In the Wenhua Palace, Ye Zhao sipped coffee and listened silently to Zou Kaizhi's combing of the matter of negotiating Alaska with the British.

Zou Kaizhi is old, which makes Ye Zhao inexplicably a little emotional.

It has been 20 years since the beginning of the army, and most of the civil and military generals who followed him at the beginning of the army have become the country's leaders, such as Li Xiaocun and Ma Dayong, who have passed away.

"The British mean that the Dominion of Canada is willing to pay five million pounds to buy Alaska." A trace of hesitation flashed in Zou Kaizhi's eyes, and he said, "Holy Lord, the minister thinks this matter can be discussed. ”

Ye Zhao bowed his head slightly and said, "Let's talk about it first." "In any case, the empire, which has just gained great benefits from the Sino-Russian war, cannot immediately make enemies with Britain, and how this land is handled, it cannot make the Canadians allies with their southern neighbors in order to counter the threat of the Chinese."

In fact, Ye Zhao's words were replaced with "drag it first", which was more in line with his original intention.

Because of the large Chinese population and the beginning of the push for immigration in the occupied areas of Siberia, in Europe, a view similar to the "yellow peril" began to be shared by some politicians, some people saw China as a great danger from the East, and in a Western newspaper article said: "It is estimated that China has a population of 400 million, and possibly 600 million, and they live very crowded in the territory of the empire, so now more and more people are immigrating in large numbers with an unstoppable force." ”

In the same way, the dense factories of the heavy industrial cities in the empire even surpassed the panic caused by some Europeans due to population expansion, and the inexhaustible human resources and slave-like obedient workers created a terrifying sea of Chinese goods, while the development of technology and the efficiency brought by cold centralization brought about a formidable empire was forming.

All kinds of new ideas and the spirit of humanistic rule of law that can be completely superior to those of Europe have caused an indescribable loss in the hearts of Europeans, and almost in the snap of a finger, this ancient country suddenly burst into unexpected vitality, and even some Europeans have begun to doubt "Eurocentrism", a truth that they originally thought was unbreakable.

Zou Kaizhi flipped through the letter in hand and said: "There is also Afghanistan, the British have begun to gather mercenaries in India, and it is likely that they will launch a war against Afghanistan in the near future. ”

Afghanistan used to be the center of trade and cultural exchanges between Europe and the Middle East and India, and merchants from the north and south traded on the bustling streets of Kabul, and scholars who studied the East and West sighed in high spirits here, but when European navigators discovered the sea route from Europe to India, the brilliance of Afghanistan gradually dimmed and became more and more closed. The New Silk Road, an overland trade route to Persia and Ottoman Turkey, which Chinese opened today, is also far from Afghanistan.

Zou Kaizhi continued: "I think that I still have to talk to the British that Afghanistan is our neighbor, and it is the responsibility of the empire to maintain the political stability of the neighboring country. ”

Ye Zhao bowed slightly, after the Sino-Russian war, it seems that there are more and more disputes that need to deal with the British, which is not a good phenomenon.

Picking up the teacup and tasting it, Ye Zhao said, "You go down." ”

Zou Kaizhi hesitated, but still got up and retired, clearly saying that it was the time for him to be questioned by the Council, and now he was far from being as calm as he seemed on the surface.

Ye Zhao picked up the imperial table and flipped through it, and on the table next to the door of the main hall in the distance, the phone suddenly rang, and the secretary answered the phone, walked up a few steps and said, "Shengshang, Concubine Jie seems to have encountered a little trouble." "Concubine Jie is Hua Ji, and now Hua Ji, Shawa, and Wei Yue Iori have already been promoted to concubines.

Ye Zhao smiled: "What's the trouble?" Then he waved his hand, "Okay, go to the car, I want to celebrate her with her lunch." "Today is Hua Ji's first official lecture, and Christina may go to Tianjin in the evening, which is something that makes Ye Zhao feel comfortable, in the past, the most worried was Hua Ji, is she living like a cowardly rabbit for the rest of her life? Although Zi Feiyu didn't know the joy of fish, he always felt sorry for her in his heart, and finally went out to work, Ye Zhao let go of a worry.

