Masura and Leah would never see Ye Zhao, and the second Ye Zhao left for Wuhan, and after inspecting the progress of the Yangtze River Bridge, Ye Zhao returned to the capital.

While in Wuhan, Ye Zhao received an urgent report that the Tibetan nobles had launched a large-scale rebellion, and by the time Ye Zhao returned to the capital, the rebellions in several important towns had been extinguished, and only sporadic rebellions remained.

Cheng Yi, Minister of the Tibetan Provincial Administration, and Cheng Xueqi, the Governor of the Tibetan Provincial Military Region, both requested that the rebellious nobles in Tibetan Province be suppressed by the most severe means, including capital punishment, confiscation of property, and the relocation of relatives who were not involved in the rebellion to the Central Plains.

Obviously, now is the best time to settle the problem of Tibet once and for all, and no Western countries, external forces, or armed organizations have the ability to influence the situation in Tibet Province, and the absolute control of Tibet by imperial force just takes this opportunity to completely break the old system and old ideological framework of Tibetan Province.

Ye Zhao also ordered Cheng Yi to organize the provincial political axe of Tibet Province as soon as possible and the political axes at all levels, and at the Privy Council meeting a year ago, a resolution had been passed to establish a province in Tibetan Province, and Cheng Yi would become the first governor of Tibetan Province.

Surrounded by coercion, Ye Zhao did not use all his strength to stop this escape that might have been planned for a long time, but was ready to take this opportunity to spread the values of the Central Plains in Tibetan Province, so that the Tibetan slaves who turned into masters of Tibetan Province after this turmoil accepted that the Emperor Nakvan-Nathan-Genjushri was the Son of Heaven, the supreme ruler who truly gave them the dignity of life, and the deity who convinced them more than the living Buddhas in Tibetan Province.

Of course, what followed may be a long period of chaos in Tibetan Province, but on the issue of Tibetan Province, Ye Zhao instead believed in the view of great chaos and achieved great governance, and even Ye Zhao thought about whether to destroy all the sectarian temples in Tibetan Province and truly break the original belief of the Tibetans, so as to achieve great governance in the future with a real great chaos.

However, in the end, Ye Zhao decided to adopt a moderate approach, but in any case, it was absolutely necessary to start lowering the status of the temple lamas among the Tibetan people through propaganda.

At the same time, Ye Zhao also issued an order, and two more border divisions entered Tibetan Province.

The policy of military force, the Tibetans who have been allocated land and property, the large number of Tibetan cadres in Qingchuan under the culture and education of the Central Plains, and the propaganda of certain lamas in the monasteries of Tibetan Province who are powerful and blessed are used as ideological weapons to resist the increasingly deep-rooted ideology of theocratic unity under the rule of the previous Tibetan dynasty.

What will be the final result of this war, Ye Zhao has no bottom in his heart, perhaps, he can only leave it to future generations to comment.

Not long after returning to the capital, the new Governor of New South Wales in Australia Robinson visited, Sir Robinson has a very rich resume, graduated from the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst in the United Kingdom, entered the 87th Regiment of the Royal Irish Lancers as a second lieutenant, entered the political arena after retiring from the army, came to the Eastern Colonies 20 years ago, successively served as the chairman of Montserrat in the West Indies, the governor of the Leeward Islands, and became the governor of Hong Kong more than ten years ago, with remarkable political achievements, six years ago the governor of Ceylon, at the end of last year, was appointed as the governor of New South Wales.

The current colonies of Britain and Australia adopt a form of self-government, with their own elected responsible political axe and parliament, and the power of the governor is greatly restricted, which is roughly similar to the presidential status of the parliamentary cabinet system, a symbol of supreme power, and the ceremonial surname office, but compared with the president of the parliamentary cabinet system, the governor actually participates in the operation of the political axe is greater.

