Two, two, four, autumn wind sword lonely tears

Before going out, Wu Dianying whispered: "Xiangshuai, don't be in a hurry, be patient, and endure each other for the country!" ”

As the chief of staff, he knows Zhang Zhidong well. No pop-up window update fast // Nanpi Zhang's family is not a famous family, but the ancestors have been county magistrates for four generations, and they grew up in this kind of official family, Zhang Zhidong will inevitably have some tsundere disease. And he is smart by nature, 15-year-old Zhongjieyuan, 26-year-old Zhongtanhua; Later, he became a governor at the age of 44 and a governor at the age of 47, all of which contributed to his bad habits. As a result, Zhang Zhidong is not tactful enough in dealing with people, does not know how to be tolerant, and often finds fault in small things, loses his temper, and makes his colleagues and subordinates lose face.

If you are a governor or governor, you will be surrounded by your own subordinates, and no one will dare to call out. But now it is the Military Aircraft Department, there is the young and vigorous regent Zaifeng, the foreman is Prince Qing Yixuan, who is only money-honored, and his colleagues are all dignified ministers of military aircraft. But Zhang Zhidong's bad habits did not change, and as a result, he had a very stiff quarrel with Yixuan, Shixu, and Natong in a short period of time.

Zhang Zhidong glanced at Wu Dianying, did not speak, turned around and followed the pen to the military plane.

The Military Aircraft Department was established in the seventh year of Yongzheng (1729) and was the central authority in the middle and late Qing Dynasty. The Minister of Military Aircraft has always been directly selected by the emperor, and is generally concurrently served by the prince, scholar, scholar, squire or Jingtang, and there is no prescribed quota, as few as three or four, and as many as seven or eight. At most, there were eleven people, plus the emperor could open three tables of mahjong, and if he fought the landlord, it was four tables. However, there are usually only four to seven people, and five or six are the most common. Right now, it's five people:

The first in line is Prince Qing Yixuan. Although he was greedy and contemptuous, and had a close relationship with Yuan Shikai, he still sat firmly in the position of the foreman of the military aircraft. The reason for this is that he is a man. Embezzlement? What is embezzlement! For the regent Zaifeng, I'm not afraid that you have shortcomings, I'm afraid that you have no shortcomings!

The second is the continuation, which is also a Manchurian, with a gentle personality and a good old man. I don't usually express my opinions.,I'm only responsible for copying and writing.。 is called second, and when it comes to the right to speak, it ranks third and fourth.

The third and second is actually Zhang Zhidong. He has been up and down in the sea for many years, has rich political experience, unique vision, and old methods. This class of Manchu princes who have been fighting horses and cocks since childhood are like flowers and plants in a greenhouse, how can they know the hardships of people's livelihood? When it comes to fighting for power and profit, everyone is brave and first; When encountering important military matters, you have to ask Zhang Zhidong to make an idea.

The fourth in line is Na Tong, who replaced Yuan Shikai, who was taken home to coax his children at the end of last year, and entered the military aircraft department. Don't look at him coming late, but no one dares to underestimate him, and even Yixuan has to give him some face. Why? People are young! Na Tong, who is in his early fifties, is in the prime of life in a group of old men in his sixties and seventies.

The last one is Lu Chuanlin. This rolling shutter military aircraft is one year older than Zhang Zhidong, he is old and declining, and his prestige is not too high.

Zhang Zhidong entered the room of the military aircraft department, and saw the regent Zaifeng sitting in the middle, and his colleagues were lined up on both sides. He didn't dare to hold it up, regardless of his old age and infirmity, he saluted Zaifeng and Yixuan like a courtesy. On the side, Shi Xu smiled and nodded at Zhang Zhidong, while Na Tong and Lu Chuanlin hurriedly got up and invited Zhang Zhidong to take a seat.

After sitting down, Zhang Zhidong's eyelids jumped: there are six people in the room now!

