The new asphalt road is marked with clear white traffic signs. Under the signage at the intersection, the traffic police blow the whistle to direct the vehicle. Rickshaws, tractors, bicycles, trucks, sedans and more recently, motorcycles are Beijing in 1931, and even the golden glow of the imperial city in the sun cannot hide the splendor of this revitalized ancient city.

Lampson was the British Consul General in China and the spokesman for the interests of the British Empire in the Far East. But unlike his predecessors, every time he meditated down and looked at this ancient country, two words would pop up in his mind.

Freshman!

As an expatriate diplomat, it is easiest to control the decaying colonies, and the most comfortable is the well-established white countries, but the permanent presence in the new countries is a headache for all diplomats. It's like driving a newly domesticated little wild horse, docile and cute but with an uncertain temper, maybe one day he will pick a son and throw his owner to the ground. There is no doubt that in the eyes of Europe and the United States at this moment, China is a wild horse that has just learned to be docile. Sadly, it's one of the few awe-inspiring knights in the world at its disposal

It's not a good job.

In Rampuson's sigh, the car had already arrived at Tsinghua Park. This modern, U.S.-funded university has been transformed like the city of Beijing. If he hadn't spent too much time in the blue-brick and red-tiled teaching building, the concrete-reinforced library and the comprehensive experimental center, the neat and uniform dormitory, the spacious auditorium and playground, he might have thought that he had arrived at the famous Cambridge University.

"Mr. Jensen, Mr. Stuart Layden."

As soon as the car stopped, Lampson met an acquaintance at the door. U.S. Ambassador Nelson Jensen and Tsinghua University President Emeritus Stuart Layden. As a Sino-US co-invested institution of higher learning, Tsinghua University has two presidents from China and the United States. As the honorary president of the United States, Situ Leiden has a high reputation in China's education circles, and in the past 20 years, he has arranged as many as 100,000 public students to go to the United States, so two successive presidents of the Republic of China have praised him as a bridge between China and the United States, including Yang Qiu, who has been in office for less than a year.

"Sir Rampson, why are you here?"

Jensen and Stuart Layden seemed very surprised by his sudden arrival, but it was Lampson, who was still worried just now, who took the lead in joking: "Don't worry, you two, I'm not here to dig the foot of the wall." ”

Tens of thousands of students go out every year, which means that those countries that accept them can receive tens of millions of tuition fees from the Chinese government, which is enough to support even a small country's education allocation for a year. Especially in the current economic downturn, grabbing more study abroad resources means that you can get a lot of extra income, retain more teachers, and let more domestic children receive education.

That's why Lan Pusheng had such a joke, and after chatting for a few words, he asked, "Has Your Excellency Yang Qiu arrived?" ”

"It's here, you see." Stuart Leiden took off his top hat and pointed to the playground, and followed his finger Lampson saw a scene that surprised him, only to see that the campus playground was already crowded, and the teaching building, the corridors, the auditorium, and even the roof of the building were full of students wearing school badges.

"How so?" Lan Pusheng looked very strange, when did Tsinghua University have so many students?

Situ Leiden smiled: "Not only my students, but also Peking University, University of Finance and Economics, Beijing Institute of Technology, and Beijing Medical College, my teaching director told me that there have been 10,000 or 20,000 people. God, these little guys love their president and are going crazy, I heard that there is a public speech so they all poured in, if it weren't for the distance, I believe that the students of Tianjin, Hebei and even the Northeast would have rushed to come.

Three days have passed since the impact on the Gulf of Oman, and relations between China and the UK are on the verge of breaking down because of the establishment of Saudi Arabia. But what is strange is that the Beijing government has not said anything other than protest and condemnation, which makes the world very strange. Therefore, after learning that Yang Qiu will visit Tsinghua Park today and will give a public speech, representatives of various countries in China and social activists rushed to attend, because this speech is likely to be aimed at the Saudi crisis and is very likely to be a turning point in Sino-British relations in the future. Even Lampson was attracted by this speech, hoping to hear with his own ears what he would say.

"Let's go inside, we should be about to start." Situ Leiden politely led the two ambassadors to the viewing seat, and the guards along the way all knew three people, and the students knew the famous honorary president of Tsinghua University even if they didn't know the ambassador, so they all got out of the way.

