Chapter 15 The Fifteenth Appreciation of Fields

The pre-booked Yizhu on Tianjin Railway Station is far more than simple as mentioned above.Because this is an ancient and rare grand ceremony, Yuan Shikai and others had already contacted Qingshan and Li Lianying beforehand, and decided to make it as extravagant and lively as possible; but the queen mother could not completely obey them, After Yi accepted all the gifts presented by the officials, Yi went back to the car on her own and ordered the car to drive. As a result, countless big shows that had not been performed were all canceled by Yi.This is of course a disappointment!In fact, this kind of red tape is really commonplace for the Empress Dowager, there was none that day, and they surrounded the Empress Dowager everywhere, preventing her from having a chance to be quiet.But the situation is different after all. In the past, many ceremonies performed in the palace all day and all night, although the form was always very solemn because the Queen Mother herself was too unwilling to relax, but no matter what, everyone couldn’t make this kind of ceremony. Overly proficient tricks will always maintain a nervous and active spirit, but this time when the pick-up ceremony was held at Tianjin Railway Station, everyone felt a kind of excitement, like ordinary people when they meet something. The same is true of the holidays.What's especially different is that almost everyone has some fun of traveling, which is revealed in their expressions.

Although the Empress Dowager is now sitting in the small imperial court on the train in Yi's room, Yi's eyes are no longer focused on the many modern jewels and antiques supported by the small wooden frames on the wall of the car; For a moment, I looked at the lucky puppy and the two parrots who had just arrived.Yi seems to want to know what special actions the dog will make when it sees the parrot and the parrot sees the dog?Even I am fully convinced that since these two kinds of beasts have been placed together, new accidents must happen in this small court.Unexpectedly, the fact is exactly the opposite of the ideal: the dog has no interest in parrots at all, as if it has never seen them.This has proved that although the dog has a rather strange appearance, its intelligence is still comparable to that of ordinary dogs. ——Maybe it's more stupid, I really don't understand why the Queen Mother likes it alone? —Besides, those two parrots are extremely disappointing!Of course, I can’t deny the fact that their pornographic videos are beautiful, but despite their beauty, the pornographic videos are always loathsome.They are making noise all day long, except when we are sleeping, I don’t know if they are still making noise, as long as we are awake, we can hear them shouting "Good luck, Lafayette", "Lafayette is safe", these two rigid lines of eulogy are always upside down.Shouting made almost all of us have a headache, wishing to use something to plug their mouths; but the Queen Mother not only didn't find it disgusting, but every time she heard them shouting, there would be a smile on her face, No one knows what Yi is interested in!Thinking about it from this point, I can't help but admire Yuan Shikai very much!How good he is at catering to the queen mother's psychology!Just teaching the two parrots to say a few very common auspicious words has achieved excellent results; from now on, whenever the Queen Mother heard the parrots call, she couldn't help but think of Yuan Shikai.In this way, Yuan Shikai's favor was naturally strengthened!

Because it was the first time in my life that the Queen Mother traveled by train, we were accompanied by four other doctors; apart from serving the Queen Mother, part of their mission was to protect us. A group of healthy and peers.But luckily, none of us in this group suffered from the slightest illness during the journey. We seemed to be trying to get angry with the four doctors, and we never showed them the limelight. With us, there is another eunuch who has been promoted to a very important position due to temporary needs.This person has no other strengths, except that he was a farmer in his previous life, and he himself loves research, so he has some extraordinary attainments in botany—the understanding of various plants and trees.He was specially taken to the Empress Dowager's car, and stood in Zhang De's small tea room, waiting quietly all day; When Yi himself had never seen them, or had seen them and had forgotten their names, he would immediately call out the eunuch and teach him to explain them in detail.

Because the answer the queen mother wanted was not just a few words, but a long narrative with a beginning and an end. Therefore, whenever the eunuch was free, he would concentrate on hiding in the small tea room, reading all the books on botany, Painful preparations.In this way, not only can he always provide the queen mother with a complete answer every time, but he often answers the questions immediately without hesitation.Originally, the Empress Dowager's temper was the most irritable. If he could not reply within three or four minutes after the Empress Dowager asked a question, no matter how detailed and perfect his answer was, Yi would not be able to bear it and immediately reprimanded him; Even so, no one can guarantee whether the eunuch's answer is fundamentally reliable.So I always take the attitude of ignoring what he says, and just listening to it; fortunately, his words are very good, and I don't feel bored after listening to them.

