Li Zhen thought for a moment, shook his head and said, "It's not difficult, it's not difficult."
With a smile on his face, Wei Yuan said: "Hongyi, don't worry about me. I have passed the age of knowing my destiny. If I can live for one year, I will make a year. Now I can do something useful for the Qing Dynasty. I just want to do something useful for the Qing Dynasty." That's enough. Although I am old, my heart is not old. I still want to serve the Qing Dynasty."
After listening to this, Li Zhen became even more determined that Wei Yuan should not be involved in core matters.
This old man was still loyal to the emperor and his country, and he was still loyal to Xianfeng. He wanted to protect this big house in the Qing Dynasty, which was leaking everywhere. Li Zhen didn't want to repair the house, but wanted to push it to rebuild a high-rise building, but he had to push it to this house. If the foundation of the house is destroyed, it will definitely conflict with Wei Yuan.
How to arrange Wei Yuan?
At this moment, Li Zhen started to have trouble again.
Li Zhen was very happy about Wei Yuan's visit just now, and even thought about using Wei Yuan as his own talent. However, Li Zhen understood that Wei Yuan's loyal thoughts were deeply rooted in his bones and could not be changed, so he was in trouble.
Wei Yuan still thought that Li Zhen was worried about his health, so he shouted suddenly: "Hongyi, as an admiral, you have to guard an area for the emperor and protect the people. You have a heavy responsibility. Respecting the elderly is a good thing, but compared with respecting the elderly and being loyal to the emperor, the king is Those who are ranked first, heaven, earth, king, relatives, and masters, should be loyal to the king first. This is the righteousness, do you understand?"
After hearing this, Li Zhen could only nod his head submissively.
Li Zhen was full of words, but he didn't dare to say them out, because if he angered Uncle Wei, he would definitely not be able to eat and walk around.
Seeing that Li Zhen was obedient, Wei Yuan smiled and said, "I'm not picky either. No matter what the position is, even if I'm a staff member, I'm happy to do it. Doing what you like is much more interesting than sitting in an official position where you can't eat anything."
Obviously, Wei Yuan decided to quit because he hated the current officialdom. Li Zhen was a man who was determined to reform, which gave Wei Yuan hope, so he followed Li Zhen happily, otherwise Wei Yuan would not even look at Li Zhen.
Li Zhen looked at Wei Yuan and kept sizing him up.
This action made Wei Yuan even more confused.
Wei Yuan stroked his long beard under his chin and dusted his clothes. He felt that there was nothing special about him. Moreover, he still didn't understand why Li Zhen was hesitant. The old man had already said that he was willing to be a staff member.
"Yes."
Li Zhen suddenly laughed, with a bright smile on his face.
Wei Yuandao: "Hongyi, do you have any ideas?"
Li Zhen said happily: "Mr. Wei, I went to see Mu Zhongyuan, a big businessman from the Thirteenth Bank of Guangzhou a few days ago, and asked him to help me start a newspaper. I have the money, but I lack someone to take the helm. Mr. Wei is here. It is just suitable to be the helmsman of the newspaper. Mr. Wei used to compile and translate advanced foreign books. He wanted to alert the Gonggun princes in the court and broaden the civil and military horizons of the court. With this foundation, Mr. Wei served as the helmsman of the newspaper. , it’s the most suitable, what do you think?”
"Okay, okay, this is good."
Wei Yuan repeatedly clapped his hands and praised: "You are indeed a young man who is determined to reform. It is good to start a newspaper. With a newspaper, scholars all over the world can know more content and understand more foreign things. I will definitely run a good newspaper."
Li Zhenxiao said: "With Mr. Wei at the helm, there will be no problem."
Wei Yuan thought about it and asked: "Since we want to start a newspaper, we must have a name. What should it be called?"
Li Zhen said: "My idea is to have one newspaper a day, that is, one newspaper a day. China also has another name for Jiuzhou, which is called Jiuzhou Daily. This newspaper is temporarily opened in Guangzhou City. If the sales are good, it will gradually increase What does Mr. Wei think of the printed scores?"
Wei Yuan smiled and said: "This name is good, let's call it 'Jiuzhou Daily'."
Li Zhen breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that Wei Yuan was very satisfied.
After satisfying the old gentleman's needs, Li Zhen roped in another person to calm down the situation.
In particular, Wei Yuan is only involved in newspaper matters and cannot participate in Li Zhen's core. Li Zhen can also use Wei Yuan's identity to increase his influence and recruit more young talents. As for Li Zhen really trying to overthrow the Qing Dynasty in the future, it will take a long time. It's a matter of time and it can't be done in a short time.
According to historical records, Wei Yuan died of illness in three years.
Even if Li Zhen changes Wei Yuan's trajectory, he probably won't fall out.
Wei Yuan became interested and continued: "I still have a few old friends in Guangzhou. I invited them out and asked them to write articles in Jiuzhou Daily and work hard to help the Qing Dynasty."
Li Zhen sighed, the old man never forgets the Qing Dynasty.
Li Zhen had no choice about this.
I just hope to use the newspaper to slowly change Uncle Wei.
The two discussed a series of matters regarding the establishment of a newspaper, from site selection to founding, and from operation to publication. The two of them discussed everything carefully. The only thing that made Li Zhen more satisfied was that although the old man was senior, he was not Stubborn people know that Jiuzhou Daily needs money to maintain, and they approve of publishing Guangzhou and the like in the newspaper.
The two were chatting animatedly, and Ye Chengzhong hurried in.
Li Zhen glanced at Wei Yuan and shouted: "Xiaoye, didn't you see me talking to Mr. Wei? Why did you just run in without reporting?" In fact, Li Zhen knew that Ye Cheng ran in without reporting, so something big must have happened.
Right now, Wei Yuan's face has to be taken into consideration.
Wei Yuan knew it well and said with a smile: "You said, I should retreat first."
"Need not."
Li Zhen waved his hand and said: "As the Taoist saying goes, having an old man is like having a treasure. If something big happens, it will be safer if Mr. Wei can give me detailed information."
When Wei Yuan heard this, he felt even more relieved.
He pinched his beard and narrowed his eyes with a smile, admiring Li Zhen's actions. At this time, Wei Yuan seemed to regard Li Zhen as a promising young man and as an important figure in saving the Qing Dynasty.
Ye Chengzhong became even more anxious when he saw the old man and the young man talking.
Fortunately, Li Zhen asked: "Xiaoye, why are you here in such a hurry?"
Ye Chengzhong immediately said: "The imperial edict is here, and it is almost at the Admiral's Mansion."
"ah,."
Both Li Zhen and Wei Yuan looked surprised, and then Li Zhen immediately ordered his servants to prepare to greet them. Li Zhen and Wei Yuan arrived at the door and waited for the person who delivered the order. About ten minutes later, a group of people came over and stopped outside the Admiral's Mansion. Next, the eunuch who delivered the order came up the steps with a smile, and then announced the order.
There are two contents given by Xianfeng. The first is to commend Li Zhen and encourage him to keep up his efforts. The second is the real content, asking Li Zhen to hand over Russell, Adams, Bao Ling and Burlon to the eunuchs. Back to Beijing.
In the imperial edict, it was clearly stated that he was to be taken back, not escorted back.
Obviously, Xianfeng must have compromised, or Xianfeng gave in under pressure.
