North Courtyard Palace.

With the Empress Dowager Ci'an and Guangxu's Luan driving into the gate, the officials and gentry who greeted the holy car also quickly dispersed, and the entire palace inside and outside was three steps, one post, five steps and one sentry were heavily guarded, and three official sedan chairs slowly entered the palace from the right door.

In the sedan chair in the center, Yi Zhizu opened the corner of the sedan curtain and glanced at it, and saw all the way the guards with a straight posture and did not squint, and couldn't help but smile, from the sleeves of these officers and soldiers, he could tell at a glance that these soldiers were the guard troops of the Xi'an Military Region.

In the flower hall of the east courtyard, Zai Tong, dressed in the veil of the vassal king Fu Jin Xia, sat down to chat with the Empress Dowager Ci'an, and the ten-year-old little emperor Guangxu sat next to Ci'an, with a pair of dark eyes glancing at Zai Tong from time to time, and he could see that the imperial grandmother, who had always been very strict, treated this woman very politely.

"The Queen Mother, Your Majesty." The chief eunuch bowed in and reported: "The king of Zhennan and his eldest son Yi Zhengde have come to see him. ”

Listening to the king of Zhennan, Guangxu was obviously a little nervous, and glanced at Ci'an, although he was young, he knew that this king of Zhennan was a minister that the queen mother and King Gong did not dare to offend, and it was similar to Wu Sangui, the king of Pingxi.

Ci'an was actually a little nervous in his heart, but on the surface he was very calm, and said with a smile: "Sit down." Then he said, "Let them in." ”

Seeing him like this, Zaitong smiled and said, "Don't be afraid, the prince is very kind." ”

Is the king of Zhennan kind? Guangxu didn't believe it in his heart, but he still obediently sat back in his seat, Zaitong was not good at not sitting anymore, stood up and looked at the door.

Yi Zhi, who had short hair and was wearing a light gray robe, walked in very casually, glanced at the Empress Dowager Ci'an, who was sitting on the top and wearing court clothes, and then looked at the little emperor who was sitting in front of her and wearing court clothes. ”

Yi Zhengde bowed down and said: "Minister Yi Zhengde respectfully invites the Queen Mother Sheng'an, respectfully invites the Emperor Sheng'an." ”

Seeing that the two of them just bowed, Guangxu couldn't help but shake his little hand, no minister had ever dared to be so rude, it was really arrogant and arrogant.

Ci'an smiled on his face, "No courtesy, sit, enjoy tea." As he spoke, he stretched out his hand again and motioned for Zaiton to sit down.

"Thank you for the grace of the Queen Mother." Easy to know contentment.

After sitting down, Yi Zhengde looked at Guangxu with some curiosity, then withdrew his gaze, but Yi Zhizhi looked at Guangxu and said: "The emperor is at the age of study, and he will not delay his studies when he patrols the northwest, right?" ”

Is this to dominate the discourse? Sure enough, it's strong! Ci'an put on a faint smile, "King Zhennan, rest assured, several of the emperor's teachers are also on a tour of the west." ”

Yi Zhishu asked as if he were at home: "The emperor is accepting a new school?" ”

"The whole country of the Qing Dynasty admired Xinxue, and the emperor should naturally set an example." Ci'an said softly: "In order to facilitate foreign affairs activities in the future, the emperor also chose to learn two foreign languages, one English and one Russian. ”

It was really a bit of a surprise that he had learned two foreign languages, and he then asked, "Does the emperor still practice riding and archery?" ”

Practice riding and shooting? Ci'an couldn't help but be stunned, the Qing Dynasty was founded on cavalry archery, both the prince and the sons of the clan lords practiced riding and archery in the past, but now there is still a need to practice riding and archery? What does this mean? She pondered for a moment before she said, "No one practices riding and archery now." ”

Yi Zhicontentment said: "If you don't practice riding and archery, you must do proper training. ”

Is this worried about the emperor's body? Ci'an smiled and said, "The emperor is practicing Buku. ”

The two people who saw asked and answered, although it was the pattern of the monarch and the minister, but it was completely reversed, Su Shun couldn't help but secretly complained, and the eunuch who saw him came in to serve tea, he said softly: "The emperor has been tired all the way, and he thinks he is tired of ......." ”

Ci'an nodded, "You send the emperor up to rest." ”

Seeing this situation, Zaitong also hurriedly got up and retired, and gave Yi Zhengde a look, and everyone to be treated withdrew, Ci'an glanced at Yi Zhi, who was sipping tea and silent, and said slowly: "The Qing Dynasty can have the king of Zhennan, and it can have Yuanqi, which is the blessing of the Qing Dynasty and the blessing of the subjects of the Qing Dynasty." ”

