A plate of braised chives and white tofu, a plate of fried magnolia slices with red peppers, a plate of shredded cucumber with bundles of chicken strips, a plate of newly marketed baby cabbage, and mushroom soup with golden needle fungus. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 infoRed, white, verdant, and fragrant on the table.

The two gray-bearded old men at the table sat facing each other, and did not say too much, only occasionally politely one or two, Zhang Zhidong drank water and wine, and ate very sweetly, and Wang Minyun also drank wine silently, and the two of them only praised the wine at most.

After drinking the wine, the bartender with very lively eyelids knew that there were two big people in the restaurant today, and he hurriedly brought two bowls of crystal rice, Zhang Zhidong, who usually doesn't like to eat rice very much, ate it with full taste, and the same is true for Wang Minyun, not only these days, he seems to feel that since he left Hunan, he has never eaten such a good meal.

"It's still Jiangnan, wow!"

Zhang Zhidong put down his chopsticks and said with emotion. As soon as the bowl was put down, the bartender brought two bowls of steaming tea with great hospitality, and although the two big men smiled amiably, the bartender did not dare to say a word, and after serving the tea, he retreated from the upper floor.

"The lake is wide and ripe, and the world is full, and the wealth of the south of the Yangtze River is not comparable to the north!"

Listening to Zhang Zhidong's exclamation, Wang Minyun smiled, he didn't take Zhang Zhidong's words, but just looked towards the snake mountain in the distance, looking from the second floor of the restaurant to the direction of the snake mountain, the construction site on the top of the snake mountain was faintly visible.

"When I was in Hunan, I heard that Xiang Shuai raised hundreds of thousands of taels of silver, thinking that it was used to build the Yellow Crane Tower, if you can overlook the water of the Yangtze River on the Yellow Crane Tower, wouldn't it be wonderful!"

Wang Minyun's reference was to Zhang Zhidong's donation of a year's salary last year to propose the reconstruction of the "Yellow Crane Tower", which seems to be inconspicuous at first glance, and is nothing more than the repair of a building. Even Li Hongzhang, who was far away in Tianjin, donated thousands of taels of silver, but in Wang Minyun's opinion, this matter was by no means that simple.

What's more, this is still Sang Zhiping, Zhang Zhidong's friend Sang Zhiping, who promised to be the "curtain of the world", before leaving Wuchang, naturally has a deep meaning, Wang Minyun, who has been in Wuchang for three days, has been waiting for Zhang Zhidong's summons. And Zhang Zhidong will be summoned outside the house, not only does not make him feel left out, but feels that he attaches importance to himself.

However, during the previous meal, Zhang Zhidong didn't get down to business, the two just drank and ate, and it seemed that there was nothing else to do, but in Wang Minyun's opinion, Zhang Zhidong was waiting for him to speak. He was testing himself.

"I don't know if Xiangqi knows Yu Wuchang, this Yellow Crane Tower has the saying that the country is prosperous!"

Zhang Zhidong's voice did not lag behind, and Wang Minyun said.

Wuchang does have this statement, but this is related to its topography, this snake mountain is the dangerous place of Wuchang, those who want to seize Wuchang will go down the snake mountain, so that every time the Yellow Crane Tower is destroyed. Later, it was rebuilt at the time of peace, so there is a saying that the country is prosperous and prosperous. The last Yellow Crane Tower was built in the seventh year of Tongzhi and destroyed in the tenth year of Guangxu, and that year ......"

After a slight pause, Wang Minyun asked rhetorically.

"The meaning of Xiang Shuai, I am afraid that it is intended to be evidenced by this, in order to be prosperous!"

Zhang Zhidong's face changed. fell into Wang Minyun's eyes, but saw him ask rhetorically:

"Then from the perspective of Xiang Shuai, the world of Fang is prosperous?"

After this rhetorical question, Wang Minyun silently picked up the teacup. Regardless of the change of Zhang Zhidong's face, rebuilding the Yellow Crane Tower was a plan left by Sang Zhiping before leaving, on the surface it was just to build a building, but on the other hand, it was to stabilize the heart of Huguang, but there was no expectation of Zhang Zhidong - the expectation of a peaceful and prosperous world.

In fact, this is precisely the reason why Sang Zhiping will leave, he is only a talent of peace, and naturally he can't be used for troubled times, so he will retreat bravely, even if Zhang Zhidong himself is only a "troubled official" for dozens of years, how this official can go further, but it is something he has never thought about in the past.

Even now, although on the one hand it is ambitious, on the other hand, it is willing to occupy this position and enjoy the glory of the authoritarian place. That is, knowing that he "does not want to forge ahead", Zhang Zhidong sent Yang Rui to Hunan to invite back Wang Minyun, and invited back this person who was proficient in imperial science as his staff to supervise his progress.

"Recently, people's livelihood is very tight, and the weak meat is eaten by the strong. …… Why do the people of Sanwu suffer, the fat is strong and half for the jackals......"

Surprisingly, Zhang Zhidong did not answer this question directly, but used a poem by Lu Shiyi, a relic of the former Ming Dynasty, as an answer. Now, even Zhang Zhidong will inadvertently say a few words that do not match his position.

"It's not a prosperous world from so far away!"

As for why Zhang Zhidong quoted Lu Shiyi's poems as an answer, Wang Minyun didn't care, in fact, he knew better than anyone else, whether it was Zhang Zhidong or Li Hongzhang, after Tang Haoran played the banner of "China", even if they were unwilling, they could only follow him under this banner.

