"Mr. Hong, I don't know what you think about the matter of negotiating with the British?" After the end of the day's negotiations with the British, at a meeting of the diplomatic department, Wei Ze directly named Hong Renxuan. Wei Ze went past the others and asked directly about a temporarily recruited outsider, and this person was also a relative of Hong Xiuquan, and the people who attended the meeting were either surprised or thoughtful.

Hong Renxuan thought for a moment before he said: "Ten thousand directions come to the court, Siyi Binfu and Di Rong barbarian devils, a word of qiē light pollution, there is no need to say it." Covering the word light dirt is a matter of winning the quarrel, not the reality of the economy, and it also invites trouble. ”

"Are you afraid of the British?" Luo Xuan, who also participated in the meeting, asked unhappily and angrily, as the leader of the navy, there are more opportunities to deal with the British on the water, and Luo Xuanjiao has also been brought to familiarize himself with diplomacy with the British.

Hong Renxuan replied calmly: "If we also have strong ships and guns, and there are many machinery industries, we compete with the British for profit, and kill the past, it is for profit." Scolding because the British can't win is just a gas. No amount of scolding will help. ”

Wei Ze had already begun to nod, he actually wanted to see Hong Renxuan's ideals and ideas in diplomacy, but he didn't expect Hong Renxuan to come out with a very realistic attitude. This attitude is precisely what is most needed in Weese's diplomatic service. In the negotiations with the British these days, the diplomats in the Governor's Mansion have been choked by the British's arrogance. They have never given up any possibility of infiltration, influence, or even dominance over the customs and justice of the Governor's Office. Even if Weeser set the bottom line with a clear attitude, the British had no intention of giving up. Faced with such a situation, these people in the Governor's Mansion even wondered if the British were preparing to fight with the Governor's Mansion.

Under such a strong antagonistic relationship, the invective of the British is already a common thing, and there are too many scoldings, and all kinds of tricks are scolded. From foreign devils to Yingyi, and then even such a literary word as "Dijon" was used. Weser also asked privately that about fifty percent of the cadres who scolded the British in this way actually understood the meaning of "Dijon". Wei Ze was a little open-minded, and scolding people actually made it a popularization of knowledge.

However, Wei Ze's subordinates probably did not have Wei Ze's calmness, and Li Yuchang, who was in charge of diplomacy, asked Hong Renxuan very unceremoniously, "Mr. Hong, are we unhappy, are we unhappy, and there is no need to greet these Yingyi with a smile!" ”

Obviously, Li Yuchang's words represent the thoughts of everyone, and the British "attach great importance" to the restoration of the Governorate, including military attention. In the Hong Kong Concession, although the British did not make a posture of digging trenches and preparing for war, they exercised considerable control in the Concession, and the Sixth Army and Navy in Hong Kong maintained a considerable level of combat readiness. The Liberation Army is a force with a fairly modern military standard, and they can fully see the attitude of the British. Therefore, these people from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs looked at Hong Renxuan with considerable dissatisfaction.

Wei Ze didn't want everyone to vent his unfriendly attitude towards the British on Hong Renxuan, he waved his hand, "This is not Mr. Hong's business, if we don't use it, then we have to admit that we are not useful." ”

It's naturally useless to scold, if Wei Ze has a navy with dreadnoughts in his hands, he doesn't need to scold, just hang the whole world in the Pacific and Indian Oceans. But he doesn't have such an armed force in his hands now, so Wei Ze really doesn't dare to completely tear his face with the British. If the two sides were to play a long-term confrontation now, the British could strike too many important targets for the Governor's Empire. Since Hong Renxuan's attitude towards diplomacy is very correct, Wei Ze continued to ask: "Then how does Mr. Hong think we should deal with such an aggressive posture of the United Kingdom?" ”

Hong Renxuan hesitated for a moment, showing an embarrassed expression of wanting to talk to Wei Ze in private.

