Chapter 8 The Struggle History of the Evil Younger in Beijing

This distinguished guest is one of the most powerful characters in the late Qing Dynasty, Qu Hongxuan's political ally and Empress Dowager Cixi's darling, Cen Chunxuan.Those who are respected are called Cen Sanye, those who are familiar with him are called the third son, and those who are contemptuous by opponents are called Cen San.Cen Chunxuan is also a straightforward person, he can be called whatever, as long as he is not called Xiaosan.Men like to be big in everything, Cen Chunxuan has been very bold since he was a child, and he has been a ruthless character since he was a child.

Why are you cruel?It's very simple, his father, Cen Yuying, is also a ruthless character, like a father, like a son. Cen Yuying was born as a chieftain, and served as the governor of Yunnan and Guizhou for a long time, guarding the southwestern border, and has a great reputation.One day, the father called his five sons to him and asked them about their future aspirations.The brothers all answered wonderfully, only Cen Chunxuan remained silent. Cen Yuying was very surprised: "Little San (only my father can call him that), why don't you speak? Don't you have great ambitions, are you satisfied with being a second-generation official?"

Cen Chunxuan looked up at the sky, and it took him a while to say a harsh word: "Aspirations are made, not spoken." "Okay, ruthless enough! As expected of my old Cen's son." Cen Yuying was overjoyed, and soon sent Cen Chunxuan to Beijing for further studies. Cen Chunxuan, the second generation official, grew up happily in Beijing under the wing of his father. "Conceited of family status and talent, mighty; gold attracts guests, and the family is full of horses and horses", dare to do things, especially likes to fight against injustices, prefers to do things, and those who play with their lives are nicknamed "Crazy Three" by the people of the capital.After a few years, he gained a small reputation and ranked first among the "evil young men in the capital".

After his father passed away, Cen Chunxuan gradually changed his temper and restrained himself a lot.Relying on the shadow of his father, he worked as an official in the capital, but he soon got tired of it, and he was transferred to the chief political envoy of Guangdong because of his relationship. Unexpectedly, just after taking office, a major event happened.The story that had to be told between him and his boss. The boss is Tan Zhonglin, the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, an old bureaucrat who is very old. Tan Zhonglin is not a fuel-efficient lamp either.He was born in Jinshi and Hanlin, and his official career is smooth, and he is a veteran in officialdom.I usually hate Westernization very much, but I also have to deal with foreigners. All foreign-related memorials are drafted by the master.

Once, the master asked Tan Zhonglin to dictate the memorial "Fate".Tan Zhonglin was angry, he did not follow the old rules and wrote a few clichés about the great unity of the people of the world. After finishing writing, Tan Zhonglin was puzzled when he saw the words "Spania (Spain)" in the text.Use a pen to erase the word "Spartania", add a word "Ben" under the word "日", and make an annotation in lower case next to it: "Oriental, that is, the island country of Japan. In "Three Hundred Tang Poems", It can be proved that the five words of "Send the Monk to Japan" are the same when you have money. "Annotation to Tang Poetry", the name of Japan is Dongying, and there is no other name of Spartania."

After finishing writing, Mr. Tan triumphantly handed over the memorial to the master. When the master saw it, he couldn't laugh or cry, but how dare he contradict his own parents?I have no choice but to re-write an article and write "British, French, German, American, Obi, Japanese and Italian" together. Now Mr. Tan can't change it, right? The next day, the memorial was returned, and the word "本" was added under the word "日", and there were still dense annotations beside it: "Oriental, that is, the island country of Japan..." You can insult your IQ, but don't insult mine.

The master couldn't bear it anymore, he was so angry that he left without packing. Tan Zhonglin has a close friend who works in Guangzhou Customs.Customs, you know, a unit with a lot of oil and water.There is a lot of oil and water, and the appetite is also big, and gold and silver are swallowed.As soon as Cen Chunxuan arrived, he received a large pile of complaint letters.After finding out the truth, Cen Chunxuan advocated immediate dismissal, but Tan Zhonglin of course disagreed. Unexpectedly, the next day, Cen Chunxuan came to Tan Zhonglin with the drafted memorial and demanded that the big customs moth should be brought to justice immediately.