But what made Lampson strange was that Jensen didn't seem to care about the Saudi statehood crisis at all, and talked about education and changes in Beijing along the way, which made him very strange and took the initiative to ask: "Mr. Jensen, what do you think about the Saudi crisis?" Is it to support China or to us England? ”

Jensen is very different from Lampson in that he advocates that the United States should not meddle in external affairs. And he feels that as China's reform process deepens and its importance becomes more and more important, China's rise has become more and more unstoppable, and at a time when countries around the world are given solutions to the economic crisis, it is better to take the initiative to accept it into the rules of the West. Therefore, he hated those hostile remarks against Yang Qiu, and those people did not understand that if Yang Qiu had not had the spirit of the West, perhaps China would have become something else, and maybe even fall to the Soviet Union.

However, even if he supported Yang Qiu in his heart, he would not show it, after all, Lampson represented an important partner of the United States in the Atlantic, so he shrugged his shoulders and spread his hands: "Sir Lampson, do you think my opinion is important?" We are just the proposers, and we are not the real decision-makers. This is, their world. ”

As Jensen's fingers were raised, there was a commotion all around. The students all stood on tiptoe and scrambled to be the first, and their eyes gradually converged in one direction.

"Here, here, here, here!"

"Look, the president is wearing a military uniform."

"Could it be that there is going to be a war?"

"Whatever you do, I'll support it to the end."

Yang Qiu walked towards the podium with a serious expression under the protection of the guards. The navy blue military coat has no rank, no medals, only the national society badge on the chest is shiny. It is ordinary and simple to wear on the body, but it makes everyone awe-inspired. Let everyone think of the Chinese national defense force that unified the country, Japan in World War II, and fought in Europe to make a great name. Everyone knows that no matter how brilliant the national defense walls are, no matter how brave the national defense tiger general is, he cannot erase his soul role in this army.

Even the British ambassador in the audience, Sir Lampson, frowned secretly, did he decide to be desperate for this outfit?

The presidential speech is both fresh and familiar to the students of the Republic of China, and what is new is that domestic politicians rarely speak in public, and what is familiar is that there are always some outliers who can rely on speeches to attract attention, and the most outstanding of them is the president in front of them. His speeches have always been impressive, and now at a critical time in the Saudi crisis, what kind of shock will this speech bring to the country and the world?

Yang Qiu strode onto the podium. The podium is not high, but it can make tens of thousands of students see their president clearly. Although he is 39 years old, he is still tall and tall, with sword eyebrows and heroic eyes.

He has been named the cover character of Time Magazine, the most influential magazine in the United States, five times, and has appeared on the cover of important European media forty-one times, and is the biggest enemy of the Japanese people, and the media around the world cannot ignore it. The idol of China's young generation and the image of the country, he has re-introduced the world to contemporary Chinese young people, and even influenced the dress and hairstyle of tens of millions of young people across the country.

He is Yang Qiu.

When he stepped onto the podium, there was no need to signal, the whole audience could already hear the pins dropping.

"It's not my original intention to disturb everyone's studies and stir up teachers, especially this season. In fact, like everyone else, I hope to reunite with my family around the brazier, I hope that the Taiping Horse in the world will put Nanshan, I hope to quietly hold my favorite book, cook a cup of fragrant tea, and read him in the dark for three days and three nights. In just a few sentences, it grabbed the hearts of the students and depicted the warmth of reading on the stove and warm wine.

"He's a genius at speaking." Situ Leiden smiled and looked at Lampson, who had a serious face: "Sir Lampson, are you right?" ”

"Right for what?" Rampson was listening intently to the speech, so he was stunned by the question. But before he could ask questions, Situ Leiden had already turned his head and continued to listen.

Yang Qiu's hands were placed on both sides of the podium, and he never brought manuscript paper as before. The tone turned in a low tone, and people couldn't help but plunge into it. His gaze swept over the audience, and after a pause on Lampson's face, he looked at the students who were climbing the tree in the distance, and smiled slightly: "Like you, the cold wind makes my body stiff and makes my mind lazy. But! Under this cold shell, my heart and yours are beating violently! My blood was boiling hot, and the heat was rising in my chest.

Why?

For I have good news for you.

I have decided that the Government will renovate 50,000 primary and secondary schools across the country from this year onwards and provide free lunches to all primary and secondary school students across the country. I plan to use 10 years to build public libraries and 1,000 stadiums for universities and cities, so that more children can read and write. ”

"President, is this true?"

"God, incredible."

"Long live the Republic of China, long live the president!"

The good news made the students cheer and jump excitedly.

