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There was a discussion in Yin'an Hall, and on the west side of Zhengyang Gate where the inner and outer cities intersected, Zhang Taiyan was walking with the prefect of Shuntian Prefecture, Chen Guanmin, officials of the Urban Construction Bureau of the Ministry of Works, and a group of architects climbed up to the top to look into the distance, discussing the renovation of the entire capital.

China established its capital in Beijing. Although there was no major change in regulations everywhere, it would have to be reorganized according to the standards of the new city, such as water, electricity, gas, pollution, roads, and greening. The city has been built for hundreds of years. In addition, the financial difficulties in the late Qing Dynasty and the fire of war, the whole city was already old. It is really a pity for the word "Beijing" to be three feet underground to three feet above the ground.

Although Yang Rui opposed the construction of a subway in the inner city - he even wanted to turn the entire inner city into a pedestrian street and prohibit motor vehicles from entering, but the outer city still needs to be repaired. However, the transformation is not something that can be done with money. The biggest problem is that there are many foreigners here, privileges, and China is changing too fast. These people have not yet turned their minds from the previous show of power and power. The city government must ask these people for something to repair. They either don’t want to, or ask for a price all over the place. It’s really disgusting.

Similarly, the American soldiers stationed with guns on the side of the west wall of Zhengyangmen were also very annoying. After the Americans occupied the Zhengyangmen Tower in the year of Gengzi, even if the Xinchou Treaty was signed, because this place was the commanding height of the entire embassy area, they had never returned the city tower to China. However, when the Fuxing Army captured the Forbidden City in the year of 1911, they chose the Chongwen Gate. One big consideration was the American soldiers stationed here.

"The nine gates of the inner city and four gates of the outer city are the most important. From the Ming Dynasty, this gate suffered four disasters, and every time it was robbed, there were great disasters in China. It is said that it was during the Gengzi disaster that the arrow tower and the city tower were burned, and the Tatars lost their country. It is said that there were 72 gun holes on all sides of the arrow tower, which were powerful on all sides, combining the meaning of 72 earthly evil spirits; and the eaves and beams on the city tower had thirty-six roots. Combined with the number of thirty-six heavenly evil spirits, the arrow tower in the city tower was destroyed in the year of Gengzi, and these 100 single eight evil spirits were born."

Chen Yanmin, the mayor of the Beijing City, who played the guest role as Feng Shui, was talking nonsense. After he said this, he smiled and said, "In fact, Zhengyang Gate is the main gate of the inner and outer cities. If there is a crash here, it can only be said that the dynasty has declined."

Chen Yanmin said nonsense, but Zhang Taiyan's expression suddenly changed when he heard this, and his breath was hard to calm down. He was occupied by foreigners and refused to return it. He felt that it was a great loss of national prestige, but even Yang Rui admitted that he needed to tolerate in recent years, so he had to swallow his anger.

"One day we will drive all the foreigners out!" Zhang Taiyan took a few breaths, and his slightly red face finally calmed down. The four words "bearing humiliation" sound simple, but they are more than ten thousand pounds in weight. If it weren't for looking at the billions of silver...

"Sir," Zhang Fengxu, an official from the Ministry of Works, who was just discussing with everyone in the drawings, stepped forward and said, "Many places in the outer city are wasteland, and it is very feasible to move all the merchants in the inner city to the outer city. However, after decades, the outer city will probably not be able to carry it, so it can only move outside the capital. The plan for the imperial capital should be planned to be more than fifty kilometers outside the city to meet future needs."

"How many houses should be demolished in the outer city?" Zhang Taiyan asked. The capital planning was not under his control, but Yang Rui said that the construction was a solidified art, and the matter was under the Ministry of Rites. Originally, the capital was a symbol of the country, so how could people build randomly? Zhang Taiyan demolished the buildings as soon as he came up - all illegal houses in the inner and outer city with more than two floors must be demolished, and the government of the Six Kingdoms Hotel in the east sub-minister's four-story building in the east sub-minister's all-in-one buildings could not be managed. But the Chinese could still manage the buildings. For a time, more than a hundred shops built in the ten years after the Gengzi, the first ten years before the Xinhai period, all the inner city was fine, and the shops in the outer city were not happy.

