The clay man still has three points of earthiness, not to mention Sun Yuanqi's blood and strength. When he heard this, he was furious: I treat each other with sincerity on weekdays, but you actually take politeness as convincing. Do you really think that my Sun is weak and can be bullied? I'm going to give you some color today

When he got up, he wanted to break into the box and teach Chen Fengshi a lesson. If you dare to take a step, you feel that something is wrong: in this public place, whether you are full of old fists or bad words to him, you will be happy for a while, but after it spreads, it will be a big **, and it will be insulting. The Hubei student envoy and the general section chief fought in the restaurant? This kind of gossip news is enough to spread laughter and make oneself lose face, and it will also have a negative impact on the basic education promotion project that is in full swing in Hubei today. Besides, even if he fell out with him, what could he do if he was impeached for dereliction of duty and dereliction of duty? According to the laws of the Qing Dynasty, at most it was just dismissal. The dismissal was far from enough to relieve the stuffiness in my chest.

After entering, he and Chen Feng were false and wronged, and then secretly beat him? Sun Yuanqi thought to himself that there was no such kind of city government that was invisible, and it was estimated that he would have to leak his anger without saying three words when they met.

Then if you didn't hear it, let him go? Sun Yuanqi felt that he was not a figure who could spit on his own face.

In short, this evil breath in the chest must be drawn. Between the lightning and the fire, Sun Yuanqi suddenly had a plan in his heart, so he slowly sat back on the stool, ate a few bites of local specialties Dongpo pork and roasted plum, and hurried to the Huangzhou Mansion.

Hearing that the envoy of Tixue was visiting, the prefect of Huangzhou didn't care about half of the lunch, and hurried to the main hall to meet him. After saying that there was no nutrition for a long time, Sun Yuanqi asked: "Since last month, I ordered all prefectures and counties to change primary and secondary schools into public schools, I don't know how the progress of Huangzhou Mansion is?" ”

The prefect of Huangzhou replied carelessly: "Since I heard the order to change the school to a public school last month, everyone in Huangzhou has been rejoicing, thinking that this move will benefit the present generation and will be beneficial for a thousand years." The lower officials are also very active and actively participate in it. It's just that there were several big cases in Huangzhou during this period of time, and the officials lacked skills, so they had to ask Lord Chen to take charge of this matter together with the professors and instructors in the house, and the counties tried their best to assist. If you want to know the specific situation, why don't you ask Lord Chen to come and talk back? ”

What's the big case? It's all a pretext. Sun Yuanqi didn't reveal it, so he nodded: "It's okay." I just don't know where Master Chen is now? ”

"Please sit down for a while, and the lower official will send someone to invite" After the prefect of Huangzhou finished speaking, he withdrew from the main hall.

Sun Yuanqi knew that he was going to report to Chen Fengshi, but he pretended not to know.

Chen Fengshi was eating and drinking in a restaurant, where could he find the servants sent by the prefect for a while? By the time he found him, he was very drunk. The family couldn't, so they had to go into battle with rice vinegar, strong tea, and cold water, which barely made him a little sober. Quickly put on his official uniform, stuffed him into a sedan chair, and carried him to the mansion. After tossing back and forth like this, hours have passed.

Seeing that Chen Fengshi was late, full of alcohol and hazy consciousness, Sun Yuanqi and the prefect both frowned secretly. After he drank a few sips of hot tea, Sun Yuanqi asked, "Lord Chen, how are you doing?" ”

Chen Fengshi hiccuped, and replied with drunken eyes: "Lord Lao asked, Xia Guan is in peace and has no discomfort. ”

Sun Yuanqi indirectly pointed out his intentions: "Lord Chen, I hurriedly invited you to come to ask how the Huangzhou primary and secondary schools are progressing now to be changed to public. Can you introduce me? ”

"Back to my lord, at present, the reform of Huangzhou School has been coarsely effective, and dozens of public schools have been established in recent days, all in accordance with the regulations. In a few months, it will be completed."

Sun Yuanqi knew that he was fooling himself and changing his ways, and he became more and more determined in his heart to punish him. At the moment, he continued: "This official has received the order of the imperial court, and he will leave Hubei in the next few days. The matter is urgent, I wonder if Mr. Chen can hurry up and handle the school reform in Huangzhou as soon as possible? ”

Drunk people know that as long as they are not drunk and fall to the ground, their consciousness is still sober, but their thinking is slower and their control is weakened. Chen Fengshi is like this, when he heard that Sun Yuanqi was going to leave Hubei in the near future, he smiled happily, and he didn't hide anything: "Hehe, my lord, even if you hurry up, I'm afraid it will take more than ten or twenty days."

