"Rebel, you ......, this rebel!"

In the yamen of the governor of Hubei, Tan Jixun's lips were white, pointing to Tan Sitong, who had cut his braids and was dressed in a dress, and he was already the first ** official of Xinhua, and his whole body trembled!

At the time of the Restoration a few months ago, he, the governor of Hubei, was like a year, and he would be monitored and held hostage even when he went out, but after all, Tan Si was also his son, so when he heard that he was arrested and sentenced to be executed, the whole person seemed to be dozens of years old.

But who would have thought that the sky and the earth changed color overnight, the Qing Kingdom disappeared without even a bubble, and the emperor and the queen mother also committed suicide, when the news came, he was angry and happy, angry that those traitors and thieves usurped the country and seized power, and happy that his son finally did not die.

But the news that came soon made him stunned, and his son actually appeared in the cabinet list announced by Xinhua Zhengaxe, became a reading power official, and took charge of the judicial power of a country.

And he is just a governor, there is a governor above, and the southeast guarantees each other, which suddenly made him, the governor in charge of Hubei, a thorn in everyone's side, and now his son has become the other party's official, doesn't it mean that father and son will be the enemy of life and death in the future, and they will meet each other?

These people are like sitting on pins and needles, and he is restless at night, even if one day the army suddenly opens to the mansion, and his family will be wiped out, so he went to Zhang Zhidong overnight to prepare to hang up the official and go, but this has not been replied to, Tan Sitong actually came back with more than 100 strangely dressed soldiers!

Tan Sitong's return immediately caused an uproar, those who had a heart, those who didn't have a heart, those who inquired about the news, and those who tried to take the line to protect themselves, crowded the small governor's yamen, and saw so many people coming, Tan Jixun's face was even more unbearable, and he was also worried about his son's safety, so he was so angry that he wanted to drive him out of the house.

"The Governor is angry."

"Yes, my lord's anger, at this time when the world is in turmoil, since Fusheng has returned, it is not too late for him to finish speaking."

Seeing this, everyone in the living room hurriedly persuaded the father and son who stared at each other, Tan Sitong looked at his father, looked around, and suddenly felt that he was ordered to come back this time, it was really the right time!

"Father, my lords, the Manchu Qing Dynasty has long been called Bo Xishan, they see foreigners in charge, exploiting my Chinese ethnic groups, but they don't want to forge ahead, but they take the whole day as a pleasure in walking birds and repairing the garden, such a person is still worthy of being the lord of the world?!"

"Foreigners knock on opium and use foreign guns and giant ships as the foundation, and constantly blackmail me to make reparations for renting land, have you seen less over the years?"

"Now the new emperor has only one hand, and the first day of defeat has forced the foreigners to retreat, build education, set up factories, and build railways, and in just a few years, the northeast of the wild land in the eyes of you in the past has prospered!"

"He formed a navy, exalted his power in the ocean, fought Chen Chen, let the Chinese in Nanyang no longer suffer from bullying, and let the Ryukyus return to the embrace of my China, which thing is not a thousand years of achievements?!"

"Ladies and gentlemen, you have been here for too long, go out for a walk, Guanwai, Nanyang Luzon, or go to today's Zhili to have a look, the world is different!"

"Nonsense, come on, get this son out of me!" Hearing that Tan Sitong was constantly agitating everyone, Tan Jixun's face became even more ugly, and he was about to order someone to do it when he slapped the table.

"The old man told you, don't spread your fallacies heresy, the old man was born as an official of the Qing Dynasty, and died as a ghost of the Qing Dynasty, and now I protect each other in the southeast, Lord Zhang has been mobilizing the Hunan army to go north to King Qin, where are you still from, where are you going!" Tan Jixun said angrily.