"Sir, what is needed to be demolished in the outer city is the houses on both sides of the road to free up dozens of meters of avenues." Zhang Yuxu said.

"Wouldn't you be complaining again?" Zhang Taiyan didn't understand why the road had to be so wide, but this was what Yang Rui had to make it clear, so he had to compromise.

"This...," Zhang Qi was still thinking about how to speak, and his colleague Chen Qi said: "Sir, the people have changed their old houses to new houses. It's too late to be happy. Although the shops have also been moved, they are still on the street after the renovation, and there is no loss. Besides, most of the land in the capital is from the Ministry of Revenue. Since the landlord agrees, what is the tenant's need to say?"

Compared to his colleagues, Chen Qi is ten years older, so he speaks naturally and smoothly, but Zhang Taiyan obviously dislikes this. He said: "It is normal to demolish other people's yards and scold them a few times. Those who are willing to ask for money should not be short of compensation; those who want a house should build the house so that the people can live comfortably."

"Yes! Follow the instructions of the Lord." Chen Qi, Zhang Yuxu and others immediately bowed to agree.

"What are those yellow-skinned monkeys doing?" Captain James saw Zhang Taiyan and his men on the west side of the city tower as soon as he went up the city tower. He asked Lieutenant Fayor who came to hand over the shift.

"I think they are just observing what, who knows." American officials did not have uniforms, and American soldiers could not tell the uniforms and ranks of Chinese officials. Although Fayor knew that these people were officials, he did not know what kind of officials were. Besides, these officials had nothing to do with him.

"Observe..." Captain James, like him, only knew those officials, but he never cared about Chinese officials. He was always monkeys in any clothes that monkeys wore. And he also heard from the pastors in the embassy that more and more people are leaving the church, and China is becoming savage.

"John, look at their clothes, we should not interfere with them." Fayol felt that James wanted to go over and drive the Chinese away, so he couldn't help but say something, but he had already gotten off work, and he left after that.

"Hey! Get out of there!" Captain James saw that several of the people were getting closer and closer to the city tower, and they were surveying and mapping the streets below the city tower. He was already a pagan and could not help but shouted. However, if the people on the city wall were not learned from the old ones, or if they were studying in Japan or France, they didn't hear the call to him at first, but later they didn't understand what he was saying.

"Get out of here! Now!" Captain James, who felt neglected, impulsively led the two men to jump out of the obstacle connecting the city tower and the west wall, rushed to the New Year's official who was surveying and mapping. Not only did he push down the tripod of the surveying and mapping, but he also pointed his hand to the west and shouted, signaling them to get out immediately.

The government officials who understand surveying and mapping were all new students. When they saw a few foreigners yelling at them like bears, they were shocked. They came to survey and map the imperial road behind Qipan Street and Daming Gate. Although this place was still too far off, it was better than not seeing anything under the city wall. They knew before that the city tower was occupied by the United States. They didn't want to even approach the city tower.

"Why do you want us to leave?" Although the language was not clear, Sun Zhixia, who was the leader of the foreign military, still understood what the foreign soldiers meant. He helped the surveying and mapping frame up and questioned it, but in fact he felt a little panicked. He forgot that foreigners didn't understand Chinese at all.

The language was not clear, but his expression was clear. Several American soldiers affiliated with the Marine Corps were very dissatisfied with the Chinese's reaction. Captain James shouted again to ask the Chinese to get out, and the two soldiers next to him pulled the bolts to intimidate.

"What's going on?" Zhang Taiyan, who was attracted by the Americans' loud shouting "dogs", came over. He asked, but the person was stuck between Sun Zhixia and the American soldiers. Sun Zhixia and others, who were panicked just now, suddenly felt the heat caused by the redness on their faces.

"Stupid Zhu..." Zhang Taiyan and Shen Yanmin didn't understand English; Zhang Yuxu was born in Japan and graduated from Tokyo Imperial University. Before 1911, he taught architecture courses at the Higher School of the Ministry of Agriculture, Industry and Commerce, and did not understand English; only Chen Qi was a student in France, but he only knew French: "We are government officials, we are just surveying and mapping here..."