Along the way, because of the season, the drizzle continued in bursts, but the weather gradually warmed up; when our yellow train dragged us and gradually rolled up to Fengtian, The weather has officially turned into the middle of late spring, and the wind blows across people's faces, and they feel a burst of warmth, as if they want to melt people, and the hearts of our group of people also increase infinite happiness; the more we But the farther away from the hustle and bustle, fortified and terrifying Beijing city, the more excited and happy they are, and no one wants to think about the situation after returning in the future.

"Ah! Spring is really the loveliest season of the year!" The sense of spring in the air seemed to have had a considerable influence on the Queen Mother; one day, Yi suddenly sighed to me: "In this weather, people really seem to be Go back to your youth! Spring belongs to young people!" Then, in a very beautiful tone, Yi silently recited a poem "Spring Dawn" by Meng Haoran, a great poet of the Tang Dynasty: "Chun Mian does not wake up, I hear birds singing everywhere, the sound of wind and rain at night, how many flowers fall!" The Queen Mother has a considerable appreciation for poetry; although I have never seen any poems written by Yi herself, I often hear Yi reciting ancient poems.Among the many great poets in ancient China, Li Bai is the most admired by Yi. Yi has read almost all of Li Bai's poems, or can be said to be able to recite silently.Because the Empress Dowager loves Li Poetry so much, it has created a kind of atmosphere. At that time, a group of civil servants in the court, whoever chanted, almost all tried their best to imitate Li Bai's style; , these people were as happy as if they had received some kind of honor, and they thought they could really catch up with Qinglian.In fact, the Empress Dowager's poetics is only very superficial, but Yi Ke said that she did have some research on ancient Chinese history and those more famous barnyard histories or legends, which is beyond the reach of ordinary people.

Confucius is one of the most remarkable figures in Chinese history. Anyone who has read some books can always know something about Confucius' deeds. The Empress Dowager absolutely worships this old man on weekdays.Yi also memorized many of the words of Confucius by heart. Whenever he was reviewing the memorials or teaching his subjects, Yi would like to quote a few sentences, as if to increase the confidence of those who read or listened. . The above two passages were brought to mind when the Empress Dowager hummed Meng Haoran's "Spring Dawn" in the car, and they have nothing to do with this chapter of this book; let's put it away for now.

According to our retrospect, although the Empress Dowager's trip to the Northeast this time cannot be said to be a very strenuous long-distance trek, it was still very hard work for an elderly person like Ina who was pampered and pampered by her parents!However, at that time, Yi herself did not feel it. This was because Yi was being stimulated by a kind of excitement in her heart, and she only wanted to go back to her own ancestor - Yehenala (Cixi's mother's surname). I went to the hometown (the place where the author's ancestors grew up), so Yi's spirit was particularly cheered up, and it was easy to overcome the fatigue of Yi's body.In the heyday of the Qing Dynasty, Emperor Qianlong once returned to Fengtian, but apart from this heroic and promising emperor, the Empress Dowager was the first person who rebelled against her hometown among the emperors and empresses of the Qing Dynasty; I think Yi For all kinds of scenery in my hometown, I must also hold a group of extremely enthusiastic expectations.

On the second day after we passed Tianjin, the train gradually approached the world-famous Shanhaiguan Pass.Among them, the only botanist expert in the palace could not rest almost all day long, and always stood in front of the Queen Mother, waiting for her to inquire, because there were few towns and cities on both sides of this section of the route, and the nineteenth was full of flowers and plants. Tian Ye, the queen mother was very happy to see it, so Yi's questions came out in an endless stream. On the way, we passed a long river with clear and calm water without any big waves.On normal days, this may be a very important waterway, but at this time, there is no ship quietly, because the position of this water flow is too close to the track that the Empress Dowager is traveling at the moment, For the sake of protection, the ban on breaking the contract and traffic has been temporarily implemented.The river itself, however, was not displeased by the absence of boats; the Empress Dowager was very pleased when she saw it.Indeed, in the vast field, there is such a green water dotted, it is really like a beautiful landscape painting.But according to my careful observation, this river may not be so moving. Someone must have come to tidy it up in the early stage, especially the rare trees on both banks; The reason for the number of trees is that the Chinese people have always known to pay attention to the construction of gardens.Ordinary poor people, because they have no money to buy fuel, are scrambling to get trees everywhere, so that except for very remote areas, such as Jilin, Heilongjiang, etc., there is almost no forest in China; There are few trees in the ranks.But on the left and right of this long river, there are two neat rows of trees planted; drooping willows, like clusters of green thread-like willows, fluttering slowly on the water, with tin-red brocade-like trees in the middle. The peach blossoms, this scene is so cute and terrifying.

