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When everyone was talking happily, suddenly a person came out from behind the tree and wanted to go to the embassy to show his head, how can we not be surprised.Tianqi took out Browning and wanted to fight him, but when he came in front of him, everyone couldn't help applauding and laughing, and said in unison, "Brother Emu, you can play tricks, and you almost didn't scare us." Tianqi hurriedly hid the pistol, came over to shake hands with him, and everyone asked him to sit down.It turned out that this man, surnamed Wu, named Chi, styled Omu, was from Tongcheng, Anhui Province. He was the grandson of the great writer Wu Zhifu, and studied at Waseda University.Because he is withdrawn by nature and not easy to get close to others, everyone doesn't have much contact with him.Although he also supported the revolution, he was stuffy in his heart and never expressed any opinions in front of others. Those impetuous factions still considered him a traitor.Only Tianqi thinks highly of him, saying that he is extremely persevering and will be able to take on great things in the future.This unintentional reunion, although everyone was perfunctory in face, they couldn't help but change their colors and have a lot of doubts.Wu Xi also saw it, sat down and smiled to everyone: "This kind of group, my brother is extremely in favor of it. You should go ahead boldly, and you must not leak a word from me." Li Daguang laughed: "In this case, the evil Brother Mu, why not join our group?" Wu Xi said, "It's not possible. Brothers want to be assassins, haven't you read the biography of assassins in "Historical Records"? At the time when Nie Zheng was tired of assassinating Han Xiangxia, he once said that there should not be many people. If there are many people, there must be gains and losses; if there are gains and losses, words will leak out and things will fail. These few words are really concise. Therefore, the younger brother does things arbitrarily, without discussing with each other, and going by himself, let alone My partner follows me, and my brothers have slightly different opinions, so I don’t want to join the group, please forgive me.” Everyone saw him like this, and it was inconvenient for them to be strong, so they talked a few more words, and he went away alone.People also say that he is good, but also that he is unpredictable.Tianqi said: "My virtuous brothers, don't underestimate him, this person's career will be set above my generation's." Everyone was dubious and went back to the dormitory.

From then on, the voice of the study-abroad revolution became louder and louder. The Qing court was very worried about this matter, so it circulated two secret decrees to consult the two ministers of Beiyang and Beiyang.At that time, Nanyang Minister Zhuang Zhishan and Beiyang Minister Xiang Zicheng were all the most reform-oriented figures, and many students were sent abroad through their hands.As soon as the two of them saw this purpose, they negotiated with each other in secret, and played a secret copy again, to the effect that the student revolution was just an oral article, which could only be empty words and would never be implemented.Don't look at gangs overseas and shouting loudly, as long as you return to your country, lure them with fame, conceive them with profit, keep them bowed and obedient, and obey the command.Now the best way is to choose the most violent elements among the students, call them back to the country by the ministers, ask the imperial court to give them the title of Jinshi, and assign them to the ministers. Without a salary of gold, their revolutionary ideas can be turned into smoke.If it is ineffective, the ministers and others are willing to accept the blame for indiscriminate protection.The Qing court was overjoyed when this document was uploaded, and immediately approved it, and the minister would recommend it according to his discretion.The two protected six students in total, they were Cao Yulin, Zhang Jingzong, Jin Guoan, Yang Xiu, Gu Yan, and Zhang Guangyuan. These six people were all the most fierce figures among the overseas students, and they were called the "six evils" in the study abroad circle.Zhuang Xiangte sent a telegram to the envoy Cai, saying that the six young men are handsome and well-educated, and that our province's new policies are very generous and needy.Regardless of whether these six graduates have graduated or not, they must be sent back to China as soon as possible, and a thousand yuan fee must be remitted.Two more sentences are attached at the back, saying that they have been secretly reported to the imperial court, and all of them are granted Jinshi background.The church in this department is thirsty for talents, and there will be no accidents. Let them come here with confidence, and don't delay or worry.When Cai envoy received this telegram, he hesitated, thinking that these students are all my enemies on weekdays, because I withheld their tuition fees, and they all held a bitter hatred. Unexpectedly, Zhuang Xiang Ergong would appreciate them.If I don't get this matter done, my envoy won't be able to sit still if these two hot ministers say no; if I turn my face around to deal with the students, it will be too embarrassing for me, besides, these people are all wild, Not necessarily an easy cage.I have to think of a perfect solution, as long as I send them back to China, it will be nothing to do with me.Thinking of this, I hurriedly asked someone to invite the supervisor of studying abroad.

