"Your Excellency is Tang Ziran, Mr. Tang!"

The official voice behind him seemed a little stiff, and it sounded a bit like a foreigner.

Looking back, Tang Haoran looked at a ...... with short hair and a suit Japanese?

For some reason, looking at the young man in front of him who was nearly a head shorter than himself, although Tang Haoran's first reaction was that he was Japanese.

"It's under that you're ......"

"Hello sir!"

With a greeting, it is a standard ninety-degree bow,

"Student Zheng Yonglin, I've seen Mr. Ziran!"

Zheng Yonglin's expression is extremely respectful, this respect is from the heart, from a few months ago before returning to Japan, in Tianjin after buying the book "Tai Xi Ce", in the past two months, he repeatedly read the book, but also to the book of Tang Haoran admired the book to the extreme, after returning from Japan, to Tianjin just got on the ship, so that the "Chinese and foreign news" to see the "Taixi Vertical and Horizontal Technique", but also deepened his admiration for Tang Haoran, no, just returned to the Tongwen Museum, after learning that he was teaching in the museum, he was full of people looking for his heart in the "great sage" , I looked around and came across here.

And his bow was seen in Tang Haoran's eyes, which immediately made him realize that he had guessed correctly.

"Sir, he's an international student sent from Japan......"

Han Che reminded softly on the side that in the Tongwen Museum, this Zheng Yonglin is an "outlier", not only because he is a Japanese student, but because his background is relatively different. He was not in school a while ago, and it is said that his mother died of illness, and he returned to Japan for the funeral, but he didn't expect to come back so soon.

And his reminder made Tang Haoran feel a little surprised, and couldn't help but look carefully at Zheng Yongbang in front of him.

"Zheng Yonglin? This doesn't seem to be a Japanese surname. ”

The Japanese are not eager to study Europe and the United States, and are in a hurry to "break away from Asia and join Europe", so how can they send students to China? What did this man study in China? Studying Confucianism? Why did you get to Tongwenkan?

"Mr. Hui's words, in the ancestral hometown of Nan'an Zheng, on the occasion of the Ming and Qing dynasties, although the ancestors lived in Nagasaki, Japan, they did not forget that the Zheng family was rooted in Nan'an, Fujian!"

Zheng Yonglin replied respectfully.

Ming and Qing dynasties? Overseas Chinese in Japan?

Looking at the young man in front of him, Tang Haoran seemed to understand that at the end of the Ming Dynasty, there were indeed many Chinese who went into exile in Japan to protect their clothes, and later "naturalized" as Japanese.

Nan'an, Fujian? Last Name: Zheng ...... Suddenly, Tang Haoran thought of the Nan'an Zheng Chenggong Memorial Hall that he had been to when he was in college.

"Could it be that you are a descendant of the country's surname?"

Mr.'s words made Han Che couldn't help but be surprised, the surname of the country is Ye, that's a rebellious name, how can Mr. be? Han Che hurriedly glanced around, and saw that there was no one around to put his mind at ease, and Zheng Yonglin was also shocked, in the Tongwen Pavilion, this is a semi-open secret, but no one will mention it, and the person in front of him not only mentioned it, but also directly called it "the surname of the country", how to make him not frightened, and hurriedly replied.

"Mr. Hui's words, the ancestor is the younger brother of the king of Yanping County."

Brother and brother of the king of Yanping County?

In the next half an hour, it was not so much that Zheng Yonglin was asking Tang Haoran for Western studies, but that he was explaining his family background, that is, from his mouth, Tang Haoran knew that Zheng Chenggong actually had a younger brother, a mother's compatriot Tagawa Jiro Saemon, the reason why his surname was Tagawa was because Zheng Zhilong passed this second son to his wife's mother's family. The descendants of Nanazaemon have been living in Japan for a long time, but after the second generation, they changed to the surname of their ancestor Zheng, and even the Japanese minister to China more than ten years ago was from the Zheng family, and the reason why he came to study in the Qing Kingdom was because of the help of the uncle of the clan.

After learning about his family history, Tang Haoran talked with Chang, talking more about Japan, after all, this Zheng family is also considered a "famous family" in Japan, if Tang Haoran is through guò historical materials to understand Japan in the past, then now the chat with Zheng Yonglin is to really understand the Japan of this era, although it may not be as sharp as the prime minister of the descendants, but it can make it a peek or two, after all, for him, at least in the short term, Japan is the real threat to China, How could you miss the opportunity to get to know Japan?

Han Che became a complete listener on the side, but he listened to it, but he was a little unimpressed, he didn't know why Mr. Japan was so important, although in "Tai Xize: Oriental Addendum", he also praised Japan's restoration, but in his opinion, Japan was just a small maritime country, even if it was reformed, what could it be?

