Chapter 68: Teaching your son in person

Several people from the Military Affairs Office knelt out. Prince Gong Yi temporarily led the minister and led Xu Jishe into the hall. He walked a few steps and performed the ceremony of the monarch and ministers with three kneelings and nine bows. "The criminal Xu Jishe, kowtow to the emperor, long live long live long live long live long live long live long live long live long live long live long live long live long live long live long live long live long live long live long live long live long live long live long live long live long live long live long live long live long live long live long live long live long live long live long to the ground, waiting for a questioning.

The emperor looked down and Xu Jishe had a tall body, a round belly as a drum, and a red face as fire. It was not like he had been in the Heavenly Prison of the Ministry of Justice for three years and was always worried about his unexpected fate. It was more like he was doing a prosperous job in the position of governor. This time, the emperor saw him coming to report his duties and invite rewards.

In fact, it was the same. Xu Jishe lived in prison for three years and became familiar with the prison guards. In addition to studying and studying, he also recruited prison servants to give lectures. He practiced Tai Chi in his spare time and took a walk in the courtyard, so he was so red.

Xu Jishe has been in prison for four years. In the first year, the new emperor ascended the throne and was exempted from hook as usual. From the second year, all his family was anxious about the master's life and did not know how much money was spent. Although they could escape again and again, they were not on the list of goujue and were unable to die, but they were not pardoned. If this continues, they will be trapped and lack of horses. I wonder when it will end?

He himself was calm. In the summer of the second year of Xianfeng, he wrote his own chronology in prison, and all the funerals were explained long ago. However, his family and friends had to do their best to rescue him, especially during this year, the emperor asked Prince Zhuang Mianyu and Prince Gong Yi to preside over it, and opened a brand new general office to show his family a glimmer of life.

Because Xu Jishe served as the governor of Fujian for many years, he had a reputation as capable in the Westernization Movement for a long time. Although he wrote a letter to attack the Fujian village in "Shenguang Temple", the emperor just demoted him and did not blame him much. I think that since the new General Office was established, which was specially designed to deal with foreigners, the emperor could always abandon his ability in Fujian, right?

After waiting for nearly a year in anxiety, he finally gave up his grace and released him from prison, and reported to the General Administration Office. Then he went to the journey with Prince Gong to meet him.

Xu Jishe was in prison and thanked him for his gratitude. After spending several years with the prison guards in prison, he had a relationship with each other. Xia Youquan, the head of the prison department, came to congratulate him, "Mr. Xu, the emperor's grace is so great that he will not only release the lord and release you from prison, but also let you work in the General Administration. I think that in the future, the future will be spread and it will be just around the corner."

Xu Jishe bowed to him, "Thank you, Master Xia, for your good deeds and prayers. The emperor is as kind as the sea. I should repay you with all my strength."

"Come on, why don't you prepare your suitcase for Lord Xu quickly. You can get your knot back when your family arrives, but you don't dare to delay your time." With a sentence, Xia Youquan spitted and spitted a few mouthfuls, "Sir, don't be surprised. Being a rough man like us, you can speak without any restraint and can't speak. This time is not that time."

After saying a word, everyone laughed loudly.

On this side, Xu Jishe's family heard the news and rushed to the door of the lobby of the Ministry of Justice. They thanked Xia Youquan and waited for the officers of the Ministry of Justice for many years to take care of him. Then they took his father home, took a short rest, and went to the General Administration to report.

Shortly after arriving at home, the subordinates came to report and Prince Gong came to visit.

Xu Jishe did not dare to be negligent and opened the middle door to greet him: "Please pay tribute to the prince."

Yi helped him up, "I dare not, I dare not." He said, "I came to be presumptuous, but because the emperor's will came urgently, I asked Weng Tian and I to go on a trip together for a visit. I think the emperor has some instructions from others. Weng Tian, ​​I wonder when he can prepare it clearly?"

"I am Xing Yu, and I am afraid that I will listen to you under the prince's command in the future. Everything depends on the prince's decision."

"Okay, let's set it tomorrow? We'll leave early tomorrow morning, okay?"

So, the next morning, Xu Jishe said goodbye to his family, took the backstop car sent by the General Administration Office, and walked with Prince Gong all the way to Rehe.

A few years later, the Emperor Meng was re-engaged. Even Xu Jishe's calm and cautious temperament could not hide the excitement in his heart. It was okay on the way, and he talked to Yi, but he didn't feel anything. When he arrived at Rehe and came to the emperor, the old man's eyes were swollen, just to be afraid of losing his manners in front of him, so he did not dare to reveal it.

