Spring goes to autumn, the seasons change really fast, now Beijing is autumn, autumn Beijing is beautiful, Beijing Xiangshan maple leaves are red again, "maple leaves red in February flowers" is the true portrayal of Beijing Xiangshan red leaves, look at it, Beijing Xiangshan maple leaves, like a touch of sunset, sprinkled in the mountains, full of maple leaves, the forest is dyed, giving people a sense of beauty. On this day, Emperor Guangxu sat on the dragon chair and said to Kang Youwei, the advocate of the "Hundred Days Restoration": "Teacher, you have worked hard for the 'Hundred Days Restoration', but the road of the Restoration is tortuous, and the front is still turbulent, and the waves are crashing on the shore; the ninth day of October is the 50th birthday of your teacher, and I will personally issue an edict to let the civil and military officials in the capital bow to you. Kang Youwei hurriedly knelt down for Emperor Guangxu and said, "What virtue does the minister have, how can he make His Majesty so hearty, the minister is really frightened." Emperor Guangxu hurriedly got off the dragon chair and helped up his mentor Kang Youwei, "It's decided like this, don't say too much about the teacher." Emperor Guangxu hurriedly asked the eunuch Xiao Lizi to take the four treasures of the study, and after the eunuch Xiao Lizi took it, Emperor Guangxu issued an edict "On the ninth day of the first month of October, the civil and military officials of the capital and the whole world celebrate the 50th birthday of the teacher Kang Youwei." ”

It is said that this Guangxu Emperor has a Minister of General Affairs Li Tianyou, this Li Tianyou is a distant cousin of Li Yuanwai in Nanqiao, Dujiangyan, Sichuan Province, Li Tianyou is a caring conservative of the Empress Dowager Cixi of Lafayette, he gritted his teeth with hatred for Kang Youwei's "Hundred Days Restoration", and scolded the "Hundred Days Restoration" as a demon and a monster, and a demon wind making waves, but he was also worried that there would be no successor for the conservatives because there were no outstanding talents.

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He heard that Dujiangyan Nanqiao's cousin Li Yuanwai had a righteous son who was admitted to Xiucai, and his talent was outstanding, so he hurriedly repaired a book to Dujiangyan Governor Yang in Sichuan Province, and asked Dujiangyan Nanqiao's cousin Li Yuanwai to take it to Xiangguo Kang Youwei to congratulate him on his 50th birthday and bring his righteous son Liang Bai Hu Xiucai to the Forbidden City in the capital to go to the Forbidden City Li Tianyou Mansion to congratulate Xiang Guokang Youwei on his birthday, what he thought was that the ninth day of October was the 50th birthday of the emperor's mentor Xiang Guokang Youwei, and on his birthday, he asked his cousin Li Yuanwai Yizi to compose poems and paintings for Kang Youwei on the spot, so as to show the outstanding spirit of the conservativesThe "100-day reform" faction knew that they still had successors.

Sichuan Province Dujiangyan prefect Yang and Li Yuanwai are classmates and friends, he received the imperial court general affairs minister Li Tianyou official letter did not dare to wait slowly, non-stop on the delivery of Li Yuanwai, the next person will prefect Yang to the imperial court general affairs office Li Tianyou official letter to the staff to see, Li Yuanwai is to a large local family Song Yuanwai to talk about things, Song Yuanwai saw that Li Yuanwai had something important, so he got up to leave.

Li Yuanwai took away the official letter from the prefect Yang, and hurriedly instructed the housekeeper Li Ersu to go to the gold and silver treasury to get a jade longevity Buddha, wrap it in red cloth, and put it in the birthday gift box. The butler Li Er led another horse to ride, and after a while they arrived at the private school, where the talented Liang Baihu was giving Chinese lessons to the small class of the private school, and the students were reciting Li Baishi's poem "The bright moonlight in front of the bed is like frost on the ground."

Raise your head to look at the bright moon and bow your head to think of your hometown. ”

The housekeeper Li Er shouted, "Liang Xiucai, the master of the staff asked you to go back to the house to see him immediately, there is something important to discuss." Seeing that there was an urgent matter, Xiucai Liang Baihu hurriedly ordered another Chinese teacher, Mr. Zhang, to substitute for him, and he and his butler Li Er rode on horseback and ran towards the Yuanwaifu.

Li Yuanwai saw Xiucai Liang Baihu coming back in the living room, and hurriedly transferred the prefect Yang to Li Tianyou, the minister of general affairs of the imperial court, to let Xiucai Liang Baihu read it, and Xiucai Liang Baihu knew that this matter was important and he had to rush to the capital immediately.

The next day, as soon as the morning sun rose from the east, Li Yuanwai and Xiucai Liang Baihu each rode a thousand-mile horse out of the north gate of Dujiangyan South Bridge and ran towards Beijing City in the north.

They rode thousands of miles of horses over the 800-mile Qinling Mountains, passed through Baoji, Shaanxi to Huaxian, crossed Sanmenxia, Henan, and went straight to Zhengzhou, the capital of Henan Province. At Li Tianyou's mansion in the Forbidden City in Beijing, Li Tianyou was naturally happy, and he wanted to comfort his cousins Li Yuanwai and Xiucai Liang Baihu in Nanqiao, Dujiangyan, Sichuan Province.