"What we will adopt is not a system of one-man arbitrariness, but a system of democratic centralism." Wei Ze first introduced the system of the Liberation Society to Hong Renxuan, and then continued: "So even if I want Mr. Lahong to join, then I have to relay Mr. Hong's thoughts to the comrades in the end. I think Mr. Hong knows very well that anything will be out of shape once it is relayed, so it is better to let Mr. Hong say it himself. ”

Wei Ze's frankness made Hong Renxuan stunned for a while, and finally he finally stood up, first arched his hand to everyone, and then said: "I have been in Hong Kong for a few years, and I have seen what the British do, I really have some feelings. The system established by the British is indeed better than ...... Much better than the Manchus. So I think we should take the British as a teacher at this time. So in the past few years, I have been thinking about how to establish a new system. In addition to consulting learned people, I also thought about it myself and had a preliminary idea. ”

After talking about his main idea, Hong Renxuan took out his idea. These ideas are basically a work point that needs to be completed after thinking about and summarizing the European and American systems brought by the British and the clergy of various countries that Hong Renxuan knew about in Hong Kong. These include the development of transportation, postal services, mining of mineral deposits, the establishment of water conservancy, the encouragement of manufacturing, the establishment of banks and insurance, the establishment of township officials and soldiers, the establishment of information officers, the establishment of public treasury and taxation organs, the strict prohibition of corruption, the development of cultural, educational, and public health undertakings, the reward of charity, the prohibition of superstition, the prohibition of drinking, the smoking of pornography and large cigarettes, the prohibition of infant drowning, the sale of human beings, and the use of slaves and maids.

Hong Renxuan summed up the twenty-eight things that needed to be done, and at this time he also calmly began to talk about it, such a bunch of narration is quite bluffing to look at. Many comrades in charge of foreign affairs at the Liberation Association saw them with straight eyes, and some of them began to record them in their notebooks as soon as possible.

Luo Xuan smiled a little ill-willedly: "I didn't expect that Mr. Hong would be an all-rounder and know so many things!" ”

Hong Renxuan couldn't hear the meaning of Luo Xuan's words, he hurriedly replied: "I have been in Hong Kong for a long time, and when I saw how Britain governs Hong Kong, I thought that some methods were good, so I just came up with them. If I were to tell me how they were open to the public, I could tell me what I had seen. But if you ask them how they run these businesses, I don't know. Let me do it, I'm afraid it's going to be bad. I don't think I'm as good as you guys. But what I've just mentioned, some of which we can do on our own, and some of which we need to learn from the British. Therefore, if you can't talk about the key to negotiating with the British, then you might as well not talk about the key first, but only talk about what needs to be learned and cooperated. ”

"What if the British refuse to give up fighting us?" Li Yuchang asked.

"Refusing to give up fighting us does not mean that the British are going to war with us now." Hong Renxuan's attitude is still relatively calm, "As far as the British I have seen, the purpose of their war is to make money, and they are categorically unwilling to make a loss-making business. In this case, as long as we can make the British feel that fighting with us is a deal that will definitely lose money and will not be able to turn over in the future, how can they think clearly about the power of it, and then they will make a choice! ”

Although Li Yuchang is a Hui businessman, he is Chinese after all and accepts Chinese culture. In Chinese culture, war is first and foremost a matter of righteousness, and losing money or making money is very unimportant compared to this principle. However, Hong Renxuan clearly pointed out that the basis of the British view of war is to lose money or make money, which made Li Yuchang unhappy and at the same time even more contemptuous of the British, he first snorted with disdain, and then said: "Barbarians are barbarians, all of them are human-faced and beast-hearted, fearful of power but not virtuous!" ”

Such a statement obviously resonated with everyone, and everyone either echoed or nodded their heads again and again.

Wei Ze saw this situation, but he couldn't say any more. Deep down, he naturally has the same good opinion of the British as Li Yuchang and others. Weeser didn't consider himself a racist, but he felt that if he could build a large fleet across the oceans, he would do well to kill all the British. Thinking of the extermination for the purpose of the British, Weeser had no sense of self-condemnation in his conscience.

It's just that the shape is stronger than the people, Wei Ze is about to march into Qiongzhou now, and if he completely falls out with the British, the British can attack Wei Ze's ships at sea on a large scale, and at this stage, Wei Ze will die. So Wei Ze announced the adjournment of the meeting, and then called Li Yuchang, Hong Renxuan, and Luo Xuan to the next office.

