Looking at Guo Ye's back, Prince Gong opened his mouth to scream.

Cixi snorted coldly: "Sixth Master, forget it, since he is willing to rest, let him rest!" ”

Cixi is also angry in her heart, this Guo Ye is really out of tune, he and King Gong protect him like this, not only does he not appreciate it, but he even brushes his temperament, which is really unreasonable, obviously not giving himself face!

Prince Gong looked at Cixi helplessly, and said in his heart: "What do you know, this political matter is easy to say, everyone can still have fun, and military affairs can barely withstand it, after all, the monk is still there, but what about foreign affairs, it is not easy to come up with a person who understands foreign affairs, so he ran away, in the future, there will be anything else, but how to deal with foreigners?" ”

Yi Xun on the side hurriedly said: "Sixth brother, look at it, look at it, this Guo Ye is too arrogant, and he is so unscrupulous in front of the Queen Mother and you!" I suggest that it be investigated harshly, so that he will not think about turning over for the rest of his life! ”

"Shut up! Isn't it all your fault? ”

Yixin was so angry that his muscles jumped violently, these brothers are a group of rice buckets who have not achieved enough things and have more than enough failures!

"What's wrong? This Qing Dynasty has no Guo Ye, and it will still turn, and there are capable people in the court......"

Yi Xun muttered softly.

"Don't say it, you all get out, go to the Zongren Mansion to receive the punishment, and you are not allowed to come out without the will of the mourning family!"

Ci'an on the side was annoyed, these people are simply unreasonable, a good famous general will let them be forced to resign, is it easy for the Qing Dynasty to have a general who can fight?

The princes didn't dare to reply anymore, and one by one they bowed their heads and bowed their waists, and walked out of the palace in a gray manner!

Look at the princes who have withdrawn. Cixi said hatefully: "It's all a bunch of useless things. Alas......"

Ci'an persuaded, "Okay. Sister, after all, they are all relatives, their own family, what else can they do? ”

"That Guo Ye is not a fuel-efficient lamp, so I don't know how to take a step back and save us some face? It's okay now, it's completely stiff, and it's in the court in the future. How else is he mixed? ”

Cixi airway.

Prince Gong's face was full of sadness, and he said: "Queen Mother, now is not the time to be angry, the question now is, Guo Ye has resigned, so what will happen to foreign affairs next?" We finally found a person who can talk to foreigners, and it is the time to borrow weight. ”

Bao Jun on the side replied, "King Gong." Guo Ye was only momentarily angry, and the officials thought. After a while, calm down, or return to the court, after a while, let's talk to him in private, you have the grace of knowing him, I don't think he will give us so face, just take advantage of this time, let's also let both sides calm down, which is good for everyone. ”

Wen Xiang on the side suddenly said: "Lord Baojun, what you said is light, now there is a matter that has come to the door, I am about to report to the Queen Mother......"

Prince Gong was stunned for a moment and said, "Lord Wen, what's the matter with you?" ”

Wen Xiang smiled bitterly: "The former Taiping bandits in the south of the Yangtze River are rampant, and the long-haired naval army is extremely strong, and the governor of Liangjiang, Zeng Guofan, has written to the military aircraft department many times, requesting to supervise the construction or purchase of a Western fleet to suppress the long-haired rebels. Didn't King Gong and I negotiate this matter with foreigners many times during this period? Now the British Minister Bruce finally got back and recommended to us an Englishman, Lee Thai, who proposed a fleet plan to Prime Minister Yamen. You can take us to buy several warships in Britain to form a fleet, one can be used to defend against foreign aggression and sea troubles; It can protect the caravans of coastal countries from pirates, and most importantly, can participate in military operations to encircle and suppress Longhair at any time. Li Taitai's article has been handed to the Prime Minister's Yamen, but in the past few days, King Gong has been busy with other ministers, and did not go to the Prime Minister's Yamen, this matter has dragged on. ”

King Gong's heart jumped, what are you afraid of! Buying a fleet? In particular, we also have to understand what the fleet is all about, foreigners are the most cunning, if you are not careful, you may be filled with people's pockets, don't be sold by others, we are still helping others count money!

King Gong said urgently: "What about the excerpt? ”

Wen Xiang hurriedly handed over the fold, King Gong took the fold, first showed it to the two queen mothers, and then picked it up himself and read it in detail.

Li Taitai said very clearly in the article that he would buy three medium-sized warships and four small warships on behalf of the imperial court, with a total price estimated at five million taels of silver, because no one in the Qing Dynasty was proficient in warship technology, it was recommended that the fleet recruit active officers and retired naval soldiers from Britain to operate on their behalf, and the imperial court only needed to allocate money and food and silver on a monthly basis, and seven warships needed more than 40 officers at all levels, and more than 600 navy personnel needed to be equipped with a year's salary plus other war preparation expenses, and the imperial court needed to invest 1.5 million taels of silver every year! After the fleet is formed, it will naturally be able to run rampant across all the boundaries south of the Huai River, and there will be no resistance, and the Taiping bandits can be wiped out in one battle! If we start working now, we will be able to complete the purchase of warships and the recruitment of personnel in half a year at most, and the fleet will be able to arrive in China at the beginning of next year, and after two to three months of exercises, it will be ready to go into a big war! ”

What a tempting cake!

The power of foreign warships, in the two Opium Wars, everyone has already experienced it, it is really powerful, if the imperial court can really have such a fleet, it is definitely worth investing more than one million taels of silver a year, even if it is the purchase cost of five million taels, it is definitely worth it! It's just, is there any greasy in this? None of the people present knew it!

Don't talk about Baojun, Cao Yuying and others, even Prince Gong and Wenxiang don't know how much these battleships are worth, and how much the salaries of these Britons are worth! Everyone is completely blind to foreign affairs, especially armaments, and can only say as much as they want, how can this be done?

The sweat on Prince Gong's face came down, and at a critical time, he encountered such a thing, but what should he do? All the burdens are on my shoulders, but I don't know these things! Zeng Zuo, Li Shen and others in the south may understand better, but their nearest ones are far away in Suzhou, two thousand miles apart, one round trip, that is four thousand miles, even if it is seven hundred miles urgent, one round trip, it will waste half a month!

Damn, I'm blind now! (To be continued.) )