Tianjin, North China.

This is the most prosperous land and water wharf in North China, and it is at this time that the crown is gathered. Two days ago, the two peace talks arrived here, and the officials of Tianjin City went to greet them, and it was very lively and disturbing for a while. At this time, the foreign ministers in Tianjin also met together, and the scene was warm and harmonious. In order to do a good job in this errand and decorate the face of the Qing Dynasty, all the officials in Tianjin donated money for two months, the loess mat road, decorated with colorful paintings, and the elderly sent rice and meat.

As soon as Shi Duo arrived, he held a cocktail party, pulled down the face of the minister of the military machine, and feasted the representatives of ministers of various countries. The etiquette is attentive and thoughtful, it is said that for this cocktail party, the world is a great military aircraft, but in Yanjing City, these etiquettes have begun to be practiced!

It is said that the arrival of this delegation in Tianjin is just a matter of being with Shiduo Tan Si and them, and they are not so beautiful. quietly got off the boat, and then stayed in a hotel in the British Concession in Tianjin. It's just that some people on the dock saw these people getting off the boat and coming, and they spat a lot and laughed and cursed a few words. According to those present, these little men were dressed in black, all of them were blue-faced, and they walked as fast as if they had encountered a ghost!

The little devil is here to make peace, if you are not honest, can it still be done?

When the mission arrived in Tianjin, it only issued a few reputations.

1. The Empire has come to seek peace.

Second, the overall situation of East Asia must be stable, and the status of all countries in East Asia must not undergo drastic changes. If there is a change that threatens the stability of the situation in Asia, the empire will fight to the end for peace in East Asia.

3. The Chinese side said that peace talks must be formal and meticulous in determining the pattern of East Asia in the next 100 years, and it is recommended that the attachés of the two sides first discuss the entire agenda with the envoys and mediators of the great powers, and then properly conduct negotiations.

4. Before the conclusion of the peace talks, the empire will unite as one and will not make any statement or move to change the current situation, and it is hoped that the Qing will also abide by its duty.

5. His Excellency Hirobumi Ito, Prime Minister of the Imperial Empire, shall be solely responsible for this peace negotiation, and the decision of Hirobumi Ito shall be the final decision of the Empire.

When the statement came out, the Chinese representatives pondered it for a while, and Tan Sitong, including Tan Si, was inclined to say that this delegation was straining up and negotiating, that is, negotiating between the two countries. The little devil is defeated, but he still has to hold the shelf. We can't give in here. Shiduo also laughed and scolded a few words: "Than calm? The little devil is still far away! Let's be happy, just relax, the attaché just go to talk, etiquette and ceremony, and talk to them word by word, drag, drag them to death! They love to live in Tianjin for as long as they want, whatever they want! Anyway, we don't need to open a room and pay for dinner! ”

In the next few days, sure enough, the two attachés were in contact, all of them were polite, but every minute had to be argued for a long time, and after two days of contact, who would enter the door first and who would enter the door later, and how to arrange the seats, they had not yet been discussed. The Shiduo military plane has been working for a long time, and the military plane has been on an errand, which is famous all over the world, and you have to get up at three o'clock in the morning to go to court. When I arrived in Tianjin, I visited the guests and passed on a few teams to listen to the two scenes quietly, which was really a bit fun.

Tan Sitong is not as easy as Shiduo, and this peace talk is his first blow to the political stage, which can only be done well, not smashed. In Tianjin, he tried his best to collect the materials he could get his hands on and was reluctant to study them day and night, and if Xu Yifan also gave him quite a lot of materials in the Qing Times, he was somewhat of a copy of the textbook. This time, I really read it to my heart. Midnight often rises in cloak and only moans in the atrium.

Can we take this road?

Tianjin's Tianzi, when the mission was said to have a heart, and the Qing mission was calm, slid like water. Until Xu Yifan's article was issued.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "Resurrection!" Back! Do you see this? ”

Four or five people rushed into Tan Sitong's bedroom one after another, but Tan Sitong's personal old servant couldn't stop him. The system is closed, Tan Sitong's place is not bad, both spacious, and the furniture is also of the highest quality, Jinhaiguan knows that Tan Sitong is the new school, and specially let a small western-style building come out, but Tan Sitong is around, or there are only a few envoys.

