Expedition to Europe

As usual, Qin Zhiyuan greeted the guests at the door of the main hall, neither appearing cold nor overly enthusiastic.

Xu Shichang was very polite when he saw Qin Zhiyuan and bowed quite widely when shaking hands.

If you think about it, you can understand that the president of the Republic of China in this era really had no confidence in front of a king like Qin Zhiyuan.

Whether a national leader can stand up straight is closely related to national strength. For example, King Lanfang like Qin Zhiyuan will be treated like a distinguished guest no matter which country he goes to. For example, a President of the Republic of China like Xu Shichang will not be treated like a distinguished guest. , it would be good if you can receive them according to normal etiquette.

After a few people chatted at the door, Qin Zhiyuan took a photo with Xu Shichang and then entered the main hall.

The royal palace in Coconut City has six or seven halls with different functions, which are used to receive guests of different grades and adapt to different situations.

The one that entertained Xu Shichang was the largest one, with an area of ​​hundreds of square meters. There were two rows of sofas lined up with coffee tables. Qin Zhichang felt more far-sighted and felt normal. Seeing it in Xu Shichang's eyes, he was full of superiority.

When he was sitting on the sofa, Xu Shichang hadn't thought of how to speak.

"...Lanfang and the Republic of China are separated by a strip of water. We are true brotherly countries. We should share our needs and help each other. We also hope that the civil strife in the Republic of China will subside as soon as possible, and the people can live and work in peace and contentment. We Chinese can recuperate and recuperate. The life of the Chinese is really too hard. Now..." Qin Zhiyuan said everything Xu Shichang originally wanted to say.

"What your Majesty said is that, as your Majesty said, we all hope that the people can live and work in peace and contentment. Unfortunately, some people just don't think so. A while ago, I sent Xinwu to Nanjing to contact the southern military government and try to sit down and form a coalition government. We called a truce, but I didn’t expect the KMT gang to humiliate Xin Wu and then rush back to Peking. It was really unbearable.” Xu Shichang’s eyes were full of hatred.

When a scholar meets a soldier, there is no reason to explain it. What he is talking about is the situation like Xu Shichang's encounter with KMT.

Xu Shichang was a Jinshi, served in the Imperial Academy, presided over the imperial examination, worked in landscape, pine and bamboo, and was good at carving stone and writing books. He was a standard scholar and was known as the "President of Civilization".

In fact, KMT has been called the "Chinese Revolutionary Party" before, and it was reorganized into KMT only two months ago. What do these people say? They nominally support the Democratic Republic, but they do not recognize the legal status of the Beiyang government. Nanjing established another military government. It claimed that the Nanjing military government was the legal government that complied with public opinion and fought against the Beiyang government.

This is very depressing. If it is helpful to you, you should admit it. If it is not good for you, it is that the Beiyang government is hijacking public opinion. This is simply unreasonable. Even if the Beiyang government is hijacking public opinion, public opinion is also willing to be hijacked. You Will you go to KMT if you have the ability?

In fact, in this world, there are many people who just watch the excitement and don't mind it. Not only foreigners, but also those yellow-skinned and white-hearted "banana people" in China, as well as the so-called gangsters in Shanghai, none of them are good. thing.

Qin Zhiyuan understands these situations. To solve this problem cannot be explained clearly in one or two sentences. Xu Shichang and Lu Zhengxiang need to sit down and talk slowly, so Qin Zhiyuan just laughed at Xu Shichang and planned to turn the page.

However, Xu Shichang had no intention of turning the page and continued to complain: "KMT is getting more and more excessive now. They have signed something like the "Twenty-One" with the Japanese before. Their party leader even said You can lease everything outside the customs to the Japanese. This is simply stupid. , after the defeat of the Japanese, KMT approached the Americans and the British. I heard that they would use the tariffs for the next fifty years as collateral to lend money to the Americans and the British to arm the army. It was really poisonous to quench thirst. We have just taken back our tariff autonomy. I didn’t expect these losers to mortgage them again.”

Regarding tariff autonomy, after the signing of the "Xinchou Treaty", in order to repay the compensation, the then Qing government borrowed money from various countries with tariffs as collateral to pay the compensation. When the Qing government fell in 1911, this debt fell on the newly born Republic of China.

During the World War, due to the contribution of the foreign legions, various countries successively gave up on reparations. Only Japan insisted on asking for compensation. However, after Japan was defeated in the war with Lanfang, Japan's share also disappeared, so the "tariffs" paid out by the Qing government Autonomy" has actually been returned to the Republic of China.

It's a pity that God's calculations are not as good as those of humans. The Republic of China has not yet warmed up to its tariff autonomy, and was mortgaged to the Americans and British by KMT.

"Haha, they have their own calculations. If they can defeat your Beiyang government now and establish the Republic of China government led by KMT, then no matter how much they pay, they will think it is worth the money. If KMT cannot defeat you The Beiyang government won't feel bad if they mortgage the tariffs, because they have never owned it. "Qin Zhiyuan understands KMT's mentality. Once upon a time, Qin Zhiyuan also had this mentality. Anyway, there is nothing that cannot be lost, so Just give it a try.

This can be regarded as being barefoot and not afraid of wearing shoes.

"So Your Majesty, for the sake of the hundreds of millions of people in the world, please lend a helping hand. As long as the rebellion of KMT can be quelled, the Republic of China will always serve Lanfang as a brother." Xu Shichang is really anxious. It seems that if he can't get an affirmation now The answer was that I couldn’t eat for a while.

