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    Finally, here comes the 6,000-word extended chapter, calling for monthly votes, haha.

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    The muscles on Ren Lingyu's cheeks twitched imperceptibly, but they returned to their original state immediately. He didn't speak anymore, and only looked silently at Yang Licheng opposite, who seemed to be calm and had begun to talk.  .

    "Since the teacher has found out the details of the student" Yang Licheng paused, stared at Ren Lingyu for a moment, and suddenly asked: "I wonder if I can still be considered the teacher's student at this time?"

    "Of course you are my student." Ren Lingyu replied without hesitation, "And you are also a disciple that I highly admire."

    "Thank you very much, teacher." Yang Licheng felt warm in his heart and felt his nose was a little sore. He sighed and forced a smile and said, "It will be a great comfort for students to receive such words from the teacher."

    "The student's father was originally an officer on the mosquito cannon ship 'Fusheng' of the Fujian Navy. The teacher must have known about this." Yang Licheng suppressed his emotions slightly, and the expression on his face gradually calmed down.  .

    "Due to his father, the student grew up in Mawei. On the day when the student was a child, his father took the student's hand and walked to the front door of the shipping administration office to ask the student to learn to read Shen Wensu's handwriting word by word.  That couplet" Yang Licheng's usually indifferent and expressionless face showed a rare complex expression of joy and bitterness. He choked with sobs and couldn't speak for a while.

    "With Yibao as the starting point, nothing has been difficult in the world since ancient times; with the new method of Jiuze, there are saints in China today!" Ren Lingyu said in a gentle tone. He looked at Yang Licheng, with a hint of respect in his eyes.  He has a kindness that belies his age.

    ¡°It¡¯s exactly this couplet.

    "" Yang Licheng nodded and said, "From that day on, whenever there was an opportunity to disembark from the ship, my father would take his students to the hill behind the shipyard to have a bird's eye view of the increasingly expanding shipyard fleet on the Majiang River.  "

    "My father is a very strict man who teaches his children. He always has a cold face towards students. He rarely makes excuses. He often scolds"  Tears welled up in Yang Licheng's eyes.  But he held back the tears.  "But when looking down at the situation of the shipping administration, my father always spoke warmly. He taught his students again and again. Our country is in decline. Its root lies in the four words of 'holding on to the weak and defending the deficiencies'. As long as we cheer up more, revitalize the Westernization and strengthen the ship.  Sharp guns are no longer unique to Western barbarians. The country can be expected to revitalize. Therefore, although he is in the ship administration, he is regarded as a foreign slave by Shilin Township. But as long as he thinks about what he plans and does, it is  The long-term plan for the country. These grievances will disappear"

    "Your fatherno. Your Majestyis".  Ren Lingyu thought for a long time.  In the end, I could only squeeze out four words.  "Respectable man!"

    Yang Licheng was startled.  Immediately his face became solemn again.  He pressed his hands against the line of his pants.  Bowed deeply to Ren Lingyu.  "The student replaces my father. Thank you teacher for your compliments."

    See him like this.  Ren Lingyu also returned the salute with a solemn face.

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    "I still don't understand, my teacher. Since you were a hero of the Fujian Navy who died for the country in the Battle of Majiang, why did you abandon the Fujian Shipbuilding Academy and enter the Tianjin Naval Academy? And you have to remain anonymous?"  Seeing that the two of them were gradually talking.  Ren Lingyu once again brought up this question that had been lingering in his mind for a long time.

    ¡ª¡ªHe had high hopes for Yang Licheng's talent at this time, but because he had too high expectations, he could not help but criticize him more harshly

    "During the Battle of Sanmajiang in early July of the 10th year of Guangxu's reign, the student went to visit his mother's uncle, who was in the back of the shipyard. Hearing the sound of cannons from the shipyard, the mother immediately took the student straight to the top of the mountain."  , Yang Licheng gave a very bitter smile and continued: "Although the student's mother came from a scholarly family, she still had her feet bound. But that day, my mother's pair of three-inch golden lotuses moved as fast as flying, making my uncle and I stand in front of each other.  No matter how I catch up, I can't catch up"

    Ren Lingyu couldn't help but feel a pain in his heart. It could make a woman with bound feet run as fast as flying. Apart from the mutual affection between husband and wife, what else could there be?

