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Lin Yuan thought to himself: "I also specially asked Emperor Guangxu not to tell this matter. Could it be that he said it? Could it be that the emperors in ancient times were all gossips?"

So Lin Yuan asked: "What's going on? Why doesn't the queen mother want to hear about the railway construction? Could it be that the emperor said that I would come today?"

Li Lianying said: "It's not what the emperor said. It's a long story, and it can't be explained clearly in one or two sentences."

At this moment, a young eunuch ran out, saw Li Lianying and said, "Director Li, why are you chatting with Mr. Lin? Lafayette is waiting for Mr. Lin inside."

Li Lianying said hastily: "Then hurry up and go in. You must remember not to talk about the railway construction. We will talk about it when you come out."

Lin Yuan walked inside and saw a glass screen propped up in the room, the little eunuch said, "Lafayette is behind the screen."

At this moment, I heard Cixi say from behind: "Lin Aiqing is here, show me your seat."

At this time, two court ladies walked out from behind the screen, carrying a grand master's chair. To Lin Yuan's surprise, one of them was Guan'er. Guan'er put the chair in front of Lin Yuan, smiled sweetly at Lin Yuan, and whispered : "Lafayette is in a bad mood, be careful when you speak."

As soon as Lin Yuan sat on the chair, Cixi said, "What's the matter with Lin Aiqing this time?"

Lin Yuan saw that Cixi could see his movements, so he guessed that the screen was made of single-sided light-transmitting glass. Lin Yuan smiled and said: "I have been in the Northeast for a long time, and I have collected a rare thing. , send it here for you to have a look, to see something new."

There was joy in Cixi's tone, and she said: "What a rare thing, bring it here and have a look."

As soon as the words fell, Guan'er came out from behind, holding a tray in her hand, and came to Lin Yuan, Lin Yuan took out a brocade box from his pocket and put it on the tray, Guan'er smiled at Lin Yuan , turned around and walked back behind the screen.

After a while, I heard Cixi say: "Hey, what a delicate thing." It turned out that it was a glazed peacock. This peacock was fired by the Zhang family at the request of the Ministry of Internal Affairs during the Daoguang period. After it was made, Lin Yuan helped the Zhang family restore the colored glaze craft, so Zhang Ziyu asked someone to re-fire it, and asked Lin Yuan to bring it to the capital to fulfill the wish of his ancestors.

Cixi said: "This peacock is so beautifully fired, especially how are these colors made?" Cixi finished admiring, and asked: "Although this peacock is exquisite, there is nothing unusual about it. place?"

Lin Yuan smiled and said: "This peacock needs to be looked at carefully. If you look carefully, you can see the four small characters 'Jiangshan Yonggu' written on this peacock's feathers. These four characters are very thin. The engraving of the characters on it can be called a superb workmanship."

Lin Yuan originally thought that Cixi would be surprised, but he didn't expect Cixi to say "oh" with disappointment in his tone. Lin Yuan thought to himself: "What? Doesn't she like this peacock?"

Cixi said: "It's a very good thing. Could it be that Lin Aiqing has a heart."

Lin Yuan thought to himself: "At first I wanted to make her happy with this beautiful colored glaze peacock, and then I found a chance to talk about the railway, but I didn't expect that she didn't mean to be happy. It seems that I need to change my method. After listening to Guan'er , Empress Dowager Cixi likes to listen to operas, why don't I just go for what I like."

So Lin Yuan asked: "I don't know if you have listened to an opera recently?"

When Cixi heard this, she laughed and said, "When I was talking about drama, I remembered one thing. I heard Rong Lu say that your opera singing is very good. I wonder if it's true?"

Lin Yuan remembered his lip-syncing, and said: "I can only do a few paragraphs, and I can't do it if there are too many. I am learning a new opera recently, which is called "The Struggle between Chu and Han". I don't know if you have heard of it. ?” This play also has a more famous name—Farewell My Concubine, but the name “Farewell My Concubine” did not appear until 19, so Lin Yuan used the original name of this play.

Cixi laughed and said, "You still learn this play? Do you want to sing Concubine Yu?"

Lin Yuan said: "I can't sing Concubine Yu, I can sing Xiang Yu, but when I was learning this play, I always wondered why Liu Bang can win the world?"

Cixi said: "Lin Aiqing is really a caring person. She can think of these important national affairs when she is studying opera."

Lin Yuan said: "I'm just figuring it out, but it really allowed me to figure out some tricks. I don't know if you want to hear it?"

Cixi said: "The story of the struggle between Chu and Han has been passed down for hundreds of generations, and scholars of all ages have discussed it a lot. I don't know the way you have figured out, but it has never been done before?"

Lin Yuan said: "That's right, there have been a lot of discussions by the predecessors, and I don't want to follow the wisdom of the predecessors. I want to analyze the reasons why Liu Bang won the world from the topography. I only talk about two places, one is Shaanxi. , that is, the land of Guanzhong, which is now under the rule of the Governor of Shanxi and Gansu in the Qing Dynasty.

"Another place is in the south of Shaanxi, Sichuan. There is a saying that before the world is in chaos, Shu will be in chaos first. The world has been ruled before Shu is ruled. Have you heard of it?"

Cixi asked: "Oh? What do you mean by that?"

Lin Yuan replied: "Sichuan has always had the reputation of 'a thousand miles of fertile fields, a land of abundance'. Since Li Bing, the prefect of the Qin Dynasty, built Dujiangyan, floods and droughts have followed people, and they don't know how to be hungry. However, Sichuan is surrounded by high mountains. Although the passage to the outside world There is Jiange on land and the Yangtze River on water, but both are extremely difficult.”

"So those who occupy Sichuan, as long as they have the heart of being king and hegemony, they can close their doors and defend themselves. Years."

Cixi changed the subject and said, "What do you mean by that?"

Lin Yuan smiled and said, "Please take a closer look at the peacock I gave you, Queen Mother. If Shanxi and Gansu are unstable, how can we talk about eternal stability in Sichuan?"

Cixi said: "Governor Lu Chuanlin of Sichuan and Governor Tan Zhonglin of Shaanxi and Gansu are both loyal to my Qing Dynasty. The lonely family has long known Shaanxi and Gansu, and Sichuan is the gateway to the northwest and southwest of the Qing Dynasty, so when choosing officials to seal borders, think carefully. , the ancients said that there is no doubt about the employment, and no doubt about the doubt, since Lu Chuanlin and Tan Zhonglin have been selected, there will be no more doubts."

Lin Yuan smiled and said: "Of course, of course, there is no doubt about employing people, and there is no need for doubting people, but it is difficult to draw a picture of a man or a tiger. In the northwest, the Russians are ready to move, and in the southwest, the French are eyeing. If another Shi Jingtang comes out, I will be big What should Qing do?"

Cixi is not ignorant of the fact that Shi Jingtang betrayed the Sixteen States of Yanyun to the Khitans and used the power of the Khitans to proclaim himself emperor. If these two people are really tempted by the Russians and French, what should they do?

While Cixi was pondering, Lin Yuan smiled and said, "I have a way to get rid of future troubles forever."

Cixi asked: "What can you do?"

Lin Yuan replied: "After Qin Shihuang swept across the country, he built a straight road from Xianyang to the border pass. We should follow suit and build a road from Beijing to the border, and use this road to govern and control the border."