Chapter 35 6. "Liangtou Kangzu" ruined the bright future of the No. 2 public

On the second day after the official admission list of the Economic Special Section was announced, Li Lianying, the chief eunuch, was in Yongxiang outside the gate of the Hall of Mental Cultivation, and heard a eunuch Xiaoyangzi who had just returned from buying pearls in Wangfujing and another eunuch Fatty Ma talking quietly: "It's been said outside that Teke's first place is the leader of the Kangliang rebellion." "Really?" Fatty Ma raised his eyes and asked in surprise, "What's his name?" "Liang Shiyi." Xiao Yangzi lowered his voice, "He's also from Cantonese, and everyone says he's Liang Qichao's cousin!"

"Oh, it's only been a few years since the Kangliang rebellion subsided, and another big shot has emerged. Lafayette knows, so it's strange if he doesn't get mad!" Fatty Ma complained on the surface, but he liked it in his heart.It's not that he likes the revival of Kangliang's rebellious party, he just wants to see Lafayette lose his temper with the ministers.The life of eunuchs is boring, as long as the incident is not on their own heads, they are always looking forward to an incident in the Forbidden City. The bigger the incident, the more excited they are, and the more interesting it is.

"Little Yangzi, what are you talking about?" Li Lianying screamed from behind. The two young eunuchs were shocked when they turned around and saw that the chief was behind.These eunuchs were not very afraid of the master in the harem - a large group of concubines and concubines with various names, but they were most afraid of this Li Lianying.He is their top boss. "Fourth Master Li, we didn't say anything." Li Lianying ranked fourth among his brothers, and all the eunuchs in the palace honored him as Li Siye. "Didn't say anything?" Li Lianying pulled her face down. "What are you talking about, Kang Liang, the rebellious party? Is this what you said? Carefully peel off your skin!"

"That's right, Fourth Master Li." Little Yangzi tremblingly reported to the manager what he heard outside. "Is the first place really Liang Shiyi?" Li Lianying asked sharply. "It's really Liang Shiyi, everyone said so." Xiao Yangzi lowered his head, not daring to look at the manager. "Really from Cantonese?" Li Lianying asked again. "He's really from Cantonese. They say he's Liang Qichao's direct cousin." "Listen!" Li Lianying crossed her hands and said, "Next time if I hear you talk about important national affairs, according to the family law of the ancestors, you will be whipped three hundred times before being kicked out of the palace. I heard you ?"

"I heard it, I don't dare to do it anymore." The two young eunuchs replied with pale faces. "Come on, do your business!" After dismissing the two young eunuchs, Li Lianying thought to herself: what Lafayette hates most is the Kangliang rebellion, Zhang Zhidong, how dare you take Liang Qichao's cousin as the number one, don't you intend to sing against Lafayette? ?You look down on those of us who are eunuchs because you are a governor who was born in a foreign country.Well, let me tell you to look at the methods of my eunuch Li Siye! Li Lianying turned around and entered, and wanted to report this extremely serious matter to the Empress Dowager Cixi immediately.When he reached the curtain of Dongnuange, he stopped in his tracks, thinking to himself: It is against the ancestral system for me to come forward to report this matter, after all, it would be better if another minister trusted by Lafayette.He exited the Hall of Mental Cultivation, and was wandering by the window of the imperial kitchen in the front courtyard. At that moment, Minister of Military Aircraft Qu Hongyu came in, greeted him politely, and then entered the East Nuan Pavilion.Li Lianying suddenly remembered that this Qu Hongyu was the most suitable person, because he had a deep prejudice against Zhang Zhidong.

Qu Hong#Zi Zijiu, born in Shanhua, Hunan Province, at the age of 22, won the second-class Jinshi in Tongzhi Xinweike, changed to Shujishi and entered the Imperial Academy. Like Zhang Zhidong, he was also a talented young man of high rank.He has successively served as a bachelor of attendant lecturer, an official commentator of daily lectures, an official examiner of the township examination, a scholar of politics, and a minister of the Ministry of Rites.Before the Reform Movement of 1898, he strongly recommended Kang Youwei three times, believing that Kang was a talented person in the Qing Dynasty.

Because Qu had been an official at Tsinghua University for more than 20 years, and he had a strict personality, everyone at the time praised him for his integrity and integrity, and he had never joined the gangs of Kangliang, so he was not involved in the coup of 1898.The Eight-Power Allied Forces entered Beijing in the year of Gengzi, and Empress Dowager Cixi fled to the west with Guangxu. The military ministers Zaiyi, Gangyi, Qixiu, and Zhao Shuqiao were dismissed at the same time because they supported the Boxer Regiment. Only Rong Lu and Wang Wenshao were on duty in the military aircraft. Because of the recommendation of Ronglu, Qu Hongyu was promoted by the right servant of the Ministry of Rites to the Zuodu censor of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and changed to the minister of the Ministry of Industry. As soon as he arrived in Xi'an, he was appointed Minister of Military Aircraft.Because it was the so-called "Xishou" who joined the Shushu on the way and shared hardships with Cixi, Qu gained Cixi's special trust.

