Lin Yizhe didn't know that when he pointed out to Chongqi during the day "who is the most hateful person", Wen Xiang had already clearly expressed a similar meaning to the Empress Dowager Cixi in Daya Zhai, a family in the world of the Old Summer Palace. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

"Back to the Empress Dowager's words, this time Li Deshui wrote that the disaster of 'Fan Town' is really out of nothing and maliciously slandered." Wen Xiang said, "His words must not be followed." ”

"Wen Xiang, Shilin's previous impeachment of Lin Yizhe was mostly untrue, and I also pushed it back." Empress Dowager Cixi said, "This time Li Deshui's excerpt, I didn't immediately hand it over to the cardinal meeting, because the word 'feudal town' is too heavy, and the scholars are violently discussed, if you don't give a proper explanation, I'm afraid it will be difficult to convince the public." What about Wen Xiangjue? ”

"Back to the Queen Mother's words, Shilin Qing discussed, those who are pertinent will listen, and those who don't will not have to pay attention. If Lin Yizhe formed a party and wanted to use the Maritime Administration to become a feudal town, wouldn't it also be Lin Yizhe's party? Wen Xiang said, "Li Deshui and others are so exaggerated, it is nothing more than an attempt to hinder the prosperity of foreign affairs." It is extremely ridiculous to know that Lin Yizhe is the Minister of the Navy, and he is not the commander of the Navy. This generation of ignorant scholars, every time the court has a big move, they will attack in groups, so as to get ahead, and it is useless to do anything. The words of this generation must not be heard, and I hope that the Queen Mother will see it. ”

"Shilin Qingyi, if you blindly suppress it, I'm afraid it will make people think that the court is closed?" The Empress Dowager Cixi became a little excited when she saw Wen Xiang speak, and couldn't help but feel a little strange, "What does Wen Xiang think?" ”

"Chen Dou dares to ask the Queen Mother, the Anglo-French alliance army entered the Kou in the Xinyou year, Emperor Wenzong hunted in the west, and Shilin could have one martyr for the Qing Dynasty?" Wen Xiang lowered his head and said, although his voice was not loud, but the Empress Dowager Cixi heard it, but there was a sense of deafening.

"At that time, one by one, they had already run away!" The Empress Dowager Cixi remembered the past, her anger rose, and she snorted heavily.

"It's okay to run away without a shadow, and there are even Gong Cheng and the like, selling themselves!" Wen Xiang said hatefully, "It's still shameless to call himself 'Banlun', Shilin has such a dog, what kind of chatter is there today!" ”

Gong Cheng said by Wen Xiang is Gong Xiaogong, the son of Gong Zizhen, also known as Orange, who calls himself Ban Lun (the so-called "Ban Lun" is to say that he has no monarchs, fathers and sons, husband and wife, brothers, and friends, and only loves a concubine, and Wu Lun went to four and a half Lun, so it is called Ban Lun). At the beginning, he was in Shanghai, and I don't know what relationship, he got acquainted with the British minister Wei Tuma, who was recruited to the shogunate, and moved around among the foreigners living in Shanghai. It is said that Wittoma was very appreciative of him, and his actions were accompanied by guards, and he was paid ten thousand gold every month. Because Gong Cheng became the translator of Wei Tuoma, the outside world said that Wei Tuoma "uses more strategies", Gong Cheng's personality is wild and arrogant, no one in his eyes, there are rumors in the market from time to time, the British and French forces invaded Beijing, Gong Cheng volunteered, introduced the coalition army into the Old Summer Palace, and took the first step to ride straight in, take the gold treasure heavy weapon to return. This is a typical traitor's behavior, which is eyed by people all over the world. He died in 1870, and it is rumored that he shipped 1 percent of these treasures to Shanghai and sold them for prostitution.

Such a person can be said to be the real negative example of Shilin. It was this time that Wen Xiang took him out to talk about things.

"This time Japan invaded Taiwan, Lin Yizhe did not avoid difficulties and dangers, went to the former enemy to participate in the war, and personally killed the enemy chieftain, loyal to the monarch and love the people, every day can be seen! And Shi Lin except blindly criticizing him behind his back, can he have the slightest suggestion to resist the enemy? Wen Xiang continued.

"What the minister said is that if everyone in this Shilin can be like Lin Yizhe, we don't have to be angry with foreigners in the Qing Dynasty......" Empress Dowager Cixi sighed.

The minister once asked Lin Yizhe why he was an official, and Lin Yizhe replied that he wanted to prosper my Qing Dynasty and make my Qing Dynasty no longer coveted by the foreign powers. It's not that the minister favors this son, it's really what this son said, word by word! Wen Xiang knelt on the ground and said sincerely, "The minister thinks that it is a pity that such a talent, brave and loyal, and knowledgeable of Chinese and Western learning, is not very useful!" ”

"I heard from the sixth master that Wen Zhongtang wanted to ask Lin Yizhe for a protégé post, but is there such a thing?" Empress Dowager Cixi asked suddenly.

"The Queen Mother! Indeed! Wen Xiang said, "The reason why the minister is like this is to test this son's sincerity!" Not so is not enough peace of mind! The minister wants to do it for the country! Look at the Queen Mother! ”

After Wen Xiang finished speaking, he knelt on the bluestone ground and kowtowed heavily.

