When Xie Daoyong first entered the officialdom, he was promoted by Li Hongzhang, when Li Hongzhang and Zhang Zhidong were respectively appointed as ministers of the South and North Oceans, Zhang Zhidong had a mad Confucian Gu Hongming who really learned both China and the West as a staff member, and Li Hongzhang also had a proficient business Sheng Xuanhuai as a helper. However, Xie Daoyong had already revealed a terrible characteristic of being better than the rest of the people at that time—his brain seemed to be a well-organized cobweb, recording the names of everyone he could meet, their age, origin, and even their preferences and habits, and one or more lines extending under each name, connecting it with other names for different reasons.

Zhenguo Gong Zaize is a name on his spider web, when Xie Daoyong first saw him, he was still very young, only about eleven or twelve years old, and tried his best to hold the royal family and nobles in front of Li Hongzhang, deliberately smiling with a small face. At that time, he was not the Duke of Zhenguo, but only an auxiliary Duke of the Kingdom, and in front of Li Hongzhang, who was accustomed to seeing the prince of real power, he was really not a nobleman, but he respected him for the surname of Aixin Jueluo. When Li Hongzhang went to discuss with Prince Gong, Xie Daoyong was ordered to accompany this little adult-like child, tell him about the new things of foreigners, and gave him a pocket watch with a foreign woman painted on the lid.

Zai Ze has a good impression of Xie Daoyong, perhaps because of the blessing of that meeting. He had been guarding the Longxing land of the Qing Dynasty in Shengjing, and was called to the capital when he was twenty years old, and the first person to visit was Xie Daoyong, and even married a good family with the Xie family.

Xie Daoyong is now an official in the left senate of the Senate Hall of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and he is not a high-ranking and powerful official position, but Xie Daoyong is very satisfied with this, and even Yuan Shikai wanted to promote official products for him several times, or give him a lot of silver, but Xie Daoyong refused.

It is terrible for a person who does not seek power or profit in officialdom, because it usually shows that he wants something bigger in his heart, and Xie Daoyong himself knows this. So he put his interest in foreign foreign gadgets, often taking advantage of his position to search for some newly imported things in the house, even including foreign gadgets that are not used in the palace, the Xie family's house is the first mansion in the entire capital to be connected to electric lights, and even the first back garden with an automatic sprinkler device, just when the official lady in the capital is still doing embroidery with a needle and thread, Mrs. Feng is already using a sewing machine to cut clothes. His little hobby is harmless, from Li Hongzhang to Yuan Shikai are willing to be satisfied, and even when Yuan Shikai's old rival Qu Hongji was the secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, he turned a blind eye to his small actions of public and private interests, and when someone impeached him for this, he would take the initiative to help him settle these troublesome things.

"We Chinese don't have much but many hearts," Xie Daoyong personally refilled a cup of tea for Zai Ze: "Which one will you choose to use compared with useless Qing officials and capable officials who are greedy for money?" ”

Zai Ze slapped it heavily on the table and reprimanded loudly: "Can Lao Qing be regarded as a capable official!" ”

"I'm talking about Yuan Shikai," Xie Daoyong said with reproach: "Why is Zegong so uncomposed, in front of the Queen Mother, it's not a good habit to be uncomposed." ”

Zai Ze picked up the teacup and took a sip of tea, and sighed long: "Zhiheng, I won't tell you, I only dare to shout and scold people like this in front of you, I really can't stand it, Yuan Shikai is just that, why do you say the Queen Mother trusts Lao Qing so much?" ”

"Why do you say that Lord Qianlong trusted He Shen so much when he was in power?" Xie Daoyong asked with a smile, unexpectedly seeing Zai Ze with a dumbfounded expression.

"Zegong, you are the dragon son and grandson of the Aixinjueluo family, this world is your family, you are naturally anxious about the world of your family, but what about the queen mother," Xie Daoyong coughed lightly and said: "I said this to you, but I don't have the slightest intention of provoking the relationship between you and the queen mother, don't misunderstand." ”

Zai Ze hurriedly said: "Zhiheng rest assured, your loyalty, I know best, now the Qing Dynasty is in charge of the Queen Mother, loyal to the Qing Dynasty, is loyal to the Queen Mother." ”

Xie Daoyong shook his head: "No, Duke Ze, loyal to the Queen Mother, naturally loyal to the Qing Dynasty, but loyal to the Qing Dynasty, but not necessarily loyal to the Queen Mother." ”

Zai Ze looked at him, stunned for a moment, the expression on his face gradually changed from indignation to dazed, and finally a frightened look appeared, he put down the teacup, and suddenly shuddered: "I remembered one thing, Zhiheng, this matter is still Li Lianying told me." ”

"Just before the preparation time for the constitution was set, Yuan Shikai was once announced by the Queen Mother into the palace to speak, talking about the difference between a constitutional monarchy and a republic, chatting and chatting, and walked to the Yingtai where the emperor lived, when the Queen Mother went, the emperor was repairing the watch, and a room full of clocks was placed, the Queen Mother looked interesting, so she took one and left, and when she went out to the punctual time, all the clocks in the emperor's house called together, and the Queen Mother suddenly became angry, snatched the clock from Li Lianying's hand, and smashed it on the ground, almost hurting the emperor......"

