This is indeed a metaphor that Xu Lie made when he was chatting with Zhang Rumei. Although Zhang Rumei, the www.biquge.info of the pen "Fun" Pavilion, is a captive, he is actually equivalent to a rich man, and even Xu Lie can agree to him leaving Mengyin, but Xu Lie advises him not to do that, because once he leaves Mengyin, he may become a victim of the imperial court.

And Zhang Rumei, as an old bureaucrat, naturally knows what her situation is. Not only did he not propose to leave Mengyin, but he even chatted with Xu Lie when he often came to inquire.

In this chat, he felt that although Xu Lie's culture (four books, five classics, qin, chess, calligraphy and painting) was not high, his knowledge was quite extraordinary, whether it was for the government and the opposition of the Dragon Kingdom, or for the Western powers, his views were often to the point.

From June to the end of October, it was almost half a year, and every three or two days, Xu Lie would come to see Zhang Rumei, plus Xu Lie also quietly sent Zhang Rumei's son to Mengyin, so that the father and son could meet. This can be regarded as having a personal friendship with Xu Lie.

"My ...... Oh, my God! As a person who wants to make achievements in politics, how could Liang Qichao not hear the horror of Xu Lie's move!

Xu Lie is not only going to rebel, but to cut the flesh on the court. Although the imperial court is very large, how many cuts can it withstand?

After a while, seeing that Nie Shicheng and the others didn't seem to be anxious, Liang Qichao asked again: "A few adults, don't you want to go back?" Don't miss the emperor anymore? ”

"Liang Qichao, what do you mean? Do we miss the Emperor's grace, can you decide? Nie Shicheng suddenly reprimanded.

"Oh, Master Nie, I didn't mean that!" Liang Qichao knew that he had used the wrong words just now and offended several big names.

When the original time and space interpreted Kang Liang and the Six Gentlemen, there were actually some overrides. As intellectuals or reformists of this era, it was inevitable that Kang Liang and others would be famous, and it was inevitable that they would be reused by Guangxu during the Hundred Days Restoration.

However, what they are really responsible for, that is, their power and responsibility are not big, to put it bluntly, they are Guangxu's reform measures staff or royal literati, and they are essentially not out of the realm of "learning literature and martial arts, goods and the emperor's family". Such a person, in front of Nie Shicheng and other veteran admirals who have been fighting horses all their lives, can say nothing and nothing.

That is to say, Liang Qichao is not qualified to say anything about Nie Shicheng and others. After all, among the four people here, which one is not the status and strength of the feudal officials?

"During the period of darkness, do your business, our business, don't worry about it. As for how we explain to the emperor, it's our own business! Nie Shicheng's words were obviously an order to expel the guests.

"Yes, my lords, I will retire from the contemptible!" Liang Qichao left the small courtyard where Nie Shicheng and them lived almost gloomily.

Fortunately, Liang Qichao did not come alone, in addition to about a class of internal guards, Liang Qichao also had secretarial assistants, and they all lived in the inn, so Liang Qichao immediately returned to the inn after touching his nose and looked for countermeasures.

"My lord, I thought you could do what Boss Nie wanted. What he saw, heard, Xu Lie's request, etc., just sent it to the imperial court word for word. "Liang Qichao's assistant is naturally to help Liang Qichao speak at this time, of course, people like Liang Qichao will not lack followers around him.

"I feel that this trip to Mengyin will not be able to fulfill the emperor's trust." Compared with the initial confidence, Liang Qichao's mood at this time is much lower.

"My lord, I think you might as well ask Xu Lie to visit Mengyin's affairs." The assistant conspired.

"Yes, yes, hearing is false, seeing is believing." Liang Qichao was happy again.

This kind of emotion always changes between the two extremes, indicating that Liang Qichao really needs to be tempered. There is information that it was after the Hundred Days Restoration and Kang Liang fled to the Snake Country that Liang Qichao transformed from a scholar to a person who can really do some practical things.

As a result, a peculiar scene appeared, the imperial court was waiting for Liang Qichao to report on the progress of the negotiations, but Liang Qichao only reported that he had arrived in Mengyin, and there was no news.

Don't play missing, okay? Guangxu was almost sad in the palace. After Liang Qichao left Beijing, the imperial court received telegrams of inquiry from the governors of various places almost every day, asking what happened to the army of Nie Shicheng and others, was it like a "ransom telegram", the whole army was wiped out, and all the commanders became prisoners?

Facing the interrogation of the local governor's office, Guangxu felt for the first time that the position of emperor was not so easy to deserve. The local governor's office may be well-intentioned and cares about the emperor and the government, but how can Guangxu call back? Ever back to nothing? In a few days, the truth may come to light, which Guangxu can never do; There is indeed something going on, but if such a big thing happens, doesn't the court have an explanation?

The imperial court really did not say anything, because the imperial court did not dare to make the matter of tens of thousands of elite troops buried in Shandong public, there were wolves all around, if they knew that the only armed forces in the imperial court were gone, who knew what would happen?

But the problem is that paper can't contain fire after all. Every day, the Prime Minister's National Affairs Yamen receives inquiries from the legations of various countries, especially the Bear Country and the Snake Country, and directly asks if they need to send troops to help quell the rebellion!

"Master Weng, please give me a good plan!" On this day, Guangxu finally couldn't help it anymore and called his teacher Weng Tongyi to ask for advice.

Weng Tongyi, in the sixth year of Xianfeng (1856), because of the identity of the "emperor" of Tongzhi and Guangxu, his status in the imperial court at this time was quite high, and he belonged to the prime minister, the minister of national affairs, and the minister of military aircraft, and his status was far from being comparable to Kang Liang. In the court, he has always regarded himself as Guangxu's confidant, and has been deeply relied on by Guangxu.

"Emperor Qibing, Weichen feels that the top priority is to get information about Shandong, the true thoughts of the giant bandit Xu Lie. If the giant bandit Xu Lie is willing to accept Zhao'an, my Daqing can get a few years of stable time to train soldiers and horses again; If the giant bandit Xu Lie was unwilling to accept Zhao'an, the minister thought that he could contact the Rhine, and a few years ago, the imperial court assigned Qingdao and related rights and interests to the Rhine, and the matter of Shandong Xu Lie could not bypass the Rhine country after all. ”

"You mean, according to Kang Youwei's way of thinking?" Guangxu asked.

"We can't do that completely, we have to make some changes, for example, when negotiating with the Rhine, we can have more commercial interests, and even Shandong industrial and commercial tariffs, but we can't allow too much land sovereignty."

"Oh, Master Weng, don't you usually think like that?" Guangxu is as free as a junior in front of Weng Tongyi.

"Recently, I have been thinking about the Restoration, Western France, and Westerners seem to attach great importance to the rights and interests of industry and commerce, so we might as well give up some rights. After all, the industry and commerce it has built on the ground in Shandong can also be regarded as the achievement of our Qing Dynasty's foreign affairs. ”

"Master Takami!" Guangxu felt that Master Weng's idea was good, and it was good that it could not only allow the Rhine to intervene in this matter, but also no longer lose land sovereignty.

Every time a land sovereignty is signed with a foreign power, it will be fully opposed by all forces, and as for allowing foreigners to do business, although it will also offend local merchants, it can only be the lesser of the two powers.