Cixi returned to her Cining Palace, she was already exhausted at this time, and the two gut-to-gut battles with Guo Ye, although they were very comfortable, but they were also difficult to support, but at this time, they couldn't rest, and they had to take advantage of their strength to quickly finalize the matter.

"Xiao Anzi, immediately call someone to invite King Gong from the east to come over."

"Wow!" An Dehai agreed, and hurriedly went down to call someone.

Not long after, Ci'an and Prince Gong came to Cining Palace.

Ci'an asked, "Sister, how was this trip?" ”

Cixi was a little tired, and said softly: "Okay, I finally take care of this stubborn donkey, and he has already agreed." ”

Ci'an couldn't help but be overjoyed, and said, "Good, good!" The girl is working hard, this day is busy, it's tiring enough! ”

Can you not get tired? In order to appease Guo Ye, Cixi even put her body in!

Prince Gong felt a little uncomfortable in his heart, this Guo Ye was really a little excessive, he handed it over with the respect of the king of the government, he actually saved his face, and he had to let the queen mother come forward, I really don't know what to do!

However, now is not the time to dwell on these things, Prince Gong asked: "Queen Mother, this, what did Guo Ye say?" ”

Cixi replied: "Sixth Master, Guo Ye said, this Li Tai is simply a lion's mouth, only seven small warships, it is estimated that even one million taels can't be spent, where did the five million taels come from?" This is to blackmail us......"

Prince Gong snorted coldly and replied, "This Li Tai is really too hateful, do you really think that we have no one in the Qing Dynasty?" Outrageous! ”

Ci'an said: "Sixth Master, now is not the time to be angry. What matters is how we solve it. Push it out abruptly. But where do we offend people now? ”

Prince Gong looked at Cixi, wanting to solve this matter, don't you have to look at Guo Ye, how did the Queen Mother talk to Guo Ye?

Cixi sighed and said, "That's it, the position of governor of Shandong is still given to Guo Ye, and he doesn't have enough power and status." He is doing things, but he is also constrained everywhere, we always have to help it all of a sudden, the governor of Shandong, plus the position of prime minister of the prime minister Yamen, is enough for him to shelter from the wind and rain, just leave this matter to him to do! ”

Prince Gong snorted angrily and replied, "It's hateful, it's really cheap for this kid, he just thinks that he is not happy." Could it be that when he beat three princes, people will be happy? Do you have to fight to the end? A workaround that I don't understand at all! ”

Cixi suddenly remembered something. said: "Sixth master, there is one more thing, the mourning family and the sister's wife, after all, they have seen a little shallow, and I want you to take an idea......

Prince Gong hurriedly bowed down and said, "The minister doesn't dare, the queen mother, please speak, and the minister listens." ”

"Here's the thing, in Guo's mansion, Guo Ye proposed to me that we send a group of people to the West to learn the government affairs, economy and technology of various countries, so that after a few years, these people will return from their studies and deal with foreigners, they won't feel so difficult, after all, these things in foreign affairs can't rely on Guo Ye alone, in case one day he leads troops to the battle, won't there be no capable person in Beijing?"

Prince Gong was stunned for a moment, and then replied: "Queen Mother, this matter has also been planned by the ministers, but at present, there is a lot of resistance in the DPRK and China, and those Qingliu bigwigs disdain it, thinking that foreigners have no merit except for the strength of the ship and the artillery, and even more, they think that the foreigners are cunning and changeable, and they should completely cut off contact with them, if they want to implement it, but it is difficult, not to mention sending people to stay abroad, even if the minister wants to establish a Tongwen Museum in the Prime Minister's Yamen, and cultivate some talents who are proficient in Western language and writing, it has been difficult for this period of time, which was strongly criticized by those people in the DPRK and China......"

Ci'an frowned and asked, "Is it so serious?" Isn't it just learning a little bit of language? Didn't there be people who used to learn Korean, Japanese, or Nanyang characters in the Rifan Temple? ”

Prince Gong smiled bitterly and shook his head, the two queen mothers did not directly implement these things, so naturally they didn't know how much resistance they encountered.

Cixi sighed and replied: "It seems that what Guo Ye said makes sense, but some things are difficult to push in the court, so we can only start from the local level, let him go to Shandong, and after arriving in Shandong, let him go to see it, but to see what it can look like, as for the pressure of these old guys in the court, the sixth master, we need to share more for him, after all, there are internal and external troubles now, and it is not okay to not want to think of new methods." ”

Prince Gong said in a deep voice: "Queen Mother, this matter can actually be easy first and then difficult, everything that can be linked to military affairs and counterinsurgency, don't care about him, let them toss, not only Guo Ye, Zeng Guofan, Zuo Zongtang and others in the south have also proposed to buy Western weapons many times, or set up their own equipment bureau to manufacture muskets and artillery, these things, although let them toss, to block the rebellion, even if those Qingliu are dissatisfied, there is nothing to be done, as for the others, they can only take a step to watch one." ”

Ci'an said with a smile: "In this case, Sixth Master, then draw up a decree, let's stamp the seal, and someone will immediately announce the decree to Guo Ye, this matter should be sooner rather than later, tomorrow morning, let Guo Ye go to the court, and see how he deals with this Li Taitai." ”

Prince Gong nodded, picked up the pen himself, and wrote the holy decree neatly, and the two palaces took out the seals and covered them.

Cixi shouted: "Xiao Anzi! ”

An Dehai hurriedly walked in: "Queen Mother, the servants are waiting!" ”

Cixi said: "Take this holy decree and go to Guo's mansion again." ”

"Wow!"

An Dehai said yes and walked out.

Cixi breathed a sigh of relief, and Ci'an on the side could see Cixi's tiredness, after all, it was normal for her to be in poor spirits after a busy day.

"Sister, since the matter has been settled, then it is better for you to rest in peace as soon as possible, and other matters will be put on hold until tomorrow morning."

Cixi nodded and said tiredly: "It's okay, I'm indeed a little tired." ”

When Ci'an and Prince Gong left, Cixi relaxed, reclining on the couch, recalling the absurdity of the afternoon, the corners of her mouth couldn't help but pull out a smile, that guy is really too strong, the muscles of the whole body are like a dragon, and the strength of the body seems to never be exhausted, the absurdity of these two times is really comfortable to the extreme, almost no strength to come back, I really want to indulge in it for the rest of my life, but unfortunately, once I enter the palace gate, it is as deep as the sea, How easy is it to get out of this lonely spring garden? I don't know when I'll have another chance like this with this guy.

(To be continued.) )