Chapter 19 Chapter 19 Let's go to the mountains, forests and springs

When the wheat was turning yellow, the weather in Yanzhao suddenly became abnormal. For several days in a row, there was either strong wind or heavy rain.After tossing like this for many days, at dawn, a gust of wind rolled up a few thick clouds, and in the blink of an eye, hailstones fell from the ground, the ones were the size of eggs, walnuts, grapes, The ice puck mixed with the rain column and smashed to the ground.During the meal time, the leaves and crops were lighted up, and even many birds died; in some places, villages and houses were smashed, and people and animals suffered... After the ice subsided and the rain stopped, the wilderness was full of wolves. All the faces of men, women and children were cast with shadows.

Someone said: "It's God's evil!" Someone said: "Man's sins have angered Heaven!" Someone said: "The world is coming to an end, people should be robbed!" The earth-shattering disaster did not disturb Xu Shichang, who was bored in the private house run by blacksmiths in Siwutiao, east of the capital, in the slightest. He felt that he had already lived in such weather. The fate of going to the field has been doomed, there is no hope for Lianzhan, and there is no way to wait and leave, so I can only issue a power-up and retire.Xu Shichang took out his study room to write a telegram manuscript by himself-writing a manuscript is not difficult for an old Hanlin.However, since Xu Shichang went to become the governor of the three northeastern provinces, he no longer had to write manuscripts by himself, and almost all of them were written by Wu Jisun for him.Counting with my fingers, I have been estranged from writing for sixteen years, and I always feel so heavy when I pick up a pen again.

The electrification is ready, how to send it out? Xu Shichang made a difficult decision.Fortunately, there was a pre-scheduled meeting where the Presidential Palace would clean up Gu Weijun, the Minister to the United Kingdom. Xu Shichang was going to attend, and he decided to declare the world at this meeting. It was June 2, and the sky was still gloomy. The small conference hall of the Presidential Palace had not been greatly decorated. Only the teacups were placed on the small table and the fragrant tea was poured. They looked cheerful, and most of them sat opposite each other silently.When Xu Shichang came—this was the last time he entered the presidential palace—people still bowed and nodded respectfully to him.However, everyone, like him, had a cloud over their faces.

Gu Weijun, who returned from a mission to the UK, was still dressed in a European style in a suit and leather shoes.He looked at Xu Shichang, and saw that he was dressed in casual clothes - oiled silk shirt and trousers, with a bare head, wearing a pair of round cloth shoes, and the cane in his hand was gone, just like a country gentleman.This was a far cry from the new style of tuxedo, top hat, and cane that he had seen before going abroad.His heart skipped a beat: "The President is really going to retire the farm!" The dust-cleaning meeting was presided over by the new cabinet premier Zhou Ziqi, and it was hastily completed according to the scheduled ceremony.Finally, Xu Shichang stood up, and he slowly glanced at the participants, and then said: "Everyone, Bu Wu greets everyone."

The participants gave several applause. "I'm here to bid farewell to you today." Xu Shichang's face was very gloomy. "Thanks to everyone's care for many years, Bu Wu is lucky that everything goes well, today..." He originally thought that someone would come out to persuade him to stay.Someone took the lead, and it would be honorable for a few people to respond.So, at this point, he stopped.When he raised his eyes to peep at everyone, no one looked at him, and they were all silent, without saying a word.Xu Shichang suddenly realized, "My golden age is really over, so don't be too sentimental!" So, he slowly took out the resignation letter he had drafted, turned around and handed it to Zhou Ziqi, and said, "Read it first, and then read it later." Sent nationwide."

Zhou Ziqi took it and read it slowly.The opening is nothing more than a few official phrases, followed by the results, talking about the achievements of "the nine-nation conference opened the door to China and equal opportunities", Pi You took back Qingdao's "victory", and then said: Over the years, I have been exhausted, exhausted, endured humiliation, and cared for the talents without being forgiven;I have already tasted the hardships, and the foot love of the power and position... From this hidden place in the forest, I will never ask about the world. After reading "power on", Xu Shichang got up again, bowed to the participants, and then turned around and left.

