Chapter 158: The Storm is Coming
The next day, it was still Yuan Weiting's only pair, but today he asked about foreign military affairs, the operation of armies of various countries, and so on, and when Yuan Weiting came back, he lost the spirit of yesterday. When I returned to the courtyard, I still held the book and read it again, not knowing what I was thinking.
The edict promoting him to the rank of alternate squire has been clearly issued, and in addition to instructing him to specialize in military training affairs, there is another clause in the edict that is also noteworthy. "We are instructed to specialize in military training affairs, and all matters that should be done should be carried out at any time." This not only made Yuan Weiting close the ministry because he had never entered school, but also had to specialize in performing things and go straight to heaven. This is the beginning of the so-called "great use", which is comparable to unusual promotions. It's just that today's Yuan has lost yesterday's excitement and excitement, and his reaction to this edict is also very flat.
The sky was overcast, and it looked like it was going to rain, so Zhao Guanhou took leave from Yuan Weiting and went straight to the Liuguo Hotel. In order to make it easier for him to mess around, Shigege booked a room in the Liuguo Hotel for two months, and when he had nothing to do, he stayed there. When he arrived at the place, Shigege took off his coat for him, and hung his clothes carefully like a careful wife.
"Long enough? In the past, you needed someone to take care of everything. ”
"I learned from Cuiyu, since I want to be someone else's wife, I must always learn to serve my own forehead." Shigege's face flushed, "When are you going to meet Eniang with me?" The matter between me and you, Ama may not know it, E-Niang can't hide it......"
The lady also had her own consciousness of her daughter's profligateness, but she couldn't control it, and she couldn't control it, so she had to let it go. But it's just a matter of acting out of line on weekdays, and now I've lost all my body, which is a big deal. This kind of thing can't be hidden from his mother, and after some torture, Shigege had no choice but to confess Zhao Guanhou.
"E-Niang originally wanted to tell Ama that she would arrest you with a clip. But when I thought about it again, then I wouldn't have the face to be a man, so I thought that Yijun would suppress a hundred ugliness, go to meet first, and then simply get married. I didn't tell E-Niang that you have a wife, and you remember not to say it, otherwise E-Niang will be angry, and I'm afraid she will have a good one. ”
Zhao Guanhou held Shigege's hand, "I know in my heart that I won't say this kind of thing." But now...... Not the time. You also know the situation outside, the mountain rain is about to come, the wind is full of buildings, how can you talk about this. The current situation, just like this weather, I don't know when, an autumn rain will fall, and we have to be busy looking for an umbrella first, and we can't take care of the rest. I came here today after taking leave, and I have something to do. ”
"What's the matter?" Yuqing is not the daughter of an ordinary family, so naturally she will not be entangled in marriage, knowing that the situation may change, her expression is solemn.
"You deposit all the money you have in the foreigner's bank. and your mother's, also persuade her to save it. As for Qingdi, he is a big man, and he sometimes has to consider a lot of things when doing things, especially when he is in charge of affairs and foreign affairs. If you let the Buddha know that he has deposited money in the foreigner's bank, I am afraid that he will be suspected of collusion with the foreigner, and this cannot be mentioned. However, it is best to mention some cash in your hand, although the four Heng are hundreds of years old, but they can't be completely believed. Beware of it suddenly going out of business, or not being able to withdraw money, which can be troublesome. ”
Yuqing was stunned, "Won't you?" It's a big money bank, I don't know how many people's net worth exists in it, if something really happens, I'm afraid there will be a big mess in the capital. The change of emperor is not as big as the chaos of Siheng's collapse, even if there is really something, no one will move Siheng. ”
"That's our own people, and they won't move the Four Hengs, but if there are foreigners here, it's hard to say. The attitude of foreigners is actually more inclined to the emperor, or rather, stability. They don't want a big change in our political situation, which is not conducive to their interests. What's more, the emperor's current new policy is more beneficial to these foreigners, and they must support it even more. If once the throne is shaken, foreigners intervene, then I am afraid that something big will happen. ”
Yu Qing's frightened face turned a little pale, and he held his hand tightly, "Foreigners send troops?" Impossible, right? This...... I don't dare to talk nonsense, if the foreign soldiers come, the society will not be stable. ”
