Xie Daoyong's worried question soon had an answer, just four days after Yuan Shikai asked for training out of Beijing, on September 20, the 32nd year of Guangxu, according to the Western calendar, it was the 6th of the month, the Qing court officially promulgated the "Decree on the Determination of the Official System", the long-awaited responsible cabinet is still missing, the military aircraft department still remains, and the six ministries are just changing their names, except for the merger of the Ministry of Industry and Commerce into the Ministry of Agriculture and Industry and Commerce, and the addition of a Ministry of Posts and Communications, the rest are all changing the soup but not the "medicine". ,nbsp;。

From the beginning of the 5 ministers going abroad in the 31st year of Guangxu to the introduction of the new official system in September of the 32nd year of Guangxu, the constitution of the Qing Dynasty was vigorously carried out for a year, and finally made itself the biggest joke in the world. If the previous 12 years of constitutional preparation had not completely erased the hope of murder, then this ridiculous new bureaucratic system completely revealed the wolf ambitions of the Manchu imperial family, and from then on, almost all the constitutionalists in the world were dead-hearted, completely reverted to Sun Wen's 'door', and became a complete revolutionary party, and Xie Huaichang may also be one of them.

However, for Xie Daoyong, this nephew's political position is not a problem he needs to consider urgently, as an official of King Qing and Yuan Shikai's faction, Qu Hong transferred him out of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and put him in the newly established Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications to be a telegrapher, which seems to be promoting him, but if you look at the situation that the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications has changed thirteen scholars in just six years, this is obviously a thankless errand, and Xie Daoyong has expected it before the beginning of the six years of frequent changes of ownership.

He has no better way to help himself get out of the predicament, so he can only take out 12 points of 'essence' and put them in the ya'men', but this 12 points of 'essence' power is not to do practical things better, but to better protect the safety of his net worth. When a dynasty comes to an end, there is always a reason why it must die, and Emperor Chongzhen of the former Ming Dynasty saw through this point and lamented that "all ministers can be killed". However, once the son of heaven and a courtier, if Xie Daoyong and Zai Ze were placed under the hands of Emperor Chongzhen, who was striving for 'fine' governance, then perhaps the situation would be very different, just as Japanese Prime Minister Ito Hirobumi said when he commented on Li Hongzhang, if Li Hongzhang was placed in Japan, he would definitely do better than Ito, but if Ito was placed in China, he would certainly not do better than Li Hongzhang.

The new official system brought a silent influence to the Xie Mansion, an inconspicuous mansion in the capital, and Xie Daoyong began to become silent, no longer expressing any opinion on the current situation, occasionally chatting with Xie Huaichang, and always agreeing with his opinion. Xie Huaichang, on the other hand, was completely dead to the Qing Dynasty, and before he really saw the revolutionary party, he had already become a staunch revolutionary party, after all, there was no third way for China to go.

Wanlan went to Kangli & Co. to look for Chen Ji when he got off work, and the two of them went to a French restaurant in the embassy area for dinner together.

They inevitably talked about the determination of the official system, and it was Chen Ji who started first, and he told Sù Wanlan: "If Lord Xie has any difficulties in the Ministry of Posts and Communications, and I can help, please be polite. ”

Wan Lanqi said: "How can you help?" ”

Chen Ji smiled: "Of course I can't help with anything about the ya'men', but if it's my uncle's own business, and he happens to need some guns and ammunition 'medicine' to protect the hospital, I can contribute some." ”

Wanlan was taken aback, turned her head to look around, and lowered her voice: "You...... Are you smuggling arms? ”

Chen Ji lowered his eyes and nodded.

Wanlan took a breath of cold air, was silent for a moment, and then said, "Does your father know?" ”

"He doesn't have to know these things," Chen Ji said, "He doesn't have to know until I am shown to the public because of this." ”

Wanlan looked at him in shock and stammered, "You...... Your father is ......."

"You and I both know that he will definitely oppose this matter, instead of 'spending' a lot of time to persuade him, it is better to hide from him and do it first," while speaking, the two had already walked to the 'door' of the restaurant, Chen Ji opened the 'door' for her, and then entered the room, and said: "The experience of my father's generation is no longer applicable to this era, Ah Lan, we have no way forward to follow, we can only 'grope' by ourselves." ”

Wanlan pursed her lips and stopped talking, how similar the Chen Xie family is, they both have a stereotypical Confucian head of the family, both are local officials in the Qing Dynasty, and they both have a century-old 'door' lintel, so they are the right 'door', but Chen Ji is not similar to them, the juniors of the Xie family, when she was still worried about how to persuade her father, Chen Ji had already taken action on her own.

But isn't he right? The experience of their fathers is no longer applicable to this era, when they were young, the only way to get ahead was the imperial examination, and the only teaching material was the Four Books and Five Classics, and now the imperial examination has been canceled, and the Hanlin has also been canceled.

