Showing the bodhisattva's heart by vajra means? Yi Zhizu smacked it, turned around and said with a smile: "That's a good thing, it seems that Huifu has figured it out." ”

Zhao Liewen smiled, and said while placing the tea: "It is a virtue to be able to endure what people can't endure, and it is a great virtue to be able to get rid of people's evil and the goodness of all people, and the big shopkeeper puts the long-term interests and security of the country and the nation first, even if it is to slaughter the Japanese country, it is also a great good." ”

"You don't need to comfort me." Yi Zhishu slowly paced over and sat down and said, "Using Vajra means to show the heart of the Bodhisattva, is there a source for this?" ”

"Yes." Zhao Liewen said loudly: "This is from the "Buddha Says Generous, Guang, Skillful and Convenient Sutra", which tells the story of killing a bandit in order to save a shipload of merchants when the Buddha master did not obtain the bodhisattva status. Speaking of this, he had already reacted, "Does the big shopkeeper want to publicize it in the army?" ”

"Political work requires." Yi Zhizhi said: "The slaughter of the Japanese state is contrary to the political and ideological education that has always been in the army, and many officers and soldiers are quite resistant, and the actions of the New Sixth Army in Changzhou and Satsuma have a lot of criticism in the army, and many commanders and instructors have reported that ideological work is not easy to do, and this statement is quite appropriate. ”

After a slight sigh, Zhao Liewen said: "The big shopkeeper also carefully talked about the potential harm of the Japanese country, and the students can also sort it out." ”

The dangers of the Wa Kingdom? How can he say that he can't tell the invasion of China by the Japanese in later generations, right? Yi Zhizu picked up the teacup and sipped tea without saying a word, and after a little thought, he said slowly: "Like England, the Wa Kingdom is an island country, with a small area, lack of resources, a large population, and a poor living environment, and it is born with a strong external expansion and aggressiveness.

In the pre-Ming Dynasty, Toyotomi Hideyoshi of the Japanese invaded Korea, just to use Korea as a springboard to expand to our mainland China, and the Japanese in the middle and late Ming Dynasty caused chaos on the southeast coast.

Today's Wa Kingdom has begun to wake up, wanting to overthrow the rule of the shogunate, follow the example of the West to promote constitutionalism, develop industry, and with the super high degree of education popularization of the Wa Kingdom, once it is fully Westernized, it is bound to rise rapidly, and after the rise, it will inevitably actively expand to the outside world, and it is bound to compete with China for Asian hegemony and break out into a large-scale war.

It is even possible that the Wa Kingdom will become a second England, expanding all over the world and competing for colonies. We cannot tolerate, nor can we sit idly by, the rise of a powerful neighbor, for this is an even more dangerous enemy than the nations of the West! It is necessary to take advantage of its weakness to be completely annihilated and never suffer in the future! ”

Zhao Liewen secretly remembered in his heart while listening, and pondered for a while before he said: "Even if the Japanese country implements constitutional government to develop industry, it will start twenty years later than my country, and it can still pose a threat to my country?" ”

"Of course." Yi Zhifen smiled and said: "This is the charm of the industrial age, all kinds of new technologies and new inventions in the industrial age are endless, even if it is a rising star, it is possible to surpass the old industrial countries, which is why I say that this is an era of the rise of powerful countries one after another." ”

After a pause, he continued: "Sort it out well, draft a letter to the whole army, preach the theory of the potential threat of the Japanese state, and encourage the officers and men of the whole army to resolutely eliminate the potential huge threat of the Japanese state with the long-term security and long-term interests of the country and the nation as the priority!" ”

Zhao Liewen moved quickly, and in the afternoon he drafted a "Letter to the Whole Army - Vajra Method Bodhisattva Heart", Yi Zhishu was carefully scrutinizing, but he heard that Yang Xiuqing was asking to see him outside, "Let him in——。 As he spoke, he put down the article and said with a smile: "The monk king is fighting Osaka, and the New Sixth Army seems to be in a hurry." ”

Yang Xiuqing came in and saluted a military salute, and then said with a complaining face: "Big shopkeeper, I heard that Osaka City and Kyoto City are one of the 'three capitals' of the Japanese Kingdom, and they are extremely prosperous and rich. ”

"Who said you should gnaw bones and drink soup?" Yi Zhisuff said with a smile: "The three capitals of the Japanese kingdom - Edo, Kyoto and Osaka are all famous, but in fact, Kyoto and Osaka together are only as good as Edo, do you know how many people Edo have?" Millions! It is a large city ...... the same scale as the capital division. ”

Hearing this, Yang Xiuqing's heart couldn't help but bloom, and hurriedly asked: "The big shopkeeper said that Edo left us the New Sixth Army?"

Although he knew that he was going to attack Edo, but after all, Edo was the de facto capital of the Wa Kingdom, and in his opinion, Edo must have been left to the Yuanqi lineage, not only for merit, but also because of the prosperity of Edo, Yi Zhi's implication was to let their new Sixth Army fight Edo, how could he not be overjoyed!

Seeing the joy on his face, Yi Zhixiang nodded with a smile and said, "Don't be in a hurry to be happy, Edo is a piece of fat and a hard bone, be careful not to jump your teeth." ”

"The big shopkeeper can rest assured." Yang Xiuqing said energetically: "Our New Sixth Army has a good tooth mouth, and we like to gnaw hard bones the most!" ”

Yi Zhizhi said with a smile: "Go ahead, go to Xiao Mingliang to discuss the specific deployment." ”

"Subordinates obey." Yang Xiuqing hurriedly saluted and retired. Zhao Liewen listened to his footsteps and walked away, and then said: "Big shopkeeper, really let the New Sixth Army fight Edo?" ”

Yi Zhizhi smiled and asked, "Is there anything wrong?" ”

After hesitating, Zhao Liewen said: "I heard that the military discipline of the New Sixth Army is extremely poor, and there are no political officers sent to the army, Edo Castle is the political, economic, military and cultural center of the Japanese Kingdom for more than 200 years, it would be a pity if it is destroyed, and the wealth gathered in Edo City is ........" ”

"The wealth of Edo Castle, the New Sixth Army can't take it away, and it will be captured and returned to the public, this is the iron law of the Yuanqi New Army, and there is no exception like any army, and then settle accounts with them after the battle." Yi Zhizu said slowly: "As for Edo Castle....... Is there still a need for reservations? ”

"The Great Treasurer is planning to destroy Edo Castle?" Zhao Liewen's face was stunned, the city with a population of millions and the political, economic and cultural center of the Japanese Kingdom for two hundred years were burned down, which is really regrettable.

"If you want to destroy your country, you must first destroy its history, and if you want to destroy its people, you must first destroy its culture." "Although Edo has a short history, it was the actual capital of the Japanese Kingdom for more than 200 years, and it was not only a political, economic, military center, but also a cultural center, and it had to be destroyed in the war. ”

"It's a pity ........" Zhao Liewen smiled bitterly and said, "The students also want to have the opportunity to visit Edo. ”

"The prosperity of the Wa Kingdom is no less than that of the south of the Yangtze River, and it is indeed worth visiting in the past." Yi Zhicontent said with a smile: "However, there is no value in playing now." After a pause, he continued: "Ready, we should also go back to Shanghai." ”

Zhao Liewen nodded, it has been some time since he came to the Wa Kingdom, and it is indeed time to go back, but this trip to the Wa Kingdom made him feel quite disappointed, and he spent most of his time in the small city of Maguan, thinking of this, he asked with a smile: "The big shopkeeper seems to have a soft spot for Maguan?" ”

The place where the famous "Treaty of Shimonoseki" was signed in later generations, can Yi Zhicontent not be fond of it? However, there was no way to explain this, and he said in a flat tone: "I can't talk about a soft feeling, it's just a matter of purity." ”

Zhao Liewen naturally didn't believe this, the other party directly designated the negotiation with the Japanese State in Shanghai to be held in Maguan Chunfan Tower, how could it be so simple as trying to be clean, but if the other party didn't say it, he was not easy to ask.

Great Qing Dynasty, Jingshi.

In the summer, the Jingshi day is like a steamer, after dark, the heat slowly subsides, many old and young masters who are greedy for coolness are bare-chested and shake the pu fan to sit at the door to enjoy the cool and idle, the current hottest topic is naturally the war.

The Qing Dynasty has expanded vigorously in recent years, and it can be said that it has frequently used troops, but basically there is nothing to do with the imperial court's soldiers and horses, and the newly built Eight Banners New Army and the Beiyang Naval Division only participated in the conquest of Korea, and only assisted from the side. This time the Japanese were different, and 40,000 new troops of the Eight Banners were dispatched to independently attack the capital of the Japanese State, which naturally made people talk about it.

The more than 100,000 Eight Banners New Army and the 20,000 Beiyang Naval Division were basically recruited from the Beijing Division and its surrounding prefectures and counties, and the largest number of them were the Beijing Division Bannermen.

Although the Eight Banners system has been abolished, and the identity of the flag man has disappeared from all official documents, there are still many flag people in Jingshi who can't let go of their identity, but the flag man who has lost the privilege of the flag man is now only in a false name, and no longer has the status of being superior in the past.

The only thing that they can still talk about is the status of military dependents, almost every family has children in the Eight Banners New Army or the Beiyang Naval Division, and the military salary of the new army is much higher than before, it can be said that there is one person in the family as a soldier, which is enough to maintain the basic expenses of a family of six.

The news at the feet of the Son of Heaven is naturally well-informed, and those who have children in the family who go on an expedition to the Japanese kingdom are even more attentive, and they go around to inquire about the news, and at night they will tease each other or inquire and communicate.

Su Shun dressed as an ordinary idler, shaking a folding fan step by step through the alley and going to King Gong's mansion, when he was young, he was also the lord of wandering around in Sijiu City all day long, these years in a high position, in and out of the eight sedan chairs, front and back hugs, majestic, now he thinks the sedan chair is too stuffy, of course, it is also to avoid people's eyes.

All the way to the micro-service, he stopped from time to time to listen to the idle in the streets and alleys, all the way down, listening to everything related to the war, he couldn't help but feel a little boring, took out his pocket watch and looked at it, and saw that the short needle had pointed to nine, so he quickened his pace, and followed a few idle men dressed up in Hu Servant also hurriedly followed.

Xicheng District is not rich or expensive, a family covers a vast area, so it is clean, Su Shun is familiar with the way to arrive at the back door of Prince Gong's mansion, someone has already waited to open the door to lead him in, into the study, Yi Xun glanced at his dress, couldn't help but smile: "Even if you want to avoid people's eyes, you don't need to dress up like this." ”

Su Shun arched his hand and smiled: "It's just a teenager's madness." ”

Yixun casually raised his hand to give up his seat, and then said, "Is there any news from the Wa Kingdom?" ”

"The three days of the Osaka Massacre are now being repaired and preparing to march to Kyoto." Su Shun said slowly: "As soon as the army is needed, the Beiyang Naval Division fleet is responsible for transporting and supplying it. ”

"My seventh brother is a cautious man." Yi Xun said slowly: "The battle of the war has just begun, and it is still very early, so don't worry." ”

"Yi Guocheng has returned to Shanghai." Su Shun said: "It seems that he wants to avoid suspicion"

"It's better for him to avoid it." Yixun changed his head as he spoke, "Monk Greenqin went to the Wa Kingdom, and the Queen Mother took the opportunity to take control of the Xishan camp and filled the vacant ...... of the Xishan camp. ”

Hearing that there was a lot of blame in his words, Su Shun said with a wry smile: "Monk Greenqin not only has an old relationship with Yi Guocheng, but also is close to the prince, and has always had prestige in the New Army of the Eight Banners, and there is no reason to send him to the Wa Kingdom, who knows that the Queen Mother will do the opposite, and send him to the Wa State, the reason is also high-sounding, and there is no way to oppose it at all." ”

Yixun glanced at him and said softly: "The constitution period has been less than two years, once the emperor and queen regret it, even if we are clan relatives, we will definitely die without a place to be buried." ”

"The prince is too worried." Su Shun said disapprenously: "In recent years, the government and the opposition have frequently propagandized and agitated constitutionalism, and various constitutional ideas have been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. ”

Yixun shook his head slowly, and said: "It's about the fortunes of the Qing Dynasty, and it's also about the lives of you, me and many officials, no matter how cautious and cautious you are, during this time, the Queen Mother frequently changed the officials of the Shuntian Mansion, which is quite abnormal, and it must be guarded against." ”

Su Shun was a little disapproving, no matter what, Ci'an didn't dare to take risks, the new army of the imperial court was not Yuan Qi's opponent at all, once Ci'an dared to attack them to break the current equilibrium situation, Yi Guocheng would definitely use this as an excuse to raise troops for the Northern Expedition, then the Qing Dynasty was really not far from the country, and even with it, millions of Manchu people would be buried together!

Seeing that he was silent, Yi Xun sneered: "How many people are staring at us, Yuting should be clear, even if the Queen Mother is jealous and will not act rashly, but it is difficult to guarantee that the people below will not invite pets to enter?" In addition, there are many people who want the world to be in chaos! Travel in micro clothes like you, don't give people a chance in the future! ”

Is this even Yuan Qi suspicious? Isn't there a bit of a cup? Su Shun hesitated for a moment before he said tentatively: "Then ...... according to the prince's will?" ”

"Out of Beijing." Yixun said: "One of the two of us went out of Beijing, and the other stayed in Beijing, but one of us was outside, and the Queen Mother didn't dare to act rashly." ”

Hearing this, Su Shun couldn't help but secretly slander himself, he is the chief military aircraft, how can he leave Beijing for a long time, and the only one who can leave Beijing is the other party, pass, think about it, this is not a good way, although the two of them are their own factions, but they are both leaders in the implementation of constitutional government, they can't be wiped out, Ci'an doesn't dare to act rashly.

After a slight groan, he bowed his head and said: "This plan is very good, as the chief military aircraft can not leave Beijing for a long time, the prince will find an excuse for foreign affairs, go to Shanghai, and stay in Beijing." ”

Yi Xun nodded slightly, he did plan to leave Beijing, during this time, he was keenly aware that the atmosphere of the Beijing division was a little abnormal, as the saying goes, the son of a daughter, can't sit down, with his identity, naturally unwilling to take risks easily, the current situation, the best and most trouble-free way is for him to leave Beijing for a period of time.

As long as he is not in Beijing, Ci'an will never dare to move, and he groaned slightly, and then he advised: "Yuting should not be careless in Beijing alone, and must be strictly guarded against entering and exiting, and must not be negligent, this is not only about your personal safety, but also about the national fortune of the Qing Dynasty!" ”