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Heavy rain enveloped the capital, and it also shrouded the city of Tianjin.

This heavy rain during the Mid-Autumn Festival enveloped almost the entire northern China. And in Tianjin, which is now the economic, industrial and commercial center of North China, is also raining.

The pouring rain made the streets of Tianjin extremely deserted, there were hardly any pedestrians on the streets, and occasionally pedestrians walked by, and they hurried with umbrellas, only the tram that sounded the bell was still running normally, and as for the rickshaw, it seemed to be out of work.

In the pouring rain, outside the gate of the Beiyang Yamen, under the eaves of the rain, more than a dozen guards stood there with loaded guns and ammunition, and the atmosphere here today seemed to be more tense than in the past.

In a hall in the back house of the Yamen, although it is only the Mid-Autumn Festival, Li Hongzhang has already put on a fur coat, as if he is not able to overcome the cold in the rain during the Mid-Autumn Festival, even if he is wearing a fur fur, his face is still blue and gray without a trace of brilliance, but his gaze is still as deep as the past, looking at the tea smoke rising and changing in front of him. It seems to be thinking about something

Outside the window, there was the sound of rain dripping down the eaves, and the rain flowed down the eaves, forming a small waterfall, which flowed and flowed.

A few hours ago, this old man was still the first powerful minister in the world, the "Bismarck of the East" in the eyes of Westerners, although Tang Haoran in the northeast is now in the limelight, but when it comes to influence, he still can't compare with Li Hongzhang, and the accumulation of decades of strength is by no means comparable to Tang Haoran, and because of this, every move of this powerful minister in the Beiyang Yamen will always attract the attention of the outside world.

But at this time, he had lost everything - it should be said, facing the possibility of losing everything. The Beiyang Army, which has been built with great difficulty, has embarked on another path, with decades of ups and downs in the sea and a lifetime of achievements, as if it were just a spring dream.

A soft voice sounded in Li Hongzhang's ears.

"Master Li, the ginseng soup is ready, can you taste it?"

Li Hongzhang seemed to have been awakened from a dream, turned his head in astonishment, and then smiled and took the teacup handed over by a pair of green jade hands.

The ginseng soup was brought to Dongmei, who had followed him for almost twenty, although she was only a concubine, she could be regarded as a confidant.

Took the teacup. Sniff it slightly, then take another sip. Li Hongzhang smacked his lips and groaned.

"This ginseng is authentic Changbai ginseng, at least it must be a hundred-year-old ginseng, this Tang Haoran, with a few hundred-year-old ginseng, he coaxed the old man to ......"

As the governor of the three eastern provinces, he would not send any ginseng to the imperial court, but he would send ginseng to these old people, especially after he recovered Binjiang, because Binjiang is rich in ginseng, and the ginseng sent is more than in the past.

Dongmei pursed her lips and said with a smile.

"That is, master, you would say this, if you weren't really coaxing, how many people in the world could deceive you."

Although she was a concubine, Dongmei still felt that the atmosphere in the house was wrong, and she also knew that the master had reached the last moment.

"Hey......"

Li Hongzhang sighed.

"It's not the master, I really let him Tang Ziran coax, in fact, isn't he willing to let the old man coax, both of us are coaxing each other, in fact, both of us are waiting! Now, the old man can't survive him Tang Ziran......"

His eyes were a little desolate, and he gently put down the teacup. Perhaps, when it is someone else's turn, others can't see it clearly, but Li Hongzhang, who has been up and down in the sea for decades, knows very well that in the past ten years, it seems that Tang Haoran is coaxing him Li Hongzhang, but he, Li Hongzhang, is not coaxing Tang Haoran in that flower shelf. What's more, Tang Haoran didn't know about this flowery shelf, but he was also willing to let people coax him.

And what's behind this coaxing?

I'm waiting for an opportunity!

Now, he finally didn't have to wait any longer.

"Tang Ziran, Tang Ziran, this name is everywhere now, it's really annoying...... Even if this person has the ability to reach the sky, he was not cultivated by the old man back then! ”

Dongmei grumbled there in a low voice, as if she was complaining about something.

Li Hongzhang smiled slightly, then stood up silently and said:

"Master, I have cultivated more than a thousand people in my life, but a few of them can achieve this career! I don't know how many people looked down on him at the beginning! But now, who doesn't know that for more than 500 years from the previous dynasty, there has only been such a character. To him, I, Li Hongzhang, am far inferior! ”

Shaking his head, Li Hongzhang was willing to give up, but there was no trace of annoyance on his face, and he could even see a hint of relief. For many years, he has carried too many responsibilities, painstakingly maintained everything, and he is really tired, and now, he can finally let go of it all.