Cen Chunxuan was brave enough to openly compete with the governor.Although Tan Zhonglin didn't enter the military plane, he was still the king of Nantian who dominated one side. When has he ever been contradicted like this.But Cen Chunxuan was even more fearless, the two began to fight each other, and the more fierce they became, the more Tan Zhonglin began to slap the table and curse at others. If you shoot, I will shoot too; Cen Chunxuan is young, with strong hands, and claps louder. Suddenly, Tan Zhonglin's reading glasses fell on the stone table and shattered.This is his treasure, an authentic Swiss import, but it seems that the quality is not very good, so I can't help but drop it.Tan Zhonglin became angry from embarrassment, so he went all out, and cursed with his eyes closed when he couldn't see.

Just as he was scolding vigorously, he opened his eyes and saw that Cen Chunxuan had already slipped away. Of course Cen Chunxuan was not afraid, he wanted to act first and drafted the memorial overnight.I was discussing official business with the governor in the office. We were talking vigorously, but he scolded me, slapped the table and scolded me.It's okay to scold me, but he even attacked me with a murder weapon. murder weapon? It was the shattered reading glass, with broken glass everywhere.Don't underestimate it, the imported glass is extremely sharp, it will kill people. Since someone is going to die, it is not a trivial matter, the court has decreed: Tan Zhonglin is indeed old, go home and recuperate.

Being old is not a problem, the key is that you are holding the murder weapon. To be fair, Tan Zhonglin, even though you are older, you shouldn't rely on your old age and start swearing.Cen Chunxuan, there is something wrong with you. After all, he is an old man. Even if he holds a murder weapon, he can take the sword with his bare hands. I believe you have this ability.What kind of man is running away?Fortunately, you are still behind the door. After such a commotion, Cen Chunxuan couldn't stay in Guangzhou anymore, and was transferred to remote Gansu, and his official rank was still slightly lower than that of the second-rank chief envoy—the third-rank inspector.Long memory, leave a lesson.

