Chapter 17 The Last Auspicious Cloud of the Qing Dynasty

The demolition office was being demolished in a hurry, and one person was also anxious.Veteran Zhang Zhidong was worried that if the building was torn down like this again, everyone would not be able to find a place to jump off the building, so he had to persuade Zaifeng. Scholars are different, and their conscience is not lost.Zhang Zhidong felt a little sorry for the old lady's cultivation for so many years. This old minister died and retreated. If he didn't tell him, who would he expect?At any rate, he is also a famous official of a generation, and at the critical moment, he will take action when it is time to do so.

Zaifeng still respects Zhang Zhidong very much. We are all scholars, people who love and collect books, and their common hobbies made them get close for a time. Zhang Zhidong's eloquence was excellent, once he opened his mouth, he was like the water of the Yellow River, so there was no room for Zaifeng to speak.Zaifeng listened very interesting at the beginning, gradually became a little interesting, after a long time, it became a bit annoying, but it was not interesting, and finally it was directly classified as boring.I'm not a young man who doesn't know anything about the world. I think that when I was 18 years old, I became brothers and sisters with William. I understand what you said.The rise and fall of the country is supported by our second generation, so is it necessary to be so alarmist every day?

In 1909, the Jinpu Railway was expanded and land was acquired to build the station.The railway construction party used official power to forcibly purchase farmers' land at a low price, causing conflicts.Zaifeng asked Zhang Zhidong for his opinion, and Zhang Zhidong suggested soliciting public opinion. What is public opinion?The voice of the common people. Zaifeng was a little puzzled: "Master Zhongtang is highly respected, just one word is enough." Zhang Zhidong replied seriously: "If the imperial court employs people regardless of public opinion, I'm afraid it will provoke a civil uprising."

Zaifeng suddenly remembered William's action of holding a gun, and blurted out: "The country keeps these soldiers, why are we afraid of civil uprising?" Zhang Zhidong was stunned, and the regent, who never liked to talk, finally uttered a sentence, it was so cold-blooded and vicious that the whole Forbidden City trembled. Zaifeng was also stunned, he was used to speaking softly, but today he acted so violently, showing the courage of a man, it seems that a man should be tougher and tougher on himself. Power leads to cold blood, and absolute power leads to absolute cold blood.

After losing his temper, Zaifeng would like to express his gratitude to one person—William.It was his action of holding the gun that finally made himself hard and ruthless.After several years of thinking, the "William Myth" was finally unraveled, and Zaifeng couldn't help applauding his extraordinary talent secretly. But I still misunderstood. William told him to train soldiers, not to kill people. Zhang Zhidong didn't say much, but replied slowly: "The purpose of raising soldiers is not to beat the common people." Discussions could not be resolved, and the two parties broke up unhappy.

From then on, Zhang Zhidong took sick leave and recuperated at home. He read Bai Juyi's "Bai Shi Changqing Collection" over and over all day long, but he couldn't stand it anymore. He was waiting for someone—Zaifeng.Anyway, I'm a veteran of Gu Ming, and I'm sick, so you can come and have a look and say a few words of comfort.I have stepped down, and you also have a good reputation for respecting talents and knowledge. But Zaifeng just didn't come, there are a lot of things waiting for him, ranging from family to country, he has no time. Two months have passed, and there is no movement, so I will ask for another two months of leave.

Two months later, Zhang Zhidong really fell ill.There was no serious illness at first, but I guess I could not wait for comfort, so I got angry and sick.I'm getting old, I can't stand the toss, and it seems that I'm about to die. Zhang Zhidong called out from the bottom of his heart: My lord, I am really sick this time, very seriously ill, if you don't come again, you will never see me again. Zaifeng finally came, holding Zhang Zhidong's hand, and said belated blessings: "Zhongtang has a reputation, is loyal to the country, and cherishes it well for the country."

Zhang Zhidong was very excited: "Don't dare to be loyal to the country, honest and selfless, dare not encourage yourself?" Zaifeng, did you hear that, Master Zhang is mocking you.To be "integrity and selflessness", don't try to use the young people at home to busily demolish the foundation of the ancestors. But Zaifeng didn't listen, his attention was attracted by a poem: "Sincerely touches people's hearts and returns, and the monarch and the people are eccentric in the last days. You must know that people feel the heaven and the earth, and tears shed on the allegorical poems of Xiangshan."

At that time, the title was "Xiangshan New Yuefu", and Xiangshan Jushi was Bai Juyi's alias.Zaifeng was very puzzled, it's strange, why haven't I seen this poem before, I'm still young, and my memory has deteriorated to such an extent?In the future, I really need to spend more time stamping and reading books.He still claims to be Bai Juyi's fan all the time, he is a die-hard fan, Zaifeng is a little ashamed. After going back, I looked through every book in the study, but I couldn't find this poem. "Young men don't work hard, the old ones are sad", even forgetting which book it is in, Zaifeng sighed and blamed himself.

After blaming himself, Zaifeng began to blame Zhang Zhidong.Everyone is a professionally trained scholar, so there must be a source for citing other people's original works.Indicate the number of volumes, page numbers, and editions, which is convenient for yourself and others. Academic norms must start with yourself, and start from scratch. As soon as I thought of this, Zhang Zhidong had already gone.He admired Zhang Juzheng (posthumously named Wenzhong after his death) the most, and hoped to get the posthumous title of Wenzhong.I'm sorry, but if you don't even give a source for writing poems, are you still loyal?Changed to Wenxiang.

Zaifeng, you are wrong to blame Zhang Zhidong. It is impossible to find the poem, because it is Zhang Zhidong's original work. He wrote this poem with a line from Bai Juyi's "Seven Virtues Dance", "touching people's heart with heart". Therefore, it is titled "Reading Bai Letian's Yuefu Sentence "Touching People's Hearts with Your Heart"". Letian is Bai Juyi's character.Master Zhang, you are the real Yi Fan.Not only will I read it, but I will also write my impressions after reading it.But it was too late, the poems were still there, but the people were gone. The Optimus Prime of the country has fallen, and there is another backbone in the Yimi group. Zaifeng's heart is a little confused, and he has a vague premonition that something ominous is about to happen to him.