Not long after, Ye Chengzhong, Ruan Lele, and Ruan Mingde came to the study.
After the three of them sat down, Ruan Lele said hurriedly: "Mr. President, when will you send troops? If you wait a little longer, Xi Yinglong will be able to accumulate more strength in Vietnam, which will not be good for attacking Vietnam."
Li Zhen said: "I have ordered Yang Banhou who is stationed in Guangxi to send troops. You can just stay in Beijing and wait for the news. If the news of Yang Banhou's victory comes back, you can take Ruan Mingde south. If Yang Banhou returns without success, wait. We will send out troops after the New Year. At that time, I will go south with you to Guangxi to restore the country for you. What do you want?"
Ruan Lele said: "Can't you leave now? With you here, Yang Banhou will definitely win."
Li Zhen said: "This is the first year of the founding of the People's Republic of China. We cannot go south."
Ruan Lele thought about it carefully and said, "Okay, I agree to go south after the new year."
Li Zhen suddenly laughed and said: "I asked Xiaoye to take you around the city. It's approaching the New Year's Eve and Beijing is getting lively. You can walk around more and experience the prosperity of Beijing. This is rare. What an opportunity." After saying that, Li Zhen looked at Ye Chengzhong and winked, which made Ye Chengzhong feel embarrassed, but Ye Chengzhong still took Ruan Lele and Ruan Mingde and left.
Li Zhen stayed in the study and began to think about the New Year, because there were many things to prepare for as the New Year was approaching.
Besides, this is the first New Year, so it must be done well.
…
The tenth day of December is very close to the end of the year.
On this day, Zeng Guofan came to Li Zhen's presidential palace.
After Zeng Guofan sat down, he said: "President, I thought of something. The emperor is gone, which means that the reign name of Emperor Tongzhi has been revoked and can no longer be used. How will we determine the reign name for the next year?" Zeng Guofan frowned. Said: "Emperors have their own reign names after they succeed to the throne. Now that there is no emperor and no reign title, there must be a new standard."
Li Zhen thought for a while and said: "This is easy. We will follow the standards of most countries in the world and adopt the AD calendar. This year is 1859 AD, and next year is 1860. From now on, we will continue to implement this standard regardless of Whoever takes over as president will be calculated based on this standard. There is no need for someone to have a unique reign title after taking over as president. There is no need for this."
"Ok, I see."
Zeng Guofan suddenly said: "However, foreign calculation methods are different from ours."
Li Zhen said: "This is also simple. Two systems coexist. Our time is based on the lunar calendar, which is our own system. The foreign time is based on the solar calendar, which is the legal time of the country. Anyway, there is no conflict."
Zeng Guofan thought for a while and turned around to execute
At about three o'clock in the afternoon, Huang Shihai hurried to the Presidential Palace. He stood in front of Li Zhen and said excitedly: "President, the ladies are coming from the south. We are still twenty miles away from Beijing."
"ah,."
Li Zhen exclaimed and stood up, with a happy face on his face.
Unexpectedly, Zhilan, Gu Lina and others came to the north. Li Zhen had been busy before that. In addition, he thought that it would be safer for Zhilan, Gu Lina and others to stay in Guangzhou, so he did not send anyone to pick them up. When they arrived in Beijing, they unexpectedly came to the north on their own initiative. It was such a happy event. A smile appeared on Li Zhen's face and he said, "Let's go outside the city to greet them."
"Okay, I'll make arrangements immediately." Huang Shihai said.
Li Zhen stopped Huang Shihai again and ordered: "Let's travel lightly when we go out of the city. Don't let the whole city know about it. This is my own private matter, not official business. I only need to bring some guards with me, which is enough."
"yes."
Huang Shihai turned around to prepare. Not long after, Li Zhen led people out of the city and went to greet him outside the city.
A place twelve miles outside Beijing.
The teams of Li Zhen, Zhi Lan and others merged. However, when Li Zhen saw the long team, the smile on his face suddenly froze. He didn't understand how there could be such a long team with just Zhi Lan and his party. Li Zhen rode up to meet them and came to the carriage of sisters Zhilan, Gu Lina, and Alice.
At this time, a little head emerged from the curtain of the carriage. It was Li Zhen's eldest daughter Li Chongxuan. She stood on the shaft of the carriage, opened her arms and whispered: "Daddy, hug." Seeing this scene, Li Zhen The unhappiness in his heart immediately disappeared, and he hugged Li Chongxuan and put him on the horse.
"uncle."
A clear voice came from a carriage behind Zhilan, and it was Wang Ping'an, the son of Wang Xiaoyang and Li Xiaotong.
Li Zhen hugged Li Chongxuan, rode up to him and said, "Ping An, my uncle will give you some candy." Li Zhen knew that when Zhi Lan and other women came back with their children, someone had already prepared candies, so he took it from his pocket. He took out a few candies and put them in Wang Pingan's hands. Unfortunately, Wang Pingan didn't buy it and said, "Uncle is so stingy. I want to ride a big horse without sugar."
"Oh, you are such a little man."
Li Zhen laughed, took Wang Ping'an, and put him on the horse. This time, a horse carried two children and an adult. Li Xiaotong got out and said: "Brother, don't pay attention to this kid. Let's go back to the city first. "
"good."
Li Zhen gave the order and the team continued towards Beijing.
After entering the city, sisters Zhilan, Gu Lina, Alice, Zhou Xiuying, and Shanapova all gathered together. Among them, several children also had fun. Li Zhen had daughters, Li Chongxuan and Gu Lina. His daughter Li Nian, his son Li Chongxiao, and Li Xiaotong's child Wang Ping'an, the four of them got together, it was very lively and they had a great time.
Li Zhen teased the child, and then asked the accompanying wet nurse to take the child down.
At this time, Li Zhen looked at Li Xiaotong and asked: "Sister, why are there so many people when you come to Beijing?"
Li Xiaotong scratched his head and said with a helpless expression: "A large part of the people who came were once distant relatives of our Li family and had no contact with them before. However, after they heard that their younger brother was in charge of the country, they saw the benefits. They came to recognize their relatives one after another. They were all members of the same family, and I couldn’t talk to them. Some of them were distant relatives of your brother-in-law Wang Xiaoyang. These people were bothering Wang Xiaoyang in Guangzhou, but Wang Xiaoyang kept restraining him, but he couldn’t get rid of them. No, they were all thrown to you in Beijing."
Li Zhen rolled his eyes and said, "Sister, you and your brother-in-law are really good at throwing away the burden. It's my turn to be the villain."
Li Xiaotong said: "You are also capable and can hold on to things. Who else is it if it's not you?"
Li Zhen said: "Okay, I'll take it all. The ugly words are ahead. I don't know these people, and I don't know how to be kind. If something happens, don't blame my brother for being ruthless."
Li Xiaotong smiled and said: "It's okay, you can do whatever you want, it's best to drive everyone away."
Li Zhen shook his head and said, "It's not easy to drive them away."
"Report."
A soldier walked in, came to Li Zhen's side, and whispered a few words. Li Zhen's face changed drastically and he said: "Sister, you and Zhi Lan and the others rest at home, I will go out to deal with some things."
After finishing speaking, Li Zhen left the presidential palace.