The supervisor's surname is Ma, his name is Chaoguang, and his style name is Zhuyuan. He is a veteran in diplomacy.The Cai envoy invited him here, earnestly entrusted him to try to make things better, and showed him the telegram.Supervisor Ma frowned, thought carefully, and solemnly said to the envoy Cai: "This matter is really difficult, and it is not an excuse because the adults treated them too harshly back then. This group of children has no tolerance for others." Now I heard that the imperial court wants to use them, and Zhuang Xiang Ergong invited them by telegram, their airs are even bigger. The revolution is a trivial matter, and their ulterior motives were not to drink, but to intimidate the imperial court, so as to lure high-ranking officials. Lu. Now I have to tell them this matter directly. They will definitely take the candy. Even if they reluctantly return to the country, they all have a sense of revenge. Being forced by this, I lost my mind even more, so I had to beg Ma Zhaoguang, saying that no matter what, please take care of my brother and solve this problem for my brother, and I will reward you heavily.Ma Chaoguang said: "The humble official is supposed to serve you, how dare you thank him as an adult. However, according to the humble official's intention, this telegram should not be published for the time being. This is the first step. The second step is for the humble official to clear up this matter to them. Your excellency must not." Come forward. The third step is that the adults have withheld their tuition fees. It has been almost two years now, and they have to prepare everything and hand it over to them face to face by the humble officials, saying that the adults were just to warn them that day, and they were not really deducted. Now I heard that they They have progressed in their studies and have a good reputation, and they are still repaid in full. The previous gap has naturally been completely resolved. Then he said that the adults are willing to send them back to the country with examination papers, and ask the court to reward them as Jinshi, and then write two letters of recommendation. The second duke will give priority to promotion and use. This way of doing things against the guests will make them appreciate the imperial court Zhuang Xiang instead, not only will they not retaliate, but they may also benefit them in the future! My lord, please think about it, how about this method?" Cai After hearing this, the envoy clapped his hands and said it was good, so he asked my brother to do it.

When Ma Chaoguang went back, he calculated the two-year tuition fees of these six people totaled 7,800 yuan, wrote a note, and got it all from the embassy.The old man was not polite, he put all his money in the chest, thinking in his heart, I must do this and that in order to lure them back to the country.So he forged two telegrams and one telegram, prepared a banquet of wine in his own mansion, and issued an invitation to invite six of him to a banquet.Ma Chaoguang is usually very good at winning over students, and everyone has a good relationship with him, so he will come as soon as he is invited, and it is not troublesome.After the meeting, Ma Chaoguang was very aggrieved when talking about ministers, and secretly told everyone: "He sent a secret message to the Minister of Beiyang and Beiyang a month ago. There is a ladder for advancement." The six people didn't understand what he said, so they hurriedly asked him for advice.He said: "I was an old friend with Xiang Gongbao. When Gongbao got his call, he didn't believe it. He called me secretly and asked me, are you six reliable? I called back and defended you very much. Can be reused. I didn’t expect that Zhuang Xiang’s two fathers called yesterday, saying that the establishment of the New Deal now requires talent, and asked me to convey that you six should return to China quickly, and each of them will be given Jinshi’s background, so that they can be appointed according to their ability. Isn’t this an accident? Hi, have you made the six of you famous and rich?" Then he showed the telegram to them, and the six of them read it without saying a word to each other.Ma Zhaoguang peeped from the side and saw Zhang Guangyuan frowning, seemingly displeased.The faces of those five people all had a look of joy hidden in them.He already understood in his heart, so he first asked Guangyuan if he would go or not.Guangyuan said: "How can you refute your face with the cultivation of theoretical supervision. But we are determined not to be a full-fledged official, how can we change halfway?" Ma Zhaoguang didn't wait for him to finish, and then interjected: "Boyuan, you are really smart For the rest of my life, I am ignorant for a while." Speaking of this, he looked around and saw that there was no one else in the room, and said in a low voice: "I will tell you six, I am also a good man of the Han nationality, and I am in favor of full revolution. My big sesame seed What is there to be greedy for the officials? In the future, if you get an opportunity, you will follow behind you, and you will do it vigorously. You must know that this revolutionary cause is not just for empty talk overseas. You have to go back to the country to wait for the limelight. It is best He was fooling around in the officialdom, where he could plant a little revolutionary seed, and if he had the opportunity, he would be caught off guard and saved successfully. Now this is really a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, Boyuan, how could you say such a stupid thing?" What a Ma Chaoguang In one word, Zhang Guangyuan, who has a heart of stone, actually nodded his head in