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Xie Daozhong was anxious to go back to Zhenjiang, after all, he was Zhenjiang's parent official, and he was not in office during the national funeral, and it was a trick to be caught. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

said that he would leave the next day, but the next day another news came out: the queen mother also died.

The emperor and the empress dowager died less than a day apart, which was simply a precursor to the death of the country. The Empress Dowager was fine the first night, and took the son of Prince Alcohol's family, Puyi Baylor, into the palace to establish an heir. Xie Daozhong discussed with Xie Daoyong, saying that the Queen Mother's regent's heart is not dead, and when she is old, she has set up a little doll as her heir, and she doesn't even consider whether she can train this little baby to be an emperor who can turn the tide when she is a hundred years old.

Xie Huaichang was called away by Wu Peifu in the middle of the night yesterday, and the two went to the northeast at night, it is said that this is what Yuan Shikai meant, and the others are still in the palace, but they asked the henchman eunuch to quietly send a message out. This move made Xie Daoyong smell the danger, and after dawn, he went to inquire again, saying that the Queen Mother arranged the aftermath at night and specially summoned Yuan Shikai.

Lord Yuan is going to become an auxiliary minister, everyone in the capital says so.

However, Xie Daoyong did not think so, if he really wanted to become an auxiliary minister, why did he urge Wu Peifu to go to the northeast in the middle of the night? It was obvious that he had already sensed that something was wrong, so he had to prepare early.

The old queen mother has died, and the new emperor is still young, and the queen of the Yehenala clan will inevitably follow the old queen mother to do regents, but the queen has always been an unassertive person, and she has been pressed on her head by her mother-in-law for so many years, and she has never said a word in court politics.

can reassure the queen mother, can make the queen rest assured, and know the previous dynasty well, can calm the words of those ministers, except for Prince Qing, is the little emperor's biological father Prince Alcohol, Prince Qing is an old fox in the officialdom, has been in business for so many years, has long been deeply rooted, the party is a group, may not serve the queen like serving the queen mother.

can reassure the queen, and at the same time can be controlled by the queen, and you have to think about it wholeheartedly for the Qing Dynasty, and the only candidate is Prince Alcohol. His son became the emperor, and the Qing Dynasty was his own country, so there was no need to worry about him plotting to usurp the throne or using power for personal gain.

Yuan Shikai made a fortune, first relying on Li Hongzhang, and then relying on Prince Qing, this court can only go on one boat, and he will inevitably offend the rest of the princes if he stampers with King Qing. Although Prince Alcohol is said to have a gentle temperament, he may not be soft on political opponents.

Xie Daoyong and Chen Ji saw off Xie Daozhong and his wife at the station with Xie Huai'an's family, Xie Huai'an was depressed and haggard, obviously he didn't sleep well, or maybe he didn't sleep all night, Chen Ji roughly understood the cause and effect, and he didn't know what to comfort him at this moment, so he had to say: "It's about to be the New Year, the income and expenditure in the yarn factory should be specially sorted out, I may go back to the south for the New Year, you do it, I'll go to the house to see." ”

Xie Huai'an raised a little spirit, nodded yes, he spent half a month in the capital, carefully compared the fabrics sold in each commercial store, analyzed the difference in quality and price, and was preparing to go back to adjust his own production model.

At the end of the month, the little emperor officially held an enthronement ceremony, changed the name of the year from Guangxu to Xuantong, and Prince Alcohol was named the regent.

The capital is not allowed to stay, you have to go back to your hometown, I heard that Zhang Xiangshuai ran back and forth for Yuan Shikai, and the person who saved the country with Chen was none other than Yuan, not only to no avail, but also to be excluded by the regent, Yuan Shikai couldn't bear to see Xiangshuai suffer such treatment at his age, and went to the house to comfort him, and by the way, he also solemnly said goodbye.

Zhang Zhidong took Yuan Shikai's hand and burst into tears, asking him to look at the grace of Empress Xiaoqin's acquaintance, everything that is important to the Qing Dynasty is inexplicable, because he has been dismissed. Xie Daoyong relayed these words to Chen Ji, and Chen Ji only thought about it briefly and understood what Zhang Zhidong meant.

"Yuan Shikai will be the opposite. ”

Xie Daoyong was not surprised at all, and only asked, "When do you think this time will be?"

Chen Ji said: "If the regent doesn't reuse him, maybe it will be delayed for another two years, and if the regent entrusts him with important responsibilities one day, it will not be far away." ”

Xie Daoyong sighed: "It's still too late to stand in line at this time." ”

Chen Ji smiled: "I thought the Xie family would always be neutral. ”

Xie Daoyong said: "Whether it is neutral or standing in line, isn't it all for self-protection, the Xie family will just choose to stand in line at the right pass." ”

Xie Daoyong's ties with Chen Ji became closer after Xie Daozhong's family left, and the two of them were engaged in politics and business, but they both had some minor ties with the revolutionary party, so they paid more attention to the current political situation than others.

Xie Daoyong wrote to Yuan Shikai on the second day of his dismissal to ask him to return to his hometown, which did not attract the attention of the regent at all, because Xie Daoyong was not important, and he was not usually close to Yuan Shikai.