"go!" James didn't say anything when he saw the yellow monkey not leaving. There was still another one who came up without fear. When he was furious, he seemed to be too hard when he shouted 'go', and his saliva suddenly squirted Zhang Taiyan's face.

"Shameless foreigners!" Zhang Taiyan was furious and cursed, took out his handkerchief and wiped his saliva. He was angry and threw the handkerchief on the foreigners' faces. Just then, the bustle immediately began to begin on the top of the city...

In Yin'an Palace, Yang Rui Benzheng and Xie Zhangtai and Zhang Shi discussed the details of the Central Asian affairs. Li Zilong suddenly knocked on the door and walked in quickly. Seeing Xie Zhangtai also there, he said: "Prime Minister, Mr. Taiyan and the Americans started fighting at Zhengyang Gate!"

"Ah!" The three people in the study were shocked. The one who was most anxious was Xie Zhangtai. He knew the name of Zhang Crazy, and he had always been extremely xenophobic. This time he had a conflict with the Americans, and he was worried that he would be crazy again.

"What's going on? What's going on now?" Yang Rui was very unhappy. He hated reporting things the most.

"The Prime Minister was on the city wall west of Zhengyang Gate. It was said that the Americans did not allow the Ministry of Works to survey and map the city wall. Mr. Taiyan and the prefect Shen came forward to argue with them, but the Americans vomited a saliva. Mr. Taiyan was furious and threw the handkerchief on it..." Li Zilong's voice became smaller. If it weren't for Zhang Taiyan, he wouldn't believe that this was something Lord Shangshu could do, "...shes it on the Americans' face, and then... the two sides fought..."

"What about now?" Xie Zhangtai listened and couldn't sit still like an ant in a hot pan. He was not only worried that Zhang Taiyan would have to be tough, but also worried that the negotiations to abolish the Old Testament after the incident occurred in the Americans were not easy to negotiate.

"Now..." Li Zilong said, "The guards on the arrow tower have passed, and the American soldiers have suffered less losses, but when they rushed to the Zhengyangmen Tower, all the American soldiers in the military camp came up. Now both sides are facing each other on the Zhengyangmen Tower, and the battalions in the Minxiang Lane in the east suburbs have also moved, and... I guess there are also actions in Tianjin..."

"Have you shot?" Yang Rui's heart was shocked and calmed down. Zhang Taiyan had told him about the Zhengyang Gate Tower a long time ago, but he persuaded him to go back. At this time, we should not have had a quarrel with the Americans, but if we fired, it would be different.

"I didn't say this... I think I fired the gun, otherwise the Imperial Guard would come forward." Li Zilong was always clever and didn't expect that this time he was confused and stuttering.

"It will be different if you fire it." Yang Rui said lightly, and he turned to look at Xie Zhangtai and said, "As soon as you fire it, there will be casualties. This matter will not be good after all. Chong'an, can the Zhengyang Gate Tower take the opportunity to get it back?"

"It's done! Oh!!" Xie Zhangtai was really anxious. He really couldn't expect Yang Rui would make this request when he was burning his butt. He patted his thigh and said, "It's done. If someone is shot and killed, then the matter will really be a big deal. Uncle Mei is crazy, are you crazy with him? Think about the merchant ships on the Atlantic Ocean and the shipping business. Why can't you bear it for two or three years to mention this matter? Then, not to mention Zhengyangmen Tower, even the American Concession, I will also help you get it back."

"Americans have fired guns and injured people, so there is still a reason to withdraw!" Yang Rui suddenly shouted loudly. "When we were going to take back the Zhengyangmen Tower, what did the Americans say? They said this was their spoils. Although it did not belong to the scope of the Minxiang Lane in Dongjiao, it should still be occupied by Captain America. I still remember this now! Let them fight, this is just a border dispute..."

"It turns out, you! You can't be so confused!!" Xie Zhangtai was almost mad. He didn't know what medicine Yang Rui took. How could he speak like this?