    "When the student chased his mother to the top of the mountain, he saw his mother crying and lying in the grass. The student looked down at the battlefield from the top of the mountain and saw at the first sight that our flagship of the Fujian Navy, the Yangwu, was on fire in many places.  He desperately moved to the shallow water of the river and tried to run aground to save himself, but he still sank and died when he was about to reach the shallow water area At this moment, the student saw a Chinese navy soldier climbing up the mast and jumping on the sinking ship.  The dragon flag of our Qing Dynasty is hoisted high on the top of the mast of Yangwu's ship!"

    "Although my ship is dead, my flag is still there! At this moment" Two lines of clear tears slowly flowed down Yang Licheng's cheeks. His mood suddenly became excited and he could hardly control himself., The whole body was shaking violently, and he could hardly stand upright. "At this moment, the student saw Master Chen Ying and Chen's 'Fuxing' ship, which was the first among the warships in our navy to turn around and go straight to the French army.  The flagship ship left, and my father The mosquito gunboat "Fusheng" my father was on, together with its sister ship "Jiansheng", under the leadership of Mr. Lu Hanlu, followed the "Fuxing" and rushed straight into the enemy's formation! And many  The French ship fired artillery at the same time to bombard our three ships, and the students saw with their own eyes the fire on the French ship's mast, while the officers and soldiers of our ship were instantly covered in flesh and blood."

    Ren Lingyu closed his eyes in pain - the Chinese warships that participated in the Battle of Majiang basically adopted an open-air artillery deck design, with neither ironclads nor gun covers. Facing the French army, they were arranged on the mast of the warship.  The "Hachikis" 5 machine guns attacked condescendingly, and the unobstructed officers and soldiers of the Fujian Navy almost used their own flesh and blood to fight against the dense rain of bullets falling from the sky!

    Chen Ying, the commander of the "Fuxing" who was the first to attack the enemy ship in the naval battle, died heroically on the flybridge of the "Fuxing" because the French ship's machine shell penetrated his chest. The "Fuxing" who successively took over the command  "The second officer Zhang Chun and the third officer Wang Lian also fell in the "Hatchkiss"

    Under the gun muzzle

    "The enemy is strong and we are weak! 'Lucky Star' was finally damaged by a torpedo boat sent by a French warship when it struggled to engage the enemy, and was subsequently sunk by several French warships. However, although our ships on the Majiang River fought hard,  But in the end they were outnumbered and died one after another It was just a scene of two cups of tea. Except for the "Fusheng" and "Jiansheng" where my father was, there were no more warships of our Fujian Navy on the Majiang River.  "Yang Licheng was trembling all over and was on the verge of bursting into tears. "Although the officers and soldiers on my two mosquito cannon ships fought desperately, they were no match for the strong ships and powerful guns of the French army. The two ships fought until the main engines stopped and drifted in the water.  But still kept firing

    They were eventually sunk by French ships one by one.  "

    "There are no more of our warships on the Majiang River, but the French actually used guns and cannons to shoot at my officers and soldiers who fell into the water." Yang Licheng bit his lower lip tightly, with blood seeping between his teeth. "Wait until the enemy ships retreated.  Only then did the villagers along our coast go into the water to salvage the remains of the naval officers and soldiers who died in the battle.

    ¡°My mother ignored my uncle¡¯s obstruction and went through the bodies one by one. It wasn¡¯t until dawn the next day that my father¡¯s remains were found"

    "To this day, whenever a student closes his eyes late at night, his father's appearance at that time will immediately appear in his mind." Yang Licheng burst into tears. He did not wipe them away, but continued in a choked voice: "  My father stared angrily, as if he were alive, with both legs and left arm broken, and there were multiple bullet holes in his chest and abdomen. My father my father turned out to be dead without a complete body!"

    Ren Lingyu frowned, biting his lip, suppressing the grief and indignation in his heart and turning his head, no longer looking at the tearful Yang Licheng opposite him - he could not find any words to comfort this man who had just been torn open with bloody wounds in his heart.  disciples.

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    "The teacher just asked why the students wanted to abandon the shipbuilding school for the navy school, and why they had to remain anonymous and even lie about their place of origin" Yang Licheng raised his hand to wipe away the tears on his face, his expression turned cold.

