Paid Chapter (12 points)

Officials are a very special group, and their joys and sorrows are extremely distorted by power, especially at the top. When they have the right to show their power unscrupulously, the slightest disobedience will lead to murder; And when they are in a lower position and have a desire for others, the hatred of killing their father and taking their wives can also be put aside. In order to get money from the school envoy, Chen Kuilong smiled and even begged softly, the main reason was that Sun Yuanqi's background was hard enough. If Sun Yuanqi was alone, it is estimated that Chen Kuilong would have lowered his face and spoke coldly.

Just when Sun Yuanqi walked out of the governor's mansion, a person turned out from behind the screen in the main hall, and without greeting the governor, he sat down on the Taishi chair that Sun Yuanqi had just sat on.

Chen Kuilong didn't feel embarrassed at all, took a sip of tea, and asked, "Min Zhai, how much money do you think is in the account of the Envoy of the Academy?" ”

The old man called "Min Zhai" is named Yu Zhaokang, a native of Changsha, Hunan, the same year of Chen Kuilong, who served as the prefect of Wuchang and Hanyang, and the envoy of Shandong and Jiangxi, and is now at home. After Chen Kuilong arrived, he needed the help of acquaintances who were familiar with Hunan and Hubei, so he naturally thought of this Hunan man who had served in Hubei for more than ten years, so he asked him to come out to help.

Yu Zhaokang stroked his beard: "Since he has reported specific accounts, it is estimated that there are only so many." ”

Chen Kuilong said hatefully: "In less than three months, four million taels of silver were spent, which is really a good means, and the courage is not much better than that of me, the governor." I don't know how he spent it."

Yu Zhaokang replied: "I have a few old friends who work in various schools in Wuhan, according to them, after the Chinese New Year this year, the Ministry of Education and Envoys will urge all schools in the province to prepare this year's financial budget, and then allocate the amount of funds to the schools according to the budget. ”

"Spending money in this way, even if another four million is not enough for him to spend, but he just scatters the money like this, and he is not afraid that the people below will be greedy for ink?"

"It is said that at the time of the appropriation, the Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Education stated that throughout the year, the accounting department personnel will be sent from time to time to conduct secret inspections and random inspections, and once verified, in addition to recovering the embezzled money, it will also be revoked by the imperial court. And it also requires the school to set up a committee with teachers and students as the main body, and large expenditures of more than ten taels of silver must be reviewed by the committee and publicized in the whole school. Of course, these are all formalities, only to guard against gentlemen and not villains. If you want to make money, even if I punish the law harshly and snared Sen Mi, aren't there still He Shen and others? What's more, the envoy of the school is just a little there," Yu Zhaokang said disdainfully.

Chen Kuilong pinched the lid of the bowl in his hand and gently tapped the tea bowl, making a crisp sound: "It seems that his hand is deliberately guarding against me."

Yu Zhaokang laughed: "That's natural, who doesn't know that you Chen Yong'an doesn't contact new scholars, second, you don't perfunctory international students, and third, you don't accept fake celebrities?" It's just that this Lord Sun has violated your taboos in everything, can people not guard against you? ”

Chen Kuilong pondered for a moment, and then asked: "Min Zhai, Sun Baixi just said that when he went to his majesty's resignation, the Empress Dowager had an edict, hoping that he could vigorously study in Hubei, educate talents for the country, and build several schools like Jingshi University as soon as possible. Is this credible? ”

"This is not false at all," Yu Zhaokang replied firmly, "I was in Jiangxi as an envoy before, and I had a close relationship with Wang Songnian, the Jiangxi envoy. This Wang Songnian was resigned at the same time as Sun Baixi, he told me about it personally, and he was envious that Sun Baixi could get such a holy favor. According to Yun, the Empress Dowager had promised that if it was related to the establishment of a school, Sun Baixi could act cheaply and did not have to play it beforehand. ”

Chen Kuilong felt a little tricky, and immediately asked, "What do your friends think of this Master Sun?" ”

"My old friends have a lot of criticism about him."

"Oh, why?" Chen Kuilong suddenly came to the spirit.

Yu Zhaokang said: "This Lord Sun has studied abroad since he was a child, and if he doesn't talk about the scriptures, history, children, and collections, I am afraid that he has not finished reading the "Four Books" and "Five Classics". Half of the various schools he set up after coming to Hubei were related to Western learning, and the rest were either normal schools or primary and secondary schools, but they had nothing to do with middle schools. My old friends are all from the imperial examination, so they naturally have trouble with this.

