In the golden autumn season, Hu Chuyuan's family returned to the Zizheng Garden.

With the return of the Hu family, the Zizheng Garden has also resumed its former liveliness, and the Xiyuan School, which is personally served as a teacher by Niu Yugeng, has reopened, and the school-age children of the cabinet members are studying here.

The new cabinet has generally refocused on the old business, and the situation in the country has gradually stabilized.

There is one exception.

Qu Hongji's dream came true, he followed Hu Chuyuan to learn and work for so many years, and he finally became the prime minister under one person and above ten thousand people, and he was only one step away from the final prime minister.

In order to achieve this leap, on the night of the train back to Beijing, he gritted his teeth and cut off his braids.

A shrewd, brilliant politician with a sense of smell told him that China's politics had completely changed and that he had only done one completely right thing in his life...... That is to follow Hu Chuyuan completely.

Zhang Baixi is a lesson for him.

There are really a lot of things that the minister has to be responsible for, and in the past two days, just after arriving in Yanjing, Qu Hongji has been very busy, but he feels extremely satisfied in his heart.

Power.

Never before has his power ever been so great.

Obviously, countless ambitious hegemony is waiting for him to open up!

In the Qinzheng Palace, the officials are very busy, everything has returned to the usual calm, some are wearing new suits, some are wearing official uniforms, some have cut off their braids, and some still have braids.

Qu Hongji cut off his braids, wore the official uniform of a first-class official, and sat in his office to sort out government affairs, Gu Jiaxiang is still the general consul of the Privy Council, Zhang Jing, Hu Pinyuan is still the minister of culture and education, Dai Hongci, Liu Hongxi, Wu Yuanbing, Li Zuguang, Pang Hongwen, Cao Hongxun, Sun Xidi, Song Bolu, Luo Guanglie, Xu Shichang, Sun Zongyuan, Mei Ruding, Song Yuren and others are still in the prime minister's office, and some have become cabinet ministers.

Lu Chuanlin, Liao Zhongshan, Luo Dayou, Hu Pingzhi, Xie Yuanqi, Wu Hongjia, Yang Shipai, Ding Bingqian, Li Xiling, Ye Dachen, Li Yihuang...... are all local, Lu Chuanlin is the governor of Liangjiang, Liao Zhongshan is the governor of Huguang, Luo Dayou is the governor of Liangguang, Tang Jingsong is the governor of Fujian and Zhejiang, Cen Chunxuan is the governor of Yunnan and Guizhou, Wang Wenshao replaces Li Hongzhang as the governor of Sichuan, Wei Guangtao is the governor of Shaanxi, Gansu and Ningxia, and Zhang Zhidong is the governor of the three eastern provinces.

Tan Zhonglin and Li Hongzhang, who can barely compete with Hu Chuyuan, have been forced to beg for old age.

Among the remaining governors, Lu Chuanlin, Liao Zhongshan, Luo Dayou, Tang Jingsong, and Cen Chunxuan are all old descendants cultivated by Hu Chuyuan, while Wang Wenshao, Wei Guangtao, and Zhang Zhidong are all well-known wall grasses, where the wind blows, people fall.

As for the governors of various places, almost all of them are occupied by Hu Chuyuan's faction, and the pragmatic faction is so strong that it is really more and more pragmatic.

Sitting in his office, Qu Hongji inadvertently flipped out the list of governors and governors in various places, and couldn't help but feel a little emotional, thinking, is everyone the same as he thinks, unwilling to be just a puppet in the hands of Hu Chuyuan?

Puppet?

The word is not appropriate.

Qu Hongji himself thinks so, he can have today, everything is thanks to Hu Chuyuan, but he is really worried, worried about the emperor, worried about the court, and today's China has already become Hu Chuyuan's hall.

Compared with Cao Ying, who used to coerce the world to order the princes, Hu Chuyuan didn't know how many times stronger.

How can a minister reach such a realm?

Before this, Qu Hongji had never imagined it, and he didn't dare to imagine it, he always felt ...... The last step left for Hu Chuyuan was to replace the emperor, how could this be?

