Li Guolou held a meeting in Xinwutang and listened to Liu Jie's report, the institutionalized Xinwutang has many improvements, new things, and new difficulties, all of which require Li Guolou to come up with solutions.

Liu Mingchuan made a long speech at the meeting, and he heard that Li Guolou was drowsy, and people who did not know the specific situation expressed their ambitions and wasted precious time.

When the right to speak fell to Li Guolou, he cheered up, stood up and said: "Here I will talk about the relationship between the military and the people, an army without the support of the people is untenable. When we think about the invasion of our country by the Eight-Nation Alliance, what our people did is really a shame for those who are familiar with the books of the sages. Why is this happening? Let the common people have the mentality of sitting on the mountain and watching the tiger fight, and even transport grain and grass for the invaders, and be willing to be traitors. ”

At the venue, no one dared to take over this topic, and Liu Mingchuan, who even dared to say anything about drama, didn't say a word. If the great sin of disobedience is put on the spread, it will destroy the nine tribes.

Li Guolou showed a sneer on his face, and said slowly: "This is because our army is separated from the common people, squandering the 'waste' money, and not taking the lives of the people in mind. In the eyes of the common people, the Qing army has become a military master who is powerful and prosperous, a military master who is a little better than the official master. But it's not much better, the military master who takes the court money, drinks 'flower' wine, listens to songs, marries concubines, and 'smokes' big cigarettes, grandpa is a high-ranking person, how can he care about the life and death of the people. So from now on, we have to change this phenomenon, starting from me, starting with the construction of the new martial arts. For the peasants who lost their land in the land acquisition of Xinwutang, it is necessary to take care of all of them, in addition to building houses for them and not displacing them, but also to let them become workers, change the backward appearance of Xiaozhan Town, and build schools for local children to go to school for free. When the farmers are busy, our teachers and students in Xinwutang have to go to harvest 'jade' rice and harvest wheat for local farmers, and the lonely and widowed elderly people in the village are also raised by our Xinwutang. Although our new martial arts hall has limited capabilities and can only change the situation in one region, starting from me and starting from now is the duty of our generation. Don't think that building a temple of Emperor Guan will be all right, advocate loyalty, but also face the reality, loyalty and reality are compared, people will choose reality in the end. Let the people see the sincere efforts of our army and give the people visible benefits, so that the army can be supported by the people. When the time comes, we will brave the artillery fire to bring us food, transport ammunition and medicine, and carry the wounded in the rain of bullets. Instead of seeing the invaders as a big savior, the gloating mezzanine welcomes the enemy. In addition to educating students, you should also educate the local people, and you have a heavy responsibility, and you can't build cars behind closed doors, just manage your own one-third of an acre of land. It is necessary to have a sense of crisis and mission related to the rise and fall of the society. It is the responsibility of the people who rise and fall in the world, and educate those who farm the land well, and that is when the merits of the new martial arts hall are completed······"

Li Guolou spoke at length and spoke for more than an hour without a speech. I was very pleased to see that the school officials had the habit of taking notes, developed good habits, kept them in mind, and assumed the responsibility of teaching by word and deed.

Master Xu Chan took notes in the meeting, and the more he listened, the more he felt justified and terrifying. Li Guolou was a reactionary, and he went so far as to say that the Guandi Temple was a product of a fake big emptiness, and that the "spirit" of Xinwutang proceeded from reality, and in the end he dared to deny the "idea of loyalty and righteousness." Only Li Guolou dared to say such things, and the Catholic Li Guolou was uneasy and kind, and he would report Li Guolou's reactionary remarks to Master Fu Xiang later.

Li Guolou didn't know that someone was going to make a small report, and after he got Li Hongzhang's approval, he got a little carried away. Spit flying to tell the ideal, plan the grand blueprint, depict the future to the fullest, there is silver, there is the means, there is the backstage, the ability, it feels omnipotent, and the speed of the steam train is no more than that. The "Xinwutang Five-Year Plan" began to be implemented, and a new army was built in the future, and the world was free to show its momentum. Li Guolou didn't have a beard yet, so he couldn't learn the small movements of the elder brushing his beard and squinting. It is a first-class school created by himself, but seeing Li Guolou's 'stiff' and 'chest' bulging belly, his left hand is crossed on his waist with one hand, and the other hand is waving in mid-air.

