Hong Jun's eyebrows jumped suddenly, and there was a little more playfulness in his eyes when he looked at Lin Yizhe - the so-called desire to welcome and refuse, it is probably what Lin Yizhe did at this time. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

"I don't know if Kunyu still remembers the last time the official participated in the impeachment of your 'fornication law chief'." Seeing that the initial single-knife approach did not make Lin Yizhe show the expected response, Hong Jun was also very aware of the subtleties and found another way.

"The reason why Kunyu suffered this criticism is precisely because my whole Qing Dynasty was drunk in the so-called dream of the Heavenly Empire, and only Kunyu woke up alone! And it is precisely this insight into the four words of opportunity that makes Kunyu full of slander. ”

"Therefore, if Kunyu really wants to overturn the case for the past, then the only way to uphold the will of the ancestors is to let me really use Western learning to change the law to become stronger!"

Speaking of this, Hong Jun couldn't help but feel a little emotional, "On the boat that day, in the confusion, I heard Kunyu's deafening words. It's really inspiring. Since that moment, Brother Wei has developed admiration for Kunyu. ”

"Brother Tao Shi has a good reputation." Lin Yizhe bowed his hand to Hong Jun, feeling a slight fever on his face.

"This is my brother's heartfelt words, not flattery, so Kunyu doesn't have to be too humble." Hong Jun got up and lifted the wine bottle to fill the glass in front of Lin Yizhe.

At this moment, Lin Yizhe can already clearly know that this Qingliu celebrity has been "washed" by himself from one extreme to another.

What Hong Jun said just now, in fact, he had such a plan for a long time, but the method he wanted to adopt was not like Hong Jun said, by himself!

In today's China, the conservative forces are still too strong!

What he wants to do is to use his influence and adopt the method of "boiling frogs in warm water" to start China's reform process from the top down!

And now Hong Jun will undoubtedly become an important chess piece for him to break the division of the Qingliu forces!

Now, all he can do is get more people's support.

Somehow, Lin Yizhe suddenly remembered Zeng Guofan and Li Hongzhang in China.

The three famous ministers of the late Qing Dynasty in history, Zeng Guofan, Li Hongzhang and Zuo Zongtang, all of them have intersected. And now, Zeng Li's master and apprentice are undoubtedly his great help, and Zuo Zongtang has become his mortal enemy.

Thinking of Zeng Guofan, who was already critically ill, Lin Yizhe's heart became heavy again.

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In the afternoon, the sky is full of clouds and cracks a gap, and a wisp of winter sun that has not been seen for more than a day shoots into the Zhili Governor's Office, just like a picture of the grand view of the garden painted in light ink, suddenly added red and green colors, everything in front of you is suddenly brilliant and magnificent. Zeng Guofan, who was drinking tea and chatting in the study, saw this, his interest increased greatly, and he said to Li Hongzhang on the side with a smile: "Shaoquan, would you like to see the Xiangfei bamboo in Hunan?" ”

"Where can I go to see it?" Li Hongzhang was obviously confused by his teacher's words.

In this Zhili Governor's Office, where did Xiang Feizhu come from?

At this time, it was the imperial court that ordered Zeng Guofan to return to Liangjiang, and Li Hongzhang, who had just been promoted to the governor of Zhili, was handing over his mentor these days.

"Come with me."

Zeng Guofan got up, and Li Hongzhang followed. He looked at the back of his mentor and couldn't help but sigh secretly in his heart.

In Li Hongzhang's eyes, the teacher is obviously old: the bloated leather robe is wrapped in a thin body, the neck is slender and wrinkled, and there is no luster, like a dehydrated old bitter gourd; The back is bent, the shoulders are one high and the other is low, and the white braids hanging from the fur hat are sparse and pointed. Compared with the first time we met in Beijing more than 20 years ago, it is simply a world of difference, only a steady and heavy pace, and still retains the spirit of the past.

Zeng Guofan took Li Hongzhang to the West Garden. Li Hongzhang crossed the Jiuqu Bridge with great interest, and carefully studied the stone boat for a long time before following his teacher to the bamboo forest on the shore of the lake.

What a lovely bamboo forest! In the middle of winter, the grass and trees withered, only this bamboo branch still retains its verdant body, which is really worthy of one of the three friends of the cold year. Just to the left of this large bamboo forest, a zigzag cobblestone path led Zeng Guofan and Li Hongzhang to a small bamboo forest. In front of the small bamboo forest, there is a small room built in the form of a lotus leaf pond farmhouse, which is specially used for enjoying bamboo and resting, and Zeng Guofan named it "Art Fence Hall". The furnishings in the art hall are simple. On the wall in the center hangs a bamboo drawing of Zheng Banqiao, but it is not the original work of Zheng. Zeng Guofan borrowed it from Zheng Banqiao's descendants and asked Peng Yulin to copy it. There is also a seven-character quatrain on this copied painting of Zheng Banqiao: "Yazhai lies down and listens to Xiao Xiaozhu, which is suspected to be the voice of the people." Some small Caozhou county officials, one branch and one leaf are always concerned. Zeng Guofan has always praised this poem.

Zeng Guofan led his protégé into the art hall and sat down at a small square table in the middle. A white cloth was laid on the table, and a few pastries were placed on it, and a charcoal fire had already been built in the house, and the servant came to pour two bowls of hot tea.

