Emperor Tongzhi was in front of Li Guolou, constantly going around in circles, as if he would kick out at any time. Thinking about the possible 'sex' of what Li Guolou said, the more he thought about it, the more right it became, the Old Summer Palace was the shame of the Qing Dynasty, it was a basin, and he regarded this matter as the first holy decree after the pro-government, and announced it to the people of the world, saying that it was filial piety. But what will the people of the world think of him as an emperor? The country is still at war and has not yet been reunified, but he is consuming the country's wealth and building his own post-'flower' garden.

"Xu Tong and Weng Tong are too deceitful!" Emperor Tongzhi clenched his steel teeth, his heart was already on fire, he was still his teacher, and his heart could be punished for coming up with such a bad idea.

"Your Majesty, you still have to endure everything! If you can't bear it, you will 'mess up' and make a big plan, just treat it as a game, and you can enjoy it. "Li Guolou already knows that Emperor Tongzhi has escaped this catastrophe, and the Qing Emperor is a smart person, and the seed of Aixin Jueluo is a good seed.

"Well, I know, you kneel." Emperor Tongzhi waved his hand to send Li Guolou away, and left the 'flower' garden slowly, as if nothing major had happened, sprinkled a soak of 'urine', listened to the play tiring, and came out to move his muscles and bones.

Emperor Tongzhi walked up to the theater, and Empress Arut asked, "Your Majesty, what is that Li Guolou looking for you?" ”

"Oh! The clever Tan' 'flower' Lang has given me a gift, and he is a good minion. Emperor Tongzhi casually handed the gift list to the Empress Arut, chewing the paper ball in his mouth, he had to endure to the extreme, burying all hatred in the depths of his heart.

Queen Arut looked through the gift list, and listed a lot of bits and pieces in the book, which were worth no more than 2,000 taels, and the corners of her mouth couldn't help but move slightly, and she let out a sneer, and said, "But that's it." After saying that, Queen Arut threw the gift list on the table full of snacks, and didn't take Li Guolou to heart.

Li Guolou left the Forbidden City in a hurry, and was relieved at the moment when the big 'gate' of the palace was closed. The 'female' person refuses to give up even if she has power, and she is still her own son. He betrayed the Empress Dowager Cixi, and no one reminded him, but he still showed him the old bottom, which was also a case, and a shocking 'yin' plot was found in the clues. This matter will never be 'revealed' to outsiders, and it is he who changed the political landscape of the Qing Dynasty.

Li Guolou was in a happy mood, cocked Erlang's 'legs', sat in the carriage and whistled the familiar "Mandarin Duck Tea", and the beautiful melody made the faces of the four guards outside the window also 'show' smiles. At dusk, a seven-color rainbow is drawn in the western sky, shining in the sky above the buildings of the Beijing Division, and tomorrow the 'gloom' haze will cover the earth.

There was a green tweed sedan chair parked outside Xihua's 'gate', and the 'attendants' guards and attendants were standing silently, and the high-ranking officials sitting in the official sedan chair were still dozing. Some of the courtiers gathered together to chat, complaining about the ghost weather that was about to rain. Li Guolou's arrival caused a 'commotion', and he brought Roberts Torres, the photographer of Baozhu Photo Studio, and asked the photographer to take pictures of him. Nowadays, there are more and more people taking photos in Jingshi, and even eunuchs like to take this kind of life photos. Ministers who hate Western culture will not let the camera be pointed at them, and they will avoid it when they see it, lest they will be exposed to evil spirits.

took an array of photos, the magnesium powder continued to shine, Li Guolou was 'very' satisfied, a few courtiers also joined in the fun and took a few photos, Li Guolou didn't care about the dissatisfaction of other ministers, and generously commanded the British Roberts to run east and west, take a few photos here, and shoot there, deliberately let those who are not used to seeing him see how he was commanded by the British, and his mouth was mixed with English and Chinese, which made those old stubborn angry enough. After playing and selling 'getting' once, he sent the photographer Roberts away.

At the end of the day, the palace 'door' opened, and Li Guolou walked last, his rank was the lowest in this group of people, and he counted how many people were in front of him? There will be no less than forty ministers. The eunuch who threw the whip stood on the stone steps of the white 'jade' and shook a whip more than a zhang long with a crackling sound.

The ministers entered the palace of nourishing the heart in turn, after the arrival of the Tongzhi Emperor and the Empress Dowager of the two palaces, the court meeting began, and the ministers handed the folds to the eunuchs in turn, and gathered them on the table next to the dragon chair, most of the courtiers did not play the folds, but came to listen to the holy teachings of the emperor and the Empress Dowager of the two palaces.

The chief eunuch Liu Deyin took the pile of folds on the desk in his arms, ran behind the Cizhu curtain, and first presented the folds written by the minister to the Queen Mother to see. Emperor Tongzhi stood up from the dragon chair, bowed down, and said respectfully: "Please admonish the two mothers." ”

In the Jinluan Palace, in front of the ministers on the left stood Prince Gong Yixun, Prince Yi Xun, Prince Qing Yixuan, and in the back according to their official positions, they arranged a group of ministers such as Wen Xiang, Minister of Military Aircraft, Linggui of the Ministry of Rites, and Ronglu of the Ministry of Industry. Li Guolou was standing at the end of the man, and he was already close to the 'door' of the main hall. On the right, led by Li Hongzhang, next to him are Li Hongzao, Weng Tongyi and other Han ministers, and Xu Tong, the 'waiter' of the Ministry of Rites, is also lined up.

