Yes and no.

Whether it is "the righteousness of comrades" or "the grace of knowing things", it can only explain the relationship between Li Hongzhang and Guan Zhuofan, but if Li Hongzhang's motive for doing major things is only "grace" and "righteousness", then how could Li Shaoquan be ridiculed by the people of the time as "the foundation of fame"?

What's more, although Li Hongzhang and Guan Zhuofan have a deep relationship, no one regards Li Hongzhang as a "Xuan line", his "Huai line" is independent, and Guan Zhuofan's departure from the center may not have any direct impact on him.

No impact...... Is that really the case?

"Also," Cao Yuying said slowly, "Strictly forbidding foot binding is Li Shaoquan's initiative-"

As soon as this sentence came out, Wen Xiang, Xu Gengshen, and Guo Songtao couldn't help but let out a slight "ah", and they all had a sudden feeling: Yes, this is where the key lies! What "the righteousness of comrades" and "the grace of knowing each other" can only be regarded as an "introduction" to Li Hongzhang.

"Strictly forbidding foot binding" was the first proposal by Li Hongzhang to figure out the "upper intention". On the table, even the most old-fashioned defenders can't openly oppose the "strict ban on foot binding", but under the table, Li Hongzhang was attacked very badly, almost to the point of being incomplete.

Many people say that Li Shaoquan does not hesitate to "be the enemy of the world" for his own fame and wealth, and is really "the most greedy and foolish person"; Some people also say that Li Shaoquan must be the same as Ruichengquan, who likes to enjoy the Tianzu of the Shunde maid, and has a special hobby for "Tianzu", so he will go on this excerpt - hehe, it is simply a "fake public and private".

The most unbearable thing is that "if there is a mother, there must be a son" -- Li Hongzhang's biological mother, Mrs. Li, is "Tianzu".

Everyone also knows that it is Prince Xuan and the Queen Mother of the Two Palaces who really advocate "strictly prohibiting foot binding", and Li Shaoquan is just "welcoming the will of the people, Qu A Shangyi". However, Prince Xuan is a flag man, and the queen mother of the two palaces is both a flag man and a woman, advocating "strictly prohibiting foot binding", which is natural and justified, and there is really no way to slander the three of them, so he has to sprinkle all the fire on Li Hongzhang.

"Zhuo Ru said it thoroughly," Guo Songtao said, "because of the fold of the 'strict ban on foot binding', Li Shaoquan has offended a lot of people; and in the matter of 'strict ban on foot binding', Xuan Di is Li Shaoquan's most important aid in the court, if Xuan Di is not in place, Li Shaoquan will have nothing to rely on, 'strict ban on foot binding' will certainly give up halfway, Li Shaoquan himself will definitely be attacked into a sieve, therefore, as soon as he heard that Xuan Di was going to 'ask himself to retreat to the domain', Li Shaoquan was anxious. ”

Li Hongzhang's way of twisting and turning can be regarded as having figured it out.

So, what about Seolin?

"Could it be because of the 'strict ban on foot binding'?" Xu Gengshen said, "I remember that after Li Shaoquan asked the excerpt of 'strictly forbidden foot binding' to 'submit', among the governors, Ruichengquan was the first to fold and agree. ”

After a pause, "Rui Cheng Quan's elegance, everyone knows it, some of the words that the defenders used to attack Li Shaoquan put on Rui Cheng Quan, but-"

Speaking of this, I found that my two sentences were not very appropriate, so I smiled and stopped.

During his tenure as the governor of Liangguang, Ruilin had nothing to do except for the greed for ink and the guarantee of the Inner Court by the Guangdong Customs, and his biggest hobby was to hide at home and admire the Tianzu of the Shunde maid in the Mozi Mansion. This matter, through the mouths of the maids themselves, was announced to the outside world, and it has long become a joke of Cantonese people after tea and dinner; In Beijing's officialdom, it's no secret.

"I think," Cao Yuying said, "Li Shaoquan and Rui Chengquan are still different in the matter of 'strictly forbidden foot binding' - Rui Chengquan is a banner person, and it is natural to advocate 'strictly forbidden foot binding', plus Rui Chengquan has always been generous and generous, and rarely has a grudge with others, and others may not attack him because he echoes Li Shaoquan, so he doesn't have to-"

There is no need to panic because of the removal of the protector god who "strictly forbids foot binding" in the court.

