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Text Volume 3: Repairing the Crack in the Sky Section 37: Port of Marseille

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    This section is from yesterday, and will be updated tonight: at the same time, continue to call for monthly tickets, collections, and recommended tickets in

    With the assistance of the pilot sent by the Port of Marseille, the passenger ship "Iradiva", which had traveled all the way from Shanghai along the Pacific Ocean, the Red Sea, and the Mediterranean Sea, slowly passed through the narrow entrance of the Port of Marseille and docked steadily at the  Next to Lipu Nongbu Pier.

    After customs officials and health officials completed the necessary inspections of the passenger ship, passengers with different skin colors and dressed in different clothes began to disembark from the "Ilateva" to the pier in twos and threes.

    Xue Fucheng stood on the pier with his hands behind his hands, and it didn't take much effort to find the traveler in the crowd who was dressed quite similar to himself.

    A smile appeared on his jade-like face, "Yan Jidao!" He raised an arm and waved vigorously at Yan Fu who was walking towards him, and at the same time, he kept moving towards him with his feet.  , and Jamie Evans, who was following him closely, was startled for a moment, and then strode towards him.

    Yan Fu also glanced at Xue Fucheng outside the crowd, and his face, which was tanned by the sunshine of the Red Sea, was even more happy - the so-called meeting an old friend in a foreign land, is this the scene right now?

    "Mr. Shuyun!" He rushed to Xue Fucheng in a few steps. His lips moved and his chest heaved rapidly. He said in a deep voice: "We haven't seen you for several years, but you are still as charming as before! Yan Fu Yan Fu is so polite.  !", he said, shaking his horseshoe sleeves, and bowed to Xue Fucheng.

    "A few words, it doesn't have to be like this." Xue Fucheng helped Yan Fu up.  He looked up and down at the long-time old friend in front of him, and said in a low voice, with a smile: "Before Xue went abroad a few years ago, he went to the Naval Academy to seek advice from some Taoists. If you think about it, you are still me.  Where¡¯s the little master?¡±

    ??He told the truth.  At the beginning of last year, after he served as the minister of envoy to Britain, France, Italy and Belgium as a candidate for Sanpin Jingtang, the first thing he did was to go to Tianjin Naval Academy to further consult with Yan Fu about British customs, geography and customs.

    Yan Fu stared at Xue Fucheng, his eyes suddenly flashed, and two lines of tears silently flowed down his cheeks. He immediately raised his sleeves to wipe away the tears.  Smiling, he continued: "Mr. Shuyun is joking. Yan Fu really doesn't deserve the name of this young master."

    "There must be my teacher among the three of us. Is there anything I can't do?"  .  he asked with concern.

    "Master Zhongtang has always been in good health. At the farewell banquet before I went overseas, I was able to eat two seabass in one meal."  Yan Fu said with a smile.

    "Oh, all right.".  Xue Fucheng's face showed an obvious look of relief.  He nodded and said: "That's goodsigh".  He seemed to notice something.  He first raised his head and looked behind Yan Fu carefully for a moment.  Then he turned to Yan Fu again: "A few words. Why don't you see Mr. Ren Lingyu Ren?"

    "Returning to Mr. Xue".  Yan Fu calmly glanced at Jamie Evans from the corner of his eye, who had already pricked up his ears.  He already responded to Xue Fucheng in an official tone: "Sir, Ren caught wind and cold at sea. It was inconvenient to see guests, so he changed into casual clothes first. He was escorted by several attach¨¦s and went to Marseille to seek medical advice."

    "Oh? Really? That's really a big deal a few words. Without further ado, you and I should go to the city to meet Master Ren."  Xue Fucheng was born in surprise.  A bit of anxiety immediately appeared on his face.  He grabbed Yan Fu's hand.  He turned around and walked towards the carriage he came from.

    "Wait¡­¡­".  It was as if he had just remembered that there was another person beside him.  Xue Fucheng, who had already taken a few steps, stepped back to where he was.

    "Mr. Evans".  He walked up to Jamie Evans, who was still smiling.  He said with a hint of guilt: "I'm really sorry. I didn't expect Lord Ren Lingyu to be infected with the disease. But don't worry".  He took one of Evans' hands.  He said quite sincerely: "When Sir Ren recovers slightly, I will definitely recommend you immediately! By the way. A few words".  He turned to look at Yan Fu.  Said: "Let me introduce you. This is Mr. Jamie Evans, assistant designer of the Armstrong factory."

    "Mr. Evans, this is Lord Yan Fuyan. As you know, he is Lord Ren's deputy."

    "Oh?" Yan Fu's heart trembled. He took a step forward, stretched out a hand to Jamie Evans, and greeted in his fluent London accent: "Hello, nice to see you.  Happy."