Wang Minyun never cared about whether it was "Manchu Qing" or "China", and even the reason why he lobbied Zeng Guofan to rebel was not to "restore China", but to "show his strengths", as for the present, the reason why he came to Wuchang is precisely because in his opinion, Zhang Zhidong is the only place where he can show his strengths.

"It's not just a prosperous era, it's a troubled world!"

After a long sigh, Wang Minyun stared at Zhang Zhidong and fiddled with the cups and saucers with his chopsticks.

"Today's world, although it is called the Nine Governors' Proposal, is actually divided into three families, and among these three families, ......"

The so-called "Nine Governors' Discussion" refers to the nine local governors in the Council to discuss state affairs, and the situation is divided into three is very simple, nothing more than Zhili, Huguang and Northeast China, this is a well-known thing, but whoever points to the world, will use the "three-legged stand" to shape the situation in the world, Wang Minyun's words are nothing new.

"For example, those in Guangzhou, Fujian and Zhejiang are attached to Zhili, and those who are directly subordinate to Li Hefei have the power of the Beiyang Naval and Land Divisions, and they have the potential to be the sky......"

When Wang Minyun made his analysis one by one, he pointed out the shortcomings of the three at the end.

"If Li Hongzhang is a person who wants to seize the world, he needs to first conquer the capital, and love Xinjue Luo's clan in order to get the name of orthodoxy, but with Li Hongzhang's heart, he will not be decisive, but the imperial court trains troops day and night to try to be strong, both sides are each other's henchmen, there is the danger of the capital inside, and there is the threat of the northeast outside, so that within ten years, Li Hongzhang decisively divided by the capital, it has no power to chase the deer, as for the Northeast Tang Haoran, although it is called 100,000 soldiers, and then the people of the Northeast are only millions, how can they raise 100,000 soldiers? The Northeast is the first to recommend the scarcity of people, and then the danger of Russia's eastward care is not allowed to be underestimated, there are people who are not enough inside, and there is the danger of other countries looking eastward, although Tang Haoran has 100,000 soldiers, I am afraid it will be difficult to apply for the ......."

After a slight pause, Wang Minyun turned his attention to Zhang Zhidong, and threw himself into the governor of Huguang, who is located in Wuchang and enjoys the importance of the nine provinces of Tongqu, and enjoys the benefits of Huguang, fish and rice.

Sitting on the chair, squinting his eyes, he took a serious look at Wang Minyun, who was proficient in the study of the emperor, Zhang Zhidong knew that he still had a future, these bureaus, potential, everyone can see that Li Hefei does have a problem, but he masters the Beiyang Naval and Land Division, and his brother controls the two Guangzhou, and Fujian and Zhejiang are willing to drive it, so that half of the world's momentum belongs to it. Besides, Tang Haoran said a thousand ways and ten thousand, whether there are few people in the Northeast, or Russia's Donggu, but Tang Haoran is young, he doesn't even need to use troops for ten years, or even twenty years, to consume Li Hefei and himself to death, and when the time comes, how many descendants of the princes in the Guannai can be his opponents? Age is his greatest advantage, and as for the 100,000 male soldiers, he is not to be afraid.

Could it be that Wang Minyun only has such a little ability?

Although he was slightly disappointed in his heart, Zhang Zhidong still smiled and said:

"Xiangqi Gaojian!"

A kind word, but Wang Minyun smiled slightly and said:

"Xiang Shuai praised, it is really an honor. Please hold back and leave the left, there are still a few words of confidant to tell Xiang Shuai. ”

Wang Minyun's words made Zhang Zhidong's brows jump slightly, and he glanced left and right, and several relatives who were originally standing on the second floor went downstairs casually, and blocked everyone at the stairs to prevent others from going upstairs.

It wasn't until only Zhang Zhidong and himself were left on the second floor that Wang Minyun pretended to be mysterious and said to Zhang Zhidong in a low voice:

"The potential and disadvantages of this lake, think about it, I don't know how many people have been in front of Xiang Shuai, and Xiang Shuai doesn't know about his own affairs? Min Yunyan can get an axe in the class, and Yu Xiangshuai said in front of the lake wide trend? ”

Zhang Zhidong nodded slightly, and Wang Minyun lowered his voice again:

"Xiang Shuai since presiding over Huguang, the governance is clear, the corporal is virtuous, but all the people of insight in China think that the people who have turned things around today are the same, Li Shuai in the north, and Xiang Shuai in the south. Today's trend, the world has the potential to belong to Li Shuai, Qin has no way, so there are princes from all walks of life competing in the Central Plains. It is not yet predictable who will die in the future......"

The words paused slightly, and seeing Zhang Zhidong's appearance of listening with a strong ear, Wang Minyun smiled slightly.

"Today's trend, the world is all under the trend of returning to Li, under the rise of one and the other, how can Xiang Shuai resist it? Therefore, the first thing to do is ...... Break the momentum! ”

Break the momentum!

Although Wang Minyun's words were not loud, but listening to Zhang Zhidong's ears, it made his heart beat wildly, and his heart was beating blood, but he stared at Wang Minyun but did not speak, how could this momentum be broken?

Wang Minyun learned the study of the emperor, originally he used this idea as a step to join Zhang Zhidong, and when he saw that he had already attracted his attention, he wrote a word on the table in a mysterious way, and then looked at Zhang Zhidong and said.

"The momentum is here! I don't know what Xiang Shuai thinks? (To be continued.) )