    "The revenge for killing my father is irreconcilable!" Yang Licheng looked at Ren Lingyu with a solemn expression coldly, "Logically speaking, my father died at the hands of the French. If the students want to avenge this, they should seek compensation from the French.  Just come. When I bought the Fuyuan ship in France with my teacher a few days ago, I should have killed three or five French people"

    "But the students just can't figure it out - since China and France are at war, why is it that the French fleet came all the way to provoke our Qing Dynasty" Yang Licheng changed the subject and his words became sinister and violent.  Resentment, "Even if my Fujian navy is not as skilled as others, after all, after more than 20 years since Duke Shen Wensu, several shipping ministers have worked hard, how could we be reduced to being preempted by enemy ships at our doorstep? Silai  If I want to go, there is only one word to explain it, and that is 'One general is incompetent and the three armies will be exhausted'!"

    Ren Lingyu suddenly shuddered. He narrowed his eyes slightly and stared at Yang Licheng. His pupils actually shot out like pinpricks of light, "You changed your name and were admitted to the Naval Academy, and you deliberately planned to have an affair with Xuan Shengji."  Okay, are you just looking for an opportunity to take revenge on Zhang Youqiao?"

    ¡ª¡ªZhang Peilun¡¯s reputation was ruined throughout his life. Ma Jiang later transformed from a clear stream into the Huai River, so he kept a low profile and concentrated on being the mastermind of Li Hongzhang.  And if you want to plot against him, you must first find an opportunity to sneak into Beiyang.  And Xuanhua is the son of the Nian family who Zhang Peilun always takes good care of

    "The students did initially plan to do this." Yang Licheng answered very quickly and candidly, "And Zhang Peilun was not the only one the students initially wanted to assassinate."

    The moonlight reflected his pale and bloodless face, staring straight at Ren Lingyu, seeming to be smiling bitterly, and also seeming to be sarcastically sarcastic: "I was in France back then.At the beginning of the war, French ships invaded our coast, and the imperial court ordered the troops from the South and North to be dispatched to form a team to rescue them. However, Beiyang had just handed over the two ships "Chaoyong" and "Yangwei" newly purchased from England to Wanli City and arrived in Shanghai, and they were immediately transferred back.  The Nanyang warships also hesitated to advance in Zhejiang, watching the Fujian Navy fight against the powerful enemy with a weak division.  "

    "The reason for the transfer of 'Chao and Yang' is that Japan took advantage of the war between China and France to cause trouble in the Three Koreas. Keep upright. Since you are in Beiyang, you should naturally know that compared with France, Japan is not causing trouble but bringing disaster to you."  , whenever something goes wrong, it will be a trouble for the people" Ren Lingyu frowned and said - Japanese politicians in the past have always been experts in taking advantage of the situation, and taking advantage of the war between China and France in 1884 to launch a palace coup in North Korea was a major effort of the Japanese government at that time.  In order to deal with the activities of the Japanese in North Korea at that time, Li Hongzhang had to quickly transfer back the "super brave" and "powerful" people who rushed to aid Fujian before the coup. However, the coup that occurred later also allowed the still unknown Yuan Shikai to show his talents for the first time

    "Are you still planning to harm Lao Zhongtang?" Ren Lingyu suddenly understood something. His eyes shone sharply and his tone became sharp.

    "The students did think so at first." Yang Licheng replied very frankly, "But after the students entered the Naval Academy, they gradually understood that compared with France thousands of miles away, Japan is China's biggest enemy. France  But the disease of the elbow and armpit is a serious problem for Japan. And if it were not for Lao Zhongtang¡¯s hard support in Zhili over the years, I am afraid that the land of Sanhan would have been ruined long ago.¡±

    ¡ª¡ªLater generations mostly criticize Beiyang for the Sino-Japanese War of 1994-1999, but they often don¡¯t know that without Beiyang¡¯s fierce response, the land of Three Koreas would have ceased to exist as early as the 1884 Jiashen Coup, or even earlier during the Wu Mutiny.  Become a Chinese vassal again!

