79. Read. Huanshang Village, Zhangde Prefecture, Henan Province is very different from the nearby poor and backward small villages, where the brick and tile courtyards are neat and chic, the primary school hall reads loudly, the cattle and horses are full of grain, the villagers' clothes are neat and ruddy, and there is a prosperous scene everywhere.

Outside the village is a piece of 'fertile' fertile field, the crops here have already been harvested, everywhere 'naked' and 'exposed' the newly turned land, some farmers sing a little song and shake the wood cocoon, sowing the seeds of next year's harvest.

At this time, from a dirt road came a drum, one eye slanted, big bared teeth, full of 'meat' Liu Yanei, he glanced towards Huanshang Village, did not dare to rush into the village, had the intention to find a villager to ask for directions, but everyone was busy, no one paid attention to him, so he had to turn around three times and turn to a small pond at the edge of the village,

Some lotus leaves in the pond have been 'exposed' out of the withered state, some lotus leaves are yellow in the green, some lotus leaves have completely lost their moisture and shrunk into a ball, the lotus leaf stalks are even more soft and lifeless and powerless to support, at this time a gust of autumn wind blows, under the reflection of the sun, the water 'waves' seem to flow slowly, flashing a few rare silver lights, but there is a different autumn interest,

There is a big locust tree more than two thick on the edge of the pond, and there is a farmer in his fifties who is fishing leisurely under the 'shade' of the tree.

The peasant didn't move, as if he didn't hear it, he was still concentrating on fishing, Liu Yanei thought that the farmer was deaf, and asked in a louder voice: "I don't know if Lord Yuan Gongbao is in the village," the peasant continued to fish, or ignored this Liu Yanei,

Liu Yanei touched a soft nail, he was really angry in his heart, thinking, this old fool, I want to be in the city of Guangzhou, and I have to sway around in the city when I stomp my feet, where is it that people have been so lazy, and they have a heart attack, but then I think about it, I am a person who does great things, why should I be like him an old farmer, people have to learn to endure, and forge ahead in forbearance,

At this time, a group of small grass carp was attracted by the small red earthworm on the fishing hook, and swam quickly with their tails, but the farmer pulled the hook up staggeringly, not letting those small grass carp take the bait, and after those small grass carp reluctantly left quietly, the farmer slowly lowered the hook again, and after a while, a big catfish weighing more than 2 catties swam over again, and the old man was avoiding the black catfish, dodging the red earthworm and dodging it.

Liu Yanei couldn't stand it anymore, and shouted anxiously: "Don't move, don't move, the fish is about to be hooked, it doesn't matter if you let go of those small fish just now, you big fish can't be let go, you old fool,"

The farmer glared at Liu Yanei fiercely, and simply brought the bait up,

Liu Yanei said to him anxiously: "A big fish, it's a pity, it's a pity,"

The old man hung down the bait again, still half-closed his eyes, and waited patiently, and after a while, a big carp weighing more than 5 catties swam in a good way, Liu Yanei had the heart to call the old man to pay attention, and was afraid of scaring the fish away, so anxious that he couldn't speak with his mouth open, but finally didn't shout,

The fish bit the fish, and the old man suddenly came to the 'spirit', and 'swung' back and forth unhurriedly, until the fish 'swinged' to the slightest strength, and then dragged the fish up unhurriedly, Liu Yanei couldn't help but admire a little when he saw this, and couldn't help but praise the old man and said: "It's really not a loss to be a master of fishing, don't want a small fish and a big fish, just want a big fish, may I ask the old man, is this Lord Yuan Gongbao in the village?"

The old man asked Squint while packing up the fishing gear: "This is still like a human saying, who are you and what are you doing with him?"

Liu Ya thought in her heart, this old man's status is not high, and his tone is not small, but since he is asking for help, he has to be patient with his 'sex' and replied: "I am Liu Yanei from the Guangzhou Supervision Bureau, and I came to Huanshang Village to meet Lord Yuan Gongbao,"

The old man laughed and said, "Yanei, isn't Yanei the son of the county master, you are the son of a county master, what are you looking for a rural village man, you want to be promoted to find the wrong 'door' road, aren't you a little fool?"

Just said that he was an old fool, but now he came back again, Liu Slanting was angry, this old man was so wild, he didn't say anything about his ridicule and ridicule of this court official, and he didn't pay attention to Yuan Shikai, Liu Slanting held back his anger, and had to explain to him: "My Ya is an elegant Ya, my inner is inside and outside, you old ......"

