"What you are talking about," Cixi sighed, "If there is no sea ban, maybe we will have foreign guns and foreign cannons early, and we will 'train troops in Western France' early, no matter how strong and domineering the British are, they may not be able to bargain much - and there may not be a catastrophe in the Xinyou year!" ”

"Queen Mother Shengming!" Guan Zhuofan's eyes were blazing, "Our China is originally stronger than the Taixi countries, but since the doors and windows have been closed—in the words of foreigners, it is 'closed off the country'—it is like a person who has slept a lot, and this sleep has been sleeping for hundreds of years!" ”

"In the past few hundred years, the countries of Taixi have rushed forward with all kinds of tricks, civilized systems, technical machines, ships and guns, all of which have caught up - not only caught up, but also passed our heads! When we wake up—not by ourselves, but by others—the world outside has already been turned upside down! ”

Cixi looked at Guan Zhuofan's slightly flushed face, and couldn't help but be moved by his "public loyalty to the country", and said softly: "After all, we have woken up - well, not only woke up, but also began to catch up." I think as long as ...... Monarchs and ministers are of the same heart, and there will always be a day when they catch up again. ”

"I'm afraid that not everyone can work together with the Queen Mother!"

As soon as the words came out, he felt a little inappropriate, and Guan Zhuofan said again: "The minister is saying - I'm afraid that someone hasn't woken up yet!" Let's catch up, some people will say, what to run? As soon as I ran, I messed up my steps, well, this step, but 'ancestral system ('!') ”

Cixi stared at Guan Zhuofan for a moment, then smiled slightly, and said, "Okay, there is such a big circle ahead. I was waiting here. ”

Guan Zhuofan didn't speak. Looking at Cixi with a smile.

He groaned for a moment. Cixi said: "The ancestral system is naturally important. However, I remember that you said something about 'keeping pace with the times' - this 'keeping pace with the times' is also considered an ancestral system. ”

Guan Zhuofan's eyes jumped.

"Otherwise," Cixi said slowly, "in the twenty-third year of Kangxi, why did the Holy Ancestor open the sea ban?" In the fifth year of Yongzheng, why did Shizong Ye open the sea ban again? ”

"It's really Shengming, but it's the Queen Mother!"

Guan Zhuofan knelt on one knee. Hold one of the Lady of the Queen Mother, raise it to her mouth, and kiss it gently.

The royal sister smiled coquettishly, but this time, she didn't pull back hard, but gave her other hand out. However, instead of sending it to Guan Zhuofan's mouth, he raised a tender finger and poked lightly on his forehead: "I told you to be dizzy!" ”

Guan Zhuofan held the hand of the Queen Mother. He kissed the back of his fair and delicate hand again before raising his head. With a smile, he said, "How dare you? Besides, the Queen Mother's saint will be longitudinal, where can the ministers ......"

"Don't you dare? You can't? ”

Cixi poked Guan Zhuofan's forehead again—this time, but with strength.

Guan Zhuofan exaggerated "ouch".

"Let go! Otherwise, I'll give you a more ruthless one! ”

Guan Zhuofan had no choice but to let go of his hand.

Cixi raised her hand, pulled a strand of hair behind her ear, and smiled.

"Let me think about it, how did the conversation come about today? Ah, by the way, Kunming Lake! Look, led by you, left and right, straight around until now, I don't know, what is the relationship between this Kunming Lake and Kunming in Yunnan! ”

Damn, I almost forgot about this stubble.

"Uh, the minister is ridiculous!"

"Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty is a major event in the southwest," Guan Zhuofan said, "There are many rivers in the Yunnan-Guizhou area, and it is necessary to advance by land and water, and it is the best policy to attack together." The northerners were not accustomed to water warfare, so Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty dug a huge pond in the Shanglin Garden in Chang'an, with a radius of more than 300 hectares, to train the water army. ”

"More than three hundred acres? How big is our Kunming Lake? ”

"Back to the Queen Mother, about 3,000 acres, that is...... Thirty hectares. ”

"Yo!" Cixi exclaimed softly, "Ten Kunming Lakes? ”

Guan Zhuofan was also taken aback by the numbers he reported: I didn't make a mistake, right?

No.

"Yes, ten whole Kunming lakes. The first saint Mo Lie is truly admired by future generations. ”

After a pause, he continued: "The minister just gave the queen mother back, during the Qin and Han dynasties, Yunnan had a country named 'Kunming', and he refused to accept the king and covered the Han envoys. This huge pool, since it was used to train the naval army for the conquest of Southwest Yi, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty named it 'Kunming' to stimulate morale and show the punishment of heaven. ”

"Ah, that's it." Cixi said, "Our Kunming Lake, is there a ...... What does it mean to admire this Kunming Pool? ”

The crepe word "admiration" rarely comes from the mouth of the royal sister. Guan Zhuofan just said, "The first saint Mo Lie, really called the future generations to admire", the royal sister is now learning and selling, although the use is a little nondescript, but ...... Ahem, this spirit of learning and being practical should still be encouraged to praise drops.

