Chapter 99 Trouble (Asking for a Monthly Pass!) Read! ）

“…… A person who is called a straw bag or a person with a simple mind and developed limbs is a waste that must not be entrusted with national affairs."

When he increasingly followed the other party's words and refuted the provocation in English, Cao Weiran just looked at him with a smile, and sure enough, just as he expected, his rebuttal was exchanged for the angry eyes of everyone around him, and most of the people around him were more than 1.75 meters tall, obviously according to his standards, they all became "waste"

However, Cao Weiran did not refute him, but turned his eyes to a general next to him, who originally wanted to see how this young man was going to refute the increasingly provocative crowd, but in his anger, he turned his attention to the general.

And almost as soon as Hito Hirofumi responded in English, he realized that he had jumped into the trap dug by the other party, and before he could explain to Hito, the admiral in the uniform of the British Royal Navy, who was being watched by everyone, walked up to Hizhiyi and stood in front of him, this general was nearly two heads taller than him.

"Mr. Hichiki,"

Gerard Noel, who looked down at each other, had an angry look on his face, maybe there were many people who were more than 1.75 meters tall among the people around, but like him, he was the only one who was more than 1.9 meters tall, from the beginning of the dance, he stood in the crowd like a group, and Ri Zhiyi's words and the eyes cast by everyone made Gerard Noel, who was originally going to remain "neutral", no longer be neutral.

Although he knew that this was just a joke, and even that it was a trap prepared by others for the benefit of Rizhiyi, and he just kicked himself in the way, any gentleman must defend his honor, especially when his honor is violated, not to mention that he is even infringing on his own personality.

"This xiǎo sub ......"

Chen Moran, who had been witnessing this scene, looked at the young man next to him with a wicked smile on his face, and suddenly became happy in his heart.

"This ...... This ......"

Looking at the commander of the British Asian Fleet in front of him, Hichiki stammered and couldn't speak, and when he saw the evil smile on his Chinese face, he understood that he had been fooled From the very beginning, the other party had prepared a trap for himself, why was such a simple trap ......

"Sir, I think you owe me an explanation, and every gentleman here today"

Looking down at Rizhiyi, Gerard Noel said coldly, he understood that if he couldn't get an explanation and an apology today, maybe tomorrow, he would become a joke in the whole of Asia, and in the eyes of the social community, he would become "the stupidest big guy".

"Will ...... Your Excellency the General"

With the sound of "horn", Rizhiyi hurriedly bowed 90 degrees.

"Please forgive me for my gaffe, I'm very sorry, please accept my apology"

After saying that, he bowed deeply, and Rizhiyi explained again.

"Your Excellency General, in ......" Without waiting for him to explain, Chen Moran hurriedly walked over, on the one hand, because he was the host, and on the other hand, it was to prevent Rizhiyi from being treated differently. What white people, yellow people, etc.

"General Gerard Noel, in my opinion, when the short person is facing a tall man, when he is full of envy, he will occasionally be jealous of his mind A moment of a moment of a xiǎo sister said, Mr. Rizhi Yi stands in front of you, like a baby standing in front of a chéng person, I think, in this case, the chéng person should not care about the baby, what do you think? Your Excellency the General"

After a derogatory and sarcastic sentence came out of Chen Moran's mouth, there was a burst of laughter around him, and Gerard Noel's face finally returned to normal, and he smiled.

"In that case, Your Majesty, I think that if I care about it any more, then I will lose the demeanor of an adult."

"Your Majesty"

A few minutes later, when everyone ended the joke with laughter, Gerard Noel walked up to Chen Moran and saluted, and at the same time cast his eyes to Cao Weiran, who was not far away.

"I think your subjects need to give me an explanation"

"Your Excellency General"

Noticing the smile on his face, Chen Moran motioned for Cao Weiran to come over.

"I think, my minister, what needs to be done is...... What could be better than a glass of wine?"

"Yaga"

Staring at the young foreign officer who was talking and laughing with Lieutenant General Gerard Noel, Hichiki Yi forcibly suppressed the anger in his heart, and became a complete joke at the ball. ,

"Isn't it weird?"

As he walked towards his "old friends", Hirobumi Ito asked about Hi-oki.

"Why would you be fooled? It's just because you can't calm down, but he can calm down, and use the simplest way to arouse the other party's emotions, and this is a big taboo for the outer jiāo official......"

Tapping the young man with his chin, Ito's face tinged with appreciation.

"More than ten years later, maybe he will make other countries pay the price at the negotiating table"

"Height, height ......"

Compared with the sharp and sharp-tongued young man that Ito values in this situation, Hichiki is annoyed by his height, almost since the black ship attacked, the height of the Westerners made the whole of Japan envious, and the Westerners ate whatever they ate, in order to strive to reach the height of the Westerners, but the growth of this head was not a one-time achievement.

"Chinese size ......"

Seeing His Majesty who stood with General Gerard Noel and did not appear short, Hizaki had to admit that at least in terms of height, the Chinese were far ahead of Japan and any ethnic group in the Far East, and although their height was slightly inferior to Westerners, it was not much worse, at least not like the Japanese faced Westerners, just the difference in height would make people feel inferior.