In addition, he also stipulated that schools at all levels in Hubei should use designated textbooks. Prior to this, all schools used textbooks printed by the Hubei Official Book Bureau, and these textbooks were written by the Hubei gentry. After he came, he stipulated that the books of the Shanghai Commercial Press should be uniformly used, and you must know that most of these books were written by his grandson. It is said that with this income alone, he can make tens of thousands of gold every year."

Although Chen Kuilong did not express his position, he had already kept this matter in mind. Then he asked, "What is the opinion of his official reputation?" ”

Although this person is young, his official reputation is excellent. First, he is quite upright on weekdays, never gathers for drinks and swimming, and does not ask for bribes. Moreover, the royal majesty was very strict, all the wives and children at home stayed in Beijing, and did not bring Hubei, and there were only three or five staff members and a few old servants in the yamen. Second, although he has the support of the Queen Mother and Shouzhou Zhongtang behind him, he only cares about academic affairs, never meddles in any local affairs, and treats people and things peacefully. Sometimes, when he is free, he will personally go to the school to teach students, chat with teachers, and eat casually at roadside stalls. Therefore, some people in Hubei officialdom secretly said that he did not know the dignity and humility. ”

Chen Kuilong interjected with emotion: "Actually, my generation of scholars has read the classics of sages since he was a child, and he has been nurturing for a long time, and he is very strict in cultivating his temperament and self-cultivation. After being an official, but it is also a clean official. In the end, those who do not protect their reputations are seven or eight times out of ten because they are not worthy of their descendants, arrogant concubines and slaves. Sun Baixi is very young, his heirs are still young, and he is not a good woman, so how can his official reputation be bad? ”

"Although this scholar makes adults be kind to people on weekdays, but he is ruthless, and it also makes people retreat," Yu Zhaokang said.

"How?"

"In October last year, the head of the general section of the Department of Education thought that he was going to leave his post, and his words and deeds were a little disobedient, which annoyed him. He sent this section chief to personally inspect all prefectures and counties in Hubei to investigate the preparations for the establishment of public primary and secondary schools, and he was not allowed to take leave. Hubei is big, there are many prefectures and counties, this unlucky section chief has been running outside for half a year, and only returned to Wuchang in March this year, not to mention that his legs have run a thin circle, and he is ten years old. After coming back, he handed in his resignation under the pretext of recuperation. ”

"Our Xuetai adults are really not easy to get along with, we have a background and a character, it seems that I want to give him a good three." Chen Kuilong smiled bitterly, "Then trouble Minzhai continues to inquire about his news, no matter how big or small, it will be collected into a document and reported to me." ”

"Oh? Don't you want to be good friends with him, why do you still beat his selfishness? Yu Zhaokang was a little curious.

Chen Kuilong's face turned whole: "When there are still fights between lips and teeth, let alone the clouds and rain on the officialdom?" In case one day he is pampered and arrogant, and I call out, I must have a diamond in my hand, as the saying goes, you can't have the heart of harming people, and you can't have the heart of preventing people. ”

In fact, as long as Chen Kuilong does not put his hand into the one-acre and three-point land of the Envoy to Study, Sun Yuanqi will not bother to argue with him, under the premise that the Governor's Mansion guarantees the education funds of the whole province, it is best to smell each other and not get along with each other.

Sun Yuanqi didn't want to mess with Chen Kuilong, and Chen Kuilong didn't want to offend Sun Yuanqi for the time being. Of course, this was only temporary, and secretly Yu Zhaokang followed his instructions to collect Sun Yuanqi's black materials. If there is a chance and conditions, Chen Kuilong doesn't mind knocking Sun Yuanqi to the ground and stepping on one foot again, so that he will never be able to turn over. This has nothing to do with Sun Yuanqi being a new scholar, a foreign student, etc., but as a chief, no one wants his people to get out of control and create an independent small kingdom to confront him

Fortunately, in the dark, the heavens are also very powerful, and in the following months, Chen Kuilong will not be idle for a moment:

Huang Xing, who had the reputation of "undefeated without service" in later generations, with the assistance of Cai Yi and Lan Tianwei, who graduated from the Japanese Army Non-commissioned Officer School in the League, not only withstood the first round of encirclement and suppression by the Qing army, but also took advantage of the situation to capture the prefectures of Lin'an, Kaihua, Guangnan, Guangxi and other prefectures in Yunnan, occupying one-third of the province's area, and the front of the troops was directed at Kunming.

Encouraged by the good news, the situation in the provinces south of the Yangtze River was surging, and the eyes of those new soldiers and students made the officials who were pressed cold down their spines, and Guangdong, Shanghai and other places were even more shocked three times a day. Wuhan has a dense number of new-style schools, and there are many new troops trained by Zhang Zhidong, and on this crater, Chen Kuilong and Sun Yuanqi dare not be careless at all, and the number of patrols on the streets of Wuchang is much more intensive than before.

