After it was dark, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs A was still transparent, and most of the staff of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, including Yan Huiqing, the deputy inspector, were still working.

This is working overtime, since the beginning of this Sino-Japanese war, among all the government departments in the entire country, except for the military department, the work of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs is the busiest, but now it is catching up with the war in Europe, and there are more official affairs to be handled, no wonder the former Minister of Foreign Affairs Wu Tingfang couldn't bear it and handed over this burden to Yan Huiqing.

However, Yan Huiqing is only acting as the deputy minister of foreign affairs, he is not the chief of the real brand, and as long as the word "acting" is still on the hat, then don't expect to be able to command in this officialdom with complicated interpersonal relationships, now, Yan Huiqing is worried about this personnel arrangement, the people he trusts cannot be promoted, and the cronies cultivated by the former chief minister are also unwilling to take the initiative to let the virtuous still have to handle relations with other countries under this situation, Yan Huiqing's acting foreign affairs chief has indeed done a hard job.

Since there is no prime minister in the cabinet, the foreign minister is actually the chief of the ministries, which adds to the intensity of the work.

In fact, Yan Huiqing is not a professional diplomat, although he graduated from an American university, but he got a bachelor's degree in literature, and after returning to China, he has also been engaged in the printing industry for a long time. Then he followed Wu Tingfang to the United States, Mexico and other countries, serving as a second counselor, and from then on, he was considered a halfway monk and began his career as a diplomat. In order to be a good diplomat, he even re-enrolled in an American university to specialize in international law.

Yan Huiqing is not a revolutionary, he is a person who is inclined to reform, and it is precisely for this reason that when the United Front first made political deals with the Beiyang Group, the Beiyang Group favored him and made him the deputy minister of foreign affairs. The seat lasted for several years, until Wu Tingfang resigned, and Yan Huiqing finally became the leader of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

It can be said that Yan Huiqing's chief position was picked up.

Since it was picked up, it is not very comfortable to sit here, Yan Huiqing also knows very well in his heart that he is just a transitional figure in the president's mind, in fact, the president is really optimistic about the candidate for foreign minister is still Tang Shaoyi, who is far away in Russia, but now Tang Shaoyi has not received the order to return to China to report on his work, so the position of the chief of foreign affairs has to be temporarily sat by Yan Huiqing, as for when to let Xian, it depends on when the president plans to transfer Tang Shaoyi back to China.

In the past, he could still count on a good relationship with the National League to gain the support of his allies, but now, with the increase in the possibility of presidential politics, Yan Huiqing sensibly distanced himself from the National League, and deliberately approached several celebrities in front of the president, Li Yuanhong and Han Qilong, these are all frequent guests at the wine table in Yan Huiqing these days, Yan Huiqing's wishful thinking is. Close to the tree, maintain the situation, and at least keep the position of deputy minister of foreign affairs.

In order to maintain his current position, it is not enough to rely on the support of his colleagues, but also to show the president that he is talented. This is the most important point, and what Yan Huiqing is doing now is exactly that. He took the lead in working overtime in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, which is to show the president that even if there is no credit, his Yan family has worked hard for the country's diplomatic career.

This is also setting an example for subordinates, leading by example, and letting everyone understand that only by working hard can they be appreciated by their superiors, otherwise, they will rely on Yan Huiqing to be busy alone, but they can't share worries for the center.

Now, the official business that Yan Huiqing is dealing with is a case with the United Kingdom.

Since the start of the war in Europe, Britain has strengthened the vigilance in Hong Kong under the pretext of guarding against German attacks, and made all kinds of discriminatory regulations on the entry and exit of Chinese in Hong Kong.

In this regard, the position of the central government was very clear, neither to show weakness to Britain, nor to make Britain think that China was unwilling to end the war, so this negotiation task was entrusted to Yan Huiqing.

Ngan Huiqing had already met with the British Minister to China this morning, Zhu Erdian, on this issue. He clarified China's position on this issue and hinted to the British side that it is not China that is putting up obstacles to the Sino-Japanese peace talks, but a group of politicians in Japan. China does not want to attack the Japanese mainland, and the reason why China started war against Japan is to recover national sovereignty and protect the interests of its citizens, and once Japanese troops withdraw from Chinese territory, China can immediately declare an armistice.

The British minister was obviously quite satisfied with this answer, and promised to immediately communicate with the relevant departments of the British Government and resolve the differences between China and Britain on certain issues as soon as possible.

Although it was a diplomatic rhetoric, Yan Huiqing still understood what the British minister meant, and indeed as the center expected, the British government's performance was to end the Sino-Japanese war, so that Japan could free up its hands and use its navy to assist Britain in maintaining order in the Far East sea.

Since the center's speculation is correct, it is necessary for Yan Huiqing to write a report on the center, analyze the current Anglo-Japanese relations and the international situation, and make suggestions for the center's policy formulation.

This report is not long, Yan Huiqing used two hours of overtime to complete the report, and then looked at the alarm clock on the desk, it was nine o'clock in the evening, and it was indeed time to get off work.

So General Director Yan gave an order, and the bell of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs finally rang, and the staff of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs breathed a sigh of relief, secretly glad that they didn't have to work overtime until late at night today.

But before the staff could go outside, a car had already driven into the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, stopped in front of the office building, and three people walked out of the car, one of whom was Chen Tieshan, director of the Supervision Department of the Presidential Office, and the other two were unfamiliar faces.

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Chen Tieshan led the two strangers directly to Yan Huiqing's office banquet and explained his intentions.