Sun Yuan nodded: "That's good, according to the will of the imperial court, this official will be rewarded for three months and go abroad to investigate academic affairs." In this way, the matter of supervising the province's school affairs cannot be taken into account, and you can only trouble you, Lord Chen. This official has given you 20 days to complete all the affairs in Huangzhou, and then inspect all the prefectures and counties in Hubei for me to personally investigate the preparations for the establishment of public primary and secondary schools, including the number of schools, the area of school buildings, the number of teachers and students, the funds for running the school, and the difficulties encountered. Aim to complete the survey within half a year. If there is any untruth, it will be severely punished."

"Shen Qing, Chen Zhong, Shi Qian, Liu Changsheng, the four of you come here," Sun Yuanqi shouted to the four security guards who kept staying outside the door, "Lord Chen is inspecting ten prefectures, one state, one hall, and sixty counties in Hubei this time, and there will be hardships and dangers on the way, you must follow around all the time to protect Lord Chen's safety, and you must not leave for a while." In case something goes wrong, I'll ask you."

Seeing that Chen Fengshi's smiling face turned into a bitter melon: travel to 60 counties in Hubei in half a year? You must know that 80 percent of Hubei Province is mountainous and hilly, and if you go down this circle, at least half of your life will be given away, and four people will be sent to protect you, saying that it is protection, but you are afraid that you will monitor yourself, so as not to fabricate data and lie about the military situation, right? Less words

"My lord, Xia Guan is not feeling well, and he is about to take leave...... Chen Fengshi snorted.

Sun Yuanqi slapped the table and scolded sharply: "Nonsense, I just asked you how you are doing, and you still said that there is no discomfort, how can you become unwell in a blink of an eye?" Tell me what to say, go back on your word, do you think I am a three-year-old child?"

Chen Fengshi was so frightened that he quickly stood up, and said in his mouth: "The lower officials don't dare, the lower officials don't dare."

"Hmph, it's good if you don't dare. You should first handle the affairs of Huangzhou, and then set off in 20 days, seriously investigate, and must not be negligent. If you dare to run away from the official without permission, the official will punish you for leaving your post without permission. At that time, Hugh blamed the official for not being emotional, and left the Huangzhou Mansion with a flick of his sleeves, without giving Chen Fengshi the opportunity to open his mouth to beg for mercy.

After returning to Wuchang, Sun Yuanqi asked the governor Zhao Erxun for leave, and ordered someone to help buy tickets and pack luggage. Two days later, I took a river boat from Hankou Wharf and arrived in Shanghai in a few days.

Now that Lilith has opened a Bloomage MSG factory in Shanghai, she naturally has a place to live, and she doesn't have to trouble Duoxin and Duosen anymore. The voyage is scheduled for three days later, and the couple has to take advantage of this gap to have a good time. In addition, in addition to visiting his uncle Tony, Duo Xin, and Duo Sen's two cousins, Sun Yuanqi also invited Cai Yuanpei to the house for a talk, wanting to talk to him about the future development direction of the affiliated school.

On this day, Sun Yuanqi was waiting for Cai Yuanpei's drive in the house, when he heard someone ring the doorbell and hurriedly got up to expel him. After opening the door, I found that the person who came was not Cai Yuanpei at all, but three middle-aged and elderly people who I didn't know. Then he asked with some doubts: "This is Sun Zhai, who are you looking for?" ”

One of the younger of them stepped forward and replied, "We are preparing for the Constitutional Association, and we have come to pay a visit to Mr. Sun Baixi." ”

Preparing for the Constituent Society? What kind of organization is this?

Although Sun Yuanqi had doubts in his heart, there was no reason not to receive others when they visited. Hurriedly put the three of them into the house: "It's Sun Yuanqi below, please come into the house."

