Chapter 10 3. The New Deal has brought vitality to the ancient city of Changsha

After returning to Dongzhou, Yang Du plunged headlong into "The Secret History of the Great Zhou".Since Wu Yongzhen has been involved in Wu Sangui's secrets for more than 30 years, how Wu Sangui and his subordinates communicated with Manchuria led to the smooth entry of Qing soldiers into the customs, how they opened up the southwestern territory for the Qing court, forced to kill Emperor Yongli, and wiped out the Nanming Dynasty. He wrote very detailed and vivid about the rebellion and rebellion, how to plan to use troops to fight, how to conquer the city, how to deal with the crisis in the end, how to ascend the throne like a child's play, how to arrange the funeral, etc.And because this is a closed-door writing after a complete failure, since the day he wrote it, he has held the purpose of hiding the famous mountain and passing it on to others, so this manuscript does not have all the common problems of official history and unofficial history that are publicly engraved: Those who taboo for sages, and other reasons intentionally or unintentionally falsify history.

With a tragic feeling of being responsible for the gods of heaven and earth, Wu Yongzhen wrote straight and did not make any cover-ups.A manuscript of more than 300,000 words records the incident of the change of the tripod more than 200 years ago. It is especially true that the Manchurian royal family and Wu Sangui used each other openly or covertly. His activities are written more abundantly, surpassing any history book in the past dynasties.Yang Du's learning about emperors and vertical and horizontal techniques from "The Secret History of the Great Zhou Dynasty" far exceeds the knowledge in this area obtained from classics and historical classics and barnyard official and unofficial histories.From then on, the special classes held on every five nights of Ming Xing Zhai were basically a discussion between the teacher and the students on this wonderful book.With his profound knowledge and his own practical experience, Wang Kaiyun can often make many grand comments on the book and the Wu Sangui incident that Yang Du could not have imagined, and often give him profound inspiration.The spring flowers bloom, the autumn moon falls, and another year has passed. The young Juren with great ambitions has laid a solid foundation in the study of emperors.

During this period, Kang Youwei and his disciple Liang Qichao had carried out the Reformation Enlightenment Movement vigorously. New trends appeared in Beijing, Shanghai, Guangdong, Jiangsu, Fujian, Guangxi and other provinces. Among them, the New Deal in Hunan was the most eye-catching. . Just when the "Treaty of Shimonoseki" was signed, Chen Baozhen, a native of Yining, Jiangxi, was promoted from the post of Zhili chief envoy to Hunan governor.Chen Baozhen has excellent knowledge, is capable and courageous as an official, and was an extremely accomplished official in the late Qing Dynasty. Only because he was born in the second rank, he has been sinking into a low-level bureaucrat.It wasn't until he was in his fifties that he was favored by the imperial court. He was promoted to the inspector of Zhejiang, then the inspector of Hubei, and then promoted to the governor of Zhili.The failure of the naval battle and the signing of the humiliating treaty strongly stimulated Chen Baozhen's patriotism.Having been in the officialdom for a long time, he also saw clearly the country's ills, and he knew that if the Qing Dynasty wanted to come out of decline, it had to change its ancestors to become a law.For this reason, he admired Kang Youwei's reform theory very much, and believed that Kang's series of reform measures were a good way to save the country.He went to Emperor Guangxu and praised Kang Youwei and his disciple Liang Qichao for their erudition and talents. They talked about Hongtong, dared not say what others said, and did not dare to do what others dared to do.Not long after he left, he was ordered to be transferred to be the governor of Hunan.He knew very well in his heart that this meant that the emperor appreciated his views, empowered him with various powers, and encouraged him to implement new policies in the territory under his jurisdiction.The sixty-four-year-old Chen Baozhen was grateful for the emperor's trust and was determined to do a good job in his old age when his beard and hair were all gray.

The chief envoy, Yu Lian, was weak and sick, so he didn't do much work.Huang Zunxian, the inspector of the Department, was in his forties and was a well-known scholar and poet.He has worked overseas for many years, and worked as a counselor and consul general in Japan, the United States, and the United Kingdom. He is familiar with the conditions of Western countries, especially the Meiji Restoration in Japan. Get rich and strong.Xuezheng Jiang Biao was only in his thirties, and his career was successful, and he was selected as a Jinshi at a young age.He is far-sighted and ambitious, seeing the status quo of the country, he has the ambition to change the world.

