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Hong Renxuan was not in a good mood when facing a group of young people. Although this group of young people were sent to him by the Department of Personnel in the Restored Viceroy Manor, Hong Renxuan could choose the people he thought could be his assistants according to his own preferences.
This was naturally a sign of trust, but Hong Renxuan was not optimistic that the Viceroy's Mansion would really believe him. First of all, Hong Renxuan believes that he and the former Foreign Minister Li Yuchang have opposing views on foreigners. Secondly, Lin Asheng, a senior official in charge of politics and law, has also made it quite clear that he does not agree with Hong Renxuan. Vézé did not express his strong support for Hong Renxuan. These conditions added together naturally could not make Hong Renxuan feel at ease. In addition, Hong Renxuan did not think that his blood relationship with Hong Xiuquan of the Taiping Rebellion would be ignored, nor did he think that this blood relationship would be a useful positive help to him.
It was just that Vézé had entrusted Hong Renxuan with an important task, and there was no statement of removing Hong Renxuan from his position. Therefore, no matter how unhappy Hong Renxuan was, it was impossible for him to directly go to Vézé and ask if Vézé did not trust him. Without waiting for Hong Renxuan's dissatisfaction to escalate, Vézé first called Hong Renxuan to his office, "Minister Hong, I heard that you are going to convene a meeting of foreign businessmen in Guangzhou. Have you ever put forward such a view? "
Hong Renxuan really didn't expect that his views would be relayed to Vézé by Major General Lin Asheng. He was so surprised that he couldn't even speak properly. "Yes … yes."
Vézé looked at Hong Renxuan's hesitant appearance and gave him an encouraging smile. Then he said, "Is there anything else you want to say?"
"Huh?" Hong Renxuan was really stunned. At that time, he only put forward the idea because he was against too impulsive action. But to be honest, Hong Renxuan felt that this was something that Vézé's Regained Commander-in-Chief should take the lead in. As a foreign minister, and a guy who had only been in office for a few days, he felt that he had no reason to jump out and take the lead.
"Minister Hong, the philosophy and position of our Restoration Association are decided by the democratic centralization within the Association. The short-term and long-term policies are decided by the upper echelons. A civil servant like you, who is in charge of specific affairs, has to be in charge of specific actions. You need not consider the personal opinions of our comrades. Some of us may trust you, others may not. Some might not like you, but some might like you very much. But this was not the decisive factor in determining the ideals of the Restoration Society, much less the decisive factor in determining the policies of the Restoration Commandery. Once a policy has been formulated, we ourselves must abide by it. We judge whether your work is effective, whether your ability is qualified, and whether you are resolute in implementing the policy. Are your actions in line with policy? Do you understand? "Vézé gave a frank explanation.
Hong Ren Xuan had never seen this kind of attitude from Wei Ze, and had never thought that there would actually be an organization like the Recovery Association and the Recovery Commander-In-Chief's Mansion in this world. "This matter requires the cooperation of many people. I'm afraid I can't do it alone."
"You definitely can't do it alone. If you can't do it, then report to the upper echelons. The upper echelons' task is to help you coordinate." Vézé said a little resentfully, "Minister Hong, I saw that when you were talking about the 28 important tasks, you spoke with confidence and composure. You don't seem like someone who doesn't know that everyone should cooperate. Why are you so hesitant when it comes to carrying it out? There is an old saying in China: Emperor Hai Bu sends hungry soldiers? Where is there a saying that the subordinates must do things to satisfy the superiors no matter what? If you encounter difficulties, then find out what the difficulties are and study whether you can solve it with your current ability. If you can't solve it, then find the upper echelons to help coordinate and solve the problem... "
Listening to Vézé's magnanimity, Hong Renxuan did not know how to respond. What Vézé said was actually right. A society, an organization, should indeed deal with problems in this way. However, Hong Renxuan only agreed with Vézé's statement, but did not dare to fully believe Vézé's words. He had never seen any government really deal with problems in this way. Everyone can brag, but after bragging, they can solve the problem in this way, which is something that most people can't do.
However, Hong Renxuan was no longer an angry youth. He did not question, did not talk nonsense, but simply asked: "Commander in Chief, I want to convene this meeting in the name of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, which departments need to participate in this meeting."
"This time, you go to the Ministry of Commerce first and tell them that you want to do this. I hope they can also send a representative. " After Vézé answered the question, he added a sentence, "Don't say that I said this, whether they want to or not, you continue to prepare for this matter. In addition, you make a backup of the list, mark where you collect the information from, and when you collect the information. Don't be afraid of making a mistake, but be afraid of not knowing when you start to make a mistake. "
"Commander in Chief, I want to ask again, what is our foreign policy?" Hong Renxuan took the initiative to raise this very important question.
