When the eyes of the world were all focused on this sea area of the South Seas, the British detachment stationed in Singapore, which was the first to arrive in Palawan, found that the entire Black Wind Village was empty and could not find any clues. And they searched the whole of Palawan, and when the Far Eastern Fleet arrived, they could not find even a single gram of gold from Palawan. The only thing that can be confirmed is that this Black Wind Village on Palawan Island is indeed the nest of Monk Sha, and the repairman in the engine room cannot provide more valuable information. So they began to expand their search, and finally found an empty cargo ship and two abandoned destroyers on the island of Detro, northeast of Palawan.

Britain was cruising every possible shipping lane like crazy, and the Qing Nanyang Fleet also received an order to fully cooperate with the British Far East Fleet. Even the Pacific Fleet, which was stationed in Keelung, Taiwan, loaded with a regiment of marines and began to move south.

When the news broke, the world was truly shocked. A great fortune was missing, although it was known to all those who knew that it was not a fact that it was worth 50 million pounds, for it was impossible for a ship of 10,000 tons to carry 50 million pounds worth of goods. But everybody understands that it must be a big, big fortune.

As a result, many people are restless, and the closest to Dete is the Luzon Islands, which are Spanish colonies, and judging from the distance, it is very likely that this wealth has already entered the Philippines. Although Spain had been notified of the British request for assistance, their every move was a clear indication that they were not prepared to hand over to Britain the wealth they might find, and the Spanish Far East Fleet had begun to blockade ports large and small. Even the British were not allowed to approach.

Annan's France also received a request for assistance, and the French Far East Fleet rushed to Palawan without saying a word.

The Dutch East Indies are also places where pirates are likely to go. Here the islands are dotted around. There are many small uninhabited islands that are great for hiding. Thus, before receiving the invitation from Britain to submit assistance, all the warships of the so-called Dutch Far East Fleet, which were the only ones in the Dutch Far East Fleet, which could not be older and had no wooden sails or even iron sheets, took the initiative to join this feast of wealth.

Not to mention Germany, although the main forces of the Far Eastern Fleet have only returned home, they can't take care of Mirs Bay. In the end, the only three destroyers joined the queue in search of the treasure.

The distant United States could not help it, although their idea of planning a Spanish colony was not a day or two. But the Philippines must be a long way away. I guess I won't be able to catch up this time. Even so, the Pacific squadron of the United States sailed from the east coast of the United States to the Far East.

Nowadays, the southern part of the South China Sea is not large. The navies of Britain, France, Germany, Spain, the Netherlands, and China were concentrated, and the United States was still coming from afar.

The British could not sit still, it was the wealth of the British Empire, and it was not allowed to be touched by others. The British were outraged. Who spread the news of the British Empire's lost treasures all over the world? Italy. A country that does not have any strength in the Far East even dares to send cruisers to the Far East. It's unbearable. So the fast warships of the British Indian Ocean Fleet sailed to the Far East, and the Australian fleet was also ordered to sail north.

This large-scale search lasted for a week, and not only did the gold not be found, but even the pirates were nowhere to be found. What really happened, why did the Nelson sink, and where did the treasure go? No clues, no traces. It's like evaporating from the world.

Wealth evaporates, but treasure does not. Now this treasure is being loaded at the Guangzhou Railway Station. They were transferred from 10,000-ton ships to two 5,000-ton ships that had been waiting for a long time to change containers. Cross the Paracel Islands and go ashore on the Zhanjiang River. Then they were loaded into horse-drawn carriages, and under the strict escort of Liu Yongfu, the commander-in-chief of the two Guangzhous, they were secretly transported to Guangzhou under the pretext of tax silver, and then loaded in broad daylight in Guangzhou, and then transported back to Beijing from Guangzhou through the Beijing-Guangzhou line, which had just been fully opened. Because it's tax money, it's reasonable no matter how you deal with it. When the Guangzhou railway station was completely closed, it also attracted the British to want to check it. But this is the Qing Dynasty tax silver, and I won't show you the past.

This is a batch of gold jewelry worth 160 million taels of silver, and the few people in the court who know deeply hate the British, they have earned a year's treasury income of the Qing Dynasty in three years, which is only the profit of a bank. That's right, it's just a year, it's only September, and there are still four months left in the year, and the tax revenue of the Qing treasury has exceeded 100 million taels of silver, and there is reason to believe that this year's tax revenue will reach this figure.