"Me?"

Qu Hongji was silently ruthless in his heart, he thought about it, if there was really such a day, he would stop all this even if he was broken.

Kindness and righteousness should be repaid, and Chaogang Junlun can't give up!

Thinking about these things, Qu Hongji's thoughts couldn't help but become a little messy.

At this time, Zhang Baixi, who was about to leave for Tianjin, walked in, and in a flash, Zhang Baixi was also a fifty-three-year-old half-old man, with white temples and a gray braid.

After a few days, he seemed to be a little older.

Seeing him, Qu Hongji couldn't help but be a little surprised, got up and arched his hand, and said with a smile: "How did Yeqiu come here?" ”

Zhang Baixi sneered indifferently, and even had a hint of ridicule, and said, "Huo Nei is okay with goodbye!" ”

Qu Hongji was slightly proud in his heart, a few years ago, Zhang Baixi relied on the favor of Emperor Guangxu and rose all the way to the foreign minister, but he only followed Hu Chuyuan as the minister of industry.

Now that feng shui is in turn, he has become the minister with real power, but Zhang Baixi has withdrawn from politics.

The two of them are classmates in the same year, and their relationship has always been very good, but the more they are like this, the easier it is to compare each other, and it is inevitable that they will compete with each other.

Qu Hongji politely walked out from behind the desk, poured tea for Zhang Baixi in person, and said with a smile: "Brother Yeqiu, the foolish brother was thinking about seeing you off just now, but I didn't expect that you would come to me first...... Okay, let's not catch up together for a while. ”

Zhang Baixi sat down swaggeringly, thinking to himself, why hasn't he also been beautiful, but now he doesn't want to be in office.

He took the tea, took a sip of it, and said to Qu Hongji: "Huo Neixiang, I'm afraid that Zhang didn't come to catch up with you this time, this time, I'm here to ask for funds." At present, Yanjing has four universities, Yenching, Yenching, Tsinghua University, and Furen, as well as four major colleges of normal, science and technology, politics and law, and traditional Chinese and Western medicine. ”

Qu Hongji immediately smiled: "This matter is easy to say." Your Excellency the Prime Minister called me yesterday and asked me to give you full support for the establishment of a foreign Chinese university, and I have discussed with the Minister of Culture and Education, Hu Pinyuan, and I plan to spend 6 million yuan a year from the Ministry of Culture and Education...... I thought, that's enough, right? ”

Zhang Baixi nodded slightly, holding a cane in his hand, and sat silently on the chair.

After a moment, he glanced at the open door and waited without speaking.

Qu Hongji had already been wary in his heart, and he knew that Zhang Baixi would not come to him for this financial problem, so he got up and closed the door tightly.

When he closed the door, Zhang Baixi sighed: "Zijiu, you and I are classmates, we can be described as irreversible friends, and now I am naturally very happy to see you ascend to the post of internal minister." Merely...... While I'm happy, I'm worried about you. ”

"Oh?"

Qu Hongji pretended to chuckle and said, "What is my brother worried about? ”

Zhang Baixi said: "Without him, I'm worried that you will be an unloyal and unrighteous second minister, and follow in the footsteps of Hong Chengchou!" ”

Qu Hongji couldn't help but feel a little resentful, he had just thought about this before, and immediately scolded: "I said that you are my brother's confidant, but you insult me like this? ”

Zhang Baixi took the opportunity to say: "If the virtuous brother is a true loyal minister, he can rest assured that he is a brother." ”

Qu Hongji suddenly felt that this was a deception, and changed his words: "The matter of loyalty and righteousness is self-evident, and how to plan major matters, I naturally have my thoughts in my heart, so I don't have to worry about my brother's heart." If my brother is only here for these things, he might as well go back the way he came. ”

Zhang Baixi said: "Virtuous brother, if there is a big change today, the emperor is in danger, I think the prime minister is by no means a good type, most of them will not come to the rescue, only care about self-preservation, and now the only one who can save the emperor is the virtuous brother." ”

Qu Hongji had a headache, and he was afraid that Zhang Baixi, the elm pimple, would talk about this kind of thing.

