The whole house fell silent all of a sudden, and the faces of Hurd and his brother-in-law Pei Shikai became gloomy. Only Yang Shixiang was still smiling with a spring breeze on his face, and he acted as if nothing happened.

Hurd held up the wine glass and gestured slightly, and touched Pei Shikai. Then I took a slight dip. Everyone was in a hurry.

As Hurd motioned, everyone sat down.

Hurd, however, still stands, and said lightly: "I have been loyal to the royal family and this empire for nearly thirty years. Seeing that the empire is gradually stabilizing, exchanges with the civilized countries of the world are becoming more and more normal. I feel very relieved. In the process of joining the civilized world, the empire needs a large number of people who understand the entire civilized society to participate in the construction and management. Whether it is financial, political, educational, technological, or military...... With the conscience of a foreigner who served the Qing Dynasty, I have been urging and suggesting that the royal family send more foreign students and bring in more foreigners. But I am ashamed to say that due to various reasons, the results have been very little.

Even in some places where foreigners have already been introduced. In addition to our exemplary customs. In many places, the imported characters are not the first-class talents of our civilized world. Look at the local governors, training their armies with vagabonds who don't know anything about military affairs, look at the useless cannons introduced in the localities, rifles that are behind the times. Watch an apprentice become a consultant technician for a manufacturing bureau. I only feel deep heartache!

I know the Empire's desire to join the civilized world, and it has a natural respect for all those who come from the civilized world. But as an old man who has become a servant of the empire. My conscience does not allow me to watch these swaggers and deceitful people waste the precious time of royalty and empire!

A young man, a young man in his twenties. He wrote a book that was made up of materials that could be extracted from various public books. I have never heard of a man who has been praised by the civilized world...... Maybe I've been away from home for too long...... I am here, with all my respect, to ask this gentleman. How many countries have you traveled, how many great people of the civilized world have you met, how much do you know about the civilized world? What are your insightful suggestions for the current policy of the Empire? The construction of the Imperial Army and Navy is proceeding steadily, and the relationship between the Empire and civilized countries is gradually improving, do you have any unique suggestions for this process? As an old man, I am here to listen with humility. ”

Everyone's eyes were focused on Xu Yifan.

Xu Yifan was holding a cigar, although he still had a smile on his face. But this expression slowly sank.

The little butterfly's wings fanned and fanned, and it actually rolled up such a turbulent and deep undercurrent in Beijing. His own book became the theoretical basis for the conservative people in the Qing Dynasty to try to take power. And the Westernists really began to fight back. Hurd, the most influential foreigner in Qingming who has been favored and Westernized almost all his life, also went into battle shirtless.

Think about it, too, after the first noon. Li Hongzhang went to the throne. Without the strong support of the leaders of the Westernists in this place. In the eyes of the Manchu elite, who were so stubborn that they almost refused to change anything, that Hurd also became an eyesore. If he hadn't been a foreigner, he would still have the power of customs that the Manchu Qing Dynasty would never dare to move, and would be guaranteed by the foreign powers. I'm afraid I'm going to be in place a long time ago.

But his influence has still greatly declined, and he no longer has the prestige of showing each other and calling for wind and rain with Li Hongzhang. The Gengzi Incident was a counterattack by the Manchu elites, and Hurd was in it, and he couldn't say a word. After Gengzi, Li Hongzhang died. Yuan Shikai recovered, and the Westernization forces that rose at the end of Xiantong returned to the light. When Xuantong came to power and Yuan Shikai, the last member of Beiyang, was ordered to return to his hometown by the Manchu magnates, the disheartened Hurd also suddenly left a note and resigned to return to his hometown.

One is the Westernization faction, and the other is the Manchu magnates. I can be regarded as deeply stirring this Jinghua smoke cloud.

One side wants to take power, and the other side tries to fight back. As the initiator, he is caught in the middle. Hurd and Yang Shixiang fought such a big battle, just to criticize him, a new philosopher from Taixi Oriental!

Both sides haven't torn their faces yet, but they are all focused on his firepower first.

The question that had been circling in his mind for a long time suddenly came to pass, and the whole person felt extremely light. I'm going to do it myself, but that's it!

He took off his cigar and let out a frenzied puff of blue-gray smoke.

"Lord He, your house in County Portadan in Northern Ireland is very quiet by the lake. Your wife is also an angelic figure. In the lower European tour, it was also done. I didn't expect to arrive in Jinghua, and I saw you, the pillar of foreign soldiers.

I have been in the Qing Dynasty for more than 200 years, and I have encountered changes that have not been seen in 3,000 years. Xiantong Hongyang Rebellion. The world has changed. The local governors have assigned heavy powers, and each has its own way. If the gold is in the hand, the central wealth will be gone. Battalions from all over the country supervise self-training and self-training. then the central soldier will go. If the tariff is sent to the manpower, the central authority will be gone!

