Cining Palace is extremely quiet, and the palace maids and eunuchs are all walking on tiptoe carefully, speaking in a low voice, for fear of disturbing the empress dowager. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

These days, there have been too many things in the palace, first Empress Dong E died of illness, then the emperor died, then the new monarch ascended the throne, and recently there was the abolition of the thirteen yamen, so the eunuchs and palace maids who can stay in the palace are now careful and can no longer be careful, lest they be driven out of the palace by one negligence.

Two days ago, because she was too sad, the Queen Mother, who had been holding on, finally collapsed on the bed tired. The illness of the Empress Dowager suddenly added a lot of uneasiness to the Cining Palace, which was already filled with a mournful atmosphere. Some palace maids and eunuchs felt that if the empress dowager had any accidents at this time, the world would have to be in chaos. There is a new master on the dragon chair, but everyone knows that the new master is just a little emperor and a child, what can he do with this child? The real pillar of the Qing Dynasty is still the Empress Dowager and her old man.

In the dormitory, the Empress Dowager Bumu Butai was lying on the bed, and seemed to be still asleep. The personal maid Su Malagu sat in front of the bed and did needlework. At the kang table under the south window, the little emperor Xuan Ye, who had just ascended the throne for only two months, was concentrating on reading, the two golden wire smokers were burning vigorously, and ambergris incense was quietly spreading around. The dormitory was very quiet, and only the "ticking" of the Western clock and the occasional sound of Xuan Ye turning the pages of the book could be heard.

A pair of small feet stepped into the threshold of the dormitory, and then a pair of chubby little hands opened the door curtain, revealing the round apple-like face of the second elder brother Fuquan. Fuquan blinked his little eyes and ran slowly to the imperial grandmother's bed. Aunt Su Mala looked up and saw that it was the second elder brother, so she couldn't help waving her hand at him, signaling Fuquan not to wake up his imperial grandmother.

Xuan Ye was very happy to see his brother, and he made gestures and blinked. Fuquan grimaced at his brother, and both children pursed their lips and smiled. Seeing that his younger brother was reading, Fuquan stepped forward to pick up his younger brother's pen and knelt on the kang table to use his brother's paper and ink. He didn't realize at all that his younger brother was now his monarch and the emperor of the Qing Dynasty, and every item he used was a royal thing.

After all, he is still a child, and Xuan Ye, as the emperor, did not realize that his brother's actions were disrespectful to him, he knew that his brother's homework was not good, and the Han people could not write well at all, so he was very enthusiastic to write two Chinese characters there to demonstrate to his brother.

Su Malagu put down the needle and thread, looked at the two children fixedly, and did not step forward to stop Fuquan's "disrespect". Bumu Butai had actually heard the movements of the two children, but pretended not to know. She turned over on the bed, opened her eyes and slowly asked Su Ma, "Is there anything important to send the concerto?" ”

"Grandma Huang!"

Hearing the voice of the imperial grandmother, Fuquan put down the pen and jumped off the kang, ran straight over with both hands, went up and hugged Bumu Butai's neck, put his little face on the imperial grandmother's cheeks, and said with great concern: "Grandma Huang, are you sick?" ”

Although Fuquan is the second elder brother, the eldest elder brother Niu Niu died early, so in Bumu Butai's heart, Fuquan is his eldest grandson. It's just because Fuquan hasn't had a pox that he didn't get on the throne. In this regard, Bumu Butai felt a little guilty in her heart, she kissed Fuquan and said, "Fuquan is the most pro-emperor grandma, isn't it?" ”

Fuquan couldn't help but jerk his little head, and Bu Mu Butai looked at it, and most of the shadows in his heart had disappeared in the past two months. At this time, Xuan Ye said unhappily on the side: "Grandma Huang, what about me?" The grandson is also the most pro-royal grandma! ”

Bumu Butai laughed and said continuously: "All kiss, all kiss!" … It's thanks to the emperor's grandmother who grew up on the grassland, otherwise, she really wouldn't have survived this time... Fuquan, let the emperor and grandma get up. ”

Fuquan frowned and shook his head: "I don't!" Grandma Huang is not allowed to die! The emperor's grandmother is dead, what should Fuquan do, no one cares! ”

Hearing the words of the eldest grandson, Bumu Butai's heart softened, and he smiled: "Okay, good! Grandma Huang is not dead, not dead! …”

Hearing this, Fuquan stood aside honestly. Aunt Su Mala served Bumu Butai and put on her clothes, sat down on the bed, and combed her hair while saying, "Several edicts prepared by the auxiliary ministers have been issued, and they were issued with the emperor's holy edicts..."

Bumu Butai listened, but did not make a sound. Those edicts cannot be left unissued. In the face of the overall situation in front of her, she didn't have much idea as a woman, so she could only use the political opinions and measures of the auxiliary minister to calm down the grievances caused by Fulin's excessive actions in the past few years. The emperor's return to heaven did not cause turmoil, and she was very satisfied with the calm inside and outside. As for the new policies made by Sony and Sukh Saha, although they went against the wishes of Fu Lin before his death, they did not overthrow all of them after all, and some of the regulations were still very appropriate, such as adding Manchu officials, which sounds like distinguishing between Manchu and Han, but the Manchurian Eight Banners now have many Han people carrying flags to make up for it, and these newly raised "Manchus" can also exercise the privileges of "Manchuria", so that they can give birth to Manchu and belong, so as to be able to keep the Manchurian roots. In addition, the dismissal of the thirteen yamen, the reduction of palace expenses, etc., are all good things to alleviate the expenditure of the national treasury, so Bumu Butai did not interfere.

Su Ma said again: "There are only two important folds, one is from the ministry, saying that a Han county named Yu Chenglong is a county magistrate, and he asked the Queen Mother to listen to the government ......."

