Lin Yuan thought to himself: "I also specially instructed Emperor Guangxu not to tell him about this matter, could it be what he said?" Could it be that the emperors of ancient times were all long-tongued women? ”

So Lin Yuan asked, "What the hell is going on?" Why didn't the Queen Mother want to hear about the construction of the railway? Could it be that the emperor said that I would come today? ”

Li Lianying said: "It's not the emperor who said it, it's a long story, and it's not something that can be said clearly in one or two sentences." ”

At this moment, a little eunuch inside ran out, and when he saw Li Lianying, he said, "Manager Li, why are you talking to Lord Lin, Lafayette is waiting for Lord Lin inside." ”

Li Lianying hurriedly said: "Then you can go in quickly, you must remember, don't talk about the construction of the railway, we will talk about it when you come out." ”

Lin Yuan walked inside, only to see a glass screen in the room, and the little eunuch said, "Lafayette is behind the screen." ”

At this moment, I only heard Cixi say in the back: "Lin Aiqing is here, let's take a seat." ”

At this time, two palace maids walked out from behind the screen, carrying a Taishi chair, to Lin Yuan's surprise, one of them was Guan'er, Guan'er put the chair in front of Lin Yuan, smiled at Lin Yuan, and whispered: "Lafayette is in a bad mood, be careful when speaking." ”

As soon as Lin Yuan sat on the chair, Cixi said, "What is the matter with Lin Aiqing's visit this time?" ”

Lin Yuan saw that Cixi could see his movements, so he guessed that the screen was made of single-sided transparent glass, Lin Yuan smiled: "I have been in the Northeast for a long time, and I have collected a rare thing and sent it to you to see how fresh it is." ”

Cixi's tone was filled with joy, and she said, "What kind of rare thing, take it and take a look." ”

As soon as the words fell, Guan'er walked out from behind, holding a tray in her hand, and came to Lin Yuan, Lin Yuan took out a brocade box from his pocket and put it on the tray, Wan'er smiled at Lin Yuan, turned around and walked back behind the screen.

After a while, I heard Cixi say, "Eh, what a delicate thing. "It turned out that it was a glazed peacock, this peacock was fired by the Zhang family at the request of the Ministry of Internal Affairs during the Daoguang period, the Zhang family failed to fire it out that year, and later Lin Yuan helped the Zhang family restore the glazed process, so Zhang Ziyu asked people to re-fire it, and let Lin Yuan bring it to the capital to fulfill the wishes of the ancestors.

Cixi said: "This peacock is really beautiful, especially how are these colors made? After Cixi finished admiring, she asked, "Although this peacock is exquisite, I can't see anything unusual?" ”

Lin Yuan said with a smile: "This peacock needs to be looked at carefully, if you look carefully, you can see that the feathers of this peacock have four small characters written on it, 'The country is eternal', these four words are very slender, and the craftsman can carve such a small word, which can be called a miracle." ”

Lin Yuan originally thought that Cixi would be surprised, but he didn't expect Cixi to let out an "oh", his tone was full of disappointment, Lin Yuan thought to himself: "What? Doesn't she like this peacock? ”

Cixi said: "It's a very good thing, does Lin Aiqing have a heart." ”

Lin Yuan thought to himself: "I originally wanted to make her happy with this exquisite glass peacock, and then find a chance to talk about the railway, but I didn't expect her to be happy, it seems that I need to change my method, listen to Guan'er, Cixi likes to listen to operas, why don't I do what I like." ”

So Lin Yuan asked, "I don't know if you have listened to the drama recently?" ”

Cixi immediately smiled when she heard this: "Speaking of play, I remembered one thing, I heard Rong Lu say, your play is very good, I don't know if Lu Dao is true?" ”

Lin Yuan remembered his lip-syncing, and said: "I will also have a few paragraphs, and if I have more, I will not be able to, I am recently learning a new play, called "Chu Han Zheng", I don't know if you have heard of it?" This play has a more resounding name - Farewell My Concubine, but the name "Farewell My Concubine" did not appear until 1928, so Lin Yuan used the original name of this play.

Cixi smiled: "You still learn this play?" Are you going to sing Yu Ji? ”

Lin Yuan said: "I can't sing Yu Ji, I sing Xiang Yu, but when I learn this play, I always wonder, why can this Liu Bang win the world?" ”

Cixi said: "Lin Aiqing is really a person with a heart, and he can think of these national events when he learns drama. ”

Lin Yuan said: "I'm just foolish, but it really made me figure out some doorways, I don't know if you want to hear it?" ”

Cixi said: "The story of the struggle between Chu and Han has been passed down for hundreds of generations, and the literati and writers of the past generations have also had a lot of discussions about it. ”

Lin Yuan said: "That's right, the predecessors have talked a lot, I don't want to pick up the wisdom of the predecessors, I want to analyze the reason why Liu Bang won the world from the topography, I only say two places, one is Shaanxi, that is, the land of Guanzhong, now under the rule of my governor of Shaanxi and Gansu in the Qing Dynasty, the mountain shape here is dangerous, it has always been the land of the king's industry, and the Han and Tang dynasties have to become a foundation here for hundreds of years." ”

"Another place is the south of Shaanxi, Sichuan, there is a saying, the world is not chaotic Shu first chaos, the world has been governed Shu has not been governed, I don't know if you have heard of Lu Dao?"

Cixi asked, "Oh? What does this mean? ”

Lin Yuan replied: "Sichuan has always had the reputation of 'fertile fields for thousands of miles, the land of abundance', since Qin Taishou Li Bingxing repaired Dujiangyan, water and drought from people, do not know hunger, and Sichuan is surrounded by high mountains and mountains, although there is a sword pavilion on land and the Yangtze River on the water, but it is difficult and abnormal. ”

"Therefore, those who occupy Sichuan, once they have the heart of being the king and hegemon, they can close themselves off, and it is difficult for outsiders to enter, not to mention the time when it is far, Zhang Xianzhong occupies Sichuan, and after the unification of the Qing Dynasty, he also confronted Wang Shi for several years."

Cixi changed her words and said, "What do you mean by that? ”

Lin Yuan said with a smile: "Please take a closer look at the peacock I sent, if it is Shaanxi and Gansu, Sichuan is unstable, how can the country be forever?" ”

Cixi said: "Sichuan Governor Lu Chuanlin and Shaanxi and Gansu Governor Tan Zhonglin are loyal to my Qing Dynasty, the lonely family has long known that Shaanxi and Gansu, Sichuan is the gateway to the northwest and southwest of my Qing Dynasty, so when choosing the feudal officials, the ancients have clouds, do not doubt the use of people, do not use suspicious people, since Lu Chuanlin and Tan Zhonglin are selected, they will no longer be suspicious." ”

Lin Yuan said with a smile: "Of course, of course, there is no doubt in employing people, and there is no need to suspect people, but it is difficult to draw people and tigers, in the northwest, the Russians are ready to move, and in the southwest, the French are eyeing each other, if there is another Shi Jingjiao, what should I do in the Qing Dynasty?" ”

Shi Jingjiao betrayed the sixteen states of Yanyun to the Khitans, and took advantage of the Khitans' power to claim the emperor, this matter Cixi is not ignorant of the way, in case these two people are really tempted by the Russians and the French, what should it be?

While Cixi was pondering, Lin Yuan smiled and said, "I have a way to get rid of this trouble forever." ”

Cixi asked, "What can you do?" ”

Lin Yuan replied: "After Qin Shi Huang swept Liuhe, he built a straight road from Xianyang to the border, and we should follow suit and build a road from Beijing to pass, so that we can control the border." ”