praise.Originally, the five people were all looking forward to Zhang Guangyuan's lead. Seeing that Guangyuan agreed, they all applauded and agreed with the supervisor's words, saying: "We just take this opportunity to carry out the revolutionary cause. In the future, the Beiyang Ocean will be our base. I am a Han nationality, today is the starting point, and we all have to drink three cups." The supervisor asked them when they would return to China, and they all said that it was already April, except for Zhang Boyuan, who was less than a month away from graduation.After graduation, start immediately without delay.Overseers praise them for their quickness.The six people went back, discussed with each other, and decided to return to China on the same boat on the ninth day of May. Each of them would visit their home first, and then get together in Tianjin.When this word got out, in the study abroad community, some envied, some reviled, some prepared to send off, and some went to question, making the six people overwhelmed.Guangyuan initiated a tea party, and only healthy elements in the revolution were invited.He announced his purpose in front of everyone, and the five people also gave speeches one after another. It was nothing more than taking this opportunity to be an official to move for revolution. Being an official is a shortcut to revolution. Please don't take it seriously.After hearing this, everyone released their suspicions and envied the six of them as heroes who took advantage of the time to gain power, but it was the day when the revolution started.So everyone discussed how to see them off on the ninth day of the lunar new year, bought a lot of white cloth, and made more than a hundred flags, with what was written on it: Only my Han people, drive out the Hunu; return my old mountains and rivers, and see the Han clothes again; Welcome to the revolutionary giants, please see the giants lined up...the flags of Long Live the Revolution and Long Live the Han nationality, especially more.On that day, each foreign student holds a handle in his hand, and they have surrounded a Kyobashi station, one after another.Six people came from afar, but before they arrived at the station, the sound of applause and cheers had already gone up to the clouds and deafened the ears.Six people arrived and shook hands with everyone one by one.Headed by Tianqi, he sent a farewell speech and said: "I hope that the six monarchs will return to the country this time, draw up banners and set up Han banners, so that the revolution will succeed as soon as possible. We echo each other from the corners of the world. I hope to communicate with each other from time to time for the effect of the future. , to comfort my thoughts of a long journey." Jin Guoan expressed his thanks and said: "Today, I am sorry to send you far away, and I am deeply uneasy. We ask ourselves that there is nothing we can pay for our comrades. Only this heart remains unchanged, and we will listen to your orders. We will meet in the future At that time, I will never be scolded by the lords. The meaning of the mere, will never change." After hearing this, everyone applauded and agreed.At this time, Tian Zi was married to Guoan, and with a three-year-old child in his arms, he went to China with the six of them.When the car is about to open, everyone holds up the white flag and cheers for long live.The six people leaned out of the car window and raised their white scarves as a token of gratitude.We didn't go back until the car was gone.

Not to mention that the six people returned to China, but said that Xiang Zicheng, the Beiyang minister, was the first reform figure in the Qing court. He gave very preferential treatment to a group of students who returned from studying abroad. ; If you want to make a fortune, he will appoint good people to make you rich.Although he is so pitiful, he has a special vicious heart. Anyone who has met him once can tell whether this person is useful or useless.If it is useless, it will be difficult to meet again in the future; if it is useful, he will always buy you and serve him for the rest of his life.No matter what you love, he will give it to you without stinginess, and he will put his heart to his heart without any official air, which can make people amiable.Therefore, there are many great heroes and great heroes who meet him once and talk a few words, and they may become confidantes for a lifetime, and they will serve him from then on. Even they themselves don't know what magic power he has.This is for him.If you are not used by him, he will really turn his face and be ruthless, and he must kill you to be happy in his heart.He said that if a talented person is not used by me, he will be killed by me, and I can't leave it for others to use.This time, he presided over all the six students who tuned in, and Zhuang Zhishan just echoed.He has spies stationed in Tokyo. When these six people returned to China, the spies had already arrived by telegram.Old Xiang looked at it, picked up his mustache and said with a smile: "What's going on at the children's house? One day I saw them rewarding a few words, and the big thing was resolved. Poor people like the court make such a fuss. It's really ridiculous. Sharen." Then he called his personal secretary, and told him to call each of the county magistrates where the six students were originally from, and told the magistrates to be polite and not to startle the snakes.The secretary agreed to go on, and within two hours all the telegrams had been sent.In his department, the most important thing is to be agile, no matter how big or small, he can do it as he says, and he is not allowed to backlog one thing.

