"Yes! This battlefield is a battlefield without gunpowder smoke and blood, but it is more difficult to deal with than a battlefield with gunpowder smoke and blood. Lin Yiqing didn't want to add pressure to the little Lori in front of her, "However, I will let Haruko see a bright future, a bright country and Japan." He looked at Haruko Eto and smiled, "When the time comes, I will need Haruko's help." ”

"What do you need me to do?" Haruko Eto asked puzzled.

"Perhaps, in an ancient, closed and backward country like Qianguo, it needs a lovely child like Haruko to make its laws......" Lin Yiqing raised his eyebrows and replied.

"Me? Make a law? Haruko Eto was stunned.

Lin Yiqing was about to explain her future tasks to her in detail when there was a rush of footsteps at the door.

"Lord, in the direction of Beijing, there is a letter!" A man said in a stiff dry language.

"Show me it." Lin Yiqing replied.

The door opened, and a gray-clothed man walked in briskly and handed a small paper roll into Lin Yiqing's hand.

Lin Yiqing unfolded the paper scroll and looked at it for a while, his brows habitually furrowed.

"Could it be that their hands have reached out into the Celestial Society? ......" Lin Yiqing said to himself.

The paper scroll was sent by the ninja team lurking in the direction of Tongzhou in the form of carrier pigeons, reporting what they had found about the assassins of the Tiandihui preparing to launch an assassination operation against Lin Yiqing, led by a young woman, who was being tracked down, and reminded Lin Yiqing that the actions of the Tiandihui may be related to the Japanese government.

"Unlikely...... Maybe it's because of the Changle Gang? The Heaven and Earth Society doesn't seem to have much to do with the Changle Gang and the pirates......"

Suddenly. Lin Yiqing remembered something.

The heroine who protected Huang Shulan's family in Chaotianmen......

"If only it were you. But that's interesting......"

Lin Yiqing knows. The royal train that came to pick him up into Beijing has arrived, but because it is late, the train of this era cannot run at night, so he can only wait until dawn to drive.

Just then, another man walked in.

"General, the Governor's Office of Zhili sent a letter." A subordinate came to Lin Yiqing and delivered a letter with the words "Lin Hanpeng personally enlightened" in front of him.

Lin Yiqing opened the envelope, took out the stationery and looked at it. After a while, after reading the letter, he couldn't help but sneer slightly.

"Want me to look good at the Imperial City Railway Station? Hmph, is it that easy? ”

Lin Yiqing said, lighting the paper scroll and the letter together by the lamp, staring at it gradually turning into ashes in his hand.

"Captain Takagi and Leader Iwane, please come over, tomorrow's itinerary will change." Lin Yiqing ordered his subordinates.

A short time later, Lin Yiqing's escort captain Junichi Takagi and Iwane Shanren, the leader of the Iga ninjas, arrived together, and Lin Yiqing explained the situation to them in a low voice and explained the situation. The two of them understood and immediately went down to make arrangements.

Everything is arranged. It was getting late, Lin Yiqing sent Eto Haruko back to the room to rest, and then went to his wife and concubine's residence, at this time He Yunqing and Kirino Chiho, Iwasaki Yujia and the children all fell asleep, seeing Kirino Chiho's breathing was very stable, Lin Yiqing put his mind at ease and returned to his room, he was not sleepy at this time, he was lying down, and carefully thought about the unexpected situations that might occur during the audience.

At this moment, Lin Yiqing didn't know that there was another important minister of the Qianguo who would have a lot to do with him in the future, and he couldn't sleep tonight like him.

In the study, Li Gaoyang, Minister of Military Aircraft and Cabinet Scholar, was pacing back and forth in civilian clothes, holding a letter in his hand, his eyes kept wandering between the lines, although he had read the letter several times, he still reread it over and over again.

