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"Sir, the current public opinion in Japan is not good for peace talks. Many Japanese people are dissatisfied with Japan's failure and want to turn the Battle of Fengtian into the Second Russo-Japanese War. Many newspapers also expressed their desire to mobilize the whole country and say they want to teach us a lesson..." In Prince Zheng's mansion, the Sino-Japanese Peacekeeping Parliament, the organization has been expanded and renamed it to Liu Boyuan, Director of the CIA. He reported to Yang Rui about the situation in Japan. Everyone in the CIA did not like it. They gave themselves a very painful name. "The support rate of the Nishizoji Cabinet is not high, but after Katsurato collapsed the Japanese noble house, the House of Representatives really couldn't find a better candidate, so they could only agree to the Nishizoji Cabinet. However, if diplomatic setbacks, it is very likely that Nishizoji would also collapse the cabinet."

"Isn't this the characteristic of the Japanese?" Yang Ruimei smiled and said, "If you can't get it on the battlefield, then you can get it on the negotiating table. If you can't get it on the negotiating table, then you can get it back on the battlefield. It's been tried and tested. Aren't he afraid that we will fight them all the way?"

"It turns out that Yutoto Yama Prefecture is still in charge of everything behind his back. In addition, Japan has defeated Russia before, so it is impossible for them to make concessions to us." Minister of Foreign Affairs Xie Zhangtai said, "Now the Americans hope that we will continue to fight to the death with the Japanese, but because of the British's suggestions, they have to come forward to reconcile this time. I think..." Xie Zhangtai glanced at Yang Rui with a cold face and said carefully, "I think, for the future, I will take a step back this time."

"No!" Yang Rui raised his hand excitedly, "This is definitely not possible! You can only advance but not retreat for Japan. Once you retreat, the consequences will be unimaginable. What happened to the British?"

"The British just don't want a war inside the pass, and they don't care outside the pass. The reason they want to mediate is that they don't want to involve the war inside the pass. Now there is a trend of easing in Europe. Once the problem in Europe is solved, their attention can be put back to the Far East." Xie Zhangtai said, "I visited British Minister Juerdian two days ago. He expressed his hope to see a complete China in our hands, but the premise is that we must not interfere in internal affairs."

"Haha!" Yang Rui laughed. He is now firmly in the hands of Xie Cheng of the 13th Division. He was previously stationed by the Qing army patrol battalion. Now the 13th Division is changing defenses with the patrol battalion. "They have a lot of control. It seems that the Germans are weak and the British are brave enough. Don't the other countries recognize us now?"

"France has always followed Britain. Russia is angry that we have controlled Outer Mongolia, so Japan should not say it. The United States, the acting minister, said it nicely, but its power is limited. According to his own judgment, the Secretary of State wanted to see both us and Japan suffer losses before they could clean up the mess. So I said that it is best to reach a peace talk with Japan at this time." Xie Zhangtai analyzed the international situation and only believed that the situation was deteriorating, and it was just right to seize the time to negotiate.

"Ji Mei, is there enough firearms and ammunition in the northeast?" Yang Rui did not agree to Xie Zhangtai immediately. He only asked Bei Shoutong, who was in the General Staff. Today is a joint meeting, and the General Staff also attended.

"We have purchased one million shells from the United States again. Three hundred artillery pieces, one hundred thousand new rifles and fifty million ammunition. These goods will be shipped from the United States this month and are expected to be transported to the Northeast by the end of next month. With these guns and ammunition, the Northeast can be fully combated. We are also very abundant in personnel, and the former peasant soldiers..." Mr. Bei Shou, but he was interrupted by Yang Rui before he finished speaking.

"Japan knows that we buy ammunition from the United States and transport such a large number of things over here, won't they send people to stop them at sea?" Yang Rui asked.

"This..." Beishou was stuck. "Like the previous few times, the ships transporting ammunition were all American ships. In the past, the Japanese did not dare to stop them, so now they should not dare to stop them."

"It's hard to say!" Yang Rui said. "It's only the end of next month. We will talk to the Japanese for up to one month. If the arms are not transported in this month, when the Xiyuan Temple cabinet falls, the situation in Andong will be different again."

After Yang Rui finished talking about the arms, he had to look at Xie Zhangtai with a headache and said helplessly, "Brother Chong'an, tell me, how do you want to negotiate peace with Japan? Those conditions must be agreed?"

