In May of the sixteenth year of Guangxu, it was noon, and the willow trees on the street seemed to be sick, and the leaves were hanging with layers of ash and rolling on the branches; The branches didn't bother to move, and hung listlessly. How high the dust of the street flew, connected with the gray gas in the sky, forming a hazy gray sand array, although the day has not yet reached the end of the summer, but it has become sullen.

In this sultry weather, the seemingly quiet capital for a few days is a storm and thunder, first the sixth Hanlin Wang Renkan on the "Respectfully Request to Implement the New Deal", on the same day, the bachelor Wen Tingshi and "Respectfully Request to Try the New Deal", Hanlin Huang Shaoji, Ding Lijun jointly on the "Beiyang Water and Land Division, the Proud General Lazy Cause Film", these "South Qingliu" that is inextricably linked with Weng Fu moved, and the "North Qingliu" also moved, without exception, they all agitated for the trial implementation of the New Deal, and by the way, hit Li Hongzhang's Beiyang Land and Water Division, Although it is said that knowing that this blow will make Li Hongzhang disgusted at most, he is still happy to do it.

When the North-South Qingliu demanded the implementation of the new policy or the trial implementation of the new policy, some people carefully looked at the twists and turns, and all of them quoted the newly published "Danger of the Prosperous Age".

This "Danger of the Prosperous Age" is Tang Haoran's new book, only two months ago by Weng Tonggong recommended to the emperor, and then Guangxu instructed to print 2,000 copies, distributed to the ministers to read, for a time the bookstores immediately pirated and reprinted, and became a must-read reference book for the imperial examination scholars.

And the provincial governors also reacted very strongly, and Zhang Zhidong, who promoted foreign affairs in Hubei, even called this book "on and in this way, it can be a prescription for good medicine; Next, this can be used to store talents, which can be used as the degree of golden needles. ”。

With the affirmation of the emperor and the local government first, then these clear rumor officials will naturally move, especially after receiving the instruction of their teacher, the clear rumor officials are more like smoking a big cigarette, and they are all one pair, if the Qing Dynasty does not implement the new policy, India and Vietnam will be the first car of the Qing Dynasty.

And when the Qingliu people shouted, almost everyone was waiting to see the emperor and Shouning Palace, and the reaction of the emperor and queen on both sides.

"Good, good! This excerpt is well written! ”

Looking at the fold in his hand, Guangxu patted the desk. It seemed that he could no longer sit still, so he stood up and walked around quickly. His face was sallow, he was wearing a bright yellow horse coat with five claws and dragons, a six-in-one hat with a bright yellow brim, and yellow tassels on his slender braids. As he walked, he swayed at the back of his head.

Two years have passed, and Guangxu is already twenty years old. He has been on the throne for sixteen years, and he does not want to wait any longer. He read Tang Haoran's "The Political Change of Japan" and "The Political Change of the Russian Emperor Peter", which strengthened his desire to learn from the Japanese emperor and the Russian emperor, and the book "The Danger of the Prosperous Age" strengthened his implementation of the reform of the law, and he could not let the Qing Dynasty be ruined in the hands of his emperor.

And more importantly - he wants to be an upright emperor, he sees the benefits of implementing the reform of the law - to be able to establish his own authority, not like now, he is nominally the emperor of the Qing Dynasty, but in fact the power is in the hands of the queen mother, and the local officials have the queen mother but not the emperor, such an emperor, he has been enough.

It is precisely because of this that he published the "Danger of the Prosperous Age" in the world and distributed it to his ministers to read, all he did was to drum up for the implementation of the New Deal, and then he was able to implement the New Deal smoothly and take power from the center.

Weng Tongyi, who was kneeling on the ground, smiled at the young man with his face up.

"Your Majesty, now that the officials have moved, and the local authorities are also in agreement, all that remains is how to implement the new policy?"

Guangxu hurriedly waved his hand.

"Master Weng, sit up and talk."

Weng Tongyi sat on a bag of brocade and sat on half of his buttocks, although he was used to sitting and talking in front of the emperor, but his face was still proud.

"Your Majesty, you should also read Tiao Chen. If this new policy is implemented in various provinces, it is afraid that it will cause chaos, and if there are people in the localities who are not appeased, I don't know what kind of trouble it will bring, so it is the safest way to try it out in one place. ”

Whenever I think about Tang Haoran's words of "choosing a place as a special zone, and implementing the new policy as an experiment", Weng Tongyi can feel the ingenuity behind these words, and what is the biggest obstacle to the implementation of the new policy? Naturally, the localities, especially the local powerful officials such as Li Hongzhang, as the post-party, would not be willing to see the imperial party implement the new policy, and then they would misinterpret the play, and they would not know how big a Lou Zi would be stabbed, and in the end they would blame the head of the new policy.

"Taiwan is isolated overseas, far away from the mainland, if Taiwan tries out the new policy and sends a senior official who is proficient in foreign affairs and the new policy to preside over it, it will certainly be effective in a few years.

When he spoke, Weng Tongyi's heart was just agitated, in the name of the new deal, so that the power was returned to the central government, and the new deal was used to collect authority!

