Chapter 173 Yipin Member

OMYGAD?

This is Hu Pinyuan's first reaction after seeing the list. In the years of living in Boston, he has never touched the history collection at all. He is all about learning English and preparing to run a business.

That's good. The court sent him a flower exploration for nothing.

What's more surprising is yet to come.

He Jing suddenly proposed to marry a stepdaughter to Hu Pinyuan. When everyone asked about the source, they continued to have an "OMYGAD", which turned out to be the youngest daughter of Prince Chun, Rong Huige, who was only 14 years old.

Manchu and Han can't get married, but among the people, this rule has long been broken.

There is no way. Many depressed Manchu people can't afford to marry Manchu women, so they have to marry Han women with a little money as Manchu people.

In the court, Master Qianlong took a detour and passed on a grid to the Han minister, revoked his nationality, and married the champion at that time as a civilian woman.

There is no other reason. Qianlong was happy and liked it for a while.

This kind of thing often happened later. For the needs of marriage, Manchu and Han officials often did this.

But in order to marry the Hu family, he demoted the emperor's sister Rong Huige to a commoner and marry the second young master of the Hu family. This is really a little ridiculous.

Hu Pinyuan originally ordered a marriage in Hangzhou, but later went to the United States. The woman's family did not agree very much. Because she was in a hurry to send her brother abroad, Hu Chuyuan paid to solve this matter and retired with the other party.

Not long after arriving in the United States, Hu Pinyuan married an American woman who taught him English.

Hu Qianyuan said that the other party found that Hu Pinyuan was very rich and took the initiative to seduce Hu Pinyuan. The relationship between the two had been unstable after marriage. At the beginning of 1988, the two divorced, and the woman took hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of jewelry from Hu Pinyuan.

Two people have a son and a daughter. The woman didn't want it at all and threw it to Hu Pinyuan.

After all, the marriage with Prince Chun's family is a big deal. Hu Pinyuan is also very anxious and wants to be a son-in-law, but he has been married once in the United States, and the matter of his two children cannot be exposed.

After all, she is the emperor's sister. How is it possible to make a sequel for others?

Anyway, Prince Chun didn't care. Hu Chuyuan was also a person who liked to be a father, so he agreed to transfer Hu Pinyuan's two children to his own name. He did not record this matter in the family tree, just regarded it as his children in the genealogy.

On July 4, 1889, Hu Chuyuan, who returned to Shanghai to serve as Prime Minister of Senior Affairs, picked up his two children from Beijing and brought them back to Shanghai to raise them.

At this time, Wu Shuzhen had already returned to Shanghai with her family to live in the garden.

Hu Chuyuan was promoted to the imperial court from the prime minister of Yipin and the minister of commerce in the south of the Yangtze River. He was given a scholar's background and led the co-organization of the university scholar. He was also awarded the title of first-class male and first-class cloud cavalry lieutenant. His wife Wu Shuzhen became the first-class wife, which was more noble than the ordinary first-class wife.

Hu Pinyuan, the second son of the Hu family, has become a new science detective and will also become an invisible son-in-law.

The dignity of the Hu family is unparalleled in Jiangsu and Zhejiang.

In terms of prestige, the Weng family, the Li family and the Cao family in Huizhou, which are gradually falling down, are left in the six provinces of the south of the Yangtze River.

The Hu family and the He family who moved to Hangzhou are two marriages, and they are also close relatives.

As soon as Hu Chuyuan returned to Shanghai, officials from all over the country and consuls of various countries came to congratulate him one after another. The merchants on the Shanghai beach also came one after another, and the giant merchants from all over the world also broke through the threshold.

There is also a very special visitor among these people - Kang Youwei.

Although he didn't like him and played around, Hu Chuyuan was still very polite to let him in and let him make an appointment obediently. He waited in Shanghai for three days to enter Hu Chuyuan's itinerary.

Hu Chuyuan is a very measured person. He is different from ordinary people. He let Kang Youwei in early in the morning of the day. He also invited Kang Youwei to have breakfast together. He also had breakfast in Guangdong.

Kang Youwei was overjoyed. He was taken into the Yile Hall in the West Garden. When he saw Hu Chuyuan's family, he found that it was a family banquet. He was even more surprised and felt quite honored.

