Chapter 85 4. Wouldn’t it be better if Kang Youwei could be used by Zhang Zhidong

Outside the west gate of Jiangning City, there is a large pond covering an area of ​​about 700 mu, named Mochou Lake.According to legend, there was a woman named Mochou in Luoyang City in the Eastern Han Dynasty who married the Lu family in Jiangning.In order to marry her, the Lu family built another courtyard by the pond.Mo Chou lived a smooth life.Although she is a very ordinary woman, she is quite famous in the history of Chinese literature.Emperor Wu of Liang had a Yuefu song that was widely circulated, which was specially chanted by Mo Chou.The first two sentences, "The water in the river flows eastward, and the daughter of Luoyang is named Mochou", can be recited by children of three feet in Jiangning City.Li Shangyin, a great poet in the late Tang Dynasty, wrote a poem about the love tragedy between Tang Minghuang and Yang Guifei. The last two sentences said: "How can Siji be the emperor, not as good as the Lu family?" Not as good as Mochou's husband.In this way, Mochou became a well-known ancient Chinese woman, and Mochou Lake became famous accordingly.

Mochou Lake is surrounded by verdant trees and quiet scenery. The sun shines on the lake as quiet as a mirror. The water is shimmering, clear and pleasant. It is an excellent place for leisure and sightseeing.When the weather is sunny, the famous and wealthy people in Jiangning City will often take this opportunity to get rid of the worldly shackles of fame and wealth for a while, and gain a moment of peace of mind.As for the literati, whether it is spring, summer, autumn and winter, or wind, frost, rain and dew, they all have the pleasure of swimming in Mochou Lake.Here they will appreciate the vicissitudes of history and get inspiration for poetry.Therefore, the lords of Jiangning City of all dynasties built many towers and pavilions on the banks of Mochou Lake in order to attract more tourists.The famous buildings around Mochou Lake include Yujin Hall, Lake Center Pavilion, Flower Appreciation Pavilion, Guanghua Pavilion, Long Corridor, and Quxi Pavilion, which make Mochou Lake more colorful and colorful, so it is known as the first lake in Jinling.

This is a sunny day in early winter, the sun is mild, although most of the grass is withered, most of the leaves are still on the branches, but the color has become dark, like adding a dark coat to the green clothes, ready to welcome the coming Ninety-nine severe cold.Several tall maple trees are covered with red, yellow, and yellow pentagonal leaves, adding a lot of bright colors to the slightly chilling winter scene. Among the tourists in twos and threes, there was a man in his thirties.He is of medium build, slightly fat, with fair skin and a short black beard on his lips.Wearing a tea-colored round cap and a yellow-brown cloth gown, he was among the tourists, nothing special about him.However, this person is extraordinary, he is Kang Youwei who is famous all over the world.

Kang Youwei was born in Nanhai County, Guangdong Province, and was born in a large family of officials and scholars. He was very intelligent and ambitious since he was a child.After losing his father at the age of ten, he followed his grandfather who was an academic officer to study and make a fuss.He has read a lot of books, and his memory and comprehension are very good. This is a good material for passing the imperial examination and embarking on an official career.Reluctantly, he hated stereotyped essays, and loved reading miscellaneous books that had nothing to do with exams, so his career and fame were extremely difficult, and he was only a scholar until he was thirty-six years old.

Guangdong is an important province in modern China. Influenced by his family and environment, Kang Youwei admired the careers of Zeng Guofan, Zuo Zongtang and Luo Bingzhang since he was a child, and he was determined to serve the world.Witnessing the country's external and internal troubles, and the poverty and hardship of the people, Kang Youwei was worried and tried his best to seek the knowledge of saving the world.He transferred from Cheng Zhu to Yangming, and from Yangming to Buddhism, but he did not find a prescription.Later, under the influence of Wangnianjiao Hanlin Zhang Dinghua, he began to pay attention to current affairs and Western books.At the age of 22, Kang Youwei came to Hong Kong for investigation and saw that a deserted fishing village had become a prosperous city under British rule in just over 40 years.The goods here are abundant, the life is rich, the management is orderly, and the civilization and courtesy are far from comparable to those in the mainland.The reality of Hong Kong made him confirm that China's way out lies in learning from the West.

