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"Han Du!"

After leaving the governor's mansion, thinking of the several written orders issued by the Han governor one after another, Guo Songtao's heart suddenly warmed up when he let out this exclamation.

The reason why he was so moved was because he could understand that these edicts were all to protect him Guo Songtao, although this was to show the governor's determination to implement reforms, but it was also because of him Guo Songtao.

Treat him like a national soldier, how can he swear to the death!

"Master, please get on the sedan chair!"

Just when Guo Songtao sighed in his heart, the shouts of the servants around him made him stunned, looking at the green sedan chair that had been carried to his side, and then looking at the sedan chair man who carried the sedan chair, thinking of the order that the governor had just issued before.

"This sedan chair official will never sit again!"

Among those several written orders, there is also a "sedan chair abolition order", officials are not allowed to sit in a sedan chair regardless of public or private travel, and if there is a violation, the official will be dismissed! When the sedan chair was abolished, the use of Western-style four-wheeled carriages was also encouraged, and Chinese-style two-wheeled carriages were not allowed to stop in front of the house.

Reform is always carried out from the subtleties, although this "scrapped sedan chair" is in the name of "to avoid delaying military aircraft", but Guo Songtao understands that this is probably the first step in the Governor's Office to implement reform.

"Master, then this sedan chair ......"

"Sold! Sell it now! ”

While others don't know yet, sell this sedan chair worth more than a dozen taels first! Although he has read the sage books for many years, Guo Songtao has no idea of suffering.

After the servant left in confusion, Guo Songtao raised his head, he looked at the sunset on the horizon, looked at the sky dyed red by the sunset, and said with a solemn expression.

"This day, it's going to change!"

The sky has changed!

In the middle of autumn, on a secluded sheep intestine trail in Yuelu Mountain, Changsha, there is such a young man who is immersed in national affairs and is walking alone. He was only twenty-one years old, his name was Wang Qinian, and he was an admission student at this Yuelu Academy. The majestic mountains, the blue sky, the withered yellow thatch, and the leaves are a vast background where the beauty and loneliness are intertwined, which sets off the young man's appearance very clearly: he is of medium height, thin in stature, with prominent eyebrow bones on his long face, two large eyes that are shining, and a deep lip groove between the straight bridge of the nose and the well-defined lips, giving people an impression that cannot be forgotten at first sight.

Dressed in a white-washed blue cloth robe, wearing black coarse cloth shoes with a single beam and thin soles, without a hat on his head, and his inch-long hair looked a little messy, the young man climbed up the rugged mountain road step by step, and finally came to the peak. The ancient city of Changsha fell into view, although it was separated by the Xiangjiang River, he could feel the breath of Changsha City.

Looking at the Xiangjiang River, there is a cloud of black smoke gushing out of the blue water - that is the dirty smoke of the steamer, he still remembers that when the steamer first appeared in the Xiangjiang River, the **** Zuo Zongtang led the Han army to attack Changsha on the day, that in the Yuelu Academy, he was also excited by the loyalty of his classmates, in those days, they all looked at Changsha City, they saw the fall of Changsha on the hillside, and then they discussed state affairs in the academy, accusing the evils of the times, disgusted with the corruption of the government, The incompetence of Luo Bingzhang, who reprimanded him, the spinelessness of Zuo Zongtang and many officials, were all impassioned and enthusiastic, but Shi Yunzi said that he put it aside, resolutely disregarded his personal future, and vowed to live and die with the imperial court.

On that day, when the governor's office ordered the braids to be cut, no one in the academy was willing to obey, and everyone wrote to Zuo Zongtang overnight with enthusiasm, vowing that his head could be broken and his braids could not be shaved. Li Lanlin, the son of Liuyang, took the lead in signing with his finger blood, and more than 50 people followed suit. He also bit his index finger and wrote his name with blood dropping down.

Originally, they thought that under such bravery, Zuo Zongtang would definitely give in, but who would have thought that the next day, the academy would be surrounded by a large army, and then under the finger of the bayonet, the braid was cut off, even if Li Lanlin also shaved off the braid, tears flowed, but no one was willing to cut off the head to protect the braid!

The original blood book became a joke!

Since that day, what has become of Changsha?

It's all wicked!

Just like the steamer that haunts the Xiangjiang River, all official needs are transported by steamer! This is a custom of the government! Since then, large quantities of goods such as official grain and salt have been carried by steamers. Compared with the wooden boats of the Xiangjiang River in the past, the steamer has a large volume, fast speed, and is not afraid of wind and waves on Dongting Lake, although the boat is expensive to the wooden boat, but it is liked by the traders, so it only makes the wooden boat business on the Xiangjiang River more and more difficult!

"The official bureau has added several more ships......"

Thinking about the news he learned in the academy, looking at the dirty smoke on the river and the wooden boats that were declining day by day, Wang Qinian's chest suddenly surged with a sense of responsibility that he had never felt before.

“…… There are thousands of slender men in the area, all of whom rely on civilian ships to hire them for their livelihood! ”

In Yuelu Academy, Wang Qinian shouted loudly to his classmates.

"The prosperity of the steamship at this time is in vain, and it is in vain for all the shipowners, sailors, and slender men to be unemployed...... All those who make a living by sailing on civilian ships are not affected by it, such as shipbuilders, ship repair shops, carpenters, blacksmiths, cable shops, restaurants, etc. ”

Saying that, Wang Qinian clasped his hands into fists and looked at his classmates and said.