"Chief Yan, Shen Gui, the foreign minister of the two-hearted Pinlipino country, is straight to the birth, that is his Zhuanze, brush me to bring them over and negotiate with you about the establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries."

"Establish diplomatic relations?"

Yan Huiqing was very surprised that the so-called "independent state of Goryeo" was proclaimed in the German concession in Tianjin, and so far, no country has publicly recognized it.

Since the current status of the DPRK is undecided, it is very troublesome to negotiate, although China can negotiate with Britain on its behalf, but the Korean expatriates demand the independence of Korea. No, the president asked your Ministry of Foreign Affairs to help you figure out a solution. ”

"Status undecided?"

Yan Huiqing smiled faintly. He knew exactly what the president was pondering, actually. The establishment of the so-called "Independent State of Korea" was originally instigated by the president, and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs was also involved. Provide legal advice to the President on this basis. and assisted the Korean independence faction to form a diplomatic department, but at that time, the head of the diplomatic department was not the Shin Guizhi in front of him.

The so-called theory that "the status of the DPRK is undecided" is in fact the proposition of Mr. President, who does not recognize Korea as a Japanese colony and insists on including this point in the minutes of the Sino-Japanese peace talks, but the British minister very much disagrees with this point, and the Japanese Government resolutely opposes this argument, and it is precisely for this reason that the Sino-Japanese peace talks have not been held for a long time.

"This is a warrant from Mr. President, you accept it, and I will go back to my life."

Chen Tieshan said that he would leave, took out the president's warrant, and then left the Ministry of Foreign Affairs quickly.

Holding the president's warrant, Yan Huiqing wrinkled his brows and pondered for a long time.

If with this, the "Goryeo Independent State" was established on the eve of the official establishment. In the eyes of the Chinese central government, Korea is still an independent country, and even if it cannot achieve real national independence, then a government-in-exile can be formed in China, and its members can openly operate in China.

On the one hand, the central authorities urged the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to negotiate the establishment of diplomatic relations with the Korean independence faction.

However, the second thing was also ordered by the president himself, and Yan Huiqing did not dare to shirk the committee even if he had a hundred courages, so after pondering and pondering, he decided to talk to the president to see if he could delay the establishment of diplomatic relations first, and wait for the Sino-Japanese peace talks to begin, and then it would not be too late to negotiate.

So Yan Huiqing shook the phone and went to the attendant's room, and asked, the president is not in the presidential palace at all, where did he go? Nanyuan.

When I asked the Shin Guizhi again, he didn't come from the president, in fact, he came from Shanghai, and as for the presidential warrant, he got it a few days ago.

Yan Huiqing pondered for a while and decided to lead the "Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Independent Republic of Korea" to Nanyuan and carefully ask the president to see what the president's idea was, but before his car could move, a diplomatic carriage with the emblem of the British Legation drove into the gate of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Yan Huiqing hurriedly got out of the car and instructed the driver to take the "Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Independent Republic of Korea" to Nanyuan first, while he himself hurried back to the office.

A short time later, the British minister followed a foreign secretary into Ngan Huiqing's office.

"Mr. Yan, I came here today on the orders of the British government, mainly to make representations to your country on the irrational actions of the Chinese community in Singapore, and hope that the government of your country can persuade the Chinese community in Singapore to end the confrontation with the British colonial authorities and restore normal social order."

Yan Huiqing was stunned for a moment, and asked carefully, only then did he figure out what was going on, but it turned out that because the Chinese community in Singapore set off a "non-violent, non-cooperative and anti-British movement" that went on strike, the entire port of Singapore had become a dead port.

Yan Huiqing was not in a hurry to argue, he had to ask the president about this matter first, so as not to touch the mold, Yan Huiqing has a deep understanding of the president's nationalist stance, and he will not be stupid enough to stand on the "international order" in this matter.

After the negotiations, Zhu Erdian talked with Yan Huiqing, work is work, friendship is friendship, Zhu Erdian has been in China for many years, of course, he knows that the difference between China's officialdom culture and British officialdom culture is that in this country, human relations are often very important, Wu Tingfang has retired, so it is very necessary to have a friendship with the new foreign minister.

However, before Zhu Erdian and Yan Huiqing could talk about the evening's social activities, a foreign secretary of the British Legation hurriedly walked into the office and whispered a few words in Zhu Erdian's ear.

Zhu Erdian's face changed greatly, he hurriedly stood up, put away his original smile, and said something to Yan Huiqing with a straight face.

"Mr. Yan, it's a pity. Just now, the Legation received a telegram from the British Foreign Secretary, in which the Foreign Secretary authorized me to make solemn representations to the Central Government of your country, and requested me to meet with the President and ask Mr. President about the attack on two ocean-going ships of your country that appeared off the coast of Singapore. If the answer of Mr. President is not satisfactory to the British Government, the British Government will have to reconsider its position in the Far East. ”

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As soon as he heard the words of the British minister, Yan Huiqing's face also changed.

"President, President, what kind of deal are you planning for your old man?"

Yan Huiqing pondered in his heart, but he couldn't figure it out, he suddenly felt that his position as "Minister of Foreign Affairs" might not be stable.

But now Yan Huiqing can't think about it so much, and the most important thing now is to drag the British minister to Nanyuan, so that the British can understand that China's president has never intended to fight with the British, and the Chinese government has appeared off the coast of Singapore. This must have been a misunderstanding. If you want to know what will happen next, please log in to the muscle chapter for more, support the author, and support genuine reading!