Hu Chuyuan is reading the English weekly Asia Weekly published yesterday. Wu Shuzhen and Pan Limei are busy letting the children sit down for dinner. Although there is only one biological daughter, there are two other stepsons and a stepdaughter in the family, four children, the eldest stepson is 7 years old, and the rest are only three or four years old. It's the time to be naughty. Well, it's noisy.

Hu Chuyuan didn't care and let his two wives ask. He felt that it was normal for children to be lively. Anyway, he had already read newspapers and publications in this atmosphere.

Seeing Kang Youwei, Hu Chuyuan asked someone to pull away the chair beside him, asked him to sit down, and then said lightly, "There are many things these days. There are officials and rich people from all over the world, as well as those consuls, no one can neglect it. You're in a hurry. I can only arrange it for breakfast time. Let's talk about it directly. Wait a minute, the new German minister, Mr. Shen Ke, will also come.

"Yes, yes, yes!"

Kang Youwei claimed that he was, and then arched his hand and said with a smile, "Your excellency can still take time to receive Kang in his busy schedule. Kang is really flattered. Unfortunately, Kang disappointed the adult. Last year, he returned to Guangzhou to participate in the township examination. He didn't want to anger Lord Wu Weifan of Guangzhou Xuezheng because of some small things, so he deliberately let me land.

"Oh? How can there be such a thing?"

Hu Chuyuan looked very surprised and said, "No, after you left, I deliberately let people know Wu Xuezheng and recommend your talent to him?"

"This... Well, Kang doesn't know what's going on. Maybe Kang is arrogant and neglects Lord Wu!"

Kang Youwei was also very surprised. It was a lie made up casually, covering up the fact that he landed, and he did not dare to talk to Hu Chuyuan seriously.

If he doesn't say it, then don't say it.

His landing was deliberately arranged by Hu Chuyuan, but Liang Qichao was found by Wu Weifan. He said that he did have a genius. Although he was only 16 years old, he had already won.

Nowadays, Liang Qichao was recommended by Wu Weifan to Jiangnan National College, where he was taught by Yu Yue and Niu Yu Geng.

These two, one is a real master of Chinese studies, learning rich and reading articles all over the world, and the other is a person who has studied Chinese and Western. After eight years of hard work, he followed Hu Chuyuan around Europe and the United States three times. What they have learned is far from comparable to Kang Youwei's half-bottle.

Kang Youwei hurriedly changed the topic and said, "Your excellency is promoted. Kang's wealth is poor. Only calligraphy can still be used, so I wrote a couplet to express my congratulations."

With this, he sent a very exquisitely framed couplet, and his handwriting was also very generous and made a breakthrough.

After years of training, although Hu Chuyuan's words can't be elegant, his eyesight is very powerful. At a glance, you can see that Kang Youwei's calligraphy is still very good.

He likes these things, and it doesn't vary from person to person. He took them down with a few comments and appreciation.

He was praised by him. Kang Youwei was even more happy, and then sent a book of the Practical Examination of the Han and Tang Dynasties written by himself. Basically, Kang You quoted the scriptures for himself and used the old stories of the Han and Tang Dynasties to prove that the practical school was the orthodox study of governing the country. Since ancient times, the holy and sage emperors have mostly ruled the country with practice.

Hu Chuyuan took this book "The Practice of the Han and Tang Dynasties" and turned over, feeling that this book was a little innovative for the practice.

He put down the book and said to Kang Youwei, "This book is good. You can take the book to the business printing office, and I will send someone to print thousands of copies."

Kang Youwei was slightly disappointed. His book was to please Hu Chuyuan. In order to get the appreciation of Hu Chuyuan, a first-class member, he stayed up all night for a month before writing it before others.

As far as he knows, there are a lot of people who want to write this kind of book recently.

He originally hoped that he would have to get tens of thousands of copies printed by the semi-official Jiangnan Printing Bureau, and each official would send a copy to let everyone know his name and talent.

Seeing that he looked embarrassed, Hu Chuyuan asked, "Why, are you not satisfied?"

"How dare, how dare?"

Kang Youwei hurriedly denied it, but said, "Your Excellency, this is a matter of helping the righteousness. It is appropriate to do it on a large-scale basis. If Kang's talent is unbearable to the adult's eyes, you can also ask another university scholar to do it. It must be done quickly and do it again. Since ancient times, if the name is not correct, it will not be smooth. If you do something big, you must correct the name first.

