It was already December 19, 1923, when Zhu Erdian returned to the capital with some European reporters, and less than two weeks later it would be January 1, 1924. Since He Rui took the lead in the Northeast and violated the Republic of China's proposal to set January as New Year's Day every year,

It has been 8 years since He Rui insisted on calling January 1st the first day of the year and the Spring Festival as New Year's Day every year. Now, He Rui can finally promulgate the calendar he agrees with as he wishes, and no so-called central government can stop him.

Willingness.

Receiving Zhu Erdian was Li Guangguang, Director of the Western European Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of China, and the attaché present was Yan Huiqing. Both sides still had to go through the procedures first, and Zhu Erdian and Li Guangguang expressed their strongest protests to each other. Zhu Erdian protested against the hanging of prisoners of war by the Ho Rui regime.

Li Guangguang protested against the British government's bombardment of Shanghai and the massacre of civilians in Shanghai, China.

After going through the process, the two sides continued the negotiations calmly. Zhu Erdian asked the Ho Rui regime to protect the safety and interests of British personnel in China. Li Guangguang immediately asked: "Is this what Downing Street means, or is it the ambassador's personal request?"

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When Zhu Erdian met with He Rui in the past, He Rui tried his best to avoid talking about Zhu Erdian's position. At that time, He Rui was a local power. If He Rui publicly stated that he had diplomatic relations with the British government, it would be completely inconsistent with diplomatic tradition. At this time, He Rui was a local power.

Hearing Li Shiguang clearly stated who Zhu Erdian represented, Zhu Erdian sighed. The He Rui regime finally regarded itself as the central government. But at this time, Zhu Erdian could not say too much. As a special and plenipotentiary ambassador, Zhu Erdian could not and would not be recognized.

The Ho Rui regime has an official commitment. At least not until the two sides hold a formal meeting.

So Zhu Erdian became careless and said, "As a civilized country, this is a legal system that must be abided by."

Yan Huiqing smiled and said: "Mr. Zhu Erdian, I hereby solemnly remind you that please do not use the words civilization and legality in front of us. In terms of civilization and legality, the Republic of China is far ahead of the UK. The UK needs to be sincere

Ask us what the legal system is."

Before Zhu Erdian could express his dissatisfaction, a reporter from The Times who accompanied the meeting couldn't bear it and asked directly: "Mr. Yan, what gives you the courage to say such outrageous things to Britain, which has hundreds of years of legal history?"

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Other British reporters were holding notebooks and preparing to take notes. Everyone had the same unhappiness as the Times reporter!

Yan Huiqing smiled slightly and said, "Mr. Reporter, I am a citizen of the Republic of China. What about you? Are you a citizen of the British Empire or a subject of the British Empire?"

The reporter immediately understood that he had chosen the wrong focus of the confrontation, but at this time there was no way to change the topic. The dissatisfaction on the faces of other reporters turned into anger, but they were helpless.

Yan Huiqing's tone was sincere, "The basis of law is that everyone is equal before the law. If a law itself determines that people in a country are inherently high and low, who can compare this kind of country to a country where everyone is equal?

It’s more civilized, it’s just a joke. Mr. reporter is well-informed, he must have heard of the theory of poisonous trees and poisonous fruits.”

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When it comes to fighting with each other, Yan Huiqing will never lose to He Rui's cadres. It's just that He Rui's men have always had military support, but Yan Huiqing does not have the support behind him.

Both parties participating in the meeting knew very well that it didn't really matter what Yan Huiqing said. What was important was that except for the trade embargo, Britain no longer had the ability to use the previous means to threaten the Ho Rui regime.

If it wants to impose a trade embargo on China, the UK must convene an international conference on the China issue, at which it is likely that various countries will reach an arms embargo on China. However, in terms of civilian supplies, Belgium and Italy may agree to impose a trade embargo on China.

There is an embargo on civilian products, but the two countries do not have much trade with China, so there is not much difference between the embargo and the embargo. As for other countries, the United States may not engage in arms trade with China, but it cannot interrupt the trade in civilian products with China.

Therefore, the He Rui government is confident and really has the qualifications to do so.

Zhu Erdian seemed not to have heard Yan Huiqing's ruthless ridicule at all. He said: "The British Empire is very concerned about the land policy of the Ho Rui regime in the occupied areas. This policy is barbaric and arbitrarily deprives the landowners of their land ownership. It creates a large number of

The massacre of civilians. The UK has a very deep friendly relationship with China and is very concerned about the recent development of the situation."

After saying that, Zhu Erdian was ready to wait for Li Guangguang and Yan Huiqing to attack with "sheep eating people" or "Irish Famine". And Zhu Erdian had also prepared a plan to deal with it.

