Chapter 45 Section 44

When Cen Chunxuan left Beijing, Zhao Qilin was also packing up his luggage and was going to go back to Hunan to live for a while.It is the most showy thing for a speech official to leave his post and return to his hometown due to impeachment of a dignitary. If the courtiers know or don't know it, the metropolis will hold a farewell banquet and even give away travel expenses.The departure banquet is often held in Songyun Nunnery, the ancestral hall of Yang Jisheng, where the censors often meet. This time, Zhao Qilin's farewell was not at Songyun Nunnery, but at Longshu Temple near Taoranting.The temple is named after a very ancient pagoda tree, and Zhang Zhidong liked to compose wine gatherings here when he was in Hanlin.One year, he collaborated with Pan Zuyin as Dong, a meeting of celebrities, and wrote poems until four o'clock in the afternoon.The two masters looked at each other, not knowing where to start?It turned out that Pan Zuyin thought that Zhang Zhidong had prepared, and Zhang Zhidong thought that Pan Zuyin must have prepared, but no one prepared the meal.Huangpi Leng Temple became famous because of this joke that spread to Nine Cities, and there are often footprints of poets and poets.

The host of this day is Wang Rongbao, the counselor of the Ministry of Civil Affairs.When the guests arrived, a piece of poem note titled "Farewell" had been pasted on the wall, and it was signed "Gunfu", which was Wang Rongbao's alias. This is of course a farewell poem to Zhao Qilin. It is a total of two seven rhythms: "The city gate is cloudy and the sun is falling, and the waves are misty. The guest is frightened. It is hard to get drunk with a stone in the turbid state, and there is still a sound in the night of the sword! Tigers and leopards are close to the sky. , Huilan would rather be timid and towering? Changyin went to Sanggan, and thousands of trees and birds sent you off.

The songs in the high hall are not the same, and the bright lights are hard to leave Xisi.It is not expected that the world will hear the phoenix, and send pedestrians to mourn the passing away. The flowers and branches on the left will be lost in the night moon, and the leaves in Dongting will blow up the autumn wind.Tianshu thinks about it sooner or later, and asks Gui Cong where the mountains are secluded. " The guests read it, and it is inevitable to comment, and some people think it is a good topic, which can express the meaning of rhyme.Among them was a lecturer named Yun Yuding. While he was strolling and contemplating, someone suddenly called out in his ear: "My lord!"

Yun Yuding had no distractions, so he couldn't help being surprised, when he looked closely, it was Gao Sheng, his personal follower, who immediately asked, "What's the matter?" "The madam sent someone to say that there is a very important guest coming to pay respects, please go back quickly, master." "What's the important guest?" "I didn't say anything." Gao Sheng took a step forward and said in a low voice, "I only know that the guest gave a very important gift." "Oh!" Yun Yuding thought about it, decided to leave first, and lied to the host, saying that the folks from Changzhou came to the house, and they had to go back to meet, and then left in a car.

I hurried back to see, I couldn't help being surprised, the guest was originally a family friend who had frequent contacts, his name was Zhu Lun, and he was the eldest son of Zhu Jiabao, the current governor of Jiangsu Province.Zhu Jiabao, whose name is Jingtian, is from Ning County, Yunnan. He was in the same year as Yun Yuding and Zhao Qilin in the "Liu Kesha" list of the Renchen Division in the 18th year of Guangxu. As the entourage of the political minister, Xu Laoji was awarded the title of magistrate, and he got to know Zai Zhen through Zai Ze's relationship. He flattered him deliberately and was extremely favored. Therefore, the magistrate, who was difficult to fill, was transferred to the Ministry of Civil Affairs as Yuanwailang .

The Zhu family's father and son knew how to be arrogant, and they would cook cold stoves occasionally. Yun Yuding was both the same year and the censor, so of course he must be on the list of giving red envelopes during festivals.In addition, there are often gifts of earthen ceremonies, and Zhu Lun personally visits the door every time, calling "Old Man, Old Man" very affectionately, so Yun Yuding also has a good impression of him. As soon as Zhu Lun had greeted him, Yun Yuding lost his temper to the servant: "It's obviously Young Master Zhu, how can you say he's an unfamiliar stranger? You really are a jerk!"

