When Dihua broke up with Aff, he couldn't help but feel a little sad in his heart, and gave Afif a clairvoyant mirror as a souvenir.

At the end of October, Ye Zhao returned to Beijing, at this time, the first line from Beijing to Lanzhou had been repaired, and the Beijing division to Xi'an had been officially opened to traffic.

After nearly four years of demonstration and measurement, the Wuchang Hanyang Bridge began to put forward the concept of substantive surnames, and the feasible surname assessment submitted by the expert group is ready to use the narrowest part of the river between Hanyang Guishan and Wuchang Snake Mountain as the bridge site, and connect the Guangdong-Hanzhou Railway through Wuchang Hanyang Gate and Binyang Gate.

In terms of funds, the budget is 5 million silver dollars, Ye Zhao knows that the late Qing Dynasty and the early Republic of China had prepared to build a bridge here, and the budget was 10 million silver dollars, because the number of funds was huge, and finally had to give up, and the current 5 million silver dollars can be higher than the 10 million silver dollars in the late Qing Dynasty and the early Republic of China.

Zhengzhou has erected the first railway and highway bridge on the Yellow River, using the pneumatic caisson method for construction, and has accumulated rich experience, which is full of confidence in the erection of the Wuhan Bridge expert group.

Ye Zhao was not so confident. If it is said that for the construction of railways in steep sections, the current technical conditions may not be much worse than those in the early days of the founding of the People's Republic of China, especially in the precipitous sections of the railway, why is it difficult? It's not that it's purely technical, it's that you don't need large machinery or anything like that, so it's so difficult. It can be said that basically the sections of New China that can build railways can be built now, only depends on whether you are willing to invest financial and manpower.

But building a bridge is different, this is really a technical work, the Yangtze River is turbulent, and it is ten times more difficult to build a bridge than the Yellow River.

But for this nation that has always created miracles, Ye Zhao has placed great hopes on them, let them figure out their own way, maybe, they can really build a bridge?

Returning to Beijing, reuniting with all the beloved wives, naturally it was a joy and sorrow, and then Ye Zhao fasted for three days, and on November 2, he led the civil and military officials to hold a grand ceremony to worship the heavens at the Temple of Heaven.

The first appearance of the queen and the imperial concubine in the ceremony of worshipping the heavens is also quite eye-catching.

The commander-in-chief of the Royal Military Commission, the general ministers, the prime ministers, the deputy prime ministers, the ministers of various ministries, the ministers of the parliamentary council, the vice ministers, the heads of various sections, the secretaries of the Dali Yuan, the young secretaries, the chief officials of the various departments and temples, etc., followed the emperor to worship heaven and earth, and the entire Temple of Heaven was full of civil and military officials, solemn and far-reaching.

...... "Oops, my little baby, little baby. ”

In the Heart Cultivation Palace, Ye Zhao's familiar voice sounded again.

Outside the hall, the matchmaker smiled and walked in.

Ye Zhao, who had just dealt with political affairs, got off Wenyuan Pavilion, and hurriedly came to rare his two daughters, at this time, the two little ones had passed ten months, and they began to walk, and the matchmaker had already built two "walkers" according to the sketches drawn and explained by Ye Zhao when he left Beijing, and he also applied for a patent.

The two little ones stood in the beautiful yellow satin walker at this time, holding the handle, squeaking and walking, the eldest girl Yaoyuan, chubby, with dark eyes, was holding the bell and shaking it curiously. The second daughter, Yao Yuan, has fair skin, a high nose bridge, and a little mixed-race can be very delicate.

The two girls followed the walker to Ye Zhao's side, Yao Yuan grabbed Ye Zhao's braid and pulled it hard, Ye Zhao laughed: "Oops, my little baby doesn't like Dad's braids either, does he?" ”

The matchmaker pursed her lips and smiled: "Eccentric!" ”

Ye Zhao got up at this time and said with a smile: "Why is it eccentric?" Matchmaker, we have to hurry. ”

The matchmaker blushed, Ye Zhao has been pestering her for the past two days, and she tossed all night last night. He walked over and squatted down, picked up the two babies one by one, and said, "It's time to feed them snacks." ”

Ye Zhao immediately looked helpless, although the matchmaker did not say it explicitly, but they must have discussed in private, the two daughters can't always be with his father, otherwise they will be taught nothing.