    "Me too." Jamie Evans said in fluent Chinese with a strong Guangzhou accent. After witnessing this wonderful double act between Xue Fucheng and Yan Fu, he still maintained a polite smile on his face.  , but I already felt a slight resentment in my heart.

    "Let me let you be proud for a while! As long as you are willingIf the Armstrong Plant purchases warships, Japan, as your competitor, will definitely spend more money and time ordering new warships. In the face of the expansion of the Japanese navy, you will naturally not sit idly by and ignore it. But at that time,  It may not be the time for the buyer to have the final say" Thinking of the possible bright prospects in the future, Jamie Evans couldn't help but smile even more happily, revealing his teeth as white as ivory.

    Capital, Beihai, Jingqingzhai

    When Guangxu and a young eunuch holding a tray walked along the verandah from Yunqinzhai on the east side of Jingqingzhai into Baosu Bookstore on the east side, Empress Dowager Cixi was reclining on the bamboo couch next to the flower wall on the south side of the bookstore, taking a nap.  , while Li Lianying turned her back to the door of the study room, kneeling on the futon in front of the bamboo couch, making fists with her hands, and concentrating on beating the legs of Empress Dowager Cixi.

    "Emperor" Li Lianying, who was vaguely aware of something strange behind him, turned his head slightly. His face changed after being frightened, and he almost stood up. He knelt down and turned around neatly. He was about to kowtow to Guangxu, but was stopped by someone behind him.  The person mixed it in place.

    "Get up first!" Guangxu deliberately lowered his voice.  He pointed to the dragon-embroidered porcelain pier placed on the right side of the bamboo couch, "Go, bring that over to me."

    "Cha!" Li Lianying responded in a very low voice, and then stood up from the polished tile floor in the study room, hands and feet, and tiptoed to the porcelain embroidered dragon pier.  He carefully picked it up and moved it to the bamboo couch to put it down - he did it very carefully and made almost no sound from the beginning to the end.

    Seeing that Li Lianying had moved the dragon-embroidered porcelain pier, Guangxu gently lifted the hem of his gauze robe and sat down on it.

    "Everyone, get out."  He casually waved to the main entrance of the library, and Li Lianying also wisely led the little eunuch who came with the emperor to bow deeply to the emperor and the queen mother, and then took small steps back with his back to the door.  After exiting the door of Baosu Bookstore, he immediately raised his eyes slightly and glanced at the Queen Mother on the bamboo couch and the Emperor in front of her - and saw that Guangxu had already begun to gently beat Cixi's legs.  Come.

    Li Lianying's slightly cloudy eyes suddenly flashed a smile of great relief. He quickly took two steps back. After he was sure that the Tian family mother and son in the bookstore could no longer see him outside the room, he  Then he turned around, and his back suddenly became much straighter.  "Here comes someone.".  Li Lianying drank lightly, and then a little eunuch with a blue plume came over briskly. Then he beat him down one by one. He pinched his throat and said softly: "Please give me the chief steward's orders."

    "Tell the imperial kitchen room. Just say that the emperor will have dinner with the Queen Mother tonight and ask them to prepare dinner immediately. And" He suddenly leaned down, looked at the little eunuch with bright eyes and said, "Give me special information.  I met Wen Baotian and told him that both the Empress Dowager and the Emperor liked the braised duck strips he made. He told him that he was well served and if the Empress Dowager's dinner was delicious, the Emperor would definitely give him a reward!"

    Inside Baosu Bookstore.

    "Hey" The corners of Empress Dowager Cixi's slightly drooped mouth suddenly appeared in a helpless smile.  But he still closed his eyes and said: "Emperor, your technique is still too unfamiliar."

    "This" Guangxu smiled slightly awkwardly.  The subordinate did not stop, and replied with a smile: "My son will definitely come to beat his father's legs more in the future. I believe that it will only take a few times to make his father more comfortable Practice makes perfect."

    "Okay!" Empress Dowager Cixi finally opened her eagle eyes. With a smile on her lips, she stretched out her hand and gently patted the emperor's fist that was still on her legs, and continued: "If you have such a heart, I  The old lady is very contented! Why don't you come and wait on me Now you don't even have time to come and have a meal with my old lady, so how can you have time to beat my legs? "

    Guangxu's face immediately changed color. He stood up from the dragon-embroidered porcelain pier neatly. He lifted the corner of his robe and knelt down facing the Empress Dowager Cixi on the bamboo couch.

    "My son is unfilial and cannot come here often to entertain me" As soon as the words came out, Guangxu's slender red phoenix eyes already overflowed with tears, "This is my son's fault."

