Zeng Jize stretched out his hand and said to German Foreign Minister Li Weili, "Thank you for your greeting, thank you, minister." Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ”

Zeng Jize is proficient in German, it is strange to say, Zeng Guofan, a traditional scholar family, would let his eldest son specialize in foreign affairs, Zeng Guofan's second son is not a good way, is the most outstanding construction engineer in the Ministry of Industry, the only explanation is that Zeng Guofan knows the truth of the moon and the loss, he is already the peak of the people, if it is prosperous and declining, the future will inevitably eat the blessings of the descendants, it is better to find another way, so as not to harm the descendants, this statement is common, so the two sons are out of office, do the work conscientiously, It will not be infected with any political turmoil, it is all an errand job.

"You are too polite," the Minister nodded to Zeng Jize, "given the friendly relations between our two countries, and the personal friendship between the two of us, I must come to greet you, Your Excellency. ”

The current foreign minister is the previous ambassador to China, and Zeng Jize's spoken German was almost learned from him in Beijing, so there is such a personal relationship.

The two of them talked and laughed and walked into Wilhelm Palace, and when they arrived at the "Frankfurt Hall", Zeng Jize thought that this was his own place to rest alone, so he untied his coat - this is a Western-style woolen coat, revealing the court clothes inside, at this time Berlin was still very cold, and the fire in the closet was very strong, Zeng Jize rubbed his hands against the stove, and said to the ambassador to Germany, An Lan, who was on the side, "The climate in Berlin is colder than that of Beijing." ”

An Lan nodded, nodding behind Zeng Jize, Zeng Jize turned his head and saw that Li Willy was still standing in place, and the servants had closed the door of the meeting room and meeting room, and there were only three people left in the hall, Zeng Jize was very surprised, he glanced at An Lan, and said to Li Willy, "Minister, I thought you were going to greet the participants from all over the world......

Willy shook his head, "No, my greeting task has been completed today, and the rest of the greeting tasks will be completed by my deputies, I think," he invited the two of them to sit down, "Before the formal meeting begins, let's have a discussion between our two countries." ”

This was an unexpected arrangement, Zeng Jize was very surprised, although he did not show it on the surface, but sat down directly, always ready for Minister Li Weili's speech, diplomatically speaking, any unexpected meeting and negotiation represents a destabilizing factor, which is worthy of vigilance.

There was no recorder to record it, so it was a secret meeting that would not be recorded by the two sides, "I believe that your country has already known the news that our Prime Minister has resigned." ”

"Yes, I have officially received the communiqué three days ago," Zeng Jize nodded, in his opinion, it was a very stupid act to change the prime minister before such a major meeting, but he would not say what it meant, so he continued, "I already know. ”

"Actually, don't worry too much, because this conference on Africa, the prime minister is not in favor of it, which is also a reason for his resignation, of course," he is unwilling to continue to talk about internal affairs, of course, Zeng Jize will not be unclear, it is because Bismarck and Wilhelm II have different political tendencies and views, so Bismarck resigned, and the foreign minister did not continue, so naturally changed the topic, "We can do our best to plan this meeting, but I have to admit that our situation in Africa." , not necessarily optimistic. ”

Zeng Jize glanced at An Lan, An Lan nodded, and Zeng Jize continued, "Mr. Minister, please tell me directly, which aspect is not optimistic. ”

"Bull," said Willy crisply, "it's in Bull." ”

"Our actions in Boer were very effective, and even in my personal opinion, the actions of the Boer side were already too effective, and even so effective that they could not have been clear about the support of our Germans in the support of the Germans, who were already in decline the Dutch descendants, why Boer had been fighting for so long here."

"This kind of support will definitely be discovered," An Lan obviously knew about this for a long time, and said calmly, "I have long said that if your country wants to grab benefits, it is impossible not to offend anyone. ”

"But you must be clear that our Emperor His Majesty has half British blood in him," said Willy Lee, patiently, "Therefore, our Emperor His Majesty has been hesitant to give up the Boers in exchange for British support for the other colonies on the African continent. ”

The British finally couldn't help but have a showdown with Germany on the Boer side, and there was silence in the hall for a while, "This is obviously not credible," Zeng Jize thought for a while, picked up the coffee in front of the sofa, took a sip, and said slowly, "If the British are not willing to divide a piece of the Boer region to your country, then how can you ensure that the rest of the places, your country thinks the British will give it to your country?" ”

"It's a difficulty, so we're still hesitating."

"Then what does your country want to come to us to discuss," Zeng Jize said with a smile, "Your Excellency, are you willing to let us China get a piece of the Boer soup?" ”

Li Weili smiled and nodded, "Zeng, I have to say, your brain is too smart, if you are not the devil, then you must have seen through my thinking!" That's right, my personal opinion -- you know, I like to work and work with people I know well, and my personal opinion is that we in Germany and the Qing Dynasty can join forces to keep the Boer region, and the most basic requirement is to use the present front as the demarcation line for an armistice, so that we can cede some of the interests of this region. ”

"We cooperate in the Boer region?"

"Yes, that's right, that's what I meant." German Foreign Minister Willy nodded in acknowledgement.

An Lan took off the glasses on his nose, and silently wiped it with a cloth without speaking, obviously this is a huge pie, and the Chinese side is not moved, this is different from how many years ago, when he was ready to make trouble with the British and then leak the news of the Boers to Germany. (To be continued.) )