Beiyang 1917

"Oh, Superintendent Wang, your strength is too strong. You almost broke my wrist. Next time, I have to stay away from you!" The foreign minister flicked his wrist in a hurry, complaining .

"Deputy Chief Xia came just in time, and I don't know the head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs very well. I'm worried that no one will help me introduce the ministers of those countries." Wang Geng raised his wine glass and pointed to the British and American ministers and other people over there.

Xia Yiting obviously had a black, white and fat wrist while moving, and said with a wry smile,

"I'm just here to see you. The Prime Minister has specially taken care of you. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has even prepared the office, secretary, and translator for you to supervise the negotiation with the United States. Look at the bruise you pinched for me!"

"I'm really sorry. I'll treat you another day and make amends to Vice Minister Haosheng. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has even prepared a secretary and an interpreter for me? Where are they?" Wang Geng asked while looking around.

"Later, the prime minister said that your English was better than the full-time interpreter of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and that your office is in Nanyuan, so the office and the secretary's interpreter were withdrawn by the prime minister." Xia Yiting said with a smile.

Nima, make me happy, Wang Geng slandered in his heart, obviously Duan Qirui didn't want to involve too much energy in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, a department that has always been dominated by southern party members, so he didn't plan to let himself hang out there all day.

"Come on, let me introduce you. Damn, when the Yankees said they were going to join the war, the British, French, and Japanese envoys buzzed around the American ambassador like he had been beaten to death. They almost thought it was Washington! Unexpectedly, the President of the United States will be able to officially sign the document for joining the war in six hours! You have a heavy burden to supervise the negotiations with the United States!" The foreign minister said in a low voice while leading Wang Geng there.

This foreign minister, Xia Yiting, whose name is Ting Zhai, is still Wang Geng's hometown in Jiangsu, but he is from Jiangyin, born in Gongsheng.

He used to be an interpreter at the embassies in Germany and France, and later served as the first secretary of the embassy in France, and later served as the secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Beijing government, the secretary of the State Council, and the consul general in Yokohama, Japan, and then the counselor of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.In April last year, he acted as the deputy foreign minister; in October, he was appointed as the acting foreign minister; he also served as an adviser to the presidential palace and the State Council.

After Wu Tingfang took office as the Chief Minister, he still served as the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs. When Wu Tingfang resigned a few days ago, he continued to act as the Minister of Foreign Affairs. Although he was only 39 years old, he seemed to be a senior veteran of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

"Senior Minister, I heard that you are proficient in English, French, German and Japanese?" Wang Geng said with a smile when he saw that Xia Yiting was not accompanied by a secretary or translator. If you want to say that Xia Yiting is a better professional diplomat than Gu Weijun at this time Home, if you can get here, it can really play a lot of roles in the future.

"German and French are okay, English is okay, and Japanese can only make up for it! It's okay, I'll be your guest translator later, don't worry!" Despite Xia Yiting's words, there was a look of color on his face, and those who were full of Qing Compared with the old and the young, I am a professional diplomat, but my language is my strong point.

At the moment, Wang Geng is a celebrity in Premier Duan's eyes, and Xia Yiting is happy to see it succeed. Why not do it if Prime Minister Duan has a powerful person in front of him to compete with Xu Shuzheng for his favor.

Soon the two approached the circle of ministers from Britain, the United States, France and Japan. The Japanese minister Lin Quanzhu had sharp eyes and caught Xia Yiting at a glance. He came out of the crowd with a smile and said,

"Brother Ting Zhai, why did you come here so late, the landlord? Has the Chinese-government made a decision? When will we declare war on Germany?" A little ghost smell.

"Aha, Vice Minister Xia, I heard that you are acting as foreign minister again. If you ask me, your cabinet doesn't know what to think. In my opinion, you are the best candidate for foreign minister. Why do you need acting?" French Minister Kant unexpectedly He also speaks a mouthful of Chinese, although the pronunciation is a bit strange but definitely understandable.

The British Minister Zhu Erdian and the American Minister Rui Enshi were obviously attracted by the handsome Wang Geng next to the foreign minister. Zhu Erdian extended his hand to shake hands with Xia Yiting and said with a smile,

"Brother Ting Zhai, it seems that you have a new friend to introduce to us tonight? This young man is really handsome, I don't know which family he is from!" Chinese with a Jiangbei accent is easy to understand.

"Old friends, let me introduce to you, the young man next to me is our new foreign affairs supervisor, Wang Geng, who has studied in the United States for 7 years and just returned from studying in the United States at the end of last month!" Xia Yi Ting introduced Wang Geng to the ambassadors of the four countries.

