Finally, because of the common enemy, the former enemy, became today's friend, King Xuan began to cooperate with King Gong to deal with Guan Zhuofan.

Of course, in a sense, this is also forced: if you don't show favor to the sixth child, when will you end your idle state? When will you be able to "get out of the mountain"?

The sixth child's biggest opponent is Guan Zhuofan, except for helping him deal with Guan Zhuofan, he has nothing else to do to "show favor to the sixth".

The first cooperation between Xuan and Gong was the time when they sacrificed to the Taimiao. The king accepted the hint of the Gong system, saying that he was sick and asked to resign to the envoy of the apse of the temple. King Gong, who was "ordered to handle the affairs of the Taimiao", recommended Guan Zhuofan to take over, but there was a storm of impeachment of Guan Zhuofan for "dishonorment" by Wu Fengge.

It's a pity that the Queen Mother's eyes are like torches, and she "respectfully" this battle, not only did she not make any gains, but also lost her wife and soldiers. Everyone was discouraged, and King Xuan did not get any benefits from the cooperation with the "Gong Department".

The second cooperation between Gong and Gong was the time when Cai Shouqi attacked King Gong, King Gong lost his honor in front of the king, and the two palaces deposed King Gong and set off a great political tide. The king accepted the request of Wen Xiang and Bao Jun, and folded up to intercede for King Gong.

Cao Yuying's ghostwritten excerpt is good, but Cixi said: "I don't know what's going on with the fifth master, today he went up to the excerpt to say good things to the sixth master, but Xin Younian is in Rehe, isn't it what he said that the sixth master is going to rebel?" Which of his words is true? ”

With a few words, the fold of the king was devalued to nothing.

The excerpt did not play any role, and King Gong crossed the river with mud at that time, so this second cooperation. King Xuan still didn't get any direct benefits from the "Gong Department".

But. After this second battle. At least on the surface, the two kings of Xuan and Gong have "released all their previous suspicions", which has the "political foundation" of the third "in-depth cooperation".

Unlike the previous two times, this cooperation was initiated by the king of the king.

At the beginning, the "Gong Department" was here, and the mention of the king of the Emperor was yì. Not positive. When Bao Jun asked about King Gong, King Gong always said, "Let's talk about it."

Bao Jun was a little anxious. But he understood that King Gong's heart was no longer as strong as before, and he didn't dare to push it too hard. On the other side of the king, he can only be perfunctory first.

This one was put into the "Queen Mother's Parade".

Bao Jun said to King Gong: "Sixth Master, those two are not in Beijing now, if we have any moves, this is the best time - after this village, there will be no such shop!" ”

King Gong's tone finally relaxed. But—

"You don't know my fifth brother? Lack of success, more than failure! Think about what he's been doing. You partner with him, can you put your mind at ease? ”

Bao Jun snorted and said, "Sixth Master, I think you just 'want to eat fish, but you're afraid of fishy'!" Don't worry, I know in my heart: on our side, we only plant flowers, not thorns; But all the work that can 'wet your hands' will not be touched - it will be done on the side of the soju alley! If you succeed, you will reap profits, and if you fail, you will protect yourself, what is there to worry about? ”

Shochu Hutong - The palace of the king is in the shochu alley of Chaoyangmen Inner Street.

Baojun's meaning is King Gong's side, no matter who he is facing - whether it is King Xuan or Guan Zhuofan, he only sings with a red face.

For example, if the king wants to ask for a seat, as long as that seat is vacant, he should be "optimistic" about it, and if it is convenient, he can push him.

For another example, if the Queen Mother and Queen Mother ask for a "thorough investigation of the exposé case", she will persuade the boss to "turn the big thing into a small thing and a small thing into a small matter". This kind of intimate matter, which can only be covered as much as possible, how can it be publicized everywhere, lest the world not know? Everyone is pretending to be stupid together, isn't it the right thing to do? Isn't it kindness to others? "Western" and Guan Zhuofan, you can't say anything about this, right?

Secretly brushed posts in the middle of the night, and even made someone "vacant" - these jobs that would "wet your hands" were all tossed by the "Shochu Alley"; On King Gong's side, just pretend to be stupid.

King Gong finally acquiesced: "Forget it, I don't care about this matter—but, Pei Yu, you have to be careful!" ”

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Here in Tianjin, Guan Zhuofan and Cixi naturally don't know that someone is plotting and calculating them, and they are all on the "artillery" the next day.

"Drill artillery" - artillery live firing.

At the second quarter of the morning, the Queen Mother Luan drove to the shooting range, and the royal sister got out of the car and boarded the stands.

The shooting range of the Xuanjun small station barracks is located in a mountain col. This "mountain" is just a small hill, the terrain in front of the mountain is open and gentle, and the mountain is used as a support, just used as a shooting range.

The stands are in the east, the hillside is in the west, and the firing direction is from east to west.

Today's weather is much better than yesterday, and the sky is almost completely blue. The sun rises in the southeast in the early morning, and the shooting boundary is extremely clear.

Thirty-six twelve-pounder Napoleonic cannons, lined up from north to south, majestic and murderous.

In the morning light, the bright bronze cannon body shone with dazzling light.

Next to each cannon, eight gunners stood on each side.

The artillery of the "Drill Artillery" was all Napoleonic guns, and there were no "Witworth" guns. This is because, when firing, the "sound and light effect" of the Napoleonic cannon is better - considering the particularity of the object of today's "artillery", it seems that the arrangement seems to be more suitable.

On the mountainside, thirty-six square mounds were erected, with white powder painted edges, and the signs were pleased. In addition, a triangular red flag was planted on each mound.

The mound was about a mile and a half from the cannon.

On the flat ground in front of the mountain, about half a mile from the cannon, there is a "wooden array" - a special target, carved into a half-length human shape, inserted into a wooden stick. In front of each cannon, there are three rows of "wooden people", ten in each row, and one cannon has thirty "wooden man" targets. A total of 1,080 such "wooden figures" were set up in the entire shooting range, and at a glance, it was a magnificent sight.

This kind of target has never appeared on the shooting range, so I don't know what it is used for?

Looking at the stands again, I saw one left and one right, erecting two wooden poles, pulling up a very thin bright yellow veil, the Queen Mother and Guan Jue Shuai, just behind the veil to watch the "artillery".

Hey, this Dongdong, during the military parade, on the parade platform, I haven't seen it. Could it be that it is used to facilitate the Queen Mother and Lord Baylor......

Ahem, I think too much, it's so thin, I can't cover anything.

This is set up just because to watch the "show", you have to borrow a telescope. The royal sister wore a veil and operated a long lens tube, which was too inconvenient, so she changed it to "hang the curtain to watch the cannon" - in this way, there was no need to wear a veil.

The royal sister looks at the "cannon", but she doesn't have to stand like she did during the military parade. Behind the bright yellow veil, in the middle of the stands, a big imperial case was placed, the royal sister sat calmly, and Guan Jue Shuai stood next to him and waited.

If Guan Zhuofan also wants to sit, the seat must be farther away from the imperial case, and he can't "sit side by side" with the Queen Mother like the military parade "side by side", otherwise it will be too much, and the royal sister herself will feel that something is wrong. However, in the process of "acting out", Guan Zhuofan had to be responsible for explaining to the royal sister that he couldn't stay away, so he simply stood and forgot it.

Anyway, in addition to the gunners and guards, there were only a few high-ranking generals on the shooting range, so there was no need to deliberately create any illusions for the majority of officers and soldiers.

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