In the fourteenth year of Guangxu, Kang Youwei went north again to take the Zhili provincial examination.During his stay in Beijing, he widely made friends with enlightened students and gentry, and had a deep understanding of the political trends of the imperial court.He hopes to clarify his proposition of saving the country by submitting a letter to the DPRK and China, in order to attract the attention of the highest level.He first wrote to Pan Zuyin, Minister of Military Aircraft, to ask for an interview.Unexpectedly, when he first met Pan, he talked about reforms and reforms, which shocked Pan, and taught him as an elder that he should be familiar with the laws and regulations of the Qing Dynasty, and not think about others and talk about reforms lightly.After all, Pan Zuyin is a clean leader, cherishing and loving talents is his true nature.Although he didn't like Kang Youwei's reckless behavior, he didn't embarrass him too much. He encouraged him to read the books of sages and sages, and gave him twenty taels of silver as money, asking him to leave Beijing and return to Guangdong as soon as possible, so as not to cause trouble.

When Kang Youwei returned to his apartment, the more he thought about it, the more he didn't like it.He was afraid that his narration in his dialect would fail to express his thoughts clearly, so he took up the pen and wrote a long letter to this old talent who was well-known among the scholar-bureaucrats, pointing out that "the building will collapse and sleep peacefully. If you don't know, it is true that the current situation of the country is so-called "safety from danger and benefit from disaster". I hope to use Pan's words to "understand the holy will, so that Fanran has the heart to rule."But this letter was like a sea of ​​cattle, and there was no reply.When Kang Youwei was disappointed, he wrote a letter to Xu Tong, a leader in the academic circle and a scholar of the Tongzhi Emperor's University. Who knew that Kang Youwei, who was not so sophisticated, had misunderstood the wrong person.Xu Tong is completely old-fashioned. He hates new, high, and foreign words, and he is very airy.In Xu Tong's eyes, Kang Youwei was simply an arrogant nonsense, and he refused to accept Kang Youwei's letter.Xu Tong's arrogance made Kang Youwei extremely unhappy, but he was still not discouraged.He heard that Zeng Jize, who had just returned from the West, was a gentleman who was understanding and courteous, so he wrote to Zeng Jize again.Zeng Jize admired Kang Youwei quite a lot, so he visited Kang in person at the Nanhai Guild Hall, and discussed with him issues such as Macao and political reform.However, due to the disparity in status and the lack of acquaintance, the meeting between Zeng and Kang did not have any substantial effect on Kang Youwei.Kang Youwei still didn't give up, and wrote to ask to see Weng Tonghe, but Weng Tonghe refused Kang's request because he didn't know enough about Kang Youwei.Kang wrote another letter to Shizhang Qi, the chief censor of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, but there was no reply to this letter.A series of setbacks not only dealt a great blow to Kang Youwei's soul, but also affected his fame.In this provincial examination, his essay has been listed as the third place, but Xu Tong regarded him as a crazy student, and forcibly ordered the examiner to remove his name, and his hopes of winning the exam were shattered again.

But these series of blows stimulated Kang Youwei instead, and made him even more persistent, who was stubborn by nature.Taking advantage of the landslide near the imperial mausoleum at that time, he bypassed the princes and ministers who blocked him, and wrote a letter directly to Cixi and Guangxu, and marked a very glaring topic: Please issue an imperial edict to punish yourself in time for the sudden change of the ancestral mausoleum for the country's crisis fold.In this excerpt, Kang Youwei compares China to a person who is seriously ill, unable to lie down, numb in hands and feet, confused in all orifices, internal and external invasion, collapse of all channels, and disease in the bone marrow, and this is not the biggest worry , the biggest worry is that the empress dowager and the emperor have no desire to rule, and they immediately put forward three suggestions: becoming a law, communicating with others, and being cautious.Kang Youwei is a commoner and has no right to ask the emperor to fold it, so he can only ask the minister to deliver it on his behalf.He found the Guozijian to offer wine, that is, Sheng Yu who impeached Prince Gong and the whole squad of military planes in Jiashen year.Sheng Yu was moved by Kang Youwei's patriotic passion and handed it over to Weng Tonghe.

