Zhang Yi didn't stay too much time in Cining Palace, this is a nest of right and wrong, who knows if after a long time, the moody Cixi Lafayette, what will happen, in Cining Palace A little dinner, accompanied Cixi and Prince Gong to chat a few words, then got up and bowed goodbye.

Cixi and Prince Gong? Sitting in the palace, relatively silent.

After a while, Cixi asked, "Old Seven, what are you talking about this Zhang Jianzhi?" Can it be believed? ”

Prince Gong? He replied: "Lafayette, the minister thought that this Zhang Jianzhi could be cultivated, this person is amazingly talented, military, foreign affairs, and economics are all proficient, Zhang Peilun also met with the old minister yesterday night, and presented Li Hongzhang's letter, Li Hongzhang was full of praise for this person, because the first successor of the Beiyang family in the future, such a great talent, if we do not envelop it, once something happens, it will be unpredictable. Fortunately, Lao Chen sees that this person is still loyal, in the Korean battlefield, every battle must be forward, always appear in the most difficult place, the Korean War, think of it, without him, only with Nie Gongting, I am afraid it will be difficult to achieve such a big victory. ”

Cixi nodded and said: "Old Seven, I know this, now that the talents of the Qing Dynasty are withering, there are fewer and fewer people in this huge Qing court who know how to do foreign affairs, and many things are maintained by Li Hongzhang alone, how can it be done, Li Hongzhang is about to be seventy this year, and he can live for a few years, and when you and I are a hundred years old, how can the Qing Dynasty be maintained?" Old Seven, my heart is also anxious, there is no rising star, the Western powers are eyeing each other, the foundation of our ancestors, am I willing to feed those tigers and wolves, I can't help it......"

Abundant? smiled bitterly and said: "Lafayette, now it is really not as good as before, the set left by the ancestors is really going to be changed, just one thing, if the children of the Eight Banners have half of the elite of the founding of the Qing Dynasty, we don't have to change it, but now look at the Eight Banners, is there still a little bit of the original momentum, let them go out to kill a pig I don't dare, how to fight, what to maintain the Qing Dynasty?" We can't change it, Zhang Jianzhi is a talent like this, we have too few in the Qing Dynasty, if there are more, it will be easier for us to perform the balancing technique, if there is only him, we can only want to use Li Hongzhang, continue to entrust power, others can't complete such a task. ”

Cixi nodded silently, he didn't know, but it was too dangerous to entrust the military and political power of the Qing Dynasty to the Han people, and to seek skin with the tiger, if he had two hearts, it would be even more difficult to clean up.

Cixi said helplessly: "Li Hongzhang's loyalty, the mourning family is clear, otherwise, over the years, all kinds of difficulties for the Beiyang family, Li Hongzhang would have stopped doing it a long time ago, and now he is still trying his best to maintain it?" It's just that this Zhang Jianzhi, after all, knows too little, and has traveled to the West since childhood, we know too little about his roots, and the rest of the old seven, you have to worry a lot, use more snacks for Zhang Jianzhi, and settle it with all your heart, it is best to tie it to our chariot. ”

Abundant? said with a wry smile: "Lafayette, don't worry, the old minister will make friends with his heart, we are all old, I don't know how many years we can guard this Qing Dynasty?" ”

Cixi was excited, waved her hand and said, "Then let's do it, it's not too early, you can also kneel down." ”

Early the next morning, Zhang Yi had just finished washing, and the following relatives came in to report: "My lord, there are three people outside asking to see, this is their post." ”

Zhang Yi took a look at the famous post: Nanhai Kang Youwei, Liang Qichao, Lin Xu.

Zhang Yi's heart was shocked, Liang Qichao, who met at the tea house yesterday, brought Kang Youwei and Lin Xu to visit early this morning, and these law changers seem to have a lot of ideas in their hearts.

Zhang Yi didn't have time to think about it, and came to the door to greet him in person.

Far away, Liang Qichao shouted: "Strong, strong!" ”

Zhang Yi arched his hand and said: "Brother Zhuoru, I came here to meet you early this morning, my mind is too eager, Zhang Yi has seen everyone." ”

Liang Qichao said with a smile: "Don't be surprised by Jianzhi, just because I returned to the post house yesterday and mentioned this matter to my teacher, I was reprimanded by my teacher, saying that I should directly lead Jianzhi to the post house for a talk, or send a message to my teacher and come over to visit together." The teacher was so anxious that he had to come over early in the morning to meet Jianzhi. Come, let me introduce you to you. ”

Liang Qichao pointed to the older middle-aged man and said: "Jianzhi, this is my mentor, Nanhai Kang Youwei, teacher, this is the hero of the Qing Dynasty, Zhang Yi and Zhang Jianzhi!" ”

Kang Youwei hurriedly saluted: "Kang Youwei has seen General Jianzhi. ”

Zhang Yi hurriedly saluted and said: "Mr. Nanhai is polite, I can recognize Jing today, how fortunate is it." ”

Liang Qichao beckoned the young man behind him and said, "Jianzhi, this is Qichao's classmate, Lin Xu, I studied with him at the teacher's place, and I have a good friendship." ”

Zhang Yi and Liang Qichao were polite and entered the room.

Kang Youwei first said: "General Jianzhi, I took the liberty to come this time, and I ask for your forgiveness, when the student heard the general's name, his ears were about to grind out of the cocoon, but he was just stingy, and now with Qichao, he got his wish, which is really a great blessing in his life." ”

Zhang Yi smiled: "Mr. Nanhai, you are polite." I have heard the name of Mr. Nanhai for a long time, full of economy, and the crown covers the world, and it is also Zhang Yi's great luck to be able to meet today. ”

Kang Youwei pondered for a moment and said: "General, the student heard that the general only stayed in the capital for three days, and he will rush to Tianjin early tomorrow morning to recruit troops. This time, I want to ask the general about the reform of the law and the reform, and I also ask the general to give advice. ”

When Zhang Yi heard this, he sighed lightly and said, "Brother Nanhai, in fact, as soon as you arrive today, I will know what you are going to do. I agree with the reform of the law very much, and I am willing to work with you to help. Our Qing Dynasty has reached the point where we will lose the country if we don't innovate. ”

Kang Youwei asked: "So, may I ask the general, how should this innovative thing be stopped?" ”

Zhang Yi replied: "Brother Nanhai, yesterday in the tea house, I have already talked to Zhuo Ru, now to innovate, the first thing is to reform the concept of the people in power, now the Manchu Dynasty civil and military, from the Queen Mother, down to the small Qipin County Order, most of them are conservative people, do not change their concepts, they want to change the law and reform, how can it be done?" Since we want to change the law, we have to touch the interests of those in power, can those people easily give up these interests? Just talking about a banner salary, tens of millions of taels of silver every year, just like that, the country will not get any benefits, but can we get rid of it, we can't get rid of it, because the Qing court, all the key departments, are controlled by the Manchu nobles, and they will definitely not give in! Therefore, if you want to change the law, you must let officials at all levels in the DPRK and China and ordinary people know what a change in the law is. Why change the law, what benefits can the change bring to the Qing Dynasty, this is the only way to do it, rashly change the law, Brother Nanhai, the future is not optimistic! ”