"Old man, old man!" Zhu Lun hastily explained, "It's my nephew's fault, I specially asked Guijie not to tell the truth, because it's right..." He apologized and said, "My little nephew has something to report. Can I let my nephew serve in my study? " "Oh, oh!" Yun Yuding understood a little bit, "Of course, of course. Please!" To enter the study, you have to pass through the Houxuan, and you can see that the table is full of gifts, including Yunnan Xuanwei ham, Jilin ginseng, etc., and there are four flower-carved altars of fifty catties piled on the ground, which is obviously sent by Zhu Lun.

"Is this from Young Master Zhu?" Yun Yuding asked deliberately. "Not good!" Zhu Lun hurriedly replied, "Please don't make fun of me, old man." "It's too expensive! It's too expensive!" Yun Yuding said repeatedly.I muttered a little in my heart, knowing that Zhu Lun came here with a request, and he definitely didn't ask for "a big stroke of a pen" to write a birthday preface or something, otherwise there is no need to keep people secret. really!When he got to the study and closed the door, Zhu Lun said straight to the point: "My nephew was ordered by Zhen Beizi to come here to ask the old man to uphold justice."

"Oh! This..." Yun Yuding took a deep breath and said, "To uphold justice for princes and relatives, I'm still a few years away from doing it." "The old man is too polite! Who wouldn't admire the old man who swept away thousands of troops with a pen?" Zhu Lun lowered his voice and said, "There is a manuscript, please read it." When Yun Yuding received it, he felt startled when he saw it, and saw the reason for the case: "Playing to the Minister of the Council, threatening and defrauding for selfishness, please reprimand." It has the words "shuchen", and it is entrusted by Zai Zhen, of course it refers to Qu Hongji.Yun Yuding thought to himself, if the stick is passed, if the opponent does not fall, but bounces back, his head will be broken.

Thinking of this, he ignored the following and raised his head to ask, "Who is the Shuchen referring to?" "The old man will know after reading it." "I know it even if you don't look at it. But, Shixiong," Yun Yuding asked with a smile, "I'm very surprised, why don't you find someone else, you want to find me?" "There is a reason for this. All the old men in Renchen feel that only the old man cares about Tongnian the most, and everyone expects him to come forward. Please ask the old man to come forward." "This, brother, is really the saying of the saying 'Zhang Er King Kong, I can't figure it out'!"

