Hong Renxuan was not very affectionate when he faced a group of young people, although this group of young people were all sent to him by the personnel department in the Guangfu Governor's Mansion, Hong Renxuan could choose the person he thought could be his assistant according to his preferences.

This is naturally a sign of trust, but Hong Renxuan is not optimistic that the Governor's Mansion will really believe in him. First, Hong Renxuan believed that there was a contradiction between himself and his predecessor, the foreign minister, Li Yuchang, in his treatment of foreigners. Secondly, Lin Asheng, a senior official in charge of politics and law, also made it quite clear that he disagreed with Hong Renxuan. Wei Ze also did not express his strong support for Hong Renxuan, and the combination of these conditions naturally made Hong Renxuan feel at ease. There is another point, Hong Renxuan does not think that the blood relationship between himself and Hong Xiuquan of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom will be ignored at all, let alone that this blood relationship will be a positive help for him.

It's just that Wei Ze entrusted Hong Renxuan with a heavy responsibility, and there is no talk of removing Hong Renxuan. Therefore, no matter how unhappy Hong Renxuan was, it was impossible for him to go directly to Wei Ze to ask Wei Ze if he didn't trust him. Without waiting for Hong Renxuan's dissatisfaction to escalate, Wei Ze first called Hong Renxuan to the office, "Minister Hong, I heard that you are going to convene a meeting of foreign businessmen in Guangzhou. You've made such a point, right? ”

Hong Renxuan really didn't expect that his opinion would be relayed to Wei Ze by Major General Lin Asheng, and in addition to being surprised, he was a little uneasy to speak, "There are ......, there are some." ”

Wei Ze looked at Hong Renxuan's stumbling appearance, first gave him an encouraging smile, and then said: "You said this matter, is there any follow-up?" ”

"Huh?" Hong Renxuan was really stunned. At that time, he only put forward the idea of a more emergency reaction because he opposed too impulsive actions, but I really said that Hong Renxuan felt that this was something that Wei Ze's Restoration Governor's Mansion should take the lead in, he was a foreign minister, and he was still a guy who had been on the horse for a few days temporarily, and he felt that he had no reason to jump out and take the lead.

"Minister Hong, the concept and stance of our Liberation Council are decided by us after the democratic centralization within the party, and the short-term and long-term policies are decided by the top. A public servant like you, who is in charge of specific affairs, is responsible for specific actions. You don't have to think about the personal opinion of our comrades in the midst of you, some of us may trust you, some of us may not. Some people may not like you, while others like you. However, none of this was the decisive factor in determining the concept of the Restoration Society, let alone the policy of the Restoration Governor's Office. Once we have a policy, we must first comply with it. We judge whether your work is effective and whether your work ability is qualified, and whether you are firmly implementing the policy. Whether your actions are in line with the policy. Do you understand? Wei Zetan gave a frank explanation.

Hong Renxuan had never seen Wei Ze's attitude, let alone that there was an organization like the Restoration Society and the Restoration Governor's Mansion in this world, "This matter still needs the cooperation of many people, and I am afraid that I will not be able to do it alone." ”

"You definitely can't do it alone, and if you can't do it, then report to your superiors, and your superiors' task is to help you coordinate." Wei Ze said with a little hatred, "Minister Hong, I see that when you talk about the twenty-eight important tasks, you don't look like someone who doesn't know that everyone should cooperate." How do you shrink back when you enforce it? There is an old Chinese saying, what about Emperor Haibu sending hungry soldiers? Where is it said that when the superior opens his mouth and is blind, the subordinate has to do things that satisfy the superior no matter what? If you have a problem, find out where it is, and see if you can solve it with the ability you have at hand. If you can't solve it, you can find a superior to help coordinate and solve the problem......"

Listening to what Wei Ze said frankly, Hong Renxuan didn't know how to respond. What Weeser said is actually true, a society, an organization should indeed deal with problems in this way. However, Hong Renxuan only agreed with Wei Ze's statement, but he didn't dare to fully believe Wei Ze's words. He had never seen any government actually deal with a problem that way. Anyone can brag, and after bragging, they can solve the problem like this, which most people can't actually do.

However, Hong Renxuan is no longer at the age of angry youth, he does not question or talk nonsense, he just asks simply: "Governor, I want to convene this meeting with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and those departments need to participate in this meeting." ”

"You go to the people from the Ministry of Commerce this time and tell them that you are going to do this. Hopefully they'll send a representative as well. After Wei Ze answered the question, he added, "Don't say that I said it, whether they want to or not, you will continue to prepare for this matter." Also, you have people make a backup of the list, marking where and when you gathered the information. Don't be afraid of being wrong, I'm afraid that I don't know when I started to be wrong. ”

"Governor, I want to ask again, what is our foreign policy?" Hong Renxuan took the initiative to raise this very important issue.

