Chapter 45 Honest people also have spring

Having survived the stormy waves at sea, Brother Hong believes that he can still find a bowl of rice, although there may not be braised pig's trotters every meal.Sure enough, good news came soon that anyone who had served in the Beiyang Navy could reschedule their jobs.In fact, it should have been arranged a long time ago. If you lose a battle, you can't shift the responsibility to the soldiers, and you can't expect all the soldiers to die. Otherwise, who would dare to serve as a soldier? Brother Hong was assigned to Nanjing.On a warm spring day, he met the most important person in his life—a governor with a beautiful beard.

In the tall and majestic governor's office, the timid brother Hong didn't know what to say to the biggest official he had ever met in his life. Brother Hong, don't be nervous, the time has come to truly change your destiny. The governor looked at this honest young man with a smile, and with the smile, Brother Hong slowly calmed down his messy heart.In fact, there is really no need to be so nervous. Brother Hong's conditions in all aspects are still good.Graduated from a formal military academy, with a solid professional foundation, practical experience, and the key point: honest and hardworking.

The bearded governor is going to inspect Brother Hong. "There is a fort to be built, what are you going to do?" "It is not only keeping up with the progress, but also ensuring the quality, and never mixes tofu residue." "Honest man!" The bearded governor finally patted Brother Hong on the shoulder affectionately. This bearded man is Zhang Zhidong, a famous minister in the late Qing Dynasty. When leaving, Brother Hong said something: "Xiang Shuai, please rest assured, I will definitely do a good job in this humble job." Zhang Zhidong's name is Xiangtao, and others respectfully call him Xiangshuai.Literati always like to call themselves Marshal, both civil and military.Sure enough, when this "Xiang Shuai" was called, the relationship between the two became much closer.It seems that there are not many words, but the condensed ones are the fine products.

Brother Hong was also surprised afterwards, that he answered so brilliantly that day, which was not in line with his usual style.It's really good luck, and it can't be stopped. In the next year, Brother Hong moved his family to the fort, and stayed there every day to supervise the repairs. At the end of the year, Zhang Zhidong personally led the departments of industry and commerce, taxation, quality inspection, and discipline inspection to jointly conduct on-site inspections.After checking and checking, there is nothing to say.If you want to say one thing: the quality of the fort is quite good, Zhang Zhidong is quite satisfied.

Since then, Brother Hong's spring has come, and it really has come.Not the second spring, because his life has never really entered the spring before. In the second year, Zhang Zhidong served as the governor of Huguang, and brought Brother Hong to Wuhan to be responsible for training the new army. In Wuhan, Brother Hong is closely united around the leadership team centered on Xiangshuai, with one heart and one mind, forge ahead with determination, and is working hard to build the Hubei New Army into a modern army in the new century. Zhang Zhidong also admired the honest man Hong Ge very much, and he was sent to Japan three times to study and inspect military affairs.The first two times went very well, but I didn't expect the last time to encounter a catastrophe.

This is brother Hong's lifelong heart disease, guilt and pain all his life! In the autumn of 1901, Japan held a military exercise in Sendai. Zhang Zhidong specially asked Brother Hong to take his eldest grandson Zhang Houkun to study and learn.Zhang Houkun was also a young talent who was studying at the Japanese Army Non-commissioned Officer Academy. Zhang Zhidong doted on this grandson the most, and after a few days of not seeing him, he was so desperate that he urged them to return home.Seniors, understandable. As soon as Brother Hong and his party returned to Shanghai, Xiangshuai called again and immediately took a fast reincarnation to Wuhan to comfort Sun Zhi.

When we arrived at Wuhan Jiangan Wharf, we had already prepared two fast horses.The call is at the pier again, don't go home, go straight to the governor's office, I can't wait. Zhang Zhidong used high-tech radio waves to convey his love, his grandfather's affection for his grandson.Brother Hong smiled and said, "Xiang Shuai is a hero, and loves his sons and daughters. I am touched!" Zhang Houkun worked hard, he also missed his grandfather very much, and a family drama of grandparents meeting is about to be staged. A horse is a good horse; a man is a newcomer. So the accident happened, and the horse, not recognizing its new owner, was frightened and jumped high.Zhang Houkun was caught off guard and fell off his horse.