No more worrying about it.

Come to think of it, this is also a relief!

…… Li Hongzhang smiled and turned his head, as if he didn't want to continue the topic. Extremely weak, he finally leaned back in his chair tired and muttered to himself.

"From now on, it's not my business anymore...... But I looked at ......"

At this point, he stopped. As if he wanted to understand something, Li Hongzhang smiled faintly and changed the topic.

"What else is there to worry about? Now, don't all those people help themselves? ”

Yes, those people have done everything.

The friends and subordinates he once trusted made their choice behind his back, starting from Sheng Xuanhuai's frequent appearance in the capital, Shenyang and other places, and after the disappearance of the sixth town from the camp, Li Hongzhang understood that when the Jing Fang was still active there and was self-righteous, Beiyang had already made his own choice.

Compared with the unruly and even somewhat arrogant Jing Fang, Beiyang has made the most beneficial choice for itself.

And now, as the host of Beiyang, does he still have a choice?

The power he cultivated on the Beiyang side has long since become a living thing, and when faced with a crisis, he took the initiative to choose a new master............ In this regard, this group has a keen sense of smell. And what will this new master do with his hard work?

In the end, Li Hongzhang just smiled faintly, with some bleakness in his smile.

"You have to get the Beiyang and the world......"

Oh, yes!

When he arrived in Beiyang, he got most of China, and there are so many smart people on this day!

The rain is getting heavier.

Inside the hall. There was silence. Neither of them was in the mood to speak. I don't know how long it took until someone was talking outside the door.

"My lord, Shen Mingxin from Shenyang, Mr. Shen asks to see me."

Shen Mingxin, perhaps to the outside world, is a relatively unfamiliar figure, at most, some people know that he is a Confucian master-level figure, teaching in the East Asia Tongwen Academy, and his status as a remnant of the Emperor Ming makes his status in the Northeast highly respected. But Li Hongzhang knows very well that in addition to these, this person also has an identity - the grandfather of Tang Ziran's wife, Shen Jingxian,

"Oh, Mr. Shilin is here......"

Li Hongzhang gathered up the last bit of energy and slowly got up. Said lightly:

"Let's go and meet this loyal Mr. Shilin for two hundred and fifty-eight years!"

Saying that, Li Hongzhang strode towards the front hall, in the front hall, he saw Shen Mingxin wearing a Han-style Confucian robe, the Confucian robe is white, according to his saying, before the restoration of China Zhengshuo, he will still be the emperor Dai Xiao, if in the past, Li Hongzhang will never see Shen Mingxin, in fact, not many people are willing to see him, willing to see these people who have served Ming and been loyal to the dynasty for two hundred and fifty years.

In fact, even now, when facing Shen Mingxin, and his well-dressed heart, Li Hongzhang still only feels that his old face is hot, and even when he is talking, his gaze is even more wandering, completely deviating from his original thoughts, which is also more inconsistent with his character.

Compared with Li Hongzhang's uncertain mind, Shen Mingxin, who is also very old, seems extremely calm, from the moment he entered the door until now, he has been talking here eloquently, and more often, he is lobbying, lobbying the world's first minister in front of him.

"The Tangwu Revolution, Shuntian advocated righteousness, and the annals of history for 3,000 years are full of praise. Liu Bang slashed the snake and rebelled, Li Yuan raised an army against the Sui, and Emperor Hongwu drove the Tartars, which were always considered righteous acts, and no one accused them of being traitors. Since the Manchurians entered the customs, 250 years, the Han people's resistance has never stopped, the so-called prosperous era of Kangqian, the people only eat and drink poorly, barely make ends meet, Yongzheng's so-called official gentry pay grain as a whole, in fact, only the Han gentry need to pay grain as an errand, as for the so-called Eight Banners of the country and its subordinate clothing, there is still no need to pay grain on an errand, it is all relying on the idea of words to kill me, and the sword and axe are added to break my backbone, so that it has survived to this day. Since the puppet Jiaqing, the corruption of the Manqi has become more and more obvious. At the end of Daoguang, the external humiliation was in the four provinces, and the internal rot was in the eighteen provinces, which can be said to be the common anger of gods and men, so there was the Hongyang Rebellion. All over the world, from south to north, from east to west, the people are all looking forward to the heroes of our Han family again, to drive away the fish, and to restore our Shenzhou. At that time, the adults had more than 100,000 male soldiers, and they could have destroyed the might of the bandits and conquered the capital in one fell swoop. It's a pity that the adults surrounded the small section of loyalty and respect, ignored the great righteousness of saving the country and the people, and finally only lost the great opportunity to protect themselves and the glory of the Li family, and disappointed the ardent expectations of hundreds of millions of people, leaving an irreparable regret for the annals of history! ”

