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- Tianjin, Zhili Governor's Office
Seeing that it is already the season of autumn, there are more rainy days in Jinmen, just like today. It was originally a good weather with sunshine, but suddenly it took a turn for the worse, and the sky was filled with floating clouds in just an instant. Gradually, It sank to the ground.
"It's going to rain again" Zhang Peilun said with a pun as he looked at the clouds outside the window, holding a telegraph newspaper he had just received.
"Hmm!" Li Hongzhang, who was lying on his back on a Western-style recliner, closed his eyes and responded thoughtfully, then asked: "Is there another telegram from Uncle Yun?"
"Yes!" Zhang Peilun was startled, then immediately came to his senses and said: "It's the telegram from Uncle Xue."
"Oh" Li Hongzhang finally opened his eyes, but still lay back on the chair, "What did you say?"
"Back in the middle hall, Mr. Shuyun said in the telegram that he had made an appointment with someone from the Armstrong Factory in England and would be traveling from England to Marseille in the near future to meet up with Ren Zhiming."
"Armstrong Factory?" Li Hongzhang was stunned for a moment, and then he sat up straight. In this moment, he who was still sleepy just now had piercing eyes: "It is to build the super brave, powerful and harmonious, Jing Eryuan for my Beiyang Navy. The Armstrong factory?¡±
"Exactly!" A smile appeared at the corner of Zhang Peilun's mouth, but it disappeared briefly, and his voice returned to calm: "This is the Armstrong Factory."
"Well, very good! Uncle Xue did an excellent job. As the saying goes, comparing shopping, the more boat sellers, the more advantageous it will be for us to buy boats. Yes, very good." His wrinkled face immediately showed up. A deep smile appeared.
"In this case". Li Hongzhang breathed out again, "Zhi Ming's errand will be much easier to handle!"
"Students are worried" It was a great relief to see Li Hongzhang like this. Zhang Peilun's face was immediately covered with a layer of gloom. He thought about it for a long time. Finally he gritted his teeth and said: "This will make Ren Zhiming's situation even more difficult!"
"Um?". Li Hongzhang immediately narrowed his eyes slightly. "Youqiao. How do you say this?"
The capital. Forbidden City. Yangxin Hall
"Snapped". The priceless Chenghua Doucai Chicken Cup flew out from the emperor's thin and pale hand. It hit the golden brick floor in the Yangxin Hall. In an instant, it turned into a pile of broken porcelain pieces that were worthless. A group of eunuchs and maids in the Yangxin Hall were so frightened that everyone was stunned and their hands and feet were weak. Some of them were timid and their legs went weak. Then he knelt down directly.
Sitting on the porcelain pier embroidered with dragons at the foot of the emperor, the old man lowered his gaze lower to the ground while standing. I saw that the emperor had already stood up and left his throne in the middle of the Yangxin Hall under the plaque "Zhongzheng Renhe" written by Emperor Yongzheng himself. He walked up and down quickly. I could only hear a pair of green satin soap boots under a camel-colored Jiang silk shirt clattering on the gold brick floor. She has completely thrown away the dignified and dignified imperial demeanor that Empress Dowager Cixi valued most in daily life!
"Bastard! Bastardbastard". Guangxu blushed. Even his breathing was uneven due to excitement. It was obvious that he was extremely angry inside. And the stuttering problem also broke out again - "II have appointed the personsecond in the imperial examination. The sixthsixth grade editor of the Hanlin Academy. The imperial court has appointed the person with the title of Chief Envoy. Committee member of the ship purchase assistant committee for the ship review He serves as Lingyu, a mere fifth-grade official. How dare he kill without permission? "
Guangxu had already walked back to the imperial case at this time. He saw at a glance the message copied by the family members of the Military Aircraft Department placed on the plan. He couldn't help but feel even more angry. He actually stretched out his hand and slapped the imperial case hard!
"You are simply without a king and a father!" Guangxu slapped the imperial case vigorously and cursed angrily, "Has this dynasty ever had such a wild and rebellious official in the past 200 years since its founding?" Seeing that the emperor was already furious. The few eunuchs and maids who were still standing in the Yangxin Hall all shuddered, and then they seemed to be pulled by the same invisible thread. Kneel down together.
Weng Tong's eyes darkened slightly, and his brows also had a hint of worry - ever since he was sent to Yuqing Palace in the first year of Guangxu's reign. He has been the master of the emperor in front of him for sixteen years, and he knows the emperor's temperament very well.