I heard the emperor say, "Xu Jishe, I remember you were a Jinshi in the sixth year of Daoguang, right?"

"That is, I was appreciated by the previous emperor. In the sixth year of Daoguang, I ascended the dragon and entered the officialdom."

The emperor sighed in his heart that Xu Jishe was a talented person who was very good at doing Western affairs. He was just criticizing him for his own work. Although he was born with his own origins, he could not resist his unbearableness. However, he would not say this. "It would be difficult to say it." He said, "Before you came, I have read your resume. You have been through foreign affairs for a long time, and you can comply with the people's sentiments, and you are a rare good official. In recent years, Lao Liu has always said in front of me that if Xu Jishe had not been blamed for the past, how could he end up like this? If he could let him go, he would have a way out, right?"

Next he said, "Actually, even if there is no such reason, I always think that Xu Jishe still has something to do. He has tried to convicts several times, and when he sees your name, he will put his pen and wander around the room, thinking about seeing it again, and waiting..."

Xu Jishe finally couldn't bear the tears and tried his best to stop crying loudly in front of the king. "I always have the aura of my scholars, but I don't know how to respect the heavens and the ancestors, and I talk nonsense in my writings," he said in an extremely unpleasant crying voice: "The emperor cares about the old ministers, which really makes me feel ashamed."

"I am about to talk about your writings. The "Yinghuan Zhilu" you wrote is really bad!" The emperor's tone turned cold again, "You have never been to the place you recorded in the book, but you dare to publish it just by hearing what you know? The people are dull, what do you know? After reading your book, I only think that there is such a "land of happiness" in "Datong" thousands of miles away. If the people yearn for it, they buy boats to cross it... I ask you, do you know how far away my China is from the United States described in your book? How many people have in that place? What do local people have to think of outsiders?"

When the emperor was still rebellious about the plot in the book, not only Xu Jishe was afraid, but Yi also became a little nervous. "Emperor," he knelt down and said, "The emperor has already explained the various errors in Xu Jishe's book, and he has listed this book as our dynasty. Lord Xu also thought it was wrong, so please forgive me for this festival?"

The emperor sighed, "Xu Jishe, the matter has passed, and I am too lazy to mention it. In the future, you should use your brain to do things more. Don't just believe it when you hear the flattery words of the barbarians to your country. Do you understand?"

"Yes, the guilty minister understands."

"That's it. In the future, I think Lao Liu will use more places to use you in the General Administration. You have to do a good job and don't let me down."

"Yes, the emperor's heavenly teachings, and all the criminals have recorded them."

"You go down, I have something to say with Lao Liu."

"Yes." Xu Jishe met his head and knelt down, got up with some difficulty, took a few steps back, and then turned around and left the hall.

There were only two people left in the palace, Emperor and Prince Gong. Yi thought that the emperor left him because he had to say something about Xu Jishe's personal opinion. Before the emperor could speak, he spoke first. "Emperor, Xu Jishe is a rare talent, and he has a little knowledge of the Westernization Department. This time, the emperor sent him to his brother's general office. Not only did he feel like he was a tiger, but he also felt that Bao Jing, Li Hongzhang and others also felt that the errands handled by the general office under the orders. With such a person, he should be everywhere..."

The emperor interrupted his younger brother, "I'm not keeping you here for Xu Jishe's business," he said, "I want to ask you, negotiate with the British to build a railway between Shanghai and Jiangning. Will you report this time?"

Yi blurted out, "Ah, is this?" After saying that, he immediately realized that the person who was talking to was different, and hurriedly knelt down, "Emperor, I..."

Sometimes the emperor knew that Yi was not careful in his actions, but he rarely showed it in front of him. This time he asked suddenly, but he forced the true colors. The emperor smiled bitterly in his heart, "Old Liu!"

Hearing the emperor's tone, Yi thought of what happened back then, secretly hated that he was rude and said, "My brother is confused, my brother is confused, I am confused, please punish me."

"There are only two brothers here, so it's okay. If someone else is present, I will be in your "lost words" and you say, should I justify it or ignore it?" The emperor waved his hand, "You are my blood brother, for you, I will be of great use in the future. Do you understand? In the future, Lao Liu, you must really pay attention. Don't cause trouble for yourself, and don't make things difficult for me, yes!"

"I am always ashamed of being young and ignorant, and working hard all the time. The emperor does not think that my brother is vulgar, but instead trusts him with a strong future. My brother is frightened."

Seeing that the most talented and capable brother gave himself a few words, the emperor was so proud that he stopped entangling, "Get up first." He said, "I told me that it was a railway matter that was discussed with the British?"

"Zhe." Yi then stood up, "Last time, my brother passed the emperor's holy intentions to the British envoy Wenhan, and Lord Wenhan was also very surprised."

As mentioned above, when the British heard that the Qing Dynasty was interested in building a railway and cooperated with their own people, they were naturally happy to see it. However, the details of cooperation between them could not be agreed upon for a long time. What is even more annoying is that the Qing Dynasty did not have its own telegrams at this time, and the communication information had to be transmitted back to the country through telegram lines in Hong Kong, India and other places. The communication was time-consuming and it was very delayed in efficiency.

The United States and France did not know where they got the information. They sent their special envoys to the General Administration to the General Administration, requesting to act in accordance with the treaty signed with the Qing Dynasty. Since the Qing Dynasty wanted to cooperate with the British to build a railway, other countries should also share the interests and get a share of it.

When Yi heard this, the emperor seemed to have sneered a few times as expected, "They want to join in too? It's great."

"What does the emperor mean?"

"I have said that railways are not rare things. There are British people, French people, and American people. There is only one railway line for the time being. Just let their ministers in Beijing go to the General Administration's office. If you pass on my will, our Celestial Empire must listen carefully to the advantages and disadvantages of various countries, and then select the party with the most advanced technology and the lowest price to cooperate with it."

"Your Majesty, will this not arouse Lie's dissatisfaction?"

"What can I do to dissatisfie with them? There is only one railway, but there are three countries who want to take this project at the same time. My Qing Dynasty chose the best, so how could it be angered?" He said, "In fact, such a change is known to everyone, and there is no way to do anything. After all, our Celestial Empire wants to build a railway. Such a large project has attracted the attention of the Chinese people. It is also very necessary to carefully select one of them."

After lunch, the emperor stood up and arrived at the cross-yard where Concubine Zhen lived. An eunuch shouted: "Long live the emperor!" The girls in the house stopped and spoke quickly, and came out: "Long live the emperor."

"Are you all here?" The emperor looked around. In addition to Concubine Zhen, Concubine Jin and Concubine Lan, leading the eldest prince Zaili in a fragrant cotton coat. Even Concubine Jia, who had a very unhappy fuss yesterday, were there. Just so happened that he wanted to say to a few people: "Go inside, it's too cold outside."

"Yes." When the emperor's emperor moved to the house, the girls followed him in, "Sit all. I'm here today, I really want to tell you something. You are all here, so I won't let them spread everywhere, sit all the time, sit all the time."

"yes."

Seeing everyone sitting down, he said, "The eldest prince will be five years old next year and it is time to enter school. When I met with the Military Affairs Office a few days ago, I issued an order to protect the scholars who are worthy of the responsibilities of studying. When I called out today, when I asked about this, I thought that the old man in the study room now, one in the U-ren and the other in the other in Zhuo Bingtian, was both talented and virtuous, but he was the prince's teacher. However, both of them refuted me."

Emperor Zhen looked at Concubine Jin's uncertain face and took the initiative to talk: "What? Lord Wu is a minister that the late emperor valued very much. Lord Zhuo and his sixth uncle's teacher, aren't it good?"

According to the folk name in the palace, Guan Yi was called "Six Uncle". The emperor nodded and shook his head, "If you want to talk about the talent and character of these two people, there is nothing to be picky about." He said, "It's just that the eldest prince's teacher is not only talented, but also very courageous and meticulous. The most important thing is to have a strong heart."

"The eldest prince is mellow and well-behaved. I don't think he will rely on being the prince's honor in the study and is disrespectful to the master, right?"

"Of course he doesn't dare. It's just that a teacher is bound to have such worries." The emperor glanced at his son who was standing aside and said, "Brother, the descendant of the Tian family is of great status. Don't say that he has not made any mistakes, he is a mistake. Can a teacher be beaten and scolded? Hey! You don't know about this. Back then, Uncle Wu's son was scolded by Master Du because of my mistakes."

Youjia didn't know the truth, but heard the emperor's words make him laugh, and he looked particularly eye-catching in this quiet warm pavilion. Everyone's eyes swept over, and Jiapin's already red face suddenly turned redder.
Chapter completed!