In order to send Klein back to the United States and retire with honor, Dr. Schulman specially held a farewell banquet for him at the Six Nations Hotel and invited Wang Maoru to attend. Wang Maoru and Shulman are old friends, so naturally he can't help but invite him, so let the person who handed over the invitation go back, saying that he will definitely arrive.

At this time, Wu Resong ran in from outside and said, "Xiushuai, I have already sent bodyguards into the Six Nations Hotel first?" All of them wore a plum blossom brooch, and Xiushuai should pay attention to it when the time comes, and I will be around Xiushuai for the waiter in Qiaozhuang. Wang Maoru nodded at him, Wu Resong from a hunter in the mountains, to now graduated from the military academy, became an officer, and became his own guard captain, his personal experience is a history of struggle. At first, he couldn't even speak Chinese, but now he can speak some Russian in addition to Chinese, which shows that Wang Maoru is not wrong about him.

After a while, he had to report that someone outside the mansion handed a poster, and when Zang Hao saw it, he immediately became respectful and reported that Wang Maoru said that Foreign Minister Lu Zhengxiang had just returned to China and visited General Shangwu.

Wang Maoru was surprised, he didn't know that Lu Zhengxiang had returned to China, so he hurriedly ran to the living room in slippers to see Lu Zhengxiang, and said, "Why didn't Foreign Minister Lu know when he returned to China?" The people in the Internal Affairs Department are not doing their duty. ”

Lu Zhengxiang shook hands with him and said, "Xiusheng, don't come unharmed." ”

Wang Maoru recalled: "The last time we met, about five years ago, time flies, and we are both old. ”

Lu Zhengxiang smiled: "I'm already old, and you're in your prime." ”

Wang Maoru said with a smile: "Foreign Minister Lu, you rejected me last time. You can't refuse me now, can you? ”

Lu Zhengxiang smiled slightly, and Wang Maoru pulled him to sit on the sofa. The adjutant poured the tea and walked out with the door, the clock in the living room was ticking, and in the antique room, the two sat opposite each other, looked at each other's clothes, and laughed. Wang Maoru was wearing a military uniform, and Lu Zhengxiang was wearing a suit, which did not match the surroundings very well. Both of them saw it and were happy together, but they didn't say it.

Lu Zhengxiang laughed for a while before he said: "I heard that the League of Nations is preparing this time, I don't know what the National Defense Force thinks?" I have received a letter from the President that I will be sent to Washington, D.C., to participate in the formation of the League of Nations and to participate in the Global Naval Drawdown Treaty. However, the president asked me for the opinion of the military. I wonder what the Wehrmacht military thinks of the League of Nations and Washington's naval cut-off talks? ”

Wang Maoru was stunned for a moment. Then he thought for a while before saying: "The formation of the League of Nations is necessary, but there is no need to expect too much, the interests of the country and the country are combined, and my attitude is that it does not matter." ”

Lu Zhengxiang said: "After the establishment of the League of Nations, my country will officially join the global alliance organization in the international community, and it will no longer be alone. It is not indifferent that it will become a strong country in the future. As far as China is concerned, if it joins the League of Nations, it will certainly be able to speak out in international disputes in the future. ”

Wang Maoru sighed in his heart, how can he expect so much from the League of Nations, even if it is the United Nations in the future. The obligation to protect the weak has never been fulfilled, and the United Nations is nothing more than a body set up in the hands of the great powers to achieve certain ends. Now Lu Zhengxiang has such great expectations for the League of Nations. However, the League of Nations was not a military organization like the Allied and Entente powers, and when Japan's war of aggression against China occurred in history, then President Chiang Zhongzheng believed that China, which had joined the League of Nations, would definitely get help from the League of Nations to drive out Japan, which had not joined the League of Nations. However, how could the League of Nations drive away Japan, which was the second most powerful navy in the world at that time? How can it help the country with no navy and the army ranked after the twenties and thirties in the world. The so-called five permanent members of the United Nations, also known as the five rogue states, are just those who glorify and worship the West, but they really think that Western countries are a perfect world.

"Join the League of Nations, you are in charge, and the delegation is also formed by you, and choose more young people." Wang Maoru admonished heavily.

Lu Zhengxiang has all kinds of flavors in his heart, Wang Maoru's tone completely shows who is the manipulator behind the current government, even though Wang Maoru's current identity is only the deputy chief of the army, but he is doing the work of the president, but the president and the prime minister have become decorations, what is the difference between him being the president or not. Wang Maoru really didn't interfere much in the government, and now he is only in the hands of the Ministry of Education, the Ministry of Finance, and the Ministry of the Army. He nodded and said, "Since Gu Weijun stepped down as China's minister to the United States, Shi Zhaoji has been acting on his behalf, and I think it is necessary to remove the acting identity of Minister Shi. ”

Wang Maoru said lightly: "It's all up to Foreign Minister Lu to decide." ”

Lu Zhengxiang said: "Due to the increase in the tonnage of our navy, the United States invited us to participate in the global naval reduction treaty

