Seeing Yi Shui lead the six guests into his office, Qin Lang's eyebrows raised imperceptibly, and his lips curled. www.biquge.info"I thought you were still on your honeymoon. ”

Last week, Rachel wanted to go back to her office. Do you think she could hold back after yesterday's wedding? Yi Shui spread his hands and made a helpless gesture.

Qin Lang shook his head and sighed, "You are so pitiful, buddy. ”

"Your future won't be better than mine, Qin." Yi Shui replied.

That's right. Qin Lang pursed his lips and mourned for his future for a few seconds, then turned his gaze behind Yi Shui and swept over several guests. "You may be seated, gentlemen." He said it in Chinese.

"Thank you." It was still Zhang Binglin, who seemed to have become the spokesperson and leader of the group, and the others just quietly followed him - except for Bi Yongnian. When everyone else sat down, Bi Yongnian was still standing, bowing to Qin Lang extremely formally, with obvious respect.

"On behalf of all my colleagues who have devoted themselves to the reform of the law, I would like to extend my most sincere thanks to Mr. Qin. It is really ...... that my husband helped us and saved the law at a critical juncture."

"Oh." Qin Lang motioned for him to stop, "That's just business." ”

"Business?" Bi Yongnian looked confused, surprised, and a little ...... Respect? His expression also puzzled Qin Lang: What did Yi Shui say to this important member of the Restoration? He looked at his little brother, but saw a blank expression.

"Yes, that's just business." That's all he can say.

"Mr. Qin is too modest." Bi Yongnian laughed inexplicably, at least in the eyes of Qin Lang and Yi Shui, "Mr. Nanhai once told us and other comrades that he just sent the contents of the emperor's edict to him by telegram, and Mr. resolutely sent troops to save the emperor and the great cause ......of the Restoration."

What kind of joke is this in the name of God?

For the first time back in this world, Qin Lang felt that there might be something wrong with his ears - after the shock of traveling through time and space, Qin Lang once thought that there was nothing in this world that could surprise him, but now, he realized that he had made a mistake.

Ridiculous mistakes! Edict? Telegraph? Is Kang Youwei writing a legendary novel, or does he think everyone else is a fool?

Qin Lang looked at the other five guests out of the corner of his eye. Chen Tianhua's face was already distorted, and although the three military cadets still had a straight face, their facial muscles were twitching slightly, obviously feeling ridiculous as well. As for Zhang Binglin, because his relationship with the reformers was not very good, he was sneering.

Then came the taunt. "Kang Youwei, that wild fox Zen, really dare to say anything."

Bi Yongnian's face suddenly became ugly. In fact, at first he didn't believe Kang Youwei's boasting—although he wasn't in Beijing, he knew that Tan Sitong was the closest to the emperor among the reformers, and that the nominal spiritual leader, Kang You, probably met with the emperor less than five times.

But the problem is that, according to Qin Lang's proposal to Washington, Conger declared that the seven thousand mercenaries were peacekeeping troops sent at the invitation of the Chinese emperor...... Therefore, Bi Yongnian was confused, and finally became a joke.

He was extremely embarrassed.

"Don't worry about these issues, Mr. Bi." Qin Lang comforted him, "Everyone makes mistakes, and the exchange of information in this world is not very smooth. ”

"I'm sorry, Mr. Qin." After hesitating for a moment, Bi Yongnian asked, "But what business you are talking about is ......?"

"Business is business." Qin Lang laughed, and motioned for Bi Yongnian to sit down, and then explained: "The U.S. government doesn't want to see a change in China's political situation, so it hired my mercenaries to go to China to interfere in a possible coup d'état - Washington pays, I send the army, that's business." ”

Now, except for Zhang Binglin, everyone else's faces have become unnatural. It is clearly a glaring mistake to interpret a seemingly noble event as a simple and vulgar business activity, and a business with a foreign government that covets Chinese interests, before patriots.

Patriots will be angry at this mistake. It's just that as invited guests, and more importantly, the party that is absolutely inferior in strength, they will try to restrain their emotions as much as possible, as they do now.

Of course, Zhang Binglin is also a patriot, but he is a nationalist. Hearing Qin Lang's speech about his lack of affection for the Manchu government made Zhang Binglin quite satisfied, so the problem was no longer a problem.

Qin Lang was still smiling. "You're surprised? It really surprised me. He turned his gaze to Yi Shui, "I thought Yi Shui had already explained to you what kind of person I am. ”

"I explained." Yi Shui said. Yes, he did say that Qin Lang was an egoist, an arms dealer, a warmonger who lacked morality and a sense of honor, and a conspirator who just wanted to hide behind his back and manipulate everything. The problem is, "None of them believe it. ”

"You should believe Yi Shui's words." Qin Lang sighed regretfully, "He has been with me for more than four years, and he knows very well what kind of person I am. ”

The guests were silent and conflicted. From the perspective of their hearts, they refused to accept Qin Lang's evaluation of themselves, but the facts told them that it was the truth. This made them extremely disappointed. Just a few minutes ago, Qin Lang was still the hope of saving China, and he had great power. But if he has no idea of saving the country and the nation at all, then he is nothing.

But the patriots are not yet in despair. Because there is one thing they haven't figured out yet, if Qin Lang doesn't care about China's future at all, why did he ask Yi Shui to invite them to the United States? Of course, there are many explanations for this problem, but the most reasonable one is that Qin Lang is still willing to take on a great responsibility.

But this is still only speculation and needs to be confirmed.

After exchanging a few glances with each other, Chen Tianhua cautiously asked, "Mr. Qin, is it ...... You really don't plan to contribute to saving the country? ”

"Contribution? Don't you think this is too difficult for a businessman? Qin Lang asked rhetorically.

