Cining Palace, now Cixi has already recovered from the fright of fleeing in panic, but this escape has had a huge impact on her, but her body is not as good as before. (Marshmallow)

Cixi held the fold handed over by Zai Yi in her hand, and asked lightly: "Lord Duan, are you sure there is no problem with this matter?" ”

Zai Yi replied: "Lafayette, this is a telegram sent by Li Hongzhang personally, you also know that Li Hongzhang and Zhang Yi have always had a good personal relationship, Zhang Yi wants to buy the General Manufacturing Bureau and the Shipping Bureau, and the entire Qing Dynasty can only rely on Li Hongzhang to mediate." ”

Cixi nodded and said, "Lord Duan, what do you mean?" ”

Zai Yi hurriedly replied: "Lafayette, the slave thinks that this matter is feasible, the General Administration of Manufacturing and the Harbour Administration spend too much money on the imperial court every year, over the years, we have to allocate more than one million taels of silver to the two bureaus every year, and sometimes even more than two million taels, correspondingly, the guns and ammunition produced by the General Bureau of Manufacturing and the warships manufactured by the Harbour Administration Bureau are very low in performance, and the cost is much higher than that purchased from the West, these are two bottomless pits, we throw money into them every year, but we can't even hear the sound of water, If we deal with these two bureaus, we can get at least four or five million taels of silver out of thin air, which is a huge amount of money, that is, the purchase of advanced warships, we can purchase four or five, and there will be more than one million taels of funds left every year, which is more than one million taels in one fell swoop

。 (Marshmallow)"

Cixi frowned and said: "The stakes are very high, although the Republic of China has no ill will towards us, at the end of last year, it also helped us to defend the Shanhai Pass, and at the same time joined forces with us to exterminate the Cossack cavalry of Tsarist Russia, but once these two arsenals are sold to Zhang Yi, with that guy's ability, we don't know what these two factories will become, don't equip the troops at that time, and attack us again, it will be troublesome!" ”

The smile on Zaiyi's face froze, and said: "This, probably not, you know, Lafayette, that Zhang Yi's greatest wish is to protect the territory of China, and for this reason, he will not hesitate to start a war with Japan and Russia at the same time, according to his personality, he will not attack Guannei, once he attacks Guannai, then the folk prestige he has worked so hard to build will become infamous through the ages, not to mention that you still valued him so much back then, I think he still has this little incense, and, Lafayette, wait until we buy the two big things, At that time, we will use all this silver to train the new army, and now that Yuan Shikai's new army has become the climate, we can train a new army to come out at that time, and millions of taels of silver will be smashed into it, all of which will buy the most advanced guns, and there will be two new armies, I am afraid that we will not only have the confidence to guard Shanhaiguan, even if the great powers are as before, we don't have to be afraid! ”

Cixi shook his head, he still had a trace of doubt in his heart about this matter, this Duan Wangye, his vision is too narrow, his eyes are full of money, and his stomach is full of grass, so he can't tell how much knowledge he has.

Cixi replied: "That's it, Lord Duan, Ming'er is in the early court, take this matter to the court for discussion, and listen to the opinions of other ministers." "The king of the special forces who crossed the first day of the war 579

Zai Yi still wanted to continue to persuade, Cixi waved her hand tiredly, Zai Yi didn't dare to say more, so she had to retreat in a huff.

The next day's early court, just at the beginning, Zai Yi threw this matter out, and in an instant, the entire court was in chaos, and all the ministers talked about it, saying everything.

Cixi shouted: "Okay, Lord Duan has already told everything about it, let's discuss it and see what to do?" ”

Xu Yongyi, the secretary of the military department, was the first to jump out and shouted: "Absolutely not."

！ Lafayette, sell our General Manufacturing Bureau and Harbour Bureau, how can we do it, this is the supporting force of our military defense of the Celestial Empire, without two military factories, in the future, where will our ships, guns, and ammunition come from! Without these, the army is a toothless tiger, and even the common people may not be able to deter it! ”

Rong Lu on the side also said: "Lafayette, this matter, the slaves also think that there is something wrong, especially the Harbour Bureau, this is a government-run enterprise, and now the governor of Fujian is also the Minister of Communication, if there is no Harbour Bureau, then how to deal with the arrangements for a series of officials in the Harbour Bureau, as well as the General Manufacturing Bureau, there are also a lot of officials, and there are a lot of Western consultants, how to deal with these, and how to raise the cost of resettlement?" ”

Zai Yi replied: "Lord Xu, Lord Ronglu, this king has already said that these two bureaus will cost us more than one million taels of silver every year, and now that our finances are tight, it is really not appropriate to waste them like this, even if we have these two factories now, then the guns and warships we use are not also purchased from the West, so there is no difference between him and him, and while making a lot of money, we can also save a lot of expenses, how much equipment we can buy with this money?" ”

Xu Tong, a bachelor on the side, also echoed: "What Duan Wang Ye said makes sense, Lafayette, two adults, now our two bureaus are a chicken rib, the food is tasteless, it is a pity to abandon it, now there is such an opportunity, Zhang Jianzhi has to spend a huge amount of money to buy them away, millions of taels of silver, Lafayette, such a large amount of funds, it is not so easy to take out, once Zhang Jianzhi buys it, then where does he have excess funds to wage war against the Guannei?" At least we don't have to worry about Zhang Yi attacking our Guannei, and in this way, one mile and one outside, we can make up 10 million taels of silver at least in the next three to five years, and we can use this money for people's livelihood, for mining and setting up factories, for consolidating national defense, and it is definitely a profitable deal! Li Hongzhang has been in charge of foreign affairs for decades, he thinks this matter is feasible, and Weichen thinks it is absolutely feasible! ”

Cixi asked: "Yuru, but once the two bureaus are sold, how will the officials arrange them, and how will the consultants and workers deal with them?" These things, we need to have a charge to prepare, what Rong Lu said is indeed reasonable, otherwise, it is easy to cause disputes. Xu Tong muttered: "Lafayette, the minister thought that he could negotiate with Zhang Yi first, I think, since Zhang Yi acquired the two bureaus, it must be to take away the skilled workers together, the matter of Western consultants, you can also negotiate with Zhang Yi, as for those officials, the part-time ones will be directly dismissed, and those who do not have part-time positions can be hung up on an idle errand first, and Zhang Yi can also be asked to compensate them somewhat, since it is a negotiation, I think we can give it a try and see where Zhang Yi's bottom line is, where is it, and strive for the greatest interests for us." Cixi nodded and said, "Since this is the case, then this matter will be handed over to Duan Wang Ye to be in charge, Rong Lu, you can assist one or two on the side, contact Zhang Yi and Li Hongzhang, call him to reply, and start negotiations on the same day." ”

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