Since the pre-Jin era, Zhao Guanhou has had the experience of entering Beijing with a swagger on the premise of offending powerful ministers and important ministers, and left unharmed. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 info knew that he could be caught at any time for the crimes he committed, but he didn't take it seriously and swaggered through the market. One of the most important factors is the power of the ministers of various countries in Dongjiaomin Lane.

Whether he hides in the embassy, or after being caught, a foreigner comes forward to ask for bail, you can ensure that he is safe and sound. But this time, although the friendship with foreigners is still there, this trick is no longer useful. As the situation in Taixi changed, the power of the minister remained tough on the surface, but in fact, the control and influence on China fell to the lowest point in recent years.

First came the Yankee War, then the Great Depression that swept through the Tessie countries, and the control of Western countries over China was greatly reduced. Although foreigners still control customs and railway revenues, they are not as influential as they used to be in honest diplomacy.

To give a simple example, when Albion and Capet came to the aid of Yankee Uttar Pradesh with money, supplies, and various weapons, the Chinese mercenaries who went out from Shandong charged for Uttar Pradesh on the battlefield. What the two great powers of Afghanistan and Qatar can do is to negotiate with Zhao Guanhou and ensure that after the face is gone, they will no longer be investigated, let alone ask Shandong to withdraw its troops.

This is not a two-country change, but it has reached the limit of what can be done. With the current strength of the two countries in the East, if we do this, we will be able to preserve the dignity of the big countries and give an account to the upper and lower levels, and it will not really lead to serious consequences.

In fact, if the person of negotiation is not Zhao Guanhou, but an overseer who can give up everything, or has a poor brain. Completely ignoring diplomatic pressure, commercial interests and other factors, the two old empires could end up in disgrace. At least at this stage, there is not much that the two countries can do to teach them a lesson from such a bastard.

Influence or interference must be established under sufficient force, and now the energy of each country is concentrated in Taixi itself, and only Fusang can probably use force to influence the union. It is precisely because of this that the talisman commonly used in the past is not very easy to use this time, once Zhao Guanhou is really involved in the battle for the throne, Sai Jinhua is also worried, he can't get out of the way.

Although during this time, she used her connections in Dongjiaomin Lane to try her best to win support for Zhao Guanhou. But even she can see that this kind of support is far less effective than it was at the beginning.

Of course, Yuan Weiting would not poison a meritorious general, but precisely because he is a meritorious general, and he holds the most effective unit among the six towns in Beiyang, his attitude or standing in line has become particularly important. It is conceivable that Yuan Weiting will not let go of a person who opposes him and will control the military power in Shandong for a long time.

Once Zhao Guanhou behaved and Yuan Yuan, the end may be that he will be promoted to the chief of the army by the Liangjiang Patrol Envoy, and then given the honorific title of General Xwei, and from then on live in the capital for a long time, and bid farewell to the good time of robbing men and women in Shandong and doing whatever he wants.

Zhao Guanhou's concern about Sai Jinhua was completely understandable, he smiled, "Second sister, I can understand what you mean, and I'm not a fool." To put it mildly, it doesn't hurt me for him to be the emperor, and I don't do him any good when he is president. I never wanted to be president, I just wanted to be happy on my turf. So whatever the president wants to do, it's good that I don't participate. ”

Jenson coughed twice, "As a Belgian, I will not interfere in the internal affairs of other countries, and what form of government the joint chooses has nothing to do with businessmen." ”

Chen Lenghe knew in his heart that Sai Jinhua was ostensibly saying this to Zhao Guanhou, but in fact he was saying it to himself. With Zhao Guanhou's tactfulness, he will never oppose the imperial system in person, and the one who is really likely to do so is himself. Therefore, Sai Jinhua first explained the benefits and disadvantages, which can be regarded as a preventive injection to ensure that he does not do bad things on the spot and destroy the situation.

She was able to mix in the mall, naturally she was not a stupid person who did not know how to be flexible, although she did not explicitly indicate that she would be false and wronged, but also said: "Mrs. Jenson is right, businessmen only talk about business operations, not about integrity struggle. The choice of the form of government of a country should be decided by the people of the country themselves, and outsiders should not interfere too much. ”

Seeing that the most unstable factor in the family was explained, Su Hanzhi let out a long breath and said to Zhao Guanhou: "When we enter Beijing, we should go to the palace to meet us." I'll go with you, you go to see the president, I'll go to see the lady. Shigege and Jade are also together, everyone is friends, and there is a lot to talk about when they meet. ”

Yuqing understood that Su Hanzhi was planning to add another insurance to Zhao Guanhou, and use the strength of the eldest wife to ensure Zhao Guanhou's safety. nodded immediately and said, "Let's go together, it just so happens that I haven't seen Jin Ying for a long time, it's good to look at her and talk to her for a while." ”

Before everyone could move, Tang Tianxi had already arrived at the gate of the mansion. He had come to deliver a message for the president, and at seven o'clock in the evening he had a banquet at Zhongnanhai, and asked the crown commander to attend.

Among the invitees, Jenson and Chen Lenghe were not mentioned for the time being, but the two did not have to attend. In two years, some things have changed, and some things have remained the same.

Last year, Zhao Guanhou was still busy controlling rivers, immigration, and building railways, so he couldn't enter Beijing. This year, it seems that the military band and the honor guard are still majestic and strong, standing tall and tall, and those who have changed are the arrangements in the Spring Lotus Zhai, which are more luxurious than what they saw that day, and they are probably the collections in the East Sixth Palace, and many of them have been "temporarily borrowed" to act as a façade.

Yuan Weiting's spirit is still vigorous, full of red light, and his spirit is brilliant. His diet may seem frugal, but in fact it is luxurious. For example, the Honghe crucian carp is accompanied by a meal, and it needs to be transported freshly, which is expensive.

Grind the antler velvet, sprinkle it in rice porridge, slice the ginseng, and swallow it casually. The duck eaten is washed and ground into powder with deer antler velvet, fed with fine sorghum, not only the meat is fresh and tender, but also a great nourishing essence. Compared with the Son of Heaven who was raised by the world, the president is not much different.

Today's banquet is not a formal longevity banquet, there are not many guests, and the two accompanying guests are Lu Zhengxiang, who is now the secretary of state, and the other is Yuan Weiting's son and daughter, Finance Minister Zhou Xuezhao.

The reason why these two people were chosen as escorts is that their status is enough to be the hero of Zhao Guanhou, and they are on an equal footing. On the other hand, these two people are more or less related to Zhao Guanhou.

Lu Zhengxiang is a diplomat, and like in the pre-Jin era, if you can work in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and make achievements, first of all, you must have a foreigner to support you. Otherwise, no one will recognize you anywhere, and there will be no way to talk about this work at all. Lu Zhengxiang's relationship is Tieler.

Zhao Guanhou sheltered the Decembrists of Tiele in Shandong, and even Princess Anna survived under his protection. The current tsar of Tiele could not have been ignorant. What he didn't know was that his two steam warships were under the name of Zhao Guanhou.

For Anna, the current tsar naturally wants to get rid of it quickly. But the question is, can he do it. The current Tiele is no longer comparable to what it used to be. After the double blow of the Fuso Tiele War and the internal strife in the country, the national strength has been greatly weakened. Domestically, the Decembrists could resurgce at any moment, the army was riddled with contradictions, and the empire's finances were on the verge of collapse. In this case, even in the face of China, Tiele did not have the guts to actually start a war to solve the problem.

All the Tsar could do was to send assassins, hoping to solve the hidden danger with daggers and revolvers. But whether it is the top dancer of the Taixi Dark World or the intelligence elite of the empire, after entering Shandong, all of them are as missing as if they have evaporated from the world. Shandong is like a huge whirlpool, which can wring all the undesirable villains to pieces.

It wasn't until Oleg, the best intelligence officer in the Tiele Empire, submitted a special report for this purpose, that the imperial intelligence department canceled this death-sending operation. According to Oleg, we don't have the advantage of manpower and materials, and it is better to fight a special master than to fight a brown bear with bare hands. This statement, after several failures, was approved by the tsar, who also knew that this road would not actually work.

There can be neither fighting nor plotting, and all that is left is diplomatic pressure. Tie Le's small actions are actually not a few. For example, he bribed the prince of Rouran, and supported the horse bandits on the grassland, hoping to borrow their hands to find trouble for the Gonghe Zhengfu.

But these people can only be regarded as trouble, and they can't shake the foundation of the Gonghe Zhengfu. If you want to rely on them, it is impossible to make the Gonghe Zhengfu succumb, take the initiative to wash Princess Anna for nothing, or remove Zhao Guanhou, the overseer. Another way was to explain Tieler's views to the Kyoai Shofu through the minister.

This kind of talk must not be put on the table to talk, but can only be handed over through an intermediary, and the words must be said extremely cleverly. Ignoring the detours, the sum up is that as long as you stop supporting the opponents and expel them from the country, the Tiele Zhengfu will surely repay you.

This matter has been delayed for more than a year, Yuan Weiting's attitude is ambiguous, and he has not made a clear statement, while Zhao Guanhou expressed his opinion on the premise of respect.

No one will want to take what comes to me, and I will not hand it over to anyone. I don't care what the Ministry of Foreign Affairs says, but the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has no right to intervene in what Shandong decides.

As for Zhou Xuezhao, he is also from Anhui, and he is the same as Yang Shiqi, and he is the Huai Xiao who is entangled with Liang Shiyi. In the previous dredging project of the Huai River in Shandong, the Huai River was diverted, and many people's granges and even tombs were washed away along the way. Needless to say, ordinary people don't need to say much, but a large part of the fields reclaimed by the dry rivers belong to the Zhou family, and they are also part of Zhou Xuezhao's property.

Moreover, the speed of water conservancy projects has always been Zhou Xuezhao's own land. If you want to do it, you have to get his consent, and he will draw up a road map, and then choose the engineering team designated by the Zhou family to do it, otherwise, don't hope to get financial allocation.

