Chapter 26 Friendship

September of the ninth year of the Empire.

In the quiet courtyard under Zijin Mountain, the golden osmanthus in the courtyard spit out intoxicating ecstaples, and sprinkled a little white on the yard through the sunlight through the gap between the branches and leaves. The blooming ** competed with the golden osmanthus in the courtyard. Several sparrows squeaked around in the leaves, and there were waves of melodious pipa in the small study. , the music is flowing, and the music is graceful and crisscrossed, which is a peaceful atmosphere.

This is the villa of Yang Du, the leader of the Constitutional Party.

At this time, Yang Du was dressed in a pale green dress, holding a teacup in his hand, and half-closed eyes on the rocking chair. With the chair shaking back and forth, Yang Du listened attentively to Xinna's little concubine Jingxian playing the pipa. The tune was Yang Du's newly filled in "Butterfly Love Flower", and Jingxian played the pipa and sang by herself.

Listening to the music, Yang Du looked so uncomfortable. At the end of the song, Jingxian first squeezed her lips and smiled, and then sat on the armrest of Yang Du's rocking chair with her eyes flashing eyes.

At this time, Yang Du also stopped and smiled at Jingxian.

"Good, you sing very well, rhyme, beat, sing all the emotions when I fill in the lyrics!"

paused for a moment and said again.

"It's just that the "can" tone is a little lower, and it seems that it should be higher. If the tone is low, it will be suspected of hurting the song!"

The master's words made Jingxian curl her lips.

"Why is it still high? I think it's better to be lower. It should be low!"

"Huh? Why?"

Yang Du asked anxiously. In the past, when he filled in the new song and gave it to Jingxian, she always practiced singing according to the rules and regulations, and never went against her will, so he was strange now.

"Look at you, it's rare to be idle. It's so messy outside. If you sing high, it will provoke your thoughts. I really want to be so low-headed and safe like this!"

Jingxian's few words only made Yang Du sad. He nodded first, and then shook his head.

"You don't know, my lord, I have been..."

The voice was a little heavy, and Yang Du said helplessly.

"It looks like the scenery, but after the scenery, it is careful and cautious in everything. After suffering from the armpits for so many years, it is not known to others..."

Thinking about the sins he had suffered in the past nine years, Yang Du sighed, narrowed his eyes, gently hugged Jingxian, and snuggled tightly.

Outsiders never knew that as early as nine years ago, Yang Du had a file and prepared a case in the Investigation Bureau. It can be said that he relied on selling friends for glory, so that he had later peace. Later, the Constitutional Party was not as good as one by one, which also had something to do with his caution. But sometimes, in order to calm the dissatisfaction within the party, he had to order People launched all kinds of seemingly "pier-popping methods" in the House of Lords. As a result, the Constitutional Party became a joke, and in the end, the Mingzhu Party got a bargain.

Unwilling!

How could Yang Du be willing? At that time, he had thought of becoming a prime minister, but what about now? The leader of the Constitutional Party may not be stable, but the silence of the past nine years made him realize that if he wants to live a peaceful life, he can only "point down" the imperial cabinet, so that he can clearly take out something from the investigation bureau, at least so that he can no longer be controlled by the investigation bureau.

It is for this reason that he secretly met with Liang Qichao and merged with the Constitutional Party and the Mingzhu Party into the "Mingzhu Constitutional Party". The unity of the two parties has an overwhelming advantage in the provincial parliament, and there is also a nearly half advantage in the lower house of the parliament. If it is a little bit more, it may be possible. There is a chance to win more than half of the advantage, but in the end, it is necessary to realize the formation of political parties.

Now Yang Du has a long time to be the prime minister. At least he has no idea for the time being, and there is only one wish of a "party to form a cabinet". If this wish is realized, then Liang Qichao will be the prime minister of the cabinet. He Yang Du, Dr. Yang, who has obtained a doctorate in law from Yale University, is the minister of justice. Naturally, it is also reasonable, but the investigation bureau is ordered by the Ministry of Justice. At that time, the tight spell on the forehead will have a chance to take it off.

As long as the tight spell is taken down, thinking of that day, Yang Du's heart burned an ambition again, an ambition that he had never really given up.

Let Liang Qichao go for the time being! Let him take the lead. No matter what the outside world says, the investigation bureau known as the "East Factory" is still unclear? He just needs to make suggestions behind his back. If the people of the Investigation Bureau find him, it's a big deal... Just as he was thinking about how to deal with it, he listened to the porter coming to preach.

"Marzan, the Commercial Agency of the German Empire in China, asked to see you!"

The Commercial Agency of the German Empire in China?

