While staying at Tongzhou Station, several unexpected guests boarded the carriage, and were taken into the last carriage by Ma Ming, a new soldier left behind by Zai Chun.
"Three princes! Your Majesty has graciously allowed the three princes to come and see the festive events in the New Year. Please don't cause trouble for your subordinates!"
Who are the three princes? It was Prince Gong Yixin who had failed in the previous coup, Prince Chun Yixuan, and Prince Qing Yikuang who almost died from smoking.
The eyes of these three princes were dull. Prince Qing Yikuang heard that he had given up smoking, but he smoked half a kilogram of old dry tobacco leaves a day. As for Chinese cigarettes and cigars, they were all welcome. When Yi Xin and Yixuan saw him, the fingers of this prince who had been eating, drinking and playing were all yellow.
Haha, I was so happy that my originally white teeth were covered with yellow cigarette stains!
"Hello, brothers... I'd like to say hello to you!" Yikuang couldn't even figure out which leg to use when walking. He hadn't moved for a long time and was no longer skilled at it. He almost fell down on the thick carpet.
"Ouch! Yikuai, how did you become like this?" Yixin reached out to pull him, but the smoke almost made him fall.
"I'm fine, fine... Thanks to His Majesty's great blessing, I have food and drink, and I manage enough cigarettes every day. Long live Your Majesty, Long live Your Majesty!" Yikuang has lost the aura of the past, and his whole person is full of energy and vitality. was taken away.
He was sitting on the chair and not interested in watching any trains. He took out a paper cigarette box, lit a match and started smoking. Thick smoke was floating in the room.
Yikuang looks like he has been disabled. The life in captivity is very torturous. He was not a strong fighter to begin with, but he became like this after being imprisoned for less than half a year.
Yixin was transferred back from Xiling three days ago. Of course, he was the only one, and his family members were still guarding the spirit circle! And Yixuan was temporarily brought out from the ruins of the Old Summer Palace this morning.
Before going out, Fujin and his children were still crying, thinking that he was going to drink the guillotine.
But they never expected that the three of them actually gathered in Tongzhou and boarded the last carriage of the train.
Prince Qing lowered his head and smoked, staring blankly at the flames dancing in the cracks of the coal stove. He hummed and couldn't speak coherently when asked.
Only two brothers, Yi Xin and Yixuan, could use their brains to think about people and affairs. The two brothers looked at it for a long time, and Yi Xuan burst into tears.
"Brother...are you thinner than before?"
"No, no... you just feel like you've lost weight. I know myself. I box and sweep the floor every day, and my muscles and bones have tendons. My strength has increased a lot!"
"Brother, why have you gained weight? Is this bloating? You have bags under your eyes..."
"Hey... don't mention it. The Old Summer Palace has not been repaired since its fall. The houses are dilapidated, the swamps are full, and the waterways have not been dredged for many years..."
"In the summer, there are more mosquitoes and flies, and the humidity and heat are very high... I'm okay, I'm allowed to climb the rockery for a short time every day, but the rheumatism symptoms of those at home are even more serious..."
We can't talk about this at this point. We all know that the days of confinement are hard, but everyone has their own hardships. Why do we finally meet and share the experience of suffering?
"This railway... I didn't expect it to be built by... your Majesty..." Yixuan spoke to break the brief silence.
Yi Xin smiled coldly, "Can you be unhappy if you send a hundred thousand people to pile rocks and smash roadbeds? I really think it's his work. This geological exploration work was completed by Xiao Letian's people in the first few years!"
"He is just following the pictures. As for the rails, he did not produce them. The Chinese steel mills gave them to him, and the British gave him money. If this is not fast, it will be a waste!"
At this moment, a cold voice came from the door of the carriage, "It seems that Uncle Six still looks down on me! It seems that my hot face is rubbing against my cold ass! You are staring at me and losing your conscience to speak. It's really Nothing has changed!"
When Zai Chun got in the car, Prince Naqing's Yikuang jumped up as if there was a spring under his buttocks and fell to his knees with a thud. "Long live your Majesty, long live your Majesty!" Kowtowing was like pounding garlic.
No one noticed that half of the cigarette was still burning in Yikuang's hand. He didn't have time to throw it away and just held it in his hand. The charcoal burned his skin and he actually squeezed out the cigarette butt alive.
Yixin and Yixuan did not dare to resist at this moment. They both stood up and knelt on the ground to kowtow to Zai Chun and salute, "Long live my emperor, long live..."
"Okay! Don't live long, you all wish that I would die early, don't you..." Zai Chun sat on the chair with a golden sword, and felt sick when he saw the three people kneeling in front of him.
Originally, letting these three people take a look at the railways of the Qing Dynasty and the industrial zone that was about to be completed today was also an opportunity to show their kindness and let these conservatives know that their path is wrong!
If these three uncles are sincerely repentant, I can also consider lowering their punishment. But I didn't expect to hear such harsh words as soon as I got in the car!
"Uncle Six! It seems that no matter what I do, I can't be judged by you... Doesn't the railway of the Qing Dynasty have no benefit at all in your eyes?"
Listening to Zai Chun's strange words, Yi Xin smiled bitterly and kowtowed and replied, "Your Majesty! How beneficial this railway is, Wei Chen already knew it before he became Prime Minister and Wang Minister!"
"It is extremely useful for transporting troops, transporting goods, and allowing people to go out... But everything has advantages and disadvantages! You have built a railway, can you only see the advantages and not see the disadvantages?"
"The guilty minister no longer has any scruples. He doesn't say anything about wasting people and wasting money. Let's just talk about Xiao Letian! The blueprints for the Capital Railway are entirely from other Chinese families!"
"Where the soil is soft is a subsidence area, where the river is turbulent and bridges cannot be built, where the mounds need to be leveled, and where the depressions need to be filled with soil... And these specific data are all given to you in one package!"
"It is precisely because of these trivial data that your Majesty was able to repair the railway so quickly!"
"It's dangerous! Doesn't your Majesty understand the danger? Where did these Chinese data come from? Weren't they secretly surveyed a few years in advance..."
"The guilty minister has long reminded that the Chinese send dozens of survey teams to our Qing Dynasty every year to measure our mountains and rivers and terrain data every day!"
"It's terrible! It's terrible. The mountains and rivers of our Qing Dynasty, every plant and tree, are all represented in other people's drawings. Is this still worth celebrating?"
"If a railway is built, what's there to be happy about?"
"You!" Zai Chun was furious, but he didn't know how to refute Yi Xin's words.
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