But no, in just half an hour, in the main hall of the Heart Cultivation Palace, there is a mess, and there are toys everywhere that have been lost by the two little ones, if you are with the matchmaker Rong'er, there will be no such thing.

Compared with playing with their father, the two little ones obviously like the matchmaker more, especially like to be hugged by the matchmaker, squeaky and laughing, suddenly Yaoyuan turned around and shouted: "Smack...... Smack......"

Ye Zhao was immediately struck by lightning and shouted, "Matchmaker, did you hear what she called me?" Hurry up and catch up, and snatch Yao Yuan from the matchmaker's arms, who knows that Xiao Budian seems to see Ye Zhao's intentions, stretching out his little arms and struggling, with a reluctant face, Ye Zhao smiled: "Okay, ask your second mother to hug you, and your father will follow you, okay?" ”

The matchmaker is funny, and she can help him.

…… After making out with the two daughters for a while, he was kicked out by the matchmaker again, and he was bored, so Ye Zhao went to pick up Rong'er from school.

Beijing Normal University is two streets away from Dongjiaomin Lane, of course, Ye Zhao named Dongjiaomin Lane and the history of Dongjiaomin Lane has been very different, the history of Dongjiaomin Lane in the inner city, close to the Zongren Mansion, the six yamen, the Huitong Pavilion is only a post house to receive the envoys of the tributary country, Xiyi residence shall not exceed 40 days, but later the country weakened, the embassies of various countries will be built in this place.

The new dynasty was established, and the embassy was built around the hall, only the subject countries were allowed to establish embassies, not subject countries, so the embassy was built in the Dongjiaomin Lane demarcated by Ye Zhao, outside the Chongyang Gate, the original outer city Dongcheng from Shangtoutiao Hutong to Hua'er Market Street, which was the Dongjiaomin Lane District.

Beijing Normal University built a campus in an open space in the south of Donghenger Hutong in Dongcheng, covering an area of hundreds of acres, with a blue lake and a very quiet environment.

Along the way, Ye Zhao also found that there were more people riding bicycles in the city, because there were too many carriages, which would affect the health of the city. The horse-drawn carriage of the rich family, the fine for open defecation is getting heavier and heavier, especially in the inner city, the fine is heavier, it is the upper family of the middle class in Beijing, and there are gradually families using bicycles as a means of transportation, and the homes of the rich, bicycles have become more popular.

People talk about the inner city, including the inner city where the original Eight Banners are located and the outer city where the people are located, and the entire old city is called the inner city, in order to distinguish the commercial area and residential area that are gradually emerging in the western suburbs.

As a queen, Rong'er leads by example, and rides a bicycle to school every once in a while.

The duration of study at Kyoto Normal University is three years for undergraduate studies and two years for preparatory courses. There are three faculties: science, and law. The institute has Chinese and foreign Chinese studies, history, philosophy, sociology, journalism, musicology, and Europe; The Faculty of Science has departments of chemistry, biology, physics, geology, and family affairs; Law schools include law, political science, economics, and many more.

Rong'er is now in her second year of undergrad, the Department of Physics of the Faculty of Science, she likes science, and Ye Zhao follows her, although she can't imagine that a doctor of physics will have a little in common with the lovely Rong'er.

The dripping eaves glazed tile classroom has the tranquility of the Oriental School, and Ye Zhao tiptoed in from the back door of the classroom, but it didn't attract attention.

Rong'er is usually accompanied by Thirteen and another female guard, Qingxue, and Thirteen and the two naturally became college students, but their grades were extremely poor, and their homework was plagiarized from Rong'er.

Speaking of which, it is also bitter for Thirteen and Qingxue, which is not a learning head, and has to be instilled with physical formulas all day long, which is also funny to think about.

"Yikes!" Rong'er covered her mouth in surprise, but she still caused a surprised look, Rong'er was dignified, but she never made a fuss.

Ye Zhao sighed, on the podium, the professor was no longer there, and the class would be out in a few minutes.

Rong'er sat in the last row, wearing a delicate red tweed trench coat with a pair of small black leather shoes at her feet, and no one outside knew how cute and attractive the slender knitted over-the-knee skirt in her trench coat and the black cotton socks on her crystal calves were.

"After school, let's go to Iori." Ye Zhao whispered.

Rong'er snorted.

"What department are you from?" A majestic voice came from behind, Ye Zhao turned around, but saw a male teacher with clear eyebrows walking in from the back door of the classroom, who was a visiting teacher, a teacher who supervised the style of study, and a reserve lecturer, who usually had to go through fierce competition to obtain the lecturer qualification.

