A rush auction swept four of the top ten business gangs in the world, and the court was not at peace, and a super financial industrial and commercial group like a giant was created. Under the splendid flowers, there is Yang Hao's imminent resistance to the power hidden.

If Li Hongzhang knew that the surname Yang was so wolf-like, he actually came to cheer in person. The power that was going to be used to overturn the mess that he had worked so hard to run for decades was actually integrated by him, I don't know if he would vomit blood on the spot in anger!

And those nobles who came from the capital, bothered Bala to spend a lot of money, please go back with a bunch of books that can't be banned at all, and by the way, donate valuable funds for the gravediggers of the Manchu Dynasty. When their emperor and the Empress Dowager of the West understood, they didn't know how they would feel.

Anyway, Yang Hao and his group of young revolutionaries were very proud and ready to do a big job.

After Li Hongzhang went back, he didn't have time to think about it at all, he had been overwhelmed by the drastic deterioration of the situation on the Goryeo Peninsula!

On July 23, just after the auction, the Japanese army brazenly broke into the palace of Goryeo, hijacked King Yi Hee's brother Yi Jae-mian to the throne, and forced Yi Xi to issue an edict against himself, along with Concubine Min, who was actually in power, to step down and be imprisoned. This forced the Kingdom of Goryeo to complete the replacement of pro-Japanese forces.

On July 25, the Oshima Yoshima Brigade of the Japanese Army, with the full strength of one wing, suddenly launched a fierce attack on the headquarters of Nie Shicheng and Ye Zhichao, with a total of 5,000 people.

Nie Bu hurriedly responded to the battle, barely blocking the frontal enemy. Unexpectedly, Ye Zhichao panicked, and when he was in front of the enemy, he immediately retreated. The guide zhì Nie was almost attacked by the enemy. had to give up the Chenghuanyi Front. Retreat to Gongju.

However, Nie Shicheng didn't expect it. On the 28th, he had not yet arrived in Gongzhou with the retreating troops, and he met Ye Zhichao leading the army to retreat north! They thought they couldn't fight, so they had to go around to Pyongyang, which was hundreds of miles away, to reorganize the array.

If you just run away, it's okay. But Ye Zhichao was so happy with this work, he not only discarded a large number of artillery ammunition and baggage that he had not been able to transport with great difficulty, but also claimed to have won a battle with shame!

He probably hadn't seen the methods of the "National News". As a result, the front foot sent a telegram to report the victory, and the back foot unceremoniously revealed the old bottom to him outside the number!

Li Hongzhang told these guys to be careful. Work with heart. Unexpectedly, he still made such a scandalous thing, in the face of the overwhelming impeachment of the Manchu Dynasty and all kinds of ridicule from the outside world, he sent a message of reprimand, and sent Yuan Shikai directly to Pyongyang. The purpose is to stare at those people and stop making jokes.

When the news reached the capital, Emperor Guangxu was in a bad mood. I didn't care about appreciating the exquisite books I had just gotten in my hands, and I gave a sharp order to reprimand Li Hongzhang for how to do things.

Weng Tongyi and a group of Qingliu gloated, jumping down the well. The result was not happy for two days. On July 30, "Guowen Daily" posted a private conversation between Master Weng and his student Wang Bogong.

The background of the conversation. In June, the situation in Goryeo became more and more urgent, and the DPRK and China were full of voices. Wang Bogong expressed his worries, saying that "our country is inferior to others in terms of weapons and tactics, and we cannot start a war rashly."

Weng Tonggong ridiculed him for being a scholar and said: "Li Hongzhang has been ruling the army for decades and sweeping away how many bad people!" Now, there is a navy and land force in Beiyang, which is in full swing, how can it not even fight a battle? ”

Wang Bogong believes that "only by knowing oneself and knowing one's opponent can one win a hundred battles." Now that we know that we are indeed inferior to others, where is the hope of victory? ”

Weng Tonggong said a terrible sentence: "I am trying to try its goodness, thinking that the land will be rectified." ”

What do you mean? "Aren't you Li Hongzhang a cow? Well, I'm about to let him try it on the battlefield to see if it's a mule or a horse, and there will be room for him to be rectified in the future. ”

This sentence is really terrible!

Regardless of the great contradiction between you and Li Hongzhang, the current war period is related to the fate of the country, and the popularization of the "Guowen Bao" knows that it must be twisted into a rope to unite with the outside world. Once lost, the kingdom of China for thousands of years will be trampled under the feet of a small state that is a slave, and it is more likely to attract the great powers that are eyeing it up and devouring it!

Under such a crisis, your master Weng has many constraints, and it is just a matter of exerting pressure. What is the intention of saying such heartbreaking words? Where the hell are you standing?

This text is not long, and the editor did not add fuel and vinegar, and completely stood on the force field of bystanders and faithfully reported it.

But inside and outside the capital, all over the country, it caused a bang!

Weng Tongyi, that is the emperor of the two dynasties, the leader of the world's clear stream, a moral model, and an almost perfect leader. It's such nonsense, and there's no discipline anymore!

Due to the word-of-mouth and credibility accumulated over the past three consecutive months, the vast majority of readers did not suspect the "Guowen Daily" of fraud at the first time!

What's worse is that Weng Tongyi's gang can shake a small fan and say cool things, and it is okay to calculate people behind their backs, but they don't know anything about controlling public opinion and crisis public relations. They didn't even come out to deny it in the first place.

