Rebirth of the Northern Giants

The silent movie continued. These junks, which Ye Zhikui saw as extremely rough, made the officials of the Qing Dynasty scream in shock.

Every time a scene is changed, the name of a country will appear first, and then people from these countries will use various forms of cheers to congratulate Lafayette on his birthday.Ye Zhikui thought it was fake when he first saw it. The extras are too unqualified. There are loopholes everywhere. Some extras have appeared three or four times. Sometimes they are British, sometimes they are Germans, and sometimes they are Germans. become African.Although you changed your hairstyle a little, I still remember your old face clearly.

But this novelty really bluffed the big and small officials of the Qing Dynasty in this era, and more importantly, it is so pleasing and meaningful, don't you see?These foreigners from the United States, France and other Western countries are kowtowing to Lafayette to celebrate his birthday!Cixi watched it with great relish. When she saw a dolphin throwing a ball in the water to celebrate her birthday, she couldn't help laughing, which made Lafayette smile.

The nearly 10-minute silent film was finished under the stunned gaze of the officials of the Qing Dynasty. Some ministers who didn't understand went straight to Changying Pavilion and pulled the curtain to look for the foreigners in the movie. He thought these foreigners were hiding behind the curtain. Later, Ye Zhikui shook his head speechlessly when he saw it.

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Brothers, recommend and collect a lot!Even if you keep it, you need to feed it occasionally.

Chapter 42 The Conspiracy and Reckoning Li Er

After Ye Zhikui's movie ended, there were some theater and juggling performances, but the presence of such jewels as movies made these opera juggling a lot inferior.Cixi, who used to love to watch operas, also lost her interest, and after a while, she went back to Ningshou Palace in her eight-seater sedan chair.

All the officials knelt to send them back to their real masters, and they also began to disperse slowly. While discussing today's strange events in small groups, they secretly recalled whether they had been rude or who they had befriended with powerful figures.

As soon as Ye Zhikui saw that the show was about to end, he took out a small sack from his bosom under the astonished eyes of everyone around him, and poured some delicious preserved desserts that had been placed around him just now into the sack, This guy is going to walk around after eating, he packed some back and gave it to Xiao Linglong to eat, this can't be wasted, right, some people who wanted to strike up a conversation with him all turned away when they saw this, expressing that they didn't know each other This person.Ye Zhikui said that there is no pressure, because he is now the second fool Ye Zhikui.

When Ye Zhikui happily walked into Ye Mansion with a sack of food on his back, he heard bursts of laughter coming from the hall from a long distance away.

Ye Zhikui couldn't help being curious secretly, because the Huyong Army hadn't retreated from North Korea, he could only bring a few people from North Korea, and these few people were very busy these days, Feng Guozhang and Wen Baishan were left in Tianjin to recruit Ye Zhikui everywhere Former old friends and students, Butcher was busy with the establishment of the Thirteen Eagles sub-rudder and the opening of the intelligence network in the capital.

So only Xiao Linglong was left in the courtyard, and as soon as she entered the hall, she saw Xiao Linglong and a few servant girls sitting around watching a thin man telling a book.I saw the thin man was talking in a dim light, the sun and the moon were dark, and he was spitting and flying.

In Xiao Linglong's eyes, Ye Zhikui is always the first person to see. Before Ye Zhikui could ask a question, Xiao Linglong ran up and chattered.

"Brother Ye, you don't know, this fortune teller can do tricks! Yesterday he was an old man, but today he is a young man. And he is so good at telling stories." Xiao Linglong was obviously amused by the young man.

Fortune teller?Ye Zhikui turned his eyes to the thin man, who was about twenty years old, and he was quite similar to the fortune teller who had followed him from Tianjin that day.This is too deceitful, I was deceived by the ancients, but fortunately he has no malicious intentions, it seems that I can't be too careless in the future, Ye Zhikui secretly told himself.

Ye Zhikui put down the sack, and asked angrily, "Who is your brother, why did you tease this general? I'm not afraid that this general will send you to the yamen for questioning."

The young man smiled awkwardly. It was only later that he realized that he had met Ye Zhikui, and he said coyly, "Yang Du Yang Xizi in Hunan Province didn't intend to pretend to be a ghost, but because he was ashamed in his pocket after the Jiawu Division Examination when he came down to the capital. To earn a living and prepare to return home.”

Yang Du?Ye Zhikui was surprised for a while, could it be the one who said "Yu Cheng is not enough to be the emperor's teacher, but if there is a king, he must come to learn the law, the way may be the same?", he was obsessed with Wang's emperor's art, and finally advocated constitutional monarchy, advocating for Yuan Shikai to proclaim himself emperor The geek Yang Du?

Unexpectedly, it was really this person. It turns out that Yang Du liked to smoke opium at a young age. I thought I could get back home by my own ability, so I went to the end of the world alone, but the world is difficult, the rivers and lakes are not so easy to mess with, especially for those young people who are new to the rivers and lakes, it is a place that eats people and does not spit out their bones , Yang Du had to dress himself up and pretend to be an old fortune teller, so the situation changed, but his opium addiction relapsed from time to time, so his money would never be able to get together, the sad reminder Yang Du If I hadn't met a caring little girl like Xiao Linglong, I don't know where I would sing about the homesick child. What a pity.

