At dawn in Changchun Palace, the night was still deep. The surroundings were quiet, and the eunuchs and palace maids on duty at night walked on tiptoe, not daring to make a sound. Everyone knows that the Empress Dowager Cixi was very angry with the Internal Affairs Office yesterday for the sake of the "great work", and she also committed "liver qi", and she tossed until the second half of the night before she barely slept at this time.

It's no wonder that the two queen mothers were angry. "Dagong" is the mausoleum project of Emperor Wenzong Xianfeng, the emperor of Daxing, and it has reached the end of the time, and water seeps out of the ground. Such a big omission, Mingshan of the Internal Affairs Office actually didn't care, and the echo said that it was "a small flaw, which has been properly made up", and was naturally scolded by the Empress Dowager Cixi in the court, and was punished by "demoting three levels to call", and even her brother-in-law, the "Minister of Gongli Mausoleum Affairs", also ate and hung up, making a big one boring.

An Dehai, who was sitting outside the Changchun Palace, was also vigilant about this matter. Although this young master, although he is only twenty-seven years old and has only been in power for half a year, his authority is growing day by day, and no one is not afraid of her except Prince Gong. You have to be careful not to make any mistakes and make her unhappy.

At this moment, a eunuch from the Inner Concert Office entered the Changchun Palace with a yellow box, indicating that there was a military report - only the military report could be delivered from the Outer Concert Office to the Inner Concert Office at this time, and then from the Internal Concert Office to the Changchun Palace.

An Dehai looked at it casually, and saw that the target was "four hundred miles to step up", shook his head, and refused to accept this fold. Four hundred miles to step up. It can be seen that it is not a very important excerpt. Otherwise, it will definitely be reported with "six hundred miles to step up". It's dawn now. In less than a little time, to wake up the Queen Mother for this inconsequential excerpt, you may have to be scolded, not counted.

Seeing that An Dehai refused to take it, the eunuch who delivered the fold was busy, and the box was not handed over, and the responsibility was still on him, in case the time was delayed. Investigate it, people will naturally not look for An Dehai, and the board will still fall on their heads. However, An Dehai couldn't afford to provoke him, so he didn't dare to say anything hard, so he had to say with a smile: "Second Master An, please hand it over, maybe it's good news." ”

"What's the good news?" Andersea asked suspiciously, "How do you know?" No, you still dare to sneak a look? ”

"Ouch, my good second master, don't dare to say nonsense," the eunuch was startled. Busy said: "The excerpt is from Shanghai, you can figure it out yourself." ”

"Really?" An Dehai said in surprise. Unconsciously took the box, took a look at the light, and sure enough, he saw Guan Zhuofan's name written on the sign on the outside of the box.

"Leave it to me!" An Dehai took the box, turned around and walked towards the hall, the Queen Mother had been waiting for this fold for several days. While walking, he complained in his heart: This big brother Guan, why is he not in a hurry, Xue Huan's good news excerpt has already arrived, you are so brainless, weishenme don't make a six hundred miles to step up?

Complaining is complaining, the heart is happy, and the feet are extraordinarily powerful. Walking to the palace gate, he said to the palace maid on duty: "There is an important military report, please drive." ”

Before the palace maid could answer, Cixi inside had already been awakened, and she heard An Dehai's voice and asked, "Xiao Anzi, what's the matter?" ”

"If you go back to your master, there is a military report from Shanghai." After An Dehai finished speaking, he added meaningfully, "It's the imperial guard Guan Zhuofan's good news." ”

"Do you know it's a good deal?" Cixi laughed and scolded inside, "Hold the lamp, get in." ”

Waiting for the palace maid to light the lamp, An Dehai held the box, bowed down and walked in, and saw Cixi half-leaning on the couch, wearing a light yellow nightgown, with black hair draped over her shoulders like a waterfall, revealing a snow-white neck. He didn't dare to look more, knelt forward, opened the box, took out the folded envelope inside, pulled the button made of yellow silk rope, and took out the contents.

There was more than one fold in the packet, but a thick pile. Counted, a total of three yellow and two white, and in the white fold, there is also an attached piece. It was neatly packed up at the moment and respectfully stacked at the head of the Queen Mother's bed.

The yellow one is to ask for an excerpt, one copy for the emperor and the empress dowager of the two palaces, Cixi has seen it, and put it aside. The two white excerpts are for the real narrative, thousands of words, and Cixi also put them aside first, and then look at them carefully. She picked up the first attached piece, and saw that it was Guan Zhuofan who asked the Ministry of War to purchase 2,000 "Northern Horses" from outside the mouth, nodded and put it down, and then looked at the second attached piece, and suddenly there was an "ah" sound, followed by a smile on her face, Zuihou actually giggled.

That's a rare thing! Such a move of the Queen Mother, not to mention that it is impossible to see it in the court, even in the palace, it is unimaginable. With the Empress Dowager Cixi's personality, if there is something unhappy, she can hide it in her heart for a few months, and if there is something particularly happy, she is willing to show off in front of the eunuchs and palace maids, but she will not be happy to be like this.

