Zhang Zhidong asked about Li Yuanhong's body with concern, and Li Yuanhong said that it was okay, old. If there is a problem, it will not occur often, and the attack will be relieved after a rest. Zhang Zhidong was not at ease, and later learned from a Western doctor with high medical skills that this was a cerebral ischemia, which was not a big problem; Zhang Zhidong was relieved.

After the meeting, someone told Li Yuanhong the details. Li Yuanhong said that although he couldn't guess that Zhang Biao said anything bad in front of Mr. Zhang, he could know from Mr. Zhang's anger towards him and the look in Zhang Biao's eyes that the rumors he created for himself must be very hurtful.

This person said to Li Yuanhong: "A vicious person like Zhang Biao can't be let go? ”

Li Yuanhong said: "Lord Zhang is as kind to me as a mountain, Dashuai and I are his neighbors, our relationship is very tense, let Master Zhang do." Facts are more convincing than anything else, and rumors are self-defeating. I don't have anything to lose in this matter, it is he who suffers. ”

Contrary to Zhang Biao, who can't get along with himself everywhere, Li Yuanhong defends Zhang Biao everywhere. Once, Li Yuanhong accompanied Zhang Biao to a colleague's birthday party. Zhang Biao drank a few more glasses of wine and became drunk. said a lot of bad things about Li Yuanhong, very difficult to hear.

Li Yuanhong pretended to be stupid, others couldn't stand it, and some people actually said, you Li Yuanhong must have some tricks and things that can't see people in Zhang Biao's hands, right? Otherwise, how could it be? However, Li Yuanhong still only shook his head, still indifferent.

After the banquet was dispersed, he personally sent Zhang Biao home.

As mentioned earlier, according to the requirements of the Imperial Court Training Office, the troops of the two towns in Hubei were reduced to one town and one mixed brigade. At the beginning, Zhang Zhidong wanted Li Yuanhong to be the commander of the town and lead the entire army in Hubei.

But in the end, taking into account Zhang Biao's old qualifications and his special relationship with himself, Zhang Biao was reused.

But the main affairs of the Hubei army, Zhang Zhidong still pressed on Li Yuanhong. Because he knows that Zhang Biao is not this material, although he is also an officer, his ability cannot be compared with Li Yuanhong. For this reason, Zhang Zhidong sometimes feels very unhappy, but Li Yuanhong has always worked hard.

Once, Zhang Zhidong came to review the two new armies, and when he saw that the army was in order, he knew that it was Li Yuanhong's work, so he comforted Li Yuanhong. However, Li Yuanhong said that this is all due to Zhang Biao and Zhang Dashuai's leadership. Zhang Zhizhi saw that Li Yuanhong was capable and so modest, so meritorious and popular, and he appreciated Li Yuanhong even more in the bottom of his heart.

At this time, Zhang Biao was on the side, jealous of the governor's preference for Li Yuanhong, and after listening to Li Yuanhong's words, his heart was a little balanced.

Zhang Zhidong saw all this, and couldn't help but be dissatisfied with his aunt (Zhang Biao's wife was a maid in Zhang Zhidong's mansion who was particularly valued by him, and this marriage was sponsored by Zhang Zhidong, so Zhang Biao was also regarded as Zhang Zhidong's aunt).

Zhang Biao and Li Yuanhong went against each other, because of Li Yuanhong's forbearance, on the surface, Zhang Biao seemed to have the upper hand, but in fact, it was not. Not only did he not increase his prestige in front of everyone because of this, but he lost a lot of points. Even Zhang Zhidong sometimes examines himself, is it wrong to use Zhang Biao so much.

In August 1907, Zhang Zhidong was transferred to the Imperial Military Aircraft Department, and Zhao Erxun took over as the governor of Huguang. Soon after Zhao arrived, he found out that Zhang Biao was a straw bag.

When Zhao and Zhang Zhidong handed over, Zhang Zhidong praised Li Yuanhong, and Zhao paid special attention to Li Yuanhong. Soon found that Li Yuanhong did have both ability and political integrity, and he was far from being on the same level as Zhang Biao, so he had the intention of reusing Li Yuanhong and replacing Zhang Biao with Li Yuanhong.

When Li Yuanhong learned of this, he hurriedly asked the new governor to resign.

He sincerely said to the new governor that Lord Zhang Zhidong has the grace of knowing him, and he has just left on the front foot, and because he reuses himself to remove his worshipful people, he will fall into injustice, and he will not be able to meet with Engong in the future. also promised Zhao that no matter what he needed to do, he could tell him as much as he could, and he would definitely go all out.

On the other hand, he revealed the matter to Zhang Biao and asked him to plan a quick solution.

Zhang Biao hurriedly sent his maid to Beijing to find Zhang Zhidong, and Zhang Zhidong sent a letter to Zhao and entrusted Zhang Biao to take care of him, so that Zhang Biao kept his official position.

Since then, Zhang Biao has truly realized that over the years, he has really treated Li Yuanhong with the heart of a villain, and has completely changed the relationship with Li Yuanhong. Every time a guest is feasted, Li Yuanhong must be invited, and Li Yuanhong will never open a banquet if he does not arrive. On other occasions, they also have enough respect for Li Yuanhong, and they are like two people compared to the past. Later, Li Yuanhong and Zhang Biao, two people with vastly different personalities, personalities, and behaviors, became good friends, which cannot but be amazing.

Zhang Biao was loyal to the Qing court.

