Chapter Ninety-Five: The Emperor

Prince Gong asked Tan Sitong to go to Yangfuxuan to sit first, and he hurriedly went out to contact the emperor. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 ο½‰ο½Žο½†ο½

According to legend, Yang Fuxuan has a blessing character written by Emperor Kangxi himself, Tan Sitong was very bored, so he looked around the hall, but did not see the blessing word.

But when he turned to the inner room, Tan Sitong was surprised, and he found that the wall was hung with Lu Ji's flat post. This is the most important treasure of the country.

Pingfu is the ancestor of the law, nine lines and eighty-four characters, and the words are beady. If you talk about its value, even ten Prince Gong's mansions can't buy it.

Lu Ji is in the grass with official books, the bald pen is withered, the handwriting is simple and strange, but the ancient quality is free and easy. This is a typical feature of calligraphy during the great changes in the Wei and Jin dynasties.

During the Wei and Jin dynasties, a large number of calligraphers emerged, and the common seal calligraphy in the Qin and Han dynasties was also changed by these calligraphers to become more beautiful and free, and gradually formed a new font. And Lu Ji's reply post is a representative of this history.

Tan Sitong saw these famous posts, how could he not be excited. He was fascinated by the demeanor of Wei and Jin, carefully figuring out the brushwork and ink of the landing plane, and he had forgotten where he was.

I don't know how long it took, hearing Prince Gong's gentle cough, Tan Sitong woke up from the calm post. He looked back and saw that Prince Gong had already returned. There were two people standing beside him, one of whom was the Guangxu Emperor. There is also a richly dressed and charming woman beside him, who should be either a queen or a concubine.

I haven't seen him for a few years, Guangxu has grown a lot taller, his eyebrows are clear, and he has the air of an emperor between his eyebrows. It's just that his face is a little pale, and he seems to be lacking in blood.

"Why don't you hurry up and meet the emperor and Concubine Zhen." Prince Gong reminded Tan Sitong.

Tan Sitong hurriedly turned over and bowed: "Long live my emperor, Concubine Zhen is a thousand years old." ”

Guangxu took Tan Sitong by the hand: "Aiqing is exempt, I know that you have come to the capital, I came to see you on purpose." The affection in his eyes was sincere, and he was obviously very happy about Tan Sitong's arrival.

Tea had already been brought in, and Prince Gong invited everyone to sit down. Tan Sitong didn't dare to be polite, but just stood aside. Guangxu pulled him to sit down: "Today is not the court, Aiqing but it doesn't hurt to sit." So the four of them sat down, and Prince Gong withdrew from his men.

Tan Sitong did not hesitate to say that Zhang Zhidong wanted to come to the capital by himself, and also reported to Guangxu on the reform of Hubei this year. He said that Zhang Zhidong was not concerned about personal honor and disgrace, but was just worried that someone would take advantage of the issue to interrupt Hubei's reform of foreign affairs. I hope that the Holy One will handle this matter carefully.

Guangxu, like Yixin, didn't pay attention to this issue at first, he originally left Zhang Xu's excerpt in the middle, thinking that after a while, the matter would naturally disappear, and after hearing Tan Sitong's statement, this excerpt has been in a uproar, and it was unexpected.

The court and the central government have already fought the law, Zhang Zhidong knows that he is in danger in Hubei, but he, the emperor, is still in the dark, Guangxu feels that he is really a nest.

"The purpose comes from above, as long as the saints have their own ideas, in fact, they can't make any waves. Prince Gong comforted Guangxu.

"Uncle Wang, it's not that you don't know, the Queen Mother has the final say in everything, if my father really makes trouble for the Queen Mother, I won't be able to be the master."

"I'm afraid that there is the Queen Mother's idea behind this, she is afraid that Zhang Zhidong is too anxious, and she wants to take the opportunity to suppress him. Otherwise, how dare Li Hongzhang seize Hubei's materials? Isn't he afraid that Zhang Zhidong will join him? Yixin analyzed.

Li Hongzhang is in a high position, and there is no one in the court who can manipulate him as a gunman. He is afraid of the old queen mother alone, and if he wants someone to instruct him, it must be the queen mother. Otherwise, Li Hongzhang is not stupid, how could he have a grudge with a minister who is at the same level as himself and has a holy family for no reason?

