I want to ruin the country

Li Hongzhang thought, no matter what he did, he finally had a chance!

Everything depends on human effort. What's so scary about going to the West? The worst that can happen is dying at sea. He hurriedly said,

"Your Majesty, if you have any orders, I will do my utmost to thank you for your grace!"

Yining Road,

"Go back, I will give you an order later!"

After leaving the palace, Li Hongzhang asked,

"Teacher, what is the purpose of the emperor's summons?"

Zeng Zhenfan said,

"The Emperor only asked about the situation in Guangxi. He might want to take action against the God Worshipping Society!"

Li Hongzhang was puzzled.

"Guangxi has a governor, why did His Majesty summon only the teacher?"

Zeng Zhenfan was also a little confused.

"I have not submitted a memorial to the Emperor regarding this matter. Have you submitted a memorial?"

Li Hongzhang said,

"Teacher, what are you talking about? If I want to say something, I will definitely ask you for your correction first!"

Zeng Zhenfan said,

"That's strange, but the emperor said he wants to send you to the West. I wonder what business he's on?"

Li Hongzhang said,

"I'm also very confused. I've never been abroad, so I don't know much about the West!"

"Go back and wait. Didn't the emperor say there would be an order?"

Li Hongzhang said,

“I don’t know whether it’s a blessing or a curse!”

Zeng Zhenfan said,

"The court is currently facing internal and external troubles and is in a turbulent period. We cannot overthink whether it is a blessing or a curse!

Let go, be brave, and stop looking back.

The Emperor has re-employed Lord Yuanfu and has taken extraordinary measures to ensure his smooth journey to the capital. It seems he's about to take some action!"

Li Hongzhang said,

"Teacher, I'm sorry to bother you. I wonder if His Majesty's actions are a blessing or a curse for you, Master?"

Zeng Zhenfan felt a little dissatisfied after hearing the words "blessing" and "misfortune" from Li Hongzhang's mouth twice.

"Whether it is a blessing or a curse, I cannot say for sure, but a true man should be brave enough to stand at the forefront, follow the trend, and consider the pros and cons of everything. If you ignore the interests of the country, you are no better than a walking corpse!"

Li Hongzhang lowered his head.

"My dear teacher, that's what I taught you!"

Zeng Zhenfan said,

"If you don't think deeply, you can't create the Tao. If you gain something without thinking deeply, it will be easily lost!"

Li Hongzhang bowed and saluted.

"Master, I understand!"

Zeng Zhenfan said,

"If the emperor is determined to fight hard, people like you and me cannot afford to miss this opportunity!"

Li Hongzhang said,

"Teacher, I will definitely follow your lead! I will never avoid misfortune and seek good fortune!"

Zeng Zhenfan said,

"That's what a man should do!"

The anti-smoking campaign in the palace was very effective, and a large number of pipes, lamps and opium were confiscated.

But Yining knew that there were still some people who were hoping for luck and openly resisted secretly. Yining ordered Yifang to defend the country.

"Organize a smoking cessation inspection team to conduct regular checks to see if anyone is secretly smoking opium!

If you catch someone, all the confiscated property will be yours, but if you deliberately use this incident to bully others, you will be beaten to death, understand?"

The Iranian defense was frightened!

"Your Majesty, they are inside the house, blocking the doors and windows and beating people. There is nothing I can do!"

Yining glared,

"You deserve a hundred slaps on the face for just that. Why don't you just get a dog? That beast has a much more sensitive nose than a human. If you train it, it'll definitely catch them!"

The Iranian defense eyes widened.

"Really?"

Yining raised his leg and kicked,

"Fuck it, if you don't believe what I say, who else can you believe?"

"Whoo!"

After being kicked, Yi Guofang was not annoyed at all, but extremely happy. He went to touch the dog happily!

What Yi Guofang didn't expect was that what the emperor said was actually true.

They got two dogs and trained them for a while according to the emperor's instructions, and a miracle really happened.

They patrol with dogs. No matter who is smoking opium in the house, no matter how tightly the doors and windows are blocked, the dogs will bark desperately in their direction and cannot be stopped.

Now that’s good, they can worry less!

Yi Guofang wondered how the emperor knew that a dog's nose was more sensitive than a human's?

It has been five days since Yining quit smoking. He no longer feels nauseous or uncomfortable. Apart from being a little weaker and having a poorer appetite, he is basically the same as a normal person.

These past few days, whether he could sleep at night or not, he never traveled back in time.

If he hadn't traveled back in time last night, he would have given up and stayed here.

But ever since the last time, he has been thinking about when he could go back. Although he is the emperor here, he has his parents and Catherine over there. How would they accept that he traveled through time like this?

He kept thinking about the conditions needed to travel back in time, but no matter how much he thought, he couldn't figure out what the conditions were.

Hey! It seems that this is beyond my control. Since I can’t leave, I can only stay here honestly!

He muttered to himself,

"Mom and Dad, Catherine, it's not that I don't want to go back, it's just that I can't go back!"

He ordered the defense of Iraq,

"Let's go out for a stroll tomorrow morning!"

Iraqi defense is anxious.

"Leaving the palace, Your Majesty, is absolutely unacceptable in your current state!"

"No need to waste time, just call Master Du and bring your eight apprentices. If word gets out, I'll have your head!"

Yi Fangfang said with tears in his eyes,

"Your Majesty, I will report this to Master Wenqing of the Imperial Household Department. At the very least, please ask him to send some guards to protect you!"

Yining still glared,

"If you're not afraid of spending five days in the stable, then go ahead!"

The Iranian defense is about to cry,

"Your Majesty, if anything happens to you, even if you burn me to death, it will be of no use!"

Yining Road,

"Shut up! What can I see from all the fuss you've made? It's all a wasted trip!"

Yining originally wanted to bring Hongxiu out with him, but then he thought better of it. She was still injured, and her arm might get swollen from riding the horse!

What Yining didn't know was that Du Shoutian had arranged 500 guards to follow him from a distance. Since the emperor's safety was at stake, he didn't dare to be careless.

At around five o'clock the next morning, Yining and Du Shoutian took Yi Fangfang and others out of the palace on horseback.

Along the way, Yi Guofang was worried that the emperor would have an accident and that his body would not be able to bear it.

Originally, Yi Guofang wanted to persuade the emperor to ride in a warm sedan chair, but Yining refused.

"I went out to see the suffering of the people. What can I see from my sedan chair?"

The emperor had a big mouth and he had a small mouth, but in the end he still gave in to Yining.

Heading north, the spring weather was chilly and Yining shivered.

Du Shoutian Road,

"Your Majesty, your current health is really not suitable for long journeys!"

Yining Road,

"It's okay, it's frozen solid. We won't go far. We'll be back in about fifty or sixty miles!"

Du Shoutian calculated the distance and said,

"If it's fifty or sixty miles, we should be in Changping!"

Gradually the sky brightened, a thin mist curled over the fields, and some pedestrians appeared on the road.

Most of the passers-by were walking, and most of them were carrying loads on their shoulders.

Some were pushing wheelbarrows. Modern wheelbarrows had wooden wheels and were very heavy and creaked when pushed. Others were carrying heavy cargo, with a person in front pulling it with a rope.

These people were wearing coarse cotton robes and tattered cotton hats, and their eyebrows and beards were covered with frost and snow.