    "Okay, okay, I just said it casually, how could the land be used like this." Empress Dowager Cixi looked gentle. She pointed at the porcelain embroidered dragon pier: "The emperor should get up first and sit down to talk."

    "Yes!" Guangxu stood up from the ground as he was told. After sitting down, he couldn't help but said: "My dear father, it's not that my son doesn't want to come to Xiyuan more often to share his family life with his dear father, but it's just that he has been so busy with everything lately.  My son is very busy"

    He was certainly not talking nonsense. Ever since the heart-to-heart talk between mother and son before Li Hongzhang came to Beijing for an audience, the Empress Dowager Cixi had really delegated power to the emperor in many government affairs in the past few months, and every day she had to spend time on raising children.  There are more and more memorials without any nail scratches on the imperial desk of the Heart Palace.  However, as the emperor slowly felt that he could gradually use someAlthough I am free, I also find that I have much less leisure time to control as I wish.

    "It is true that you need to spend more time on government affairs." Empress Dowager Cixi nodded gently and continued: "But the emperor should not be too worried about not having time to accompany me, an old lady"

    "Dealing with government affairs consumes the most attention. I know this too. I think back when Emperor Wenzong passed away and the late emperor was young, in Chinese terms, he called it a master, a young man, a country's doubts" When I heard Empress Dowager Cixi say this,  Guangxu, who was sitting respectfully at the bottom, suddenly jumped in his eyes. He could roughly guess what Empress Dowager Cixi was going to say next

    Sure enough, the Empress Dowager Cixi changed the subject and said, "The officials have no choice but to follow the past dynasties and let Empress Xiaozhenxian and I listen to politics behind the curtain. We sisters have not been considered legitimate until now."  Law, but for the sake of the Qing Dynasty and the inheritance of our ancestors, we can only reluctantly shoulder this burden We must hand over the inheritance left by our ancestors to the emperor in a well-managed manner. Only then can we be worthy of our ancestors.  Zongzong, people of the world. I thought that when Emperor Mu Zong grew up and could rule personally, we sisters would be able to rest, but who would have thought that the late emperor was unlucky"

    Thinking of her son who only lived for nineteen years, Empress Dowager Cixi felt sad for a moment and almost burst into tears. However, she always controlled herself and quickly controlled her emotions: "Mu Zong has no heir.  The country of the Qing Dynasty cannot live without an emperor. All the officials and ministers discussed it together, and then you were chosen as the emperor."

    "But you were only a child at that time, two years younger than when Emperor Mu Zong inherited the throne. We sisters could only catch up and draw the curtain again, but this time, you really killed my good sister.  I'm so tired." After saying this, the Empress Dowager Cixi seemed to be unable to restrain her emotions any longer, so she wiped the corners of her eyes with a brocade handkerchief and remained silent for a long time.

    Guangxu, who was sitting next to him, was horrified to hear this - Empress Dowager Ci'an died violently in the seventh year of Guangxu's reign, and there were immediately divergent opinions both inside and outside the court. And he was in the palace confinement, and he heard a lot of things about it in the dark and clear.  The reason for the death of Empress Dowager Ci'an is a hair-raising and outrageous statement

    "The emperor now also knows how difficult it is to govern." Empress Dowager Cixi finally suppressed her sorrow and continued speaking eloquently, "Without my sister, this heavy burden falls on me alone. But I am like this  I work hard, but I can't even get a good reputation. There are always some people who say that I still hold on to the emperor's age when he should be in charge! In fact, who am I worried about? Isn't it because of your love for Xinjieluo?  To protect the family? To fight for a living? Since the Tongzhi period, whether it was promoting Westernization, building a navy, or going to war with the French, in these difficult times, it would have been impossible without me taking the big ideas."

    "Fortunately, the emperor has finally grown up now!" Seeing that Guangxu was already very excited after hearing this, Empress Dowager Cixi brought the topic back without any trace: "And now the overall situation is quite peaceful. As long as the emperor will  If we can seriously manage the government of this dynasty and keep the country safe, we will not let foreigners bully us again. In that case"

    Guangxu suddenly felt the blood rising in his chest - something he had been looking forward to for many years seemed to be within his reach all of a sudden. He gently pinched the ring on his thumb, forcing himself to calm down as quickly as possible, and just then  At this time, he heard the most crucial words uttered by the Empress Dowager Cixi: "The ancients all talked about retreating from the rapids. I have worked hard all my life, and it is time for me to make plans for myself. As long as the emperor can really shoulder this burden, then  Wouldn¡¯t it be foolish for me, the old lady, not to take advantage of this moment and take advantage of it?¡±
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