"My lord, Wang Geng, at West Point, send my greetings to all the ministers and lords!" Wang Geng greeted the meeting gracefully, with his usual expression.

"Aha, you are the Wang Geng who dived into the Brooklyn Bridge to save lives? An honorary citizen of New York who was featured on the front page of the New York Times a month ago, Wang Geng, a third-year student at West Point Military Academy!" U.S. Minister Rui Enshi obviously maintained a close relationship with the U.S. With the close connection, looking at Wang Geng's face at first felt like deja vu, but now when he said his name, he suddenly remembered who Wang Geng was!

"Paul, this Mr. Wang is actually a celebrity in your America?" British Minister Zhu Erdian asked American Minister Rui Enshi curiously.

"Haha, he was a famous figure in New York a month ago. He didn't expect to return to China so soon, and...became the supervisor of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs? Congratulations, Mr. Wang, it seems that we have a lot to deal with in the future!" While answering Zhu Erdian's question, Rui Enshi reached out to shake hands with Wang Geng.

"Brother Tingzhai, who is Mr. Wang Geng from? It must be not easy to be a young man who can be supervised by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs as soon as he returns to China!" The envoys of the four countries are all China hands, and the Japanese envoy Lin Quansuke continued to talk about Beijing. Movies, did not use his mother tongue Japanese to embarrass Wang Geng.

"Lin Sang, your Chinese is really good. When will you send me a Japanese teacher? China and Japan are closely related. Please take care of me in the future!" Wang Geng smiled and shook hands with Lin Quanzhu.

"It's easy to say, easy to say! I look forward to the day when Mr. Wang becomes the supervisor of negotiations with Japan!" Lin Quanzhu said with a smile.

"Mr. Zhu Erdian, you are an old friend of the Chinese people. I hope that the Sino-British friendship will continue to develop in the future!" Wang Geng smiled and shook hands with the oldest elder Zhu Erdian. So full of confidence to engage in imperial rule.

"Mr. Wang, your birth made me feel really old. The waves behind the Yangtze River push the waves ahead, and a newborn calf is not afraid of tigers." Zhu Erdian obviously had a good first impression of Wang Geng, and joked.

"Mr. Kant, it's a pleasure to meet you. Your country is a flag of the free world and the mainstay of civilization. I hope you can give me more advice and help in the future!" Wang Geng then shook hands with Kant.

"The free world needs everyone to defend it together, Mr. Wang, our government is looking forward to China's participation in the war as soon as possible!" Kant is obviously an impatient guy!

"Mr. Kant, Wang Geng, I am only negotiating and supervising the United States for the time being. I am afraid I have to ask Deputy Minister Xia about the foreign affairs with France!" Wang Geng responded with a smile.

"According to the meaning of Wang Geng, it seems that Wang can decide the foreign affairs of the United States by himself?" Lin Quanzhu had sharp ears and heard the connotation of Wang Geng's words.

"Deputy Chief Xia, is that really the case?" U.S. Minister Rui Enshi couldn't help asking, his heart moved. This is really unexpected. Could it be that this Wang Geng has such great power in the Chinese-government?

"Well, Premier Duan has ordered that Wang Geng is indeed in charge of the Foreign Ministry's negotiations with the United States. He is not only the supervisor of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, he is also Premier Duan's national policy advisor and diplomatic and military secretary!" Since Xia Yiting has served Duan Qi Rui's instructions came to set up a place for Wang Geng, but he didn't dare to hide it, and poured beans into the bamboo tube to reveal Wang Geng's details.

"Supervisor Wang, that's really disrespectful to use your Chinese words. No accident, the United States will formally declare war on Germany tonight. Now, on behalf of the US government, I once again call on China to declare war on Germany as soon as possible!" US Minister Rui Enshi held Wang Geng's hand solemnly,

"The conclusion of President Wilson's speech in Congress is: Participating in the war will greatly help world peace, and not participating in the war will greatly damage world peace. I want to pass this sentence on to the Chinese government. The Cabinet conveys the urgent request of the U.S. government!"

Nima, I clearly taught Woodrow Wilson this sentence!While slandering, Wang Geng said seriously,

"Saving world civilization and safeguarding peace is the responsibility of every civilized country that upholds justice. Please rest assured, the Chinese government will never stand idly by!"

"The Chinese people will stand with the American people and defend peace to the death!" Wang Geng firmly held the hand of American Minister Rui Enshi!