Outside the classroom door, although those guards were not angry, they did not dare to enter the classroom without Ye Zhao's orders.

At this time, the bell rang, and Kyoshi University was the second university in the empire to introduce electric bells.

Ye Zhao smiled: "I'm really embarrassed to pick up my wife from school." ”

The young teacher was surprised: "Who is your wife?" ”

"Me." Rong'er pointed to her nose, beside Ye Zhao, she was very happy, just like a child.

The young teacher was stunned for a moment, and when he saw Rong'er's radiant little appearance again, he was even more gloomy, and said, "You, are you married?" ”

Rong'er was very surprised, she hadn't said a word to him before, and she didn't even have an impression of this person, she glanced at him a few times, and whispered to Ye Zhao: "Xianggong, let's go." ”

Ye Zhao rubbed his nose, and said in his heart that Rong'er and a few people were in contact with society, and I was afraid that someone would have a crush. In fact, if he doesn't show up, this person will not show it for most of his life, let alone dare to say it, too, the girls are becoming more and more delicate, and those who can confidently confide their love in front of them must be extremely outstanding talents.

Although they dare not reveal their love, men and women have a kind of self-comforting psychology, always thinking that the goddess in their minds will not look at people in the mortal world, this illusion is shattered, and they will be hit in the future.

Coming out of the gate of Beijing Normal University, Ye Zhao and the others became a team of bicycles, Rong'er was going to ride a bicycle with Ye Zhao, but Ye Zhao asked her to sit on the cushion of the front beam, Rong'er smiled, happily held the handlebars, and kept asking Ye Zhao: "Xianggong, are you tired?" ”

The only outsider in the team is Rong'er's female classmate Jinping, who is also Rong'er's best friend at Beijing Normal University, Ye Zhao asked her family history, but it was the niece of Zeng Wangyan, the Minister of Transportation.

At this time, Jinping said with a smile while pedaling the bicycle: "Wanzhen, you keep saying that you are married, I still don't believe it, it turns out to be true." ”

Rong'er grinned and said, "Is it okay for me to be a father-in-law?" ”

Jinping rolled her eyes: "Okay, what's wrong?" I can't grab it again. Ye Zhao's identity is a general in the army, and Jinping thinks that he is a very powerful general soldier, so he is not very restrained in his speech.

He and Jinping parted ways at the mouth of the four alleys, Ye Zhao's convoy turned into the alley, and Jinping waved his hand and continued to drive north.

Ye Zhao smiled: "Your friend is good. "Indeed, Ye Zhao doesn't like Rong'er's friends who are sad and sad now, some people have too many things and are too sensitive.

The main building where Iori lived is in the upper four alleys, and the deep and secluded garden is full of water.

Iori's parents were also brought to Yanjing, and she lived in the main hall with her, and Iori's life was carefree, and she was no longer as lonely as before, although Iori had long been accustomed to living alone.

There is a small two-story building in the garden, the first floor is a reception room, a chaise longue sofa, a purple wood coffee table, Yonghua elegant, and a telephone is also installed in the reception room.

Mr. Watanabe and Mrs. Watanabe saw the emperor and queen coming, and kowtowed in fear, Ye Zhao smiled and helped the two up, and saw the joy in the eyes of Iori Iori of the reed moon, and pinched her face with a smile, Iori was wearing a pink kimono, which was glamorous.

Ye Zhao picked up the phone, shook the switchboard, and the female operator said in a sweet voice, "Good afternoon, sir, where do you want?" ”

"The Forbidden City." Ye Zhao could feel it, and the female operator was obviously stunned. Behind him, Rong'er reminded in a whisper: "Xianggong, it's Dongfang No. 1." ”

Although there are traces of the telephone now, no one dares to disturb the switchboard of the Forbidden City, but in the telephone bureau, the Forbidden City also has its own code name, which is "Dongfang No. 1".

Ye Zhao made an outside call for the first time, and seeing that Rong'er understood better than himself, he coughed dryly and said "Dongfang No. 1", and quickly connected to the switchboard of the Forbidden City, and ordered the operator to pick up Zhong Cui Palace, and said to the matchmaker, dinner and Rong'er are solved here in Yiori, and they may not be able to go back at night.

Although Rong'er misses the baby, she can't disobey her husband when she says this.