Australia, which was originally only a place of imprisonment and wool supply for exiles in England, regarded the vast majority of British people as dishonorable to go to Australia, except for those who were compelled to commit theft by life, destitute and wanted by the police. The upper class felt that it tarnished their image and dignity to go there and live with the extremely ugly-looking, savage and ignorant aborigines and the dregs of society who had gone from England. Even those who were entrusted with the important task of the British political axe to discipline prisoners and pioneer in this colony were also out of helplessness and compulsion. There is one exception, and that is the adventurers. In search of thrills or for the Imperial Medal of Honor, they have gone there to explore, hunt for treasure, and even risk their lives in the hope that one day they will become heroes and millionaires.

Fifty years ago, New South Wales on the east coast of Australia was the best choice for immigration, and since then the British authorities have begun to use New South Wales as the most suitable place for wealthy people to settle in, encouraging those local gentlemen with funds, good backgrounds and noble surnames to go to Australia to open up a new world. Early free immigrants lived in Sydney, Melbourne and Van Diemen areas of the New South Wales Colony.

After the discovery of gold mines in New South Wales and other places 20 years ago, Australia ushered in real immigrants**, more than one million immigrants poured into Australia in 20 years, and now the population of Australia exceeds 1.5 million, of which more than 50% are English, 35% are Irish and Scottish, and the rest are immigrants of other ethnic groups and indigenous Australians.

With the rise of the Empire, Australia, which was closest to the Empire and one of the most important overseas territories of the British, inevitably had various contacts with the Empire, and the two sides had more and more dealings with each other.

Just a while ago, nearly 100 English women were deceived into coming to Shanghai, China to work as "high-paid clerks", and as a result, they were trafficked into a silver cave, the case caused an uproar, and in Australian newspapers, critics shouted hoarsely: "Shallow ladies, sober up!" Shanghai, Guangzhou and Yanjing are not paradise! ”。

But it is clear that China's bustling cities are more attractive than the newly developed Australian colonies, and Western beauties are beginning to gain popularity in China's coastal cities, and some high-quality female surnames have indeed found success, and in the United Kingdom, the job opportunities and options for professional female surnames are far worse than in China.

In Guangzhou, the entire old city has almost completely been torn down and replaced by rows of Oriental-style high-rise buildings, the dreamy new Guangzhou, the kind of oriental buildings with blue tiles and cornices are gorgeous that Westerners can hardly imagine, and they are even more amazed that Oriental culture may be more suitable for the arrival of the skyscraper era.

The Western countries (federations, dominions) that can best appreciate China's influence are undoubtedly the first among the Dominions of Australia.

Robinson, the newly appointed Governor of New South Wales, will also visit China as his top priority after taking office, and there are too many aspects of Australia's development to coordinate with China.

To Robinchen's excitement, on the third day of his arrival in Yanjing, the Chinese emperor hosted a grand banquet and dance to receive him, which shows that the Chinese also attach great importance to his visit.

The ball will be held in the Tongle Palace of the Old Summer Palace, in fact, it is the original Tongyuan Paradise Trading Street, that is, the place where the emperor of the previous dynasty experienced "buying and selling", a small city, streets, shops, merchants, inns, docks have everything, if the emperor goes shopping, thousands of eunuchs and palace maids pretend to be merchants, traders and tourists, lively and prosperous, it is really like a street market.

Nowadays, the shopping street has been completely demolished and rebuilt into a splendid building pattern in the clear water lake, named Tongle Palace, as the name suggests, it is the place where the emperor held banquets and ministers, and contributed to the empire.

In fact, the imperial family did not advocate Western balls, and although there was no explicit provision in the official code, all officials who forcibly invited their subordinates' wives and daughters, political female clerks, and civilian women to dance in the name of holding a ball, the news spread out, and their promotions were greatly reduced, which almost became an unspoken rule and a minefield.

Having said that, ballroom dancing was not recognized in the political circles of the empire, and ballroom dancing was almost popular in the empire in red-light district nightclubs and other places, and it was not elegant at all.

