Chapter 40: Face Saint (I) Asks for Recommendation
A copy of "Tai Xice" and a "Prosperous Danger", the former made Tang Haoran famous at home, while the latter made him even more famous because of the respect of the emperor and local officials, and became famous for a while.
From offering "yarn, silk, coal, and boats" to the four policies of enriching the country, and then to the establishment of the anti-smoking bureau, which can not only "gradually ban and level tobacco and drugs", but also expand wealth from the government, in just a few months, Hubei Province's annual income is more than one million taels, which is really amazing.
Whether it is slanderous or famous, as a group of gossip officials under the hint of Weng Tonggong, they have folded up one after another to support "choosing a place in Taiwan and trying out the new policy to prove its effectiveness", and this is exactly from the "Special Economic Zone" chapter of "The Danger of the Prosperous Age" "Take a corner of the country first, so as not to hurt the foundation of the country with the new policy".
If it is put aside in the past, and some people mention "changing the law", "reform", "new policy" and even "foreign affairs", there will immediately be a clear stream jumping out to criticize it, which will all support it, not only because the "Prosperous Age Danger" is highly respected by the emperor, but also in a certain way, they even agree with the so-called in the book, especially the "new school" really makes them much more comfortable - the specialized school is like the ancient shogunate for the way of food and clothing for the fallen scholars, giving them expertise, and having specialization, as for what kind of things, mathematics, and foreign languages, it is just "officials." This official is an official, an official is still an official, and this specialized school is just "a place to educate officials".
This kind of differential treatment really makes those gossip officials suddenly feel that their status is a few points higher, and naturally there is no need to criticize them in every way like they do with Western-style schools such as Tongwenguan - there are a few officials who hold the tail of the little officials and do not loosen their heads, although the way of governing officials is for officials, but it is not a joke for an official to stand up and grab the little officials to go to the court.
What is more important is that these gossip officials realized that this could even be extended to the court, and in the future, in the name of the officials who operated foreign affairs, they would suppress the high-minded foreign affairs yamen in various places in the past.
As for the ministers of military aircraft, looking at the emperor's strength, the queen mother did not speak, and naturally kept silent sensibly, and now the excerpt of the "trial new deal" has not yet been discussed by the court, as for the future, it is better to wait for the queen mother to speak.
On the other hand, almost everyone knows that no matter what the situation is, whether the new deal is successful or not, then Tang Ziran is considered a success, and some people think that there will be no one else who will preside over the trial implementation of the new policy in the future, except for Tang Ziran, for no other reason, this matter is mentioned by him, and he will naturally be responsible, and more importantly, he can be appreciated by Weng Changshu, Zhang Nanpi and Li Hefei and other local officials in the DPRK and China, and the future achievements will be limitless.
For a while, the people who came to visit the Tang Mansion broke through the threshold of the Tang family, Tang Haoran finally knew what it meant to be "people are afraid of being famous and pigs are afraid of being strong", although he was annoying, but he could only force a smile, while making friends with the visiting lifter, while trying to select a few talents from them, and at the same time, the news of Liu Sheng's praise from all parties also spread through various channels, so that Tang Haoran's fame became even greater. Occasionally, there were voices of reproach, but who could hear them in the midst of the surging applause?
It was in this piece of applause that Tang Haoran received a holy decree from the palace, which was under the strong recommendation of Weng Tongyi, Tang Haoran just got the grace of the face saint, for the foreign ministers, this is naturally endless "grace", and the place to summon Tang Haoran is the Renshou Hall of the Summer Palace. In the middle of summer, the emperor often came to the Summer Palace to listen to the government, so the courtiers were also on the road in the western suburbs of Beijing. Usually go out of Beijing first, spend the night at the Summer Palace, and buy time early the next morning.
What a big deal it is for the emperor to summon him, as a courtier, he must first make up a little bit of court etiquette and rules, Tang Haoran is naturally no exception to ask people for advice, just when he was thinking that he could not lose his honor and wanted to find someone to ask for advice, Wang Bogong, Weng Tonggong's proud protégé, came to visit in person.
"It's been a long time, Brother Yizheng."
In the face of Wang Bogong's visit, Tang Haoran greeted him at the door, the reason why he was so polite, the reason is simple, he introduced and strongly recommended Wang Bogong to him in the previous Weng Tong Mansion, no need to ask, in the future, Taiwan will try out the new policy, there must be a place. While welcoming him into the living room, after greeting him, Tang Haoran expressed his gratitude.
"I came to visit today because I heard that the emperor was going to summon my brother. Because this is the first time, please pay attention to some ritual notes for Brother Ziran. First of all, the younger brother was served in the court room outside the Summer Palace before dawn. Then there was a supervisor to guide him, enter the palace gate, and when he reached the gate of Renshou Palace, the eunuch retreated. At this time, the elder brother should pay special attention to the threshold, which is two feet high, and there is a wide and thick curtain hanging on the door, which is lifted by the people inside, and allows you to enter. Pay special attention to the rise and fall of the door curtain, it will be very fast, the brother has to keep up, and if you are not careful, you will have one foot in the threshold and one foot outside the threshold. Fortunately, I have taken care of my brother first and asked them to take special care. And ......"
