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Chapter 1318 [Sudden awakening]

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    "Sir, Director Gu arrived in Shanghai last night and stayed at the Chinachem Hotel." Chen Brei said by the way when delivering the documents.  Regarding Gu Weijun, Wang Xueqian¡¯s mood is a bit complicated now.  In terms of affiliation, Gu Weijun is Cao Kun's man.  But at the same time, there is a neutral faction in the cabinet, and whoever is in power seems to be inseparable from him.  Therefore, he came to Shanghai to solve the diplomatic crisis on the one hand, mainly the conflict with the British; on the other hand, he may also bring questions from Cao Kun.  Cao Kun doesn¡¯t like British people. In fact, he doesn¡¯t like any foreigners.  "It's one thing to like it or not, but with Cao Kun sitting in his current position, he is the one responsible for any conflicts at the national level, or even conflicts at the local level, when problems arise.  Who made him value the position of president so highly?  Wang Xueqian thought about it for a while, but he also had a lot of clues. Anyway, Gu Weijun was not in a hurry to see him, so he just let him go for a while: "The attitude of the British has been unclear recently. It is too early to rush into diplomatic negotiations. Let's wait for a while."  " Chen Bui knew it well and nodded to make arrangements.  Of course, Chen Brai may not feel it deeply, but Wang Xueqian has already felt the British attitude very keenly.  Right now is indeed not a good opportunity for diplomatic mediation and negotiation, because no matter how good your words are, they may not count in the end.  Because the British Consulate General in Shanghai was unusually calm, with almost no diplomatic activities. This attitude has shown that the British Consulate General in Shanghai no longer have the authority to deal with what happened in Shanghai.  Sir Considine's jumping up and down act is over, he has become an outsider.  This is the wrong time to intervene in diplomatic negotiations.  It is better to let Gu Weijun relax in Shanghai for a few days and feel the atmosphere of the people, so that he can feel confident.  This kind of emotional exaggeration was something Wang Xueqian couldn't explain to Gu Weijun in words. He could only feel it himself.  At the same time, there will be a clearer contrast and understanding of the positions of the subsequent negotiations.  The Foreign Minister of the Republic of China suddenly appeared in Shanghai. Although Gu Weijun had no plans to make a public appearance, all parties had received the news. However, everyone maintained a restrained attitude, or waited and waited for Gu Weijun's arrival.  The British should be the most anxious, but now that Sir Considine has calmed down, there is no need to calm down. The news has spread to the mainland. Baron Lee Farrar, the Empire's Special Secretary for the Far East, has led a large investigation team from  Departing from the mainland, the fastestshould arrive in Shanghai in a month.  It can be said that British affairs in Shanghai no longer have anything to do with Sir Considine.  All major decisions need to be made after Baron Lee Farrar arrives in Shanghai. All he needs to do is wait quietly.  In fact, he was just a diplomat, and he was not to blame for the outcome of the war. The diplomatic handling and policies of the Republic of China were still in charge of the ministers above, and he had little to do with them.  He mainly failed to communicate well with the local warlord, Wang Xueqian, a politician who was popular in the political circles of the Republic of China.  The British Minister to China, Sir Eston, has also left Yanjing. In the following negotiations, Sir Considine will at most play the role of a receptionist. As for formulating the aftermath, I am afraid that he has nothing to do with it.  Therefore, it is not difficult to understand that Sir Considine deliberately pretended not to know about Gu Weijun's arrival in Shanghai.  The only thing he has to deal with is the Suffolk cruiser anchored on the beach of the Yangtze River. If his boss doesn't come for a month, this British cruiser will become a teaching material for Britain's defeat and be admired by other countries in the busiest port in the Far East.  Bar?  However, Sir Considine did not think that Gu Weijun could solve the warship issue.  All the decision-making power is still in the hands of Wang Xueqian, and only his attitude is the key to the negotiation.  Of course, from Sir Considine's point of view, it would be best if the empire could get rid of Wang Xueqian, but in the past year or so, Wang Xueqian has not set foot in the concession area at all.  