What kind of person is Tang Ziran?

How does it compare to Yuan Shikai?

This question has been pondered by Kim Myung-gyu almost since the day the imperial court decreed the appointment of Tang Haoran as the minister of prime minister's affairs in the DPRK.

On the one hand, he asked the Qing government to give a lenient punishment to Pu Dingyang, who made the United States, and more importantly, his mission was to request the removal of Yuan Shikai, the minister of the Qing court in Korea, and to choose a "fair and knowledgeable person" to replace him. It doesn't help the big picture". However, Li Hongzhang, the minister of Beiyang, was still unmoved, and tried his best to overcome public opinion, not only letting Yuan Shikai continue to serve in the court, but also that the New Year was about to expire, and wrote a comment to Yuan Shikai in the evaluation of the Ministry of Officials: "Bloody loyalty, talent and sensitivity, holding the overall situation, and being difficult alone".

It is precisely for this reason that Kim Myung-gyu, who already knew that it was impossible to transfer Yuan Shikai, wanted to return to China after saying that he was sick, but just when he was returning to China because he was sick, news suddenly came from the DPRK -- the Minister of Trade Affairs for the Prime Minister stationed in the DPRK had changed people, Yuan Shikai was transferred to Taiwan, and Tang Haoran, who was known as a foreigner, was appointed as the new Minister of Prime Minister's Affairs in the DPRK.

As soon as he got the news here, he sent a secret telegram to inform the king of this "good news", and the king then replied with great joy in his words, and seemed to have finally "unplugged" this henchman's trouble, but Kim Myung-gyu couldn't laugh at all.

"Minister of Prime Minister's Affairs stationed in North Korea!"

Tang Haoran's official position mentioned in the imperial court's will is different from the past, from Chen Shutang's "General Strength of North Korea's ** Commercial Commissioner" to Yuan Shikai's "Minister of Commerce and Trade Affairs of the Prime Minister stationed in North Korea", the Qing State's internal affairs of North Korea are worse than one day, Yuan Shikai is still domineering to the extreme, and wants to depose the king and set up a new king, and now Tang Haoran has been appointed as the "Minister of Prime Minister Affairs stationed in North Korea", what is the intention of this Qing people?

On the other hand, Kim Myung-gyu is full of expectations for Tang Haoran's appointment, not because of his youth, since Prime Minister Yuan Shikai North Korea, who dares to underestimate young people? However, because of its knowledge of the name of the foreigners, and because it has the responsibility of co-organizing the new policy of the DPRK, and with the promotion of the higher countries, the DPRK wants to carry out reforms, and the natural resistance is greatly reduced.

But the question is, is this Tang Haoran in North Korea as simple as handling the new deal? And will it use the New Deal as an official to interfere in North Korea's national affairs more unscrupulously?

It was with a lot of worries that Kim Myung-gyu came to the official residence of the prime minister in North Korea, and it stands to reason that as the envoy of North Korea, he should have met him a few days ago, but it has been delayed today, and his idea is simple, and he wants to understand Guò's "slowness" to test Tang Haoran's character.

But to Jin Minggui's surprise, after his greeting was sent into the line, Tang Haoran personally greeted him out, and after a warm courtesy, he personally took his hand and invited him to enter the hall, regardless of the authority of the heavenly officials to invite him to sit side by side, for Jin Minggui, who has long been accustomed to seeing officials in small countries, this kind of leniency only moved him in his heart, and felt that the Tang Haoran in front of him was far from being comparable to Yuan Shikai, and in the next hour, when Tang Haoran asked him about North Korea, Jin Minggui naturally knew everything, There is no end to the words.

"Although the people in the DPRK and China want to follow the example of the "East and West" of the DPRK Bank, but the DPRK is barren and the people are poor, although the country has been founded, except for a few local products, there is almost nothing, if the adults want to implement a new policy in the DPRK, I don't know how to carry it out, can the DPRK borrow money to hold on? ”

In the end, Kim Myung-gyu still tried to ask the question he cared about, and although he said that he knew that he could not say everything, he could always get a glimpse of it or two, so as to speculate about his person.

Although China can borrow money from North Korea from time to time, it is better to give people fish than to teach people to fish, although the purpose of this official's visit to North Korea is to assist in the new Korean policy, but its use is to increase the national strength of North Korea, so as to build a new policy for the construction of the machine! ”

Tang Haoran, who seemed to be enthusiastic, continued to play haha with Kim Myung-gyu, but he didn't know that this Kim Myung-gyu was a close confidant of the king of Joseon, and he also knew that the purpose of his envoy to China was to remove Yuan Shikai, so he was naturally much more polite to him.

"I don't know how to increase the national strength of North Korea?"

Kim Myung-gyu tried to ask.

"Its law is only a digital surface, nothing more than to increase trade, expand its products, increase its business, in today's world, and then close the country is in vain, but North Korea has been open for several years, trapped in its limited properties, its success is very little, this but the official to the DPRK to do things, Mingsuo, please use tea ......"

When inviting Kim Myung-gyu to tea, Tang Haoran had a smile on his face, but he sneered in his heart, the reason why he would go to the court to ask for a postponement of his appointment to North Korea was not because of anything else, but because he wanted to solve the North Korean issue once and for all.

"The reason why this official went to the imperial court and postponed his appointment was to attract investment in Tianjin, to set up factories in the DPRK to replace imported foreign goods, and last year the DPRK imported as much as 3 million yuan, and the production was only more than 1 million yuan, so that the outflow of money and goods has already endangered the national ...... of the DPRK."

