Outside the house, tears were rolling out of the face of Nguyen Tse Dung, the representative of Vietnam who had sent him to ask for help from China, in the office of the Chinese Foreign Ministry. The man in his forties grabbed Foreign Minister Zuo Zhidan's hand and wailed: "Please send troops to rescue the country!" Please also send troops to rescue the country! ”

A month ago, Hong Renji officially became the general trend of the Chinese embassy in France, and took a group of diplomats with heavy responsibilities to France by ship. Zuo Zhidan also officially became the Minister of Foreign Affairs. With a gentle expression, Zuo Zhidan looked at the Vietnamese envoy Nguyen Ci Dung who was crying with snot and tears, and his heart was really full of cheerful feelings. The Vietnamese tried to play with China and France at the same time, and this kind of two-pronged approach brought China and France together.

The Imperial War is very simple, and there are only a few moves back and forth. After the French were recognized by China, they no longer had to worry about being suddenly attacked by the Chinese army, they put down their heavy psychological burden, and the 3,000 troops were divided into several ways and strode towards the Vietnamese capital Shunhua.

Seeing that the use of China to threaten France had failed, the frightened Nguyen Dynasty court again sent emissaries to China for help. Ruan Ci Dung also lost the perfunctory attitude of the previous consultations, and he cried almost hoarsely: "If the kingdom does not send troops again, we can only cede land to France!" ”

Zuo Zhidan said in his heart: You are finally telling the truth! Even if it was to cede land to France, the Nguyen Dynasty did not accept the action of ceding land to China. From Ruan Ci Yong's expression, this can be determined without any doubt.

However, since the Ruan Dynasty's court had long expected what the court would do, the Chinese side was also reassured. Zuo Zhidan first asked Ruan Ciyong to sit down, and then said slowly: "Then what benefits can we get if we send troops to rescue and prevent the French from entering Hue?" ”

Ruan Ciyong said with tears in his eyes: "What does the kingdom want? ”

Zuo Zhidan laughed, "We don't want you to cut the land anymore." ”

Hearing Zuo Zhidan say this, Ruan Ciyong was so surprised that he even stopped crying. Zuo Zhidan also admires it in his heart, it seems that if this Ruan Ciyong plays a role in the repertory troupe here in China, he is afraid that he can still be popular. It's rare to have such a wonderful response.

Taking out the map, Zuo Zhidan drew a line with his fingernails in the northern part of Vietnam, "There should be a governor on top of these towns, and the governor will be served by us." But these places are still your Vietnamese. ”

"And then?" Ruan Ciyong asked suspiciously.

Zuo Zhidan sneered: "We only guarantee that France will not fight your Hue, as for what you and the French can become, we don't care." If you really want us to help you retake the south, you'll have to say something else. ”

"Speaking of which, the kingdom still wants us to cede the land." Ruan Ciyong quickly figured out the truth.

"If you don't, then we can't help it." Zuo Zhidan immediately closed the door to the negotiations. After this tossing and turning of international politics, the Guangfu Army is not as impulsive as before. As the saying goes, a twisted melon is not sweet, and the first thing to do now is to divide Vietnam, and it may not be efficient for the Liberation Army to do it at this time.

Ruan Ciyong continued to make his last effort, "Please also ask the country to make it clear that this land cutting thing is really impossible!" ”

Zuo Zhidan pretended to be angry, and he shouted: "This doesn't work, that doesn't work." But you still want us to send troops, you say that you respect us as a kingdom, but you really want to treat us as slaves, but you can't do it? ”

Ruan Ciyong hurriedly smiled, "Please stop being angry, please stop being angry!" We do respect God. It's just that the Celestial Empire has its own courtesy and righteousness, and this robbery while the fire is not like what the Celestial Empire should do! ”

"What should the Celestial Empire do is the business of the Celestial Empire, when will it be your turn?" Zuo Zhidan said in a scathing tone. After finishing speaking, he walked back and forth a few times with his hands behind his back, and then said impatiently to Ruan Ciyong: "It's not impossible for us to let France withdraw its troops temporarily, but this Hongji area, as well as the nearby islands, you have to leave it to us." If you can't even agree to this, you won't have to come to us again. ”

Ruan Ciyong's eyes rolled, "Then is Shangguo ready to send troops?" ”

Zuo Zhidan snorted coldly, "We can only sue the French and let them go back first." It's up to you to send troops, but if you don't do what I just said, then you'll have to deal with the French yourself. ”

"Please also tell me about it carefully, don't let me not listen carefully, and go back and misspread the news." Ruan Ci Dung said.