Vézé replied with satisfaction: "We will send you a document on this matter, but you will have to receive training from the Confidentiality Department in advance. I want to tell you first that the contents of the document are classified as confidential, and we have a detailed classification of the degree of confidentiality of the intelligence. I think you have the ability of diplomacy, so I arranged for you to be the Minister of Foreign Affairs. So I must tell you first that if someone privately leaks our secrets to foreigners, according to our confidentiality regulations, the highest penalty is the death penalty. Please pay attention to this point, don't make a mistake. "
When Vézé personally handled the confidentiality regulations, he really understood the meaning of the red head document, and also understood what the system was, what the legal system was. Of course, this needs long-term practice to be more detailed, but the Light Recovery Association also has a red head document, which is already decent.
The confidential document of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs does not conceal the possibility of a possible military attack by the British, and there is a special evaluation content in it. Hong Renxuan once thought that the Light Recovery Commander-In-Chief's Office was a fairly simple military organization, but after reading it, he completely reversed his impression. A simple military organization would not look at the problem from such a broad perspective.
The preparatory meeting for the businessmen was also carried out quickly, especially after Vézé asked the British to push the issue of the arrest of Hong Kong residents to the court, Hong Renxuan's work became easier. Soon, almost all the foreign businessmen in Guangdong, and even in Hong Kong, attended the meeting.
The foreign businessmen were basically from the United Kingdom, France, and the United States. At this time, the United Kingdom had basically driven France out of India. Although the American businessmen had to follow the British structure of the world trade system, they did not completely follow the United Kingdom. For the Light Recovery Commander-In-Chief's Office, the standards for dividing the enemy and the target that could be won over were clearer. There were basically no big tobacco merchants among the French and American businessmen. Most of the big tobacco in this era was produced in India, and the American and French businessmen even had very few opportunities to re-export.
"We, the Light Recovery Commander-In-Chief's Office, expect to double the amount of goods imported from overseas in the next three years. And you are all people who have been doing business in China for so long, I believe that you all hope that you can reap your own benefits from such a scale of trade. "When Hong Renxuan said this, he looked very polite and confident. But after all, he was only a person from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and in fact, he didn't know what kind of goods the Light Recovery Commander-In-Chief's Office needed to import. If he hadn't listened to Vézé and talked to the people of the Ministry of Commerce about this matter first, he wouldn't even know the policy. But Hong Renxuan still put on the calmest expression and said, "Next, let's invite our customs commercial representative to talk about this matter!"
When the French and American businessmen heard that the Light Recovery Commander-In-Chief's Office was going to double the amount of imports in the future, everyone's eyes couldn't help but shine. Just as they were holding their breath and waiting to hear where the quota was going to be, a British businessman, Hendry Melton, said, "What do you think of the crackdown on the big tobacco trade?" "Mr. Minister, what do you think of the crackdown on the big tobacco trade?"
Not only did Hong Renxuan raise his spirits, but all the businessmen looked at Hong Renxuan with shining eyes, waiting for his answer. More than a decade ago, because of the big tobacco trade, the United Kingdom launched a military attack on China. Now, the British attitude was also very clear.
Because the Light Recovery Commander-In-Chief's Office had been well prepared and thoroughly studied the trade policy, Hong Renxuan answered calmly, "We, the Light Recovery Commander-In-Chief's Office, have not cracked down on the big tobacco trade. In the last six months, we have carried out a smoking cessation campaign in our area of control. The smoking cessation campaign we have carried out is not aimed at the big tobacco trade, but at the physical and mental health of our people in China. I think you have seen too many cases of families being destroyed by the big tobacco trade. One of the reasons we rose up to overthrow Manchu Qing was that Manchu Qing had never taken any responsibility for the people of China, and we, the Light Recovery Commander-In-Chief's Office, believe that we have an obligation to protect the physical and mental health of the people of China. "
Hong Renxuan was very disgusted with the Manchu Qing government, and was wholeheartedly opposed to the nonsense theory of the Manchu Qing government. So he had a feeling that the government's words were all fucking nonsense. Now, as the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the new government in Guangdong, he spoke to foreigners with confidence and assurance, and said the content that he had prepared long ago. But when he said aloud that the Light Recovery Commander-In-Chief's Office believed that he had an obligation to the people of China, Hong Renxuan suddenly felt an indescribable excitement. It was a mixture of justice and responsibility, a feeling of pride and self-confidence.
Of course, Hong Renxuan knew the strength of the British, and the Light Recovery Commander-In-Chief's Office had not concealed its weakness in naval strength. It would be a lie to say that he was not afraid at all. But the moment he solemnly said that the Light Recovery Commander-In-Chief's Office had an obligation to protect the people of China, Hong Renxuan suddenly gave birth to a kind of courage he had never thought of before. It was not the impulse to destroy everything when he was desperate and completely desperate for society, but a kind of fearless courage when he stood together with his comrades to do righteous things.
At this time, the powerful British could not scare Hong Renxuan, and the weakness of the Light Recovery Commander-In-Chief's Office could not scare Hong Renxuan. If it was for justice, Hong Renxuan felt that death was nothing.
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