Scott left.

There are only two Chinese left in the editor-in-chief's room.

Gu Hongming asked openly and honestly: "Mr. Lu, do you know why I mentioned the matter of cutting braids to you just now?" ”

At the end of the Qing Dynasty and the beginning of the Republic of China, there were very famous "three braids":

ZHANG Xun,

Wang Guowei,

Gu Hongming.

After the fall of the Qing Dynasty and the new hairstyles of the world, these three people still stubbornly wore long braids.

Zhang Xun wore long braids to show his allegiance to the Qing court;

Wang Guowei is to promote traditional culture;

Although Gu Hongming is similar to Wang Guowei, there are other reasons.

He asked Lu Shi: "Mr. Lu, tell me the truth, do you think that foreigners are advanced, and they must be advanced if they don't have braids, so you have to cut off your braids and want to completely integrate into life in London?" ”

Lu Shi didn't say anything.

Gu Hongming didn't need Lu Shi to answer, and continued: "The fart is advanced! The Qing Dynasty bound its feet, didn't Europe also have a girdle? The Empress of England and the former Tsar and Emperor of France are nobler than today's saints? ”

In Gu Hongming's view, both China and the West have darkness and decay.

And the West, with its new technology, has only buried darkness and barbarism under the surface of prosperity.

This is the reason why Gu Hongming has braids on the one hand and a gentleman on the other, and the wardrobe at home has both suits and trousers, and horse coats and robes.

Anyway, who is not more noble than whom.

Regarding this matter, Lu Shi and Natsume Soseki actually have the same opinion.

Lu Shi comforted the other party: "Mr. Gu, I have dealt with many British media people, I don't know what kind of virtue these people are?" When everyone takes off their clothes, they are the same smooth and naked, what difference will there be? ”

Gu Hongming was overjoyed,

"If you have this attitude, it means that you are still sober! In that case......"

Before the words fell, he was interrupted by Lu Shi: "Mr. Gu, I know what you are thinking. I can answer you unequivocally that I will not go back. ”

Gu Hongming was stunned,

"Why?"

Lu Shi said: "Don't you see the lessons of the 100-day Restoration? ”

Gu Hongming's face couldn't help but darken, and then said, "Mr. Lu, this matter is not the emperor's fault. You should know that it is the Queen Mother......"

What Gu Hongming wants to say is undoubtedly Cixi,

But he may have realized that arranging the monarch behind the back of his courtiers was a great crime of deceit, so he stopped talking.

Gu Hongming's words turned,

"The emperor is sage, and the court also has the power to reform. On this occasion of employing people, it is an opportunity to show his strength and realize his ambitions, why not return to China to serve the imperial court? As long as you go all out, you will be able to be awarded the title of "Liberal Arts Scholar" in the coming year with the reputation of "Study Tour". ”

Lu Shi remained silent, but he secretly spat in his heart, feeling that Gu Hongming's mind was no longer sober.

Gu Hongming still didn't answer when he looked at Lu, he was a little anxious, and said: "Mr. Lu just mentioned the Hundred Days Restoration, so it seems that you support the constitutional monarchy?" ”

Lu Shi glanced at the other party,

"Mr. Gu, I'm afraid you're not a fan of constitutional monarchy, are you?"

Gu Hongming touched his beard in embarrassment, not knowing how to answer.

Lu Shi continued: "To establish a constitutional monarchy, there must be a 'monarch' first, and then a 'constitution'. ”

Gu Hongming's brows furrowed,

"Now that the emperor is in the prime of life, why does Mr. Lu have such unscrupulous remarks?"

Lu Shi snorted coldly and said, "The Eight-Nation Coalition is approaching Beijing, and Guangxu is being taken hostage and fled to Xi'an. After returning to Beijing, Cixi will inevitably let her prepare for the court in order to deceive the world. Is such Guangxu still worthy of being called a 'monarch'? ”

Gu Hongming was dumbfounded,

Cixi with the court?

This statement is absurd.