What Zuo Zhidan demanded was actually the management of the Hongji Coal Mine and the Hongji Port, and the islands off the Hongji Port and the Xisha Islands also had to be owned by China. In this era, the value of islands is actually very limited, so Nguyen Tse Dung did not discuss these matters too much. He is more concerned about the issue of Hung Kai Port.

What Weize really wants here is the entire Hongji coal mine area, with the improvement of the industrial level, with the development of the city, the demand for high-quality anthracite is increasing. Originally, the output of Hongji Coal Mine was already insufficient, and if it wanted to expand production, it was necessary to increase investment. Although the Vietnamese themselves do not understand the significance of the Hongji Coal Mine, they know one thing: since the Liberation Army has invested so much manpower and material resources in the coal mine, the Hongji Coal Mine is of great significance to the Liberation Army. So recently, there have been more and more things in the Hongji Coal Mine. In order to avoid future troubles, the Guangfu Army simply proposed that the local officials in the Hongji Coal Mine area must be appointed by the Guangfu Army, and the local management must also be taken care of by the Guangfu Army.

These demands were significantly more acceptable than the cession of southern Vietnam, or the establishment of Chinese governors in several towns in northern Vietnam. After determining in detail the demands of the Chinese side, Vietnamese representative Nguyen Tse Dung hurriedly left in the rain.

Zuo Zhidan looked at Ruan Ciyong's back, he really hoped that the Vietnamese side would be able to recognize the form. At the internal meeting of the Liberation Army, it was made clear that if the Vietnamese side did not leave, it would definitely go backwards. At that time, it was impossible to say, the Liberation Army could only fight all the way into Vietnam, and forced Vietnam to accept the conditions with the weapons in their hands. At that time, it was not simply a matter of ceding the northern territories, and the capital of the Nguyen Dynasty had to be moved from Hue, a Chinese-built city.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs doesn't really have much to do right now, but it's been busy lately. After seeing off the Vietnamese representatives, the British Consulate actually sent out an invitation to Zuo Zhidan to attend the banquet at the British Consulate.

Zuo Zhidan had heard of the British nickname of "European-stirring stick" from Wei Ze, and after receiving the invitation from the British side, he also felt that what Wei Ze said might really make some sense. After this incident, which had nothing to do with Britain, Britain reacted immediately. It's really interesting.

The banquet in Britain is also a bit interesting, and Zuo Zhidan gradually got used to the foreign buffet mode. The British consul, Sir Humphrey, first raised the issue of the new consulate address with Zuo Zhidan. Weize was planning a new city of Guangzhou, and the Manchu city was very poorly built, and because of the rapid population expansion, the Manchu city rate was extremely low in all Chinese dynasties. Weize is building a new industrialized city and cultivating urban planning and construction talents. Mobilize a large number of troop surveying and mapping personnel, engineering teams, and the corresponding construction of cement plants, brick factories, etc. The whole action is very big. Naturally, consulates were also informed that there would be problems with reconstruction. Weese paid so much attention to this matter, and everyone involved with it naturally took it very seriously.

They discussed how to choose the site, including who would be responsible for the construction of the new consulate, including the size of the consulate, the size of the garrison, and security. These things are actually quite detailed. Zuo Zhidan was a little impatient at first, but he quickly remembered that China was also going to set up embassies and consulates in European countries, and it would be good to get relevant knowledge from the British side.

