Chapter 2619
Of course, strictly speaking, King De's fiefdom in Shandong has been brought under the rule of Haihan, so Zhu Zian can now be regarded as a citizen of Haihan, and he barely meets the basic qualifications to be selected for the mission. But his identity is unusual, so this arrangement seems a bit strange.
Tao Hongfang quickly realized that this was not just about letting Zhu Zian go overseas to gain experience as Shi Diwen said, but about once again using his identity to exert influence on North Korea and Japan in the diplomatic field.
The dynasty change between Haihan and Ming Dynasty is considered a first-class event in East Asia, and Haihan also urgently needs neighboring countries to recognize its status as succeeding Ming Dynasty, so as to better inherit the legacy left by Ming Dynasty over the past two hundred years. many political legacies and international influence.
If there is a Ming royal family member in Haihan's mission, it will undoubtedly show that the dynasty change led by Haihan has been fully recognized by the previous dynasty. This may be more convincing to neighboring countries than the abdication edict issued from the Forbidden City, and it will also help Haihan establish the prestige of the Celestial Kingdom in the diplomatic field in the future.
In this way, Zhu Zian has a mission when he joins the mission, but I don't know if he understands this. When Tao Hongfang thought of this, he almost blurted out the words, but he still swallowed the words. Since Shi Diwen didn't say it clearly, it's better not to rush to break this layer of window paper because of your own cleverness.
However, Shi Diwen knew that Tao Hongfang and others would still have doubts about this arrangement, so he did not give them the task of taking care of Zhu Zian. Shi Chengwu and Wang Anguo were responsible for it.
After the serious business talk, the next step was the practice banquet hosted by Shi Diwen. After drinking for three rounds, Shi Diwen put down his chopsticks and said to everyone present: "Except for Cheng Wu and An Guo, it should be the first time for everyone else to go on an overseas mission to another country. For you, this should be a very new experience. experience. But I want to remind you that although both Korea and Japan have peacefully established diplomatic relations with our country, it does not mean that they are in harmony, and they should not be careless about security issues during their missions.”
"Although you are visiting as members of the diplomatic mission this time, Chengwu and Anguo are responsible for the diplomatic work. They will also be responsible for deciding the candidates to attend relevant diplomatic meetings. I hope you can follow the arrangements and make every effort. Don’t be motivated! ”
Shi Diwen was not particularly relieved about Tao Hongfang and others' voluntary application to join the mission. If there were no official documents from Sanya, he would probably decline the applications of these young people. After all, the sudden addition of so many uncles with no mission experience in the mission is likely to affect the normal development of diplomatic work. But all he could do was to warn Tao Hongfang and others to abide by the rules and follow instructions.
Naturally, Tao Hongfang and others would not refute, and immediately agreed, saying that they would cooperate with the mission and never make any mistakes. What several young people were thinking was that they would just get through here. After they got out, the sea would be wide enough for fish to leap, and the sky high enough for birds to fly. Shi Diwen would be out of reach by then.
Shi Diwen went on to say: "The international status that our country currently has was achieved bit by bit by your fathers for more than 20 years. The sacrifices during this period are difficult to count, and it is not easy to obtain, so no matter No matter what happens, as members of the mission, you must try your best to safeguard the dignity of our country, do you understand? ”
Everyone nodded solemnly. Their fathers had spoken more than once about the hardships of starting a business, the dangerous situation, and how Haihan's international status was achieved through war after war. came out. Moreover, the core of the education they had received since childhood was the word patriotism. Shi Diwen used this to remind them that it would not be easy to ignore it casually.
After Shi Diwen finished what he needed to say, he let himself go and had a drink with the juniors. It was already late at night when the banquet was over, and it was not convenient for Tao Hongfang and others to return to their residence in the east of the city, so they all stayed in Shifu for the night.
The next day, a piece of bad news came. A hidden danger left over from the construction of a new ship that was being handed over at Zhoushan Port was discovered, which may affect the navigation safety of the ship. After conducting an assessment, the Zhoushan Shipyard deemed it necessary to send the ship to a dry dock for repairs and eliminate hidden dangers before delivering it to Wang Anguo. "The shipyard estimates that the maintenance period will take about ten days. It seems that we have to postpone the departure time again." Wang Anguo informed Tao Hongfang and others of the contents of the telegram sent by Zhoushan.
"This is really a long-lasting thing!" Tao Hongfang was also helpless about this.
Shi Diwen had already held a practice banquet for them yesterday, thinking that they would set off in two or three days. Unexpectedly, such a situation suddenly occurred and the original itinerary had to be re-planned.
Bai Letong seemed very calm: "That being the case, it just so happens that I can watch the results of the provincial examination before leaving."
Although Bai Letong still believes that there are unfair practices in the township examination, he will still be concerned about the final result of the township examination. He wants to see how many people will be admitted from the township examination and whether there are officials from the township examination office among them. Related households.
Tao Hongfang knew him well and knew what he was thinking as soon as he heard it. He responded with a smile: "Since Uncle Shi promised you last time that he would investigate those related households, you will not see the names of those people again. That's right. Zhu Zian, I also want to see where he ends up on the list.”
Bai Letong glanced at him and said, "Looking at how much Uncle Shi values him, I'm afraid he has already decided on Xie Yuan's position."
Jieyuan is the first place in the provincial examination. If Zhu Zian wins Jieyuan, it will undoubtedly make the subsequent publicity more topical, which will indeed be of obvious benefit to Shi Diwen's plan. But for Bai Letong, who knew the inside story, this was a bit difficult to accept.
A few of them had basically completed the handover of the matters at hand before, but now their departure had to be postponed for a few days due to temporary circumstances, and they had nothing to do for a while. So the few of them passed the time by sightseeing around Hangzhou, which was quite relaxing.
Tao Hongfang and Bai Letong were optimistic about a piece of land on the south side of West Lake, but because of the large area, they could not negotiate on it, so they took advantage of this time to go there again. After Ning Zijing saw it, he liked it very much and decided to jointly buy the land with them. Ha Jianyi believed that his future destination was undecided and he might be stationed in the future. His father was retiring in Luzon, so there was no need to buy land in Hangzhou, so he did not participate.
So before leaving Hangzhou, they spent the largest expense of the trip and bought a piece of land covering an area of more than 200 acres on the bank of West Lake.
(End of chapter)