Chapter 190 Mariner

Under the electric light, Yuan Shikai, who was lying in **, mysteriously pushed the silver ticket to Li Lianying.

Looking at the silver ticket of 580,000 taels of Zhili official on the table, Li Lianying immediately understood the deep meaning behind Yuan Shikai's move: In the past, he owed Yuan Xiangcheng a favor in front of him. Eight years ago, Yuan Shikai began to give some gifts during the Spring Festival, which could not be simpler. At first, Li Lianying didn't know either. She was not familiar with this person. How could she give a gift? But he is also used to it, because there are too many people who are sternalous. The key is that Yuan Shikai persisted for several years and kept sending, getting bigger and bigger.

Finally, one day, Li Lianying felt uneasy and wondered why this person had given a gift for many years, and it was getting bigger and bigger. Why didn't she mention what to do? This is a favor for many years. Li Lianying has always wanted to owe favors for so many years, but the problem is that Yuan Shikai never gives him a chance. Even when he is used, he will give him hundreds of thousands of taels of silver, and naturally the favor has always been owed.

And now the silver ticket of 580,000 taels is reminding him that it's time to pay him back. Thinking about that kindness and the words of the old Buddha when he came.

"The slave's head is tied to the master's belt at night..."

Thinking of this, Li Lianying subconsciously scratched an imperceptible smile on the corners of her mouth, and immediately had no expression like a pool of water, but it made people feel that it was so easy to get close.

Pushing back the silver ticket, Li Lianying's face was still accompanied by a smile.

"Lord Yuan, I'm just a preacher. I can't afford this fifty-eight taels! When he came, the old Buddha only had one sentence. If your excellency is not exhausted, then..."

There was the kind of humble smile on his face, but this smile chilled Yuan Shikai's heart.

"The Empress Dowager will go on an expedition with the imperial doctor!"

As he spoke, Li Lianying stood up and looked at Li Lianying's hurried out. Yesterday, he entered the palace. In the Dongnuan Pavilion, he just said, "The rebels are starting to rise. Although the soldiers are powerful, they are bound to train soldiers. For now, the plan should be to borrow money to train soldiers and make a long-term plan", but he was scolded by the old Buddha.

"At the beginning of the rebels, his momentum is weak, just when it is time to use troops to suppress it!" Finally, when he apologized and retreated, he accidentally fell from the steps, and his right foot was seriously injured. He jumped out of the palace with one leg.

How could Yuan Shikai, who was lying in **, not hear the stalk in Li Lianying's words and couldn't help sighing.

"I don't want to be ordered by the subjugated country!"

As soon as a sentence was said, Yuan Shikai's heart was blocked, and only a stream of thick blood rushed in his chest and restless. He rushed straight through his throat and spewed out of his mouth. It was dark in front of him and suddenly fell by the bedside of the bed. He didn't know anything.

"Marshal!"

The servant next to

was scared by the scene in front of him and shouted sadly.

Li Lianying, who had just gone out of the house, heard that the sound was wrong. She quickly turned her head and was shocked when she saw the situation. The staff of Yuan Shikai in the capital also surrounded him. At this time, the servants had straightened Yuan Shikai from the bedside.

Li Lianying, who was shocked by this scene, hurriedly ordered.

"You go to the doctor quickly. I'll go back to the palace and ask the doctor of the imperial hospital to come..."

While talking, Li Lianying almost fled as if she had left Yuan Shikai's private house in Beijing. She rushed back to the palace and told the Empress Dowager that at this time, the pool of blood beside the bed was a person who could not be blinded.

Li Lianying just went out and looked at the ruddy face of the general. Xu Shichang understood the reason in an instant. He waved his hand and made everyone withdraw. He said that he was to give way to the general. He just left the room. Yuan Shikai, who had been in a coma, opened his eyes and opened his mouth as soon as he saw Xu Shichang in front of him. It's two words.

"Help me..."

Looking at the anxious look on the general's face, Xu Shichang pondered for a while and replied.

"Marshal, foot disease, vomiting blood, can't be turned!"

He nodded. How could Yuan Shikai not know the wisdom of the Empress Dowager? He was "falling" yesterday. Today's vomiting blood and coma were all to drag it down. He was afraid that if Li Lianying returned to the palace, the Empress Dowager would send a doctor. If she was really "dizzy", the Empress Dowager would clearly cut the officers and seize the troops, and let the Beiyang by the means of the Empress Dowager. The official was willing to drive him, but it was just a few days.

