Zhang Yun finished the imperial examination, but he didn't prevent it, which caused a thousand waves across the country, and it was ...... for a long time It can't be calmed. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

Forbidden city.

The empress dowager of the two palaces of the puppet Qing Dynasty sat behind the bead curtain, and suddenly, Cixi could no longer hold her breath and asked: "Li Hongzhang, how is the so-called imperial examination held by Zhang Bandit in Xiangxi now?" ”

"Back to the Empress Dowager, after layers of interception by the ministers, only about one or two thousand people finally arrived in Xiangxi, looking at the posture and Hong Xiuquan, the so-called imperial examination held in Nanjing should be the same,"

"Basically, it will become the laughing stock of the world!"

"Oh!"

"How did the mourning family hear that nearly 100 people successfully arrived in Xiangxi? Li Hongzhang: How do you explain this? ”

Li Hongzhang was a muggle all of a sudden...... Who wants the Queen Mother of the Two Palaces to hold on to this? Especially Cixi, how does this make her answer?

However, in the face of the Queen Mother's question, Li Hongzhang still didn't dare to slack off, coughed one by one, and was ready to sort out his thoughts before speaking.

It's just that before Li Hongzhang could adjust his mood, Cixi asked again, "When the mourning family heard that Hong Xiuquan held the imperial examination in Nanjing, there were no people to participate. ”

"And now, as far as the mourning family knows, nearly 100 lifters have successfully arrived in Xiangxi, how many lifters have been intercepted by you on the road? Do you dare to tell the mourning family the specific number? ”

In the face of Cixi's fierce questioning, Li Hongzhang could only quietly listen to the reprimand, and stand on the Taihe Hall with his eyes and nose and heart...... At the same time, he silently thought about his own thoughts.

Originally, I wanted to collude with other ministers to whitewash this matter, but now it seems that it is delusional......

At this time~ Li Hongzhang already knew the inside story.

The imperial examination held by Zhang Yun in Xiangxi is the farcical imperial examination held by Hong Xiuquan in Nanjing. It's completely different.

Because most of the scholars did not buy Hong Xiuquan's account, Hong Xiuquan and they died by themselves, at the imperial examination ceremony. casually!

There is a saying: "Everyone who comes to the test wins,"

Originally, it didn't matter, the key is that you didn't give people an official position, just a horse parade on the streets, and you sent them away.

Hong Xiuquan's actions can be said to have offended all the scholars in the world to death, and finally died of illness in Nanjing, which is also his retribution!

But Xiangxi Zhang Bandit is different, first of all~ which rumors in the market made him and Zuo Zongtang exhausted, and I didn't think about it so much...... It's just that I didn't expect that this time, Zhang Yun ascended to the top and shouted, "Lao Tzu is going to hold the imperial examination." ”

And then a strange scene appeared......,

I have always concealed the number of people who wanted to go to Xiangxi to take the imperial examination, and then were intercepted by myself and others...... Because that amount is absolutely shocking!

What does this mean? Cixi knew that at the end of the imperial dynasty, this scene would occur, and the landlord class would abandon those in power...... Go to meet the new ruler.

Thinking of this, Li Hongzhang is extremely painful, he has already been deeply on the thief ship, and it is impossible to get off the ship now!

What's more, I, Li Hongzhang, can't be the second minister, Hong Chengchou can remember it vividly, even if he surrenders to "my Qing Dynasty" with all his heart and strength.

In the end, he was beaten into a second minister by the emperor of "I Daqing".

Originally, the surrender of "my Great Qing" betrayed the Han people, and it was abandoned by the Han people, but it was abandoned by the "My Great Qing" emperor...... What's going on?

To put it bluntly, it is not easy to be a second minister in these years, and I can only accompany the boat of "I Daqing" and go on all the way...... Hope it doesn't sink!

Li Hongzhang silently thought about his own thoughts in his heart, but he didn't know what Cixi was on it, and he didn't know what he had fallen.

"Bang!"

This crisp sound finally woke up Li Hongzhang, and when he looked up behind the bead curtain, he saw Cixi looking at him with a hideous face.

"Bitter!"

complained in his heart, but Li Hongzhang still stubbornly said: "I don't know what the Queen Mother commanded, why did she be so angry?" ”

"Li Hongzhang, you are so bold that you dare to wander in front of the mourning family, and ask what the mourning family commands? Where do you dare to tell you......"

"Why don't you also surrender to that Xiangxi Zhang bandit, and the mourning family will go to find the first emperor by themselves......"

Next, Cixi was aggressive, counting Li Hongzhang, until Cixi was ventilating and drinking water, and the others interjected.

"Empress Dowager, Lord Li is distracted on the main hall, it's wrong for him, but he is now carrying the hope of my Qing Dynasty, and I hope that the Empress Dowager can forgive one or two."

"Yo~ Sixth Emperor Brother, you're going to start fighting Li Hongzhang again, right?"

Listening to Cixi's yin and yang strange words, Prince Gong glanced back at Li Hongzhang, and a trace of helplessness flashed in his eyes, that posture was to say...... I can't help you anymore, you can ask for more blessings!

Li Hongzhang suddenly felt extremely painful, he was loyal to the "I Qing Dynasty" court, but he was ...... to himself in every way.

If it weren't for the fact that I had read the books of the sages for a long time and knew that the loyal and righteous people, one minister did not serve the two masters, I am afraid that he would have the intention of surrendering to Zhang Bandit!

