Chapter 141

In that era, it was not only Wei Yuan, but also Cixi who opened his eyes to see the world!

This is a historical contradiction. Everyone knows that this woman dragged China into the abyss. However, many people do not know that Cixi once tried her best to eliminate public criticism and introduced cameras, telegraphs, trains, ships and other Western technologies. All of these Western technologies were regarded as strange ** and were strongly resisted by the Chinese people. zhi.

Although "The Journey to the West" was banned by the court, it was quietly circulating secretly.

When he was in Tianjin Martial Arts School, Zhou Charter once saw this book on Feng Guozhang's bookshelf.

Yuan Shikai, the imperial envoy, actually held a forbidden book in front of Zhou Charter and read it with great interest.

Yuan Shikai raised his head, moved his eyes from the book to Zhou Charter, and stood up: "Mr. Zhou, please sit down quickly."

Zhou Charter bowed and said, "Lord Yuan has been saddled all the way. It's so late, and he still reads at night with candles. I admire him."

Yuan Shikai found that Zhou Charter stared at the Western Jicheng in his hand, hurriedly put down the book and said, "The Western Jicheng written by Guo Songtao is really full of ridiculous words and bad for my famous Chinese religion. This Guo Songtao is willing to be a British lackey, which is really unreasonable. The court banned the destruction of this book! Good forbid! Otherwise, let this book poison the youth, and the poisonous legacy is endless!"

Zhou Charter sat down on the chair on the side of Yuan Shikai and asked, "Lord Yuan seems to be interested in this book?"

"What's the interest?" Yuan Shikai shook his head: "I just want to see how harmful this book is to China."

"Lord Yuan should have something to learn."

"Yes, I have a lot of experience!" Yuan Shikai nodded solemnly: "The Journey of Western Ji deliberately praised the barbarians, demeaned our country of Chinese civilization, and promoted the British to the sky. In contrast, what I said about the Qing Dynasty was useless, full of paper traitor logic, but Guo Songtao was also a little literary. Obviously, he was a traitor theory, but he said it was watertight. If the book spreads, some unreasonable people will inevitably be deceived and follow Guo Songtao to be a traitor, which is poisonous! Therefore, the court banned the destruction of this book! Good forbid!"

In the current court minister, Yuan Shikai's insight and ability are absolutely outstanding. This person's city is so deep that he will not easily show his attitude. Now, above the court, Yuan Shikai echoes Guo Songtao and "The Western Ji Cheng" and does not represent his true thoughts. An obvious fact is that after the ban on Western Journey, he was still reading it at night, which is enough to show that he does not want to "identify right and wrong" by reading this book!

Zhou Charter nodded: "What Lord Yuan said is extremely true. Please forgive me. I have also read "The Journey to the West". Of course, like Lord Yuan, it is also to distinguish right from wrong. However, I think that "The Journey to the Western Period" also has merits. The book introduces the economic, scientific, technological and industrial academics of Western countries, some of which are worth learning..."

"Presumptuous!" Yuan Shikai suddenly sank his face and said, "Your Majesty is wise and forbid this book. As a minister, how can you speak for the traitor Guo Songtao! Forget it, thinking about your ignorance, that's it. Don't tell anyone about it in the future.

"Thank you, Lord Yuan."

Yuan Shikai shouted: "Zhou Charter of Yizhou General took the order!"

When he was in the county government office during the day, Jin had already issued a decree. Where did Yuan Shikai play?

Zhou Charter was stunned, but saw that Yuan Shikai's face was grim, not like a joke. What's more, no one had the courage to make such a joke.

Zhou Charter had to kneel down.

Yuan Shikai put down "make Xi Ji Cheng", took out a seal from the cuff, and gently opened it. Inside was a piece of rice paper. Yuan Shikai carefully spread out the rice paper, cleared his throat, smiled, and read aloud:

"Zhang Ziying commands Zhou Charter, who is handsome, strong, loyal and honest, and can be used to fighting. The little Japanese fart rolled and urine, and the Japanese general Youpeng Yamagata did not dare to underestimate him. The Japanese general Oshima Yoshimasa also died in his hands. Li Hongzhang said that there are saints, and practice is the only standard to test the truth! My family thought that Li Zhongtang's words made sense. Practice has proved that Zhou Charter is honest, especially brave and a good man. This person must be a good husband at home and a loyal minister outside. It is lifelong for a girl to marry Zhou Charter. If the Qing Dynasty has Zhou Charter, it is the Great Wall! From now on, Zhangzi Camp will be renamed Zhangjun, become an independent army, scattered in the Qing army in various parts of North Korea, and unified under the control of Zhangjun. The General Charter of Zhou can also follow the precedent of the Hunan and Huai armies, recruit troops and practice bravery. I hope that Zhou Charter will closely unite around the court with mourning the core, strive to kill the enemy, expel the Japanese pirates, and restore North Korea!"

After Yuan Shikai finished reading, Zhou Charter looked ignorant and did not recover for a long time.

"Why don't you give thanks?" Yuan Shikai urged.

"No, Lord Yuan, what kind of decree is this?" Zhou Charter's eyes were straight. The content of this edict is similar to that issued by Jin during the day, but the tone is completely different. The edict during the day is neat, and this "holy edict" is simply nagging about the old woman.

Yuan Shikai said with a straight face, "Zhou Zongbing is very smart. Don't you know that this is Yi's order?"

Zhou Charter suddenly realized that this decree was not from the "Edict" from the Forbidden City, but from the "Edict" from the Summer Palace.

That nagging old woman is none other than the empress dowager Buddha!

The Empress Dowager Cixi has never read the book of Sage. When she first became the empress dowager, she couldn't even write. After decades of listening to politics, she could still read and write, but what she wrote was plain words, and what she said was from the perspective of women. For example, if a woman evaluates a person, she always starts with her appearance, and then talks about whether she can take care of the family, whether she can make a woman feel safe and so on.

Now, Zhou Charter finally figured out why the court sent two imperial ministers. The envoy of Jin came on behalf of the emperor, while the deputy envoy Yuan Shikai came from Cixi.

The Qing Dynasty is the dual leader of the emperor and the empress dowager!

Emperor Guangxu is in front of the stage, and the Empress Dowager Cixi is the leader behind the scenes. The decree issued by Yuan Shikai on behalf of the Empress Dowager can only be quietly issued in the dead of night.

This is the basic national situation of the Qing Dynasty!

Zhou Charter hurriedly kowtowed: "Zhou Charter thanks for receiving the order."

Zhou Charter kowtowed and was about to stand up when he heard Yuan Shikai shout again: "Zhou Charter received the order!"

"Lord Yuan, didn't you just take it?"

However, he saw Yuan Shikai take out another piece of yellow paper from his cuff, with a harsh expression and shouted harshly, "Zhang Ziying, commander Zhou Charter, ugly, weak and sickly, sinister and cunning, timid and cowardly, and defeated the battle! In Chenghuan, he was defeated by Youpeng in Shanxian County, defeated by Yichang on Dadao in Hufeiling, and by killing Wei Rugui, a loyal minister of the country, in Yizhou! Li Hongzhang said that there are saints, and practice is the only criterion for testing truth! My family thought that Li Zhongtang's words made sense. Practice has proved that Zhou Charter's words and deeds are not a good thing. This person must be a soft cook at home and a treacherous minister outside. When a girl marries Zhou Charter, she will fall into a fire pit. If the Qing Dynasty has Zhou Charter, the country will not be a country! From now on, dismiss the Zhangzi camp, arrest Zhou Charter, and hand it over to the Ministry of Parliament! My family's personal opinion, beheading and showing it to the public to emulate the example!"

Zhou Charter suddenly broke out in a cold sweat.

Obviously, this tone of the will is still the will of the old Buddha!

The two decrees, the evaluation of Zhou Charter is very different, and the consequences are heaven and earth. The former decree granted Zhou Charter the rank of general and gave him the power to take charge of North Korean affairs. The purpose is to kill him!