Beijing overpass, busy traffic, the south to the north and back to the merchants flow endlessly, lively and extraordinary, all kinds of famous snacks are dazzling, there are Tianjin "Goubuli buns", Hebei Xianghe meatloaf, Hebei Hejian "donkey meat fire", Beijing roast duck, Hunan Hunan cuisine, Xiucai into this Beijing Tianqiao snack alley, just like "Dream of Red Mansions" in Grandma Liu walked into the Grand View Garden at a loss, accompanied by the Minister of Internal Affairs and Communications Li Tianyou and Li Yuanwai, a few meals, feasted on the mouth.

On the ninth day of October, the autumn in Beijing is high and cool, the red and red lanterns in the Forbidden City of the Imperial Palace are hung high, the colorful flags are fluttering, and the palace of Kang Youwei, the prime minister's mansion in the Forbidden City, is crowded with people, and the joy is beaming.

The big word "Shou" is stamped with gold and pasted in the center of the wall directly above the living room of Xiangguo Mansion, the golden light is shining, and there is a "Pine Crane Life Extension Picture" below the word "Shou" to attract the attention of the guests, which is the famous painter Tang Baihu's famous painting.

Today is the 50th birthday of Emperor Guangxu of Xiangguofu's mentor Kang Youwei, and there are officials from the "Hundred Days Restoration" faction who came to congratulate him. Talented and beautiful women, there are also Jiangnan celebrities.

At this time, the eunuch Xiao Lizi shouted, "When the holy decree arrives, all the ministers, talented sons and beauties kneel down in unison and shout, "Long live, long live, long live." The eunuch Xiao Lizi opened the holy decree and read, "The emperor's edict said, the teacher Kang Youwei was born on the ninth birthday of the first day of October, and gave him a thousand taels of gold and silver, and ten thousand horses of silk.

Xiangguo Mansion Xiangguo Kang was busy receiving the decree and burning incense and shouting, "Long live, long live, long live, thank you for the grace of the dragon." Kang Youwei called Su Sanming, the housekeeper of Xiangguo Mansion, to salute sixty-six times, and sprinkled colorful flowers to thank Emperor Guangxu Longen.

After sending off the eunuchs in the palace, Su San, the housekeeper of Xiangguo Mansion, reported that "Yang Guangdi, a disciple of Kang Youwei of Xiangguo Mansion." Tan Si and the commander of the '100-day Restoration' sent officials to send a birthday picture dowry to celebrate the 50th birthday of Master Kang Youwei." Xiang Guokang asked the housekeeper Su San to put the birthday gift into the gift list, and the guests were very happy.

Suddenly, I heard Li Si, the chief butler of the Prime Minister's Office, report: "The Minister of General Affairs and Communications of the General Affairs Office, the handsome officials, brought a bride price to congratulate the birthday. At this time, Li Si, the chief housekeeper of the Prime Minister's Mansion, put his mouth in the ear of Xiang Guokang Youwei and said, "Two uninvited guests came," Xiang Guokang Youwei asked, "Who is it", and the chief housekeeper Li Si said, "One is the cousin of Li Tianyou, Minister of General Affairs and Communications of the General Affairs Office, who lives in the local richest man Li Yuanwai in Nanqiao, Dujiangyan, Sichuan Province, and the other is his righteous son Liang Bai Hu Xiucai, I heard that he is a talented man." "Xiang Guokang is busy and ordered" Please. Seeing this, Li Yuanwai was busy offering the birthday gift "Jade Longevity Buddha", and everyone applauded when they saw such a good birthday gift, Xiang Guokang was naturally happy, and Minister of Internal Affairs and Communications Li Tianyou was also happy, and he praised Li Yuanwai for winning him face.

Xiangguo Mansion Xiang Guokang Youwei saw that all the guests had arrived, and hurriedly instructed the big housekeeper Li Si to call the band to play the "birthday song" to start the banquet, Xiangguo Mansion set up three hundred tables of feasts, and the guests were staggered in the beautiful music, and the voices were boiling, toasting and wishing for the birthday.

During the banquet, the 'Hundred Days Restoration' chanted poems for Kang Youwei's birthday: Penglai Wonderland, the birthday star holds high the longevity peach, and the longevity peach is ten thousand years.

The people applauded, they asked the General Affairs Office to send out the next link, the General Affairs Office was dumbfounded, the people were speechless, the Minister of General Affairs and Communications Li Tianyou hurriedly recommended a person, he introduced, "This is the Sichuan Province Dujiangyan Nanqiao Li Yuanwai Yizi Liang Bai Hu Xiucai", all the guests saw that it was a little Xiucai, all of them "shh ”

When the guests saw that the couplet was so literate, they made a loud noise and applauded. At this time, Xiang Guokang Youwei saw that a little Xiucai had such a talent, and personally stepped down from his seat to toast the talented Liang Baihu, at this time Kang Youwei saw that the Xiucai Liang Baihu was a young man, who looked three points better than Pan Anjun, and he didn't think about it, he was really a talent, he didn't want him to be a conservative, he was busy pouring a glass of wine for Xiucai Liang Baihu and said, "Xiucai is young and talented, and he must be a pillar of the country in the future." Dry this wine first. Xiucai Liang Baihu also respects Xiang Guokang Youwei with a cup of birthday wine, "I wish Xiang Guoshou than Nanshan", and he will also dry up the wine in his cup first.

The guests present cheered and praised "Xiucai knows how to be knowledgeable, and the future is bright", which is exactly "Xiucai knows celebrities in Beijing, and only then is he outstanding, and everyone is surprised". If you want to know what happened, please look at the six times.

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