"The phone is convenient!" Ye Zhao said with emotion.

Mr. Watanabe and Mrs. Watanabe echoed for a while. The two sold their daughter poorly, originally thought that they would never face to see Manako again in their lives, who knew that Manako was what the Chinese called the phoenix life, and became the concubine of the Chinese emperor, and now lives in this luxurious garden, and those high-ranking daimyo in the past tried to inquire about them, and sent rich gifts through his son Watanabe Ichiro, but Watanabe Ichiro kept the address of this place secret, otherwise, it must be full of traffic, but I am afraid that the emperor and the general will send envoys to greet them.

Live this way, even if you live like this for a day, you will have no regrets in this life.

In the evening, Rong'er did not stay here, after dinner, the matchmaker called, saying that Yaoyuan was crying, and it seemed that she missed her mother, and then the guards escorted Rong'er back to the palace, Ye Zhao stayed, and went back to Beijing for the first time to see Wei Yue Yiori when she was eating and drinking with the concubines, but she never had the opportunity to get together alone.

Ye Zhao and Iori's family sat on the sofa and drank tea, chatting with Iori about the desert scenery, Mr. Watanabe and Mrs. Watanabe looked at each other, and they wanted to say goodbye.

At this time, the phone rang, Mr. Watanabe was busy answering the phone, terrible about something, the person who called was the last person he wanted to see now, and said that he would come to the apartment immediately, Mr. Watanabe was anxious, warned him not to come again, but the phone hung up.

The caller was made by an official of the embassy, and telephones were also installed in various embassies in the capital, mainly to make it easier to contact the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

The young military attache of the embassy called Yamamoto Keisuke, who was accidentally met by the old couple of Watanabe when they were walking, said that he chose the embassy in Dongjiaomin Lane, which shows that he was not willing to be a vassal state of China, and the embassy was not far from Iori's villa.

When meeting a countryman in another country, Keisuke Yamamoto and the old couple Watanabe talked very well, and the old couple Watanabe only said that they were doing business in China, and Keisuke Yamamoto believed that it was true. A few days ago, Yamamoto Keisuke came to visit Mr. Watanabe, and when he saw the side of Reedyue Iori, he was immediately shocked, and asked Mr. Watanabe Miss Iori if he was married, and Watanabe didn't care, and said that he didn't get married, so as not to ask about his husband and make up lies again, but he didn't want Yamamoto Keisuke to pounce on Iori with a heart, these days, sent flowers one after another, Watanabe's old couple were frightened, and the guards said that the main hall were all guards of the Forbidden City, and the news would definitely reach the ears of the emperor, but how to be good?

Although the emperor didn't ask about it, the old couple was also worried, maybe with the respect of the emperor, he would not look at such a trivial matter, but it was hard to guarantee that he was just quiet, and he would never get angry because of this matter, but if he really thought that he didn't know how to advance or retreat, and started a fire, it would definitely be the anger of thunder, and his family would not be able to say if his family would fall to the ground.

But this bastard Yamamoto, why is it so confused? Mr. Watanabe was angry and even more scared.

Mrs. Watanabe immediately knew who was calling, and glanced at his husband with an uneasy look on her face.

Ye Zhao saw that there was a difference in his face between the two of them, and asked, "What's wrong?" Did you encounter any difficulties? Who made the call? ”

Mr. Watanabe's heart was up and down, and he was about to kowtow and ask for guilt, but Iori Rei took Ye Zhao's hand lightly and said, "It's an irrelevant person, I made friends with my parents, I thought I didn't get married, and I sent me flowers every day, I was thinking about asking my father to tell him tomorrow, don't be angry." ”

Ye Zhao sighed, rubbed his nose, and said, "That's nothing." ”

Mr. Watanabe hurriedly said: "It's the third-class military attache of the embassy, I'll go and wait outside, and I'll drive him away when he comes." ”

Ye Zhao nodded slightly, but couldn't help but think of Ito Hirobumi, during the interrogation, Ito Hirobumi finally admitted that he was preparing to assassinate the Chinese emperor, and was sentenced to be hanged, and then the Ministry of Foreign Affairs put pressure on the shogunate, and the shogunate had to increase the crackdown on the new writing team, arresting and executing several important leaders of the new writing group, including the leader of the new writing team, Isamu Kondo, and the matter gradually subsided.

"Will you put him to death?" Iori asked in a whisper.

Execute? Ye Zhao was stunned for a moment, and immediately knew that under the pressure of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, there were more and more cases of national radicals being beheaded in his country, and these news, Wei Yue Iori and his parents must have also talked about it.

Perhaps, he is a tyrant in Iori's heart? Ye Zhao's face was impassive and asked, "Do you want to intercede for him?" ”

Iori hesitated for a moment, shook her head, and said, "However, I hope that Mr. will kill fewer people in his country." ”

Mr. Watanabe and Mrs. Watanabe, who were walking out, changed their faces, and said in their hearts, this stupid child, if you go on like this, you are afraid that sooner or later you will fall out of favor and be driven back to your country.

Ye Zhao bowed his head slightly, and said: "The matter of the military state can be changed without my words, but like this person today, if you feel that you can't bear to kill him, you can tell me." ”

Iori bowed his head and said, "Iori only hopes that my country will not shed any more blood. Her mind Ye Zhao understood, when it came to individuals, Wei Yue Iori felt that she was not qualified to make any requests, but for her own country, that feeling could never be parted.

Ye Zhao took her hand and said, "Let's go, I don't know what you're worried about, do you really think I'm a tyrant?" If someone sends a few bouquets of flowers, I'm going to kill someone? ”

Iori said, "I know my husband won't......" But when I thought of what my brother said about the people who were hanged for resisting Chinese, I felt uncomfortable after all.

The hot spring room was covered with white mist, sitting in the hot spring by the wooden platform, watching Reed Yue Iori smiling and smearing the perfume on her face, Ye Zhao took her hand, gently held her in his arms, and felt Iori's heartbeat through the snow-white undergarment, Ye Zhao said softly: "Don't think about the country's affairs, you haven't betrayed your motherland, these things are not something that you can afford as a little woman." ”

"Iori knows." Reed Moon Iori crouched on Ye Zhao's chest, and her heart gradually became peaceful.

Ye Zhao said again: "Historical development always has its context, even if it is me, how much can it affect?" Could it be that the Chinese withdrew their troops from Yuben and the world has been peaceful ever since? If you want me to say, the trend of thinking that is hostile to the Chinese is too narrow, and if there were no Chinese, what do you think would happen to those flowery foreigners who came to the island? With my China, foreigners gradually dare not act recklessly in the East, and Asia and East China are now inseparable from China's prosperity. I said, I must know that gratitude is. ”

Wei Yue Iori listened to Ye Zhao's crooked reasoning, and knew that he was reasoning, but as the emperor of China, he naturally sought the well-being of China, so what could he do as a little woman? Convincing him to kill fewer people was already a great thing. If I hadn't met Mr., I might have lived a humiliating life now, and how would I think of Chinese killing people without killing people? I am afraid that if the Chinese do not come to kill themselves and bully themselves, they will die happily.

And Mr. made up nonsense for himself, just to make himself happy, Wei Yue Iori's heart was warm, and she slowly hugged Ye Zhao's body tightly, and said, "Sir, will you always like me as you do now?" ”

It's rare for Weiyue Yiori to show her feelings, she is delicate **, thinking of the wonder of Yiori, Ye Zhao's heart is hot, and he sticks to Weiyue Yiori's ear beads and says: "Mr. will always like you, Yiori ......, today, is it okay to be in the water today?" Seeing that Reed Yue Iori nodded, and went to untie the belt of the undergarment, Ye Zhao was happy, and smiled and touched the soft, firm, slippery, and wonderful **............ In the Wenhua Palace, Ye Zhao looked at the records of the Sino-Russian negotiations, and a picture of a series of verbal swords gradually appeared in his eyes.

The chief negotiator of the Russians is Viscount Brin, who is also an "old friend" of the Chinese, but Viscount Brin, who wanted to help the north during the Civil War, never thought that one day he would face such an embarrassing situation, a powerful China, the rapid expansion of its sphere of influence, began to compete with it for hegemony in Central Asia, and the combat effectiveness is so strong that it can no longer tolerate the big men of Moscow and St. Petersburg to ignore a little.

I heard that in Moscow, although the people were indignant and shouted slogans to start a war with China, the citizens took to the streets to march, but in the same way, there were also wails, and some newspapers analyzed that in Central Asia and the Far East, it is difficult for Russia to compete with China, and if it is necessary to fight a full-scale war with China, Russia's national strength will be seriously weakened, and the Ottoman Empire will inevitably take the opportunity to recover their territory.

