For the court of the Qing Dynasty, there has never been a proposal on Xiao Letian that passed so smoothly, and the next day, after the temporary bill of the Qing Dynasty's 20-year tax reform signed by Emperor Tongzhi was thrown to the court, the expected sparkling explosion did not happen at all, and the entire court was quiet and frightened him.

No one spoke in the Eight Banners, because they knew that if they wanted to pay the flag salary in full, they had to rely on this household reform, and no one in the world could conjure up silver, except for Xiao Letian. What's more, the Manchu princes and nobles didn't speak, and the courtiers below couldn't speak.

No one spoke to the Qingliu Hanchens, because they knew better what it was like for Jingshi Migui to be persecuted by creditors, not to mention the conflict in the household department yesterday, which is still shocking, and these Confucian scholars who shouted that they valued righteousness over profit really knew at that moment how important profit was.

What's more, today's atmosphere is extremely weird, those leaders in the clear stream, the powerful factions in Hanlin and Yanguan are all shut up at the moment, even if there are a few guys who are ready to move, they are also at a loss for what to do by this atmosphere.

The Manchu ministers and Qingliu Hanchen all shut up, and at this time people turned their attention to those courtiers who were close to the local governors, and everyone knew that these people were actually local governors, especially the representatives of the Hunan army group in the imperial court.

However, the Hunan army was the head of the local governors, and under the private instruction of Zeng Guofan, the Xiangjun group had already secretly invested a large amount of money in Hu Xueyan's Fukang Yinhao, and the Fukang Silver was now the largest partner of Lotte Foreign Company in Jiangnan.

Smashing Xiao Letian's business is smashing the business of the entire Hunan Army Group, not to mention what hundreds of thousands of soldiers eat and drink, just take the happiness of tens of thousands of officers in the second half of their lives, all in Xiao Letian's hands, can they still dismantle the stage?

The three major forces collectively spoke, and people turned their attention to the Queen Mother of the Two Palaces, Yi, Yixun, and the Six High Halls, and the minions below stopped talking, you imperial bigwigs can't pretend to be dumb, right?

But I never expected that the rulers of these empires would be silent today, and the Manchu court felt a harmonious atmosphere for the first time.

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Turning around, people's eyes turned to the body of the old forest, this old man who was staring at the big bag of eggs, his heart was dead, this group of girls forced my old man to go out, and if things were messed up in the future, I would have to wipe my ass, my day!

But now Lao Lin can't hide, even the queen mother of the two palaces is looking at him, you don't open your mouth when you are the head of the household department, so who are waiting to speak?

In the end, Lao Lin gritted his teeth, stomped his feet and said, "Queen Mother, my lords, the old ministers unconditionally unify this draft...... To tell the truth, the household department has no choice, the minister is useless, I really can't think of the way to get money, but the dynasty still has to use silver......"

Speaking of this, Lao Lin also took out a handkerchief and wiped his tears, and the people who watched it were pitiful.

It's easy to do it again, followed by Yi and Yi Xun "ministers and other seconded proposals, although the sale of debts does hurt the dignity of the court, but now is a special period, and it can't take care of a lot, after all, it's only a short-term draft of 20 years, if the court is not at ease, we can compress it, and 15 years and 18 years will be fine......"

The Manchu representative also agreed, and at this time, Weng Tongyi also stood up, "The minister seconded the proposal, but twenty years is too long, fifteen years is still acceptable, I hope the household department can reach an agreement with Lotte Bank......"

At this time, even Cixi and Ci'an opened their eyes wide, they didn't expect the old man to actually agree to this agreement, just when the Queen Mother wanted to speak.

The old man continued: "I heard that Your Majesty has changed a lot in the past six months or so...... Today, taking the opportunity to discuss tax reform, the minister asked the queen mother for permission to let the minister go abroad once, and go to Korea, Japan, and Ryukyu to see ......"

"On the one hand, I can gradually look at Your Majesty with my own eyes, and on the other hand, I can also touch the details of Xiao Lotian to some extent, please allow the Queen Mother!"

At this time, no one would refute Weng Tongxi's face, and besides, this was also a condition negotiated in advance, Ci'an nodded, "I don't have any opinion, what about you, sister?" She turned her head to look at Cixi.

Cixi said with a gloomy face, "You go and see Xiao Letian's details, I have no objection to this...... But I still have to say the same old saying, what should I do about the assassination of His Majesty? When will the imperial court send troops? Will it just let Japan go?"

Cixi's sharp voice was transmitted in the Heart Cultivation Palace, and the ministers in front of him shrank their necks one by one and did not dare to say a word, but Cixi was determined to force an accurate answer today, and he asked sharply by name.

"Yi, Yiyun, you two are Your Majesty's imperial uncles, tell me your opinion, I will listen to it now!"

Yi said with a bitter face: "Queen Mother Mingjian, our Eight Banners are really not suitable for naval warfare, most of us are landlubbers and can't even adapt to the water towns in the south of the Yangtze River, how can we cross the sea to fight?"

Yi Xun hurriedly said, "It's not that the ministers don't want to take revenge, but the recruits are training in Xishan now, and they haven't been trained yet, so we really don't have any available soldiers...... Why don't you ask Zeng Dashuai?"

Cixi's face turned white with anger, and she turned her head to look at Peng Yulin, the squire of the military department, who was an important leader of the Hunan army in Beijing, "Peng Shilang, does your marshal have a letter to you? Your Majesty has been assassinated for so long, won't he ignore it?"

Peng Yulin sighed in his heart and walked out hard: "Queen Mother! Your Majesty was assassinated, and the marshal had trouble sleeping, and he once held six military meetings in a row to discuss the plan for the eastern expedition to Japan......

"Empress Dowager Mingjian, there is no shortage of Hunan soldiers, as long as the imperial court pays all the salaries, there is no problem in mobilizing 80,000 to 100,000 elites, and it is enough to fight a small Japan...... But you still don't have any money?"

"Crossing the sea requires renting a foreigner's ship, and it is no longer possible to raise morale when going abroad to fight a war, at least three times the salary, and some new weapons and equipment must be purchased...... Dashuai has found someone to estimate, and if there is no 12 million taels of silver, I'm afraid it won't be enough!"

As soon as this number came out, Lao Lin of the household department went crazy, he jumped out and scolded, "You are talking nonsense, Zuo Jigao led the troops to level Xinjiang, and the budget of the military department was only 10 million taels, how did you fight a small Japan, why did you come out more?"

Peng Yulin smiled bitterly, "Lord Lin, you haven't brought any soldiers, you don't know the truth at all, you calculate Zuo Jigao's military expenses, and you count the current accounts of the imperial court on the surface, are you counting the local co-payment?"

"Grain from the Central Plains and rifle bullets from the Western Ocean, these thousands of miles to Xinjiang are transported all the way, and there is no silver?

"Along the way, the post station has to be repaired, right? The post road has to be repaired, right? The river crossing has to be rebuilt, right? Even the beacon tower in the Western Regions has to be rebuilt in the past...... Let me tell you clearly, if there is no 20 million taels of silver in Xinjiang, it is a fantasy!"