Chapter 89: He Ruzhang and Yuan Shikai

A moment later, He Ruzhang came in to see the driver, still with big ears and kind eyes. Ding Yuntong looked at him, and unconsciously came out of Mencius's a sentence "A gentleman can be bullied", this person with a big head and a thick neck was born to be the target of trafficking.

At this time, Narahara Chen Zheng was still just a teenager, appointed by the Japanese Tibetan Province, and specially entrusted to He Ruzhang through a friend, pretending that his parents were dead, and he was not allowed by his stepmother, and he admired Chinese culture and wanted to follow Minister He Yunyun. He Ruzhang didn't do any investigation, he easily believed it and adopted him as his adopted son.

The so-called Xiucai rebellion has not been successful for three years. Although He Ruzhang has also worked hard for the country's diplomatic rights, such as retaining China's consular jurisdiction in Japan. This is a diplomatic achievement that is rarely mentioned in history books. But as a diplomat, he has no vigilance at all, which shows that he has a very naïve side in politics, no wonder he was dismissed from his post in his previous life because of the Majiang naval battle. China and France were tense, and he did not take precautions, allowing the French ships to sail down the Min River into Mawei, and even gave friendly hospitality, which shows that this naïve disease has been around for a long time.

In his previous life, Naraharahara Chen Zheng followed He Ruzhang to China, under the pseudonym Inoue Chen Zheng, and also took the Chinese name Chen Zide. He was not only a Japanese spy, but also a man of letters, who had been under the disciple of Yu Yue, a great Confucian in the late Qing Dynasty. Yu Yue recorded this incident in .

During his stay in China, Naraharahara Chen Zheng disguised himself as a Chinese and used Chen Zide's name to go to Zhili, Shandong, Shaanxi, Shanxi, Henan, Hubei, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Fujian, Guangdong, Jiangxi, Anhui and other provinces to collect Chinese intelligence, which lasted for six years. After returning to China, it was written as . This book can be described as a "masterpiece" of Japan's collection of Chinese intelligence before the First Sino-Japanese War.

In Anhui, he once pretended to be a Chinese paper merchant and went deep into Jing County to spy on Chinese rice paper-making techniques, and after returning to China, he wrote the In 1891, he submitted to the Japanese government a >letter of reinstatement of the

Moreover, Narahara Chen Zheng even used his relationship with He Ruzhang to spy on the news of China's upper echelons. It can be said that this person was an important core of Japan's early spies against China.

One thing can prove this point: When the Treaty of Shimonoseki was signed after the First Sino-Japanese War, Narahara Chen Masa, among the seven Japanese attendees, was impressively listed, and sat with Ito Hirobumi and others, which shows that the 33-year-old Narawara Chen Masau has become a core figure in Japan's handling of China's relations. In 1900, Narawara Chen Masa, under the cover of the second secretary of the Japanese legation, continued to collect intelligence, and finally died in the shelling of the Boxer Rebellion in Beijing at the age of 38. It is estimated that the Boxers did such a serious thing.

At this time, He Ruzhang came up and briefly reported on his work during his stay in Japan.

Ding Yuntong smiled and nodded, in fact, he had already read these in the written report, in fact, He Ruzhang had not gone to Japan yet, he knew it, of course it would be scary to say it.

After thinking about it, Ding Yuntong said slowly: "Aiqing is working hard, so let's do it, Qing is the foreman of the military aircraft Zhangjing, if I have something, I can consult at any time, how about it?" "

He Ruzhang was extremely happy and hurriedly thanked him. Military aircraft Zhang Jing is generally only the fifth or sixth grade, and he is already a second-grade top wearer, so he can be a military aircraft Zhang Jing foreman.

Ding Yuntong also has a plan in his heart, and the military aircraft is in his hands, which is an advisory group. Letting He Ruzhang join the military plane on duty is more conducive to controlling his exposure to secrets. What you want He Ruzhang to know and what you don't know, it's all in your own hands. indirectly, it also restricted that Narahara Chen Masa, and even confused this spy through false information.