"I said a little bit, and the old man will understand. Renchen is on the list, and now he is proud of it, and he gets along very well with Qingtai Beiyang. To be hit hard." "Ah!" Yun Yuding was suddenly reminded, "This is true!" He did some calculations and found that Zhu Lun's father, Zhu Jiabao, followed Prince Qing's line; Tang Wenzhi, the current Minister of Agriculture, Industry and Commerce, is the teacher of Prince Qing's Mansion; Baoxi, the Minister of Education, is also very close to King Qing.And anyone who is close to King Qing also has a relationship with Beiyang.If Qing and Yuan collapsed and were affected in the same year, there would indeed be many people. However, Zhao Qilin is also a Renchen Branch.Referring to this point, Zhu Lun believed that Qu and Zhao were teachers and students because they were from the same hometown. "How can the same clan attack each other?" Yun Yuding had a look of disapproval. Zhu Lun was good at detecting words and distinguishing colors, and he heard that Qu Hongji was not invincible in his tone, so he said: "There is one more thing to tell the old man, Shanhua has been in power for so long, and sooner or later it will endanger Shenggong!" Upon hearing this, Yun Yuding's eyes widened, "What do you mean?" He asked aggressively. "Shanhua has made secret reports several times. Those who were convicted in the 1898 coup should be employed. The empress dowager always pretends to be deaf and dumb. This has given him a lot of face. But knowing that Shanhua keeps talking, I'm afraid the empress dowager The Empress Dowager suspected that it was the emperor's instigation, then there will be deep disagreements between mother and child?" "What you said," Yun Yuding almost reprimanded, "Who did you listen to?" "Qing Tai Zegong, and King Su have both said it." Zhu Lun could see from Yun Yuding's face that this statement was useful, so he added: "Tang Nianbo also knows." The "Tang Nianbo" in his mouth is Tang Wenzhi.Although this person is under Prince Qing's sect, he has good character and knowledge, and was recognized as a gentleman in the same year.Zhu Lun cited him as evidence, and his words gained strength. Yun Yuding blinked his eyes and thought for a while, then nodded and said to himself, "I have to go! Otherwise, it will be a big hidden danger for the emperor." It turns out that Yun Yuding is also a person who loves the emperor, but he is different from the New Party around 1898. He does not think that loving the emperor must oppose the Empress Dowager Cixi, but to reconcile the two palaces, yearning for the realm of mother's kindness and filial piety, naturally he regards "protecting the holy bow" as his Heavy.This idea is quite close to Zhang Zhidong, the difference is that Yun Yuding's attitude is more intense.Now moved by Zhu Lun's words, I am deeply afraid that Qu Hongji's actions will put the emperor at a disadvantage, so I decided to get rid of this hidden danger. This kind of understanding is exactly what Zhu Lun expected. After thinking about the situation, it is already a matter of course, so there is no need to say anything more.Sure enough, Yun Yuding began to read the manuscript.Under the cause of the case, it is written: "It is said that Qu Hongji, the minister of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Minister of Military Aircraft, who co-organized the University Scholars, secretly notified the hall, instructed the officials, secretly recruited foreign aid, and distributed party members." Seeing this, he had doubts. "What is the 'Dark Notification Hall'?" "Didn't Wang Kangnian, who runs the Beijing News, turn his goodness into Austrian aid?" "This cannot be said to be 'dark communication'." "Don't have your own reasons." Zhu Lun immediately said: "According to the news from the palace, the Empress Dowager once complained to Shanhua, down to dissatisfaction with Qingdi and his son. Shanhua passed through the family members of the Qu and Wang families Contacts, disclosed the news to Wang Kangnian, Wang quietly told the reporter of the British "Times" and sent a news, saying that China's political situation has undergone major changes, and the ruling party is about to change. The higher-ups knew this and were very angry. Said it was someone who made a rumor? After investigation, I found out the truth, and I think Shanhua is a sinister villain, and his family members are bad." "It turns out that there is such a saying. Then, the 'instructing officer' refers to Zhao?" "Yes!" Zhu Lun replied, "I heard there are other people." "What about 'Yin knot foreign aid'?" "Isn't it Cen Zhijun?" "This one is true!" Yun Yuding nodded and asked again: "You said, what's the matter with 'distributing party members'?" "The old man will know after reading it." The following is Yu Zhaokang, who criticizes Qu Hongji's in-laws. Because he and Qu Hongji are relatives of children, he was appointed as the left counselor of the Ministry of Justice.In addition, there are many "bad deeds" of "stealing power and forming cliques, maintaining salary".Eloquently written thousands of words. After reading it, Yun Yuding pondered and said: "It seems that the words have gone too far!" "Old man, that's not what you said, how can you attack it. In order to protect the emperor, it must be so powerful!" Yun Yuding thought to himself, this is not bad!Imagine for yourself, if you don't attack, you will be fine. Only when you attack Qu Hongji can you feel at ease. Otherwise, if others don't fall, you will fall. "Okay!" Yun Yuding said, "Leave it to me, let me think about it." "Yes!" Zhu Lun said goodbye respectfully. When night came, Yun Yuding wandered around the room, with the intention of turning seven parts up, but still three parts fearful.When he was in a difficult situation, the girl came to ask, and the wife said, "It's getting