When Wen Xiang left Fengxiang Hutong, it was late at night, and when he returned home, he had already made a handover to Zichu. The weather is hot, you can't help but wash and bathe, and then make a settlement, otherwise, tomorrow you will be "disrespectful". By the time I got to bed, it was almost right.

At the end of the whole day, he was already exhausted, coupled with the hidden worries that had been buried deep in his heart for many days, he was quite relieved by King Gong, and some hesitant and difficult to decide major matters also had a charter, and the big stone that was pressed on the bottom of his heart was at least half put down, so it was rare to sleep a relatively peaceful sleep.

On the second day, I got up a little later than usual, stayed in the palace, rushed to the military plane, and saw Cao Yuying, Xu Gengshen, and Guo Songtao, all of whom had arrived.

As soon as he entered the door, Wen Xiang felt that the atmosphere was slightly different, and the expressions of Cao, Xu, and Guo were calm, but between their eyebrows, they were quite dignified.

Wen Xiang muttered in his heart: Is there something wrong again?

Wandering, I saw two white boxes on the table.

"Bogong," Cao Yuying pointed to the two white boxes, "two copies of the electric music, one was arrived in the middle of the night yesterday, Li Shaoquan's; One is one who arrived early this morning, Ruicheng Spring. ”

After a pause, "It seems...... It's all about the Xuan Mansion asking for its own retreat to the Domain. ”

Wen Xiang said in his heart: It's really wrong again!

Li Shaoquan, Li Hongzhang, Governor of Huguang; Rui Cheng Quan, Rui Lin, Governor of Liangguang.

"The two of them," Wen Xiang asked, "uh...... How so? ”

As soon as the words came out, he knew that he was asking the wrong question -- Cao, Xu, and Guo, like himself, "shouldn't" know the specific content of the song.

These two excerpts have just been delivered, and in terms of procedure, since the "superiors" have not been sent to the lower levels, the Minister of Military Aircraft cannot read and dispose of them, and the contents of them naturally "should not" be known. Under the "yellow and white fold" system, the reason why the "white fold" appeared at the military aircraft was because it could not be delivered to Prince Xuan's palace -- Prince Xuan did not accept it, so he had to send it to the military aircraft first to be "placed." Anyway, if the "top" sends down the "yellow fold," it will also be read and disposed of by several ministers of military aircraft, and the "white fold" will be used as a "folded bottom" archive.

In short, before the "above" will be officially issued, even if the "white fold" is placed in front of him as it is now, the Minister of Military Aircraft cannot read it without authorization, otherwise, it will be an infringement of the monarch's power.

Therefore, under the circumstance that the Queen Mother was unable to watch the fold alone, and Prince Xuan picked up the child again, the efficiency of the operation of the cardinal government was greatly reduced. However, the Empress Dowager did not speak, and the four big military planes, no matter who they were, would never take the initiative to ask the Empress Dowager Mother: Before Prince Xuan "cancels the fake and goes straight", we will temporarily replace Prince Xuan to read the "white fold" -- what a taboo this must be.

The Queen Mother and the Queen Mother, I don't know if she can't think of this, or if she has other considerations, anyway, so far, she has not expressed the meaning of the four temporary representatives of Guan Zhuofan, Cao, Xu, and Guo - not a word has been mentioned.

Let's stay up like this, everybody.

Of course, there are still small workarounds.

"The news from the telegraph office," Cao Yuying lowered her voice slightly, but Wen Xiang, Xu Gengshen, and Guo Songtao could hear it clearly, "Li Shaoquan and Rui Chengquan both showed their carriages and horses, and they did not approve of King Xuan's retreat to the domain. Among them, the title of Li Shaoquan's excerpt is called "The country of Lichen cannot be without Prince Xuan for a day". ”

Wen Xiang's heart jumped violently.

He suddenly discovered that after Prince Xuan's "self-request to retire to the domain" came out, he had been ignoring the possible reaction of the local governor - I wonder if other military ministers had thought about this? Anyway, he had never met Cao, Xu, and Guo and mentioned this consideration.

This negligence is actually due to the inertia of the coup d'état in Qixiang.

Hongyang rebellion, the flag battalion, the green battalion and the full staff, decay and useless, after Su Shun came to power, supported the Hunan army, reused the Han soldiers, the situation gradually improved; After arresting Sushun, King Gong and Wenxiang were very worried for a while, and local governors, such as Zeng Guofan, Hu Linyi, Luo Bingzhang, etc., interceded for Sushun at the meeting. Zeng, Hu, Luo and other people were all ordered at that time with the strong support of Su Shun; And to pacify Hongyang, the court relied on Zeng, Hu, Luo, etc., if the Great Wall, if they spoke for Su Shun, no matter what, the court could not help but keep people.

As a result, Zeng, Hu, Luo, and others were silent on the matter of the Xinyou coup, including Su Shun's life and death -- from beginning to end, they did not say a word of intercession for Su Shun.

As a result, King Gong and Wen Xiang understood that the local governors, especially the Han Chinese, regarded the various struggles of the "superiors" as the Manchurians' "household chores" -- none of our business.

Therefore, Wen Xiang instinctively thought that the local governor would adopt the same attitude towards this time the dispute between the heirs and emperors, including the fact that Prince Xuan "asked to retire to the feudal mansion" -- this is the Manchurians who are doing household chores and not doing our business.

In fact, the vanguard who advocates Princess Rong'an's succession and heirship, such as Baoting and others, has always been building momentum like this: whether to establish an empress or not is "Aixin Jueluo's housework", and irrelevant people - let alone Han people, even ordinary banner people, it is not good to talk too much!