"The emperor has only been in power for four years, not counting other additional income, the imperial court has doubled its taxes alone." Li Hongzhang deeply sighed at the emperor's wisdom, and at the same time needed to tell the emperor that things were lucky: "The emperor is not there?" Where did it go? ”

"Back to the Prime Minister. The emperor has gone to the university hall. The guard at the door said.

The boulevard is still the same avenue, the foliage is still shady, but it is no longer verdant. As we enter September, Beijing is no longer hot, and the first cold Siberian air has blown into Beijing, and the once lush leaves are beginning to turn yellow. On the boulevard, students and gentlemen come and go. In front of the teaching building, there was a crowd of people, setting up a stage for the graduation ceremony of the first four-year students of Beijing Normal University Hall on September 15, 13 days later.

The graduation time of the first batch of students was originally scheduled for the beginning of July, and His Majesty Emperor Guangxu of the Great Qing Dynasty, as the founder and honorary president of the school, was to be the monarch and principal of the country and give a lecture to the first graduating students. However, because of the sudden Sino-Russian war, Guangxu was not in a hurry to wait for the graduation ceremony to be held and hurriedly left Beijing and went north. After returning to Beijing, the party was faced with great changes in the situation at home and abroad, and it could not distinguish itself for a while. What's more, this year is also the year of the quadrennial imperial examination. When the scholars of the world opposed the emperor's opening of a new school, Guangxu intended to make a fair and open comparison between the students of the first phase of the university hall and the scholars of the world, so that everyone in the world could see which of the old and new schools was superior or inferior. As a result, the ceremony dragged on until September. Finally, the missing wealth in the South Seas attracted the attention of the Western powers, which allowed Guangxu to squeeze out a little time. Due to the postponement of the graduation ceremony, the start of this semester has also been postponed to September 20. But there are also many students from remote places who have already arrived in the capital ahead of schedule. So this ceremony. It is not only the graduation ceremony of the first batch of students, but also the opening ceremony of the fifth grade of new students.

Four years ago, at the opening ceremony of the first phase of the University Hall. Even the students and gentlemen are only more than 3,000 people. Since the first year, hundreds of people have come to the University Hall either by holy decree or by local recommendation, and after being assessed by the President Yung Wing and the Teaching Office, they have entered the University Hall for further study. It's a pity that most of them are the second generation of officials who want to come here with gilded qualifications and the children of the people who come to the relationship, in their opinion, this is the university hall where the emperor himself is the president, as long as they can walk through it. Then enter the officialdom again, but he is the real protégé of the Son of Heaven. Looking at the students who have completed their studies, they have all entered Liangjiang or Northeast China to serve as real vacancies. This made countless people blush.

It's a pity that the university hall doesn't look at the identity background of these people. Except for those who come here for further study, except for students with foreign backgrounds and real skills, who can pass the assessment, the rest will all be sent back. As for coercion and temptation, when the emperor was under house arrest in Yingtai, the queen mother recommended the person who came over. Those who fail the test will not be accepted. Outside the door were people who had been upgraded to the Royal Guard Company. After all the troubles, they went home to recuperate.

University admissions requirements are very high, not only can you write a flowery essay, but also require you to have a certain understanding of mathematics, geography, history and humanities. As a result, this move that did not meet the requirements of Zhu Keju aroused the disgust of the world's scholars, and the governors and governors of various places folded and participated in the performance. Because no one dared to join the emperor, Rong Hong, as the executive principal, was impeached into a sieve. Rong Hong can ignore these impeachments, but Guangxu cannot. In the court, in the face of hundreds of impeachment recitals, Guangxu said: The university hall is recruited according to ancient principles. Why not.

A gentleman learns the six arts - etiquette, music, archery, royalty, calligraphy, and mathematics. Etiquette and music test a person's behavior and morality, how can a person with poor moral character become an official? The content of the archery is not examined. But you are required to have a healthy body, and you must not go to office sickly, in case you die in office, it will be more troublesome for the court. As for the number of books, the articles written are so fanciful that they can't buy a single dish, how can this kind of person bow his head and do things, and how can he guide the people to get rich.