Don't look at the military aircraft department, it sounds like a bull, in fact, the treatment is really average, especially in the office space, at the beginning there were only a few leaky broken board houses, and later they were converted into brick houses. Even so, the duty room is still not spacious, and if there are six people in the room, it will feel a bit cramped. There are rumors in officialdom that if there are 6 ministers of military aircraft, one of them will inevitably be unlucky.

For the outside world, this rumor is just an after-dinner conversation. But for the staff of the Military Aircraft Department, it is almost a curse. As far as Zhang Zhidong knows, there has been nothing wrong with this law since Tongzhi:

In the first year of Tongzhi, the Military Aircraft Department was composed of 6 people, Prince Gong, Wang Yi, Gui Liang, Shen Zhaolin, Bao Jun, Wen Xiang, and Cao Yuying, but Gui Liang and Shen Zhaolin hung up in June and July of that year. Since then, there have been no more than 5 ministers of military aircraft in the thirteen years of Tongzhi, and this example was still followed in the early years of Guangxu.

In the second year of Guangxu, Cixi's grandmother didn't seem to believe in evil, and in March, Jing Lian was added on the basis of 5 people, including Yi, Wenxiang, Baojun, Shen Guifen, and Li Hongzao, and Wenxiang had braided his hair in May.

In the first month of the sixth year of Guangxu, Li Hongzao took his mother's bereavement leave and came back to continue working. Grandma Cixi began to be restless again, and put him in the military aircraft where there were already 5 people, including Yi, Baojun, Shen Guifen, Jing Lian, and Wang Wenshao. In December of that year, Wang Wenshao died of illness.

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I don't need to list them all, just talk about what has happened in recent years.

Since July of the 33rd year of Guangxu, the Military Aircraft Department has been six people, including Yixuan, Zaifeng, Shixu, Zhang Zhidong, Lu Chuanlin, and Yuan Shikai, but nothing major has happened. Everyone celebrated, thinking that the curse had been removed. Who knows that the longer you accumulate, the more explosive it will be. In October of the 34th year, the emperor and the queen mother died one after another; In December, Yuan Shikai was sent home to fish. If the relationship wasn't too hard, Yuan Shikai would have gone to the underworld to accompany the emperor and the queen mother to fight the landlord.

Who knows whether these people remember to eat or not, as soon as Yuan Shikai left, he picked up Natong, and there were 6 people in the military aircraft department. June debt, pay it off quickly! In February of the new year, Natong's mother died, so she had to go home for funeral leave. The Military Aircraft Department again changed back to 5 people.

The six-person curse of the Qing Military Aircraft Department is simply a good weapon for the murder of the Minister of Military Aircraft. It is estimated that the only price adjustment that can be compared to it is the price adjustment of the Celestial Development and Reform Commission. Now that Na Tong is back, and the regent has gathered 6 more people, who will be unlucky this time?

Just when Zhang Zhidong was secretly speculating in his heart, Zaifeng said: "I came to meet with you this time, mainly to discuss a few personnel changes, so as to get a charter to ask the emperor and the queen mother to be respectful." ”

Zhang Zhidong was shocked: Personnel changes? How come I didn't get a little bit of news beforehand?

glanced at Yixuan in the afterglow of his eyes, and saw Yixuan smiling all over his face, looking unfazed. It seems that Zaifeng and Yixuan have already discussed, but they just went to the military aircraft to go through the motions! Thinking of this, Zhang Zhidong's mouth was a little bitter.

Zaifeng saw that everyone did not speak, and then said: "First of all, the governor of Shaanxi and Gansu is promoted to the beggar disease, I don't know what you think?" ”

A few days ago, Shengyun sent a letter to the imperial court, believing that the nine-year constitutional time was too hasty, and asked for a few years of relief to ensure a smooth transition of institutional change. Zaifeng severely rebuked his conservative ideas in his criticism, believing that the establishment of a constitutional monarchy should not be delayed, and local officials should not prevaricate.