Chongwen Girls' School has a quiet environment, it is a famous aristocratic women's college in Beijing, divided into eight grades, from the primary class of enlightenment education to the senior class of secondary education, with a total of more than 200 students.

Ye Zhao's black car was parked outside the campus according to the rules, Ye Zhao hurriedly led two guards into the school, facing the main entrance is a flower bed and an elegant shadow wall, the inscription on the shadow wall is said to be the queen's mother's own letter: "virtuous and virtuous, self-reliant, self-reliant."

On the left, a row of carved bungalows houses houses the teachers' offices, which are now bustling with activity, with a few policemen in black uniforms in front of the door.

Ye Zhao frowned slightly, then stopped, Zheng Aqiao ran over quickly, said a few words to a few policemen guarding the door, and then entered the office, from the glass window, you can see that there are many people in the office, and there are noisy sounds.

After a while, Hua Ji walked out accompanied by Zheng Aqiao, and the little girl in the back, dressed as a maid, was actually the guard next to Hua Ji, Ye Zhao remembered that it seemed to be called Han Hong.

Seeing Hua Ji's tender and lovely little yellow plaid clothes and pants, Ye Zhao couldn't help but laugh, no matter how you look at it, she doesn't have the style of being a teacher.

Hua Ji timidly came to Ye Zhao's side, her eyes were still a little red, Ye Zhao said softly: "Don't be afraid, go, go eat." ”

Zheng Aqiao whispered beside Ye Zhao: "Master, Han Hong beat that parent, I heard that he was insulting the master." ”

Ye Zhao frowned slightly: "What parent?" He only knows the first half, saying that it was Hua Ji's first class, there were two female students quarreling, although they were both ** old children, but most of the people who could come to Chong School were beautiful girls, and quarrels were still very rare, I heard that one of the female students was extremely domineering, and his father claimed to have a net worth of one million and ran a medicinal herb business. Because the responsibility is mainly on this female student, Hua Ji said a few words to her, but she took it back. is already like a catkins, she has been favored by Ye Zhao over the years, and her friends are all queens, imperial concubines, and concubines, Hua Ji didn't know how to quarrel with others, and she was so angry that she cried her nose by the arrogant little girl. What's the matter, it's a matter of parents again?

Zheng Aqiao said: "Just the one who sells medicine, surnamed Wang, won't he go to school to pick up his daughter?" As a result, his daughter was being punished, so he made a fuss, not only scolded and scolded the vice principal Ms. Shen, who punished his daughter, but also scolded the master, Han Hong couldn't listen to it, and kicked him down with a heartwarming foot, didn't this alarm the bad people? I heard that he was found by a man surnamed Wang, and the police officer who led the team knew him. ”

Ye Zhao bowed slightly, but at this moment, he saw a middle-aged man chased out of the office, his face was full of flesh, his face was fierce, and he pointed at Hua Ji and Han Hong and shouted: "You are waiting for the lawsuit, waiting for the bankruptcy!" Don't ask, who did you hit? Lao Tzu's surname is Wang, you remember! He turned his head to Ms. Shen, the vice principal who came out to apologize, and said, "No, I have decided this situation!" ”

Ms. Shen likes Hua Ji very much, and she doesn't want Hua Ji to cause trouble on the first day of teaching, so although she is impatient, she still persuades Boss Wang in a friendly voice.

On the other side, Ye Zhao smiled and said to Hua Ji: "Eat first, let's go to Tianjin to play." Hua Ji nodded, hesitated, and whispered: "Vice Principal Shen is a good person, don't you ask her to have a lawsuit?" Although she has been calling Ye Zhao Xianggong for the past few years under Ye Zhao's compulsion, every time she shouts the word "Xianggong", it is like a mosquito chirping, and Hua Ji naturally knows that with Xianggong here, she will not be in trouble, so she is afraid that Sister Shen will suffer.

