mage in the late qing dynasty

Chapter 637 The only rebel in this era

Zhao Chuanxin's eyes widened: "Brother Li, do you mean that I want less?"

Li Weige wanted to persuade him not to cede territory and pay compensation. Wouldn't it be nice for him to receive millions of Japanese yen safely?

He opened his mouth: "This... is not..."

Zhao Chuanxin interrupted him: "Hey, it's a joke. It's not that I, Zhao Chuanxin, am acting rudely, it's just that the Japanese brought too much money this time and I can't help myself."

Zhan Tianyou choked on his tea.

He took over the conversation: "Actually, the compensation for ceding land..."

Zhao Chuanxin interrupted him again: "Aren't you excited about ceding land and paying compensation? At that time, this piece of shit Zhao Yixian said - Zhao Shenxian, your idea is a bit bold, why don't you just forget it? When I heard that, I Angry, I said you really deserve to die, I will use all my life's knowledge to cut you into thousands of pieces, even 9999 pieces will not work. If one piece is missing, I will have the same last name as you - if my apprentice hadn't stopped him desperately and knelt down to kowtow to you. He begged for mercy, but what you see now may be a pile of dumpling fillings."

Zhao Yixian: "..."

Zhan Tianyou and Li Weige: "..."

The two of them stood up in shock, not sure whether Zhao Chuanxin was joking or telling the truth.

Because Zhao Chuanxin is indeed the master who kills people whenever he disagrees!
The two of them didn't have the courage to say the next words.

Zhao Chuanxin laughed and said, "How about you two brothers? I can't thank you enough for supporting Zhao so much. By the way, what were you going to say just now?"

The little old man Li Weige hurriedly shook his head, and the temples of his glasses were a little loose when he shook his head: "No, it's nothing..."

Zhan Tianyou said awkwardly: "We should support him, Mr. Zhao did a good job..."

"Speaking of support..." Zhao Chuanxin rolled his eyes: "Brother Li, Brother Zhan, you two should have professional engineering personnel on hand, right?"

The two nodded, but looked confused.

Zhao Chuanxin explained: "I am planning to establish a technical college in Hankou. There is a serious shortage of teachers. Can you two support me?"

Li Weig said in embarrassment: "I hired Luebel, a German Luxembourg craftsman, as the chief engineer, but he brought a group of European engineers to work in Han. But there are two difficulties. First, German engineers have higher salaries; second, , German engineers are too precious to teach Chinese engineering skills..."

Zhao Chuanxin smiled coldly: "I will make an offer they can't refuse!"

Li Weige leaned out half of his body: "How do you say this?"

"How about I let them leave China alive in the future?"

Li Weige: "..."

As expected, one method is applicable to all methods.

This is very Zhao Chuanxin.

Others would definitely not dare to threaten foreigners, and some people would like to have their foreign father imprisoned.

But Zhao Chuanxin's words are definitely powerful.

Zhan Tianyou sighed: "In 1905, when he was appointed as the chief engineer and director of the Beijing-Zhangjiakou Railway, there were only two engineering students available. At that time, the project was dangerous, the funds were limited, and the lack of talents was deeply felt. Mr. Zhao ran the college It's a good thing. After I go back, I will try my best to persuade students to come to teach and educate people."

Zhao Chuanxin did not just let the horse run, he still had to eat grass when he should: "Tell the students that if they are willing to come, the salary will be increased by [-]% compared with the current salary."

In fact, Zhan Tianyou's salary is not high, more than 1000 taels of silver per month, which is far lower than the salary offered by foreign companies that want to hire him.

But Zhan Tianyou still resolutely served the country.

Zhao Chuanxin suddenly asked: "Brother Li, how does Lu Beier's salary compare with Brother Zhan?"

Li Weige smiled bitterly: "A bit higher."

Zhao Chuanxin bared his teeth and smiled: "Very good. The German guy who comes to teach in the college has the same salary as Brother Zhan's students."