"General Gerard Noel, I think there should be no problem with this request."

Holding the wine glass in his hand, Chen Moran had a smile on his face.

"This ......"

Gerard Noel looked a little hesitant.

"Your Excellency, I think Your Excellency will not refuse this Xiǎoxiǎo request, as far as I know, isn't there also a Japanese Navy midshipman internship on Etajima Island in the Chinese fleet?"

While pointing out the facts, Chen Moran said again.

"I suppose that even London will not refuse, and His Excellency the Admiral accepts naval officers from friendly countries to inspect the fleet, doesn't it? Just as we never refuse your country's request to send field observers"

After making excuses for Gerard Noel, Chen Moran smiled, the navy is different from the army, although most of the instructors in the naval school are British, but its own fleet is inferior to Britain and the United States in terms of technology, tactics and management, and the best way is to send officers to his ** ship to learn.

Now what I have to do is to send those officers who need to go to the ship for internship, nòng to practice on the foreign ** ship, although the officers sent to study in the UK will definitely go to the British ** ship for internship, but that is only a few, but the British have a small "Chinese fleet" in the Far East, which can be used as a practice place for the cadets of the naval academy, the Japanese can do this, why can't they themselves?

"Your Majesty, I think this needs to be approved by London, but I personally very much welcome your naval cadets to enter the British fleet for internships"

After hesitating for a while, Gerard Noel did not reply to the absolute side, of course he knew that perhaps at the time of this majesty's request to him, perhaps he had lobbied the politicians in London through his friend Admiral Fisher to accept the internship of the lieutenant ** officer on the ship, and the British Navy did not mind teaching some students.

Just as Chen Moran and General Gerard Noel were discussing sending cadets to the ship for internship, Yuan Shikai, who was short and stocky, was talking to Zhu Erdian, after receiving a report from the attaché of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, his face changed, and he quietly left the ball.

"Permeable, permeable"

On the way to the Ministry of Internal Affairs, Yuan Shikai finally muttered the word, and there was a water penetration accident on the caisson construction site on the construction site of Wuhan Road and Bridge

186 people died or went missing, and one of them, Pu Wei, was he dead or alive?

Closing his eyes, Yuan Shikai could imagine that if His Majesty received a report from Ming Yi, Pu Wei, a Manchu royal family, would not know whether he was alive or dead in the water penetration accident at the construction site, and he was afraid that His Majesty would ......

If it is someone else, it doesn't matter if he is dead or alive, even if he is alive, he will escape, but Pu Wei is different, he is the royal family of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, if he is not dead, but survives, and then used by outsiders, I am only afraid...... While repeatedly thinking about various possibilities in his heart, Yuan Shikai realized that the current situation was like a bucket of fire, if Pu Wei really escaped to the hands of outsiders and was used by outsiders, his future would be shattered.

According to the judgment of the special court, those "colonizers" were deprived of all their national rights, they were just colonizers, and according to the decision of "labor for freedom", they have been under centralized supervision in various places, reclaiming wasteland, coal mines, railways, bridges, tunnels, and it is in those places that they exchange labor for freedom. ,

And for the care of these people, they are all in charge of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, if something happens, it is naturally him Yuan Shikai is responsible, what mining disasters, accidents, those are inevitable, but the problem is "escape", if it is ordinary, some shrimp will escape, there is no need to hunt them down, at most it is just to issue a wanted warrant, but now it is different, the whereabouts are unknown is a royal family, a rare few royal families who have not been executed.

"It's hard for me now"

The thought was turning like lightning in his heart, and Yuan Shikai's face was full of sadness.

"How can you not die?"

Saying this, Yuan Shikai frowned and thought about what to do.

Compared with not knowing life and death, he hopes that Pu Wei is dead, and it will be a hundred when he dies, as for other people, they had better stay alive, these laborers can save nearly 10 million expenses for the government a month, and create tens of millions of wealth at the same time, if there are no people, it is impossible for Hetao to open up millions of acres of Rongmin fields, and the output of coal mines in various places will not increase greatly, but the problem is that there are always some people who bring some trouble, just like Pu Wei who does not know life and death now.

"Dead or alive?"

While Yuan Shikai was thinking about it, the car drove into the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and after Yuan Shikai, who had a cold face, got out of the car, he walked directly along the stairs towards his office, and when he was about to go upstairs, he gave another order to the secretary beside him.

"Please come over to Director Qian Dingqian"

Some time ago, Qian Ding had been in charge of the compulsory work camp in Wuhan along the two lakes, but as soon as he walked here, there was news that Pu Wei's life and death were unknown, and now Qian Ding had just been promoted to the director of the "Special Purpose Management Office", responsible for the management of the compulsory work camp across the country.

More than half an hour later, looking at Qian Ding who entered the office, Yuan Shikai first asked him to sit down, and then asked.

"What do you think of the weather in Nanjing now?"

At this time, there was such a most empty greeting, which surprised Qian Ding. But after thinking about it for a while, how could Qian Ding, who was young but also knew how much of the imperial officialdom had left Manchu habits, not understand that this revealed the minister's dissatisfaction, and it could even be said that he was on the verge of anger.