Zaifeng advocates actively promoting the constitution, is he dedicated to serving the country? Wrong!

Zaifeng was a German envoy when he was a teenager, and his outlook on life and values changed a lot. In his view, the constitutional monarchy is the trend of the times, and whoever can't stop this trend will either perish or become a constitution for the Qing Dynasty. The lesser of two evils is constitutionalism. Moreover, after learning about the constitutional reforms in Germany and Japan, he found that the power of Wilhelm I and Emperor Meiji did not suffer much, on the contrary, the Japanese emperor was even more detached and controlled the country than the current Qing emperor. You must know that at the end of the Qing Dynasty, the governors in Jiangnan had a semi-** tendency.

For the sake of the Manchu dynasty, Zaifeng decided to implement the constitution. For now, the implementation of the constitution has indeed allowed the royal family to seize more power than before, and the navy, army, postal service, industry and commerce, and academia ...... There is the shadow of the Aixin Jueluo family everywhere. And Seung-yun, a man, actually jumped out to oppose it, how not to annoy Jae-feng?

Zhang Zhidong didn't dare to let Yi Xuan express his position first. Shengyun had impeached Yixuan in the 33rd year of Guangxu, and Yixuan had hated him for a long time; And it seems that the regent has been angry with Yixuan in advance, but he is afraid that as soon as Yixuan makes a statement, the general situation has been decided, and he will not be able to return to the sky. I had to speak first: "Lord Wang, Shengyun Butang has always been in good health, and there is no disease. This time, I was sick and begging, but because I was unsatisfactory in the last performance, and I was panicked, so I asked for sick leave. Foolishly thought that the Shengyun ministry was conscientious and loyal to the king, and it was not appropriate to go to work, and the court should be gentle and consoled. ”

Yi Xuan sneered a few times: "Xiang Weng didn't look carefully at Shengyun's performance, right?" Listen to what he wrote: 'The external sense of the courtier's affliction is so heavy that the internal sorrow is revived, so that some eyes cannot distinguish between black and white, some ears cannot distinguish between elegance and Zheng, and some nose cannot distinguish between stinking and stinking. 'What does this mean?' ridiculed the court for not distinguishing between virtuous and traitorous, and the regent confusing black and white? Is his promotion to the whole world turbid, and I am the only one? It's really undisciplined and lawless! ”

Zhang Zhidong hurriedly said: "What King Qing said is excessive, although the Shengyun Ministry is unscrupulous, but his heart is still loyal to the country, and the court can't hide his virtue because of a blink." And if today's momentum is menacing, Shengyun is decent among the flag officers, and it is foolish to think that it is appropriate to stay in office! ”

The implication is that now the world is full of people, and a big reason is that the children of the Eight Banners are stupid and incompetent but are in high positions, and Tao Beile and Xun Beile are typical examples. In this case, the imperial court needs to set up a few decent bannermen to block the mouth of the world. But how can Zhang Zhidong say this kind of taboo directly?

Yi Xuan bowed down and said to Zaifeng: "I think that Shengyun should be vacant to set an example!" ”

"The minion seconded the proposal, please open the vacancy." Without looking back, Zhang Zhidong knew that it was Na Tong who spoke. Na Tong and Yi Liang formed the "Qing Na Company" to sell officials, and their personal relationship is very good, so they can wear a pair of pants. Now that Yixuan wants to take revenge, how can he stand by and watch?

Zaifeng said: "Do other people still have opinions?" ”

Shi Xu lowered his eyebrows and pleasing his eyes, like a North Korean official, he was burying his head in memorizing things, and he didn't answer when he heard it. As for Lu Chuanlin, he turned his back to the sky, his eyes were slightly closed, I don't know if he was wandering outside the world, or playing chess with Zhou Gong, in short, everything in the world couldn't arouse his interest.