"Don't you love China at all?"

"No, I love China, there's no doubt about it." Qin Lang put on a serious face, which made the patriots breathe a sigh of relief, but only for a moment. "Unfortunately, it's not the China I love now."

However, in fact, Qin Lang did not tell the truth completely, only part of it was true, such as he didn't like China now, for example, he still loved China...... People's Republic of China -- Just as a diamond smuggler, a criminal, and an egoist, "patriotism" has never been a good moral character that Qin Lang should have. When the only country that is still worthy of his love becomes a distant past, he does not love any country at all.

But no one understood what he meant. For a moment, they thought Qin Lang was the kind of antique who intended to "oppose the Qing Dynasty and restore the Ming Dynasty", but later they realized that he apparently hated it only because of the corruption of the Manchu government. In fact, a lot of people do. Chen Tianhua showed a thoughtful expression, while the other four, their feelings were a little complicated, and they didn't know what to say.

Only Zhang Binglin was still smiling. Subconsciously, he already sees Qin Lang as a nationalist similar to him - even though Qin Lang is not at all.

The atmosphere in the office became a bit dreary and eerie. The guests were all thinking about their own affairs, and Qin Lang and Yi Shui looked at them without saying a word, waiting for someone to continue to ask questions.

They waited a little longer.

It may have been ten minutes before Bi Yongnian broke the silence. "Mr. Qin, do you think the reform can be successful?"

Qin Lang didn't think about anything at all, and directly gave an answer that embarrassed him. "I can't."

"Why?"

"The reformers chose the wrong direction from the start. "They" - Qin Lang used "they" to separate Bi Yongnian from the rest of the reformists - "chose an emperor who lacked both majesty and power, and who did not have the support of the army, to carry out the reforms, and failure was an inevitable result." ”

"But it was only with the support of Emperor Meiji that Japan's reform was successful." Bi Yongnian argued.

Qin Lang shrugged his shoulders secretly. Today's Chinese reformers like to use Japan's Meiji Restoration as a reference, but the situation in Japan is completely different from China's: the Meiji Emperor is only a statue in a shrine, worshipped every day but always without actual power, and Ito Hirobumi and others, who led the reforms, actually relied on the power of Choshu and other powerful feudal clans - and, of course, the chaebol that held the country's economic lifeblood.

But in China, such forces do not exist, and the reformers who only have the emperor in their minds probably never thought of them.

However, Qin Lang was not prepared to tell Bi Yongnian these facts. Although in the end, Bi Yongnian would separate from the reformers, he is still one of them, and he has a close relationship with Tan Sitong. So it is quite possible that he will leak this information to the reformers. Although this will not prevent the complete failure of the Restoration, in Qin Lang's plan, he needs the backbone of the Restorationists to follow the example of the Japanese to launch a military coup d'état, and create the conditions for his next plan after Duanjun Wang Zaiyi used the Boxers to "settle" Guangxu and was suppressed by mercenaries.

At present, it is not yet possible to dismantle the exemplary image of Japan's experience in the minds of the reformers.

"Every country has its own realities, and it is difficult for one country's experience to be completely imitated by another." Qin Lang said slowly, carefully picking each word, "You should know that China's conservative power far exceeds that of Japan. Last year's attempted coup d'état illustrates the seriousness of the problem. ”

"And," he continued, after a pause and a sip of coffee, "the reformers were so radical that it was difficult for them to gain broad support for their actions." ”

"That's right!" Zhang Binglin interjected. Qin Lang's accusation seemed to remind him of some of the past. "Kang Youwei's gang simply wants to corrupt all the quintessence of my China, leaving nothing behind."

Zhang Binglin is a nationalist and a nationalist. Qin Lang only remembered this now, and he secretly smiled bitterly - compared to the reformers, he really didn't know anything about the quintessence of the country and was not interested, and it might cause the younger generation to follow suit, so that the quintessence would be lost; At the same time, Qin Lang was also even more curious about how Yi Shui could get Zhang Binglin to the United States-what did Mr. Lieutenant Colonel do?

After the guests left, he had to ask Yi Shui questions.

Now, of course, he must continue. "Anyway, Mr. Bi, that's the case. Not only did the reformers have to face the attacks of the conservatives, but they also hurt the interests of the vast majority of the people, and unfortunately they lacked the strength to deal with possible crises, so defeat was only a matter of time. ”

No, or even that wasn't a matter of time at all. Qin Lang was very clear about the situation. The only Prince Gong who can control the situation and ease the contradictions is dead, the policies of the reformers are becoming more and more radical, Zai Yi has found the force he can use, the Spanish-American War is about to break out, so the factors add up, and the outbreak time of the second coup is very clear.

When his mercenaries go to the Philippines to fight on Washington's orders, Cixi and Zai Yi will go into action.

Qin Lang raised his head and looked at the unusually clear future. "Gentlemen, if you still want to save China, you must choose another way, a way outside the system."

Sometimes, Qin Lang likes to be straightforward, but other times, he likes to keep analogies. "Although it is more cumbersome to tear down the blocks and rebuild them than to modify them on the original basis, there is an advantage to doing so, and there are few problems to be considered."

"What do you mean?" In fact, the guests had already understood what Qin Lang meant, but no one dared to directly pick it out. Even Zhang Binglin had a little more difficulty getting him to say the word "revolutionary," and the three military academy graduates and members of the Restorationists were even more frightened.

But if they don't say it, Qin Lang and Yi Shui won't say it.

Silence fell again. (To be continued, if you want to know what will happen next, please log in to the www.qidian.com, more chapters, support the author, support genuine reading!) (To be continued.) )