When the queen mother saw such a beautiful scene, she was willing to miss it lightly. She insisted on ordering the car to stop and let Yi get out of the car and take a small step.Of course, Yi's will is irreversible.So this yellow train stopped halfway.All the deacons in the car had to go down with Yi.But as soon as we get out of the car, we can't move freely; only the queen mother and us few female attendants can walk around at will. ——After standing upright on the car for a long time, this kind of slight movement is really necessary. ——Because the rest of the people have to follow the original rules in the palace and stand up to pay respects to the Queen Mother; but those eunuchs can also come and go, and eunuchs are not considered human beings, so they can be set free.The only problem is that the group of accompanying ministers all stand like clay sculptures and wood sculptures, their eyes cannot look around, they must always watch the queen mother, so that when the queen mother has something to say to that person, this person can leave immediately go up.

Yi stared blankly at this long river with clear water for a while, and seemed to be fascinated by it. "Ah! It's so cute here! It's a pity we forgot one thing!" Although Yi looked a little disappointed, she still spoke softly. "Wouldn't it be fun if we brought that yacht?" The Empress Dowager liked to take boats very much. She had two yachts for the imperial use. Whenever she was happy, she would paddle back and forth on Kunming Lake in the Summer Palace. Unfortunately, these two yachts were too big and too stupid. , When paddling, there must be many eunuchs working hard at the same time, so it is not interesting. If you want to load it, you must occupy at least one flat car.But I can say categorically: If you want to enjoy it, I will not hesitate to dispatch a flat car and take the yacht with me; even if I didn't know it in advance, and there is still a very fast way to send someone back to load it immediately. , Yi will not hesitate to pay any cost, and will immediately teach someone to rush to get one.Unfortunately, there is no such good method at present. It takes at least two days to go from here to Beijing, and back and forth. Is it possible for the Queen Mother to wait here?Therefore, Elder Yi stopped thinking about it!Just sigh frequently, expressing infinite regret and nostalgia.I couldn't help but ask Yi privately, if we really brought that yacht here, how would Yi play?This question made Yi very excited, like a very thirsty person who gets excited when someone mentions the taste of tea.Yi said that Yi would sit in the yacht with us, and let the rest of the people stay in the car; but the car must drive very slowly and go side by side with the yacht.This gameplay is of course very novel!Yi can not only enjoy the fun of rafting as much as possible, but also watch Yi Na's new set of toys - this yellow train - rolling slowly on the rails.However, Yi has never thought about how much effort it will take to advance in such a boat and vehicle. Since there was no boat to sail, we had to return to the car repeatedly and continue eastward. Here, near the right side of the track, is Liaodong Bay.On the coast of Liaodong Bay, Beidaihe and Qinhuangdao are two very famous scenic spots; the Queen Mother used to mention them often, but now Yixia doesn't want to go, so we passed these two scenic spots. At that time, I never got out of the car to take a look.Of course everyone felt sorry.In fact, the Empress Dowager was anxious to return to Fengtian; and Yi's attention was focused on the "Shanhai Pass", which is known as the first pass of the three passes. Shanhai Pass is not only a dangerous pass, but also a The end of the Great Wall that historically divided China's capital and the three northeastern provinces into two; its ancient gray tail stretches into the sea here. Our yellow train, passing through the backs of many mountains and mountains, officially arrived at Shanhaiguan.On top of those high mountains, you can see the Great Wall, squatting like a giant python in twists and turns.Its length is claimed to be as much as 10,000 li, but in fact it is more than 8,000 li, and the total kilometer is about 4,500 miles. It is indeed a great project. Shanhaiguan is within the territory of Linyu County. This county is very small, and there is not much bustling commercial market. According to common sense, the Empress Dowager's car will never stay in such a remote county. But the queen mother is too interested in Shanhaiguan, so Yi also paid attention to this small county.After our train stopped at the station (there was no new platform built here, only a layer of yellow sand was added to the old platform), Yi kept urging Li Lianying to hurry up and prepare Yi's Luanyu, determined to Thanks to the foresight of the Qingshans who wanted to patrol the county, they had already informed the officials here before the queen mother set off, so that they