But after Weng read this paper, he felt that the tone was too blunt and inappropriate, so he declined it.Sheng Yu went to look for Qi Shichang again.Qi praised Kang Youwei's loyalty face to face, and agreed to play for him, but changed his mind and missed the appointment.So this letter full of Kang Youwei's painstaking efforts finally failed to reach Guangxu's hands.Kang Youwei's activities in the capital failed to achieve results, so he had to leave Beijing quickly and go home. After returning to Guangzhou, he met Liao Ping, a master of Confucian classics who came to Guangzhou from Sichuan.Liao Ping continued the study of Gong Zizhen and Wei Yuan, and studied Jinwen Confucianism.Convinced by Liao Ping's theory, Kang Youwei devoted himself to the study of Jinwen Confucianism. He finally found the theoretical basis for reform from Jinwen Confucianism which had been neglected for more than a thousand years.From then on, he deduced his own set of reform theory based on Tongsanjing and Zhang Sanshi in Jinwen Confucianism.In Wanmu Thatched Cottage, which he founded with his own hands, he taught and preached at the same time, and at the same time devoted himself to writing. He wrote his research and thinking into two books, "New Learning Apocryphal Classics" and "Confucius Reform".The first book declares the ancient Chinese classics respected by generations of scholars as a forged theory by Liu Xin, and the second book calls the history of Xia, Shang and Zhou dynasties the ideal entrusted by Confucius for reforming the system. In fact, it does not exist at all. Togu reform.This shocking statement is tantamount to throwing an earth-shattering bomb into the stagnant Chinese academic and political circles. It has attracted the resentment and protests of countless gentry officials, who want to eat Kang Youwei's flesh and then quickly. Therefore, the book "Xinxue Apocrypha" had to be destroyed and stopped printing. "Confucius Restructuring Research" was not published because of this, and it was only circulated among the people in manuscript.But Kang Youwei's theory won the admiration of his students Liang Qichao, Chen Qianqiu, Xu Qin and others in Wanmu Caotang, and also won the respect of countless people with lofty ideals in China.

The year before last, he finally won the exam.The tragic fact that the Chinese army was completely defeated by Japan made all the thoughtful people in the whole country realize that reform is necessary, and that if there is no reform, the country will be destroyed and the species will be destroyed.In the spring of this year, when Kang Youwei raised his arms, almost all the applicants who took the exam responded enthusiastically, and the "public letter" went down in the annals of history with an unprecedented precedent.At the same time, it also made Kang Youwei the natural spiritual leader of the Reformation.Kang Youwei won the Jinshi after the examination results were released, and he was appointed as the director of the distribution department.

Kang Youwei took advantage of this morale and founded the "Wanguo Gongbao" in the capital.This is the first newspaper ever to appear in the capital in China. It mainly introduces the situation of various countries in the world, and occasionally publishes some political articles written by Kang Youwei and his disciple Liang Qichao and others. The publication of the "Wan Guo Gazette" caused huge and far-reaching repercussions in Beijing. Then, Kang Youwei founded the Strong Society, with the purpose of strengthening China, so as to unite comrades and strengthen their strength.The Strong Society received the support of many enlightened mid-level and lower-level officials in Beijing, who joined it one after another. Even Yuan Shikai, who was training the new army at Tianjin Xiaozhan, actively joined the association and donated five thousand taels of silver.Weng Tonghe, Li Hongzao, Sun Jianai and other senior leaders in Beijing and China all supported the Strong Society.Li Hongzhang also expressed his willingness to meet.But the Qiang Society regarded Li Hongzhang as a traitor who would bring disaster to the country and the people, and rejected the application of others, even the two thousand taels of silver he donated. But there are also many princes and ministers in the court who are very dissatisfied with these things.They believed that organizing a newspaper in the capital was hard to fathom and should be strictly monitored and guarded against.A group of vulgar officials also disliked this, and attacks and accusations continued from time to time.Some people worried that there would be troubles outside the festival, and