After a moment of silence, it seemed that the two Empress Dowagers were flipping through the folds, and the Empress Dowager Cixi behind the bamboo curtain said: "Prince Gong, since Jingshi and Shanghai have opened the Tongwen Museum, and there are already people who know foreign languages, why do you want to go to the "Proposed School Children to Go Overseas to Learn Art", so that the children who have nothing to do are going abroad to go abroad?" ”

Prince Gong took a step forward, walked out of the neatly arranged column, bowed his head and said: "Your Majesty, the Empress Dowager of the Two Palaces, the ministers think that the Western powers are not only the ten thousand cruisers docked in our sea ports, but also the cultural knowledge of maps, algorithms, step heaven, side sea, chemistry, physics, etc., which is higher than the number of the current dynasty. Although I have the Jingshi Tongwen Museum, the Shanghai Dialect Museum, and the Jiangnan, Jinling, and Tianjin manufacturing bureaus, as well as the Fujian Ship Administration Bureau, these are all in the footsteps of the West, and they cannot learn their 'fine' Hua, and they are still in the stage of creation. Yi life 'sex' cunning, often put us in a dilemma, they want to profit from it, and deliberately let us waste silver, and refuse to tell the truth. If you want to strive for self-improvement, you can only start from the basics, explore the essence of Western learning, and truly explore the seclusion. This idea is not a whim, the governor Li Hongzhang, the minister Ding Richangshi has been exploring for many years, after meeting the talented Li Guolou who returned from abroad, he is more urgent, and he feels that time is running out, so he presents the proposed selection of schoolchildren to go abroad to learn art. As for the vulgarity of foreigners, they can be discarded and not used, just like exploring the 'flower' Lang Li Guolou, after returning to China, he still embarked on the road of scientific research and stood out from more than 2,000 people, so wouldn't everyone be happy. Please ask the emperor and the queen mother of the two palaces to shine the candle. ”

The Empress Dowager Cixi said "um", before she could speak, her eyes swept to Li Guolou, the last of the ministers, where you could see the figure, only the top of her head was faintly visible. Xu Tong, the 'waiter' of the Ministry of Rites, had already taken a step forward and said loudly: "Your Majesty, the Empress Dowager of the Two Palaces, the minister thinks that what Prince Gong said is not in line with the national conditions, contrary to common sense, the real number is ridiculous, and the number of books is forgotten!" My Qing Dynasty is a great country, and the grace of the emperor and the queen mother of the two palaces is all over the world. The treasure house of knowledge inherited for thousands of years is as vast as smoke 'waves', as the saying goes, live to learn all the time, my Qing Dynasty schoolchildren are too late to learn the cultural knowledge handed down by the sages, where do you need to learn those barbarian strange and foreign skills. Now the barbarians have rushed into the territory of our Qing Dynasty for a while, like ghosts and monsters making 'chaos', showing their ingenuity, but it is the darkness before dawn, the dawn is coming, and the earth is still nurtured in the sun. There is also a comparison, just like the early dynasty of my Qing Dynasty, the act of fairness and righteousness, and the way of governing the country can be glorified by sages. The minister implored the emperor and the queen mother of the two palaces to be clear, and not to be 'confused' by the fallacy. ”

Xu Tong, the 'waiter' of the Ministry of Rites, is in his fifties, with a thin figure, a 'fine' spirit, black hair, a straight waist, and a continuous speech, and a body that is 'good'. He is a very prestigious master of science in the Qing Dynasty, a native of the Blue Banner of the Han Army, the word Yuru, the number Mengxuan, and the Jinshi of the Daoguang period. At the beginning of Tongzhi, he was elected as the emperor of Tongzhi, and in the 10th year of Tongzhi, he was promoted to a bachelor of the cabinet. Xu Tong is extremely conservative, especially hates foreign things, and his disciples dare to talk about Western culture, once he knows it, he is not allowed to go to the 'door'. Usually talking to people, he never mentions the words foreign and western, and he ignores all the Beijing officials surnamed Yang, what is called the western, and it is also his enemy.

Xu Tong is an out-and-out stubborn old-fashioned person, regarded as the most knowledgeable person in the imperial court, plus he relied on the old and sold the old, and was an official honest, upright, loyal to the Qing Dynasty, and a pioneer in maintaining the Gangchang all his life, so even the Empress Dowager Cixi respected him very much.

Li Guolou looked at the little old man Xu Tong slightly, this kind of person is a righteous gentleman who can't be bought, like his mentor Li Hongzao and teacher Weng Tongshang can reach a compromise on something, and they can also work together. And people like Xu Tong, the 'waiter' of the Ministry of Rites, don't even think about having a meal together, don't eat firewood, rice, oil and salt, and debate with this kind of person, you talk about the theory of Westerners, he says the quotations of the sage, never try to convince him.