"I'm here from Huaxia, and this is Huaxia! Where does Father and the adults want us to go? ”

Tan Sitong swept the audience with cold eyes, and said coldly: "As for King Qin's army!" Hmph, I might as well tell you that Shanxi, Shandong, and Henan have been controlled by my Xinhua, and Anhui and Jiangsu have also been unable to protect themselves, and it is only a matter of time before the army enters Hubei! ”

"The emperor ordered me to come this time, not because I was afraid of that bullshit southeast mutual insurance, nor because I was afraid of tens of thousands of Huai troops, even if we had the support of foreigners, we were not afraid, but I didn't want the lives of tens of millions of people in Hubei to be ruined!"

"And don't forget, adults!"

"The Qing Dynasty is gone!"

Tan Sitong's last sentence slammed into everyone's hearts like a morning drum, and then they suddenly discovered an important issue, whether it was the mutual protection of the southeast, or the protection of King Qin, or the sworn resistance to the rebel Xinhua, they could not avoid a reality!

That is, the Qing Dynasty is gone, what is the use of these?!

On February 3, 1899, three days before the Lunar New Year, after the neighboring provinces of Shanxi and Henan were successively controlled, Tan Jixun, the governor of Hubei, announced that he would accept the leadership of Xinhua Zhengaxe under the persuasion of everyone.

A day later, Anhui also announced that it would accept the new Chinese political axe, and so far, only Jiangsu and remote Shaanxi and Gansu are still struggling to support the south of the Yangtze River.

In the new garden, lanterns are hung high.

Compared with the provinces south of the Yangtze River, which are full of gloom and clouds, the unified Zhili places in the early months have already returned to calm, and seeing that the new policy axe did not disturb the people, but successively introduced some new policies, and the people's minds returned to the annual New Year.

In Yingtai, a group of new guests were also ushered in today, so Li Mo dressed up carefully in front of the mirror early in the morning.

The bright yellow dragon robe made Young Master Li look unpleasant, if he usually didn't want to wear this, but today is Chinese New Year's Eve, and he has to entertain guests, so he has to frown and wear the dragon robe with a bitter face.

"Flutter." Xiao Xiao covered the corners of his mouth, looked at Li Mo who was in a daze in the mirror, and said with a smile: "Brother Li, you have been taking pictures for almost half an hour, are there flowers in the mirror?" ”

"Dead girl, dare to laugh at the young master!" Young Master Li looked at the luxurious and small, the roots of his teeth were itching, after having a child, this girl's body was completely opened, her bulging chest was about to tear, and her plump body was wrapped in this improved Hanfu palace lining, which was even more curvy, isn't this seductive!

"It's small, it's still early."

Young Master Li licked his face, and one hand quietly covered the highest place, so frightened that Xiao Xiao hurriedly wanted to dodge, and said angrily: "Don't, people put it on with a lot of effort." ”

"I'll just have to put it on later." Young Master Li sneered, and blocked the little girl who had followed her to this day with his big mouth, and in the startled scream, he fiercely overwhelmed the plump body.

Hoohoo ha......

Half an hour later, Young Master Li got up in the midst of his charming eyes, and walked out of the room satisfied after putting on his clothes again.

In the luxurious hall, there are dozens of large round tables, the old man Qiao is the same as everyone, looking at the nose, nose and heart sitting, since the incident in Taiyuan, Shanxi Jin merchants have been grounded, Taiyuan and Pingyao are guarded at night, everyone thought that a catastrophe was about to befall the head, but he didn't expect to suddenly receive an invitation ten days ago, so that his eyes almost fell out.

The invitation was written by Li Mo himself, inviting these Jin businessmen to go to Yanjing to have a New Year's dinner together, this is a big thing, from ancient times to the present, I have never heard of the emperor inviting businessmen to eat New Year's dinner, and everyone was immediately happy and sad.

Joy is to see the face of the sky, which is placed in which dynasty and which generation is a major event of the glory of the ancestors, and the sorrow is that I don't know whether this New Year's dinner will be a Hongmen banquet, and so the vast number of more than 100 people arrived in Yanjing, only to find that it is not only Jin merchants, Zhili, Shandong, Hubei, Anwei, Henan, and a large number of representatives of businessmen who first supported Xinhua, almost all came, gathered together There are seven or eight hundred people.