That's it, I hope it won't be like that, but sometimes, hope alone doesn't help. You also know the emperor's edict, if you want me to say, this is a sentence: rush to the doctor when you are sick. Besides, Lord Xu Yuan's special handling of military training affairs is not to seize Han Rong's military power? This edict is a clear hair, not an attached piece, which is to make it clear to the people of the world that the emperor is going to compete with the queen mother. I am afraid that this conflict will be difficult to mediate. is so dignified, how did it become like this, and how did the nonsense of Qiu Cao's abolition of the monarch get out? Also, let me tell you something, I also recently heard that someone suggested to the emperor that workers should be invited to enter the Summer Palace and dig up the treasury. said that the queen mother buried more than 10 million silver in the Summer Palace, and it should be dug up to help the country. ”
Yu Qing immediately understood that if you let outside workers enter the garden, it will be mixed, and it will be difficult to distinguish between good and bad. If the Son of Heaven is really accurate, it is almost no different from usurpation. She said, "You mean, there are bad people here?" ”
"Yes, there are no bad people, it is unlikely to be like this, between mother and son, even if there is some discord, if someone is careful to fill the seams, they can always ease their cheeks. The problem now is that the Son of Heaven is surrounded by a group of madmen who can't see the situation clearly and don't know how to practice. This lie came from their mouths, forcing the emperor to make a decision. And Lafayette is not a fuel-efficient lamp, nor does he refuse to point out the emperor or say what he thinks, but he holds back and waits for a thunderous blow. ”
"No matter who does it, I'm afraid there will be some turmoil in this country. We can't do anything, hurry up and change all the money, it's true, and then there is, to protect yourself. Don't book a house for two months, book it for two years. If the money is not enough, I will find a way for you, and the place I can think of at the moment is either the concession or this envoy area. As long as the person is okay, the rest, it doesn't matter. ”
Yuqing was moved in her heart, thinking that he could think of himself first in the current chaos, her heart was very sweet, and she put her arms around his shoulders, "Don't worry." Ben Gege has been mixed in Sijiu City for so long, and he is very familiar with both black and white, and he is more than enough for self-preservation, and nothing will happen. Let me tell you something, it's a bit weird in the capital lately......"
On the third day of August, the situation changed suddenly, and Han Rong, the governor of Zhili, sent a telegram saying that Albion and Tiele were at odds and that the two countries would hunt in Vladivostok. Outside the mouth of Dagu, I also saw the warships of the Albians, and I had to be on guard. Jinmen is Yuan Weiting's defense area, and the right army is also inseparable from Yuan Weiting's command, urging him to return to his post immediately.
Yuan Weiting received the telegram and looked at it for a long time, put it on the table, and raised his eyes to look outside. Yesterday it was cloudy, but it didn't rain, and this morning the sun came out again. But by this time, the sky had become gloomy again, and he only closed the telegram and muttered, "What a strange weather." It seems that this capital can't stay, so you have to go back urgently. ”
Xicheng, Yixing Wood Mill, is a fairly famous business in the capital, when the Sanhai was repaired, this wood mill also participated in it, and it made a lot of money. It's just that the regular customers of this wood factory found that recently, the shopkeeper Li of the Yixing wood factory does not do much business, nor does he interact with business acquaintances, and occasionally socializes, either inviting Sulla, or inviting eunuchs, and occasionally inviting a few guards. Some people estimated that most of the buildings in the palace were going to be built by him when he heard the news and was paving the way for himself.
In the woodyard, yesterday it had been covered, but today the sun came out, and the tarpaulin was removed. Seeing that the weather was overcast again, the men hurriedly re-covered the wood placed in the courtyard with tarpaulins to protect them from the rain.
A group of newcomers, tall and strong, can work for three or four people, but they don't have much to do with Togai's work. Hugging their shoulders as if watching the excitement, the old guys glared at them angrily. But the people who knew that they were the treasurers were very important, but they only dared to be angry and did not dare to speak.
"It's useless to use any tarpaulin or not. Regardless of success or failure, his carpentry mill doesn't need to be opened again, these people, it's really ...... No brains. A one-eyed middle-aged man, while blowing the wind under the eaves of the porch, ready to watch the rain, sneered at the busy guys.