“…… Students have been stationed in France for many years and have benefited a lot. Special pick one or two for the teacher to briefly describe the ...... Western countries, lush gardens, neat streets and alleys, prosperous towns, all the way to the magnificent buildings, smooth roads. The French capital Paris pavilions are gorgeous, the characters are prosperous, the wheeled railway, and the jade is beautiful,...... Compared with the capitals of other countries, it is also better. ”

“…… Students think that three generations ago, there was an education ear in Middle-earth, so it had the names of 'to serve' and 'desert clothes', and all of them were far away from Middle-earth and were called 'Yidi'. Since the Han Dynasty, the indoctrination of China has become more and more prosperous, spreading to the West, and even political and religious customs, and European countries are now specialized in their victory. It regards Middle Earth, and it looks at Yidi when it is in the heyday of the Han Dynasty. There are few people in the middle earth who know this, and it hurts! ”

“…… Three generations of saints with Tao are beyond the reach of the West. That is, I have pilgrimaged to the benevolence of my ancestors, and I have sought the West for more than 1,870 years, and there is no one who can do it. The saint works hard for the world with one body, and the West is the minister of the public. The holy virtue of a lifetime can not be constant, civil, martial, cheng, kang, the four saints inherit each other, less than a hundred years, and the extension of the ministers is endless, the longer and the more prosperous the humanities. This law is sincere and good, but if it is not a Western country, it will not work. The West enjoys the country for a long time, and the monarch and the people praise the government. ”

"Before I was in the middle of the Great Qianquanlong, I was famine and smooth, and I admired the ocean...... Today, Britain and France know the foundation of benevolence and righteousness, and in order to become rich and strong, it is not caused by entering Middle-earth for a long time and hearing about the Holy Religion. ”

"The Politics of the West...... There are many people who are secretly in harmony with the way of governing my Middle Earth. Since the beginning of the heavens, Middle-earth has had the most years, and hundreds of great saints have followed each other. In recent decades, there have also been many great sages in the West, and their words are no less profound than those in Middle Earth. Meng Ziyun: The people are precious, the community is secondary, the monarch is light, the West takes this as the way to build the country, the people are rich, the country is rich, and the Taixi is the trend of the country, and the people share it. How can the people be poor and the country seek prosperity and strength? …… The West is rich in the people, the people are beneficial to the country, and the country is beneficial to the people. It is based on the old law of the ancestors and has its own deep meaning...... The land is vast and abundant, and the manpower is sufficient, but it must be evaluated from the strength of the national government, and then the geographical advantage can be used for me to collect its interests. …… Those who are rich and strong today are regarded as the country's own plan; I don't know that the wealth of the West is only in the people, not in the country. In the world of Ningquan, I will exempt the provinces from taxes and hide the wealth from the people. Overflow Mansion Charge. Minfeng Wufu. Whipping straight and five Indians, the West also followed the tribute and called the minister, and now the West also follows this way, so it is ......"

After reading the letter for the last time, Li Gaoyang sighed, folded the letter again, and put it in the original envelope.

This letter is his student. Hong Yun and Hong Taoshi, the minister of the Qianguo State in France, wrote it a few years ago.

Li Gaoyang took the letter, recalled the past, and couldn't help sighing.

When the imperial court appointed Lin Yizhe as an envoy to Europe, in order to contain Lin Yizhe, Li Gaoyang tried every means to let Hong Yun serve as a deputy envoy, so as to collect evidence of Lin Yizhe's "flattering foreign ghosts" along the way, so as to impeach him. But unexpectedly, along the way, Hong Yun was "bewitched" by Lin Yizhe, and "China and foreign poison are deep". In the end, he not only became the first minister of Qianguo in France, but also married the "French royal sister" as his wife!

This news is tantamount to a bolt from the blue for Li Gaoyang, he can't understand how his most trusted and favorite disciple has become the same thing as Lin Yizhe, for his reputation and want to find out the reason, he has been holding back, after Hong Yun returned to Beijing, he waited for Hong Yun to come to his door to give him an explanation. And as he expected, Hong Yun really came to the door, but he didn't come to explain to him, but to cut off the teacher-student relationship with him!

Because Hong Yun already knew that his most respected and beloved teacher had arranged for a servant to secretly monitor his every move!

After Hong Yun went back, he also deliberately wrote a post, the content of which was that Li Hongzao sent someone to secretly monitor the students, and he did something like a teacher, which made Li Gaoyang unable to step down.

