Wan Lei flatly rejected Fang Xiaoru's proposal and gave him a lesson. Fang Xiaoru's heart was so angry that he did not dare to have an attack. The meeting could only end in disagreement.

Although Fang Xiaoru was so angry that he did not leave Peking immediately, because in addition to getting rid of the burden, he also wanted to establish a real diplomatic relationship with the Republic of China, otherwise he would not be able to send someone to steal skills from his teachers. And he also knew that Wan Lei is a person who is not easy to fool, so he sets the breakthrough on others.

Among the many military and political officials in the Republic of China, there were not many people who had a good impression of the Ming Dynasty. Fang Xiaoru visited many important officials, most of whom were turned away. Only Xu Huizu, who is currently the deputy minister of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, was willing to see him, but Xu Huizu said It doesn't count, because the president is the one who can decide on diplomatic relations. At most, Xu Huizu could only say something good for the Ming Dynasty, but Wan Lei repeatedly stated: Huaming diplomatic relations can be normalized, and the Ming Dynasty will pay the default war compensation first. .

April was a difficult month for the Ming Dynasty. Rebellions broke out everywhere in the southwest. The Ming Dynasty's plan to get rid of the burden was not successful. He wanted to increase troops to suppress the rebellion but had no money to pay military salaries. The Republic of China desperately urged the Ming Dynasty to support the war. The reparations were paid, and the Ming Dynasty was breathless.

Emperor Jianwen had a difficult life, so he could only put pressure on Fang Xiaoru and asked Fang Xiaoru to quickly handle diplomatic relations with the Republic of China. Fang Xiaoru had no choice but to come to the door to ask Xu Huizu, ask Xu Huizu to come forward and take him to Huayuan to meet Wan. Lei, because the gate of Huayuan has been closed to Mingzhang, he couldn't even enter.

After Xu Huizu's repeated sympathy, on April 20, Wan Lei was finally willing to meet Fang Xiaoru and agreed to organize a formal meeting. Also attending the meeting was Liu Jing, the Minister of Foreign Affairs. Fang Xiaoru was surprised and immediately asked him to go downstairs. A letter of nationality with a more humble word was drawn up, and was prepared to be submitted at the meeting, and at the same time, he tried his best to persuade Wan Lei to ease a requirement for war reparation.

Of course, Fang Xiaoru dared not mention it again after ceding southern Sichuan to the war compensation, because he knew that if he proposed this, Wan Lei would definitely turn against him. I am afraid that Xu Huizu would come forward to plead with him again in the future, and he would not be able to let Mingzhi trample on him again in the future. Half a step into Huayuan.

The east hall on the first floor of Huayuan is where Wan Lei used to meet important guests. This living room is not big, but it is decorated very well. The floor is covered with wool carpets, and the curtains are pulled by the transparent windows, and there are still some hanging on the walls. Each of the Chinese paintings is made by famous artists. If sold, it will be worth at least a few hundred silver dollars.

Wan Lei and the envoy exchanged greetings for a few words. The guest and the host sat on the leather sofa. After the special service staff brought tea and snacks, they retreated and closed the heavy door at the same time.

"There are difficulties in the Ming Dynasty now, and I understand this. As a country, our country is deeply concerned about this. However, every family has a difficult sutra. Last year, our country was subjected to the Temuer Khanate. Invasion, we have not yet repelled the enemy, so that most of the northwest areas are shrouded in the shadow of war and are always in tranquility."

Wan Lei was very bitter at first, and Fang Xiaoru was stunned again. He expected that this time, he might not have reached an agreement, but until the last moment he refused to give up and said hurriedly: "Your country has strong soldiers and horses, and the country is rich and the people are rich." If you are safe, you will naturally be able to keep the enemy from outside the country.”

"Of course, our country's internal affairs can be handled by itself, so you don't need to worry about this." Wan Lei frowned slightly, "Now we will get back to the point and talk about the normalization of diplomatic relations."

"Our finances are in a tight position and we cannot pay the remaining war reparations for a while. Can you please forgive me?" Fang Xiaoru said in a slight tone.

"It's not that we don't want to be compatible, but that your government has always been distrustful. It was originally agreed that we would have to pay 10 million stones of food and then truce, but it's almost a year since the war compensation has not yet come to an end, but there are still every day. A large number of refugees poured into our country, bringing serious public security problems to our country. Didn’t there be any border defense in the armistice and peace agreement? Your side repeatedly breached the contract. Do I dare to believe it?"

"Our dynasty has no navy, the river defense is weak, and there are desperate people crossing the river. This is inevitable. It is not our dynasty who does not do it, but it cannot." Fang Xiaoru hurriedly explained.

"It's not that you can't, but that you don't do it. If the people live well, why do you leave your hometown? Do you ever see the people of our country fleeing south? The so-called harsh policies are more powerful than tigers, and the people are unwilling to stay in your country. Wouldn't the country look for reasons in itself?"

"This." Fang Xiaoru's face looked a little ugly, because Wan Lei was explicitly accusing the Ming Dynasty of harsh politics.

"As the president of a country, although I dare not call myself a politician, I still have some political vision. The problem of your dynasty is at the root, and it cannot be solved by delaying the collection of millions of war reparations from you. If you want to solve the problem, you must solve the problem of the problem. , you have to rely on yourself. Otherwise, even if we exempt the war compensation, you will still not be able to get out of the predicament."

"What good advice does the President have? Please give me some advice." Fang Xiaoru's dead heart came back a little more, because from Wan Lei's tone, he vaguely heard the possibility of reducing the war compensation.

"It's not a good idea, but there are some ideas. Your country is in trouble now, and the root cause lies in the national system. If the national system remains unchanged, then you can't get out of the predicament."

