Taking the trouble to explain his intentions and ideas to Chen Qiyuan is what Zhu Jinglun has always been accustomed to, not because he patiently explains, but because he hopes to influence the thinking of these officials. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

Chen Qiyuan may not be truly convinced, but he understands, as for the execution, these people have not yet disobeyed the emperor's consciousness.

It's hard to say what effect these things can receive when they are sent to the newspaper, whether they can recruit enough good companies, really good companies, they don't worry about opportunities at all, such as companies like Krupp, they don't worry about business in Germany, and the motivation for them to go abroad is really not big, but it is a new industry like Siemens, maybe they are more willing to consider it.

Letting go of this matter, Zhu Jinglun began to care about the movements of the Japanese.

Chen Qiyuan inquired about it, and the Japanese did not have such a strong sense of secrecy in this era, so he asked them directly.

These Japanese were sent by the Japanese shogunate, and the president of the mission, Senator Okuma, the vice president, Tsunemin Sano, and the clerks of Yamataka Nobuyori and Shibusawa Eiichi.

But this delegation was very loose and did not have a formal power of attorney and so on, so it was considered an informal mission, the main reason was not that the Japanese did not understand this, in fact the Japanese hired the German Wiener as their adviser, and this time brought quite a few exhibits, such as a squatting Buddha and a golden killer whale.

However, the Japanese shogunate was probably still worried about dealing with foreigners, so this envoy did not have any diplomatic tasks on it, and their main purpose was to learn.

They brought with them "70 students and workers of various industrial disciplines", and after visiting the World Expo, these people will stay in Europe to study, such as Vice President Tsuneto Sano will go to England and the Netherlands to inspect the navy and industry; Guan Zeming, the administrative officer, studied abroad for three years after the Ming and Qing dynasties in London; Nobuyori Yamataka studied French and ironmaking in France.

Chen Qiyuan inquired about the news, so Zhu Jinglun couldn't help but be surprised, he always thought that Japan sent students to study after the Meiji Restoration, but he didn't expect that the shogunate period had already begun, in fact, Japan had established some arsenals in the shogunate era, and the foundation was much stronger than that of the Manchu Qing Dynasty before the Westernization Movement, plus they have always had a tradition of orchid studies, and the Japanese people's understanding of the Western world was far above that of the Manchu literati doctors.

"They don't have a military mission?"

Zhu Jinglun wondered. He specifically asked Chen Qiyuan to pay attention to this issue, he knew that the former emperor of Japan died in January this year, and the new successor was Emperor Meiji, and a group of opponents had gathered around this guy, and the condemnation of the shogunate had been going on for a long time, and the opposition began to unite.

Chen Qiyuan shook his head, but he suddenly said: "I've heard them say that there is a man named Yukichi Fukuzawa who took people to the United States to buy guns." ”

Since Japan's doors were opened by the United States, it is strange that they are extremely close to the United States, and their military advisers are mainly hired from the United States.

Zhu Jinglun nodded: "Send a report to the minister in the United States, let them pay attention to these Japanese, and help as much as possible if they can provide convenience." After all, is it a friendly neighbor with a strip of water? ”

Chen Qiyuan nodded, he really felt that he was very happy to see people from familiar Eastern countries in the Yiren place, although it was a group of Japanese robbers, if it was in China, he really didn't look down on these people, but in the Yiren pile, he would inevitably have a good impression of these people.

If it were not for the aggressive policy pursued by the Japanese later, the Chinese would still have a good view of the Japanese, even if the Sino-Japanese War was beaten by Japan, but the Chinese literati not only did not hate Japan, but were stimulated, and later in the Russo-Japanese War, Japanese public opinion was one-sided in favor of Japan.

When Japan won the victory against Russia, countless Chinese cheered for Japan from the bottom of their hearts, at that time they regarded Japan's victory as the victory of the yellow race, because the victory of Japan at that time did prove that the yellow race was no worse than the white race, so that the psychological clouds in the hearts of many people dispersed, understanding that their own race was not born to be inadequate, it turned out that as long as they worked hard, the yellow race could also win.

The same is true in Japan, where the Japanese also have a natural affection for the Chinese, provided that when facing the Caucasians, such as learning that the British defeated the Qing court, there were even some Japanese samurai who wrote a novel describing the plot of the Japanese samurai helping the Qing army counterattack the British until London captured Victoria's fat girl alive.

The defeat of the Manchus against the Westerners caused repercussions in Japan not only made them see the strength of the Westerners, but also the people generally regretted the defeat of the Qing court.

The same sentiment happened to other countries, such as the Emperor Minh Minh of Vietnam, who also wrote many comments, although he was very contemptuous of the Manchu army, but also expressed the desire to see the victory of the Manchus.

This is actually the natural closeness of race, just as white people are prone to form a united front in China, they have a natural sense of closeness. It is a pity that the misfortune of East Asian history has prevented the yellow race from uniting, and the main responsibility lies with Japan.

It was a war of aggression against China, which completely turned the two nations into feuds, and no matter what the occasion, even if it was a sports competition, the Chinese audience would definitely stand on the opposite side of Japan.

Japan's invasion of China, its colonization of Korea, and the subsequent wars between China and South Korea and Vietnam, have led to tensions among the yellow race in the 21st century.

But as the task of this era, even if Chen Qiyuan despises the Japanese, he will not hate.

Zhu Jinglun is different, he knows too well what the Japanese will do in the future, even if this era may not happen, but he naturally has no good impression of Japan, so what he says is to help the Japanese, but he actually intends to trick the Japanese.

