This emperor's son, although he is now in power, is still far from Cixi's expectations. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

"Lin Kunyu has made a meritorious contribution today, and I appreciate it." The Empress Dowager Ci'an heard Emperor Tongzhi's words and said with a smile.

"That's what my sister said." Cixi said with a smile, "What did my sister say would be rewarded?" ”

"I think I'll give him these pen, ink, paper and inkstones together." Empress Dowager Ci'an said with a smile.

"Thank you for the grace of the Queen Mother!"

Lin Yizhe's face showed a look of surprise (his acting skills are first-class), and he immediately bowed to thank him.

Because he knows that the reward given to him by the two palaces is not just as simple as a set of study utensils!

But what made Lin Yizhe feel depressed was that until the end of this audience, he never had a chance to give a hint to end the hypnosis.

Forget it, it won't be a big deal anyway (Hong Jun has been fine for so long), let's talk about it later......

Thinking that the current supreme rulers of this old empire have become pawns in his hands, Lin Yizhe couldn't help but feel a little proud in his heart.

Out of the palace, Lin Yizhe returned to the building where he settled in Xianliang Temple, and the rewards of the queen mother of the two palaces had been sent to his house at this time. Different from Lin Yizhe's original conjecture of pen, ink, paper, and inkstone, which are not too valuable, these rewards in the two palaces are a box of lake pens (including the two he used), a seven-star inkstone, a sprinkled gold rice paper, a set of imperial tribute ink (12 pieces), a purple glaze pen wash made by Tang Ying to imitate the milk nail pattern of the Jun kiln, a pair of paperweights of the southern red agate "Taishi Young Master" (that is, the shape of a large and a small two lions), a white jade turtle-shaped inkstone, a green jade pen holder and a copper gilt painting enamel smoker. These things are all used in the palace, not only the materials are precious, but also the production is extremely exquisite, and each piece is a valuable treasure.

Hearing that Lin Yizhe had won a reward, Hong Jun was the first to come to say goodbye.

"The Queen Mother's reward is so rich, it can be seen that she attaches great importance to Kunyu!" Hong Jun suddenly saw that the two palaces had rewarded Lin Yizhe with so many palace treasures, and said happily, "Kunyu's future is determined from now on!" Ha ha! ”

Lin Yizhe told Hong Jun about today's audience, of course, the brainwashing of the queen and Concubine Hui can never be said, "The queen mother allowed me to return to my hometown." I just don't know if I can continue to handle the shipyard. ”

"Kunyu's obsession with the practice of shipping is really admirable." Hong Jun sighed, "It's too late for my brother!" ”

"I don't know how the Queen Mother will arrange Brother Tao Shi." Lin Yizhe said.

"Hehe, it's impossible for me to go back to my original position." Hong Jun smiled, "Besides, I don't want to go back to my original position, if I can be released as an envoy in France, my wish is enough." ”

When Lin Yizhe heard that Hong Jun actually wanted to ask for such a "ghost errand" as the minister stationed in France, he was stunned for a moment, and then he understood.

Hong Jun must have never forgotten the "French royal sister" Fantine, so he had such a plan!

While the two were talking, a short time an internal supervisor came to announce the decree, appointing Lin Yizhe as the director of the ship (actual award) to take care of the governor of Fujian, and Hong Jun conferred the title of prime minister, minister of yamen, and head of the household department.

Hearing that Hong Jun entered the Prime Minister's Yamen and became the Minister of Affairs, it means that he completely broke away from the ranks of the "Clear Stream" and joined the ranks of the Westernists, Lin Yizhe was both happy for him and secretly worried about him.

Lin Yizhe is happy that Hong Jun was promoted to an official and entered the Prime Minister's Yamen as a minister, and he can be said to have another strong help, but what he is worried about is that he, who was originally a "Qingliu celebrity", was brainwashed by himself and became a Westernist, and he is bound to break with the "Qingliu", and from then on, like himself, he will bear the verbal criticism of "Qingliu"!