advised Kang Youwei to leave the capital to avoid the limelight temporarily.Kang Youwei also realized that there was too much resistance in the capital, and it was difficult to accomplish things for a while, and Shanghai, an important port for Chinese and foreign transportation, had a relatively more relaxed environment.So Kang Youwei left Beijing and went south on the grounds of founding the Shanghai Branch of the Strong Society. Shanghai is under the jurisdiction of Liangjiang. Zhang Zhidong, the acting governor of Jiang, is taking the place of Li Hongzhang as the leader of the governor of the world with his great achievements in the establishment of Westernization Industry. He is deeply appreciated by Cixi and Guangxu.Kang Youwei also took a fancy to Zhang Zhidong.He thought: If Zhang Zhidong's support is obtained, it will not only benefit the establishment of the Strong Society in Shanghai, but also greatly benefit the reform cause in the future.However, Kang Youwei has heard many people say that Zhang Zhidong is not easy to deal with, that he is arrogant and has a bad temper, and that he thinks highly of himself and looks down on others.It is possible that he refused an audience at all, and if he did, it was likely to reprimand or ridicule him in a condescending manner, as he did to many demanding audiences.Kang Youwei, who was equally arrogant, couldn't bear others' contempt the most.After hesitating for several days, Kang Youwei encouraged him to be able to stretch and bend, put aside all his worries, and resolutely went north from Shanghai to Jiangning. After arriving in Jiangning City, he did not submit a letter to the governor's yamen to ask for an interview. Instead, he first visited his friends in the officialdom and scholars. From there, he learned that Ren stile fell into the water and died and that Zhang Zhidong was depressed recently.He thought to himself that it was really not the right time to come this time, and he planned to stay in two or three days before going back to Shanghai, after winter.The day before yesterday afternoon, he went to visit the famous Hanlin Zhongshan Academy to give a lecture on Kuai Guangdian, and it happened that Chen Yan was also present, and the three of them had a pleasant discussion.Kuai Guangdian and Chen Yan appreciated Kang Youwei's talent, sympathized with his reform ideas, and expressed that they would definitely introduce him to Zhang Zhidong when they had the opportunity.Kang Youwei was quite relieved to see the bright willows and bright flowers in the midst of the mountains and rivers. Waking up early this morning, Kang Youwei felt relieved immediately, so he said to Xu Qin, a student accompanying him to Jiangning, "I'm going to visit Mochou Lake. You don't want to go out today, just wait in the inn. If there is news from the academy, you can come Mochou Lake is looking for me." At this time, Kang Youwei was walking towards an ancient building by the lake.This is a two-story, five-room building. When you get closer, the three large characters on the top of the main entrance of the courtyard wall rush towards you: Shengqi Building.In the courtyard between the main entrance and the building, there is a square stone table with a chessboard engraved on the table, and four stone benches around the square table.Kang Youwei walked into the main hall on the first floor of the building, and there was a portrait of a figure hanging high on the opposite wall.This man has a majestic face and a majestic body. He wears a royal robe of golden powder with flowers and a black black gauze hat on his head. There are two extensions extending outward on the left and right sides of the hat, which resemble the wings of a dragonfly.There is a line of words in the upper right corner of the portrait: Xu Da, king of Zhongshan in the Ming Dynasty.There is a well-known and well-known story here. Xu Da and Zhu Yuanzhang were poor cowherd boys who were good friends since they were young, and later joined the army together.Xu Da was brave and good at fighting, and was loyal to Zhu Yuanzhang. He finally assisted Zhu Yuanzhang to become the emperor of the Ming Dynasty.Once, Zhu Yuanzhang and Xu Da came to Mochou Lake to play together.During the tour, take a rest by a building handed down from the Song Dynasty by the lake.Both Zhu and Xu love to play chess.When he was a shepherd boy when he was young, he often played in the fields on the hillside, betting with a bundle of firewood or a sparrow egg.On a whim, Zhu Yuanzhang invited Xu Da to play chess, and Xu Da asked what to bet on.Zhu Yuanzhang said that with this building, whoever wins wins.Xu Da