"As early as when the emperor was an ignorant young man, he already knew that although the emperor had always been respectful and obedient in front of the Queen Mother, he actually had a violent and irritable temper. Although he looks weak, the emperor will be agitated and furious as long as his ministers or servants are disobedient. As early as the first year after the emperor took office, Sun Yuwen led several ministers to report to the Queen Mother: "The emperor's nature is unreasonable. No one dares to stop"
With the emperor¡¯s unpredictable, violent and almost surly temperament, how could he restrain himself when he saw Ren Lingyu acting so wantonly? But at this time, is it the time for the emperor to launch a war against Beiyang? !
"Master Weng!", in a moment of almost hysteriaAfter the violent attack, Guangxu's mood finally calmed down slightly, and his attention immediately turned to Weng Tong, who was still sitting on the embroidered dragon porcelain pier.
Upon hearing the emperor's greeting, Weng Tong immediately stood up from the dragon-embroidered porcelain pier in accordance with the rule of "sit and listen" - although he was the emperor's mentor, in the final analysis, he was just The emperor's servant in front of him.
"My old minister is here," Weng Tong said to the emperor with a respectful expression.
"Master Weng, you are my teacher, but you are also my military minister" Guangxu said with a vicious light in his eyes, "That's right?"
"Back to the emperor, that's exactly what happened." A bad premonition suddenly flashed through Weng Tong's heart, but he didn't know where the danger would come from.
"Okay then" Guangxu nodded lightly. He pointed at the pen and paper on the imperial desk and said to Tong Weng, "You will draft two edicts for me now and send them to the envoys of England, France and China. Xue Fucheng, the minister of the four countries of Italy and Bi, ordered him to capture Ren Lingyu as soon as he met the arrogant and rebellious person, escort him back to the country with special personnel, and hand him over to the department for strict investigation and then punish him! Another decree was sent to the king of Tianjin to let him After receiving the order, Li Hongzhang immediately impeached himself!"
"Your Majesty" Before the emperor could finish his words, Weng Tong was already trembling all over, and cold sweat immediately broke out on his back. He knelt down facing the emperor. There was also a bit of anxiety in his voice, "You must not do this!"
"Huh?" Emperor Guangxu put his hands behind his back, turned towards Weng Tong, and stared at Weng Tong with suspicious and blazing eyes: "What? Even your master Weng doesn't take me anymore. Do you take his decree seriously? Or are you still thinking that you, the Minister of Military and Aircraft, were recommended by Li Hongzhang, and since you have received such a great favor from him, you should reciprocate the favor and cover up for him? "
"Go back to the emperor!" Listening to the emperor's sharp words, Weng Tong's head was already soaked with sweat, and his words were also filled with tears: "How dare I? How can I do this? I have been in Yuqing Palace sixteen years ago under the orders of the Queen Mother. From the day when I became an emperor, I have always reflected on myself. As a minister, you must first abide by the duties of a minister - as the saying goes, the Lord is concerned about the minister's labor, and the Lord is the minister who humiliates his death. This is the teaching of Tai Shigong in "Historical Records". Minister. I don't dare to forget one daybut today the emperor actually suspected that the minister had colluded with others to deceive the Holy Spirit. This is reallyreally the minister" He didn't know which emotion was touched, but he directly He fell down on the gold brick floor in the Yangxin Hall and began to mourn!
Guangxu was shocked, and he thought for a moment, then a look of shame and shame appeared on his face. He quickly stepped forward, stretched out his hand to help Weng Tong up from the ground: "Teacher, I made a mistake.", he thought for a while. . He continued: "Teacher, please don't take it too seriously"
"I don't dare!" Weng Tong raised his hand to wipe away his tears. After putting down his hand, he had his usual solemn look again, "I just said that the Lord is worried about the minister's labor, and the Lord humiliates the minister to death! Let the emperor Worry is originally the sin of the minister, so even if the emperor never scolds the minister, the minister is still responsible."
"Teacher, there's no need to say anything!" Guangxu let go of Weng Tong's hand. The delicate face suddenly became full of despair. "In the final analysis, it's my fault! The so-called wise king can only make his ministers wise. In the past, when the Holy Ancestor Gaozong was in power, was there ever a person like Ren Lingyu who had no king and no father in the court?"