Yang Rui was helpless, and Xie Zhangtai was also helpless. He sighed: "The best result is to return to the same. In fact, both of us have to give an explanation to the people. If both sides apologize and pay compensation at the same time, it will be easy to deal with. The national system has been confirmed, and now there is no way to change. The Anfeng Railway is not easy to give because it passes through the American sphere of influence, but if it doesn't matter, it can still give them a few."

Xie Zhang Taiyue said that Yang Rui's face became more and more gloomy. After he finished speaking for a while, he squeezed out a few words from his teeth, "But we won this battle? What's the difference between this result and defeat?"

"It is because we win that we can have these conditions. If I defeat, then the conditions will not be like this." Xie Zhangtai said, "The diplomatic situation has changed now. If the Nishiyuanji Pavilion is down, even if Britain does not support Japan, we will occupy the concessions within the pass, and the war will probably have to be fought for a year before the end. And if we lose again, Russia will also take action."

"Then let's fight to the end and keep going. Keitaro formed a cabinet again, and we will let him fall down again!" Yang Rui said, "To be honest, what I can agree with is that Japan will not pay compensation to us or apologize to us. However, if they want the Japanese prisoners of war in our hands, they will have to spend money to buy it. The price will be as low as Russia paid at the time. Of course, it can be lower, but it must not lose money. As for their request, I cannot agree to any of them."

After Yang Rui finished talking about his bottom line, he then talked to Liu Boyuan and Bei Shou, "The Intelligence Bureau found out the domestic trends of Japan and closely contacted the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. If the talks really broke down, it was to pay attention to the situation of the Japanese army's troops. The General Staff General Secretary wanted to find a way to prepare enough shells for the Northeast. If the United States could not get there, Russia would talk to see how much they could sell to us. If there were no shells, then..." He closed his eyes and said, "Then use your life to fight! The meeting ended."

After Yang Rui said the meeting, everyone went out. Among the few people, Xie Zhangtai left the heaviest. As soon as the Provisional Government was formed, it was a difficult problem to end the war with Japan with a decent end. In Xie Zhangtai's view, after the situation in Europe eased, the transition from conflicts outside the pass may not be useful, and it may even offend Britain. Therefore, from a technical point of view, the best way to end the war is to Yang Rui down, so that the country can decently withdraw from the war and start domestic construction, and at the same time calm the people's emotions. The only one who is unlucky is the Yang Rui government.

This is actually the benefit of the parliamentary system. Once the situation is wrong, you can replace people immediately. This is the logic that politicians take the blame and Congress enjoys the results. However, this cannot happen to Yang Rui. Except that Yang Rui will not agree that this situation will happen, more importantly, Revival will win. In this case, the signing of an unfavorable treaty will not be accepted by Yang Rui, but also by all members of the Revival and all citizens.

Is it okay to be tough to the outside world? Xie Zhangtai believes that when he can be tough, he must be tough, and when he should be back, he should be back. What is even more difficult to understand is that Yang Rui's existence is equivalent to subverting the logic of parliamentary politics. It is not that politicians are taking the blame for the people, but that the people are taking the blame for the politicians. Those things that can obviously take a step back, but are fighting the people to the end for the so-called integrity and dignity. Is this meaningful? Xie Zhangtai thinks this is meaningless, especially when it was founded.

When Xie Zhangtai was worried, Yang Rui sorted out his mood and went to the Beijing University of the State Council. Last month, he asked Li Zilong to arrange a discussion with international students. Li Zilong remembered the arrangement, but because there were too many international students, he could only arrange the meeting place in the Beijing University Council. The campus site of the university Council includes Princess Jia Mansion, where there is a hall that can barely sit down for hundreds of people. The Beijing University Council said it was on Miao Street in Ma Sheng, but Yang Rui still had no impression of various streets and alleys in Beijing. He only thought that Li Zilong said you were behind the east side of Coal Mountain behind the Forbidden City. He understood where that was.

Even after going to Beijing in later generations, Yang Rui never went to Peking University. He was not happy about going to China's highest institution this time. On the carriage, just like Xie Zhangtai, he was also thinking about the war in the Northeast on the road. He should indeed end the war as soon as possible, otherwise not only military expenditures, but even domestic industrial construction will be affected. But the problem is that he cannot retreat. Once he retreats, he will step down. Once he leaves office, China is likely to return to the old situation of the Republic of China, and he will never allow this to happen.