Chen Baozhen, Huang Zunxian, and Jiang Zhizhi were like-minded and passionate, so they united sincerely and worked together to take the lead in carrying out the reformation cause in Hunan.Chen Baozhen's young and promising son Chen Sanli, who was a Jinshi in the middle of the year before, is now the head of the Ministry of Officials. He often informs his father of the capital's movements and makes suggestions for Hunan's reforms.In this transformation that shocked the past and the present, Chen Baozhen also benefited from the assistance of a famous person.This person is Tan Sitong, the most heroic hero in modern Chinese history.

Tan Sitong was named Fusheng, and his name was Zhuangfei. His father, Tan Jixun, was the governor of Hubei.Tan Sitong is well-read, with lofty insights, despises imperial examinations, and likes to learn practically from the world.He traveled around half of China alone, observed the customs, and made friends with celebrities and heroes. He often lamented that "the scenery is not different, the mountains and rivers are different, the city is still the same, and the people are not the same".He wrote "Ren Xue" angrily, and carried forward Wang Chuanshan's concept of Taoism. Dedicated to this.Tan Sitong was not only profound in thinking, but also strong in martial arts, generous and unrestrained. He was a famous son who moved the government and the public at that time, and had great appeal.

With the help of the right time, location, and harmony, Chen Baozhen vigorously implemented the New Deal in Sanxiang and Sishui for more than two years.Set up the Mining Bureau, the Official Money Bureau, the Foundry Bureau, the Telegraph Bureau and the Steamship Company, built the Hunan-Guangdong Railway, established the Southern Society, the School of Mathematics, the Hunan Newspaper, the Current Affairs School, the Armed Forces School, and the manufacturing company, and published the "Xiang Xue Journal" and " Xiangxue Xinbao, and purchased the important publication of the reformers from Shanghai, Shiwubao, and distributed it to states and counties for free.Although it was opposed and slandered by the die-hard conservatives represented by Wang Xianqian and Ye Dehui, the reform movement was still widely carried out in all parts of the province and achieved gratifying results.Among all the new policies in Hunan, the most outstanding one is the School of Current Affairs.

Chen Baozhen appointed Xiong Xiling as the promotion of the current affairs school.Xiong Xiling was only twenty-seven years old. He was from Fenghuang in western Hunan. He was a Jinshi in the same year as Chen Sanli. He was fortunate to be selected as a scholar of the Imperial Academy.Chen Baozhen accepted his son's suggestion and hired Liang Qichao as the head teacher of Chinese.Tan Sitong also recommended his close friend Tang Cai to be the permanent Chinese sub-teacher.Xiong, Liang, and Tang were all outstanding people at the time, and Liang Qichao was also famous all over the world, so they managed a temporary current affairs school with great fanfare, attracting a group of enthusiastic children from Hunan and Hubei, and many from Hubei, Jiangxi, and Guangxi. Many young scholars also came here admiringly.

There is a passionate young man in Chuanshan Academy, who is also from Xiangtan. His name is Liu Kuiyi, and his style name is Linsheng.His father, Liu Fangmao, was also a small leader of the Hunan Army in his early years. Later, because of righteousness, he let go of a general of the Taiping Army. Fearing that his superiors would find him, he left the Hunan Army and returned to his hometown in Xiangtan to hide. A friend introduced me to work as a small clerk in the Xiangtan County Yamen.Liu Fangmao admired Wang Kaiyun's great name, and sent his eldest son Kuiyi, who had already been selected as a scholar, to pay homage to Wang's family.Wang Kaiyun went to Dongzhou to teach, and a group of disciples around him also followed to Dongzhou, and Liu Kuiyi was one of them.Liu Kuiyi is not only good at reading, but also capable in handling affairs, so he has a lot of prestige among scholars.He admires the teaching of the Current Affairs Academy very much, and believes that when the country is in chaos and the people are in danger, it is not the time to concentrate on piles of old papers, what is needed is real talents that can save society, and the Current Affairs Academy is the cradle for cultivating such talents.As soon as he spread the word among scholars, a group of people listened to him.Finally one day, he led a few of his closest friends, quietly boarded a small steamer by the ferry, blew the whistle and drums, and rushed to Changsha. Before leaving, he asked the concierge to deliver a letter to the teacher.