It is a pity that after hundreds of years of classical Zhu education, fewer and fewer people can meet the admission requirements of the university hall. The number of students enrolled in each cohort is constantly decreasing. Now in the fifth enrollment, less than 800 people have been recruited. This made Rong Hong determined to speed up the pace of education popularization. Unfortunately, due to the volatile situation in China, his vision is just a plan.

"Your Majesty, President Rong is in a meeting, and it is estimated that it will take another hour. According to the emperor's wishes, the slave did not alarm Principal Rong. Kou Liancai, who hurried back, said.

"Then let's walk around."

On the shore of the unnamed lake, the lake water is lightly swaying. Guangxu stretched out his hand to catch a tree that was still falling, looked at the yellowing leaves in his palm, and sighed lightly: "Autumn is a harvest season-" After speaking, he looked up and glanced into the distance.

Since ancient times, every emperor has been surrounded by a eunuch who knows how to read words and emotions and understands the emperor's intentions, and Kou Liancai is obviously also a wonderful person. Looking at the emperor's actions, he turned around and whispered a few words to the guards beside him. Then he respectfully followed the emperor behind, but the smile on his face became stronger and stronger.

I sat on a bench on the side of the road, blowing a warm autumn breeze. Guangxu had a long waist: "Since returning to Beijing, I have been a little idle." Yang Dongzi, don't do any blockades. Let the students have fun, and I will be happy. ”

Now the Imperial Palace is under the command of Yang Dongzi, and his military rank is already colonel, and he belongs to the Royal Janissary Battalion in the Royal Guard Regiment of the Central Guard Brigade. Commanded a battalion of soldiers to protect the emperor's safety. The Central Guard Brigade is a unit established outside the military department after Guangxu returned to Beijing, and is composed of elite soldiers selected from the army. The full establishment of the second regiment of 5,000 people, controlled by the emperor, not subject to the transfer of the military department and the general staff, with the remnant dragon flag as the military flag, in order to show the emperor's personal soldiers. One of them took over the post of the former Admiral of the Nine Gates and guarded the capital and key places. But in fact, this regiment was used as a reserve officer of the military department, and it usually sat in the capital and studied in the military academy. In the event of a war that requires the expansion of troops, with this regiment as the core, three divisions can be quickly formed. Another regiment guards the inner city, two of which are special forces, and the other battalion is led by Yang Dongzi, which is the main force that really guards the inner palace.

When Yang Dongzi heard the emperor's question, he stepped forward and said, "The emperor can't." If it is decided today, there are still people who want to be disrespectful to the emperor. The emperor is concerned about the safety of the world, and he must not be careless. ”

"Well, I know you mean well. But this is a university hall, and those who can enter the door of the university hall have been checked. There's no need to do that again. Seeing the carefree smiles of the students, it is worth it no matter how tired I am. Soldiers fought bloody battles on the front line, and officials governed the localities. Isn't that what it is? ”

Yang Dongzi didn't know how to speak for a while. It was Kou Liancai who stepped forward and said: "The emperor doesn't blame Camp Commander Yang, now that assassins are rampant, several adults don't want the emperor to leave the palace." So when he came out today, Lord Tang repeatedly told the servants to wait. If the emperor is frightened, the minions and others will be beheaded all over the house. I also ask the emperor to take pity on the families of the slaves for the sake of the loyal servants and others. ”

"There's no need, there's a guard company outside. There's still you here, what can happen? Guangxu said indifferently.

"Forgiveness cannot be honored." Yang Dongzi replied very resolutely: "Lord Leng of the National Security Bureau has arrested several remnants of the Hou Party who want to be unfavorable to the emperor in the past few days, and has also caught two waves of Japanese ronins who want to assassinate the emperor. Please also ask the emperor to be careful. ”

"The Japanese are still not giving up?" Guangxu sighed: "Dongzi, alas. It's hard for me to relax, you can't say something to make people happy. ”

"Minister...... The minister is guilty. After speaking, Yang Dongzi took a step back.

"Colonel Yang is a soldier, where to say what jokes. Why don't you say something that makes the emperor happy? Kou Liancai smiled and pointed to the other side of the road: "The emperor, who is here?" ”

The other side of the road. The two girls walked over with a smile. When laughing. From time to time, he covered his mouth with his hand and smiled, which was really a smile. Guangxu's heart couldn't help but ripple.