Although pessimistic rhetoric is not the mainstream, China's image of years of weakness has been swept away in Russia, and no one dares not to see China as an equal-weight opponent.

Even when a newspaper still used the term "yellow-skinned monkey" to refer to the Orientals and Chinese as before, it was immediately besieged by the media, and the country of a corps of Russia was completely annihilated with the same force, if it was just a monkey, then what are we? Moreover, in the Chinese newspapers, the central political axe of the empire has strictly forbidden the appearance of contemptuous titles for Westerners such as "red-haired ghost" and "old maozi", which shows that the degree of civilization of the Eastern Empire has far exceeded that of China.

The "Decembrists" in Russia, who hated the rule of the tsar, began to become active again, forming secret societies and setting up secret groups such as the People's Will Party to incite the people, claiming that it was Alexander II's corrupt rule that led to the defeat in the war in Central Asia, and that Alexander II should bear full responsibility for this.

At the same time, some nobles dissatisfied with the reform of serfdom began to complain.

Yesterday, Sava's mother also told Ye Zhao that the People's Will Party had secretly contacted Grandpa Sava, but Grandpa Sava rejected the possible surname of meeting again.

While looking at the negotiation records, Ye Zhao also pondered the situation in Russia, it is difficult to say whether this situation is good or not, the civil strife in Russia is a good thing, but if it threatens the rule of Alexander II, Alexander II will inevitably launch a full-scale war against China, first, to transfer domestic contradictions; Second, if China is defeated, domestic opposition will soon subside.

Bismarck, who had been following the progress of the Sino-Russian negotiations, sent a telegram asking the emperor to consider reaching an agreement with the Russian side as soon as possible.

After months of quarrels, the Russian side proposed a new plan, the main points of which were the unconditional release of Russian prisoners by the Chinese side; The boundaries of South Kazakhstan were demarcated, and the Russians no longer claimed the right to administer all Kazakh tribes, but only if the Central [***] detachment withdrew from Turkestan; Russia recognized the fact that the Kokand Khanate was annexed to Chinese territory.

Both sides have not mentioned the demarcation of the Heilongjiang border, and it is clear that both sides are not satisfied with the current border, and this huge disagreement may also trigger a war in the future.

After reading the negotiation record and the Russian draft for a while, Ye Zhao put it aside.

At noon, Li Xiaocun, the left minister, came to the Wenhua Palace, and said with a smile, The Dutch Governor of Batavia can't wait, and he went to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs yesterday to make a big noise.

When the Chinese sent a note through the newspaper and a note to the Dutch Batavia political axe, China would support and recognize the claim of the tribes around Sumba Island for statehood, the Dutch Governor of Batavia, Rosenthal, the Dutch governor in the South Seas colony, was dismissed from his post after the defeat of the Dutch fleet, and Rosenthal took over.

On Sumba Island, there is a tribe that has been in trade with the Chinese for many years, and now it has suddenly declared the establishment of the "Sumba State", which is no longer under the jurisdiction of the Dutch and Indian colonial political axe.

Rosenthal didn't take it seriously, and according to the usual practice, he was going to send a musket team to suppress it, but who knew that the statement of the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs was quickly sent to his desk, which surprised Rosenthal.

Sumba Island is a small island, and the tribe that declares reading power is not large, and the population may not exceed 10,000 people, but if it is allowed to read, this wind will be together, I am afraid that the entire indigenous people of Java and Sumatra will make trouble, and the former indigenous countries will declare the establishment of statehood, in particular, Rosenthal does not believe that the Sumba people will make trouble for no reason, and there must be the shadow of the Chinese behind it.

Rosenthal was so anxious that he hurriedly sent a telegram to the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, hoping to meet with Li Xiaocun, the Minister of State Affairs, to expound the Dutchman's position and to gain China's understanding and support.

Unknowingly, in Nanyang, the attitude of the Chinese has become the object of support that they have to win if they want to maintain their influence in the South Seas for the second- and third-rate European countries such as the Netherlands and Spain.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs rejected Rosenthal's request, and Rosenthal ignored it and came to Tianjin by boat, but was denied entry, and stayed in the British Concession in Tianjin for a while, and after many negotiations, he was allowed to enter Yanjing City. He had a meeting with Li Xiaocun for an hour, but he did not get the point, and at this time the emperor returned to Beijing in triumph, Rosenthal submitted applications to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Zongren Mansion to meet the emperor again and again, but he was rejected several times, but he was not discouraged.