"As a brother, Lan Fang", this can be seen as Xu Shichang has chosen to take sides.

"I wonder what Mr. Bu Wu needs Lan Fang to do? As long as the Lan Fang government can do it, we Lan Fang will definitely not refuse." Qin Zhiyuan and Lu Zhengxiang exchanged glances, and then set the tone.

It can be clearly heard that Xu Shichang breathed a sigh of relief. With this promise, it will be easier to handle.

"But one thing must be stated first. Lanfang can help the Beiyang government train the army, provide guns and ammunition, and even provide food and grass supplies, but Lanfang will not directly send troops to intervene in the civil war of the Republic of China. This must be stated first." Qin Zhiyuan still has reason.

No matter what the Beiyang government wants, Lanfang can provide it, even tanks and airplanes. But no matter what, Lanfang will not directly send troops to the Republic of China. At most, he will be a military staff officer responsible for training.

In the civil war of the Republic of China, the Chinese were fighting against the Chinese, which was equivalent to brothers Ni Qiang. At this time, no matter which side Lan Fang sided with, he would end up being a different person in the end, so Qin Zhiyuan had to declare this in advance.

"That's no problem. As long as Your Majesty gives you all your help, it will be easy for our Peking government to bulldoze Nanjing. Even if Your Majesty's people don't directly intervene, maybe in the end when we can't fight anymore, Your Majesty will need to help." Xu Shichang I was so happy that I went crazy, and my words were a bit incoherent.

In fact, no matter from the heart of Xu Shichang, or from the hearts of warlords such as Duan Zhiquan and Zhang Yuting, they do not want Lan Fang to directly send troops to intervene in the civil war of the Republic of China. Lan Fang's interference is notoriously black. Look at how it is now divided. Russia, and looking at the completely transformed Korea, cannot help but worry those "people of insight" in the Republic of China.

"That's very good. Come on, let's take a seat. We won't talk about state affairs today, we will just talk about old friendships. Mr. Buwu and Zixin can talk about these things slowly tomorrow." Qin Zhiyuan didn't want to compare money with money, that was Lu Zhengxiang's business.

Since it was a banquet for Xu Shichang, it must be a Chinese restaurant. It was not a big round table, but small tables one by one, one in front of each person.

Xu Shichang still noticed that former Prime Minister Huang Bohan was also present.

Just when Qin Zhiyuan and Xu Shichang entered the hall, Xu Shichang noticed that Huang Bohan was gathering with a few people and whispering.

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When Qin Zhiyuan entered the restaurant, Huang Bohan naturally sat down next to Qin Zhiyuan and stood up to Lu Zhengxiang next to Xu Shichang.

This...could it be that the rumors are wrong?

Xu Shichang was a little unsure, but Xu Shichang did not doubt it for a long time. Just when Lu Zhengxiang and Xu Shichang were confirming the agenda for tomorrow's negotiation, Huang Bohan suddenly interrupted: "Your Majesty, tomorrow Prime Minister Zixin and Mr. Bu Wu will only have a very important matter, so Bo Han requests your majesty’s favor so that I can participate in it and learn more.”

Huang Bohan was not polite, and his distrust was written directly on his face.

Huang Bohan is the representative of the indigenous residents of Lanfang, and Lu Zhengxiang is the representative of the new immigrants in Lanfang. They both represent the interests of different groups of people. Although they have a common goal of "jointly building a better Lanfang", there are big differences in the details. Went,

Lu Zhengxiang and Xu Shichang were former colleagues. Now Lu Zhengxiang is presiding over the negotiations between Lanfang and the Republic of China. Although Huang Bohan does not think that Lu Zhengxiang will bend the law for personal gain, it is still better to be prepared.

"Brother Taiyuan, why are you doing this? If Lu is dedicated to the public, how can he blind his eyes with a leaf?" Lu Zhengxiang smiled bitterly.

"Haha, Zixin, Huang, I believe you don't know how to do it, but if one person is short-term and two people are long-term, wouldn't it be better to have me by your side to give you the details?" Huang Bohan insisted.

Not to mention that Huang Bohan's reasons are far-fetched, there are some reasons that Huang Bohan cannot say.

Qin Zhiyuan established a two-party system in Lanfang, willing to let the two parties supervise and urge each other. Now that Lu Zhengxiang's "Alliance Party" and Huang Bohan's "People's Party" have been established, Huang Bohan and Lu Zhengxiang must make the "two-party system" truly play a role.

It can be said with certainty that Qin Zhiyuan established a two-party system, not to allow Huang Bohan and Lu Zhengxiang to form cliques for personal gain, but to form checks and balances in Lanfang and truly play the role of "governing on stage and supervising off stage". So like this First, since he understood Qin Zhiyuan's thoughts, Huang Bohan could only bite the bullet.

Yes, Huang Bohan's intervention in the negotiation between Lu Zhengxiang and Xu Shichang will definitely arouse Lu Zhengxiang's resentment, but Huang Bohan can't care about it now. If you feel disgusted, just be disgusted. It is better to incur Lu Zhengxiang's resentment than to incur Qin Zhiyuan's resentment. many.

"Okay, okay, tomorrow's negotiations will be led by Zixin and Taiyuan will be assisted. You must have a good talk..." Qin Zhiyuan came out to smooth things over.