Rebirth of the Northern Giants

Ye Zhikui impatiently followed a group of gentlemen. The group of officials walked neither fast nor slow, as if enjoying the attention of thousands of people, and as if they were showing off their uniqueness, but he just felt naive and hot!

At this moment, a group of reporters managed to break through the obstruction of the Qing soldiers and ran in front of Li Hongzhang, which really startled Nie Shicheng, for fear of causing trouble. Fortunately, Li Hongzhang was in high spirits and did not order the reporters to be driven away. , Instead, he was interviewed by a reporter. The Chinese and foreign media were all excited, and they rushed to ask Li Hongzhang all kinds of questions. Of course, the most asked questions were about the Pyongyang Treaty. Everyone stopped for a while. down.

Ye Zhikui, who was behind him, did not expect that Li Hongzhang was standing in front of him, and there were reporters coming to interview him. After a closer look, they were all foreign reporters, both English and virtuous, and most of them were Japanese reporters.

"Ye Jun, may I ask if you will feel guilty after ordering the massacre of my Japanese nationals in North Korea?" A Japanese reporter first asked.In fact, in order to slander Ye Zhikui, the Japanese government poured everything on him, and the night of the Pyongyang riots was also played up as Ye Zhikui killing good people in Japan for no reason.

Ye Zhikui looked at many foreign reporters looking at him seriously, and didn't ask any more questions, just holding a pen in his hand, ready to write down at any time.Know that you have to answer, and the answer can neither appear too weak, nor can it appear unreasonable, otherwise the newspaper will not know how to write it tomorrow!

After thinking for a while, he replied: "My reporter friend, I don't know where you got the news from. As we all know, the expatriates you mentioned are actually a group of mobs. They were trying to seize Pyongyang, and our army was forced to be killed Besides, don’t say I didn’t give the order to fight back, even if I did, I won’t regret it. There is an old Chinese saying that repays grievances with straightness, and repays virtue with kindness. I just want you to convey this sentence To the whole world - China should not be humiliated, the Chinese are not sheep to be slaughtered."

The surrounding reporters quickly wrote down what Ye Zhikui said, and some reporters wanted to ask, but suddenly there was a commotion on Li Hongzhang's side, which attracted everyone's attention.

Ye Zhikui took a look and saw two young people pretending to be reporters approaching Li Hongzhang. When Li Hongzhang was being interviewed by reporters, one of the young people suddenly stepped forward, threw a book in his hand to him and said, "Master Zhongtang, Mr. Min Sun Wen heard that Master Zhongtang passed by here, so he specially presented the book he wrote, and hoped that Master Zhongtang could have a look at it in his spare time."

The reporters were stunned, all the officials of the Qing Dynasty were stunned, what is the situation, Nie Shicheng hastily ordered the two youths to be taken out and driven into the crowd.

Ye Zhikui couldn't help being surprised when he heard that the young man claimed that Sun Wen wrote the letter. It couldn't be Sun Yat-sen. He walked over quickly, picked up the book on the ground, and found that it was "Book of Li Hongzhang". Ye Zhikui shook his head secretly. Wanting to be an official is crazy.

Li Hongzhang reacted a little angrily, and said, "Young people nowadays are so edgy, they don't have any rules and no manners! Congyun, take this book, no matter how talented you are, you can't reuse it."

Ye Zhikui smiled awkwardly, and replied: "Old Zhongtang, I am also a young man." Li Hongzhang was embarrassed.

After this little accident, Li Hongzhang also lost the interest in continuing to accept interviews, and led the officials, big and small, to the resting place in a hurry.

Chapter 39 The Wind and Cloud of the Capital, Volume [-]

Li Hongzhang and his party were very tired just after disembarking from the warship, so they planned to rest at the Dagukou post house for one night, and then rushed to the capital to celebrate Empress Dowager Cixi's birthday the next day.

That afternoon, since Xiao Linglong had just arrived in the Qing Dynasty, she was very curious about the place, so she begged Ye Zhikui to take her out.Ye Zhikui saw that several elderly people had gone to have a rest, and when he saw Xiao Linglong's longing eyes, he agreed softly. He only brought a few bodyguards, changed into casual clothes, and was forced by the impatient Xiao Linglong to pull out the door.

At this time, Dagu was known as the gateway of Beijing and Tianjin, the throat of sea and land, and it was extremely lively, but Xiao Linglong went to places with many people, which caused Ye Zhikui a headache for a while.Xiao Linglong was curious about everything, especially all kinds of snacks. Ye Zhikui glanced at Xiao Linglong's slender figure and secretly clicked his tongue. Where did all these things go?

"Brother Ye, look! That man is so powerful!" Xiao Linglong suddenly shouted in front.

Ye Zhikui was surprised when he heard Xiao Linglong's cry, so he took a closer look. It turned out that it was a monkey. The monkey had been trained to be very clever, and it kept making bows to passers-by, but it looked very cute. Xiao Linglong was happy to see it, so he Give some rewards.

At this moment, some other interested performers around immediately noticed, all of them had green eyes and swallowed their saliva secretly.Seeing that Xiao Linglong was about to walk away, a wretched-looking Mr. Xiangming immediately followed up and said loudly, "Young lady, please stay!"

After hearing this, Xiao Linglong looked around, pointed to herself and said, "Old man, are you talking about me?" Ye Zhikui stopped not far away to watch the fortune teller's performance.

"Of course, of course, the little old man sees that you have committed a crime, Miss, and I'm here to help you out of this predicament." The fortune-teller shook his head and said solemnly, but unfortunately he was dressed in shabby clothes, wearing a long robe and mandarin jacket. Changed, if it wasn't for the word fortune-telling written on his hand, others would think he was a beggar, and he would be nonsense if he shook his head.

Xiao Linglong blushed, and replied: "You old man, who ordered you to commit a crime. Besides, even if I committed a crime, I don't want you to solve it."

The fortune teller rolled his eyes and said: "Actually, the little old man just wants to tell you that the little old man sees that your marriage is very difficult. If you want to last long, it is difficult, difficult! Fortunately, you and the little old man are destined , today the little old man will teach you the method of salvation."

Xiao Linglong was really fooled, and hurriedly asked: "Really? Is there any way to save it?"

The fortune teller squeezed his index finger and said, "This, the secret of heaven must not be revealed! If..."

Before the fortune teller finished speaking, Xiao Linglong said awkwardly: "Since it must not be leaked, then forget it, I will figure out a way myself."

The fortune teller grabbed his cheek and thought to himself, girl!Let me finish my sentence.Ye Zhikui looked amused, stepped forward and said, "Linglong, let's go!"

The fortune teller is in a hurry, it hasn't opened yet!I also saw that Ye Zhikui was young and well-dressed, with a few personal guards behind him, an authentic fat sheep.Then he stepped forward and stopped him and said, "Young master, please stop and listen to what the little old man has to say."

Ye Zhikui glared, the fortune teller's heart tightened, his hands trembled, his sharp eyes quickly moved aside in fright, and he said unwillingly: "Young master, you must be going to see the old man in the capital. The Buddha's birthday is lively. The little old man has stayed in the capital and its surroundings for more than ten years, and he is very familiar with the capital. How about letting the little old man be your guide? The little old man just wants you to give me a bite of the meal Just eat it."

Seeing the pitiful words of the fortune teller, Xiao Linglong couldn't help being moved with compassion, and begged Ye Zhikui, "Brother Ye, look at this old man's ragged clothes, he is really pitiful, why don't you ask him to be your guide!"

Ye Zhikui nodded Xiao Linglong's nose and said, "You!"

Then he turned to the fortune-teller and said, "Well, tell me about the famous romantic figures in the capital."

Ye Zhikui didn't want to directly reject Xiao Linglong, so he deliberately made things difficult for the fortune-teller and told him to retreat. These secrets are not known to ordinary people.

Unexpectedly, after the fortune teller heard it, he didn't think it was difficult, but his face was happy, and he spoke out like a river, which brothel the prince likes to visit, and what kind of gossip the concubine has. Clearly and logically, there is nothing wrong with it!Even Ye Zhikui listened with gusto, forgot to drive him away for a while, and brought him back without knowing it.

The fortune teller had already thrown his signboard somewhere, followed Ye Zhikui into the post house, and when Ye Zhikui found out, the fortune teller had the audacity to ask for a bowl of rice.Ye Zhikui saw that he was a bit real, so he kept him.

After dinner, Ye Zhikui summoned Feng Guozhang, Jianren Shiwu, Butcher and others to discuss the strategy for going to Beijing.

What countermeasure?Of course, it was a countermeasure of giving money. Ye Zhikui thought he could say arrogantly to his colleagues who secretly engaged in bribery in later generations: "Xiaomian, what kind of bribe are you? Brother is planning to bribe the entire Qing Dynasty."

It is said that Ye Zhikui lacks everything now, except money. Of course, he is waving banknotes to carry out money diplomacy. Today's Qing Dynasty is corrupt from top to bottom, and few people are clean under their buttocks, but this Bribing is also a technical job. You can't give Li Lianying a picture of "Along the River During the Qingming Festival", it's better to give him tens of thousands of taels of silver.

At this time, the pool of water in the capital is still very deep, if you use a few simple words to describe it.That is, one is the struggle for power between the two parties of the emperor and the empress, and the other is the open and secret struggle between the feudal officials like Li Hongzhang and the center of the court, which also includes the complicated struggle for power between Manchu and Han.

Needless to say, the struggle between the emperor and the empress, the kid Guangxu has also grown up, and is waiting for his parental power to show his ambitions!And how could Cixi, who is greedy for power, hand it over, you should continue to wait, and I will give it to you when Aijia dies that day.

The immature and lovely Guangxu can be resisted by the old and cunning Cixi. Let's take this Sino-Japanese war as an example. Guangxu jumped on his feet and said that I firmly support the war against Japan.But Cixi was vague, you said she didn't support it, she didn't say anything against it, you said she supported it, if something happened, she immediately pushed it to Guangxu.She has no loss in winning or losing. This is not the case. As soon as the Pyongyang Treaty was signed, she couldn't wait to jump out to pick peaches. Now Guangxu is just a canary bird in her cage. When you are happy, let you come out to breathe. If you are unhappy I will lock you up without food for a few days.

For such an old hag who is good at plotting and maneuvering but lacks international strategic vision, Ye Zhikui is not qualified to fight him now. Haven't you seen the end of the future Li Hongzhang?The soldiers are gone, the power has been taken away, and the last name has been ruined, but Cixi's own life continues to be very nourishing. There is no other way but to let you dance for a few more days.

So during this period of time, it is certain that she has been hypocritical, and if you want to get involved with Cixi, you must not get around the famous little Li. Fortunately, this bird has a good reputation and uses people's money to do things for others. The high-ranking princes of the Qing Dynasty are also people who look after money in everything, and these are easy to handle.

Guangxu couldn't be left out, didn't he happen to have a Japanese sword that Muramasa stepped on?It would be the best to send him off, the young emperor is still not excited when he sees this.

Ye Zhikui thought about it secretly, and then discussed with the generals for a while, and the chief assistants of the military planes in the capital were not left behind. After discussing the gifts, he sent Jianren Shiwu and Bao Budong, who had been experienced in the officialdom, to bring a large number of them. The property first enters Beijing and takes care of everything.

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This chapter is well written, alas!bad mood.

Volume 40 The Wind and Cloud in the Capital Chapter [-] Domineering and Domineering

In Beijing, in the Leshou Hall of the Summer Palace, four large copper furnaces with nine peaches are burning sandalwood. Cixi, who is the helm of the Qing Empire, is lying on the red sandalwood gold armchair. Apply egg whites to her face, you have to admire Cixi's beauty is really unprecedented, and there are newcomers.If this is put in later generations, it will be a real beauty master.

After waiting for a while, Xiao Lizi wiped off the egg whites with silk, and asked softly, "Lafayette, do you want to take a bath?"

Cixi nodded, and Xiao Lizi stepped forward to help her walk to a splendid bath. There was a fishy smell of human milk in the bath, and it was not water but fresh warm human milk.Xiao Lizi undressed Cixi, looked at Cixi's slightly smooth skin, and couldn't help but praise: "Lafayette, your skin is really smoother than a newborn baby."

Cixi stepped into the bath, said with a smile: "You slave, you are sweet-talking, come to massage Aijia's whole body, this person will feel uncomfortable when he is old."

Li Lianying practiced her handwork well, and it didn't take long for Cixi to press Cixi's whole body comfortably, making her whole body comfortable.Cixi snorted secretly, and said: "You slave, why did you use such a lot of force today, the place of Aijia was hurt by you."

Xiao Lizi hurriedly kowtowed and said, "Damn it, slave! This is a new technique that I learned from Western countries. If the Queen Mother doesn't like it, I won't use it in the future."

Cixi squinted her eyes and said: "That's not necessary, just be lighter in the future." Then he asked: "By the way, the Ai family heard that Li Hongzhang has already entered the capital?"

Xiao Lizi replied: "Master Li was the one who lived in Xianliang Temple yesterday, and he is waiting for your summoning from the Empress Dowager."

Cixi frowned and said: "Now Li Zhongtang Li is very beautiful. From Tianjin all the way to the capital, I don't know how many people hold his feet and sing praises for him!"

Seeing Cixi's displeasure, Xiao Lizi replied with sarcasm, "No matter how powerful this Li Hongzhang is, he is just a little slave of yours, Lafayette, and he is not how you want to be squeezed by Lafayette! "

Cixi squinted her eyes and thought about it for a long time, and suddenly she gave out a cold light, and said: "Li Hefei today is like Zeng Shaved his head back then. This dog is too strong, and I don't know when it will bite you back. .”