The Empress Dowager Cixi noticed Emperor Tongzhi's gaze and turned her head to look at him, Emperor Tongzhi was startled by the shining phoenix eyes, and unconsciously wanted to avoid her gaze. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

"The Emperor will take a look." The Empress Dowager Cixi pushed the fold in front of him.

Emperor Tongzhi carefully read the excerpts, and waited for the Empress Dowager Cixi's lecture without saying a word.

The Empress Dowager Cixi waited for a while, and when she saw that Emperor Tongzhi didn't say a word, she couldn't help but sigh in her heart.

"What does the emperor think about Hu Guangyong?"

"Replying to Eniang's words, the son thought that ......" Emperor Tongzhi snorted for a while and said, "If this matter is true, it should be punished for the crime of nonsense, but it is just ......"

"Just what?" The Empress Dowager Cixi stared at his face and asked.

"It's just...... There may be something hidden in this matter, when you order Yousi to investigate it carefully," Emperor Tongzhi noticed that Cixi's face was getting more and more ugly, and couldn't help but lower his head, "You can also listen to what Hu Dao himself said......"

"The Emperor sees clearly! This excerpt is very clear, everyone has seized all the stolen goods, they have all been taken into custody, and they have committed crimes, and they have confessed! Empress Dowager Cixi's voice habitually raised, "And below is the joint performance of the Governor of Fujian and Zhejiang, the General of Fuzhou, the Governor of Fujian and the Minister of Shipping!" Does the emperor want to say that these feudal officials are framing an alternate Taoist? ”

"Son is confused! E-niang is angry! "Emperor Tongzhi's legs were weak, and he almost fell to his knees.

"It has already been said in the excerpt that it is because of Zuo Zongtang's indulgence, and this excerpt is clearly going to Hu Guangyong's alternate platform, but in fact, it is going to Zuo Zongtang! Can't the emperor even see this? ”

"Son is confused! E-niang is angry! ”

Cixi saw Emperor Tongzhi's confused look, she was extremely disappointed in her heart, and was about to reprimand again, when she suddenly saw the chief eunuch walking in quickly with a stack of folds in her hand, so she stopped the following words.

The chief eunuch was very clever, and sensed that there was something wrong with the atmosphere in the Xinuan Pavilion, and after presenting the excerpt that had just been sent by the Military Aircraft Department today, he hurriedly retreated.

The Empress Dowager Cixi glanced at the newly delivered fold, then looked at the Western gold table clock on the shelf, and sighed.

Today, because of teaching the emperor to approve excerpts, a lot of time has been delayed.

Cixi didn't pay attention to Emperor Tongzhi anymore, she saw that the top of the newly arrived fold was Zuo Zongtang's fold, so she took it and looked at it.

“…… Taoist Hu Guangyong dared to do anything, did not avoid resentment, and used to run military rations and munitions in Zhejiang, which was really a matter of urgency. In the winter of the eleventh year of Xianfeng, Hangzhou fell, Hu Guangyong sailed grain by sea, and had sub-medicine, trying to help, and carried it to the Qiantang River, which was blocked by the siege, and his heart was exhausted. After the minister entered Zhejiang, he was appointed as a special person and died with his strength. He is a rare member who understands the righteousness. Only the straight is too much, and every trick is taboo. …… The minister knows the sincerity of his work, and the reason for the jealousy. ”

“…… To the ministers' salaries, thanks to the southeastern provinces of the customs association to help, and the urging of the frequent still, the transfer of difficult and dangerous, most of the Hu Guangyong first-hand manager, in case of shortage, Hu Guangyong must first do the maintenance, borrowing to make up for the solution, the foreign money is late, that is, to raise a huge amount of money from Chinese businessmen to make up for it, the army relies on it deeply, everyone can see. This expedition to the west is finalized, and its merits are no different from those of the former enemy generals...... It is estimated that Hu Guangyong's donations totaled 200,000 yuan, including the price of silver and rice, cotton clothes and water and land transportation, and the donation to Shaanxi and Gansu, which was especially large, and pointed out that the various military camps in Shaanxi and Gansu should be tested for the ointment pills and authentic medicinal materials over the years. His sincerity and sincerity are so ......"

After reading Zuo Zongtang's fold of pushing gravity to protect Hu Xueyan, the Empress Dowager Cixi's brows furrowed in an instant, and her face was like a layer of frost.

Emperor Tongzhi looked at the Empress Dowager Cixi carefully, although the woman in front of him was his biological mother, until now, it was difficult for him to guess her thoughts.

The Empress Dowager Cixi put down Zuo Zongtang's fold, picked up Shen Baozhen's fold and read it again, and after pondering for a long time, she used a red pen to mark the fold under the fold, "Submit it to the ministry, Qin this." ".

A few days later, on the official road, a stagecoach galloped forward, and the horse's hooves stirred up the smoke and dust of the road. After some non-stop, the post man rushed into the governor's office of Shaanxi and Gansu, unloaded the documents on his back, and set off again.

Soon, a scrivener sent the court to Zuo Zongtang.

Zuo Zongtang was looking at a letter at this time, the letter was written by Zhou Kaixi, in the letter, Zhou Kaixi euphemistically refused Zuo Zongtang's request to come to the western expedition army camp on the grounds of "critical illness, fear of dying soon", which made Zuo Zongtang angry.

And when Zuo Zongtang looked at the punishment written on the newly arrived court mail to Hu Xueyan "to take away the yellow jacket of Hu Guangyong, the alternate Daoist of Fujian and Zhejiang, demote him by one level, and fine him for one year, and promote Wu Zhongxiang to treat injuries with 3,000 taels of silver", he was stunned for a while.

