Of course, it is impossible for Zhu Fugui to speak a foreign language on a formal occasion in diplomacy, especially in such a public.

It was none other than Princess Ivana of Judah who served as the interpreter for the beauty of this blockbuster meeting.

The little heel who followed Zhu Fugui with snot back then is now also a slim girl.

She skillfully switches between Mandarin, German, and French for translation.

In the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, the Russian upper echelons basically spoke French, especially in diplomatic situations, and speaking Russian would have been considered vulgar and uneducated.

This time, however, things are different.

"We've given up on the ugly and vulgar language of French."

Alexander II first shook his head at Ivana.

Then, he learned the etiquette of the Ming Dynasty and hugged Zhu Fugui nondescriptly.

"Respected Emperor Ming, my long-time brother, Your Majesty Zhu Fugui, greetings to you!"

Zhu Fugui also complimented him a few words, talked about his daughter's study in Fengdu, and praised him as the person who can best understand the thoughts of the great writer of Huang He, and is the most potential Huang scholar in the world.

Alexander II wondered: "Didn't Mary study economics?" Huang Xue? What's that? ”

Zhu Fugui was stunned, and hurriedly said nonsense: "Oh, my dear Alexander, you know, we pay attention to quality education, every child must have their own interests and hobbies, and your daughter is very good, she loves literature......"

Alexander II covered his forehead, after all, it was his own daughter, and he knew very well that Maria was deeply interested in some kind of strange things.

"Don't worry, "Your Empire" is also a banned book in Daming."

Zhu Fugui persuaded him.

Alexander II was visibly relieved: "That's good, dear Zhu, if it's convenient, you tell Maria to send a few recent photos as soon as possible, her mother and I miss her very much, and I hope to have her recent photos to miss her." ”

"No problem."

Zhu Fugui nodded, and silently began to contact [Xuanzi Private Photography] in his heart, asking for PS Datouch's support.

The conversation between Zhu Fugui and Alexander II was generally very warm, and the two sides behaved very friendly.

But the young Wilhelm II was not so eloquent.

He was already holding back the fire in his belly, and when he saw Zhu Fugui talking to Alexander II first according to his age, instead of talking to himself, Germany, no, the Holy Roman Emperor, according to his national strength, his mood was even worse.

This time he came to Shattered Leaf City, in addition to discussing how to end the war and divide the world, Wilhelm II also hoped to get Zhu Fugui's support to upgrade the German Empire to the Holy Roman Empire, and crown himself as Emperor of the HRE.

In fact, in Wilhelm's view, the German Empire was originally the HRE Empire, otherwise how could it be called the Second German Empire?

The second is to indicate the inheritance of the HRE.

However, his grandfather was crowned Emperor of Germany at Versailles, after all, there was no pope crown, which is not in line with tradition.

Now, in its own hands, the German Empire has recovered not only Alsace-Lorraine, Austria, but also Rome.

He's not Victor Emmanuel's writhing shit.

Wilhelm II was determined to "invite" Pope Pius IX from St. Peter's Basilica in the Vatican with a cannon, and then ask him to crown himself with a bayonet.

As for whether the Pope agrees?

Pope: How many divisions does he have?

However, although the Pope did not have a teacher, Zhu Fugui did, and Wilhelm II hoped that Zhu Fugui would send high-ranking officials, preferably in person, to his own coronation ceremony to increase the quality of his crown.

It's just that today, Wilhelm II felt that he was being slighted.

He was on a civilized stick, trying to make his disabled left leg look less obtrusive.

"Zhu, I think you, as the host, shouldn't have made us wait that long. Four days, as the Holy Roman Emperor, I wasted four days here!

You know, according to diplomatic etiquette, Alexander and I should not be here today, it should be you, the Emperor of the Ming Kingdom, waiting for our arrival at the airport! ”

To be honest, Wilhelm II's complaints were justified.

God knows how much courage it took him to get on Daming's plane.

It's not that he doesn't trust Daming planes, he doesn't think that Zhu Fugui will send unreliable planes to kill him, but normal people will feel more or less afraid when they take a plane for the first time.

As a result, William II arrived at Shattered Leaf City in fear, only to find that his master was not at home at all, so he was naturally angry.

If it weren't for the fact that the other party was the vicious man who shot Lincoln, if he hadn't been deeply shocked by the power of Kunpeng before, if it hadn't been for Bismarck and other old ministers who repeatedly warned him not to annoy the Ming Dynasty, but if he was replaced by an ordinary emperor, such as Franz or something, Wilhelm II would have slapped his face with leather boots and spat in his face.

Monarch Traits: [Chattering Clown], [Moody Impulse], [Naive Diplomat].

William's nephew, who has these two attributes, is not joking with you.

At that time, the Parisians wrote the folk song "William II Looking for Allies" for William II (the lyrics are righteous, William is looking for allies everywhere, being disliked everywhere, and finally only finding a small country Monaco to form an alliance), but it is not groundless.