He Ruzhang didn't understand the emperor's scheming, and he was full of joy. You must know that although the military machine Zhang Jing is only a fictitious position, he is often next to the emperor, if there is anything, an order may be an official of the frontier, and the future is bright.

Before retiring, he also reported: "According to the minister, Japan is not small-minded. In particular, in the DPRK, the whole army is armed and the country is eyeing the enemy, and he is afraid of causing trouble in the future, so China must make preparations in advance. "

He Ruzhang's words reminded Ding Yuntong, and after he stepped back, Ding Yuntong immediately sent a decree to let Yuan Shikai enter the palace tomorrow, and he felt that he could let Yuan Shikai go to North Korea at this time. Of course, before he went, he had to have a good talk with Yuan Shikai.

In March, Beijing looks like spring is shining, but the temperature difference between morning and evening is very large. The weather is very cold in the morning, and at noon it is hot and you can only wear single clothes, and when the sun sets, the cold wind blows on your face. If it's raining, it's even colder to wear thin cotton clothes.

This kind of weather is the easiest to catch a cold, no, Ding Yuntong got up early in the morning, and he felt a headache, a hot brain and dizzy eyes. He knew it was not good, he had occasionally felt uncomfortable before, but it had never been so serious, and he couldn't stand up.

But fortunately, Ding Yuntong had already prepared a medical team for himself at this time, and the great leader taught us: the body is the capital of dictatorship.

According to Ding Yuntong's experience in his previous life, he was weak and weak, had weak night sweats, and could try Chinese medicine for inexplicable diseases. But the disease is fierce and the pain is unbearable, or I still see Western medicine.

So he set up his medical team lineup as a combination of traditional Chinese and Western medicine. Traditional Chinese medicine is the imperial doctors of the original Tai Hospital, and they are all genuine old Chinese medicine practitioners. But the chief physician of the medical team is a Western doctor named Huang Kuan.

At this time, there were many Western doctors in China, and the vast majority of them were foreigners. Ding Yuntong still has concerns about handing over his life to foreigners.

Speaking of this Huang Kuan, he was born in Xiangshan, Guangdong (now Zhongshan City), and studied hard in the Morrison Academy for six years from 1841, and then went to the United States to study for two years and obtained a bachelor's degree. After studying in the United Kingdom, after seven years of hard study, he graduated from the University of Edinburgh in the United Kingdom. He is the first person in China to undergo formal training at a European medical university and obtain a doctorate in medicine.

This person's medical skills are extremely exquisite, even far surpassing those foreign doctors. In 1863, the Guangzhou Customs Medical Office was established, employing 17 doctors, 16 of whom were foreign doctors, but Huang Kuan served as the medical officer of the Zuihou Customs Medical Office, which was enough to reflect Huang Kuan's status in the medical field at that time.

And this person has no interest in being an official, he is completely a workaholic, willing to be poor, does not smoke, does not drink, does not please the second wife, lives with his sister after divorce, and never remarries until he dies, such a person is a monster in the late Qing Dynasty. (Of course, Ding Yuntong also maliciously speculated whether there was any ambiguity.) This person had been operating on someone else all his life, and Zuihou died of illness from overwork.

But this life is different, Ding Yuntong brought him over and entrusted him with important tasks, but he couldn't let him die young.

After Huang Kuan showed Ding Yuntong, he prescribed a little medicine and told him to rest well and not stay up late.

Ding Yuntong knew in his heart that a few days ago, because he was worried about slaughtering the princes and nobles, he was under great psychological pressure and his energy was overdrawn.

Even so, he didn't have the heart to lie in the dormitory and recuperate, there were a lot of things. He ordered someone to move a rattan chair and put it in the main hall, and he didn't want a eunuch to serve, so he simply served a cup of tea and lay there with a blanket, which is rare.