Fortunately, Hong Yun is a person who misses the old love, coupled with the continuous persuasion of Zhang Peilun, Zhang Zhidong, Wu Dacheng and others, Hong Yun gradually returned to his previous appearance, although he was unable to visit him in person because he had been stationed in France and Paris for many years, but the letters of greetings continued, in these letters, Hong Yun also introduced many things to Li Gaoyang in a foreign country, which broadened Li Gaoyang's horizons a lot.

Li Gaoyang, who was originally one of the backbone figures who insisted on the "Great Defense of Yixia", slowly discovered that his concept had quietly changed.

He gradually understood that it was not for nothing that Lin Yizhe could exert such an influence on Hong Yun.

The current Hong Yun's influence on himself should also be like this.

Hong Yun and Lin Yizhe formed a deep friendship during the mission to European countries, after Lin Yizhe died, Hong Yun was sad, and deliberately took his wife back to Beijing to attend Lin Yizhe's funeral, and that time, Li Gaoyang also cooperated with the tacit understanding, not only personally participated in Lin Yizhe's funeral, but also restrained the "North Qingliu" people not to make trouble. From that day on, the friendship between the teacher and the student has returned to the same as before, but outsiders don't know it......

This time, Lin Yiqing led the people to return, Hong Yun fully supported the imperial court's acceptance, and Li Gaoyang did not object in his heart.

As a traditional literati doctor, has always been to maintain the Confucian "righteousness" as his responsibility, Li Gaoyang believes that Lin Yiqing's actions in Japan are completely in line with the Confucian "saving the people in fire and water" "righteousness" standard, this time leading the people to return, compared to the feat of the Turhut Mongolian Department abandoning Russia and returning, the imperial court commended and accepted it is completely correct, but because Lin Yiqing is Lin Yizhe's twin brother, after returning to China, he must be a Westernist, and the Qingliu faction has suffered a lot from Lin Yizhe, so it is naturally impossible to tolerate him, so the group is opposed, And Li Gaoyang is the leader of the Northern Qingliu who "has a clear hope in the court, and he relies on it as a priority", and this time he was inevitably hijacked by the disciples and students, so he had to not say a word.

But he knows that sooner or later, he will have to make his position on this issue in front of the Queen Mother!

He naturally knows the queen mother's thoughts, but if he really follows the queen mother's wishes, then how will he face a group of disciples in the future?

Li Gaoyang's original unwavering belief has now begun to appear cracks, showing signs of collapse.

"O Taoshi! Maybe you're right, but do you understand the difficulties of being a teacher? ……”

Li Gaoyang wandered for a long time, and the night was already late, and finally, he felt a little sleepy, so he sorted out the letter manuscript and slept in his clothes.

Li Gaoyang didn't sleep well this night, and as soon as the sky was bright, Li Gaoyang woke up with a noisy sound.

"Where is it so noisy?" Li Gaoyang was dissatisfied. Calling a servant asked.

"Back to the master's words. I don't know if it's small. Early in the morning, I heard this big movement, and I don't know what happened. The servant replied cautiously, "However, the direction from which this voice came is the railway station of the Imperial City. ”

"Imperial City Gen'er Station?" When Li Gaoyang heard the servant's answer, he couldn't help but be shocked.

He certainly knows, today. What is the day when people enter Beijing to meet him?

Li Gaoyang hurriedly got up, finished washing, hurriedly used breakfast, and was about to go to Huangchenggen Station to take a look, but unexpectedly, Zhang Zhidong, a doorman from Zhan Shifu, came to visit.

"Filial piety, why is this Imperial City Gen'er Railway Station so noisy today?" Li Gaoyang asked.

"Don't you know, teacher? Early this morning, the officials of the Imperial City went to the Gen'er Station in the Imperial City to block it. Zhang Zhidong seemed to expect the teacher to ask this question, and immediately replied.

"Block whom? Blocking Lin Yiqing? Li Gaoyang was taken aback, "What are they going to do?" ”

"They want to block Lin Yiqing on the train. Don't let him get off with his Japanese concubine. Zhang Zhidong didn't hide it, "That's it." Naturally, the audience will not be able to do it, and then everyone will play together and drive him back......"

"What nonsense!" Li Gaoyang frowned when he heard this, and said with a pause.

