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Chapter 16 The Secret Marriage of Cixi and Li Hongzhang

Chapter 16 The Secret Marriage of Cixi and Li Hongzhang (4)
Because Rong Lu protected Yuan Shikai, the Empress Dowager Cixi was very unhappy at the time. Now that Yuan Shikai knows how to repay Yuan Shikai, Rong Lu must make it clear to the old lady.

So, where did Yuan Shikai get this money?
This is how it happened. After learning about the whereabouts of the Empress Dowager Cixi, Yuan Shikai immediately convened a meeting of leading cadres at all levels, including Fan, Gui, Si, and Dao, in Shandong. ...We want to develop the Great Northwest, but the environment in the Northwest is relatively difficult... In short, there is a lack of food and clothing, and we are restless day and night. We leading cadres must take the lead. Everyone has contributed some money to help the court tide over the difficulties. how?
All the leaders burst into tears: Queen Mother, you have suffered.

Yuan Shikai said: I know all of you have money, besides this is a special donation...

All the leaders burst into tears: Your Majesty, you have suffered.

Yuan Shikai: Is it possible that everyone is really poor and can't afford a tael of silver?
Leaders: Really, our family is impoverished, and the house is completely destitute. You can search, Mr. Yuan. If you can find a tael of silver, I was raised by you.

Yuan Shikai was moved: What a good cadre... Everyone is crying like this. Now that the meeting is resting, everyone eats some fruit and snacks. Fortunately, our Shandong has not been harmed by the Boxers, and there is still no shortage of food and drink...

Leaders at all levels went to eat fruit. Here Yuan Shikai entered the small conference room, and someone greeted him early: Mr. Yuan, I have found out that leaders at all levels have more than 100 million taels of silver in deposits at the bank... Yuan Shikai took it and said , OK, inform the leaders to continue the meeting.

The leaders walked into the conference room again, chewing the fruit. Yuan Shikai piled the money taken out of the ticket number on the table, and angrily reprimanded: "All of you are good cadres with two sleeves, but the shopkeepers of these ticket numbers are also good." It's so annoying, they actually pretended to be your name to deposit in the bank account, ruining the reputation and prestige of the leaders. In order to punish these people with ulterior motives, I am now remitting all the money to the Queen Mother. Do you have any disagreements?
All the leaders burst into tears: Old Yuan, you who killed a thousand dollars...you don't spit out your bones after eating the leaders...

(16) Overtime pay in the red light district
Regarding Yuan Shikai's outwitting of the private deposits of leading cadres at all levels, it sounds absolutely not his style, because this person enjoys a very high reputation among his subordinates. If he is so ruthless, it will be difficult to gain a foothold in the officialdom.

But this matter was written by Yuan Shikai's daughter. It is said that she heard what her brother Yuan Keding said, so everyone knows that these two children are talking nonsense, but they have to record it as the truth.

In fact, Yuan Shikai is very sentimental.

When Yuan Shikai was in Shandong, he had a secretary, Ruan Zhongshu, who happened to pass by the red-light district by accident, and happened to meet Zhao Xiguan, who was the number one among the famous flowers, and the oiran in the rouge field, who was better than flowers, explaining words, and better than jade. Fragrance, solitary lamps sitting opposite each other, people are more beautiful than flowers... Brother Ruan suddenly became confused and confused.

Brother Ruan fell in love with Zhao Xiguan, and Zhao Xiguan also wanted to go home with him, but they didn't count on such a thing, and Ruan Zhongshu was scared unconscious when the madam asked the price.

With no money, Ruan Zhongshu fell into deep despair. It happened that Yuan Shikai ordered him to draft a telegram. This man was writing with one hand, his face was full of tears, and he wrote for a long time without writing a single word...

Yuan Shikai became angry: Lao Ruan, what kind of work attitude do you have?

Ruan Zhongshu cried: Ask the world, what is love, why make it difficult for a little secretary like me...

Yuan Shikai: So it was only for women, you are so fucking worthless!

Ruan Zhongshu: Governor, there are more than a dozen wives in your family, and the feelings are full. Men do not know how hungry men are hungry. Lei Zhen, Xia Yuxue... have to rest and wait for the green hills to rot and the weights to float on the water...

Yuan Shikai: Get out of your way, get lost!

