"Issuing new currency regulatory ticket numbers and setting up new banks, these three or four things are the most difficult things, the same is very difficult, not to mention the three things to do together, to operate together, the trouble outside is multiplied, if other people are so early to give up. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo”

This also mentioned a joke in the previous dynasty, indicating that Xuanzong was preparing to set up a new martial arts training ground on the side of the chessboard street, and there were many residents living in the neighborhood for a long time, and the Ministry of Household and Ministry of Industry came to tell them that these people were demolished and relocated to other places to live in their rooms, how much time and how much money was needed, Ming Xuanzong immediately gave up this plan when he heard it, because he felt that it was too troublesome, not to mention disturbing the people, and wasting a lot of time, so it was also praised by the literati as a benevolent monarch of tolerance, of course, From a certain point of view, it is indeed lenient not to disturb the people and rejuvenate the people, but from another point of view, if you are afraid of trouble and do not build, is it another kind of negligence of inaction?

Prince Li's meaning is very clear, if the monarch is afraid of things, then they will be vague and get by, such as the Empress Dowager Cixi, who is not afraid of trouble and is willing to find things to do, Prince Li and others are also easy to do, and they are on errands to do things.

"The Queen Mother is not afraid of things, what are we worried about," Prince Li said with a smile, and the big guy knew that this person who was ridiculed by the world as a mediocre person was a really smart and powerful person, "No matter how much scolding there is, it will not get in the way, and the peace of mind is that the errand is not a dictator, not to mention that the Queen Mother is not an arbitrary person, this plan, in the end, we can discuss it." ”

"What the prince said is very true, just wait," Xu Gengshen sighed, "just wait to see the new coins are sent out, more or less wait until there is no shortage of silver, and the situation will be fine." ”

This session of the Military Aircraft Department, it can be regarded as an open and honest talk today, the big guys may have had a different kind of careful thinking before, this time it is unraveled, a few people walked and talked, and returned to the two floors of the Military Aircraft Department together, "Speaking of this situation," Prince Li said, "How is the situation outside?" But we should also be concerned, Germany, I don't know how this will go. ”

This is to ask Guo Songtao, the Minister of Military Aircraft who specializes in managing foreign affairs, Guo Songtao shook his head, his face was a little helpless, "We have reduced the cost of purchasing warships for the Beiyang Naval Division here, and there was a reaction at the end of the Berlin Conference." ”

"Between countries, in the end, it is not as good as a small family," Prince Li shook his head and sighed, "I don't buy a small family, I don't buy it, so what can I do, but in the country, if we don't buy it, we will have a grudge!" ”

Berlin, Imperial Palace of Münster.

Zeng Jize is sitting in the side hall and waiting patiently, the meeting has been held for more than a month, the countries have been noisy and noisy has not made any progress, the arrangement of the meeting is also very casual, you can go if you want, you don't want to go everywhere and talk to countries in private, Zeng Jize has invited Kaiser Wilhelm II several times, but was stopped by the German Foreign Ministry, just said that the German Emperor Wilhelm II, not available.

Originally, at the opening ceremony of the Berlin Conference, it was very clear that the Kaiser was very happy to meet with the Chinese delegation, but after receiving the news from China, the German Foreign Minister was very dissatisfied and directly proposed to Zeng Jize, "It is a very sudden and unacceptable act to cancel the order for the next few years without authorization." ”

Contract negotiation for the purchase of military police, placing an order, paying an advance payment, starting to build a warship, and then conducting an acceptance review, and then shipping it to China, this is a very slow process, it will take about three to four years, if the next three or five years of warship orders are suspended, in the next three or five years, there will be no damage to the German economy, but in the next three or five years, when it is necessary to invest money in the construction of warships, then the German economy will have a certain degree of impact, Especially in the current situation of the inflation and financial crisis in Germany, it is very difficult to accept the loss of a stable and high-yield way to make money.

Of course, Zeng Jize also has some understanding of the domestic situation, and the domestic financial crisis also exists, so in this case, of course, it is necessary to reduce the fact that there is no direct effect on the domestic economy about directly paying for warships overseas, but he has to make a rigorous and thoughtful and gentle explanation at this time, "This is only the idea of some officials in our country, and it has not formed a formal decree." ”

This explanation is somewhat pale, but it is better than no explanation, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has now temporarily lost interest in the Chinese, in addition to basic etiquette, has lost its cordial hospitality, this is only a matter of one country, the rest of the countries, well, not to mention.

Therefore, the arrangement to meet Wilhelm II was postponed again and again, and it was not until today that he was notified by the German Foreign Office to come to meet with Wilhelm II, and Rao waited here for about thirty minutes.

Zeng Jize was not arrogant or impatient, but An Lan on the side was a little unable to sit still, "The Germans are too rude," he whispered unhappily, "Hang us here, don't take into account diplomatic etiquette at all!" ”

"Don't be impatient," Zeng Jize said slowly, "They treat us like this, it means that they still want to talk to us, otherwise it can be said that they refuse to meet, Germany is still asking us for the time being, so it is natural for them to express their dissatisfaction, nothing unusual, Lord An, it is useless to be angry now, and when someone comes, you can express your meaning appropriately." ”

An Lan understood, so he was no longer in a hurry, picked up a cup of coffee, drank it slowly, and after about fifteen minutes, a group of attendants in military uniforms opened the door, and an official from the Protocol Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs walked out, "His Majesty the Emperor has arrived." ”

Then flashed to the side, Zeng Jize and An Lan stood up, Kaiser Wilhelm II walked in, followed by the Minister of Foreign Affairs, the Kaiser nodded to the two people, and stretched out his hand to shake hands, Zeng Jize only felt that his hand was very strong, "Thank you again for coming from afar, two gentlemen," Wilhelm II stretched out his hand and asked, Zeng Jize bowed slightly, "Thank you for your invitation, this time, the first one is to hand over to His Majesty the Emperor His Royal Highness the Empress Dowager of the Great Qing Dynasty to His Majesty the Emperor Your personal gift." ”

An Lan turned his head and clapped his hands, and a small cart covered with red velvet silk cloth was pushed in by the attendants, and Zeng Jize lifted the silk cloth, and on it was a large colorful porcelain plate carved with dragons and gold. (To be continued.) )