"Prime Minister, I'm at school." Li Zilong said softly next to him. Yang Rui had given instructions before and had to get off at the university gate.

"Oh, is it here?" Yang Rui was a little confused. He opened the curtain and looked outside, and then confirmed, "It's really here. Let's get off the car, and the guards won't go in."

"Prime Minister!" Li Zilong and Yang Rui understood his habit after a long time, which was that they attached great importance to universities. The guards did not enter because they could not enter. However, it was difficult to say whether the school was safe shortly after Beijing was decided.

"What are you afraid of? If the guards don't go in, it's not that you guys don't go in." Yang Rui said indifferently. He thought he was blessed by God, and it was not that easy to ask him to die. After he said that, he ignored Li Zilong and got out of the car.

At the entrance of the Beijing University Hall, Xu Huafeng, Cai Yuanpei, and the president of the university Hall, Ke Shaoqin, were already waiting. Xu Cai and the other two were fine, but Ke Shaoqin, dressed in veil, was very awkward. Because he was the principal, Yang Rui did not show off and gave him a vain gift.

Ke Shaoqin, a native of Jiaozhou, Shandong, was over 70 years old and was born in Hanlin. The death of Guangxu only made him very sad. However, seeing that the Fuxinghui did not kill in Beijing, he finally held Guangxu's funeral. His disgust towards the Fuxinghui was reduced. It was because he was old and did not want to serve the second master. After the situation stabilized, he asked to retire. Cai Yuanpei was also born in Hanlin. In order to ensure his livelihood, he wanted to make him serve as the principal for one year before retirement, so that he had reason to pay his future pension. Ke Shaoqin was unwilling, but when he saw that the Shen family was wearing maroon clothes, he agreed in the end.

This time, when he heard that Yang Rui was coming, he had to come as the principal. He thought that Yang Rui was arrogant at a young age, but he didn't expect that he got off the car at the entrance of the school. Under Yang Rui's tribute, he hurriedly returned the gift. His awkward expression improved, but he still didn't say anything.

Yang Rui understood the worries of these Qing Dynasty elders and only said to Cai Yuanpei next to him, "Jimin, this time I am having a discussion for international students. Why did you get together with your school?"

"Haha, it's done." Cai Yuanpei laughed loudly, "International students are also managed by the school department. Besides, your speech has always been excellent. If you listen to the students in the university, what's wrong with it?"

"You called a student in the school?" Yang Rui said unexpectedly. He thought it was a symposium, but now it has become a speech.

"That is, students from the Peking University and Tsinghua Preparatory School. The weather is good today, so the venue is arranged outside. No matter how many people are, they can stand down." Cai Yuanpei smiled. He smiled brightly.

"I have a bad temper today!" Yang Rui said truthfully, "I might be cursing."

"Haha." This time, no matter Cai Yuanpei, even Xu Huafeng laughed. Yang Rui was particularly good to students when he was in the Patriotic Society. If he cursed, both of them would not believe it.

Unwilling to pay attention to these two people who were enjoying the shade behind him, Yang Rui admired the scenery of the Beijing University Hall. There was no vermilion gate of later generations, no mighty stone lions guarding the door, but just an ordinary northern courtyard. If it weren't for the plaque of the "Beijing University Hall" at the door, ordinary people wouldn't know that this was the Beijing University Hall. This reminded Yang Rui of what Chen Tianhua suddenly turned around and said, "Don't talk about it. It costs 300,000 yuan to build a university hall in the capital. The government said that the cost was too high and it has not been repaired yet... The Empress Dowager restored the Summer Palace and took out tens of millions of taels of silver... Can't he find this 300,000 yuan?'

Yang Rui looked at the shabby school gate and asked Cai Yuanpei, "This school building..."

Cai Yuanpei understood what Yang Rui meant. He was frightened by the grandeur of Tongji University campus and said now. "The funding has been allocated, but the engineer said that this place is large and narrow, so if you want to build a comprehensive university, you have to change the place."

With some spoof, Yang Rui said, "There are many universities in Beijing in the future, so just build a university town, the address...the address is placed in the Summer Palace. Where do students and teachers put food, clothing and expenses like this?"

Yang Ruizhi's statement only surprised Cai Yuanpei, saying, "Is that the emperor's place?"