Now Wilhelm II has behaved with restraint, one can even say well-behaved.

But Zhu Fugui will not be considerate of this eldest nephew.

"I'm sorry!"

Zhu Fugui spread his hands at the young man, and said helplessly, "My empire is too big, please bear with me...... Well, I really mean, compared to your Holy Rome, we have seventeen time zones...... Well, so you get the ......."

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The "greening" around Shattered Leaf City is very good, and you can even see a herd of goats grazing on the rock face.

If it weren't for being irradiated by divine light, his naked eye vision would be far more than 2.0, and Zhu Fugui estimated that he would have been fooled.

However, Zhu Fugui did not debunk these tricks, but traveled to this historic city with Brother Zuo, who he hadn't seen for a long time.

The ancient city of Broken Leaves has long been left with only ruins.

Today's city was built by the pseudo-Qing Ili general, but it is a solid Chinese style, which is very different from the Muslim style architecture common in Central Asia.

The general's office in charge of military affairs of General Ili has also been retained, and the four big characters on the wall [Ping Fan Shuo Desert] make people feel embarrassed.

The renovated streets are all cement roads.

It's just that Zhu Fugui noticed that the drainage on both sides of the road is not usual, and many places are just decorations.

Obviously, this is the product of a temporary rush.

Although there is little rain in Broken Leaf City, the humid sea breeze from the Atlantic Ocean will still bring hundreds of millimeters of precipitation every year.

Zhu Fugui knew that these famous halls, including the repainted houses on both sides of the street, should have been made by Brother Zuo.

No one is perfect, among the four famous ministers of "Xiantong Zhongxing", Brother Zuo deserves to be ranked first, but he is also a bureaucrat after all, although he is not as smooth as Li, but it is impossible to avoid vulgarity, otherwise it is impossible to be a feudal official of the Qing Dynasty in history.

He is not making these famous halls for foreign devils, but hoping to leave some good impressions on the great tomorrow.

After all, this is the first time that Zhu Fugui has arrived in Xichu for inspection.

But......

Zhu Fugui shook his head.

Shouldn't the normal routine show poverty so that Daming can increase assistance?

Brother Zuo is arrogant after all.

took so much aid, and was unwilling to let the Son of Heaven see a Xichu whose livelihood was withering.

In fact, he has done a good job.

In a Central Asia that has not yet produced oil, with the two great debuffs of [Cultural Group Incompatibility] and [Religious Group Incompatibility], it is already very satisfying for Zhu Fugui to be able to control the situation so steadily.

In addition, Zhu Fugui also noticed that Brother Zuo talked and laughed with others, his local accent did not change, his voice was like a bell, and his complexion was very good.

His eldest son, Zuo Xiaowei, was on the side, and he also said that his father lifted a stone lock every morning, practiced kung fu, and ate a bucket of rice.

In short, the body is very hard-boned.

Looking at such a picture of father and son's filial piety, Zhu Fugui was also very happy.

I just don't know if Zuo Xiaowei will become the "prince" for 60 years......

Of course, this is basically impossible.

When Zuo Xiaowei was 60 years old, Brother Zuo was almost 100 years old, and he had been on the battlefield for a long time, and there were many people with dark diseases, so I am afraid it would be difficult to live so long.

Li Hongzhang and Zuo Zongtang don't know if there is any destiny in the dark, they are all old and have children.

Lao Zuo is a 36-year-old son Zuo Xiaowei, and Xiao Li is 41 years old before he has Li Jingshu.

As for Li Jingfang, or Sha Jingfang...... Adoptive ones don't count.

According to history, Brother Zuo will not have a few years to live, and he will die of depression in another 7 years at the age of 73.

At present, Daming has fully controlled the cultivation of Zuo Wangye's son, and instilled in Zuo Xiaowei the education of loyalty to Daming, and there are few people in Zuo Chu's high-level who hold Zhuka.

So after Zuo Zongtang's death, there was nothing to worry about in the transfer of power in Western Chu.

It's just that Zhu Fugui still simply hopes that Brother Zuo can live for two more years.

After all, in this time and space, Brother Zuo did not have the constraints of the incompetent Manchu court, and according to his original heart, he expanded the territory for China and stuck to the frontier, and the depression in his heart has long ceased to exist.

At the same time, he also has advanced medical security from Daming, and his yang life may be able to increase a lot.

There was a precedent before, Zhu Fugui's old friend, General Robert Lee, who was two years older than Zuo Zongtang, regularly went to Fengdu for physical examinations and obtained advanced medical insurance, and now he is 70 years old and has not yet burped.

Historically, Robert Lee died of a lung infection in his early 60s.

Zhu Fugui estimated that Daming could extend General Li's life for 10 years, and naturally he could also extend General Zuo's life for 10 years.

Zuo Xiaowei's eldest nephew has to wait.

In contrast, William II, whose father, mother, and grandfather were in the middle of the three yuan, won the essence of the halo of the protagonist like Zhu Fugui, who began his parents' sacrifice to the sky.