"Teacher...... Want to check it out? Zhang Zhidong observed Li Gaoyang's expression and asked cautiously.

"No, they won't succeed." Li Gaoyang instantly regained his composure.

Why did the teacher say that? From the student's point of view, this is not a bad solution......" Zhang Zhidong didn't expect the teacher to say that this operation would not be successful, and he couldn't help but be stunned.

"It won't work out! That Lin Yiqing has experienced all kinds of scenes in Japan, and the battle of life and death is not a problem, how can this little trick be difficult for him? This group really looked down on him! Li Gaoyang shook his head and said in a deep voice, "Besides, it is the will of the Empress Dowager to let him enter Beijing for a meeting, will the Empress Dowager let their group mess around?" ”

Hearing the teacher say this, Zhang Zhidong suddenly understood, and couldn't help but secretly worry about the clear streams who went to the train station to block Lin Yiqing.

Beijing, Huangchenggen Railway Station.

In front of the platform, a group of Qingliu officials dressed in various official uniforms were holding high banners written by themselves, looking forward to the railroad tracks in the distance.

On several white banners, there are large black characters, among which there are regular scripts, there are official scripts, which are very eye-catching, and some smaller banners are mostly written in cursive, and it is difficult to distinguish what is written at a glance.

"The Lin family's erection! Go back to Dongying! Hugh will defile the land of the Son of Heaven! ”

"Blood devouring demon, stooping ghost, what face is there to come to the Son of Heaven!"

Someone shouted, which immediately drew a round of applause.

In a teahouse not far away, Zhang Peilun, dressed in casual clothes, sat in the Accord on the second floor, watching everything that happened at the train station through the window.

Today, because there has just been a heavy snowfall, the weather is extremely cold, and a thick layer of snow has accumulated on the ground, so early in the morning, the staff of the railway station came out to sweep the snow with a big broom.

It is no wonder that these people are angry, and the Qingliu people have come to the railway station for several days in a row to make trouble, which has greatly affected the business of the Royal Railways.

In order to facilitate transportation, under the promotion of Western-style officials such as Li Shaoquan and Lin Yizhe, the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the Navy Yamen jointly funded the construction of this railway from Tianjin to Beijing, which was connected with the original Qingqiyuan and the small railway in the palace, and was called "Beijing-Tianjin Railway" or "Jindian Railway". After the completion of the garden work, the original transportation task of this railway was not much, but the merchants and people in Beijing and Tianjin and along the way saw the business opportunities, and started the idea of this railway, and went to the actual operator of this railway, the Ministry of Internal Affairs, to "seek to transport commercial goods on behalf of the people", the officials of the Ministry of Internal Affairs realized that this was a good opportunity to make a fortune, so after consulting with the naval yamen, the "Beijing-Tianjin Railway Company" was established, in order not to attract the opposition of the stubborn ministers, the first railway company in China and Turkey was in the form of "commercial office". , "handed over to the people familiar with the railway affairs of the businessmen", specially in the royal garden transportation of materials when the task is not busy, for the need to transport goods back and forth for the Beijing and Tianjin businessmen to make profits. After the establishment of the railway company, the business was very prosperous, not only the Beijing and Tianjin businessmen got its convenience, the internal affairs government also made a lot of money, the people have the saying of "making money every day", seeing that the railway has great benefits for both the government and the people, the navy yamen also suggested that "allow private investment and expand the scale", so the railway company changed to a joint-stock system, "the internal affairs government, the maritime administration, and the businessmen each account for one", and introduced a large number of private capital for expansion, not only the main line between Beijing and Tianjin has become a double line, but also added passenger trains, specially transporting guests to and fro. It greatly facilitates the transportation between Beijing and Tianjin.

From the very beginning, the railroad was strongly opposed by the stubborn and conservative ministers, but because the Ministry of Internal Affairs was the backstage and the strong support of the businessmen, it was successfully built and put into operation despite repeated twists and turns, but the old-fashioned faction was unwilling to fail, and from time to time they would find trouble with the railway company. (To be continued......)

PS: Dismantling the express is indeed similar to the dismantling of the girl's bra, sometimes the box looks very big, and when I open it, I find that the thing is very small.

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