Yang Qiu also smiled, but soon the smile disappeared: "Education is the foundation of the country, knowledge is the only means to get out of ignorance, this is the road that must be adhered to even if you are hungry!" I am here to promise you that education will not be neglected in any country at any time or in any place. Of course, I also hope that you will take the initiative to assume your own responsibilities, that you will actively participate in the cause of teaching and educating people to revitalize the country, and that you will supervise the use of every educational fund.

I have decided that tomorrow I will publish the address of the presidential palace in the newspaper, and any of you can write to me if you have any suggestions, and anyone who finds out about the misappropriation of funds for the education of Mo can also write to me, and the government buildings in that place are better than the schools, and you can also write to me. "The cheers are like thunder, and the sound is vibrating! The applause can no longer be described as warm, if it weren't for the loyalty of the guards, maybe Yang Qiu would have been thrown high by the students.

However, careful people found that Yang Qiu was not happy, but suddenly raised his voice and poured a basin of ice water fiercely!

"Are you happy? But I'm not happy. Because of poverty and decay, we have missed the first industrial **, missed the best years of the explosion of knowledge, so we must pay several times more sweat than others and try our best to catch up. However, some people don't give us a chance! They ignore us, they don't want China to be strong, they use even the most botched means! ”

The rapidly changing tone made all smiles freeze, and Rampson's heart thumped even more, and finally came.

"I'll admit one thing, I've been fooled! I've been slapped the cheek! It makes me feel ashamed.

Four months ago, when I was on a trip to London for naval negotiations, Prime Minister McDonald, Foreign Minister Henderson, and the British parliamentarians came to me to assure me that they were sincere in their vows. They said that as long as I signed a treaty promising not to build more warships, they would guarantee the safety of our oil and sea trade lanes.

I believed them because I saw them as allies.

I made a promise that I would not seek supremacy at sea, that I would not build more warships, that I would not engage in an endless arms race. In fact, I don't want to participate in this meaningless competition at all, for me, the first task is to give 470 million people a place to live, food, work, and money, and to modernize the country as soon as possible.

But what I got was bad news!

Our sea oil lanes have been cut off, our fleets have been censored as they pass through the Suez Canal, and our navy has been blocked east of Singapore. You will ask me, how the hell did this happen? I can tell you all about the cause of an ordinary commercial trade. Half a month ago, China's Gulf Oil Company and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia signed an oil-for-loan agreement worth 4 billion yuan in exchange for oil development rights. But it is precisely because of this normal commercial contract that has not yet been covered with heat that they closed the strait, and forced a destroyer of our navy to be rammed and sunk by random inspection!

It was a group of proud warriors, and every time I closed my eyes, I could see the picture of them fearlessly rushing towards their opponents in rusty warships to protect the interests of the country! A group of young sailors, with their blood, courage and sacrifice, showed us what a deep blue is! What is a state, what is sovereignty! What is the supreme good!

I'm ashamed that I didn't know them earlier, I regret that I couldn't provide them with more powerful ships, I am sorry for not being able to bring back their remains! What makes me most uncomfortable is that the surviving soldiers have not been able to come back, because they have been imprisoned by our former allies in the desert thousands of miles away!

That's my warrior, a hero of the country! I swear here that I will do everything in my power to bring them back. ”

The audience was silent, and the students clenched their fists and their eyes turned red. Rampson frowned, his back pierced. He didn't expect Yang Qiu to be so angry in his speech, it was like Britain sending a bullet to threaten it, but he directly returned the cannon to his head and stuffed it into the shell!

"Sir Rampson." Jensen's voice rang out at the right time: "I don't want to persuade anything, let alone represent the U.S. government." As an old friend, I just want to know, is Prime Minister MacDonald really going to choose war? If not, then I would like to ask President Hoover to act as your mediator. ”

When Jensen was considering intervening in mediation, Yang Qiu on the stage had already waved his right arm vigorously, and everyone was infected by this emotion. Listen to his voice echoing in the small courtyard: "We promised the world that we would not seek colonies and would not break our promises. But some have apparently forgotten that hundreds of thousands of IDF soldiers braved the bullets and bullets to help them out of their predicament. This is an ungrateful act of treachery, which is despicable!

So, this time I won't budge! Oil is the blood of industry and an indispensable resource for building modern China! There is a lack of oil fields on our continent, so offshore oil access is our last bottom line. Whoever steps on this red line is a declaration of war against 470 million Chinese!

Since you don't even talk about the minimum of morality and credit, what else is there to say?

Let go! Release!

That's my answer, there will be no negotiations, let alone contacts, before that!