What the Empress Dowager Ci'an asks for is the word "quiet", as soon as a woman enters middle age and has been widowed for many days, she is in a special mood.

Under the moon in front of the lamp, I suppressed the indescribable melancholy, and pondered quietly, only to realize what is called "Gujing Heavy Wave"? My heart is already messed up enough, and if I find some troubles for myself, how will I live this day?

However, she also knows that she is like Concubine Ligui and many honest concubines and concubines in Yongxiang of the harem, hoping that the wind and rain will be smooth, and she will have a good cup of tea and dinner, on the porch in summer, on the kang in winter, under the window during the day, and under the lamp at night, and use the five-colored silk thread to kill the bleak days.

And the Empress Dowager Cixi is different, what she is most afraid of in her life is "loneliness", if you want to be lively, don't be idle, because leisure is loneliness.

In order to conceive for her, the Empress Dowager Ci'an couldn't bear to say anything that was disappointing.

After thinking for a while, she asked, "How much does this cost?" The tone finally relaxed, and the emperor also breathed a sigh of relief, and replied casually: "It doesn't cost much." ”

Seeing his lack of sincerity, the Empress Dowager Ci'an was quite displeased, and said in a reproachful tone: "Such a big garden, it doesn't cost much?" To build a palace gate, you have to repay hundreds of thousands of taels of silver! ”

"That's the Interior Bureau's nonsense!" The Emperor fixed his mind and said, "I have already called them to appraise the price." Of course, the wages are not a small amount, but they have another way to raise funds. ”

"Listen, then," said the Empress Dowager Ci'an, "how high is the idea of a wise man?" ”

"Things are still being discussed, and if I'm not sure, of course I don't dare to be reckless. What the Ministry of Internal Affairs means is that they are willing to serve and negotiate a charter by themselves, and those who have money will take more, those who don't have much money will take less, and those who don't have money will not take it. ”

Listening to their mother and son talk so energetically, the Empress Dowager Ci'an was also encouraged, and her mind was a little active, and she felt that it was also a very face-saving thing to be able to restore the Old Summer Palace that had been burned down, and it was a great comfort to the former emperor under the spring.

So she unknowingly got involved.

During the afternoon of the discussion, the news quickly spread to the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and everyone except for Gui Qing was very excited.

But Qianlong sixty-four years, almost no day is not in the construction of the Old Summer Palace, such a garden to build a look, not ten years or eight years of work, if the sublimation of the heel, the emperor's life, can not be completed, every day to build, **** reimbursement, "sales of gold pot" can produce countless "golden rice bowls", a good life is really endless.

Not only did the emperor often summon the Minister of Internal Affairs, but the Empress Dowager Cixi also acted in the Shufangzhai Chuan Shengping Bureau, taking advantage of the opportunity of the Minister of the Interior to take care of her, and had inquiries and instructions.

The preliminary project, roughly has been decided, of course, the two palace gates to repair, listen to the government of the Zhengda Guangming Palace, the Qinzheng Hall and the hundred officials of the court, since it can not be without, Anyou Palace is dedicated to the royal appearance, and it is not necessary to repair.

The area of Qingyan in Kyushu is the emperor's bedroom, which is the original intention of repairing the garden, not to mention it, in addition, it has to be said that "it is repaired".

However, "Heaven and Earth Family Spring" is the place where the Empress Dowager Cixi accepted her favor back then, reminiscing about the past and infinite longing, so it was specially designed to rebuild a place in the Wanchun Garden of the Empress Dowager in the convention, and continued to use the old name of "Heaven and Earth Family Spring".

There are already more than 3,000 rooms in these simple places, and the estimated labor cost is 10 million taels of silver.

According to the calculation of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, in addition to the donations of the princes and ministers, the governor of Liangguang, Ruilin, has been greatly gracious, and he will serve the heavens with all his heart.

And these two places are rich places, and they can afford to pay. In addition, Liangjiang, Zhili, and Huguang, of course, will not be left behind.

Besides, 10,000,000 taels of silver is not needed all at once, for a period of 10 years, only 1,000,000 taels of silver are apportioned each year, and 10 governors and 15 governors are calculated on average, and each person only pays 40,000 taels of silver a year, which is really not the same thing.

This is just a matter of waiting for the edict to be issued. Everything must begin smoothly, so when this edict is issued, there is a great deal of care, and the main thing is to choose the most appropriate time.

By the end of September, it was time to see that it was time, so the emperor personally wrote an edict:

"I remember the two palaces of the queen mother to listen to the government for 11 years, day and night, extremely diligent, exerting the essence to synthesize all opportunities, humble to accept public opinion, holy virtue and wisdom, light is four tables, and then the government of the sea word to rise to the prosperity of the world.

Since the 26th day of the first month of this year, since I personally took charge of the government, I have not been thinking of gratitude for mercy every day.

Among the books of the Temple of Cultivating the Heart, there is a collection of poems of Emperor Shizongxian's imperial "Forty Views of the Old Summer Palace", because of the memory of the Old Summer Palace was originally a place where the ancestors and ancestors were fortunate to stay and listen to the government; Since the imperial pole, the queen mother of the two palaces has not lived in the garden, and she is really unsettled in her heart, and she thinks of returning to the old system.

But now, when the treasury is in short supply, if it is repaired as usual, and the money from the ministry is used, it is afraid that it will not be enough; I think about it again and again, but the only place where the Anyou Palace is dedicated to the holy faces, and the palace where the queen mother of the two palaces live, and the place where I am stationed to listen to the government, choose to build and repair, and the rest of the places to visit and see will not be repaired, that is, the princes and officials inside and outside the capital will repay the service and donate to repair.

The Minister of the Interior in charge of the Interior shall apply for the award at any time after receiving the donation; And with the minister's preparation, the sacred heart of the queen mother of the two palaces can be entertained, and the next can be as good as possible. Encyclical. ”

This Zhu edict should be sent to the Military Aircraft Department first, and the case should be recorded to "pass Zhu", and then it should be consulted by the cabinet for a clear release.

But Zhang Jing, who was on duty, did not dare to follow the routine procedures, and rode out of the palace to King Gong's mansion in Daxiangfeng Hutong to ask Prince Gong for instructions.

After Prince Gong finished reading Zhu's edict, he could only sigh.

He had always planned that the Empress Dowager Cixi and the emperor would retreat in the face of difficulties, and if he dispelled the original intention, he would not be damaged in "Tianwei", who knew that the paper could not contain the fire! It looks like I've taken a blind eye to it.

"Please give me the instructions of the sixth master, will you send it to the cabinet immediately? Or a press? ”

"What do you see?" King Gong asked.

"The emperor has been scheming for many days, and hard pressure is not good."

Prince Gong groaned and nodded slowly, with a look of great understanding, and if he couldn't suppress it, he could only use the word "leak" to vent the emperor's strength, and then he could turn the big industry into a small one, and a small one into nothing.

"That's right! Hard pressing is not good. Send it to the cabinet immediately. ”

Without waiting for the cabinet to be released, the news had already spread, Shen Guifen first rushed to Prince Gong, followed by Li Hongzao, Baojun, and the "Fifth Master", "Seventh Master" and other princes, who came to Prince Gong's mansion one after another.

However, the intention is different, the Minister of Military Aircraft is to discuss how to dispel this matter, the two kings of Xuan and alcohol, it depends on the attitude of Prince Gong, and the other princes are here to inquire about the "market", how much should be donated? (To be continued.) )