After Wang Kaiyun read the letter, he sighed long and did not accuse Liu Kuiyi.After a few days, several scholars left again.Wang Daiyi couldn't sit still anymore, and often murmured to Yang Du and Xia Shoutian, complaining that the Chuanshan Academy under the auspices of his old father was lifeless, always old-fashioned, and unable to keep up with the pace of the times.Xia Shoutian followed his father's teachings wholeheartedly, and wanted to be famous on the gold list in the next spring. No matter how vigorous the commotion outside, how famous the Shiwu School was in the world, and how much Wang Daiyi murmured, he could not be shaken. In the test post poem.Yang Du is a person who is keen on current affairs, and he has long wanted to visit Changsha, not to mention Liang Qichao is an old friend!

"Sir, I want to go to Changsha within a few days." Yang Du and Dai Yi discussed for two days and made a decision.Dai Yi was afraid that his father would scold him, so he didn't dare to come forward, so he urged Yang Du to find out first. "Xizi, are you going to join the current affairs school too?" Wang Kaiyun stopped the pen in his hand and asked in surprise.Wang Kaiyun himself has a special homework - copying books.From the age of sixteen or seventeen, he made up his mind to copy all the books he thought were worth reading repeatedly, regardless of the subset of classics and history, regardless of thickness, whether he had them at home or not, and whether he could afford them in the future, he would copy them by hand.He thought that after copying by hand, he could remember more firmly and understand more deeply.In the past 50 years, with the continuous cold winter and scorching heat, he copied more when he was free and less when he was busy. With his strong perseverance, he copied nearly 30 million words of books. For this alone, Wang Kaiyun can also be regarded as the most outstanding scholar in the academic circle at that time. A unique skill that will fascinate scholars all over the world.After arriving at Chuanshan Academy, he began to transcribe the last of the Twenty-Four Histories, "History of Ming Dynasty".At the moment, the biography of Zhang Juzheng is being copied.He put down his pen, picked up his teacup, and took a sip of the red date tea with rock sugar that Zhou's mother had made for him. "No." Yang Du hurriedly replied, "I went to Changsha because I wanted to meet Liang Qichao. When I was in Beijing that year, I made friends with him. He has been in Changsha for several months. I don't want to see him. Uneasy. Secondly, I also want to persuade Liu Lin to give birth to them, so that they can return to my husband as soon as possible." "Oh, that's right!" Wang Kaiyun put down his tea cup and said with a slight smile on his face, "Liang Qichao is a rare talent. Although I don't agree with his so-called democracy and civil rights, I admire his well-written articles, which are very Provocative, this person is a very good agitator. You have such a friend, you should go to meet them. As for Liu Kui and others, you don’t need to persuade them. Everyone has their own aspirations. Is there something missing for me, Mr. Wang? Disciple?" Wang Kaiyun gathered up the stack of papers on the left hand side, picked up a turtle-shaped black marble paperweight and pressed it on it, and asked Yang Du, "When are you leaving, are you going alone?" "Since the master has agreed, I will leave tomorrow, and Dai Yi will go with me." Seeing that the ink in the inkstone on the desk had dried up, Yang Du poured a spoonful of water from a small delicate porcelain bottle next to him, picked up the The diameter of the branches is one inch thick, and the ink is lightly ground for Mr. Wei. "Dai Yi is going too, why doesn't he come and tell me himself?" "He was afraid that his husband would not allow him to go, so he would scold him." Wang Kaiyun looked at the ink pillar slowly turning in Yang Du's hand, and his heart suddenly felt heavy.The son wanted to go far away, but he didn't dare to say it himself. If he had to ask others to tell the story, the old father, who was over sixty, felt very sad.Dai Yi is the youngest of his four sons. He looks as handsome as his father when he was young, but his will is weak, he does not study hard, and his mind is not calm.A few years ago, Mrs. Cai was there, but Dai Yi didn't notice anything.After Mrs. Cai's death, Wang Kaiyun had a close relationship with Zhou's mother. Like his brothers, sisters and sisters, Dai Yi was criticized in his stomach, and his father didn't care too much. Although he also came to Dongzhou, he seldom went to Mingxing. Fasting, the relationship between father and son is getting weaker and weaker.Wang Kaiyun remembered the situation when his wife was dying.At that moment, the wife woke up from the coma, held his hand tightly, and said repeatedly, "I have four sons and