The communication of the concierge only stunned Yang Du. This business agency in China is simply a famous place created by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Germans. On the one hand, it declares war on the other hand, and on the other hand, it "sympathizes with a large number of German businessmen and overseas Chinese to make extraordinary contributions to China's economy, industry and education", so what? "I really can't bear to treat them with overseas Chinese", so I set up such a commercial agency. The fact is that it is still the original team of the German embassy. This so-called declaration of war, at least for now, the Germans have suffered a great loss, but in order to avoid China's involvement in the war, they swallowed it, and even said that they were overseas colonized. The people's land in the hands of the Chinese people is better than the British and the French.

Now, although China and Germany are in a "state of war", and the German Commercial Agency in China, Marzan, after China banned the "Sing-German Friendship Association" in accordance with the law, it has organized the "Asia-China-Europe Friendship Association" with China's pro-German faction and German expatriate stranded in China's political axe organs, enterprises and universities. "Yes", constantly attract Chinese celebrities to stand on the side of Germany, and constantly say through those celebrities that "Germany has no intention to fight against China", "China's declaration of war on Germany is only under pressure", "China and Germany can negotiate peace at any time". In short, Germans are still very active in China, and even Together with the army, not only did not put the German [***] affairs advisers in the prisoner of war camp, but continued to use the German [***] affairs advisers.

For this "state of war" between China and Germany, British Minister Jurdian, French Minister Kang Ting, and Russian Minister Krupanski are extremely dissatisfied with China's political axe's acquiescence to pro-German group activities. They have already protested against the political axe many times. In the face of their protests, the answer of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs is very simple, and the contract has not expired. Moreover, China must not accept "to please other countries at the cost of losing billions of yuan due to the dismissal of German consultants, experts and scholars."

"Your Excellency the Prime Minister!"

As soon as he saw Yang Du, Marzan said politely.

"Your Excellency!"

He nodded his head as a greeting, and Yang Du stretched out his hand and asked Marzan to sit down.

"I don't know why you are here this time?"

While making tea, Yang Du asked bluntly.

However, Malzan smiled faintly without saying a word, and then carefully looked at the prime minister of the Constitutional Party in front of him. He was no different from most Chinese officials. In his spare time, he was wearing loose clothes, not "new clothes" imitating military uniforms. Now the wind of incited by the Constitutional Party made him immediately smell it. It is one of his tasks to win an opportunity for China to become a German ally again, but if it fails, it is also his task to avoid China sending troops to Europe as much as possible.

Now China's political situation is in chaos because of the "falling of the cabinet", which is completely in line with the interests of Germany. As long as the political situation is unstable, it is impossible for China to send troops to Europe. Moreover, on the other hand, Malzan believes that China also needs such an excuse. The reason why China declares war on Germany is for peace is the most fundamental reason. I'm afraid it's still for colonial expansion, but it's acceptable for Germany to temporarily lose those overseas colonies that could not be preserved.

Thinking about it, Marzan asked quietly.

"Mr. Prime Minister, have you been healthy recently?"

"Ma's agent is here at this time. I'm afraid he doesn't only care about Yang's body!"

Yang Du answered the question softly, picked up the teacup, made an action to invite tea, and then waited for him to continue.

"Natural!"

Yang Du came straight to the point, but let Marzan nod his head and take out a document from the package at the same time.

"I came to see the Prime Minister today, but it's for another thing!"

"Oh?"

In addition to the light response, Yang Du's eyes stared at the document that Marzan took out, and he was curious about what the content of the document was.

"This document is an internal document of a British company!"

"Oh!"

Seeing that Yang Du didn't understand what he meant in his words, Marzan said directly.

"If this document is made public, I'm afraid that several political axe officials will be investigated. Out of friendship between friends, I think it is necessary for me to say hello to you!"

When referring to "friendship", Marzan deliberately aggravated his voice. In fact, this document was obtained by German intelligence personnel as early as two years ago. The content is very simple, but several British companies agreed to give a 20% rebate to the Chinese government officials responsible for purchasing machinery and equipment. This telegram may be effective in peacetime. It's not big, but it can have an unexpected effect at this time.

As soon as the telegram is made public, it will definitely give a fatal blow to the cabinet, which may lead to this downfall. The political situation in Nanjing is stable and unfavorable to Germany. The more chaotic it is, the more beneficial it is to Germany. For Germany, the dispute between the Chinese parliament and the cabinet is only one of the links. The most important link is the acceptance of the officials who purchase equipment. Bribery will directly affect China's economic system. As long as the Chinese begin to question the country's economic operation model, which is only for the benefit of some officials, it will not be possible for China's political arena to calm down at least one to two years. By that time, the war in Europe will be over.

"Friendship of friends!"

After taking over the document handed over by Marzan, Yang Du was stunned by the content of the telegram. This is, if it is announced, the telegram will be a heavy blow!

This is simply adding fuel to the fire! However, as soon as he raised his eyes, Yang Du looked at Marzan.

"Mr. Agency, what do you want?"

"Friendship of your country!"

(to be continued)