said with a smile, after all, he became the emperor, and his tone was loud. I don't know how many sparrow eggs can be exchanged for this building.Zhu Yuanzhang didn't think it was disobedient, but laughed. After one game, Zhu Yuanzhang lost, and the building belonged to Xu Da.After Xu Da's death, he was granted the title of King of Zhongshan. Xu's descendants took this place as the place of sacrifice for King Zhongshan, and renamed the building Shengqi Tower to commemorate the good story of the king and his ministers. Kang Youwei stared at Xu Da's portrait for a long time, imagining the happy scene of the game between the monarch and his ministers by the Mochou Lake five hundred years ago.The reformist leaders who are determined to be in the world are completely intoxicated by it.How much he hopes that today is the Ming Taizu, and he is the King of Zhongshan who assists the emperor!When the work is done, the monarch and his ministers will also have a game of Go gambling, leaving a good talk for future generations! When he was concentrating on reverie, Xu Qin ran over panting: "Teacher, Mr. Chen from Zhongshan Academy sent someone to meet Zhang Zhitai at the supervisor's office at one o'clock in the afternoon. At twelve o'clock, he sent a sedan chair to the inn to pick him up." You. It's half past ten, hurry back." Soon to see the famous Marshal Zhang, Kang Youwei's joy was mixed with a little nervousness: How should this "lobbying" two-person play be staged? "If you talk about adults, you will despise them." Kang Youwei immediately gained courage when he remembered the famous words of the inferior sage Meng Ke.He took Xu Qin's hand and said excitedly: "Let's go back to the inn for lunch!" Just after dinner, the sedan chair from Zhongshan Academy arrived.Because he was entering the Zhitai Yamen, it was inconvenient for Kang Youwei to take Xu Qin with him, so he boarded the sedan chair alone and arrived at the Yamen Gate, where Chen Yan's green cloth sedan chair had already stopped.Under the guidance of the concierge, the two came to the flower hall near the West Garden of the Governor of Liangjiang.Flowers and trees are planted around the flower hall, and Taihu stone rockery is built.The hall has only eaves and no doors and windows. Because there is no isolation, it leans against flowers, trees, mountains and rocks and blends into one.In this flower hall, the Heavenly King Hong Xiuquan once met his comrade-in-arms Paoze, and Yiyong Hou Zeng Guofan also had a high-spirited discussion with his staff.During this time, it became a place for Zhang Zhidong to take a rest after lunch.Not long after Chen Yan and Kang Youwei took their seats, they saw a group of people coming meanderingly from the turn of the cobbled path opposite.Chen Yan pointed to the first person walking in front and said, that is Marshal Zhang.Kang Youwei stared at him with wide eyes: the man was short and small, with a long thin face and a big beard. He was wearing an old gray thin cotton robe, which looked casual and sloppy.The walking pace seems a bit unsteady, with one foot high and the other low.Kang Youwei did not expect that the prestigious Zhang Dashuai was such an inconspicuous little old man!He didn't understand, why so many people followed, and such a big show was required for a casual casual chat? When Zhang Zhidong and his party were about to enter the flower hall, Chen Wei was chattering at Kang Youwei's clothes.He stood up first, and then brought Kang Youwei up.After Zhang Zhidong sat down on the grand teacher's chair that had already been set up, Chen Yan took a step forward, bowed deeply and said: "The humble Chen Yan brought Kang Youwei, the head of the engineering department, to see the commander in chief!" After finishing speaking, he glanced at Kang Youwei, only to see that Kang Youwei slowly raised his hand and arched towards Zhang Zhidong, and his waist was only slightly bent forward. Zhang Zhidong ignored Chen Yan and gave Kang Youwei a careful look.At this moment, Kang Youwei noticed that all of Zhang Zhidong's followers were sizing him up with strange eyes.He was used to such scenes, and accepted the scrutiny of all kinds of eyes calmly. "Ah, you are Kang Youwei, you are famous! Sit down!" Zhang Zhidong pointed to the empty stool next to Kang Youwei, then pointed to the people around him and said, "They are all officials and secret friends in the yamen. I heard that you, a famous person, are here. Everyone wants to see you, so let's come together." Yes. Liang Dingfen said that he received you in Guangzhou that year, so you are acquaintances." "Mr. Kang, do you still remember that year when