These people don't dare to say that they are all as rich as him, but at least they are the most famous local rich gentry, and they don't dare to say that they are all turned upside down, at least they can change the face of a province!

Although everyone knew each other, but at this time, no one dared to talk nonsense, and just nodded and exchanged glances, and not long after everyone was invited to the table, they saw the new royal honor guard appear outside the door, and sang: "The emperor has arrived." ”

Li Mo doesn't like to put on music, but some rules still have to be followed, although the dignity and order are regarded as feudal, but it has indeed been passed down for thousands of years, and it is still very marketable in this era, and the royal family must also have the majesty of the royal family, so he also specially appointed several personnel who are in charge of royal affairs.

After seeing the emperor walking into the hall in a dragon robe, everyone who was invited was surprised by Li Mo's youth, and they were all ready to kowtow and bow down, Li Mo hurriedly picked up the nearest one, and said loudly: "Everyone, it's Xinhua now, not the old Qing Dynasty, this rule of kneeling and worshipping, let's change it, if you think it's inappropriate, or embarrassed, then you might as well wait for the next time I go to you, just invite me to have a meal." ”

"Hehe......." Since the emperor said so, who would dare to kneel around, and when he heard Li Mo say kindly, he immediately laughed a few times, and couldn't help but be curious about the young emperor.

"My rule is that I don't want to do anything, my stomach is important, let everyone wait for a long time, let's eat."

"What the emperor said is that all the people in the world take food as their sky, and eating is naturally the top priority." Li Enfu smiled, and after signaling the banquet to start, the atmosphere suddenly became a little lively, although it was not rich, but it was also a lot of delicious food, but even so, everyone still felt a little difficult to swallow, because the more Li Mo didn't say the purpose of inviting them, the more uneasy everyone became.

Seeing that the atmosphere was still a little dull, Li Enfu bumped into Li Mo, who also noticed everyone's thoughts, and smiled: "It seems that everyone still can't let go, so let's just eat and talk at the same time." ”

"...... well." Seeing Li Mo put down his chopsticks, everyone hurriedly said yes and pricked up their ears.

"There are two main things to invite you to come this time, one is that this is the first year of the founding of our Xinhua People's Republic of China, and we have to let everyone know what I look like, and don't admit it in the future, so I invite everyone to have a meal and get to know each other by the way."

"Second." Li Mo glanced at Li Enfu, and the corners of his mouth hooked: "Xinhua was founded, and the Qing Dynasty didn't leave us any foundation, and it was the time for all kinds of waste to be renewed, so I invited everyone over and wanted to find you ......." After a slight pause, he continued to repeat the last three words.

"Borrow some money!"

"Boom......." The hall that was silent just now suddenly sounded a sound of ear-to-ear, and some people clenched their fists, scolding Li Mo for really not having a good mind, as for those businessmen who have been following Li Mo to this day, they know that he is not the kind of person who speaks casually, nor is he a lawless faint king who squeezes the people's wealth, so they are quietly waiting for the following.

Li Enfu's reaction to these was not surprising, he waved his hand and smiled: "Everyone, let's listen to the emperor first after speaking." ”

Li Mo stood up, waved his hand and asked the guards to hang out a huge map, put it in the center of the hall, he walked to the map, and suddenly his face was serious: "As I said before, the country is start-up, and there are many things to do, the most important of which is to build education and roads." ”

"I have already discussed with the Prime Minister about the issue of education, and I am ready to implement a free education system in the Northeast, and at the same time, the Political Axe Association will allocate special funds to build new universities, so that everyone can read and be literate."

Many people here have heard about the free education in the Northeast, and when they heard that Li Mo was going to carry out the whole of the North this time, they were all overjoyed, they were the first people who had seen Western things, and their ideological concepts were not so traditional, so they naturally knew the important surname of Xinxue.