"That's right," Guan Zhuofan smiled slightly, "This is a matter for Emperor Gao Zongchun." ”

"Oh?"

"Kunming Lake was formerly known as Wengshanbo." Guan Zhuofan said, "Emperor Gaozongchun's second expedition to Jinchuan, the shape of shì and the Han Wushi Southwest Yi, quite similar - Jinchuan is also in the southwest, and the navy must also be used. Therefore, Emperor Gao Zongchun took the story of Kunming Pond of the Han Dynasty and renamed "Kunming Lake" as "Kunming Lake". ”

"Eight Flags...... And the sailor? ”

"Well, yes, Emperor Gao Zongchun's sailor is subordinate to the forward battalion and can be regarded as a 'Royal Forest Sailor'. In addition, the Northeast, Jingzhou, Jiangnan, Fujian, and Guangzhou are also stationed in the Eight Banners Naval Division. ”

"But," Guan Zhuofan smiled slightly wryly, "These are all things from the time of Kang, Yong, and Qian, and ...... today."

At this point, he shook his head and stopped talking.

Cixi understood what he meant: either it was nothing, or it was scattered.

This is not unexpected.

Flag Camp - Think about it, what is the situation on land? Not to mention those in the water.

Guan Zhuofan thought that Kunming Lake and the "Eight Flags Water Division" are really fateful. Qianlong got a "forward battalion water division" here; In the Guangxu Dynasty, Prince Yiyun set up a wonderful "Naval Academy" here - cultivating naval talents in an artificial lake.

In this time and space, I don't know if Yiyun, a living treasure, will also make a similar proposition?

Hum.

was "humming" in his heart, only to hear Cixi say: "Speaking of the water division, well, the matter of rectifying the Yangtze River water division mentioned last time - who should be sent, have you thought about it?" ”

Guan Zhuofan was in good spirits.

The last time he mentioned the matter of the Yangtze River Sailor to the Empress Dowager of the Two Palaces, the focus was not "who to send to rectify the Yangtze River Sailor", but "Do you want to rectify the Yangtze River Sailor"?

If it is not handled properly, the turmoil caused by it will not stop at the dispute of words and tongues, and it is not impossible to "shake the foundation of the country."

If it is difficult to deal with the difficulty of the process, the rectification of the Yangtze River Sailor is actually too much to rectify the salt affairs. Therefore, Guan Zhuofan only proposed to build a pì and explained the reason why this matter could not be done, and did not ask the queen mother of the two palaces to make a decision immediately.

Of course, Guan Zhuofan also emphasized that since this matter has to be done, it is better to do it late than early, and the longer it drags on, the bigger the tail will be.

Now that Cixi is doing so, she agrees to his request to "rectify the Yangtze River Water Division".

"Back to the Queen Mother," Guan Zhuofan said, "I think that the most suitable person for this mission is Peng Yulin." ”

"Huh? Yes...... It's ...... him."

The "ah" in front of him involuntarily picked up, indicating that the Queen Mother was very surprised by Guan Zhuofan's recommendation; The "ah" in the back, the tone drooped, and the volume also decreased, indicating that the heart of the Queen Mother was puzzled and hesitant about this candidate.

Guan Zhuofan waited patiently.

After a while, Cixi said: "Peng Yulin Qingjie is upright and does not avoid the powerful, I know this; However, you should also know the origin of his relationship with the Yangtze River sailor, right? ”

"The minister knows," Guan Zhuofan said, "It is said that Zeng Guofan created the Yangtze River Water Division, in fact, most of the planning and system of the Yangtze River Water Division came from Peng Yulin's hands, to be more precise, it should be 'Zeng Guofan and Peng Yulin jointly created the Yangtze River Water Division' - this water division, Yu Peng Yulin, is really like his own son." ”

"That being the case," said Cixi suspiciously, "you call him to his own son...... Under the knife, this, will it work? ”

"Back to the Queen Mother," Guan Zhuofan said, "Rectifying the Yangtze River Sailor is indeed a knife." However, there is a distinction between cutting the throat or cutting the carrion? cut the throat of the Yangtze River sailor, Peng Yulin naturally refused; But what if you just cut off the carrion on the Yangtze River sailor? The minister thought that it was precisely because Peng Yulin regarded the Yangtze River Sailor as if he were his own that he could not tolerate Huang Yisheng and others, and made the Yangtze River Sailor a miasma and unrecognizable! ”

Cixi let out another "ah", nodded, and said, "That's right." ”

*(To be continued......) R1292