Travel through the Qing Dynasty and become emperor

Chapter 540 Secret meeting with Zhang Zuolin

"Marshal, of course no one dares to think of you. I am here this time to remind Marshal that it is very likely that the Koreans did this." Fangze sat on the sofa opposite Zhang Zuolin with a stern expression on his face. Looking at Zhang Zuolin in military uniform, but at this time his hands were tightly crossed together. Although the weather was very cold, sweat was already dripping from his temples.He thought to himself, this dwarf Zhang is not easy to deal with. He has always been soft and hard, but everyone has weaknesses. Zhang Zuolin is no better than Yuan Shikai. He also has ambitions. The most important thing now is how to grasp this weakness. , to lure him to cooperate with the Great Empire.Yoshizawa Kenkichi is a top student who graduated from Tokyo Imperial University. He is proficient in foreign affairs and has a strong sense of diplomacy when encountering some major international events.At this time, the 54-year-old Yoshizawa Kenkichi is at the most mature period of life, experience, and thinking, so he is very confident in himself because he thinks very comprehensively.

"Really? Why do you say that?" Zhang Zuolin asked with a sullen face.

"I speculate that the Wanbaoshan incident happened not long ago, and the relationship between China and North Korea is very tense, and you are the military and political chief of the Northeast region, and the North Koreans are likely to assassinate you to vent their anger."

"So that's the case, Your Excellency the Minister. If you infer the Nakamura incident not long ago, does that mean that it might have been done by someone?" Zhang Zuolin immediately recruited Fangze into his army.

Fangze choked on the other party's words, hesitated for a long time, and finally smiled awkwardly: "Hehe, I'm just speculating, just speculating, I hope the facts are much better than we imagined."

"My old Zhang already knows the truth. We caught an assassin and explained everything."

Before Zhang Zuolin finished speaking, Fangze was so frightened that he almost slipped off the chair, and asked urgently, "Who did it?"

Zhang Zuolin sneered and said, "Minister, why are you so nervous? Doesn't it mean that I, Zhang, must report this matter to you?"

Fangze noticed his gaffe, straightened his body and said, "No need, no need, just catch the real culprit, that's good." But he was flustered in his heart, doubtful.

Zhang Zuolin didn't like Fangze, so he pretended to yawn and said, "Okay, after so much trouble, I'm sleepy now too. Forgive Lao Zhang for being rude, I'm going to sleep first."

"Wait a minute. Marshal, I have an important matter to discuss with you." Fangze finally couldn't help but express his intention.

Zhang Zuolin spat hard in secret, and then sat back on the sofa: "If there is something important, hurry up and talk about it."

Fangze leaned closer with a flattering smile: "What does the commander-in-chief think of Yuan Shikai who launched the rebellion?"

Zhang Zuolin raised his eyebrows, and immediately raised his vigilance: "Why do you ask this?"

"Curiosity, just curiosity, just treat us as two friends and chat casually."

"Hmph, Yuan Shikai is overestimated, and his death deserves more than he deserves. My old Zhang despises such a dog slave the most. The emperor treated him with great kindness, and promoted him from a small North Korean Dao to a feudal official. Not only did he not Knowing to serve the emperor's kindness, he raised his troops to start a rebellion. Thanks to the emperor's sage, he had already seen through the old boy's conspiracy and tricks, so the rebellion was quelled. Fangze, I'm only talking about it after you asked him. If someone else , I won’t even mention Yuan Shikai.” As he spoke, Zhang Zuolin lit his own jade pipe and puffed it up.

Although Zhang Zuolin was rude on the surface, his words were impeccable and he sealed the door tightly.

But Fangze was not reconciled: "Commander, with all due respect, I and many people in the Great Empire think Yuan Shikai is a great hero. He dared to openly challenge the imperial power. Just because of this, this man is worthy of respect. Also, Why did Yuan Shikai launch a rebellion? Is His Majesty the Emperor of your country really treating him well? As far as I know, it seems that he is not. He was worried and tried to deprive him of his military power, which was the main reason why Yuan finally raised his troops."

Zhang Zuolin took a puff of cigarette and stared at the other party with squinted eyes: "These are all China's internal affairs. There is no need for Your Excellency Fangze to criticize here. If you want to talk about it, you should also speak to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of our country. My old Zhang only knows how to use it." With the salary of the imperial court, you have to do things for the emperor wholeheartedly, and don't care about other things."

Fangze smiled cheekily: "I mentioned Yuan Shikai to remind you, Commander-in-Chief, that you are a teacher who never forgets what happened in the past. The emperor of your country also has doubts about you. Just imagine that you led the Eastern Expeditionary Army to attack in the Sino-Russian War. Go down to St. Petersburg, but your emperor not only did not reward you, but instead sent you to the European war. This is clearly trying to push you to a dead end. Fortunately, the commander was outstanding and won the war, so he avoided killing himself Disaster, you have not been reused by the court in the following years, which just shows that the emperor has no trust in you."

Zhang Zuolin stood up abruptly, and pointed at Fangze with a cigarette stick: "Fangze, you are probably here today to sow discord between our monarch and ministers, if so, please go back, I won't say anything ugly today See off the guests!" Zhang Zuolin stood up and was about to leave the living room.

