Chapter 78: Minister of Parliament

Liu Yanzhi couldn't help but stand in awe, picking up the memorial and saying: "The secret method of detoxification, beauty and youth..."
　　 "I took the wrong one, it's the following one." Zhou Jiarui coughed and snatched the beauty secret above.
The real memorial is about how to negotiate peace with foreigners, and use the contradictions between the great powers to maximize the interests of the Qing court and minimize losses. The memorial is very insightful in analyzing the world situation and analyzing the future of the Qing Dynasty. Liu Yan looked straight and nodded frequently.
　　 "How about it, okay." Zhou Jiarui said complacently.
　　 "This writing brush is not bad." Liu Yan said straightforwardly, "As for the content, I won't comment on the stuff that you, a master of history, have written with gold fingers."
　　 This is a mockery. Liu Yanzhi believes that this memorial will definitely make Cixi shine, and then reuse Zhou Jiarui.
The next day, it rained again, and the West Hunter team trudged hard. At noon, they saw a small blue-gray city in the distance. It was Huailai County, Zhili Province. The guards went to the city and informed the county magistrate to pick up and drive. Wu Yong led three classes of six-room servants out of the city to greet them, and greeted Luangjia into the city.
Huailai County is a small county with a shortage of materials. Wuzhi County has worked hard to organize a few tables of banquets. Although it is only an ordinary local dish, it is better than millet porridge. After the meal, Cixi and Guangxu were arranged to live in the county’s back house. The queen mother didn’t change her clothes. She stinks in a blue cloth coat after several days. The maidservants took a shower and changed into clean clothes provided by the prefect. It turned out to be a set of Han women’s clothes. Cixi lived for more than 60 years. I have never worn Hanfu, and this time I have to pinch my nose to wear it.
　　 That night, Liu Yanzhi was placed on duty, and the spear was guarded at the gate of Cixi. He also followed Lin Huaiyuan's example and asked Li Lianying to send in the memorial. After little time, Li Lianying came out with a smile on his face: "Walker Liu, Lafayette summoned."
　　 After reading this text, Cixi read ten lines at a glance, and was full of praise on the spot. None of the ministers of civil and military affairs of the Manchu Dynasty could write such an insightful memorial.
In the article, a detailed analysis of the purpose and needs of the great powers was carried out. The territories in the northeast coveted by Tsarist Russia, the peace talks will definitely put forward a request for cession of territories, but this request is bound to arouse opposition from other powers. With such a big appetite, you might as well use Germany and the United Kingdom, which have always been at odds with Tsarist Russia, to contain them, and to give them certain benefits by opening up coastal trade. The main reason for the emerging Asian powerful enemy Japan to enter the war is to enter the civilized world. In addition, it has already gained enough benefits in the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895 and will not make excessive demands. The most noteworthy is the United States. In the next few decades, the United States will surely replace Britain as the leader of the great powers, and it has no territorial claims to the Qing, so it can be won. Target...As for the peace talks representatives, the article suggests that Li Hongzhang, who is experienced in dealing with foreigners, should be sent.
　　 The article is signed by Zhou Jiarui at the end. This is an unfamiliar name, and Li Lianying can't tell who it is.
　　 Liu Yan directly saw Cixi, the Lafayette and Yan Yueshen asked, "Boy, did you write this?"
"It was written by my cousin Zhou Jiarui. He is a talented scholar in Jiangdong. He likes to read books and writes in a mess. I have to ask me to dedicate it to the Queen Mother. I can't help it. So I asked Mr. Li to help and make the Queen Mother laugh." Liu Yanzhi still did not kneel in front of Cixi, nor did he call it a slave, he was very carefree and did not pay attention to his words.
Cixi was not upset. On the one hand, she felt that Liu Yanzhi was a countryman who didn’t understand the rules. On the other hand, she was really impressed by this article. Being buried, it seems that the stereotypical imperial examination system should indeed be abolished.
　　 "Little Lizi, go and call this Zhou surnamed. The Aijia wants to chat with him." Cixi said.
After a while, Zhou Jiarui came. He was a rule-minded man. Cixi gave the seat three times and nine bows. He refused to sit down again and again. Finally, he couldn't push his on the edge of the chair. The look of sincere fear made Cixi very satisfied. .
　　 Liu Yanzhi continued to go out on duty. He didn't know how Zhou Jiarui flicked Cixi. He only knew that Teacher Zhou had stayed in the room for more than two hours before he came out.
　　 "How is it?" Liu Yan asked directly.
"It is done. Lafayette sent me to Beijing immediately to assist Li Zhongtang in negotiating with foreigners. He also gave me an ambassador to the Prime Minister's Office of the fifth grade Zhangjing." Zhou Jiarui was proud, as if he had seen his future, "I started off. It is the fifth product. I have to wait for the discussion and completion. I must mention it. In a few years, when the cleanup is over, I have accumulated a certain degree of wealth. I want to be Li Hongzhang, let alone Yuan Shikai, I am a character like Sheng Xuanhuai It’s satisfied, rich in the enemy’s country, and lingering forever."
　　 "I will go back to Beijing immediately, so dare to love me. I will go back with you. I don't want to be a guard." Liu Yan said straight.
　　 "You can't just leave as you are now. The queen mother is kind to you, she is reluctant to let you go, and if you want to leave, she will leave secretly." Zhou Jiarui looked around, "I'm waiting for you outside the city."
　　 "What about Lin Huaiyuan?" Liu Yan asked directly.
　　 "Let him go, anyway, we don't owe him anymore."
　　 Early the next morning, Li Lianying came to wait on Galeries Lafayette to comb her hair and reported something to her in a frightened manner. Baturu Lan Ling guard Liu Yanzhi left a letter without saying goodbye.
"Why are you leaving?" Cixi was puzzled, knowing that what Liu Yanzhi had in front of him was a glorious future. The Qing Dynasty was at the time of internal and external troubles, so he had to use his swords and soldiers. He was such a good man, he could do everything with a single shot. The commander-in-chief and admiral are nothing to say.
　　 Li Lianying delivered a letter with a few lines of plain brush writing, saying only that he likes the life of idle clouds and wild cranes, and does not want to be bound by fame and official positions. At the same time, he left with the imperial yellow robe and mantle.
"Fine, let him go." Cixi sighed. Last night, she still sighed with her ancestors' blessings, and gave the Daqing a reward with a literary and a martial art. The military commander ran away before the early morning. Does it mean that if the Qing Dynasty wants to become prosperous and strong, it is not about the whole army and military, but about reforming to become stronger?
　　 "Little plum, where is Lin Huaiyuan?" Cixi suddenly thought of this hapless prefect. If it were not for him, he would have never met these two master hermits.
　　 "The minion is going to declare." Li Lianying went out without much effort. Lin Huaiyuan came in and bowed to greet him. Cixi asked him whether Jiarui and Liu Yanzhi are your relatives this week.
Lin Huaiyuan’s sweat is all down, and the power of the sky is unpredictable. He didn’t dare to deceive, so he came to the road, of course, omitting the important part. He only said that these two people were returned overseas Chinese from Nanyang, because they were talked about in the restaurant. When I heard, I wanted to invite them to serve the country, but I didn’t expect to suffer and go to jail first. The two righteous men and women died for their confidants. They came to Beijing to rescue them not far away. They also prepared a box of pastries for the West. Dedicated to the Queen Mother on the hunting road.
　　 Cixi listened in silence for a long time, and the answer was very consistent with her psychological expectations. These two people are really talents given to Daqing from heaven.
　　 "Lin Huaiyuan, you don't have to accompany you to drive westward, give you a decree, you can go back to Jiangdong."
　　 "Thank you, Queen Mother Longen!" Lin Huaiyuan was overjoyed, touching his head to the ground, and banging loudly.
　　 sent Lin Huaiyuan, and Cixi called in several princes and ministers and asked them to draft a "Guilty Edict". This was the first step of Zhou Jiarui's good plan.
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　　 Liu Yanzhi and Zhou Jiarui are on the starry night, the capital is in sight. At this moment, the city of Beijing is being ravaged by the iron hoof of the Allied Forces of the Eight Nations. As Chinese, they are helpless. They are frustrated and angry.
Zhou Jiarui was ordered to return to Beijing, but he was not prepared to enter Beijing, because there is no talk at all, and the entire city of Beijing has no ministers to support the scene. Rong Lu, who was left behind by Cixi, also fled to Baoding, so Zhou Jiarui plans to go to Shanghai , Meet with Li Hongzhang, who is about to be appointed as Minister of Proposal and Peace, and meet the legendary papermaker of the Qing Dynasty.
The most convenient way to travel from Beijing to Shanghai is to take a sea boat from Tianjin. The two went straight to Tianjin. Tianjin, which has experienced a battle, has basically restored social order. Liu Yanzhi and Zhou Jiarui took off their fake braids and bought them in the concession. I wore two sets of dresses, posing as a Japanese for the time being, and bought a ticket to board the British Taikoo Shipping Company to Shanghai.
　　 After two days of wandering at sea, the two arrived at Shanghai Beach in the early century. The masts on the Huangpu River were like forests. There were not so many buildings on the Bund, but they were small.
　　 "Spend a few taels of silver here to buy a piece of land, and if it is demolished a hundred years later, you will be a billionaire." Liu Yan said happily.
　　 "Come on, the next eighty years will be full of turbulence, and no one can escape." Zhou Jiarui was a little frustrated, "My golden age is this twenty years. If I have enough capital, I still have to move overseas."
The steamer ship is moored at Taikoo Wharf. There are also cruise ships that travel across oceans, huge steel hulls, and flying colorful flags~EbookFREE.me~ European ladies with parasols, who come to China to pan for gold in old suits. Adventurers, as well as tourists from Annan, India and other places, all kinds of skin colors, all kinds of languages, bustling, one after another, really like an international metropolis.
　　 The guests lined up to disembark with their luggage. A large number of coolies gathered on the shore, shouting pidgin English to help the passengers carry their luggage. Suddenly Liu Yan thought of something and asked Zhou Jiarui: "What's the date today?"
　　 "On the first day of August, what's wrong?" Zhou Jiarui helped his glasses. He was holding a civilization stick and wearing a white suit, looking like a fake foreign devil.
　　 "I have an appointment, maybe I am waiting for me." Liu Yan replied straightly, looking around, looking in the crowd, his eyesight is very good, but there are too many people on the dock to see it.
　　 Zhou Jiarui asked him who he was looking for. Liu Yan directly told the truth. Teacher Zhou sneered and said, "You can't wait here. This is the concession pier where foreign ships dock. They will only wait for you at the inland wharf on the old city side."
The two rented a sampan and went down the river. Not far away is the county seat of Shanghai, a city surrounded by city walls. There is a large pier near the river. The Chinese wooden boats docked here are all inland river shipping Chinese wooden boats carrying large packages. Coolies, beggars who beggars, travelers with tired and numb expressions, are a century away from the sight of Taikoo Wharf.
　　 Liu Yan searched a lot, and finally found the old butler of Lin Mansion.
　　 "Liu Yishi, it's really you!" The old butler's eyes were in tears, and his eyebrows were in joy.
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