four daughters, only Dai Yi is unmarried, you must find a virtuous man for him." My girl." Although Wang Kaiyun married Mo Liuyun as his concubine, his love for his wife did not fade away.He is always grateful for the pure love that his wife gave him when he was poor and humble. Forty years ago, Wang Kaiyun was just a poor scholar. Ding Quzhong, the head of Chengnan College, appreciated his talent and wanted to betroth Cai Yisheng, the daughter of his deceased friend.Ding discussed this idea with Cai's mother.Cai's mother said, "Bring Wang Sheng to my house to have a look." When Wang Kaiyun arrived, Cai's mother examined the young man carefully and had another conversation with him.After Wang Kaiyun left, Ding Quzhong asked, "How about the offspring?" Cai's mother said, "Wang Changxiang speaks well, but his family is too poor." Before Ding Quzhong could persuade him, Cai Yisheng came out from behind the screen, She blushed and said to her mother, "If you are poor, you will be poor!" After saying that, she was so ashamed that she quickly hid in the boudoir.Ding Quzhong laughed and said: "Miss agrees, you are afraid that she will suffer!" Cai's mother was satisfied with Wang Kaiyun at first, and seeing that her daughter did not think him poor, she settled the marriage.On the wedding night, Wang Kaiyun smiled and said to his wife: "The night before I met you, I had a dream. I dreamed of Tiying, a filial daughter of the Han Dynasty. It was a good dream. I will call you Mengti from now on!" The wife nodded with a smile.Forty years of love, love, and sharing joys and sorrows have passed quickly. Mo Liuyun left first, and Meng Ti followed, and now there is only himself a lonely old man left.At this moment, his wife's dying entrustment came up again. He felt deeply guilty that he had not cared enough for Dai Yi in the past two years, and was determined to find a good marriage for his son as soon as possible. "You want Dai Yi to come to me for a while, and I'll give him fifty taels of silver. You can help him buy a decent coat and hat in Changsha, which will be good for him to wear when he becomes a bridegroom in two years." "Okay!" Yang Du was very happy, seeing that the ink was finished, he said, "I'll tell Dai Yi now." "Slow down." Wang Kaiyun took out a manuscript from the ancient shelf and said, "This is "Confucian Classics" written by Ye Dehui. I sent a servant to it last month and asked me to make a preface for him. Although Ye Dehui He has a weird temper, is ugly, and his face is full of barbed wire, but he is willing to work hard on learning. This "Confucian Classics" is indeed not an old book, you can read it on the road." "Yes." Yang Du replied. "I asked you to send the book to Ye Dehui. There is another purpose, do you know?" Wang Kaiyun held the manuscript and handed it over in a hurry. "I know." Yang Du replied, "Mister wants me to take this opportunity to get to know Mr. Ye so that I can ask him for advice in the future." "That's right, that's right." Wang Kaiyun nodded happily, "Old Du said that Master Zhuan Yiduo is my teacher, which is very reasonable. Ye Dehui is good at the study of edition catalogs, and I am not as good at this aspect of knowledge." He, he can also act as your teacher in this point. He lives in Cixian Lake, and Dai Yi followed me to his house a few years ago, and Dai Yi can find it." As Wang Kaiyun said, he handed over the manuscript, and Yang Du took it with both hands. "Sir, I'm going." "Go, pay more attention to safety on the road. Dai Yi is not sensible, so please be more careful. Ye Dehui said this preface, and he wants to give me two hundred taels of silver. You can't be polite if you tell Dai Yi to accept it. Ye Mazi's old man did it. It’s a big business, and the family has a lot of wasted money.” As soon as Yang Du and Wang Daiyi arrived in Changsha, they were attracted by the thriving inland shipping industry on the river.The wharf was buzzing with people, loading and unloading, boarding and disembarking, making the messy river bank lively.Although the time sequence is early winter, the scene makes people look like they are going to sweat.They disembarked at Xiaoximen Wharf, crossed Xiahe Street, and entered the downtown area from Nanzheng Street. The signboards of various companies, factories, mines, and bureaus in the market dazzle passers-by, and the shops are full of goods.Shiitake mushrooms, magnolia slices, and sweet potato powder, which were lacking in Changsha city in previous winters, are now filling the market.Rare seafood such as shark's fin, abalone, dried cuttlefish, and prawns can also be found in ordinary Nanhuo stores.Coal, in particular, has caused Changsha residents to worry about winter in the past. Coal is scarce, poor and expensive.At this time, Yang Du saw two coal shops on Nanzheng Street, and the coal piled up like a hill was black and