These have to be the Empress Dowager Cixi's big ideas, and the Empress Dowager Cixi must ask An Dehai first if she has something. That's really a word, just a word, put on a name, there is a lot of oil and water to catch.

Of course, the most important thing at the moment, the first is to make ideas for An Dehai, and if you have money, you have to be able to spend it. Secondly, if An Dehai wants to remember himself as a person, then he can only go to his house more and say good things to him, so that he can think of himself when he thinks about it.

After the edict of Prince Gong and Bao Jun, together with the Minister of the Interior and the officials of the Ministry of Industry, to act as "Gong Gong Wedding Officials", the Ministry of Internal Affairs had a list forwarded by An Dehai to the Empress Dowager Cixi, which listed the preparations for the big wedding.

The first of the order of affairs is the repair of the palace; The second paragraph is the purchase of objects.

At the same time, An Dehai said that the rich families of the folk family must prepare for several years for the marriage of their children, and now that the wedding date is approaching, they should raise funds and start as soon as possible.

The Empress Dowager Cixi thought so, so she summoned Mingshan, the Minister of the Interior and the head of the Ministry of Works, and the first thing she talked about was to build and repair the palace.

But the Empress Dowager Ci'an had a different idea, "The palace is all year round, and that day is not short of tinkering and painting." She said, "I don't think it's necessary to do a big job." ”

"Kunning Palace is a new house, so it has to be repaired again." Empress Dowager Cixi said.

This is irrefutable, and the Empress Dowager Ci'an nodded: "Of course this has to be repaired." ”

"And here is the Heart Cultivation Palace." The Empress Dowager Cixi said, "After the pro-government, it was the place where the emperor looked at the court every day. You have to pick it up, pick it up. ”

The Empress Dowager Ci'an nodded again, so Mingshan played: "The emperor is in power, the two empress dowagers are under the knees, and the two palaces of Cining and Ningshou have to be repaired well in order to fulfill the emperor's filial piety." ”

"That doesn't have to be!" The Empress Dowager Cixi rushed to the front and said, "Only where you have to repair must be cultivated, and if you can slow down, you can slow it down." ”

With these words, Mingshan immediately sent a clerk to find a craftsman to investigate and evaluate all parts of the palace.

When this matter was reported to Baojun, he was very anxious, and the list must be hundreds of thousands of taels of silver, even if it is discounted, it is still a huge amount.

He was the head of the household, and he would be in trouble first, so he hurried to Prince Gong to report the news.

"How can it be!" Prince Gong was furious, "Find this old boy immediately." ”

Mingshan didn't dare to delay, rode a horse, and rushed to Prince Gong's mansion with the servants.

"I heard that the two palaces have given you a good ?????? as a 'Survey Minister' Emissary. "There is something in the words at this time! Prince Gong then asked, "Why don't you know on the military plane?" ”

Mingshan is a family of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and he has another set of methods for serving the emperor and nobles, and he is very opportunistic, and he smiled very calmly: "This is also a shield for the sixth master and Baozhongtang." ”

This sounded very surprising and difficult to understand, and Prince Gong glanced at Bao Zhen and asked, "What's the matter?" You said! ”

Mingshan lowered his voice and said: "I can't help but pretend, open the list of materials, and see that the money is a lot, and this matter will be cancelled." If you explain it to the sixth master, you can't go back at that time, let alone go back, not to let the sixth master ?????? Are you always struggling? ”

"It's always you who have a point." Bao Jun jokingly said, "According to your words, the sixth master still has to see you alone?" ”

Mingshan was very familiar with Baojun, and when he heard this, he replied-for-tat: "Shouldn't the household department also see me for a favor?" ”

"That's good!" Bao Jun took advantage of the situation and arched his hands and said half-truthfully: "I was about to please." The big wedding ceremony, the household department fundraising, and the internal affairs government spending money, in order to live within their means, is considered a great favor on the military plane. ”

"To tell you the truth," Mingshan put away his smile and put on a look of headache, "Whenever there is a celebration, there is a "Great Qing Huidian" there, and it will not be there if it is done according to the score. Now that there is a little Anzi in the middle of the mind, things will be difficult. ”

said this, but Prince Gong and Baojun did not speak. The two glanced at each other, and An Dehai had "become the climate", which was quite difficult to control.

"Let's not mention this yet." Bao Jun looked at Prince Gong and asked, "The wedding money, should the amount be set?" ”

Bao Jun's intention in saying this was to hint at Prince Gong and inform Mingshan so that he could teach him to know what to do and not dare to let go of the flowers.

So Prince Gong gave a look of comprehension, turned his face and stretched out a finger to Mingshan: "This number is difficult!" Let's see. In the future, if you don't spend enough, you can figure it out by yourself in the Ministry of Internal Affairs. ”

The number of a finger will naturally not be 10 million taels, but 1 million taels.

This is very different from the original expectation of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, which estimated that the cost of the wedding would be at least 3 million taels, but now it is only one-third, so Mingshan is greatly disappointed.

But on the surface, he didn't show it at all, and promised with a mouthful: "Yes, yes!" I ask the sixth master to rest assured, it shouldn't be spent, not a hammer can't be done, and the flowers should also have to be seen. ”

The implication is that the Empress Dowager Cixi explained it, and the Internal Affairs Office could not do anything.

But he didn't want to talk about it at this time, so he quickly pulled the conversation away and talked about the draft girl.

This is a special selection, the purpose is to select a virtuous queen from the Eight Banners clan, so Mingshan is particularly attentive to this important matter.

At that time, the date of the primary election, the number of candidates, and the daughter of that family were all told to Prince Gong, including the daughter of the Mongolian champion Chongqi, which aroused Prince Gong's interest.

"This king has heard about it a long time ago," he suddenly said, "that girl in Chongwen Mountain is a nobleman, and she reads ten lines at a glance. It's a pity that I haven't seen it. ”

"It is too much to say that she has ten lines at a glance, but Chongwenshan has very high expectations for her daughter, she will study in person, and she will have the champion Ama as a teacher, or she can become a talented woman." Bao Jun is a regular visitor to his home. Chongqi is also his protégé, so he naturally has seen this protégé's beloved daughter.

"How's it looking?"

"It's not too pretty. But the magnanimity is unmatched. ”

"Then there is hope of being selected." Prince Gong nodded, "However, it also depends on her own creation. ”

"It's a pity that there is a layer that is not quite suitable," Mingshan said, "It's sixteen years old." "That's two years older than the emperor.

"What does that matter?" Prince Gong disagreed, "After the Holy Ancestor, Empress Xiaocheng is one year older than the Holy Ancestor. The emperor is young, but there is a queen who is one or two years older than him, so he can assist in sainthood. ”

"I just don't know what it will be in the future?????? Who's in charge? Baojun hesitated for a moment and said: "If the queen mother of the two palaces has two thoughts, and the emperor has the same mind, then who is listening?" (To be continued.) )