Young Master Meng lives in the German consulate, in addition to safety considerations, he also has to talk to the German consul about things, which can also make it convenient for him to contact foreign merchants, he has already thought about selling the thirty-five gambling houses to foreigners, because only foreigners dare to eat Prince Gong's property.Young Master Meng didn't want to get together with foreigners, but the situation forced him to do so.If he doesn't associate with foreigners, he will be even more worried about the speed of development.But thinking about fully cooperating with foreign businessmen, it also made Master Meng very unappetizing, even from the perspective of a German businessman, or an American businessman, the economic status of these two countries in China is not high, and those who have taken root for decades in Britain and France, Spain, Portugal, and the Netherlands, compared with the businessmen, it still seems to be insufficient, and the American businessmen are slightly better, however, Young Master Meng should be regarded as a German businessman, who made his foreign firm called Klinsmann Foreign Company.Master Meng does not regret that he chose the German business route, if he chooses the British business route, the speed of development, and the advantage of resources, are far higher than the German business route, but, on the one hand, Master Meng is disgusted with the British, on the other hand, Germany as a hegemonic country in the later period, he is also better in all aspects, Master Meng wants to develop with a country like Germany, and will surpass the British business route in the medium term.Another point, Yue Meng can't forgive Britain and France, the pain of the Opium War is still in the heart of Young Master Meng, the British occupied India, the world's largest poppy cultivation at that time, and the British shipped opium from their colony India to China.Since opium is addictive, since the outbreak of the First Opium War, after the defeat of the war, three treaties were signed, the Treaty of Canton, and the first of all, the most unequal and humiliating Treaty of Nanjing.The Treaty of Nanjing, also known as the Treaty of Jiangning, consisted of 13 paragraphs, the main contents of which were: 1.
Announcing the end of the war.Relations between the two countries have changed from a state of war to a state of peace.2.
The Qing Dynasty government opened Guangzhou, Xiamen, Fuzhou, Ningbo, and Shanghai as treaty ports, known as the "Five Ports of Commerce", and allowed the British to send consuls and British merchants and their families to live freely.3.
Indemnity.The Qing government paid 21 million silver dollars to the British, including 6 million silver dollars for the burned opium, 12 million silver dollars for British military expenses, and 3 million silver dollars to repay the debts of merchants.The payment shall be made in four years, and if it is not paid on time, the interest shall be increased by $5 per annum at the discretion of $100.China paid Britain a total of 21 million Spanish silver dollars and 4 land cedes.Hong Kong Island was ceded to the British and British troops withdrew from Nanjing, Dinghai and other rivers and islands.5.
Abolish the Qing government's original independent trade system of public banks, and allow free trade between British and Chinese merchants.6.
The tax paid by British merchants on the import and export of goods shall be agreed between China and the United Kingdom; China's tariff autonomy is beginning to be lost.7.
Decide on the "litigation matters" between Chinese and British people by oral agreement, and "British businessmen shall be taken care of by the British"; China's judicial sovereignty began to be violated.8.
China and Britain each released each other's military and civilians.Among them, the most powerful is the land reparation, change the free trade system reparations are better, the pain is a pain, however, more than 20 million taels of Chinese official silver, that is several years of national financial revenue, this is also counted, who made our Qing Dynasty is a big fat pig, the most powerful is to change the free trade system, change this, the country will not be able to collect taxes through the customs, at least, can not collect foreigners' taxes but their own taxes, this item, doomed China in the hands of the Manchus, There is no longer the possibility of challenging the world.There is no possibility at all, this is something that Young Master Meng can't allow, let alone Li Hongzhang, even a hundred Li Hongzhang, there is no way to bring China out of the quagmire, not to mention, Li Hongzhang's ability, in Young Master Meng's opinion, has not reached the realm of gods and gods, Li Hongzhang is a very far-sighted politician, this is admitted.But Li Hongzhang is still a mortal, and he has great limitations, at most he can be regarded as a representative of the more advanced part of the intellectuals among the feudal rulers.However, their group of people is still feudal and traditional in their bones, because they have not received systematic education abroad, and it is difficult to complete the rebirth and change just by guessing and understanding by themselves.Therefore, Li Hongzhang and Zeng Guofan are committed to promoting the international student system, and they both know that there must be a large number of international students, and there is no effect at all.Master Meng also saw this, on the one hand, Master Meng did not have any illusions about the Qing court, on the other hand, Master Meng urgently needed to open up a colony that was completely his own to develop, to cultivate a large number of students who belonged to him and completely accepted the new education.The time that Young Master Meng gave himself for ten years is ten years, and there are ten years, which is enough for a group of people to grow up one generation and another generation.In the ideal of Young Master Meng, twenty years, two generations, in the nineteenth century, he is fully capable of launching a political change within a scope, so that this dying feudal empire will completely break the last backbone.Young Master Meng now represents Chinese businessmen, in this era, it is too difficult for Chinese businessmen to confront foreigners, the Chinese business community is like being stuck in the throat Xuan Zonglu accompanied Xuan Yuemeng into the German Consulate, German Ambassador Dudek greeted Xuan Yuemeng warmly, "Mr.
Yuemeng, congratulations, you have become the emperor's son-in-law, if you are in Germany, you may be named a count." ”Young Master Meng smiled slightly, "Mr.
Dudek, your Chinese dialect has improved very quickly, and I am not a royal son-in-law yet, but a quasi-son-in-law."
Mr.
Dudek, you are also very moist, and your face is full of red light. ”Dudek laughed: "Mr.
Yuemeng is still so funny and humorous, welcome home, the German Consulate will always be Mr.