Yi Zhixiang put down the teacup and said humbly: "The Qing Dynasty can have today's situation, but also depends on becoming the emperor, showing that the emperor is making great efforts to govern the country and is determined to innovate, and the queen mother takes the overall situation into account and thinks of the common people in the world." ”

Ci'an followed the words and said straightforwardly: "The king of Zhennan can not only take care of the old feelings, but can he ensure the longevity of the Qing Dynasty?" ”

Hearing this, Yi Zhizu sighed lightly, and then said: "Why should the queen mother cling to one thought, as the saying goes, the dynasty of a hundred families, a thousand-year-old family, looking at the change of dynasties in the past three thousand years, can there be a dynasty that will last forever?" ”

Ci'an said slowly: "It has been nearly two hundred years since the implementation of a constitutional monarchy in England. ”

"Doesn't the Queen Mother realize that the world is changing faster and faster?" Yi Zhizhi said and took out a cigarette case, lit a cigarette casually, and said slowly: "The Empress Dowager hopes to extend the Qing Dynasty through a constitutional monarchy, which I understand very well, but there are no immortal people in this world, and there is no long-lasting dynasty.

China has a 3,000-year-long absolute monarchy system, and the constitutional monarchy is very much in line with China's national conditions at the present stage, and China is ushering in a golden period of development that is rare in 200 million years.

It is foreseeable that our country is creating a great prosperous era that surpasses the prosperous era of Kangqian and Qian, and I dare not guarantee anything else, as long as this prosperous era continues for one day, the Great Qing Dynasty will be able to last for one day. ”

Hearing this, Ci'an secretly breathed a sigh of relief, even if the prosperous era of Kangqian is counted from the time of the three feudal clans and ends in the middle of the Qianlong period, it will also last for a hundred years, and the Qing Dynasty can extend for another hundred years, and she is also content! After a slight hesitation, she asked, "What does King Zhennan mean when he says that this world is changing faster and faster?" ”

"With the rapid development of science and technology and industry, transportation and communication will become more and more convenient, exchanges between countries in the world will become more and more frequent, the blending and collision of cultural ideas will become more and more intense, and various new ideas, new cultures, new systems and new ideas will emerge in ......an endless stream."

Speaking of this, Yi Zhixiang smiled, "Every generation has its own responsibilities, and we can only strive to fulfill the responsibilities of our generation, as for the next generation, we can't see it, and we can't imagine what it will be." ”

After a pause, he continued: "I suggest that the Empress Dowager and the Emperor go to Lantian tomorrow to have a look, to see human beings flying in the sky, maybe not ten years, Xi'an to Jingshi, it only takes one or two hours to arrive." ”

In the courtyard, Yi Zhengde and Guangxu sat on chairs with serious faces, and in front of them, a photographer was fiddling with a clumsy camera.

Su Shun looked at the two of them a little speechlessly, Yi Zhengxing had contact with him, and he was very polite, but he didn't expect this Yi Zhengde to be in shape at all, so he actually took a group photo with the little emperor.

However, he didn't care about Yi Zhengde's nonsense, he was more concerned about the conversation between Ci'an and Yi Zhicontent, for fear that the two would break up unhappily, the news that the Queen Mother and the emperor and Yi Zhifen would inspect the northwest together had already been released, if the two talked unhappily and something changed, it would become a joke.

After a short time, he saw Yi Zhifen walking out slowly, and seeing his relaxed expression, he immediately put his mind at ease, greeted him and asked, "Are you okay?" ”

"What could be so bad?" Yi Zhizhi said: "Prepare, set off early tomorrow morning, and we will play the front station." As he spoke, he beckoned Yi Zhengde to come over and ordered: "Send a car tomorrow morning to pick up the Queen Mother and the Emperor to the airport for inspection, just the two of them." ”

"Woo——。" With the sound of a long whistle, the special train of the Western Tour slowly left Xi'an.

Soon after the train left the station, Su Shun left his special carriage and went to the carriage where Yi Zhizu was, this time accompanied Yi Zhizu on his western tour, which was a rare opportunity for him to get along with the other party for a long time, he naturally would not waste it, and he would take over as prime minister next year, and he believed that the other party also had a lot to talk to him.

