At the Yashan enthronement ceremony, Hu Zhen did not order the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to invite any foreign envoys, but there were still foreign envoys who came to express their congratulations.

When Hu Zhen stayed in Yashan for a day and returned to Guangzhou at the mouth of the Pearl River by warship the next day, Mutsu Zongguang, who had arrived from the Wa Kingdom, also came to Hong Kong.

Originally, when he was in the Huaxia Guild, Hu Zhen adhered to the three-no-policy of no contact, no establishment of diplomatic relations, and no negotiation with the Wa State, but now the Huaxia Army has achieved absolute superiority on the battlefield of Goryeo and maintained the continuous airship bombing of the Wa State, so it has even more adhered to the three noes policy against the Wa State.

The Huaxia army trapped the 500,000 or 600,000 Japanese army on the Goryeo Peninsula and bombed the cities of the Japanese every day, and the industry of the Japanese was already wiped out in the bombing, and the entire Japanese army was on the verge of collapse.

Mutsu Zongguang, who was in a hurry, tried his best to get in touch with the diplomatic department of the Chinese Empire, so he had to use bribery to buy off a few Hong Kong people, and sent the peace document of the bottom line of the conditions for solving the problem to Wu Tingfang, the Minister of Justice of the Empire, who was in Guangzhou.

Wu Tingfang did not know Hu Zhen's policy towards the Wa State very well, and he also stood in the perspective of the Qing Dynasty and felt that if the Chinese Empire agreed to the conditions put forward by the Wa State, it would get great benefits without a fight.

As a result, Wu Tingfang forwarded the peace document to Foreign Minister Niu Quyun.

Niu Quyun deeply understood Hu Zhen's foreign policy and strategy towards the Wa State, and he just appreciated the peace document sent by the Wa State for a while, and felt that it was really a strange text.

Hu Zhen knew about this, and he couldn't help but ask Niu Quyun to come over and appreciate it.

I saw that the conditions put forward by the Wa State in the peace document were: to recognize the Goryeo Peninsula as belonging to the Chinese Empire, to cede all the islands south of the Osumi Strait, including the Ryukyu Islands, to the Chinese Empire, and in addition, the Wa Kingdom also paid 10 million taels of silver.

"Humph! Indemnity of 10 million taels of silver? The Great Wa Empire is so generous! When my Huaxia Empire is called Huazi, there is a shortage of 10 million taels of silver in the Great Wa Empire? Hu Zhen sneered, threw the Japanese documents on the table, and said to Niu Quyun and Wu Tingfang present:

"This wolf's ambitious country has been harassing me in China for hundreds of years, how can hundreds of years of grievances be over? For now, let's ignore them and let our airship deal with the Wa Kingdom! ”

Wu Tingfang is the first person to get a doctorate in Western law, as a rare expert in international law in China, participated in the Sino-French War, the Sino-Japanese War and other negotiations in the Qing court, and has a unique understanding of the international trend, but I don't know what Hu Zhen thinks in his heart, let alone the actions taken by Hu Zhen secretly, he said: "Your Majesty, if the affairs of the Japanese state are delayed for a long time, if it triggers the intervention of the European powers, it will be very unfavorable to our country's efforts to build a stable situation!" ”

"What Wu Aiqing said has some truth, but the time is not yet ripe, and when it is actually ripe, we will definitely take action!" Hu Zhen suddenly asked another thing when he said this: "Wu Aiqing, how is the progress of the revision of the law?" ”

Hu Zhen appointed Wu Tingfang as Minister of Justice, considering that he was the first person in China to obtain a doctorate degree in Western-style law, and he had a solid foundation in Western-style law.

Wu Tingfang immediately realized that his position was the Minister of Justice, and now he always talked about diplomacy, which was suspected of crossing the line, and the Huaxia Guild's diplomatic achievements in the world over the years were much better than when he was in the Qing court, and he felt that he should not say much about diplomacy at the moment, so he replied respectfully: "Wechen has also returned to the Supreme Court ** official Shen Jiaben for many discussions and reached an important consensus." ”

"Oh, what kind of consensus do you have, can you talk to me now?"

Although the Shen family was the prefect of Tianjin in the former Qing Dynasty, he was very knowledgeable in law and had a considerable understanding of Western and European law.

Wu Tingfang and Shen Jiaben's discussion reached a clear directional consensus: "Shen **guan and Weichen both believe that according to the tradition of our Chinese civilization, the legal system should not adopt the case law of the common law system, but should adopt the written law of the civil law system, so it is recommended that the team should be organized to formulate the "Civil Code", "Criminal Code", as well as the "Civil Law Procedure Law", "Criminal Law Procedure Law" and other supporting legal provisions, and submit them to the emperor for review and ......"

Wu Tingfang wanted to continue, but he was stopped by Hu Zhen: "Wu Aiqing, it is very inappropriate to revise the legal system first, the constitution is the foundation of the country, the law with the highest legal effect, and the legal basis for formulating other laws." The Constitution is the outline, and other laws are the goal, and in order to achieve the outline, it is necessary to amend the Constitution before it is the right path. ”

"Yes! The emperor is wise! ”

Wu Tingfang was shocked, and at the same time he was happy, in the Qing court, such a revision of the modern legal system is unthinkable, if anyone dares to propose a constitutional monarchy to the Qing court, then he must first consider whether his head will be cut off by the Qing court, but he did not expect that the new monarch of the new dynasty is so familiar with the modern legal system, and he, the minister of justice, will be able to do a lot in the future.

Hu Zhen saw that Wu Tingfang seemed to have some concerns, so he said: "Wu Aiqing, when you and Shen Aiqing are organizing the team to formulate the legal system of the empire, as long as you are thinking about the hundreds of millions of people in China and planning for the foundation of my Chinese empire, you don't have any worries!" ”

"Yes, in order to establish a complete legal system in our country, Weichen must do his best to die!"

"Wu Aiqing, this is a bad statement, what I want is not for you to do your best, but for you to serve the empire well, in your work, in addition to doing it yourself, you should also pay attention to cultivating more young people, if necessary, you can recruit young people to assist you in your work, in addition, you should also pay attention to the establishment of a special law school in the country, cultivate more judicial, law enforcement, and lawyer talents, and maintain the normal operation of the empire's legal system!"

"Yes! The emperor is wise! This time, Wu Tingfang did not have any panic in his heart, but was full of excitement and yearning, and he was eager to fly to the office of the Ministry of Justice immediately and start work immediately.

When he left, Wu Tingfang's heart was full of ideas about how to establish the imperial legal system, and there was no trace of the peace document of the Japanese state long ago.

Mutsu Munemitsu, a wizard of Japanese diplomacy, has spent a lot of money and is still waiting in Hong Kong at the moment.

Hu Zhen will no longer pay attention to the peace documents of the Japanese state, because he will also meet with two important foreign figures in Guangzhou, these two figures will determine the direction of the international pattern in the next hundred years. (To be continued.) )