Liu Squint suddenly thought that he was so eloquent, and he didn't speak again, but he didn't expect that the old man was still not polite to Liu Squint, and sneered: "I see you as a person, the outside is indecent, as for the inside Ya is indecent, then I don't know, in my place, don't mention any official position, in my eyes, even the ministers around the emperor are like dung, okay, I'll lead you to find that old villager,"

Liu Slanyan was very angry in his heart, this is indecent, it must refer to the disability on his body, which is usually the most taboo for himself, and this old man is the most crazy, even if he doesn't look down on any officials, even the ministers around the emperor are like dung in his eyes...... But since the old man is so arrogant, he may also be a little bit of a problem, don't worry about him for the time being, Liu squinted his eyes and endured his anger, helped the old man put on the fish mouth with a wicker, lifted the fish, took the fishing gear, and walked slowly towards the village.

The peasants he met along the way either respectfully gave way to this old man, or lowered his head and avoided from afar.

After a while, I entered the village, there is a memorial arch not far away, there are three gilded big characters on the archway "Yangshou Garden", I can't walk a few steps, I arrived at the 'door' of a deep house compound, and a watcher 'door' person took over the fishing gear and big fish from Liu Slan's hand,

After entering the courtyard, the old man entered the hall unhurriedly, and Liu Squint also followed into the hall, and the old man said to Liu Squint, "You wait here for a while, I'll go change my clothes," and said slowly, and entered the inner room slowly.

Liu squinted his eyes in the hall and didn't sit or stand, thinking to himself, could it be that the person just now was Yuan Shikai, but it wasn't like it, if it was Yuan Shikai, he would definitely be wearing silk and satin, and there were groups of guards around him, how could he be so shabby and simple, he was simply an old farmer who farmed and fished,

At this time, except for the autumn cicadas chirping without a sound, the room was very quiet, and suddenly there was a very familiar sound, "Di Di Di, Da...... How does it look like the sound of a telegram, Liu squinted his eyes and listened carefully for a while, and sure enough, the voice of the telegram came from the side room,

Liu Slanted's heart was shocked again, today's high-ranking officials, whose 'private' house can install a telegram, thinking that although Yuan Shikai was demoted to the people, but in his heart, he may not pretend to be the world.

After a while, the old man washed his face, changed into clean clothes, and when he entered the house, he sat down on the Taishi chair, and said without humility or arrogance: "The village man you are looking for is me, I don't know what is the matter with you,"

Liu squinted his eyes and was taken aback, and sure enough, he looked down at people with low eyes, and he didn't know the gold-inlaid 'jade', so he quickly knelt down and kowtowed three times and said: "In Liu Yanei, I don't know Taishan, I don't know Taishan, my words collide, I am offended, I beg my lord to forgive me," After speaking, he lay on the ground, and he didn't dare to get up with his head down,

Yuan Shikai laughed and said, "A country man, you don't have to be so polite, get up quickly, get up quickly," he said, personally got down from the chair, and helped Liu Squint, Liu Squint stood respectfully aside, and no longer dared to look up at Yuan Shikai,

Yuan Shikai asked again: "You came all the way from the Guangzhou Governor's Office to a remote village in Henan, didn't you just come to watch me fish?"

Liu squinted his eyes and dared to raise his head, bowed to Yuan Shikai, and said: "Lord Yuan, in the current China, only two things can gain a foothold in China,"

Yuan Shikai said "Oh," and asked, "I don't know which two things are,"

Liu squinted his eyes and said, "One is a soldier, and the other is money,"

Yuan Shikai said: "I am a rural villager, but I have neither soldiers nor money in my hands, these two things you said, to me, are just lime on my lips,"

Liu squinted his eyes and said in an aggravated tone: "We are rich in tea in the south, this tea is one to help digestion, the second is to defeat the fire, the third is to be clear-eyed, and the fourth is to strengthen people's courage, this time I came, I brought some tea to honor your old man, I don't know if I will smile or not,"

Yuan Shikai smiled bitterly: "Tea is not a rare play, I drink it every day, I know it to help digestion, defeat fire, and clear eyes, but I haven't heard of strong people, I don't know what good tea you brought,"

