Cixi wants this kind of effect, authority is not achieved overnight, even if the emperor who officially ascended the throne, if he wants to be the master of the government, he has to cross the river by feeling the stones little by little, and he does not dare to guarantee that the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty are of the same mind as him.

Cixi understands the truth better, a woman wants power is 10,000 times more difficult than a man, so she needs to gradually establish her prestige, and use ten or twenty years or even longer to make this inertia a habit.

Yi is really very good, knowing to give himself steps, it seems that he has to re-evaluate this little uncle, Cixi also had the idea of suppressing Yi before, but then the court situation was chaotic, and the queen mother of the two palaces completely broke up, and at this time she found that Yi was good.

Cixi handed Yi a look that you know, and then the two tacitly and introvertedly adulterous.

The Empress Dowager Xi behind the bead curtain thought carefully and asked, "Prince Gong, you are in charge of the training of recruits in Xishan, and I ask you, when will your army be trained, and can you fight after training?"

"Empress Dowager Qiyu, the first batch of 30,000 training of the Xishan New Army, the equipment is made in England Enfield breech gun, this is not the kind of old-fashioned firearm before our Qing Dynasty, it is said that the Prussians defeated the strong enemy Austria is the breech gun, the firing speed is fast, the range is ......"

"What's more, they all use paper-wrapped bullets, which saves the time of loading ammunition, and the minister has seen it with his own eyes, and the musket array is really continuous like a torrential rain, and it does not give the enemy any time to rush into battle......

"For every 10,000 people, a town is formed, and each town is equipped with 200 artillery pieces for centralized use...... Last month, the minister issued an edict to the Mongol princes of the Eastern Fourth League, the Western Second League, the Chechen League, Tushetu Khan and other places, asking them to select 20,000 young and elite cavalry plus 40,000 war horses for the imperial court within two months......"

"At that time, all the 20,000 cavalry will be trained into the dragoons of my Qing Dynasty, and they will all use the Spencer rapid-fire foreign guns made in the United States......"

"The 50,000 army will definitely be able to train in two years, and when the time comes, depending on the financial resources, we can expand the army by another 30,000, and the most ministers can train for the imperial court 80,000 soldiers......"

The Xishan New Army can be said to be Yi's hard work, and it is also the last ray of hope for the conservatives, and the feeling of not having an army is too uncomfortable, so for the new army, Yi really sprinkled all his blood on it.

Listening to Yi's introduction, the people present couldn't help but think of pictures of a strong army in their minds, and their blood couldn't help but boil.

"Good guy, all the foreign guns and cannons made of real money! And there are 80,000 soldiers, then Xiao Letian is only 30,000 new troops, this time we can't suffer any more!"

"That is, I heard the British military attache in Dongjiaomin Lane say before that the weapons and equipment of the Xishan New Army have far exceeded the level of the British and French forces eight years ago...... At that time, the British only used rear-loading guns, and now they are all more advanced breech-loading guns than that! Although I didn't understand much, the foreigners said that it must be excellent......

"That's right, that's right! In addition, the Mongolian princes have selected 20,000 young elites for us, and the mobility of the Xishan battalion is more than 100 times stronger! I heard that Xiao Letian has not formed a cavalry until now, just knowing that if he buys a ship, can the ship still go ashore? So when the time comes, we still have to let our cavalry lead the way and fight!"

There was a lot of discussion in the Heart Cultivation Palace, and the nobles of the Jingshi Palace at that time were impetuous. When he encounters something happy and cheers up, he shows off his might one by one to show off the majesty of the Eight Banners of the Heavenly Empire. If you get a little setback on the battlefield, you will immediately become a nest of plague chickens, and you will know to sigh.

Xiao Letian's memory of breaking through Sijiu City has not faded, but when he saw the frame structure of the Xishan camp, he began to fantasize about defeating Xiao Letian.