Of course, he also knows the current crisis of Emperor Guangxu, but what can he do, the country is getting richer and stronger, and there is infighting at this time, not to mention that the emperor can't be saved, and even the country will be lost from now on.

After thinking for a moment, he decided not to speak, and remained silent.

Seeing that he was silent, Zhang Baixi continued to persuade: "Can't you still see it? For example, today all the capital is in the hands of the prime minister, the emperor has lived and died in the first line, and there is no shortage of loyal people among the ministers. The prime minister has set up a new constitution on his own, and everyone can set up his own political faction, so we might as well build a royalist faction, absorb hundreds of officials and soldiers to follow each other, and strengthen its momentum, even if it is not able to protect the emperor, it will certainly make the prime minister, Lu Guangquan and others feel deeply jealous. ”

Qu Hongji smiled bitterly, Hu Chuyuan didn't care if other officials were royalists or not, the internal minister, the foreign minister, and the ministers of the navy and army must not be royalists, as long as there was a slight sign of it, Hu Chuyuan would be replaced immediately.

Qu Hongji could only sigh and said to Zhang Baixi: "Brother, don't worry too much, the prime minister is a loyal and righteous person, and he is deeply grateful to the emperor, and he will never do anything to be sorry for the emperor." ”

Zhang Baixi said: "In this case, I'm afraid that the virtuous brother himself won't believe it, right?" ”

"...... this?" Qu Hongji was speechless for a while, and only after a while did he say: "I'm afraid I can't participate in the formation of a new party, but as long as I am still in the position of internal minister, I will definitely support my brother." ”

Zhang Baixi was very satisfied when he heard this, and said with a smile: "Okay, I want you to say this...... Before this happens, it's best that only you and I know! ”

Qu Hongji nodded slightly and said, "Brother, don't worry, I am not a person without faith." ”

Zhang Baixi said: "Of course. ”

Zhang Baixi only came to Qu Hongji on the grounds of applying for education funding allocation, and he couldn't delay too long, so he hurriedly left soon.

When he left, Qu Hongji continued to handle other official duties, but he was nervous in his heart and couldn't help but be a little flustered.

After thinking deeply in his heart, he finally picked up the phone, dialed the prime minister's office, and told Hu Chuyuan about Zhang Baixi's plan to organize royalists.

To his surprise, Hu Chuyuan did not have any grudge against this, but instead asked him to pay attention to protecting the various basic rights and freedoms of all political parties in the new constitution.

By the way, Hu Chuyuan also said another thing, he also wanted to establish his own grand public party, to build China into a great power and to seek equality, prosperity and autonomy of the people as his own responsibility, the ruling ideology belongs to the more hardline constitutionalists, that is, the emperor is not allowed to interfere in internal and foreign affairs, only as a national symbol, and the prime minister's office has the real power to control the country.

After the National Assembly system is established, a new system of universal suffrage will be introduced to determine the seats of all parties in the National Assembly, and the rest will be finalized in accordance with the rules of the new Constitution, and the prime minister will be elected for a maximum of two consecutive terms and a maximum of three terms.

In other words, Hu Chuyuan himself can only serve three terms, and someone else must interrupt it once in the middle.

Qu Hongji saw a very big hope, and he was still discussing it on the phone, so he couldn't wait to ask to join the Grand Ducal Party that Hu Chuyuan was preparing to build.

He knew that he must not take it lightly, the time when Hu Chuyuan was bound to be interrupted was a very important opportunity, and there were many people who had the ability to compete with him, he, Lu Guangquan, Lu Chuanlin, and Zhang Zhidong all had a 20% chance, and Dai Hongci and Hu Pinyuan each had a 10%.

The so-called politician is a person who wants to enter politics, wants to get ahead, and wants to achieve great things.

At this point, Qu Hongji, Lu Chuanlin, and Zhang Zhidong are all the same.

(To be continued)