Yuemeng's home." ”Young Master Meng said in his heart while talking to Dudek Blind Hara, stupid hat, how long has Emperor Xianfeng been dead, don't mention the dead If Emperor Xianfeng didn't die, Jiegege's quasi-forehead is indeed a very bullish title, but now there is only dignity left, in politics, the help of this title is not very meaningful, it is more about the role of life-saving, he has become a quasi-forehead, others dare not blatantly move themselves, in the officialdom, people who want to deal with Xuan Zonglu and Xuan Hongtao, At most, it is only to stop, and it can no longer be suppressed unscrupulously.Blocking and suppression are different, blocking is not letting people move forward, and suppression, can drag you back, or even directly beat you back to your original form, just like the black pot that Xuan Zonglu carried in the Tianjin teaching plan, if Xuan Yuemeng had already obtained the identity of the quasi-forehead at that time, among the unlucky people, Xuan Zonglu would be removed, and it was possible that all the people would be implicated, but Xuan Zonglu was fine.Xuan Zonglu also greeted Dudek warmly, although the old man couldn't speak foreign, but he followed Xuan Yuemeng, often saw foreigners, and now he is also used to the etiquette of foreigners, so he actually habitually shook hands with Dudek, "Mr.
Dudek, hello." ”Dudek smiled and said, "Lord Xuan Zonglu, hello, congratulations." ”Xuanzong laughed, "Tongxi, Tongxi" Dudek also shook hands with Xuan Yuemeng, "I didn't expect that our German citizens would actually become members of the Qing royal family, I have reported this matter to Germany, combined with your adoptive father was originally a nobleman, in the future, Mr.
Yuemeng, it is possible to obtain the title of gentleman." ”Young Master Meng smiled faintly, he didn't value these vain things like foreign devils, the aristocratic system in Europe was similar to that of the Qing Dynasty, and the princes and princes were nobles, and there would be a lot of preferential treatment in the Qing Dynasty is royal family, and when Timothy Li helped him apply for German status, he used the name of the adopted son of a dead nobleman, so it was no problem for Young Master Meng to be a nobleman in Germany."
If you want to be a count, that's pretty much it."
Because Young Master Meng didn't care, he joked without boundaries, "You know, I'm the princess's fiancé" German Minister Dudek saw Young Master Meng's small face, angry and funny, "Mr.
Yuemeng, you must know that the earl is a very high title in Germany, and only the royal family, or people who have made very outstanding contributions can obtain it, I estimate, you can get a baron at most."
Mr.
Yuemeng, you know, I don't have a knighthood yet, and it will be very honorable to have a knighthood. ”Young Master Meng smiled: "I'm talking about fun, it doesn't matter what I give me, just be happy." ”The more Xuan Yuemeng said that he didn't care, in fact, the more Dudek wanted to do this for Xuan Yuemeng, after all, Xuan Yuemeng's Klinsmann & Co. is now the leader among German businessmen in China, and Klinsmann & Co. has become a unique foreign firm.The German minister Dudek shook his head, "Mr.
Yuemeng, by the way, there is another very important thing, after you enter the palace, I am about to be squeezed by the people of the legations here."
It's all because of you. ”"What's the matter" Young Master Meng's heart moved, and when he heard Dudek say this, he had already guessed that eighty percent of it was related to the matter of his thirty-five gambling houses, and deliberately pretended to be careless: "This is unusual, Germany is not a very low status among the great powers, and they all come to you to do something, because I rarely trouble the minister because of my business." ”Dudek snorted, thinking that the young master Meng spoke too directly, indeed, Germany has just been reunified, although it won the Franco-Prussian War, suppressed France completely, and reintegrated the order of the European powers, but, after all, there is no foundation, and in terms of international status, compared with those old powers of Britain and France, it is still insufficient.Dudek is a very shrewd person, or rather, a person who can be a country's ambassador abroad, no one is stupid, British Minister Wittoma and French Minister Luo Shuya are definitely not stupid, they just lose in vision is not as good as Master Meng.Young Master Meng's biggest weapon in this era is to roughly know the direction of history, even if he is not familiar with history, just knowing which countries will rise faster, just knowing that the Qing Dynasty can win several small wars before the First Sino-Japanese War, but winning but paying reparations, knowing that in the First Sino-Japanese War, the navy known as the first in Asia will be wiped out by devils, that is enough for Young Master Meng.If you live in the modern era and know what kind of people the country will become in a few decades, you will never be too bad.Dudek said with a smile: "Mr.
Yuemeng, it's all for you to win the thirty-five gambling houses, they all came to inquire about it, to see when you will sell Prince Gong's power in the Great Qing Kingdom, everyone knows very well, you have no other choice than to sell to foreign merchants." ”Young Master Meng became angry when he heard it, he was doing business, and he hated being controlled by people the most, and Dudek picked his words so clearly, this is fearless, and he must sell to foreign businessmen.I would rather burn it down, or return it to Prince Gong, and it won't be cheaper for foreign devils, but he smiled faintly: "Oh, they are so confident" Dudek smiled: "Yes, I have contacted a lot of German foreign firms, and there are more than a dozen German foreign houses that are interested in your gambling house, the main place is big enough, the location is also very good, and the rest can't be sold, I can also help you sell to the embassies of other countries, what do you think" Xuan Zonglu also heard the problem, and the foreigner wanted to take the opportunity to lower the price Ah couldn't help asking:" What price do they offer" Dudek smiled and stretched out a finger, "Every gambling house, how about 100,000 taels Mr.
Yuemeng, you can make a net profit of 3.5 million taels at once, a lot" Xuan Zonglu was silent, because Xuan Yuemeng told him before that at the lowest point, these thirty-five gambling houses can also be worth more than four million taels, three million and five million taels, which is 500,000 taels lower than Yuemeng's lowest estimate, and this foreigner is still proud here.t1706231537: