In the quiet tea room, while Ye Zhao was still thinking about Sharava's words. Yesterday, Ye Zhao stayed in Yonghe Palace. When Sharava heard that Yao Yu had a mediocre first impression of Prince William, she thought she was still a little resistant from the bottom of her heart. However, Yao Yu also promised her mother to continue dating him. Sharava was so happy about this marriage, she was much more enthusiastic than Ye Zhao. Unfortunately, this carefree mother and Yao Yu were close to each other, but she was like a real sister. Sharava's words really had no intimidation to her daughter.

The marriage was not mentioned, the negotiations between the two countries had entered a substantive stage, but the Germans hoped to conclude a clear treaty, such as one of the parties was invaded, the contracting parties sent 200,000 or 300,000 troops to help, etc. The number of troops must be indicated in the treaty, which shows the rigor of the Germans. The Germans hoped that the contract would be fifteen years, and that there would be no objection to automatically delay the contract. On the contrary, the Chinese proposed to conclude a conceptual cooperation treaty, which was far from the expectations of the Germans.

The mission led by the special envoy of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, Earl Jura, has boarded a special train to China. In the Balkans, the conflict between the Austro-Hungarian Empire and Russia is almost irreconcilable. The alliance with China is a fantastic scene for the central government of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. The two regional governments of Austria and Hungary are extremely welcome. They have always regarded Russia as the biggest threat.

If it weren't for the train to cross the Russian border, the Austro-Hungarian Empire's mission would have been even higher. Austro-Hungarian Emperor Franz = Joseph I would have wanted to visit China long ago.

For this contract, the Austro-Hungarian Empire had the highest expectations. In a letter to Ye Zhao, Franz Joseph hoped that the emperors of the Three Kingdoms would meet and concluded a three-party friendly cooperation alliance.

In fact, in the early years, after the defeat of China and Russia, the Austro-Hungarian Empire hoped that Russia, which had suffered heavy losses, would no longer be involved in the Balkans. There was a shorter period of friendship between the two countries, but soon the Russians resurfaced, and the policy of advancing eastward failed and lost the sea outlet of St. Petersburg. The Ottoman Empire, which originally had absolute influence in the Balkans, has been frequent domestic turmoil in recent years and its strength has declined. Therefore, the Russians invaded the Balkans more urgently, which invisibly exacerbated the conflict between Russia and the Austro-Hungarian Empire.

Many rational politicians in Russia believe that today's Russia cannot continue to make enemies on both sides, temporarily retreating to the Eastern Empire, and conquering the corrupt Ottoman Empire with the help of the friendly relations gradually established with Britain and France to conquer the corrupt Ottoman Empire to obtain multiple estuaries in the Black Sea, which is the hope for Russia to achieve revival in the future. Originally, the biggest resistance to Russia's invasion of the Ottoman came from Britain and France, but now the situation in the east and west has undergone earth-shaking changes. As long as the bottom line of Britain and France is not challenging, the Russians believe that in the Balkans and the Transcaucasus, they will definitely achieve fruitful results.

After the small-scale conflict between China and Russia broke out in Perm, the current Russian Prime Minister Chegalov wrote a secret letter to Ye Zhao, expressing his willingness to live in harmony with the Eastern Empire.

But these politicians are actually difficult to influence the surging wave of hatred in Russia. They can only say that they can better understand how to realize the best interests of the empire, but under the surging public opinion that was blinded by hatred and humiliation, they are just small waves.

Because of a treaty of losing power and humiliation with China, the original Moscow regime soon announced its collapse, and the People's Opinion Party fell apart, replaced by radical parties with strong nationalism, large and small. The current Russian Prime Minister Chegalov is the leader of the National Resurrection Party, the largest party in Russia that pursues "Great Belarusianism". He is a representative of the moderates in the party, but due to the entire domestic situation, he can only embark on the military and national rejuvenation line in governance. However, he hopes to first obtain multiple sea ports in the West, rather than challenge the huge and almost irresistible empire in the East again.

The situation of domestic poverty conflicts has also made the ruling government only able to expand militarism by passing on the crisis. At this stage, it seems that plundering is the only way to stabilize the legitimacy of the government and revive the Russian Empire.

Therefore, Ye Zhao just took a look at Chegarov's letter and just smiled, but he really couldn't do it real.

"Haha, the taste of oriental tea is wonderful and strong, just like our Congjia's beauty." Segnucha's sigh almost made the tea in Zhang Zhidong and Li Shuchang's mouths spew out. They both wiped their mouths with handkerchiefs to cover up their embarrassment.

After returning from Siberia, Zhang Zhidong was promoted all the way. Last year, he was appointed as the Director of the General Administration of Economic and Energy Management of the Imperial State Council. Among the general administrations, departments and committees of the State Council, the Economic and Energy Management Agency is one of the most important departments.

Li Shuchang, one of the four great kings in the imperial study in his early years, was more powerful than Zhang Zhidong. He is currently a political consultant of the State Council, the governor of Guangdong Province, and the viscount. He is the best among the imperial chief officials.

Zhang Zhidong and Li Shuchang were born in the same year. They were both from the Imperial Study Room and were both rising stars in the imperial political circles. They had a personal relationship. Li Shuchang returned to Beijing to report his work. Today he returned to Guangzhou. Zhang Zhidong saw him off, but he did not expect Ye Zhao to send Li Shuchang to Guangzhou and return from Guangzhou. Hearing that Zhang Zhidong was originally going to see him off, he called him.