The army has been merged into the Wehrmacht Coast Guard system, I wonder what Xiushuai's opinion is? ”

Wang Maoru said: "China's navy is not as good as intelligence, Mexico and other South American countries, it doesn't matter whether they participate in this treaty or not, if you go to Washington, you can participate in the audit, if necessary, muddy the waters, let the Japanese navy restrict, prevent their development, and then draw the US navy over." ”

Seeing that it was time for lunch, Wang Maoru entertained Lu Zhengxiang for lunch, Lu Zhengxiang hurriedly said goodbye, Wang Maoru said how can I let you go, let's eat together. Wang Maoru is a northerner, and Lu Zhengxiang is a southerner, the chef at home is the apprentice of the imperial chef in the former palace, so he made three kinds of Shanghai cuisine and three kinds of northern dishes, Lu Zhengxiang smiled and said that this meal is good, the same as what the emperor eats, Wang Maoru said that the emperor is not as good as us now.

After dinner, Lu Zhengxiang said again: "Japan is already in a quagmire in Australia, I'm afraid it won't agree to the naval reduction treaty lightly, right?" ”

Wang Maoru said: "The more Japan does not agree, the more likely it is that the Anglo-Japanese war will break out, Britain has just won the world war, and at this time it needs another war to consolidate its Asian colonies. When you go to Washington, you should pay attention to winning over Britain, because Japan and Britain have not torn their faces even though they are openly and covertly vying for the government. However, if you can win over the British from Japan, it will not only benefit our country, but also have an impact on Japan. ”

Lu Zhengxiang nodded in deep agreement, Wang Maoru did not have any opinion on the people of the delegation to the United States, but said that a young man was arranged to study in the past, and a military attache was also sent to accompany the team. Lu Zhengxiang was very happy to see that he had no intention of interfering, but just sent a recorder and military attaché. The recorder is Zeng Zicheng, he saved Wang Zongding's life, Wang Maoru is naturally very grateful to him, and Zeng Zicheng, who is still in the first year of the Normal University, became one of the recorders of the delegation to the United States. Wang Maoru, the military attache of the protection delegation, appointed two brothers, Wang Yadong and Wang Yabei, who had just graduated from the Yakeshi Army Non-commissioned Officer Academy and had completed a one-year internship in the army, waiting for assignment.

Both of these little brothers are nineteen years old this year, because they have good genes and drink from snacks, and the two big and small guys are each more than one meter and eighty, which is rare among Chinese. Because they are both twins, they look exactly the same, and they stand at the door with a majestic look.

In order to distinguish himself from his eldest brother, his younger brother Wang Yabei learned that Wang Maoru had a beard on the corner of his mouth, so outsiders often thought he was an elder brother, but Wang Yadong, who did not have a beard, was often regarded as a younger brother. The brothers rushed to Beijing as soon as they were tasked and studied English with Zeng Zicheng, so that they could communicate freely with the Americans as soon as possible.

Wang Yadong and Wang Yabei were the first to come to Beijing, and after the two saw Wang Maoru, they immediately knelt on the ground and kowtowed three times, Wang Maoru accepted it calmly, this is the younger generation kowtowing to the elders, and it is not too much in etiquette. The two grew up in Wang Maoru's house since childhood, he took the two children like a parent, and once said to the two children that you are my nephew, and you must not embarrass me after you go out, if you make a mistake, I will clean you up with addition. Wang Yuandong and Wang Yabei didn't understand Xiushuai's good intentions, if they didn't treat them as confidants, they wouldn't have treated them like this, and let them serve as the chief and deputy military attache of the delegation to the United States at a young age, which is enough to see that they attach great importance to Cheng Dù.

At this time, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Beiyang Government issued a formal letter of appointment, appointing Shi Zhaoji to formally serve as the Minister of the Republic of China to the United States, and Lu Zhengxiang also set up a joint delegation to the United States in Beijing, and personally served as the head of the delegation to the United States.

A few days later, Wang Maoru was invited to attend the farewell ceremony held by the Six Nations Hotel to bid farewell to former U.S. Ambassador to China Klein, who was invited to participate in the invitation, including gentry and celebrities from all walks of life in the Republic of China, and even Peking University professor Gu Hongming was also on the invitation list. After Wang Maoru saw Gu Hongming, he felt that this dry little old man with braids had characteristics, and he was indeed unruly in front of Westerners. However, when Gu Hongming saw Wang Maoru, he ran over angrily, pointed at his nose and scolded angrily: "Why do you let the university be thoughtless? At the farewell and inauguration banquet held by Shulman, Wang Maoru didn't want to argue with Gu Hongming, so he spread his hands and said: "Mr. Gu has wronged me, I, as a deputy commander of the army, how can I manage the major affairs in the education field, if you want to find it, you should go to the chief of education." Our country is not a militaristic education, and the military manages the education department, don't you say? ”

Seeing Wang Maoru so reliably, Gu Hongming was so angry that he blew his beard and glared, this person pushed 625 and picked himself cleanly, so he was even more angry, and ran to the side and drank red wine.