shiny.There is a big black paint sign on the door of the store, with the four characters "Leiyang White Coal" written in white powder, and there are no crowds of people buying coal.They tentatively asked a few shops, and the shopkeepers shook their heads and said they were full.Asked where so many guests came from, the answer was that people from all over the province who came to the provincial capital to organize mining projects and repair railways were hired.Yang Du said to Dai Yi with great emotion: "Unexpectedly, Zhongcheng's new policy brought Changsha so much vitality!" After walking through Nanzheng Street, you will arrive at Youyi Village, which is where the governor's office is located.In the past, the weather here was severe and cold, and the common people would rather take a detour than pass through the empty lawn in front of the yamen, for fear of encountering some bad luck.Today, Yang Du saw that there were many pedestrians here, and he showed no fear on his face.On the wooden fences on both sides of the Gao Dayi gate, four large wooden signs with a square of five feet were hung, and four large Song style characters "shame and determination" were painted on them with red paint.Yang Du had heard a long time ago that this was the inscription written by Master Futai for the founding ceremony of the School of Current Affairs, but unexpectedly it was moved to the front gate of the Governor's Yamen with such a grand specification.These four big characters are like four raging fires, burning day and night in Changsha City, symbolizing that the fire of patriotism and revenge will never go out; these four big characters are like four alarm bells, ringing in the hearts of officials, gentry, farmers, businessmen and commerce sooner or later More than that, I warn everyone not to forget the national humiliation and to aspire to rejuvenate the country.Yang Du sighed again in his heart: "If the governors of the eighteen provinces are like Youming Zhongcheng, the revival of the Qing Empire is really just around the corner." At this moment, he saw a group of people surrounded by a corner of Daping.There was a man standing in the middle of the crowd, a head taller than everyone else, as if standing on a stool, waving his arms from time to time.Both Yang Du and Dai Yi were lively people, so they walked towards the crowd. "Look, Xizi, isn't that exactly Liu Linsheng?" Wang Daiyi said in amazement, pointing to the taller person in the crowd. Yang Du saw it, yes, that was the classmate Liu Kuiyi they were looking for!I saw him standing on a bench, with a serious expression on the face of a fat child in the past, who was bending over to talk to a young man next to him. "Let's call him!" Wang Daiyi said and wanted to call. "Slow down, let's see what Lin Sheng has to say." Yang Du stopped Wang Daiyi, took his hand and squeezed into the crowd. "Fathers and folks!" Liu Kui raised his head, and the loud and vigorous Xiangtan official dialect sounded, "I tell you a piece of good news. Li Jun told me just now that Jiang Xuetai has been transferred to Beijing and the emperor wants to discuss the national reform with him. big plan." "Jiang Xuetai must be promoted." "The emperor is wise!" The people who listened to the speech were discussing one after another. "Jiang Xuetai is a good official with great achievements. When he comes to Beijing this time, the emperor will definitely have a big appointment. A century-old plan puts talents first. Jiang Xuetai has established a current affairs school in Hunan, which has opened up a new way for Hunan's education. Li Junjin and I The current affairs school is only a few days old, and I have learned a lot of useful new knowledge. I hope that all young brothers who are willing to serve the country will come to the current affairs school to attend lectures." "Excuse me, do I have to pay tuition fees to attend classes at the School of Current Affairs?" A young man in the audience of eighteen or nineteen asked. "As long as you don't stay in the school, you don't have to pay tuition fees for listening." Li Jun, who was standing next to Liu Kuiyi, replied. "Are there any requirements for accepting students in the School of Current Affairs? Do you accept children?" Another young man asked. "Accept. Current Affairs School accepts students regardless of their origin, as long as they have the ambition to learn." Li Jun replied again, "Scholars and Juren will be in the upper class, and children will be in the lower class." Yang Du took Dai Yi's hand and said, "Let's go!" "Linsheng is here, let's have a few words with him! Ask him if he's returning to Dongzhou." Dai Yi said anxiously. "Ask him what he's doing?" Yang Du smiled slightly, "He's promoting the School of Current Affairs to attract students. Will he go back to Dongzhou? Let's go to the School of Current Affairs first and see him at night."