The snow in the south of the Yangtze River is far less unrestrained than the snow in the north, large snowflakes fall from the sky like goose feathers, the world is full of flying snowflakes, the vast white shrouds the world in a qiē, all things, are integrated into this vast white, the winter snow only makes the ancient Beijing as if wearing a new layer of clothing, the north wind is blowing like a gust of tightness, the sky will soon be dark, and slowly the streets in Beijing are no longer there, only the white white.

Out

In the Weng Mansion Book in Luoquan Hutong, as the emperor of the two dynasties, one household entered the military plane, and the current household Shangshu Weng Tongyi was standing next to his bookcase, writing something leisurely. He was wearing a gray silk robe with a hidden flower, with slender hair and a graceful demeanor, and his whole body exuded a great Confucian temperament.

"Learning is expensive, not expensive; Those who are great are involved in heaven and earth, and those who are small users are profiteering. ”

After Weng Tongyi finished writing the last stroke, he frowned, looking at the handwriting that had just been completed, and seemed to be quite displeased with the last stroke, and even had a huge sense of inferiority.

He felt that he had been immersed in writing for half his life, and had worked hard for many years, but he had not yet appreciated the highest level of it. It wasn't until that year that he saw Zeng Guofan's impeachment of his eldest brother Weng Tongshu that he suddenly realized that the highest level of writing was murder. And the initiator of "Sam Weng Tongshu Piece" is precisely Zeng Guofan's protégé Li Hongzhang.

Thinking of Li Hongzhang, he glanced at the fold on the bookcase again, and the corners of his lips flashed a sneer.

"I can't make it so easy for him anymore!"

While talking to himself, Weng Tongyi coldly put down the brush in his hand.

"Master, Lord Yang is here."

A domestic servant whispered outside the door.

"Yes, please."

Weng Tongyi replied casually, but his eyes still did not leave the words on the bookcase.

After a while, Yang Shenxiu walked in after the housekeeper. Seeing Weng Tong beside the bookcase, he did not give a salute, but walked straight to his side and admired it with him.

"The atmosphere is agitated, the veins are circulating, and the heart is turned inward, and this trunk road is also; The structure is exquisite, there is a law to the back, and the fit is shortened, and this Kun road is also. Qian is the god, Kun is the quality, and the word of Lord Weng is one and the quality is one, and it is deep in the avenue of Qian, Kun. ”

Yang Shenxiu commented,

"The famous masters of this dynasty, straight to the plain, and the four Song gallopers, Nanyuan, Daozhou, Weng Xiang. Seeing it today is indeed the most important thing. ”

Although Weng Tongrong has never been a prime minister, he has also entered the military plane, Yang Shenxiu's sentence "Weng Xiang" is also appropriate, and his compliment made Weng Tongrong frown slightly, although he was secretly happy in his heart.

"The heart and hand can't be united, so that the last stroke turned out to be a failure, which made the old waiter smile." Weng Tongyi sighed slightly, discarded the handbook on the bookcase with disdain, and then made a "please" gesture and sat down with Yang Shenxiu.

The family served tea, and Weng Tonggong said straight to the point:

"Xiangtao is smoking ban in Hubei, do you know?"

Yang Shenxiu nodded.

"How can you not know, I thought it would cause some chaos, who would have thought that it would be so calm."

Yang Shenxiu thought for a moment, looked at Weng Tongxiao and said.

"It seems that this Tang Ziran is indeed a usable talent, and it is not in vain that Brother Xiangtao is in his grace!"

Weng Tongyi pondered for a moment and said slowly.

"Originally, many people felt that what Xiang Tao said was also empty talk on paper, and there was no solution to the financial shortage of Hubei to run foreign affairs, no one thought that it was just a little fuss on the tobacco soil, and he could get three million taels of silver a year!"

Three million taels, that is what Zhang Zhidong said in the excerpt the day before yesterday, the ban on smoking has been carried out in the whole of Hubei every year, not to mention others, that is, he is the head of the household is wondering if the center can make a fuss on the tobacco soil.

"In Wuchang, Hankou, and Hanyang alone, the amount of silver obtained in one month reached 100,000 taels!"

When it comes to the smoking ban in Hubei, Yang Shenxiu can't help but be overjoyed, 100,000 taels is just the silver handed over to the treasury by the smoking ban bureau after the trial.

"In the whole of Hubei, Brother Xiangtao's three million taels is too cautious!"

"Xiangtao is also cautious, of course, this is a critical time, and you must not be careless."

Weng Tongyi reminded Yang Shenxiu, and then emphasized.

"Now I don't know how many eyes are staring at Hubei, just hoping that there will be some chaos over there, so that I can hand over the fold to the court."

The side in Weng Tong's mouth naturally refers to the Huaixiang people, especially Li Hongzhang and others, who are looking forward to any trouble in Hubei.