In the military aircraft department, no one spoke for a while.

Some people think, is it because of Ding Shijie? Ding Shijie himself didn't want to jump out too early, so he encouraged Ruilin to come out first? However, it is not easy to say that although Ruilin's ability is limited, he has been in the sea for a long time, and if he does not have his own major interests and interests in such a big joint, he, the governor of Liangguang, is afraid that it is not Ding Shijie, the governor of Guangdong, who can instigate it.

"I think," Wen Xiang broke the silence, "the real purpose of Rui Cheng Spring's excerpt should be...... For the sake of the Queen Mother. ”

Our Lady of the Queen Mother?

Cao, Xu, and Guo looked at Wen Xiang together.

Wen Xiang sighed lightly and said, "The relationship between Ruicheng Spring and the Queen Mother of the Holy Mother, there are not too many people in the court who really know about it. In that year, after the death of Hui Duanke in office, the Queen Mother and the Queen Mother returned to Beijing, orphans and widows, the situation was bleak, among the same clan, only Rui Chengquan was enthusiastic and generous, and there was a lot of help. ”

"Hui Duanke" refers to Cixi's biological father Hui Zheng, Cixi became the Queen Mother, and Hui Zheng posthumously presented the third-class Chengen Gong with the "stepfather", and called "Duan Ke".

Ruilin is also surnamed Yehenara, and he is of the same clan as Cixi.

"Everyone knows," Wen Xiang continued, "Our Lady Queen Mother is the most affectionate person—"

After a pause, "Needless to say, Rui Chengquan is really not a capable person, but since he has this relationship with the Queen Mother, as long as he doesn't make any big mistakes, it is not easy to move his position as the governor of Liangguang——"

Speaking of which, Cao, Xu, and Guo all understood what Wen Xiang meant.

In the eyes of others, including Ruilin, Cixi and Guan Zhuofan, they are almost "two in one" - politically relying on each other, and in personal affairs - Ruilin must have heard of the scandal between the Queen Mother and Prince Xuan even if he is far away in southern Xinjiang.

The "evil poison" of Emperor Daxing's body came from, and there are different opinions, among which the suspicion of the Queen Mother is the greatest. In Ruilin's view, because of the collapse of the Daxing Emperor, the position of the Queen Mother has a sense of turmoil, at this moment, it is all up to Prince Xuan to maintain, if Prince Xuan goes to the throne, the general trend will go! He, the governor of Liangguang who relies on the maintenance of the Queen Mother, must also follow the roll and leave.

Therefore, as far as Ruilin is concerned, Prince Xuan "asked to retreat to the domain", which is almost the same as his Ruicheng Spring Roll and left, how can he not be in a hurry?

Ruilin didn't know that the "evil poison" of Emperor Daxing had been rumored to be from the Queen Mother, and the initiator was Prince Xuan, who he thought was "fully defending" the Queen Mother.

If you know, cough cough, ruin the three views.

Wen Xiang's views are unique and profound, and Cao, Xu, and Guo are unanimously convinced.

Li Hongzhang and Ruilin are all people who directly and indirectly have a very close stake in Guan Zhuofan, and Guan Zhuofan has an interest in more than Li and Rui.

Also, in the imperial court, the pro-noble ministers were originally mostly waiting, but now, the mouth - it is still a big mouth - has been torn from the ground, will the people who were originally watching continue to wait and see?

The storm is coming!

No—the storm is coming!

The atmosphere became heavy.

After a while, Guo Songtao smiled and said: "Li Shaoquan's 'Lichen country can't be without Prince Xuan for a day' -- this title seems to be born from Pan Boyin's 'the country can't be without Hunan for a day, and Hunan can't be a day without Zuo Zongtang' -- well, if Zuo Ji Gao knows, it's about ...... thought that Li Shaoquan picked up his teeth, and thought that Li Shaoquan compared the Xuan Di to him Zuo Jigao, hehe, it's time to be triumphant. ”

Wen, Cao, and Xu all showed knowing smiles, and the heavy atmosphere diluted a lot.

