Rebirth of the Northern Giants

Ye Zhikui looked at Li Hongzhang who was sitting below him, and couldn't help but sigh with emotion. He thought of the French banquet a few months ago, and unexpectedly, in a short period of time, he overthrew the Manchu Qing and established a brand new government.

"It seems that Mr. Minister has other guests, why don't you ask him to come out and meet?" Ye Zhikui pointed to an empty table and chair opposite him and said with a smile.

"Of course." Tian Xiali clapped his hands, and then whispered something in a waiter's ear.

Ye Zhikui picked up the wine glass, took a sip, turned around, and whispered to Li Hongzhang, "Zhongtang, who do you think it is?"

Li Hongzhang blinked his eyes, chuckled, and said, "Why should the Generalissimo ask questions knowingly, he must have already known."

"In this land of China, there are really not many things that you want to hide from someone Ye. If I didn't want to talk to them, they really wouldn't even want to come in."

Ye Zhikui's confident tone stunned Li Hongzhang. Once upon a time, Cixi and Guangxu would be upset when they heard the names of foreigners. Today's China has indeed changed a lot. At least the generalissimo is not only willing to talk to other countries about some scholar-bureaucrats It is a matter of commercial interests that he despises, and it is more direct than his previous foreign policy of expelling wolves and tigers. Ye Zhikui drives out tigers and wolves together.

While the two were talking, a Russian, Shi Shiran, appeared at the door.

Tian Xiali said with a smile: "Ye, the Sino-Russian war has been going on so far. I believe that both countries are a little tired. If the war continues, it will not be good for both countries. Although the Russians have lost several battles, the country is peaceful and has great potential. Once Russia mobilizes the whole country, I am afraid that the military government with a few provinces in the north will not be able to resist it. Moreover, the military government led by Ye has just been established and has not completely unified China. Make a contribution to the end of the war in China as soon as possible."

Ye Zhikui sneered a few times, but did not reply.

The Russian walked to the table unhurriedly, then pulled up the chair slightly, and sat opposite to Ye Zhikui.

Ye Zhikui smiled and said to Wu Tingfang: "Wen Jue, do you know any tricks to deal with dogs?"

Without waiting for him to reply, Ye Zhikui said to himself again: "A dog is a bullying animal, so the trick to deal with it is to be more fierce than it."

Wu Tingfang smiled knowingly.

After hearing Ye Zhikui's meaningful words, Tian Xiali and the Russian man's expressions were not very good.

"Your Excellency, why do you have to be stingy in your words, today I am here on behalf of His Majesty the Emperor of our country, with [-]% sincerity."

"Mr. Minister, who is this guy barking in front?" Ye Zhikui asked Tian Xiali in a surprised tone without looking at him.

Tian Xiali had to emphasize again: "Ye, this is Mr. Timilov, the Russian ambassador to the peace talks. I am just a middleman."

The implication is that after my introduction, you can do whatever you like, and we don't care.

"Your Excellency is busy with business, and I will not turn corners anymore. I will just say that my Majesty hopes to end this fearless war with China. The reason for the war between China and Russia is because your Queen Mother proposed that our army help quell peasant violence. , Now that your Empress Dowager has long since passed away, and the peasant uprising has been quelled by Your Excellency, there is no need for the war to continue." Timilov firmly pushed the cause of the war to the dead Cixi.

Li Hongzhang saw that Ye Zhikui didn't speak, but just stuffed the beef into his mouth, so he had to ask, "I don't know how your country's peace talks are."

Timilov tidied up his clothes, adjusted his sitting posture to look more cautious, and then said with a smile: "My Majesty thinks that since the war is going to cease, we should use the border where the war is now fought as the place of ceasefire, and the two countries will live in friendly relations from now on, how about it? "

Timilov smiled bitterly in his heart. The tsar’s original words were not true. His original words were to ask China to give up its sovereignty over Outer Mongolia and recognize the independence of Outer Mongolia. Although Russia lost several games in a row, the tsar still believed arrogantly If the war continues, Russia will definitely be able to defeat China, a poor and weak country, but the domestic voices cannot help him continue.

Taking the current battle line as the boundary, it means that the territory already occupied by the Russian army will not be returned to China. When this is said, not to mention that Ye Zhikui thinks it is absurd, even Li Hongzhang thinks it is a fantasy.

"Is this the sincerity that Mr. Ambassador said?" Li Hongzhang lowered his face and said slightly angrily.

Maybe he also knew that his proposal was a little too much. Timilov blushed and continued: "We can talk about other conditions. If the war ceases, some privileges enjoyed by the Russian government in China will be automatically abolished. This is not your government. Is it the diplomatic victory that I have always expected to achieve? I am afraid that only we, Russia, are willing to exchange a small territory for such a large benefit."

Ye Zhikui couldn't listen anymore, the military government would have already canceled all the privileges of the Russians in China without the Russians voluntarily abolishing it.

"Xiaosheng, after eating so much, do you feel a little urgent to urinate, why don't you go to the corner over there and pee first." Ye Zhikui suddenly said with a smile.

Wang Xiaosheng was a little confused, so he hesitated a little.

