Chapter 153: Assassination
On July 15, Li Yi met with Li Hongzhang again, and Li Hongzhang still put forward his set of principles for stability, so that Li Yi could understand his helplessness and dedication.
Li Yi was completely disappointed in Li Hongzhang, and he didn't argue with Li Yi about anything, the current situation was unfavorable to him, and his most important thing was to rectify the internal problems of the Democratic Party and the army.
Li Yi received a telegram from Li Jingshu not long ago, he has a cute two-year-old daughter, and he doesn't know all this, although this matter is a decision made by Shucai and Zhan Na, but a glimpse of the whole leopard shows that Li Yi's previous strategy is wrong and must be rectified. This time he had to make a big move, to make a deafening sound to wake everyone up.
"Lord Zhongtang, don't worry, no matter what happens, Brother Jingshu is safe and will not be affected in any way, but I will finally tell you, the reform must be carried out, otherwise there will be no regrets!" Li Yi said this very politely, and it can even be said to be a threat.
Li Hongzhang didn't understand where Li Yi's confidence was, he should understand that he was in a weak position, and he should understand that individuals and the state apparatus could not fight, even if Liangguang was actually controlled by him.
But can he really control the two Guangzhous firmly? He's been gone for a year, and a lot has changed over there, and being too idealistic is often a loser!
"I've always admired you, but you have to understand that sometimes you have to make compromises! Otherwise, you will be the one who suffers! ”
Li Yi snorted coldly and said lightly: "This is my last compromise!" To tell the truth, if I didn't care about the pain of the people, regardless of the country, I could have used force if I was called by the great powers, but now I have compromised, but this is the last time! One more sentence that reform must be carried out, and I hope you will pay attention to my words! "Kneel down and beg for a hundred black *rock* cabinets
After Li Yi left Li Hongzhang, only a few guards followed, and Li Yi received information a month ago that the revolutionary party had colluded with important domestic ministers to assassinate him, and he came out this time to follow them.
Yin Ruizhi and Yin Weijun are a pair of sisters, and they are also Li Yi's personal bodyguards. They are well versed in the Wudang stunt - the Five Poisonous Palms, and they can exert several times the power of sisters when they fight, and they have also undergone Li Zhong's one-year professional escort training, which can be called "peerless double pride".
Passing by the overpass, there was a group of people playing tricks, and there were many onlookers, and the two sisters quietly moved closer to Li Yi.
Li Yi sensed their caution, and also felt that there was something wrong here, although his martial arts value was very high and he took the initiative to attract assassins, but his own life was even more important.
A few people passed smoothly and nothing happened, but the Shuangjiao sisters obviously felt that there was a problem here, and they secretly let the guards who were secretly lurking around the area to watch from the sidelines.
"Aren't you sisters too nervous, we didn't pass this smoothly?" Li Yi said softly.
"The commander can't be careless, my sister has a strong sixth sense since she was a child, there is something wrong here, it's better to be careful!" Sister Shuangjiao said in a low voice, and her sister also nodded in agreement with her sister's point of view.
The guards have their own set of rules, even if they protect themselves, they will not interfere with them, since they are cautious, Li Yi was also secretly vigilant, and it was not until they arrived at Ronglu Mansion that Li Yi did not encounter any situation, and everyone relaxed.
Rong Lu looked at Li Yi, who was sitting calmly, and was a little secretly proud. Although this young man behaved very well, a slave is a slave after all, but fortunately he dragged it out at the beginning and did not listen to Lafayette's order to let his precious daughter marry him. Otherwise, his daughter married a slave, how could he still have the face to mix in the court.
"Li Tuanlian, my Eighth Banner Army is about to enter the Zhili Heavy Land, and your Fifth Division can't stay here!" Rong Lu was very displeased with this Han slave who didn't know the number of etiquette, and he didn't kneel down to meet him when he came in without any courtesy, but the old god sat comfortably on the chair.
"Lord Rong, I have resigned from the position of the regimental training envoy, and now I am just a white ding!" Li Yi didn't understand why this Rong Lu wanted him to meet, what was the point of this, they didn't dare to kill themselves, and he had already agreed to leave here, what else was there to meet.
In fact, Rong Lu really didn't have anything to do with letting Li Yi come, he just wanted to see what the difference was between this slave who almost made him marry his daughter to him and make himself ugly.
Now Rong Lu has hundreds of thousands of Eight Banners in his hands, and none of the royal relatives and nobles will curry favor with themselves and please themselves. Now seeing Li Yi, a slave who doesn't know how to be polite, he has also lost his interest, and he will let Li Yi go after a few innocuous threats.
Li Yi couldn't figure out Rong Lu's thoughts, so he didn't think about it, but he was so arrogant to himself, Li Yi wouldn't let him, got up and walked to the door, turned his head and said: "Lord Rong threatened me that it doesn't make sense not to say it, I will regret it in the future, I hope you don't hinder the reform, otherwise you will understand the seriousness of the consequences!" ”
After Li Yi finished speaking, he walked out of the door, the sound of a teacup breaking came from behind him, Li Yi sneered and strode away without looking back, Li Yi vowed to let this gang of Manyi, let this gang of people who have been slaves of the Han people for hundreds of years have to get a painful price.
The group came to the overpass again, Li Yi had been thinking about the meaning of Rong Lu letting himself meet, and when they understood that this was a disregarded contempt and insult from Rong Lu, Li Yi's heart became more and more unsettled. For hundreds of years, the Manchus have been accustomed to being masters, and they are also used to calling the Han people as slaves, Li Yi is really angry this time, he feels that this is his most angry time, they insulted not themselves but 30,000 Han compatriots.
"Be careful!" A coquettish reprimand interrupted Li Yi's thoughts, and the Shuangjiao sisters protected Li Yi behind them, raised their hands and fired a shot at a young man who was jumping high in the performance arena.
The young man fell heavily on the ground, a delicate small pistol fell out, the surrounding crowd was in an uproar, and several assassins hiding in the crowd were subdued by the Li Yi guards lurking beside him just as they were about to make a move.
Li Yi was also shocked into a cold sweat, he threw out his flying knife after calming down a little, killing an assassin who was playing tricks, Li Yi also wanted to continue to kill and vent his anger, but he was held down by the Shuangjiao sisters and protected behind him.
This time, the revolutionary party paid a very high price for the assassination of Li Yi, and did not hesitate to expose several masters who had been hidden for a long time, but although the price was a lot, it ended up with the annihilation of the whole army.
Li Yi didn't need to interrogate anything, Li Yi understood very well behind their scenes, and after killing them directly, Li Yi took advantage of this incident to put pressure on the imperial court, even if Li Hongzhang came forward, Li Yi also put on a non-yielding attitude.
When Li Hongzhang asked Li Yi about his request, he learned that Li Yi was willing to give up only if he wanted to dismiss a group of Qingliu led by Weng Tongyi. Li Hongzhang saw that he was dealing with a group of his enemies, and of course he would spare no effort to achieve Li Yi's request.
The main reason why Weng Tongyi was able to save his life was that Li Yi did not want a person who contributed to the simplification of Chinese characters to die, so he escaped with his life.