"What Master Weng said is reasonable"

Nodding in agreement, Guangxu hesitated a little.

"But Galeries Lafayette ......"

Seeing that the emperor was still hesitant, Weng Tongyi hurriedly said:

"Your Majesty, this is for the great cause of the dynasty! It is clearly written in the excerpt that this new policy does not change the system of the ancestors, the railway, telephone, telegraph, and steamship have also been done over the years, and the special school has also been done, as for those who have failed to make the list, those who have repeatedly failed to do so, can enter the special school, and in the future, will it also serve the emperor and the imperial court...... In the final analysis, this Tang Ziran's new policy is actually not much different from Westernization, if the difference is to say, I think it is the imitation of Western-style training recruits, although it completely uses Western-style military system, training and equipment, according to the German military system, but the minister looks at it, it is not much different from the ancestors' charter......"

"However, whether it is to run foreign affairs or build a special school, since it is a military training, it costs silver! Long life is about to be on the verge of Lafayette......"

This money is indeed a headache, but in private, Tang Haoran promised that if the center gave him full power to run foreign affairs in Taiwan, and allowed Taiwan's taxes not to be paid to the center for five years, Tang Ziran calculated that within five years, with the financial resources of Taiwan Province, he could build Taiwan's north-south railway, develop Taiwan's foreign affairs, and train a town of land division and a division of water division. What Tang Haoran said is very certain, and he is not an exaggerated person,......"

At this time, Weng Tongyi is to protect Tang Haoran, he will be full of words, but in fact, he has already thought that there will be a difference in the future, that is just an improper recommendation, when the time comes, just push Tang Haoran out, it is really not good, take his head to calm the anger of others, he Tang Haoran is not Li Hongzhang, relying on the suppression and twisting to train hundreds of thousands of male soldiers, holding the power of several provinces, and there are foreigners to hold it, what does he Tang Haoran have, all the qiē are not given by the emperor, even if it is a trained soldier, That's just a royal eagle dog.

"Talent, this Tang Haoran is indeed a talent......"

Guangxu nodded and admired, whether it was "The Japanese Political Change" or "The Danger of the Prosperous Age", it all spoke to his heart, especially the sentence "Compile and train the new land and water division, thinking that it is the aid of the Beiyang", it is said that it is good to think that the Beiyang is aid, and to explore deeply, but it is a bargaining chip to restrain the Beiyang land and water division.

If someone in this dynasty can restrain Beiyang, then why should Li Hongzhang and the Hou Party be afraid? After figuring this out, Guangxu turned around and looked back at Weng Tongyi and asked.

"Is everything arranged?"

Now, he is naturally asking about Taiwan's trial implementation of the new policy, and when the time comes, Taiwan will try out the new policy, and there will definitely be opposition from the ministers at that time.

Weng Tongyi respectfully folded his horseshoe sleeves and saluted.

"Your Majesty, a qiē is all right, only an excerpt is on the court, naturally you can pass guò, but, it's just that when the time comes, some people are afraid that someone will use Tang Haoran's youth as the reason, these days, some people have called him a "young maniac", and he will definitely use this as an excuse to prevent him from serving as the governor of Taiwan. ”

"Young ......"

Weng Tonggong didn't mention it, but when he said this, it was like a thorn in Guangxu's heart, didn't those ministers of the post-party say that he was "less and no more" behind his back? Now, it's hard to find a talent, and they still want to talk nonsense, which is really hateful.

"What can you do when you are young, Ganluo can be a minister at the age of twelve, and Tang Haoran can't be the caress of Taiwan, and besides, Taiwan is just a place outside the world, with only three million people, if it is really counted, it is just a government road, if it is not for its hanging overseas, and foreigners have been peeping at it for a long time, how can it be done to build a province, a few years ago, isn't it Taiwan Dao? I am in the Qing Dynasty, is there no one who became a prefect at the age of twenty-four? ”

Weng Tongyi smiled lightly and agreed again and again.

"It's still clear to the emperor that the establishment of a province in Taiwan is just the right of coastal defense in Japan, otherwise with only three million people, there is no reason to establish a province, and I have been a country for nearly 300 years, and there are many outstanding people, and naturally there has been a 20-year-old prefect!"

Weng Tongyi didn't know that his previous words stabbed the emperor's heart, and the reason why he said that sentence was actually to let the emperor stand on Tang Haoran's side, and now he is not for Tang Haoran, but for the future, as for Tang Haoran, it is just a stepping stone.

"I'll talk again after the court meeting...... It's not a matter of filial piety to bother Lafayette for a little thing......" Guangxu nodded, looked at Weng Tongyi and said.

"Look at it, how do you appreciate this Tang Haoran's goodness?"

Weng Tongyi hurriedly said.

"Grace is from above, how dare the courtiers rap. However, the old minister is foolish, Tang Haoran first got Zhang Zhidong's recommendation, and then entered the Tongwen Pavilion, as an official of the three products, and Hubei has a lot of achievements first, and now it is a natural thing to teach the Taoist, so it is better to wait for the emperor to meet him, and let him know that he has received all the grace from the top, at that time, he will naturally be grateful to the emperor......"