Chapter 65 Section sixty-fifth

Beijing officials fled, hid, or the yamen was destroyed, or the roads were blocked, all official duties were invisible, and there was no official in the yamen, and then seriously checked the attendance of his subordinates.The only exception is the Hanlin Academy. The Hanlin Academy was burnt down by the Gan army. I don’t know how many Qingliu celebrities were heartbroken, but Xu Tong, the academician in charge of the academy, didn’t care. The knowledge sheet informs all Hanlin officials to do business as usual, but not one out of ten is called. Xu Tong was very angry, and ordered the classics hall to fetch the roster of the yamen and check them one by one.Listed on the roster, apart from Kun Gang, a bachelor of the Dongge University, and his own bachelor's title, the first line reads "Huang Siyong, a scholar who attended the post-graduate school from the day's talk", who happened to be someone he hated deeply.

This Huang Siyong, styled Shenzhi, was born in Jiangning, Jiangsu Province, and was the number one scholar in the sixth year of Guangxu.Although he is an academician and good at business, he is a Taoist who doesn't talk about profit, which has been despised by Xu Tong. What's worse, he talks about Western affairs, which violates his taboo.So when he looked around, he couldn't see Huang Siyong, so he asked sharply, "Where's Huang Shenzhi?" "Send the family to Tongzhou." "Are you on leave?" "I'm on leave." "Is the vacation over?" Xu Tong continued to ask.

"It was full yesterday." "It was full yesterday," Xu Tong became more and more serious, "Why don't you go back to Beijing to sell the vacation?" There was an editor named Yan Xiu, style name Fan Sun, from Tianjin, who was Xu Tong's protégé, and couldn't help saying, "Teacher, Huang Shenzhi has already returned to Beijing. I heard that the boxers came to his house last night and said yes." King Zhuang asked Huang Zhuangyuan to have something to talk about, he couldn’t help but leave, and his whereabouts are still unknown. Teacher please decide.”

Xu Tong was stunned for a moment, only then did he understand that Huang Siyong was fond of talking about foreign affairs, and he was treated as a "second hair" for the Boxers.thought: "This is what he did on his own, how can he decide for him?" So he thought for a while, and replied in a reprimanded tone: "Since you know you have arrived at Prince Zhuang's mansion, why do you say your whereabouts are unknown? Just mind your own business!" "Teacher! You can't ignore this trivial matter! You are also an old student of yours. He was ordered to go on a business trip, and he was robbed by the Boxers on the way, so he was in a mess." Yan Xiu protested: "If this continues, we will not wait for foreign enemies, and we will pour ourselves into the country first. .”

"What are you talking about!" Xu Tong changed color suddenly, "Who are you talking about?" "Luo Gongxuan." This person is also a number one scholar, named Luo Chengxiang, from Zizhou, Sichuan.He was the champion of Yiwei in the 21st year of Guangxu, and also a student of Xu Tong's general examination.The ranking in the palace examination was originally listed as the third, and it should be Tanhua, because there are two sentences in his policy theory: "The emperor worries about the humiliation of the ministers; the emperor humiliates the ministers to death", and at that time, after the defeat of Jiawu, the emperor felt the time to take care of things. Thinking that Luo Chengxiang was too bloody, he personally selected it as the first place, and as usual, he was assigned to the Imperial Academy to compile it.

In the year of Gengzi, Ziwu Maoyou, and the year of Dabi, Luo Chengxiang was released as the examiner in Guizhou.As usual, outlying provinces were released first for the main examination of the township examination. When Luo Chengxiang left Beijing, the Boxers had already made a lot of trouble. When Qixiu saw Qixiu leave, Qixiu told him: "When you return to Beijing and return to your order, there will be no one in Beijing." There is a foreigner." Who knows that the foreigner is still there, but his bag and ax are gone. After listening to Yan Xiu's story, Xu Tong's face sank, "Fan Sun," he put on an expression of teaching: "Reading is sensible, and everything must be carefully investigated. The righteous people are loyal and courageous, and they are not greedy for money, otherwise they will be punished by God." Damn, this is obviously a good thing done by scumbags pretending to be Boxers!"