Entering the carriage, Yi Zhizhi and Zhao Liewen were each sharing a newspaper, and Su Shun couldn't help but smile: "The past two days have either been reported on the lifting of the drought in Shanxi, or the report on the Western Tour ........" ”

Yi Zhixiang glanced at him, motioned to the secretary to move a sofa to the opposite side, and waited for him to sit down, then said: "The current newspaper has a keen sense of smell, and someone has already smelled the signal to open the northwest." ”

Su Shun was stunned when he heard this, "Brother Guocheng really plans to develop the northwest?" Today, the industries of the northern and southern provinces are just starting ....... ”

"Railways have already been opened, wouldn't it be a waste not to develop industry?" Yi Zhi said disapprovingly: "Besides, the northwest is rich in natural resources, and the sooner it develops, the sooner it will benefit." ”

Zhao Liewen continued: "The railway with Russia will be opened to traffic in two more years, and the timely development of the northwest will also help promote the economic development of the northwest provinces." In addition, the development of the northwest is also conducive to alleviating inflation in our country. ”

Su Shun glanced at the two of them and said worriedly: "This worldwide economic crisis, most of the economies of Western countries have not yet begun to recover, my country is vigorously developing industry at this time, and the scale is so large, will it cause a new economic crisis?" ”

Zhao Liewen smiled when he heard this, "What is the root cause of the economic crisis?" It is the surplus of productive forces, in layman's terms, that is, the goods produced cannot be sold, and this problem does not exist in our country, at least at the present stage.

The reason is simple, gold is purchasing power! Our country has the largest gold mine in the world! In addition, it has the world's most authoritative economic crisis experts. ”

Yi Zhishu smiled and said: "The worry of the economic crisis is indeed unnecessary in my country, don't worry about it for at least thirty or fifty years, just focus on the development of industry."

China is different from other Western countries, which have a capitalist market economic system based on free competition, while China has an economic system that combines state monopoly and planned economy. ”

Su Shun said suspiciously: "There will be no overproduction in my country's economic system?" Suddenly so many factories popped up, how could there not be a surplus? ”

Yi Zhizhi said: "Don't talk about the foreign market, let's talk about the domestic market, China's 500 million people, as long as the people have money in their hands, even if it is rapid development for thirty or fifty years, there will be no overproduction."

The problem in our country now is that the common people have money in their hands, consumption power and purchasing power, but there are not enough goods, so there is inflation, in this case, if our country does not develop industry rapidly, it will lead to a large number of goods from Western countries flowing into our country, even if we impose a large number of tariffs, it is not worth the loss. ”

Su Shun said: "There has been a five-year drought in the northern provinces, how can the people have money in their hands? ”

"In the five years of drought, the people have been blessed by misfortune." Yi Zhizhi said: "Those who immigrate to the frontier get land and interest-free loans without compensation, and the workers who enter the factories and the temporary workers who enter the various engineering teams are far better than farming even if they get the minimum salary. ”

After a pause, he continued: "In this great drought, it is the big families who really suffer, the imperial court, and Yuanqi!" ”

This is also true, Su Shun nodded, this drought is really a blessing in disguise for the already poor people, he groaned, he hesitated and said: "The peasants still have no money, right?" ”

Yi Zhizhi nodded and said: "It is true that the current farmers are still poor, but after there are more factories, farmers can go to the factories to work and work in the cities, and in addition, the imperial court will gradually increase the price of agricultural products, so it is only a matter of time before the farmers become rich." ”

After a pause, he continued: "This time I inspected the northwest, and the resettlement area was also the target of the key inspection. Speaking of this, he changed his words, "In addition, these feudal officials in the northwest should also be moved." ”

Su Shun echoed: "In the bitter cold land of the northwest, Zuo Jigao and Feng Yourong have been in charge of the northwest for many years, and it is indeed time to move. As he spoke, he said tentatively, "But there is a specific arrangement?" ”

After lighting a cigarette, Yi Zhizhi said: "I want to set up some departments next year." ”

The 13 Ministers of State in the Cabinet are in charge of foreign affairs, civil affairs, government affairs, academic affairs, the army, the navy, justice, agriculture and commerce, postal services, and administrative affairs. Do you want to add more departments?

Su Shun's heart tightened, Yuan Qi wanted to further expand his power in the cabinet? He tentatively asked, "I don't know what departments need to be added?" ”

"Supervision, Publicity, Police, Social Security, Transportation, Land and Resources, Science and Technology, National Development and Reform." Yi Zhishu said slowly: "A total of eight departments have been added. ”

Eight departments in one go? Twenty-one Ministers of State? Su Shun couldn't help but say, "Add so many departments? ”

Yi Zhizhi looked at him with a smile and said, "What, I'm afraid that you, the prime minister, will be set aside?" ”

Su Shun didn't expect him to be so direct, so he hurriedly waved his hand and said with a smile: "I am from Yuanqi myself, why do you want to say it?" ”

"It's not eight, it's ten, and two more associate ministers." Yi Zhizhi said: "Of the ten ministers of state, I want five, Zuo Jigao and Feng Yourong have been in charge of the northwest for many years, and they have not only merit but also hard work, and they all directly enter the cabinet." ”

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