However, Li Guangguang and Yan Huiqing just looked at each other. Li Guangguang asked: "Mr. Zhu Erdian, where did you hear these baseless accusations? Can you tell me the names of these people?"

The reporters immediately recorded the conversation, and a news article about the brutal military government asking the British for the name of the whistleblower and sending troops to arrest him was quickly taking shape in their minds.

Zhu Erdian shook his head, "In order to protect these people, I cannot reveal the names of these people."

A reporter from the Northeast Daily was also recording the conversation between the two parties, and heard Li Guangguang reply bluntly: "Then I can only suspect that you are making up lies, because the land policy of the Republic of China government is to redeem rather than confiscate, and this policy still remains

No enforcement has started. We have not made any changes to the land ownership."

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The foreign reporters were a little shocked, and the recording speed was much slower. Zhu Erdian was even more surprised. He had no idea that He Rui, who was considered a communist, had adopted violent land reform in the Northeast and adopted a redemption policy for land reform nationwide. This

What a change!

But Zhu Erdian was not unprepared. He immediately asked: "So what happened to the Qian family in Jiangsu and Zhejiang?"

"Oh. That traitor from the Qian family." Li Guangguang nodded slightly, "I have heard what Mr. Zhu Erdian said. According to our laws, the private property of traitors will be confiscated. British law also has such provisions and precedents."

At this point, Li Shiguang smiled, "Of course, I know very well that those traitors who harm China's interests are close partners to the United Kingdom. I can completely understand."

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The war of words was unfolding like this, and at the same time, some information was also flowing in it.

After the meeting ended, Li Guangguang and Yan Huiqing went to see He Rui with the minutes and summary of the meeting. It was after 8 o'clock in the evening before they met He Rui. In the small room, He Rui was holding a bowl of shredded pork noodles and pickles.

He ate a lot, even holding a steamed bun in his hand. Seeing the two people coming in, He Rui swallowed the food in his mouth and asked, "Have you two eaten?"

"I ate in the cafeteria." Li Guangguang replied quickly.

He Rui pointed to the desk, the chair opposite the desk-cum-dining table, "Sit down. Don't blame me for not showing off. Let's just talk about this meeting."

Yan Huiqing did not think that He Rui was not eating. If He Rui wanted to, he could have been more respectable. But He Rui did not choose that kind of life. When he was in front of He Rui and listened to He Rui eating with gusto, Yan Huiqing unconsciously felt

I feel like swallowing my saliva. It’s great to be young.

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Li Guangguang told He Rui the main content of the meeting, and He Rui listened quietly. He quickly finished the noodles and put boiled water in the bowl. He used chopsticks to poke the small pieces of noodles stuck to the bowl into the water and picked them up.

Drink it all.

At this time, Li Guangguang had finished reporting the general content, and He Rui breathed out comfortably, "It seems that the UK is going to compete with us for the middle and upper-class people in the country."

Yan Huiqing's feeling about He Rui is that he is good at running a country, is a good fighter, and is not afraid of foreigners. As for his diplomatic level, Yan Huiqing feels that he has no chance to have the same background as He Rui, and there is no way to completely compare. Yan Huiqing should be better

A little above your ability.

At this time, I saw He Rui eating, and after listening to the general story, I came to the conclusion that Yan Huiqing and Li Guangguang carefully read the records and discussed for several hours to determine the general matter. They were very impressed with He Rui.

He Rui didn't care so much. He asked Li Shiguang, "Apart from the UK, who else in Europe has made accusations on these issues?"

Li Guangguang replied: "Not yet."

He Rui ordered: "You continue to pay attention to this matter. Especially in those countries where China has newspapers, they will definitely promote the idea that we are an evil regime to their audiences."

Seeing that the talks were about to end, Yan Huiqing seized this opportunity and asked: "Chairman He, are we really going to implement land redemption?"

He Rui's evaluation of Yan Huiqing was "a sensible person", which was much higher than He Rui's evaluation of Gu Weijun. Since Yan Huiqing asked this, He Rui nodded, "Yes. We are going to implement the redemption."

"Then the land after redemption will be distributed to the people for farming free of charge?" Yan Huiqing really cares about this.

~Novel app,-app..

"Of course. It must be distributed to the people for farming free of charge." He Rui continued to confirm Yan Huiqing's guess.

"Where's industry and commerce?" Yan Huiqing asked what she cared about most. Yan Huiqing knew very well that you can't make much money from farming, but you just don't starve to death. The real money is industry and commerce, but industry and commerce are fat sheep, and they have always been criticized.
Chapter completed!