On September 13, 1927, Zhang Biao was critically ill, and about ten minutes before his death, he returned to his light and appeared extraordinarily sober. Emperor Puyi of the Qing Dynasty hurried to visit him when he heard the news, which made his dying body excited.

Although he could not speak, and was no longer able to raise his hand to salute, the sad expression on his face was faintly visible, and he could only make a slight gesture of farewell; But his eyes were burning towards the former lord, staring at the last emperor of the Qing Dynasty that he had maintained all his life, until he lost his breath.

Pu Yi wept in memory of this loyal minister of the Qing Dynasty. On the occasion of the funeral, Pu Yi personally wrote a plaque of "heart is like a golden stone", and gave him a quilt to see him off.

Although Li Yuanhong did not see him for the last time, he also wailed and cried during the memorial service, showing unusually sad and unusually sophisticated. After Zhang Biao's family persuaded him hard, he reluctantly boarded the car in tears.

Of course, that's for later.

The so-called convenience with others, convenience for oneself. Li Yuanhong treats people so well, and he has also managed a particularly good interpersonal relationship for himself.

Zhang Zhidong was a man of books and speeches, and in April 1894, his book "Persuasion of Learning" came out.

Zhang Zhidong's "Persuasion of Learning", published in 1898. It is a representative work that expounds the "Chinese style and Western use" and promotes the idea of Western affairs, with a total of 24 articles.

It advocates that "the three outlines are the supreme religion of China's sacred inheritance", and the foundation of the middle school syllabus is often the name of the teaching, so as to maintain the hearts of the people of the world. He put forward the view that "middle school is internal learning, Western learning is external learning, middle school treats body and mind, and Western learning should be in the world", advocating that the first thing to learn from the inside, and then choose the western learning to use it. Advocate "establishing schools, building railways, etc., and adopting Western technology and Western art". He opposed the reformers' idea of "opening the parliament" and "reviving civil rights". It has been translated into English and French and published. The English version, published in New York in 1900, was renamed China's Only Hope.

Generally speaking, Zhang Zhidong advocates learning from the West and using the West for China. In order to cultivate Li Yuanhong and broaden his horizons, Zhang Zhidong sent Li Yuanhong to Japan three times to investigate.

In February 1898, with the dream of seeking innovation and change and saving the country and strengthening the army, Li Yuanhong came to Japan for the first time and was sent to study in the Japanese Praetorian Cavalry Wing. At this time, although the First Sino-Japanese War had ended four years earlier, in his contacts with the Japanese side, Li Yuanhong clearly felt that the smoke and clouds of war between the two countries had not completely dissipated.

The hostility and contempt of certain Japanese personnel for the Chinese personnel can be felt at any time. This stimulated Li Yuanhong to study harder, and among the people in his peers, he worked harder than anyone else.

It's hard to go out of the country, and many people are trying to go out and visit more. Li Yuanhong lives in the Jiuduan Pine Leaf Pavilion, which is far away from the cavalry playground, and Li Yuanhong "leather boots and hooves, wind and rain and muddy, every day will go".

When he has free time, he also gets to know the customs of other places. When he saw in the parks of Tokyo, Osaka, and other places, he saw on display the spoils of war captured by the Japanese side in the First Sino-Japanese War, and he was very stimulated and strongly felt that this was a humiliation to his country and army.

Although this move did not go as he wished, it showed his sincerity to the motherland. If you fall behind, you will suffer defeat and humiliation, and this has aroused Li Yuanhong's enthusiasm for study.

At this time, Japan was ahead in all aspects, and in addition to learning about cavalry, he also missed the opportunity to learn other aspects.

Three months later, Li Yuanhong successfully completed the inspection task. Although the time for this visit to Japan is not long, Li Yuanhong has gained a lot. He wrote a long report on what he had learned and what he had learned, and handed it over to Zhang Zhidong. At the same time, he made a far-reaching suggestion to Zhang Zhidong, sending more knowledgeable young people to Japan to inspect and study, and they will definitely gain great results.

Zhang Zhidong accepted Li Yuanhong's suggestion, so that the number of people sent by Hubei to Japan was much higher than that of other provinces. At this time, the Qing court was implementing the reform of the law, and sending people to study abroad was an important proposition of the reformists. Regarding the reform and reform, Zhang Zhidong is very in favor of the reform and follows very closely. In terms of sending people to study abroad, a huge plan has been drawn up. It is planned that Hubei and Hunan will send 100 people to go. Later, as the Reform quickly failed, these plans, like the other ideas of the Restoration, were stillborn. Even under very difficult circumstances, Zhang Zhidong still sent twenty people to study at the Japanese non-commissioned officer school.

At the beginning of the twentieth century, the number of Chinese students studying in Japan reached a high level. Among the students from the provinces who stayed in Japan, Hubei had the largest number. In the past four years, the number of Hubei students in Japan has reached 289, accounting for the first place in the country. At this time, in other provinces in the country, most of them generally do not exceed double digits. By 1906, there were more than 5,400 Chinese students studying in Japan, and 1,360 in Hubei Province alone, accounting for a quarter. This depends on Zhang Zhidong's vigorous advocacy, as well as Li Yuanhong's advice and full assistance.

After the first uprising in Wuchang, some people pointed out in a matter-of-fact manner: "So far, the academic and military circles, and the talents are so prosperous, all of which should be the credit of Yen Hong's words." ”

This may also be on one side, explaining why the first uprising of Xinhai occurred in Wuchang.