Zuo Zongtang couldn't understand why the imperial court would make such a punishment decision.

At the same time, the same court mail also arrived at the Harbour Master's Office.

"I can't imagine that the court just demoted him and fined him a year's salary." Lin Yizhe sighed and said to Xu Run, "It's a pity that Mr. has a brocade rust article." ”

"That's actually pretty good." Xu Run smiled and said, "Old Yu Ben also guessed that this would be the result." ”

"Oh? The twists and turns in this, sir, tell me about it? Lin Yizhe said.

"My lord can know that the most jealous subordinate for the superior is to be proud of his achievements, and the Zuo family always touts Hu's previous achievements, and the court has long been suspicious." Xu Run said, "This time, Lord Shen joined the Fujian Provincial Governor and General Fu to impeach Yu Hu, and the imperial court saw that it provoked public anger, so it was inevitable to give an explanation to the officials of Fujian Province, and I pointed out in the compromise that it was caused by Zuo Zongtang's indulgence of his arbitrary Hulai, so his punishment was inevitable, just severe." If Zuo Zongtang didn't protect him Hu Guangyong, the imperial court might not be responsible for his role in organizing the military supplies of the Western Expedition, but this time Zuo Zongtang got the news and couldn't wait to protect him, but instead confirmed that Zuo Zongtang indulged him, so of course he couldn't escape the heavy responsibility. ”

"But the court didn't blame him." Lin Yizhe said.

"This is the imperial court to save some face for Zuo Zongtang," Xu Run said with a smile, "In fact, this kind of punishment is enough for him to bear Hu Guangyong." Demotion and a one-year fine are nothing to him Hu Guangyong, but taking away the yellow coat is equivalent to telling him that he has lost his favor and lost face in front of his fellow villagers, and paying Wu Daren 3,000 taels of silver for treatment of injuries is tantamount to humiliating him, which has a great impact on his reputation. For a face-loving person like him, this is worse than killing him! ”

"I see." Lin Yizhe imagined Hu Xueyan's expression after receiving the punishment from the imperial court at this time, and couldn't help laughing.

"And this time, Zuo Zongtang tried his best to protect him, and he also fell on such a punishment, which proves that the court does not trust Zuo Zongtang completely, and this time it can be seen that the court is already wary of Zuo Zongtang." Xu Run said, "When the Western Expedition is over, it is also the beginning of this person's end." Adults can wait and see. ”

It was almost evening, and the two were talking, when a long whistle sounded from the window. Lin Yizhe and Xu Run got up and came to the window and saw that the "Meiyun" ship was slowly leaving the dock.

"I forgot, today is the day of the 'Mae Yun' sea trial." Xu Run looked at Lin Yizhe and asked with a smile, "Why didn't the adults go with the ship?" ”

"My uncle wants me to be at ease with the transformation of the 'Wannian Qing' ship, and he said that when the sea trials are carried out, he will be there." Lin Yizhe remembered that Shen Baozhen had to participate in the trial of the new ship despite his illness, and couldn't help but sigh.

On the evening of January 10, 1870, Shen Baozhen, the Minister of Shipping, led his staff to board the "Mae Yun" ship, and despite the suffering of seasickness, Shen Baozhen insisted on personally participating in the sea trials every time a new ship was launched during his tenure as a ship master, which set a good precedent for the ship master. Clothed in the sunset, the "Mae Yun" ship raised its fire and anchored, sailed on the Majiang River, and anchored at the mouth of the Majiang River at night. At dawn on the 11th, the "Mae Yun" sailed out of the ocean for sea trial, and the test route was the same as that of the No. 1 steamship "Wan Nian Qing", and returned to the ship administration in the afternoon. "The helmsman, the wheel, the gunner, the sailor, etc., can all be steered as they wish, the hull is still strong, and the engine is quite light." On the 14th of the following day, in order to adjust the compass Tiecha, Riyige led the "Mae Yun" ship out of the ocean for testing. After sea trials, the "Mae Yun" reached a speed of 13 knots (11 knots against headwind), exceeding the design speed by 1 knot, much to the surprise of the ship officials. Shen Baozhen then went to the court to ask for merit, and the relevant personnel were praised by the court.

It took about 10 months from the start of construction to the launching of the "Meiyun," which was much faster than the construction period of the No. 1 steamship "Wannian Qing" and set a record for China's self-built steamship. At the same time, what makes people marvel is that whether it is the "Wannian Qing" or the "Meiyun," the speed at which its crews and warships can run in very quickly is very rare, and it can be said that it is a miracle that the Chinese officers and men who have no foundation in piloting large ships can now smoothly sail their ships to the sea.

On the day the "Mae Yun" was launched, the construction of the No. 3 steamer, which laid the keel and started construction, was quite fast because hundreds of ribs had already been manufactured two months earlier. The No. 3 steamship was still under the supervision of the chief engineer of the ship, Dash Bo. Shen Baozhen has named the new ship "Fuxing". The rapid construction of the "Fuxing" shows that the shipyard workers were already familiar with the craftsmanship when they built this ship.

The "Fuxing" ship is of the same type as the "Meiyun", and the scale, power system and other parameters are the same, and the 75 mm breech gun made in Prussia is used, showing the improvement and progress of the design, and there are several slight differences between the "Meiyun" and the "Fuxing" in appearance. Both warships had gun doors on the broadside behind the aftermast, which were used to arrange the secondary guns. However, the position of the last set of gun doors was not the same, and the last set of gun doors of the lead ship "Mae Yun" was closer to the stern, and when the "Fuxing" was built, it seemed that this design was not suitable, and the gun doors were moved forward, and the position of the last group of gun doors of the "Fuxing" was higher than that of the "Mae Yun", under the davit near the rear mast.

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