we drank tea at the Yuehai Teahouse?" As soon as Zhang Zhidong finished speaking, Liang Dingfen greeted Kang Youwei with a smile.The head of the Lianghu Academy and the chief copywriter of the Supervisory Office are more interested in officialdom.He has entrusted all the affairs of the academy to the lecturer, and he followed the governor to Jiangning to work as a full-time chief copywriter. "Remember, remember." Kang Youwei responded with a smile.Taking this opportunity, he glanced at the people scattered around Zhang Zhidong. In addition to Liang Dingfen, there were also Liang Dunyan, Gu Hongming, and Zhao Maochang, a leather worker who came from his hometown in Wujin County to visit his old boss. Kang Youwei didn't know any of these people.His eyes stopped on Gu Hongming for a while, and he thought to himself: I heard that there is a strange man who is proficient in ten languages ​​beside Zhang Zhidong. Zhang Zhidong lay reclined on the padded armchair, looking haggard and exhausted, looked at Kang Youwei and said, "I heard that you have done a lot of research on the Shi family, tell me something about the Zen family." In order to meet Zhang Zhidong, Kang Youwei sorted out his reform ideas and theories in recent days, in order to express them clearly to the frontier official. He also made other relevant materials. I made full preparations, but I didn't expect that Zhang Zhidong, who was devoting himself to doing business in the world, would be so interested in the Buddha who was born in this world.As for this aspect, he was not prepared. He only thought about it hastily after hearing Xu Qin convey Chen Yan's words. "Back to the Commander," Kang Youwei clasped his hands together and said, "When Youwei lived in seclusion in his hometown of Xiqiao Mountain when he was young, he had some contact with Buddhism. To be honest, it is not a study. Buddhism is profound and profound, and I will only briefly discuss it. It’s just scratching the surface.” Kang Youwei is a big talker by nature, and the knowledge of the past and present does not hold much weight in his mind, but in front of Buddhism, he does have a feeling of facing the sea: boundless.Unfathomable. "You don't need to talk about the theory of internal classics, but outsiders talk about Zen, maybe it is right." Zhang Zhidong did not accept his modesty. Kang Youwei couldn't figure out Zhang Zhidong's intentions, and as he pondered, a story that had left a deep impression on him surfaced. "Back to Commander," Kang Youwei folded his hands together and arched his chest, "I didn't know Buddhism, and I didn't like the Shi family. When I was in Xiqiao Mountain, I was very depressed. I had nothing to do. I went to a small Buddhist temple in the mountains to see how the monks live. After a few days, I felt disappointed. They are actually some ignorant and ignorant people. Except for the bald head and cassock, they are the same as ordinary people. , They also secretly drink and eat meat, and secretly go whoring and meeting women." Gu Hongming couldn't help laughing first, the others followed suit, and Zhang Zhidong also had a smile on his face.Kang Youwei thought in his heart that Zhang Zhidong and the people around him were no different from ordinary people in the city, they were equally interested in women with wine and meat, and the remaining trace of timidity deep in his mind melted away with the laughter. "One day, I came across a brochure in their Buddhist hall and flipped through it. Unexpectedly, a small story attracted me. The story said that there were three eminent monks chatting together, and all three of them had This kind of experience is that after studying the scriptures hard for many years and practicing for many years, the final enlightenment is only in a moment. It is caused by a small incident, and suddenly it is like a skylight on the roof being opened, and the whole house is bright, all of a sudden. I understand everything." These few introductions immediately attracted everyone in Huating.All these well-educated people have read classics for many years, but they are not Buddhist classics but Confucian classics.Often when reading many volumes but still blocked, in order to get the smoothness of the heart, I struggled to seek the skylight.How the Shi family solved this big problem can really be used as a good reference. "A senior monk said, I can't get enlightened by studying hard. One day I went to fetch water in the river, and saw a woman washing clothes by the river. The woman wore a bracelet on each hand. She kept washing with her hands. Clothes, the two bracelets kept colliding with each other, making a nice