Emperor Zaichun of Tongzhi said: "Today's morning is to discuss the eleventh Chen Tiao of Tanhualang Li Guolou, why did you suddenly divert the topic, Qingzhong University should no longer be in the discussion today, and then discuss the topic just now, and reward a bowl of mare's milk!" ”

After the excitement, Prince Gong glanced at Prince Qing beside him, and he was worried, and he didn't deal with Prince Qing, what happened to him today, he suddenly wanted Li Guolou to go to Qingzhong University, what the hell was the idea in his heart, looking at Emperor Tongzhi looking at him with expectant eyes, Prince Gong understood that it was time for him to speak.

Prince Gong said respectfully: "Emperor Qi, as Prince Qing said, Tanhualang Li Guolou told the story, most of them are to the point of the times, and there is a talent to help the world and the country, no, it's a pity, this king thinks that Li Guolou can be of great use, and put the Hanlin Academy as a book, some overkill, since Prince Qing has promoted Li Guolou to be the chief academic administrator of Qingzhong University, this king has also promoted Li Guolou to be the chief academic administrator of the Beiyang Naval Division, and specially raised the daily funds of the Beiyang Naval Division! ”

The next Li Hongzao has figured it out, the two princes have taken a fancy to Li Guolou's money bag, three years can produce 10 million taels of silver, the only one in the Qing Empire, how can he miss the opportunity, one step later, a "God of Wealth" is going to be divided by the two princes, quickly stood up, bowed down and said: "The minister also guarantees that the student Li Guolou will be the student of the Baoding Military Academy, and the military academy will be used for the funds!" ”

Li Hongzao read the word "student" very seriously, and wanted to make it clear to Emperor Zaichun of Tongzhi that this move could not be made by Prince Gong, and he was the "teacher" that Li Guolou sent to the apprentice.

Tongzhi Emperor Zaichun was stunned for a moment, and he didn't know how to deal with it, Li Guolou was obviously Prince Gong's first initiative to promote people, how could there be three gangs of people in the court to rob it, just now he promised Prince Qing, and the emperor Chrysostom couldn't go back, and now none of these two important ministers of the court can be offended, but if he agrees, does Li Guolou have too many official positions and can't be busy.

Emperor Zaichun of Tongzhi was in a dilemma, looked at Prince Gong and Li Hongzao in front of him, squeezed out a smile and said: "Prince Gong, Li Shaobao, there is only one person in this Li Guolou, you are the one who protects him, and the one who protects him, how can I be good, let me think about it, where to put Li Guolou, in order to give full play to his strengths!" ”

Prince Gong and Li Hongzao were deflated and had no choice but to sit down, only Prince Qing Yixuan secretly rejoiced, he snatched Li Hongzhang's "money bag", and Li Guolou didn't give him any way in the future.

Several ministers began to play the eleven articles of Li Guolou again, each telling their own truths, some agreeing and some refuting, so that the Tongzhi Emperor had a dialectical view on the question, which is also a method of analyzing the problem, many things do not appear on one side, but repeatedly changeable, and even good and bad.

Because the Empress Dowager Ci'an and the Empress Dowager Cixi are about to revoke the curtain to listen to the government, the two of them rarely interject, they are all let the Tongzhi Emperor take his own ideas, mainly listening, listen to a morning, listen to a Tao, the Empress Dowager Ci'an heard that there is now a Empress Dowager Cixi to mention, the two of them enjoy the accommodation for the elderly, repair the "Wanshou Mountain Project" from Li Guolou to get 900,000 taels of silver, have understood why the courtiers recommended Li Guolou as the "chief scholar", they have to seize the silver bag to get a vote.

Ci'an and Cixi are commensurate with sisters, to say that one is clear and the other is turbid, that is to deliberately smear the face of the Empress Dowager Cixi, and to promote the Empress Dowager Ci'an, both of them like to enjoy people, how can they suffer the slightest grievance, and they have also seen clearly that after having power, they can turn power into material enjoyment, and how much life has improved compared to when they were queens and concubines in the past, it is self-evident.

In the state affairs, the Empress Dowager Cixi discerned the reason, and analyzed the importance of gains and losses, and the decrees in the court were mostly due to her will, and the promotion of officials, or the dismissal of officials, most of the Empress Dowager Ci'an made ideas, and she saw people more accurately than the Empress Dowager Cixi, because the Empress Dowager Ci'an employs people based on the person's talent and conduct, and Zuo Zongtang is the Empress Dowager Ci'an's exceptional promotion of officials.