The only thing he can do now is to ignore this extraneous sound, Qian Ding replied honestly.

"My lord, the weather in Nanjing has been good recently, and now the weather is so pleasant, I think it should be better than Wuhan in summer."

"Oh, is the accommodation arranged? Where do you live now? ”

Glancing at Qian Ding, Yuan Shikai didn't say anything.

"I live in Fenghe Hotel, and I'm looking for a house."

From then on, Yuan Shikai continued one after another, only talking about irrelevant gossip. This unfathomable deep attitude made Qian Ding muttered in his heart, as the director of the Special Purpose Management Office, how could he not know that something had happened in Wuhan, if the minister continued to be perfunctory like this, it would only mean one problem, his position was over, and it was time to change people, in other words, he was responsible for this matter.

Thinking like this, Qian Ding immediately looked left and right, took two steps forward, and reported in Shaanxi dialect.

"My lord, there was a water penetration accident in the caisson of the Wuhan Yangtze River Bridge, and the local management personnel reported that Pu Wei was also among them, and his life and death are unknown, and his whereabouts are unknown."

Yuan Shikai didn't move, and only said coldly with a side face.

"Whether the whereabouts are unknown, or whether someone is bending the law, this matter always has to be investigated"

Yuan Shikai's last two sentences only shocked Qian Ding's heart.

"Back to the adult's words, the lower officials thought that their whereabouts should be unknown, and in the punishment camp, no one would dare to know the law and break the law."

When he said this, Qian Ding was 100% confident, after all, in the past, the punishment camps in Hubei, Hunan, and Jiangxi were all in charge of himself, and those people did not have the courage to show favoritism when they were under his own hands.

Listening to Qian Ding's assurance, Yuan Shikai fell silent, and Qian Ding felt that this moment of effort was very important, so he straightened out his mind and looked up at Yuan Shikai's face.

Yuan Shikai, who was originally silent, slapped the desk and said with a straight face.

"The courtiers are kings, and the rain and thunder are nothing but grace. Director Qian, I wait for His Majesty's grace to be in charge of such important matters, how can we be a guarantor in a word? The laws of the natural country of the country, if anyone can take xiōng as a guarantee, what is the use of the laws and rules? ”

Before this answer ended, Qian Ding knew that he was stunned when he first entered the Huan Hai, and that was the opponent of the old bureaucrat in front of him, who had been through the ups and downs of the Huan Hai for a long time. ,

"Adult"

Qian Ding hurriedly said urgently.

"My lord, in the opinion of the following officials, if there is something that bends the law, it will be severely punished, but the top priority is to see people in life and corpses in death, not to investigate the responsibility, please distinguish between the priority and urgency of things."

Speaking of which, Yuan Shikai, who Qian Dingzheng looked at, felt His Majesty in his heart, after all, it was the "rules" formulated by His Majesty, so that he also had the right to refute standing in front of the minister.

According to the Civil Servants Law currently enacted in China, both central and local civil servants can be divided into administrative officials and property officials. The Administrative Officer is an official appointed and elected through His Majesty and politically appointed and does not apply to the Civil Service Act. No matter how they are appointed, they are all civil servants who advance and retreat with the change of the cabinet, just like the Lord Yuan in front of him.

However, people like themselves are business officials, although there are also special appointments, but most of them are recruited by public examinations, and they are responsible for the daily work of the organs, and their status is protected by the law of civil servants, and their term of office is not affected by the change of government, and those who have no gross negligence can serve until retirement.

Since the minister wants to talk to him about the law, then he should talk to him about business as a business official, he has full refutation power in business, and the administrative officer is the administrative officer, and he is the supervisor rather than the chief official. Even if he wants to dismiss himself, he has to wait until he has committed gross negligence.

"Alright, alright",

Seeing that Qian Ding didn't buy his account, Yuan Shikai interrupted him impatiently.

"Okay, even if the current priority is to live to see people, and to die to see corpses, then Director Qian......"

With a smile on his face, Yuan Shikai's face was not angry, what kind of political officer, affairs officer, what this authority, that power, in the final analysis, is not something that His Majesty uses to balance power, the length of a department is not like a book in the past, he has full authority over the personnel rights and responsibilities of the department, and when it comes to the way of balance, I am afraid that His Majesty is also the first person today.

"It's up to you to take care of this matter."

After speaking, Yuan Shikai was almost accustomed to putting the tea bowl at one end, and when he saw the minister holding the teacup, of course Qian Ding knew that this was the way to serve tea and send guests off in the old officialdom

"Please rest assured, if there is a problem in the special place, then the lower officials will deal with this matter properly."

With that, Qian Ding took a few steps back, and then turned around and left Yuan Shikai's office, although the influence of the new imperial system and the old era was always reflected in all aspects, such as these broken rules were also passed on from the old officialdom.

After Qian Ding withdrew from the office, Yuan Shikai finally let out a sigh of relief and muttered to himself.

"Anyone is willing to take care of this, Lord Ben...... Or ......"

Before the words were finished, Yuan Shikai mō his smooth forehead, and finally let go of some of his heart.