This telegram was sent out, and I didn't mention it elsewhere. I just said that the county magistrate of Zichuan County, Shandong Province, whose surname was Pan and whose name was Shao'an, was born in a granary. He was a rich man since he was a child. , but a romantic magistrate.He received a telegram from Xiang Gongbao that day, and quickly picked it up with his own hands. After reading it, he saw that it said: Zhang Jingzong, a student studying in the east of Zichuan, will return home today.The fares for carriage and horses are all handled by the decree.You must be more polite, secretly monitor, and don't let Yuanyang.absolutely.Seal of Zhili Supervision Office.Seeing Pan Shaoan, how dare he neglect.Because although Zhili is the boss in another province, but Xiang Gongbao is powerful, who dare not flatter him.Furthermore, the coast of Shandong Province is also under the influence of the Beiyang ministers. There are two reasons, which are more important than the orders of my own provincial superiors.Immediately sent messengers to Pujiazhuang to find out whether Jingzong had been home.The guard came back and said that Master Zhang had already arrived in the province, and he would be back home in about three to five days.The County Magistrate Pan is extremely attentive and will send people to ask questions every day. When the day comes, he will send people to Anjia overnight, explaining that at noon the next day, his relatives from the county will come to visit. Master Zhang is asked to wait at home and do not go out.The country people are afraid of officials, and when they see the magistrate on weekdays, it’s like seeing a living god. The real dragon emperor has appeared, otherwise, how could the county magistrate be alarmed.All the people, old and young, got up at five o'clock to watch the excitement, just like passing the emperor's errand in the age of the monarchy.

It was past noon, and the county magistrate arrived, with flags, gongs, umbrellas and fans, everything was available.Pan Zhixian sits in a big blue sedan chair, with a horse in front and a mule in the back, which is very majestic.When I got off the sedan chair in front of Zhang's house, I saw him wearing a purple sesame gauze gown, a sky-green sesame gauze square jacket, a weft cap, a five-grade crystal top, and a flower feather on his feet. Thin-soled official boots, at the age of twenty-seven or eight, with a fair complexion and delicate features.At this time Zhang Jingzong has already come out to welcome him, wearing a western suit, blue feather gauze trousers and jacket, yellow leather foreign shoes, and a student-style straw hat.Seeing the magistrate, he quickly took off his straw hat and went over to shake hands.Everyone was dumbfounded, and said in a low voice, "The child of Zhang's family has become a foreign devil, so I have to bow and hold hands first!" An old man hurriedly winked, and stopped in a low voice: "Stop talking nonsense, call Daddy!" The master heard that it was time to hit the board!" Everyone fell silent, Jingzong and the county magistrate walked into the house holding hands, and invited them to the study for tea.Jingzong said very modestly: "The weather is too hot, how dare I ask my father to come first, and Zhiwan will go to the city to ask for advice if he has a rest for a day or two."Jingzong thanked him again and again, but the county magistrate wanted to see him, but later he couldn't, so he had to go in and invite the old shopkeeper, saying that the county magistrate wanted to talk.After going there for a long time but not coming out, Jingzong had no choice but to gossip with the magistrate.Suddenly the door curtain opened, and an old man in his sixties came in. He was wearing a green cloth shirt and a reed hat. The green beaded bead, upon closer inspection, is recognized as the newly grown Gentiana chinensis, pinched off and crowned on the hat.When he got to the house, a lamb sucking milk came towards Pan Zhi County, knelt on his knees, and said: "The elder is on the top, and the younger one kowtows." The magistrate was surprised and thought it must be Zhuang Zhong People took this opportunity to complain.Then he shouted: "Who are you? Today, I talked with Master Zhang in this county. I have no time to accept the lawsuit. If you want to sue, you will go to the city to sue at the Yamen tomorrow. This is not the place to sue." On the other hand, he asked Jingzong who he was Who, I saw Jingzong blushing with shame on his pale face, stood up, gritted his teeth and lowered his head, as if there was a crack in the ground that he had to get into immediately.Hearing the magistrate's question again, he couldn't bear it any longer, so he replied shyly, "This is Zhiwan's father." After hearing this, Pan Zhixian panicked immediately, and hurriedly picked up Shantong with his own hands, one after another. If you don't call me the old man, you will suffer the death of your late life.He dusted him with his own towel, and asked him to sit on the top seat, while scolding his family why they didn't bring the old man in.At this time Jingzong stood beside him, angry, hated and ashamed.After all, those who have been an official have experience, and they have seen the air early, so they have to perfuse his father and son with words, asking Shan Tong about his longevity.Shantong was so frightened that all he could do was fight. Jingzong said that he was sixty-two this year.Seeing this situation, the magistrate was inconvenient to sit for a long time, and asked Jingzong when he would get up to Tianjin. Jingzong replied that it would be half a month at the earliest.The county magistrate repeated Xiang Gongbao's urging to go early, and said that when he was leaving, he must be notified first, so that the brother could come and see him off.Jingzong even said he didn't dare, and sent the magistrate away at that time, he came to the upper room angrily, stared at his fellow Shan and asked, "What