Soon, Yuan Shikai was summoned to the palace, and he was immediately stunned when he saw this appearance. In the main hall of the palace, there is a plaque of Yongzheng imperial pen "Zhongzheng Renhe". Solemn and sacrosanct. But in front of the emperor's throne, there was a rattan chair! The emperor lay on it leisurely. Throughout the ages, the emperor has dealt with government affairs, and there is no such leisure, so he almost gets a little melon seeds.

Ding Yuntong asked people to set up their seats and let Yuan Shikai sit down.

Ding Yuntong has already used Yuan Shikai as a confidant minister. He stared at Yuan Shikai and thought silently: "This Yuan Shikai is not only shrewd and capable, but he also has no paranoid principles in his mind, and he reads poetry and books but does not stick to Confucian dogma. I have seen the world, but I don't believe in Western democracy. Everything is about pragmatism.

As for loyalty, I'm not worried at all. In his previous life, Yuan Shikai forced the Qing Emperor to abdicate, which was not disloyal. The whole Manchu world has gone, and it has completely lost the hearts of the people, and his abdication is actually the most haode ending.

China's thousand-year-old history has changed dynasties, which feudal dynasty has not fallen out, and it is not the end of bloody storms?

Emperor Tang Ai was poisoned by the warlord Nalu wine; Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty's wife, children, and father-in-law were all killed and locked up by Cao Pi, and I don't know if they were beaten to death or scared to death; The Northern Song Dynasty was captured by the invaders to herd sheep; The Southern Song Dynasty was directly drowned by the minister who jumped into the sea on his back; In the Ming Dynasty, the hanged were hanged, and the hanged were hanged.

The Qing Dynasty can abdicate and become a rich man, thank God for thanking people, and if it is delayed for a few more years, it will really be "dead and the country will be destroyed, and the world will laugh". From this point of view, the person most grateful to the Qing Dynasty should be Yuan Shikai! The old and young remnants of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, they should burn incense and bow down to Yuan Datou during the New Year's Festival.

Speaking of Yuan Datou, it is the common name of the silver dollar issued by Yuan Shikai. It's just that there is any allusion between this Yuan Datou and that wronged Datou? "

Ding Yuntong was thinking wildly, and looking at Yuan Shikai's eyes was a little wrong. Yuan Shikai was just in his early twenties at this time, and he was still a young man, seeing the emperor staring at him stupidly, his eyes were ambiguous, and he was a little worried in his heart, so he pretended to cough a few times.

Ding Yuntong came back to his senses and said, "I said before that I should let Aiqing pay more attention to the affairs of North Korea, and today is the time to use you." In the fight against the French army in Vietnam, I asked you to be a staff officer to train you, and now it is time for you to be on your own. "

Yuan Shikai had already been mentally prepared: "The minister must do his best." "

Ding Yuntong nodded and said: "The affairs of North Korea are complicated, Japan has been planning for a long time, and it is determined to win. The Western powers will certainly instigate behind their backs in an attempt to destroy the power of our suzerainty under the guise of Japan. And the country in Korea is even more chaotic, and the struggle between Dayuanjun and the Min clan is fierce. The politics of the imperial court are dim, erosive to the extreme, the people's grievances are boiling, and chaos is imminent. When I go to Korea, I want you to uphold two principles: first, whether it is the old-fashioned Daewonjun or the wavering Min clan, you must uphold justice, uphold neutrality, and do your best to make these two factions check and balance each other, and Zuihou will obey my orders and concentrate Liliang against the radical and pro-Japanese Kaihua Party. Second, we must take into account the face of the other party's court in everything, and we must not regard ourselves as the suzerain, and be domineering. Rigidity and softness, the combination of width and fierceness, and the combination of grace and power, can govern the road. Otherwise, even if you control the government for a while, but the people's hearts will be lost, and resentment will be aroused, and Zuihou will help the Kaihua Party and Japan. "

Yuan Shikai pondered for a long time and failed to reply.