Chapter 129 King Dun was assassinated (1)

When the father, son, king and minister had a meal together, the emperor smiled and talked about the marriage between the eldest prince and the eldest princess. "You are not in Beijing, so there is no need to say that you are not in Beijing, but this time you come back, you always have to go through the mansion and ask for help. I have prepared a few things for you and take them over to treat them as a gift for you as a brother and a uncle."

"In addition to the full consideration of the state, the emperor also plans for his son, and the child is grateful."

"You have been in the United States for several years. In addition to being more fluent in Spanish, your national knowledge of the country is not inferior to Yung Wing, right?" the emperor asked him with a smile, "In your opinion, which is better or better than my Qing Dynasty? If I want to take stones from another mountain to attack jade, do you think you can be caught off guard?"

"The Emperor Ama is as worried as the heavens, and his son is just a last view. How dare he speak in front of the Holy Lord?"

"Don't talk to me like this. This is a banquet for Tianjia. Don't use the right words in the court to perfunctorily treat me."

Seeing that his father's expression was very firm, Zai Ying would not say anything, "According to what his son saw, China has been passed down from the family since ancient times, and what the people want is to seek, besides spending a day on food and clothing, they will meet the wise ruler like the emperor Ama; if this is the blessing of the world and the blessing of the people; if it is the same as the previous Emperor Jiajing and Emperor Tianqi, it will be the sadness of the people."

"The American political system is completely different from the Qing Dynasty. It is responsible for the president and the parliamentary auxiliary system. In my son's opinion, this political system certainly has its own advantages over other countries, but it is even more inferior to the Qing Dynasty."

"What?"

"If you don't say anything, you will only mention someone to go to the political and political interest section. The previous presidents left them in their predecessors and deleted them more often. It would be fine if the evil examples left by their predecessors were just a matter of good governance. If you leave them immediately for different political views, wouldn't it be a disaster for the country and the people?"

The emperor did not know whether Zaiying was not very knowledgeable or deliberately lie to him. The US government orders must be officially implemented in the country through the approval of the Senate and the House of Representatives. How could anyone have the disadvantage of political restitution? He continued to say, "However, the US presidential system, once every four years, has made the court officials never entrenched and cause trouble. If they are not done well, they will be dissatisfied by the people. After four years of responsibilities, they will be no different from ordinary people immediately. Therefore, my ministers think that this way of preventing problems before they happen and avoiding one person's dominance is suitable for our heavenly dynasty to learn from."

The emperor opened his mouth and glanced at the corner of his eyes that the Queen and Concubine Jia had finished eating early, and sat there listening to the father and son's words, but the two girls couldn't understand the words of their comments. Even if they could understand, they would never make any comments. They had to sit there blankly, looking listless, and felt funny and a little pity, "Okay, you don't understand what I and the second brother said, so go down first."

The two girls were as if they were pardoned, and they stood up with a smile and saluted, "I will leave."

The emperor also stood up, took Zaiying out, waved his hand and took his light steps away, and the father and son were walking in the garden, "You just said that, the former is not mentioned, but the latter is indeed a theory of governing the country."

"My son dare not. I think these little insights are long before Emperor Ama's wishes. Even if I have been studying for the rest of my life, I will not be as good as Emperor Ama's side."

The emperor stopped and looked at him with a funny look, "In a few years, you were in the United States, and you didn't expect that this skill of chanting the saint would be stronger than when you were in Beijing?"

"My son dare not speak nonsense. Emperor Amaweika the four seas. When my son was in Beijing, he didn't mention it. This time he went abroad and saw what he heard and saw, even the American teachers and friends who only knew a few words in the Qing Dynasty. When it comes to the East China, he also admired it very much."

Zaiying's words were true and false, and the emperor did not argue with him much, and turned around and moved forward again. "In the years you went abroad, I have been thinking about where to go in the inheritance of this family and world where the father and son inherited the death of the son. Do you know? Although many Western countries still practice the system of rule by kings, this system is probably difficult to preserve for a long time - do you know why?"

"My son thinks that the people's wisdom is gradually increasing, and the cultural and educational knowledge that the people hear and see in the world will increase day by day. I am afraid that there will be no longer the situation of being willing to be slaves to others in the past."

"It's right, it's very right. But what you said is not complete. Just as I said to Yan Jingming and others when I was promoting the Lijin government back then, the people's participation in national affairs is becoming more and more urgent, and the enthusiasm for inquiries about political affairs is becoming more and more urgent. Among them, especially some merchants who have accumulated a large amount of money from foreigners or Chinese people for many years of business, and have accumulated a large amount of money from family fortunes. The people's hearts are the most important. When I ascended the throne, I cut off the path of many people's intention to become officials by donating money. It's okay in a short period of time. If it goes on for a long time, these people naturally have to find another way."

"I have been in China for thousands of years, and merchants are just the last of the four people. Can these people come up with any other way?"

"You don't have to worry about such topics now, so it's hard to say in the future. Especially when the court sends more and more children like you to study overseas, after returning, they will bring the governing concepts of Western countries into the court," he paused and said with a wry smile. "Look, there will be more and more voices in the court for amending government orders, and it will become louder and louder. At that time, it is time to make changes."

"My son thinks, even so, there are always scholars in the court, right? Those merchants only know how to stare at some A-dogs, what can they teach about state affairs?"

The emperor shook his head and refused to answer, pointing to the flower path in front of Cuijingzhai with his hand, "Well, let's discuss it again...you see?"

Zai Ying turned around and looked over, with a smile on her face. On the path not far away, there were many princes below Zai Li. The princess was wearing court clothes and dressed in costumes, and was pointing at the same time. Looking at their appearance, they seemed to want to talk about brotherhood with Zai Ying, just for the emperor to be here, and dare not take the liberty, "Ama?"