Speaking of which, Zhu Fugui also saw another historical celebrity in Broken Leaf City.

The trajectory of his life has deviated dramatically.

This person is the Zhang who is famous with Zeng, Zuo, and Li Qi in history - "Xiangshuai" Zhang Zhidong.

The history of the late Qing Dynasty cannot be bypassed, especially the Western-style yamen he established.

Hanyang Iron Works, Daye Iron Mine, Hubei Gun Factory......

The success of these yamen enterprises is also Zhang Xiangshuai, and the defeat is also Zhang Xiangshuai, and the ending is indescribable.

However, in this era, Zhang Zhidong has nothing to do with setting up a factory.

He is actually the Minister of Education of Western Chu, in charge of the education work of the entire Western Chu.

But it's not an accident when you think about it.

Zhang Zhidong is actually a big generation younger than Zeng, Hu, Zuo, and Li.

When the Chu army went north to resist Russia, he was only in his 20s.

At that time, Zhang Zhidong had just participated in the pseudo-Qing Dynasty examination and the palace examination, and he ranked third in the first class of the middle school, and was awarded the Hanlin Academy for editing, which was also a time when he was proud of his youth.

After that, he was sent to Zhejiang by the Qing court to serve as the deputy examiner of the Zhejiang Township Examination.

This was just an ordinary business trip for Zhang Zhidong to accumulate seniority and contacts as Hanlin, but he happened to encounter the Zuo family's change and was detained in the Western Chu army.

Later, he came into contact with the Dongxue thought from the Ming Dynasty, learned about the turbulent waves of the world, and understood that this was the autumn of life and death in the confrontation between Huaxia and Xiyi.

Any young person who has some backbone will also make the right choice.

Zhang Zhidong followed the Chu army all the way to Central Asia.

And the labels he left to the world naturally became "Tanhua", "Hanlin", "Imperial Examination Examiner" and the like.

Western Chu was in ruins, and it was imminent to establish education and promote Confucianism and Eastern learning, so Zhang Zhidong naturally took the lead and became the Minister of Education of Western Chu.

Compared with the Ming Dynasty, Western Chu paid more attention to the promotion of Confucianism.

It's just that this Confucianism is not rotten Confucianism, not cynicism.

The environment in which Xichu is located cannot tolerate rotten Confucianism and cynicism.

What is needed here is a madman who can disagree with each other, draw a sword to kill, debate with others, and preach in physics.

Zuo Zongtang is such a Confucian, and Zhang Zhidong is also such a Confucian.

Prince Zuo admired this young man very much, and this time the Son of Heaven came to patrol Xichu, so he introduced this person to the Son of Heaven to show his merits.

"Very good, Zhang Aiqing can let the shepherds praise the name of Confucius, and this edification should be revealed. The world has misunderstood that I do not respect Confucius and Mencius, this is a big fallacy, I respect the sages, better than those who deceive the world and steal their reputation, distort and tamper with how many! ”

Zhu Fugui was very happy and gave Zhang Zhidong to drink and have fun, and the latter blushed and was extremely excited.

Zhu Fugui flipped through the Confucian textbooks compiled by Zhang Zhidong, and felt that the content in them was vivid and vivid, but it was not dogmatic, and it was not dull, which was very rare.

However, Zhu Fugui had no intention of taking it back and promoting it in the Daming Academy.

Unlike the local conditions, the Ming Dynasty did not have an urgent need to include Confucianism in the compulsory curriculum of primary and secondary schools, and it could even be said that it would be counterproductive.

The Ming Dynasty has not done anything serious, and the traditional dross in the cultural field has not been cleaned up, and rashly propagating Confucianism, even if the original intention is good, it is very likely to attract the soul of those unclean things.

But in Western Chu, it is very necessary to hold high the banner of Chinese tradition and the banner of Han Confucianism, and you will live or die.

After three rounds of drinking, Zhu Fugui ate Li Companion's favorite pig ears, and asked with a smile:

"But as far as I know, the influence of the Three Gods Religion is far-reaching, and it is not so easy to ......."

"Back to Your Majesty, Weichen is just a person who can be measured, as for the stubborn and incompetent, I asked General Liu Jintang to send them to find the heaven in the scriptures......"

"Good, good, my Chinese preaching should be so elegant and easy-going!"

Zhu Fugui, Zuo's father and son, and Zhang Zhidong raised their glasses and laughed together and drank this cup.

At this moment, Liu Jintang, who was in northern Iran, in a mountainous area of Khorasan, was holding the "Analects of the Analects of the New Commentary on the Eastern Edition" to preach the scriptures, and suddenly sneezed.

He looked up at the sky, waved his hand, and said, "Sons, be faster, don't make those mountain people who are waiting for the sage's enlightenment to be in a hurry!" ”

After a while, there was a sound in the mountains, "Fellow open the door and send education!" Voice.