"Sir, I don't understand one thing, with the small size of Japan, how to talk about the rise, the only one who is a big country, and the only one who is a small country is the United Kingdom, but it is a precedent for industry with coal and iron textiles, and on the other hand, Japan is barren and poor, there is no rich coal and iron, and there is no scientific leadership.

As if eloquent, Han Che also quoted the experience of France, Germany, and even the United States in rising as great powers, what France's Enlightenment Revolution, what Germany's military reform, what America's geographical advantages, and so on.

"No, no!"

Without waiting for Tang Haoran to refute, he heard a voice from the corridor, and saw a young man who was not tall and overweight and almost spherical pacing, talking as he walked.

"In the Spring and Autumn Period, Thailand was located in the northwest, and its population and national strength were inferior to the big countries of the Central Plains.

Look at this person clearly, Tang Haoran is happy, he has the impression of this person, it is Li Muchen, born in a comprador family, but because it is a partial house at home, he is not very well treated at home, and he enters the Tongwen Museum just to get a business trip, whether it is to go abroad as an attaché in the future, or to enter the Prime Minister's Yamen, just to make a living, but he is also very serious about attending classes.

"The student has seen Mr. Tang!"

Different from Zheng Yonglin's ninety-degree bow, when he bowed, he bowed with both hands over the top and bowed at the same time, and after Tang Haoran nodded in return, he looked at Han Che and said.

"The Japanese are accustomed to the West, their political system is learned from Britain and Germany, their laws are learned from France, their commercial law is learned from Britain and the United States, and their military is also used in Germany.

Li Muchen's rhetorical question made Han Che laugh and retort.

"Yuanyou, how can the Western countries today be the six countries of the Warring States of Japan, the strength of the strong of the Western countries, far beyond your imagination, both the weak and the far stronger than the national dynasty, then although Japan is the Western Ocean, after decades of work, its country is small and the people are poor, how can it be strong Western countries?"

Han Che's words sounded very reasonable, and Zheng Yonglin agreed.

"Indeed, as Han Jun said, Japan's Restoration, although the ambition is to enrich the country and strengthen the army, but it is used to protect the survival of the country, in the present world, the Western countries coerce the country, the Qing State is a big country, and it can be jealous of the West by virtue of its size, but like Japan, the country is small and the people are poor, if the law is not changed, he will be occupied by the Western countries in the future!"

Seeing that his opinion was agreed by others, Han Che glanced at Li Muchen with some provocation, while Tang Haoran just smiled silently, originally he only felt that the Tongwen Pavilion was lifeless and nothing new, but now it seems that there are two drops of living water in the stagnant water. Look at his somewhat overnourished, fat clump face, and wait for him to continue.

"Definitely!"

Shaking his head, Tang Haoran, who was originally moved by a few drops of living water gushing out of this pool of stagnant water, was made up of a conversation by Li Muchen's words, so he smiled casually.

"Although Japan's science is far inferior to that of other countries, and its national strength is far inferior to that of other countries, Japan's reform seeks to become rich and strong, and its rich and powerful do not need to be compared with Western countries, but they only need to be stronger than our country!"

"Just be stronger than our country!"

Mr.'s words made Han Che's brows wrinkle at first, and then as if he had figured out something, when he looked at Tang Haoran, he was full of incredulity, and Li Mubai looked at Mr. in shock, what he originally wanted to say was actually no different from Zheng Yonglin's words, what he was planning was just "enriching the country and strengthening the army", and only by reforming and seeking self-improvement could the world be re-established without falling, although he thought that after Japan became strong, he would take China as a weak, and then eat China to strengthen himself, but it was just a thought.

"Mr. means ......"

"What Mr. means is that persimmons are soft to eat, hard bones are not forced to eat, no one wants to gnaw no, sir, are you talking about this reason?"

After saying this, Li Muchen's face seemed to be huddled together and looked at Mr., there were some things that he had thought about, but he didn't dare to say it, he didn't dare to say it, and it was still the case.

"You haven't finished what you're saying!"

Seeing that his mind was broken by Mr., Li Muchen smiled, glanced left and right and said with a smile.

"Sir, there are some things that no one believes when they say them, Handa, do you believe them? Zheng Jun, do you believe it? Mr...... Believe it! However, if China is big, how many people believe it? ”

As he spoke, he shook his neck, which was even thicker than his head, and said with pity and sympathy.

"Take Mr.'s "Tai Xice", everyone in the world praises it, but what can it be praised? How many people can forgive Mr. for his painstaking efforts? ”