Ye Zhao smiled: "I heard that this is the eldest sister who takes care of you, don't worry, you, you are my Ye Zhao's wife, but why are you so timid, and you still use me to take care of her, it's not a matter of your words?" Just like Hua Ji, Ye Zhao has to jokingly remind this stupid wife of her identity and privileges.

Ms. Shen and Boss Wang and Officer Zhao who chased them out behind were all stopped by Zheng Aqiao, and when Ye Zhao and Hua Ji's figures turned to the wall, Zheng Aqiao inquired about the identities of Officer Zhao and Boss Wang with a smile, and said that he would cooperate well to deal with the "beating incident".

Officer Zhao was a little dissatisfied and said, "That's Mr. Hua?" No matter how you say hello, it's too arrogant, right? ”

Boss Wang even stiffened his neck and said: "There is no one in my eyes, I am simply no one in my eyes!" Lao Zheng, if your young master and young lady don't come to the door to apologize, I will definitely send the case to Dali Yuan in a few days. Zheng Aqiao can speak, he is a little less angry, and after all, he has seen some of the world, and suddenly thought that this family is followed by the elder maid in and out, and it seems that it is also very interesting, not easy to mess with.

Zheng Aqiao smiled and bowed his head, and said in his heart If it is found out that your money is not good, in a few days, should I send you to Siberia to dig coal or send you to the northwest to dig caves?

Outside the school, when Ye Zhao and Hua Ji were about to get on the car, a carriage came galloping, and twenty or thirty steps away, the coachman desperately grabbed the reins, and the galloping horse neighed, almost throwing off the passengers in the carriage, and when the tall and thin man in a green robe jumped out of the car in embarrassment, Ye Zhao saw that this was Ruisi, and couldn't help but be stunned, but he hadn't seen Ruisi lose his temper for a few years.

"Master, [***] the monk is running!" Rui Si ran over with an angry face, and was even more frightened, trembling and secretly looking at Ye Zhao's face, and said, "It's all the slave's fault, the slave did a bad job." ”

Ye Zhao frowned, beckoned Rui Si to get into the car: "Tell me, what's going on?" ”

Rui Si said with a sad face, it turned out that after the Chinese New Year, [***] got up and returned to Tibet Province, took a boat to Guangzhou, and then transferred to Yunnan by train, but after [***] arrived in Guangzhou, he contracted a cold, and these days were closed to recuperate, who knew that it was not until this morning that Guangzhou officials found that [***] and several cronies disappeared.

Saying that, Rui Si handed a piece of paper in his hand to Ye Zhao again, and said: "Master, this telegram is a love letter left by [***] to a British newspaper in Hong Kong, and it has not been published in the newspaper yet, and the original has been obtained by the slave people." ”

Ye Zhao glanced at it a few times, and it was nothing more than criticizing the empire's policies in Tibetan province and persecuting him, and calling on Tibetans to resist the cruel and oppressive rule of the empire.

Ye Zhao knew that the vast majority of the noble slave owners were extremely hostile to the empire's land reform policy in Tibetan Province, but they were only intimidated by the empire's military might, and it was indeed not very well prepared to launch land reform and eliminate slavery in Tibetan Province, but the absolute strength of the Central Plains political axe made this inadequacy sufficient.

Recalling the scenes of getting along with [***], he still has a good impression of this little lama Ye Zhao, and after thinking for a while, Ye Zhao shook his head and said: "Chenglie Gyatso should be coerced by someone, you send a letter to Lhasa, the former regent Rezhen and those Kalun appointed by the previous dynasty, check it carefully." ”

Tibetan Province? lit a cigarette, Ye Zhao took two puffs, then ordered the driver to drive, turned his head and saw Hua Ji looking at him, shook her hand with a smile, and said, "Don't worry, let's run and dance!" ”

Hanahime didn't quite understand, but nodded to herself.

(To be continued)