People in the army, if you fall, you will fall, it's no big deal, just climb up again. But a fatal accident happened. Zhang Houkun's feet were still covered in the saddle, and he couldn't take them off. He was dragged by the horse and ran wildly all the way. Another fatal accident occurred. The saber at Zhang Houkun's waist pierced into his abdomen, blood flowed all over the ground, and his face was beyond recognition. Two fatal accidents happened right next to Brother Hong, but he was powerless and couldn't help at all.Crazy Horse ran too fast, and the explosive power and speed of the runaway wild horse were astonishing, Brother Hong couldn't catch up at all.

Just like that, a fresh life passed away in an instant amidst the neighing of the crazy horse. Zhang Zhidong rushed to the scene of the incident in person. He lost his grandson in old age, and his life was in great pain.Holding his grandson's body, he burst into tears and was in great pain. Another person also cried bitterly, Brother Hong.He was extremely guilty and self-blaming, and in extreme pain, for not taking good care of Xiangshuai's favorite grandson. The grandson disappeared in the blink of an eye. Zhang Zhidong wanted to vent his grief and resentment. He wanted to find someone to vent his revenge on. He had to find someone, otherwise he would be too sorry for the tragic death of his grandson.

Could it be Brother Hong?Poor brother Hong, it has only been a few years since his spring march was played. After all, Xiangshuai is Xiangshuai, his reputation is not something he blows out, he will not make things difficult for Brother Hong, he will make things difficult for the culprit. That's right, the culprit is simply not human, so he must be punished properly. The culprit was indeed not a person, but an animal, a horse, the horse that killed Zhang Houkun. Zhang Zhidong ordered people to beat the horse with wooden sticks and rattan whips. After three days and three nights of whipping, the horse was slowly tortured to death.The whip also hit Hong Ge's heart, and he didn't close his eyes for three days and three nights.

Alas, how innocent are horses, and how innocent are people! This was not enough, and a monument was erected at the place where Zhang Houkun fell from his horse. The sacrificial text on it was so sad that he couldn't bear to read it. Brother Hong would cry as soon as he passed here, and he would only cry without looking at the inscription. Why not read the inscription?Zhang Xiangshuai is a top-notch master of pure literature, watching it will definitely make you cry on the ground and can't get up.But the text on the stele is too small, so you have to get close and lie on it to read it. It's not very elegant for a big man to lie on top of the stele; also, there are too many "xixixi", Brother Hong can't understand it.But Brother Hong thought about it carefully later, he would lose atmosphere if he didn't read the inscriptions, and he wouldn't be able to show his true feelings. In order to show his sincerity, he deliberately lay down on the stone tablet and read each word carefully, more than 10,000 words, and it took him several hours to finish reading; he read while lying down, and cried while reading.After returning, he fell down, and Tiehan couldn't hold on. When Brother Hong came to the Governor's Mansion, when he saw Zhang Zhidong, he knelt down, not only to apologize, but also willing to accept any punishment, as long as the old man felt better. Zhang Zhidong burst into tears: "It's none of your business, everything is doomed, God forbids him." Zhang Zhidong finally patted Hong Ge's shoulder affectionately, and everything returned to calm. It's all right, brother Hong will really be all right in the future, nothing at all, the biggest thing is to have a baby.A few years later, he was promoted to Commander (Brigade Commander). Brother Hong often told his wife that whenever he slacked off, couldn't hold on, or wanted to give up, he would think of those big warm hands and that gentle pat, which was the motivation for his life. A few years later, Zhang Zhidong was promoted to Beijing, and a new brother came to Hubei. Brother Hong was still the same as usual, every festival and new year, he always went to the governor's office to pay his respects, but he still didn't dare to look up when he saw Brother Xinyi.No matter what you ask, you only say three words: "Yes yes yes!" But this new brother never said he was honest, never patted him on the shoulder. Brother Hong never dared to look up at Brother Xinyi gorgeously at a 45-degree oblique angle, because he was afraid of neck cramps; he never thought of being favored by Brother Xinyi on a certain spring day, because he didn't need it. There is only one opportunity in a person's lifetime, and there is only one noble person. Brother Hong is content. But none of them expected that from then on, the fates of the two had been inseparably bonded together to such a degree that even a gold cutter could not cut them apart.