Outside the hall, Zhang Peilun, the minister of the Langli Domain, the right attendant of the Ministry of Rites, was stopped by Mingyue, the head of the internal guard, and waited outside for a long time.

"Your Majesty is resting, Lord Zhang will come back in a while."

Mingyue gently persuaded Zhang Peilun to retreat, glanced back at the main hall, and clearly heard the fierce sound inside, and couldn't help but blush.

Half an hour later, on the dragon and phoenix bed, Li Weiguo closed his eyes and rested, and Li Cailin, the Korean princess who was named Concubine Han, was massaging him on the side.

"Your Majesty, are you telling the truth? Let our Lin'er be the king of Joseon in the future? ”

Li Weiguo turned around comfortably and replied vaguely: "That's natural, you don't joke, the future king of Korea can only sit with our son." ”

Li Cailin was immediately overjoyed, and gave Li Weiguo a massage even harder, she had long forgotten that she was the daughter of the Korean king Li Xi, and looked at the problem from the standpoint of her husband and son.

According to Li Weiguo's idea, in the future, the heir of China's vassal state can only be his son, the difference is that this son's mother will come from the vassal state, that is to say, half of the bloodline comes from the maternal line of the vassal state, and the paternal bloodline can only be the Chinese royal family.

This is a compromise plan, a proposal made to Li Weiguo by a hundred civil and military officials, which is also the real reason why Li Weiguo is willing to accept the princess who paid tribute from the vassal state as a concubine.

If you have to use the words of the common people, it is that the dove occupies the magpie's nest, and the red fruit breaks off the direct rule of the feudal royal family over the feudal country.

Of course, this kind of thing cannot be made public, at least not yet, because it will cause vigilance and dissatisfaction among the feudal royal family.

According to Li Weiguo's plan, he would not touch the vassal family of this generation, but when the vassal king of this generation passed away, then Li Weiguo would send his sons with half of the blood of the vassal kingdom to inherit the vassal throne. At that time, even if the feudal royal family is dissatisfied and opposed, it will be useless, because the feudal country they are in has long been controlled by the suzerain, and they cannot afford to make waves, so they can only watch their royal status being deprived.

Other than that. Although the people of the vassal country will be a little resistant, after all, half of their new king's bloodline belongs to their vassal country, so they will eventually choose to accept it, after all, the common people care more about who gives them a living environment to live and work in peace and contentment, and only under the protection of **** can they get peace.

Zhang Peilun came again after half an hour, obviously in a hurry.

This time, Mingyue didn't stop again, and went in first to report it.

Li Weiguo has been exhausted in the past few days, and he was very comfortable and relieved by Li Cailin's massage. But he still attached great importance to state affairs, and soon recruited Zhang Peilun to meet him.

Zhang Peilun was in charge of the domain, and received inquiries from ministers and consuls in China from European and American countries, all about the Sino-British war, especially the annihilation of the British Asian fleet by the Chinese navy reported by European and American countries, and European and American countries attached great importance to it, because defeating the British Royal Navy meant that there would be another maritime power in the world, which was related to the vital national interests of European and American countries. They have to figure it out.

At the same time, reporters stationed in China from Europe and the United States are also constantly going to various government offices to inquire about the news.

As China's diplomatic agency, it is very clear how to answer the question of how it needs to be, and it should not overly provoke European and American countries. Giving them the opportunity to operate ********** should not let them underestimate China's strength, and there is a trade-off between the pros and cons.

In later generations, the answer of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has always been innocuous nonsense. However, for the new China, diplomacy is still a new thing, and there is no experience in how to phrase it.

Therefore. Zhang Peilun was very cautious, so he could only ask Li Weiguo for what he meant.

Diplomacy is a science, although Li Weiguo has never been a diplomat, the school often organizes students to watch a lot of diplomatic answering reporters' questions, so they know a little bit, and pick out some of the commonly used diplomatic phrases to teach Zhang Peilun to deal with.

Li Weiguo told Zhang Peilun a joke about reporters.

As soon as the Roman cardinal made his first visit to London, England, a reporter rushed to ask: "Mr. Bishop, what do you think of the chicken yard in London?" ”

Before coming to England, the bishop had been reminded not to talk nonsense in front of reporters, lest they be caught by reporters. Faced with this unexpected question, the cardinal cleverly evaded: "Is there a chicken yard in London?" ”

The next day, the front page of the major newspapers in London made the headline: The cardinal of Rome visited England, and the first thing he said when he got off the ship was: "Is there a chicken yard in London?" This sentence sparked anger and ridicule against the cardinal among the British people who did not know the truth.