Even if Wang Xueqian was in the concession, Wang Xueqian's cautious attitude did not think that the British government's intelligence agents would have a chance to take action.  After gathering several major forces in Shanghai, the British did not know whether the power Wang Xueqian could use in the concession was stronger or weaker than the concession authorities.  Before the negotiations started, Gu Weijun went to visit his father-in-law. His daughter was living at his grandfather's house. As a father, he couldn't ignore it.  Huang Huilan, the stepmother, had nothing to say well to Gu Weijun's daughter, but she still didn't dare to visit her rashly.  Tang Shaoyi's family is not so easy to enter.  In Shanghai, Huang Huilan actually bought a piece of land more than two years ago, in the French Concession. Later, she built a garden house, but no one lived in it for a long time. Although there was someone to take care of it, it could only be taken care of, and it was not considered as dedicated.  Besides, safety is not even as good as Chinachem Hotel.  But HuaThe number of people coming in and out of Mao Hotel recently has been so mixed that Huang Huilan also feels a little upset.  There are also preparations for moving.  Gu Weijun went out for a trip, and when he returned to the hotel, he was a little disappointed.  "Is Xiaoju okay?" "I went to the park with his grandpa to play." Gu Weijun put down his politeness, hesitated for a while, and said, "When I first arrived, some foreign officials checked into the hotel. I heard the waiter say,  This is because the Richard Hotel was full of British officials, so they came to the more expensive Chinachem Hotel. "I don't know what made this hotel so messy recently," Huang Huilan complained.  The kind of person who has been used to enjoying things since childhood and hates messy and slovenly people. In her impression, officers are also unpopular people.  "If that's the case, it's better to go to the Main Universal Hotel." "Wouldn't that let Zi Gao know?" Gu Weijun shook his head with some self-deprecation. Wouldn't Wang Xueqian know that he came to Shanghai?  The moment he disembarked from the pier, Wang Xueqian should have known that his trip had arrived in Shanghai, right?  When he said this, he was probably deceiving himself.  Unlike in the past, Gu Weijun¡¯s arrival this time was uninvited and he represented the Cao Kun government.  From the perspective of the relationship between the central and local governments in the Republic of China, he would not be popular anywhere he went.  The local governors' resentments towards the central government were of various kinds.  Unless it is within Cao Kun's sphere of influence.  It's a pity that no matter how you look at it, Wang Xueqian will not include him in Cao Kun's camp.  "By the way, I took a look at the house when I came back. It's not as bad as you said. My father-in-law has been sending people to take care of it. It's just that the house is bigger and it's more empty when you live in it. But the environment is much better than that of a hotel.  There are also swimming pools and tennis that you like." "This" Huang Huilan was a little hesitant. As a woman, trusting such things is relative, but she would never give it to her husband's ex-father-in-law.  This is a pair of people in naturally hostile camps. They may make excuses in this life, or they may greet each other with smiles, but they will never fall in love with each other.  Just like treating Gu Weijun's late wife Tang Baoyue, as a latecomer, it is understandable to express respect, especially since Tang Baoyue has passed away and does not pose any threat to her.  But once she felt that Gu Weijun loved his ex-wife more than she did, the jealousy in her heart was about to overturn.  Huang Huilan wouldn't say it, she would just be twice as kind to Gu Weijun, but the stiffness on her face betrayed her heart.  When I heard that the Tang family sent someone to take care of the house, I felt a little confused.  But facing her husband, she didn't say anything out loud, so she could only keep it in her heart.  In my heart, even Wang Xueqian was blamed, even though he was a good friend, he refused to even take care of the house.  Gu Weijun, who moved into a new home, was worried. He increasingly felt that Wang Xueqian's lack of control might bring greater trouble to the diplomacy of the Republic of China.  But that night, Tang Shaoyi's arrival made him surprised and suspicious.  He knew that his father-in-law¡¯s political stance was unpredictable since he and Mr. Sun Da parted ways.  