"The minister seconded the proposal!" Weng Tong strode out, his long beard fluttering, and his face was full of positive 'color': "Your Majesty, the Empress Dowager of the Two Palaces, what Xu Tong said is extremely true, cut to the lifeline of my Qing Dynasty, and the sage has clouds: govern the country with righteousness, use soldiers with oddity, and take the world with nothing." How do I know that? In this way: there are many taboos in the world, and the people are poor; There are many sharp weapons, and the country is faint; There are many people and tricks, and strange things arise; Laws and regulations are proliferated, and there are many thieves. Therefore, the sage cloud: I do nothing, and the people are self-transformed; I am so quiet, and the people are upright; I have nothing to do, and the people are rich; I have no 'desire', and the people are simple. Therefore, the so-called self-improvement of the sage can save the country, I am a great land, as long as I am quiet, the internal 'chaos' is swept away, the barbarians are not enough to suffer, and a 'wave' is not peaceful to regenerate 'waves', that is the act of destroying the country. I also hope that the emperor and the queen mother of the two palaces will be clear. ”

"Weichen also has something to say!" Li Hongzao turned over and knelt on the ground, and without waiting for Weng Tongyi to return to the original train, he said loudly in a crying tone: "Your Majesty, the Empress Dowager of the Two Palaces, the ministers think that Prince Gong, Li Hongzhang, and Ding Richang will never agree to the invitation. I have been a country for more than 100 years since the founding of the Qing Dynasty, and although there are crises, I still stand firm and solid as a rock, because I have maintained it until now. The people of the country are at peace with their hometown, and the students are familiar with the books of the sages. What a terrible scenario would it be if schoolchildren were to be immersed in the West? It must have been contaminated with the cunning habits of foreigners, and the logic of bandits was rampant. After returning to China, his 'temperament' changed greatly, and it was even worse for my people's morality, and its troubles were greater than the troubles. Wanwang Emperor and the Queen Mother of the Two Palaces think twice! ”

Li Hongzao's resentful cry said a terrible ending, which made the princes and ministers in the originally quiet hall 'Mao' frightened, and they 'crossed' each other's heads and ears, and the buzzing sound was like an old monk chanting scriptures. also let the empress dowager of the two palaces behind the bamboo curtain 'cross' each other's heads and ears to discuss what Li Hongzao said, how likely is it to be 'sex'?

Li Hongzhang walked out of the train, took a step forward, and said loudly: "Your Majesty, the Empress Dowager of the Two Palaces, the ministers also have something to say, please allow the Emperor and the Empress Dowager of the Two Palaces." ”

The Empress Dowager Cixi nodded and said, "Shaoquan, you can say it, this palace wants to hear your thoughts." ”

Li Hongzhang sneered three times and said, "Shicaichen felt funny when he heard Li Shaobao's words. People who have nothing to worry about the sky have appeared in the court of my great country. I would like to ask Li Shaobao why do you say that when schoolchildren go to the West to be immersed in the West, they must be contaminated with the cunning habits of foreigners. After returning to China, his 'temperament' changed greatly, which was very bad for my ethics, and 'chaotic' my behavior was constant, and its troubles were greater than the troubles. These words can be founded, where does the logic come from, everything is based on facts, the minister saw with his own eyes, Zhang Jing Zhigang of the Prime Minister's Office 'Gate', Lang Zhong Sun Jiahub, both of whom have traveled to the West for many years, not only learned foreign languages, but also understood a lot of Western knowledge, and their 'temperament' not only did not suffer greatly, but attached great importance to the program. Both of these people have accompanied Pu Anchen on missions to Western countries and have made great contributions to our Qing Dynasty. It is already an irrefutable fact that the Western countries are strong, and only those who build cars behind closed doors and cover their ears and steal the bell will pretend not to see it, how can they use the ghost theory to coax the emperor and the queen mother of the two palaces. Are there ghosts in the book of sages? I would like to consult Master Xu Tong, please bring out your astonishing doctrine, and let me listen to it. ”

"You, you, you! Absurd! "Xu Tong, the 'waiter' of the Ministry of Rites, was choked, and his beard was so angry that his beard was 'messy'. Zi didn't say anything, and he forgot about it. They were all harmed by the flash of magnesium powder when taking pictures of Li Guolou, and they met fake foreign ghosts, unlucky things, one after another.

Li Hongzhang can speak well and play scoundrels, and even foreigners admire him. As the saying goes, a weak country has no foreign 'relations', but it is not suitable for Li Hongzhang, and the strong Western foreign 'relations' respect Li Hongzhang is very respectful, of course, this is the respect for Li Hongzhang's 'private' character, and when it was time to bully the Qing Dynasty, the foreigners were not merciful.

The atmosphere above the court changed again and again, and even Prince Qing Yixuan, who originally wanted to participate in the court, was speechless for a while, his slightly shaking body stopped, and he turned to look at Li Guolou on the side, where there was also a member of the Westernization faction, that big mouth, he had also understood, and he could hold him to the sky. Today, in the battle between the Qing school and the Westernization faction, he waited for the Empress Dowager Cixi to make a decision.

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