The reason why he had to bite his tongue to perform this play was that Yuan Shikai wanted to buy himself another few more days and delay it for a few days. Although the Empress Dowager had a lot of means, it still took time to use that means.

"Bu Wu, save me!"

This time, Yuan Shikai spit out two more words, but only one word later, but he expressed Yuan Shikai's nervousness.

"Marshal, there is room to do things. We are all involved. In case something happens, an outsider has to deal with it. I am this person!"

After meditating for a while, Xu Shichang looked at the commander in front of him, and his voice suddenly pressed to the lowest.

"Bu Wu has hundreds of relationships with Chen Moran. If... Bu Wu wishes to coordinate in the middle of the south of the Yangtze River!"

At the same time, he bent down and whispered a few words close to the commander's ears. After listening to these words, Yuan Shikai, who was originally anxious, lit up his eyes and looked at Xu Shichang, pointing to the silver ticket of 580,000 taels of Zhili official silver number pushed back by Li Lianying by the bed.

"Bu Wu, you make up another hundred... No! Three million taels! Just say... just say this is..."

Yuan Shikai lowered his voice. Listening to the footsteps outside the door, he lay down towards ** and closed his eyes. When the doctor entered the room, Xu Shichang exited the door.

Stepping into the Chuxiu Palace, Li Lianying saw the Empress Dowager Cixi gently closing her eyes, leaning her head forward slightly, held the cigarette holder, took a heavy sip, and then spit out the cigarette again. The room was filled with a smell of tobacco with a slight spicy smell.

After sucking about seven or eight pots, the Empress Dowager Cixi slowly opened her eyes and waved her hand to the maids beside her, signaling them to retreat. When there was only Li Lianying left in the room, the Empress Dowager Cixi said to Li Lianying.

"Xiao Li, how is Yuan Shikai's foot disease?"

Li Lianying had been standing beside her for a long time and waited impatiently. Seeing Cixi asking him, she hurried forward and said while gently beating Cixi on the back.

"Old Buddha, you guessed it correctly. Yuan Shikai's fall is just a minor injury, but..."

Li Lianying looked at Cixi and thought about the kindness she owed to Yuan Shikai, so she said.

"It's still the Buddha who knows those slaves, but Yuan Shikai's courage is too small. You are so scared..."

"What's wrong? If you don't scare him, how can he know his duty!"

Li Lianying glanced at Cixi. Seeing that the old Buddha had not responded, she continued to preach.

"Here's the problem. Who knew that Yuan Shikai was a little timid, but your words scared him out of blood and fainted.

"Oh! These damn slaves!"

When Cixi heard this, her face darkened and showed a little anger. Li Lianying saw that the old Buddha's face changed and quickly knelt in front of Cixi.

"The sin of a slave deserves to die! The slave deserves to die! Please forgive me!"

Li Lianying knew that the Buddha was not angry with her, so she knelt down in front of Cixi and kowtowed to beg for mercy.

"Get up, it's nothing to do with you. Look at the way you scare!"

Cixi said something with a thoughtful look on her face.

"You saw Yuan Shikai spitting blood!"

"No, what a big mouthful of blood! This time, Lord Yuan was scared to the bone by your words from the old Buddha"

"Oh!"

She answered softly, but Cixi didn't say anything, just said a sentence.

"I'm tired today. I asked two imperial doctors to diagnose and treat Yuan Shikai. By the way, I sent two pieces of Korean ginseng in the palace to Yuan Shikai. Remember, I want two of one big and one small! In order to consolidate its yuan!"

Li Lianying came out of the Chuxiu Palace and quickly recruited a eunuch to convey the order of the Empress Dowager Cixi:

"Two Korean ginseng, one large and one small!"

When the eunuch went to do the eunuch's decree, Li Lianying sighed, looking at the sky with light clouds and the sun, she often sighed in her heart.

"Yuan Shikai! Yuan Shikai! Lao Li has given you your kindness. If you can't pass it, it's up to you!"

Li Lianying shook her head and sighed in her heart, but then walked to the palace with eight steps, as if she had nothing to do with him before.

"We are fierce in all directions, and the world is full of heroes. Since we judge Siyi, it is appropriate to lead our children, take advantage of the time to jump up, and gather to respond. No small, no big, get rid of its harm, interrogate and get ugly, in order to play skin skills. Wei, my uncles and brothers, aunts and sisters, not only judge Siyi, but also should aim at their determination, join their large group, persevere in virtue, and keep their strength, advance and retreat, and be with the fierce warriors. Ville's lost scholar, forced to be a soldier, you have a birth, you are also a Han nationality, not only judge Siyi, it is appropriate to have repentance, it is appropriate to move quickly, it is appropriate to cherish the root, it is appropriate to think about its distant ancestors, it is appropriate to overthrow the spear, do not rebel against the righteous teacher, do not to be annihilaration..."

After reading the "anti-Qing article" of the Guangfu report, Ye Zukui was silent for a long time and sat alone in the "Haiqi" captain's room, as if he was stunned. I don't know how long it took, Li Shunze, who entered the captain's room, said in his ear.

"Your Excellency, it's dark!"

"What? It's getting dark. How long have I been sitting?"

As if waking up in his sleep, Ye Zuyu asked.

"It's been almost two hours."

Li Shunze said softly.

"Tell the ships that I won't eat in the restaurant tonight. Just ask them to cook a bowl of fresh vegetable soup, beat two eggs, and bring them to me."

After Li Shunze went out, Ye Zuyu's brain began to turn.

In the past two days, the heart of the ship floated, and the sea road to the sea was blocked by a sunken ship. This morning, in Jiujiang, when the gunboat "Jiangping" of the Yangtze River sailor was hit a suspended mine and sank in the river in an instant. In order to protect the ship, he had to order the fleet to withdraw to Hankou, but when he arrived in Hankou, he encountered a rumor in Hankou. At the same time, there were rumors that Hubei was not in chaos, because Zhang Zhidong and Chen Moran reached an agreement, and only when the time was right, they recovered anyway.

Although he knew that it was a rumor, he thought of Zhang Zhidong's invitation for Chen Moran at the beginning, and then looked at the news about the newspaper in the concession in the "Wuchang Daily" on the table.

"... Every night, there is a sea of people, which has had a big impact. Newspapers looking around the street, outside the big glass windows of each other, posting news from all over the world. On the street, it was said that the crowd was full of people listening at night. A traitor came and the good news of another county, applauded and reveled. One report failed, believing that the newspaper was instructed by the imperial court and falsely won or failed. The masses smashed the big glass window with extreme resentment. Since then, the newspaper not only dare not disclose the news of failure at the beginning of the door, but also dare not disclose it in the newspaper..."

Thinking of the people who had fallen to the light, Ye Zuyu slowly turned from fear to despair and sat in a chair, as if his body was being pushed into the dark abyss.

"If you are a slave to the captives, when the nation is restored, everyone will not be a slave!"

"The Qing court wants to take Han officials with full officials!"

Thinking about all the rumors he had heard since he came from the south, Ye Zuyu frowned. Now not only the people believe in the rumors, but also some officers and soldiers believe in the rumors.

"After the Guangfu army recovers the Jiujiang River, it will set up a series of mines in the river, waiting for the fleet to go down the river, that is, it will be destroyed by mines..."

As soon as he returned to Hankou this afternoon, rumors spread on the ships of the navy. When Guangfu began to salvage the Zhenjiang sunken ship today, someone spread the British-made battleships of the Guangfu Army. It has arrived in Shanghai and will fight against the navy against the current.

Such rumors have made the spirit of the army more and more unstable. When ordering the fleet to shell the Guangfu army of Fan Jiujiang, most of the officers and soldiers hit the shells to the embankment of the river and the rice fields. Ye Zujiu would not know the negative war-weariness of the officers and soldiers inside the navy.

The hearts of the people are everywhere, and the hearts of the army are becoming more and more unstable!

"The opportunity for the survival of the Han people is the help of the ship owners. The one who has no heart, the one has no blood and sincerity, and who is not the descendants of Yan and Huang. How can he be willing to be a slave of the alien race and harm his compatriots? Yiqi Xinghan! Please don't hesitate!"

Although this leaflet found from the naval sergeant has long been ordered to be burned by Ye Zukui, it can burn the paper. How can this word be destroyed?

When his heart sighed, Ye Zujiu shook his head helplessly and sighed, but the door was pushed over.

"Your excellency, your meal is coming!"

"Oh...?"

He answered, but he felt that the voice was a little familiar. Ye Zuui looked up and saw that the man in the sailor's military uniform who brought the meal was actually... The person who came was Liu Guanxiong!

"You still have the courage to come here. You are not afraid of this Admiral and order someone to take you to justice, Mingzheng Criminal Code!"

Staring at his beloved general in front of him, Ye Zou asked, but his voice was not very loud.

Liu Guanxiong, who destroyed the navy in front of him, was once Ye Zuyu's beloved general. Even if he hit the sea and the sky, Ye Zukui had rushed to plead for him to save his life... But Ye Zukui couldn't think of it. It was just a few days of kung fu. He became the commander of the Guangfu warship commander. Three hundred and forty-eight officers and soldiers of the Haitian rebels together.

In Ye Zuyu's view, Liu Guanxiong in front of him was no longer his beloved general, but the rebellion of the court, and of course his enemy.

"Your Excellency!"

Liu Guanxiong respectfully saluted the old officer, and then looked up at the angry adult.

"This time, Guan Xiong came here, and there is only one thing I want to ask my lord!"

This sentence stunned Ye Zukui and took such a big risk just to ask a question? I'm afraid that he wanted to surrender himself. When he was about to raise his hand to drink and leave, Liu Guanxiong spoke.

"I don't know if the teaspoon of "Jingyuan" is safe!"

A question was made to let his raised left hand hang in mid-air. Ye Zukui looked at Liu Guanxiong in front of him in a blank way, and his right hand couldn't help touching the silver object hanging under the military uniform around his waist. Over the years, Ye Zuyu has been deeply nostalgic for the "Jingyuan" ship, which has been in charge for many years. No matter where he is in his position or where he is, he has always carried a teaspoon dedicated to the "Jingyuan" ship, which is cast in English "Jingyuan Imperial Navy - Jingyuan", and he is inseparable.

Taking out the teaspoon and looking at the English text of "Qing Imperial Navy - Jingyuan" on the handle, Ye Zukui looked gloomy and smiled bitterly.

"Seeing this teaspoon, it seems that Jingyuan is still with me."

"Your Excellency, every time Guan Xiong sees Yang Guan's "Sadness" hanging in the cabin, it is said that the debt owed by people is also unforgettable!"

Answering two sentences correctly only made these two people, who came out of the same sailor and a ship, fall into silence and fall into the memory of the past. Their expressions became more and more complicated. Thinking about it, the two were full of grievances and pain. Suddenly, Liu Guanxiong cried loudly. The more he cried, the more fierce he cried. The more he cried, and Ye Zukui's own eyes became blurred.

Finally, after crying, Liu Guanxiong made a military salute.

"Today, the adult wants Guanxiong to be in front of the army, and Guanxiong will never complain. Guanxiong only asks the adult to remember when he said that he got the hatred of Xuejiawu..."

With that, Liu Guanxiong looked sobbing again.

His words made Ye Zucui, who was hazy with tears, smile bitterly. In the year of Gengzi, in the Battle of Dagu, four destroyers, including the "Hairong" cruiser and the "Hailong" moored in Haikou, were taken away by the Eight-Nation Alliance. Later, the "Hai Rong" ship was redeemed, but the destroyer was divided up by Britain, France, Germany and Russia. Xin Chounian and Yi Qian, Li Hongzhang and other ministers who signed the Xin Chou Treaty with the Eight-Nation Alliance proposed to "withdraw" China's five largest warships, indicating that China had no foreign readiness to avoid causing trouble.

If it hadn't been for the strong opposition of the officers and soldiers of the navy, he and Sa Zhenbing would have fought against the court, so that the Beiyang navy, which had just been rebuilt, could have been saved from being killed. With such a court, Xue Jiawu's hatred... Thinking of this time, Ye Zukui's heart was covered with a veil like the moonlight tonight, and he only felt that the future of the sailor was uncertain.

For a long time, Ye Zukui said sadly.

"I'm afraid... In this life, neither you and I can see snow hatred."

Ye Zucui, who closed his eyes, shed tears. Even if he worked hard, he had to reorganize the sailor, waiting for him to wash away the hatred of Jiawu, but at this time, the dream of self-deception was shattered. Thinking that the court was treating the sailor like this, I only felt desolate.

"Go back!"

Ye Zuju said with a wave of his hand that he had no intention of asking the rebellious general to the court. After all, I don't know what will happen to him if this matter spreads, not to mention that they are all people from Beiyang.

When Liu Guanxiong made a military salute, Ye Zukui hesitated to ask questions about the doubts in his heart.

"Ziying, why do you rebel!"

Looking back at the old officer, Liu Guanxiong hesitated for a moment before answering.

"Guan Xiong doesn't want to die and doesn't see the hatred of Jiawu!"

(to be continued)