And he rarely appeared in public. In the eyes of outsiders, Director Tang was already an idle man who retired at home, but Gu Weijun knew that Tang Shaoyi might not be that simple.  "Are you going to hide like this all the time?" Tang Shaoyi stood condescendingly in front of Gu Weijun, which made Gu Weijun neither stand nor sit, dodging the other person's sharp gaze with an embarrassed expression.  As Gu Weijun's senior diplomat, Gu Weijun began to learn many diplomatic skills from his father-in-law.  It is useless to show off your cleverness in front of Tang Shaoyi.  Gu Weijun also knew that the other party was feeling uncomfortable. A daughter would marry a poor boy like him, but he died in a foreign country within a few years, and his soul could not be brought back. The father would look good on his son-in-law?  After the relationship between the two suddenly changed, even the words of the two people who had been praised by outsiders were memories that made Tang Shaoyi angry.  Because they both have the word "Shaochuan", Tang Shaoyi rarely calls Gu Weijun by name, and the way they call each other is somewhat stiff.  "Father-in-law" "Since Xiaoju calls me grandpaforget it, let's not talk about this." Tang Shaoyi waved her hand, stared at Gu Weijun and asked, "How many days have you been in Shanghai?" "Four or five days." Gu Weijun  Answer truthfully.  "Why didn't you go to Wang Zigao?" Tang Shaoyi continued to ask unceremoniously.  Gu Weijun frowned in embarrassment, feeling that he was already standing in a dead end, surrounded by threats hiding in the darkness: "Father-in-law, you are making such a big fuss, and the British haven't reacted yet. Don't you think there might be something wrong here?"  Is it that simple? " "You mean fighting?" Tang Shaoyi glanced at Gu Weijun and said, "Logically, you should know a lot about the British."If I felt that the British really wanted to launch a war, let's just say that in Guangzhou during the Daoguang period, Yilu, as the plenipotentiary representative of British businessmen, immediately fled to the British armed merchant ship at the Pearl River Estuary.  And what about Considine?  Still stupidly living in the British Consulate General in Shanghai by the Suzhou River.  What do you think this foreshadows?  " "Will the British send an investigation team from the mainland to Shanghai?  " Gu Weijun said subconsciously. When he first came to Shanghai, he was so frightened by Wang Xueqian's big moves that he didn't think of this level. "The fact that you can think of these things immediately shows that you are not stupid, but you can't hide from Wang Xueqian.  , is your stupidity.  Whether it is a local or central government, you are a diplomat. If you can bring benefits to the Republic of China, you are already a competent diplomat. Why are you thinking so much about things that should not be your concern?  Regardless of whether Wang Xueqian is determined to drive the British into the sea and completely restore Shanghai's sovereignty, or whether the protests are loud and small, it is not a question you should care about.  What you should pay attention to is whether there are any provisions in the existing treaties that can be modified after the British attitude changes, and that can bring benefits to the Republic of China.  " Tang Shaoyi is leaning on a cane. It is different from the crutches with curved handles commonly used in the Republic of China. He prefers Western-style civilized sticks, which will not make people feel old and lonely, but can make people look more energetic. Gu Weijun raised his head again  When he came, his eyes were full of gratitude, but Tang Shaoyi did not give the other party a good look. Instead, he glanced at the time on his pocket watch and muttered: "Your daughter is very noisy, come to pick her up at home tomorrow.  " Gu Weijun said in his heart: Isn't my daughter your granddaughter? If you think your granddaughter is making a fuss, why didn't you give it back to me earlier? I have to say that when it comes to family relationships, Tang Shaoyi is definitely the kind of person who talks what he means. He cares about the love between father and daughter.  Of course, Tang Shaoyi, who was at home, was still very lonely. When she went out, she made a decision that made Huang Huilan very angry: "Xiao Ju is about to go to school.  She is of age, and you are not the kind of person who lives at home. To avoid being scared away by following you, I have already enrolled her in St. Mary's Girls' School.  "(To be continued.)
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