kind of madman are you, old man, you made such a big fool in front of the county magistrate today, don't you?" Dare to meet an official, won’t you disappear? Which one do you kowtow to him, and which one do you kneel? Don’t you think about it, your son is equal to him, but my father is half shorter. Besides, what kind of crown do you wear? It was just a joke when you said you were wearing a green cap. How did you recognize it? When I returned to China this time, the imperial court awarded foreign Jinshi. How honorable and honorable to be Kneeling like this is completely embarrassing for you, is someone like you worthy of being my father?" Jingzong became more and more angry as he spoke, Shantong could only speak repeatedly, not daring to reply to his son.The old lady couldn't hear it anymore, and said to Jingzong: "Although your father is reckless today, the matter is over, what are you talking about him doing? Besides, he is your father anyway, you shouldn't exclude him like this." Jingzong listened Then, he stared at his mother again and said, "Okay, you old couple are right, who is Lao Tzu Niang? I, Zhang Jingzong, don't know what Lao Tzu Niang is. A new figure in our revolution knows that there is a country, but I don't know that there are parents." , you still want to use family tyranny to subdue me, that's a dream." Speaking of this, he became even more angry, grabbed the teapot and tea bowl on the table and threw them all on the ground.

When the commotion was turning upside down, a person came in suddenly, stretched out his hand and slapped Jing Zong twice on the face, unexpectedly scared Jing Zong back several steps.Taking a closer look, it was none other than his father-in-law Pu Ziyi.Ziyi was very happy to know that her son-in-law had returned to China, and she wanted to come to see him yesterday because she didn't come because it was late.Today I heard that the county magistrate came to visit. He didn't want to meet officials in his life, so he didn't come again before noon.He didn't rush over until the county magistrate had left, and when he walked to the courtyard, he heard Jingzong loudly admonishing his father, and he was already very displeased.Later, when I heard the words that there are countries without parents, I couldn't hold it back anymore. I ran into the house without talking nonsense, stretched out my hand and slapped my son-in-law twice, then pointed at him and scolded: "Do you still want to rebel, you bastard? After a few years of study, there will be no father and no king. There are all parents in the world. Your father has been honest all his life, and he has never been an official. Kowtow to him when he met the county magistrate. He is a parent official, and there is nothing wrong with him. Right, what do country people know? How dare you stare at your dog and threaten your parents? If you really become an official, you will allow your father to carry the shackles with a board. I Blind, I promised my daughter to you bastard, I will teach you a lesson today, if you are capable, kill me.” He was so angry that his beard was messed up.Jingzong had never been slapped in his life, but today he was beaten by his father-in-law, how could he let it go.Immediately raised his eyebrows and cursed loudly: "You bastard old beggar, if you dare to beat someone, I will take a film and send you to the county yamen first. First, you will be dismissed as a scholar, and then you will be punished severely for beating the official and insulting the upstart. Your daughter I don't want to divorce too, wild woman and village girl, how can I be my wife." Then he called for workmen to tie up the old beggar and send him to the official.Ziyi spat at him and said, "Bah! Shameless things only hit the county magistrate once, and you made a fuss with the magistrate. I will go with you to see the magistrate today and ask Ask an official, should he not have his parents?" As he said that, he wanted to come over to tease Jingzong.Unexpectedly, Shantong slapped his chest, blocked Ziyi, and said loudly: "Pu, can you control me? My son, I am willing to call him disobedient, I am willing to suffer when he beats me, and I am willing to listen to him when he scolds me. What kind of business do you have so much about? Let me advise you to leave quickly, you really overthrew my son of a foreign Jinshi, you can't bear it and you have to walk around." Ziyi was originally complaining for Shantong, and she never thought of it in her dreams. When Shan Tong said such words, his anger was no small matter, his red face turned white immediately, he sneered twice and said: "If you have such a son, you must have such a father. I always take care of your business blindly." Stinky things. Birds and beasts should not be in the same group, why should I run to this snake and scorpion cave to find trouble.” Said, he slapped himself with a dozen or so mouths on the face, wiped his head and left.After walking a few steps, he suddenly came back and said to Jingzong: "I tell you, after I leave, you will abuse my daughter. I don't want this old life anymore, and I have to fight you to the death." Standing next to him was already petrified, and he dared not speak up, nor did he dare to persuade him.These few words of Ziyi's return woke Jingzong up, and she rushed towards him viciously, and slapped Pu Shi twice on the mouth, causing Pu Shi to cry loudly.Ziyi rushed over and wanted to fight Jingzong desperately, Shantong rushed over to beat Ziyi, the two old men fought together, Jingzong sneered beside him and did nothing.A few workers came over, and managed to pull the two elders away. Several old people from the neighborhood came and said that they would work together to persuade Ziyi to leave.Pu took her five-year-old son, who was born three months after Jingzong went abroad, and went back to her mother's house with Ziyi.This big right and wrong can only be considered a little suppressed.