Wei Ze replied satisfiedly: "We will give you a copy of this matter, but you have to be trained by the secret department beforehand." I would like to tell you first that the content of the text is classified in secret, and we have a detailed classification in the intelligence confidential program. I think you have the ability to be diplomatic, that's why I arranged for you to be the foreign minister. Therefore, I must first tell you that if anyone secretly leaks our secrets to foreigners, the maximum penalty is the death penalty according to our confidentiality regulations. Be sure to pay attention to this and make no mistake. ”

When Wei Ze personally started the secrecy regulations, he really understood the meaning of the red-headed text, and he could be regarded as understanding what is called a system and what is called a legal system. Of course, this needs long-term practice to be more refined, but the Restoration Society also has a red-headed text that is already decent.

The confidential document of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs unabashedly talks about the possibility of a possible military attack by the British, and there is a special estimate and evaluation in it. Hong Renxuan once thought that the Guangfu Governor's Mansion was a fairly simple military organization, but after reading it, he completely reversed his impression. A purely military organization would not look at problems from such a broad perspective.

The preparatory meeting for businessmen also moved quickly, especially after Weeser asked that the British's question of the arrest of Hong Kong residents be pushed to the court, and Mr. Hung's work became easier. Soon, the whole of Guangdong, and even the foreign businessmen in Hong Kong, basically participated in the meeting.

Foreign businessmen are basically from the United Kingdom, France, and the United States. Britain had largely driven France out of India at this time, and American merchants, although they had to follow the British-structured world trade system, did not follow Britain entirely. For the Governor's Office, the criteria for dividing enemies and objects that can be won over are clearer, and there are basically no big tobacco merchants among French and American merchants, most of the big tobacco in this era is produced in India, and American and French merchants have very few opportunities to re-export.

"We expect to double the amount of goods imported from overseas in the next three years. And all of you who have been trading in China for so long, I believe you all hope that you can make your own profits in such a scale of trade. When Hong Renxuan said this, he looked very polite and confident. But after all, he is only a member of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and he actually doesn't know what kind of materials need to be imported for the restoration of the Governor's Mansion. If he hadn't listened to Wei Ze's words and talked to someone from the Ministry of Commerce about the matter first, he wouldn't even know about this policy. But Hong Renxuan still showed the most calm expression and said, "Next, please invite our customs business representative to talk about this matter!" ”

When French and American businessmen heard that the Governorate was preparing to double the amount of imports in the future, their eyes could not help but light up. While they were holding their breath and preparing to listen to where to put the quota, a British businessman, Hendry? "May I ask you, Mr. Minister, what do you think about cracking down on the tobacco trade?" ”

What should come is always coming, not only Hong Renxuan cheered up, but all the businessmen looked at Hong Renxuan with burning eyes, waiting for his answer. More than ten years ago, Britain launched a military attack on China because of the tobacco trade. Now, too, the attitude of the British is very clear.

Because he was quite well prepared and studied the policy of the Guangfu Governor's Office on trade very thoroughly, Hong Renxuan replied calmly, "We have not cracked down on the big tobacco trade in the Guangfu Governor's Office, and what we have implemented in the past six months is the smoking cessation action in our control area. Our anti-smoking campaign is not aimed at the tobacco trade, but at the physical and mental health of our Chinese. I'm sure you've seen too many cases of people ruined by smoke. One of the reasons why we rose up to overthrow the Manchus was that the Manchus never held any responsibility to the Chinese people, and we at the Governorate believed that we had an obligation to protect the physical and mental health of the Chinese. ”

Hong Renxuan was very disgusted with the Manchu government, and he was sincerely opposed to the nonsense theory of the Manchu government. So he has a feeling that the words of the government are all nonsense. Now, as the foreign minister of the new government in Guangdong, he talks eloquently to foreigners, and what he says is still the right content that has been prepared a long time ago. But when he said out loud that the Guangfu Governor's Office believed that he had obligations to the Chinese people, Hong Renxuan suddenly had an indescribable excitement, which was a feeling of mixed justice and responsibility, and it was a feeling of pride and self-confidence.

Of course, Hong Renxuan knew the strength of the British, and the Governor's Mansion did not hide his weaknesses in naval strength at all. To say that there is not the slightest fear is also nonsense. But at the moment when he solemnly said that the Guangfu Governor's Office had the obligation to protect the Chinese people, Hong Renxuan suddenly gave birth to a kind of courage that he had never expected before. It is not the impulse to dare to destroy when you are desperate and completely hopeless about society, but a kind of fearless courage that you can only have when you stand with your comrades and do just things.

At this time, the powerful British could not scare Hong Renxuan, and the weakness of the Governor's Mansion could not scare Hong Renxuan, if he fought for justice, Hong Renxuan felt that death was nothing great.

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