Just when Zhao Dongzhi was quietly looking, Zhao Dongyun behind the desk also put down the thin brush, and then raised his head again to look at Zhao Dongzhi's cousin, and then stood up.

At this time, Zhao Dongyun was wearing light summer clothes as usual, and when he stood up and walked towards the sofa, Zhao Dongzhi also hurriedly got up.

Zhao Dongyun spoke first: "Are you still used to it this month?" ”

Zhao Dongzhi said: "It's all okay, it's much better than when I was in Japan!" ”

Zhao Dongyun nodded, but agreed with his words, these years Chinese students have gone to study thousands of miles away, no matter what the final results are, but the process is extremely hard, first of all, the traditional living habits and Western living habits are incompatible, and then there is the 'sense of discrimination' that makes the students feel suffocated, this kind of discrimination may be described as racial discrimination in Europe and the United States, and it may be described as ethnic discrimination in Japan, but in the final analysis, it is because China is too backward in this era.

If it's just backward foreigners, they won't discriminate against you so much, compared to the poorer countries in the world, but this year's China is still famous for its ignorance......

The only thing that can make the Chinese people comfort themselves is the so-called 5,000-year-old history.

The Chinese people around the Gengzi year are really not proud!

It's okay to stay in this country and be arrogant, but when you look at the world in a foreign country, if you know how big the world is, and know what civilization and freedom are, nine times out of ten you will have a strict inferiority complex, and then from this inferiority complex you want to change the idea of China, well, most of the patriotic students in the late Qing Dynasty were formed in this way, but some people want to reform from the top down, that is, the so-called constitutionalists, and some people want to completely change all the rules in the country and re-establish new rules. These are the so-called revolutionary parties.

When Cho Dong-sik was studying abroad, he felt the same discrimination from the civilized world as everyone else for his horse coat and long braids, so he should wear the West like other international students, cut off his braids, and try to dress himself up as a member of the civilized world.

But that kind of discrimination from outsiders has always existed, and when the inferiority complex is extreme, he finds that even the smile of others will be a kind of irony.

What the Chinese people of this era lack is not guns and steel, but self-confidence!

Why the students in the late Qing Dynasty changed so much before and after studying abroad is inseparable from the various circumstances they suffered during their study abroad.

"You get used to it first, and your military career will be much harder in the future!" Zhao Dongyun continued: "I have already arranged it in Baoding, you will go to Baoding in a while, get familiar with it first, and then enter the Martial Arts Academy next month!" ”

Zhao Dongzhi was mentally prepared for this, and immediately did not have a look of surprise, but said: "I know!" ”

Although they are cousins, but to be honest, Zhao Dongyun and Zhao Dongzhi and other cousins, cousins and the like are not too familiar, from 1895 when he applied for the Tianjin Wubei School, and then to stay in Germany, even after returning to China, he stayed in Baoding and Jinzhou most of the time, it can be said that he has been studying and serving in the army outside for nearly ten years, and the number of times he has returned to Xuzhou in the past ten years is only a handful.

In recent years, when he first returned to China, he went back to Xuzhou to live for half a month, and then he never returned to Xuzhou, in fact, this situation is not only Zhao Dongyun, most officials are like this, such as those civil officials once they embark on their official careers, unless they are dismissed or retired or Ding Wei, otherwise there is no chance to return to their hometown to live permanently.

Zhao Dongyun didn't spend much time in his hometown in Xuzhou, and the memories of the cousins and relatives of the Zhao family in his mind were limited to the memories of his youth and written letters.

Like this Zhao Dongzhi, he just met a few times, once when he just returned to China, the second time was when he arranged for them to study in Japan, and the third time he met was when Zhao Dongzhi came to serve him with a letter after returning to China.

I don't know much, so naturally I don't have too much, but I just asked a few words about how he is doing, and if there are any problems in life, he just asked him to go to Baoding to study after he was ready, and then waved his hand to let him out.

Although it was only a short meeting of ten minutes, Zhao Dongzhi was still a little nervous after coming out, although the two were only one year apart, and they also went to private school to play together when they were young, Zhao Dongyun didn't look so nervous in the first few private meetings, as if Zhao Dongzhi at that time couldn't believe that this third brother was already in control of more than 10,000 new troops and sitting in the northeast of the Beiyang bigwig.

But today's official meeting of Zhao Dongyun in this kind of office setting made Zhao Dongzhi feel the pressure and power from Zhao Dongyun for the first time

Although Zhao Dongyun was smiling and spoke very kindly, the topic between the words was very strict, and he said it in the tone of an elder.