As he spoke, his voice trembled a little: "When the constitution was seriously discussed the next day, Yuan Shikai changed his mind and postponed the preparation time for the constitution from four years to twelve years, and I thought he was going to do something ...... the hell."

Xie Daoyong looked at him and sighed deeply.

Zai Ze is too young, he is just 26 years old this year, that is, thanks to the blessing of being reincarnated in the Aixin Jueluo family, he is fortunate to take on important positions at this age, and if he does not get up from the lowest position in this officialdom, he will never know that what this officialdom pays most attention to is never the ability to govern, but the ability to stand in line, and even, the ability to show loyalty.

There are many old ministers in this court, who have survived the Xinyou coup d'état, the death of Tongzhi, and even the First Sino-Japanese Naval War, the Wuxu Revolution and the Gengzi disaster. Among these people, Zhang Zhidong counts as one, Prince Qing counts as one, Ronglu counts as one, and Yuan Shikai also counts as one. Some of them had a smooth journey, and some took the opportunity to cause trouble, but none of them stumbled in so many accidents. To be sure, these people were not the most top-notch talents in the empire - the top-notch Prince Gongzhong had already been kicked from the pinnacle of power before he was halfway through his grand blueprint, and the person who kicked him down was none other than the Empress Dowager Cixi, who now held the power of the Qing Dynasty for half a century.

The situation seems to be clear enough, what the Queen Mother needs is loyal ministers and capable ministers, and before "Neng", it is "loyalty", not loyal to the Qing Dynasty, let alone loyal to Aixin Jueluo, but loyal to herself, Yehenara.

Even if King Qing is a straw bag and has no ability to govern the country, as long as he has the ability to stand in line and have the ability to convince the Queen Mother of his loyalty, this is enough. Who else could be better than King Qing? A prince who loves Xinjueluo is loyal to her Yehenala without regrets, she gives him honor and status, and even gives him a steady stream of huge silver taels in disguise, this kind of transaction is actually telling all the Aixin Jueluo royal family in disguise: loyalty to the queen mother can have a good life.

"Actually, you have nothing to complain about, Duke Ze, it can be regarded as a blessing of the Qing Dynasty to meet a master like the Queen Mother in this troubled era," Xie Daoyong smiled: "Think about what the madman said when the emperor summoned Kang Youwei in the year of Wuxu?" Kill two first- and second-grade ministers, this change will be done, what is the difference between his approach and the queen mother? Under the whole world, since the beginning of the three emperors and five emperors, until my dynasty, the only one who is appointed is the pro, meet the master, know that the pro is the best in the middle, and meet the faint king, it is the only pro. ”

Zai Ze stiffened and smiled: "You're right...... You're right......"

He breathed a sigh of relief, lowered his head and drank tea again, drank the bowl of tea, put it on the table, and sighed heavily: "You see it so clearly, why did you only do a senate of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs?" ”

Xie Daoyong refilled the tea for him: "Zegong wants to be a person like Zhang Zhidong, who can not only stand in line, but also do things, so as to benefit the Qing Dynasty." And I, but I will only stand in line, I can't do things, if I get in the position, maybe I will be the second Qing Lao greedy. ”

Zai Ze laughed and said, "Just to steal a little bit, you actually belittle yourself like this, and you can also be open-minded." ”

"I don't have any great skills, Duke Ze, Li Wenzhonggong and his old man have already seen this, so they haven't reused me. And I, when I was young, I was indeed arrogant and ignorant, and it took me a few times to settle down, and now that I have come to this point and think about it, this is already excellent," Xie Daoyong pointed to the European-style glass lamp on the ceiling with satisfaction: "Looking at the whole capital, which house can live as comfortably as me?" Let me tell you, Zegong, I've been thinking about getting a car for the past two days, it's much safer and more convenient than driving a horse-drawn carriage, I heard that everyone in Europe and the United States has one! ”

Zai Ze laughed with him, and a waiting girl walked in at this moment, and respectfully bowed to the masters of the upper seat: "Master, the banquet of Hongxing Building has been delivered." ”

Xie Daoyong took the lead in standing up and made a "please" gesture to Zai Ze and Fu Jin: "It's time for dinner, Ze Gong, Fu Jin, let's move to the second hall first, right?" In the past two days, the elbow of the old greedy Hongxinglou, but the lady is not allowed to eat, it is greasy, fortunately you are here today, otherwise I don't know that the Year of the Monkey and the month of the horse can solve this craving! ”

Zai Ze Fujin smiled: "I have long heard that Sister Feng is strict, but I didn't expect it to be so strict, Lord Xie is a member of the imperial court, why do you even have to look at Madame's eyes when you eat elbows?" ”

Mrs. Feng took her eyes to thank Daoyong: "It's all because he spoils me outside all day long, why don't I let him eat elbows?" It's just that there are few good bites in the family, and he can't finish eating them himself. ”

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The good of the Tong family: The Han men and women of the Qing Dynasty were stricter than the Manchus, and only when the two families got married to the good of the Tong family, could each other's daughters meet the men of each other's families.

Another: Zai Ze Fujin is said to be the sister of Empress Longyu, she is very beautiful and has an elegant temperament, and I don't know how Gui Xiang was born, but she was able to give birth to two sisters with such a big difference in appearance.