Jingzong was still angry, and the next day he went back to the city to pay homage to the magistrate, saying that he would go to Tianjin within three to five days.Pan Zhixian sent him three hundred taels of silver for money, and sent two servants to accompany him to serve him. Jingzong took another thousand and five hundred taels of silver from his own grain store, and instead of going home to say goodbye to his parents, he hired a car from the city. Then I went to Jinan first.I visited Cao Yulin and discussed going to Tianjin with him. Yulin refused to delay, so she packed up and came to Tianjin with Jingzong.First met Jin Guoan.Although Guoan was from Hangzhou, his father was an alternate in Tianjin, and his family members were all in Tianjin. Therefore, he did not return to his hometown after returning to China. He only stayed in Shanghai for two days before arriving in Tianjin.He didn't dare to take Tianzi home with him. He first rented a house in the Japanese Concession, settled Tianzi, mother and son, and then went home to meet his parents.He already had a wife, Hong Shi, who was also the daughter of a red candidate in Beiyang. She had a very temper, so he didn't dare to openly talk about taking concubines.His father was naturally very happy to see his son come back, and told him that he had asked someone to tell Xiang Gongbao that in the future, when sponsoring someone else, only the National Security Academy would approve him as a Jinshi, which is a special honor.He told his son to serve the royal family well in the future, and the word "revolution" must never be uttered.Guoan laughed and said, "Father, I can tell you the truth. Those of us studying abroad just recite the word "revolution" as a toothache mantra. Whoever recites it more times will have a greater reputation. With a reputation, the court will naturally pay attention to it. Gong keeps his mind, always changing the cage, worrying about not having a rich official to do it? This is a shortcut to seek an official. In fact, who is willing to break his family's life to do such a stupid thing in his heart. The son has long understood, and still Do you use your father to give instructions?" Jin Daotai laughed and said, "Good boy, you are worthy of being the son of the Jin family!" He asked him when he was going to see Gongbao, and Guoan said, "That's not necessary. Too busy, none of the five classmates have arrived yet! When they are all here, go see them together, and Kung Pao will look loyal." Jin Youyi said: "Very good, that's it, you are tired too I will rest at home for a few more days." Then he called the coachman over and asked Tian Tian to set up the carriage in the afternoon, and took the young master to have a good time around.

A few days later, Cao and Zhang arrived first, and Guoan let them live in the mansion instead of going to the hotel.He took the two of them to meet Jin Youyi, and Youyi asked him to prepare a feast for them.A few days later, Yang Xiu, Gu Yan, and Zhang Guangyuan did not arrive. Guoan was surprised and said: "Yang Gu, one is from Hunan, and the other is from Hubei. Because of the long distance, it is only natural that you are a few days late. Yes. Zhang Boyuan is from Cangzhou. Although the Jinpu Road has not yet been completed, he got up early and left in two days. Why is there no news from him until today?" While he was surprised, he received a letter from Yang and Gu. It is said that he has arrived in Nanjing now, and he can come to Tianjin to meet with his brothers as soon as he sees Zhuang Gongbao.When Guoan saw Xin, he became more and more suspicious. Lu Yuan's family was about to arrive. Is Zhang Guangyuan coming or not?He begged his father to write a letter to the magistrate of Cangzhou, and asked him to drive to Guangyuan's home, and Youyi sent the letter.