"As a scholar of Hunan Province, how can I see the old people of this province being harmed by steamships, so that the people are living from Liaosheng, although the year is young, but it means that my father and elder of Hunan Province are open-minded, this world is not something that one person can do alone, and the gentleman wants to do something, he will work together with his kind! Qi Nian didn't dare to ask you to go to the dock with me to block the steamer, but I hope that you will share your name in this book......"

Before Wang Qinian's words fell, Li Nanlin, who had taken the lead in saying that he would never shave his braids, quietly retreated, although he had said with the big guy that "the head can be broken, and the braid cannot be cut", but it turned out that in front of the government, this remark was nothing more than "fart", which would naturally make him not look for this trouble.

"Brother Esen, where do you want to go?"

Just when Li Nanlin quietly withdrew from the academy, he heard the voice of a friend behind him, it was Deng Yuting, and he saw a smile on his face.

"Brother Yuanda, is it the cowardice of the brother who wants to speak?"

"Definitely!"

Waving his hand, Deng Yuting shook his head and said.

"Now is not the past, thinking that my Han Du can get the world, it is by the sharpness of the guns, with the momentum of the steamer to travel thousands of miles a day, that he wants to speak and prohibit the ship, it is really ridiculous!"

The words were ridiculous, and Deng Yuting did not leave the slightest face on his lips.

"Moreover, this wooden ship can not be compared with the steamer, the weight of the wooden boat is only 90,000 catties, while the steamer can be hundreds of thousands of catties, and the largest wooden ship is not as good as the smallest steamer. In addition, the speed of the steamer is very slow, although not to say that it travels thousands of miles in a day, but from Changsha to Wuchang, if it takes at least about 10 days by wooden boat, if it encounters strong winds and waves, it takes three to four times more time than usual, and it only takes two or three days for a steamer. In addition, Dongting Lake is wide and the waves are high, and the wooden boats are often swept over by the wind and waves on the lake, but the steamers are as smooth as the ground when they walk on the lake...... Compared with the steamer, this wooden ship is replaced by the steamer, which is really a matter of course, Wang Qinian's words forbid the use of the ship, thinking that it is the people's livelihood, is not it because of choking and waste food? As a scholar of Hunan Province, my generation should seek benefits for the elders of the province, not for the selfishness of inciting the elders! ”

"Selfishness?"

Li Yilin hurriedly asked.

"Why is that?"

"You don't know that the wife hired by Wang Qinian is the big family of the Xiangjiang River Boat Gang, and the person he wants to seek is nothing more than to win the favor of his father-in-law for himself, and he took the opportunity to become famous in Hunan Province in the public, thinking that he would be promoted in the future!"

Deng Yuting's words made Li Yilin hurriedly exclaim.

"Oh, this Wang Qinian's heart is really ......"

That was only half of the words, in Deng Yuting's laughter he stopped, at the beginning of his "not shaved braids" and Wang Qinian's trip today, but only "half a catty and eight taels" difference, and he obviously made a mistake at the beginning, not only that Zuo Zongtang and others did not sigh for their "foolish loyalty" because of their "loyal deeds", let alone became famous in Hunan, and even ended up with the reputation of "willing to be a pigtail slave" - you need to know that those beggars are also waiting to sing "Cut your hair quickly, cut your hair quickly, it's like having a pig's tail" and what else is "go to braids, quickly change, Turning back into a good son of the Han family, it is better than being willing to be a pigtail slave" and other ballads.

"Behind the scenes, it is not the work of a gentleman, it is not a gentleman's doing, Yilin is really Meng Lang, and he should reflect on it!"

Laughed embarrassedly twice, and when Li Yilin tried to cover it up, he listened to Deng Yuting ask.

"Brother Esen, where do you want to go?"

Where to go? Li Yilin really didn't think about where he was going, the reason why he wanted to leave the academy was all to avoid being used by others and to avoid signing the book.

"Where does Yuanda want to go?"

"The younger brother wants to go to the city and report this matter to the official hall, I wonder if the elder brother is willing to go with the younger brother?"

Yes!

Deng Yuting's answer only made Li Yilin look at him in shock, what did he want to do?

"Yuanda, you, you are ......"

looked at Li Yilin deeply, and then Deng Yuting said:

"As scholars, we should know the law, and today Wang Qinian's Yu instigated our classmates and village elders to think that they were selfish, although we have friendship with them, but how can we abolish the public because of selfishness, and can we sit back and watch our classmates go wrong?"

When he said this, Deng Yuting was even more righteous and serious, and at the same time, he had the flavor of "righteous annihilation".

In any case, Li Yilin never thought that Deng Yuting would ask such a thing straight to the point, and it was even more difficult to calm down for a while, looking at Deng Yuda and secretly admiring.

That's what a really smart person is! Now that I think about it, it seems that there is no such person among the people who threatened to stop it with blood letters! So clever as ...... Looks like I've underestimated him in the past!

After a little hesitation and a deep groan, Li Yilin immediately said seriously.

"Yuanda does not hesitate to tarnish his reputation for national affairs, the little brother can bear to look at it, and the little brother should go with his brother and go together!" (To be continued.) )