"The emperor's place is also a country's place. The mountains and rivers and scenery are beautiful in the Summer Palace. Students need to enter the city and send a boat every month during holidays." He said again. "I just made suggestions, if not, it won't work. This is your business."

While the two were talking, the small campus was soon finished. A temporary lecture platform had been set up in the open space in front of the library. The open space in front of the platform was full of students. On the second floor of the library, a banner was hung with: Welcome Premier Yang Jingcheng to the Capital University. This made Yang Rui feel chilled. He didn't know if there were any officials coming to the Qing Dynasty at that time, but he didn't like this tone. He said to Li Zilong, "Let me take the banner down."

Li Zilong sent him there as ordered, but Cai Yuanpei didn't know what Yang Rui was doing. While standing in the open space of the library, many students applauded, they didn't understand why Yang Rui and others didn't sit down. The Qing Dynasty's young students who still had braids wanted to watch the fake prime minister make a fool of themselves.

In terms of culture, China's long-standing inheritance has declined. Now there is only camel culture. What is it called camel culture? It is a culture of forbearance and a culture of blind obedience. They believe in the classics most and follow the sages the most. This culture is autistic, because sages can never be suspected or doubted, because once they are suspicious, it is a great rebellion and contrary to ethics.

In this closed cultural circle, the words of sages are very vague and uncertain. Explaining from any angle can form the truth. The sages use vague ethics to describe many ethics, define many levels, and then form a society with strict order. In order to maintain this closed circle, this culture is characterized by its annotation. It is not characterized by saying what the predecessors have not said, but rather trying to repeat everything that predecessors, ancient people, and privately said. He only cares about what is known and never cares about what is unknown.

Western culture can also be described as an animal...it is called lion culture. The lion culture is based on criticism of reason, has strict grammar and rigorous logic, and what he says is always accurate.

This is completely contrary to camel culture. Camels are vague, but they limit death in scope. This limit of death is called ancestral system, rules, or ethics. Anyway, it does not allow people to transcend any kind of transcendence; but lion culture is precise, and it has eras, BC, and after AD. It is clearly divided, unlike camels without eras, only dynasties, and at the same time it is open in scope. Westerners have never liked to say what others have said, and only want to say things that predecessors have not said. Even if they want to say what the original things, their purpose is not to repeat, but to criticize, based on rational criticism.

Since foreigners came to the East, China's camel culture began to collapse. It was like foreigners holding strong ships and cannons, which could easily kill our Chinese people. Many students have learned Western learning and have rational weapons. All the rules in camel culture are easily criticized and killed. I am worried that the weapons in your hands will be fine. Its deadline has come, but don't abandon all the things on camels, because the original inheritance is also in it.

As I said before, Western culture is the culture of the brain, its root lies in thinking, while Eastern culture is the culture of the heart, its root lies in perception. Since the Shang and Zhou dynasties, this perception has been deliberately distorted into moral ethics, but even if it is distorted, it has a weak inheritance. This inheritance, or this perception of the heart, is not solidified, not moral, but is inspired by feelings, is touching the scene and echoing the true nature of life.

In the division of culture, some can be called "cute and untrustworthy", and some can be called "credible and unlovable". Our culture is lovely and human, but many times it is not credible because it can only be understood but cannot prove it; while Western culture is trustworthy and rational, but it is never lovely because it pursues the truth of things, not caring for people.

If a person who believes in the supremacy of reason comes to this country full of camels, then after criticizing the original sages, the original habit of blind obedience will make the people regard these critics as new sages. Ziyun's poems become the master of science, and the common rules of ethics and practices become rational worship. This will be our sorrow, and this is my worry..."

Yang Rui told many students about his concerns at the Peking University, instead of encouraging everyone to build a country, which surprised Cai Yuanpei. On the way back, he asked Yang Rui why he said this, but Yang Rui shook his head tiredly. This is his perception of the national power. In the position of a country's strength, he can not only feel which inch of the national system is prestige and which market is occupied by foreigners, but also feel that Confucian culture is constantly disintegrating and subverted by Western culture. These are all dangerous, especially the latter, which continues even after a hundred years.

Yang Rui's speech was unknown, but others didn't understand it. However, when the words reached the Ministry of Rites, Zhang Taiyan smiled and shook the fan and said to Deng Shi, "It seems that he has finished what we are going to say. It's very good, very good." (To be continued)
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