Li Hongzhang, who has always been forging ahead and swaying his wishes, has now changed places, and his style of acting is about to change, "There are certain guidelines for everything, although the situation is changing outside, we can't be chaotic here, and we can't respond to all changes with the same, if we mess up, I'm afraid that there will be more disputes," Li Hongzhang said, "So this Gyeonggi, natural foreign affairs must be handled, railways must be repaired, and sailors must be trained, but everything must be cautious, must seek stability, and must not cause chaos." Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ”

Ju Couple looked at Li Hongzhang worriedly, "The situation is so complicated, father, you are an old man who is almost seventy, I am afraid that your body will not be able to bear it." ”

"Don't worry," Li Hongzhang was full of energy, his face was full of red light, and he couldn't see that he was almost seventy years old at all, "I'm a person, speaking of power, the desire for power is really vulgar, if this errand is not difficult and complicated, inextricably linked, I don't have the heart to do it, only such a difficult thing, I do it, I feel interesting, I feel high-spirited," he determined the next direction in this conversation, he said with a pipe in his mouth, "Dealing with the Japanese, soft and hard, not yin and yang, Don't be in a hurry to deal with it, this is what you can play, Yuan Shikai is going to North Korea again, he can do well, but I can't just watch Yuan Shikai fight alone there, Li San! He instructed his entourage, "First take a telegram to North Korea, and ask the king of North Korea what is going on, the queen mother said last time that she would let the prince of Joseon enter Beijing, what are they going to do, are they ready to disobey the queen mother's holy decree?" If there is no suitable escort, just let our garrison escort you. ”

Empress Dowager Cixi's special numerology court issued a strict order, ordering the Korean prince to enter Beijing to study, Concubine Min was finally forced to face her favorite child to assume the identity of a similar hostage to the Qing Kingdom, of course, this process should be delayed as much as possible, and is currently saying that she hopes to enter Beijing after the end of the sea trade wind, "What's the big deal with the trade wind, if the prince of North Korea is afraid of this trade wind, how will he be the king in the future?" Li Hongzhang shook his head disapprovingly, "But this is also a prevarication, we and North Korea, if I am not old and confused, I still know that there is a land border, and then we must not let the king of Korea and this Concubine Min have any possibility of surrendering to the Japanese, the variables of the king of Korea, if it becomes bigger, it will be difficult for things in North Korea to end," It is absolutely impossible to achieve the stability that Li Hongzhang is pursuing, "This prince of the king, even if he is detained, he must be detained to Beijing!" ”

"If it's staked, how can it convince people?" Ju Couple smiled, "When the time comes, it will push the Koreans to Japan." ”

"I don't want them to be convinced, as long as you send people over, there are such people in your hands, the king and Concubine Min must also know that the future of this prince is up to us in the Qing Dynasty, and Concubine Min is engaged in harem politics in North Korea," Ju Couple suddenly coughed, Li Hongzhang smiled dumbly, "She can't govern the country, and she is the most powerful in her intrigue and trickery, she is not stupid, she knows how to make trade-offs, the meaning of the court is set, here in East Asia, no one can resist, not to mention what the court means, Even if it is the decree of my Beiyang minister, she must also bow her head and obey her orders. ”

Li Hongzhang shook his fingers, "I'll leave this matter to Yuan Shikai, he knows how to deal with North Koreans." ”

After such a long conversation, it was almost nightfall, and after finishing the business, Li Hongzhang only cared about his daughter at this time, and he saw that Ju Couple had been holding a book in his hand, "It's common to see you holding this book these days?" Why have there been any new books coming out lately? If it's a good article, you can show it to your father. ”

Li Ju pressed the book in his hand and said with a smile, "This is not a new publication, it is a novel written by a female writer in England decades ago, and it was only published in China this year, called "Jane Eyre", which tells the story of a little girl, and the students of Beijing Central School for Girls have a copy in their hands, and I went to play a few days ago and borrowed one," she said lightly, "Father must not like to read these stories." ”

Since it is the story of a little girl, there must be nothing to see, Li Hongzhang nodded, Ju Couple got up, and let Yahuan take the book in his hand back to the room to put it away, and ordered someone to bring up dinner, Li Hongzhang has always been known for eating well, he is from Anhui, he likes to eat Hui cuisine, and Anhui Hall is afraid of missing Anhui's cooks? The characteristics of Hui cuisine are that it is good at burning, stewing and steaming in cooking methods, while there are few fried and stir-fried dishes, heavy oil, heavy color, and heavy fire. Today's is the knife plate fragrant, pickled fresh and stinky mandarin fish, tiger skin hairy tofu, ask the political bamboo shoots, ham stewed soft-shelled turtle, steamed stone chicken a few dishes are the most authentic, Li Hongzhang is full of interest, eat a few bites, and drink soft-shelled turtle soup, after dinner, he can't help but sigh, "I am tired of eating Lu cuisine in Shandong all day, Lu cuisine tastes good, but in the end it is not the taste of hometown, I didn't expect that here in Beijing, you can also eat such authentic Hui cuisine, it is really rare." ”

Li Ju doesn't eat stone chicken and soft-shelled turtle, but he tried all the other dishes, and when he heard his father sigh so emotionally, he couldn't help but laugh and said, "The roots are in Huizhou, and the taste is also in my hometown." Father, you like Hui cuisine, and your daughter grew up in Shanghai and Hangzhou, so she prefers the sweet and fresh taste there. ”

Li Hongzhang shook his head and smiled helplessly, "This is also the joy of eunuch travel, I remember the taste of Huizhou, but you remember the taste of Shanghai and Hangzhou even more." ”

"But our father and daughter like this one as much as possible," Li San came up with a pot of tea, "Qi Hong is the most beautiful, and the reputation is high." This high-grade Qi Hong, but we all like it! ”

Li Julian took the teapot in Li San's hand and poured a cup of Qimen black tea to Li Hongzhang, the tea soup was red and bright, the tea was fragrant, Li Hongzhang nodded, "Even if the Queen of England's favorite is Qimen black tea, but she can't drink this tea soup, this is our blessing," he picked up the teacup and was about to taste it, when the housekeeper came to report, "Master Zhang has arrived." ”

"Youqiao is here?" Li Hongzhang stopped the teacup, "Why did you come so late?" I've been waiting for him for a while. ”

"I just ate at this time, why did he come, it can be seen that he is not polite." Li Ju's interest seemed to be disturbed by the uninvited guest, and he was obviously a little unhappy.

"How could it be, our father and daughter talked a lot today, and ate late, this time is just right, it can be seen that this Zhang Youqiao is a mouthful, and he can also share the profit of Qi Hong, which we both want to drink." (To be continued.) )