Tan Si read the same book late last night, and he thought about it a little deeper, and went to bed with his clothes on, but he only closed his eyes for a while. With so many people rushing in, he was also slightly unhappy. Listen to the voice, it is still Kang Youwei, Yang Rui, Lin Xu and a few other colleagues. He couldn't say anything, so he rubbed his eyes and smiled: "Everyone, why did you come early?" Say what happened to me? With the heroism of Hirobumi Ito, he won't be out of breath so soon! ”

Kang Youwei rushed to the front, with a triumphant look between his eyebrows, and put a stack of newspaper manuscripts in front of Tan Sitong: "Resurrection, look at what your brother said!" He turned out to be a chariot and horse, and wanted to turn Liangjiang into a foreign land in the Qing Dynasty! He actually wants to make a situation of his own, a prince! Hmph, maybe there is still the meaning of winning the world! Brother Fusheng, your defense of your brother is now too kind! ”

Tan Si was stunned, shook his head, and looked at the people in front of him with heavy expressions. He was not as excited as he used to be, so he beckoned the old servant to give him a hot towel, and rolled his eyes deeply, before he picked up the stack of newspaper manuscripts and looked at them carefully.

The more he looked, the heavier his face became. At the end, he put down the manuscript paper and remained silent for a long time.

Kang Youwei sat down opposite Tan Sitong, and gently patted the arm of the chair with his hand: "Resurrection, how's it?" What my brother said before, everything is right, right? Now it's up to us to take a stand, especially to resurrect you, and even more so to stand still! I, Kang Nanhai, am already notorious in Xu Yifan's mouth, I don't need to distinguish anything, but you are the resurrected brother, now you must express something! ”

Speaking of which, he was proud: "Haha! Ha ha! I didn't expect that I, a scholar in Kang Nanhai, in addition to being upright, had no power to restrain the chicken, and I was so blue-eyed by that Haidong handsome! It's a pity, it's a pity, although the one in Liangjiang knows people, but he doesn't know the general trend! The center has me waiting, this child disaster is not far away! ”

Seeing Kang Youwei shaking his head, Lin Xu and Yang Rui couldn't help but secretly shake their heads, they really couldn't understand how Xu Yifan would just pick Kang Youwei and scold him, with Xu Yifan's current status, don't say who is blue-eyed, even if he scolds his ancestors for eight generations, they all look down on each other.

Although Kang Youwei's demeanor is really a bit like that now, this guy is right. Xu Yifan put on such a posture and announced it to the world. Tan Sitong and Xu Yifan have a very close relationship, and now they must express that this position must stand firm!

Thinking of this, several people wanted to open their mouths to persuade Tan Sitong. But Tan Sitong shook his head and said lightly: "My brother, but he also wants to be the cause of Changzhou and Satsuma............ It's a bit paradoxical, but it's true. If Xu Yifan doesn't say it, shouldn't we cheer up and refresh? Should we not change the way of employing people, should we not change this method of governance? He stood on the truth in every word! ”

Tan Sitong said so, Yang Rui, the oldest among them, nodded slightly, he had experience in traveling to the screen, and he also assisted Zhang Zhidong. Xu Yifan's move, although it is arrogant, really can't find anything wrong. Just one Liangjiang does not need to donate classes, so how many readers secretly applaud! And now the whole world is looking at Liangjiang, Xu Yifan is so high-profile, it is difficult for the local governor to say that he can't learn from him, everyone knows that now the imperial court is not only guarding a name, how can it have the strength to fight with Xu Yifan? can only compromise and secretly stumble on him, as long as Xu Yifan doesn't tear his face for a while, there is always a way to think of it, he can breathe a sigh of relief, and he can maintain the face of the center.

But Xu Yifan is shouting out now, if the center of the court does not cheer up. How can those governors of the world, who also hold soldiers and wealth in their hands, not follow the same example, and now they are self-dedicated, waiting for the general trend of the world to change?

Xu Yifan's move seems to be as domineering as his usual behavior, but it is an excellent means to break this boring situation with strength! How can these people in the center deal with it?

Everything is not important now, but the center must quickly cheer up, hurry up and come up with means and methods, and compete with Xu Yifan for the first place in this trend! After all, the center of the imperial court has another advantage, that is, the righteous name of the dynasty for more than 200 years!

But just by them, with those imperial Qingliu who are even more bookish than them, plus the characters of the Hou Party. What can be done? Tan Sitong, is it better than Xu Yifan?

Thinking of this, Yang Rui regretted it slightly, whether he came to Beijing this time was right or wrong. If you stay in Shanghai, you may not be able to find a way out, right?