Ruan Zhongshu covered his face with his hands, and walked away in a daze. He staggered and walked towards his dilapidated dwelling. From a distance, he saw a familiar figure of a beautiful woman standing in front of the door, waving to him. Ruan Zhongshu blinked and then blinked. No dazzle, no misreading, the woman who was waiting for him at home was none other than Zhao Xiguan whom he had been thinking about day and night...

Like a tiger descending the mountain, or like a hungry dog ​​rushing for food, only to hear Zhao Xiguan let out an exaggerated scream, there is no one in front of Ruan Zhongshu's house, only the house is bouncing rhythmically, bouncing...

In Russia, the wind is calm and the clouds are dark, the autumn is deserted and dark, and the romance is over, brother Ruan Zhongshu can't help crying: Xiguan... why are you like me, slipping away on the way to work, if the old bust catches you, you will be late and leave early , your bonus this month should go to waste again...

Zhao Xiguan said: It doesn't matter, I have officially resigned, and from now on I will only wash vegetables and cook for you, and be your little wife, and I will never go back...

Ruan Zhongshu: ...But your ransom fee...

Zhao Xiguan: What?you do not know?Didn't Master Yuan, the governor, tell you about it?
Ruan Zhongshu: Speaking of what?
Zhao Xiguan: Governor Yuan has already redeemed me, and we can be together every day from now on...

together every day?Ruan Zhongshu said in his heart: You girl thinks beautifully, Yuan Shikai treats me so kindly, I won't have to work overtime every day in the future?

Yuan Shikai's redemption of Zhao Xiguan accomplished the good thing between her and Ruan Zhongshu, and it became a good story in the officialdom for a while.

From then on, young civil servants from all over Shandong, whenever they saw Yuan Shikai, would show an infatuated and bewildered expression, like a dog that had been beaten with a stick, wandering around outside Yuan Shikai's door, sighing from time to time: Ask the world, what is love? , I can't rest even if I teach people to rest, the weight floats on the water...

I don't know how Yuan Shikai sent these little bastards...

(17) China has no shortage of police officers

Empress Dowager Cixi Luan drove back to Beijing.

Halfway through the walk, the old lady suddenly rolled around and started making a fuss.

Who messed with her again?

Foreigner, or foreigner!
It turned out that the Empress Dowager Cixi had finished her "investigation" in the northwest region and was going back to Beijing. She was too embarrassed when she came. In the humiliating treaty that China and the big powers just signed, Tianjin will never allow China to garrison troops. That is to say, if the Empress Dowager Cixi passes through Tianjin, she must sneak past like a thief... How can the Empress Dowager Cixi If you tolerate it, you will make a fuss on the spot.

Seeing that the old lady was making a fuss, Rong Lu hurriedly called Yuan Shikai:
Akai, I entrust you with a glorious and sacred mission to deal with the foreigners in Tianjin for the old lady.

As for how to settle it, Ronglu doesn't care about it.

So Yuan Shikai left Shandong and set out to take over Tianjin from foreigners.

When they arrived at the place, the foreigners brought out the accounts: This is the fiscal and tax account when we took over Tianjin. How much money has been collected these days, how much money has been spent on maintaining local law and order, and there is still 500 taels of silver left. Please check it.

Yuan Shikai took the money bill with a smile, put it in his arms, and then waved back, and saw five hundred Qing soldiers in strange clothes rushing up, and the foreigners were furious: Yuan Shikai, how dare you violate the international agreement?

Yuan Shikai was at a loss: Where is it?
Foreigner: Why not?It is clearly stipulated in the treaty that you Chinese are not allowed to station troops in Tianjin.

Yuan Shikai: Yes, I did not bring troops here either.

The foreigner was in a hurry: why not, what happened to the hundreds of soldiers behind you?

Yuan Shikai shook his head: Talk nonsense, don’t think that you can talk nonsense just because you are a foreigner, I will sue you for defamation if you talk like this nonsense—these people behind me are not soldiers, they are policemen.

The foreigner suddenly fainted: ... what, where did you get the police from China?
Yuan Shikai: Nonsense, we lack everything in China, and there is no shortage of police, just wait and see.

This is the origin of China's first police force.

Yuan Shikai, who pioneered China's police patrol system, stunned all the foreign devils.

