Chapter 2 Chapter 1 A gang fight caused by a woman

The first snow in 1907 came later than usual. A carriage parked at Laolongtou Station was carrying a romantic past. A man and a woman sat in the carriage.The man's name is Wang Yisun, in his early forties, with a dignified expression; the woman's name is Yang Cuixi, eighteen or nineteen years old, with a face full of fear. "Drive!" the coachman yelled loudly, and the carriage galloped away, and soon entered a mansion in the concession. Soon, there was a noise in the mansion, an old woman reprimanded Wang Yisun loudly, apparently it was his mother.Wang Yisun stood with his hands down, without saying a word, while Yang Cuixi sobbed softly beside him.

After a while, the two walked out of the mansion again. Wang Yisun sent Yang Cuixi to the carriage and whispered something to the driver. "Drive!" the coachman yelled loudly, and the carriage galloped away. Wang Yisun is a wealthy Tianjin salt merchant, and Yang Cuixi is a famous singing girl in Beijing and Tianjin.When a rich businessman meets a singing girl, a Chinese-style old-fashioned family ethics drama seems to be unfolding. The next day, almost all the newspapers in Tianjin published a notice in a prominent position—a very special declaration of love: Ming Jian, a reporter from various newspapers: I have been in love with Yang Cuixi for a long time. Although she is a singing girl, she is so in love with her that it is really difficult to part with her.In order to fulfill the promise of love and get together as soon as possible, I redeemed her body without hesitation.Yang Cuixi has been as happy as a flower since she followed me.But recently there have been many rumors that Yang Cuixi has been dedicated to a certain dignitary in Beijing.This is slander, blatant slander.You can slander me, but you can't slander a kind and weak woman, let alone our pure love.These days, Yang Cuixi has been by my side, we don't want to touch the sky, and we don't want to touch the ground, we just want to cuddle with each other and grow old slowly.

This declaration of love spread throughout Tianjin Wei at once, and became the talk of ordinary people after dinner. Some people watch for excitement: courtesans, wealthy businessmen, elopements, declarations of love, rich and powerful, all attract attention. Some people were moved by watching: In those days, a man put down his figure to marry a lowly actor, and dared to express his love openly and loudly.The Chinese version of a hundred years ago is being staged. There is a person who is also paying close attention to this elopement of love between men and women. He wasn't looking for excitement.He is a cold man who never stimulates himself.

What he saw was not moved.He is an iron-blooded man, and tenderness will never bloom in his heart. This man is plainly dressed, with a medium-sized build; a big Chinese face, with two big beards, which he strokes with his hands from time to time—actually, there are only those few beards, which are just habitual movements.Everything is so ordinary, the only special thing is the pair of eyes, small eyes, sharp eyes, so sharp that they can pierce your peripheral nerves and destroy all your brain cells.Of course, these eyes are only lethal to men, and the eyes that kill women are called melancholy.

He holds eleven positions: Governor of Zhili and Minister of Beiyang, Minister of Political Affairs, Minister of Military Training, Minister of Commercial Law, Minister of Supervision of Electricity...all of them are extremely important errands. In the political arena of the late Qing Dynasty, who had the talent and courage to cover all workers, peasants, businessmen and soldiers? Zeng Guofan?Kind of close to the answer, sadly long since passed away. Li Hongzhang?Getting closer to an answer, sadly passed away recently. Yuan Shikai?Yes, that's him. He is the only all-round big man alive in the political arena.

When did Yuan Shikai become interested in other people's housework? Not him alone, but a large group of people are interested. A few days later, an old man with white beard and hair and a young man came to Tianjin quietly. The old man is called Sun Jianai, the chief cabinet scholar, the teacher of Emperor Guangxu, the number one scholar, and an absolute heavyweight; the young man is even the best of the heavyweights: Zaifeng, Prince Chun, the younger brother of the current emperor, and the father of the future emperor. They were not inspecting or going on a spring outing, but they were looking for someone, and they were also looking for the woman who eloped on a snowy night——Yang Cuixi.

The prince, the bachelor, the governor, so many big-witted figures are making trouble with a woman, why? Love between men and women, and parents' discord seem to be matters of morality, and have nothing to do with officialdom.However, the battlefield can make women go away; the officialdom cannot be separated from the involvement of women.The rise of every official is always because there is a woman standing behind him, a woman who silently contributes; the downfall of every official must be because there are too many women standing behind him, too many women who demand too much. It was the appearance of this woman that finally aroused the pain and hatred of the bosses and stimulated all the hormones of the men.

A group fight is about to begin. It started with Fengyue, but it is related to the destiny of the country.