Tan Sitong and Zhu Huanyu had already helped him analyze the situation, so he had an opinion on the situation: "Since this matter is supported by the Queen Mother, in fact, as long as you coax her." ”

"How to coax her, the Queen Mother seems to have handed over power to me, but in fact, the affairs of the DPRK and China are still dictated by her Chaogang, and she was originally opposed to me not respecting the law of my ancestors and bent on reform."

"The Queen Mother is fond of power, and what she is most afraid of in her life is that someone will seize power. This Zhang Xu made a mistake, and he wanted to overturn his boss with Zhang Zhidong's small mistake, this is a wolf's ambition, if the emperor says this in front of the queen mother, do you think the queen mother will support him?" Tan Sitong reminded Guangxu to start with the seizure of power. This is what Zhu Huanyu taught him.

Fighting snakes and hitting seven inches, the Queen Mother started with power in her life, and the most taboo thing is that she is afraid that people will covet the power in her hands. If Zhang Xu is said to be a conspirator who usurps power, then the Queen Mother will naturally have a big discount on him. This really worked, Prince Gong nodded again and again.

In addition to being timid and cautious, Prince Alcohol followed the old system, in fact, he was most worried that he was afraid that the new policies would be implemented in various places, which would lead to the inability of the treasury to collect taxes, because he presided over the construction of the Queen Mother's garden. This requires a huge expense. If the emperor promises that your father will not affect his financial efforts to build the Summer Palace, I believe that as a father, he will not embarrass his son. Tan Sitong continued to help Guangxu analyze the situation.

"If there is no support from the Queen Mother, and Prince Alcohol is not restrained, then Zhang Xu will not be able to make waves." Guangxu is like unloading a heavy burden.

"The emperor still has to cut through the mess quickly, so he immediately transferred Zhang Xu out of Hunan in the name of supervising discord, so that this matter has a conclusion, and it will no longer give people the truth of making trouble. At the same time, it also actually shows the attitude of supporting Zhang Zhidong, which is also a deterrent and reminder for those old guards. "Prince Gong is thoughtful, and he does not forget to remind Guangxu and not to drag mud and water.

The matter seems to have settled down. But what about the machine that Li Hongzhang seized. He seized the goods in the name of safeguarding national interests, and Zhang Zhidong also admitted that it was a production line that the Germans had eliminated.

But can China buy other people's advanced technology? With that production line that others have eliminated, China can make a breakthrough in the country's ordnance industry. Zhang Zhidong is not a brainless fool, he wants to accumulate experience and catch up.

But Guangxu can't encourage the minister to buy the eliminated goods of foreigners. So he can't come forward to suppress Li Hongzhang in this matter.

"Aiqing, I will keep Zhang Zhidong, but you can only find a way to find Li Hefei for the machine." Guangxu said to Tan Sitong.

Tan Si is big with his head, this Li Hefei is powerful all over the world, and the limelight is stronger than Zhang Zhidong, the emperor doesn't dare to force him, what do you do to ask him for goods?

Fortunately, Zhang Zhidong seems to be worry-free, and it can be regarded as a major solution. Let's find a way to deal with the machine, Tan Sitong can only comfort himself.

Since seeing Tan Sitong defeat Japan's No. 1 martial artist in the ring that year, Guangxu has deeply remembered this Tan Sitong, who is only a few years older than him. The two are of similar age and have similar minds, so they are naturally easy to resonate.

Guangxu is also an aspiring young man, the so-called hero is a hero. So he was very interested in Tan Sitong from the beginning, which led to the later gift of the alliance leader and the gift of swords from Lanzhou.

In the past few years, he has safeguarded national sovereignty in Tibet, eliminated Japanese spies in Sichuan, and helped Zhang Zhidong to make the Westernization Movement flourish in Hubei. Guangxu was glad that he had not missed such an excellent talent.

This time the micro-service went out of the palace, and half of Guangxu's mind was to meet this subordinate he had carefully cultivated, he still had a lot of ideas to communicate with this person, and there were still a lot of things to be handed over to this person.

Tan Sitong's pertinent suggestion on the handling of Zhang Zhidong just now once again proved that Guangxu's vision was correct. He now loves Tan Sitong very much, and he can't transfer him to his side all at once, but his reliance on Tan Sitong has become heavier.

"If the country only relies on building a few factories and buying some foreign goods, it will still not be able to change the current situation of being beaten and backward. Tan Aiqing, I still have something to do with you. Guangxu said to Tan Sitong.

"The emperor just orders."

