"But, Queen Mother, Lord Wang, where did the money come from for the placement of the surrendered army? Two million taels is not a small amount, and our treasury is something we want to take out......"

The newly appointed Tobe Shangshu Baojun stood up and replied. Pen fun and pavilion www.biquge.info

Two million taels of silver......

Now the treasury of the Qing Dynasty can't even open the pot, it's just like Yin eating grain, and then you have to make up two million taels out of thin air to pay for the severance pay of the army, I have to say, it's too difficult, at least Baojun, the head of the household, is okay!

A few people who were still excited just now were like being poured a basin of cold water, two million taels of silver, where did they get it from?

Yi Xin Hao Ya Huazi, almost all the military expenses that were pacified by the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom before were paid in advance by various places, and they were all used for future money and grain, and now that the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom has been pacified, do you still let Jiangnan and Shandong pay in advance? How embarrassing is this?

"Forget it, this money will be handed over to Guo Ye and Zeng Guofan to raise, Guo Ye is responsible for raising 800,000 taels, Zeng Zuo and Li are responsible for raising 1.2 million taels, no matter what, we must deal with this situation first, the four of them are all important ministers in the court, and it is also appropriate to share worries for the country......"

Cixi behind the bead curtain said lightly.

Now that's all there is to it, Yixin gritted his teeth and replied: "Queen Mother, my brother has something to say......"

"Say it."

Ci'an replied.

"Empress Dowager Qi, the younger brother thinks that in order to appease Shi Rebellion and prevent him from surrendering and rebelling, you can consider giving him a title to calm his heart, and the most important thing is that it is not the safest way to let him travel to the West, the safest way is to summon him into Beijing, as long as it is in the capital, even if Shi Rebellion has great ability, he can't jump out of the palm of our hands, and what we need to pay is just tens of thousands of silver a year......"

Yi Xin played.

"Yes, Queen Mother, the king of parliament is reasonable, Shi Cheng is a fierce tiger, if you want not to be hurt by him, the best way is not to put it in the mountains, but to put it in a cage......"

Cao Yuying, who was on the side, hurriedly echoed.

Not only Cao Yuying, but also Li Hongzao just now also stood up to express their agreement, and when it comes to the safety of Jiangshan Sheji, it must not be ambiguous.

Cixi and Ci'an glanced at each other, Prince Gong was right, this is necessary, putting Shi Dakai under house arrest in the capital is the safest way, Guo Ye handled this matter a little hastily.

Cao Yuying continued: "Queen Mother, King Yizheng, there is one more thing, that is, the strength of the Yasukuni Gong is too strong now, and only 30,000 troops have defeated Shi Dakai's three large battalions, together with more than 100,000 people, such strength is by no means comparable to the Hunan army, the Huai army or the Chu army. For the sake of the country's social plan, the imperial court must limit the strength of the Lu army, improve the strength of the Hunan army, the Huai army and the Chu army, and maintain balance, which is the royal road......"

Cixi frowned, last time, Prince Gong mentioned such a thing once, and this time Cao Yuying brought up the old thing again, isn't Guo Ye's loyalty still reliable?

"Master Cao, there's no need for that, right? Now that Guo Ye has just defeated the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, and there is no fault at all, you are going to deprive or reduce his military power? Starting to chill the world? ”

Cixi said slowly.

Cao Yuying said in a deep voice: "Queen Mother, no one can see this thing in the center, was An Lushan disloyal back then?" Later, there was still the Anshi Rebellion? Was Song Taizu not loyal enough? still has a yellow robe, you can't have the heart to hurt people, but you can't have the heart to defend people, the minister thinks that limiting the strength of the Lu army is not a bad thing for Guo Ye, now Guo Ye is already the Duke of Yasukuni, extremely honored, what else is he dissatisfied with? ”

"Yes, Queen Mother, the younger brother also thinks that Guo Ye's strength must be limited, at least the Hunan army of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom cannot be enriched into the Lu army, and it can be supplemented into the Hunan army or the Huai army, so that the strength of one side can be maintained, and the balance of strength can be maintained!"

Yi Xun jumped out and played.

The ministers in the court also seconded the proposal one by one, this is the best time to show loyalty to the queen mother and the emperor, who cares about Guo Ye's life or death?

Even if Cixi had the intention to cover up for Guo Ye, there was no way to do it now, and finally said dissatisfied: "Okay, good, you are all loyal ministers, now that Guo Ye has made great achievements, he will not be rewarded, and he will be restricted, isn't it chilling?" The Lu army under him is so easy to be manipulated? ”

Yixin said in a deep voice: "Queen Mother, we naturally can't do the matter of demolishing the bridge in the river, not to mention, even if the Taiping Army is destroyed, no one knows when the foreigners will find fault again, restricting Guo Ye is something that has to be done, in order to appease him, we can compensate him, that is!" ”

"How to compensate?"

Yixin said in a deep voice: "This time, the generals under his command have made outstanding achievements, and it is enough to give them promotions, first plug the mouths of the group of arrogant soldiers under him, as for Guo Ye, it is always easy to deal with, recall to the capital, and personally comfort him, Guo Ye attaches great importance to affection, and the minister thinks that there will be no problem." ”

"Okay, let's do as you say, what about the rewards for these people below?"

"First of all, Zuo Guigui, the governor of Shandong, before sending troops, we promised that this time he must be promoted, and he will be transferred to the governor of Zhili; the second, that Gao Qi, who was originally the rank of chief soldier, was transferred to the governor of Henan; The third, that Yan Chunyu, this guy has a lot of credit, the chief military officer is promoted to the governor of Shandong; He Tengjiao, promoted to the chief soldier of Baoding Town; Gao E, served as the chief soldier of Jiaozhou Town; Long Tao was transferred to the chief soldier of Jinan Town; Wang Huanzhang, the former chief soldier of Baoding Town, was transferred to Jiangsu and served as the governor of Jiangsu, so that the generals under Guo Ye were also transferred one after another, not afraid that they would have any other actions. ”

Yixin pondered for a while, and then made arrangements for the group of cadres under Guo Ye, three commanders and three general soldiers in one breath.

"What about the Hunan army, the Huai army, and the Chu army?"

"Although Zeng Guoquan has done too much in Tianjing, after all, he is a person who has made great contributions, and now he wants to restrict Guo Ye with the Xianghuai army, so he can't be allowed to go to his post, and the minister thinks that it is better to let him stay as the governor of Anhui; Li Hongzhang was promoted to governor of Huguang; Zeng Guofan was transferred north to serve as the governor of Zhili, and the three of them commanded the soldiers of their respective departments, which was enough to pose a huge threat to Guo Ye, as for the rest, we will leave it to the Ministry of Rites and the Ministry of War to discuss......"

(To be continued.) )