And the Empress Dowager Cixi likes to use Manchu people and her own relatives, for her relatives are greedy for life and afraid of death, and the army is defeated and escaped, knowing that she will also open the net, in this regard, the Empress Dowager Ci'an is more ruthless than the Empress Dowager Cixi, and she has been ruthless, and has killed the emperor's relatives, at this time, the Qing regime is the Empress Dowager Cixi and the Empress Dowager Ci'an, who closely cooperate with each other and make decisions together.

Ci'an said softly: "Sister, since you said that Tanhualang is the emperor's side and Shen, and will make money, those courtiers rob the God of Wealth, we can't suffer, and we want Li Guolou to do our errand for us, and go to the slave duty!" ”

Cixi always wanted to get the question of whether it was a loss or a profit to honor her from the Beiyang sailors, and Ci'an gently dialed it, and the world suddenly opened up, or this idea is good, the water will flow for a long time, and if there is something, you can squeeze the slave Li Guolou.

Cixi smiled and said, "Hmm······ It's still my sister who is smart, and I wake up the person in my dream with a word, no wonder my sister is always restless, it turns out that my sister is missing a little bit! ”

Cixi greeted the horse with a few words, so that Ci'an had a high feeling, this set of small tricks Cixi played very well, Ci'an was confused by Cixi's sycophant kung fu, Cixi finger ring set picked up a crack in Ci'an bamboo curtain, and said loudly: "Your Majesty, today's court meeting is here, the emperor must learn to be arbitrary!" ”

"Good mother." Emperor Tongzhi Zaichun glanced at the big eunuch next to him, the small court meeting should be over, and he wanted to listen to the teachings of the two queen mothers.

"Retreat." The great eunuch Liu Deyin shouted loudly, and the ministers in the Heart Cultivation Hall knelt down and bowed backwards.

Emperor Zaichun of Tongzhi did not have the majesty just now, and immediately stood up from the dragon chair, walked in front of the two queen mothers, and asked him to kneel and bow.

Cixi took a sip of ginseng tea reservedly, nodded approvingly: "The emperor has grown up, he behaved very well just now, don't give those princes and ministers, lead the nose, have their own ideas, they are all thinking about themselves, have their own selfishness, where do you think of the palace and the East Palace, the emperor, you are about to be pro-government, of course, you must use your own selection of talents, this point must always be implemented, the palace will select Tanhualang Li Guolou for you, or can be of great use, let him be an errand for the Wanshou Mountain project in the future, Give Li Guolou the privilege of walking in the study, let him serve the palace and the east palace in the future, and those who can do it will have to shoulder more shoulders, Li Guolou is very clever, and the palace and the east palace like this kind of errand slave! ”

Emperor Zaichun of Tongzhi listened respectfully, and hurriedly said: "The two mothers can rest assured, the child obeys Yi's order, since he has found a talent, he must be promoted in an eclectic manner, and the child knows how to do it!" ”

Where did the Tongzhi Emperor know about the matter of 10 million taels of silver, no one told him about it, and he couldn't blame Prince Gong and Li Hongzhang for not making it clear to the imperial court, so please come in the bank has not yet opened, and now it is officially said, isn't it an empty fart, and if you want to talk about it, it is also a matter of gossip to say a few words, and when you invite in the bank business to take shape, and the matter of making money has eyebrows, he has a foundation in his heart, and Prince Gong will play a fold and officially report this exciting good news to the imperial court.

Emperor Tongzhi was confused, why did so many people snatch Tanhualang Li Guolou, and let Li Guolou listen to the order to be on an errand, and the official positions are all seven-rank officials, but there is a title of minister in the upper study, which seems to be out of line with the rules of the imperial court, how can there be a seven-rank official who enters the upper study on an errand, what does E-Niang think, why didn't he say it clearly, since Li Guolou's eleven articles have been criticized to the point of incompleteness, why let Li Guolou take on so many errands, but he can still ask the two teachers, and when he goes to the study tomorrow to talk, he will ask the teacher Li Hongzao for advice.

Tongzhi Emperor Zaichun looked through Li Guolou's file resume and flipped through it carefully, "Oh······" Zaichun couldn't help but suddenly open up, talented, the criminal department Shangshu Bao together to Li Guolou is extremely beautiful, as for other old scholars for Li Guolou's private moral evaluation, Zaichun looked at it and laughed, what does it matter, he also likes to have fun, and he will have playmates in the future, let Li Guolou introduce a few interesting places in Beijing, and "Fa Xiao" Zaicheng, the three of them slipped out of the study to play, he came to treat, but also to taste the taste of foreign girls, so that there is also a "Eight-Nation Alliance" to go into battle.