In particular, after the remarks of the Baoting that "people and ministers should not be placed on the king" and "the universe is round, and the work is not in accordance with the rules", the tone of establishing a female emperor will not involve, influence, or change the status quo of the inheritance rights of his subordinates and the people has been set, and the local governors can even more "have nothing to do with themselves, and hang high".

When arguing about whether to establish an empress, the local governors, there was indeed no one who "talked a lot", however, as soon as Prince Xuan said that he wanted to "ask himself to retire to the domain", the local governors couldn't hold back.

"Wang's Council of Ministers," Wen Xiang said in a deep voice, "It was the morning before yesterday, Li Shaoquan's excerpt, since it arrived in the middle of the night, it must have been sent last night, do the math, but it was just over a day later-Li Shaoquan's movements were fast enough!" ”

"Although there was a telegram between Wuhan and Beijing," Cao Yuying said, "each province also has its own Titang official in Beijing, but, first, to make the whole situation clear, it is not enough to rely on Titang officials alone, and Li Shaoquan will inevitably have to find a few more Beijing officials who are familiar with him to 'find out'; second, although the telegram is delivered in an instant, it will take a lot of time to exchange letters and telegrams and go back and forth. Therefore, Li Shaoquan really figured out the ins and outs of the whole thing, it must be the next day, that is, yesterday's - whether it was morning, noon or afternoon, and it's hard to say. ”

Xu Gengshen nodded, "Well, as you mean--Calculate it, the time that Li Shaoquan really used to gather his staff, discuss the response, and draw up the twist and turn will not exceed half a day--this action, hehe, is indeed fast enough!" ”

"Yes!" Cao Yuying said, "Also, as Bo Gong said, Li Shaoquan must have bowed at night - at this point - it is interesting!" ”

"Well, it's really interesting," Guo Songtao said, "Generally speaking, only after a big defeat and the military situation is urgent, will you rush to pay a farewell late at night." ”

Guo Songtao's statement, Wen, Cao, and Xu unanimously agreed, even so, the question is: why did Li Hongzhang bow down late at night instead of fighting any big defeat?

"Perhaps," Cao Yuying said, "Li Shaoquan thinks that this matter is as urgent as a spark, and it can't be delayed for half a day; Perhaps, he deliberately chose this point to pay homage—"

Cao Yuying's words were half said and half left, but Wen, Xu, and Guo all understood what he meant: Li Hongzhang was using this as a means to show the seriousness of what he had done to the imperial court and exert visible and invisible pressure on the imperial court.

In fact, this kind of pressure was really felt by the four big military planes, and after thinking about it, the Queen Mother also felt the same after receiving the excerpt.

Inside the military aircraft department, there was silence for a while.

After a while, Cao Yuying broke the silence, smiled slightly, and said: "To be honest, in the matter of Xuandi, among the local governors, the first one to fold is Li Shaoquan, this, I am quite surprised." ”

Xu Geng's body drummed accordingly: "If you say this, I have something to do with it - I also thought that the affairs of the Xuan Mansion, the local governor, if you speak out, the first in line should not be ...... Is Xuan Jun a series? ”

The local governors of the "Xuanjun line" refer to Zhao Jingxian of Liangjiang, Liu Xunjiao of Zhejiang, and Ding Shijie of Guangdong.

Wen Xiang sighed and said: "Xuan Di is unwilling to abolish the public - the local governor with private affairs, if the first to speak is Zhao Zhusheng, Liu Songyan, and Ding Jiqiu, then there is no selfishness and selfishness." ”

Wen Xiang's statement, the other three big military planes, all nodded in agreement.

Guo Songtao said: "In private, some people accused Li Shaoquan of being a 'meritorious foundation', but this time, he was the first to stand up, and it was indeed ...... Somewhat unexpected. ”

Some people think: It is precisely because Li Hongzhang is a "meritorious foundation" that he will be the first to stand up.

However, this is not very kind, and it is naturally inconvenient to say it on this occasion.

"Think about it carefully," Wen Xiang said, "Li Shaoquan and Xuan Di, in fact...... The relationship is deep, and this move, in fact, is also reasonable. ”

"Bo Gong said this," Cao Yuying smiled, "I want to second!" Although Xuandi was known to the Empress Dowager of the Two Palaces because of the spinning of the Xinyou coup, his brilliant deeds and real foundation were laid down when he passed through the southeast later. Bao Shanghai, Ping Jiangsu, and Xuandi fought side by side, which one? It's Li Shaoquan! In fact, Li Shaoquan's career is also being completed in the southeast of Jinglu -- protecting Shanghai and leveling Jiangsu! ”

"Well," Wen Xiang nodded, "There is also the twist, although the Xuan army is the main force, but the Huai army's attack is also quite good." After the war, in terms of meritorious deeds, some people did not think much of Li Shaoquan's entry into the cabinet, thinking that the Huai Army was not the main force and was not worthy of being paid a 'co-organizer'. ”

After a pause, "However, Xuan Di strongly advocates that without the cooperation of the Huai Army, it is difficult to ensure that there are no thieves who escape, leaving behind troubles, twisting bandits and leveling, Li Shaoquan has made great contributions, and he is worthy of a co-organizer of the university!" In this way, those who oppose it will have nothing to say. ”

"Yes," Cao Yuying said, "In this way, Xuan Di Yu Li Shaoquan has both the righteousness of his comrades and the grace of knowing each other, so-"

Therefore, it is necessary to make a cry of injustice for the "robe" and "benefactor"?

*(To be continued.) )