It was precisely because of the impeachment of the officials that Li Hongzhang expressed his worries about the future of these Western-style officials in his letter. Pen fun and pavilion www.biquge.info

After learning the content of Li Deshui's excerpt, the Empress Dowager Cixi surprisingly did not give an immediate reply, but remained silent. And it was the silence of the Empress Dowager Cixi that made Li Hongzhang feel suspicious and uneasy.

Lin Yizhe certainly understood why the Empress Dowager Cixi had such a reaction. Because this time, the gossip officials did poke at Cixi's weakness!

Since the successful suppression of the Taiping Rebellion, the power of the local governors has increased greatly compared to the past, and this "trend of feudal towns" is indeed something that the Empress Dowager Cixi has always been very vigilant about!

And as the governor of Fujian, the minister of Taiwan affairs, and the commander of the shipmaster's sailor, he has been labeled as a "feudal town" by Qingliu very early!

His post as governor of Fujian was dismissed by the imperial court under the pretext of "hometown" issue, which is not unrelated!

And after Chen Xiang took office as the governor of Taiwan, his temporary position as minister of Taiwan affairs will also come to an end, and it is also the imperial court that wants to prevent trouble!

How can we crack this vicious attack of Qingliu?

Lin Yizhe put down Li Hongzhang's letter and paced in the room while thinking.

It was a long time before the sound of the porter's announcement brought his thoughts back.

"Master, Cheng'en Gong Chongqi Chonggong sent someone to invite your lord to the mansion for a banquet." The porter said and handed a big red and gold letter invitation card to Lin Yizhe.

"The people in the Cheng'en Mansion also said that the Cheng'en Gong invited the Lord to come here with a good look." The porter said again.

"Okay, you want him to wait, I'll change my clothes, and I'll go with him immediately." Lin Yizhe said.

The porter retreated. Lin Yizhe took the Chongqi invitation card and looked at it carefully, and his heart suddenly flashed like a flash of lightning!

"Hehe, what a coincidence! This happened to fall on Cheng Engong! Lin Yizhe looked at the invitation card in his hand and couldn't help laughing.

At about the same time, the Old Summer Palace, heaven and earth are a spring, and Daya Zhai.

The sky outside was only slightly white, but the Empress Dowager Cixi in Daya Zhai woke up early.

She has always had a problem with "liver qi", whenever something unpleasant is depressed in her heart, she will feel a faint pain in her chest and abdomen, and even make her sleepless at night, and since she saw those excerpts that said "Fan Town" some time ago, this problem that has not been committed for many years has suddenly recurred, although it has been carefully adjusted by the imperial doctor, it has improved a lot, but as long as you think of this annoyance, it is still easy to feel pain.

This problem is left by the excessive anger of He Sushun back then......

Somehow, the Empress Dowager Cixi at this time remembered Su Shunlai, but she was not as hateful as before.

In all fairness, Su Shun has talents, but he is too domineering.

During his reign, Su Shun used an iron fist to rectify the political style of officialdom, and decisively dealt with the "Wuwu Branch Case" and the "Household Treasure Money Case", and "sought to accumulate disadvantages in a declining world". He advocated issuing banknotes to mint large amounts of money, increase currency, and promote economic development. And Su Shun was the first to propose that the supply to the flag people should be stopped, although Su Shun is a Manchurian, but he despises those flag people who are like maggots, and often says that "we have a lot of bastards in the flag people", "The Manchu people are confused and can't contribute to the country, but they know that they want money!" Therefore, he employs people not because of the nation, meritocracy is still good, and promotes and reuses Guo Songtao, Yin Gengyun, Wang Minyun, Gao Xinkui, Zeng Guofan, Hu Linyi, Zuo Zongtang and other Han talents. "Talent is unparalleled among the Manchu ministers".

It's a pity that because he went to the opposite side of the Empress Dowager Cixi, he was finally killed by the Empress Dowager Cixi and Prince Gong!

After killing Su Shun, the Empress Dowager Cixi often thought of him. Although the Empress Dowager Cixi sometimes hated Su Shun when she thought of it, when her heart was calm, she often felt sorry for the loss of a rare Manchu talent like Su Shun.

got up from the bed, and the palace maids around her waited to change their clothes, and then the palace maids waited to wash their faces, and then the Empress Dowager Cixi called: "Li Lianying? ……”

"The minions are here!" Li Lianying, who was already waiting outside Daya Zhai, immediately rushed in with small steps when she heard the sound, and as soon as she hit her horseshoe sleeves, she already knelt down.

Since Liu Chengyin fell ill, he served around the Empress Dowager Cixi.

"Get up." The Empress Dowager Cixi didn't even look at him, sat down in front of the dresser, and said in a deep voice: "Take the tea first!" ”

"Huh!" Li Lianying immediately got up as if she had met with an amnesty, and lightly took a cup of hot tea that had just been built from the hands of the palace maid who was silent, and respectfully presented it to the Empress Dowager Cixi.

Ever since I saw Li Deshui and the gossip officials who said that they wanted to stop the Prime Minister of the Alcohol King and the Minister of the Navy Yamen and the twists and turns about Li Hongzhang, Shen Baozhen, and Lin Yizhe "forming a party" and "looking like a feudal town", the Empress Dowager Cixi began to be angry, and the people who served around her were even more unpretentious, and there were as many as seven eunuchs and palace maids who were whipped in more than ten days!