Yan Xiu still wanted to fight, but Cao Fuyuan, one of his contemporaries, stopped him and said, "Forget it, forget it! Mr. Luo has nothing to do with his wealth, and Liu Baozhen has given his life to the 'scum'!" "Scumbags" is a false term to avoid taboo, but it is actually a boxer.Liu Baozhen, who was killed, was named Liu Keyi, a native of Changzhou, Jiangsu, and Huiyuan in the eighteenth year of Guangxu.This person is a master of sackcloth physiognomy, and he knows that there are evil lines on his forehead, and he fears he will die. However, he will try to reveal that the glass factory sells "Honglu" and has wrongly engraved his name as "Liu Kesha".

The news that spread throughout Nine Cities wiped out all the joy that Liu Keyi would try to win the Yuan, and he was so worried that he couldn't sleep or eat.After the imperial examination was over, I ordered Hanlin, thinking in my heart, Ci ministers will not be charged with beheading, only the imperial court cheated, such as the Wuwu imperial examination case in the eighth year of Xianfeng, even if they had no intentions, they would inevitably be kidnapped and sent to Caishikou possible.Therefore, every time an examiner is asked, others are afraid of not being able to, but Liu Keyi is the only one who is the opposite.Originally, it was difficult to appoint an examiner, but it was easy not to be an examiner. To be an examiner in Hanlin, one had to pass a test first, which was called "poor test".However, the poor Hanlin borrowed money with the guarantee of "repaying if you pass the exam". If you should not pass the exam at all, the creditor will have no answer if he asks: "What do you use to repay it?"So Liu Keyi still participated in the poor test, but he just wrote in a rough way, and he didn't hope to be admitted.Since entering Hanlin, in the eight years, he has not even been a house examiner in the Shuntian Township Examination.

In May, the Boxers spread from Kinki to the capital. Liu Keyi saw that the momentum was not good, so he found an excuse and asked for leave to return home, hoping to escape the catastrophe.Unexpectedly, the enemy's road is narrow, and he met an enemy he made unintentionally in Luhe.Before Liu Keyi became a Jinshi, he worked as a teacher in a relative's house. A cook hooked up with a girl. During the tryst, Liu Keyi bumped into Liu Keyi. He was troubled for a while, so he told Ju Ting, and the cook was expelled.Unexpectedly, ten years later, this cook would become a big brother of the Boxer Regiment. When he saw Liu Keyi, he naturally refused to let him go. He kidnapped him and his whereabouts are unknown.There is another saying that he was murdered, and "killable" turned out to be a bad prophecy.

Hearing Liu Keyi's story, the Qing secret hall was miserable, but Xu Tong said with a stern face: "This is your own fault! Barbarians bully you, gods and men are all angry, if you don't go to the trouble of your father, just want to be alone, it's really futile." Read the book of sages!" "However, teacher," said Cao Fuyuan, "'scumbags' pretending to be Boxers and committing crimes should be strictly dealt with!" "Of course it must be dealt with strictly. I want to interview the Empress Dowager face to face. Please issue a stricter order. However, 'The lucky ones rely on misfortunes, and the unfortunate ones rely on blessings'. , don’t speculate, don’t take chances, even if you are in a dangerous city, you will be blessed by God.” He shook his head and added a few words: “It’s a blessing, a blessing!” Then he got up and left.

After leaving the Xianghuangqi official school, the sedan chair was carried to Xihuamen, which is the only way to enter the palace at present, and the interrogation is very strict.Xu Tong rewarded the "Chaoma" and passed unimpeded. The sedan chair crossed the Forbidden City until the Ningshou Palace, and "passed the sign" to see the Empress Dowager Cixi.