It is a very common thing to give a seat in the Qing Dynasty, after all, the emperor is also reasonable, a meeting for several hours to let the courtiers stand, one is unbearable, and the other is not the style of the Ming monarch, so the seat is a frequent thing.

But the Taihe Imperial Council is different, this is the largest meeting in the Empire, and in order to show its unique status, there is really no precedent for the granting of seats here.

But today is different, Weng Tongyi fainted in anger, and seeing that this posture will not be held in a short period of time, some of the older ministers can no longer bear it, so no one present at the Queen Mother's mention objected.

However, there was a little bit of a mistake when the embroidery pier was divided, and the court would never give a seat, so there were few embroidered piers around the Taihe Palace, and the chairs were too occupied, and the result was that the officials with high grades in front of them had seats, and the officials with low grades in the back could not get anything.

Xiao Letian They are also the ones who don't have seats, but this can't help Xiao Letian, I saw him whispering a few words to a new soldier, and soon a group of soldiers carrying Maza walked in.

"Sit, sit, sit...... Try the new army's small maza, which is guaranteed to be more comfortable than the embroidered pier...... Come on, come on, Lord Wang, you are polite, you take one, Lord Li, you also take one, Lord Zhang, you also have ......"

Manchu officials dressed in court clothes sat on a small horse in the Taihe Palace! What a painting full of postmodern style, if it were recorded and kept as a historical archive, it would certainly surprise future historians.

There were also some accidents in the process of sitting on the horse, these folding small horses were all cross-folded, and there were only a few canvas bags on the top, which was the most common style in the military camp in later generations.

The Manchu officials, on the other hand, apparently had no experience in making mazaars, and they thought that they needed to sit on the edge of their chairs with their asses half-pulled as usual. In the rules of the Manchu courtiers, you can't fill the seat given by the emperor, you can only sit on one side carefully to show respect.

However, the center of gravity of Mazha is not as stable as the embroidered pier and the chair, and the butt is only touched to one side, so don't you just wait for wrestling, only to hear a crackling sound, and all the officials who owe it to sit on the half-pulled butt all fell on a big horse.

"Hahahaha......" The little emperor couldn't help it, and laughed when he sat on the dragon chair, he suddenly found that as long as something was stained with Xiao Letian, it would become very fun.

Cixi said with a gloomy face, "Your Majesty, pay attention to your appearance, how can you be so presumptuous and rude?"

Ci'an is good at playing round, and then said, "Okay, okay, let's go on, there are more important things today, so don't bother talking, just now Zuo Zongtang and Fuqing's mention, who else has any objections?"

The imperial family has long been unified, and in order to facilitate the rule of the empire, this telegraph line has to be set up, all the royal families are collectively silent, and it is impossible for the local governor to object, and Qingliu is now dumb, and the issue of the two telegraph lines of the empire has broken through like this.

"Since everyone has no objections, let the emperor use the treasure, the two telegraph lines from Beijing to Xi'an and Beijing to Shanghai are in charge of the Prime Minister Fuqing, and the imperial court allocates 200,000 taels, and the rest of the funding gap can be raised by the people...... Three years, the mourning family only gives you three years, Fuqing, do you dare to issue a military order?"

"Weichen dare! It will be done in three years!" Fuqing patted his chest and sat down to promise.

"Okay, who has something to do next?" Ci'an lest he have a long night and a long dream, so as to quickly start the next one.

At this time, Xiao Letian suddenly stood up, "The foreign minister has something to do...... After more than two years of construction, the Tanggu Special Economic Zone has begun to take shape, and now Wechen has asked the imperial court for permission to expand the scope of the Special Economic Zone...... And please reduce customs duties for ten years, and after ten years, the foreign minister will return the imperial court to a prosperous special industrial zone......"

The plan to expand the Special Economic Zone mentioned in Xiao Letian's excerpt is actually a formality in the imperial court, and everyone already knows that the royal family and Xiao Lotian have secretly made a deal, and today this is just a formality.

Na Xiao Lotian took advantage of the military power of defeating Maile to greatly expand the scale of the Special Administrative Region, not only Tanggu was taken away by him, but even his black hand reached to the Ninghe River in the north, and the land of the two counties had already been captured by him.

Xiao Letian's purpose is to Kaiping and Luanzhou in the north, and it is the rich coal and iron resources there, and now Lotte has built a wharf in Caofeidian Haikou, and soon the coal and iron ore from Kaiping and Luanzhou can be directly transported to Tanggu by sea.

Now that Xiao Lotian has sent a new army to actually block the area he wants, it is now time for the imperial court to go through a formality.

Since it was a condition that had been negotiated before, the empress dowager of the two palaces and the princes of the imperial family had no choice but to pinch their noses and admit that the area of the Tanggu Special Economic Zone was expanded tenfold, and so far it was changed to a ten-year concession, which was signed and leased by Ryukyu Prime Minister Xiao Letian.

Not only that, the imperial court also allowed the special zone to set up mineral bureaus in Kaiping and Luanzhou, and the local government was not allowed to interfere, which also recognized Xiao Letian's privileged position in disguise.

Xiao Lotian is not British, his concession is different from Hong Kong, the officials in the Tanggu area are still appointed by the imperial court, and the righteous name of the Qing Dynasty will not be shaken.