sound. I suddenly thought: If these two bracelets were not worn on human hands, how could they collide to make a sound? There are thousands of bracelets in the world. Can two bracelets be worn by the same woman? There is no reason to answer this, only two words: fate. The other two eminent monks said that you are enlightened by fate.” Everyone nodded, and Zhang Zhidong also nodded slightly. Kang Youwei continued: "Another eminent monk said that I could not realize the Tao even though I studied hard. One spring, when I woke up early in the morning, I saw peach blossoms all over the ground in the yard. It took me more than an hour to clean it up. I was thinking, the peach blossoms were still on the tree yesterday, why did they all fall to the ground this morning? Yesterday I was still thinking, I can eat peaches for a few days this year. It all came to naught, all due to the heavy rain last night. The storm came out of nowhere, causing this catastrophe and changing everything. I got enlightened from it. The other two eminent monks concluded that you got enlightened out of nowhere." Everyone looked at Kang Youwei and listened to him continue. "The other said that I had studied hard for many years but could not realize the Tao. One night, I went back to my room to sleep. When I entered the door, I stepped on a soft thing. When I looked down, the thing cracked, and there was a thick liquid. I thought, this must have trampled a little mouse to death, and the thick juice must be the internal organs and flesh of the little mouse. I was very disturbed, sleeping on the bed, and muttering in my mouth: Amitabha, I I don’t kill in my life, but this time I stepped on it by mistake, little mouse, I will save the dead for you tomorrow! Unexpectedly, as soon as I closed my eyes, I saw thousands of mice running towards me, baring their teeth and screaming, as if they were going to tear me apart. Revenge for the dead of the same kind. I woke up so scared that I decided to bury the dead mouse immediately and recite sutras for it. I lit the lamp and walked to the door. I looked down and found that it was not a dead mouse, but a rotten eggplant. What came out was eggplant juice instead of rat blood. I thought to myself: Amitabha, I am innocent and innocent. I lay down and slept, the weather was calm and I didn’t have any dreams. I slept until dawn. The rotten eggplant was thrown over the wall. From then on, I realized the Tao. The two eminent monks said: You enlightened the Tao because of your heart!" Everyone laughed. Gu Hongming couldn't help shouting: "Mr. Kang, your Zen story is very nice. There is no such interesting story in the Bible." Zhang Zhidong smiled and asked, "They all realized the Tao because of this, have you also realized the Tao of Zen?" Kang Youwei replied: "I may lack the root of wisdom. Although I read this story, I didn't realize the way of Zen, but it was very enlightening for me to understand the way of the world." "Enlighten the world?" Zhang Zhidong stroked his beard, "Tell me how you enlightened the world." Well, I finally got rid of the Buddhist Zen mechanism and returned to the topic. "Back to Commander," Kang Youwei sat upright, crossed his hands into his wide sleeves, and arched Zhang Zhidong twice high, and said, "I have learned from the process of attaining Taoism by an eminent monk that I, Kang, People are formed by the father's sperm and mother's blood, and born because of the mother's natural delivery. They were not born in Europe and America, not in Han and Tang Dynasties, but in the Qing Dynasty where the queen mother and emperor ruled. Gathering with the Commander-in-Chief and all the gentlemen in the Commander-in-Chief’s mansion, there is no way to explain all this, only fate can be said. I want to cherish this fate, not to waste this life, to live up to the overwhelming grace of the Qing Dynasty, and to serve him It can be said that I have realized the way of the world through karma." Zhang Zhidong bowed his head, thinking to himself, this Kang Youwei, many people say is a madman, but from what he said, he is reasonable and not arrogant. "The peach blossoms were knocked down by the wind and rain, and the monks felt that there was no reason for the world. In fact, there are too many reasons for no reason in this world. We have a good Qing Dynasty and never hinder other people's business, but Britain wants to force opium in, Russia wants to occupy Yili, and France wants to They built churches everywhere and preached. Japan was even more hateful. They not only blew up our warships and forced me to pay money, but also plundered our Taiwan, Penghu and Liaodong. They