Instead, in order to receive Western political and economic figures, the imperial family and officials at all levels occasionally held balls to show hospitality.

However, at this kind of ball, don't say that Rong'er will not show up, that is, the imperial concubine, the concubine and even the concubine will not appear, in the forbidden palace, Rong'er also likes to rub with Xianggong, but in front of people, she will not hug Xianggong and let others see it.

It is said that Ye Zhao's dance partner at the dance party is Misaki, wearing a cute and pure black and white lace maid dress, knee-thin white cotton socks tightly wrapped around slender calves, delicate and shiny little black leather shoes, the seductive sense of surname in the freshness is incomparable, and it also shows her identity.

And it is said that it is a ball, most of the time it is to enjoy the performance of the dancers in the elegant music, whether the officials want to bring their families to attend is purely voluntary, of course, even if it is old-fashioned such as Zhou Jingshan, he also led his Yipin order to Tongle Palace, dancing is not necessary, but the royal "ball", more often a kind of grace and friendship, is a gathering between ladies, at this time, the emperor, is often more friendly.

Although Misaki is only a palace maid, she is obviously very popular, and at this time, several noble ladies led by the prime minister's wife gathered around her and said something to her affectionately.

Ye Zhao and Robinson sat far away in front of the simple and elegant prismatic window, outside, the clear water was clear, the breeze was breezy, and on the side, the half-kneeling palace maid tea master served the fragrant tea, pouring the hot tea into the small tea cup in the coffee table.

Robinson is just fifty years old this year, bald, with an extremely neatly trimmed beard, he is a serious and wise politician, his wife is a year younger than him, a very cultivated aristocratic lady, but at this moment, she is obviously a little restrained, the legend of the Chinese emperor, the mystery and luxury of the royal family, make her feel like an inferior person in the country, even in Buckingham Palace, she has never felt this way.

And seeing that the noble ladies gathered around Misaki and did not come to greet Mrs. Robinson, Ye Zhao frowned slightly.

Obviously, whether it is Mrs. Zhou or Mrs. Zou, they don't think much of the wife of a barbarian governor in their eyes, but the lovely little maids around the emperor are cute and tight, they have no scheming, they must answer questions, and they are especially respectful, so sensible, no wonder I heard that the emperor has been fortunate to her, and the wife of the lower-level official looked at Misaki with ripples, and I don't know what it is like to be fortunate by the emperor.

It wasn't until Zhou Jingshan walked over and said something to his wife that Mrs. Zhou and the others dispersed, and they didn't dare to come over, so they called a palace maid in the hall who was wearing flowers and butterflies to serve refreshments to come over and spread the word, and invited Mrs. Robinson to go there and talk to them.

Mrs. Robinson was relieved, got up to confess to Ye Zhao, and went to communicate with the Chinese nobles and ladies.

Zhou Jingshan and Zou Kaizhi were eating tea and chatting at the east window.

Zou Kaizhi has been appointed Deputy Prime Minister of the Government Council, in charge of foreign trade and other affairs, and is now the first person in true imperial diplomacy, so he was naturally invited to this ball.

Zhou Jingshan and Zou Kaizhi didn't come over to join in the fun, not because they didn't want to listen to the conversation between the emperor and Robinchen, but because the emperor was hospitable when he met Robinchen, if he said that he was adding the prime minister and vice premier, he knew that he was listening to the emperor's hadith, but others seemed to be chatting with Robinson with the two prime ministers, but it was too high.

In fact, Robinson himself knew that the Chinese emperor was not as good as the Western emperor and king, and the relationship between the Chinese emperor and the officials was like that of a father and a child, with supreme power, which was a kind of family politics, and the great prestige established by the Chinese emperor made him control the empire to an unprecedented extent, and getting the reception of the Chinese emperor and the foreigner receiving the queen in England are completely different concepts, even these Chinese officials, it is not so easy to meet their supreme rulerToday, the Prime Minister and Deputy Prime Minister attended the reception, just like himself, and it was a good opportunity to meet and communicate with the Emperor, not to welcome himself.

