As soon as the number of 20 million taels came out, the people present exploded, not everyone knew the doorway in the war, and most of the scholars just read a few military books and thought that they could expand their territory.

However, no one can question Peng Yulin's words, the famous Xue Shuai, the founder of the Hunan Army's naval division, is second only to Zeng Guofan and Hu Linyi in the Hunan army, and even Zeng Guoquan and Zuo Zongtang dare not take it in front of him.

When Cixi heard Peng Yulin's words, her face turned even paler, she nodded and said, "Okay, okay...... Sure enough, they are all loyal ministers of the Qing Dynasty! If you have no money, you will let Your Majesty be bullied? You are all indifferent to Your Majesty's assassination?"

Turning around, the topic still turned to Lao Lin, today this Hubu Shangshu is not itchy because of lice, he has already made up his mind, he will return to his hometown next year, this official is really not able to do it.

"Queen Mother, Your Majesty is in danger after all, and the Japanese side has also promised to hand over the murderer and dig deep into the mastermind behind the scenes...... Even our students killed the Japanese envoys, which can be regarded as angry!"

"Not to mention that Japan also took out Iwami Silver Mountain and Sado Gold Mine as compensation to His Majesty, which has already given the court enough face...... Don't forget the four million cash sent by Lotte & Co., but His Majesty pledged it from Lotte Bank with his shares in the gold and silver mines!"

This is the cleverness of Xiao Letian's writing, because he knows that in the Manchu Dynasty, there are few people who are economic, and if you tell them to use the shares of Fusang Bank as compensation, the imperial court will not feel how powerful it is.

But to change the words, to say that Japan used a silver mountain and a gold mine to compensate the Qing Dynasty, this is too face-saving, the court is sometimes no different from the idlers in the capital, and it is a face-saving life.

And the court rules the hearts of the people, relying on this level, looking back at the teahouse and restaurant, the gentlemen get together, as soon as they say that Emperor Tongzhi went out to visit Japan once, he turned his head and came to a silver mountain and a gold mountain, this topic is more powerful, more face.

Even if His Majesty's assassination is in danger, the storyteller has to make up a set of dramas about the Three Mountains and Five Mountains Wonder Heroes Protector vs. the Wokou, not to mention that now Chun Thirteen Niang is looking for a good storyteller to make up this story.

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The meaning of the old forest of the household department is very clear, the queen mother, you don't have to be endless, the gold and silver mountains have been obtained, and Japan has agreed to lock up the murderer, and the face and lining have been all given, this idea of mobilizing troops to retaliate, you better rest.

At this moment, Lao Lin said the voices of all the ministers, and even the old man stood up, "The Queen Mother is angry, the country is now using troops everywhere, and it really can't make enemies anymore...... Please let Lao Chen go to Japan to take a look first, if the Japanese are really respectful, then our Qing Dynasty will not be a loss, if it is really yin and yang, it will not be too late to fight again!"

"Please let the Queen Mother know ...... The Empress Dowager was angry...... "Everyone stood up to salute the Empress Dowager, and Cixi's face suddenly turned from pale to purple.

"Okay, good, the mourning family can understand your loyalty, it's really good......" After speaking, he brushed his sleeves and left.

Ci'an and the ministers looked at the back of Cixi leaving, and they all sighed, knowing that today's Liangzi is over, and it is estimated that Cixi's first target is Hubu Lao Lin.

"Since everyone has no objections, then do it, pass on my edict...... Ci'an said calmly, "Since Lord Weng is willing to go out on patrol for the imperial court, then make a hard trip, this tax reform plan is agreed by the mourning family in principle, but twenty years is too long, you go and talk to the mourning family for fifteen years, if fifteen years does not work, at most sixteen years......"

"The imperial court is actually borrowing Xiao Letian's power to take a breath of relief, and in the future, financial affairs will still be in our own hands, so be it......"

The court meeting dispersed, Lao Lin with a big bag on his head sighed and walked out, and the important ministers around him comforted him in a whisper, Weng Tongyi sighed, "You have been wronged, don't pay too much attention to today's affairs, and when you look back, the Queen Mother will naturally remember your good when she is gone......"

"Haha......" Hubu Lao Lin smiled sadly, "My good? Do I still have a good child? The tax reform of the Qing Dynasty is not in my hands, and half of the taxes paid by the imperial court have to be collected by Xiao Letian, which is still good?"

"Old man, I have a hunch, whether it is twenty years or fifteen years, as long as this head is opened, the things behind it will be complicated, although I can't understand it, but I'm worried......"

"That's fine, I offended the Queen Mother, next year I will beg for bones, and I will go home to farm...... In the future, I will carry the infamy for eternity! But you will be uncomfortable, old man, and you will face unimaginable predicaments and complex and chaotic changes in the future......"

Lao Lin arched his hand and turned his head to leave, leaving Weng Tongyi in a quiet daze at the entrance of the hall.

Not to mention Weng Tonggong, now Prince Gong and Prince Alcohol are walking on the way to Chuxiu Palace, from the east gate of the Yangxin Palace, all the way to the north, passing by Yuehua Gate, Longfu Gate, Yongshou Palace...... I know that the west side of the imperial garden is the Chuxiu Palace, Cixi's dormitory.

This is the blessed land of Cixi, and it was here that she gave birth to the prince Zaichun, that is, Emperor Tongzhi.

Along the way, the two princes kept the eunuchs and palace maids far away, and lowered their voices to discuss things.

"Fifteen years, it seems that Ci'an has also understood the doorway here, think about it, how old is Your Majesty this year? He is only 11 years old, and he will be exactly 26 years old in fifteen years, so that is a good age to do great things...... Yi said coldly.

Yi Xun also figured it out, "No wonder Xiao Letian wants twenty years of tax reform, if it is really twenty years, Zaichun will be 31 years old at that time, and the emperor in his prime will accumulate strength for another twenty years, and he is still training his own troops......"

The 31-year-old emperor has a new army loyal to him, and with the support of Xiao Letian, the God of Wealth, he still has endless military spending...... You and I are going to be finished!"

"That's right, therefore, we must pinch our noses to recognize this tax reform, we must train an army that can always protect ourselves, we are full of people who don't learn from the Han people, the emperor is too strong, we don't have a good life......

"It is impossible to reproduce the Eight Kings Discussion, but we can't let power concentrate on the emperor uncontrollably, that's not a blessing for the people! I have a strong premonition, very bad ......."

"I always feel that that kid Jaechun will let Xiao Letian teach him to be a subversive, and everything we are full of people may be destroyed in his hands...... I will never allow this to happen, so we have to grab the money, and we have to train the troops!"