After watching Edpall leave, Guan Xuqing turned around and asked Wang Shangdao with a smile: "What do you think of me marrying a German concubine?" ”

Wang Shang just saw Guan Xuqing angry, where did he dare to answer? One knelt on the ground and kowtowed, and his mouth was bulging: "The slave knows the sin, the slave knows the sin"

Guan Xuqing shook his head helplessly, pulled Wang Shang up and said, "Oh, I asked you something, and I didn't blame you, why are you guilty?" ”

Wang Shangzhan stood up tremblingly and replied: "The slave doesn't know, the emperor is rich in the world, and the women in the world are all the emperor's foreign women are covered in hair, and the slaves are afraid when they see them."

Guan Xuqing laughed, "Foreign women are covered with hair? How do you know? ”

"Minions...... The slave is the general who listens to the war, the foreigner is like a monkey, covered with yellow hair, and the slave thinks that the same is true for foreign women" Wang Shang told the truth

Guan Xuqing smiled, turned around and left without answering

Although there has been no war in the near future, there are still quite a lot of trivial matters in such a big country, although there have been no major natural disasters in the eight years since the beginning of the tenth year of Guangxu to the eighteenth year of Guangxu, so that the treasury can invest funds in army construction and educational reform without any scruples, but it does not mean that disasters are far away from this country

In the Heart Cultivation Palace, Guan Xuqing was reviewing the excerpts from all over the place

"Your Majesty, the drought in Shanxi has not been harvested, hundreds of thousands of people have been displaced, the Yellow River has burst its banks, and millions of people in Shandong and Zhengzhou have been left homeless," Kang Youwei said softly

Guan Xuqing put down the fold in his hand, pressed his temple with his middle finger and thumb and said, "What about the cost of repairing the river embankment allocated by the imperial court to the local government every year?" Why did the embankment still burst? ”

"The minister doesn't know, but the top priority should be to solve the problem of the people's survival first, and the minister is worried that so many people may make trouble," Kang Youwei said worriedly

"Well, let the household department allocate 20 million silver dollars to Burma, Vietnam, and southeastern provinces to buy grain, and set up porridge factories in Xuzhou, Taiyuan, Anhui, Wuhan, Changsha and other places, and the density should be large, and all the refugees will be resettled there," Guan Xuqing said simply

"Chirp" Kang Youwei just wanted to turn around and leave

"Wait, you work hard, go to Zhengzhou and Shandong in person, and find out where their special funds for repairing the river embankment are used every year? If you don't break the embankment anywhere else, how can you get to them, and the embankment is like paper paste? Guan Xuqing said indignantly

"Chirp, obey the order" Kang Youwei fell to the ground

Berlin, Germany

Otto von Bismarck, the outstanding statesman and diplomat in modern German history, had already seen God in 1898, but in this space, he was still alive, but his body was extremely fragile

He used to be the German ambassador to Russia, and he was also quite familiar with the Qing Dynasty, and at the regular meeting, everyone was discussing the telegram from the Far East played by Edward, and the emperor of the Qing Dynasty obviously did not receive the German great face, and there were many people shouting: Let the Qing know that we are powerful

Europe's traditional politicians have always focused on the ability to balance, and those who go around touting their powerlessness will not be respected

At this time, Bismarck waved his hand slightly, this old man known as the iron-blooded prime minister had a very high status in Germany, he helped Wilhelm I ascend the throne, assisted Wilhelm II, and even the king respected him quite a lot

At this moment, the huge conference room was quiet, and I saw him say slowly: "All strategists in the East and the West have a common understanding, force is only a tool subordinated to diplomacy, and the Qing people advocate the army that surrenders without a fight, and we are the same as for force, it is just a chip on the gambling table, or the revolver on the side of the chip."

"But Mr. Bismarck, the Qing Emperor rejected our kindness, they did not take our great Germany into account, this is a shame for us, we should do something," said Bauer, an official at the Foreign Ministry

Bismarck nodded slightly and continued: "The Chinese have never lacked wisdom, even after the Opium War, they have never lacked, what is missing is only that revolver, and the ability to produce that revolver, of course, they have to learn to use this revolver Now, the ability to produce the revolver is being strengthened, and that revolver has successively defeated France, Britain, Russia, Japan and Thailand, which even Germany has not been able to completely defeat, in only a few short weeks after the arrival of the soldiers of the Great Qing Dynasty, The Thais completely surrendered You can say that it is luck, it can also be said to be a coincidence, but in my opinion, this is the true embodiment of the combat effectiveness of the Qing State today, when we Germany lost this revolver, of course we at the negotiating table will look inferior This is a law that has not changed since ancient times, why do the emperors of the Qing Kingdom know this, but we are not clear about our situation? ”

After listening to this, Wilhelm II nodded slightly in recognition and continued to ask: "Mr. Bismarck, how do you think we should deal with this matter?" Do you want the whole world to laugh at us, Germany, in order to hold the thick legs of the countrymen, is willing to send its own princess to be a concubine of others? ”

Bismarck thought about it slightly, and said: "The emergence of the Far Eastern powers is in the interests of Germany, so that Germany can be saved from being constrained by insufficient resources and too much distraction in the competition, they will help to distract the pressure of Germany, if I were asked to choose one as a permanent ally before Russia and Qing, I would not hesitate to choose Qingguo, Russia is just a wild wolf without conscience" Bismarck paused, added dry lips with his tongue and continued: "As for the princess...... I think it's also a good choice to marry the Qing Emperor and be a concubine, and it's much better to let the world laugh at it than to let the world ravage it."

As soon as these words came out, the whole conference room exploded, everyone discussed it word by word, and most people were skeptical of this aging person, was he confused? When does Germany need to hug someone's thick legs? Even if the whole world is against Germany, I believe that everyone here will still feel that Germany can defeat the whole world

Only Wilhelm II was moved by Bismarck's words, and said softly: "The Qing Dynasty or Russia is really too important for Germany, of course, Mr. Bismarck believes in the Qing Dynasty, and as far as I am concerned, I am responsible for the whole of Germany, I would rather believe in both of them, the two princesses of Germany are married to Tsar Nicholas, the king of Russia, and the Guangxu Emperor of the Qing Dynasty."

Everyone heard this very light sentence, and everyone was shocked by this sentence, maybe in a few years everyone will cheer for this move, but definitely not now......