They didn't say anything, but Kang Youwei's face turned red, and he stood up and wanted to refute Tan Sitong. Tan Sitong stood up with his clothes up, and said: "This is Chuanqing forcing us to speed up the pace!" Peacetalks, we must hurry up, spread the word that this twist and turn shook the world, needless to say, we are in the center, we must come up with bigger and better news to overshadow him! It is clear that this is not to see that we are lazy and lie down, and then force us to move forward! Tan someone can only move forward! Come on, prepare your clothes and hats, I want to pay a visit to Lord Shidor, and I must start peace talks with him! ”

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Tianjin, British Concession.

The place where the people lived was a hotel run by the shipping company in Tianjin. Specially entertained between the middle and middle of the official dignitaries. When Hirobumi Ito and others arrived, they requisitioned this place.

Not only is the gate heavily guarded, but the British Concession authorities have also sent a considerable number of concession patrols to maintain security here. The core figure of the mission is undoubtedly Ito Hirobumi. But in the past few days, Ito Hirobumi has been lying on the second floor with poor health, no matter who comes to see, even if it is the minister of the great powers, it is his subordinates who are sorry to prevaricate, it is really difficult to understand whether this Meiji hero is here to negotiate or to recuperate.

However, everyone in the mission knew that Ito Hirobumi was really in good health.

In Yueben, his body looked like it was getting worse, the wind and waves on the boat were bumpy, and when he went ashore in Tianjin, he fainted again in the carriage. After he settled down, he fell asleep or woke up every day. But as soon as he woke up, he asked people to open the windows facing south, and despite the cold wind in winter, he was wrapped in a quilt and looked south, no one knew what he was waiting for.

But even if Ito Hirobumi is so sick and broken, no one dares to go against his will! In his illness, he was more majestic and silent. His bony shoulders seemed to support all his hopes!

The door was gently pushed open, and an attaché bowed respectfully ninety degrees at the door: "Your Excellency............ Mr. Toyama has arrived......"

Hirobumi Ito was sitting on a tatami with only a small lump. Inside the room, I saw his eyes flash, struggling to sit up. The attaché rushed in to support him, Ito Hirobumi's voice was unexpectedly full of energy, this kind of vigorous spirit, I don't know how long I haven't seen it in him!

"Toushan-kun? Toushan-kun! Please come in! Come on in! ”

The figure at the door flashed, but it was full of mountains. He was dressed in a Chinese cotton robe with a silk leather shoulder. It looks like a well-to-do businessman in Tianjin Wei, with a fake braid hanging from his back. Seeing Ito Hirobumi like this, his eyes flashed, and he was also shocked by Ito Hirobumi's haggard appearance now, Ito Hirobumi now, I don't even know if there are ninety pounds!

"Your Excellency ............"

Ever since Ito Hirobumi gave Toyama a special fee of 6 million yuan, he has been ordered to stay in northern China. All relationships have been used, and all the doors that can be taken have all been given benefits. He frantically collected all the intelligence and information about the recent situation in the Qing Dynasty, regardless of whether it came in handy or not. Ito Hirobumi's mental plan is probably the most that only Toyama can guess. When Ito Hirobumi arrived, Toyama Mitsuru didn't go to visit, he probably knew what Ito Hirobumi was waiting for, but how many opportunities there were, not only to hope for Ito Hirobumi's ability and strategy, but also to count on the confusion and weakness of Daqing itself!

The chances are so small that they can imagine, but they have to fight for them!

Small countries miss out on luck, and then they have a hard time, that's the case.

Seeing Ito Hirofumi looking at him with blazing eyes, his head was full of people who didn't dare to slack off, and walked in in a hurry, saluting in a proper manner. He also took out a stack of copying newspapers and handed it over with both hands.

"Your Excellency, I finally waited, Xu Yifan, as Your Excellency expected, is really a vigorous and resolute person............ This is the first time he arrived in Liangjiang, he sent out in the form of electricity............ The center of the Qing Kingdom should be in a hurry............"

Ito Hirofumi carefully read the newspaper over and over again, and finally clapped his legs and stood up: "After fifty years of life, what more regrets are you to have this opponent?" Well, let Ito, who came out of the mountain pass, fight him one last time! ”

His tone is like a friend of gold and stone, and the ominous and lonely meaning makes Tou Shan's back cold sweat actually emerge!

"Your Excellency!"

Ito Hirofumi stood up straight, with a flushed look on his face, and quietly glanced at Toushanman: "Toushan-kun, we have all experienced such an era in this life, do you think there is anything that can't be put down?" Life is just like this, don't worry about me, blooming or withering in this era, my generation is also lucky! ”

He laughed and ordered loudly: "Prepare clothes and hats, ask for dresses, and I'll go to meet the British minister!" ”

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Suzhou.

Two hours ago, Wu Yiming's cavalry also flew straight into Suzhou City. These horsemen were dressed all night, covered in stinky sweat, and their horses were tied with bells everywhere. In the future, as long as there is a little identity, who sees these nights and does not hide far away. As soon as these two riders entered the Panmen today, they set off huge waves in Suzhou City.

"Chen Fenglou and Chen Junmen have arrived!"

Suzhou is now a refugee camp for Jiangning officialdom. During the two days, officials who were driven out by Xu Yifan continued to come by boat and car, and came in groups. Go to Ronglu and cry. Rong Lu also folded his spirits and comforted them one by one. Suzhou officialdom was also mobilized almost completely, and almost all the inns in Suzhou City were closed. Arrange for these officials to stay. Burning wood for dinner is all the expenses of the governor's yamen. Not only that, but also a subsidy, different official positions, from the highest 200 per month, until the miscellaneous can also get 20 taels of silver a month.

There are many refugee officials, and there are naturally more rights and wrongs in Suzhou. Those who scold the street, those who visit the door, and those who are in a bad mood and spill with wine. The scoop yard is jealous............ If there is chaos in every place, Rong Lu has to work hard to reconcile. Rong Lu has a plan, now the big guy has to twist into a rope and fuck Xu Yifan!

In the past few days, not only have to settle them, but also have to send telegrams back to Jiangning City, and the gentry from all over the country have written letters and contacts, and they have to report the situation here to the imperial court. Rong Lu has already lost a lot of weight. Last night, Jiangning General Yukun also arrived. Throughout the night, Suzhou officialdom jumped with chickens and dogs, and I didn't sleep at all! Rong Lu personally ran before and after, entertaining Yukun. Talk to him again. Yu Kun is okay, as long as he has entertained and settled the hundreds of people he has brought with him, he doesn't have any special requirements. Just lying on the couch and sighing. Rong Lu, who was worried, also sat with him all night. The two are relatively speechless more often, and less when they are in high spirits.

Dealing with Xu Yifan is really a difficult thing!

In and out of the words of the two, there is always one thing missing, Wu Yi Mingjun, fucking hurry up!

When the ride arrived, the two brothers were talking with each other, when they heard the sound of footsteps outside the house, and the sound had not yet arrived. It was Rong Lu's confidants, and his voice was a little crying: "Master Zhongcheng, Master Zhongcheng, Chen Junmen has arrived, Chen Junmen has arrived!" ”

With a bang, Yukun threw the cigarette gun in his hand far away! The Manchurian general jumped up from the couch barefoot, staring at Rong Lu with his eyes and lips squirming, but he couldn't say a word.

Rong Lu leaned back in his chair, his eyes closed, his head raised to the sky, and he muttered that he didn't know what he was talking about.

To be honest, before Chen Fenglou and Wu Yi Mingjun arrived, if Xu Yifan simply used the power of the Praetorian Guards to force Suzhou, Rong Lu and Yukun would be boiled. In fact, Rong Lu's task to deal with Xu Yifan is no matter how happy it is. What Xu Yifan wants to compete with the court is the general trend and reputation. If he does this, he will behave too ugly when the time is far from ripe. There's no more pretense, and what do you pretend to be just for the country?

But from Rong Lu onwards, who is willing to serve the court like this? The work has to be done, and one's own safety and glory and wealth are not so insignificant.

As soon as Chen Fenglou arrives, if he doesn't start a war, they will have no worries in Suzhou! can entrench in this stronghold and constantly make Xu Yifan disgusting and looking for trouble, and it is the safety of Mount Tai! Could it be that Xu Yifan really transferred tens of thousands of soldiers to fight Suzhou? Joke, Xu Yifan is not stupid to that point!

The two of them were as excited as if they were something, and the family had already pushed open the door. The future of the master is the future of the slave. The family was also trembling with excitement, kneeling down and kowtowing.

"Lord Zhongcheng is overjoyed, Chen Jun has been traveling day and night, and it has finally arrived!"

Rong Lu finally recovered, opened his eyes and nodded reservedly: "Go down, ask people to prepare, I will meet the Chen army for thirty miles!" ”

"Let's go, too! There are not many loyal ministers in the Qing Dynasty, and Chen Jun is counted as one! Yukun jumped to his feet and echoed beside him.

Rong Lu stood up under duress and snorted: "Chen Jun has arrived, I want to see if Jiang Ning's side is looking at the heat, and they should also have trouble with Xu Yifan!" ”

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "Old sister, I'm back!" ”

Pu Yang's loud voice came in from outside the courtyard. The rough servant woman who was in charge of the door hastened to open the door.