Cao Yuying said with a smile: "Gong Yun, Li Shaoquan is neither picking up Zuo Jigao's tooth wisdom nor picking up Pan Boyin's tooth wisdom, he is picking up Guo Yunxian's tooth wisdom." ”

In that year, Fan Xie, the chief soldier of Yongzhou Town, Hunan, was greedy and offended Zuo Zongtang, who was in the curtain of Luo Bingzhang, the governor of Hunan, and was impeached and removed from office by Zuo Zongtang in the name of Luo Bingzhang. Fan Xie held a grudge and framed Zuo Zongtang with the Hunan governor's "one seal and two masters". Fortunately, Guo Songtao ran with all his strength and worked for Zuo Zongtang up and down, and finally turned the danger into a disaster.

"The country cannot live without Hunan for a day, and Hunan cannot live without Zuo Zongtang for a day", these are the words in the excerpt drafted by Guo Songtao and played in the name of Pan Zuyin. Therefore, Cao Yuying said that Li Hongzhang is actually "picking up Guo Yunxian's tooth wisdom".

Guo Songtao shook his hand and said, "No, I didn't mean that......"

After a slight pause, his expression had become very solemn: "I mean, at the moment, Zuo Jigao still doesn't know about this - Xuan Di 'asked to retreat to the domain', of course, he doesn't know, and 'Wang Ministers' doesn't know. ”

After another pause, "Zuo Jigao doesn't know, and the army of the Western Expedition doesn't know yet." ”

Several big military planes thought about it for a while, and sure enough, the telegraph line was only set up to Lanzhou for the time being, and Zuo Zongtang's line had already moved to Urumqi, and from Lanzhou to Urumqi, "800 miles to step up", and it would take seven or eight days to run.

Moreover, Wen, Cao, and Xu all understood that the point of Guo Songtao's words was not "Zuo Jigao didn't know", but "the army of the Western Expedition didn't know it".

Do you know what to expect?

Needless to say? The morale of the army is shaken!

Even, since then, he has hesitated!

Several big military planes feel that the situation is serious!

Wen Xiang suddenly got up: "This matter can't be delayed any longer!" ――Xuan Di must be in this one or two days, 'sell the fake and go straight'! And-"

After a pause, he exhaled lightly, and said in a very solemn tone: "The temple number and nickname of Emperor Daxing should also be officially announced to the world as soon as possible." ”

Cao, Xu, and Guo were all shocked.

The announcement of the temple number and nickname of the Daxing Emperor is a step-by-step thing, and there is nothing worth "shocking" in itself, but the announcement of the temple number of the Daxing Emperor means that the Daxing Emperor can be enshrined in the Taimiao; The announcement of the name means that the Daxing Emperor has closed the coffin, that is, the inheritance of the unification has been completed. To put it more clearly, when the temple number and the name of the previous emperor are announced, the next emperor should have "succeeded to the throne."

For now, when the "Daxing Emperor" became the "Emperor Mu Zongyi", even if the heir emperor had not yet officially ascended the throne, his candidate - whether it was Princess Rong'an or a certain "Zai" character must have been determined.

In the current situation, everyone knows that if the candidate for the heir emperor has been decided, but it is not Princess Rong'an, Prince Xuan will never be able to "sell the fake and enter the straight", then Wenxiang's "Emperor Daxing's temple number and nickname should also be officially announced to the world as soon as possible", in addition to saying that he believes that the candidate for the heir of the emperor should be selected as soon as possible, and it is not appropriate to delay any longer, but also said that he supports Princess Rong'an to succeed and inherit the heir.

Cao Yuying, Xu Gengshen, and Guo Songtao exchanged a look with each other, and they all saw each other's eyes shining.

"Good!" Cao Yuying struck lightly with both palms, "Bo Gong's proposal, it is really Lao Cheng's country!" ”

After a slight pause, "After a while, 'call', please ask Bo Gong to propose, I and-"

glanced at Xu Gengshen and Guo Songtao again, and Xu and Guo both nodded vigorously.

Cao Yuying turned to Wen Xiang: "Uncle Xing and I, Yun Gong, I am willing to attach Ji Wei!" ”

"Not bad!" Xu Gengshen and Guo Songtao said in unison.

Wen Xiang did not praise the establishment of the empress, Cao, Xu, and Guo were all aware of it, and they have always been deeply worried; Now, Wen Bochuan is finally willing to defeat yesterday's self - this big stone has finally moved away from his heart!

*(To be continued.) )