He didn't care about Xie Zhangtai jumping his feet in a hurry. Yang Rui said to Li Zilong as if nothing had happened: "Call Wang Menghui and protect Uncle Mei. If there is only a hand-to-hand combat bayonet, let the imperial guards fight and grab the Zhengyangmen Tower back; if the Americans fired firecrackers...," Yang Rui thought for a while, "If you can't defend it, then burn the Zhengyangmen Tower. I won't leave it to them!"

"It turned out..." As time went by, Yang Rui became more and more mature and became less and less happy. During the European War, he said that the first task was to make money. Who knew that after this happened, Xie Zhangtai really wanted to smash his head open and see what was thinking.

"Don't worry, Chong'an, as long as we don't shoot, Americans will not die for bayonets." Yang Rui said. After he said that, he smiled again, "I can't sit in the yamen today. The ministers and Rui Enshi will come later. You can deal with them. What should you say, you should know."

"I don't know anything!!" Yang Rui wanted to run after adding firewood. The anxious Xie Zhangtai was immediately angry. He had never seen such a country leader.

"Then you say you don't know!" Yang Rui didn't care about Xie Zhangtai's anger. He smiled and said, "Chong'an. We are not going to attack Minxiang in the East Suburbs, nor are we going to kill foreigners. The current situation is because American soldiers are rude and insulting the important officials of this dynasty. This is just a border conflict. Also, don't forget that in front of the Zhengyang Gate, how will public opinion view the government? Let the people below fight. Even if we want to give in, we can only give in quietly afterwards. It is absolutely not possible now."

"What should I do with shipping?" Xie Zhangtai said. Seeing that Yang Rui had not lost his mind, he stopped stomping his feet.

"There are Japanese people in shipping, so don't forget that this is a partnership business, and the merchant ships are all wearing Japanese flags. This is why we cannot offend Britain. We have a falling out with the United States and we are in a split. The only Japanese in the world are most happy. Americans want to move the merchant fleet, and not talk about the Japanese, they are afraid that the British will not agree." Yang Rui left Yin'an Hall after he said that. Shortly after he left, the Portuguese leader Fu Lide, the Portuguese leader, joined the British Minister Mamule and the American Minister Rui Enshi, into Yin'an Hall.

"Mr. Xie, on behalf of the ministry, I strongly protested against your country's open violation of international public law. If your team does not withdraw from Zhengyangmen, then all countries will interfere in this!" Fu Lide was full of energy and his beard flew straight. He originally had to face Yang Rui's words in front of him, but he didn't want to find Xie Zhangtai.

"The Zhengyangmen Tower has never been within the scope of the East Suburbs, and naturally it is not within the scope of international public law!" Xie Zhangtai said. "This incident was caused by the rudeness of the American soldiers. If countries want to interfere, please interfere."

When Xie Zhangtai saw Zhang Taiyan and Yang Rui causing this, he was already angry. Now, when he heard Fu Lide's words and interference that he had not heard for a long time, he suddenly became angry. After he said this, Fu Lide, Mamule, and Rui Enshi's faces changed drastically. Fu Lide was surprised that Xie Zhangtai was tough, and Mamule suddenly thought about whether China was attracted by Germany, while Rui Enshi was surprised that Xie Zhangtai, who had always been gentle, said this.

After the three of them were stunned, the person involved Rui Enshi said: "Mr. Xie, your country should not provoke such an incident in order to recover the Zhengyangmen Tower. This is immoral and violent. Neither the US President nor the American people will agree to Gui's deliberate provocation and crime."

"Mr. Rui Enshi, first of all, your judgment on the cause of this incident is wrong. Our country has always planned to take back the Zhengyangmen Tower by negotiation instead of a resolution by force. If it is intentional, why should we wait until today?" Xie Zhangtai said, "Secondly, the incident happened outside the diplomatic embassy area rather than inside. Your soldiers openly insulted our important minister, Lord Zhang Taiyan, on our territory, and shot our personnel. Who is the crime against whom?

Dear Ministers, my country has always hoped to negotiate with other countries through negotiations rather than force to resolve the issue of abolishing the Old Testament and signing the New Testament. I really never thought of solving it through force. However, if all countries want to assemble another coalition and start war against our country with some bad excuses, then you must remember that our country is by no means the Qing Dynasty!”