Li Weige tactfully advised: "Mr. Zhao, if this happens, I'm afraid that the remaining engineers will be panicked and no longer willing to do their best for the coal and iron plant!"

"Let's talk about it." There were two voices in Zhao Chuanxin's heart. One told him that if he wanted to steal his master, he couldn't do it without paying a price; the other voice told him, why did the foreign devils get so much?
Zhan Tianyou and Li Weige stood up to leave, and Zhao Chuanxin sent them downstairs.

Before leaving, Zhao Chuanxin suddenly changed his playful smile, and his face became more sincere: "Both brothers, since the Qing Dynasty entered the customs, they have gradually weakened over the hundreds of years. It has been 1842 years since the Opium War broke out in 66. Surrounded by great powers, the Qing court signed more than 700 unequal treaties with various countries.

There are four major cases of land splitting: the Treaty of Aihun, the Treaty of BJ, the Treaty of Shimonoseki, and the Treaty of Tacheng Boundary, totaling 157 million square kilometers of territory.

There are three countries that paid the most compensation, namely the "Treaty of Xinchou", "Treaty of Shimonoseki" and "Treaty of Southern Liaoning", with the compensation exceeding 13 billion taels of silver. "

Everyone knows that during the 66 years of the Qing Dynasty, the Qing Dynasty continued to pay reparations, cede territory, and sign unequal treaties. The humiliation never stopped.

However, no one has ever put this account together.

Zhao Yixian was dumbfounded and murmured to himself: "Oh my God..."

Li Weige and Zhan Tianyou were horrified: "How could there be so many..."

Zhao Chuanxin smiled and flicked the cigarette butt away: "There are more than 700 unequal treaties, so many that not only the foreigners think that we Chinese should cede land and pay compensation, but even we ourselves think it is natural."

Zhan Tianyou and Li Weige were silent.

Zhao Chuanxin took out a knitted hat and put it on his bald head to keep out the cold, and said calmly: "You all think I should give up, right?

Just accept it when it's good, right?

but,

I, Zhao Chuanxin, want to be the only rebel in this era! "

Zhao Chuanxin's voice was not loud and his tone was calm.

But the bodies of the three people present couldn't help but tremble.

I felt enlightened and inexplicably excited.

Zhan Tianyou's throat was choked, Li Weige's beard was trembling, and Zhao Yixian felt ashamed...

Zhan Tianyou suddenly felt more confident in his heart. He was sure that even if he said the wrong thing, the murderous Zhao Chuanxin would not do anything to him.

He patted Zhao Chuanxin on the arm: "Zhuan Xin, I was wrong. If you want to build a college, I will fully support it."

Li Weige bent down and clasped his fists: "I will persuade Sheng Zuotang to let German engineers take turns teaching, and all the expenses will be borne by the coal and iron factory."

As for the rest, screw it!
What does it matter whether the great powers die or not, whether they love them or not?

It started to snow at the right time, and the snowflakes flying all over the sky melted as soon as they fell to the ground.

The two of them saluted again, turned around and left, their steps extremely firm.

When they walked away, Zhao Chuanxin patted the stunned Zhao Yixian on the shoulder: "Yixian, give up. In terms of beauty, talent, and charisma, you will never be as good as Zhao Yixian in this life. Look, you have saved a lot of money." Just a pen of money, and you don’t have to be embarrassed to be a double-standard dog. Oh, this is the wisdom of 300 years of life, and you will be able to swim three thousand miles into the water, good poems, good poems."

Zhao Yixian couldn't laugh or cry. He really couldn't see through the man in front of him.

Laughing and cursing, ruthless and cold-blooded, which one is the real Zhao Chuanxin?
Zhao Chuanxin, however, was already walking back humming a song: "Wumeng Mountain is connected to the mountains outside the mountain, and the moonlight shines on Xiangshui Beach. Can anyone tell me, but the sky is calling you..."