"Go. You haven't seen each other for many years. Let's talk about the past. I'll give you a few days off and then work at the General Administration Office."

"Yes." Zaiying agreed, knelt down and met her head, watching the emperor leave, then stood up and walked quickly towards her brothers.

When the brothers met, they saluted, "Brother, congratulations to my brother for his joy in the examination. I am in a foreign land and have not been able to come to congratulate me in person. Please forgive me."

"No need to say so much, in short, I will give you a good meal tonight." Zai Li laughed and looked at his younger brother carefully. "You don't know that over the past year, my brother has not learned anything from the other side of the Shenji Camp. It's just that his alcohol tolerance has increased much more than that year. We brothers rarely have a party. First, we welcome you, and second, we practice it for Xiaowu."

Zaiying heard that Overzai Chun was going abroad, but she didn't know much, "Fifth brother, are you in a hurry to leave?"

"Yeah." Zai Lan nodded with a smile, "I heard from the Emperor Ama that I wanted me to go to Germany, and I can't compare with my second brother. I would also ask my second brother to teach me a few tricks. Fortunately, the country full of foreign devils can survive safely."

"It's no need to say. I'll ask the emperor to ask for an order tomorrow and give me a few more days off to teach you how to get along with foreigners."

Zaichun smiled honestly and bowed to him, "thank you, second brother."

"You two brothers, let's talk about tomorrow's affairs tomorrow. We will come to our mansion tonight so that the second brother can meet his sister-in-law and add the gifts that have been delayed for more than a year."

Zaiying couldn't help laughing, "Don't worry, brother, it's a must-have. I've prepared it."

The season is in April, and the day is long and the night is short. After the hour of You, the light in the garden is still bright. The Shende Hall is deep, but the candles need to be lit. The emperor sat cross-legged on the throne, about to pick up a memorial to read it. He heard a hurry outside the hall, and Liu Fu came up with it. Yang San and his voice said, "Please pay tribute to the prince."

"Get up." Yi agreed casually, and kept breaking into the warm room, "Emperor, something happened."

"What's wrong?"

"King Dun was assassinated in Japan. His injuries are unknown now"

The emperor felt dizzy and almost couldn't sit steadily. He held a corner of the imperial desk with both hands, and his heart was pounding, "What's going on?"

"I don't know the details yet, but... I heard from the news from the Japanese Embassy's General Administration that King Dun was stabbed by the Japanese in Tokyo." Yi said, "Your Majesty, please make a decision on this matter quickly."

"You first go to the telex department in the garden to instruct Li Hongzhang, the governor of Fujian, and ask him to take the thunder and call him to set off from Fuzhou immediately and rush to Tokyo, Japan. If the Japanese Navy blocks it on the way, fire the fire immediately,"

"Your Majesty, what is the injury of King Dun? I don't know anything about the capital. It's better to pass the imperial hospital and let them send someone to accompany you?"

"The fifth brother's injury must be treated no matter the severity of the seriousness. Now even if the imperial physician rushed over, it will be difficult to relieve the urgency. Moreover, I think that no matter how brave the Japanese are, they will definitely not dare to just watch it. Therefore, his injuries do not need to worry about you, my king and minister."

Although this is a speculation, it is reasonable to think about it carefully. Yi wiped the cold sweat from his head and nodded, "What the emperor said is that this matter is because my brother is too impatient."

"You are the brother of Lao Wu, why am I not? I care about his mood, how could I have any lack of it?"

"What the emperor said is that I will go down and write an order and order the telex department to send it to Fujian."

"Emperor, Prince, please wait." Another voice came from the door. It was Zeng Guofan, Zhao Guang and Yan Jingming who arrived. Several people had already retreated to the mansion. When they heard the news, they hurried into the garden. When they entered the hall, they were hearing the words of the king and his ministers. Zeng Guofan ignored his admonition and made suggestions, "Your Majesty, I ordered Li Hongzhang to go to Japan. Is he afraid that his words and deeds will cause war between the two countries?"

"So what do you think? My younger brother was assassinating someone and he ignored him?"

"I am not saying that. The emperor was so angry about the injury of King Dun. This is the common human nature. But if he gave Li Hongzhang such a decree, he would be afraid that he would lose his concern and cause trouble for no reason. At that time, the disaster would not last long. My Qing Dynasty was originally justified, but it would become unreasonable."

"Now, it's useless to say that. King Dun is representing the court and I go to Japan. Now that he is stabbed, the Japanese are responsible. The two countries have no communication. Do you want your king and minister to sit here and wait?"

His words were very messy, but Yi and others could understand it. "Your Majesty, I also think that Lord Zeng's words are good. If King Dun was stabbed, the Japanese should be responsible. However, the situation is unclear. It is better for me, the Qing Dynasty, not to use swords and weapons rashly. It is also not easy to leave any comments on the Japanese, and do things that are reasonable and make unreasonable."

"What do you think you should do?"

"My brother wants to inform the world of this matter, especially the embassies and consulates in China, to inform them one by one; let foreigners come forward, on the one hand, question them, and on the other hand, for future negotiations between China and Japan, to seek justice for the assassination and injury of the fifth brother."

"Oh, by the way. I will ask for justice for my fifth brother in the future. I have almost forgotten." The emperor gritted his teeth, his voice seemed to pop out from the cracks of his teeth. "This time, we can't just spare the Japanese, and we must slaughter them hard. Can the blood of the first prince's descendants flow in vain? Also, the telegram sent Sushun to ask him to send a boat to send Huang Kuan to Japan immediately to heal the old fifth brother's injuries."

"Please rest assured, the Japanese must always remember the lessons of this time. See if they dare to be careless in such a big deal."
Chapter completed!