"Oh? …… The Queen Mother hangs the curtain and listens to the government, and there is no such example in my direction! …… The country's government affairs are complicated, and I am no longer able to do it, so it is better to concentrate on nurturing the lessons. In all fairness, if it weren't for this young man, why would I stay alive again! ……”

Bumu Butai said, his eyes turned red, and his voice whimpered. Aunt Su Mala hurriedly persuaded: "The Queen Mother must cherish it, don't be sad anymore." It's always the Buddha's will, and no one can disobey it......"

Bumu Butai looked at the personal maid who had been with him since childhood, sighed deeply, stroked his well-combed sideburns, slowly stood up, and asked, "What about the other one?" “

Su Malagu said with a heavy heart: "It's a secret fold, Ao worship, he said that Kaifeng may not be able to hold it." “

Bumu Butai was stunned for a moment, and then sat down slowly. Fuquan had already sensibly run back to Xuan Ye's side, and the two children felt that it was a big deal when they listened to the tone of Aunt Su Mala and the emperor's grandmother.

It is a secret fold on the worship and sent it directly to the palace, and this secret fold is now not even known to Sony.

Bumu Butai pondered for a moment and said, "Present the fold!" ”

After a while, the chief manager of Cining Palace came in with a folding box, and knelt down first and said, "The slave asks Lafayette to say goodbye!" "Since Xuan Ye ascended the throne, he has respected the Queen Mother as the Queen Mother, so the eunuchs have changed their titles. Coupled with the expulsion of a large number of eunuchs, the people who stayed behind were naturally grateful to the old queen mother, and their attitude was extremely respectful, and they had already respected the queen mother as a Buddha.

Su Malagu took the folding box, opened it and presented it to Bumu Butai. She immediately buried her head in the look, Ao Bai on the fold to tell that the loyal battalion composed of the remnants of the original thieves under the leadership of the great Kou Li Laiheng from Guide to the north, turned to Kaifeng, Wu Sangui's Guanning rebels also took the opportunity to attack Kaifeng, Ao Bai thought that he could not face the enemy on both sides, so he deliberately abandoned Kaifeng, retreated to Hebei, and chose the opportunity to face the enemy.

"If Aobai retreats, this Central Plains will be lost. The Han people say that they are chasing the Central Plains, which shows the importance of the Central Plains. Our Qing Dynasty is very difficult now, but we must not lose the Central Plains. At the beginning, Chongzhen was so difficult, didn't this Central Plains not be lost? Could it be that our Daqing is not as good as him Chongzhen now? ”

Although Bumu Butai didn't know the true situation of the front-line battle, and did not doubt Aobai's secret fold, but she didn't agree with Aobai to give up Kaifeng, she said to Su Malagu: "You give a will to Aobai, Kaifeng can't be lost, no matter what method he uses, he can't retreat into Hebei, otherwise the mourning family will die to show him." ”

Su Ma was stunned for a moment, nodded slowly, and said: "Ao Bai said that Henan is in danger now, and none of the reinforcements from all over the country can arrive, but the right governor of Jiangnan, Kuenbu, led the reinforcements, and defeated Li Laiheng's department with less than 10,000 people, and now it has reached the southeast of Kaifeng. Aobai means that since Kuenbu is available, it is better to let the imperial court promote him to the governor of Zhili and contain Li Laiheng's department, so that Aobai can also be less stressed. ”

"Which Kuenbu?"

Bumu Butai was a little unfamiliar with this name. Su Ma hurriedly said that this person is a Han Chinese, called Tang Sanshui, who was originally a thousand commanders under Shang Kexi's subordinates in Guangdong, after the defeat of Shang Kexi's army, this person resisted the Taiping army of thieves and talents with less than 3,000 people, and fought several victories in succession, blocking the Taiping army in the land of Lingnan. However, Guangdong later fell into the hands of the Taiping army, and Tang Sanshui led his troops to retreat into Jiangxi. After the Taiping army marched north, Tang Sanshui led his troops to stick to Anqing, and was promoted by Fulin as the right governor of Jiangnan, carried into the Manchurian Zhenghuang Banner, and gave Manchu the name Kuenbu. Previously, he had been sticking to the Lujiang River and Fengyang in the south of the Yangtze River. After learning that the loyal battalion was moving north, Tang Sanshui ignored the Taiping army in the south and urgently led his troops north to chase the loyal battalion.

After listening to Su Ma's introduction, Bumu Butai couldn't help but sigh with emotion: "In this way, this Kuenbu is a loyal and good general of my Great Qing Dynasty." ”

"The emperor admired him when he was there, and Ao Bai also said that he was a good general, and it was true that he wanted to come." Su Ma said.

"If all my officials in the Qing Dynasty were like Kuenbu, why would they be in this situation today."

Bumu Butai sighed lightly, approved the excerpt of Aobai, and asked the chief eunuch to pass on the auxiliary ministers, and let Na Kuenbu be the governor of Zhili, and lead his troops to resist the loyal camp. Sonny also knew Kuenbu, and he also gave Kuenbu the name of Manchukuo to the first emperor, and the war in the Central Plains was urgent, so it was necessary to reward the Han officials and Han soldiers and let them die for the Qing Dynasty, so he did not object, and immediately drafted an edict in the name of Emperor Kangxi, and promoted Kumanbu, the right governor of Jiangnan, to the governor of Zhili, and ordered him to lead his troops to the king of Qin to resist the loyal battalion of the Ming army.

Tang Sanshui, who was thousands of miles away, didn't know that he had been sacrificed because of his "brave" performance, he only knew that he was in a dilemma, he originally just wanted to play a side drum and perform a play, but he didn't want to, but he became the protagonist on the stage, and he wanted to sing the whole drama by himself.