He seemed to be facing Weng Tong, and seemed to be saying to himself: "And it was my Guangxu Dynasty that did such a bastard After all, I'm afraid I still have to blame my lack of virtue!"
Weng Tong felt his head buzzing and suddenly broke out in a cold sweat. As he pondered Guangxu's words, he felt that every word was painful to his bones. He couldn't help but shaken up again, and his face became pale. He was a little pale, and after a while he spoke to comfort him: "Your Majesty, what you said is too serious!"
"The Holy Ancestors were heroes of the generation and had many talents in court, but they still had sycophants like Suo Etu and Mingzhu. However, Emperor Gaozong's literary and martial arts skills were inevitably accompanied by corrupt officials who were the best in the world Just like the folk slang It is said that people's hearts are separated from each other, which shows that no matter how virtuous the Lord is, it is difficult for him to be perfect when selecting talents"
"Master Weng" After listening to Weng Tong's words, Guangxu's delicate face showed an obviously moved look. He thought for a while and then asked: "Then what do you think the teacher should do about this matter?"
"This" Weng Tong hesitated, but used the corner of his eye to glance at the palace maids and eunuchs who were still kneeling on the ground.
Guangxu followed Weng Tong's gaze and looked left and right, then said: "Come, master, follow me to the Dongnuan Pavilion to talk." As soon as he finished speaking, he took the lead to the Dongnuan Pavilion of the Yangxin Hall.
"Master Weng, there are only me and your master and apprentice here now. If you have anything to say, you can just say it." After finding a way to send out the several palace maids and eunuchs who were originally serving in Dongnuan Pavilion, Guangxu said Then he spoke again.
"Yes, Your Majesty." Weng TongdiAfter thinking for a moment, he raised his head with a solemn expression and said, "In fact, I don't have any clever methods. I can only use the eight characters to present to the emperor - make the best use of the situation and use stillness to stop"
"Making the best of the situation and using stillness to stop?" Guangxu first lowered his head and repeated Weng Tong's words twice, and then raised his head with a puzzled face, "Master Weng, can you explain it more clearly?"
"Back to the Emperor" Weng Tong solemnly replied, "The so-called stopping with silence is because the court has not found any solid evidence about Wen Tingshi's murder, and if someone is overseas, all the evidence may have been eliminated. It's all clean Even if the imperial court wants to pursue it to the end, I'm afraid it will just drop the matter in the end. Therefore, the veteran believes that it is not appropriate for the emperor to delve into this matter"
The expression on Guangxu's face froze immediately, and then he became angry again: "He has even done such lawless things, why can't I get to the bottom of it?"
"Old minister, be brave!" Weng Tong stood up and saluted Guangxu. Then he asked a question that seemed to have nothing to do with the topic they were talking about: "May I ask your Majesty, where does the word "Yangxin" in the "Yangxin Palace" come from?
"It comes from Mencius" Guangxu answered almost without thinking, but suddenly stopped talking - the name of Yangxin Hall comes from Mencius' "Keep your heart and nourish your nature to serve heaven", It means cultivating your nature
The emperor thought for a moment with a gloomy expression on his face, but in the end he just sighed: "What about taking advantage of the situation?" Guangxu asked.
"Go back to the emperor." Weng Tong suddenly felt uneasy in his heart. But he still mustered up the courage to say what he had been lingering in his heart for a long time, "I wonder if the emperor still remembers the old things when the old minister told the emperor "Historical Records" in Yuqing Palace?"
"Huh?" Guangxu was startled, "Of course I remember it, but how does this relate to today's events?"
"Then, among them, "The Biography of the Master of the Marquis of Pingjin", I wonder if the emperor has studied it recently?" Weng Tong did not answer Guangxu directly. Instead, he gave another answer with a faint look in his eyes.
""The Biography of the Master of Pingjin"?" Guangxu frowned slightly, his face full of confusion, "Teacher you that slave, what are you doing sneakily there?" He suddenly He turned his gaze to the door of Dongnuan Pavilion and shouted angrily.
Guangxu's voice was so loud that Weng Tong in front of him was so frightened that his whole body trembled. Before he had time to turn around to see what was happening at the door, he only heard a thud. It seemed that someone knelt down at the door, and then he remembered a series of kowtows, interspersed with a mournful drake's voice: "You deserve to die, you deserve to die! It's just that Eunuch Li has just come over and is outside the Hall of Cultivation of the Heart." See you soon"
Li Lianying is here?