In terms of Zhao Dongyun's status, only a few domestic political bigwigs such as Yuan Shikai and Prince Gong can speak in his younger voice, as well as Zhao's mother and several uncles. The former is the gap in status, and the latter is driven by filial piety.

Even if Zhao Dongyun speaks in the tone of his peers, there are not many others, such as several other bigwigs in Beiyang, in addition to those governors, governors, admirals and cabinet ministers in the capital, in Fengtiandi, Zengqi can intersect with his peers, and the others all have to respectfully shout 'Lord Zhao'.

This kind of day has passed for a long time, and this habit of speaking has naturally become more and more accustomed to pretending to be a superior, this habit is not deliberate, and even Zhao Dongyun himself can't detect it, but outsiders can really feel it clearly.

Standing in front of Zhao Dongyun's cousin made Zhao Dongzhi feel more nervous than standing in front of his father!

After going out, Zhao Dongzhi took a big breath, and then Li San greeted him without taking two steps, and he spoke first: "I'll go to my seventh brother later, and remember to appreciate the face of President Li's office at night!" ”

Li San smiled and said, "You're welcome, I'll be there in the evening!" ”

The two made an appointment for a banquet in the evening, Zhao Dongzhi went out first, he was going to find Zhao Dongping again, he was very restrained in the face of Zhao Dongyun's cousin, but he didn't feel anything in the face of Zhao Dongping, a cousin who was several years younger than him, and he was a brother who didn't play with him less.

When Zhao Dongzhi went out, Li San had already appeared in Zhao Dongyun's office again, at this time Zhao Dongyun did not return to the desk to work, but continued to sit on the sofa, Li San said while making tea for Zhao Dongyun at this time: "That Sato Jiro is here again!" ”

"Oh? Why is it here again? After Zhao Dongyun heard the name Jiro Sato, his thick eyebrows furrowed, he didn't have a good impression of this day.

"I heard that he went to Baoding specially and recruited a lot of people to serve as surveying and mapping personnel, and there are many students from our Beiyang Surveying and Mapping School!" Li San continued: This time, I want us to provide convenience for horses and weapons! ”

Zhao Dongyun's face became even more unsightly when he heard this, that Sato Jiro was a lieutenant of the Japanese army, and he was secretly sent to the northeast by the Japanese army to collect intelligence on the Russian army, and he was very active in Jinzhou in March and April. Moreover, in addition to spying on the news of the Russian army, he also recruited bandits in the northeast to sabotage the Russian army.

Originally, Zhao Dongyun didn't have much feeling about this, after all, the Japanese and Russian armies were fighting in the northeast, and it was normal for the two sides to spy on each other and sabotage, so Sato Jiro didn't know what means he used, and he actually recruited more than 200 bandits in the Liaohe area, and he also had close contacts with Feng Delin and others, frequently attacking Russian strongholds and supply lines to sabotage.

This caused great diplomatic trouble for Zhao Dongyun, and the Russian army had repeatedly asked Zhao Dongyun to strictly control the map west of the Liao River and not to join the war. This is actually nothing, the Japanese themselves have recruited bandits to sabotage, and the Russians have also attracted many bandits to fight the Japanese themselves, and even the Russians have directly attracted Zhao Dongyun.

So the so-called diplomatic protest can be ignored directly, but the people under Jiro Sato did sabotage against the Japanese himself, even robbed him Zhao Dongyun, and last month he secretly transported a batch of arms to the Russians was robbed by the bandits co-opted by Jiro Sato.

Although it was not found out that the goods belonged to Zhao Dongyun, but were regarded as the goods of the Russians, this kind of thing of robbing people and property and cutting off people's money is absolutely unbearable.

Therefore, although Zhao Dongyun did not come out in person, he still secretly ordered Lu Shuanggun and Shi Yang, the cavalry team recruited by the two bandits, to carry out a large-scale clean-up operation in the Liaohe area.

Originally, in Zhao Dongyun's opinion, this matter was over, although he didn't have a good impression of Sato Jiro, but many things can't be put on the table, this small loss Zhao Dongyun doesn't plan to take any large-scale revenge.

But now that Sato Jiro is not counting the bandits, he also went to Baoding to find Yuan Shikai and directly asked for all kinds of Russian military intelligence, and even recruited many active officers from Beiyang to enter the northeast to spy on the news of the Russian army.

And now, although Wu Peifu is no longer among them, Yuan Shikai also helped Ri's own spy unit to spy on Russian intelligence.

From this point, we can see that the side supported by China during the Russo-Japanese War, whether it was the main war faction or the main peace faction, whether it was Zhang Zhidong or Yuan Shikai, although they had some different views, they generally supported Japan in the Russo-Japanese War.

And this situation is very unfavorable for Zhao Dongyun, who wants to fish in troubled waters!