When the lights were on, Tang Shaoyi came to Chunyuxuan, Zeng Jize arrived a quarter of an hour earlier than him, and was sitting next to the bar at this time.

Chunyuxuan is a small hot pot restaurant, the interior layout is the same as the shabu-shabu restaurant of later generations, and everyone has a small hot pot in front of them. Although it is the beginning of September and the weather is still a little hot, business is still very prosperous. Zeng Jize obviously not the first time to eat here, because after greeting the boss in advance, there were two single seats at the corner of the bar, and they were left at this time. Zeng Jize sat on one by himself, and the other was naturally Tang Shaoyi's.

Really speaking, don't look at Tang Shaoyi as an official in the Northeast, but because of his position, he lives in Beijing all the year round, so if you talk about the understanding of the Northeast and Shengjing, Zeng Jize is still above Tang Shaoyi.

"Brother Shaochuan, come here, sit here!" Although Zeng Jize came in advance, he didn't start first, just drank the tea in front of him and chatted with the boss. After seeing Tang Shaoyi, he immediately got up to greet him. After the two sat down, Zeng Jize said again: "Boss Jin, give me the menu first, my little brother." ”

The dishes were served quickly, and the boss surnamed Jin saw that Zeng Jize and Tang Shaoyi were going to talk about things, so he went to the other side of the bar to greet the guests.

"This lamb meat is good, it was directly flown in from Mongolia, except for the price, there is nothing else wrong."

Tang Shaoyi heard Zeng Jize say this, and the two laughed at the same time.

Zeng Jize said with emotion at this time: "In the past two years in the Northeast, I feel that there is a change here every year, and the development is rapid and changing with each passing day. One of the things that touched me the most was that although the Northeast was at war with the Russian Empire all year round, and sometimes even fought on both the northern and southern fronts, the people here did not have the slightest nervousness. And your officials did not hide the situation in the Northeast at that time, this had to be changed in other parts of the Qing Dynasty, and the officials would never do this. ”

"Hehe, Brother Jie Gang joked, under the situation at that time, it was impossible for the people to be free from emotional fluctuations. But officials in the Northeast Autonomous Region believe that the more the crisis comes, the more popular support will be. Tang Shaoyi smiled slightly, and didn't say too much, because in the final analysis, this problem has to fall on the perennial policy of fooling the people of the Qing court, and there is an essential difference in the governing concepts of the two sides. After all, Zeng Jize was an official of the Qing court, so in order not to put the atmosphere between the two sides into an embarrassing situation, the point stopped.

Zeng Jize naturally knew the reason, but he didn't change this qiē ability when he asked himself, so he also smiled, but surprisingly he didn't let go on this question, and continued: "Oh? Really? Foolish brother may not see it! ”

"I don't know what Brother Jie Gang means by this?"

"You have made most of the information available to the public, but what is reported in the newspapers and on the radio is carefully arranged. In the words of your high-level leaders in Northeast China, it is public opinion control. I've heard that your university has a special discipline that is part of this. ”

"Public Relations Class." Tang Shaoyi seemed very frank and did not deny it.

"It turns out that Shaochuan also knows."

"This is a course that we must learn for officials in the Northeast, and there are many related courses in addition to that." Tang Shaoyi looked at Zeng Jize and said, "My biggest feeling in Beijing over the years, do you know what Brother Jie Gang is?" ”

"Foolish brother listens."

"After the Qing Dynasty entered the Central Plains, it was rumored that the Qing Emperor was the most diligent and hardworking imperial family in all dynasties. However, it seems to Tang that they have also read the book of sages. As everyone knows, the simplest truth in this world - the mouth of the people is more important than the defense of Sichuan! Leaving aside those words, just suppressing the wisdom of the people and doing the policy of fooling the people made all the people of the Celestial Empire speechless, which caused China to gradually lag behind the world. The so-called prosperous era of Kangqian is just resting on its laurels. The emperor is arrogant, and the ministers are sloppy and patted the horses, not talking about the suffering of the people, and only seeking to be promoted and make a fortune. Sometimes I always think, this is the people of the Heavenly Empire who have mercy on me! If Wang Yi had not been born out of nowhere, leading me to rise in the Northeast and holding up a giant umbrella for China, would the current Qing Dynasty become the second India? It became a miserable place for the great powers to act recklessly. ”

Tang Shaoyi's voice was not loud, but Zeng Jize was shocked when he heard it, he was a minister of the Qing Dynasty after all. And Tang Shaoyi's words of having no king and no father, to him, are simply extremely rebellious, but he is not an ordinary Qing minister, he has stayed in the European powers for a long time, although he has not been able to see through the obstacles of the world's development trend, but after all, he has his own understanding.

"This ......" Zeng Jize was speechless.

Tang Shaoyi smiled slightly at this time and said: "Brother Jiegang is not strange, he was idle by those Eight Banner Princes in the capital, and he drank a few more drinks today, and met a confidant like Brother Jiegang, so he lost his temper for a while and nagged a few words. ”

In fact, not long after the two of them sat down, they only drank one glass of wine, so Tang Shaoyi naturally didn't have any drunken gaffes. Zeng Jize invited him over today, chatting with the old days was just an excuse, and the real purpose was actually the negotiations between East Russia that began later. As for the purpose of the Qing court, it is not yet known. But look at the meaning, there is also a plan, otherwise Zeng Jize would not talk about the management of public opinion in the Northeast, and suppress Tang Shaoyi on the issue of the same foolish people in the Northeast.

After drinking a glass of wine, this topic was covered up, Zeng Jize groaned slightly at this time, and then said: "This time I asked Brother Shaochuan to come out, washing the dust and catching the wind is one thing, and the most important thing is ......"

"Brother Jiegang, but it doesn't hurt to say it."

"This time, the emperor and the empress dowager appointed Prince Alcohol to come to the northeast to participate in the talks in East Russia, I think Shaochuan has also known."

"This is natural!"

Zeng Jize asked knowingly, but he just started talking, and then said: "The preliminary talks will start the day after tomorrow, and before the talks, I don't know if it is convenient for Shaochuan to explain to me, so that we can unify our positions." ”

"Oh? This is simple......" As he spoke, Tang Shaoyi poured all the plate of lamb in front of him into the boiling hot pot, and then used chopsticks to dip it in it casually, and said, "Of course, I eat meat and drink soup, and there is not a drop left." Is there any doubt about this? ”

Although Tang Shaoyi's words seemed inadvertent, Zeng Jize was shocked by the domineering in it.

"You are so strong, if the great powers join forces, I am afraid it will be bad for you."

"So what?"

"As far as I know, the insurance team has crossed the Yenisei River and squeezed the Russian army on the east and west banks of the Ob River. By this time, the situation of the war is no longer the same as it was at the beginning, you have lost the most important logistical advantage, and the Russian railways can already supply it directly. And if you want to build the railway to the front of the battlefield, I am afraid that you will not have one to two years to complete the work. ”