So Wanlan nodded and said, "What you said is not bad at all." ”

Chen Ji smiled at her slightly, shook her hand hard, and then sat down at the table face to face with her, and asked her again after ordering food: "You said last time that what I did was very good, and you plan to let Chongrong find the same thing to do." ”

Wanlan responded: "I have thought about it carefully, Chongrong is different from you, he has no experience in foreign countries, and he has no foreign connections, if he opens a foreign line like you, he will only be exploited by others." ”

Chen Ji nodded and made a gesture that he wanted to hear in detail.

Wanlan was silent for a while, as if she was sorting out the thoughts in her mind: "If you want to make tea 'medicine' materials, but it is too late to enter the industry, not to mention that there are no familiar tea farmers, not even fixed buyers." ”

Chen Ji said "um": "So what?" ”

Wanlan raised her eyes to look at him: "The only thing that can be done today is industry." ”

Chen Ji seemed a little surprised: "What kind of industry do you want to do?" It won't be steel. ”

"Only if you have money and power can you make steel, and it is too eye-catching to do this kind of large-scale industry as a 'private' person," Wanlan frowned and sighed softly: "I didn't think about what to do, besides, this kind of thing can't be done if I want to do it, I have to ...... Go back and discuss it with Chongrong. ”

The waiter wearing a black 'color' vest and a white 'color' shirt served them dishes at this time, Wanlan was the first time to eat foreign food, and she was very curious about this way of eating without using chopsticks, Chen Ji waited until she had played with those knives and forks herself, and then pointed out her correct usage, and laughed at her: "The two teachers before and after are serious Europeans, and in the end they haven't even learned knives and forks." ”

Wanlan held a knife in one hand and a fork in the other, and raised them to make them clange with a crisp sound: "George never wants to eat foreign vegetables, and Anne only teaches languages and nothing else, I have never had a chance to learn about this." ”

Chen Ji motioned for her to fold the napkin in the collar and demonstrated to her how to use the knife and fork: "Go back and teach Ning Yin, he can't bring a pair of chopsticks to the sea." ”

Wanlan smiled: "Why bring it, just find a piece of wood and sharpen it when the time comes." ”

Chen Ji laughed and asked again: "Speaking of which, how could Xie Shibo let Chongrong stay in the mansion, but let Ning Yin go abroad?" ”

Wanlan's smile faded, and she said, "Chongrong is the son-in-law in the end." ”

The frog sitting at the bottom of the well would not know the vastness of the sky and the earth, and before leaving Zhenjiang, she never thought that the world had changed its face, and if she did not act as soon as possible, she would be thrown behind by the torrent of the times. However, this feeling of urgency is only available to people like her and Xie Huaichang, and the difficulty of persuading Xie Huaian may not be lower than persuading Xie Daozhong.

She was a little irritable, silently lowered her head to eat, and muttered, "It's not better than our meal." ”

Chen Ji said with a smile: "It's really not as good as Chinese food, it's just for you to change your taste." ”

Wanlan put down the fork in her hand and sighed softly: "'Jade' Ji, do your brother Yuan Chu know about these things you did in the capital?" ”

"Yes," replied Chen Ji, "he has known since the day I returned to China, and occasionally has telegraph correspondence with me." ”

"So...... Does he approve of your actions? ”

"He doesn't seem to have any reason to disagree," Chen Ji thought for a moment and said, "He doesn't have to 'spend' these things. ”

Wanlan asked again: "What do you plan to do after the beginning of the Yuan Dynasty?" ”

"Seeing that he is willing, what he is willing to do, he can't go to the examiner," Chen Ji said: "It's good not to be infected with hobbies like white-faced prostitutes." ”

Wanlan said: "You can see it, don't you plan to let him help you?" ”

Chen Ji smiled: "Is there still less thing about the brothers' wall?" If you want to avoid it, it's best not to be in the same industry, and the Chen family's background is okay, and he doesn't need to make money to subsidize. ”

Wanlan smiled with him, but the smile was extremely reluctant, each family has its own way, and it can't be imitated, besides, the Xie family has a history of two hundred years longer than the Chen family, and it is a descendant, Chen Ji doesn't have to think about his family, but Xie Huai'an can't help but think about it.

Chen Ji seemed to know the reason for her sullenness, and did not bother with anything, the two were relatively silent, each eating something on their plates.

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Long 'hair' and 'chaos': that is, the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom Movement, I have forgotten to mention it before.

The Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications: Mainly responsible for railways, shipping, postal services, telecommunications and other undertakings, it was established when the takeback movement was vigorous, but the real recovery of postal rights was in 1911, and it was only a nominal recovery, because after the postal rights were withdrawn from the customs in 1911, they were immediately prosecuted by the French. However, the successive Shangshu of the Ministry of Posts and Communications still made their own contributions to the above-mentioned causes in our country.