Coming to Shanghai? Yi Zhishu was a little surprised, and then he realized if something had happened to Jingshi, and immediately asked, "What's the news about Jingshi?" ”

"Jingshi?" Yan Shikuan shook his head, "It's calm, I haven't heard anything about it." ”

"Let Ren An come to see me immediately." Yi Zhicontent commanded.

Yan Shikuan hesitated and said, "Where is King Gong......?" ”

"Send someone to inform me and say I'm back." Yi Zhizhi said and got into the sedan chair, the weather was very hot but the sedan chair was very cool, because the sedan chair put a large piece of ice, which felt the same as turning on the air conditioner, he enjoyed this feeling very much.

This kind of ice brick is specially made by the ice factory for cooling and heatstroke prevention, it is very popular in Shanghai, some exquisite wine shops, tea houses and shops are rushing to order, in the sedan chair and carriage to place ice cubes to cool down, in fact, he proposed and took the lead in trying, leading to Shanghai high-level have followed suit, quickly popular.

When he went back to the house to take a bath, Ren An was already waiting in the study, and when he saw him come in, he hurriedly stepped forward to greet him, and Yi Zhizu asked directly: "What is the movement of the imperial court?" ”

"The imperial court has been reorganizing the Eight Banners New Army and the Beiyang Naval Division in the past few days." Ren An said unhurriedly: "It is said that I noticed that some parties were mixed in the camp, but according to the investigation, it seems that the ...... is being purged." ”

Ci'an transferred the monk Greenqin to the Wa Kingdom, and took the opportunity to purge in order to firmly control the Eight Banners New Army and the Beiyang Naval Division, which can be said to be expected, Yi Zhixin is not strange, but what does Yixun have to do with this matter when he came to Shanghai? Could it be that Ci'an wants to do something to Yixun? This may not seem like a big deal, how could Yi Ci'an's shrewdness do such a stupid thing? He didn't think much about it, knowing that when he came back, Yixun would definitely come, and he would know when the time came.

As soon as Ren An left, Lin Meilian came in and reported: "Big shopkeeper, King Gong is here." ”

Coming so fast? Yi Zhixiang smiled and got up to welcome him out, as soon as he came out of the room, he saw Yi Xun in civilian clothes coming quickly, he stopped and waited with a smile, and only said when he arrived: "I heard that King Gong has been coming to Shanghai for a few days, but you are worried about the situation in the Japanese Kingdom?" ”

Yi Xun arched his hand and said: "The Japanese country has a national city brother in the town, and there are very worried ...... below. ”

After returning the salute, Yi Zhizhi said tentatively: "So there is something wrong with Jingshi?" ”

Yi Xun sighed lightly: "It's hard to say. ”

"Go in and talk about it." Yi Zhixiang smiled and waved his hand and asked.

Entering the room and sitting down, Yi Zhizhi no longer asked, but slowly lit a cigarette and waited for the other party to speak, Yixun seemed to sort out his thoughts, and then said: "Brother Guocheng is well-informed, the imperial court has vigorously rectified the Eight Banners New Army and the Beiyang Navy Division in recent days, you should have heard of it?" ”

Yi Zhishu nodded, "I heard that there are some parties mixed in the army. ”

"It's really a party." Yi Xun laughed and said: "But it is not mixed with the army, but a party developed in the army, the Youth Army Society-Young Officers Society, which is a party ...... cultivated by the emperor." ”

After explaining in detail what he knew and the reason for coming to Shanghai, he continued: "Judging from the reaction and measures of the imperial court, the empress dowager should not know about this so-called hoeing plan. ”

Yi Zhizhi nodded approvingly, although Ci'an is a female streamer, she is quite politically talented, and she will not be so stupid as to be so stupid, from the fact that the imperial court disbanded the Qingjun Society by thunderous means and carried out a major purge, it can be seen that she is also very shocked and angry about this matter! After a slight hesitation, he said, "What does King Gong think?" ”

"Although the Youth Army Club has been disbanded and rectified, do you know if there will be other parties in the army?" Yi Xun said slowly: "Since the Queen Mother wants to firmly control the military power, she will definitely not stop there...... which will cause great resistance to the implementation of constitutional government by the imperial court. ”

"Politics comes out of the barrel of a gun, and a regime without the backing of force is tantamount to a castle in the air." Yi Zhizu said slowly: "The implementation of constitutional government is to abolish the autocracy of imperial power, if the emperor still controls the military power, the constitution will become a joke, which is why I support you in controlling the new army of the imperial court." ”

After a pause, he continued: "If the emperor wants to hold the military power, then it is impossible to achieve a peaceful constitution, it seems that the only way to take the road of overthrowing the imperial court by force and establishing a constitutional government, I gave you the opportunity, but if you don't cherish it, you can't complain about me." ”

Hearing this, Yi Xun was really anxious, and hurriedly said: "The matter has not yet reached the point of irreparability, and the non-soldiers meet each other, and the Queen Mother can take the initiative to disband the Qingjun Society in time and actively clean it, which shows that there is still something to fear." ”

Speaking of this, he paused slightly, and then said: "This matter is a rare opportunity for us, there is no need to hide it, and directly control the new army of the imperial court in the Japanese and above-board control, and recommend Seng Lingqin to be in charge of the Eight Banners New Army, and Zaizhao is in charge of the Beiyang Naval Division, so that the outbreak of civil war can be avoided, and the emperor can be overthrown, and the court can also accept it." ”

That's too much to take for granted, right? Will Ci'an willingly surrender his military power? If this were the case, she would not have prepared to build a Qingjun Society in the army to cultivate the power of the pro-emperor, Yi Zhixiang pondered for a while before he spoke: "King Gong has the heart to try, I naturally support it strongly, but no matter how you toss, it can't affect the war against the Japanese, let's talk about it after conquering Kyoto." ”

Yi Xun said: "That's natural, if you mess up the plan to level the widows, it will inevitably outweigh the losses." ”

Seeing that he was interested, Yi Zhixiang smiled and said, "Is King Gong planning to return to Beijing?" Or do you want to stay in Shanghai for a while? ”

"Let's stay in Shanghai for the time being." Yixun said without thinking, since he was out of Beijing, he didn't plan to go back empty-handed, he planned to go to the country in person, so what happened to go back to Beijing like this?

Yi Zhishu nodded and said, "In the past, King Gong came to Shanghai in a hurry, but this time, since I have time, I might as well walk around and see more, and I will arrange someone to accompany me." ”

"Thank you very much." Yi Xun smiled and said, he did have the heart to carefully and carefully inspect Shanghai in an all-round way, Yuan Qi has built Shanghai into the largest port in the Qing Dynasty in just 20 years, the most open and the most Westernized city, and he is indeed very interested.

Yi Zhixiang smiled, "It may take some time to fight Kyoto, it is rare to have such an opportunity, King Gong can come over at any time when he has time." ”

"Then it's better to be respectful than to obey your fate." Yi Xun smiled: "I will often come to disturb in the future, and Brother Guocheng should not be annoyed by the time." ”

"Once the constitution is established, King Gong will inevitably be the regent and superintendent of the country, and we will need to communicate in many aspects, so how can we be annoyed." Yi Zhixiang smiled: "But King Gong, don't bother me." ”

It's bound to be a regent and a prison country! Yixun's heart jumped when he heard it, and he said with a smile: "Every time I see Brother Guocheng, I have benefited a lot, and it is really an honor to have the opportunity to talk to Brother Guocheng from time to time, so I won't be annoyed." ”

After a pause, he said with concern: "Kyoto is not easy to fight?" ”

"King Gong doesn't need to worry." Yi Zhizu said slowly: "It's not that Kyoto is difficult to fight, but to ensure that the First World War takes down Kyoto and captures the Wa King, once the Wa King flees north, the war is bound to be protracted." ”

Hearing this, Yi Xun put his mind at ease, he didn't understand the things of the war, and he didn't dare to talk much, not to mention that Yi Zhizhi was content with the southern and northern wars, and the eastern and western expeditions were undefeated, and he could be called the god of war in the Qing Dynasty, and he didn't dare to be bored, so he didn't dare to be bored, so he got up and said: "Brother Guocheng just crossed the sea and returned home, so I won't bother much." ”

Yi Zhishu got up and sent the others out of the door, then stopped on the steps, and saw Yixun out of the courtyard, he went down the steps to the cloister and slowly paced back and forth, Ci'an was already in control of the new army of the imperial court, but he also formed a Qingjun Society in the army, cultivating the power of the pro-emperor and queen, it was obvious that he was preparing for a rainy day and preparing for the constitution.

It seems that the peaceful implementation of constitutional government is very likely to be unworkable, as for what Yixun said about depriving the emperor of military power, it is not impossible, but it is extremely difficult, he has been paying close attention to the situation in Beijing, and it is very clear that the DPRK and China are now clearly divided into two major factions, one is the constitutionalist faction, the other is the royalist faction, although the constitutionalist faction is in a strong position, but the royalist faction is not small.

If you really want to deprive the emperor of the military power as Yixin said, the court itself will be in chaos first, and maybe the new army itself will break out into large-scale infighting, this situation should not be a bad thing for Yuan Qi, even if he does not intervene, he can secretly support Yixun's ........

Thinking of this, he felt that it was inappropriate, Yuan Qi could secretly support, would Britain and France secretly support? Ci'an is not lacking in foresight, will she turn to Britain and France for help? Even at this time, take precautions and start colluding with Britain and France?

He was pondering, but faintly heard a quarrel at the gate of the courtyard, and couldn't help but feel quite surprised, who else dared to quarrel at the gate of his yard, and when he got a little closer, he could hear that it was Yan Yangtian's voice, and he could guess a rough idea without listening to him, it must be Yan Yangtian who asked to see him, and was shelved, because it was the military situation Yan Yangtian was unwilling to delay.

He hesitated and stopped, Lin Meilian also came out of the room at this time, and when she looked up, she had already shocked Yi Zhicontent, and couldn't help laughing: "Let people stop outside, I'm afraid that it will affect the big shopkeeper's thinking, and I don't want to ......." ”

Yi Zhizhi said gently: "Let him come in, the military situation is urgent, and he must not be stopped, even if there is a military situation in the middle of the night, he has to call up, not to mention just thinking about the problem." ”

"Subordinates know their mistakes." Lin Meilian hurriedly said obediently: "I promise not to do it again." ”

Yi Zhizu waved his hand and said, "In addition, let Ren An come over." As he spoke, he turned back to the study, and soon Yan Yangtian walked into the room quickly, and saluted: "The principal rushed back without waiting for the war in Kyoto to end, but there is an urgent matter?" ”

Seeing that he was calm, Yi Zhizu nodded slightly: "There is indeed an urgent matter, how is the progress of the Wa Kingdom?" ”

"Back to the principal." Yan Yangtian said loudly: "Yi Xun and Monk Lingqin are still stationed in Osaka, the East China Sea Fleet has captured Nagoya, the main city of the Owari Domain, and the marines are rapidly interspersed to the northwest to cut off the retreat route from Kyoto!" ”

This is the established plan, Yi Xun and Seng Lingqin led their troops to land in Osaka and set up a position to attack Kyoto, Kyoto is in danger, it is inevitable to call the shogunate and nearby daimyo to send troops to help, and the main force of the East China Sea Fleet will land in Nagoya and penetrate to the northwest, forming an encirclement of Kyoto, and then complete its work in one battle.

After a slight groan, Yi Zhizhi said, "Is the capture of Nagoya still smooth?" ”

"It went very well, but in half a day, the Owari Domain surrendered the city." Yan Yangtian said and added, "The resistance of the Owari Domain was not fierce, and the troops had almost no casualties, only more than twenty people were slightly injured. ”

Yi Zhishu nodded and said, "They must protect some telegraph lines to ensure smooth communication, report once a day in peacetime, and report at any time if there is a war." ”

"Yes!" Yan Yangtian said loudly.

When Yi Zhizhi returned to the backyard, it was dinner time, Zaitong specially set up a table for him to eat his favorite dishes on weekdays, the dishes were very rich, but there were only two people who ate him, although he had a lot of wives and concubines, but Zaitong had big rules, and the concubines were not allowed to go to the table when eating, so none of the concubines were willing to come to accompany them.

Yi Zhishu also takes turns to accompany a group of wives and concubines to eat on weekdays, this time the time to go to the country is not short, and when he returns home, he naturally wants to accompany the wife, although he has not been in the country for a short time, but he brings his own cook, there is no food that is not appetizing, but he has not been able to eat two meals well in the past few days at sea, and he is naturally appetizing when he sees this table full of dishes.

Full of wine and food, the maid who was waiting for him served tea, and said with a gentle face: "The two brothers Zhengde and Zhengxing wrote a letter, saying that they would leave for China after graduation, and they could rush home for ........the New Year this year." ”

Yi Zhizhi smiled contentedly, "I heard that the two brothers have talked about girlfriends outside, let them bring them back to see." ”

"There are fathers like you." Zaiton said angrily: "Fortunately, a few boys have not been around all these years, otherwise you would have been spoiled." ”

"Men should get married, women should get married, if they are in China, their grandchildren can run all over the ground." Yi Zhizhi said: "Besides, let them bring people back, you palm, if it is suitable, the marriage will be finalized........" ”

Zaitong hesitated: "Wouldn't it be too hasty?" It's a good deal, right? ”

"Right?" Yi Zhixiang glanced at her, "You don't want to introduce that princess or Gege to your son, do you?" ”

"Look at what you said, I'm so blind?" Zai Tong glanced at him and said: "We don't need to marry people with prominent family backgrounds, but the gap between the two sides can't be too big, right?" There are many female students in Shanghai Girls' School who come from ...... families. ”

Yi Zhifen said with a smile: "If you can go abroad to stay abroad, can your family background be worse?" ”

"You're just coaxing me." "There are fewer international students sponsored by Yuanqi every year, and most of them are from poor families. ”

Yi Zhishu knew that this topic would go on endlessly, and hurriedly said, "Okay, I'll talk about this when they come back." ”

After listening to it, he didn't get entangled, and instead asked: "Zhengde and Zhengxing brothers come back, how do you plan to arrange?" ”

"What do you want to do in the long run?" Yi Zhishu smiled: "When they come back, it depends on their own interests and hobbies, no matter what they want to do, I, as a father, will strongly support it." ”

"I said that I wasn't spoiled, but I didn't see anyone as pampered as you." Zaitong said helplessly: "How can it be up to their temperament when they are young." ”

Yi Zhizu said with relief: "Okay, don't think too much, wait for them to come back and discuss it." ”