    "As for Zhang Peilun?" Yang Licheng did not hide the sarcasm on his face at all, "It is exaggerated to say that he has great ambitions but few talents! However, if his original strategy of sinking ships and sealing rivers in Fujian could have been used, then our entire Fujian Navy would not have been wiped out.  No. Although he cannot escape the blame for my father¡¯s death, he is not guilty enough to die.¡±

    "The ones who really killed my father were not the French, not Zhang Peilun, not Li Zhongtang, but those who were high in the temples but had no plan to defeat the soldiers. When the war was fierce and the war was in danger, they still stuck to the old rules and fished for fame and reputation without any rules. They sat back and watched the French ships arrive in Fujian.  The navy is stationed, but it has to tie the hands and feet of the frontline soldiers, not allowing the soldiers to build boats to seal the river, not allowing our Fujian Navy to strike first until the Qingliu people in the DPRK give up the opportunity to start the war!" Yang Licheng shouted in a sad tone.  .

    "It has been three years since students entered the Naval Academy" He suppressed his emotions slightly, but then continued angrily: "Everything I have seen and heard about the words and deeds of the officials in the court is chilling!  Students have already heard the saying "Please stop buying ships, tailoring, and bravery" The Japanese pirates have been vigorously carrying out reforms in recent years, and their country has become increasingly prosperous. In recent years, they have made great efforts to manage the navy, and their naval combat power is already inferior to that of our Beiyang Navy.  At this time of crisis, these Qingliu Party members are still obsessed with fighting against differences, and those in power want to secretly support our Beiyang harvest for their own selfish purposes, so as to have a check and balance effect"

    "The books of Confucius and Mencius taught sages like Weng Tong and Wen Tingshi. They were bastards who did not know the general trend of the world and did not know the difficulties of the country. They only knew how to destroy the country for their own selfish interests. The soldiers resisted weakly in the hail of bullets.  We fight to the death with all our strength for the sake of a court that doesn¡¯t want to make progress but only wants peace!"

    A chill ran down Ren Lingyu's spine - Yang Licheng's tone was full of endless sorrow and resentment

    Helpless, like a desperate ghost crying in a mass grave.  Whether it was in the original time and space or in this era, he had never heard such sad and desolate shouts, which made people so heartbroken

    "Teacher" Yang Licheng suddenly straightened up and knelt down straight in front of Ren Lingyu, "Before meeting the teacher, the students had no expectations for this country."

    "But reading the teacher's "Young China Theory" was as enlightening as the teacher! Then I read the teacher's "Japanese Military Preparation Strategy", and then I realized that in the Qing Dynasty, where the whole country was ignorant, there were people like the teacher who opened their eyes to the world.", he  After a pause, "Then I found out that the teacher had been locked up by Li Zhongtang, and he was already my young master in Beiyang. Only then did the student dare to let Liao Mingcheng go with him in disguise, in order to have a chance to repay his favor."

    Ren Lingyu's expression changed, but he remained silent.

    "After going abroad with the teacher, the student has the opportunity to kill that rotten scholar Wen Tingshi with the teacher" Yang Licheng's eyes flashed, "The student concluded that in addition to seeing and learning people, the teacher also has a lot of experience.  He has the courage to destroy the old and create the new, so the student acted in a play with Mingcheng in Port Said"

    "The teacher himself said that Japan has gradually become a climate and has the potential to invade China." Seeing that Ren Lingyu was still indifferent, Yang Licheng gritted his teeth and became more explicit in his words: "?Teacher is already a disciple of Lao Zhongtang, and it is a matter of course that he will take over Beiyang one day. At that time, Beiyang was used as the foundation, and talents from all over the world who were willing to change the old and reform were recruited, and they conspired to do great things. How could we know that we could not create a new situation in China?  Not to mention that this is of great benefit to the country, even the teacher himself, how could he know that he would not be able to make the same progress"

    "You get up first." Ren Lingyu looked indifferent, as if he was wearing an invisible mask. Yang Licheng was startled, but he still stood up from the ground.

    "Come with me for a walk." Ren Lingyu had completely regained his composure at this time. He turned around quietly and walked forward first.

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    "Shou Zheng" Ren Lingyu seemed to have come out of the excitement just now. He walked around and seemed to be talking to himself: "Although I already know your original name, I still feel that 'Shou Zheng'  'These two words are called smooth, but I don't know how to call you that, is it okay?"