bullied our Qing Dynasty like a violent wind and rain bullying peach blossoms. Let's live well. In fact, peach blossoms can also withstand wind and rain, and the wall should be built higher. This is the self-improvement of peach blossoms. Our Qing Dynasty can also be self-improving, and self-improvement can prevent foreigners from being bullied; self-improvement can make everyone live well. live." Zhao Maochang hurriedly said, "What we Xiangshuai is doing now is the cause of self-improvement. If Xiangshuai's career is successful, our Qing Dynasty will become prosperous and strong immediately." "This master said it well." Kang Youwei knew that Zhao Maochang was flattering Zhang Zhidong, but he wanted to agree at this time. "Xiangshuai's iron factory, gun factory and self-improvement army are the walls to defend our Qing Dynasty." Zhang Zhidong liked to hear such words very much.It suddenly occurred to him that this Kang Youwei was not an ordinary Jinshi of the new science department or a small Beijing official. He is now famous all over the world and attracts attention from all over the world.The pillars of the Qing school in the former capital, Feng Guifen, Li Hongzao, Pan Zuyin, etc., although they were also known as the leaders of the scholars, their appeal and prestige among the scholars cannot be compared with Kang Youwei.If you use this person's mouth to spread the word for me Zhang Zhidong, wouldn't it be thousands of times better than Zhao Maochang's face-to-face good words!Going one step further, wouldn't it be even better if Kang Youwei and his subordinates could be used by Zhang Zhidong! Thinking of this, he showed a knowing smile on his face and said, "You have a good understanding of the world." "Thank you, Marshal!" Kang Youwei arched his hands again, and said, "When it comes to enlightenment, what I really admire in Buddhism is the saying of enlightenment through the heart. For people, everything in the world is really just a thought: keep it If there is something in the heart, there is something, but if it is not in the heart, there is nothing. Take today's Qing Dynasty as an example, it is really full of diseases, all pulses are not smooth, and it is extremely dangerous. Those who worry about the country and the people have five internal decoctions Boiling, like boiling, seeing how difficult the country is, looking for a way to save the country, thinking about it day and night, sleeping and eating. But the same people in the Qing Dynasty, many people turned a blind eye to it and didn't realize it. Corruption and bribery, while those who serve the people still seek profit and earn a living. These people seem to be walking and doing things like sleepwalkers, but in fact they are ignorant and ignorant. The difference between the two is that they are intentional or unintentional! " These words touched Zhang Zhidong's heart.In order to run the Westernization Industry, he is devoting his mind and painstaking efforts.Not to mention the imperial court and other places, just take Huguang and Liangjiang as examples. Most people in the officialdom are either numb and indifferent to this, and have nothing to do with themselves, or throw cold water on them, find faults, make things difficult secretly, or take the opportunity to make money and make things happen. "Foreign" wealth.Hearts are different from hearts, but people are different from people. The stories of the Zen family reveal the secrets of the world. Zhang Zhidong was about to continue chatting with Kang Youwei, when the supervisor, Ling Limu, walked into the flower hall, clung to Zhang Zhidong's side and whispered, "Master Xu Hai, Xie Wentian, wants to visit your lord tonight. Is your lord free?" Zhang Zhidong asked alertly: "Come at night! What is he going to talk about?" "Talk about the Haizhou Coal Mine." "where is he?" "It's in the concierge." "He's not my friend, and he's talking about business. What are you doing at night! Just ask him to come in. I'll meet him in the signing room." After finishing speaking, he stood up and said to Kang Youwei, "Come back at noon tomorrow, and we will continue to chat. Chen Shi is too busy, so don't accompany him. You can bring a student to accompany you tomorrow!" Kang Youwei and Chen Yan had just walked out of the West Flower Hall when they heard Zhang Zhidong yelling loudly from a room: "What is this? Are you trying to bribe me? You bastard! This governor will investigate and deal with you seriously!" Daoists can't!" Kang and Chen knew that Zhang Zhidong was reprimanding that Taoist Xu Hai, so they didn't dare to listen, and left the governor's office in a hurry.