Hu Chuyuan thought a little and said, "What you said makes sense, but this matter... In fact, Jiangnan National Academy and Jingshi National Academy are doing such things, but you know that Yu Yue and these people are famous classics masters for a long time. Prince Gong and Prince Chun also attach great importance to it. Pan Junji takes the lead, and everyone is particularly special. Be careful, for fear of a little omission, always do it slowly. When I came back from the capital, I also talked with Li Zhongtang on the way. After the bibliography was completed, it was printed together in the name of the Jiangnan Printing Bureau and the Prime Minister's Office.

At this point, he apologized to Kang Youwei again: "Anyway, Mr. Yu is the mentor of my two brothers, and several children of my cousin's family are now also named after him... I always have to give this face. I hope Mr. Kang doesn't mind."

This is simply a shadowless thing. It is clear that Kang Youwei has given him a new inspiration, but he wants to deceive Kang Youwei, which is not as easy as fooling children.

Kang Youwei did not doubt that it was fake. He thumped in his heart. After landing, he planned to be a staff member beside Hu Chuyuan and secretly looked for new opportunities. He racked his brains to think about this. He wanted to be a stepping stone to make Hu Chuyuan really aware of his talent, and rightly invited him to enter the curtain.

For a while, Kang Youwei didn't know what to do.

Hu Chuyuan said, "Mr. Kang, you might as well go to Guangzhou again. The emperor is in power, and Enke is re-established. There is also a township examination in various places this year. As far as I know, there will be a new person in Guangdong. You might as well go back to Guangzhou to take the examination. Although I don't know who Xuezheng is, I will write a letter to him in person.

Kang Youwei hesitated for a moment. After thinking about it, he decided to go to Jingshi to try his luck.

He said, "This time, I want to go to Beijing to take the exam and take the Shuntianfu township examination of Beijing Normal University."

Hu Chuyuan said, "That's okay. The problem is that the place of Beijing Normal University is mixed with fish and dragons. There are all kinds of characters and power is entangled. I dare not recommend it to you easily. Well, you go to the Jingshi National Academy to find the military aircraft Zhangjing Wang Yirong, and say that I invite you to go. If you live in the National Academy, you can often communicate with other scholars and officials. At that time, I will ask Wang Yirong to introduce a few like-minded people for you.

Kang Youwei was overjoyed and quickly thanked him.

At this time, Chen Shanyuan hurried in and whispered to Hu Chuyuan, "Your Excellency, is someone coming from Shandong?"

"Who?"

Hu Chuyuan asked.

Chen Shanyuan said, "Lord Zhang Zhidong, the governor of Shandong, ordered him to handle the Qingdao industry. He specially came to the Shanghai Concession to visit you by the way. He also brought some bronzes as a congratulatory gift. I took a look and felt that it was quite valuable."

"Oh!"

Hu Chuyuan nodded slightly and said, "Lord Zhang is still a decent official with a meager income and contacts. You can ask Mr. Miao to prepare a gift for him. The price is slightly higher than 20% to 30%."

Chen Shanyuan nodded and said yes.

Hu Chuyuan continued to ask, "Has Mr. Shen Ke, the German minister, come?"

Chen Shanyuan opened the itinerary and said, "Mr. Shen Ke is already waiting in the Yingbin Building. Behind him is Lord Zeng Zongyan, the magistrate of Songjiang, and after him is Boss Liu Yong Liu of Nanxun. He should talk about this year's silk business. It seems that he also wants to invest in Tianjin Real Estate, and the amount is estimated to be tens of millions of yuan. I'm a little worried about the risk, so I want to ask you about the bottom line. In addition, King Nasserdin Shah of the Kazard dynasty of the Kingdom of Iran sent a special envoy to Shanghai. Although there was no prior notice, he came from afar after all. Moreover, I thought he looked very urgent, so I invited him into the Yinghua Hall to live first.

Hu Chuyuan said, "There are a lot of things today. The matter of Shen Ke's place is also particularly important, not to mention Zhang Zhidong. As for Iran's matter, nine times out of ten is to ask for help, and it is not a trivial matter. Let's do this. Go and inform Lord Zeng to put his appointment in the back...!"