An Dehai thought to himself, I don't know what Guan Zhuofan wrote in the excerpt, which made the Queen Mother so happy. Anyway, it would not be wrong to say hello first, so he knelt on the ground again: "The Queen Mother is overjoyed." ”

Cixi put the attached piece on the bed, her pride was overflowing, and she said with a smile: "Isn't it strange that two foreign devils are begging to join the Chinese nationality?" ”

Is there such a thing? An Dehai excitedly glanced at the attached film and saw the line of titles written in Gong Kai on it.

"Sohua and Forrest naturalized Shanghai films".

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On this day, all the other "starts" were withdrawn, and as soon as the palace door opened, Chen Zhong, the deputy chief eunuch of the Yangxin Palace, went to the military aircraft to call up, and King Gong led the whole class of military planes to meet him.

The military plane already knew that Guan Zhuofan's excerpt had arrived, so King Gong specially asked Cao Yuying to bring a map of Shanghai in case the two palaces had any inquiries. After all, Shanghai was not a battle, but a battle, which spanned three months before and after, and the offensive and defensive advances and retreats were quite complicated, and there was no map, so it was not easy to understand.

After entering the hall, the two queen mothers sent down the first fold, which was read by Wen Xiangzhan, and everyone listened with a smile. Liu Xunjiao's writing is really good, from the beginning of Liu Zhaojun's attack on Jiading, until Tan Shaoguang's final withdrawal from Qingpu, the writing is ups and downs, like a big drama.

After reading it, Cixi really asked about some details, so Cao Yuying entered the map, spread it on the imperial case, and pointed to the map to state it. This time, even the ignorant Empress Dowager Ci'an roughly understood.

"It's really hard for him," Ci'an said with emotion, "It's not easy to bring so many hundreds of soldiers out of Beijing and win such a big battle." ”

"It is also thanks to the promotion of the sixth master and several military planes in Beijing, and the local officials outside also work together to maintain each other inside and outside, so that there can be such a victory." Cixi picked up the conversation alertly, "When the sixth master recommended Guan Zhuofan to go to Shanghai, he was really discerning and accurate. ”

Cixi's words are not leaky, and all aspects are taken into account. She wants to promote Guan Zhuofan well this time, so she has to praise King Gong and the Minister of Military Aircraft first.

"This is all the blessing of Emperor Tuolai, the saints of the two queen mothers, and the ministers dare not take credit." Gong Wang first thanked the military plane before he continued, "Zeng Guoquan broke Anqing in the west, and Guan Zhuofan kept Shanghai in the east. However, Li Xiucheng and Chen Yucheng still have three or four hundred thousand horses under their command, and Hong Yi is still entrenched in Jiangning, so there is still a big battle to be fought behind. ”

"The sixth master is right. At this juncture, if you want to take a breath, you can't do it, you have to take advantage of this momentum to make a big move. The Empress Dowager Cixi nodded deeply, "You should be rewarded for your meritorious deeds as soon as possible to maintain your morale." ”

"It seems that our generals haven't won such a battle for a long time." The Empress Dowager Ci'an interjected, "It's time to give a good reward." ”

The Empress Dowager Ci'an's unintentional remark, not only Cixi, but also King Gong and the military aircraft also deeply sympathize.

Manchuria's generals have long since withered, since the defeat of Hechun's Jiangnan camp, not to mention winning the war, there are not even many who can fight, and there is only one Shengbao, one Duolonga, plus this new Guan Zhuofan. And Shengbao is already tired, and the bandit division is useless, and Duolonga is under Zeng Guofan's subordinates, and it seems that only Guan Zhuofan is left to win the battle. His Xuan army, although most of them are Han Chinese, is after all the old foundation of the infantry horse team, so it is still treated as a flag battalion.

Only in this way, the more precious she feels, but the Empress Dowager Ci'an didn't think about it much, what she never forgot in her heart was Guan Zhuofan's loyalty when he was willing to surrender himself when he first went out of Beijing, and now he can finally have a compensation.

"Sixth master, when Guan Zhuofan left Beijing in October of the first year, you said on the military plane, well...... 'As long as he gets started at both ends of the military and government, promotion and transfer is nothing more than a matter of an edict'." This sentence, the Empress Dowager Ci'an remembered very clearly, and mentioned it at this time, "Now that we have won such a big battle, the Shanghai Daotai should belong to him, right?" ”

When Cixi and King Gong heard this, they looked at each other, but King Gong replied and said with a smile: "The Queen Mother is Shengming." But since it was such a big victory, it was more than just a matter of Taoism. ”

"Oh-" Ci'an understood, and said happily, "then what position should he be rewarded?" ”

Now that the Empress Dowager Ci'an has already started, Cixi is not polite, takes her words, and is ready to propose: "Most of Jiangsu is now in the hands of Changmao, and there are only a few small places left, among which Shanghai is the heaviest and the largest. Since Guan Zhuofan is fighting in Jiangsu, whether it is a person or a salary, he must always command Ruyi in order to be smooth, I think it is better to ......"

"The Queen Mother's instructions are extremely correct!" King Gong rushed to the front and said, "The minister thinks that if Guan Zhuofan is given the actual position of the Jiangsu Domain, he can ensure smooth progress at both ends of the human and financial ends." ”

This time, it was equivalent to intercepting Cixi's words, and the queen mother of the two palaces was all stunned.

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(There are two more shifts in the evening.) ）

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