However, the education funds are all funded by the political axe, so why borrow money?

In the middle of his thoughts, Li Mo's voice rose again: "The second major thing is the road, most of you are businessmen, the way of nature has been a business for a long time, and now the roads between the provinces are not smooth, not to mention the bandits, and the road is difficult, for example, the nearest Shanxi to Yanjing, it will take four or five days to ride a fast horse, and if it is a large convoy, it will take at least seven or eight days." ”

"If the roads are not smooth, it will be difficult for the economy to develop, the freight by the sea will not be able to pass, the coal and iron in the mountains will not be transported, and the provinces and localities can only die and not communicate with each other." Li Mo pointed to the map and said: "Nowadays, foreign countries are building a lot of construction and railways, so we can't be left behind." ”

"Your Majesty, building bridges and roads has been a matter of great merit since ancient times, and I am willing to pay this money, but it is just ......."

Li Mo smiled, interrupted the man's words, and said with a smile: "Don't worry, I didn't ask you to borrow this money for nothing, I discussed with the prime minister, and I am ready to invest in the shares according to the proportion of capital contribution, and the political axe and you will jointly fund the construction." ”

Railroad equity!

As soon as Li Mo finished speaking, the eyes in the hall almost lit up, and even Old Man Qiao opened his eyes, who doesn't know that the railway is a big deal these days! Although the initial cost is huge, once it is repaired, it will be tens or even hundreds of years of income, and I dare not say anything else, it is more than enough to ensure your three generations of wealth!

After Li Mo finished speaking, Li Enfu struck while the iron was hot and threw out the big plan of eight railways that had been planned for a long time, and everyone's eyes were wide stunned by this huge plan.

The Chinese businessmen behind Li Mo were the most active, and immediately expressed their willingness to fund the construction of this main artery along the Bohai Sea from Fengtian to Shanhaiguan and around half of Zhili to Tianjin, and connect it to the perfect northern railway network in Yuyi, and Li Enfu also immediately said that the political axe will also contribute one-third, and will undertake the construction work at the same time.

With their drive, the remaining provinces, especially the wealthy Jin merchants, are even more excited, Shanxi has always been known as the surface mountains and rivers, since ancient times, the land is scarce and the road is difficult, so the Jin merchants know the important surname of the railway best, and even don't care about politeness, so they have turned their heads and ears.

Seeing everyone's ears pricked up all of a sudden, Chen Ping, who had nothing to do with political affairs, smiled and quietly bumped Liang Dunyan's shoulder: "Songsheng, you can save a lot of money now." ”

Liang Dunyan squinted his eyes, picked up a piece of deer breast and put it in his mouth, and chewed: "The emperor's means are powerful, this trick is a big move, using the railway as bait, using the idle funds of these guys to use, and it is ......." Speaking of this, he glared at Chen Ping and said with a smile: "They have so much money in their hands, don't you feel at ease when you sleep at night?" ”

Tang Shaoyi next to him also nodded, and the corners of his eyes swept some people who were still calm, and said with a smile: "Yuanshou, it seems that there are still people who are not satisfied, your beating kung fu of the chief of staff has not yet arrived home!" ”

"Humph!" Looking at the direction of Tang Shaoyi's gaze, the corners of Chen Ping's mouth were cold: "There are always some people who can't be beaten without beating!" ”

On February 16, 1899, shortly after the New Year, the Jin merchants finally agreed to the plan of exchanging shares for the railway, which was collectively funded by dozens of ticket numbers to build two railways through Shanxi and form the Shanxi Railway Company.

At the same time, the gentry of Henan and Shandong also responded positively, but both places were not as rich as Shanxi, and the funds were somewhat stretched, at this time Li Enfu immediately proposed a method of exchanging land for shares according to Li Mo's instructions, and the political axe bought the land in the hands of the landlord according to the market price, and then they invested the money in the railway, or built a new factory, ran an industry and other things, but this proposal caused an uproar! ……

(To be continued)