Liu squinted and said: "Hangzhou Longjing, Suzhou Biluo, Huangshan 'Mao' Peak, Lushan Yunwu, Yunnan Pu'er, Xinyang 'Mao' Jian, Anxi Tieguan, Junshan Silver Needle, all the 'fine' products in tea, I have brought some,"

Yuan Shikai asked again: "How much did you bring, there are 10 catties and 8 catties, which is enough for me to drink for a lifetime," Liu squinted and said: "The southern mountain roads are rugged and can only be carried, and the northern plains are open and can be driven, this time I brought 10 wheelbarrows,"

Yuan Shikai was very angry when he heard this, and said unhappily: "I don't sell tea, what are you bringing here for, isn't this a tricky old man?"

Liu squinted his eyes and said unhurriedly: "Wait for a while, I have shipped the tea, you naturally know the beauty of these teas, wait a while, wait a while,"

Yuan Shikai no longer spoke, nor did he let the guests, but picked up a cup of tea sent by the servant and tasted it slowly.

After Liu squinted his eyes, he went out of the 'door', took out a foreign pen and a note from his coat, wrote a few words on the note with a foreign pen, and took out a carrier pigeon from his arms, tied the note to the pigeon's 'leg', and then scattered it into the sky, the carrier pigeon flapped its wings a few times, raised it to the sky, circled in the sky, and then flew into the distance, and after a while, it flew away without a trace.

In less than an hour, the sound of "squeaking and rattling" was heard, and 10 wheelbarrows quickly arrived in the farm compound.

Yuan Shikai glanced at the courtyard unhappily, and saw that the people pushing the carts were all tired and sweaty, and their bodies were like washing, those small carts were crushed to the ground, and they couldn't fall apart, Yuan Shikai thought, why are these tea leaves so heavy, isn't it tea, and then look at the escort carts, there are more than 10 people, all of them are 'smart' and strong, and they are all like martial arts masters,

Yuan Shikai's heart was even more suspicious, but on the surface he still looked indifferent, and asked the housekeeper to quickly call someone to unload the goods.

After a while, the housekeeper came in and whispered a few words into Yuan Shikai's ear, Yuan Shikai was overjoyed when he heard it, and happily said to Liu squinted: "This tea is good, good, not only helps digestion, but also defeats the fire and brightens the eyes, it really strengthens people's courage, good, good, I just don't know, you sent me such a good tea, I don't know what I want,"

Liu squinted and saw that there were outsiders in the house, but he didn't dare to say that Yuan Shikai gave the housekeeper a 'look', and the housekeeper went out, and there were only two people left in the house, Yuan Shikai and Liu Slanyan.

Liu squinted his eyes and knelt down at Yuan Shikai, kowtowed and said, "I don't want anything else to ask for, just to be a pawn running 'errands' under Lord Yuan, I don't know if Lord Yuan can take him in?"

Yuan Shikai smiled and said: "There is no free lunch in the world, there is nothing else to ask for, today's China, as you said, one is to have soldiers, the other is to be rich, to be looked up to, since you have sent me such a good tea, my heart has been full of a lot, so let's go, from now on, you are my personal ginseng, with me to deal with some small things inside and outside, I don't know if you want to,"

Liu squinted his eyes and kowtowed again, and said with a sense of "excitement": "Thank you Lord Yuan for your cultivation, from now on I will definitely follow Lord Yuan to be conscientious and loyal,"

Yuan Shikai laughed for a while, lifted Liu Squinted, and said: "From now on, we will be people in the same boat, sharing blessings, sharing difficulties, sharing difficulties, and getting through difficulties together, but I still don't know something, why do you want to take refuge in me as a rural villager,"

Liu squinted his eyes and thought for a while and said: "I still say the same thing, in China, one is to have soldiers, and the other is money, in order to support a world, I sent you money, soldiers, although you were laid off at home, but the officers and soldiers of the six towns of Beiyang were developed by you, and you have to listen to your words, in the future of China, there will be a place for you, now you are like a dragon trapped on the beach, a tiger falling on the plain, your low 'tide' is also my opportunity, I will not vote for you at this time, let alone when,"

Yuan Shikai listened to Liu Slan's words, and said for a long time: "In this way, the old man has nothing to say,"

The two of them were talking about the world and opportunities, the housekeeper brought a few telegrams, looked at Liu squinted, and didn't dare to speak, Yuan Shikai said to the housekeeper: "There are no outsiders, but it doesn't hurt to say,"

