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He Changying and Tang Shaoyi walked to the window curiously, and saw a group of officials from the Qing Dynasty embracing a few foreigners walking towards the hall of the second courtyard.

"Which one is the foreigner or the adult in front?"

He Changying saw the anger on the face of the thin and tall foreigner, and the three-rank senior who walked side by side with him, who was about fifty, slightly fat, wearing a sapphire top bead official hat, smiled with a stiff face, and it was estimated that it would be no good to enter the house.

"You don't know Sheng Daotai?"

Tang Shaoyi glanced at He Changying strangely: "The one who walked with him was the American consul Li De, probably for the case of Ishikawa Wuyi." ”

"It doesn't look like it's going to be a good day."

He Changying nodded.

The United States has been seeking North Korea to get rid of its vassal relations with the Qing Dynasty and to make North Korea completely open its doors so that it can dump its goods into North Korea.

Therefore, this Qing-Japanese war, except for the British, was their favorite.

After the Chongqing espionage case, the United States, which had accepted the request of the Oriental people to protect overseas Chinese, had been aggressively pressuring the Qing Dynasty, slandering the Qing Dynasty as innocent and detaining Ishikawa Wuichi, a good citizen of the Oriental, and demanding his immediate and unconditional release.

Moreover, the US ambassador to China, Tian Bei, actually sent a letter to the Qing Dynasty, saying: "If there is an Oriental refit who is a spy in the mainland, he will be handed over to the nearest Haikou and expelled, so that he will not be allowed to communicate with the Chinese people in the mainland. ’

A dead face, exposed.

Even the British Consul General in Tianjin, Bowsted, also looked like he was 'also making a big deal', and demanded that Li Hongzhang be released immediately.

He also expressed serious protest against the Qing soldiers who searched the British merchant ship 'Chongqing' without the permission of the British Empire, and demanded that the Qing Dynasty apologize and pay compensation.

The actions of Britain and the United States can make Li Hongzhang angry enough.

It was precisely because Li Hongzhang valued the protection of the so-called British flag that he spent money to hire the British steamer Gao Sheng, who sent Chinese soldiers to North Korea.

As a result, the ship was sunk, and nearly 1,000 Huai soldiers died innocently in the sea, not to mention that the British media still quibbled for the Orientals, saying that although the Qing and Japanese sides had not yet declared war, they were actually in a state of war, and it was reasonable for the Oriental warships to sink the troop carrier Gao Sheng.

The British government actually relented and said that they did not want to delve into the matter of the high promotion; The following is the trial of the civil courts, and it is only a matter of how much money the Orientals have to pay to the British merchant shipping companies.

And now the fake 'Qing officers and soldiers', but after searching the Chongqing and arresting an Oriental spy, the British are furious, favoring one over the other, and it is like this!

Therefore, Li Hongzhang issued a death order to Sheng Huai, and he must pry open Ishikawa Wuichi's mouth as soon as possible, and turn this case into an iron case, so that Britain and the United States have nothing to say.

As a result, before Sheng Huaixuan could pry open Ishikawa Wuyi's mouth, Li De, the American consul in Jinmen, came to the door angrily.

He Changying looked at the sky outside the window, sat back and said to Tang Shaoyi, "Yes, wait; Sheng Daotai and the foreign devils fought Tai Chi, and it was estimated that the sky was dark. ”

The two people in the hall sat down separately, silent.

Obviously, Li De's imposing look of seeking trouble stimulated Tang Shaoyi's sensitive nerves as a Qing dynasty and He Changying as a Chinese.

"Weak countries have no diplomacy!"

He Changying couldn't help but let out a long sigh, picked up the cigarette and gave way to Tang Shaoyi.

He Changying's sentence 'a weak country has no diplomacy' suddenly made Tang Shaoyi's eyes light up, and she felt that this short sentence and six words simply covered all the root causes of the humiliation suffered abroad by the Qing Dynasty in the past few decades.

"I don't smoke."

Tang Shaoyi looked at He Changying in surprise and waved his hand: "A weak country has no diplomacy, Brother He, you have exhausted the root cause of the humiliation of the dynasty even if it is a year." ”

"Don't be a big brother, I'm younger than you, brother, just call me Anzhi."

Although He Changying knows that 'big brother' is just an honorific title more often than not in this era, she is still uncomfortable being called big brother by a person who is six or seven years older than herself.

He Changying lit a cigarette and took a long puff timidly.

Looking at the few inferior cigarettes in the cigarette box, He Changying originally planned to go out of the Guandao Yamen, so she went to the British Concession to shop and buy a few boxes of cigarettes by the way; However, as soon as he entered the yamen just now, he paid tribute to three pieces of Guangdayang, so He Changying could only endure his smoking addiction for the time being and think about it in the long run.

At this time, there was an uproar outside the door, He Changying and Tang Shaoyi ran to the window in confusion, and saw Li De with a few subordinates with gloomy faces, and left the Taoist office directly.

And Sheng Huaixuan also had a black line on his face, and he was reluctant to send it to the entrance of the hall, so he asked his subordinates to greet him.

"What I'm doing, Brother Second, it's not been ten minutes since this one was in and one out, right?"

He Changying's heart perked, now there is finally no need to wait, it should be my brother's turn.

After waiting for about a quarter of an hour, a Goshha entered the East Flower Hall to summon the news, Sheng Huaixuan wanted to see Tang Shaoyi and He Changying, the two smiled slightly, and walked towards the signing room of the second courtyard with the leadership of this Goshha.

Since meeting the historical figures Li Jingfang and Zhang Shiheng last night, and now meeting Tang Shaoyi, the premier of the Republic of China, and going to see Sheng Huaixuan, a famous red-topped businessman in the Qing Dynasty, He Changying's excited state of mind has calmed down a lot.

He Changying strode in front of Tang Shaoyi and walked into the signing room, and saw the four-grade senior who had just seen a stiff smile sitting on a sandalwood Taishi chair, looking at him with a smile on his face.

Tang Shaoyi, who was standing behind He Changying, curiously glanced at He Changying, who was stunned in front of him, thinking to himself why this kid stood stunned and didn't salute?

He habitually walked in front of He Changying, stood upright, and then stepped forward with his left leg, his left hand on his knee, his right hand drooping, and his right leg half kneeling, and respectfully gave Sheng Huai a salute: "Humble duty to the lord, please be safe." ”

He Changying curiously watched Tang Shaoyi kneeling on the right side and saluting, according to his historical knowledge, this kind of 'salute' was a simple salute given by the subordinates of Manchu officials to their superiors.

And when ordinary people see officials, they have to honestly kneel and kowtow.

He Changying has already taken off the official clothes of the sentry officer, and at this time, of course, he is a flat-headed ordinary person, and he is obviously not qualified to use this kind of half-kneeling salute.

But He Changying really doesn't have a good habit of kowtowing to people.

Even if he came to this Manchu Qing.

Seeing He Changying standing in front of him stupidly, Sheng Huaixuan, who was already angry with Li De, couldn't help but darken his face.

However, this He Changying is a note handed over by Lord Zhongtang after all, and he is also from Feixi.

Listening to the meaning of handing it over, the "Heroic Soul Sacrifice" that is now being uploaded on the street is from the hands of this hairy boy who does not know the number of etiquette.

You have to give the boss a little face.

Sheng Huaixuan thought in his heart, so he ignored He Changying, who was standing stupidly, and said to Tang Shaoyi with a kind smile on his face: "Get up, this North Korean errand frightened Shaochuan." ”