late, please go back to the room and rest, master." When she was able to go to the room, Mrs. Yun asked, "What's the big deal, making you forget to sleep and eat?" "You women don't understand!" "That's right, women don't understand state affairs, they only understand housework. I don't know when you, a poor scholar, became a leader." At this time, he was usually used to being ridiculed, and he always took the attitude of not complaining about offenses, but at this moment he felt a sense of injustice. He patted the table, stood up suddenly, and said loudly: "Bring the pen and ink!" Mrs. Yun and the girl took care of each other, served the paper, pens and tea, turned on the light, let Yun Yuding sit down comfortably, first revised Zhu Lun's manuscript, polished the words, and then took the white booklet to transcribe clear. He finished the memorial in one go, and it was almost dawn. When he looked up, Mrs. Yun was still sitting beside her.Surprised, he asked, "Why aren't you asleep yet?" "You worked hard all night," Mrs. Yun said with a smile, "Shouldn't you be with you?" Yun Yuding hadn't seen his wife being so warm-faced for a long time, and felt quite flattered, he cupped his hands and said, "Thank you so much, you must be sleepy, go to sleep quickly! I'll let the old lady make something to eat, and I'm going to sleep quickly. " "I'm not sleepy. I cooked a pot of duck porridge over there. I'll ask someone to bring it for you to eat." So I woke up the girl and prepared breakfast. In addition to duck porridge, there were four plates and a plate of hot noodle dumplings.Yun Yuding wondered why there was such a sumptuous breakfast that day, and even more surprised when these things were prepared? "The hot noodle dumplings were wrapped last night, covered with a wet towel, and steamed." Mrs. Yun explained his first question, "You have been suffering for several years, and you should have a few days of comfortable life. " "It's too early to think about a comfortable life," Yun Yuding said with a sigh, "Oh! It's better than before! In the year of Ziwu Maoyou, there is always hope that the chief examiner will be released. Like this year Dingwei, it should be the year of the exam. There are a dozen or so students who take the room test, and there are hundreds of silver in Zhi Jing’s collection. Once the imperial examination is stopped, Hanlin really has nothing to do with it.” Mrs. Yun smiled silently, and when Yun Yuding finished eating porridge, washed his face and was about to go to bed, she asked, "Master Zhu Jia said before leaving yesterday that he would come to see you at noon today. When he came later, Shall I wake you up?" "No need! You just tell him that I have done what he asked me to do. If you don't go to the yamen today, you will hand it over tomorrow." Mrs. Yun knew that the so-called "delivery" meant handing over the booklet, so she immediately said, "Isn't it easy to hand it over to Young Master Zhu?" Yun Yuding thought for a while and said, "Not good! Not right!" "Then, send someone to deliver it yourself. If you leave it to me, one thing will be taken care of for you, so you can sleep in peace." Yun Yuding did as he said, then went to bed and slept until the afternoon when he woke up, the first thing he did was to ask if the booklet was handed over? The booklet was handed over to Zhu Lun, but Mrs. Yun refused to tell the truth, "I sent someone to the yamen." She took out a red envelope from the drawer of the dresser and said, "By the way, Young Master Zhu sent Jie Jing to you." coming." "Jie Jing?" Yun Yuding was surprised, "Didn't you give it away?" "It's different. It belonged to his old man last time, but this time it belongs to King Qing." "King Qing's?" Yun Yuding hastily took the red envelope, there was nothing written on it, and inside was a receipt full of foreign language.Fortunately, Yun Yuding also knew the "foreign code", and there were three circles after the five characters, presumably it was a check for five thousand taels of silver from a foreign bank. "This...," he was surprised, happy and uneasy, "it seems...." "Don't talk about it!" Mrs. Yun hurriedly said, "King Qing receives more than five thousand taels of door bags a day. Why are you afraid of using him?" "Afraid of gossip?" "Who? Who dares to gossip?" Mrs. Yun said: "If someone is gossiping, it should be accepted. Otherwise, if you have never eaten mutton, and you are in a show, then it is really useless!" Yun Yuding felt that what his wife said was unreasonable, but he really couldn't refute her, so he had no choice but to not mention it.But thinking about it, there is still something unsettling. "Today, on the third day of the fifth lunar month, as soon as the excerpts are uploaded, there will be a follow-up before the festival. Why don't you let people have a good time? Now, someone will definitely call me mean!" Mrs. Yun remained silent, but the more Yun Yuding thought about it, the more he felt that something was wrong, so he decided to go to the Yamen in person and stop the paperwork that was to be handed over, and we'll talk about it after the festival. Seeing this, Mrs. Yun had no choice but to say: "Let me tell you the truth! Young Master Zhu took the booklet." She said, "Young Master Zhu means the same as you, and I will hand it over after the festival." "Oh! You should have told me the truth a long time ago." Yun Yuding suddenly asked with a serious expression: "This envelope was given to you after you handed in the paperwork?" "There, it was handed over to me yesterday. He told me not to tell you, lest you feel in your heart that it was because of others' favor that you made this move." "That's all!" Yun Yuding's expression softened: "Otherwise, if you pay the money with one hand and deliver the goods with the other, what kind of person do you think I am!"