The two sides talked while eating, and after talking for a while, Sir Humphrey suddenly asked, "I heard that your country is cooperating with France?" Is there such a thing? ”

Zuo Zhidan began to pretend to be stupid, "We have been cooperating with France in various ways, I don't know what Mr. Humphrey is talking about?" ”

"We heard that your country is cooperating with France in Vietnam?" Sir Humphrey got straight to the point.

The French are really unreliable! Zuo Zhidan thought to himself. However, the French are unreliable, but Zuo Zhidan can't be unreliable. Facing Humphrey with a look of eager "-stirring stick", Zuo Zhidan smiled: "I didn't know there was such a thing. Whoever sued Mr. Humphrey for this news, please ask Mr. Humphrey to sue me. ”

In diplomacy, this kind of thing is tantamount to clearly telling the other party, and I will not answer if you ask. As a trained officer of the British civil service, how could Humphrey not know this. He smiled and turned the conversation back to the discussion of the various specific contents of the new consulate.

After the discussion with Sir Humphrey, Zuo Zhidan felt that he had gained a lot. He rushed to see Wei Ze and talk about the latest developments, but he didn't expect Wei Ze to disappear. Zuo Zhidan asked the secretary, "Who is the governor seeing here?" ”

The secretary smiled and said politely: "Minister Zuo, the governor's schedule is full today, if it is not an important matter, you should not see the governor for the time being." Let's write a report. ”

Although this kind of refusal made Zuo Zhidan unhappy, he also knew that now was not the time to rush in and see Wei Ze. After all, these things are just trivial things. Zuo Zhidan chose to leave.

And what Weeser was discussing at this time didn't seem to be a particularly big deal. He convened a group of technical backbones from the agricultural college to discuss the establishment of a new task force funded by the government in the future.

"The so-called rare things are expensive, Chinese all talk about face, if you can get something rare, you feel vigorous, especially satisfied." What I'm asking you now is not to come up with anything particularly rare, but to work out something very ordinary. We liberated Hunan, Anhua's black tea is a very good product, and foreign businessmen have responded well. Now what I want you to do is to study the whole process of this product, and then be able to produce it in large quantities. ”

After talking about this to the comrades of the tea department, Wei Ze said to the technical backbone of the fish department: "In recent years, we have gradually been able to cultivate fish fry, and the dike-pond agriculture in Guangdong has a great demand for fish fry, and it is not enough to catch fish fry every year to meet the demand. Also, crayfish imported from the United States, this is also a good product. Although it can also destroy point dikes, there are pros and cons in comparison. You have to hurry, too. ”

The meeting went on for a while, and although Wei Ze was in charge of approving the money, he couldn't help but talk a lot. When these people were sent away, Wei Ze was tired enough. Productivity is the biggest driving force of society, and every improvement in technology can bring a little help to the whole society. Even if each family can have an extra fish every week, and the spices and oils used to cook this fish, this seemingly inconspicuous thing is actually not so insignificant.

There was a president in the United States whose campaign platform was "one more chicken in every American family," and Weeser remembered that this guy seemed to have been elected in the end. This is not the case with the superior agricultural conditions of the United States, let alone China in this era.

But at this time, Weese wants to elect a prime minister who can take on these tasks. In the past, the territory of the Guangfu Army was small, that is, Liangguang and Hunan, and Wei Ze could still call the shots in many major matters. Now that the territory is so huge, there must be a prime minister in addition to the provincial governor to manage the government. But who to choose, and how to set up the system, this makes Wei Ze feel very problematic.

Thinking about it, Weser was hungry. He said to the secretary, "Get ready for a late-night snack." ”

"What to eat?" The secretary hurriedly asked.

"Crayfish stir-fried with green onion and ginger, and a bowl of rice." Weese replied. A few years ago, crayfish was introduced from the United States, and this little thing has a tenacious vitality, survived the hard life on a sea boat, arrived in China with a dying life, and then quickly grew up in China's tidal flats. This made crayfish an ingredient in Guangdong very quickly. Wei Ze prefers the method of dividing the shrimp into two, stir-frying it in the pot after the oil is hot, and then stir-frying the green onion and ginger. It tastes very good.