Shen Mingxin's words only made Li Hongzhang stunned, and he couldn't imagine that he had been pursuing it for decades, and he had been complacent all his life, thinking that he could stay for a hundred years, and he was ridiculed as a "small section" by this outsider, but when he thought of the painstaking maintenance over the years, Li Hongzhang had to smile bitterly.

"Mr. Shi Lin has taught a great lesson!"

"At this time of the day, there are some things I have to say directly. One family surname, one country and one people, compared with the two, which is more important and which is lesser, which is bigger and which is smaller, this is a question that is not difficult for ordinary people to answer. However, many well-read adults and gentlemen are often very ignorant. The reason why they show ignorance in this matter is not because they are not ill-informed, but because they are filled with selfishness. For decades, adults have diligently read poetry and books, self-denial and repentance, tempered their conduct, led the Huai army as a leader, worked hard to maintain Beiyang, but all of this has been limited by "loyalty to the king". If in the prosperous era of China, this sincerity can travel thousands of miles with the tail of the horse, and shine with the beautiful sun for future generations, but the life of a big man is not at the right time. Today, not to ask him to love the Xinjue Luo clan to the outside barbarians to make me Chinese, slaughter the people of my Han family, now put the country in fire and water, so that the people of Zhaomin are devastated, the so-called Manchu Qing is the day is weak, the breath is dying, the day is not safe, the line is about to die, the adults have worked hard for dozens and made the Manchu Qing Dynasty prosperous, is it not the fate of the wood to seek fish, and it is like the opposite of the south. Mencius said it well: "The people are precious, the community is secondary, and the monarch is light." He also said, "The king regards his ministers as mustard, and the ministers regard the king as enemies." "Why not hang the people for their crimes and take revenge? A few years ago, the adult asked Haoran what is the difference between you and you, Haoran smiled, in fact, the biggest difference between you is here: for decades, the adult has been confined to the small section of loyalty to the family and one surname, forgetting the righteousness of saving the people of the country. In the annals of Qianqiu, it may be said that the adult is a loyal minister of the Aixinjue Luo clan, but he will never think that the adult is a great husband who illuminates the universe. ”

This passage made Li Hongzhang seem to have a sense of a big dream. He remembered that since he led the Huai army to Shanghai, in the following decades, I don't know how many people said that they would overthrow the Manchus and establish a new dynasty on their own, but all of them had different perspectives from Shen Mingxin. They all started from the perspective of not being controlled by others and wanting to be emperors themselves, and none of them looked at the interests of the people in the world like Mr. Shi Lin. Yes, what Mr. Shi Lin said is the principle of the greatest and most public that can be applied everywhere, and it is true that the country and the people cannot be sacrificed for the sake of one family and one surname.

It's a pity that it's all late! It's a pity that in the seventy-nine years of this life, the image of a loyal minister of the Qing Dynasty has already been cast, and ten years ago, even last year, Li Hongzhang was unwilling to change it at all. But now, he knew that it was not him who changed or remained the same, but ...... Some people are changing, and some people will not sacrifice the country for the sake of one family and one surname like him.

"Mr. Shi Lin, you live in North Korea, why didn't you come to Tianjin earlier?"

"It's all days. The number of days is destined for all this, and our China will suffer more than those decades of calamities, and the millions of people who have died in these decades of calamities will not be millions......"

Looking at Li Hongzhang, who was pale, Shen Ming's heart raised his voice slightly.

"Now, if everything goes well, Tang Shuai should have ascended the throne in Shenyang as my emperor of China!"

What the!

Hearing the news, Li Hongzhang's face instantly turned pale, his forehead was drenched in sweat, his head had fallen crooked on the chair, and he hurriedly stopped.

"Okay, very good, the old man is still not as good as him after all, Mr. Shi Lin, you have a good grandson-in-law!"

After saying this, Li Hongzhang, who seemed to be able to accept everything, was in pain for a while, and as soon as he was dizzy, he passed out. (To be continued.) )