After returning to his private house, Xu Shichang felt that there should be a formal "confession" so that it could be settled.So, for the last time, he issued an order in the name of the Grand President: According to Article 5 of the Presidential Election Act, when the President is unable to perform his duties for some reason, the Vice President shall act as his deputy.It is also stated that when the vice president is absent at the same time, the State Council will take charge of his duties.The president of this country is currently due to illness and has announced his resignation. According to law, the State Council should take over his duties.This order.

After receiving this order, Premier Zhou Ziqi also issued a court order: President Xu Da announced his resignation today, ordering the State Council to perform duties in accordance with the law, and all official affairs of the government offices will continue as usual.In the area of ​​the capital, public security is important, and it should be carefully handled by the commander-in-chief of Jingji Weixu, the commander of the Tongjun Army, Jing Zhaoyin, and the chief police officer.This order. Xu Shichang, who returned to his private house, sat in the small study and suddenly felt that "everything is over".Looking at his own house, thinking about the Zhongnanhai that he had just left, and thinking about those familiar faces circling around, he felt strange, gone away, and sad: "Beijing is no longer a place to stay for a long time!" He Tell the male servant next to you: "Let them all pack up and go to Tianjin today."

He picked up the phone again, found Wang Huaiqing, and said anxiously, "Maoxuan, I want to go to Tianjin today. Can you make arrangements?" "Ju Shuai, I understand." Wang Huaiqing said: "You wait at home, I will send a car to pick you up." In the afternoon, Wang Huaiqing led the convoy and guards to the blacksmith camp.Xu Shichang's family hurriedly boarded the car and headed to Qianmen Railway Station—with a little consolation, although Qianmen Station did not send a special train to see them off, after all, there was still a box.Xu Shichang stood on the platform of Qianmen Station in Beijing, looking at the still gloomy sky. When he turned around and got on the train, he suddenly thought of Li Yu, the empress of the Southern Tang Dynasty, and Li Yu's famous poem "Broken Time", so he gently silently recited:

In the past forty years, my family and country have covered three thousand miles of mountains and rivers.Fengge, Longlou, Lianxiaohan, Yushu Qiongzhi has a dream of smoke, and they have never known fighting.Once turned into a subject, the waist sinks and the temples wear away.On the most hasty day of resigning from the temple, the Jiaofang still plays a farewell song and weeps at the maid. Just when Xu Shichang left Beijing in a hurry, and Wu Peifu and other upstarts actively helped the former president Li Yuanhong to return to power, there was another moderate disturbance in China's chaotic political arena.Lu Yongxiang, an Anhui warlord far away in Zhejiang, He Fenglin, an envoy to the Shanghai Army, and Chu Fucheng and Sun Hongyi, who advocated inter-provincial autonomy, sent telegrams to oppose Xu Shichang's resignation and Li Yuanhong's restoration.Lu Yongxiang's electrification is the most reasonable and restrained:

President Xu sent a telegram in winter, borrowing the news that the head of state resigned and went to Zimbabwe, without any anxiety.The President is a public servant to the Republic of China and a representative of the government to the outside world. He will never advance or retreat because of a few people who love and hate, and will not allow personal convenience to resign from office.Although there are stipulations on agency associations in the contract, but according to the current political situation, there are differences.Even if we go back to the past of the Republic of China, there is no precedent to help.After Xiangcheng's death, Huangpi resigned, and Hejian's acting term expired, after the dissolution of the National Assembly and the restoration of chaos.So the new and the old are chasing after each other, and Qi Chang is not surprised.Today, the north and the south are separated, with many bases in the surrounding suburbs, and the center is especially incomplete. There is no deputy seat, and there is no legal State Council. Therefore, the 42 articles of the Constitution and the 5 articles of the Presidential Election Law, the provisions of acting on behalf of the president are not applicable.It is only an order under the guise of the contract, which is put into the current cabinet, and the cabinet is reinstated and returned to the National Assembly. .It was heard that some people suggested to restore the legal order and ask Huangpi to be restored.Yongxiang and others thought repeatedly, but couldn't understand it.Since Gai advocates the rule of law, it is advisable to hold systematic legal opinions, and it is absolutely not allowed to choose according to emotion.The arguments of two or