"The concubine is a greeting to the emperor." Huang Ling and Yang Zao'er pressed their left knees with both hands, bent their right knees slightly, and squatted down to salute.

Guangxu said a word of exemption, but Kou Liancai asked urgently: "Why didn't Miss Anqian come?" The emperor's will dare to disrespect? ”

Guangxu said angrily: "Kou Liancai, when did I say that I wanted Qian'er to come here to see me." ”

The slave saw that the emperor said that it should be harvested in the autumn, and glanced at the girls' dormitory. The slave thought that the emperor wanted to see Miss Qian'er, so the slave asked her to invite Miss Qian'er to meet here. The minion is good at the emperor's heart. Please also ask the emperor to surrender. ”

"I found in this court that everyone who said he was guilty. It's basically fine. Anyone who says that he has been wronged is basically unlucky. Kou Liancai, if what you just said was asking for forgiveness, then you are really guilty. Now all step aside, Kou Liancai, you will die far away. When you look at it, you get angry. After Guangxu finished speaking, he turned to the smiling second daughter, patted the bench next to him, gave way and said, "Ignore them, sit down." ”

"The concubines are all grass people, how dare they sit with the emperor." Just say it, Huang Ling, you laugh while talking, it's too fake.

"Wearing a dragon robe, I am the emperor, the jade seal is covered casually, and the will is issued everywhere, rampant all over the world. But now that I'm not wearing a dragon robe, I can't do the emperor's set anymore. Okay, there's no one else here, so there's no need to be polite. Guangxu said very angrily, but then asked very stingyly: "Anyway, you are all here, so why doesn't Anqian come with you." ”

Huang Ling heard Guangxu say this, and pulled Yang Zao'er with a smile and sat down next to Guangxu: "You know to ask Sister Qian'er, Sister Ju didn't come, why don't you ask." ”

Guangxu was ashamed, but quickly came back to his senses: "Li Jurong is already the wife of Zhang Peilun, the governor of Taiwan, and the husband is not there. ”

"Sister Ju was called home by the Prime Minister. Sister Qian'er is also a leap girl who has not been married, so it is etiquette for you to keep asking. Huang Ling's ridiculous sentence Guangxu was speechless. Looking at Guangxu who was at a loss, Huang Ling turned to a deep tone and said: "Sister Qian'er said: It will be the palace examination set by the emperor soon, and this is an opportunity for the emperor to prove to the world that the new learning is better than the old one." She wants to review her homework with peace of mind so that she can work hard for the emperor. ”

Guangxu smiled dumbly: "Even you can hear that this is an excuse, if you don't want to see it, don't see it." I want to ask you, since she knows the identity of my emperor, why she doesn't want to see me? ”

"What else can happen, you are the emperor, destined to be seventy-two concubines in three palaces and six courts. No woman wants to share her man with another woman. Huang Ling said with some disdain.

Guangxu cut off: "There are rich people in the world who are not three wives and four concubines, and there are countless maids who fill the house." Even if he marries another Han young master, that family's parents will have to marry a concubine for his son and spread the branches. That's not the reason. ”

"I can't tell you why I don't understand, let's be honest. You are the emperor and a Manchurian, and Sister Qian'er is a Han Chinese, even if you have the emperor's favor, what can you do. The Manchu and Han do not intermarry, and there is an ancestral system since the Qing Dynasty, so I am afraid that the emperor will not be able to change it. Knowing that there is no result, it is better not to see it. Huang Ling was a little sad, if he wasn't the emperor or the young master Li Ming, maybe Sister Qian'er wouldn't need to burst into tears.

Guangxu sighed and said: "You are right, the emperor who has the grace of the world and the body of the emperor actually has the most rules to abide by. The emperor is not free to do whatever he wants. But the times are developing, the thinking is advancing, and it is a burden to use the old words. The Qing Dynasty had too many burdens, and it was impossible to take a step and run, and how could it catch up with the Western powers. And the biggest burden of the Qing Dynasty is the division between Manchu and Han, and if you want to really get rid of these, you can only start from me. (To be continued......) u