But this Cangzhou magistrate, whose full name is Duhao, is from Fengtian. He is extremely shy, lazy and confused by nature.Although he was born as a Jinshi with two ranks, he was of no use at all, so the people gave him a nickname, called Quanduhao, and later added a badge to tell him not to care.He was not only not angry, but also happy, saying that he was his confidant.Xiang Gongbao felt pitiful because he was an old Jinshi, so he asked him to sign in Cangzhou.It was meant to adjust him, but the old gentleman misunderstood it, thinking that Gong Bao appreciated his knowledge.He then made up his mind to learn from the good achievements of Ji Changru in governing Huaiyang, so as to set an example for the county officials in the whole province.Therefore, after taking over, he didn't sit in the court, and he didn't sit in the court, and he didn't ask questions all day long except for eating and sleeping, and handed over all the cases to the master and the concierge.The masters colluded with eight classes and six rooms, engaged in selfishness and fraud, and bribed openly, and he didn't know it at all.Later, when the case became more complicated, he hired an assistant judge to clean it up for him.Xiang Gongbao sent a telegram, telling him to send Zhang Guangyuan to Tianjin, and to monitor him secretly. He looked at it and threw it aside, and he had long since forgotten that he was gone.It wasn't until the letter from Jin Daotai that he touched the previous matter. He realized that the matter was of great importance, so he was in a hurry and ordered the waiter to visit Guangyuan in Zhanggezhuang, Nanxiang.The master came over and stopped him and said, "Zhang Gezhuang is seventy or eighty miles away from the city. How can we make it in the afternoon? It's better to go early tomorrow morning."Unexpectedly, he didn't get up until after noon the next day, and he had no choice but to go. His master decided who to go, and sent two senior servants to Zhanggezhuang first to inquire about Guangyuan's whereabouts.The next day, he reported back: "Master Zhang still came home a month ago. He only stayed at home for one night and left secretly the next day. Before he left, he left a letter. Come, present it to the Elder Master." After speaking, he presented the letter.It's all good to take over, see above wrote: The son is not filial, and cannot follow the orders of his parents to become an official. He has the heart of betraying his parents' expectations, and has the intention of being promoted by Xiang Gongbao.However, if a son does not become an official, it is actually to protect his parents, and the son's unfilial piety is exactly the son's filial piety.Kung Pao recommended his son as a confidant, and since then, his son has gone to Paris to see the spirit of French democracy. He will not return to Japan to advocate revolution, so that is why he looks up to Kung Pao.As for the purpose of my son's life, he pledged himself to the country and never wavered.I don't know when we will meet Ciyan again.Lin Shu fell into tears and didn't know what to say.Son Guangyuan kowtowed. It's all good-looking, but I don't know why, so I leave it to the master to consider for him.When the master saw it, he stomped his feet unconsciously and said: "It's broken, it's broken. We didn't know where he was going after him for a month. Let Gongbao know about this. Not only can Dong Weng's official work be done, but he may also be killed." You need to bear some punishment." Everything was better and panicked, and hurriedly asked the master for advice.The master said: "This letter must not be published. It only said that after receiving the telegram, he would visit him in person. His family members said that he left one day after returning, and went to visit relatives in other counties. He will come back sooner or later. Unexpectedly, he waited for a month. He still hasn't come back, so he has to report the truth and ask Gongbao for instructions. First he will be confused for a while, and if he can't, then he will make up his mind." Everything is good and he has to do it. Besides, Guangyuan, why did he go home one day and leave again?There is also a layer of unspeakable difficulties.There are three brothers Guangyuan, he is the second, his eldest brother is farming, and his two brothers are studying.His father, Zhang Zhicheng, was an old Bagong. He was old-fashioned and kind, and he could do nothing but teach and read.His mother, Mrs. Li, favored Guangyuan.When he was seventeen years old, he studied with his father, and the old man taught him to practice stereotyped essays, but he refused to learn it, saying that learning it was of no use.Zhicheng hit him with the board and made him kneel, but he still refused to obey, and the father and son quarreled all day long.Seeing his son being beaten, Mrs. Li felt distressed, and asked