Sitting at the bottom of the seat, although the sofa was slightly lower, Robinson did not feel uncomfortable in his heart, he listened carefully to every sentence of the Chinese emperor, capturing the sensitive information that might be revealed in it.

Robinson knew that after the Sino-Russian war, there were suddenly more disputes between the Chinese and the British, first of all, the ownership of Alaska, and now it is the third round of negotiations, and no results have been reached.

[***] The lama fled with the help of British merchants, and now most likely went to India, which caused further dissatisfaction among the Chinese.

In Afghanistan, Nepal and Burma, the Chinese and the British are equally at odds, trying to eliminate each other's influence there.

In places such as Australia, New Guinea and Brunei, there are also differences in perception between China and the UK.

Recently, I heard that the Chinese were preparing to take back Hong Kong Island, and the Chinese argued that in the Treaty of Nanking, the original text of the cession of Hong Kong Island was "because British merchant ships have traveled long distances and often have damage that needs to be repaired, they should be given a place along the coast for repairing ships and storing materials for use." The present Emperor Brigadier gave the island of Hong Kong to the British monarch and heir, Chang Yuan, who was the heir to the throne, and was left to the legislature. ”

Nowadays, China's maritime industry is developed, and there are no more shipyards and repair shops in coastal cities, so there is no longer a need to give British merchants land to "repair ships and store the materials used".

In fact, the peace treaty of the Chinese in those years was written as a high-sounding gift, which was originally caused by the face of the Chinese, and the British politicians understood this, and they were satisfied with the huge benefits, and they would not be aggressive, but they did not want to become an excuse for the Chinese now.

Although these are all rumors, the Chinese have not made formal representations to the British Embassy, but the matter has been spread in Britain, parliamentarians and dignitaries, for this matter has launched several public debates, the vast majority of dignitaries believe that Britain can not make concessions on this matter, if the Chinese formally put forward such absurd demands, should be unequivocally refuted.

Robinson is one of the British politicians who staunchly defended Hong Kong's interests, especially when he was the governor of Hong Kong, he made great contributions to the development of Hong Kong's political and economic order, making Hong Kong one of the most popular cities for immigrants in the British mainland, and now Hong Kong's population has exceeded 150,000, most of whom are British, compared with 20 years ago, it is almost a cloud of land.

At the meeting with the Chinese emperor, Robinson raised one of the questions about Hong Kong, and although he was full of vigilance against China from the bottom of his heart, he behaved very respectfully, bowed slightly and asked: "Your Majesty, I heard that your country has the intention of recovering Hong Kong Island, I wonder if this news is true?" ”

Ye Zhao bowed slightly, and said, "Sooner or later, we will have to face this problem, right?" "Actually, problems such as concessions are easy to solve, and it's a big deal to wait for the lease to expire. Incorporated into the imperial political axe management system, it did not form a concession in China, but became a window for trade between the East and the West, but Hong Kong Island, because the Second Sino-British and French War did not lease Kowloon to Britain for 99 years and other terms, it is impossible to leave it to future generations to recover Hong Kong by solving the Kowloon issue, so this problem is really to be faced by themselves or China and Britain.

It is impossible for the steaming empire to allow the existence of an alien land on Hong Kong Island, and it is possible to allow the foreign [***] ships to anchor and pass through the port.

Unexpectedly, the Chinese emperor would admit to this, Robinson was stunned, his lips moved, but he did not dare to copy his strong speech when questioned in the British Parliament.

Ye Zhao then said: "However, it is a little early to talk about it now, my ministers are evaluating whether Hong Kong Island can be redeemed with money." ”

Robinson nodded silently, and had to admit that the Eastern Empire was a country that abided by the rules, and the external information was also extremely clear, and if he wanted to take back Hong Kong Island, he would not be ambiguous in acknowledging it, so that the danger of conflict due to misunderstanding of the other party's intentions would be greatly reduced.