After serving the tea, Sun Yuanqi then asked: "Forgive me for being clumsy, I don't know who Your Excellency is?" ”

The younger man replied, "It would be reckless for me to come to visit." Zheng Xiaoxu, the word Su Huan, is a native of Fuzhou, Fujian. With the false recommendation of his colleagues, he is now appointed as the president of the Preparatory Constitutional Association. ”

Then he pointed to an old man with thick eyebrows and big eyes, and said: "This is the champion of Guangxu Jiawu Branch, surnamed Zhang, named Jian, the word Jizhi, and a native of Haimen, Jiangsu." Speaking of which, Mr. Sun is still a little fellow countryman."

Zhang Jian? Sun Yuan was surprised: I have heard of this person, he is not only the champion, but also an industrial and commercial tycoon, and later founded a semi-** kingdom integrating industry, commerce, learning and politics in Nantong. The famous name is like thunder

Zheng Xiaoxu finally pointed to the old man with a beard and chest: "This is Tang Shouqian, the prime minister of the Zhejiang Railway Company, a native of Xiaoshan, Zhejiang." Both of them are the vice-presidents of my pre-constitutional association. ”

Seeing that Zheng Xiaoxu had finished his introduction, Sun Yuanqi hurriedly got up and hugged his fists: "I have admired your names for a long time, but I didn't have the opportunity to meet you, and I hope to forgive you for what Yuan Qi offended just now" In fact, in addition to hearing Zhang Jian's name, Zheng Xiaoxu and Tang Shouqian are still the first time, and they can't talk about "Jiuyang" at all.

The three of them also hurriedly got up: "Your Excellency has studied both Chinese and Western, and now who doesn't know that there is an omniscient Mr. Baixi in China?" We are waiting for the light of rice grains, how dare we compete with the bright moon"

After being polite and sitting down, Sun Yuanqi asked straight to the point: "I don't know if you come to the cold house, what do you have to teach you?" ”

Zheng Xiaoxu did not answer indirectly, but asked rhetorically: "Mr. Baixi, do you know that we are preparing for the Constitutional Council?" ”

"I'm so ashamed to be lonely and unheard"

Zheng Xiaoxu laughed self-deprecatingly: "Mr. Baixi is a poor scholar of heaven and man, and he is admired at home and abroad. If you call yourself 'unheard', then won't we, like ordinary people, die of shame? You don't know that we are preparing for the Constitutional Council, but because we are unknown. ”

As the saying goes, if you have nothing to do, you will be a traitor or a thief. This Zheng Xiaoxu always wears a high hat for me, what kind of medicine is sold in the gourd?

Zheng Xiaoxu continued: "Since the Gengzi National Change, the emperor and the queen mother have been inspired to refresh and implement new policies. The year before last, several groups of ministers were sent abroad to investigate the constitutionalism of various countries. After the ministers who went abroad to investigate returned to China one after another, the Queen Mother weighed the pros and cons and decided to prepare to imitate the constitution. In my humble opinion, a constitutional monarchy is the most suitable form of government for our Qing Dynasty, and once it succeeds, just like the Meiji Restoration in the East, a rich country and a strong army are just around the corner

However, at present, the domestic regulations are not prepared, and the people's wisdom has not been developed, so it is urgent to promote and popularize constitutional knowledge. In view of this, my colleagues and others set up a preparatory constitutional association in Yuyuan in November last year, with the purpose of 'enacting a constitution in accordance with the edict of the emperor and developing the political knowledge of the local gentry', and actively urging the imperial court to establish a constitution at an early date. Over the course of a few months, hundreds of attendees have arrived."

Sun Yuan nodded: Oh, it turned out to be a political group advocating the implementation of a constitutional monarchy, but what are you coming to me for? Is it to pull sponsors, or to pull me into the club?

"I wonder what Mr. Baixi thinks of a constitutional monarchy?" Seeing that Sun Yuanqi was always silent, Zhang Jian interjected on the side.

Can I say bad in the face of a group of fanatics who advocate a constitutional monarchy? Didn't you point to the monk and scold the bald donkey, Sun Yuanqi had no choice but to reply: "It is naturally good to be able to establish a constitutional monarchy." However, I am afraid that it will be a few more years to know what the effect will be. ”

"Well, we are organizing this guild precisely to avoid all kinds of drawbacks and make the constitutional monarchy show the best effect," Zheng Xiaoxu said, "I am waiting to come here to invite Mr. Baixi to join the association." As long as the gentleman agrees, filial piety is willing to give way to the position of president."