Like when the Ming Dynasty died, the Xie family abandoned the Qing court at this juncture and chose a revolutionary party that had become a climate but had not won the world.

He wrote to Xie Daozhong about the news, so that he could understand that the future path had been chosen.

Xie Daozhong finished reading the letter in the study, called Wanlan over, and ordered in a casual tone: "Set up a table for a banquet when you are resting, please invite Xu Cunzhi." ”

Zhenjiang Girls' School has been open for less than half a year, Xu Shinian went to teach foreign languages, he is indeed a talented person, teaching for two months, seeing that there is a shortage of teachers, by the way, he took the course of history.

Wanxian respects him very much, and every day when he goes home, he opens and closes his mouth to Mr. Xu, and is teased by Wanlan many times.

"I used to be the west seat of our family, and now I am a full-time gentleman in the women's school, so I have to invite him once in public and private," Xie Daozhong explained: "It doesn't have to be too grand, according to our family's usual recipes, just add two more dishes." ”

Xu Shinian was grateful to Xie Fu, and he also brought gifts when he came to the banquet, except for Xie Huaichang, the family of Xie Fu's old house, both men and women, all went to the table to accompany the guests, which had the meaning of getting married to the family, which made Xu Shinian feel a little frightened.

"I've seen all of these people in my family," Xie Daozhong said with a smile: "A few of them still have some personal relationships, aren't they? ”

Nine of the ten people at this table were confused, and even Wanlan was skeptical of the explanation given by Xie Daozhong, thinking that Xie Daozhong was going to say something at the banquet. The result was unexpected, saying that it was a family banquet, but it was really just a family banquet, and the most serious thing to discuss at the table was the women's school, because Xu Shinian suggested that Zhenjiang should open a comprehensive school, so that male students and female students could be mixed in the same class.

This topic was discussed for more than half an hour, Xu Shinian quoted scriptures, and brought out all the cases of foreign China and other countries and the current development status, Xie Daozhong sometimes listened to him with bated breath, and sometimes frowned and shook his head in disagreement, completely immersed in it, which caused Wanlan to be very curious, and also specifically looked for Xie Huai'an after the banquet.

"Do you think this feast is unusual today?"

Xie Huai'an has been depressed a lot since he came back from the capital, and the end of the year is the busy time for the yarn factory, so there are few opportunities for Wanlan to chat casually. He knew that this sister was the most thoughtful and good at association, so he had to brace himself to deal with her: "What?"

Wanlan reminded him: "Father knows that Xu Shinian is a revolutionary. ”

Xie Huai'an nodded: "Then what's the matter?"

"Then what's the matter?" Wanlan repeated his words in an exaggerated tone: "What's the matter, isn't it strange enough that my father suddenly invited a revolutionary party?"

Xie Huai'an smiled: "Back then, the ancestor was a Ming minister, and he was the first to descend to the Qing Dynasty. ”

Wanlan gasped and widened her eyes: "Is there any movement in the capital?"

"The emperor and the queen mother both died, isn't it still a movement?" Xie Huai'an said: "Without the queen mother, the queen may not be able to suppress that group of tiger and wolf ministers, especially Lord Yuan." ”

Wanlan said: "Lord Yuan can be regarded as the world. ”

Xie Huaian said in a low voice: "He has generals and soldiers, and his soldiers are probably the only troops with high combat capability in the Qing Dynasty." ”

Wanlan nodded, slowly calming down her mood. More than 100 years ago, before the Southern Ming Dynasty was dying, before the Prince of Yu Aixinjue Luo Duoduo washed Yangzhou in blood to establish the monarchy, the ancestors of the Xie family had already led the people of Zhenjiang to bow down to the Qing Dynasty. Three hundred years have passed, and this minion who surrendered first stabbed his former master in the back again, but this time his reputation was very different.

Mr. Sun put forward a slogan full of righteousness: expel the Tatars and restore China.

This is the country of the Han people.

Wanlan was silent for a while, and thousands of thoughts passed through her heart, as if she saw that this mysterious figure in history was passing by as far as her eyes could see, she was a person who was at the critical moment of changing the dynasty, if she could leave a few words for future generations, I don't know how many literati would be led to speculate about her current thoughts. Thinking like this, Wanlan suddenly felt a huge sense of absurdity, and couldn't help but laugh out loud.

Xie Huai'an glanced at her: "What are you laughing at?"

"It's nothing," Wanlan waved her hand: "How profitable is the yarn mill this year?"

"It's okay," Xie Huai'an said, "I can settle the debt with Conley Foreign Bank." ”

Wanlan was taken aback: "Profit of 200,000?"

Xie Huai'an said: "I didn't arrive, but it's not much worse." ”

Wanlan said: "Yuji once gave you experience in doing business, I remember that one of them is that the baht accumulates inches and turns profits into profits, why should you be in such a hurry to settle your debts?"

"It's always uncomfortable to act with a debt on your back," Xie Huai'an said: "You also know that now is at the critical juncture of changing the dynasty, and none of us can say what the situation will be after the revolutionary party comes to power. ”

Wanlan frowned and looked at him, and suddenly asked, "Are you okay?"

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