Open an aircraft carrier to fight against Japan

Lin Yuan thought: "This kind of thing is not impossible. In the history of China, there are too many cases of people being arrested and killed by such means. If the Qing court doesn't trust me, they know that Li Hongzhang and I The relationship is good, what should I do if I want to borrow his hand to kill me here?"

Lin Yuan looked at Li Jingfang, and suddenly had a solution in his mind, that is to follow Li Jingfang closely, and he has a gun in his hand. If that is the case, he will hold Li Jingfang as a hostage, and there are some elite guards in his home. Commanding them, the combat effectiveness of the troops in the capital is poor, so it shouldn't be a problem to beat them.

Lin Yuan thought to himself: "If this method is used, I must keep a close eye on Li Jingfang, and not let him escape my sight." Lin Yuan was thinking about it, and Li Jingfang took Lin Yuan to the outside of a quiet small courtyard, Li Jingfang said: "This courtyard is very quiet, so my father has been recuperating here. Brother Lin Xian, please wait here for a while, and I will go in to report."

Lin Yuan thought to himself: "If you leave, who will I take as a hostage!" So Lin Yuan quickly pulled him and said, "Brother Li, let me go in with you."

Li Jingfang thought for a while, nodded, then pushed open the courtyard door and walked in. Lin Yuan saw that the courtyard was full of colorful flowers, and there were a few maidservants in red and green hanging in and out of the flowers. It didn't look like there was an ambush, but Li Jingfang brought Lin Yuan into the house as he walked through the bushes full of flowers.

As soon as he entered the room, Lin Yuan could smell a strong smell of traditional Chinese medicine. A middle-aged man came out with a suitcase on his back. Li Jingfang asked, "Mr. Li, how is my father?"

Although the Imperial Hospital has a nice name, the position of the Imperial Physicians in it is not high. The largest official in the Imperial Hospital, the envoy, only has the official title of the fifth rank. Therefore, Li Taiyi was very humble when he saw Li Jingfang. He bowed his waist and said: "Your Majesty has done his best."

Li Jingfang sighed and said: "I can't blame you, my father is old, it's God's will."

Lin Yuan thought to himself: "I don't know what disease Li Hongzhang is suffering from. We have advanced medical technology, so maybe we can cure him." So Lin Yuan asked, "Doctor Li, I don't know what disease Mr. Zhongtang is suffering from. ?”

Imperial Physician Li sighed helplessly, and said, "Master Zhongtang is not sick, but he is approaching old age, and the oil is exhausted and the lamp is dry."

Lin Yuan felt chills when he heard these words. In terms of modern medicine, Li Hongzhang was too old and his organs were close to failure. For such a person, death was only a matter of time.

Lin Yuan nodded silently, Li Taiyi left and went out, Li Jingfang and Lin Yuan went into the inner room, and saw a wrinkled old man lying on the big red sandalwood bed, if it wasn't for the vague movement between his chest and abdomen, It almost makes people think that this is a dead person.

Li Jingfang walked to the bed and whispered in Li Hongzhang's ear, "Father, Lin Yuan is here."

Li Hongzhang slowly raised his eyelids, glanced at Lin Yuan with cloudy eyes, nodded lightly, then raised his hand, his dead wood-like hand pointed firmly in one direction, Lin Yuan looked along his fingers, and saw Two stacks of memorials are neatly placed on the table by the window.

Lin Yuan thought to himself: "Could it be that Li Hongzhang is already like this, and still working?" Li Jingfang walked to the table, picked up a memorial, returned to Li Hongzhang, and asked, "Father, do you want this copy?" Is it a memorial?"

Li Hongzhang nodded, and then said to Li Jingfang and the waiters around him, "You go out first."

Lin Yuan thought to himself: "I don't know what Li Hongzhang wanted to say by leaving him alone? But since he only talked to himself, it seems that this matter is not trivial."

After Li Jingfang and all the waiters had gone out, Li Hongzhang said to Lin Yuan, "Help me sit up."

Lin Yuan stepped forward and helped Li Hongzhang to sit up. Li Hongzhang leaned against the wall and said weakly, "Do you know? Your Majesty is going to build a navy."

Lin Yuan quickly asked: "Really? That's great."

Li Hongzhang nodded and said, "I want to ask what you mean. What kind of navy do you think our Qing Dynasty should build?"

Lin Yuan replied: "In our previous wars, the enemy came from the sea. With only a few warships, with strong ships and strong guns, they could run rampant along our coast. We can attack when we advance, and we can defend when we retreat. What about it? We can only be beaten passively, so our navy must have the capability of ocean-going operations, that is to say, our navy must have the ability to destroy the enemy at their starting point."

Li Hongzhang nodded slightly when he heard Lin Yuan's words, and said, "That's great, if you have this thought, it means that I didn't misunderstand the person at the time. You don't know, but now there are only a few of us in the court who advise us to build warships and revive the navy. Like other people, such as Prince Gong and Prince Qing, Weng Tonghe, Rong Lu, and the newly promoted Yuan Shikai, they all disagree with building a navy. There are too many reasons, so I won’t tell you one by one. Of course you will know."

Lin Yuan nodded and said, "I've scared the old man. They don't dare to attack us from the land anymore. Our enemies can only come from the sea in the future, so I will definitely advocate the construction of the navy."

Li Hongzhang nodded after listening, took out the memorial in his hand, handed him to Lin Yuan, and said: "I understand my own body, and I am about to leave. In my whole life, this is the only thing left." My wish is not fulfilled, now that I finish writing this memorial, I can rest in peace."

Seeing Li Hongzhang's appearance, Lin Yuan found it difficult to even hold the pen in his hand, so he asked, "Can you still write?"

Li Hongzhang said with a wry smile: "I can't write anymore, let me tell you, you can write."

Lin Yuan nodded, picked up the pen on the table, and opened the memorial. He saw that a lot had been written on it. Lin Yuan glanced at it roughly. It turned out that Li Hongzhang knew that he was about to die and gave Emperor Guangxu the last copy. At this time, Li Hongzhang said: "The minister Hongzhang Jishou bowed again, and the humble minister was dull. He got up in the ranks, and in order to repay the kindness of the sage, he spent fifty nights and nights. Remaining load."

"Now that my life is at stake, the only thing that haunts my heart is the matter of the navy. In the past, the entire Beiyang navy was wiped out. I didn't think about rebuilding the navy for a moment. However, I am going to go. I am not talented. I would like to follow Zhuge Kongming's recommendation. Jiang Gongyan and Fei Wenwei have recommended Lin Yuan as the arm of the Holy Majesty, and the rise and fall of the navy is all tied to Lin Yuan."

This short 100-odd words, Li Hongzhang actually talked for more than half an hour. After Lin Yuan finished writing, Li Hongzhang asked Lin Yuan to take out his seal and stamp it on the memorial. With a sigh of relief, he said softly to Lin Yuan, "Help me out of bed."

Lin Yuan quickly said, "What are you going to do when you get out of bed? I'll do it for you."

Li Hongzhang shook his head repeatedly, insisting on getting up, so Lin Yuan had no choice but to help him off the bed. Li Hongzhang stood tremblingly on the ground, and suddenly bent his knees and knelt down on the ground. Lin Yuan hurriedly pulled him up, but Li Hongzhang did not He broke free from Lin Yuan's hand, knelt down on the ground, and bowed deeply towards the Forbidden City, with tears streaming down his face, and said with a crying voice: "My lord, the old minister has gone."