Qu was honest and upright, but Zhang Zhidong's attitude towards the reformers disgusted him.Zhang Zhidong's willful handling of affairs also made Qu always think that Zhang was not a talent.He had heard two stories about Zhang Zhidong's tenure as governor of Shanxi. When Zhang Zhidong was in Hanyuan in his early years, he studied the study of gold and stone together with Pan Zuyin, Li Ciming, and Wu Dacheng, and his capital was named Qingliu Party.At that time, he first entered Xinjiang as a cabinet bachelor, and he was very energetic.Shanxi Province is editing the general annals, and Yang Mei, a professor of Fuzhou University, is in charge of it.There are two identical inscriptions in the collection of Yang Mei's family, all the characters are the same, there is only one character, one is "gou" and the other is "gong".Yang Mei didn't know why, so she asked Zhang Zhidong for advice.Zhang suspects that "hook" and "gong" are fake voices, but he is unable to prove it.Someone told him that Wang Wei, the county magistrate of Hongdong County, was knowledgeable, and he might be able to find out the proof.Wang Wei was born in Bagong and was originally the magistrate of Quwo County. However, he liked learning and did not care about political affairs. Quwo County was messed up by him.When Wang Wei arrived in Taiyuan, Zhang Zhidong asked him about this matter. He immediately concluded that "Gou" and "Gong" were the same character, and immediately found Zheng Xuan's annotation "Gou Yizuo Gong" in "Yi Li" as evidence.Zhang Zhidong admired Wang Wei a lot, and regarded Wang Wei as a genius. He immediately resumed his original post as the magistrate of Quwo County. Three months later, he was promoted to the prefect of Taiyuan.

The second year is the year of Dabi. According to the regulations, the governor is a prisoner and has to live in Weizhong for a month.Zhang Zhidong is impatient of loneliness.Find someone to talk to him in the room.Someone suggested that Wu Zixian, the county magistrate of Yuci, was the grandson of Yuan Mei's nephew and the son-in-law of Pan Shien, who was the most suitable.Zhang Zhidong was delighted to hear that, since he was a descendant of a great talent and the son-in-law of a champion man, he was naturally erudite and talented, so he immediately transferred the county magistrate Wu to Weizhong.Unexpectedly, this man never read, and he really didn't have much ink in his chest. Zhang Zhidong talked with him about the study of gold and stone, and asked him three questions.Zhang was very displeased, and sneered at Wu and said, "Let Yuezhang give Zhu Jiujiang 100,000 volumes of books instead of giving them to you, which shows that you can't be cultivated." Before half a month, he was called out of Wei and transferred to Guangling from Yuci.Guangling County was poor, and his predecessor was short of four thousand taels of silver. Zhang ordered Wu to make up for it.

These two incidents surprised the official circles in Shanxi, and made Qu Hongyu dumbfounded after hearing this.Isn't it strange that such a person who treats state affairs as a trifling matter is called a capable member and entrusted with a heavy responsibility!In a chat with Li Lianying, Qu Hongqian made such a sigh. When Qu quit the Hall of Mental Cultivation, Li Lianying quietly told Qu that Zhang Zhidong admitted Liang Qichao's first cousin as the number one in the special economic department.Qu didn't hate Kang Liang in his heart, he just expressed disgust at Zhang Zhidong's unscrupulous behavior.After returning home, he specially sent his family to Zhengyangmen to check the list.The family reported that the first place was Liang Shiyi, a native of Sanshui, Guangdong.Qu Xiang, Liang Qichao is from Xinhui, Guangdong, and Sanshui is in two counties. It seems impossible to say that Liang Qichao is a cousin.However, he made a new discovery that Kang Youwei's character Zu Yi has the same last character as Liang Shiyi.There is no doubt that Liang Shiyi and Liang Qichao have the same head, and Kang Youwei has the same tail. Isn't this clearly overturning the case for Kang and Liang?Zhang Zhidong, Zhang Zhidong, you can use "Encouraging Learning" to wash away your relationship with the Reform Party, but this time you have exposed your iron handle, let's see how you argue!