Before Lu Shi put forward this point of view, Gu Hongming never thought that there was such a possibility, but for some reason, he felt that things were very likely to develop in the direction predicted by Lu Shi.

Is there still less pickling done by Cixi?

Gu Hongming's face became more and more ugly, and fine beads of sweat appeared on his forehead.

He said, "Is this really going to happen?" ”

Lu Shi's face was expressionless,

"It may have happened. It's just that it will take time for the news to reach the UK, so we haven't heard about it yet. ”

Gu Hongming said: "Mr. Lu just said, 'History can only be used to summarize, but it is difficult to predict', aren't you just prophesying? ”

Unexpectedly, Lu Shi said with a scoundrel face: "I take back what I just said." ”

The two talked in the dark room, so they could naturally be honest with each other.

No matter what Lu Shi said, it was impossible for his words to spread out and affect his reputation, so naturally there was nothing to scruple about.

was scolded by Lu Shi like this, Gu Hongming didn't come up in one breath, and he was so depressed that he covered his heart.

Lu Shi innocently spread his hands,

"Then I'll put it another way. History cannot be used to predict success, because the successes of all dynasties have their own contingencies and are different in their own way; But history can predict failure, the so-called 'Qin people do not have time to mourn themselves, and future generations mourn them; Later generations mourn and do not learn from it, and it also makes future generations mourn for future generations. ’”

Gu Hongming asked: "What period of history did Mr. Lu use as a reference?" ”

Lu Shi thought for a while and said casually: "Don't use history, just say that a few years ago, the Empress Dowager Cixi repaired the Summer Palace, isn't it the best example?" ”

Gu Hongming didn't expect Lu Shi to say this,

He laughed and said, "Mr. Lu wants to talk about the embezzlement of military funds by the Beiyang Naval Division, right?" In fact, the Beiyang Navy Division did not embezzle more than 6 million taels of silver in military expenses, but at that time, officials in various places borrowed the name of raising military expenses for the navy when raising silver taels for the queen mother's birthday. It's the officials who have done things badly. ”

Lu Shi was speechless: "Tsk...... Mr. Koo didn't understand what I was trying to say. ”

Gu Hongming was puzzled,

"What does Mr. Lu mean?"

Lu Shi said: "After Guangxu came to power, the whole country was waiting for Cixi to hand over power. Faced with such pressure, Cixi was unwilling to give up power, so she offered to build the Summer Palace in exchange. Am I right? ”

Gu Hongming's mind couldn't turn a little,

Just now he was going to give Lu Shi a lesson, but now he acted like a primary school student and asked, "Exchange?" How is this exchanged? ”

Lu Shi was speechless,

At the level of this old brother, you still want to recruit talents for Guangxu?

Isn't that hilarious?

Lu Shi immediately lost his patience and said, "Mr. Gu, if you live with your mother, you can't even sleep with anyone every night, do you dare to say that you are the head of the family?" ”

"Poof!"

Gu Hongming squirted.

He wiped his mouth and said, "How can Mr. Lu be so vulgar? ”

Lu Shi said: "Anyway, Guangxu wants Cixi to move out of the palace, but Cixi herself doesn't think so. As a result, the corruption in the construction of the Summer Palace was shocking, and Cixi knew about the situation, but she just didn't investigate, it was the drunkard's intention not to drink......"

Hearing this, Gu Hongming suddenly brightened.

After all, he is a scholar, and he is still some distance away from the center of power, so he can't see the flowers in the fog at all.

After being tapped by Lu Shi, he understood.

Lu Shi just said that China has no monarch is not a lie, but there is really no -

With Cixi here, Guangxu can't stand up at all.

It is no wonder that Lu Shi predicted that Cixi would follow the court.

Gu Hongming thought about the conversation between the two just now, the beads of sweat on his forehead became more and more, and he subconsciously held on to the armchair next to him and sat down slowly, as if he had been drained of all his strength.

Lu Shi said coldly:

“

Mr. Gu wants me to be loyal to the Qing government?

It also deserves!?

”

This sentence was like a hammer slammed into Gu Hongming's chest,

His eyes were black, and he fainted.