Moreover, the first one who will not let him go is his mentor, the Minister of Military Aircraft, and the leader of the "Northern Qingliu" Li Hongzao!

After sending off the eunuch who announced the decree, Hong Jun once again congratulated Lin Yizhe: "Kunyu returned to his hometown, and he was actually promoted to the shipyard and added the title of governor, which is really gratifying!" Although there are many governors of our Qing Dynasty, there are no young and handsome people like Kunyu! Kunyu's future future is immeasurable! Hehe! ”

"Brother Tao Shi is the prime minister's minister of the Yamen, and he is in the center of the day, but he is not comparable to me, a foreign minister." Lin Yizhe said with a smile.

"Don't hide it from Brother Kunyu, Beijing is not a place I want to stay." Hong Jun shook his head with a smile and said, "The Prime Minister's Yamen is only a temporary shelter, and the envoys in Europe are what I want." Of course, the timing is not right. Moreover, I still have some old debts, and I have to settle them in Beijing before I can take office. ”

Lin Yizhe couldn't help but be surprised when he heard Hong Jun say that he had an "old account" to settle in Beijing -- of course, this account could not be an economic account.

Lin Yizhe was waiting to be asked carefully, and the servant came to report, saying that "Cheng'en Gong" Chongqi came to worship.

"Today, the national ruler has come to say hello to Kunyu, Kunyu has face!" Seeing Lin Yizhe's unknown appearance, Hong Jun reminded him with a smile.

When Lin Yizhe heard the word "Guozhang", the figure of the Arut clan immediately appeared in front of him, and he couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat behind his back.

Could it be that what he did to the Arut clan made people see through it? Someone's dad came to the door?

"Hurry up, please! - No! I'm going to meet him! ”

When Lin Yizhe came to the door, he saw a short and fat old man with a white beard pacing around there with his hands behind his back, looking very anxious. He stepped forward and was about to say hello, when the old man saw Lin Yizhe coming out, he immediately stepped forward and bowed.

"Benefactor!"

What's what? Benefactor?

Lin Yizhe didn't react for a while, but his hand was not slow, and he stepped forward to support the old man and didn't let him bow down.

"Lord Chong! What does this do? It's time to kill the juniors! Hurry up, please! ”

This old man is the father of the Empress of the Arut clan, the third-class Chengen Gong Chongqi.

Chongqi's life experience can be said to be quite bumpy.

Chongqi is a son of the Mongolian Eight Banners, originally affiliated with the Mongolian Zhenglan Banner, and is the son of the university scholar Saishanga. Chongqi was originally a student, and through donating military salaries, he earned the eight-grade pen post style, and was soon appointed as the transcription of the Jade Museum, and in 1848 he was promoted to the director of the Ministry of Works, and a year later he was promoted. In 1851 (the first year of Xianfeng), the peasant uprising of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom broke out. Emperor Xianfeng appointed Sai Shang'a as the minister of the Qin Mission, supervised Guangxi, and invaded the Taiping army. The Taiping army was like a bamboo, breaking through the encirclement and suppression of the Qing army, entering Hunan from Guangxi, and approaching the city of Changsha. Emperor Xianfeng was furious, dismissed Saishan'a, escorted him back to Beijing, and was sentenced to be imprisoned, with no family property. Chongqi was also implicated by his father and was dismissed from the rank of director of the Ministry of Industry.

In the middle of the family, Chongqi can be said to have tasted the hot and cold world of "living in the downtown and no one cares". He simply closed his door to study, study calligraphy, practice into a good handwriting, he is also good at Danqing, especially like to paint geese, in order to convey his "Cangzhou old hidden no one knows, just like the cold reeds falling on the edge of the geese" indignation.

