In his view, such a fanfare method of training troops and raising salaries and recruiting talented people is a curse rather than a blessing, and one day it will break up to the point of being out of control. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

However, the main battle faction is on the front, and the arrogance of Qingliu is still secondary, and the Empress Dowager Cixi is preparing for war, and the attitude of not believing that it can be ended peacefully is what he feels most anxious about.

From the disposal of the case of preparing for border defense, the Empress Dowager Cixi was exhausted and became ill day by day.

After Li Deli asked for the pulse, he issued a warning, saying that she was suffering from a loss of blood and energy, and her heart was palpitating, and she was mostly caused by working too state affairs and being too anxious, and if she did not get rid of everything and completely recuperate, it would cause a "huge disaster".

The Empress Dowager Cixi also knew that her illness was not light, but she asked her to let go and not ask about state affairs, but she refused to let go of this sentence. And the subordinates must "hide the disease", on the one hand, for fear of arousing her suspicion, and for her personally.

On the one hand, because the Empress Dowager Cixi is the de facto emperor, in order to calm people's hearts, she must be secretive to the world. In this way, it is inconvenient to openly ask for the exemption of Chang Chao, and only hope that she can save her labor.

"The west is competitive, there must be someone who can talk, and it is good to persuade him?"

King Gong also agrees with Bao Chun's opinion, but who will persuade him? Qifujin didn't say much when she saw her sister, Qifujin refused to enter the palace for fear of touching nails, and Prince Gong didn't dare to take the liberty.

In the end, let Bao Chan come up with one person: the widowed Princess Rongshou.

The Empress Dowager Cixi already loved Princess Rongshou, and after she became a widow, she had an apology that was not easy to explain, because she was the master, and assigned Princess Rongshou to Fu Zhen, who was weak, and as a result, she was harmed for the rest of her life.

For this reason, it doesn't matter if she says the wrong thing, and Princess Rongshou is calm and alert, good at analysis, and she will not say the wrong thing.

So Princess Rongshou was ordered to enter the palace, and as soon as she arrived, she said that she wanted to stay and serve the sick. She also really tasted the decoction, and she couldn't sleep at night, as long as the Empress Dowager Cixi opened her eyes or asked, she always appeared in front of the sickbed quickly, and she was really a filial daughter.

On the first day of February, when she returned to the palace from the Palace of Nourishing Heart, the Empress Dowager Cixi almost didn't even have the strength to get off the soft sedan chair. Princess Rongshou felt that she couldn't help but speak.

"Huang Eniang" she was worried, "My daughter has a sentence, I don't know if I should say it or not?" ”

The Empress Dowager Cixi reproached lovingly, "When won't you speak?" ”

And so the daughter spoke. Hit Ming'er, can you have a good rest? On such a cold day, if you go to the temple of nourishing your heart before dawn, good people will also suffer from illness, not to mention that the saint is restless? ”

"Alas!" The Empress Dowager Cixi shook her head, "Why don't you want to rest?" You say, 'over there' is the one who can have big ideas? ”

"If you want to make up your mind, rest so peacefully, don't you take it?"

"That's true."

"That's what it was!" Princess Rongshou then persuaded that the border defense was being deployed, Zeng Jize went to Russia from the UK, and the negotiations with Russia were at a standstill, and there was no major event in front of him, just to recuperate.

The Empress Dowager Cixi smiled, "According to what you say, it's time for the mourning family to fall ill." ”

"National affairs, thousands of pounds of heavy burdens, are all on the emperor's mother-individual." Princess Rongshou said, "After a month or two, Zeng Jize went to the capital of Russia, and he would ask for training at that time. ”

This sentence made the Empress Dowager Cixi nod her head constantly, "Invite 'over there'!" She said.

The Empress Dowager Ci'an is really honest, listening to what the Empress Dowager Cixi said, she was stunned for a moment, and then she felt a little at a loss, "I'm afraid I won't be able to do it alone!" She asked hesitantly.

"Nothing is impossible! After all these years, is there anything that I can't see clearly and can't understand? The Empress Dowager Cixi pointed to Princess Rongshou and said, "With her Ama there, there is nothing wrong with it." Besides, I can still help me read the excerpts and get ideas. ”

This encouraged the courage of the Empress Dowager Zhuang Ci'an, and she finally let go of her heart.

However, when I met with the military plane the next day, I still had stage fright, so I said bluntly: "The Empress Dowager Cixi is not well, so she has to take care of the mourning family alone." Sixth master, the mourning family is a little confused, what to do! If you are wrong, if you are missing, you should say it earlier. ”

Empress Dowager Cixi's illness, insomnia and tasteless diet, these two signs, have never been removed, and have become a lingering disease, sometimes good and sometimes bad, but even when it is good, it is also "tired if you talk too much, and if you eat too much, you will be sluggish", even if you want to ask about political affairs, you are powerless.

There are only two major political affairs, one is to negotiate with Russia, and the other is to prepare for border defense and coastal defense. Preparing for war and seeking peace, the war of peace is undecided. Although Zeng Jize is far away in the UK, he knows very well about the situation of court discussions and indecisiveness.

If the big plan is not decided, the negotiations will certainly be fruitless, so he delayed his trip in London, and only exchanged letters and telegrams with the prime minister's yamen, and repeatedly discussed that he must first set out a purpose for the negotiations before he was willing to set off.

The peace war plan was not only very fierce between the DPRK and China, but also divided into two factions in the governor's office. The main battle is lonely and strong, and it is almost Zuo Zongtang alone.

The Lord and the Lord are many and weak, because the Lord and the Lord seem to be withdrawn, cowardly, and must be scolded, so Li Hongzhang, who is the head, can only discuss with Prince Gong in a secret letter.

Liu Kunyi, the governor of Liangjiang, was summoned to the Hajj, and when he passed through Tianjin, he had a secret conversation and decided to advise and persuade him on the grounds that the coastal defense was insufficient and he must not provoke him.

On the one hand, they played separately, asking for leniency from the charges of lofty guilt, as a way to turn around, and on the other hand, Li Hongzhang encouraged the British Minister Wittoma to mediate the Sino-Russian dispute.

The Lord and the faction gradually gained the upper hand, and under the full persuasion of Weng Tonghe, even Prince Alcohol, who had always had the most fierce attitude, changed his mind and did not advocate a break.

At the same time, Guo Songtao, who was recuperating from his illness, also made a twist and turn, saying thousands of words, analyzing the affairs of the negotiations with Russia, and advocating that a special envoy be sent to investigate on the spot, and that Ili could be postponed as much as possible.

Noble charges shall be in accordance with the provisions of the public law of the nations.

Because Guo Songtao was proficient in foreign affairs, his opinions were naturally valued, so the momentum of the Lord's peace faction became more and more vigorous. Originally, the high-minded talk of the main battle and the mediation of the main peace had the tendency of each doing its own thing and not conspiring with each other, but at this moment, the discussion could not be postponed any longer, and whether the noble one could avoid death became a key in the plan of the peace war.

For three months, the Empress Dowager Ci'an retired from the Yangxin Palace as usual, and went to the Changchun Palace, where she summoned the military aircraft and ministers of the ministry, or went to the palace to supervise the situation, and told the Empress Dowager Cixi to listen.

Of course, it's not just about letting her know about it, the main thing is to ask her for ideas.

The sixth master talked about one more thing, saying that after receiving a letter from Suzhou, Zuo Zongtang went out of Jiayuguan to Hami. "I brought something with me," said the Empress Dowager Ci'an, "and what you never thought of again was a coffin." (To be continued.) )