"Last time, I asked Uncle Huang to go to Lanzhou, I wanted you to help me recruit more talents, and this matter is urgent. I am already pro-government, but the Manchu Dynasty is mediocre and mediocre, or a confidant of the Queen Mother, or a corpse vegetarian meal, and there is no one available. I immediately need some people with real talents to help me govern the country. From now on, you will be careful to gather a group of talented people around you, and I will promote them at any time. ”

"Kang Nanhai in Guangdong is a person with real talent and real learning. Why don't the emperor try him. ”

"This person is so talkative and not calm enough, he likes to sell his reputation and his virtue is at a loss, he is worse than Aiqing's benevolence and virtue, and he dares to do anything, I want to sharpen him for a few more years and frustrate his sharpness."

Tan Sitong couldn't have imagined that Guangxu would have such vision and mental skills. He said it well, judging from his interaction with Kang Youwei, Kang Youwei does have these problems. It seems that he was born in an imperial family, and he was born with political skills and the art of understanding people.

"Yuan Shikai of North Korea dares to do anything, and he is also able to control the troops well, and he is not afraid of foreigners, the emperor can pay attention to him." Tan Sitong recommended Yuan Shikai.

"Well, this man is very bold and has a lively mind, and I will reuse him in the future. But now that North Korea is in turmoil, I still need him to sit there to deter foreigners. ”

Speaking of this, Guangxu suddenly remembered something: "I remember, Yuan Shikai started from the Huai Army, and his ability to perform miraculous feats in North Korea was due to Li Hongzhang's full support." This person is Li Hongzhang's protΓ©gΓ©. I heard that you and Yuan Shikai have always been friends, and it seems that Zhang Zhidong's machine has fallen. Guangxu was proud of his own inspiration.

Yes, Yuan Shikai and Li Hongzhang are like father and son, and he and Yuan Shikai are like brothers, and Yuan Shikai is cunning and resourceful, he will definitely have a way to help him. Tan Sitong patted his head and thanked the emperor for reminding him.

Guangxu was happy that he finally managed to win against Tan Si. He smiled and said to Tan Sitong: "It doesn't matter if you don't return to the machine, I still have one more thing you have to plan for me quickly, and I am ready to implement a new policy."

to comprehensively transform the country. And what new policies need to be promulgated, what plans to formulate, and how to comprehensively reform are not at the bottom of my mind for a while. You have to help me draw up a perfect draft as soon as possible. Uncle Huang also has to make suggestions on this matter, and Tan Aiqing can also consult Zhang Zhidong's opinion. But this year, I must give a satisfactory explanation. ”

Tan Sitong didn't expect Guangxu to be so ambitious, if he can really revive this country, it will be the blessing of all the people, how can Tan Sitong not support it! He promised Guangxu that he would do this well.

The monarch and the minister couldn't help but realize that they had talked until dark. Prince Gong wanted to keep the emperor for dinner, and Guangxu thought that he would go to the queen mother to ask for peace, so he declined Yixin. took Concubine Zhen back to the palace in a hurry.

After chatting for a long time, Concubine Zhen just sat quietly beside the emperor and did not interject, she was a virtuous and virtuous imperial concubine. Tan Sitong has a good impression of her.

"Empress Yulong is the niece of the Queen Mother, and the emperor doesn't like her very much, but he doesn't dare to resist because of the Queen Mother's obscenity. So the emperor usually only travels with this concubine. When Prince Gong saw Tan Sitong praising Concubine Zhen, he told him about these court boudoirs.

Tan Sitong was in a hurry to find Li Hongzhang to ask for a machine, and he didn't stay in the palace to eat, he said goodbye to Prince Gong and came out, while rushing to the Liuyang Hall, thinking about his thoughts all the way.

This Guangxu seems to be very ambitious, and he also knows how to control people, and he trusts Tan Sitong, so it stands to reason that Tan Sitong should be elated. I don't know why, Tan Sitong is still a little uneasy.

An emperor wants to sneak out of the palace, and he is in a hurry to rush back to greet an old queen mother. Will he be able to stand on his own feet? I'm afraid that in his bones, he is the same as his father, and he is deeply afraid of the old queen mother. Otherwise, an emperor, how can even the queen not choose his beloved woman?

But if this man can't save the country, who else can he rely on to change the world?

At this time, it suddenly began to snow in the sky. People say that Ruixue is a mega year, will the country get better this year?

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