Cen Chunxuan didn't care where he was an official, but he really liked the scenery beyond the Great Wall.The sunset on the long river, the solitary smoke in the desert, the galloping horses, the manly spirit, this kind of life, one word: cool! If it wasn't for a national disaster, Cen Chunxuan might have spent his whole life watching Yun Juan Yun Shu in the Gobi Desert. After the Eight-Power Allied Forces captured Beijing in 1900, Empress Dowager Cixi ran wildly with Emperor Guangxu, calling it Xishou (hunting) to the outside world. This sixty-five-year-old lady has asked a million times, who will accompany me to hunt? Who believes it?One meal is full and the other is hungry, people are skinny and skinny, and they still hunt, so it is lucky not to be eaten by their prey.Cen Chunxuan, who was far away in Lanzhou in the northwest, seemed to sense Cixi's desperate cry, and he immediately asked the governor to go hunting.The governor disagreed, there was no money for money, no one for people, Beijing was captured by foreigners, who cares about the old lady? Cen Chunxuan was in a hurry. I had no money, so I raised the funds myself; if there was no one, I brought my own guards, and I didn't need a penny from the public. So Cen Chunxuan set off with his dozens of guards. In the endless Gobi, thousands of miles of yellow sand, thousands of miles, I am looking for you.Cen Chunxuan and his soldiers risked their lives across the desert and grass.For countless days and nights, they wrestled with the harsh living environment, wrestled with their exhausted bodies, and wrestled with their weak wills.Their goal is only one: the yellow sand is thousands of miles long, and the capital will arrive soon. Cen Chunxuan was looking forward to it, and knelt down when he arrived, old lady, I will report; the soldiers were also looking forward to it, and fell down when they arrived, grandma, I want to sleep. After two months of long journeys and hardships, the old lady was finally found. Cen Chunxuan lay on the ground with tears streaming down his face: "Queen Mother, I have come to see you. Whether it is Xishou, Dongshou, Beishou, Nanshou, in short, the third child will always follow you." A gentle word is better than thousands of flattery. Cixi cried, really cried. Crying sadly, after so many days, no one cares about me; crying with emotion, after so many days, someone finally cares about me; crying happily, after so many days, finally someone can rely on. Cixi is also a human being, as long as she is a human being, there are times when she is vulnerable.Especially for women, when they are most desperate and helpless, just a gentle greeting will touch the softest part of their hearts. What is more touching is yet to come. One night, Cixi was sleeping in a ruined temple when she suddenly woke up from a nightmare and shouted for help.A deep bass came from the door: "Chen Chunxuan is here to escort you." Under the hazy moonlight, a stalwart sculpture-like figure stood at the door with a knife in his hand. Cen Chunxuan is actually a tenor and usually has a loud voice, so he might be afraid of scaring Cixi at night, so he switched to a bass. Since having this magnetic bass, Cixi has slept soundly every night since then. Cen Chunxuan won tears of gratitude by traveling thousands of miles; Qu Hongxuan won tears of maternal love by his appearance.So the tears shed for them are the most valuable, a tear worth a thousand dollars. With this unforgettable hunting experience, Cen Chunxuan naturally became the most caring person around the old lady. You can say that Cen Chunxuan is speculating, or you can say that he cheated Cixi's trust, but Huangsha Wanli, why did Cen Chunxuan alone rush to Cixi's side, bringing her strength and warmth?Those pure men who talk about "big love" all day long, where are you when the old lady needs you most? Cixi always keeps the warmth in her heart. She misses and takes care of the big man Cen Laosan, thinking about it all the time, and taking care of it meticulously. In the end what kind of miss, how meticulous?There is no evidence for empty words, and I will bring you evidence. Cen Chunxuan's subordinate Li Zhun entered Beijing in May 1905 (April in the old calendar), and he completely recorded Cixi's conversation about Cen Chunxuan: Just go and help Cen Chunxuan as if you were helping me.Cen Chunxuan is loyal to defending the country, and he and I belong to the monarch and minister, and love like mother and son.In Gengzi's year, it wasn't Cen Chunxuan, how could our mother and son still be today (when talking to the emperor, the emperor nodded)?It's just as if I raised another son like him.You go to Guangdong and tell him not to be so hasty, and to take things easy and take it easy. It can't be done in a day. If he gets anxious, it will be a big deal.If you help him with something, he can be less anxious. When Li Zhun was leaving five days later, Cixi specifically urged: I have nothing else, just what I said two days ago, I hope you will help Cen Chunxuan well, teach him not to worry, take things slowly, and don't get anxious.Besides, he was always sick, so there was nothing to worry about.When you see him, you just say, I am fine with the emperor, as long as he doesn't get sick, I will be happy.You told him what I said and what I said in the previous two times, saying that I miss him all the time! Happy with your happiness, sad with your