After Yang Du finished talking about his miserable life, he looked at Ye Zhikui with tears in his eyes and said, "Master Ye, thank you for taking me in, otherwise I will starve to death on the streets of Tianjin the next day."

Ye Zhikui pondered for a moment, then asked: "Then what are your plans now? If you want to go back to your hometown, this general can lend you some money."

Yang Du resolutely replied: "There is a way to return home when you are rich and well-dressed. This year you failed the Enke, and next year there will be a Yiwei exam. I think I know a few words and some arithmetic. If General Ye doesn't dislike it , I would like to write a copy for you."

Ye Zhikui was surprised, he didn't expect that Yang Du would take the initiative to take refuge in him. In fact, Ye Zhikui underestimated himself. With the ups and downs in the Sino-Japanese and Korean battlefields, Ye Zhikui gradually became famous and became a rising star in Beiyang.

Ye Zhikui also seemed very happy about Yang Du's taking the initiative to seek refuge, and saw Xiao Linglong pleading for him.So he agreed. Although Yang Du is young now, he is already a Juren, and his talent and learning will definitely not be bad, not to mention that he can develop slowly!

Seeing Ye Zhikui nodding his head and agreeing to take him in, Yang Du breathed a sigh of relief, secretly sighed that he finally had a long-term meal ticket, so he retreated with the maids and servants, and for a while there were only Xiao Linglong and Ye Zhikui left in the hall, Xiao Linglong He was flipping through Ye Zhikui's burlap bag, stuffing the cakes into his mouth, seeing Ye Zhikui approaching with a smile, he couldn't help running away quickly, and the two played the game of eagle catching chickens in this small courtyard .

On the vertical day, in the Xianliang Temple in the capital, Zhang Peilun walked into Li Hongzhang's room with a copy of "Beijing News".

Li Hongzhang couldn't help coughing to attract Li Hongzhang's attention, and said: "Zhongtang, this is today's Dibao, and some news on it is more important." "Beijing News" is a semi-official newspaper, also known as Dibao, the content on it is not important It speaks for itself.

Li Hongzhang picked up the newspaper slowly and took a look. The most eye-catching headline of the newspaper was—Guozhifu general Ye Zhikui told the Japanese that China should not be humiliated. It was nothing more than what Ye Zhikui said when he was interviewed by reporters at Dagukou, and Ye Zhikui went through big and small battles on the Korean battlefield. The whole article portrays Ye Zhikui as a courageous and resourceful hero who loves the Qing Dynasty and the people. I couldn't help but admire the reporter's writing style with enthusiasm.What is strange is that Li Hongzhang is not mentioned in the whole article, as if Li Hongzhang never appeared at all.

Li Hongzhang and Ye Zhikui landed at Dagu Port at the same time. It was strange that Ye Zhikui was not reported on Li Hongzhang, but Zhang Peilun pointed a piece of news in a small corner of the newspaper to Li Hongzhang. When Li Hongzhang saw it, his nose was crooked. It turned out that it was him, Li Hongzhang, who "made a fortune" alone, and how his whole family got rich.The prime minister, Hefei, was thin, and Li Hongzhang's family made a fortune, even depositing silver in Japanese banks.

At first Li Hongzhang was so angry that he could only scold his mother, but then gradually calmed down, put the newspaper aside, and asked Zhang Peilun, "Youqiao, what do you think of this?"

Zhang Peilun didn't even need to think about it, he replied: "I'm afraid the imperial court is afraid of your high achievements in Zhongtang, so they want to take precautions against you."

Li Hongzhang sighed, and said: "The cunning rabbit dies, and the lackey prospers. This has been the case since ancient times. Unexpectedly, the old man has dedicated his life to the court, and he has been speculated by the court in his old age. I really can't swallow this breath."

Zhang Peilun gritted his teeth and said expressionlessly: "Zhongtang, now that you hold the military power and sit on one side, your prestige is even higher. Who else in the entire Qing Dynasty can compete with you, why not..." Zhang Peilun didn't finish speaking, but Li Hongzhang already understood what he meant.

Li Hongzhang's heart jumped involuntarily, and then he thought that he was old and sick, coughing every night, and couldn't get up when the phlegm was blocked. For a few minutes, I thought of Cixi's transformation from a "bitter and bitter" Jianghuai Li Xiaoerzi all the way to a first-rank official, wearing a three-eyed flower feather and a yellow mandarin jacket.The traditional Confucian thought of loyalty and filial piety made him have to consider the evaluation of him by later generations, and he became more scruples in his heart.

Li Hongzhang thought about it for several times, and after a while of silence, he replied: "The court is unjust, and I, Li Hongzhang, cannot be unfaithful. Let's wait and see."

After all, Li Er didn't have that courage and courage, and his blood couldn't boil anymore. In addition, news came from the court a few days ago that Li Hongzhang was moved to the Military Aircraft Department, serving as the Minister of Military Aircraft and Minister of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and became a central minister.

Cixi played this hand very beautifully. She promoted Li Hongzhang instead of demotion, and promoted him to be an important minister of the capital. For powerful ministers, it might not be a good thing.It's just that when he was transferred from Beiyang, he lost his foundation, and Beiyang began to enter a state of leaderless dragons.

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Chapter 43 Li Zhongtang wants to be a matchmaker

Just when Zhang Peilun met Li Hongzhang to discuss countermeasures, Cixi also ordered Ye Zhikui to be summoned.

After Ye Zhikui was fully dressed and entered the Summer Palace, the master of ceremonies first taught him the etiquette and other precautions for several interviews, and then asked Ye Zhikui to wait quietly in the side hall.

This wait lasted for an hour or two hours. Just when Ye Zhikui was about to be unable to sit still, a leading eunuch came to make an announcement. It was said that the king of Hades is easy to see, but the little devil is hard to deal with. Seeing the serious expression of the leading eunuch, Ye Zhikui walked slowly. .He couldn't help but walked up to him and quietly stuffed some money for him, the eunuch's face really looked better, not only told Ye Zhikui that Lafayette was in a good mood today, but also quickened his pace involuntarily.

Not long after, Ye Zhikui arrived at the gate of Renshou Hall, and saw a unicorn squatting on the stone Xumi seat in the courtyard in front of the gate, passing through the courtyard to the gate of the main hall, the eunuch who led the way gave a sharp announcement, and when he got inside to respond to Ye Zhikui's meeting The leading eunuch just opened the door and made a gesture of please, but he himself stood aside and did not go in.

After Ye Zhikui went in alone, he saw the green smoke in the Hall of Renshou, and the fragrance was overwhelming. It turned out that Tibetan incense was being lit in a tripod-style incense burner. In the middle of the lobby of Renshou Hall, a large golden plaque "Shouxie Renfu" was hung, and Cixi was sitting under it. On a golden throne, there was Xiao Lizi holding a teacup for her beside her, and there was no one else in the whole hall except the two of them.

Ye Zhikui took a few steps forward, bowed three times and bowed nine times out of humiliation, then knelt down until Cixi waved his hand, and Xiao Lizi called him up.

After Ye Zhikui got up, he saw that Cixi was not showing any emotion, and then heard her say in a leisurely tone, "Ye Zhikui, are you guilty?"

Ye Zhikui was helpless, no matter what the crime was, he could only kneel down and pretended to be anxious and replied: "My minister Ye Zhikui is guilty!" In fact, he really didn't know what charges Cixi would charge him, it was just some tricks of grace and power. .

Cixi's expression changed, and she said, "On the 27th of this month, have you ever molested a girl from a good family?"

Ye Zhikui replied tremblingly: "The guilty minister deserves to die! The guilty minister should not be tempted by color."

Cixi pressed her step by step: "The night before yesterday, did you send a batch of silver to Prince Qing's residence?"

Ye Zhikui pretended to wipe off a cold sweat, his voice was even more frightened, and his whole body was trembling, and he replied: "Your minister Ye Zhikui deserves to die!" This year's Oscar winner for best actor is none other than him.

Cixi shouted angrily, grabbed the teacup in Xiao Lizi's hand, threw it at Ye Zhikui, and said, "Ye Zhikui, you are so brave, you dare to bribe the ministers of the court! Aren't you afraid that the Ai family will cut off your dog's head?" Xiao Lizi Then he kept cheering for Cixi by the side, and the best actress was none other than Cixi.

Ye Zhikui lowered his head, a cold light flashed in his eyes, he kept begging for mercy, and knocked his head loudly, showing no backbone, greedy for life and afraid of death.

Cixi remained silent until Ye Zhikui kneaded blood on his forehead before saying: "Okay, Aijia sees that you still have some talents, so I will let you off this time. If you commit any crimes again in the future, don't blame Aijia for not doing it." Talk about human relations."

Ye Zhikui hurriedly kowtowed to thank him, and even said that his loyalty can be learned from the sun and the moon. Cixi slowed down, and then said: "Yesterday, Li Hongzhang and Weng Tongsu both handed over the booklet to guarantee you to imitate the German military system and train a The new army is coming, do you have any ideas yourself?"

Ye Zhikui hurriedly returned: "I only want to serve you, the Empress Dowager. Whatever the Queen Mother wants me to do, I can do whatever I want!"

Cixi nodded in satisfaction, and said: "You are very dutiful, you must know who gave you this suit of clothes, and serve the Ai family faithfully, the Ai family will never forget you, step back!"

Ye Zhikui Xie En stepped back slowly, his back was already wet a lot, although he knew that Cixi was acting, but if she went crazy, she would really kill herself, who would she talk to?Walking to the door, he found that Xiao Lizi followed him out.