Gong, Wen, and Bao were all shocked.

Bao Jun leaned forward, like a cat that saw a mouse, his eyes lit up, and he said eagerly: "What do you say? ”

Cao Yuying said calmly: "It's just a transaction. ”

Bao Jun said: "He is willing? He tilted his head to the left—it was to the west, "There's the upper hand over there now." ”

Cao Yuying sneered slightly: "Why don't you want to?" His little team can only fight, or in Shanghai and Jiangsu, and his qualifications are too shallow! Jingli can be said to be alone, such a big stall, he can hold up with two hands? ”

The implication is that we can "not resist", but we can also "not cooperate". You are alone, your head is hitting the black, you are hitting the wall everywhere, you are alone, can you have fun?

Bao Jun slapped his thigh and said, "Zhuoru can see deeply!" He turned his head to look at Wen Xiang: "What do you see, Bochuan?" ”

Wenxiang is not as optimistic as Baojun, but the situation is at this point, you might as well give it a try. So he nodded and said, "Thoughtful." I think that even if he doesn't take into account his qualifications, he can't get all the people from Shanghai and Jiangsu to the imperial court, after all, the foreign affairs there are also important. ”

Bao Jun said: "Yes." Let's endure it, let it go, the most important thing is to ask the sixth master to come back as soon as possible - no matter what the errand is, it may not be necessary to return to the military plane immediately! ”

He turned to King Gong: "Sixth Master, what do you say?" The other two also looked at King Gong.

After waiting for a while, King Gong finally spoke: "Yixuan and I, there was a little misunderstanding before, did you say it?" ”

To say so is to agree!

Wen, Bao, and Cao were relieved. Cao Yuying said: "Don't worry, the prince will definitely say it." Guan Yixuan is not a person who only stares at three melons and two dates, he will know how important it is. ”

Wen Xiang said: "We need someone here to connect with that side. Takari. You ......" looked at Cao Yuying. Inquiry.

Cao Yuying shook her head and said, "I can't make it." He hesitated slightly and said, "To be honest, the person on our side, the closest to him, is Uncle Xu Xing." ”

Wen Xiang and Bao Jun glanced at each other and nodded deeply. Wen Xiang said: "Okay, Zhuoru." Then I would like you to go and talk to Uncle Xing about what it means. ”

Cao Yuying nodded solemnly and said, "Okay, I'll do this tonight." ”

Wen Xiang frowned slightly and said, "There is one thing, I don't know if I guessed right. Such a big battle in the west is embarrassing for the sixth master, maybe it is for the Ministry of Internal Affairs? ”

This is a new idea, and several people feel that it is bright.

The Ministry of Internal Affairs was a huge institution, with more than 3,000 people, ten times the most complicated household in the imperial court. In terms of scale. The Ministry of Internal Affairs is the "No. 1 Yamen" to the letter.

"Minister in charge of the Ministry of Internal Affairs" is Mingshan, but Wen Xiang and Bao Jun also hold the title of "Minister of the Interior". And King Gong is "ordered to manage the treasury of the Ministry of Internal Affairs", so King Gong is the number one person in the Ministry of Internal Affairs, followed by Wenxiang, Baojun again, and then it is Mingshan's turn.

Mingshan is just a "businessman".

Bao Jun's role is very special, he is the title of Minister of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and "wears the key", and the large expenditures and revenues of the Ministry of Internal Affairs have to pass through him.

The reason why King Gong wants to grasp the Internal Affairs Office in his hands, and Wenxiang and Baojun are "insured" one after another, is because the Internal Affairs Office is in charge of the royal family's expenditures, and the expenses are huge, and if you are not careful, it will become a financial black hole for the country. Now that there is a great chaos and a lot of waste to be rebuilt, we must use money in the city, and we must not call the silverfish of the Ministry of Internal Affairs to empty the treasury by "from above".

More than once, some people have released rumors, saying that the pacification of the twist depends on the hard work of the queen mother of the two palaces; Now that the world is peaceful, the emperor should do his filial piety, build a garden well, and give the queen mother of the two palaces a leisurely retreat.

Some people even say that the Old Summer Palace should be rebuilt.

In the name of grandiose, in addition to "the queen mother is raised by the world", what else to say, "The foreign devils burned our garden, let's build a better one, let them look at it, and kill them!" Let's see who's better? ”

These remarks made King Gong, Wen Xiang and others deeply vigilant. However, what made them even more uneasy was Cixi's attitude towards "repairing the garden".

Cixi is naturally fond of glitz and luxury, and she is extremely moved by this kind of proposal. Although the Forbidden City is majestic, it is actually "dry", in order to pass the defense, there are not a few trees, how can it compare to the "Cave Heaven and Blessed Land" of the forty views of the Old Summer Palace?

King Gong consulted the records of the Jingshifang, and knew that Cixi had sent a decree to find the "Yuanmingyuan Tuyong" made by Qianlong, as well as the general maps of the three gardens of the Old Summer Palace, Changchun Garden, and Wanchun Garden, and sent them to Changchun Palace.