three warriors are not enough to change the law, and the telegrams of two or three members of parliament are not enough to represent the Congress.Since this principle is clear, there is no room for litigation in the interpretation and application of the contract.According to the contract, there is only resignation for some reason, and there is no resignation clause, so Huang Pi will naturally resign, and there will be no legal problems.If Hejian is the legal president elected by the old Congress, he should act as the deputy according to the law, and there is no doubt about it until the expiration of the current term.The Presidential Election Law stipulates that the term of office is 5 years. When Hejian’s agency term expires, Huangpi’s statutory term of office is over. If he becomes a citizen legally, he has already lost his post. If forced to do so, the first step is to recognize Hejian’s agency as illegal. .May I ask whether the behavior during this agency period is effective? I think the people of the country will never bear to overturn the case and further add to the national dispute.In this case, the theory of Huangpi restoration is illegal.With the virtue of Huangpi, if he is elected in accordance with the law in the future, and we will pray with sweet incense, if he is punished by the law at this time and appeals to the goodness, it is really unbearable. This is another thing that our people have to think about carefully.You, the rule of the people has made great progress, but today is not what it used to be, and there is a little partiality, but the lungs and livers have long been seen.Those who falsify public opinion have already followed the same mistakes, and those who falsify the law have been tried repeatedly.Sun Shuai Chuanfang deleted the telegram, "The so-called choice is based on one person's love and evil, and the change is not based on the way. The former will be lost, and the chaos will gradually arise."Gu Quxing has no direct shadow in the end, the harvest first asks the hard work, if you know the trap and fall into it, it is not benevolent in defending the country, and it is unwise in self-defense.Yongxiang and others were in a state of fear, and accumulated worries became a miasma.There are ruffians who have broken buildings and collapsed, who dares to hold back their hands? Reining in the cliff, there is still a smooth road. If you fall into the abyss, chase after you and pray for the sages in the world. The heart of compassion, the great plan of saving benevolence.It is better for the majority to lose to one person than to make one person lose to the majority.As far as the eyesight of Yongxiang and others are concerned, in order to fulfill the bounden duty of self-defense of the people, they will never bear to sit back and watch a country shared by 400 million people, and be a lonely bet for a few people. This electrification showed the attitude of the Anhui Department.However, those who spoke were soft-spoken after all. Although they were "sincere and sincere", few people agreed, let alone persuaded the powerful direct line leaders. They still drove Xu Shichang away step by step and wanted to help Li Yuanhong come to power. What is particularly strange is that at the same time that Lu Yongxiang was energizing, Zhang Yaozeng, a politician who has been under Li Yuanhong for many years, followed suit and sent a energization with the same content. .For this reason, Li Yuanhong also hastily sent a telegram, stating that he "has been stuck for several years, thinking about his mistakes without panic, daring to have other thoughts, and quickly slandering officials." Refuse to reinstate. However, today's China is ruled by Cao and Wu. Who would dare to stop what Cao and Wu are going to do?Miduo Shidao in the British Concession of Tianjin, a chic bungalow, was the new residence of Xu Shichang, who resigned from the presidency. The 68-year-old Xu Shichang seems to have completely realized his resignation this time. He no longer dreams of a comeback, but wants to live in seclusion here and enjoy the rest of his life. He had only bought this small bungalow three months ago, and it turned out to be the private residence of an English church priest.For unknown reasons, the pastor disappeared. The church sold the house. Because the structure was novel and high-end, the asking price was so high that ordinary people could not afford it. Xu Shizhang, director of the Jinpu Railway Bureau, bought it for his cousin.At that time, Xu Shichang had no sign of leaving the field, and he didn't want to.Because he has a residence in Tianjin.A man who only has a daughter but no son, why do he need so many houses? Later, he changed his mind, thinking that Fengzhang could be his backer.At that time, he gave this small bungalow to Zhang Zuolin as his villa.He didn't expect the situation to change so fast and so big.When he left Beijing miserably, he forgot about this small bungalow and wanted to go back to his original apartment on Xinhua South Road.Wang Huaiqing, the commander of the Gyeonggi Garrison who escorted him, was a little worried. He suggested, "Shuai Ju, isn't there a bungalow for you in Mido Shidao? I think it's the most suitable place for you to live in." "You mean the British Concession?" Xu Shichang suddenly came to his senses. "Yes." Wang Huaiqing said, "It's very quiet there." He wanted to say "it's very safe there", but he stopped talking and didn't say anything.He felt that saying that seemed to hurt the president's self-esteem. However, the word "quiet" still reminded Xu Shichang, and his heart tightened suddenly: "Yes, I was kicked out and forced to step down in the scuffle. Someone hated me and wanted to get rid of me, and lived in the concession It's safer to be inside than outside." He suddenly thought of many people who had been assassinated.He hurriedly said to Wang Huaiqing: "Maoxuan, I listen to your advice and live in Miduo Shidao." The first banquet Xu Shichang held in his new house was to entertain Wang Huaiqing who escorted him.He ordered a table of the highest-grade meals from the highest-grade "Jufulou Restaurant" in Tianjin, and placed them in the center of the living room. He also wore a long gown made of Hangfang, and hung a string of Buddhist beads on his wrist, as if I want to let Wang Huaiqing know that he has made up his mind to be an apartment.What is even more strange is that Xu Shichang entertained the commander of the garrison according to the rituals of Buddhism, but he himself did not drink a drop of alcohol.This made Wang Huaiqing restless, and he confessed to him over and over again: "Ju Shuai, victory or defeat is a common matter in military affairs, and ups and downs in officialdom are even more commonplace. Things in the world are just passing clouds, and there is no feast that lasts for a hundred years." ?The most important thing is that Ju Shuai must take care of his health. If you keep the green hills, you are not afraid of running out of firewood! With your talent and influence, how can the world not respect you? You will always be a leader in the hearts of the Chinese people." "Don't talk about respect and leaders, but if you want to be safe in your old age, you should be thankful." When Xu Shichang spoke, his expression was sad. Wang Huaiqing has been by Xu Shichang's side for some years, he knows him well, and knows that he is a timid person who can't stand the storm.In today's situation, of course he has a lot of worries.In order to comfort him, the subordinate who was highly valued by him back then said to him against his will: "Ju Shuai, you just need to put down a hundred hearts and live in Tianjin peacefully. I don't dare to say anything else, as long as As long as I, Wang Maoxuan, have a soldier, I will guarantee your safety, Ju Shuai! No matter how much the political situation changes, no matter who occupies the high position, if you dare to embarrass Ju Shuai, I, Wang Maoxuan, will be the first to refuse." He said, Picking up a glass of wine, he stood up, "Ju Shuai, I am speaking in your private house today, I dare to swear to the Empress Dowager: what I, Wang Maoxuan, said to Ju Shuai comes from the bottom of my heart, and I will never break my promise!" , pouring the wine towards the ground.Xu Shichang was very moved--when a person came to this place, a good word was as warm as three springs, not to mention Wang Huaiqing was so brave! Xu Shichang was so excited that he didn't know what to say. After a long time, he hesitated and shouted: "Maoxuan, Maoxuan... " --However, when Wang Huaiqing returned to Beijing from Tianjin, he no longer remembered his oath, plunged into the arms of Cao Kun and Wu Peifu, and became one of the generals of the Zhili warlords. This is a later story.Although Xu Shichang understood everything soon, he was only dissatisfied.Xu Shichang, who lives in Tianjin, was flustered for a while, and then gradually calmed down. He was able to calm down, and the ups and downs in Beijing have nothing to do with him; whether Li Yuanhong is on stage or not, he no longer asks; , what happened to Sun Yat-sen... All of this is like the sky is cloudy and rainy, let it go, he is not interested in anything.The only consolation is that no one troubles him anymore.He can freely sleep on the bed until the sun rises, and he can come and go alone in any place in the courtyard.He gradually realized the taste of "being light without an official" and the comfort of the years of idle clouds and wild cranes! At this moment, he suddenly thought of Lu Zu again—his words made sense after all, and after his advice, the Xu family's family is governed by him." "Chang" is big: there will be a (even if it is very short-lived) president, and the lintel of the Xu family will be glorious forever! I don’t know if Xu Shichang really still respects Lu Zu, or he has no spiritual sustenance anymore? He suddenly made up his mind to worship Lu Zu again! On the one hand, he cleaned up a quiet house at home, on the other hand, he sent people to the blacksmith camp in Beijing The general invited the statue of Lu Zu back, put it up again for worship, and asked people to collect and buy books about Taoism for him in the market. He began to burn incense and kneel in front of Lu Zu after taking a nap every day. Really read Taoist classics such as "Five Thousand Essays of Lao Tzu", "Zheng Yi Jing" and "Taiping Cave Extreme Classics".After reading the scriptures, he aroused his interest in writing books and speaking.Therefore, he named his study "Half-day reading and half-day sitting meditation", and continued to write "Qing Poems", "Qing Confucianism Cases", "Yan Li Xue" and so on, and planned to compile them again. A Collection of Poems of Tuigongtang and a Poem of Returning to Clouds Inscribed on Paintings.When she heard that Zhang Ling, his favorite student, was also living in Tianjin, he sent people to look for him everywhere, and finally invited Zhang Gun to Mi Duo Shi Taoist's house, and said to him sincerely: "Yishan (Zhang Gen) Hao Yishan, a native of Zhenhai, Zhejiang Province, a Jinshi in the Jiachen period of Guangxu, Xu Shichang was Xu’s entourage when he was a minister in the Ministry of Postal Communications), I heard that you also lived in Jinmen, so I sent someone to look for you, and I want to ask you to help me , let’s do a few big things together.” "Teacher, please tell me that as long as the students can do it, they must do their best." Zhang Zhan was still respectful. "Okay, I would like to ask you to help me with two things first," Xu Shichang said, "First, help me organize my diary. Although this is a small matter, it is also inspired by Mr. Wen Qing, and I have formed a habit." , for almost decades." "Teacher, the Duke Wenqing you are talking about is Li Tangjie, a bachelor who was in the same year as Chaoxian?" Zhang Ling asked humbly. "It's him." Xu Shichang said: "This man has been a scholar all his life. He has the posthumous title of Wenqing after his death. He keeps a diary every day throughout his life. There is "Li Wenqing's Diary" which is handed down from generation to generation. It is a very emotional and historical book. "He said again: "Second, I will tell you a piece of my family history every day, especially my personal ups and downs, please write it down and compile a chronicle for me in the future." "Please rest assured, teacher, I will concentrate on doing these two things well." Zhang Gun said: "It is also a student's luck to be able to listen to the teacher's teachings in front of the teacher every day. Maybe there are more places that need the teacher's help!" "You are a caring person, but it is difficult to have the opportunity to spread your wings. If it goes smoothly, it will be too early." The students dare not hope, but only want to help the teacher to do something big, and they are satisfied. ""How can this work?" Xu Shichang shook his head. "What ambition do I have, should I work hard to realize it!" He said again: "Yishan, you are here with me, and I don't let you do it for nothing. I think every month Give you a hundred oceans.You are also a family person, you have to support your family. " "If the teacher says that, the students will feel ashamed." Zhang Gun said, "When it comes to money, when it comes to doing things for the teacher, wouldn't it be..." "There's no need to say any more, don't change what I've decided." Zhang Ling could only nod. -- Zhang Zhan is a backbone member of the Zongshe Party.Zongshe Party is a group formed by Liang Bi, Pu Wei, Tie Liang and others of the Qing royal family in January 1912. They opposed the peace talks with the revolutionary government.After Liang Bi was stabbed to death, the Zong-Socialist Party disintegrated, but many Zong-Socialist Party members were lurking in Tianjin, Northeast and other places, and with the support of the Japanese, they were still carrying out restoration activities.Zhang Gen was one of these elements. He was in Qingdao first and then Tianjin, and there was not a day when he did not think about restoration.After the failure of Zhang Xun's restoration, Zhang Gen stopped his public activities.This time I voted for Xu Shichang again, because I saw Xu Shichang's resignation, and felt that Xu Hui would not forget to clean up his house and could help him restore him, so he was so enthusiastic about Xu Shichang.In fact, the purpose of "supporting Xu" is to "welcome the driver", and helping Xu organize his manuscripts is just a cover. The charter was cast under Xu Shichang's door, and soon, another student of Xu Shichang - Jin Liang (Manchu, styled Xihou, former Minister of the Qing Internal Affairs Office) was found together, and they used poetry to socialize and secretly conspired. Zhang Yishan) interest (Jin Xihou) still exists, never forget the Qing Dynasty."They wrote hundreds of poems based on "Thinking of the Homeland and the Pain of the Survivors", which were later collected and published in a collection of poems called "Song of a Breath".These are things for later, which are far away from the topic, so I won't mention them any more. Xu Shichang, who lives in Tianjin, has really lived a quiet life. Apart from sitting in meditation and chanting sutras every day, he works in his fields. He planted a bed of vegetables on the ground, and he himself put on a short jacket and went to work with a hoe in his hand. He even had someone take pictures of him working in the vegetable garden.The title is "Returning Farmland", and the signature is "Returning Farmland to the Elderly".The photos are really like the leisurely life of the wild cranes in the clouds.Once, he went to Beidaihe to watch the lotus stone, and wrote such a poem in a leisurely and detached mood: The waves on the sea are tens of thousands heavy, the white clouds see Gaosong on a clear day, the fairy cave in the lotus world, and the lone crane passes the blue peak with a sound.Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty passed by in a flash, and the sea and mountains were unharmed.The Central Plains has its own city of flowers, clouds, valleys, wind forests and lonely songs.Reading this poem, people feel that although Xu Shichang has a sense of desolation and loneliness, he still has a sense of loneliness.However, he was a courtier of the Qing Dynasty after all, and he could not forget the emperor's grace, his political achievements, and the unbearable loss. One day, his cousin Xu Shizhang came to visit him from Beijing.Today's Xu Shizhang is no longer the deputy minister of the Ministry of Communications, nor the director of the Jinpu Railway Bureau, but a "apartment" like him. Naturally, his cousin has no business to talk about, but family affairs, relatives and friends, and human relations. .Finally, this clever cousin actually talked about the "cause and effect relationship" of Qing's death.He said: "The fall of the Qing Dynasty was caused by God's will. After three hundred years of prosperity, Sun Yat-sen was overthrown by a few revolutionaries. Isn't it too vulnerable!" He didn't win the hearts of the Han people, or..." He originally wanted to say that "the generals of the Beiyang faction also rebelled against the Qing Dynasty."But it immediately occurred to him that Yuan Shikai, Duan Qirui, and even his cousin Xu Shichang would definitely be mentioned.Because they have not fulfilled their responsibilities as servants and saviors.Thinking of this, he took back his words. Xu Shichang understood half of what his cousin said.He suddenly became unhappy: "So what if you win the hearts of the Han people? Could it be that the fall of the Qing Dynasty is still in the hands of the Han officials?" He glanced at his cousin impatiently, and said in a heavy tone: "The fall of the Qing Dynasty is not the same as the death of the Qing Dynasty." I did not die from the Revolutionary Party, let alone the Hanchens, but from a group of young men (referring to the young nobles of the Qing Dynasty). At first, I was in the Northeast, Xiangcheng was in Beiyang, and Zhang Zhidong was in Hubei. The three important towns have all arranged people with great achievements. When the queen mother died, the young master took over the power and started a mess: Xiangcheng was deposed, and I was transferred back to the capital to be the secretary of the Post Department, and the new successor, They are all mediocre people, and the court is in chaos, how can the Revolutionary Party not take advantage of it?" When he said these words, Xu Shichang made no secret of his "urgent desire to repay" the Qing Dynasty. Xu Shizhang understood, and secretly rejoiced: "Fortunately, I didn't finish my sentence, otherwise, this cousin would have scolded me so badly." Like Xu Shichang, Xu Shizhang had a special relationship with the Qing Dynasty, and the old and young in the Forbidden City also had contact with them through various forms.Especially when Xu Shichang was the president, he was always more than generous with the established conditions of preferential treatment and clearance, and he guaranteed to deliver them in advance.Therefore, including the abdicated little emperor, the old people in the Qing Dynasty still had a good impression of Xu Shichang.When Xu Shizhang came to Tianjin this time, one of the "important tasks" was to "communicate with his cousin first" as entrusted by the elder. "Fifth brother," Xu Shizhang saw that there was no need to talk about other things, and there was no outsider around him, so he said directly: "Someone from above has sent someone to Tianjin to celebrate your birthday recently. Ask if it is convenient ?" "Happy Birthday?" Xu Shichang was shocked.Think about it carefully, no, next year I will be 70 years old, according to the habit, it is time to be the seventh rank. "It's rare that the higher-ups are still thinking about it, and the emperor's kindness is also great, which is touching!" Thinking of this, he said: "I don't have any inconvenience, but the royal family specially sent people to Tianjin..." Xu Shizhang hurriedly said: "Of course it didn't make a lot of noise, but came quietly." Xu Shichang nodded, and said: "So, these days, you should not go back to Beijing. Staying here is also a care." Sure enough, two days later, Puyi sent a special person to Tianjin quietly with rewards to congratulate Xu Shichang on Qizhi's birthday.Among the rewards are: a plaque with an imperial pen, a pair of couplets, a banner of blessing and longevity, a Buddha of longevity, a handle of Ruyi, four pieces of clothing, two pieces of porcelain, and two pieces of jade. The "imperial envoy" didn't dare to say anything, and just wanted to put down the congratulatory gift and return to the capital.Unexpectedly, Xu Shichang insisted on hospitality, and asked his cousin to stay enthusiastically. On the surface, Xu Shichang left the "imperial envoy" for entertainment, but in fact he wanted to paint a frame of Chinese painting and write two ancient sentences in return for "upper side" as a reward.He went back to the study, spread the paper and rubbed the ink.But I can’t put down my pen for a long time—what to draw and what to write? Xu Shichang loves calligraphy and painting, and his calligraphy is Su Huang. Most of his paintings are landscapes, pines and bamboos, with flowers and birds from time to time, and a lot of ink marks.After retiring to Jinmen, his works often appeared in the well-known Beiyang Pictorial.Grinding ink and developing paper, he wanted to draw a frame of "Pine and Crane Picture" for "upper side" to thank him.But after thinking about it, I don't think so, "Puyi is still young, so there is no need to use the pine age and crane life as a metaphor. Besides, the little emperor is like me, a person who has fallen into the world, and it is enough to show that he is clean and calm. . " So, he used the method of splashing ink to draw a very bold painting "Lotus Reflecting the Sun".After the painting is completed, there is still a world, and it is time to inscribe a poem.Xu Shichang hesitated again: his poems can only be passed on and recited in the small courtyard, and people are not elegant; what's more, people like the little emperor have been in the palace since they were young, and they have never heard or seen any famous poems and lines. , Why do you offer that ugliness.Didn’t he want to express his feelings? Wouldn’t it be more elegant to pick a masterpiece from the ancients and wipe it on? Xu Shichang pondered for a while, and then wrote: New make-up should go down to Zhulou, deeply locked in the sorrow of the first courtyard of spring.Go to the courtyard to count the flowers, and the dragonfly flies to the jade to scratch its head.After painting the title, he used the seal respectfully, then sealed it respectfully, and submitted it to the "imperial envoy"--who would have thought that a month later, this frame of painting would have left another mark on his life The obvious stain put him in an embarrassing situation... Feng Yuxiang really wanted to take this painting to Tianjin to challenge Xu Shichang, "make him embarrass himself again in front of the people of the country!" When he prepared the painting to be taken to Tianjin, Feng Yuxiang hesitated again: "Xu Ju is a literati after all, full of Confucianism. It is also human nature to miss the old master. The officialdom is lost and the situation is difficult. Think about the old master. What can it be considered as a point of view? Why make such a publicity!" Feng Yuxiang restrained his thoughts again: "Hide this painting, if you see Xu Ju in the future, return it to him, and he will understand ." With General Feng Yuxiang's tolerance, a small turmoil that was about to break out finally did not blow up.A year later, when Xu Shichang found out about this, he looked in the direction of Zhangjiakou where General Feng was, arched his hands, nodded and smiled. "General Feng, thank you!" Xu Shichang, who was leisurely in Tianjin, devoted himself to learning. The "Wanqing Hairpin Poetry Club" in Beijing stayed in Beijing. He organized a "Xu Donghai Book Editing Office" in his apartment in Tianjin, and hired three scholars as executive editors. , ordered Wang Shitong to take full responsibility.After a period of hard work, "Wanqing Hairpin Poetry Collection" was published in 200 volumes and 80 volumes, and "Qing Confucianism" was published in 208 volumes and 100 volumes; the books and seals in his family were also organized and edited into "Book Eight volumes of the Bibliography of the Suilou Collection were published; the "Politics of the Three Eastern Provinces" published earlier, "The Biography of the Jifu Sages of the Great Qing Dynasty" and the "Quanxuan Poems of the Qing Dynasty" that are being edited, etc., this President Shimono can be said to be compiling and writing. .Xu Shichang also wants to live happily ever after, without caring about him any more—no matter how stormy the outside world is, his apartment is calm and peaceful, just like his own poem inscribed on a landscape painting "Made by Xu Shichang, a native of Shuizhu Village" like that: The red building in Qingshan is very autumn, and you have to travel thousands of miles to travel here; when you travel to the deepest part of Emei, the setting sun is at the building in the middle of the Buddha.