Chapter 33: Master and Apprentice

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A heavy rain fell in the early morning, accompanied by bursts of spring thunder, pouring rain covering the sky and the earth, and the big drops of rain crackled on the gray roof tiles...... There is no business in such weather. Almost all shops have reopened. The vendors who had already come out of their stalls packed up their bodies and rushed back.

At this time, the city of Beijing became a world of rain.

When Weng Tongyi arrived at the military plane, he saw that several rooms were empty, only the guard eunuch and a few military aircraft Zhang Jing were busy sorting out the papers.

Nodding his head, he asked again, "What about Prince Li?" ”

Since Jiashen Gengshu, on the surface, in the power center of the Great Qing State, the new military aircraft is headed by Prince Li Shiduo, and the General Administration is headed by Beile Yixuan, in fact, it is driven by the Empress Dowager Gan to take charge of the Prince of Alcohol, as for more often Prince Li, Shiduo is just a decoration.

"Back to the adult,"

A military aircraft Zhang Jing smiled.

"Prince Li, I won't come today......

When Weng Tongyi heard this, he just nodded slightly, in the emperor's pro-government, Shiduo asked for the dismissal of the Minister of Military Aircraft, but the Queen Mother did not allow it, although he was still his Minister of Military Aircraft, but he rarely asked about political affairs, or in other words, he rarely took the initiative to meddle in political affairs, so he asked again:

That Zhang Jing hurriedly replied:

"The emperor is ...... in the Palace of Heart Cultivation"

Before he finished speaking, Weng Tongyi had already turned around and walked out of the military aircraft department.

It was only a stone's throw from the military aircraft to the Heart Cultivation Palace, and when Weng Tongyi arrived outside the hanging flower gate of the Heart Cultivation Palace, he was already snow-white. The emperor's personal eunuch and eunuch Wang Jian saw him come in, and greeted him with a smile on his face, and while he was busy brushing away some rain from Weng Tong's body with his sleeve, he said with a smile:

"Master Weng! The slave and maid were about to deliver the decree, but the snow was falling heavily, and the emperor said that Master Weng didn't have to come in. Since it has come, the slave will repay the emperor......"

Saying that, the cat ran in with his feet on his feet. Weng Tongyi was standing there, and after a while, Wang Jian had already run back, and said with his hands: "Master Weng, call in!" The emperor ...... in the Dongnuan Pavilion"

Weng Tongyi only nodded slightly to the two guards, and hurriedly followed, and then listened to Guangxu's words:

"Master Weng? Come on in! ”

Guangxu's voice appeared

"Yes!" Weng Tong hurriedly agreed loudly. He stepped in, calmed down in front of the throne in the outer hall, stepped into the pavilion on the side, prostrated to the ground, and said:

"The minister has seen the emperor's ......!"

Before he finished speaking, Guangxu hurriedly said.

"Master Weng is exempt from courtesy, give me a seat!"

When the eunuch brought the chair, Weng Tongyi thanked him, he sat down, he raised his head, and saw Guangxu sitting on the chair, and there were several books piled up on the table in front of him, and there was a cinnabar pen and inkstone next to it, but the emperor seemed to be reading a book.

"Master Weng, you came just in time, I am reading this book "Tai Xi Ce", this book is really good, the Tai Xi things are eloquent, especially the Ottoman Turkey is the most attractive, I think that when Turkey came to establish itself, its horse's hooves can make the whole of Europe shock for hundreds of years, but only a hundred years, but it has become a weak country bullied by the powerful countries of Thailand, and its national fortune is so amazing......"

Guangxu sighed at Turkey, didn't he sigh at the Great Qing Kingdom, isn't the same with the Great Qing Kingdom? During the Jiashen period, the Manchurians entered the Central Plains with only a few hundred thousand people and became the lords of the Central Plains, but now? The national fortunes of the Great Qing Kingdom are not even as good as Turkey, after all, Turkey still has the prestige of a powerful country for hundreds of years, and on the other hand, the Great Qing Kingdom, who still takes the Great Qing Kingdom seriously?

However, Turkey is still aware of the awakening, and it has already implemented the reform of the law sixty or seventy years ago. The reforms presided over by Mustafa Pasha deprived the local powers of some powers, restored the authority of the Sudan, and continued to promote the reform of the law to maintain the ......"

Guangxu's words made Weng Tongyi nod his head thoughtfully, isn't it, when Turkey promoted the law change, the place next to the monarch's power was similar to the current Qing Dynasty, and the current Great Qing Kingdom, isn't this the case?

Then the two continued to talk, from Turkey's reform to Japan's reform, as far as the heart is concerned, Weng Tongyi still tends to be conservative, and the reason why he supports foreign affairs, and even instilled the idea of "Restoration" to the emperor, the most direct reason is to use this to compete for power with the "Hou Party", or to establish the emperor's power through the "Restoration", and now China has faced changes that have not been seen in 3,000 years.

β€œβ€¦β€¦ Our country is not the same, it began more than 30 years ago. ”

Guangxu said to Weng Tongyi like a few treasures.

"In the first year of Tongzhi, Zeng Guofan set up an ordnance institute in Anqing, Li Hongzhang set up an artillery bureau in Shanghai, and later there were the Foreign Chinese Language and Writing Museum in Shanghai, the Jinling Arsenal in Nanjing, the Jiangnan Machinery Bureau in Shanghai, the Shipbuilding Bureau in Fuzhou, the Commandment Bureau in Tianjin, the new fort in Dagu, and even the establishment of the China Merchants Bureau. That is, in the case of this dynasty, starting from the establishment of ironclad warships in the first year of this dynasty and the establishment of Western study bureaus in various provinces, and later the establishment of telegraph offices, railways, mining bureaus, military training schools, and Beiyang naval ......"