Fortunately, just when Li Hongzhang had a trace of rebellious thoughts in his heart, Cixi finally stopped nagging...... There was a sound, and for Li Hongzhang, it was a heavenly voice.

"Retreat!"

Everyone walked out of the palace gate, and Li Hongzhang and Yixin, like a pair of good friends, naturally came together.

"This king has a new batch of tribute wine, can Lord Li appreciate it?"

"Hahaha!"

Li Hongzhang laughed a few times first, swept away the bad luck in the Taihe Hall just now, and then looked at Yixin and said: "Since the prince invited, then the lower officials will naturally be invited." ”

When Yixin heard this, he hurriedly came over and hugged Li Hongzhang's arm and said, "Between the two of us, what else do you need to call a lower official!" Everything is simple, don't keep these customs with this king. ”

A pair of good friends, hand in hand and leave!

Hundreds of officials outside the palace gate could only watch the two leave with envious eyes, not that no one was jealous of Li Hongzhang's trust in Prince Gong, but that they really had no capital to be jealous!

can be admitted to the Jinshi, and also awarded the Beijing official land, how many will be fools?

Even if there are so many nerds who are stupid in reading, but after all, there are few of them, and most of the others are still quite clever.

also knows Li Hongzhang, why can Prince Gong value him so much? To put it bluntly, it is because he holds more than 50% of the military power of "my Daqing"!

"Hey!"

Leaving a sigh, many Jingjing people also dispersed!

An hour later.

In Prince Gong's mansion, Li Hongzhang was almost drunk at this time, and the so-called drunken spit out the truth, even if he was such a person as Li Hongzhang, it was inevitable that he would stumble!

What's more, Li Hongzhang thought to himself that the person sitting in front of him was not an outsider, so his heart was much more relaxed.

"Lord! You don't know how thrilling it is this time, when Zhang Bandit in Xiangxi ascended to the heights and shouted, Xiaguan and Lord Zuo Zongtang thought that he was going to follow in the footsteps of Hong Xiuquan,"

"When I was waiting to see the jokes, I suddenly found that the atmosphere in the world seemed to be different from before, and many people and talents, regardless of the favor of my Qing Dynasty, actually wanted to go to Xiangxi to take the exam,"

"This official really can't bear it, so after discussing with Lord Zuo Zongtang, he first postponed the encirclement and suppression of the Taiping traitors, and went out to set up cards all day, and finally stuck this frenzy!"

Speaking of this, Li Hongzhang glanced at the left and right as if unintentionally, Yixin understood, and immediately drove all the people left and right down.

Seeing this, Li Hongzhang breathed a sigh of relief, brewed his emotions for a while, and said to Yixin: "Lord Wang, you don't know, let's set up a card...... How many people have been stuck in the end? ”

Yixin was a little confused and asked, "Is there still a thousand?" You must know that there are only about 100 people who successfully arrived in Xiangxi. ”

Li Hongzhang smiled nervously...... After pouring down a large sip of wine.

Only then did he say: "Lord Wang, you have thought about this problem simply, let's put it this way, the number of people who have made a name for themselves in our interception has exceeded 3,000 at present." ”

"And how many people came to take the exam held in my Qing Dynasty?"

After Li Hongzhang finished saying this, the whole room fell silent, the two of them were thinking about each other's thoughts, and Yixin was frightened by Li Hongzhang's words.

More than 3,000 people who have made meritorious contributions want to go to Xiangxi to participate in the imperial examination, what does this mean? Yixin figured it out.

It's too scary to just say it, "I Daqing" held an exam, how many people came to take the exam? That's just that.

It may be a little bit more than that, but that doesn't mean anything...... Because they will go to Xiangxi to take the imperial examination.

It means that they no longer take "I Daqing" in their eyes, which is a dangerous signal...... The situation faced by Emperor Chongzhen at the beginning will soon befall "my Great Qing".

Yixin remembered that in the historical books, Emperor Chongzhen raised donations from the entire city of Beijing and received a total of several hundred taels of silver...... What kind of number is this?

This means that the whole world has abandoned Emperor Chongzhen, and those landlord classes are waiting to welcome the new master.

And now, "My Daqing" has also fallen into this situation, Yixin frowned deeply for a while, but before he could come up with any result, Li Hongzhang slapped the table.

"Lord Wang, we all missed one thing, just now in the Taihe Palace, the lower officials were also confused, and they forgot such an important matter!"

"What's the matter?"

Yixin hurriedly asked, and Li Hongzhang replied with a calm face: "The more than 3,000 people who have made meritorious contributions in the detention of the lower officials, as well as those who have even more talents, they have suffered a lot ......."

When Yixin heard that this was the case, he said disapprerovitously: "It's just some minions who are trying to betray my Qing Dynasty, just let them suffer a little, and they should also suffer, Master Li don't have to worry about it!" ”

Li Hongzhang hurriedly said: "Lord Wang, you are wrong, so many scholars, what do the interests involved behind them represent in this turbulent era in the world~ Don't you know, Lord Wang?" ”

"What's more~ The Queen Mother just now revealed a trace of killing intent towards them, although the lower officials felt it, they didn't take it to heart......"

Yixin is not a straw bag, seeing Li Hongzhang say this, he also felt a little bad, so he immediately stood up, and repeatedly beckoned his subordinates to prepare horses, after everything was done.

Only then did he turn around and say to Li Hongzhang: "Speed with this king to ask to see the queen mother, I hope everything is still too late to recover." ”

"Otherwise......"