Cixi saw that the topic was going to be messy, and coughed lightly twice, and the heart cultivation hall suddenly quieted down, "Lord Gong, don't say so much, you just tell everyone, the Xishan camp and Xiao Letian are really swordsman, can we win?"

This is a key question, everyone present turned their eyes to Yi, Prince Gong thought carefully for a while and said calmly, "Things on the battlefield, winning or losing is on the line, this depends on the right time and place to fight!"

"If a decisive battle between the enemy and us is launched on the Great Plains, and Xiao Letian's army has no danger to defend, then with the cooperation of cavalry and infantry, I dare to say that there is a ninety percent chance of victory...... Because we have cavalry and great depth, we can take advantage of the high-speed mobility of the cavalry and cooperate with the infantry to drag them to death little by little, after all, we have the advantage of numbers......"

"But if Xiao Letian's army takes a defensive position, has a position and complex terrain, and is most afraid of relying on city streets, then our chances of victory may not even be ......."

There was an uproar in the hall, and someone stood up at that time, "Prince Gong, in this way, you have consumed millions of silver, and what you have trained is not a victorious army? The enemy is only 30,000, and you can't eat it? The silver is fed to the dogs, and it is not possible to ......."

"No, didn't you listen to me to understand? I mean it depends on the right time and place, and fighting a war is not child's play!"

"Don't fool me on your devil six, I've also read a few books of war, can Xiao Letian's 30,000 troops all be pulled out? He has to leave a part to guard the Ryukyus, to protect the Special Administrative Region, and the mobile troops that can really be mobilized add up to 20,000 ......."

"Look at us again, there are green battalions in the local defense, and there are eight banners in the defense of the Beijing Division, your 80,000 people are all real soldiers, and they can all be pulled into the battlefield, 80,000 to 20,000, do you still say that you are 30% sure?"

"Queen Mother, I will now participate in Prince Gong's training is not good, and it will be a waste of national strength!"

Good guy, the whole Heart Cultivation Palace suddenly became noisy, don't look at Prince Gong is a hereditary prince, but the status of other princes is not low, even if the iron hat king has to retreat.

Yiqi's temples were jumping wildly, he knew that this group of people wanted to announce their personal vendettas, when the Xishan camp was being built, this group of bastards stuffed people into it one by one, and they held grudges if they were not satisfied.

If the black eyes can't see the silver of the white flowers, if the Xishan camp wants to build it, there are no six or seven million taels, if it is handed over to this group of people, and the money is not spent to more than 10 million taels, even if they are loyal and patriotic.

And this is only the first batch of investment, in the future, the annual maintenance and purchase of bullets and shells in the Xishan camp will cost millions of taels, it is not an exaggeration to say that he is a continuous gold mine, this group of people has long been red and going crazy.

Yi can't stand a group of wolves besieging here, and this group of hungry wolves is not reasonable at all, everything they say makes people cry and laugh, but they don't think that they are just arguing for the sake of arguing, and they don't want to listen to your reasoning at all.

When encountering this kind of person, Yi can only shut up, he has his insistence, no matter what you say, the command of the Xishan battalion will not give you a little bit.

In the end, I only heard a snapping sound, and Cixi behind the bead curtain angrily broke her enamel nail covers: "You mourn the family is a dead man, and there is no discussion about politics...... One by one, they don't learn and don't know how to do it, it's all lip service, not to mention what is the difference between foreign guns and foreign guns?"

"What is the difference between the front loading and the rear loading of musket bullets? Which national product is of good quality or cheaper? Which country's officers are invited to train the troops? Do you understand all this? If you don't understand anything, you have become an expert instead......

"When do you figure it out, go to Prince Gong's Mansion to apologize and then go to the court, if you don't understand, you can raise a big yellow dog at home!"

reprimanded, and all the princes and ministers who had made trouble just now were shocked and stopped talking, and had no choice but to salute the queen mother and leave the heart palace in a gloomy manner.