Wang Bogong stood up and picked up a bag of things from the table,
This is a pair of "knee pads", tied to the knees, seeing that the emperor wants to kneel, kneeling for a long time is easy to numb, and the gold bricks are more than a foot thick, although it is hot, but kneeling for a long time will still hurt the knees, and when the time comes, it will not be able to stand up, and it is also a loss of etiquette. These are the experiences of officials, especially for the elder brother. I have something to do in Tianjin, I can't accompany it for a long time, and I may not be able to rush back at night. After sending Brother Ziran to the Summer Palace today, they will wait at the door tomorrow morning. After Jin met the emperor, they sent their brother back to Beijing. ”
For Wang Bogong's advice and care, Tang Haoran naturally expressed his gratitude again. He knew that all the qiē was probably still from Weng Tongyi's instructions, and he thought that now no matter what, he might be inseparable from Qingliu, just like Zhang Zhidong, who was branded with the imperial party, unless he "sold himself" to take refuge at a critical time, otherwise the name of the "imperial party" could not be removed.
Compared with the capital, the early morning of the Summer Palace is slightly cooler than in the city, and there are probably mountains and lakes in this place. When I walked to the Renshou Palace, there were many eunuchs standing outside the hall. Tang Haoran was arranged to be summoned in the third place. After the first two summons met, the sky was already slightly bright, and it was Tang Haoran's turn to enter, the first thing he felt was that the hall was dark, he took a deep breath, and then looked at it calmly, and found that although the palace seat was large, there were only two big candles on the imperial case. Under the imperial case, Tang Haoran hurriedly stepped forward, knelt down, and listened to the question.
Generally, when summoned, the eunuch should first send a "green head sign" to the emperor, and the signature should indicate the age, place of origin, origin, current official and other resumes of the summoned person for future reference. However, this time the "green head sign" was on the side, and Guangxu didn't look at it, indicating that he already knew a lot about Tang Haoran, although he was no stranger to him when they met for the first time.
"I know you very well,"
Guangxu looked carefully at Tang Haoran, who was kneeling on the ground, his words were not loud, and he didn't even feel any majesty.
"Zhang Zhidong sponsored you last year, and Master Weng has also sponsored you many times this year. I asked Master Weng to talk to you once before, and I know everything you said. That day, Master Weng said that the law of the ancestors cannot be changed, you said that the law of the ancestors is to govern the land of the ancestors, and the land of the ancestors cannot be kept, how can there be the law of the ancestors, even if it is a diplomatic office, it is not owned by the law of the ancestors...... Your words are good, Master Weng reported it, and everyone was moved. Later, when I saw your two books again, I deeply felt that I would become the king of the fallen country, and then I wrote to Master Weng "The Political Transformation of Japan" and "The Political Transformation of the Russian Emperor Peter", I read them carefully. In your opinion, how long will it take for China to carry out the reform of the law before we can have a certain situation? ”
Guangxu, who has made up his mind to change the law and restore the reform, will seem a little anxious, on the surface he seems to be weak, and his desire for power is far beyond the imagination of outsiders, but for Tang Haoran, who understands this history, he knows that Guangxu is eager for power, and the reason why he is willing to implement the reform of the law is not that he does not want to be the king of the dead country, but he does not want to be the current kind of hypocrisy, and he hopes to regain power through the reform of the law.
"The Emperor Mingjian. According to the minister's view, Taixi emphasized 300 years of rule, Japan was strong after 30 years, and we have a large number of people in China, and after the law is changed, we should be able to stand on our own feet in three years. ”
Tang Haoran replied calmly, the reason why he said three years was not because of anything else, but because the emperor in front of him was too anxious, if he wasn't anxious, how could it be a tragedy?
"Three years?"
Guangxu thought about it for a while, but he could still endure it for three years.
"The whole country has been doing it for three years, and I believe that three years will definitely be able to make a difference. Tell me about it. ”
"Since the emperor is far-sighted, the period is three years. Three years ago, the emperor had already done this, and the situation in China was different for a long time......"
"Of course I do."
Guangxu looked out of the curtain with a sad look.
"It's just that the power of the restraint is much greater. With so many constraints, tell me, what should I do? How does this change change? ”
What he agreed with Tang Haoran's trial reform was not because of anything else, but only because the reason why Meiji was able to take power from the central government in the "Examination of the Japanese Political Change" was not because of strong local reinforcements? And now the Queen Mother has strong reinforcements in the local area, and as the emperor, where is his strong reinforcement?
In this way, Guangxu naturally hopes that the trial of the new policy in Taiwan can be successful, and just as Master Weng said, if it is said that whoever handles this matter is more likely to succeed, that is, Tang Haoran, and it is precisely because of this that he will leave Liu Mingchuan's request for a vacancy in the middle, and only when the time is ripe, Tang Haoran will be appointed as the governor of Taiwan, and he will try out the new policy in Taiwan.
But thinking about Angelica, he also wanted to know how Tang Haoran would implement the change in the midst of many constraints.
(Another day of power outages, routine circuit maintenance in the summer, from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m., just a chapter, only this chapter today, tomorrow there will be another day of power outage...... )