"I am not ready to go to war with the British until we have gained combat strength capable of engaging the British at sea." Wei Ze said viciously, "The future is the future, and now we can't fight the British!" ”

After expressing his attitude, Wei Ze asked Hong Renxuan, "But I have something to ask Mr. Hong, are you willing to join us in the cause of building a new China?" ”

Hong Renxuan didn't have a surprised expression, he was not stupid, Wei Ze asked Hong Renxuan to participate in the operation of recovering the Governor's Mansion so repeatedly, and the meaning of the solicitation couldn't be clearer. Hong Renxuan said slowly: "Wei Dudu, you are a capable person. If you think about it, you can build a new China. But I just want to ask one thing, how exactly are you going to deal with the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom? ”

"When the Manchu Qing Dynasty was still there, I naturally wouldn't take the initiative to fight the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom." Wei Ze stared at Hong Renxuan and replied, "However, when we want to liberate all of China, if the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom stands in our way, then there will only be victory and defeat between swords and guns!" However, it is only the difference in the positions of the two sides, but it is not that I have any malice towards the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom and the Heavenly Brothers. As for Mr. Hong, although you and Hong Xiu are all relatives, I just want to ask Mr. Hong if he is willing to join us and if he is willing to go the same way with us. If you are willing, then you are our comrade, and we will definitely not regard you as a relative of Hong Xiuquan! ”

Hong Renxuan heard this and sighed, "Since Governor Wei thinks so highly of me, then I will work for Governor Wei." But if I want to leave ...... future."

"If you want to go, we won't stop you. Everyone has their own aspirations, and they can't force them. Wei Ze said calmly, "However, if you want to leave, we only ask you to publicly tell everyone that you are leaving, why are you leaving." As long as you can say it clearly, then we will not only send you away, but also give you the travel fee! ”

Li Yuchang frowned, wanting to say something, but he didn't say it. Luo Xuan couldn't help but smile, and even nodded slightly.

Hong Renxuan was silent for a moment, Wei Ze's words sounded too lenient, but at this time, if he questioned Wei Ze's insincerity, it would be too ridiculous. The most important thing is that Hong Renxuan is not averse to working for Wei Ze. At this time, Hong Renxuan finally made up his mind, and he said: "I don't know how to fight......

Wei Ze smiled: "I don't want Mr. Hong to join the army, this time in the face of the British negotiations, I want Mr. Hong to lead the team!" ”

"What about me?" Li Yuchang couldn't help but ask.

"Comrade Hong Renxuan said that covering the words lightly is a matter of winning in a quarrel, not the reality of economic development, and it also invites trouble. Comrade Li Yuchang, it is very good that you resolutely support the interests of our Governor's Office in recovering the Governor's Office. However, when negotiating with the British, we certainly need to adhere to principles, but we must also have a minimum attitude of cooperation and not bring personal feelings into the negotiations. Comrade Hong Renxuan will first be responsible for this matter. You just do something more detailed! Wei Ze gave an order to Li Yuchang.

"Governor!" Li Yuchang shouted.

Wei Ze looked at Li Yuchang's aggrieved expression, and he couldn't help but smile bitterly, "Comrade Li Yuchang, if you say that you want to kill all the British, I can be no less than you." You probably just want to kill all the British in Hong Kong, and all the British people we deal with. But what I want is to kill all the Brits on the planet. ”

When he said this, Wei Ze couldn't help but grit his teeth. He stopped talking and took a few deep breaths before continuing in a calm tone: "But since this can't be done, and we can't beat the British sea fleet now. Then we will cooperate with the British and accept the British deposit. People say that the villain takes revenge from morning to night, and it is not too late for a gentleman to take revenge for ten years. Thirty years in the east of the river, thirty years in the west of the river. When we become stronger, we can clean up these British devils as much as we want! Iron still needs its own hardness, so let's bury your head and work hard! ”

Li Yuchang actually knew that Wei Ze did not have a good opinion of the British, but after listening to Wei Ze's words at this time, the deep hatred was far more profound and resentful than Li Yuchang's unhappiness due to the setback in the negotiations. If Weeser wasn't a clever liar, he must have really wanted to kill the British. Such an attitude is no longer anger that comes out of anger, but an unforgettable hatred that can only be found in the type of salary.

In the face of such a stronger emotion, Li Yuchang did not dare to insist on his own opinion. After thinking for a moment, he finally said, "Listen to Wei Dudu's orders!" ”

Seeing Li Yuchang's expression, Wei Ze turned to Hong Renxuan, "Then Comrade Hong Renxuan will be responsible for the next negotiations!" ”

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