"The emperor is right."

Weng Tongyi hurriedly nodded and said.

"The Great Qing Kingdom, in the past few decades, has indeed begun to change,"

Of course, it is changing, but why the emperor is not clear, this is the group of people who are changing between the queen mother and the queen party, not the emperor is changing, and now the emperor is going to change and become a generation of saints.

"However, what we have changed is mostly in terms of ship and artillery, but not fundamental, the length of foreign arts, and is not limited to "ship and artillery", but even in terms of ship and artillery, we are also learning like four dislikes, at the time of three thousand years of unprecedented changes, the Qing Dynasty must change the law, should be based on China's common name as the original, supplemented by the art of prosperity and strength of the countries. In this way, we can regain the glory of the past and not be deceived by foreigners! Ask the emperor to make a holy judgment. ”

Guangxu sat on the throne, his right thumb supported his chin, and the other four fingers rubbed his face, he pondered, as a young emperor, he longed to become a generation of famous monarchs like his ancestors, and deep down, although he was extremely afraid of that great aunt, the emperor's self-esteem made him hope that one day, he could become a real emperor.

From Master Weng's past teachings and the books he brought, he had a specific concept of the reform of the law, and more importantly, he knew that the reform of the law was his opportunity to regain the monarchy, and if the emperor wanted to take back the monarchy, he had to do something, what could he do, and what could it compare to the reform of the law? At least even those post-party parties can't say anything against itβ€”aren't people like Li Hongzhang also changing?

But the reform of the law needs new people and helpers, who to find?

Master Weng?

Thinking of this, Guangxu set his eyes on Weng Tongyi, beside him, perhaps only Master Weng is the most worthy of trust, and only he can believe it, how many people in and outside the palace are the eyes of the Queen Mother?

"The minister is too old! The old minister is not only sixty-five years old, but the old minister can only see the times, but he can't keep up with the times. ”

The reason why he said this is not that he doesn't want to lead the reform of the law, how can he not want to lead this matter? Even as early as last year, when playing cards such as foreign affairs, what he thought was to take the lead in his own way, and now he proposed this change in the law and reform, naturally he also wanted to gain the dominance, and in this court, who is the biggest threat, is none other than his sworn enemy Li Hongzhang, he is now retreating as advance, not so much retreat, but not to block the dominance that Li Hongzhang may obtain, after all, Li Hefei has been talking and changing the law in private, and it has been many years, and he can't want to change the law.

But for Weng Tongyi, this reform is not only a signboard to make him famous, but also a signboard to establish the emperor's authority.

"A while ago, the emperor also read "Tai Xice" introduced to the emperor by the minister, I don't know what the emperor thinks of this book?"

Weng Tongxiao's words made Guangxu stunned, could it be ...... He hurriedly picked up the book and said.

"What Master Weng said is this Tang Haoran, this son Xi Xueyang is really good, those who can write this book are really not simple, even foreign ministers praise it, how can this book be bad?"

This book is really good, every time I see this book, Guangxu can understand a trace of truth from it - power! Watching the emperor of Taixi, with the assistance of virtuous ministers, turn the tide and revive the majesty of his family and country, the desire for power in his heart became even stronger.

"Although Tang Haoran is young, but his Western learning and foreign talent is really good, when he was in the cave of Zhang Zhidong, the governor of Huguang, in just a few months, he opened a wealth source of millions of taels for Hubei, and in the "Tai Xi Ce", he commented on the breeding industry, running schools and even training soldiers, even if he was a foreign minister, he was also amazed, saying that the country's experts could not be extreme, and his talent could be imagined. Although Tang Haoran was not born as a Jinshi, and his knowledge of the dynasty was also average, his foreign talents were far beyond the reach of others, and the ministers were willing to risk his life to recommend Tang Haoran to enter the court and serve the emperor......"

On that day, Tang Haoran's "Examination of the Japanese Political Change" and a long conversation with him in Weng's mansion could be regarded as knocking on Weng Tongyong's door, not only because he regarded the emperor as a half-son, but more importantly, in Weng Tongyong's view, Tang Haoran, who had no foundation in the DPRK or even in China, could not get out of his grasp no matter whatIn the end, all this qiΔ“ is still dominated by his Weng Tonggong,

"Tang Haoran ......"

Guangxu nodded slightly and did not speak. He gritted the corners of his mouth and looked into the distance. In the palace of cultivating the heart, there is no good vision, and a good vision depends on the imagination of the country. There was a couplet in the Xinuan Pavilion of the Heart Cultivation Palace, which suddenly rose from his heart, and that was:

Only one man rules the world.

Shall you serve one man for the whole world?

As the emperor, the world has served him as one person, but the world is on the verge of despair, and he feels that the responsibility is getting heavier and heavier. And more importantly, in this Forbidden City, how many people really regard him as the emperor? Thinking of the nightmare of that day, Guangxu's heart sank, and he looked at Weng Tongyi and asked.

"Master Weng, where is Tang Haoran now?"

(The rise of the protagonist, this is a problem, the reason why the speechless is paved is because the Qing court cannot entrust him with a bad post because of a book and a word, and the position of governor of a province can be taught in one word?) Therefore, an opportunity is needed, an opportunity for the protagonist to become an official, and behind this opportunity, there is also a change in Guangxu's mood. (A pie-in-the-sky event, cool phones are waiting for you!) Follow from ~ point / official account (WeChat add friends - add official account - enter dd), participate now! Everyone has a prize, now pay attention to the dd WeChat public account! οΌ‰