Soon, the reporter came to the cardinal shamelessly and asked the cardinal: "May I ask you, Mr. Bishop, what do you think of London's sexy stars (chicken girls)?" ”

The cardinal suffered a loss on the first day, glaring fiercely at the reporter and not saying a word.

As a result, it appeared in the newspaper again the next day, with the headline: "Cardinal is speechless in the face of sexy stars!" ”

For the next few days, the reporter did not hesitate.

"Excuse me, what is your relationship with a sexy star?"

The cardinal was anxious: "Don't you scribble, okay?" ”

The next day, it was reported with the headline: "Cardinal is powerless and ambiguous in the face of scandal debate." ”

The reporter asked again: "How do you feel about the scandal of sexy stars?" ”

The cardinal said, "I'm not interested in sexy pornstars at all! ”

The next day it was reported with the headline: "Cardinal not interested in women, suspected of being impotence (homosexuality)." ”

The reporter kept asking questions about sexy stars, and the cardinal was annoyed and said, "If you ask this question again, I'll sue you!" ”

See the newspaper again: "Cardinal threatens reporters to protect sexy stars." ”

The cardinal couldn't take it any longer and finally took the journalist to court.

As a result, I saw the report again: "The cardinal went to court for a sexy star!" ”

The cardinal originally wanted to reconcile with the British Protestant, but because of the issue of journalists, he was criticized by the British.

After listening to Li Weiguo's joke, Zhang Peilun was dumbfounded, and soon he understood the meaning of the joke.

In fact, since Zhang Peilun took over the management of the Domain, he has encountered many similar things, and for a literati who has read poetry and books, he was almost angry to death by the reports of reporters.

Li Wei reminded in Chinese: "When it comes to journalists, they are usually like mosquitoes. It's annoying to buzz around in your ears, but when something happens, they instantly turn into elephants and make you stressed. ”

"I understand, thank you for your majesty's teachings!" After listening to Li Weiguo's words, Zhang Peilun was like an enlightenment, and he suddenly realized it.

Li Weiguo then said: "Anyway, they will know sooner or later, so it's okay to tell them now!" But remember to answer them without letting them be absolutely a threat to our rise and that it is not in the core interests of the Empire to be a global enemy. ”

Zhang Peilun nodded and said, "The ministers will focus on this aspect." Only against the UK, to make overtures to other countries. ”

Li Weiguo smiled and said: "You need to grasp this degree yourself, but you don't have to be too nervous, the work of diplomacy needs to accumulate over time, although our country has long been rational in this regard, but it is only the **** Shangguo against the vassal country, not an equal relationship between countries, and now in the face of all countries in the world, the mentality needs to be adjusted." Of course. Be tough when it's time to be tough, this is a world where you can reason with your fists. ”

Zhang Peilun understood, and then retired.

The next day, the press conference was officially held by the Information Office of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. Zhang Peilun personally went out and invited the world's clerks in China to attend.

Amid warm applause, Zhang Peilun took officials at all levels of the Li Fan Yuan to sit down and extended greetings to all reporters and friends.

There was a bang. It's those photographers who are taking pictures.

"Hello everyone, today we are honored to invite the Imperial Ministry of Rites Zuo Shilang, Minister of the Imperial Court of Justice, Lord Zhang Peilun. Due to time constraints, each journalist is limited to one question. ”

After the moderator explained the rules, the interpreter spoke again in English.

Soon, a reporter raised his hand and asked to speak.

"Ladies first, please the fourth lady in the third row on the left!"

"Hello Mr. Zhang, I am a Spanish correspondent in China, as far as I know, your navy went south to occupy Manila a few days ago, may I ask if your country wants to go to war against Spain and occupy the Spanish Philippines, please clarify, thank you."

Zhang Peilun replied: "China has always pursued the basic national policy that people do not offend me, I will not offend others, and if people offend me, I will offend others, as far as I know, Spain has ruled the Philippines for hundreds of years, and we have always been well water and not river water, but this time we have evidence that Spain deliberately created anti-Chinese riots, resulting in a large number of Chinese citizens being harmed, we just went to tell the Spaniards that this is not right, it will annoy China, and the consequences are very serious." At the moment, our soldiers are carrying out humanitarian relief there. ”

A group of reporters were dumbfounded, obviously occupying Manila and plotting the Philippine Islands, but they said that it was humanitarian relief, and did not mention the word occupation or when it would be returned to the Spanish government.

"Next question."