sadness.Who said that a cruel woman has no tenderness? "Mother's love, the great mother's love that surpasses everything in the world!" This is not what I said, it was Cen Chunxuan who said it with tears after listening to Li Zhun's recitation of the empress dowager's true love confession. It's all about this, mother and child love each other deeply, Cen Chunxuan must repay her mother's love no matter what, share her mother's worries, and want her mother to be proud of him.He aspires to mend the sky with his giant hands and become a ZTE official like Zeng and Hu. Although the words of the Empress Dowager were spoken two years later, what happened to Gengzi happened three years ago. In 1903, Cen Chunxuan came to Guangzhou again. Things changed and people changed. At this time, he was already the boss of Guangdong and Guangxi. But just as soon as he took office, something went wrong. The rain kept falling, and it kept falling, and the good mood of spring blossoms was almost drowned by the rain.What should I do in this situation? As usual, the local officials lead the people all over the city to the Temple of the City God to pray for the sunshine, and ask the God of the City God to show his spirit, so that the dark clouds can be pushed aside to see the sunrise. The ceremony was very grand, and the sacrificial text was very emotional: "The sky is lingering, the earth is lingering, my city god will appear soon, and the sun will shine when it comes out..." As I read it, the officials wept and the common people cried too. The scene was quite touching.Crying to this point, whether God is moved, whether the City God has appeared, then we can't control it, let's do things according to our conscience. This time, as usual, the local officials took the people to the largest Town God's Temple to ask for sunshine.When they came to the scene, everyone was stunned, the Temple of the City God was turned into a pile of rubble, and the God of the City God was nowhere to be found. Everyone started crying again, heaven, earth, who made this evil?How will you live in the future? Everyone rushed to the governor's office and cried to Cen Chunxuan.Cen Chunxuan was impatient: "Don't cry, it's already raining, don't you think there's not enough rain? I demolished it. Does the Town God's Temple take care of food and drink? There's a use for it." The next day, there was a sudden burst of thunder. When I listened carefully, it was the sound of cannons. Going to war again?The people panicked. Don't be afraid, the sound of the guns is harmless and harmless. It was neither a war nor a drill, it was Cen Chunxuan who was protesting to God, and incidentally threatened God with the sound of artillery.He ordered that the tops of Baiyun Mountain and Shougouling be filled with cannons, and with one order, they fired into the sky one after another. Use the sound of cannons to tell the officials that if you are a good official, you can collect money, but don't be too dark; people, be obedient and watch, but don't try to change the court.God, I dare to fight, let alone you. Even God beats him, is that okay?The impeachment memorials were sent to Beijing one after another.Cixi laughed, Censan, interesting; the foreigners gave a thumbs up, they have personality, Russia likes it. From then on, foreigners admired Cen Chunxuan very much, and called him: Tiger Mandarin (Manchuria Tiger). The light rain in March is still pattering non-stop, the flowers outside are all withered, and all the flowers are blooming alone in Cen Chunxuan's heart. The temple was demolished and bombarded, and the goal was achieved.Since then, Cen Chunxuan has been the god of Guangdong, the city god of Guangdong.Now, he can mend the sky. How to make up?It is necessary to start with two chronic social diseases, the underworld and the society underworld, referred to as the two underworlds. The gangsters and bandits in Guangzhou are rampant, especially pirates, which seriously threaten the harmonious and stable life of the people. The society is black, the officialdom is corrupt, no official is not corrupt, and no official is not black, which seriously damages the image of the court. Cen Chunxuan made up his mind to catch both gangsters and harden both hands. He raised the butcher knife in his hand, and the big knife first chopped off the heads of the corrupt officials. The magistrate of Nanhai County is a big moth, but he is cunning and deceitful. Cen Chunxuan dismissed him as soon as he took office and took care of him.But no one dared to expose it, I'm afraid, Cen Chunxuan will leave in a few years, isn't this place still dominated by local snakes?Zhixian took the opportunity to sneak to Macau, relying on the protection of the Portuguese. Cen Chunxuan was also unambiguous, and immediately prepared a speedboat, loaded with elite marines and heavy weapons, and chased to Macau.The tone is extremely tough, and the Chinese people will solve their own affairs. In a word, they either let people go or fire the cannon. After all, people couldn't pull the cannon, and Zhixian was escorted back in despair. The common people are boiling, looking forward to how many years finally looking forward to a clean official, a ruthless clean official.The people's umbrellas that sang meritorious deeds were overwhelmingly sent to the governor's office.Cen Chunxuan was moved, he just did what he was supposed to do, yet he received such