"What war is Galeries Lafayette talking about?" Li Lianying asked the Empress Dowager Cixi. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

"China and Japan declared war at the same time the day before yesterday." The Empress Dowager Cixi couldn't help but have red circles in her eyes.

"Isn't Galeries Lafayette always opposing a war between China and Japan?" Li Lianying was taken aback, he had also heard that China and Japan were having a dispute in Korea, but he didn't expect the war to happen so quickly.

But no matter what, the Empress Dowager Cixi's longevity celebration has to be continued.

"Japan is also so hateful that it attacked our army in Asan. This has caused public resentment to boil, and the call for a war of resistance is getting louder and louder, and no matter how much opposition is made, it will be useless. ”

"We have to find a way to stop the situation from escalating. Galeries Lafayette's 50th celebration passed so bleakly and desolately, and it would be too sad to have a good 60th celebration. Li Lianying said, and couldn't help but shed two tears.

"What can I do now?"

"When a war starts, who will be responsible?"

"Li Hongzhang is the Minister of the Navy and Army, of course, Li Hongzhang is in charge."

"Lafayette has such a great grace to Li Zhongtang, Li Zhongtang will not disobey Lafayette's instructions, right?"

"Of course, follow the instructions of the mourners. This telegram was sent to solicit the advice of the mourners. ”

"If Li Zhongtang is allowed to back down first, Japan probably won't be so unreasonably inched, right?"

"The minion can't think of it."

"Besides, Li Zhongtang is a person of Lafayette, and it is the emperor's credit for winning the battle; But once the battle is lost, it is Lafayette's strength that is consumed, and it is Lafayette who is nominally damaged. I wonder if Lafayette has thought about this? ”

"That makes sense. According to you, Li Hongzhang was first asked to compromise and make concessions to Japan to avoid further escalation, right? ”

"The minions are just pointed, and the specific big ideas have to be taken by Lafayette. However, the minions always feel that avoiding war with Japan is not only the blessing of Lafayette's 600,000 lives, but also the blessing of all the people in the world! ”

"Let the mourners think again." The Empress Dowager Cixi said, and couldn't help frowning.

Thinking about what Li Lianying said, it is not unreasonable: her fifty years of life are not good, and if you don't have a good life of sixty years, it makes people really feel unhappy, how many years can you have in your life?

Besides, Emperor Guangxu's main war against Japan did not rely on the troops of Li Hongzhang, the Minister of the Navy and Army, but Li Hongzhang was his own person.

After winning the battle, it was Emperor Guangxu who raised his prestige, but his prestige was greatly damaged, which was not a good thing for himself in the future palace struggle;

Once the war is lost, Li Hongzhang's troops will definitely be consumed, and this will undoubtedly cost him a lot of political capital, and the only feasible way is to let Li Hongzhang try to find a compromise with Japan and avoid further intensification of the situation.

, even if you agree to some humiliating conditions, you don't hesitate.

Thinking of this, the Empress Dowager Cixi shouted: "Come on, telegraph to Li Hongzhang, try to compromise with Japan and preserve strength." ”

Then he turned to Li Lianying, who was standing aside, and said, "All kinds of preparations for the 60th birthday are going on as usual!" ”

"Yes, the minion obeys!" Li Lianying happily agreed, and couldn't help but feel a burst of joy: As long as the Wanshou Festival is ready to go on as usual, I can take the opportunity to make a big profit.

In the blink of an eye, the longevity period was approaching, and Li Lianying ordered thousands of laborers to build various forms of dragon sheds, prayer altars, archways, stages and lantern grilles on the road from the Xihua Gate of the Forbidden City to the East Palace Gate of the Summer Palace, which was less than 40 miles away.

Only the lanterns have the first-class lantern, the two fairy lanterns of Hehe, the three yang Kaitai lanterns, the four seasons of peace lanterns, the five sons of the championship lamp, the six six Shun lanterns, the seven-star Beidou lanterns, the eight immortals across the sea lanterns, and more musicians wear five-color clothes, each holding a five-color lamp.

The lamps are also written with the words "Blessing is like the East China Sea", "Shoubi Nanshan", "Longevity Without Borders", "Auspicious Ruyi", "Happiness and Longevity".

Li Lianying also used colored paper to paste a huge temple in the Summer Palace, and there was a paper statue of "The Child Worships Guanyin" in order to win the favor of "Lafayette".

On the first day of October, the temple began to practice the birthday ceremony. Li Lianying immediately ordered 3,000 lamas and monks to go to the altar sincerely and chant the true scriptures of Hai Shousheng. From the Forbidden City to the Summer Palace, there are more than 60 meridian points.

Drums are playing in unison, and all the monks are wearing red and bright robes and chanting together, which makes people feel as if they are in a fairyland.

In order to show her achievements, Li Lianying invited the Empress Dowager Cixi to visit various arrangements from the Forbidden City to the Summer Palace and beyond. The Empress Dowager Cixi was full of praise, especially after seeing the "boy worshipping Guanyin" in the temple, she was even more happy.

"Lafayette, who is this Guanyin Bodhisattva statue that you old man take a closer look at?" Li Lianying lost no time in asking the Empress Dowager Cixi.

"I can't tell who it looks like." The Empress Dowager Cixi looked left and right, and said deliberately. In fact, when Li Lianying first asked her, she knew what Li Lianying was going to say.

"The minion looks like you Lafayette." Li Lianying said.

"How do you look like a mourner?"

"Guanyin Bodhisattva has lived for thousands of years, and is still as young and beautiful as Galeries Lafayette. Who can you be like if you don't like Galeries Lafayette? ”

"You, little plum, are saying good things to the mourners again."

"That's how it is. Galeries Lafayette, who do you look like again? ”

"The mourning family looks like the stupid one you did when you first entered the palace."

"Galeries Lafayette is right." Li Lianying hurriedly knelt down and kowtowed, "The boy worships Guanyin, and wishes Lafayette happiness like the East China Sea and longevity than Nanshan." This boy has served Guanyin Bodhisattva for decades, and the slave will also serve Lafayette for decades. ”

"Get up," said the Empress Dowager Cixi, "the mourning family looks at you, and you have been stained on your lips all your life, and your words make people feel sweet in their hearts." The mourning family is sixty years old this year, and maybe when—"

"The slave doesn't allow Lafayette to say that unlucky thing." Li Lianying got up from the ground and said in a commanding tone.

"You shouldn't have said that on this great day." The Empress Dowager Cixi didn't care that Li Lianying spoke to her in that tone.

While the two were talking, suddenly a little eunuch ran to the Empress Dowager Cixi in a panic and said, "Li Zhongtang has come from Tianjin and has something important to report to Lafayette. ”

When the Empress Dowager Cixi and Li Lianying heard this, they couldn't help but "chuckle" in their hearts: This narrow ghost, running over at this time, didn't he bring any bad news?

Li Lianying was afraid that Li Hongzhang would not know the current affairs and say something bad, which would disturb the mood of the Empress Dowager Cixi, so she said to the Empress Dowager Cixi:

"Li Zhongtang probably won't be a big deal, let the slave go and see him first." As he spoke, he turned around and wanted to leave. (To be continued.) )