Next to him was a sturdy man in his thirties, shirtless, revealing a knotted muscle. "You can't say that, when a monk hits the clock for a day, not to mention that these guys don't know, you can't blame them. Brother Li has been in the capital for so many years and has earned a family business, if things don't work out this time, I'm afraid that he will be implicated, and I feel a little reluctant to go. ”
"His two sons died in Goryeo and became extinct. No matter how much family business there is, no one inherits it, and he doesn't care about this property for a long time. It's a pity for me, in the future, after a hundred years, his kung fu of the twelve golden spears will be lost. ”
"There are many things that have been lost, but there is no shortage of his marksmanship. What's more, when the foreign guns and foreign cannons are used, no amount of effort can withstand it. Uncle Tan is right, instead of holding on to the things left by the ancestors, it is better to open your eyes and see what others use. Don't always think that you have more ancestors, first look at how majestic people are now. As long as you can do great things this time, even if you die, you will be right to be the same family and the ancestor. ”
The one-eyed man smiled, "Your brother has to live well, the kung fu of male and female darts, you alone in your generation, if you have a high and low, this kung fu will be perfect." Don't worry, we still have to watch the recovery of rivers and mountains and expel the Tartars. Go, go into the house, drink two or two. ”
In the Liuyang Hall, the sketch of the Summer Palace drawn by Shopkeeper Li according to his memory was placed on the table, and Bi Yongnian looked at it for a long time and did not know the essentials. "This picture is not good, it is incomplete, and it always feels wrong. If I follow this diagram, I'm afraid I'm going to make a mistake. ”
Tan Zhuangfei sighed helplessly, "I can't take out the hot sample of the thunder, and I only went to the Jade Hall when I entered the garden, if I wrote all the things, I couldn't do it, the garden was too big." Shopkeeper Li only provided materials when he was repairing the garden, and it is already very good to remember these. He has spent a lot of money lately, and he has taken care of some surla, eunuchs, and guards, and asked some more, but it still doesn't fit. ”
Bi Yongnian said: "Can you buy some people and bring us in?" ”
"I'm afraid it won't work, Li Lianying is very cautious, the park has been heavily guarded recently, and I heard that Duanwang's new Wusheng team is also going to be transferred. There are many troops, and they are on their own defense, supervising each other, and sending money, but they don't dare to bring it. It is estimated that it will not work, so I can only wait for Yuan Weiting's soldiers to come in. ”
"I'm afraid, I'm afraid, far water can't save the near fire!" In Bi Yongnian's heart, he preferred Cheng Gongting, the former military of Wuwei, who was closer, but it was said that this person was extremely loyal, even if he was a sworn brother Wang Zhao, he didn't dare to mention it to him. If you look for him, not only will things work out, but I'm afraid it will be even worse.
Tan Zhuangfei said: "It's okay, things haven't been rushed to this point. According to the information I have, the matter of the demon woman deposing the king should be launched during the autumn exercise in September, and we still have time. Long live rewarded Yuan with a certain waiter, for him who is not a talent, this is a great reward, but also a very bright future, I think he knows how to choose. I'll see him again tonight and see what he means. ”
"See him? Isn't that okay, in case the news leaks? ”
Seeing that Bi Yongnian was a little hesitant, Tan Zhuangfei smiled, his arm only moved, and the soft sword had already appeared in his palm. "Naturally, I want to observe his words and colors, and if he has any different colors, I will take his head and eliminate a harm for the Son of Heaven first! With my ability, within ten steps, killing Yuan is like killing a dog! ”
"Eldest prince, how do you convince him, why should we convince him?"
Tan Zhuangfei smiled, spread out the rice paper, and picked up the wolf and wrote quickly. "With this, I will write him an edict and ask him to kill Han Rong."
Bi Yongnian was stunned for a moment, "Forge an edict? Can this fool him too? ”
Tan Zhuangfei walked the dragon snake with his pen and replied in his mouth: "This is not a forgery. The edict was issued, and it was also written by the military aircraft, and since I am Zhang Jing, I have the duty to undertake the decree, and what I wrote is the edict, how can it be called forgery? He finished writing the edict at this time, and gently blew off the ink, "Compared to the Tartar chieftain, I think what I wrote should be called the edict!" Whether Yuan Weiting lives or dies depends on his performance tonight. ”.
His methods, Bi Yongnian naturally knew, just this sword stabbed out, and he was exposed. volunteered, "I'm a rough man, it's just a bad life, this time I entered Beijing, and I never thought of leaving alive." Leave the hands-on work to me. ”
"Bi Daxia, you don't have an official body, you can't see him. The two of us, each do our own thing, kill the demon woman is you, and say that Yuan beheads Yuan is in me. You are Jing Ke, I am Zhu Hai, each with its own duties. If I have a mistake, I just ask you to tell my fifth brother and let him help me take care of my father. Tan Sheng, prepare the car, and go to Fahua Temple. ”
When Tan Zhuang flew to Fahua Temple, it was already night, Zhao Guanhou handed the business card in, but Yuan Weiting couldn't turn away one of the four Jingqing, so he had to give an order.
The temple is not used in Mei Foo foreign oil, but vegetable oil, the light is very dim, Tan Zhuangfei and Yuan Weiting's figures, under the dim light, are very strange.
Zhao Guanhou stood outside the door, only listening to Tan Zhuangfei first say a few words to Yuan, and then talked about his own and Kang Zuyi's protection, as well as Han Rong and other conservative ministers, because of Yuan's background, obstructing his promotion. After talking for a while, he suddenly shouted, "There is an edict!" Immediately, Yuan Weiting left his seat and knelt on the ground to receive the order.
At this time, the rain that had played with the old and young masters of Sijiu City for two days finally fell. The raindrops of soybeans fell on the window, the window paper rustled, and the rain under the eaves of the corridor fell on Zhao Guanhou, making him feel cold. The capital, which has been hot for a long time, finally ushered in the first rain since the beginning of autumn, and since then, the autumn has become stronger. (To be continued.) )