Look at my pilgrimage to the saints, the center is so weak. Is there a good thing? Students look at the rising country and work hard. Then Europe had Prussia, and the power of the states was collected from Prussia, and it became a great cause of the empire. In the east neighboring the Japanese people, there are also princes who return the edition books and train the army of the Japanese emperor. The power is on the top, and the country is strong. Education, industry, finance. All of them are carried out according to the orders of the center, and no one is dead.

In the past, it was said that the Sino-French war was devastated by the Nanyang Naval Division. Where is the Beiyang Naval Division? It is said that the Beiyang is against the enemy, who will be rescued? To do the central thing in the locality, its disadvantages can be proud?

Even if the adults get two or three things, listen to the students one by one.

One is the refinement of the Beiyang Naval and Land Division, foreign guns and cannons, and ironclad ships. It is a grand event for the time, but in terms of Lu Shi, the battalions are not subordinate to each other. The Tessie War has been fought by hundreds of thousands of strong main forces, and Prussia has a general staff under its control. In peacetime, it is said that training and dispatch and unified command in wartime. The equipment of each battalion was uniform, and the color was like a battle, and it became a great cause. The army of the Sixth Division of the Emperor also has a staff headquarters, which is trained and redeployed with the power of the center. On the other hand, in Beiyang, once the war breaks out, who will dominate the rabble of the hundred battalions? The local governor, Anke entrusted this power of life and death? How can the army of the world, which is not the center of power, become the deep-rooted and unshakable trend of the whole country?

The Beiyang Naval Division, guarding Haikou in vain, has a clear area. There are police in Nanyang, but they turn a deaf ear. This country is a water producer? The military of this place? Even if you spend a lot of money and buy 100 ships, you are just a dog guarding the household, and you can't be sharp enough to cross the sea and frontier. The navy yamen is just a fictitious one.

Second, it is said that the model customs, the country of students' reading ability, there is no customs in the hands of people! The Japanese people are in debt, and they are even more than our dynasty. However, there is no customs mortgage management. Even though Lord He is in charge of customs, the disadvantages are clear. A tariff of 5 percent a year is even worse than the corrupt ones! British foreign goods arrive at the port at no more than 5% tariff. I towards tea rhubarb, bristle silk, soybean ore. The students have carefully examined the tariff of Tessie, and the low rate is 75%, and the high is 40% 6! If the tariff power is in my hands, trillions of foreign money, but it can be paid off in one go! Those who control its lifeblood and are said to benefit our country, the students are foolish and have never heard of it! ”

Seeing Xu Yifan talking there, many powerful people who attended the meeting applauded in their hearts. The foreigners, but their faces are getting whiter and whiter. Hurd's glass was about to burst out of the water.

Many people also began to look at this young man with a serious face. There is no impermeable wall on the officialdom, and the summons of Old Man Weng and Yi Lao Liu are not unknown to anyone.

What the hell is this kid going to do?

Xu Yifan's thoughts were circling in his heart at this time, but they were not enough for outsiders.

His expression was flat as he held his cigar, but the content of his words became more and more intense.

“…… As for how many Thai countries students have traveled, how much they have seen and how deeply they have felt. These are just trivial matters, and students only know about enriching the country and strengthening the army, not local affairs. Even if the Taixi countries are not worried?

As far as the mother country of the Heda people is concerned, Northern Ireland, where the Heda people were born, has long been separated from it. The British Empire's expansion was at its peak. Only a decade ago, the North African dervishes rebelled. Britain was constrained by many parties, and it was difficult to allocate troops. The hero of Great Britain also helped me to quell the rebellion of Hong Yang Sir Gordon, and died in Si! And the reinforcements planned by Great Britain turned out to be to contact Ethiopia to send troops to rescue!

Germany is a strong country and rises to Central Europe. The Russian Empire, on the other hand, expanded into the Far East, looking at the Middle East. The South African Boers were no slouch. With hundreds of thousands of troops and navies all over the world, it is known as the one who will not be left behind. In fact, there are only beacons everywhere under your feet!

The so-called civilized countries of the European continent still have great hidden dangers. In the coming decades. There must be a major event of a change in the national system......"

The foreigners who knew Chinese suddenly made a noise, and Pei Shikai saw that Hurd's face was getting more and more ugly. Coughed and said coldly: "Civilized country, what are the hidden dangers?" ”

Xu Yifan smiled, but opened his mouth in German: "A ghost, a ghost of [***] reverberates over Europe......"

Yang Shixiang and Hurd glanced at each other, both shaking their heads slightly.

This guy is really proficient in the art of Tessie's affairs!

Xu Yifan let out a long laugh, took a glass of champagne and drank it all, and clasped his fists: "Brother, the wine is enough, say goodbye." Lord He, Lord Yang, thank you for your call. If you have any concerns, you must be swept away in the indecent Yuguan City Friends Dart Bureau. ”

Before the words fell, he actually walked away like this.

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