The school officials at the venue looked at Li Guolou with admiration, and the chief scholar and politician of the "Xinwutang" who was both civil and military, transcended an era in his ideological realm, leading the Qing Empire to modernization and reforming the national defense education system. The school officials were unwilling to let Li Guolou leave, and raised their hands to ask questions, asking Li Guolou to answer all kinds of questions and ask Li Guolou for advice on the difficulties encountered in class. No one went to ask Liu Mingchuan for advice, and Liu Mingchuan was left to dry. Who is popular in the army, the martial artist or the new science detective 'flower' lang? In Xinwutang, the academic school is still dominant. Li Guolou's image as a military theorist is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people and has been well received by everyone. Even those alternate officials, talents, and people are ashamed of themselves, and Li Guolou, who has expounded his theoretical thoughts, has the potential to become a great thinker and a great military strategist.

Xinwutang started from scratch, whose credit is it? This group of people who came to work in Xinwutang knew it well, and they competed to meet and show their loyalty to Li Guolou. Liu Mingchuan saw it in his eyes, jealous and hateful in his heart, but he was helpless, Li Hongzhang wanted him to listen to Li Guolou's command, this was angry, and he had to endure it for the time being.

Li Guolou knows everything, and his words are endless, and no one can be difficult to defeat him. The gushing words are majestic and convincing. He has the experience of defending with princes and nobles, Qing schools, and conservatives in the court, and can deal with difficult questions with ease. If you can't answer, there is also the trick of Tai Chi pusher, and a meeting will establish Li Guolou's supreme status as the "master's seat" in Xinwutang. Even Liu Mingchuan, who was jealous and had cramps, understood a truth, fighting a war of words, and had no chance to beat Li Guolou in this life.

After the applause and praise, the hero was lonely, and Li Guolou, who was alone, went to sleep alone. Then he was called over by Li Hongzhang overnight, reprimanded, and scolded a dog's blood spray. Emperor Guan's idea of loyalty and righteousness is related to the basic national policy of the Qing Empire, so how can he criticize it casually.

Li Guolou bowed his head and admitted his mistake, swore that he would never say such disobedient words again in the future, and left Li Hongzhang's house with his head down. While walking, he smiled bitterly, thinking about not changing the ideological system formulated by the Qing Empire, and accidentally 'exposed' reactionary thoughts. In the future, you should be cautious and cautious in your speech, use Tai Chi to push your hands to deal with the chief, and be a doer. As for the theorists, let Li Hongzhang do it, and when the sky falls, the big man will hold it, he is half a cut shorter than Li Hongzhang, and he can't make a head bird. Full of grievances, there is no place to vent, and I can't sleep alone. Tossing and turning, thinking about his family.

In the early morning of the next day, Li Hongzhang returned to the 'gate' of the Zhili Ya, and Li Guolou returned to Tianjin, and the two people were about to part ways. At the official pavilion ten miles away from Xinwutang, Li Guolou said to Liu Mingchuan who saw him off: "Liu Gong, if the younger generation has offended you with words, I still hope for Haihan." When I go back, I will help you talk to the emperor and the queen mother of the two palaces, there is not much of a problem with the official reinstatement, do you understand? ”

Liu Mingchuan glanced at Li Hongzhang next to him, and was stunned, could it be that Li Guolou's face in the emperor and the queen mother of the two palaces was bigger than Li Hongzhang. No wonder it is so arrogant, it has its own place of superiority.

Li Hongzhang maintained a scheming appearance, brushed his beard, squinted his eyes and said: "Provincial three, here we must learn to integrate, don't look at people with old eyes, knowledge-based students, we must focus on ideological education, supplemented by physical deeds." As long as you eat well and keep up with your physical condition, you can meet the requirements in your mind in the future. '' do it, the harm is endless, take care of the little fellow, understand? Hehehehehe! ”

Liu Mingchuan comprehended, Li Guolou asked Qian to speak for him to the emperor and the queen mother of the two palaces, and for the first time in his life, he looked at Li Guolou and said: "Lord Xuezheng, please rest assured." I'm also a novice in Xinwutang, and I focus on learning, so I won't set up another mountain. Hahahaha! After speaking, Liu Mingchuan slapped Li Guolou's shoulders with both hands to express his heartfelt gratitude.

Li Guolou's shoulder was a little painful, knowing that Liu Ming had passed on the 'yin' trick and deliberately taught him a lesson. But he still maintained his demeanor and said: "Liu Gong's demeanor is quite good, and his demeanor has not diminished back then." If you can still study new knowledge diligently, the future of the Qing Dynasty depends on a person in the prime of life like you. Hahahaha! ”

Li Guolou has long since turned into a phoenix, and his status has caught up with first-class officials. is not as low-minded as in the past, and is a slave with low eyebrows and pleasing eyes. A mean poisonous tongue often hurts people. This is not! belittled Liu Mingchuan again, and didn't care that Li Hongzhang was standing next to him, who told Liu Mingchuan to do it first? He saluted first and then soldiered, standing with the word "reason".

