Zhang Tong thinks very highly of himself and rarely praises people, and being able to say this today has already given Zhao Guanhou's face. He added, "You cunning beast, that's right. When the house is broken, it is time to replace the beams and break the ground, but as a minister, all you can do is to mount it. As for how to repair this old house, we can help the master come up with some ideas, listen to it or not, if the master himself has the final say, he can't be the master of the master. As long as they do their own errands, they will be the right ones to pay for the monthly work and food given by the master. I'm getting older, you have to pay more attention to the things you want to negotiate with the foreigners, I'll do the things that are strategizing, and you can do the things that charge into battle, and the old man can be regarded as having some light on you. ”

"Zhongtang is too modest. Zhongtang has been in charge of the country for decades, running foreign affairs, building railways, and setting up Beiyang, if you want to say that it is stained, tens of thousands of officials and citizens in Dajin Kingdom, how many of them have not touched your light? Being able to contribute to the middle hall is the blessing of the lower officials, and others want to share the profits, but they don't have this opportunity yet. ”

This sentence was scratching Zhang Tong's itch, and he couldn't help laughing, "The old and decrepit young Kejia, the middle-aged Rong Ma, the late Westerners, the countless people, and the first and second grade masters of the Baoju do not know how many." At this age, you still use your to compliment? Why don't you get on an errand? If you can't do it, you look good. If it is done well, the old decay will ensure you a good future! ”

There is neither estrangement nor contention between the two, Zhao Guanhou has never thought about competing with Zhang Tong, nor has he thought about how much profit he has gained from it, so he can't talk about internal friction. And he opened Zhang Yinheng's public case, the root of which was because of his opposition to the National Protection Association, this motive, and his very sympathetic thoughts, and Li Lianying's breath of relief, on the side of the Summer Palace, it was smooth sailing.

is also favored by the queen mother, Zhao Guanhou took on another errand: to teach the Son of Heaven Western etiquette and language, so as not to make a fool of himself in front of the court.

The Son of Heaven learned the language, practiced the rites, and was considered a great shame for the Qing Liulai of the Jin Kingdom, who has always regarded himself as the **** country. But in Zhao Guanhou's opinion, it is not a big deal. It is long overdue to be able to talk to foreigners, to be able to master their language, and to be able to have a secret conversation without being hindered. Of course, at the current time, it is impossible to teach from the beginning, but just memorize what to ask at that time, and then master the pronunciation. As for the handshake of Western etiquette, it is better to teach it very easily, and it takes little effort.

This errand can't be compared with the emperor who teaches the articles of the sages of the Son of Heaven, but in fact, they are all teaching the knowledge of the Son of Heaven, one is close to Tianyan, and the other is to use the time of the professor to get closer to the relationship. Only Zhao Guanhou knew in his heart that he could be appointed to this errand, but in fact, because he was as black as coal in the eyes of the Son of Heaven, he would be arranged by the Queen Mother to take on the position of master.

Zhang Yinheng is the minister who is very loved by the Son of Heaven, and he got him down, and the Son of Heaven does not hate himself to death to have a ghost. It is precisely because of this that the Queen Mother is convinced that she has absolutely no chance of becoming an emperor, so she can take on the responsibility of a professor, and by the way, she can also be used as an eye and ear to monitor the actions of the Son of Heaven.

In the Yushu Hall, Emperor Tianyou recounted Zhao Guanhou's words expressionlessly, "When will your prince set off in Berlin?" How is the Great Emperor of your country? …… Your prince is going around today, not without fatigue, and he can rest calmly. Baoxing is a reply to the meaning of the prince's diligence and repair. Then he looked at Zhao Guanhou, obviously waiting for the other party to judge whether his pronunciation standard was standard or not.

"Banzai's pronunciation is fine, and that Prince Henry will definitely feel Banzai's sincerity......"

"So what?" Emperor Tianyou used to just use this special time to study, and Zhao Guanhou didn't say anything else. Today, he opened his mouth for the first time: "If he feels my sincerity, will he withdraw from Shandong, no longer build railways, and no longer dig up our gold deposits?" ”

At such a time, any answer by Zhao Guanhou is wrong, and he can only choose to remain silent. And Emperor Tianyou's face was still ugly

"I run foreign affairs and learn Western studies, in order to enrich the country and strengthen the army, enhance the national strength, and one day, I can take back everything that was given to foreigners. And not to please foreigners. But...... But now, why do I feel like I'm putting the cart before the horse? Is it fair that Shu is working hard to learn foreign dialect here, but that Prince Henry does not need to learn Chinese? Today, we have received another note from the Prussians at the Yamen, asking us to ensure that there will be no more incidents of hatred against religion in Shandong. The people have no fists and no courage, and they also know how to serve the court and contribute to the country. ”

"The minister is guilty!" Zhao Guanhou just said these three words, and then knelt on the ground, Emperor Tianyou waved his hand, and then grabbed the blue and white tea bowl and threw it heavily on the ground.