"This place is full of men, why are you still shy?"

Wang Xiaosheng looked at the weird and puzzled eyes of the other people, then at the Generalissimo who was carefully picking up a piece of beef, and resolutely walked to the corner.

Then, under the eyes of everyone, he unbuttoned his trouser belt, and poured a big bubble of boy's urine on the ground.

Li Hongzhang swallowed a mouthful of saliva, Tian Xiali's fork was fixed in mid-air, the others were all dumbfounded, with different expressions, but also a little puzzled, they all looked at Ye Zhikui who didn't care.

After Wang Xiaosheng finished urinating, he walked back quickly and said loudly: "Report to the Generalissimo, the urine has been urinated."

"In this case, this Mr. Timilov, can you please go over and take a picture of yourself with your urine to see what kind of virtue you are, and then we can talk about it, how about it?" Ye Zhikui said casually.

Wang Xiaosheng burst out laughing, Li Hongzhang and other Chinese officials couldn't laugh or cry, Dimilov blushed angrily and remained silent, Tian Xiali and other American officials were completely shocked by Ye Zhikui's words, and didn't know what to say.

Ye Zhikui's face gradually turned cold, and he patted the table and said, "Since you don't know what kind of virtue you have, you still dare to speak out here, in my opinion, there is no need to continue the peace talks. If the two countries do not fight until the last soldier dies, it is not China To be destroyed by Russia is to be destroyed by China, and there will be no results."

"Xiaosheng, what are you waiting for? Since this Mr. Timilov is unwilling to take a photo, you can help him." Ye Zhikui looked at the silent Russian and ordered.

Wang Xiaosheng pinched his fingers and walked over with a smile.

Seeing that Timilov was about to be forced by Wang Xiaosheng to take a pee.

Tian Xiali hurriedly stood up and stopped him: "Ye, we are all civilized people. If you have something to say, why get angry? Peace talks should be done slowly. If you have the conditions, talk slowly. There will be a day when the talks are settled."

"Mr. Minister, I am not a civilized person, I am the angry bull of the Far East." Ye Zhikui said unhurriedly.

Tian Xiali smiled awkwardly, and sat down embarrassedly.

Wang Xiaosheng didn't receive Ye Zhikui's order to stop, so he stepped forward and grabbed Dimilov, led him by the belt, and dragged him to the corner.

"Let me go, Your Excellency will not be afraid to expand the war between the two countries and cause the empire to retaliate. At that time, the anger of the empire will not be resisted by China." Timilov shouted arrogantly while struggling.

"It's a joke. If the war ends here, China should be the victorious country. Not to mention repaying the territory that Russia occupied before the war, at least return the territory occupied after the war. If this condition is not met, how can we talk about peace talks, Xiaosheng , if he struggles again, it's not just as simple as taking a photo, you just let him taste it." Ye Zhikui reprimanded mercilessly.

Dimilov looked at Wang Xiaosheng's unkind eyes, and he really didn't dare to struggle anymore, but walked up to the peeing place honestly, and took a photo angrily.

Ye Zhikui smiled at Tian Xiali and said: "Mr. Minister, if the United States wants to be the peacemaker, it must persuade the Russians to abolish the Aigun Treaty and return the Chinese territory they have been occupying all along, otherwise nothing will be discussed."

Tian Xiali replied with a wry smile, "Ye, you know this is impossible."

"Then let the war continue." Ye Zhikui stood up and led the crowd away without looking back.

Dimilov was thrown beside the urine by Wang Xiaosheng with a face full of shame and indignation, and said fiercely: "Chinese, you will definitely pay the price for humiliating me today."

Tian Xiali stepped forward and patted him on the shoulder, and said with enthusiasm: "Mr. Timilov, I believe you have heard what the head of the Chinese government said just now. To be honest, I am not optimistic about this peace talk. But the U.S. government will do everything in its power to facilitate peace talks."

Walking outside the door, Li Hongzhang was hesitant to speak, and he had better say: "Generalissimo, is it true that there is no peace talk with the Russians?"

Ye Zhikui paused, and then said with a sneer: "Of course we need peace talks. You can contact this Russian again tomorrow, but you talk about yours and I beat mine. Neither interferes."

Volume Two, Fengyun in the Capital, Chapter [-], Ye Zhikui Attends Class

Ye Zhikui got up early in the morning, changed into casual clothes, and then kept looking in the mirror. Xiao Linglong next to him covered her mouth with a silly smile and said, "My good husband, you are not nervous before the tens of thousands of soldiers, are you still afraid of those boys?" ?”

Ye Zhikui twisted the bridge of her small nose, and replied with a smile: "You know, this is the first time I am a teacher, how can I not pay attention to it, how about it? Is it solemn enough?"

Xiao Linglong rested her chin on both hands, blinked her eyes, and said, "Of course, Brother Ye is the most handsome man."

Ye Zhikui took her little hand, bit it lightly, smiled, and replied, "I don't feel ashamed either."

After the start of the National Defense Military University, he was invited, the principal, to attend a class in person. Ye Zhikui could not refuse, so he carefully selected a topic: On International Relations Today.