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"That arrogant man's fifty boards, have you beaten it?" The Empress Dowager Ci'an asked.

"I think it's being executed, and I've ordered the Criminal Department to report back quickly after the execution is completed." Cixi saw that Ci'an's face was still full of anger, and she knew that she was very angry with those gossip officials who had impeached Lin Yizhe for marrying her this time, and she couldn't help but regret a little, she shouldn't have let her know about these things.

"Tell someone to take a look. Fifty boards, not less at once. Ci'an snorted.

"Liu Chengyin, you can go over and have a look now." Cixi turned her head and commanded. Liu Chengyin hurriedly responded and walked away quickly with a few little eunuchs.

"Beat him for fifty boards, it's really cheap for him!" The Empress Dowager Ci'an remembered that Bao Ting had impeached Lin Yizhe in the excerpt for "intermarrying with ghosts", "wanting to change Xia with raze", "changing the seed of China into a razing seed", and other words that could be said to be insulting and abusive, so she was angry.

Empress Dowager Cixi after reading this excerpt, angry, ready to hit the Baoting board "to show punishment", she was originally scheduled to hit the number of boards is twenty, the Empress Dowager Ci Anxin is benevolent, at first thought that the board of the official can be compared to the evil government of the Ming court staff, which will cause the ministers to jaw, the way of speech is blocked, and it is inappropriate. But when she finished reading the excerpt on the court to impeach Lin Yizhe, she couldn't help but be furious, and she couldn't help but be furious, not only asking for "beat!" And "really fight!" "reprimanded in person", and increased the number of boards to fifty, and ordered that no silver should be used to offset it, and "the punishment must be returned by examination."

"Sister, don't be angry, such ignorant and arrogant people can't be beaten." The Empress Dowager Cixi sighed, "I estimate that the two days have been about the same, and they have come into the palace like snowflakes." If my sister gets angry with them, she'll be really angry. ”

"Today, I know my sister's usual hardship." The Empress Dowager Ci'an stretched out her hand, shook Cixi's fingertips a little apologetically, and said softly.

"Now it's harder, it's harder, and I always don't live up to the instructions of Emperor Daxing......" Cixi heard her say this, her heart was moved, and her eyes turned a little red, "As long as the emperor marries and marries, you and my sisters will be able to breathe a sigh of relief." ”

"Yes! When the emperor is in power, our sisters can live in the garden with peace of mind...... "Ci'an thought of the prospect of spending his old age in the Old Summer Palace in the future, and his heart couldn't help but be fascinated.

"By the way, there's another thing I want to tell my sister." Ci'an remembered what Emperor Tongzhi begged her to do when he came to ask for peace, and while Cixi was happy, he said to her, "The emperor is now grown up, and there are some things that should be decided by himself. ”

Listening to Ci'an's words, Cixi was slightly stunned, but she changed her mind slightly, and then nodded with a smile.

"Okay, let him pick his own."

That is, this year (1872, the eleventh year of Tongzhi), Emperor Tongzhi is 17 years old, and he has reached the age of marriage. The Empress Dowager Ci'an took a fancy to the Arut clan, the daughter of Shujing Duanhui and the virtuous Hubu Shangshu Chongqi, while Cixi took a fancy to the young and beautiful Fengxiu's daughter Fucha. There are also several candidates for concubines. Emperor Tongzhi liked the Alut clan, but he was afraid that he would disobey his mother's will and make her unhappy, so he came up with such a solution, and it worked.

The Empress Dowager of the Two Palaces was gossiping, and Liu Chengyin hurried back.

"How? Watched? Empress Dowager Cixi asked.

"Back to the Queen Mother's words, the slave will see it." Liu Chengyin wiped the sweat from his forehead, and he didn't know if he was tired of running or let Bao Ting be frightened by the tragic situation of hitting the board, "Fifty boards have really been beaten, blood has flowed all over the ground, buttocks and legs have been broken, people have fainted to death, and only breath is left." ”

Hearing Liu Chengyin's reply, the Empress Dowager Ci'an's face was unbearable, but as soon as she remembered the rebellious words in the Baoting fold, Shicai's little unbearability disappeared in an instant.

"If there is such a fanatic, who dares to open his mouth, does not distinguish between right and wrong, and slanders the court's etiquette and law, he will also be dealt with accordingly!" Empress Dowager Ci'an said.

"Sister, don't be angry, this time I reprimanded Bao Tingming, those fanatics don't dare to say so much again." Empress Dowager Cixi said.

The Empress Dowager Ci'an nodded, didn't say anything more, and resumed the conversation and talked to Cixi about the wedding of Emperor Tongzhi.

Not long after, a person quietly left the criminal department and entered Li Hongzao's mansion.

"What?!" Li Hongzao, who heard the news, got up, and the brush in his hand fell on the desk, staining the unfinished manuscript.

"This board could have been left unplayed. But Dongbian'er made a strict decree this time, not to use silver to deduct, but also to check the injury and report, the palace Liu Gonggong is now ordered to come and see, so this is not tolerated......" The person who came sighed, "Bao Ye this time, I'm afraid I have to lie in bed for more than half a year......"

"I see! ......" Li Hongzao was shocked, and one hand clenched unconsciously.

"Come on, I'll take my leave, and I'll go through the back door so that no one can see me." The man got up and said.

"I'm tired."

After the people left, Li Hongzao was left alone in the study.