Yang Shenxiu knew that Weng Tongyi's hostility and prejudice against Li Hongzhang were even more well-known in the court, but he still said with a smile:

"Weng Xiang, now the country's financial resources are in dire straits, if such an open source good law is effective, the local government will inevitably take effect, Weng Xiang is too worried!"

"Hey......"

With a long sigh, Weng Tongyi slowly took a sip of tea and changed the conversation:

"If you don't know how expensive firewood and rice are, the court needs money, and the local government also needs money to do foreign affairs, but where does the money come from? Last year, I first borrowed 1 million pounds of "foreign bonds" from foreign banks in Tianjin, and later renewed the loan of 30 million taels of silver. ”

Weng Tongyi continued quietly,

"No, two months before the iron factory in Hubei, I just went to the excerpt to ask for silver, and the sailor handed over the excerpt to build two warships!"

"Sailor?" Yang Shenxiu didn't react to Weng Tongxi's words for a while, and asked puzzledly.

"Hasn't the sailor bought ships every year in the past few years? ……”

"Not bad."

Weng Tongyi coughed lightly and said meaningfully,

"Beiyang lives on the coast, Gong Wei Jingshi, trying to improve himself is to consolidate the fundamentals, self-presiding over the household department thinks that all efforts are made to raise maintenance, Beiyang has reported to the department for cancellation of cases, most of them do not conform to the regulations, but once they are approved, they are all reimbursed according to the case, and they are not confined to the norm, but now it is difficult, Hubei's iron factory, gun factory also needs silver, if Hubei iron factory, gun factory is built, there is no need to buy weapons in foreign oceans, coastal defense is important, and iron works, gun factories are also important,......

Listening to Weng Tongyi's words, and then listening to his long sigh, Yang Shenxiu had to admire the other party's old scheming.

As we all know, the Beiyang Navy Division is not so much the country, not that it is still Li Hongzhang's Huai Army, and Weng Xiang, who has always had a gap with Li Hongzhang, naturally does not want to see his sailors, and now this reason is not ready-made?

The reason why he supports Zhang Zhidong to run foreign affairs is not because of the relationship between the two rivers, Weng Xiang's support for Zhang Zhidong and Liangjiang can achieve at least three purposes: first, from the perspective of the imperial court, it can play a role in balancing and containing Li Hongzhang; Second, the Westernization founded by Zhang Zhidong hindered the formation of Li Hongzhang's founding, and even controlled it; As for the third, then establish his selfless image in front of the emperor. As everyone knows, his brother's death is always inseparable from Zeng Guofan, and Li Hongzhang was the person who operated the knife at that time, so naturally he can't let the outside world think that he is out of personal vendetta.

Thinking of this, Yang Shenxiu sighed secretly in her heart, and praised again:

"Weng Xiang is far-sighted, I can't think of these even if I don't sleep day and night."

Weng Tongyi smiled indifferently, as if he was talking to Yang Shenxiu and talking to himself.

"The navy has already achieved success in spending tens of millions of dollars, and those people have been doing foreign affairs for decades, how can they produce a railroad track or half a piece of steel? The use of the dynasty depends on the import of foreign iron, and steel cannot take care of itself, and it is simply ridiculous to talk about the road of self-improvement! ”

As if to prove what he said, he then quoted the meaning of steel in the rise of England, Prussia and other countries in "Tessice" to prove that what he said was true.

"There's no way around it!"

With a wry smile, Weng Tongyi put on a look of concern for the country and the people.

"The country's silver is so little, left and right in the end left and right, if the style of the North and South Ocean sailors was not used in the Beiyang, how can there be the prosperity of the North Ocean today? Although Xiang Tao has found a way to raise funds, his excerpt also proposes that this year and next year are just a slow implementation, not seeking success, but seeking to stabilize the situation in order to seek the future, otherwise, Weng will not be so difficult. ”

"What Weng Xiang said is extremely true, what Weng Xiang is worried about is beyond our reach!"

Yang Shenxiu applied the simplest answer, as a waiter in the Criminal Department, he was unwilling to get involved in this kind of thing, and he couldn't get involved in it.

"As an official, it is always inevitable to offend people."

Weng Tongyi looked at Yang Shenxiu and said meaningfully.

"Tomorrow, Weng will play the emperor, and he will regret the current tightness of the national treasury, please suspend the purchase of ships in Beiyang for three years, and when the time comes, please also ask Yicun to second."

Weng Tongxiao's request made Yang Shenxiu hesitate, on the surface, the gap between Weng and Li was two, but as we all know, one of them represented the emperor, and the other represented the queen mother, and even together with Weng Xiang's support for Zhang Zhidong, they just wanted to do foreign affairs for the emperor.

The dispute between Weng and Li, he can't afford it, let alone the urgent need of the emperor? But how can he be a courtier stay out, and Yang Shenxiu, who is suffering from ignorance, suddenly feels heavy.

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