Yan Fu smiled bitterly and said: "Brother Nanhai, Zixiang, Zhuoru, in my life, I first followed Wen Xianggong, joined the Shipmaster School, and then entered the Fujian Naval Division. After that, Wen Xianggong went to the northwest, I stayed in the ocean for the second time, after returning, I followed Master Li Hongzhang and prepared to build the Tianjin Sailor School, it can be said that almost all the famous generals of the Beiyang Sailor Division have a teacher-student relationship with me, even if Zixiang is sometimes called a teacher, but in last year's battle, the Beiyang Sailor Division was completely wiped out, our China is really weak, I can see that if we do not change our imperial court, do not change the backward cultural thinking of the Chinese, even if we have a strong army that is dominant, we will eventually be defeated by the European and American powersI am no longer thinking about devoting myself to the reform of the army, I want to rely on my writing, writing books and speeches, changing the thinking of the Chinese people, starting from the roots, and saving China, and from now on I will not have anything to do with military politics! ”

Liu Buyun said in a deep voice: "Brother Dao, I understand what you said, I am also from the Fujian Navy, whether it is the Battle of Mawei, or the Battle of Jiawu, or the Battle of Weihaiwei last year, I have a painful skin, our backwardness is not our lack of 'spirit', but the backwardness of our system, our current imperial court, there are too many people in the corpse vegetarian meal, so we joined the Republic of China, Zhang Jian's heroic plan is large, and Li' When the former founded the country, the people of the Tungu Xiandi and the generals of the military tried to establish Jianzhi as the new monarch, but they were all rejected by Jianzhi, and he was only bent on making the Chinese rich and strong, and no longer be humiliated by the Western powers. ”

Yan Fu smiled faintly and said: "Zixiang, what you said may be reasonable, Zhang Jianzhi is indeed a masterpiece of a generation, talented, even far above Wen Zhenggong and Wen Xianggong, even Li Zhongtang is far inferior, but now my ideals have changed, I don't want to have any connection with politics and the military, but what?" ”

Liang Qichao said in a deep voice: "Brother Dao, even if you want to save the country by your own huge pen, you must have room to play, today's Qing Dynasty court, trying its best to suppress our new party, is that we can't concentrate on studying our own doctrine, let alone can we fully promote our doctrine, you nest in a corner of Tianjin, how much impact can you have on the people, and you have to worry about the persecution of the imperial court at any time, it is not a way to go on like this, it is better to go to Fengtian with us, even if you preach any doctrine, No one will stop you, and even we will do our best to help you, which is much better than if you were alone now. -”

Yan Fu smiled and said: "Zhuo Ru, it was like this before, I was always worried that someone would persecute me, but now I don't have to worry, Yuan Shikai, the governor of Zhili, has promised me that as long as I don't leave Tianjin, no matter what, he is willing to carry it down for me and keep me safe!" Xiang Cheng treats me sincerely, how can I leave him? ”

The four of them talked about Yan Fu's residence until late at night, but the three of them still couldn't convince Yan Fu, so they had to return home and leave Tianjin.

Tianjin, the governor of Beiyang Yuan Shikai's Zhili Governor Ya'men', Yuan Shikai was sitting in the living room, a man in civilian clothes, reporting to Yuan Shikai.

Yuan Shikai's brows furrowed tightly, a few months ago, he heard that the Qing court was arresting the remnants of the Restoration Party everywhere, and Yan Fu organized an uprising in Shanghai with his fellow Chinese people to avenge the Restoration Party, but the uprising failed, and Yan Fu was in the middle of the Qing court's strict treatment.

Yuan Shikai, as an old Beiyang general, knows Yan Fu's ability, and now Yuan Shikai is sitting in Beiyang, ambitious, and is making every effort to rectify the Beiyang New Army, and almost all of Li Hongzhang's Huai and Wuwei New Army have been absorbed, and the imperial court is now unavailable, all relying on Li Hongzhang and Rong Lu to support them, and the two old ministers are now over the age of ' The old man of the flower 'jia, maybe one day he will return to the west, among the rising stars, only Yuan Shikai and Zhang Jianzhi, who went out independently, now Zhang Jianzhi is no longer useful, they can only hold on to Yuan Shikai tightly, and entrust Yuan Shikai with a heavy responsibility, the entire Beiyang New Army, all' Handed over to Yuan Shikai, the Qing court did not suffer much loss in the original Sino-Japanese War, so the Qing court's finances were not as tight as the original era, so now Yuan Shikai, in the name of rejuvenating the country and strengthening the army, vigorously developed armaments, and the new army under his command has exceeded 100,000 people, far exceeding the army controlled by Rong Lu and Dong Fuxiang.

At the same time, Yuan Shikai gathered talents everywhere and suggested that the imperial court send a large number of students abroad to study abroad, waiting for the return of their studies, and strengthening their own strength.

Yan Fu is the top talent he intends to woo, he is bent on reorganizing the navy in the future, but the Beiyang Naval Division was completely wiped out, leaving only Liu Buyun, and now he is also stranded in Fengtian and has not returned, but he is afraid that it has been used by Zhang Yi. And Yan Fu is the top priority of the future reorganization of the navy, and it will be difficult for the Qing Dynasty to find a 'fine' hero like him.

Yuan Shikai personally ordered someone to find Yan Fu, brought him back to Tianjin, protected Yan Fu tightly, and at the same time sent a large number of secret agents near Yan Fu's residence to observe Yan Fu's every move.

Shicai, this plainclothes man, is one of the secret agents, and he reported to Yuan Shikai what happened in Yan Fu's residence today.

Yuan Shikai's eyes flashed with 'fine' light, and he asked: "Its beauty, what you said is true?" ”

The plainclothes man replied: "Governor, what I said is true, my subordinates have 'inserted' two subordinates in Mr. Yan Fu's residence, and these things were personally reported to me by the two subordinates, both of whom I personally selected, and they are absolutely trustworthy. ”

Yuan Shikai said in a deep voice: "It seems that this Zhang Jianzhi is also moved by Yan Fu, and he actually sent three cadres Kang Youwei, Liang Qichao and Liu Buyun to come at once.

The plainclothes man said, "My lord, what are we going to do next?" ”

Yuan Shikai replied: "You continue to order people to pay attention to Yan Fu's movements, and then arrange for more people to go in near Yan Fu's residence, pay attention, to conceal their whereabouts, don't let Yan Fu find out, these scholars are very face-saving and hurt their self-esteem, I am afraid that it will be difficult to let him do things for us again." The plainclothes man bowed and replied, "Yes, my lord, my subordinates have written it down." Yuan Shikai continued: "Qimei, you must show me that place, if there is any emergency, I will give you the power to mobilize the army, there is no way, you can't ask Zhang Jianzhi's people to take Yan Fu away, even if you rob it, you have to grab it!" ”

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