"Today, isn't it who said anything to Banzai? Why is there such an evil fire in the belly? When he came out of the park, Zhao Guanhou couldn't help but ask Li Lianying, and Li Lianying smiled proudly

"Not for the sake of the Congress? This Lafayette wrote a decree and asked the Son of Heaven to forward the edict and ban the National Defense Council. The backstage of the Baoguo Association is Zhang Yinheng, this is considered to be a loss of face, the Son of Heaven is not happy, find someone to spread fire, don't go to your heart. ”

"Don't dare. Thunder, rain and dew are all Jun'en, and the lower officials still understand this truth. It's just that I'm worried that the Son of Heaven will be in a bad mood and be angry when he greets Prince Henry, which is not good. It is not a way to be a guest from afar, and it is not always a way to be hospitable. ”

"That's not going to happen, I always want to do foreign affairs, learn from foreigners, how can I never fall out with foreigners. Long live can't figure it out, closing the Protector Association, it was Lafayette who cared about his face and deliberately saved those people. Otherwise, wait until the following puts those words and documents on the table, even if it is not a ban. ”

Zhao Guanhou nodded yes, but he had some hidden worries in his heart, until he was on Huntsmei, and when he was grinding with Shige's sideburns, he was still difficult to let go of in his heart. Mother and son are out of harmony, the Son of Heaven is eager to make contributions, and there is a group of people who are eager to get out of the position to run around the streets, in this broken house, probably someone wants to toss it well, but I don't know the result of this toss, is it will poke a few holes in the broken house, or let it collapse. I have no obligation to repair the house, let alone the mood to demolish it, the only thing to do is to escape before it collapses, or pick up some wood and bricks and make a fortune.

Fortunately, in the next development, as Li Lianying said, there was no diplomatic conflict because of the discord between mother and son. Since the defeat of the Goryeo army, the Dajin Kingdom has known that peace should be valued on the issue of foreigners, whether it is a Westernist or a conservative. will not kill foreigners because of internal disputes.

Weng Fangtian, the leader of the Qingliu River, Gang Ziliang, the minister of the old school, etc., may not have a good opinion of foreigners, but in major matters, they at least know how to take it seriously. Dare to do the thing of pulling legs and dismantling the stage, but when the foreigners come, it is a group of harmony, and the guests and hosts are happy, showing the demeanor of the people who are gentle and far away in the country of etiquette.

The whole reception process is very smooth, handing over the national letter, meeting, giving a banquet, visiting the garden, the process is very standard, there are no flaws, and of course it is not brilliant. Weak countries have no diplomacy, Prince Henry does not pay much attention to the golden emperor, and the diplomatic office is more attentive, and there will not be much praise. The only exception is that the Son of Heaven actually went to visit the exercise of Prince Henry's guards, which has never happened since the establishment of diplomatic relations between the Kingdom of Jin and foreign countries.

Although this guard team did not have artillery, but after the queue and shooting exercises, it still made Emperor Tianyou quite fascinated, obviously comparing himself with his own Praetorian Guard in his heart, and then concluded that he was far inferior to the foreigners. The ministers who watched the exercise together were quite unimpressed. After the drill was over, the Minister of Military Aircraft co-organized the university Shi Ganglie took the initiative to stop Zhao Guanhou

"The last time I watched the exercises, the official also went to see it. Today, it seems that what Yuan Weiting did is no different from this Prussian. Sure enough, they were all taught by the Prussians, and even the things are almost the same, you have learned their things, if you meet them on the battlefield, this apprentice may win the master? ”

Zhao Guanhou knew that this "grass management of human life" Gang Ziliang was extremely poor in knowledge, and he was able to get to the position of the military aircraft, although he relied on Weng Fangtian to protect him, but he was a post-party rather than an imperial party, and there was no threat to himself. When I talked to him, I didn't worry too much, so I was blunt

"Back to the middle hall, you said that this question is difficult to answer. Although the method was learned from them, but when fighting on the battlefield, the gun does not recognize the master and apprentice. The theory of victory or defeat is not determined by the status of master and apprentice, but always depends on the skill level of each family. ”

Gang Ziliang shook his head: "That's not right. Your guns and cannons were all bought from their Prussian goods, and if that day comes, as long as their emperor decrees that you are not allowed to sell goods to us, you will not be able to fight if you are short of guns and ammunition, and this will not work. To tell the truth, you cleaned up Zhang Qiaoye's matter, and you did it happily, and this official likes this kind of cool people the most, and specially came to teach you a wonderful method, so that you can win foreigners. ”

Zhao Guanhou looked at him with interest, "Gangxiang, you don't understand what you are talking about, why is there a way to win?" ”

Gang Ziliang looked mysterious, "Of course there is this method, two words: practice boxing!" There is a master in Shandong, who understands magic and has magical powers, and after reciting a spell, he can be invulnerable, and water and fire will not invade. Foreign guns and foreign cannons are all useless, guns and bullets can't be broken, and cannons can't be fired. You go back and talk to Yuan Weiting and Han Zhonghua, let them set up an altar in the army, I can help you go and invite senior brother, when the time comes, our armed guards will be invulnerable, see if he foreigners dare to underestimate. ”

Zhao Guanhou's face stiffened for a while, but then he still squeezed out a smile, "Thank you for your advice, after I go back, I will report to my family and ask him to make an idea." There will be a ball in the Embassy later, and I won't talk to you about it, there are a lot of things on the side of the ball, and I have to arrange it. ”

Ganglie snorted, "Prom? What kind of system does it become for men and women to hug and dance? These foreign devils are just a group of beasts, and they don't know what shame is and what etiquette is. I heard that a few days ago, Qingdi went to shake hands with Minister Haijing's wife? Her man was watching from the side, didn't he get angry? ”

"Just looking, it is common sense for foreigners to shake hands, and they will not be angry because of this."

"That'...... Face kiss too? ”

"The customs of this country are different, some countries are not close, and some countries are indeed customs, according to the distance of relatives, the position of relatives is different. It is always necessary to adapt measures to local conditions and distinguish them by country. ”

Ganglie shook his head, "Ridiculous, it's ridiculous!" Isn't this a disregard for honesty and morality? This wind must not rise in our country, otherwise, people's hearts will be broken. ”

When Zhao Guanhou left, Ganglie was still muttering, "Dancing? Face kiss? Why is this foreigner so shameless? Prince Henry's wife is also there, and he doesn't get jealous when he watches his wife dance with other men? This princess, it can't be fake, right? ”

The ball was held at the Prussian Legation, and the foreign band had been invited a long time ago, and the Prussian Minister Haijing and his wife and the reception officer of the Jin State were jointly responsible for running it, and the required expenses were paid by the Jin State. Zhao Guanhou had the experience of this kind of dance party in his previous life, setting up the process, arranging the security in an orderly manner, and calmly and calmly, while Zhang Tong talked and laughed with Haijing and his wife. One of the two is responsible for practice, and the other is responsible for communicating with the upper echelons, and the division of labor is clear, which makes Prince Henry quite praised. The other ministers who were invited to come also nodded their heads in praise.

The General Taxation Department of Jinguo Hurd, who specially trained a foreign band in Jinguo, was also brought in this time to help the fun. Although the members are all golden, their mastery of Western music is not inferior to that of the foreign band, which also makes Prince Henry and his party quite appreciative.

The music is melodious, disturbing people's dreams, Xu Tong, a bachelor who lives in Dongjiaomin Lane, listens to the sound of Western music, only feels that the fire hits the top beam, and his eyes are black. Even the ripe Taishang induction chapter that I memorized on weekdays was greatly affected, and I forgot the words.

He said angrily: "Zhang Shaoquan is also shameless! Overseas people, but Albion and Cape, the rest are all made up by foreigners in these two countries to intimidate and deceive me Dajin. This Prince Henry, who was originally a Tessie liar and a bachelor, actually treated him as a prince, which simply insulted my ancestors and ancestors! Now it's disturbing the people again! If you want me to say, there should be no Western embassy on the land of this Jin country, and if you drive these Yi people back to your own land, Dajin will be peaceful! Someone! ”

He called the messenger of his house and ordered: "Go and invite a few drummers, regardless of the amount of money, the more people the better." Outside the door of my house, play suona and beat the drum for me, the louder the movement, the better, as long as the sound overshadows the foreign music, there will be a reward! ”

Of course, this musician will not be invited, and the steward will not be stupid enough to offend foreigners at this time, but just respond to the story and leave his master first. Xu Tong returned to the living room, his eyes closed slightly, and he muttered in his mouth, "Taishang said, there is no way for good and evil, only people call themselves, and the retribution of good and evil follows like a shadow...... hoping to use this moral article, sage words to fight against Xiyi foreign music, and the sound of the country.

However, he had the intention to kill the thief, and he was unable to return to the sky, and the Taishang induction was finally defeated by brass Western music, as several bands in the concession joined one after another, the music became louder and louder, and the text of the Taishang induction chapter was crushed, and even Xu Tong himself couldn't remember what he should recite next. (To be continued.) )