After leaving the Imperial Study Room, it was not easy for Zhidong and Li Shuchang to see the emperor again. Today, they all prepared a lot of drafts. Who knew that Ye Zhao was not only asking about political affairs, but just chatting with them.

This is Zhili County, Fengtai. It was originally a battleground for military strategists to defend the capital. Now it has become one of the satellite towns in the capital. Li Shuchang and Segnucha will take a special train to Guangzhou from here. Unlike the prosperity of the capital, Fengtai gathers many courier workers. Although they are close to the capital, there are worlds of difference in environmental sanitation.

The tea room where Ye Zhao and others were sitting on the second floor. Opposite the teahouse was a police station with the sign "Fengtai South Road Patrol Room". Next to the patrol room was a "clothing appraisal" shop, which was a shop for buying and selling used clothes. This is not common in several urban areas where Ye Zhao often walked around in the capital city, but in local towns, clothing estimation stalls are popular.

Ye Zhao also knew that many things could not be accomplished overnight. There was always a process of development. In the past, a family might not have a piece of clothing to wear. There were many cases where brothers and sisters wore pairs of pants. Nowadays, they could wear clothes, and even get khaki clothing that was eliminated by the working class in the city. This was a huge change. But even though they knew this, they saw that the big girl and wife in the old clothes shop happily searching for the remaining clothes that others had worn, and they still sighed softly in their hearts.

"You guys go." Ye Zhao put down the teacup and said to Segnu again: "Old Sai, take care of yourself all the way."

Segnucha hurriedly said, "Thank you, Your Majesty." He met many noble officials in the capital and was even named as earl by the imperial royal family. After returning to South Africa, he led his clan members to make a big fame.

Li Shuchang and Segnucha left, and Zhang Zhidong wanted to speak but stopped when he retreated. His expression could not escape Ye Zhao's eyes, and he smiled and said, "Say it."

Zhang Zhidong hesitated. He knew the emperor's character and did not hide it at the moment, saying, "Does the emperor leave Beijing for October, can we know the changes in the capital?"

Ye Zhao flipped through the tea lid and said quietly: "You continue talking."

Zhang Zhidong suddenly knelt down and said in a deep voice: "The Lord forgives me for being guilty of death. I am not provoking trouble. I really know that Your Majesty has just rejected the tax charter approved by the Chancellor Li and the House of Assembly. Some people said ruthless words, and I was so angry."

Ye Zhao smiled and said nothing. He left the capital for nearly a year. Although it was still remotely controlled, it gave the new government quite a lot of autonomy. He just returned to Beijing and rejected the new tax law that the Council had passed. Even if Li Hongzhang dared not be resentful, the prime minister's aides who helped Li Hongzhang draft the tax law day and night did not know that everyone knew that the world was high.

What's more, the new culture of the empire will contend with the idea of ​​restraining the imperial power, especially some cultural people who are depressed and unsuccessful are even more keen on this.

There may not be no such person among Li Hongzhang's aides.

Zhang Zhidong said again: "I have discussed with Brother Yuzhai and am ready to withdraw from the People's Livelihood Party and innovate the Party. Please forgive me."

Ye Zhao was stunned when he heard this. Yuzhai was the name Li Shuchang. Both of them were important figures in the Minsheng Party. For example, Li Shuchang, who held the positions of state participation in politics and the head of the Guangdong Provincial Government. In the Imperial State Council, one prime minister and one vice premier each, six to seven people involved in politics. These are all the top figures in the imperial political circle. Li Shuchang was in this position in his early forties. He is really one of the top young and strong factions in the Minsheng Party.

"Get up." Ye Zhao waved and Zhang Zhidong slowly stood up.

The tax charter is also the new tax law. Ye Zhao believes that the starting tax point is generally low, and it is inappropriate to set the maximum tax rate as a monthly salary of 10,000 yuan (1,000 silver dollars) and the second-class starting tax point is 5,000 yuan. You should know that the maximum tax rate of more than 10,000 yuan will reach 45%, and the monthly income of 5,000 yuan will be 35%. If it is really implemented, it will harm the interests of the middle class such as small business owners, elite white-collar workers, etc., which will seriously affect the formation of the middle class. On the contrary, because of the corporate tax laws and other systems, the truly rich class will not be affected too much.

This is simply another form of "equal poverty", which is the state's plunder of people's wealth. In addition to the short-term rich treasury, which has greatly increased the government's tax revenue and a strong and prosperous government, it will not be beneficial to the empire in the long run. Ye Zhao even considered it for no more than an hour and rejected it. He could not blame some officials who thought that the approval of the Council would be natural to implement it.

However, while disappointing some officials, the news that the emperor rejected the new tax system naturally made the new citizen class that was related to his vital interests cheered. Therefore, perhaps some officials who supported the new tax law would also murmur in their hearts that the emperor was using the prestige of attacking the ruling government to win the hearts of the people.

Ye Zhao ignored the rumors. Looking at Zhang Zhidong, Ye Zhao said lightly: "**The establishment of the party is all your freedom. There is nothing accurate or not. Just think twice about everything, don't show off your anger for a moment."

Thinking about the meaning of the emperor's words, Zhang Zhidong bowed to the teachings. [To be continued in advance
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