Chapter 179: Troubled Times

Counting the years, Galeries Lafayette has been cold for seven years.

The life of the people in Guangzhou is much more angry than it was seven years ago, whether it is the rich people who take cars on the street or the hawkers who sell on the vegetable street, the numbness on their faces has dissipated a lot, and they are a little more agile.

Stepping into this city again, Ye Shu's mood was a little complicated.

I have lived here, and even controlled the first force in my life, so I have some feelings.

Wandering around outside, everything in the city of Guangzhou is like Schrödinger's cat, completely in chaos, and only when he comes back to see it, the huge change is finally finalized.

Many low-rise houses have been repaired to be tall and tidy, and the crowded and lively crowds of people come and go, which makes Ye Shu feel that things are wrong.

At this time, Ye Shu, dressed in a black robe, covered his head, and held a red panda in his hand, walking on the street, attracting people's attention.

Under normal circumstances, even if you look at Ye Shulong's steps and look forward to Zixiong's appearance, there should be some thieves on the street who come to do business.

But Ye Shu walked around the street, and he didn't meet a habitual thief with superb means, just some thieves who had no interest, and the folk customs were simple.

When eating in the restaurant, there was a news that caught Ye Shu's attention.

"Alas, I heard that the White Lotus Sect is already preparing to attack the Shahe Gang!"

"Wouldn't it? Isn't the Shahe Gang protected by Admiral Nalan?

"The Shahe Gang has Admiral Nalan, and behind the White Lotus Sect, there is still Lord Yan, the Governor of Liangguang! Besides, in the past few years, Guangzhou City has become the Tongdu Dayi with the most taxes in the imperial court, which force does not covet it?"

"Alas! The imperial court itself can fight! It is really a country that will not be a country!"

“……”

"Don't talk about state affairs, everyone!"

Ye Shu sat next to him, waited for a while, and didn't see the shopkeeper next to him, shouting "Don't talk about state affairs", so he smiled and shouted for him.

The people around immediately burst into laughter.

The fat man who spoke just now smiled and asked, "Brother, you have been in Guangzhou City for a long time, right?"

Ye Shu thought about it, he had indeed just slaughtered Cixi in the capital, so he nodded and said: "It's indeed from the capital, in the restaurant over there, no one dares to criticize the government." ”

"Haha!"

The people around laughed again, and the fat man said: "Our Guangzhou is not the slave of those Manchu lords, not to mention that the lord of the book swept the foreign merchants in Guangzhou and slaughtered the old witch of Cixi in the capital, just say that everyone here, whose kid didn't scold the court all day long?"

Ye Shu raised his eyebrows, and when he was told about his heroic deeds, it was a little weird: "What do children know?"

"Haha, children know a lot! Don't you listen to the article "Young China's Sayings" made by Lord Liang in the city? We people have old ideas and can't accept new things, but it's the children of the family, talking about scientific development and the general trend of the world, and the head of the talk is ...... Tao."

……

Seeing that Ye Shu was still puzzled, a middle-aged wealthy businessman with a child next to him smiled and explained Ye Shu's doubts: "Since the master set up a 'school hall' on the page, our Guangzhou City can be regarded as seeing the outside world, every once in a while, on the bulletin board in the center of the city, new things abroad are posted, even if it is an old man who knocks on the change, he knows the foundation of the Qing Dynasty."

After the Lord of the page book killed Lafayette in the capital, the court was furious and wanted to destroy the Chuanxue Hall and the Shahe Gang, but I didn't expect that Lord Liang Qichao, Lord Nalan Yuanshu, Lord Kang Youwei, and the court officials of the two Guangxi factions tried their best to protect the city of Guangzhou, and the emperor was determined to change the law, and his attitude seemed to be ambiguous.

And so it passed in a blur.

Affected by this, the reputation of the school was greatly enhanced, and the Qing Dynasty knew that the school was founded by the Lord of the One Page Book.

Even hundreds of miles away, wealthy families in other provinces, and even official eunuchs in the capital, still want to send their children to school.

Although Master Yipage is nowhere to be seen, under the control of Master Liang Kuan and Dr. Huang Feihong, the School is impartial, not only inviting those students who have stayed abroad to teach, but also relying on the foreign merchant tax collected by the Shahe Gang, selecting those smart poor families to help them go to school.

Nalan Yuanshu, Liang Qichao, Liang Kuan, local officials, the imperial court, the forces of the rivers and lakes, the tripartite joint efforts, the school has been the most proficient in foreign studies in the Qing Dynasty after seven years, Guangzhou City is close to Zhu Zhechi, naturally no one said anything 'don't talk about state affairs'!

Haha......"

……

Ye Shu listened and couldn't help but sigh.

I live in seclusion in the mountains and forests, get up at dawn, sleep when it's dark, and occasionally go to the outside world to wave around, between the muddy nightmares, seven years have passed outside, has it changed so much?

Seeing that Ye Shu didn't speak, the previous fat man thought that Ye Shu was thinking about it, and he felt a sense of pride in his heart, so he explained to Ye Shu:

"If this is the case, the Chuanxue Hall has taught countless talents, which is naturally the foundation of the imperial court, and the emperor has changed the law in seven years, and he also needs such talents.

But I don't know what's going on, whether it's the students who have stayed abroad in the past 30 years, or the disciples taught by the missionary hall, their horizons have been broadened, but one by one, they just hate the court and don't say anything good about the court all day long.

Some of the students even got mixed up with the revolutionary party.

There are also two or three big cats and small cats, who have entered the imperial court, and have indeed made some achievements, but they can't stand the troubles of those revolutionary parties!

It is precisely because of this that the emperor has a great opinion on the Chuanxuetang, but many officials are trying to protect the Chuanxuetang, and the emperor is not easy to make a big move, so he promoted Yan Zhendong to be the governor of Liangguang, and to do this, forcing the Chuanxue Hall to become a national school in the future and serve the country......"

Ye Shu raised his eyebrows: "Yan Zhendong?"

"Yes, he was originally also a reckless man promoted by a page of books, and he sold juggling in Guangzhou City.

Later, he followed the Lord of the Page Book to the capital, and the Lord of the Page Book assassinated Lafayette, he betrayed his friends to seek glory, and stopped the Lord of the Page Book, although he was seriously injured, but also entered the emperor's vision, and since then he has risen to the top.

His martial arts are extremely high, and he has helped the imperial court to quell the chaos several times in succession, all of which have been fruitful.

Seven years after the imperial court changed the law, the country became more and more declining, the people's hearts were scattered, and many people died.

Even Liang Qichao abandoned his mentor Kang Youwei, resigned and came to Guangzhou City, and he had an ambiguous relationship with the revolutionary party.

Many officials have also lost confidence in the imperial court, colluding with local tyrant forces in various places, and the imperial court's decree is no longer very useful in many places.

The emperor has no one available, and he relies on Yan Zhendong even more.

Alas, in order to strengthen his strength, Yan Zhendong did not hesitate to rein in the White Lotus Sect and the red light to shine on the major forces in the rivers and lakes, if they were to take the Chuan Xuetang, they would only be afraid of Guangzhou City, and from then on, it would be stormy!"