Ye Zhao thought for a while and said with a smile: "Ming, I'll see him." ”

Li Xiaocun was stunned for a moment and said, "The emperor's body of ten thousand gold ......"

Ye Zhao waved his hand and said: "In this way, he will be grateful, not to mention, this Rosenthal is the highest official of the Netherlands in Nanyang, and the Nanyang area is also the most important colony of the Netherlands, the governor of the Netherlands and India, and he must be a very important figure in his country, which can not be despised lightly." ”

Li Xiaocun bowed slightly, bowed and said, "Yes, Weichen is taught." ”

…… Rosenthal really did not expect to be received by the Chinese Emperor, he had no hope, and was thinking of returning to Batavia, for the sake of the future, he could only hope to get the support of the British, but he did not know whether the British would put forward extremely harsh conditions.

Who knew that in desperation, he received a document from the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs that the emperor would summon him the next afternoon, and the specific time would be further noticed.

Rosenthal was so surprised that early the next morning, he dressed neatly, checked his hair and beard over and over again, and took off several medals obtained in his military career, and put them on and on, and it looked grand to put them on, but he was afraid of provoking the emperor's disgust, so he thought about it for a long time, and finally took them off.

Mrs. Timmermans looked at her husband strangely, and as a nobleman of Amsterdam, he had never been so cautious when he met the king.

At three o'clock in the afternoon, the Chinese carriage arrived at the Dutch embassy on time, watching her husband board the carriage with a little excitement, Mrs. Timmermans sighed in her heart, the national strength is weak, this is the case.

Ye Zhao received Rosenthal at the Yingtai Hanyuan Hall in the Taiye Pool (Zhongnanhai) of the Royal West Garden.

Along the way, Rosenthal was shocked to see the scenery of this fairy island in the sea and the vast imperial atmosphere, the Oriental country and the royal garden are really the masterpieces of God, which are beyond the imagination of human beings.

In the Hanyuan Palace, seeing the yellow figure on the Ming Huang throne, Rosendaal hurriedly knelt down on one knee and said, "The Venerable Emperor of China, Rosendaal from the Netherlands would like to pay you the highest respect. ”

Just listen to a majestic voice spit out a few words of oriental syllables, followed by a pure Dutch translation, "The Great Emperor has given you the right to sit down." ”

Rosenthal was stunned, slowly stood up, and someone behind him moved the kind of oriental-style brocade soft pier, Rosenthal sat down, and saw that the interpreter was a young Chinese man in his twenties, but Dutch was extremely proficient.

The coercive voice said a few more words, and translated: "The Great Emperor said that I know your intentions, and also said that I just heard that you have come from Batavia thousands of miles away, and I have neglected you, and the Great Emperor is uneasy. ”

Rosenthal hurriedly bowed slightly and said, "Thank you for the emperor's love, the Sumba people for the founding of the country, I hope the emperor can understand the position of my Dutch country." ”

The majestic male voice said a few more words, and translated: "In the treaty between China, Britain and the Netherlands, it was written that the Turkish tribes would face up to the demands of the Turkish tribes to build a state, Mr. Rosenthal should know this, right?" ”

Rosenthal was stunned, he had naturally seen this treaty, and there was indeed such a clause, which the Chinese must have added back then, but did not want to be premeditated? However, the treaty said that only when the civilization of the Turkish tribes developed to an appropriate stage would they support their reading power and build a state, but not now. Just as he was about to point this out, the interpreter added: "The Emperor said that the Sumba people are more enlightened and enlightened, and that the people are gradually opening up their wisdom, and that our country will send a mission to Sumba Island to investigate the possibility of the Sumba people having the status of reading autonomy and then turning into a barbaric tyranny, and before making the results of the assessment, Mr. Rosenthal needs to be patient and promise not to resort to force against the Sumba people." ”

Rosenthal was stunned and stunned, Chinese, there are too many famous halls, right?

But seeing this situation, I know that it is useless to talk more, although I have finally earned some face after seeing the Chinese emperor, it is difficult to say whether it is good or not, because this meeting is not an equal exchange at all, and even the appearance of the emperor himself has not been seen clearly. I only feel that the unique aura of the Oriental monarch is high and mysterious. It's not like the kings of Western countries, but it's actually no different from you and me, just a nobleman with more power.

(To be continued)