At this time, Tang Haoran looked like he was thinking about North Korea, and what he said made Jin Minggui nod his head again and again, and he said in his heart that this person cares more about North Korea than Yuan Shikai.

"At present, the DPRK needs to import hundreds of thousands of cotton cloth per year, which is the largest item of North Korea's imports, so this official intends to build a gauze model factory in Incheon, import cotton at the treaty ports of Tianjin and Shandong, and spin it into yarn and weave it into cloth, so that it can not only replace the imported foreign goods, but also sell the yarn to the treaty ports of Tianjin and Shandong, and the income tax and customs duties can also enrich the DPRK treasury. If the DPRK's national strength does not increase, there is no need to borrow from China! ”

"The adult's heart in North Korea really moved the minister, if so, the adult will have a great favor to the small country, and please accept the minister's worship!"

Jin Minggui, who was completely moved by Tang Haoran's flickering and completely regarded as a little Chinese, hurriedly got up and bowed, and his mentality was naturally doubly deferential compared to the previous meeting.

"Alas, Lord Kim, how can you and I be so polite,"

Hurriedly helped Jin Minggui up, Tang Haoran looked close.

"China and North Korea have been friends for thousands of years, North Korea is more Xunzi country, and I China has the same language and the same species, at this time when the East is swinging, the Western barbarians are on the border, this official can sit and watch, the wealth and strength of North Korea is the wealth and strength of China, as long as China and North Korea are friendly from generation to generation, and work together to make the country rich and strong, then what is the fear of Western barbarians?"

"What the lord said is very true, the minister will return to China this time, and he will definitely play the will of the lord to ...... the king."

More than an hour later, after Kim Myung-gyu politely refused the invitation to stay and leave the line, Tang Haoran, who was sitting in the hall, looked at the teacup that Kim Myung-gyu had used before, which was still a little steamy, and laughed coldly.

"Now you can come out!"

"Your Excellency!"

When Tang Haoran's voice fell, a person came out next door, it was Tang Shaoyi, the consul in Seoul, who arrived in Tianjin last night, and then went straight to Dongjuzi Xingyuan.

"This Kim Myung-gyu is a confidant of King Lee, if it is Lord Thaksin, then King Lee will naturally believe in your lordship!"

Gong looked at the family in front of him, Tang Shaoyi's mind was still calm, originally the reason why he came to Tianjin, in addition to informing him of many matters in North Korea, more importantly, wanted to see how this person dealt with the situation in North Korea, but he didn't expect that in terms of decisiveness, it was far more than Yuan Weiting, in contrast, if Yuan Weiting was "bold", the person in front of him was probably "bold".

"King Li believes me?"

Tang Haoran looked at Tang Shaoyi with a smile, this consul in Seoul in the next few years, even if he is not his cronies, I am afraid that he will have to take on the responsibility of his cronies.

"What about believing me? What if you don't believe me? ”

Shaking his head, Tang Haoran continued.

"Whether he believes it or not, this time he must seize the opportunity, as for ...... Shaochuan,"

Ask Tang Shaoyi to sit down, Tang Haoran's eyes looked directly at this person, he came from Seoul, how could he tell himself about North Korea? I'm afraid there are other things on my mind.

"When you and I arrive in North Korea and the major events are decided, you will be fully responsible for this foreign affairs at that time!"

There is no way to do this, who does not have a person around them who understands diplomacy? It was Han Che and Li Muchen who were still inexperienced, and there were other places that could use them.

"Adult ......"

Without waiting for Tang Shaoyi to speak, Tang Haoran stretched out his hand to stop him and said.

"Shaochuan, listen to me, at this time, the imperial court commissioned me to go to the court, how can it just negotiate trade and foreign affairs? The intention of the imperial court is to implement a new policy in North Korea, this diplomacy is only one of the many matters of the new deal, how can I let diplomatic matters be involved, if you are responsible for things in North Korea, except you and me, when the time comes, you will be in charge of diplomacy, I am in charge of North Korea's internal affairs, and if something happens, I will naturally have me, the prime minister, to bear it, this North Korea's external troubles, not in Britain and Russia, Britain and Russia are tied to each other, and they will not allow each other to expand in North Korea, which is beneficial to me, as for the United States, support for Korean independence, it is just lip service, overseas interference, Let's wait for them to pass the congressional hurdle first, so the affairs of Britain, Russia, and the United States are all borne by me, and the troubles of North Korea are all in Japan, so ......"

Looking at Tang Shaoyi with a smile, Tang Haoran smiled.

"Your responsibility is to help me stop the Japanese, or that sentence, to deal with the Japanese, you can't blindly back down, you have to be tough when you should be tough, they are just shouting blindly now, between countries, after all, they have to rely on strength to speak! Now they don't have that strength. ”

Tang Haoran's instructions made Tang Shaoyi nod thoughtfully, it took Yuan Shikai several years to figure out these truths, but Tang Haoran could easily get a glimpse of them, which shows that his knowledge of the ocean is not in vain.

"Adult ......"

Tentatively Tang Shaoyi asked.

"When are you going to leave for Korea?"

"To North Korea?"

Tang Haoran pondered for a moment, then looked at Tang Shaoyi and said.

"Naturally, we have to wait until the guards practice six or seven percent!"