So all the ministers entered the palace one after another and said: Don't you have people who understand in China?Leaving Yuan Shikai alone, I said, are your brains flooded?
Empress Dowager Cixi shook her head and sighed: This Yuan Shikai is no match for Li Hongzhang. Although the two are equally capable, Li Hongzhang is stupid because he has read too many books.But this Yuan Shikai...he doesn't study...the ashes are not cold in Shandong, and Liu Xiang doesn't study...Since ancient times, how can anyone who doesn't study be reliable?
Rong Lu: Then... what should we do?

Empress Dowager Cixi: What else can I do?Let's add officials and ranks, and control the use of them. Who made the 4 million waste snacks of the Qing Dynasty, just such a sensible person?
Under the imperial decree: Yuan Shikai was promoted to Minister of Beiyang and Governor of Zhili.

This official ranks third among the 4 million people in China.

The Empress Dowager Cixi is the eldest, Emperor Guangxu is the second, and the third is Yuan Shikai.

As an official, his promotion was too fast and too fast, which was unacceptable to the people.

(18) The old lady has bright eyes

Yuan Shikai was promoted to the third child in the country, and the first thing he did was...to demand reform.

And his steps are much bigger than Kang Youwei's.

The reformers lost countless heads just for one reform. Isn't Yuan Shikai afraid of losing his head?
But Yuan Shikai, he is always willing to serve the table when the food is cooked. After all the troubles of the Boxers and the bullying of foreign devils from the Eight Kingdoms, the time for reform is completely ripe. It is impossible for the Qing Dynasty to remain unchanged.

In short, when Kang Youwei reformed, there were many obstacles, so he was forced to kill the Empress Dowager Cixi.

When Yuan Shikai reformed, it went smoothly. From the Empress Dowager Cixi to the Revolutionary Party, everyone supported him.

It is still Kang Youwei's old way.

The first step is to abolish the imperial examinations.

When Kang Youwei abolished the imperial examinations, his first disciple Liang Qichao was almost beaten to death by the imperial eunuchs.When it was Yuan Shikai's turn, the candidates had already been hacked to pieces by the Boxers, so the imperial examination was already in name only, and no one raised objections, only voices of support.

The second step: promote education and build schools.

Now the people of the country have all experienced the power of foreign guns and cannons, and they already know that gods such as Monkey King and Zhu Bajie are unreliable, so this proposal has been passed smoothly, but... to build a school, where will the money come from?

So Yuan Shikai launched the third step: develop industries, build factories, build railways, build locomotives... These jobs were all done by Li Hongzhang in his early years. Because of these jobs, Li Hongzhang was named the number one traitor in China by the Boxers. Now it is Yuan Shikai's turn. There was another round of applause.

Industry has brought wealth, and now Yuan Shikai is the richest man in the Qing Dynasty. He has fully accepted Li Hongzhang's original team. When those anxious old scholars came to Yuan Shikai's place, their wages doubled immediately. Everyone was overjoyed, so they immediately worked hard. ——Yuan Shikai is very good at making money. There is a student studying abroad with Tang Shaoyi who holds two guns and two knives. He is called Liang Ruhao. Yuan Shikai earned 80 taels of silver, so in Yuan Shikai's place, as long as you are capable and willing to do it, money is absolutely indispensable.

With so much money, Yuan Shikai made up for his shortcomings by making up for his weaknesses, and with a little bit of money, it is still a piece of cake to run a hundred or eighty schools...

Then Yuan Shikai did one more thing:

The government sends overseas students abroad!
Empress Dowager Cixi is most worried about this last item.

Since a considerable proportion of international students are from Hubei, the Empress Dowager Cixi said worriedly:

It is Hubei that cultivates talents, and my concern is also Hubei.

This old lady has very bright eyes. We know that the [-] Revolution is about to break out in Hubei and Wuhan. This old lady can see it right. No wonder she has been able to lie on the dragon chair for many years. , this look, you can't accept it.

Compared with Empress Dowager Cixi, Sun Wen's vision is far worse.

Sun Wen, the number one seed player who vowed to kill the Qing Empire, carefully selected the most stable territory in the Qing Dynasty, and started his hard work with twice the result and half the result.

With Sun Wen staring at Guangdong and Guangxi, the officials in Guangzhou began to become more and more difficult to do.

(19) People in the Jianghu get rid of the important officials of the court

But Shi Jianru, a man of lofty ideals, bombed the governor's office three times, and Deshou was frightened to death. Because of excessive stimulation, his mental state became abnormal, and he needed to see a doctor, so Cen Chunxuan took the post of governor of Guangdong and Guangxi.