"Mr. Xie, I think the most important thing to do now is to order your team at Zhengyangmen to withdraw and discuss how to hold the incident accountable after the situation has subsided." After hearing what Xie Zhangtai said, Mamull felt that China was not attracted by the Germans, and he immediately breathed a sigh of relief. As for the current situation on the European battlefield, Britain needs the United States and China, and he really doesn't want the two countries to fight.

"Mr. Rui Enshi, on behalf of the Greater China Government, I would like to formally notify you of your Excellency: At 2:35 this afternoon, your soldiers insulted for no reason, beat up Lord Zhang Taiyan, a member of the cabinet of our government, and shot and injured two people. This behavior is a blatant trampling on international public law and the greatest insult to our government. I now ask you to hold the person responsible for the incident and ask him to make a formal apology and compensation to our government and Lord Zhang Taiyan; and this incident started because of the Zhengyangmen Tower, which has never been illegally occupied by your team. I ask your government to return the Zhengyangmen Tower from now on."

Before the foreign envoy was released, Xie Zhangtai finally asked what happened. So before Rui Enshi and others arrived, he wrote a very careful official note. He was not thinking about Zhengyangmen, but asking the Americans to make concessions in the event of a loss - the person who apologized to China was just ordinary soldiers, not the American government. However, he was obviously wrong. Rui Enshi, who was always elegant, was angry at this time. He always believed that the Zhengyangmen incident was a conspiracy directed and acted by the Chinese. What insults and beatings were just acting.

"His Excellency Minister of Foreign Affairs, Zhengyangmen is a land occupied by our Marine Corps during the period of boxing chaos. Your country cannot deny previous crimes and treaties just because of a different government. Like the embassy area, Chinese people are prohibited from approaching within 50 meters of the city tower. Your country's officials knowingly commit crimes and are warned by our soldiers and will not retreat after they are warned, and there will naturally conflicts. And now your country's occupation of Zhengyangmen is completely contrary to the Beijing Protocol and violates international public law. I sincerely hope that your team will withdraw from Zhengyangmen and officially apologize to our country." Rui Enshi looked at Xie Zhangtai. When he could not find Yang Rui, he believed that this was a conspiracy of the Chinese.

"Since that's the case, please go back." Xie Zhangtai had to smile bitterly after hearing what Rui Enshi said, "I hope you can treat this matter calmly and not deliberately add conspiracy theories to it to cause a rift in the friendship between the two countries!"

Xie Zhangtai actually served tea to see him off and didn't want to talk anymore. The British suddenly became anxious. He said, "Sir Xie, since the incident is just an accident, it should be properly resolved instead of losing one's mind and allowing it to expand. This is very unfavorable to both of you."

"I really want to solve this problem, but the premise of solving the problem is that everyone wants to calm down, but the ministers come and protest, accusing the matter of being deliberately caused by our country. This is not an attitude to solve the problem at all." Xie Zhangtai said, "China was not the Qing Dynasty, and it is not afraid of any foreign interference. We only talk about reason and only recognize the truth."

In the last negotiation of the return of Zhengyangmen, the gentlemen of the United States believed that the city tower was the spoil of the US Marine Corps. I would like to ask, is China and the United States still in a state of war? Or is the American government not recognize the Beijing Protocol at all? My idea is that if the American government recognizes the Beijing Protocol, it should recognize that Zhengyangmen has never been within the scope of the protocol; if it does not, what reason do they have to accuse our country of violating the protocol? Here I will stick to my minimum requirements, and the soldiers involved in the accident must apologize to Lord Zhang Taiyan."

"No! This is impossible!" Rui Enshi didn't want to make things worse, which was also the reason why the US Marines did not shoot in the future. But now Xie Zhangtai's minimum request is to apologize. If he agrees, then the Marines and even President Wilson will oppose this request - official, white people apologize to the yellow people. This kind of thing has never happened. Although only a Marine Corps captain was apologized, in the eyes of outsiders, he would represent the entire United States government. (To be continued.)
Chapter completed!