……

The negotiations launched in the Russian Concession in Hankou were even more turbulent than the massacres in the concessions of various countries in the previous two days.

Major newspapers in Hankou could not find Zhao Chuanxin, but found Sheng Xuanhuai, Li Weige and Zhan Tianyou.Because these three people were witnesses of the entire incident, they also represented the Qing court on the neutral side.

"Hankou Zhongxi Bao", founded in the 32nd year of Guangxu's reign, has always been famous for its impartiality, neutrality and objective reporting.

Editor-in-chief Feng Zhusun interviewed Zhan Tianyou: "Mr. Zhan, as far as you know, who is Zhao Chuanxin?"

Zhan Tianyou smiled: "Life has its length and destiny has its ups and downs. Zhao Chuanxin's importance as a person can be called the glory of China!"

He returned Zhao Chuanxin's words of praise to him intact.

Feng Zhusun was speechless.

It is conceivable that if this sentence is spread, at least Cixi will not be happy after hearing it.Zhan Tianyou would rather offend Cixi than praise Zhao Chuanxin, which shows that this praise was completely sincere.

"Hanjiang Daily" interviewed Li Weige. When asked about Zhao Chuanxin, Li Weige said cryptically and openly: "Why does Jincao dislike the strong wind? Let's let the world be unjust this time and face the strong wind!"

Anyway, everyone knows what he is talking about, but no one can find fault with it.

Major newspapers across the country published it.

"Shenbao", known as the treasure house of modern Chinese history, published an article - "Why need a torch? Let the fireflies be the butcher or the dawn."

At this time, the "Shenbao" has not changed. The reporters are more professional than most domestic newspapers. They will go to the scene to investigate seriously and cover everything from the economic needs of the powerful to the hardships of the common people.

文中不但详尽真实还原了发生在汉口的一切，有意思的他们同时还附录了汉口各租界每年缴的租金：英租界近千亩土地，每年缴纳地丁漕米银92两6钱7分3厘1毫；俄法数百亩地，年缴地丁漕米银83两4分2厘；日租界600余亩，至今未缴分文……

People in Shanghai and surrounding areas read this report and couldn't help but explode. It turns out that the land area of ​​concessions in various parts of China has been expanding again and again, but they only have to pay such a small amount of money every year, and even more shameless people like the Japanese are so shameless!
"Well done, Mr. Zhao!"

"There is no need for torches, just fireflies, I vow to advance and retreat together with Mr. Zhao!"

"The great powers are hateful!"

"Hankou Chinese and Western News" not only remains neutral, but also bold.

When Feng Zhusun found out that Zhao Chuanxin had said, "I, Zhao Chuanxin, want to be the only one who goes against the grain in this era."

Feng Zhusun’s hair stood on end.

I immediately used this as the title - "The only rebel in this era: Zhao Chuanxin"

Once reported, sales surged.

All Hankou students say "I want to be a rebel".

"Fighting powers, face the strong wind!"

"Mr. Zhao's path is not unique, and we are all willing to be the rebels!"

"I would like to be Mr. Zhao's lackey!"

"The imperial court actually owes such a huge sum of money, and the disaster of ceding land is shocking!"

Zhang Renjun, who was on the boat heading to Hankou, read the newspaper and said with emotion: "For those who are sailing against the current, nine out of ten people will advance, one will retreat, and three will retreat. Only Zhao Chuanxin fought against the current and pushed hard!"

Cixi was furious after reading the newspaper: "Zhao Thief is hateful, he knows how to deceive people!"

After Sheng Xuanhuai read the newspaper, he was very angry and went to Zhan Tianyou and Li Weige: "Make trouble out of nothing, look at the good things you have done? I asked you to persuade Zhao Chuanxin, but you were persuaded by Zhao Chuanxin instead, right? It's okay now, Zhao Chuanxin The inheritance is made famous by the two of you, who is facing the strong wind, who is the rebel, let's see how you two end up?"

Zhan Tianyou and Li Weige were silent...

(End of this chapter)