Xiao Lotian took the lizi, and the court saved face, this was a happy situation, and the Qingliu people didn't dare to rap too much, after all, the new army had actually controlled the land.

Returning the favor, Xiao Lotian also knows how to be grateful, and when the will to transform the Special Economic Zone into a concession was issued, Xiao Lotian immediately put another book on it.

"The foreign minister heard that the Empress Dowager wanted to live in Jingshan for a long time, and the Jingshan Palace had fallen into disrepair and had long been out of harmony with the identity of the Queen Mother, so the Minister specially presented one million Yingyang to repair the palace for the Queen Mother, plant flowers and grass, and ask the Queen Mother to smile!"

With a bang, the pot exploded in the hall, Xiao Letian sent money is a trivial matter, it doesn't matter if it is one million or two million, the key is what the Empress Dowager wants to do?

Weng Tonggong gave his subordinates a look, and the group of Hanlin soldiers went out to dissuade them as if they had been beaten with chicken blood.

"No, the Queen Mother absolutely not, Jingshan is just a garden for the royal family to play occasionally, in the final analysis, it is an extension of the imperial garden, it is nothing to turn around on weekdays, but it is not in harmony with etiquette to live in permanence!"

"Think twice, if the Queen Mother leaves the Inner Palace, it can only make the government and the opposition suspect that there is a gap between the two queen mothers, and then the people's hearts will be unstable!"

"That's right, especially Jingshan was originally the place where Chongzhen died, and this place is ominous......"

Listening to the obstruction of the Qinglius, Ci'an's face became gloomy, he was framed by Cixi, what are you Qingliu doing? I am besieged on Jingshan and I can't even drink tea, what are you Qingliu doing? Now the mourning family wants to go out to hide and relax, but you jump out and point fingers?

Thinking of this, Ci'an turned his head and smiled at Cixi, "Sister, it seems that the courtiers are not willing to let my sister go out to hide for a while, what do you think of this?"

As soon as Cixi was obedient, she hurriedly mentioned Ci'an as thunder, "How do you say this, if my sister wants to live on Jingshan, she must like the beautiful scenery of Jingshan Mountain, as well as the rippling blue waves of the North Sea, as long as my sister is in a good mood, it is my sister's blessing!"

"My sister still has 200,000 taels of private money here, and giving it to my sister is also considered a piece of filial piety for my sister......" Cixi scolded in her heart, but the bitter water must be swallowed in her stomach, after this palace change, Ci'an has become very different from before, and she is no longer the humble gentleman she used to be, she was not so stubborn at that time.

If Cixi does not agree to Ci'an's conditions, then Ci'an will not accept the reason for this palace change, then she will investigate thoroughly to the end, even if she splits the court, she will take Cixi.

With the support of the new army, the power of the Manchu Qing reformers, and the secret encouragement of the Hunan army group, Ci'an's strength is now far greater than that of Cixi. Just look at the little soldiers in Cixi's hands, Xiao Letian has already killed the elite, and the rest have become migrant workers.

I have to bow my head, Ci'an can set the blame on An Dehai and Sister Wu, it is already for the sake of the overall situation, if Ci'an doesn't know how to advance or retreat, then she will not control the government until she dies in real history.

Weng Tongyi and their hearts swelled with a wave of frustration, the Great Dynasty has not won a single victory so far, as if the ministers have abandoned them, and those allies in the past have flickered their eyes one by one and dare not look at his eyes. Weng knew that they had betrayed his faith.

Qingliu couldn't guess how much Xiao Lotian had secretly carried out in tandem during this period of time, and the money spent was as uncountable as the flowing seawater, and the real estate in Longxugou was half sold and half given away plus shares, and it had become a very powerful business empire, and under the operation of Lotte Foreign Bank, the first dividend had been divided.

As long as Xiao Lotian does not rebel, as long as the righteous name is not lost, everyone will be covered and put to sleep.

Only Qingliu jumped on his own is not good, and the queen mother moved the palace in the end, and most of the courtiers congratulated her, and Weng Tong's angry head was dizzy.

"Are you going to lose? Why can't you win a game! Are you really going to lose......

Time passed minute by minute, Prince Gong mentioned that the imperial court trained his own Western-style army, and there was nothing to talk about, so he rushed to the New Year's combat effectiveness in the Taihe Palace, and the Manchurian own Western-style army had to be trained.

Subsequently, there were also additional investments in the Shanghai Special Economic Zone and the Guangzhou Special Economic Zone, which were also unanimously recognized by the imperial court, and it seems that Xiao Letian's sudden rise really shocked many officials.

It was close to noon, and the hungry officials felt that the court meeting was almost now, and it was estimated that they would disperse after a while for everyone to eat.

The topic that should be mentioned is almost the same, and people are looking forward to the last mention to come out, that is, when Xiao Letian's new army will withdraw from the capital.

After a short silence, Prince Qing Yixuan, as the cannon of the imperial family, finally spoke: "Your Majesty, the Queen Mother, the new army of Ryukyu Prime Minister Xiao Letian has been stranded in Beijing for several months, and I don't know when the imperial court is going to let the new army retreat?

"Even if you are in a hurry, you have to have a head!"

As soon as Prince Qing said a word, there was a dead silence in the entire hall.