Although "The First Emperor Entrusts Dreams" is a highly sensitive matter for Ci'an, which makes her instinctively vigilant and even resistant, the specific arrangements of "Entrusting Dreams" do not harm her interests at all; On the contrary, on the surface, there was a large transfer of interests to her - Cixi left the political center, and the "curtain of the two palaces" became the de facto "curtain of the east palace", and for a whole year, the supreme power of the state was held by Ci'an alone.

The establishment and consolidation of authority is extremely closely related to the duration and continuity of power. Under normal circumstances, the great government has been abandoned for a year, and after returning, even if it is not a long vacation, there will inevitably be a diaphragm between the upper and lower levels, and within a short period of time, it is difficult to order and prohibit and command as desired; At the same time, this year, the next head only adheres to the order of the "east side" to do things, and the "east side" is authoritative, so imperceptibly, one eliminates the other, and a year later, it must be the east wind that overwhelms the west wind.

Therefore, on the surface, this "dream of the first emperor" is an out-and-out loss of the west and the east.

Ci'an may not be willing to suffer this inexplicable benefit, but at least, whether she believes or does not believe Cixi's nonsense, she will not resolutely oppose the relevant arrangement because her interests and status are threatened.

So, living in Tianjin, since it is "harming oneself and benefiting others", and the side effects are so big, why is Cixi still willing to do it?

First, naturally, because there is no better place to have children, I have to do it.

Second, and more importantly, Cixi believes that "harming the west and benefiting the east" is only the appearance of this matter, in fact, her own share of power will not really be transferred to Ci'an, a year later. Go back to the palace by yourself. It will definitely be able to quickly restore the current situation of the two palaces being respected and indistinguishable. Their own interests will not be substantially harmed.

The reason is very simple: Cixi understands Ci'an, this sister has no ability to control the politics alone, nor does she have the ability to control the power alone, in the face of the heavy responsibility and pressure, this year 360 days, she will look forward to returning to Beijing one day sooner about every day.

And also. She proposed a new arrangement to look at the excerpts, and Ci'an had approved them - in the year she lived in Tianjin, all the excerpts were made in duplicate, one on yellow paper and one on white paper. The white fold passed through the external performance office, handed the military aircraft office, or directly to the north side street of the interior. Guan Zhuofan looked. Guan Zhuofan read the excerpt and made an opinion. Mark clearly, when "called", one by one for Ci'an to analyze and understand, Ci'an thinks that the Chinese style, as planned, or stayed, or issued; If it is not Chinese, Ci'an makes his own opinion.

In fact, in this arrangement, Guan Zhuofan is the role of a Cixi's agent, and Cixi's power is performed by Guan Zhuofan, and the power of the "west" is held by "his own people" in the minds of the "wester", and it has not been transferred to the "east".

Also, Cixi knew Ci'an, Guan Zhuofan's proposed opinion, Ci'an would never think that it was "not Chinese", it must be "as it was proposed", and would never "make its own opinions", so this arrangement is not substantially different from the two palaces sitting side by side on the palace of nourishing the heart.

Of course, there is a crucial premise here: this agent must be a real "own person" and must be 100% loyal to Cixi. Otherwise, although the power has not been transferred to the "east", it has been transferred to the hands of this agent, and if he has any second heart, a year later, there will be the same danger that the great government will not return for a long time.

So, is "he" really his own person? Will "he" be loyal to himself?

After this thought turned, Cixi couldn't help but smile slightly: Does this need to be said?

Everything along the time illustrates this point, including this time when choosing a place to live, he reminded himself: "It should not be too far from the center." ”

There seems to be nothing to hesitate about.

However, Guan Zhuofan, can you really trust 100%?

It should be said that Cixi is one of the smartest and most capable women in Chinese history, but Cixi at this time is still young after all; Also, no matter how smart a woman is, in love, she will probably have her blind spots.

Cixi thought that her pregnancy was purely accidental. She never thought that this was not a "fluke" at all, but the result of Guan Zhuofan's deliberate and long-term planning.

The key "winner and loser" in this matter is Yu'er.

The contraception after the love of Guan and Ci has always been the responsibility of Yu'er.

It can be said that the contraception of women in this era, if they do not want to cause permanent damage to their physical and mental health and reproductive function, can only adopt limited physical means, which is unreliable and very dependent on the "technical level" of the operator.

Guan Zhuofan is such a "caring person".

He began to "invest" heavily in Yu'er early:

Yu'er's father, Su He, when he first entered the official career, accidentally fell and lame his leg when he was running an errand. A wrapper, his body was crippled at a young age, and he would never have a bright future in his life, but Guan Beizi waved his hand, and in one day, Su He went from being a nine-grade pen post for more than ten years, to a four-level position, and became a seventh-grade one. After that, the official talisman was like fire, and after a short time, it was promoted to a level, and before that, he had been promoted to the head of the sixth grade and became a serious "official".

Yu'er's elder brother Su Da was originally a "half-cent head of the village" in the Ministry of Internal Affairs, as mentioned earlier, this is a very unpromising job, if you are not careful, you will be whipped, and even become a strong man. Guan Zhuofan first transferred Su Da to the Xuan Army, and soon after, he was transferred from the Xuan Army and became the head of more than a dozen Zhuangzi under his name. From the head of Banfen Zhuangtou to the head of Wang Zhuang, Su Da went around and climbed from the ground to the sky.

What about Yu'er herself? has already issued a decree and assigned the marriage to Jiang De, a baron of the first rank, the commander of the Zhili Admiral, and the commander of the Fourth Division of the Songjiang Army. Although they haven't passed the door yet, Xi'er, Xiaoxi and other little sisters, as soon as they met in private, chased her and called her "madam", making Yu'er ashamed and happy, pretending to be angry and pretending not to be like it, telling Xi'er that they laughed even more. In fact, Jiang De is a first-class member, and Yu'er's future title will not be lower than her husband, a serious "first-class lady".

The soaring prosperity of Yu'er's family is all due to Guan Zhuofan's strength - Yu'er understands in her heart that even the Queen Mother can't give them to herself.

Therefore, she is grateful to Guan Zhuofan, indescribable, and since she can't repay it with her body, she has no choice but to "tie grass rings, make cattle and horses in the next life, and repay the great kindness of Lord Belle".

Guan Zhuofan naturally has plans for Yu'er, but the next life is too far away, and the most important thing he wants Yu'er to do is that night on the "Champion", he finally saw the dagger.

Guan Zhuofan asked Yu'er to "raise his noble hand", so that he and the Queen Mother had a "crystallization of love" of their own.

*(To be continued.) )