Fortunately, although the students and the new army are enthusiastic, they have not lost their basic judgment and know that it is difficult to succeed in Hubei now. Many people left Wuchang openly or covertly and went straight to Yunnan. Guangguang Lianghu Normal School, more than 20 people left in more than half a monthSun Yuanqi heard the report of the supervisor of the Normal School, and his heart was happy and worried:

The good news is that these students have left Hubei, at least for the time being, to ensure the peace of the three towns of Hankou, and to build a number of schools with peace of mind; And when they arrive in Yunnan, they can also strengthen their momentum and attract Chen Kuilong's attention.

The worry is that many of these students are good seedlings, and in time, it will not be difficult to become excellent teachers and scientific researchers

Sun Yuanqi still has joys and worries, as the logistics director of the Yunnan Anti-Suppression Army, Chen Kuilong only has worries. The first battle was unfavorable, and he had to personally come forward to raise food, raise salaries, draw strong men, and transport arms, which were enough to make the governor, who had just taken office and had not yet covered his ass, anxious.

There was still a fierce battle in southern Xinjiang, and bad news came from the north: a few days after the Dragon Boat Festival, the Military Aircraft Department issued an edict, saying that Emperor Guangxu was seriously ill and ordered all provinces to send famous doctors to Beijing.

As soon as the news was announced, the world was shocked. The first thing that comes to people's minds is not that Emperor Guangxu is seriously ill, but that the Empress Dowager Cixi is afraid that she will not be able to do it, after all, this old woman who has ruled China for forty-seven years in the name of hanging the curtain and obeying the government is already seventy-four years old, in case something happens, who will govern the country? Where does the future hold?

After receiving the order from the Military Aircraft Department, Chen Kuilong did not dare to slack off, and urgently ordered all prefectures and counties to select famous doctors and quickly escort them to Wuchang for testing. Choosing a doctor for the palace is a matter of both danger and opportunity: if you cure the disease, needless to say, you will naturally gain fame and fortune; But to be cured? Therefore, Chen Kuilong must screen and assess these so-called famous doctors, not seeking merit but no fault.

Sun Yuanqi, the most high-ranking deputy ministerial-level official in the Qing Dynasty, knew the news of the selection of famous doctors very early, and when he received the telegram, he knew in his heart: It seems that the mother and son of Cixi and Guangxu are Guan Yu and go to Maicheng - not far from death

casually handed the telegram to Yang Du beside him and asked, "Brother Huizi, what do you think after reading it?" ”

Yang Du looked at it at a glance, and his face was a little solemn: "I'm afraid that it is not the emperor who is sick, but the queen mother, who has been in the state affairs for a long time, and if the palace is abolished again, I am afraid that there will be great turmoil in the world." Baixi, what do you think? ”

"In any case, Emperor Guangxu is in a catastrophe this time" There was no one around, and Sun Yuanqi was naturally outspoken.

"Oh, why did Baixi say this?"

Sun Yuanqi was in the officialdom for a long time, and he was no longer a chick, so he replied: "If Emperor Guangxu is seriously ill, then he will die if he dies, and it is a big deal that the Empress Dowager Cixi will set up another puppet." If the Empress Dowager Cixi is seriously ill, will she still leave Emperor Guangxu before she dies? You must know that Emperor Guangxu is afraid of her like a tiger and hates her, if Emperor Guangxu is left, the case will be overturned in the future, so that Cixi will not be at peace after her death. Of course, even if Cixi stays, Li Lianying, Yuan Shikai and others can't keep him."

In Sun Yuanqi's heart, he didn't want Emperor Guangxu to come out to rule: after the failure of the Wuxu Reform, Guangxu has been imprisoned in Yingtai, Zhongnanhai, and spent ten years of life as a prisoner without personal freedom. After the tempering of this suffering, people will either become stoic heroes like Gou Jian, or they will become crazy people with broken bodies and distorted minds. If Emperor Guangxu was Gou Jian, it would be impossible to lose when he changed the law. Therefore, he is more likely to become a madman, a psychologically twisted madman in power, who knows what crazy moves he will make?

"Alas, the country has been troubled since then," Yang Du sighed.

Sun Yuanqi knew the general trend of history, but he was a little unimpressed: "The sea is crossing, and the true character of the hero is revealed."

Yang Du's eyes lit up.

God seems to have deliberately disagreed with Chen Kuilong, and in June and July, Hubei became a disaster again, the residents were displaced, and the granary of Huguang became a water town. In addition to raising food and salaries, he also has to flood control and disaster relief, but he is so busy that he is exhausted, where is he still thinking about finding trouble with Sun Yuanqi?

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