Only then did the housekeeper report: "The 'mixed' of the Henan front line into the Third Association, and the 'mixed' into the Eleventh Association, I have sent a telegram to ask for your instructions, the Minister of War and the commander of the First Army, Yin Chang, has urged the various associations to attack quickly, what should be done, please instruct,"

Yuan Shikai sneered for a while: "This Yin Chang, wearing the hat of a war minister, is flying all over the sky, does he know military affairs, what is the relationship between him and the soldiers of the Beiyang Army, there is no relationship at all, the son of a gentleman, the 'milk' stinks have not dried up, so he wants to command my Beiyang Iron Army, it is not so easy, tell the brothers who 'mix' into the Third Association and 'Mix' into the Eleventh Association, push it when it should be pushed, drag it when it should be delayed, and don't move, let that kid in Yinchang toss blindly, I'll see if it's his 'legs' fast, or my ass is heavy,"

The housekeeper agreed, and hurriedly sent a telegram,

Liu Slanyan was taken aback in his heart, but he didn't expect that although Yuan Shikai was demoted to home, he controlled the military command of the Hubei front line, and Yin Chang was the Minister of War and the commander of the First Army in vain, and he was actually overtaken by Yuan Shikai, and after a while, several telegrams were sent, all of which were important leaders of the Beiyang Army, Feng Guozhang and Duan Qirui, who came to Yuan Shikai for instructions and discussed important contents of military affairs.

Yuan Shikai finished processing these telegrams, and then said to Liu Squint: "Brother Yanei, I don't know what you think about the Wuhan Revolution,"

Liu squinted his eyes and said: "This is also the reason why I came to you, in my opinion, the revolution has become a prairie fire, the Guangzhou New Army uprising, the Huang 'Hua' Gang uprising, the Wuchang uprising, the more troublesome and more powerful, and to the whole country, and the Qing Dynasty, political failure, military foreign 'diplomacy' failure, economic collapse, I think it is the end of the crossbow, the force can not enter Lu Min, can not support for a long time, now China, has been in the 'chaos' world, 'chaos' world out of heroes, without a big hero born can not save China, the Qing Dynasty army and the revolutionary army in Wuchang'Fierce' battle, and the Beiyang Army on the front line did not listen to the dispatch of the Minister of War Yin Chang, congratulations, Lord Yuan, you have been brave for three years, and the day of your emergence is not far off,"

Yuan Shikai nodded silently, his eyes were half-closed, just like fishing by the pond, sitting firmly on the chair, his heart was as calm as water, he also shook his head slightly, and sang a poem: "A hundred years of heart is always leisurely, ambition was not rewarded at that time, the wild old 'chest' was burdened with armor, the little prince under the eyes of the fisherman, thinking that there was no rock in the world, sighing that Shenzhou has become lacking, and the end of the world has gone from now on, and the smoke and rain are a fishing boat,"

After a while, the housekeeper suddenly came in happily with a telegram and said excitedly to Yuan Shikai: "The regent and the cabinet have called, and it has been decided to make your Excellency the governor of Huguang, and immediately go to the front line in person to assist Yinchang in handling military matters and attacking the Wuhan Revolutionary Army, my lord, the day has come for you to come out,"

When Yuan Shikai heard these words, he didn't move as if he hadn't heard them.

Liu squinted his eyes and said to Yuan Shikai: "With your knowledge, courage, and ability, why should you be Yinchang's deputy, isn't this holding steamed buns and not dry food, I don't know what the regent and the cabinet think, and they want to defeat the revolutionary army, and they want to firmly control the military power in their own hands, and they dream of marrying a daughter-in-law, and they want to think of good things,"

The steward asked, "How do you call the regent and the cabinet back?"

Yuan Shikai said, "You just said that your foot disease has not been cured and you can't take on this heavy responsibility," the housekeeper nodded and called back to the court.

Yuan Shikai sat quietly on the chair again, and after a while, he dozed off.

