Chapter 2746

The situation in Hangzhou is actually not as complicated as Zhu Zian thought. Shi Diwen has been operating in Jiangsu and Zhejiang for 20 years and has a very high prestige in the local area. Now he is also a member of the executive committee, and his status can be called respected. Mo

It is said that only Bai Kesi is here this time. Even if the entire executive committee is here, Shi Diwen still has to be given some face.

Of course, after the capital is moved, the entire executive committee will also move to Hangzhou. It will be difficult for Shi Diwen to monopolize power as he does now, and his influence in the East China Sea region may be weakened. But his political status will be

Being able to take the final step, he would no longer be as far away from the center of imperial power as before.

In recent years, Shi Diwen and Bai Kesi have not met often, and their relationship cannot be said to be close. But because of this, Shi Diwen prepared a special and grand welcome ceremony for Bai Kesi's arrival to show his respect for Bai Kesi.

attention to this.

Near the dock on the bank of the Qiantang River, most of the officials and gentry in Hangzhou City arrived in advance to wait. Since Bai Kesi's previous itinerary was kept secret, most of them were notified only last night that they would go to the Qiantang River to greet him today.

The arrival of a certain big shot.

After the news spread, over 10,000 people came to the riverside to watch after hearing the news. They were crowded one after another and it was very lively. However, the outside of the pier was firmly guarded by soldiers with live ammunition, and there were also several warships on the river on guard. It would have nothing to do with it.

Private boats were driven away from this section of the river. Those bad guys who heard the news could not get closer and could only watch from a distance on the river bank.

"Old Shi, this is not my first time here. It's a bit much to create such a big scene!" After Bai Kesi got off the boat and shook hands with Shi Diwen, he couldn't help but make a joke.

Shi Diwen smiled and said: "You have always been to Zhoushan before. This is your first time in Hangzhou, so of course it must be grand!"

After the two briefly exchanged greetings, Shi Diwen walked up to Shi Chengwu, patted him hard on the shoulder and said, "You performed well this time!"

This time Shi Diwen entrusted Shi Chengwu with a major diplomatic mission such as his mission to North Korea and Japan. In fact, he was under a lot of pressure. I don't know how many people are secretly paying attention to this matter.

Shi Chengwu had no experience in leading a team to visit foreign countries before. If something went wrong, not only would there be no credit, but there might also be an unmanageable mess. In the end, Shi Diwen would definitely have to come out to deal with the aftermath. Fortunately, Shi Chengwu

Wu and his team performed extremely well and achieved many results during the visit, which also earned face for Shi Diwen, who took the lead in this matter.

After receiving the envoys who had returned with great honors, Shi Diwen introduced Bai Kesi to the main local officials and gentry celebrities, which took a long time.

After a brief meeting on the pier, the group boarded a carriage, escorted by a large group of cavalry, and headed to Stevenson's official residence by the West Lake.

Bai Kesi came all the way, so Shi Diwen naturally wanted to show his loyalty to the landlord first. Considering that Bai Kesi was also over sixty years old, the trip from Sanya to Hangzhou must have been very hard, so Shi Diwen was not in a hurry.

Arrange work-related matters and let the Bai family and his son go and have a good rest after the reception banquet.

However, Shi Diwen himself did not stop to rest. After the banquet, he summoned Shi Chengwu and others to listen to their reports on the mission activities.

Compared with Bai Kesi, Shi Diwen paid more attention to the military and political information collected by the mission during its visits. Haihan's consistent attitude towards Japan was to be vigilant and suppressive, although Japan's current strength can no longer directly affect Haihan.

threat, but the strategy towards Japan has never changed significantly. As for the diplomatic work towards Japan, the Donghai Region has been responsible for the specific implementation for many years. Shi Diwen’s role in it is actually greater than that of the executive.

The committee is much larger.

"My opinion is that ships can be sold and weapons can be sold, but we have to try to delay their deployment and formation of combat effectiveness. The purpose of this is to prevent their rulers from resolving domestic conflicts by resorting to foreign wars.

In the end, it can only be detonated in the home country. This will not affect the international situation, but also weaken its national power. Then our country will also gain benefits from the arms trade, killing three birds with one stone."

After Shi Diwen roughly listened to the negotiations on the arms trade, he gave very clear opinions. Of course, to achieve what he said, he must create more intense confrontation and conflict in Japan.

Even triggering a civil war, this can ensure that Japan will not aim its guns at surrounding areas after purchasing a large amount of arms from Haihan.

Ishige Takedo: "According to my observation, the shogunate is most anxious about the fact that it realizes that its own armament level lags behind that of Korea. If we can maintain this situation, the shogunate will always have a sense of crisis, and then it will have to continue to

They are constantly seeking to purchase arms from our country. We only need to control the scale of arms transactions so that its military strength always maintains a certain gap with North Korea."

Shi Diwen said: "What you said is a solution, but it can only have a minimum effect. We must try to let them use the purchased weapons and equipment in internal conflicts, so that our country can receive more orders. You guys

The mentioned situation of the shogunate being weak and his servants strong, as well as the conflict of interests with the domestic vassals, are all conditions that can be exploited. Only by continuously consuming them through civil war, and even splitting them into several small countries, let them interact with each other.

Containment is the best way to control the situation."

Shi Diwen's view was obviously more radical than that of Bai Kesi. Although Bai Kesi also had the idea of ​​​​supporting the Satsuma clan to provoke internal strife in Japan, it had not yet reached the level of creating a war. Shi Diwen's idea was more specific, and it was just a civil war.

Not enough, he hopes to solve this hidden danger in the East China Sea once and for all.

Tao Hongfang said: "But so far, we have only contacted one Satsuma clan. There is still a clear gap between its strength and the shogunate. The Satsuma clan alone may not be able to make Japan chaotic enough to split."

Shi Diwen smiled and said: "Amakusa Shiro has been in Sasebo for the past few years, and he has not been there to live a casual life. I believe you have also seen Japanese students training there, right? There are actually many ambitious people, but among them

The majority of people will not take the initiative to jump out, unless chaos appears in Japan and the shogunate is unable to control the situation. At that time, those who want to replace the shogunate will be unable to sit still."

No one knows whether the Japanese who were trained at the Sasebo base were students sent by the lords of various vassals for further training, or whether they were stooges who worked for Kaihan and could instigate attacks across Japan when necessary. But one thing is certain.

That is because Shi Diwen had already started making preparations in this regard.
Chapter completed!