In 1853, the Northern Expeditionary Army of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom approached Tianjin and threatened the Jingshi. Emperor Xianfeng ordered the establishment of patrol posts and declared martial law. The Minister of the Patrol King transferred Chongqi to serve as the copywriter of the Inspector and Training Flag Soldiers. The following year, the Taiping army that went north alone ran out of ammunition and food, and was defeated by the Qing army. In 1860, the Second Opium War broke out, the British and French forces invaded Beijing, and Emperor Xianfeng fled to Rehe in a hurry. Chongqi guarded the Inner Imperial City in the name of accompanying patrols, and assisted in the day and night patrols of the Inner City Regiment Defense in case of accidents. After the Anglo-French army retreated, Chongqi was promoted to the chief because of his meritorious service in defending the city, and later moved to Wailang. In 1864 (the third year of Tongzhi), the Ningxia general Duxing Azuo asked Chongqi, who was familiar with military affairs, to go to the northwest with him to participate in military affairs.

This year, coinciding with the triennial examination of the Ministry of Rites, Chongqi successfully obtained the qualification of the tribute, and on the 21st day of the fourth month of the lunar calendar, he entered the Baohe Hall to participate in the palace examination. On the day of the palace test, Chongqi was calm and calm, his writing and thinking were exceptionally agile, and his pen was like flowing water, and in a short time, he wrote more than 1,000 words of scriptures and history and current affairs. The next day, the eight ministers circled the top 10 in all the sealed test papers and presented them to the emperor for personal inspection. But at that time, Emperor Tongzhi was still a 10-year-old child, and the matter was handled by the empress dowager of the two palaces. The Empress Dowager Cixi saw that the words of a volume were well written, and the words were quite skillful, so she advocated that this book be the champion, and the Empress Dowager Ci'an could not say anything, so the Empress Dowager Cixi was in charge, and the names of the 10 volumes were arranged to stop, and they were pointed with the imperial pen. When the sealed test paper was opened, it was found that the person who was ranked in the first class was Chongqi, a Mongolian Zhenglan Banner person, which was an unprecedented precedent since the founding of the Qing Dynasty. It turned out that in the early Qing Dynasty, in order to win over the intellectuals of the Han nationality, the strategy of "flag does not point to the yuan" was adopted in the imperial examination, that is, the top three in the first class - champion, Bangyan, and Tanhua, and did not take the bannerman. Although there is no explicit provision, this is a practice followed by all dynasties starting from Emperor Shunzhi, how can an exception be made? However, the champion in the Empress Dowager Cixi's imperial pen is not easy to change. On the palace of nourishing the heart, the empress dowager of the two palaces and the ministers of the reading of the file were quite troublesome, and the empress dowager Cixi considered it again and again, hesitated, and decided to hand it over to the minister of military aircraft and the minister of reading the file for discussion. After repeated debates, the ministers came to the conclusion that "but with words, how can we talk about the Manchu and Han", and the two palaces were restored.

As a banner man, Chongqi became the champion of the imperial examination for the first time, which aroused the discussion and envy of the Manchu Dynasty, and became a major news sensation in the government and the opposition at that time. As a result, Zhengqi has the reputation of "the champion of the small gold list". In the entire Qing Dynasty, the Manchu and Mongolian people participated in the Chinese language examination and finally won the championship.

After the title of the Chongqi Gold List, he entered the Hanlin Academy for revision as usual. In 1870, Chongqi was promoted to a waiter, in the autumn of the same year, and served as the chief examiner of the Henan Township Examination, and later served as a daily lecture and living note, serving the emperor.

In 1872, when the Tongzhi Emperor was married, he had to choose an empress from among the daughters of high-ranking officials. Chongqi's daughter Alut was favored by the Empress Dowager Ci'an of the East Palace because of her dignified and beautiful appearance and quiet and graceful personality, and finally won the approval of the Tongzhi Emperor and was canonized as the queen of the main palace. As the father of the empress, Chongqi was awarded the title of third-class Cheng'en Gong, Chongqi's wife Guerjia was Mrs. Yipin, and his immediate family members were also promoted from the Mongolian Zhenglan Banner to the Manchuria Yellow Flag.