"Shaoquan, this is the Xiangfei bamboo that was moved from Junshan Mountain in Dongting Lake." Zeng Guofan leaned on the back of the cotton cushion chair, pointed to the small bamboo forest outside the window, and said to Li Hongzhang, "Have you ever seen this kind of bamboo before?" ”

"Nope." Li Hongzhang agreed, glanced out the window, and then walked out of the art hall and into the bamboo bushes, he wanted to appreciate this rare bamboo forest with magical colors.

For Xiangfei bamboo, Li Hongzhang has been famous for a long time. The Xiangfei fan made of Xiangfei bamboo is an elegant object that literati and ink writers generally love to carry. Although he is not the kind of person who is a poet and a celebrity, he is also from Hanlin, and he also likes to shake a Xiangfei fan in summer. Two years ago, he served as the governor of Huguang, but most of the time he was not in office but on the battlefield, so he never went to Hunan to see the living Xiangfeizhu, and he didn't expect to see it in Tianjin today!

"Shaoquan, you have to take a good look, this is the real Xiangfei bamboo that was transported from Jun Mountain with soil!" Zeng Guofan said loudly out of the window, he seemed to be very proud, and he chanted Liu Yuxi's "Qin Niangqu" alone in the room, "There are few people in the mountain city, the river is blue, and the broken geese mourn the ape." Zhu Xian has become a bosom friend, and Yun Xian regrets it privately. When the wind and smoke are not old, the dream of finding a way back is uneven. How to sprinkle these thousand lines of tears with bamboo branches in the Xiangjiang River! ”

Li Hongzhang can see that this is indeed the real spotted bamboo on the edge of the Xiangjiang River! I saw that the slightly yellow green bamboo pole was covered with large and small black spots, which looked very much like ink marks splashed on rice paper and slowly impregnated. Li Hongzhang gently stroked the bamboo pole, sighing that there were such rarities in the cang, and even more lamenting that there were such fantastical Chu people in the crowd, and the representative of the Chu people was the weakened teacher in the room. He has always admired the teacher's grand spirit and resolute will, and today he sees that the teacher's heart is still deep in the heart of a talent.

Li Hongzhang looked at dozens of bamboos in a row, and fell in love with the bamboo forest for a quarter of an hour before reluctantly returning to the art gallery.

"Take a sip of hot tea!" When the servant came to the stone table, poured the original cold tea, and replaced it with hot tea, Zeng Guofan said to Li Hongzhang, "Shaoquan, do you know why I love Xiangfei bamboo so much? ”

"Because this bamboo is a specialty of the teacher's hometown, the teacher looks at it as if he has returned to his hometown." Li Hongzhang thought for a moment and replied.

"You're right, but there's more to it than that." Zeng Guofan said with a smile.

"Or because of the legend of Concubine Xiang, which is poignant and moving, has been passed down through the ages."

"Not quite."

"Then ......," Li Hongzhang paused for a moment and said with a smile, "The student is stupid and can't think of it." ”

With Li Hongzhang's agility, don't say two reasons, he said in one breath that it doesn't matter if you go to the top ten or eight layers, but he deliberately didn't say it. First, he knew that his mentor was very deep in the city, and the thoughts in his mentor's heart were not something he could easily explain; Second, he should maintain the image of a junior who humbly asks for advice in front of his teacher, and would rather stop guessing and ask his teacher to teach him, rather than showing his ability and being obedient. This is also honed by Li Hongzhang, the former conceited leader of the Huai Army, who was unwilling to think about this in the past.

"Hunan people love spotted bamboo, old decay is especially important, scarce is precious, and there is Shun King Nantour, the guest died in Cangwu, Empress E, Nuying looking for a husband is missing, tears sprinkled bamboo forest since the legend of the Xiangjiang River, this is indeed the reason why Banzhu is loved. The old decay values the spotted bamboo, mainly from the body of the spotted bamboo, thinking of a kind of blood. Empress E and Nuying knew that King Shun was dead and could not be seen again, but they wanted to go south to look for it, but when they couldn't find it, they committed suicide by throwing themselves into the water and were martyred. It's bloody! It is the bloody nature of knowing that it cannot be done, the bloody nature of repaying the grace of knowing with death, and the bloody nature of pursuing it all its life until death! ”

Li Hongzhang listened to it and couldn't help but be in awe. In his mind, he gradually remembered that in the study of Nian'er Hutong 27 years ago, his teacher was telling him about the borrowing of metaphors in the "Book of Songs" and the moral discipline of the sages...... Now as a feudal official, Li Hongzhang still has a sense of awe-inspiring reverence when he was a student in front of his teacher. He was chewing on the profound meaning of what his teacher said today.

"Shaoquan, this time you and I meet in Jinmen, maybe it will be the last meeting in this life." Zeng Guofan's tone suddenly changed, and the passionate generosity of the wind and waves of the battleship was replaced by the emotion of helpless flowers.

"The teacher's energy is as good as ever, and the students will have a long time to seek teaching in the future!" Li Hongzhang was stunned in his heart, and he still smiled calmly on his face, as if he didn't take this thing seriously.

"You know, I've had this swollen foot for months?" Zeng Guofan took a step forward. "As the saying goes, men are afraid to wear boots, women are afraid to wear hats, and this swollen foot is a very bad sign."

"It doesn't matter. When I go to the foreign doctor's office, I will find a good doctor for my teacher to treat this disease. Li Hongzhang looked at Zeng Guofan's outstretched foot and comforted.

"No need." Zeng Guofan returned to normal, "In the past 20 years, I have died several times. Death is not worth fearing for me. I am here with you today to say a few important words to you before leaving. ”

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