"National system? What is the national system?" Fang Xiaoru asked in confusion.

"The state system is the nature of the country. From the essence, it can be divided into rule of man and rule of law. Our country is a country with rule of law. The constitution is greater than that of the president. The country keeps its promises. Your country is ruled by man. The emperor is above everything else. The edict can be changed every day. , How can a country establish credibility is one of the reasons why our country does not believe in your country."

"This." Fang Xiaoru frowned and hurriedly said, "Our court is also a country that values ​​trust and keeps promises. I can guarantee that our court will definitely fulfill its contract."

"You are not the emperor, your guarantee is worthless, and your country is a country ruled by man. Even the emperor will go back on his word, and the emperor's guarantee is worthless. If you want to gain trust from others and from other countries, you must change the national system. , from rule of man to rule of law.”

"The imperial system is the inherent political system of our dynasty. How can this be changed?"

"There is no immutable method in the world, only those who are not transformed. I have given two plans. One is that the emperor of your country abdicates and returns the power to the people. Our country can reduce all war reparations from your country and donate 500,000 silver dollars every year as a Royal preferential treatment fee; second plan is that your country implements a constitutional monarchy and puts the monarchy under the constitution, and the emperor cannot go back on his word, so that our country can dare to carry out normal diplomatic relations."

"This, this." Fang Xiaoru was even more stunned. Wan Lei's suggestion clearly means changing the world. To turn the Ming Dynasty into a country like the Republic of China without emperors, it is definitely not possible, "Your Majesty the President" Your country has established friendly relations with Ryukyu Chameng and other countries, and did not require them to lose the king. Now that we have put forward such harsh conditions on our dynasty, this is intentionally making things difficult for our country."

"First of all, countries such as Ryukyu Chameng do not border our country, and there will be no large number of refugees entering our country like your country; secondly, these countries are small and have never been, and they will never dare to breach the contract in the future, so we can rest assured to go with the In the end, I admit that it is selfish to make these requests."

Wan Lei paused, changed into a look of worrying about the country and the people, and said in a deep voice: "The people of Huaming and Ming have the same ancestors and roots. I can't bear to see them living under dire straits, so I plead for the people, hoping The Emperor of the Ming Dynasty could take the people of the world as his thoughts and abandon his own selfish desires. As long as he was willing to abdicate and return to power to the people, he would guarantee political preferential treatment and establish a royal preferential treatment law, donating 500,000 silver dollars every year as royal preferential treatment costs. As for the palace, The royal private property such as the Mausoleum Royal Village will still be protected and will never be swallowed up."

"What's different from forcing our country to surrender? This is absolutely impossible." Fang Xiaoru rose in anger.

"It is not a surrender. Our country did not ask your country to be incorporated into our country. It was just a matter of asking your emperor to return power to the people. This is a matter of conforming to the will of heaven and the people. Is your dynasty extinguished himself for the sake of the emperor's selfishness? Then there is nothing to talk about , Our country cannot cooperate with a government that goes against the will of heaven and against the people." Wan Lei's attitude was also very firm.

Both sides were very tough. As the peace talks were about to collapse, Xu Huizu, who was sitting beside him, was busy becoming a peacemaker. The other party said: "His Majesty the President of our country proposed these two plans for the sake of the people of the Ming Dynasty. Mr. Fang can bring these two plans back to Jinling. As for how His Majesty the Emperor of your country decides, we will listen to the good news."

Xu Huizu looked at Wan Lei, and saw that Wan Lei had no intention of objection, and said, "Xu was originally an old minister of the Ming Dynasty. Out of selfish thoughts, he still hoped that Mr. Fang would convince His Majesty the Emperor, ask him to recognize the general trend of the world, take a step back or The sea can be broad in the sky.”

"How to report to the Emperor of our dynasty? I will not bother you, so I will say goodbye." Fang Xiaoru bowed and led his envoys out, but besides him, other envoys They all looked at Wan Lei reluctantly, but they stopped talking. Fang Xiaoru urged him several times before leaving.

The reason why these little envoys refused to leave was not that they were greedy for sitting on the sofa, but that they all felt that the proposal proposed by Wan Lei might be possible. As little ministers, they really hoped that Emperor Jianwen would retreat and replace him with the capable ministers and generals. To take charge of the government, new people have a new atmosphere, and after the emperor retreats, they can also gain greater power. Why not do this kind of thing that can make more profits in one fell swoop?

The actions of these little envoys naturally fell into Wan Lei's eyes. He smiled indifferently and said to himself: Let's make a fuss, make a fuss, everything is under my control.

"Mr. Wan, I'm afraid the Ming emperor will not accept these two plans." Liu Jing whispered after Fang Xiaoru and others walked away.

"If Emperor Jianwen was smart, he would accept the second plan. If he insisted on his own, we would find a way to provoke him. The ministers of the Ming Dynasty would force him to abdicate like death-hunting ghosts. If the operation was done properly, the people might even cause trouble. When the emperor's craze is so chaotic that it is uncontrollable, it is the time when we reorganize our country."

"If Emperor Jianwen really chooses the second plan and implements constitutional monarchy, then will we let Jiangnan continue to be separatist?" Liu Jing asked again.

"Haha, the good show has just begun. No matter what plan the Ming Dynasty chooses or what plan it is, it will not be able to defeat the general trend of unification in the end. Everyone is waiting to watch the good show." Wan Lei laughed and stood up to take the lead.

Leave.

Although the important officials present didn't know what Wan Lei was selling in his gourd, they didn't ask any more questions when they saw that they were confident and stood up and left. The peace talks ended, but only a fatal one
Chapter completed!