And as a few of the parties involved, their cheeks are not as thick as they have experienced. Emperor Guangxu, who was furious, summoned to the palace to ask, but he couldn't speak.

Now it's tantamount to not admitting yourself.

The gossip in the capital spread not as fast as usual, and in the blink of an eye, almost everyone knew that Weng Tongyi had really said that.

The Empress Dowager Xi has to listen to people read the newspaper every day, and Li Lianying deliberately picked out the news first, and dropped the cup angrily at that time.

Li Hongzhang, that's her person. The Beiyang Navy Division Huaijun also listened to her call. If you want to beat and punish and clean up, that's what she Lafayette can do. You are a bad old man, and it's just a matter of going against the emperor, and you actually went up to the pole to dig up the old lady's family? It seems that I don't want to live a good life anymore.

What's more, Li Hongzhang had only won a battle before, and he was needed to concentrate on his work, did you Master Weng say something like that, did he still have any means hidden in private?

The Empress Dowager Cixi wanted to clean up this person for a long time, but she couldn't find a chance, and she couldn't get the evidence of this old guy.

Today, I have a handle and a lifelong struggle for the Yehenala clan, and I will definitely not let go of the opportunity.

As if God didn't help, the front foot finished reporting, and a large group of Goryeo Confucian students on the back foot didn't know where to get the news, so they actually ran to the palace collectively to knock on the central government. Please ask the emperor to issue an order to clean up the villain, support Li Hongzhang to use troops to Goryeo, and expel the Japanese invaders.

If you want to say that there are fewer people who send charcoal in the snow, there are more people who fall into the well. There are more people who look at Weng Tong's displeasure, and there are not a few people who are angry with him.

As a result, the folds of impeachment of Weng Tonggong were overwhelming, and in the blink of an eye, they overshadowed Li Hongzhang's weight. Later, the head of the party, Sun Yuwen, was impassioned in the court and spoke loudly and denounced. Weng Tongyi is a Taoist gentleman, and the matter of face has always been more important than life. At this moment, he stabbed someone into the heart, and vomited blood on the spot!

On the evening of July 31, Guangxu Weifu went to Wengfu in Dongdan Ertiao Hutong to visit the master who had to quit and open a vacancy.

Weng Tongyi was lying on the bed, holding a white towel on his forehead, looking at Guangxu sadly, with tears in his eyes.

He struggled to come down and salute, but was held down by Guangxu and reassured: "Master Weng has been tired for many years, so it's good to rest for a while." Now that the government and the opposition are united, they will definitely be able to defeat the only Japanese slaves. When the days are calm, it's not too late to help me. ”

Weng Tongxiao's heart couldn't say anything about the grievance. He was ready to make a big show and assist the emperor to be a wise monarch through the ages, but he was knocked to the ground by a cold gun. The annoyance, resentment, and shame are indescribable.

The emperor said so, and he would be a fool if he believed it. When he wants to come back, it depends on whether the Queen Mother is happy or not.

Although he fell to such a point, he was still loyal, grabbed Guangxu's hand and sighed: "The emperor's kindness, the old minister can't repay it with broken bones." There is a reason for this incident, and the emperor must still make up his mind about state affairs, and he must not give in lightly. ”

Guangxu clenched his fists and nodded solemnly: "I will definitely fight this battle until the Japanese people are completely convinced." ”

Weng Tongyi sighed again, what he meant was to let the emperor resist the pressure of the West Palace, it was not as simple as fighting. Besides, if he could easily defeat Japan, he would not have started a war with all his might. Don't you sincerely help Li Hongzhang brush up the credit?

The emperor is still young!

Weng Tongyi had to change the set of words: "It's a good thing that the emperor wants to understand Western countries, but just read the books of the foreigners, and don't learn their way of beasts." Upholding the orthodoxy of my saints and educating people's hearts is the right way. ”

After the set of "Encyclopedia Britannica" was delivered, Guangxu's favorite hand could not release the volume. The books "The Rise of Great Powers", "A Brief History of Chinese Inventions", "Theory of Sea Power", "Theory of War", and "Theory of Heavenly Evolution" that Yan Fu participated in the revision of were specially sent to the palace before, all of which aroused his great interest and he often read them.

Weng Tongyi and others were very unhappy about this. An emperor who does not learn the books of sages and sages, always works these low-level paths, which is not the way of kings.

Although Guangxu didn't think so, he didn't want to refute his face, and nodded: "I know." ”

Weng Tongyi also instructed: "Newspapers are quite confusing. If the imperial court can't handle it, it must also be carefully controlled. Once it is mastered by people with ill intentions, it is not a good thing for the imperial court and the state system. Westerners' freedom of speech under false pretense is a harm that shakes the country's foundation, and cannot be ignored. ”

Guangxu frowned slightly, Master Weng's heart is inevitably a little smaller, right? If people tell the truth, you have to start eradicating it? All in all, "Guowen Bao" has always been quite orthodox.

But since he came, he always had to give the old master a comfort, and he agreed. It's just that this attitude can't hide Weng Tongyi's eyes at all.

For a while, he was worried about Master Weng, who was loyal to the Qing Dynasty. If it goes on like this, there will be problems in the Great Qing Dynasty! There are many fatherless and monarchless people in the world, which is by no means the blessing of the imperial court. No, if you can't persuade him today, he also has to tell Zhang Jian that those students must take care of the emperor.

After Guangxu left, Weng Tongyi sighed for a long time and couldn't sleep at night.

The second question, on August 1, 1894, China and Japan declared war at the same time! (To be continued......)

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