him behind his back, what are you willing to do?Guangyuan said: "I would like to go to Japan to study." Li secretly took out the jewelry from her natal family's dowry, and the money she had accumulated over the past twenty years, and put together a total of more than one hundred taels of silver to Guangyuan, telling him to run away. Go to Baoding to find his uncle so that he can try to study abroad.His uncle Li Benhe taught Chinese at Baoding Normal School, and recently acted as the head of the school. He voted for it, and Li Benhe inserted his name into the overseas study class, and he was sent abroad within a month.Later, when Zhicheng found out, he had no choice but to let him go free.But Guangyuan became an officer in the overseas study circle in the province, and became a general in the revolutionary team. When his father heard this, he was not surprised, and often wrote letters to reprimand him and told him to return home early.How could he be willing to listen? Every time he wrote a reply, he would only say hello to him, without mentioning anything else. He went there for eight years and never came back.His mother, Mrs. Li, completely blinded her left eye. Finally, in May of this year, he suddenly came back and entered her house, and the whole family did not recognize him.Because when he left, he was still a child of sixteen or seventeen years old, but now he is twenty-five years old, and he has become an adult with all his body and face.As soon as he entered the door, the family dog ​​went up to bite him first, and was kicked away by him.His niece, Xiaohui, was only one year old when she left, and now she is ten years old. When she saw how she recognized him, she stared at him and asked who he was. Guangyuan smiled and said, "What's your last name?" The surname is Zhang." Guangyuan said: "My surname is also Zhang, and your father is my elder brother, do you understand?" Although Xiaohui didn't know Guangyuan, her grandma would nag several times a day on weekdays. cooked.As soon as he heard it, he jumped up and shouted: "Grandma, my second uncle is coming home!" He ran into the upper room, took his grandma's hand from the kang, and pulled it out, saying that grandma's second uncle was coming home. Home is coming.When Li Shi heard it, it was as if an ingot had fallen from midair.The left eye was blinded from crying, and the right eye was still 60% bright. It opened wide at once, rubbed off the kang, and asked, "Where is your second uncle?" , plopped on the ground, hugged his mother's knee, called mother, and burst into tears.Mrs. Li held his head in her arms, crying heartily.Xiaohui was so frightened that she cried.At this time, his elder brother, sister-in-law and younger brothers all ran over when they heard the crying, crying together.Guangyuan wiped away his tears first, then took his mother's hand and asked her what happened to her eyes.Mrs. Li cried and cursed: "It's all you, a heartless bastard. You didn't come back after you left. Mother washed her face with tears all day long and made her left eye go blind. If you don't come back for two years, your right eye will also be finished." .Good boy, your heart is made of iron, and I raised you for nothing!" At this point, she burst into tears again.Guangyuan comforted him repeatedly, and his brothers and sisters-in-law also helped to persuade him, and finally he stopped his grief.Guangyuan's brother, Guangshan, hurriedly went to the study in the neighboring village to invite his father. When Zhicheng heard that his son had returned, he was overjoyed and angry, so he hurried home from school.When father and son meet each other, there are naturally mixed feelings of sorrow and joy, and Zhicheng inevitably scolds his son again.Guangyuan also knew the old man's temper, only Nuonuo kept speaking and dared not say a word.Later when asked why he came back, Guangyuan repeated Xiang Gongbao's telegram.Zhicheng was very happy, and said: "After all, people are measured by the prime minister, and don't care about you children. Since you have been treated like this, you must know how to repay your kindness. From now on, you will be loyal, report to the royal family, and pay the palace guards.字,从此要绝口不谈。我们老两口子,将来也借你的光,享受一两次诰封,不枉养了你一场。你倘然不谨慎,暗地里仍和革命党往来,那项宫保可不是好惹的,他翻过脸来,不但你的性命不保,你这六十岁的老爹娘,全得随着担点罪名。至不济下到狱里,便活不了,还用着砍头吗?”志诚这一篇话,原为坚定广源的志向,好免得他日胡作非为。哪知广源听了,却真个动了心。他默默一打算,我此次回国,原是诈入宦途,专候有机会便实行革命,如今听他老父所言,要勉尽孝道吧,革命两字必须根本打消;要阳奉阴违吧,他日闹出事来连累了双亲,全要眼看受罪,未尽得一点孝道,反把爹娘断送了,良心上太说不过去。左思右想,到底是大英雄不受私情拘束,便决定了,仍做一个海外的亡命,这家庭是一天也住不得的。幸而他来的时候早有这种打算,行李盘缠等全寄存在天津一个日本旅馆里,回家原是空手来的。当日夜里,直谈了多半夜的话,就住在他爹娘屋里。老夫妻因为说的话多了,次日起床很晚,起来便不见了广源。忙问长子广田、三子广山,他往哪里去了。二人全说没看见,大家猜疑,以为他必是探望亲友去了,等了半日仍不见回来。李氏老娘急了,叫两个儿子分头去寻,哪里有他的影儿。后来从书桌的抽屉中寻出他亲笔两封信来,一封留给爹娘的,前文已经述过。一封留给弟兄的,把他不能在家的苦衷详细说了,求哥哥弟弟格外尽孝,好稍盖他的罪过。李氏老娘一听信中所言,心里一着急,登时倒在地上不省人事,要知生死如何,且看下回分解。
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