Although Li Lianying entered the palace as a young man, she also paid attention to some folk slang on weekdays, knowing that this is called "being the head wind", which is said to be a common widowed woman like the Queen Mother.

The Empress Dowager Cixi picked up the bright yellow teacup with the words "Heaven and Earth One Spring" written on it, and gently sipped the special recipe prepared by the Tai Hospital, which was filled with medicinal materials that cleared the fire to remove poison and replenish the middle and nourishing qi, and added the fragrant medicinal tea prepared by honey and spices. The warm and sweet juice flowed all the way from her lips and teeth to her chest and abdomen, making her chest and diaphragm, which had been abnormally swollen and painful, much more comfortable.

She sipped all the time - since she lost her husband more than ten years ago, but from a concubine who was like a eunuch with a pen to the empress dowager of Bingguo, she has experienced a similar crisis, I don't know how many times, from the eight ministers of Gu Ming in the first year of Tongzhi bullying her orphans and widows, to the later grievances and grievances with the "sixth master", and the "internal light and external heavy" situation caused by the local governors becoming bigger......

Every time she was difficult, she survived all the way!

But this time, the twists and turns of the gossip officials were like poisonous arrows, and they really hit the sore spot in her heart!

Despite this, her thoughts are still clear and sharp - the so-called major events must be calm and composed, and many years of Bingguo career have already made her practice the ability to not be surprised by changes! Although this time the change seems to be a bit sudden......

For Lin Yizhe, she was relieved! The same is true for Shen Baozhen and Li Hongzhang, and arranging Shen Baozhen and Lin Yizhe, a father and son who are not father and son, to enter the Navy Yamen, her purpose is to win Lin Yizhe's heart and let him do things with peace of mind!

But the three of them are all Han Chinese!

arranged for Prince Alcohol to preside over the naval yamen, and added Wen Xiang, whom she relied on the most among the Manchus, also to balance the power of the Manchu and Han dynasties.

In her opinion, such an arrangement is the most appropriate, but the sentence "It will become a feudal town" in Li Deshui's excerpt made her feel restless.

And Liu Chengyin, who could help her get an idea, fell ill again at this time......

After drinking tea for a while, she calmed down easily, remembering that Wen Xiang was going to meet today, and her heart calmed down a little.

For such a big event, she still attaches great importance to Wen Xiang's opinion.

"Li Lianying!" She put down the teacup in her hand and said coldly.

"You will pass on my message later, so that Wen Zhongtang does not have to rush to hand over the sign to meet him, and after lunch, let him take the train to see His Majesty in the Spring of Heaven and Earth." The Empress Dowager Cixi confessed.

"Yes! The minions will do it in a moment. Li Lianying agreed, but there was no movement under her feet - the Queen Mother had already said that it was "for a while", so naturally she would have to wait for a while.

"Now......" Cixi stroked her long black hair, "you slave still won't come and comb my hair?!" ”

"Huh!" Li Lianying was full of excitement, he hurriedly answered, and then stepped forward and began to comb the long hair for the Empress Dowager Cixi.

Cheng'en Mansion, back hall.

The wine has passed three rounds, and the dishes have passed five flavors. Maybe because of drinking some wine, and the earth dragon under the floor was hotter, Chongqi and Lin Yizhe's faces were a little red.

"Lord Lin, I have long wanted to invite you over and have a good talk. It's just that Lord Lin has been doing too much to disturb since he entered Beijing, and now he learned that the adult has got a new messenger, so he can be idle for a while, so he dared to invite the adult to come. Chongqi pointed to a table of sumptuous wine banquet and said to Lin Yizhe, "I prepared a little coarse food today, but I don't know if it is in line with Lord Lin's taste, hehe." ”

"Chonggong is too polite." Lin Yizhe put down his chopsticks, smiled and bowed his hand, and said, "Today, I have leisure, and it is really a pleasure to be able to taste such delicious food in Chonggong and speak freely." I also want to thank Chonggong. ”

Today, what Chongqi invited Lin Yizhe to eat was a "whole sheep banquet" with Mongolian characteristics.

This whole sheep mat is not made of whole sheep, but mainly made of meat from all parts of the sheep, plus the internal organs of the sheep, and other related dishes, meat and vegetarian matching, and the dishes are all cooked by famous chefs, with all the color, flavor and flavor, so that Lin Yizhe, who loves to eat mutton, is really full.

"Since entering Beijing, I wanted to come to the house to visit, but this matter is one after another, and I have no time to separate, and I am afraid of impeachment by the official, and I am worried about making trouble for Chonggong, so I have been inconvenient." Lin Yizhe said again, "Today, I am really happy to live a life." ”

Hearing Lin Yizhe talk about the impeachment of the official, Chongqi looked a little excited, he picked up the wine glass, took a heavy sip, his face instantly turned red, and his eyes became angry.

"Lord Lin, do you know who I hate the most now?" Chongqi asked in a hoarse voice.

When Lin Yizhe heard Chongqi's words, he immediately thought of the answer, but he didn't say it, but said: "Please also ask Chonggong to make it clear." ”