would have enough time to make this dilapidated county a reality. Some repair work was done so that the queen mother would not be unhappy when she saw it, so when the queen mother ordered to take a look around the city, everyone didn't panic; How can the magistrates fail, they should have some clues to fix it.At that time, a group of them were also very richly dressed like the group at Tianjin Station, and they staggered and knelt down beside the station to meet them.However, their ranks are very small, and none of them can catch up with the attention of the Queen Mother. As a result, they have gone for nothing, but they only made the station extra lively. Maybe they have never even seen the Queen Mother! Starting from the station, Luanyu was guided by the highest local officials and walked slowly along the widest avenues.These streets are usually very dirty, but today they have been covered with a layer of yellow sand, completely covering their original ugly faces.Although I don't know what the Empress Dowager thinks when she sees her, I feel really displeased with this impromptu arrangement.No matter what the Chinese do, they are always unwilling to put in the effort to do it earlier, and they love to use light and easy methods to whitewash the momentary peace when they are in a hurry; this is a ready-made example!Later, when we passed through a city gate, we became more aware of this sickness.Because the project of the city gate is much more arduous in comparison, although there have been seven or eight days of preparation, but because it is usually left to collapse and no repairs are made, how can it be repaired temporarily?So I can only stand it limping like an old man who is unbearable like a dragon. The Empress Dowager spent about half an hour groping around in the city, and then visited all the streets in the city; it's a pity that I didn't ask Yidou what her impression was, otherwise I could compare it with my own impression.After leaving the city, Yi didn't let the family have time to rest, and immediately ordered them to carry Yi to a hill near the city.Although the height of this hill is very low, if a person reaches the top of it.You can also see the surrounding area very well.Especially the ancient Great Wall, which can be seen more clearly!I was silently thinking about the pleasure of climbing a height and looking at it, when I heard the Empress Dowager order Li Lianying to send someone to prepare sedan chairs for us, I knew this good opportunity would never be lost.What a fun thing it is to climb a mountain and look at the fields!People are all fun; I think the rest of the ladies must be very happy at that time.As for our sedan chair, it is absolutely not a problem: although we never brought our daily rides, but in the former Qing Dynasty, the sedan chair was the only means of transportation in various places, and it was really easy to search for more than ten rides; When Baokuang Qingshan notified the officials here that they were going to pick us up, they had given them additional instructions, telling them to prepare and unload several official sedan chairs for us in advance so that they could be used. As soon as she reached the top of the mountain, the Queen Mother looked at the undulating Great Wall and let out a kind of complacency and a smile. "In the beginning, this Great Wall was built to keep us out!" Yi said excitedly, "However, now, we have stood inside! And we are still standing here looking at it. I don't think anyone would have thought of this! In fact, what is the difference between us and China? Generally, it is also a part of China; the language and customs are mostly the same, and the people in the mainland want to regard us as something else. Together, that’s such a small insight! Since we entered the country, we have become more and more integrated; the former boundaries can be said to have been swept away, and only this decadent big project remains incomplete.” That's a good thing!The three eastern provinces and the main part of China are really just one family. There may have been a bit of a gap before, but since the establishment of the Qing Dynasty, the characteristics of the people in the three eastern provinces have almost been assimilated by the people of China. What is the difference? "At the end of the Ming Dynasty," the empress dowager's chatterbox was opened up because of this heavy feeling. "There used to be a general Wu Sangui guarding here. He was in a hostile situation with us. Unexpectedly, at that time, China was being harassed by bandits unbearably. , even the throne of Emperor Chongzhen could no longer sit on the throne. So General Wu sent someone to ask us to borrow troops for help. We immediately agreed, and he opened the door himself to welcome us in. From then on, we drove straight in and got This is an unexpected and great harvest! However, since then, China's headquarters and the three northeastern provinces have been completely