Li Hongzao stood in front of the desk, staring blankly at the ink-stained manuscript on the table, and after a long while, he picked up the manuscript, formed a ball, and threw it into the copper basin containing the waste paper.

"Someone!"

A servant answered: "What does the master command?" ”

"Go and ask Zhang Youqiao to come over! Say I have something important! ”

"Yes!"

"Wait! You call a few more people, and invite Zhang Xiaoda (Zhang Zhidong), Chen Boqian (Chen Baochen), and Wu Zhijing (Wu Dacheng) all of them! ”

"Yes! Master! ”

After about a quarter of an hour, Zhang Peilun arrived. Li Hongzao saw Zhang Peilun in civilian clothes and a roll of paper in his hand, he was stunned at first, and then immediately understood what Zhang Peilun was holding.

When the teacher was called, the students rushed over. This is the recital that has just been prepared, and I would like to ask the teacher to ...... it."

Without waiting for Zhang Peilun to finish speaking, Li Hongzao stepped forward and snatched the paper roll in Zhang Peilun's hand and unfolded it to look at it.

Li Hongzao only glanced at it a few times, then tore a few handfuls of paper to shreds and threw them into the copper basin containing the waste paper.

"Teacher! What are you doing?! Zhang Peilun was shocked.

"Youqiao! Why are you so confused! For the teacher, this is saving you! Li Hongzao sighed for a long time, "Do you know what you just wrote?" Those words are knives around your neck! If you go up with this fold, your life will be in danger! ”

"Huh?!" Zhang Peilun heard what Li Hongzao said seriously, and his face changed again.

"Alas! I don't know if a few of them are on the fold, if they do, something big will happen! Li Hongzao sighed.

While the two were talking, there was a rush of footsteps outside the door. Li Hongzao turned his head to look and saw Chen Baochen, Wu Dacheng and Zhang Zhidong hurriedly walking in under the guidance of the servant.

Seeing that Chen Baochen and Wu Dacheng were also holding paper rolls in their hands, obviously like Zhang Peilun, they wanted to invite their teacher to give "Yazheng" a manuscript by the way, Li Hongzao, who was so anxious, didn't say a word, and didn't wait for a few people to give him a salute, so he stepped forward in a few steps, snatched the manuscript in Chen Baochen and Wu Dacheng's hands, and tore it up fiercely without looking at it.

"Teacher! Why are you doing that? ”

"Teacher! Stay! Ah! …… Teacher, you are ......"

Li Hongzao ignored Chen Baochen and Wu Dacheng's horror, but turned his head, looked at Zhang Zhidong, and asked loudly, "Xiaoda, what about yours?" ”

Zhang Zhidong was stunned for a moment and asked, "What does the teacher want?" ”

"Transcript! Take it out! ”

"The student did not bring a ...... of the transcript"

"Huh?! Have you already handed over the fold? After listening to Zhang Zhidong's answer, Li Hongzao's eyes turned black for a while, his body shook, and he was about to fall.

"No, the students didn't write the excerpts, and they didn't want to write the script." Zhang Zhidong said, and also stepped forward and helped Li Hongzao.

"Why haven't you thought about it? ......" Li Hongzao easily breathed a sigh of relief, he looked at Zhang Zhidong, and his eyes flashed with relief.

"The student thinks that this is not a good deal." Zhang Zhidong replied, "If it is on it, it will only be like extinguishing a fire with oil, and the more it goes out, the more it burns, and it is useless." ”

"Finally, there is a smart ......," Li Hongzao nodded approvingly.

"But if you don't go to the fold, wouldn't Shaoxi (Baoting's character) suffer this humiliation in vain?" Wu Dacheng's eyes widened and he asked a little unconvinced.

"Shaoxi's excerpt this time has good intentions, but he doesn't distinguish the details, and he criticizes it in vain, which leads to this humiliation." Li Hongzao looked around at a few students and said, "And Yu Lingchen's fold, not only the words are more aggressive, but also insinuuating, metaphorically referring to the two palaces being bewildered by the Lin family's order, receiving overseas rewards, and prospering garden workers. It is necessary to know that the garden worker is a reverse scale, how can it be less offensive? Therefore, if you fold it up, the two palaces will be even more angry. If you wait for this time to fold again, I'm afraid that if you suffer again, it won't be a board! ”

After listening to Li Hongzao's explanation, several people were shocked into a cold sweat.

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"Weng Tongxiao's Diary": "...... Today, Shaoxi wrote a book, impeaching the envoy Lin Yizhe for pretending to be a public servant and a private concubine in England, and there was a compromise of 'intermarriage with ghosts' and the like, resentful of the two palaces, and was actually stripped of clothes and cane, and the humiliation of the courtiers was unprecedented. …… Shaoxi didn't know that the marriage of the Lin family was given by the two palaces. Because the Lin family was in England, he first sent a telegram without explicit, and Shaoxi did not know the details, and the compromise was careless, so he angered the two palaces and was tortured by this cruelty. Although Shaoxi had this matter, the loyalty of the ministers could be expressed, and he did not intend to suffer such a great humiliation. …… When the news of Shaoxi's cane came out, Shilin was in an uproar, and Li Lansun and Zhang Youqiao's masters and apprentices didn't say a word, it's really strange! Li Lansun is the leader of the northern faction, and Shilin looks up to him, and from today's events, he has nothing to name ......"