Zaifeng said: "In this case, let's plan the vacancy first, and I have also written down the meaning of the incense man." As for the specifics, I have to ask the emperor and the queen mother to judge! ”

Zhang Zhidong's eyes suddenly turned black: Holy Judgment? Holy judge, your sister! Now Emperor Xuantong is only three or four years old, and he can't read a single word in Douda, and he can't understand the meaning, how can he be respectful? The Empress Dowager Longyu's woman's family is even more paramecium-like IQ, and she also wants to learn from the Empress Dowager Xi to listen to politics, and the Empress Dowager Xi's knees are stronger than her head. Does she know what's wrong or wrong? It's not your regent who has the final say!

Zhang Zhidong took a sip of tea, barely kept his senses, and listened to Zaifeng continue: "A few days ago, the General Office of the Jinpu Railway, Li Shunde, a registered Taoist, and others committed fraud for personal gain, and they were dismissed from their posts and never used for personal gain. As the superintendent, Lu Haihuan could not prevent it in advance, and he was unaware afterwards, so he went to supervise the post of minister of the Tianjin-Pudong Railway. But the duty cannot be vacant, do you have any good candidates to recommend? ”

Yi Liang said: "Tang Shaoyi is available." ”

Na Tong immediately said: "The slave seconded the proposal!" ”

Tang Shaoyi, originally written as "Tang Shaoyi". At the end of last year, Emperor Puyi of Xuantong ascended the throne, and Tang Shaoyi, who was the envoy at the time, was still in the United States, but he immediately sent a telegram back to ask for instructions: The word "Yi" in my name is the same as the emperor's name, and in order to avoid secrecy, I plan to change it to the word "Yi", is it okay? In this way, he used a telegram to establish the image of a loyal minister in the hearts of the Manchu royal family.

Zhang Zhidong saw that they were about to reach an agreement, and hurriedly spoke out against it: "I foolishly think that Tang Shaoyi can't do it!" ”

"Why does the incense man think it can't be?" Zaifeng is wondering today: In the past, Zhang Zhidong always advised himself to use more Han people and less flag people, and eliminate the Manchu and Han domains, why did he prevent the opening of vacancies of flag people and oppose the appointment of Han people today?

Zhang Zhidong said calmly: "Tang Shaoyi studied in the United States since he was a child, and he was quite immersed in Western culture, believed in Christianity, and did not know much about Chinese customs and human feelings. The Tianjin-Pudong Railway involves the three provinces of Zhili, Shandong and Jiangsu, and is densely populated, and there must be a lot of grave relocation matters during this period. If it is supervised by him, there will be an uproar in public opinion and a sensation in the people! ”

Zaifeng smiled: "Xiang Weng, you are from Zhili, right?" In addition to the relocation of graves, the railway is mainly land acquisition. There is a lot of land for the gentry, and it is okay to requisition land; The people have little land, and the land acquisition is unemployed. Therefore, for the state, it is better to harm the gentry than to harm the people. If the gentry thinks that it is not possible, then it must be possible. ”

Zhang Zhidong was furious: "How can you ignore the public opinion of the world because of the prince's opinion?" The three provinces of Zhi, Shandong, and Jiangsu are the foundation of the country, and they must not be sloppy, once Tang Shaoyi is the supervision, I am afraid that it will provoke a popular uprising and shake the world! ”

Zaifeng didn't care: "Don't we have soldiers?" I'm afraid of making trouble with the people! ”

Zhang Zhidong felt a feeling of breathlessness: "If Tang Shaoyi is sent as the superintendent, the officials and gentry of the three provinces will never admit it." ”

Zaifeng slapped the table: "Xiang Weng, you are from Nanpi in Zhili." If there is a decree, you intend to disobey it? ”

On the side, Yixuan said in a weird manner: "This is not Hubei, and it is not okay to disobey the order." ”

Zhang Zhidong was extremely depressed, only to feel that his throat was sweet, and he couldn't suppress a mouthful of hot blood anymore, and suddenly squirted out.