integrated, and it has not been a blessing for both parties." The queen mother lingered on the hill for more than an hour, and when we were all tired of looking at it, the old man Yi was still looking forward and looking very hard.Later, Yi suddenly issued another very strange order, saying that he wanted to go to the seashore to see where the Great Wall entered the sea.In any case, I can't think of any reason why Yi went to inspect that insignificant part. "In the past," Yi pointed to the decayed remnants, and said in a tone of emotion: "The buildings of this part of the Great Wall by the sea are especially stronger than other places. The area is also particularly large, as if It also means to serve as a long embankment for sea defense; now this part has collapsed and can no longer be used, and the Shanhai Pass, which was originally used to isolate us, has also been opened straight like a gate. I am afraid that it will be decades away , or hundreds of years later, people will gradually blur the original intention of the ancient emperors to build the Great Wall, so that they will completely forget it!" Indeed, the Great Wall has gradually embarked on the road of collapse, especially near the Shanhaiguan Pass, where it has collapsed extremely quickly, and a big gap has appeared; the track of Jingfeng Road fits comfortably in this gap. pass.As for the many materials that slumped?In the past, it must have cost a lot of money to collect it, but now because no one is watching it, once it collapses, it will be picked up by nearby residents as materials for building houses; even those that have not collapsed will be removed secretly. , Move back to your own home.If such a precious ancient building is allowed to be destroyed and destroyed, it is no wonder that the Empress Dowager is overwhelmed with emotion! Now, the place where we are standing is already the junction line between the main part of China and the three northeastern provinces. As long as we pass through the Great Wall, we will be outside the birthplace where our ancestors entered the Central Plains from there.I don't know if the Empress Dowager has any feelings when she arrives here?Yi seemed to be most fascinated by the clear water of Liaodong Bay. ——For two thousand years, the sea water here has been washing the end of the Great Wall day and night, so that it collapses automatically, and gradually dies like an old man. The Empress Dowager slowly moved Yi's eyes, which were fixed on the sea water, to several mountain peaks beyond the high mountains; It is the Great Wall. The Empress Dowager suddenly turned Yi's gaze to the east again, facing Fengtian; she was still talking to herself intermittently, but because the voice was too low, I couldn't understand what Yi was saying. What is the word.There was a strange emotion in Yi's eyes, as if some figure or scene was discovered for Yi from a long distance away, which attracted her attention; however, none of us had such a feeling. Hallucinations, everyone just followed Elder Yi and looked around indiscriminately. In the end, Lafayette himself had had enough of watching, so he returned to the car and ordered to drive. Of course the train still drove very slowly, leaving the station slowly like an earthworm, entering the gap in the Great Wall, rolling away step by step.When our locomotive rolled into the boundary of the three northeastern provinces, we were still lingering in the mainland of China!Then, our yellow trains left Middle Earth one by one and entered our hometown.Although I don't have a deep local concept, based on the facts, the three eastern provinces are indeed our hometown that we cannot deny!Our ancestors grew up on this land. Lafayette's ancestors were from Yehenala's family, and they are generally natives here. The three northeastern provinces have also created an invincible figure for China, and the entire history of China has changed greatly because of him.That is none other than Qing Taizu Nurhachi!Later, the emperors of the Qing Dynasty, from Shunzhi, Kangxi, Yongzheng, Qianlong, Jiaqing, Daoguang, Xianfeng (husband of the Queen Mother)...to Guangxu, were all descendants of Nurhachi; our family is also his direct descendant, However, because there are too many tribes passed down, people don't pay much attention to it.Just look at this ready-made description.The Empress Dowager is a descendant of the Yehenala family. In the past, the Yehenala family absolutely did not occupy any important position;——until the Qing Dynasty fell, among their clan, only the Empress Dowager Cixi was removed. Besides, there has never been a second person worthy of attention. ——As for me, although on the surface, no one can deny that I am a direct descendant of Nurhachi, but now I am serving the Queen Mother upside down in the palace, and some people secretly admire me.It can be said that although there are many changes in the situation, personnel affairs are even more unpredictable!