He said that the envoy to the United States should help the Japanese and what they should do to help the Japanese, and that the Japanese were going to buy arms, and of course they were helping the Japanese buy arms.

"Tell the Japanese that the quality of our country's artillery is also good, and if they are interested, our artillery can be exported to them without restrictions, and if there is no money, you can take out a loan."

Zhu Jinglun added that he felt that the American artillery was just like that, and the technical achievements in the Civil War were basically brought to the Ming Arsenal by Ellison.

The telegraph between Europe and the United States had already been connected, and in fact the telegraph from Europe to Asia had already been repaired, the telegram from London to Singapore was assumed by the British, and the telegram from Singapore to Guangzhou was assumed by the Ming Dynasty, and the telegram from the Ming Dynasty also extended to Shanghai, to Qingdao and Dalian.

Thanks to the convenience of the telegraph, the minister in the United States reported back the news two hours later, and the whereabouts of the Japanese in the United States were not kept secret, because there were countless newspapers tracking them, and the Japanese were a rarity in this era.

They easily found the Japanese in Washington, and Yukichi Fukuzawa had indeed come to buy arms, but the money they had brought was so small, and they wanted too much to negotiate a loan with the Americans.

At this time, the Ming envoy found them and told them that the Ming could also sell cannons and take out loans, this kind of good thing, of course, the Japanese would not refuse, in order to suppress the rebellion, the shogunate could not care about anything now.

It's just that the appetite of the Japanese is a bit big, they want to be able to borrow 10 million taels of silver, and they plan to equip 50,000 people with rifles and cannons.

If it weren't for the bad intentions, Zhu Jinglun really wouldn't have done this deal, because everyone knows the current situation of the shogunate, why the Bank of America didn't dare to give them a loan, wasn't it because they were afraid that they would not be able to recover the money if they defeated it.

Zhu Jinglun was determined to help the shogunate, as long as the shogunate continued to rule Japan and Japan did not engage in centralization, there would be little hope for the country.

So he agreed to it in one bite, but this is a huge amount of money, and even Guangfu Bank can't take it out at once.

But Zhu Jinglun thought of the British, the British banking family, the Bahrain family, and the Rothschild family, who had already contacted the Ming envoy to the United Kingdom, and they hoped to meet the Ming Emperor during his visit to France at the end of the Ming Emperor's visit to France.

The banker wanted to find Zhu Jinglun, of course, for business, but I don't know why they concluded that Daming needed to borrow, and now they could introduce the Japanese customer to them first.

"Later, let the British minister go back to the bankers and ask them if they would like to do a good business."

After deciding to support the shogunate, Zhu Jinglun, the Japanese mission in Paris, was less concerned. Because he knew that this was not an official mission, and that the people who came did not represent the Japanese government, not even the shogunate, although most of them were ordered by the shogunate, but they all came in their own names, and even the Satsuma feudal lords who were not satisfied with the shogunate, under the leadership of Iwashita Hirara, claimed to be Satsuma Province and came in an independent capacity.

Others, such as Sano Tsunemin came with the feudal clan of Hizen Domain, Yamataka Noburi was from the Hyomatsu Domain, Seki Nobuki was from the Kaga Domain, Shibusawa Eiichi was from Musashi Province and was directly under the domain of the shogun, and he himself was a retainer of the Tokugawa family. Therefore, these people are of different compositions, and it is really difficult to be counted as an official mission. Then it is meaningless for Zhu Jinglun to contact these people, but he still has to meet him, because he has already made an appointment, and they will come to the palace to meet Zhu Jinglun in the evening.

I don't have much impression of other people, but I am very impressed by Shibusawa Eiichi, who is known as the father of modern Japanese business.

His family is a wealthy farmer in Musashi Province, and Haonong is a Japanese term that means that his family is a farmer, but very rich. The family owns their own land and runs a business, and is the first household in the local village.

I don't know if it was such a businessman background that made Shibusawa Eiichi later give up the high-ranking position of the Japanese government's Ministry of Finance and go directly to become a businessman.

In the course of his travels in the West, he greatly admired the Western business model, founded more than 500 enterprises in his lifetime, and single-handedly promoted the spread of Western capital in Japan.

Compared with foreign ministers like Li Hongzhang, I am afraid that no one is willing to give up the government's high-ranking officials and directly intervene in business, but what Shibusawa Eiichi gave up was equivalent to the official position of the Manchu Qing Dynasty's Hubu Shangshu.

In the history of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, a figure who is more similar to Shibusawa Eiichi should belong to the later champion entrepreneur Zhang Jian. But it is a pity that Zhang Qian was born too late, and the Qing government gave people like Zhang Jian a chance to Taiwan, and the biggest failure of the Manchu Qing Dynasty was not that they did not care about foreign affairs, but that they limited the participation of the people, and this is where Japan succeeded.

Zhu Jinglun saw Shibusawa Eiichi with the eyes of Zhang Jian, so when the Japanese walked into his room, just bowing, the guards immediately stopped them and knelt down, these clansmen were high-ranking samurai, often had Chinese skills behind them, and they could understand Chinese official dialect by then.

The Japanese were cut off from drinking, and they were immediately stunned, Zhu Jinglun smiled and waved his hand to let them sit down.

As a result, the Japanese really knelt down immediately, nodded their heads and apologized again and again, saying that they were rude. (To be continued.) )