Fangze couldn't bear it anymore, and said with a blushing face, "Marshal, I am here to represent the Great Empire, and I am sincerely here to remind you. Well, let me get straight to the point. The Great Empire hopes to establish a relationship with you. Friendly cooperative relationship, as long as you can make the Northeast region independent from China's jurisdiction, the Great Empire will fully support and support you as the king of the Northeast and establish the Manchurian Empire. At that time, you will be a figure who can keep pace with the emperor of your country. "

Zhang Zuolin held back his anger, and waved his hands impatiently: "Mr. Fangze, you are indeed more elegant than that Yoshida, but you should go! I, Zhang Zuolin, will not agree to this condition even if I am unsuccessful in my life. "

Zhang Zuolin, who is one year older than Kenji Fangze, has experienced a much more exciting and heroic life than Kenji Fangze, so of course he understands what Kenji Fangze is up to.But at this time, Zhang Zuolin saw that Kenji Fangze did not become angry because of him losing his temper, so he couldn't lose his temper anymore, but as a Chinese, he absolutely could not agree to the conditions offered by Kenji Fangze, because He knows man's wolfish ambition.Since the words are not speculative, I have to see off the guests.

"Marshal, your current situation is not optimistic! Have you forgotten how we helped you when you were in trouble when you were a hero in Haicheng, Liaoning? As long as you agree with me We can still cooperate sincerely under the given conditions.” Kenji Fangze tried hard to persuade Zhang Zuolin, because he was very confident that Zhang Zuolin would agree to his request, because now Zhang Zuolin is facing difficulties. Two major events that shocked China and the world occurred in the region one after another. Zhang Zuolin's political future is also facing a major test, because as long as Zhang Zuolin agrees to his conditions, he will send troops again to help Zhang Zuolin turn the tide. He does not believe this mercenary A dwarf who was born as a horse bandit leader in the Northeast would care about the righteousness of the country and the nation.

"Let's go, Mr. Fangze. If you don't leave, I will see off the guests." At this time, Zhang Zuolin seemed to have not heard what Fangze Kenkichi said just now, and gave him the order to expel the guests again.

At this time, Fangze Qianji's expression finally changed. He couldn't figure out that this dwarf who was a soldier and a horse bandit also harbored national righteousness in his soul?
Kenji Yoshizawa said heartily, Yoshida-kun, it seems that I overestimated my own ability, this dwarf Zhang is really difficult to deal with, no wonder you are angry with him. "Commander, I think you should remember that Shigeru Yoshida once said to you, 'If you really don't accept it, the Japanese side should find another way.' Is this sentence?"

When Fangze Kenji said this, he had already stood up, but although he kept calling Zhang Zuolin a short man in his heart, his height was not as high as Zhang Zuolin, and Zhang Zuolin was only 1.6 meters four.

"Hmph! My surname is Zhang waiting for you!" Zhang Zuolin replied coldly at this time, looking down at Fangze Qianji with contempt in his eyes.

"I can tell the commander responsibly that the Nakamura incident will not end here, and human lives will not be ruined in vain. As the highest military and political officer in the Northeast region, you should take full responsibility for this matter." Fangze is still doing the final work. struggle.

This series of threats made Zhang Zuolin furious. You stood up suddenly from your seat, threw the emerald pipe in your hand to the ground violently, smashed it into two parts, and said to Fangze in a stern voice: No report, no investigation, call me responsible, damn it, it’s unreasonable! Fangze, if you are sensible, get out, go back and tell you shit, if you have any conspiracy, just use it on me, I dared to be you when I was a beard Small tickets, now I'm still afraid that you guys won't succeed, if you have the ability, I'll see you with real swords and guns!"

At this time, Fangze felt angry when Zhang Zuolin's gaze swept across his face, because as a famous family and a high-achieving student who graduated from a famous university, he had never received such a contemptuous gaze.But he didn't say anything else, and walked out of the living room, because he has his dignity. At this time, he represents the great empire to negotiate with the "Northeast King" of China. He won't argue with Zhang Zuolin so ungraciously. Humans are the most polite nation, because he believes in his heart that compared with the Chinese people in the East today, they are the truly civilized people.The Han civilization that they admired and respected has perished under the iron heels of the Hu people. The current Chinese cannot be called Chinese, they are all humble Chinese.

Just when Kenji Yoshizawa opened the door and walked out of the room, he bumped into a Chinese military officer, and Fangze cursed loudly: "Baga!"

Unexpectedly, the officer who was big and rough shouted: "You are young!" This Chinese officer was none other than Tang Yulin who was fearless.

"I'm sorry! I'm sorry!" Fangze immediately regained his humility and courtesy, bowing and apologizing to Tang Yulin again and again.

At this time, Kenji Yoshizawa felt a pair of eyes staring at him from behind, because he felt that Zhang Zuolin had seen the scene of his gaffe just now. As a famous family and the diplomatic face of a great empire, he should not have lost his composure like this. .

Fangze thought to himself, it was all caused by this dwarf Zhang, and indeed, as Mr. Yoshida said, talking about cooperation with this person is like playing the piano with a cow!It seems that the future can only be handed over to the military department.

(End of this chapter)