Xiuning's home in Jiangning is far from her small building in the capital. However, the yard of the house is also very small. In addition to two personal maids, he hired four or five maids and servants in the local area. I don't even have a cook, so I still choose a clean restaurant on the street to pack rice and deliver it to my door every day.

Although the place is small and the life is simple, I can take care of my most distressed brother so closely. There are no more intrigues in the capital, and there are no more so many flag-man ladies chewing her tongue behind their backs. Xiuning was here, and the smile on her face was much more. The little Lori twins looked at the young lady like this, and they were happy for her from the bottom of their hearts.

Pu Yang walked into the small courtyard in winter, looked at the lid of the water tank, reached out and scooped half a scoop of water from the gourd, and took a big mouthful: "Cold!" ”

Xiuning bit a needle, holding the Praetorian Guard uniform that Pu Yang had changed out of his hand, looking at Pu Yang's appearance, he reached out and twisted his ear: "Bastard boy, that's the water I watered the flowers!" When you're thirsty, won't you ask for water from a kettle? I'm in diarrhoea, see who's going to take care of you! ”

Pu Yang begged for mercy, Xiu Ning threw away his ears hatefully, straightened out the goose yellow sideburns, and looked at his sturdy old brother: "Why did you come back today?" You're on duty at the superintendent's office, and you only go home once every five days............ What's going on today? Handsome Kaig? ”

Pu Yang smiled: "Hi! I'm going on a business trip with Dashuai! In three or two days, we have to go to Suzhou, and the handsome man will be sympathetic to us and let us go home and put it in place............ Old sister, follow us Xu Dashuai, your brother is a hard worker! Speaking of which, we are also cheap, but running is refreshing! ”

"To Suzhou?" Xiuning was dusting the stone bench in the small courtyard with a handkerchief, preparing to sit down, and straightened up when she heard this.

"Suzhou, that's the territory of Ronglu, the governor of Jiangsu! How could you Xu Dashuai go? The Governor has always been an enemy, how can anyone move lightly? He wants to find Rong Lu's discomfort? What is the head? ”

Pu Yang laughed, this can be said that he Pu Fourth Master arrested three hundred and eighty-nine hall officials in one night, and also suppressed the pride of Jiangning's general Yukun. At that moment, he explained the reason for the incident, completely ignoring Xiuning's face becoming more and more pale.

“………… Didn't those officials all run towards Ronglu? Wang Ba Yan, the person who was driven away by the handsome, Rong Lu's kid can take it? Not to mention arguing with us! North Korea, let's get rid of him once, not this time! Dashuai has already sent an excerpt, and when the world is electrified, Liangjiang will be refreshed and improved! Or can there be a good child in this world? Old sister, don't look at your brother's lack of interest before, look at it, I'll show you how to mix up with the president of a town in the Praetorian Guard! ”

"You............ Your surname is Aixin Jueluo............" Xiuning just listened silently, and after a while, he said quietly.

"What's wrong with Aixin Jueluo? Aixin Jueluo can't do serious things? Old sister, I'll be honest with you. Dashuai is definitely the future of the king with a different surname, and it is not impossible to Yongzhen Liangjiang! Now let me go back to Yanjing City, and I'm not happy to be crowned a county king! Suffocating a person, how can it be so refreshing as it is now? Old sister, you just wait to enjoy my blessings! ”

Pu Yang raised his head and said loudly, but he looked at his old sister looking at him with an extraordinarily complicated look. He couldn't tell what this look was. I just felt that there was something in that look that I subconsciously wanted to escape.

In the end, Xiuning gritted her thin white teeth and brushed the hair on her sideburns: "Let's go!" Brother, you introduce me, I'm going to see you Xu Dashuai! ”

With a bang, Pu Yang sat on the ground, and the sound of the sound alarmed the little Lori twins who were ironing their clothes in the room, one holding an iron, and the other holding his clothes to poke his head at the door to see what was going on outside.

"Old sister, this is not a joke wow............ Dashuai is not Lafayette, what kind of thing is it for you to go to see him as a woman? Besides, what are you going for? Ask me for a messenger, or for me something? I don't need to! ”

Xiuning smiled faintly, but there was a lot of sadness in this smile: "The old sister is for you............ After leaving Yanjing, I felt that the family was guarding the preciousness of the day............ Brother, you just believe me once, introduce your sister, can you succeed? ”

The wind blew gently, Xiuning's slender body trembled slightly, and her beautiful face was at this moment.

But it's so white that it's almost transparent.

(To be continued)