Young Master Meng touched the armrest of the chair with his chubby paws, and said lightly: "I don't need adults to treat me as the object of key care, just treat me as an ordinary manager of a foreign bank, I believe that such a high-powered person as Lord Zhongtang still puts the social affairs of the Qing Kingdom in the first place" Li Hongzhang suddenly laughed again, "That's right, if you listen to what Yue Meng said, if you are not careful, the headquarters will become a shameless person, but the headquarters wants to ask Yue Meng, there is no shameless person in the headquarters, How did these Huai armies grow, and how did the world stabilize If there is no money in the hands of the headquarters, how is the foreign affairs promoted Yue Meng You said that you are so noble, Yue Meng, you are not making less money" Young Master Meng said in his heart, foreign affairs are your own foreign affairs, no wonder the Qing Dynasty's foreign affairs movement failed to reach home, that is, by a few of you, regarded as your own private property, and did not widely mobilize the grassroots, the young master Meng who would be slow to move forward smiled faintly and said, "The money I earn, not a penny is against conscience" Not necessarily, this Tianjin, originally belonged to my Great Qing Dynasty, this concession was forcibly occupied by foreigners, you help foreigners make money, isn't this making money with a clear conscience, are foreigners really having any good things" Li Hongzhang sarcastically Xuan Yuemeng, he didn't think that Xuan Yuemeng had anything noble, "Okay, the headquarters already knows what Yuemeng means, only Yuemeng is noble, and everyone else is shameless." ”Xuanzong saw that the two words were going down more and more, and knew that he was going to stiffen, so he hurriedly said: "Lord Zhongtang, Yue Meng definitely didn't mean this, Lord Zhongtang, don't misunderstand." ”Young Master Meng knows what Li Hongzhang needs, and he uses words to confront, that is, to make a mouth happy, Young Master Meng slapped his face, Qiu Yun presented a silver ticket, a full 500,000 taels There is nothing silver ticket that works, if you want to deal with the old dog, you have to use dog bones, no one has Young Master Meng understands this truth more The inferior nature of the feudal bureaucratic landlord class has been seen through by Young Master Meng Li Hongzhang has not done anything for Xuan Yuemeng recently, this is an additional gift from Xuan Yuemeng, Li Hongzhang naturally will not know in his heart, He couldn't resist the temptation of such a large sum of cash Li Hongzhang smiled slightly, and motioned for Qiu Yun to put it aside first, "Yue Meng, what are you doing Is there too much silver, let the headquarters help you spend some" Young Master Meng smiled: "This is to show respect to the adults, in the future, Yue Meng will honor the silver of Lord Zhongtang every year, at least more than 500,000 taels, half of the annual taxes in the entire Zhili area, and there may not be fifty-five taels of official silver." ”Li Hongzhang nodded, "This is indeed a lot, but, the headquarters is useless, do you have anything to do" Young Master Meng smiled: "First of all, I am grateful to Lord Zhongtang for allowing my grandfather to sit smoothly in the position of governor of Liaoning, in addition, just now Lord Zhongtang said that my father is going to sit on the fourth grade, and the Tianjin prefect is also the prime minister, and Zhang Jing is fully responsible for Tianjin's foreign affairs, I am grateful in advance." ”Young Master Meng did not mention that the Kingdom of Hawaii was allowed to establish the Consulate of the Kingdom of Hawaii in the name of Prince Richard Harris in the Great Qing Kingdom and ceded Dandong as the concession area of the Consulate of the Kingdom of Hawaii, with a lease period of one hundred years, in fact, it was the most important thing for Young Master Meng, but Young Master Meng believed that the more Li Hongzhang did not know that he was involved in this matter, the easier it would be to do Sure enough, Li Hongzhang asked: "I heard that there is a Hawaiian Kingdom recently, If we want the Qing Dynasty to allow the Hawaii Kingdom to establish the Hawaii Kingdom Consulate in the name of Prince Richard Harris in the Qing Dynasty and cede Dandong as the concession area of the Hawaii Kingdom Consulate for a hundred years, isn't this matter arranged by Yue Meng" Young Master Meng shook his head, "I didn't arrange it, I didn't know about this matter at all" Li Hongzhang snorted, and said in his heart, it should be arranged by the consulates of several great powers, it seems that this Hawaiian Kingdom has some origins, Since the imperial court has no opinion, this matter should be settled as soon as possible."
As for Hong Tao's matter, Hong Tao also needs to take credit in this negotiation with the Japanese, so that the old man can easily recommend Hong Tao, originally, this has foreigners come forward, and it is not a big deal, but this foreign diplomacy is not a joke, Hong Tao must show the world that he can do it" Li Hongzhang pushed the boat down the river and unloaded the burden on his shoulders, "As for the Hawaiian Kingdom, let Hong Tao talk about it together, it's not a big deal, sort out the details of the treaty, and the headquarters will come to seal it." ”Xuan Zonglu bowed his head and said: "Yes, thank you Lord Zhongtang for taking care of me, I will transfer the words to Hong Tao, and let Hong Tao be on duty tomorrow." ”Li Hongzhang said with a smile: "Okay, the headquarters is going back, tomorrow, let Hong Tao rest for another day, the headquarters will let people arrange to vacate the Tianjin prefect's yamen, in the future, Hong Tao will work in the Tianjin prefect's yamen" Young Master Meng was secretly happy in his heart, it seems that there is only one thing left to negotiate with the Japanese, in fact, this foreign diplomacy, Young Master Meng does not think there is anything difficult, he can get the right to communicate directly with foreigners, and buy and sell things in the future, It's all advantageous, this is the reason why Young Master Meng wants to let Xuan Hongtao occupy this position, as for whether Xuan Hongtao can be competent, Young Master Meng is not worried, in fact, now Tianjin's foreign affairs are almost Klinsmann Foreign Firm in the agent, Xuan Hongtao will deal with Klinsmann Foreign Firm in the future, what is incompetent, I am afraid of fighting with which power, in that case, diplomacy will encounter problems.Also, this time, like the Japanese, they changed their hexagrams, which is also a troublesome thing.After the conversation, although the contradictions between each other have not been eliminated, for the sake of future interests, everyone still achieved the appearance on the scene, at least, Li Hongzhang continued to collect money, which illustrates this point.Young Master Meng also promised that he would help Li Hongzhang to obtain the right to use the wharf in the US Concession after the establishment of the China Merchants Bureau, free of charge, which is an expenditure of three or four hundred thousand taels a year, which also saved Li Hongzhang's face in front of everyone.When Li Hongzhang went back, he held hands with Young Master Meng again, which made Xuan Hongtao, Xuan Hongbo, Xuan Hongyu, and everyone wonder for a while, when Li Hongzhang came just now, he and Yuemeng obviously had a knot, so much kung fu This is good t1706231537: