Tongwenguan Shende Building.

Tongwen Hall has always been the most lively place, not only here is the first of the new school, the emperor comes to walk around from time to time, but also because it is the language of all countries can be heard here, what German, French, Russian, Spanish, Portuguese, English, Italian, all of them, between Su and Japan, there are few Chinese here, and the chatter is all in foreign languages, the so-called "Tongwen Museum, the ghost even the ocean." The students were arguing, and it was also very exciting. In recent years, a new Japanese class has been opened, but there are very few applicants, "It's just a matter of learning some Western, and learning Japanese from Oriental devils is a joke." ”

The graduates of the Tongwenguan have been for several years, most of them have been sent to the Prime Minister's Yamen, if the family has a relationship and influence, they are arranged to the Prime Minister's Yamen as an errand, Su Ri does not do much work, just contact with the envoys of various countries, serve as a translator, translate and translate the national letter, etc., this is a noble way out, if you want to go to a rich place, then go to the Customs and Excise Department, where the silver is faster, but there is one bad, the chief official is British, it is inevitable to lose his identity, secondary, is to the North and South Ocean treaty ports, Or go to the coastal provinces to supervise and fubu political envoys to do errands, and specifically negotiate with foreigners - this is rich, if it is leisurely, then go to the Tongwenguan to translate books, this matter is not in a hurry, but the vast books, very cumbersome, and not much oil and water, but compared with going to the place, in the end in Beijing, if there is someone in the family to do foreign business, this Tongwenguan is the best signboard.

The worst thing is to be sent out to the ocean, although now the promotion officer of the Tongwen Museum, the Prime Minister Yamen Co-Minister Guo Songtao is also from a foreign country, but everyone always feels a little pimple, people are cheap when they leave their hometown, and no one wants to cross the ocean. If you go to a foreign country to do things, but if you can't do it, the Prime Minister's Yamen has chosen you to send an envoy to a foreign country, which is also helpless, although most of them are poor students. But in case it is like the current ambassador to Germany, An Lan, this opportunity is also very good, and if you go abroad, you can also get an allowance, the allowance is quite considerable, you can support your family, and the promotion is faster than in other places, which is a preferential treatment for expatriate.

As for the stress at home. The people in the Tongwen Pavilion are really not worth mentioning, everyone knows that these people in the Tongwen Pavilion are all hardcore Westernists, and the family looks at their own future, so naturally they will not gossip, besides, whether it is a cat or a dog in the Tongwen Pavilion, they all claim to be the junior of the Long Live Lord. The letter of guarantee written by the emperor himself to that person in the past has long become a family heirloom of his family. No one dared to neglect him. The identity of the Son of Heaven's disciples, the Beijing Normal University Hall, and the newly established Tsinghua University Hall, are not even considered to be patting horses.

More and many ministers of military aircraft came to inspect from time to time, and Wen Xiang came the most diligently, every time. It brought a lot of good news, such as how many students from the Tongwenguan were selected by the officials as officials -- it has been common for coastal states and counties to deal with foreign affairs to use officials from the Tongwenguan in the past few years.

Or how many Xinjiang ministers were brought to pick people, after Lord Zeng Guofan entered Beijing. Unable to save face, with the new governor of Zhili, and Wenxiang went to the Tongwen Museum together, enough to select more than a dozen people to Baoding, to help preside over the construction of the railway, these dozen people are the Ministry of Communications deliberately stayed, after learning foreign languages, and specialized in engineering construction and railway laying, and then sent abroad to prepare for further study in the future, I did not expect all to be Zhili to go, the Ministry of Communications is empty of people and money, for this matter, the Ministry of Communications Shangshu Mu Yang angrily jumped to the feet, and successively went on three bullets to impeach Wenxiang and Zeng Guofan.

Today, Wenxiang is going to inspect the Tongwen Pavilion again, although everyone thinks it is not strange, but the minimum etiquette can not be less, a few promotion officials are waiting in front of the Shende Building, and the students of the Tongwen Pavilion have long been spoiled by Wenxiang, and they have never been welcomed.

Several promotion officials waited for a long time, but no one came, and when they were looking at each other, Sula from the Prime Minister's Yamen ran over and said breathlessly, "Today, the Prime Minister's Yamen has something to do, and Wen Zhongtang is still in the palace to discuss matters. ”

The chief officer was about to ask something, but there was a loud shout from several classrooms, "Damn! Damn it! Damn it! ”

The noise seemed to be contagious, and it filled the entire Tongwen Hall at once, and the remedial officer saw that the form was wrong, "What's wrong with these students?" ”

Many students poured out of the building, and they walked out excitedly, and the promotion officer had sharp eyes, and suddenly saw that there was a young man in the front row of the crowd who was not from his own Tongwen Pavilion, mainly because this person was too famous, and the promotion officer headed by him was angry to death, and shouted, "Han Rubing, you are not in the Jingshi University Hall, what are you doing in my Tongwen Pavilion!" ”

Han Rubing bowed his hand slightly, and said without humility or arrogance, "I have come to deliver the news to the juniors and juniors of the Tongwen Pavilion that the Russians provoked a war in Xinjiang and killed the people of the Turk Special Department. ”

"What?" The re-introducer also suddenly heard the news and was very surprised, and then changed his mouth and said, "What does this matter have to do with the Tongwen Pavilion?" ”

"Naturally, it has a relationship," Han Rubing raised his head and said, "There are Russians in the Tongwen Pavilion, please come out and apologize!" ”

"Presumptuous!" The re-introducer said angrily, "This is not your Jingshi University Hall, don't put your set here, the Russian army is rude, naturally the imperial court will come forward to punish him, and the prime minister's yamen will naturally have a way to deal with it, the DPRK and China have long had strict orders, and the diplomatic affairs of various countries should not be angry with the ordinary citizens of all countries, this is a big violation of the image of the state of etiquette of the Celestial Empire!" The Russians in the Tongwen Hall are all Russian teachers, not to mention anything else, you people, have you forgotten to respect teachers? "This promotion officer is an old scholar from Guozijian, although he also disdains to be in the company of foreigners, but for the rules of the way, he attaches great importance to it, and he is square, and the discipline in the Tongwen Pavilion is his main grasp, under his eyes, many people secretly retreated, Han Rubing retorted, "I just asked the Russians to come out and make it clear what he meant, if he is good with China, this can still allow him to continue to stay in China, if it is with the Russian cavalry, I Han Rubing will never allow him to be here again, poisoning people's hearts." Sir, please rest assured, students will not harm the national body and do things that deceive teachers and destroy their ancestors. ”

"It's not your turn to speak about this matter," the old magistrate blew his beard and glared at him, "The matter of the Tongwen Pavilion, there is Master Guo, the host of the Wenzhong Hall, and it is not your turn to take care of it." ”

"Isn't Tongwenguan learning the language of foreigners, and people's hearts have changed? Talking to foreigners? As soon as Han Rubing's words came out, there was a lot of noise around him. (To be continued.) )