After a short time, the housekeeper's face was flushed with joy, and he came in with a telegram, and said to Yuan Shikai with great excitement: "Congratulations, congratulations, the cabinet is calling," Yuan Shikai said with half-closed eyes: "Say it,"

The housekeeper read excitedly: "All the Hubei army and all kinds of reinforcements are under the dispatch and control of Lord Yuan, and even the land and water armies led by Yinchang and Sa Zhenbing are also under the command of Lord Yuan, and the telegram also said that the military urgency of Wuchang and Hankou is urgent, and I hope that Lord Yuan will have a loyal and brave heart to the imperial court, have the courage to do things, quickly adjust his illness, rush to the front line, overcome the stubborn enemy, and live up to the court's reliance."

Liu squinted his eyes and said happily to Yuan Shikai: "The imperial court is almost begging you, I think Lord Yuan can go out of the mountain,"

Yuan Shikai was still as steady as Mount Tai, without a little joy, and said to Liu squinted: "Watching me fishing, it was in vain,"

Liu squinted his eyes and thought, this is Yuan Shikai, the city is too deep,

The housekeeper asked again: "How to call back to the cabinet,"

Yuan Shikai said: "You are going to seal the telegram, which means that the revolutionary army is too powerful, and with my ability and political army, I am afraid that it will not be able to be wiped out for a while, and besides, the revolutionary army has an incident, and there are all kinds of shortcomings in our army on land and water, and military spending is in short supply, so we cannot solve these problems, and the situation of our army is critical."

The housekeeper hurriedly called back, Yuan Shikai was still sitting on the chair, as if nothing happened, Liu squinted his eyes and was quiet for a while, and then he couldn't hold his breath again, and said to Yuan Shikai: "Lord Yuan, if you call back to the court like this, will the court be angry, and you may lose this opportunity, and you will never have the opportunity to go out of the mountain,"

Yuan Shikai smiled slightly and said: "You only saw small fish, half big fish, but you didn't see bigger fish, you have both soldiers and money, what are you afraid of, don't be afraid of anything,"

Not long after, the housekeeper brought another telegram, raised his hand and said: "The imperial court has sent another telegram, saying that all the conditions of Lord Yuan can be agreed, and sending Xu Shichang, the assistant minister of the cabinet, to Zhangde, Henan, to urge Lord Yuan to take office."

Yuan Shikai suddenly left his chair and stood up, and said loudly: "The time has come to go out of the mountain, and you put forward six conditions for the imperial cabinet: first, the National Assembly will be convened next year, second, the responsible cabinet will be organized, third, everyone who will participate in this incident will be tolerated, fourth, the party ban will be lifted, fifth, I will be given full authority to command all the armies on land and water and the establishment of the army, and sixth, I must be given very sufficient military funds."

After the housekeeper went to send a telegram, Yuan Shikai looked at Liu Slanted Eyes, smiled slightly and said, "Since you are my high staff, do you know what the six conditions I proposed for going out of the mountain mean?"

Liu squinted his eyes and thought for a while and said: "I think, this, two, three, and four are mainly to divide and disintegrate the revolutionaries politically, and these five and six are mainly to control military power and financial power, so as to facilitate the fight against revolutionaries, Lord Yuan, from now on, you will be one of the few real power figures in China,"

Yuan Shikai laughed when he heard this, and said: "This is all thanks to the experience of fishing," Yuan Shikai was happy for a while, and asked Liu Yanei again: "I heard that Brother Liu Xian seems to be from Guangdong, may I ask, where is my brother from?"

"I'm from Xiangshan, Guangdong," Liu replied with squinted eyes.

Yuan Shikai was overjoyed when he heard this, and asked again: "Have you heard about the three treasures of Xiangshan?"

Liu squinted his eyes and said: "I heard that it is a bunch of treasures, a book of soldiers and the legend of a character,"

Yuan Shikai was even happier and said: "It seems that the legend of the three treasures of Xiangshan is not unfounded, can it be understood in this way, the treasure you sent is the treasure of Xiangshan,"

Liu squinted and nodded, "It can be understood in this way,"

Yuan Shikai smiled slightly and said: "Since this is the case, then there is no need to explain a character Sun Yat-sen, he has now become the soul of China, it can really be said that with a wave of his arms, he can wake up a nation, then, the matter of the three treasures of Xiangshan is just the matter of the book of soldiers and has not been solved......"

Liu squinted his eyes and said: "I am also looking for this military book, as long as I find this military book, I will definitely dedicate it to Lord Yuan,"

Yuan Shikai looked at Liu's slanted eyes and said: "I am a person who leads soldiers, in my heart, only this book of soldiers worries me the most,"