    "The students don't want to mention my past names anymore. The teacher just calls me Shouzheng." Seeing Ren Lingyu's deep expression, Yang Licheng felt a little bit sad in addition to disappointment.

    Fortunately, Ren Lingyu quickly gave comfort.

    "It's not that I haven't thought about what you said." Ren Lingyu smiled leisurely - as a time traveler, it seems inappropriate if you don't have the consciousness to change the world and claim to be God.

    Fortunately, my emotions and perceptions didn¡¯t last long

    "When I was overseas, I once heard a saying, 'In order to fight against external forces, we must first settle the domestic affairs.'" Ren Lingyu smiled lightly and continued: "But the current situation in the country is, 'To stabilize the domestic affairs, we must first fight against foreign forces'"  Stay upright, put things first, and require major changes in the country before we can overcome the small crisis at hand."

    "Is the teacher still talking about Japan?" Yang Licheng pondered for a moment and understood what Ren Lingyu meant.

    "Who else could there be?" Ren Lingyu raised his thick eyebrows and said: "Those Qingliu Party members in the imperial court who eat with their butts, whenever they mention Japan, they refer to it as 'a small country'"

    "You are a small country, you are a small country" Ren Lingyu suddenly snorted from his nose, "In addition to the size of the land and the population that can be seen by a person, no, a dog, these people who have read poetry and books  You loser can¡¯t even understand anything! He¡¯s so stupid!¡±

    "That's right." Yang Licheng said solemnly, "Students also occasionally dabble in Japan's reform. Although it is called the reform, it is a reform that changes customs and reshapes the country. Military, political, and economic education are all imitated.  The West is vigorously carrying out reforms. Regardless of other things, the establishment of banks to issue banknotes is far beyond the reach of our country, which still uses silver. As for the reform of the military system, it has made the military more powerful;  With the founding of the Constitution and the founding of the National Assembly, and the implementation of such far-reaching changes one by one, Japan's national power has become as if it is superior to mine."

    "You said it very well." Ren Lingyu nodded heavily, his eyes filled with worry, "Because of this, whenever I think about Japan, I can't sleep like this."

    Yang Licheng¡¯s pupils shrank, and after a long while he said, ¡°Teacher, do you think that a war between our country and Japan is inevitable?¡±

    "Not only is it inevitable, it is simply inevitable!" Ren Lingyu's tone became cold again, "East Asia is too small to accommodate two big countries. As the saying goes, 'One mountain cannot accommodate two tigers, unless one man and his father are harmonious.  A mother'then Japan is really a tiger cub, but our Qing Dynasty can only be regarded as a sick cat that has grown up at most!"

    "It's ridiculous that the humble minister in the court is still sitting on the dream of getting promoted and getting rich in order to realize the longevity of the Queen Mother They are already sharpening their knives. Don't talk about 'preparing for war' here, for fear that we won't even be able to say 'know the enemy'."  It can't be done." Ren Lingyu couldn't help but sigh deeply when he thought of the so-called national Qiancheng where corpses were left with nothing to eat.

    "Judging from the actions of the Japanese pirates in Korea since the Renwu Year, the teacher said that they are planning to attack me, and the students believe it." Yang Licheng pondered for a moment and continued: "If the Japanese pirates really come from the other side, how should the teacher respond?  "

    "How to deal with it?" Ren Lingyu's eyes jumped, and an ambiguous smile appeared at the corner of his mouth. He said faintly: "They are strong men, and we are sick men. The sick man wants to compete with the strong man to see who can run faster.  Fast, not only do you have to run hard, but you also have to find a way to pull the strong man to prevent him from running"

    "Sick man? Strong man? Hold him back to prevent him from running away?" Yang Licheng showed a rare confusion on his face, "The student doesn't understand very well, please ask the teacher to explain again."

    "You don't understand? Okay, let me tell you" Ren Lingyu pursed his lips, turned around and looked directly at Yang Licheng, and said: "I want to do something. In order to do it well, I need someone  , a person who is trustworthy, self-sacrificing, has no worries, and is willing to??This person who has the character of "country" at all costs and lives, and even has a notorious reputation, is reviled by everyone, and even cannot be buried in the ancestral grave after death"

    He looked at Yang Licheng with a faint look: "Answer me, you Yang Shouzheng, are you such a person?"
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