That is, Zhao Guanhou's path was hard enough, and he had military exploits, and in the end, he almost pressed his head and forced the Ministry of Finance to take forty percent of the water conservancy funds. And the fields of the Zhou family, after being transformed, the Yellow River was all in one go, and none of the compensation was paid, which was not as good as the treatment of ordinary farmers.

It can be seen from these two things that these two people, in a sense, have to be regarded as Zhao Guanhou's enemies, and it is not a happy thing to eat together.

However, the power of communion lies in this, and disputes in official affairs are the affairs of the state, and private friendships are personal affairs. Since they are all united, they still don't understand that official affairs can't interfere with private affairs?

Therefore, Lu Zhengxiang is here, there is no problem. As for Zhou Xuezhao, he and Zhao Guanhou are considered personal grudges, but he is now interested in the Ministry of Communications and even the Bank of Communications. Therefore, the previous personal grievances must also be put aside, and this table must be served well, and the gain will definitely be more than the loss.

Moreover, the two have cooperated in other fields. Zhou Xuezhao's establishment of a waterworks in the capital is a great thing for the benefit of the country and the people. Shandong has long been at the forefront in this field, and as early as the pre-golden era, it set up a joint venture with Prussia to build a waterworks. The time is early, the experience is sufficient, and Zhao Guanhou's knowledge of the laying of tap water pipes, tap water purification and so on far exceeds this era. When Zhou Xuezhao opened the factory, he also learned from him, and from this aspect, the two were friends. The relationship between each other is quite confusing.

Yuan Weiting called the two to dinner, which also meant to mediate on behalf of the two parties, and after gossiping for a while, he turned the topic to business.

"Those people in Tiele are all restless, and in their own country, they engage in some fallacies and heresies, and they want to rebel. Taking them in Shandong is equivalent to burying a powder keg in your own home, Guanhou, aren't you afraid that they will blow up in your backyard? ”

Zhao Guanhou was unrestrained in front of Yuan Weiting, and the other two said that they were eating, but they only ate one or two bites of the actual dish, and their spirits were all on the face of the president. The slightest change in the president's expression will stop them. Only Zhao Guanhou ate the food and raised his glass to drink, as if he was really the brother-in-law who was eating at his sister's house, and he didn't treat Yuan Weiting as a president. Hearing the question, he ate two bites of food before answering with a smile

"The president has led troops for many years and is familiar with weapons, although the powder keg is dangerous, as long as it is isolated from the source of fire, it will be fine. I don't throw a foreign fire at it, it can't blow up. Those people are all lost dogs, and their country has nowhere to stand to survive, how dare they do anything wrong. I really dare to talk nonsense, arrest them and send them back to China, and ensure that they will not end well. I give them a way to live, and then give them a chance to live, and they are too late to be grateful, how can they mess around? Besides, among these Tiele people, there are quite a few talents, some who know how to drive ships, some who know how to sail, some who know how to use military industry, and some who know how to mechanical. Take our factory in Shandong as an example, Tiele technicians are very popular now. It's a pity that the Shandong Iron Works is only allowed to recruit Prussian technicians, otherwise I really want to recruit a few Tiele people to enter. ”

After taking a sip of wine, he added: "In this matter, the real powder keg is the neighbor. However, in my opinion, Tie Le also magnified the words to make a small amount of money, which really made him turn his face, and he didn't have the guts. Now Tieler, if he still wants to start a war, we are not afraid of him. My Beiyang soldiers can fight well, and there is a great president who sees thousands of miles and strategizes, if the Tiele people want to bring humiliation on themselves, I will give him some color to see. Let him understand that Gonghe is not a former gold! ”

Yuan Weiting looked at Lu Zhengxiang, "As I said, Guanhou does things with his own measure, and he will not offend his neighbors for no reason." You see, isn't he very thoughtful? As I've said a long time ago, there's nothing to be afraid of Tieler. I'm not the Heavenly Emperor of the past, and the Tiele people can't scare me. If they really have the confidence to start a war with us, they will not speak for us through an intermediary, and they will directly put the battle on the table. Guanhou did the right thing, with this princess in our hands, we are equivalent to holding a handle of Tiele. If we are in a hurry, we can send an army to help this princess restore the country, and when the time comes, see who will be afraid! ”

The majesty of the superior inadvertently exuded, as if the president at this time had become the commander-in-chief who led millions of soldiers and held the world's elite soldiers. Lu Zhengxiang's forehead was sweating inadvertently, and he hurriedly took out a handkerchief and wiped it. Yuan Weiting said to Zhao Guanhou:

"I would like to invite Princess Anna to come to Beijing and sit down, she is a member of the royal family and cannot be wronged. No matter what time or form of government, the golden branches and jade leaves should be treated preferentially. I also want to see what this princess is like. You tell her, don't be afraid, this world, maybe soon, there will be great changes, and it is not impossible for her to restore her ancestral business when the time comes. Of course, if you work with us! (To be continued.) )