Guangxu immediately turned his head and looked at each other with Weng Tong. Unexpectedly, he could see deep confusion and worry in each other's eyes.
Egypt, Port Said
Sitting on the carriage, I looked back at the hotel, which was still shrouded in the dawn mist, but was gradually getting further away. Take a few deep breaths of air mixed with fine coal dust and the increasingly strong smell of sea. Ren Lingyu felt that his mood was extremely happy.
Xue Fucheng has already set off from England to France, according to a telegram sent by this Beiyang think tank. After receiving a telegram from China from China, Hurd, the Chief Taxation Department of the Qing Dynasty, informed him that he had gone abroad to purchase ships. The Armstrong factory, which had not received an order from China for several years since "Zhiyuan, Jingyuan", immediately sent people to Xue Fucheng several times to inquire about the itinerary of itself, the ship purchase committee member.
After learning that the first stop of his European trip was the La-Seyn shipyard in France, the Armstrong factory, which could no longer sit still, simply sent out several senior assistants, including the famous designer Sir William White. The sales team will go to Marseille with Xue Fucheng to contact him, in an effort to get this order totaling hundreds of thousands of pounds before La Seyn Shipyard!
If a worker wants to do his job well, he must first sharpen his tools! Seeing that the planned "Clippers and Fast Cannons" were getting more and more obvious, Ren Lingyu couldn't help but feel a lot more relaxed.
"Shou Zheng, I just asked Mr. Yan about your resume a few days ago. Are you from Zhenhai, Zhejiang?" Ren Lingyu looked out of the car with a cheerful face, and asked Yang Licheng who was sitting opposite him seemingly casually.
At this time, a group of them were taking three carriages to the dock to take a boat out to sea, and apart from himself and Huang Bo, who was sitting outside on the driver's seat side, Yang Licheng was the only one left in the car.
"Huh?" Yang Licheng looked up thoughtfully and subconsciously replied: "Yes" He quickly composed himself and continued: "The student was born in Zhenhai, Zhejiang, and later in
"Oh." Ren Lingyu nodded slightly and continued to ask: "Then how did you come up with the idea of ??being admitted to the Naval Academy?"
"Reply to the teacher", Yang LichengHe glanced out of the car with the corner of his eye and said slightly uneasily: "The student's family is unfortunate. His father passed away before he was born, and his mother also contracted an illness and died when the student was two years old. The student had no one to rely on, so he could only stay with his uncle. Go to sea to make a living"
He seemed not to have expected that Ren Lingyu would ask him this question. After a pause, he continued: "My uncle has no children, so he treats his students as his own. He only wants his students to gain fame. However, his family is poor and he really can't survive." Starting from that year, the ship sailed to Tianjin and saw the announcement issued by Li Zhongtang. He knew that the Naval Academy not only had no tuition fees, but also had a salary to subsidize the family if his grades were acceptable. After thinking about it, the student was admitted to the Naval Academy. Come."
"Oh, so that's it." Ren Lingyu immediately acted as if he suddenly realized it, but his doubts became stronger. Ever since that day when Yang Licheng shocked everyone when talking, he had paid special attention to this student¡ª¡ªthis person He was so different from Zhang Jingxing and others, which made him look at him differently but also made him wary.
"Teacher, please look at the coal unloader." The carriage passed a corner and saw a group of people walking across the street. They were all in ragged clothes and had dirty faces. Everywhere they could see was covered in black. of coal dust.
"Well, yes." Ren Lingyu agreed casually - Port Said is the largest coaling port for sea ships in this time and space, so it is only natural to see a coal unloader.
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Ren Lingyu suddenly sat up straight, "Shou Zheng" He waved to Yang Licheng, "Come and see if that person is one of my Qing subjects?"
"Ah?" Yang Licheng immediately stepped forward, leaned towards the car window and looked out - "He has braids, yes, teacher, this person must be from my Qing Dynastyreallywait a minute!" "
He suddenly turned to look at Ren Lingyu, and at the same time pointed at the person and said: "Teacher, the student knows this person!" - Didn't finish reading? Add this book to your favoritesI'm a member and bookmarked this chapterCopy the address of this book and recommend it to your friends for pointsChapter error? Click here to report
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