Li Hongzhang saw the flames of the two iron roosters fighting, hurriedly played a round, and said: "Okay, it's not too early, such a big person, give me a serious point." The country needs you to work together. ”

"Yes!" Li Guolou and Liu Mingchuan stood straight, saluted, and watched Li Hongzhang's car leave. When Li Hongzhang's convoy was no longer visible, Li Guolou and Liu Mingchuan greeted each other, without saying 'meat' flattering words or sarcastic words, and turned around and left silently. The appearance of discord between the face and the heart allows the people next to him to see through.

Li Guolou boarded the carriage and headed for Tianjin City, the weather was hot, Li Guolou did not sweat, dozed off with his eyes closed, he was too tired, physically and mentally exhausted. came to Xinwutang once, and exhausted his mental and physical strength. Li Hongzhang traveled west for the sake of the scenery, and asked him to give away his thoughts and squeeze his soul dry. Now Li Hongzhang has become a foreigner, knows Western culture, and can go to the West with peace of mind.

Li Guolou slept in a daze until noon, and the group was almost in Tianjin.

There is a Guandi Temple on the side of the avenue, "Bang! Bang Bang! The big man who broke his throat struck the gong and shouted: "'Flower' monk, He Xiangu, open the altar to protect the Dharma······"

Li Guolu's eyes opened and said loudly: "Stop!" Go see He Xiangu! "Open the curtain and look at the Guandi Temple next to it, the brave crowd squeezed to the Guandi Temple 'door', with young and strong croppers in the majority, as well as the villagers who help the old and the young, go in to see the lively, and even there are village girls dressed up in the 'flower' branch to welcome guests at the 'gate' of the Guandi Temple, as if they are all heroines.

The boxer opened the altar to practice, and Li Guolou was interested in taking a look. In recent years, with the continuous expansion of Catholicism, Christianity and other foreign religions in the Qing Dynasty, in order to deal with the increasing number of foreigners and religious people, the practice of martial arts among the people has become more and more intense. The Great Sword Society, the Red Gun Society, the Innate Dao, the Boxer Fist, the White Lotus Sect, etc., have never stopped at all. These "sects" that originally had a mystical "color" color preached and preached in the vast countryside to resist the poison of Western missionaries on the thinking of the Qing people.

Because a large number of villagers who joined the foreign religion were deeply oppressed by the local gentry forces in the past, now that they have new masters, they have become unruly, and even oppressed the local villagers and occupied the fields, which almost shook the foundation of the rural clan power. Therefore, the local forces hated the people who believed in foreign religions, and the leaders of the Boxers were not poor peasants, but the local gentry and landlord class. The so-called poor literature and rich martial arts, this open altar to practice martial arts, for a large number of people to set up altars, practice, perform, eat and drink, and preach teachings, without a certain economic strength how to take root in the rural areas, spread. In the final analysis, these sects are the armed forces of local clans, and they are inseparable from foreign religions, and they are not patriotic organizations organized spontaneously by poor peasants, as ordinary people say.

Of course, in terms of numbers, all the members of all organizations are mainly farmers. However, the leaders of the organizations were still those members of the landlord class or some fish that had slipped through the net of the rebels among the people, and there were many righteous people who opposed the Qing Dynasty and restored the Ming Dynasty mixed in with these organizations.

Red Lantern Zhao is a branch of the Boxer Fist, with 'female' and 'sex' as the leader, He Xiangu is a mysterious figure who is active near Tianjin, and she never takes off the face towel on her face. Some people say that she is as beautiful as a fairy, and she is afraid that people will have evil thoughts when she sees her. Some people also say that she is a fairy 'girl' descending to earth, so she can't be seen by mortals, otherwise she will be recalled to the heavenly realm by the 'jade' emperor. During the day, He Xiangu's skills are weakened, and he can only make the bullet turn, if the red lantern is hung at night, He Xiangu will be invulnerable at that time, and he can fly 'flowers' to pick leaves, killing people a hundred steps away.

At this time, there was no clear standard for the government's attitude towards the people's missionary work, and it was based on the officials' likes and dislikes. The magistrates saw that this sect was not pleasing to the eye, and suppressed it, and even slaughtered it bloodily. The magistrates felt that the existence of this kind of sect was a kind of containment of foreign religions, and sometimes the government would connive at them, and they were happy to see the contradictions between local forces and foreign religions, and they could sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight.