Chapter 67 4. After seeing Yuan Chang's secret letter, Zhang Zhidong became dizzy and sweated profusely

Half a month later, the Liangjiang governor's yamen in Jiangning received a secret order from the cabinet: "Immediately send people to Wuchang to conduct a secret investigation."Liu Kun, governor of Liangjiang, felt embarrassed about this difficult matter after reading it. Sixty-two-year-old Liu Kunyi is also considered a generation of talent.In the fifth year of Xianfeng, when the Hunan Army led by Zeng Guofan was marching eastward with the help of the army that conquered the three towns of Wuhan, Liu Kunyi, a twenty-five-year-old student from Xinning, led a hundred regiments to join Liu Changyou.Liu Changyou, who was born in Gongsheng, had already recruited a team two years earlier, and he had a very lively quarrel with Jiang Zhongyuan.He was twelve years older than Liu Kunyi, but he was Liu Kunyi's clan nephew. Seeing this young clan uncle full of vigor and vigor, he was full of joy.Liu Kunyi does not regard himself as an uncle, but he teaches Liu Changyou with the etiquette of later advancement.As soon as Liu Kun had a very high understanding, after several battles, he became familiar with the confrontation between the two armies.At that time, Zeng Guofan, Zuo Zongtang and others were staring at the capital of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom in the lower reaches of the Yangtze River, and had no time to take care of the area around Hunan and Guangxi. Liu's uncle and nephew seized this opportunity and won several consecutive victories between Hunan and Guangxi, and soon grew stronger. own strength.In the tenth year of Xianfeng, when Zeng Guofan, the founder of the Hunan Army, was still serving as a servant of the Ministry of War, Liu Changyou became the governor of Guangxi. Two years later, the 32-year-old Liu Kunyi also became the governor of Guangxi. Three years later, he replaced his nephew as the governor of Guangxi and became the youngest official in Xinjiang at that time.At this time, Liu Changyou had already been the governor for three years.

Liu's uncle and nephew managed the rear quietly, and within a few years they ascended to the high positions of governors one after another. People have to admire these two Xinning talents who are superior to the current generation in both fighting wars and being officials! Liu Kunyi became the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi in the first year of Guangxu, and was transferred to Liangjiang in the fifth year of Guangxu.Liu Kunyi is a very smart person. Because of years of fighting, he left many wounds and diseases on his body, and he felt tired after a little more treatment. Therefore, no matter whether he was a governor or a governor, he only cared about big things and didn't care about small things.Let others do small things, and he spares a lot of time for eating, drinking and having fun.He liked everything about sensuality, even opium.But he is clear-headed, and he is not ambiguous in military and state affairs. The robes said that he is Lu Duan who is not ambiguous in major affairs, and he readily accepts it.

Because of this, in the seventh year of Guangxu, Zhang Zhidong read a copy of him, saying that he was "deeply depressed and tired of government affairs", and that the two rivers are important places. Please send Peng Yulin, the servant of the Ministry of War, as the governor of Jiang, so that Liu Kunyi can recover from his illness with peace of mind.The imperial court actually accepted Zhang Zhidong's suggestion and summoned Liu Kun, thus removing him from the post of governor of Liangjiang and putting Peng Yulin on his behalf.Since then, Liu Kun has been hanging in vain in the name of preparing for military affairs.Ten years passed like this, and when Zeng Guoquan passed away in the autumn of the 16th year of Guangxu, he became the Governor of Jiang again.As soon as Liu Kun, who returned to Jiangning, learned the previous lessons, he became more relaxed in all aspects.He also gave up opium smoking, and stopped doing obviously absurd things. It is not bad for a ZTE hero to do this, and he was praised by public opinion for this.

Of course Liu Kunyi hated Zhang Zhidong.If it wasn't Zhang Zhidong's impeachment, how could he have lost Jiang Du for ten years?However, Liu Kunyi, who made his fortune by military exploits, has one thing in common with Zhang Zhidong in spirit, that is, they both hold an uncompromising and non-compromising attitude in the face of bullying by foreigners.Liu Kunyi was particularly moved by the fact that Zhang Zhidong actually served as the governor of Guangdong and deployed the Chinese army to defeat the legal person in Vietnam. He gained face for the Chinese soldiers and won the prestige for the Qing Empire. Liu Kunyi was full of admiration.This feeling of sympathy greatly diluted his resentment towards Zhang Zhidong.

Holding the edict sent by the cabinet, Liu Kun was caught in a dilemma.Carefully figuring out the will, it seems that he is leaning towards Xu Zhixiang's side, if he does not follow it, he will violate the order; if he follows the order and sends someone to Wuchang to investigate carefully, Zhang Zhidong's Lake Governor will not be guaranteed.Liu Kun, who has served as a governor for more than ten years, knew that no governor would be able to stand up to a careful investigation, and he could easily find a few mistakes that were enough to impeach.Really impeaching Zhang Zhidong is not a good thing for the court.

He brought Ruizhang, the trustworthy Jiangning feudal official, to discuss with him.Except for the governors of Zhili and Sichuan who are both military and civilian, the other governors focus on the military and government, so there is no post of feudal secretary. Only the governor of Liangjiang has set up a Jiangning feudal secretary to take charge of the money and grain income of the Jiangning government. .This may be because there is a Jiangning Weaving Bureau dedicated to serving the imperial court in Jiangning Mansion.This royal clothing store runs a huge deficit every year, and needs a sum of money to make up for it.From this point of view, the Jiangning Fan treasury should be a small local treasury set up by the imperial court.

Ruizhang was a Manchu, and he was sent to Jiangning from the clan mansion.He has always paid attention to the movement of Manchurian relatives and nobles within the imperial court. Although he is in Jiangning, he has constant contact with the capital.Like Liu Kunyi, Ruizhang also thought it was a very difficult matter.After thinking for a long time, he suddenly remembered a person. "Xianshuai." Liu Kun's name is Xianzhuang, so everyone respectfully calls him Xianshuai. "A few days ago, Yuan Chang, who was newly appointed to the Taiguang Road in Huiningchi, Anhui, was released from the capital. He was a member of the household department in the capital, Wai Lang, and also the prime minister's office of state affairs, Zhang Jing. He is a person who understands current affairs. The situation must be very clear, why not quietly invite him to Jiangning to discuss it."

"Did you know this person before?" Liu Kun asked. "Yes, we have known each other for many years." "Is it reliable?" "This is a sincere gentleman, very reliable." "Then send someone to Huizhou to pick him up!" Huiningchi Taiguang Road governs the four prefectures of Huizhou, Ningguo, Chizhou, and Taiping and Guangde Prefecture in the south of the Yangtze River in Anhui Province.Cixi's father, Huizheng, died in Wannan Road.Therefore, during the Tongzhi and Guangxu dynasties, Southern Anhui Road was the imperial court's attention.Wannan Daoist is usually an official who is expected to become popular.Because of this, the 46-year-old Yuanwailang and Zhang Jingyuan Chang came to Weizhou from Beijing in a very good mood.He knew that this was the imperial court's attention to him, which indicated that his future official career would be smooth and broad.

Yuan Chang happened to be working in Anqing, the capital of the province these few days, and people from the Jiangning feudal government quickly found him at the Huaining Inn.Hearing that Liu Xianshuai had something important to discuss, he immediately left Anqing for Jiangning by fast boat.The trip from Anqing to Jiangning was launched, and we arrived at Xiaguan Wharf in the afternoon of the next day.Accompanied by visitors, Yuan Chang went to the feudal official's mansion to meet with Ruizhang. After exchanging greetings for a while, they each sat in a sedan chair and came to the governor's office located in the southeast corner of the city one after the other.Among all the Governor's Yamen in the country, the Liangjiang Governor's Yamen in Jiangning City is the most magnificent.This is because it has been the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom Heavenly Palace for more than ten years.Hong Xiuquan spent tens of millions of taels of silver in the holy treasury to build the most luxurious and magnificent palace in the world for him, the second son of the heavenly father. Although it was later burned by Zeng Guoquan's Jiziying to destroy the evidence of the robbery of gold and silver, the foundation and Some unburnable buildings still exist.The frugal governor Zeng Guofan didn't stay in Jiangning for a few days, so the lavish governor Li Hongzhang came.Li Hongzhang restored all the houses that had been burned by the fire, and became the comfortable King of Jinling without a name but with a real name.The successive governors of Jiang in the future will have the shadow of Li Hongzhang.Liu Kunyi is also a big spender. After Guangxu regained control of Jiangning in the 16th year, he completely renovated Jiangdu's yamen.Today's supervisory office is even more magnificent and resplendent.

It was the first time for Yuan Chang to come to Liangjiang Governor's Yamen. He walked and looked at it and thought: Except for the Forbidden City, this is probably the largest building complex in China, and the old Hekun house where Prince Gong lives is not as good as it! Liu Kunyi's temperament is bold and simple. Although it was the first time to meet Yuan Chang, he did not wear official clothes, but casual clothes.He waved to Wannan Dao, who was about to make a large letter, and said, "There is no need to be formal, please sit down!" After Yuan Chang sat down, he smiled and asked, "When did Yuan Jian arrive in southern Anhui?"

"Responding to the Commander, I arrived in Huizhou in the middle of last month. I originally planned to come to Jiangning to pay my respects to the Commander next month. I didn't know that the Commander had something to call, so I'm being rude." Yuan Chang replied restrainedly and respectfully. "No, no." Liu Kunyi waved his hand again. "I'm inviting you to Jiangning temporarily, not because of your duties." It's not my duty, so what is it?Yuan Chang was thinking nervously in his heart.Yuan Chang, who was born as a scholar, has long admired the name of this platform maker who fought hard in the flames of war, and has a three-pointed awe. "Where is Yuan Guanjian from, and when did he enter Beijing?" Liu Kunyi was not in a hurry to talk about business, but chatted with this short and fat subordinate. "The way of work is from Tonglu, Zhejiang. After being a Jinshi in the second year of Guangxu, he was assigned to be the head of the household department. His career was blunt. It was not until the 12th year of Guangxu that he was promoted to be a member of the household department. Yuan Chang was a middle-ranked Jinshi at the age of 30 and had been a Beijing official for 16 years. He was only a mid-level official with a fourth-rank rank, and his promotion was indeed not fast. For me, it is not too much to blame myself for being "dumb".In fact, Yuan Chang is not blunt, he is just too rigid in doing things for others, and he is not good at making decisions according to the wind.This kind of character not only hindered his promotion, but unfortunately, eight years later, he was lost for disobeying Cixi during the Boxer Rebellion.Liu Kun said with a smile: "Wannan Road is in short supply. If you work hard for a few years, you will have a bright future!" Yuan Chang hurriedly said: "In the future, we will rely more on the cultivation of the general." Ruizhang interjected: "Shuai Xian is a living Bodhisattva, if you serve as an official under him, as long as you do your best, you will be promoted very quickly." Ruizhang's words killed two birds with one stone: it not only praised Liu Kunyi, but also implied that Yuan Chang should work hard for Liu Kunyi. Yuan Chang understood what Ruizhang meant, and hurriedly answered: "I'm just a magistrate, I don't have any experience, I will definitely do what Master Rui said and do my best, if there is something not thoughtful, I hope the commander-in-chief will forgive me. " "Okay, okay!" Liu Kun responded in a manly voice. "Bo Rui Fang said that he met you when he was in the capital, and said that you are a sincere gentleman and familiar with the situation in the capital, so I specially invite you to Jiangning, and I want to hear your opinion on one thing." Yuan Chang subconsciously tensed up. When he first came to Liangjiang, he wanted to listen to my opinion on any important matter. Could it be that something happened in the capital? Liu Kun said to Ruizhang: "You tell Yuan Jianguan!" "That's what happened." Ruizhang coughed dryly and said, "The cabinet sent Shuai Xian a copy of Dali Temple Secretary Xu Zhixiang, and conveyed the order to ask the commander to send someone to investigate closely. Because you just came from The capital is here, and he has worked in the Ministry of Household Affairs and the General Administration. He is familiar with the situation in the capital and the provinces, so Commander Xian asked you to come and discuss it. What is the most suitable way to handle this matter? You can read Xu Zhixiang's reference book first. Let's go!" As he said, he picked up a stack of folded paper from the coffee table next to him and handed it to Yuan Chang.Yuan Chang took it and unfolded it to see. As soon as Yuan Chang read the opening rhyme, his eyes widened immediately, and his heart beat violently twice.It turned out that neither Liu Kunyi nor Ruizhang knew that Yuan Chang was Zhang Zhidong's student! In the sixth year of Tongzhi, Zhang Zhidong served as the deputy chief examiner of the Zhejiang Provincial Examination as an editor of the Imperial Academy. This was the first stop of his long career as an academic officer.Zhejiang is a place where humanities gather together, and there are many talented scholars in the past. Zhang Zhidong is proud to be able to test Zhejiang.After the three intense exams, the examiners in each room began to be busy with grading papers.The test paper sent to the house official went through three processes, that is, firstly, the name was affixed by the Mifeng Office, then it was re-copied by the vermilion pen used by the transcription office, and finally it was proofread by the counter-reading office.Although the Zhu scroll read by the Fang Guan was not written by the scholar himself, it was exactly the same as the scholar's ink scroll, except that it had no name.The adoption of this series of complicated processes is all for one purpose: to prevent the room officials from favoritism when they mark the papers. On this day, Zhang Zhidong went to each house to check the examination papers of the house officers. He was very satisfied to see that all the house officers were very serious.When he came to the thirteenth room, the room officer asked him to sit down, took out a test paper and said to him: There is a word wrong on this test paper, but the article is very well written, do you recommend it or not?Zhang Zhidong said, let me see.Sitting next to the house official, he carefully read the test paper twice, and after thinking for a long time, he said, from the word wrong, the paper should not be recommended to leave the house, but judging from the article, this son is very talented, it is really rare.Ten years of cold windows, the lights are on at three o'clock, it is not easy to enter the Gongyuan, the typo is due to negligence, but it is difficult to reach this level in the article, I think it is recommended to leave the house.With the deputy chief examiner in charge, the house officer boldly pushed this test paper up.During the final review, Zhang Zhidong stated this view to the chief examiner Zhang Guanglu, and Zhang Guanglu agreed.In this way, this paper was listed as the top one, and it was only when the list was filled out that it was known that it was written by Yuan Chang in Tonglu.When Yuan Chang thanked Mr. Fang, Mr. Fang explained the process to his disciples.Yuan Chang was very grateful to Zhang Zhidong, and kowtowed three times in front of him. At the moment, after Yuan Chang hastily read through Xu Zhixiang's copy and the edict, his first thought was that he should help his teacher as much as possible! He collected himself and said to Liu Kunyi: "I don't know what Shuai Xian wants to ask Zhi Dao for?" Liu Kunyi said: "Fang Bo Rui and I both live in Jiangning, and we are relatively estranged from the affairs of the capital. I want to ask you, are you familiar with Xu Zhixiang?" "We know each other professionally. Because we are both from Jiangnan, when we talk, we feel close to each other." "How is this person? Is he a cautious person, or the kind of person who likes to gossip?" Liu Kun stared at Yuan Chang and asked. Yuan Chang thought to himself: This is a key question. Xu Zhixiang's temperament is obviously related to the weight of this participation.He said calmly: "Xu Zhixiang is an old senior. Although he is not very familiar with his career, but when he was in the capital, he was often mentioned by people. It is said that he belongs to the kind of impulsive person. As the saying goes, the wind is the rain, and this old gentleman has such a personality. Therefore, although he has a lot of notes, when the Queen Mother was in charge of politics, he didn't take his notes very seriously." Liu Kunyi didn't pay attention, but Ruizhang heard the off-screen voice of the sentence "when the queen mother was in charge of the government".He pondered: It seems that this matter is the emperor's decision, and the queen mother doesn't know about it. "There is another point. Shuai Xian and Uncle Rui both know that Xu Zhixiang firmly disagrees with the construction of the railway, and he tried his best to oppose Zhang Zhidong on this matter. I don't know Shuai Xian and Fang Rui about his opposition to the construction of the railway. Has Uncle read it? He said that the construction of railways will firstly destroy Fengshui and secondly scare the ancestors, and people who understand can't stop laughing after reading it. It is because it is so obvious that the court demoted him three grades." These few words worked very well for Liu Kunyi.Liu Kunyi, who has been in the army for more than ten years, has personally experienced the power of foreigners' guns in the war. He is a person who strongly advocates learning manufacturing skills from foreigners.Liu Kun thought with all his heart: It seems that this Xu Zhixiang is a person who does not understand the truth and acts rashly.In his eyes, the price of this ginseng has been greatly reduced. Rui Zhang asked: "Yuan Jian, when you left Beijing, did the Empress Dowager live in the garden or in the palace?" Yuan Chang replied: "The Empress Dowager lives in the garden from mid-March to mid-September every year, and the rest of the time lives in the palace. I left the capital in late June, and the Empress Dowager was still living in the garden at that time. Yue just returned to the palace." Ruizhang asked again: "I heard that the emperor goes to the garden once a month to pay his respects to the queen mother. Is that so?" "It's like this." Yuan Chang said, "In addition to asking for peace, the emperor will also report to the empress dowager the important state affairs of this month, and the empress dowager will be very interested in listening. It is said that he will occasionally express his own opinions, and the emperor will do so. The emperor is pure and filial in nature, since he took office, he has never heard of any disagreement with the empress dowager in handling military and state affairs." Liu Kunyi said: "The emperor has set a good example for the people of the world." After a short pause, he asked again: "Does Yuan Jian know about Wang Zhichun, the governor of the Hubei feudal clan?" Yuan Chang replied: "I have never seen this person. When I was working in the General Administration, I often heard about him from my colleagues. Most people said that he was enthusiastic about foreign affairs, cheerful and capable. Some people said that he was shrewd and harsh. It’s easy to offend people.” "Where's Zhao Maochang?" Ruizhang asked. "I don't know." Yuan Chang shook his head. "A chief copywriter's official position is too low, how can the officialdom of the capital talk about him?" What Yuan Chang said was the truth. Pretty much everything you need to ask.Liu Kun stood up and said, "Thank you, Yuan Jian. I still have some things to do, so I'm leaving first. You and Uncle Rui are here to chat. In the evening, I will accompany you to have a light meal in the office." Yuan Chang hurriedly got up and bowed, "Thank you, Commander Xian." "Yuan Guanjian, what we're talking about today is a secret matter. After you return to Anhui, don't tell anyone about it." After Liu Kun left the house, Ruizhang specifically warned Yuan Chang. "The profession is clear." After eating and returning to the inn arranged by Ruizhang for him, Yuan Chang couldn't feel at peace.He didn't expect that Zhang Zhidong, who was so enthusiastic about doing practical things, would be criticized by someone, and the meaning of the edict was biased towards the critics. He felt aggrieved for the deputy chief examiner back then.He felt that he should tell Zhang Zhidong about this so that he could be prepared, and then he remembered Ruizhang's solemn instructions, and he was in a dilemma.After spending most of the night in bed, gratitude finally prevailed.He lit a candle and wrote a long letter to Zhang Zhidong, relaying the main points of the above edict and Xu Zhe, and asked his mentor to plan a countermeasure early. The next day, he left Jiangning and returned to Anhui.After arriving in Anqing, he ordered his servants who were waiting for him at the Huaining Inn to hurry to Wuchang, and delivered the secret letter in an envelope with the official seal of the southern Anhui Province to Zhang Zhidong, Governor of Huguang, in person. Four days later, the secret letter arrived in Zhang Zhidong's hands.He wondered why Wannan Road in Anhui had such a letter for him. After opening the letter and reading it, he realized that it was written by Yuan Chang, a protégé more than 20 years ago.During the nine years from the sixth year of Tongzhi to the second year of Guangxu, Yuan Chang was stuck in the examination and felt that there was nothing to report, so he didn't write to Zhang Zhidong, and the contact between teachers and students was cut off.In the second year of Guangxu, Yuan Changzhong Jinshi was distributed to the household department. It happened that Zhang Zhidong returned to Beijing after finishing his studies in Sichuan, and the two resumed contact.There are many things in the household department, and Yuan Chang is a pragmatic person, busy all day long, so the two of them did not get along very closely during their stay in the capital.After Zhang Zhidong was released to Shanxi in the seventh year of Guangxu, he almost lost contact again.Unexpectedly, Yuan Chang has recently been released to Wannan Road!After reading the letter, Zhang Zhidong's first feeling was: Yuan Chang is a student of righteousness and morality, and the kindness of kindness and kindness more than 20 years ago is actually firmly in his heart.If the court finds out about such secrets, it will ruin your career at least, or send you to jail at worst.It is really rare to have such a warm heart in today's world that only cares about interests but not friendship.It is a blessing in a lifetime to get such a student in Dianshi Zhejiang.Zhang Zhidong wrote a short letter of thanks to his disciples, sealed it, called Yuan's servant in, and handed the letter to him along with a pack of black fungus that Sang Zhiping had just brought back from western Hubei, and asked him to take it with him. to the master.Then he took out four taels of silver and sent it away.The servant of Yuan's family said goodbye with gratitude and left. Zhang Zhidong sat on the cowhide grand teacher's chair and stared at Yuan Chang's secret letter for a long time, the anger in his chest was burning hotly.It scorched his heart, made him angry, wronged him, and caused him pain! He didn't expect that this package came from Xu Zhixiang's hands!They have worked together in Hanyuan for many years, and they often discuss national affairs and classics and epics together.Although this old Jiangnan genius was a few years older than Zhang Zhidong, he praised Zhang Zhidong very warmly, and often complimented him more than Zhang Liang and Xie An in ancient times.Unexpectedly, this is the person who actually said today that he can only measure literature, not politics! As the Minister of Dali Temple, how could he not have any real evidence, but just rely on a few rumors to convict others of such a serious crime!Isn't this Shenwen Zhouna?Isn't this intentional to punish people to death? Over the past eleven or twelve years, I have done many good deeds for Shanxi, Guangdong, Guangxi, and Huguang, and won prestige for the country in the Vietnam War.For these, Xu Zhixiang could close his eyes and not mention a word, but he took some rumors as treasures and made up charges for no reason.What exactly is Xu Zhixiang trying to achieve?Zhang Zhidong really wanted to drag him in front of him and question him face to face, and slapped him twice! There are good and bad people in this world, if Xu Zhixiang wants to make trouble like this, there is nothing he can do about it.What made Zhang Zhidong most aggrieved was that how could the imperial court pay attention to his shameful slander!Another edict was issued, requiring Liu Kun to conduct a close investigation, and another copy was issued for the officials of Liangjiang to read. Doesn't this clearly mean that Xu Zhixiang's references are reasonable?Xu Zhixiang is absurd and ignorant, does the court still not know about me, Zhang Zhidong?Your Majesty still doesn't understand my sincerity towards the country?It would be interesting enough not to throw back reprimands for such tattered scriptures, but to keep them drowned. Why did the emperor and the imperial court not trust me, Zhang Zhidong, even when Liu Kun was asked to come to Wuchang for a secret visit? After thinking about it like this, Zhang Zhidong was dizzy with heart-wrenching pain, his palms were sweating, and he finally collapsed on the grand master's chair.After a while, Dagen came in to pour tea, and seeing his fourth uncle's eyes closed tightly and his face pale, he shouted in fright: "Fourth uncle, fourth uncle!" After shouting a few times, Zhang Zhidong opened his eyes. "Fourth Uncle, are you not feeling well?" Da Gen took Zhang Zhidong's left hand and pressed slightly hard on Zhang Zhidong's jaw. "Is it better?" Zhang Zhidong nodded lightly, and said weakly: "You carry me back to the backyard to lie down!" Seeing Dagen coming to the backyard with her husband on his back, Peiyu was shocked, put down her work, walked over quickly, and asked repeatedly: "What's the matter, what's the matter?" Da Gen replied: "Fourth uncle is a little uncomfortable." Peiyu touched Zhang Zhidong's forehead: "Is there any discomfort?" "Chest tightness." Zhang Zhidong replied softly, his complexion was better than before.Peiyu spread out the quilt, and together with Dagen, took off Zhang Zhidong's coat and pants, and let him lie down properly. "Do you want to invite the doctor to take a look?" Peiyu asked. "No need." Zhang Zhidong shook his head lightly.Then he said to Dagen: "Don't tell others that I am sick, lest everyone come to visit and delay the work. If you need to find me, ask him to come back tomorrow. You go out, I will lie down quietly by myself." Dagen is out.Peiyu waited by the bed, watching Zhang Zhidong close his eyes slightly.She thought to herself: I was fine when I had dinner in the morning, and it was less than an hour since I went to work in the signing room, how could I suddenly be so sick?She stared affectionately at her sleeping husband, and suddenly felt that in the past two or three years in Wuchang, he looked older than before.He was still only fifty-five or six years old, his beard and hair were almost completely white, his face was thin, and his nose, which was slightly larger than ordinary people, was even bigger.She knew that it was all because of the iron factory.The husband spent too much effort on the iron factory.After coming to Wuchang, Westernization became his biggest concern.Peiyu remembered that one night, her husband was very excited because the household department agreed to allocate two million taels of silver.He talked to her about his ideal of Westernization: build an iron factory first, and make the iron factory the world's first-class factory, which surprised foreigners.Then we will set up a gun factory, a spinning mill, and a weaving layout.It is also necessary to build a power plant, so that the homes of ordinary people will be lit with electric lights like the yamen of the General Administration!When mentioning electric lights, Peiyu would think of the night when her son was full moon, a hundred light bulbs suddenly lit up in the governor's office of Guangdong and Guangxi, like stars falling from the sky, every corner of the room was brightly lit, and a needle fell into the It can be found on the ground.It would be great if every household had such a luminous pearl in their homes!She held her husband's hand and said, "What you have done is a great deed. When that day really comes, how much the people will thank you!" Peiyu saw that her husband, who never smiled, had a childlike smile on his face. In the blink of an eye, Peiyu was eight years old when she came to the door, and she must have been sixteen years old, a big girl.Under her careful guidance, Zhun'er has already played the piano very well.She often boasted that Zhun'er was better than Lan and better than Lan, much better than her.But Zhuner said that only the appearance is similar but the spirit is not similar, and the charm has not yet been grasped. Besides, Phoenix has not come down to listen to my piano, it is still far away.Zhun'er has always regarded Fenghuang's listening to the piano as his highest goal, which made Zhang Zhidong and Peiyu both amused and relieved.Zhang Zhidong said to his daughter, it is not easy for Phoenix to come down from the sky to listen to your piano.There are very few phoenixes, and there are many people who play the qin. It can only listen to the best player. Keep working hard, live and play until you are old, and when you become an old woman, the phoenix will fly to listen to your qin up.Everyone laughed.After Peiyu gave birth to Renkan, she gave birth to a son, Renshi.Zhang Zhidong is so busy that he doesn't have the energy to take care of the family affairs at all. Apart from taking care of her husband's daily life, Peiyu also pays attention to the second son Renbing who is studying, Zhun'er who is waiting for her husband, and her two young children. Late is tired enough. A few days ago, Zhang Zhidong told Peiyu that Sang Zhiping's wife, Mrs. Chai, had been ill in bed for the past two years, and was worried that he would go ahead one day, worrying about his daughter's marriage.Peiyu said that Yan'er of the Sang family is a good boy, and he is seventeen or eighteen years old. If there is a good husband's family, he should find one.Zhang Zhidong said, I have one in mind, do you think it is suitable?Peiyu asked who it was.Zhang Zhidong said, what do you think of the benevolence?Peiyu clapped her palms and said with a smile, she didn't expect that on weekdays, what you said made her a very suitable couple.From student to son-in-law, Mr. Sang was the first to be happy.Zhang Zhidong also smiled and said, this is what you said, I don't know what Yan'er and her daughter think.Peiyu said, I guarantee that Yan'er and her daughter will like it.Zhang Zhidong said, she must be sixteen or seventeen years old, and the age to leave the cabinet, have you thought about it for her?Peiyu said, I have long been optimistic about a person in my heart.Zhang Zhidong asked, who is it?Peiyu said, Chen Nianfeng of the Westernization Division.I think he is a man who can become a big weapon, what do you think?Zhang Zhidong said happily, your vision is really good, in terms of character and ability, Nian Tiao is the most outstanding talent among Muyou, but he is ten years older than Zhun Er.Peiyu said, as long as Zhun'er wants to, it doesn't matter if she is older.Peiyu is going to find an opportunity to have a good talk with Zhun'er, not wanting her husband to suddenly fall ill, it seems that this matter has to be postponed. In the afternoon, Peiyu still invited Dr. Sun, a famous Hankou doctor who often came to the supervisor's office to see a doctor, to cross the river and show Zhang Zhidong.Dr. Sun carefully examined the Tianmai pulse for a long time, but found no serious problems, so he prescribed three doses of soothing and smoothing medicine, let's take some medicine first.After taking two doses of medicine, Zhang Zhidong felt much better the next morning.He asked Dagen to invite Sang Zhiping, Yang Rui, and Liang Dingfen to the backyard of the supervisory office.