It took several days before it was sent back.

This is a very bad sign.

So he used a lot of methods, knocking on the side, including when the master in the study gave a "lecture" to the queen mother of the two palaces, he repeatedly explained the story of the frugality and self-reflection of the great rule of the world, and the absurd king's extravagance and eventually the death of the country.

Cixi was very sensitive, and she quickly understood: Want to repair the garden? There are no doors.

King Gong and the others are firmly guarded and watched, how much Cixi can spend is basically determined by how much money King Gong is willing to give her, and she herself is actually completely unable to be the master.

If the "Gong Department" handed over the Internal Affairs Office, and Cixi was replaced by a person who was ordered to be in charge of affairs, then she could ask for it at will.

This is by no means a blessing for the country.

Thinking of this, several people had mixed feelings.

Bao Jun and Cao Yuying felt that Wen Xiang's guess was reliable, and the Internal Affairs Office was likely to be one of Cixi's targets. But whether it is also Guan Zhuofan's goal, Baojun and Cao Yuying have different views. Baojun believes that Cixi and Guan Zhuofan are on the same side on this issue, while Cao Yuying believes that Guan Zhuofan's ambition may not be here.

But both of them believed that they could not hand over the Ministry of Internal Affairs right now, and even if they handed it over to the Ministry of Internal Affairs, they would have to negotiate with other conditions.

Wen Xiang agreed with them.

Now, the people of the "Gong Department" are beginning to "expect" Guan Zhuofan to come back sooner.

Guan Zhuofan stayed in Tianjin for two days, inspected the geography from Qingxian Machang to Tanggu New Town, and felt that the vision of Yuan Datou in the original time and space was not bad. There are not many people in this area, and the place is spacious, which is suitable for military training; At the same time, the "potential" of transportation is sufficient, as long as the roads and railways are built, and the key points around us are grasped at any time, facing the sea and choking Beijing and Tianjin, which is the key to attacking and defending.

Suitable for garrisons, but also "must" garrisons.

So it was decided to start building the "Xinma Avenue" and the official barracks immediately after the New Year.

Then get on the boat from Dagukou, or Jin Nengheng's "Pujiang", floating south.

After three days and three nights, I finally arrived at Wusongkou.

There was a big battle on the docks.

Not only Shanghai, but also the whole of Jiangsu, officials above the fourth grade have arrived.

Zhao Jingxian, the acting governor of Jiangsu and the domain, took the lead, followed by Ding Shijie, the governor of Jiangnan, Liu Xunjiao, Liu Xunjiao, Jiangsu Xuezheng, Peng Minkuan, Shanghai Daoyangfang, Jin Yulin, the general office of the General Administration of Donations, Qi Bingrong, the commissioner of the Anti-Corruption, Zeng Jize, the president of the Canton Dialect Museum, Rong Hong, Li Bin, Maadox, Jin Nengheng, and Jacques, the directors of the Sino-foreign Investment Promotion Bureau, Bian Ning, the general office of the Shanghai Telegraph Bureau, and Qian Dingming and Qian Yunqiu.

There are also Huaer, who came back to Shanghai on vacation to "visit relatives", and Liu Yulin, an officer of the Lin Zituan who did not go to the United States and stayed in Jiangsu with Ding Shijie.

There is also Hu Xueyan who "added the rank of inspector and supplemented with Taoist".

There are also directors of the Shanghai Concession Industry Bureau in addition to Maddos, Jin Nengheng, and Jacques.

There are also consuls from various countries in Shanghai, including an old friend, American Consul Charles.

as well as other officials of the fourth rank and above in Jiangsu and Shanghai, and representatives of the local gentry who had a reputation for their merits.

Guan Zhuofan was brilliant and walked slowly down the pedal.

The Chinese who greeted him on the dock, including the naturalized Wall, hulala, knelt down, "Respectfully Saint Ann."

Lord Chincha smiled and said, "Holy Bow."

The people on the ground stood up with a hula and rolled up their horseshoe sleeves. After a while, he cheered again, re-lowered the horse's hoof sleeves, knelt down, and "Say hello to Beizi."

After tossing two rounds, Guan Zhuofan shook hands with the foreigners standing on the side one by one and greeted each other.

Guan Zhuofan instructed Zhao Jingxian to avoid all the false tricks of catching the wind and washing the dust.

Tomorrow morning, let's start getting down to business.

The rest of the day is my own, after all, I'm a traveler returning home.

Guan Zhuofan got on the sedan chair, the Shanghai County official opened the way, and the Guards Regiment hugged each other in front of him, and went to the yamen of the former governor of Qingya Street.

Entering Qingya Street, he got off the sedan chair in front of the former governor's yamen, and Zhang Shun had already taken his subordinates to kneel at the door.

Guan Zhuofan smiled and soothed a sentence or two, and his mind had already flown into the second door.

After entering the second gate, the two beauties were already waiting at the bottom of the stairs.

Hu Qingqing was deeply blessed.

Yang Wan'er was only slightly blessed.

Because, she is pregnant.

*(To be continued......)