Two days later, a telegram was placed on the desk of Prince Hui Mianyu, and the telegram had a lot of content, which was a deathbed poem left by He Shen before his death, not one, but three poems - two poems on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month "Two poems on the moon in the night prison of Shangyuan", and the last one was a desperate poem left on the eighteenth day of the first lunar month - "Fifty years ago, the dream was true, and now the red dust is gone." Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 info He only speaks at Anlan Day, remembering that the incense soul is the back body. ”

Does He Shen really have a dying poem? After a little look, Mianyu found that the third sentence was different, and Yi Zhizhi said that 'when he is full of water, he contains the dragon sun.' But here it is 'he only talks about peace.'"

What does it mean? The staff in the garden quickly gave an explanation, Weikou means to speak, Anlan means Taiping, and the meaning of the two sentences such as 'He only speaks Anlan Day', that is, when he can speak the truth in the future, when he can evaluate me fairly and justly, someone will naturally remember his and Shen's achievements. This is actually the hope that future generations can be rehabilitated.

Mianyu nodded slightly, this is about the same, and it is also in line with common sense, what kind of person is He Shen, how dare he leave such a rebellious poem on his deathbed? Even if he doesn't think about himself, can he not think about his children and grandchildren? So, where did the poem come from? Is it easy to tamper with? Or is it someone else with ill intentions?

After being silent for a long time, Mianyu instructed the outside world: "Prepare a sedan chair and go to the Zhenhai Mansion." ”

Now in the Qing Dynasty, no one dares to despise what Yi Zhixiang said, not to mention, it is still Yi Zhixiang who specifically asked him to say in the past, if he doesn't figure it out, Mianyu is worried that he won't be able to sleep at night.

Zhenhai Mansion, Changle Book House.

After reading He Shen's deathbed poem on the telegram, Yi Zhixiang couldn't help but laugh secretly in his heart, what 'water flooding with dragon day' is really a false rumor, and the future generations who lost it are also crazy, put down the telegram, he said: "I didn't expect the prince to be so serious........" ”

What do you mean? Mianyu Yileng, such a big event, as a prince, as an uncle of the emperor, dare not pay attention to it? He reluctantly smiled and said, "Guocheng is joking? ”

"Wang Ye Jue, I have this idle feeling, are you kidding?" Yi Zhishu glanced at him, and said in a low voice: "The prince has the time and energy to investigate this fateful poem, is it because he hasn't thought about what I mean?" Does it matter if the poem has been tampered with? Does it matter if He Shen has this fateful poem? ”

Listening to these two rhetorical questions, Mianyu's face was a little ugly, and it was clear that this poem was easy to tamper with, and the meaning was also very clear, that is, to remind them to prevent women from harming the country! Then, his previous guess is true, it must be a problem with Xianfeng's dragon body, otherwise it is impossible for a woman to bring disaster to the country!

After hesitating, Mianyu spoke: "This matter is powerless for this king...... ”

"The time has not yet come, so I will remind the prince first." Yi Zhiyun said lightly: "I have a lot of things, and I may not be able to remember everything." ”

Hearing this, Mianyu secretly breathed a sigh of relief, now that the Yehenara clan has given birth to the emperor's eldest son, it is when the mother is precious to her son, and the holy family is long, even if they have the heart, they can't do anything, and it is naturally best to delay it for a few years.

He was about to get up to say goodbye, but Lin Meilian came in to report: "The big treasurer, the American minister to China has come to visit. ”

"An old friend is here, and he should welcome him." Yi Zhicontent got up and walked out as he spoke.

Mianyu wanted to stay, but thought that she couldn't speak English and couldn't understand it if she stayed, so she simply took the opportunity to say goodbye and left through the back door.

Because of the private signing of the concession of Kaohsiung Port with the Qing court, the former American Mailian in China has been transferred back to the mainland, and the new minister to China is the former Guangzhou Doulan Street ophthalmologist who has a close relationship with Yi Zhicontent, and this appointment undoubtedly shows the position of the United States between the imperial court and Yuan Qi.

"Pete, I really didn't expect you to become a diplomat." As soon as they met, Yi Zhixin quipped.

"I didn't expect you to become a politician either." Bo Jia replied without showing weakness, and both of them let out hearty laughter.

After shaking hands warmly, Yi Zhizhi said: "You become an ambassador, who manages the hospital and the school?" ”

Bo Jia smiled: "Who else can it be, naturally it is John Jia." ”

With the strong support of Yuanqi, the Guangzhou Doulan Street Ophthalmology Medical Bureau has been relocated and maintained, the scale has expanded countless times, renamed Boji Hospital, and the South China Western Medical School has been established to cultivate Western medical talents.

Bo Jia seemed to have just remembered, and continued: "John Jia plans to invite Dr. Huang Kuan to join Boji Hospital and become the vice principal of the school. ”

Huang Kuan is one of the first batch of international students sent by Yuan Qi in Daoguang in the 25th year, graduated from the University of Edinburgh Medical School in the United Kingdom, and only returned to China last year, Yi Zhishu arranged it to be a military doctor in the army, John Jia made it clear that he wanted to poach people from him, although the military doctor is more scarce, but the school is more important, he immediately said without thinking: "This is the honor of Dr. Huang, I should naturally support it." ”

As he spoke, he smiled, "In this Crimean War, field nursing has greatly reduced the mortality rate of the British and French forces, and I hope to open two formal nursing professional schools in Guangzhou and Shanghai, and can I invite a group of ...... from Jefferson Medical College in Philadelphia." ”

"Even Europe doesn't have formal nursing schools." Bo Jia smiled: "You'd better go to the UK and hire a professional nursing staff to teach." ”

The two of them sat down in the room while talking, and Yi Zhizhi said: "There are many students in Britain and France in the Qing Dynasty, and I hope to transfer to your country to continue my studies." ”

Hearing this, Bo Jia frowned, "Why?" ”

"War." Yi Zhifu said bluntly: "Britain and France may start a war against our country, and I don't want the war to affect my children's studies." ”

"War?" Bo Jia was stunned, "I didn't smell a trace of the smoke of war, so many students transferred schools, this is not a trivial matter." ”

Since the 25th year of Daoguang, Yuanqi has sent a large number of students to Britain, France, the United States, Prussia and other countries every year, as well as students from church schools, students from Yuanqiyixue, as well as Mongolian students and junior high school students from Western-style schools.

After a slight sigh, Yi Zhizhi said: "The number is not too large, Prussia and other countries account for more than half of the students in Europe, and the total number of British and French is less than 2,000, if the school in your country cannot accept it, Yuan Qi can establish a school in your country ......." ”

Is it too late to run a school? Bo Jia glanced at him and said, "I will do my best to appeal to all schools to accept them." After a pause, he then asked, "Could it be a mistake?" ”

"If war breaks out, I would like you to appeal to your national government in your capacity as ambassador to China. The government remains calm, takes a long-term view, and remains neutral. Yi Zhishu said slowly: "Only by remaining neutral can your country obtain the greatest benefits......." ”

Bo said: "Yuan Qi is sure to win this war?" ”

"Even if you can't win, you can't lose." Yi Zhishu said in a deep voice: "Our imperial court will seek peace, but Yuanqi will not, with a territory of more than 10 million square kilometers and a population of 400 million, no matter which country comes, it will be bloody!" Even the joint efforts of several European powers will not change this result! ”

Bo has been in Guangzhou for many years, and has seen Guangzhou develop at an astonishing and even incredible speed, knowing that Yuanqi's strength is strong and that Yuanqi has huge appeal and immeasurable potential, and it is obviously not a wise choice to go to war with the Qing State, if war breaks out, Yi Zhizhi is content and determined to resist to the end, this is definitely a war with unpredictable results.

After a long silence, he spoke: "Transferring all the international students to our country, are you sure that our country will remain neutral?" My country, however, has been longing to find a foothold on the west coast of the Pacific ....... ”

"If you want to settle down, you can." Yi Zhizhi smiled and said: "Your and our two countries have always been on an equal footing, and I can give you a foothold, but the premise is that your country also provides us with a foothold on the east coast of the Pacific Ocean." ”

"It's not a bad idea." Bo Jia smiled in a relaxed tone, obviously, this is simply impossible, took out his pipe, he slowly filled a pot of tobacco, although he is a doctor, but also a missionary, for Yuan Qi and the Qing Dynasty of the major events, he has always been extremely concerned, Yuan Qi in the southern foot of Tibet in the past two years, driving the Taiping army into Burma, he is clear, Britain, France and the United States under the pretext of revising the treaty to put forward the reason for further opening up the trade clause, he also knows.

In his opinion, if this war breaks out, it will also be provoked by Yuan Qi or Yi Zhifen, over the years, Yuan Qi is too strong!

After taking a few puffs of cigarette, he took off the pipe in his mouth and said: "Yuanqi is currently in a stage of rapid development, and the outbreak of war at this time is not a good thing for Yuanqi, why not take a step back?" ”

Yi Zhishu glanced at him seriously and said, "It's them who should take a step back, not Yuan Qi!" ”

"I don't see it that way." Bo Jia said bluntly: "Yuan Qi has been a little aggressive in the past two years. In the Crimean War, Britain, France, Russia and Turkey fought to the death in Crimea, but the Qing State forcibly occupied the Kamchatka Peninsula and sent troops to the northeast and northwest, which was the biggest beneficiary.

In your country's words, this is a beating of the water dogs, but Yuan Qi should not send troops to Tibet and drive the Taiping army into Burma to provoke the British, India is the most brilliant pearl in the crown of the British Queen, and the British cannot tolerate the danger of this pearl, not even the slightest! ”

Yi Zhizu shook his head slowly, and said: "The dispatch of troops to Tibet was the first invasion of Tibet by the Gurkhas, and the Gurkhas, Zhemengxiong, and Bulkeba are all vassal states of our country, and Myanmar is also a vassal state of our country. ”

Bo Jia didn't argue with him, spread his hands, and said, "You know very well what Yuan Qi is doing, I don't believe you didn't think about this consequence before." ”

Yi Zhizhi smiled contentedly, and didn't bother to say any more, had he considered the consequences before? Naturally, he thought about it, this war is not inevitable, but he believes that even if it can be avoided, it is only temporary, and a war between the East and the West, the Qing Dynasty and European powers such as Britain and France will inevitably be sooner or later, in his opinion, this may be the best opportunity!

Seeing that he was silent, Bo Jia said softly: "It's too late to take a step back now." ”

"I'm not going to back down." Yi Zhizhi said in a deep voice: "It is a matter of national interests, and I can't back down!" ”

When he returned to the consulate, he learned in detail about the situation and learned that Yuanqi's ammunition bureaus and machine factories in Guangzhou and Shanghai were expanding to recruit workers, and that the Wusong Fort had also carried out large-scale rectification.

After careful consideration, he wrote a letter to China, explaining that war might break out between Britain and France and the Qing State, and strongly advised the United States not to participate in the war against the Qing State, and clearly pointed out that this is a huge quagmire, once it is trapped, it is difficult to pull out its feet and maintain neutrality, so that the United States can obtain the greatest benefits, and hopes that the United States can properly accept the transfer of students from Britain and France to the Qing State.

Entering May, the weather has been hot, Shanghai rain has also increased, the past few years have not been peaceful, especially the Yangtze River flood in the past few years to make Yi Zhizhi feel contented, now Yuan Qi is at war everywhere, he is really worried about natural disasters also come to join in the fun, and repeatedly sent reports to urge the provinces and counties to do a good job in flood prevention and flood prevention.

Wu Changqing carried a thick black umbrella, braved the heavy rain into the Zhenhai Mansion, collected the umbrella outside the study, stomped his feet lightly, Yi Zhizhi got up and paced out, and said, "This heavy rain is coming, what's the urgency?" ”

"It's really urgent." Wu Changqing said: "The British Consulate sent someone to report that Temasek had opened a cable telegraph and hoped to merge it into our cable telegraph network in Nanyang...... ”

The British have already laid the cable telegraph to Temasek? Yi Zhizhi was satisfied, and hurriedly said: "Temasek's telegram was laid from India? Or was it laid from London? ”

"London." Wu Changqing said: "Once connected, our Qing Dynasty will be able to connect with cable telegraphs from all over the world, including the United States and Russia. ”

"Then what else do you ask? Of course connect! Yi Zhizhi smiled contentedly: "This is a great thing, the British are really fast." ”

Entering the room and sitting down, Wu Changqing said: "Big shopkeeper, cable telegraph networking is a great thing, but in terms of cost, the major telegraph companies still need to negotiate, our cable telegraph line is too short, and some suffer." ”

Yi Zhizhi smiled contentedly, "After connecting to the Internet, the cost is not a big problem, and the secrecy of the telegram is the most important thing." ”

Hearing this, Wu Changqing was a little surprised, he knew very well that the telegram was not sent in clear code, but in password, that is, the number of a word was agreed, how much to increase or decrease, and the documents sent were first translated into a password before being handed over to the telegraph office for distribution.

He hesitated, "Isn't it sent with a password?" Still need to keep it secret? ”

Yi Zhizhi said: "Of course, how can it be so simple to keep secret? No matter which country it is, it is racking its brains and trying in every possible way to decipher the codes of other countries. Smiling, he waved his hand, "This is a later word, first agree to the network, as for the cost, try to keep it as low as possible, our line is short." ”