The more Emperor Tongzhi thought about it, the happier he became, and he couldn't help but giggle, treating Li Guolou's archives as kitsch.

Cixi and Ci'an were in the garden, watching and playing, the two put aside the eunuchs and palace maids around them, and discussed the big thing, that is, for Li Guolou to set up a bank to invite in, to receive the local government-run business of the two provinces, and earn back 10 million taels of silver.

Cixi sighed: "Sister, I don't believe it, but Prince Gong ate the scales and made his heart, patted his chest and assured me, saying: 'It won't be bad, you must get me 900,000 taels of silver,' I want to think about it at night and night, and if I want to think about it, let this matter be at peace with what happens, anyway, let's wait for next year, whether it will succeed or not, I will know in June next year!" ”

Ci'an twisted his eyebrows and thought: "Sister, if the two provinces can produce 30,000 taels of silver every year, our Qing Empire has eighteen provinces, no matter how bad the other provinces are, adding another 60,000 taels of silver is always fine, this adds up to 90,000 taels a year, and our Wanshou Mountain Project can have an extra 270,000 taels of silver, and it won't take five years for us to complete the repair of the place where we live, and in the future, we can also donate 70,000 taels of silver to the country every year, how good it would be!" ”

Cixi was overjoyed when she heard this, and clapped her hands and said: "Okay, as soon as my sister says, I won't be able to sleep again, so let Tanhualang go to the Heart Cultivation Hall to play right, listen to what he said, no one can lie to me, is it true that Prince Gong said it, and He Shen is reincarnated!" ”

"Sister, I don't look like it, He Shen has a wide face, and that Li Guolou has a rectangular face, and the two don't look alike." Ci'an thought for a while, and immediately dispelled the theory that Li Guolou was reincarnated with Shen.

"Hmm······ I'm still not at ease, little plum. Cixi suddenly screamed.

"Minions." Li Lianying said that she arrived, and her ears were very pointed.

Cixi furrowed her eyebrows together, and shouted: "Little Lizi, you go and bring the eight characters of Li Guolou's birthday, and then go and bring the eight characters of He Shen's birthday, and let the Jiqing Living Buddha approve the eight characters to see if these two people have anything to do with each other!" ”

"Zha, the minion will do it." Li Lianying was ecstatic, he saved Li Guolou's life, the auspicious living Buddha can also be bribed, and the sharp sword hanging on Li Guolou's head was resolved by him.

Ci'an sighed: "Well, it's still my sister who is thoughtful and thoughtful, if that He Shen is reincarnated in this dynasty, he will definitely come to take revenge, and he will never come to repay his kindness. ”

Cixi said smugly: "Well, sister, I am naturally wary of the Han people, how can I easily believe a little white face, a miser like Li Guolou is from the Han people, and foreign people will not be full of the same heart as us, I have to be on guard, hum hum!" ”

The essence of the emperor's technique, Cixi has long been remembered, familiar with the history books, and has the experience of the court's pro-government, even if she has a leg Gong Prince Yixun, Cixi is also strictly guarded, has begun to cut off part of the power of the prime minister's office, to attribute the state power to the hands of the Tongzhi Emperor Zaichun.

"Sister, don't worry, let me see through Li Guolou with my sharp eyes, he has a few catties and a few taels, I can see at a glance, Li Guolou can't play with a moth, hehehehe." Ci'an was smug, thinking that he could see through people's hearts, and could distinguish the advantages and disadvantages of his courtiers, and his loyalty and treachery.

Cixi clenched her silver teeth and said, "Hmm······ Then the palace will give Li Guolou a date, so that he can give birth to a golden egg for Chun'er! ”

"Official hat." Ci'an knew what he needed to tie up Li Guolou's loyalty, the emperor used this trick to defeat the enemy, and the two of them had a red cherry blossom big head official hat in their hands, as long as they had a set on their heads, they would become "a horse" or "a dog", let them whip and shout, "I am willing to do the work of dogs and horses." However, the ancestors of the Qing Empire stipulated that the common name was commonly known, and the minions flocked to it and rushed to join the Manchu Emperor.

Cixi and Ci'an, hit it off, the two of them held a large flower silk, happily watched and played in the imperial garden, the courtyard was layered on top of each other, the corridor was steep and brilliant, the pool water was sparkling, the butterflies danced with the wind, the egret floated on the water, the sound of silk and bamboo sounded, the eunuchs and palace maids began to perform and compile programs, and the spring flowers bloomed, the two queen mothers enjoyed the blissful life on earth,