Before he finished speaking, Chen Shanyuan was a little unbearable and said, "Your Excellency, Zeng Zhifu has been inserted three times. At the beginning of the month, he came to make an appointment."

Hu Chuyuan sighed and said, "I can't help it. He'd better bully him. Forget it, you go and ask Mr. Yan to receive him for me. If there is anything, Mr. Yan can deal with it by himself.

Chen Shanyuan nodded and asked, "Where is Lord Zhang? Does the order still need to be adjusted?"

Hu Chuyuan said, "No, I'll take care of him at noon. You ask him to cook more authentic southwest spicy dishes in the kitchen. In addition, you ask Mr. Miao to accompany him around the Jinxiu Villa and stay in my house at night. I will arrange a grand luncheon for the special envoy in Iran in the evening. If you have anything to do, let's talk about it at dinner. I really can't arrange it.

"Then I'll do it like this!"

Chen Shanyuan agreed and turned around and left the Yile Hall.

Hu Chuyuan then said to Kang Youwei, who had been eavesdropping with his ears, "Mr. Kang, I'm embarrassed. The trip is too tight, and several things have to be discussed in detail."

Kang Youwei couldn't help sighing and said, "Your excellency is really reasonable. Kang admires and envies him very much. It's worth Kang's death to have such an opportunity to serve the court. Then Kang won't bother you too much. He will arrange to go to Shuntianfu tomorrow.

Hu Chuyuan nodded and sent him away.

After being delayed by Kang Youwei, the breakfast was already cold, and Wu Shuzhen changed another one for him.

His breakfast is still the same as before, two boiled eggs, one milk or soy milk, some simple fresh vegetables and fruits.

After breakfast, he went to the big study to officially meet the German minister Shen Ke.

This meeting is very important. Shen Ke brought Bismarck's handwritten letter. In addition, Shen Ke will also negotiate some particularly important things with Hu Chuyuan on behalf of Germany.

Last time in Germany, Hu Chuyuan talked to Bismarck several times and met the German Emperor Wilhelm II through Bismarck.

Hu Chuyuan persuaded the two to cooperate with China in just a simple way to deal with Britain and France's support for Japan and Russia, maintain a balance in East Asia, and limit the expansion of Britain, France and Russia.

The reason is very simple. As long as China continues to recover and its military and national strength are strengthened, Britain, France and Russia are bound to increase its military deployment in East Asia, which is also a very good opportunity for Germany.

Shen Ke came here this time to implement a specific cooperation treaty with Hu Chuyuan.

Hu Chuyuan and he negotiated with him for more than an hour, and finally determined that in a long period of time, they would gradually unify the German and Chinese military and sea military equipment standards, railway standards and other mechanical standards, and adopt metric units, which is conducive to the expansion of economic and trade between the two countries and the military cooperation between the two countries.

As one of the most important cooperations, German Krup Industrial Company and Germany's largest foreign travel in China cooperated to open a new Shanghai Krup Industrial Company in Yangpu, Shanghai Concession, to produce artillery and shells, and transfer part of the technology to Jiangnan Manufacturing Administration.

For the Mauser rifle and the 1888 committee rifle, Germany transferred technology at a time at the price of 200,000 taels of silver, allowing the official manufacturing bureaus of the Qing Empire to use relevant technology.

The Qing Empire secretly purchased 12 more warships and 258 Krup rapid-fire land artillery from Germany. On the surface, they were still produced as additional warships purchased by the German Admiralty.

On this basis, Germany will secretly send a total of 30 army officers and more than 40 technical teams to give guidance to China's military and official battalion manufacturing bureaus. China will send a total of 60 young officers and technicians to study in Germany for further study.

After reaching this agreement, the two also talked in private. Emperor William II very much welcomed Hu Chuyuan's investment in Germany and granted Hu Chuyuan German citizenship, avoiding some legal restrictions.

Of course, there are also conditions. Emperor William II needs Hu Chuyuan to guarantee that his investment in Germany will not be separated. No matter how much the investment amount is, no matter how much the capital rolls over, he will continue to stay in the German and colonial markets.

Hu Chuyuan agreed to this condition and basically confirmed that his initial investment would be about 100 million taels of silver, which would be injected in five years.

As long as he has real money, he must be the most popular person in the world.

(to be continued)