"Hello Mr. Zhang, I am a reporter from Chinatown Daily, a few days ago, major media in Europe and the United States went viral that the British Asian Fleet was completely annihilated by the Chinese Navy, please confirm, thank you!"

Zhang Peilun replied: "The Chinese Navy's overseas Chinese fleet was carrying out a mission to protect overseas Chinese in the Philippines, but unexpectedly it was attacked by the British Navy's Asian Fleet. As far as I know, the British Navy lost 12 ironclads, 18 cruisers, and 21 frigates, of which two ironclads and three cruisers were captured, including the British Navy's flagship Iron Duke, 6,315 British troops from the commander of the British fleet down. ”

The crowd was in an uproar.

Although before coming, reporters from various countries had roughly felt that the British Navy was estimated to be defeated, but they did not expect that it would be so completely defeated and completely annihilated.

It is already an open secret that the British Royal Navy has built warships on a large scale in the past five years, with more than 50 new warships in service, half of which have been deployed to Asia, specifically for the Chinese Navy.

At this moment, the news of the total destruction of the British Asian fleet was confirmed, and the reporters of various countries were shocked, which was more unbelievable than the old sow climbing a tree.

Subsequently, reporters from various countries became restless and rushed to ask questions, all of which were about the Sino-British naval battle.

Zhang Peilun has been reminded by Li Weiguo and dealt with it calmly.

"May I ask how many warships did your country win the naval battle, how many warships were lost, and what were the casualties?"

"As far as I know, we have very little to lose, almost negligible. All these are the victories achieved by the wisdom and martial arts of His Majesty the Emperor, the efforts of hundreds of civil and military officials, the concerted efforts of the people of the whole country, and the hard work of the officers and men of the navy. ”

"How many prisoners of war are there in the British Navy this time?"

"Please inquire with the relevant departments about this problem!"

"Has your government's concentration camp system for prisoners of war been improved?"

"This official doesn't know, you can contact the relevant departments!"

"May I ask if the great victory of your navy this time is related to the sudden use of new weapons to win the war during the previous two Yapian wars? This time, your navy has some advanced weapons, please confirm! ”

"Please check with the relevant departments."

"May I ask if the anti-Chinese riots also broke out in the Dutch East Indies colonies, will your navy also take the opportunity to attack? Please confirm! ”

"We in China are peace-loving, we Chinese are friendly, and we advise the Dutch government to immediately stop the anti-Chinese actions, ensure the personal and property safety of Chinese nationals, and then severely punish the perpetrators and make reasonable compensation."

"I am a correspondent of the German Empire, may I ask German Prime Minister Bismarck what is the specific itinerary and topics for his upcoming visit to China, and whether the first prime minister of a European power to visit China means that China and Germany will form an alliance, please confirm."

Another bombshell, which made reporters dizzy, the German Prime Minister's visit to China was still at this sensitive period.

What the hell is this?

Everyone looked at Zhang Peilun.

Zhang Peilun smiled slightly and replied: "At the invitation of His Majesty the Emperor of China, Mr. Bismarck, Chancellor of the German Empire, will visit China in the near future. As for the alliance you are talking about, I don't know. ”

"I am a reporter from the British Times, may I ask Mr. Zhang, about the large number of counterfeit coins in the currency markets of European and American countries, which can almost be confused with the real thing, and it is difficult for bank staff in various countries to find out.

Zhang Peilun glanced at the British reporter, and sure enough, he had just announced the destruction of the British fleet by the Chinese Navy and slapped the British in the face, and the British asked such a sharp question.

Fortunately, Zhang Peilun had just heard the story of a cardinal from Li Weiguo, so he was mentally prepared.

"I don't know where you got the news, but it must be fake. Although our Chinese currency, the renminbi, is very exquisite, so beautiful that it eclipses the currencies of all countries in the world, you should not be so envious and jealous, if your government wants our renminbi manufacturing technology, you can express it through official channels, we Chinese people have always been kind-hearted and helpful, and will definitely help you. Although you British have been domineering for hundreds of years, and are still at war with us, even if you deliberately smear our country, it is understandable. ”

Well, Zhang Peilun's answer was leaky, which completely made the British reporter unable to find any "play point", but it would be considered by other reporters to deliberately smear China in order to save the face of the British.

The press conference ended quickly, and the embassies and consulates of various countries in China suddenly exploded, and they were all shocked by the two news.

First, the Chinese Navy completely annihilated the British Asian Fleet, which is simply incredible; Second, German Prime Minister Bismarck's recent visit to China has sent another signal, and those who are interested have to think deeply. (To be continued.) )