But in a way, such a respected country is more difficult to deal with, more dangerous, as if no foreign country in history has ever had allies in Europe, and China has done it, whether driven by interests or not, and it is a fact that Spain and the Netherlands are becoming closer and closer to China.

After a while, Robinson asked respectfully, "Your Majesty, what does your empire think of trade relations with New South Wales?" What can I do to maintain friendly relations with your country, I am willing to listen to your teachings. Even in the presence of the Queen, Robinson had never considered every word so carefully, with such propriety and humility and deference.

Ye Zhao smiled and beckoned from afar, while Zhou Jingshan and Zou Kaizhi seemed to be sitting far away, but they had been paying attention to the movement here, and they all got up in a hurry and walked over quickly.

Ye Zhao got up, Robinson also hurriedly stood up, Ye Zhao said: "Foreign affairs, you should consult our foreign minister." To Zou Kaizhi: "You talk." ”

Zou Kaizhi hurriedly bowed down.

Ye Zhao and Zhou Jingshan walked out of the golden hall, came to the long gallery with rows of palace lamps hanging outside, and walked two steps, Ye Zhao smiled and said, "The wind blows well." ”

Zhou Jingshan said with a smile: "Yes, Robinson is also good." ”

Ye Zhao turned his head and saw Misaki's little head emerging from behind a huge red column, looking like he wanted to come over but didn't know whether he should come over or not, so he beckoned to her with a smile and said, "Send me and Zhongtang two glasses of red wine." ”

Misaki stuck out her tongue, her small body turned out from behind the pillar, and on the tray in her hand were two glasses of glossy red wine.

Ye Zhao smiled and said to Zhou Jingshan: "Misaki is quite understanding?" ”

If it was the imperial concubine, Zhou Jingshan would not be able to comment on this, and he only nodded slightly at this time.

…… In the lobby, Zou Kaizhi discussed the trade between the empire and Australia with Robinson, and after chatting a few words, Zou Kaizhi said: "Mr. Robinson, I won't tell you that I am personally disappointed in the massacre of the aborigines of Australia in your country. ”

At the beginning of the 19th century, the British fought a 30-year "black war" against the indigenous Australians, fighting for the living space of the immigrants, but although the aborigines were forced into the jungle, they were not exterminated, but caused hatred between the immigrants and the natives throughout the Australian colonial area, and the efforts originally advocated by the governor of Macquarie to make the aborigines accept European civilization were unsuccessful.

Robinson's heart tightened, he knew Zou Kaizhi's identity and influence, and sighed: "Fifty years, I can't help but say that some incompetent governors have brought shame on our civilized world. ”

Zou Kaizhi said with a serious face: "But now your country is preparing to carry out a yellow war again?" ”

Robinson knew what Zou Kaizhi was talking about, and he had made ample preparations on this issue during his visit to China.

Since the discovery of gold in Australia, a large number of Chinese and Chinese laborers have flocked to New South Wales, and the New South Wales Autonomous Axe has begun to limit the number of Chinese entering the country, and has made it difficult for Chinese workers who have entered Australia, imposing heavy taxes to deprive them of their labor income, and even some white organizations have come to Chinese workers' residential areas to fight, and the autonomous political axe has turned a blind eye.

In recent years, the status of the Chinese has risen by leaps and bounds, but the Chinese workers in Australia have not been treated well. Parks, for his part, proposed the famous "White Australia" policy.

The White Australia Policy is a policy that restricts immigration to Australians of color, "what Australians want to build is a readable, free, pure, Caucasian Australia." Australia should keep the noble idea of a white Australia – an Australia as white as snow. ”

Prime Minister Henry? Parks was the most active promoter of the policy.

(To be continued)