lake was originally a ballet made by Tchaikovsky for the Moscow Imperial Opera House in 1875-1876, which premiered at the Bolshoi Theater on February 20, 1877, after which the composer adapted the original work into the "Swan Lake" suite for concerts, which was published in November 1900. Swan Lake is the most famous ballet in the world and is a repertoire of all classical ballet companies.

In 1863, this famous ballet was born very early. Weeser thought that the Russian consul had no study of art, but in fact it was Weeser who did not study it.

The Russian consul may have had a problem with his study of art, but his study of diplomatic etiquette was absolutely top-notch. Even if he was despised by Wei Ze, but out of diplomatic etiquette, the Russian consul recognized it. After all, this is not the level of national affairs, and it has never been a problem to be despised on such innocuous matters in the face of a powerful country.

Eventually, Weeser also felt that more music exchanges should be offered to China, so he reached a verbal agreement with Britain, France, and Russia to allow leading European musicians and orchestras to visit China and give lectures. The New Chinese Government will pay for their visit. Of course, the fee can't be too high, and Weser really doesn't have confidence in the changes these musicians can make.

After talking about this, the meeting broke up. And the British consul Humphrey secretly ran back, "Your Majesty, I have been authorized by the British government, and we agree to help you build the railway." ”

"That means musicians can get their fees waived?" Weeser made jokes that weren't jokes without a smile.

These are not easy times for musicians, they only have three paths, either to be valued by the aristocracy and supported. Only those who are able to perform multiple performances in the Grand Theatre make a lot of money. Either they became music teachers and made a decent living by giving music lessons to the aristocracy and the wealthy. The last category is to play in various bars, restaurants and other places, and barely make ends meet.

Since Sir Humphrey did not regard Weser as a musical layman, he naturally did not dare to fool Weser. In the upper echelons of Britain, those who worked in the music industry were largely regarded as the playthings of the aristocracy. Sir Humphrey wanted to readily agree, but he frowned and took it into account. "Your Majesty, if you were willing to open a Royal Academy of Music in China, I think these musicians would be even more satisfied."

The Liberation Army ran many schools, Sir Humphrey was well aware of this. If there is an extra conservatory, that would be a good thing. And Sir Humphrey had a plan, female piano teachers were basically one of the main forces in Europe in this era, and they had scandals with those nobles, and the proportion of female piano teachers was very high. It might be a good choice to provide Emperor Weezer with excellent female piano teachers. Even if Wei Ze is not good at this, it is undoubtedly a huge diplomatic victory for the Chinese emperor to learn the piano of Europe. It has an absolutely positive impact on British influence.

"The conservatory can be done, and the salary will not be very high." Weser agreed with Sir Humphrey.

"So how long are the kilometers of railways that your country is going to build?" Sir Humphrey spoke of the subject at once. If an agreement can be really negotiated, his knighthood can be increased a lot. Britain has thousands of miles of railways on its own, and it will be a magnificent situation to train many railway tycoons to build railways in China, which is dozens of times that of Britain. Sir Humphrey, who started this business, was promoted to a knighthood. And there is no problem in reaping huge economic benefits in one fell swoop. The sale of the country's railways was one of the most desirable jobs for British officials in 1862.

Wei Ze pointed to the map, "From Guangzhou to Wuchang, I will first build a railway here." ”

The Beijing-Guangzhou Line and the Longhai Line are two of the most famous railways in China, and these two railways form the main artery of the China Grand Cross Railway. Of course, Weeser's goal is more than that. At its peak, the United States had 300,000 kilometers of railroads, and such a dense rail network became the foundation of the United States. There are many Chinese people, and railways are an important means of transportation. Even though the terrain and environment in the northwest, Lingnan and other places are harsh, the construction of 100,000 kilometers of railways in China's elite belt is not a problem at all. With such a railway network, there can be a terrible breakthrough for the whole of China.

Sir Humphrey knew how far Canton was from Wuchang. This is a large railway from the Pearl River to the Yangtze River, and its meaning is not self-taught. Naturally, the British civil service was well trained to know that there should not be anything too excited at this time. But Sir Humphrey just couldn't control his feelings. "Your Majesty, do you really want to build such a railway?"

"Of course!" Weese replied.

"How many locomotives and rails do the Chinese side want to import?" Sir Humphrey continued.

Wei Ze smiled with a mocking expression: "I think we should finish the railway survey first." I will have our Minister of Railways discuss this with you. If you haven't even measured the route, do you think it's useful for me to import a bunch of locomotives and rails? ”

Sir Humphrey had not long been shocked by Weser's musical accomplishments, and Weser's level of knowledge in railway construction undoubtedly gave Sir Humphrey a new shock. He had also seen the emperors, kings, and nobles of Europe, and knew that no matter how high and powerful these people were, they were not experts in technology. They often discuss issues with a disgusting arrogance. The Chinese emperor's mastery of practical work undoubtedly increased Sir Humphrey's admiration for the nobles.

"Respectfully follow the meaning of His Majesty." Sir Humphrey replied respectfully. R1058