Of course, this bold way of eating is also a reminder of the problem of industrial pollution, which has caused China to face huge environmental problems due to the development of the metallurgical industry. In Europe, the foggy capital of London, as well as the custom of European countries not to eat fish from the near sea and rivers, are due to industrial pollution. As for the industrial pollution in the United States, it is actually even more terrible, according to friends who studied abroad, those oil-producing states in the United States are actually extremely polluting. In order to eliminate pollution, many areas have directly released large quantities of chemicals to remove oil pollution. These chemicals may be able to neutralize oil pollution, but they create a terrible new environmental pollution. In the 21st century, thanks to the blessing of the social system and scientific and technological progress, China's industrial development has finally been saved. After 1862, if industry was allowed to recklessly build at a low level, high repetition......

Wei Ze shook his head heavily, this terrible future will wait until the time to face it. On such a rainy night, eat a few more meals of crayfish without industrial pollution.

The next day, Weeser convened a meeting of the Central Committee of the Liberation Party. As for the establishment of the State Council, there is no opinion. But the relationship between this State Council and the current system, that's the problem.

At this time, Wei Ze took out the knowledge of junior high school, and the important content of the junior high school politics class is to talk about the structure of the national system. Exam compulsory. As soon as everyone asked, Wei Ze didn't even need to type a draft, and began to move this set of things out on the blackboard.

The president of the state is the head of state, the premier of the State Council is the head of the executive branch, and of course, the party that leads the military is the leader of the entire system. Relatively independent are naturally the public security, procuratorates, and courts. It's easy to figure out that the whole system has its own role. In fact, the Liberation Party has been established in the same way, but the various departments are not so complete for the time being.

Writing about these systems, Wei Ze hesitated to write about the power organs in it, the National People's Congress. Thinking of the National People's Congress, Wei Ze couldn't help but stop writing. The impression that the National People's Congress gave Wei Ze was a rubber stamp, but whether the People's Congress existed was an extremely important matter. This organization establishes the legal system of a country. If there is no people's congress, but a simple party, government, and military system, then all legal systems are undoubtedly the same system of the founder of the country that originated from Wei Ze. With the people's congress, it shows that the cornerstone of the country's power is the people. The difference is as big as going from Earth to Pluto. It's not an exaggeration to describe it as vastly different.

Looking at Wei Ze's deep groan, Minister of Education Li Yuchang asked, "Your Majesty, then what should you call in this new official system?" ”

Wei Ze was summoned back to the real world from his musings, and after only thinking for a moment, he wrote Wei Ze's full name "Chairman of the Liberation Party, President of the People's Republic of China, Chairman of the Military Commission of the Liberation Army, Comrade Wei Ze, Emperor".

After reading it, Li Yuchang couldn't help but ask, "Your Majesty, is this order correct?" ”

"Of course it's the right order." Weese replied immediately.

Minister of Education Li Yuchang asked: "If this is the order, it means that the chairman of the Liberation Party has a higher status than the emperor!" ”

"So what?" Weser laughed.

Li Yuchang replied without hesitation: "The chairman of the Liberation Party is elected once every five years!" ”

After saying this, the entire conference room fell silent. Some comrades looked at Li Yuchang with impatient looks, some comrades thought of this question for the first time, and their faces were dazed or shocked, and some comrades frowned thoughtfully.

Wei Ze couldn't help but feel a wave of anger in his heart, Li Yuchang's question was really critical, but it was obviously out of place. Sometimes it's better not to say something. When Wei Ze was thinking about how to explain, Wei Changrong said: "Now that the chairman of the party, the state president, and the chairman of the Military Commission have been decided, only the prime minister is left. Your Majesty, how can this prime minister be sure, is there a charter? ”

With Wei Changrong playing like this, everyone breathed a sigh of relief. This sharp contradiction has been avoided for the time being. R1058