Speaking of this Cen Chunxuan, he was originally the governor of Gansu. When the Empress Dowager Cixi fled westward, he rushed to escort her, took care of the old lady's food and drink along the way, and begged everywhere. He was so pitiful.After the Empress Dowager Cixi returned to Beijing, Cen Chunxuan quickly became one of the important ministers because of her love for escorting and saving lives.

This old Cen is an upright person by nature, and what he hates most is corrupt officials. Wherever he goes, leading officials at all levels cry loudly.

On the day Cen Chunxuan arrived in Guangdong, 1400 leading cadres who got rich first were forced to lay off their jobs, and later they had to go through judicial procedures. .

In order to solve the disharmonious problem of Cen Chunxuan, the leaders at all levels contributed HKD 100 million, just begging that some hero in the rivers and lakes cut off Cen Chunxuan's head... How could anyone bully the leader like this?

Under the heavy reward, there must be a brave man, and the heroes of the rivers and lakes are here.

Chen Shaobai!
A well-known figure in the rivers and lakes!
He had just written an inscription for his comrade-in-arms Shi Jianru, and before the ink was dry, he rushed to solve problems for leaders at all levels.

Chen Shaobai asked to pay first, and then kill Cen Chunxuan.

But the leaders were not stupid, they demanded that Cen Chunxuan be killed first, and then pay.

After fierce bargaining, it was finalized that 30 cash would be paid first, and the remaining 70 yuan would be paid separately after Lao Cen was killed.

So Chen Shaobai went to Shanghai, went to Beijing and Tianjin, and saw the great rivers and mountains of the motherland. After that, Cen Chunxuan was dismissed by the court.

Chen Shaobai is just a gangster figure, but Cen Chunxuan is an important minister who has saved the Empress Dowager Cixi's life, but Chen Shaobai can easily deal with Cen Chunxuan, isn't it a strange thing?
It is not surprising to say that it is strange, because Chen Shaobai is a figure in the rivers and lakes, so he knows the basic national conditions of China best, so he used the most primitive PS technology to forge a photo. The important minister Cen Chunxuan, the three of them sat opposite each other, talking eloquently.

Then Chen Shaobai sold the photo everywhere, gave it to anyone he saw, and sent it to the newspaper for publication. The reformers were mentally retarded. Cen Chunxuan's contribution to the cause of the reform... More and more people are quarreling, and the lies are getting more and more outrageous. Lao Cen's reputation is growing, and he has gradually become the mainstay of the reformers.

When the Empress Dowager Cixi saw this situation, she was so troubled that she couldn't explain it, so she persuaded Lao Cen to take a sick leave...

Unexplainably dismissed from office by the Jianghu Society, Lao Cen was filled with grief and indignation, so he went to Li Lianying to reason.

Speaking of Li Lianying, an important reason why he was able to win the favor of the Empress Dowager Cixi and even exert a decisive influence on the political situation in modern China is that he is sensible, upright, and thinks about the country and his own interests when he speaks. Sometimes... there are not many, but if a person can consider current affairs for the country, why does the Empress Dowager Cixi not trust him?
Seeing that Lao Cen had been plotted by a member of the Communist Party, Li Lianying went out in person, and also PS a fake photo of herself and Empress Dowager Cixi, and showed it to the old lady, who suddenly woke up...

Regarding this matter, Cen Chunxuan once mentioned it when he wrote "Lezhai Essays" in his later years, but Lao Cen was more wise, because it was already the Republic of China at that time, and Chen Shaobai had already become a party member because of the success of the Republic. He was promoted to become a revolutionary pioneer, so Lao Cen hesitated, not saying that Chen Shaobai did it, but Yuan Shikai did it, and the reason was very good, probably because Lao Yuan restored the imperial system at that time, he had already become a rat in the street, so This basin of dirty water must be accepted by Lao Yuan with a smile.

From a figure in the rivers and lakes to a pioneer of the revolution, there is a process during this period, and it is inevitable to be rebellious.However, the bullshit directed at Lao Cen, a famous official and honest official, was based on the gap in the theoretical circle at that time.

Without revolutionary theory, there can be no revolutionary action.

Therefore, the party figures at the big boss level can only grope hard in the dog's skin.

In the midst of this difficult and painful groping, a 19-year-old emaciated boy opened the door of revolution for the Chinese.

Zou Rong!

"Revolutionary Army"!
A generation of thought masters was finally born.

(End of this chapter)

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