admiration, the Chinese people are so kind and easy to be fooled. During his tenure as governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, Cen Chunxuan impeached no less than a thousand officials, earning himself the reputation of "butcher". Staying away from Guangzhou and Cen San was the heartfelt call of the corrupt officials at that time. If the social underworld is solved, the underworld will be better settled.Elite divisions and heavy weapons go up together, leaving you no place to hide, and pirates fall down in batches. Cen Chunxuan chose an auspicious day for the public trial of the pirates. He specially prepared a jar of wine, executed the pirates on the spot, took blood from his abdomen, dripped it into the wine glass, and drank it all in one gulp.Abandoning Shenma's humanitarian compassion, this kind of courage, the late Qing Dynasty really can't find a second. From then on, Cen Chunxuan became the most ruthless character in the political arena in the late Qing Dynasty. Firstly, he was ruthless enough, and secondly, his backer was even more ruthless. Since he wanted to mend the sky, Cen Chunxuan naturally wanted to compete with the God of Heaven. He set his sights on Beijing, sharpening his sword... But Cen Chunxuan's knife is fast, there is someone faster than him.Yuan Shikai's knife. With Cen Chunxuan's knife in his hand, blood overflowed from the murder; with Yuan Shikai's knife in his heart, no blood was seen in the murder. In fact, Yuan Shikai and Cen Chunxuan didn't have any problems. A governor of Beiyang, a governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, one south and one north, there is no intersection.However, Cen Chunxuan's anti-corruption and anti-crime campaign in Guangzhou, the two public support projects made him famous, not to mention the nourishment of the most qualified mother's love.Cen Chunxuan looked down on Yuan Shikai, let alone buy him. Yuan Shikai likes people who have a good reputation, don't love money, have hot wrists, and have someone on top, and he likes to put him down. No matter the hero or hero, he is most afraid of loneliness, and after finally finding a match-worthy opponent, Yuan Shikai's male hormones doubled overnight. Yuan Shikai found the person above—Yi Kuang.Yikuang also didn't like Cen Chunxuan, every provincial governor paid tribute, only this Cen San didn't pay a single penny, and talked bad things everywhere. The officialdom pays most attention to standing in line. If you don't stand with me, then I will put you down. Cen Chunxuan is actually a person who is rough on the outside and delicate on the inside. He knows that if he wants to fight the most powerful person in the dynasty, he must find a helper.Look for a minister who is as famous as yourself, has wrists, and has a superior person, Qu Hongxuan, and it will be you. Qu Hongxuan is a veteran in the political arena, but he is not a breakthrough general, and charging into battle is not his specialty.He's looking for a helper, a body bomb ready to go off at any moment.Mr. Cen, I have been waiting for you for too long. The two most favored men, the men who made Cixi cry the most, cherish each other and come together.They often exchange motherly love experiences together.They quietly prepared to give Empress Dowager Cixi a special gift, not for anything else, just want to say a word: Now is the time for us to show our love. Yikuang, Yuan Shikai, Qu Hongxuan, Cen Chunxuan, the four men finally came together.They split into two streams, two currents. Qingliu: the embodiment of justice.Whenever the country is in crisis, they will always shout loudly and sing into the clouds, and the exclamation marks are used so well that they fly all over the sky.If used properly, it can choke the living to death; as for the dead, of course they cannot live, but they will not be at peace either.Qingliu always talks more than he does.Since Emperor Guangxu's teacher Weng Tonghe was deposed, Qu Hongxuan seemed to be the leader of Qingliu in the central government.Cen Chunxuan is the local leader. Turbid Current: The incarnation of injustice, their greatest purpose is to pursue profit.The current goal is to make oneself rich and strong, and the long-term goal is to make the country rich and strong.They generally work hard and do more than talk.Yikuang is undoubtedly the leading brother of Zhuoliu, followed closely by Yuan Shikai. Common people like Qingliu, need their cry, need their passion.Also, they are as poor as themselves, and they are very balanced in their hearts. The tide rises and falls, which tide does Cixi like?I like clear streams when I need an exclamation point, and turbid streams when I need to do practical things.When the water is clear, there will be no fish, and when the water is turbid, no fish will be seen. It is best to keep the water quality that is not clear or turbid.Playing with balance, this is the old lady's forte. Qu Hongxuan and Cen Chunxuan, two people with completely different personalities, they meet because the water is too turbid and must be purified. Yikuang and Yuan Shikai, two people with similar personalities, they meet because the water is not muddy enough, so everyone can't see a fish. Now four men get together, who will start first? This, wait a minute. You're welcome, everyone is an adult, the wife is married, and the child is born. I haven't seen anything before, so why should I be embarrassed?