The next day, Qu Hongyu met Cixi again and told about Liang Tou Kangzu.Cixi hated the fact that the reformers tried to besiege and imprison her in the 1898 years. When she heard the word "Kangliang", she became nervously angry. " Qu took the opportunity to play again: "There are people talking outside, that the recruits this time include the backbone of the Kangliang rebellion party, please Lafayette clearly observe." Cixi also issued a decree: "Order the Ministry of Rites to strictly examine the resumes and official answer sheets of all candidates for the exam, and must not let Kang and Liang's chaotic parties mix with them, and it is strictly forbidden for anyone to take the opportunity to spread Kang and Liang's fallacies." Zhang Zhidong was also deeply terrified when he learned that the name "Liang Shiyi" had aroused Cixi's anger. He admitted his negligence in the memorial, and at the same time defended himself, saying that although Liang Shiyi's surname was Liang, he was from Guangdong, but he was not a member of the Kangliang Party.Cixi also felt that there was not enough evidence to say that Liang Shiyi was the Kangliang rebel party after watching the performance. It was far-fetched to prove that Zhang Zhidong used the Kangliang rebel party with "Liang Tou Kangzu". On the one hand, the Buddha wants to maintain his supreme authority, and on the other hand, out of hatred for Kang Liang, he remembered that the word "Kang Liang" was among the three characters in the name of the number one scholar admitted by the special economic department. Uncomfortable, she did not pursue Zhang Zhidong's responsibility, but ordered him not to admit Liang Shiyi during the reexamination. Zhang Zhidong, who has been in the officialdom all his life, knows that the consequences of offending Longyan will be unimaginable.When I was feeling uneasy, I was overjoyed to see Cixi's approval.He had no intention of rehabilitating the members of the Kangliang party, and it was nothing to wrong an unknown Liang Shiyi.So he ordered the re-examination to be postponed for two days, and wait for the Ministry of Rites to complete the review before taking the exam. How did the examinees know about this absurd lawsuit in the Forbidden City?They are all preparing for the retest.Liang Shiyi, Yang Du, and Zhang Yilin were intoxicated by Sanding Jia's compliments all day long.On the 24th, it was suddenly announced that the re-examination would be postponed for two days. Everyone was surprised.Some guesses may be that the exam questions have been leaked and need to be re-drafted; some guesses may be that the chief examiner suddenly fell ill; and some guesses may be that something urgent happened to the court.Some people asked relatives and friends who were officials in the capital, but they couldn't get the point. Yang Du moved out of the Changjun Guild Hall after the main exam, and moved into Xia Shoutian's house.They were also puzzled, thinking that such a major event should not be postponed, there must be some reason.On the twenty-fifth day, Yizhu waited for a long time in front of the Changjun Guild Hall, but there was no sign of Yang Du. Later, he found out that the re-examination was postponed, so he went back, deciding to come back the day after tomorrow. On the 27th, the 127 candidates who were officially admitted entered the Palace of Preserving Harmony again, and the re-examination was another discussion.The topic is: "Zhou Li", agriculture, industry and commerce have their own special officials.The title of the policy is: Huan Kuan said that if foreign goods flow out but the benefits do not leak out, then the state will use it and the people will use it. Yang Du also wrote these two articles very well.After his appearance, he still lived in Xia Shoutian's house, waiting for the gold medal to be announced, and then took office, fulfilling his lifelong ambitions.Unexpectedly, just when Yang Du was complacent, Xia Shoutian told him that evening that the Imperial Procuratorate's Huguang Road Supervision Censor played the Empress Dowager, saying that he had found out Yang Du's words and deeds to attack the imperial court during his stay in Japan, and he was dissatisfied in the official policy discussion The text of the imperial government's political platform shows that this student is arrogant, please cut off this student's reputation and arrest him for interrogation. Yang Du was at a loss as to what to do when he heard the news.Xia Shoutian also had a big surprise.After thinking calmly, he said to Yang Du: "You are not an official of the imperial court. The impeachment of Yushi will not make the imperial court arrest you immediately. At most, it will remove you through a re-examination, and then secretly order the local officials to monitor you. This is normal. I don’t know if someone intends to harm you. If there is intention to harm you, it’s hard to say. Xizi, have you offended anyone in the past two years? Or did you offend the young master of a high-ranking official when you were in Japan?” Yang Du thought about it vigorously, but couldn't think of it. "Xizi, I think it's better for you to leave Beijing as soon as possible. Go home and pack up, go to Japan to avoid rumors, and return to China if you have nothing to do. Fortunately, Zhongzi and Dai Yi are both there. Brother Lang and uncle are together, and they have mutual affection. a care." Yang Du accepted his friend's suggestion, and quietly left the capital the next day to go south. It didn't matter if Yang Du left, which made Jing Zhukong very happy.Later, Jingzhu learned from the newspaper how Yang Du was forced to leave Dongyang, and she turned to feel lucky for him.From then on, she and Yizhu washed away the lead and lived in seclusion at the foot of the West Mountain, becoming ordinary people who lived in peace.She believes that her son will come back, and she will wait for him forever. On the third day after Yang Du left Beijing, the Economic Special Section officially announced the gold list.There are nine first-class scholars and eighteen second-class scholars.Among the top five, except for Zhang Yilin who was still admitted as the third place, the other four were all eliminated.This time, the price of the Economic Special Branch has also dropped significantly because of this episode.Except for a few qualified candidates, who were arranged to be in charge of the six departments, the rest all returned to their original places.For those who returned home, most of the circumstances were no different from those before the exam. The unprecedented special economic department in Chinese history is such a ridiculous and sad child's play.Can the court that directs this child's play last long?