"Ouch! Literature! Why bother! Cixi was taken aback, "Wen is relatively brave and loyal to the Qing Dynasty, and the world can be expressed, how can I not know." She turned her head and ordered, "Li Lianying! Hurry up and help Wen Xiang up! ”

Li Lianying hurriedly stepped forward and helped Wen Xiang up.

"Wen Xiang, then this matter of the Navy Yamen, we still follow the original proposal, and the alcohol king should be in charge. I pondered, I want Bao Xiang to also take care of the affairs of the navy yamen, firstly, you have a heavy burden on you, and secondly, it is better to avoid external discussions. ”

"The Queen Mother! I think it's the best! Wen Xiang said.

After discussing for a while, Wen Xiang retired, and in Daya Zhai, except for the Empress Dowager Cixi, only Li Lianying, who was waiting, was left.

The Empress Dowager Cixi got up and paced back and forth in the room. Li Lianying looked at her cautiously, and she didn't dare to make a sound.

The Empress Dowager Cixi walked to the multi-treasure shelf, looked at the Yongzheng pastel porcelain printed with the words "Heaven and Earth, One Spring" on it, and stood still.

She looked at the porcelain in a daze, and only after a long time did she let out a sigh.

"Li Lianying?"

"The minions are here."

Hearing the Empress Dowager Cixi summoning herself, Li Lianying hurriedly responded.

"You must have heard what Wen Xiang said just now, what do you think, how is Lin Yizhe?" Empress Dowager Cixi asked.

"Ouch! Lafayette, how dare a slave chew the root of the foreign minister's tongue in front of Lafayette! Li Lianying was shocked, thinking that the Empress Dowager Cixi blamed herself for being too close to Lin Yizhe, so she hurriedly replied.

After coming up from Li Deshui's excerpt, Li Lianying didn't sleep well for a few days after learning the news, he hurriedly sent someone to inform Lin Yizhe to prepare for the response, and at the same time he was also helping him think about it, but because the time had not come, he never dared to speak to the Empress Dowager Cixi easily. When Wen Xiang heard the answer between the two when he met him just now, he was anxious, and it was not until the Empress Dowager Cixi made a decision that he secretly breathed a sigh of relief. And the Empress Dowager Cixi's question made him hang his heart again.

However, at this moment, if he didn't say a good word for his "worship brother", he was really angry and panicked.

"Lafayette is extremely sagely, is this person loyal or treacherous, Lafayette is not like Spiegel in his heart? Where is there a place where the minions are talkative? Li Lianying laughed with her and added.

"Hehe, you're really good at saying good things for him!" What kind of person the Empress Dowager Cixi was, she immediately understood the meaning of Li Lianying's words.

After all, if it weren't for Lin Yizhe, I am afraid that in her own life, it would be difficult to see these peerless porcelain that was placed in the "Heaven and Earth One Spring" in the past!

"Galeries Lafayette! The slave said good things for him, but he just thinks that he has done a lot for Lafayette? But Shilin's gang always wants to find trouble with him, I really don't know what their intentions are. Li Lianying continued, "The slave hasn't read much, and only understands some simple truths. The slave once heard such a sentence in the storytelling and drama, 'The most bitter thing is the emperor's family', saying that the rise and fall of the country, the death is the emperor's family, and those who are officials are the new dynasty, and the officials do it, where to care about the life and death of the old master? How many are willing to go with the old masters? Wen Xiang also said just now, Lin Yizhe said that he would rather die than die as a minister of the country......"

"Enough!" Hearing Li Lianying say this, the Empress Dowager Cixi woke up in her heart and immediately snorted, interrupting Li Lianying's words.

Li Lianying trembled and immediately knelt down.

"Damn it! Damn the minions! Li Lianying kowtowed again and again.

"Get up!" The Empress Dowager Cixi turned around, glanced at Li Lianying, and said.

Hearing that the Empress Dowager Cixi didn't seem to blame herself, Li Lianying's heart fell to the ground and she quickly stood up.

"Although what you said is a bit unpleasant, Li'er is indeed such a reason." Empress Dowager Cixi sighed and said.

"Lafayette Shengming!" Li Lianying was so frightened by the Empress Dowager Cixi just now, she didn't dare to say anything more.

But he knew that his words still achieved the purpose of helping Lin Yizhe!

"Talk in the future, learn more with Liu Chengyin!" The Empress Dowager Cixi couldn't help but be a little amused when she saw Li Lianying's frightened appearance.

"Slaves obey!" Li Lianying hurriedly responded.

On the same day (March 10, 1875), the Empress Dowager Cixi issued an edict: "The affairs of the coastal defense navy are of great importance, and the prince of alcohol is sent to the prime minister of naval affairs, and all coastal naval divisions are to be dispatched in moderation, and the scholars Wenxiang, Baojun, Li Hongzhang, the governor of Zhili, Shen Baozhen, the governor of Liangjiang, and Lin Yizhe, the minister of naval affairs, are sent to handle it together." Ding Richang, Minister of Shipping, and Wen Yu, General of Fuzhou, helped handle it. Now at the beginning of the Beiyang military training, Li Hongzhang was instructed to take charge of his affairs. It shall be established and prepared for all matters, and shall be carefully planned by the king's ministers and others, and shall draw up a charter and make a clear plan for the establishment of the first order." According to this appointment, Prince Yi and others changed their previous attitude of prevarication and wait-and-see, and the plan was ready in only six days, and they requested the establishment of the "Prime Minister's Naval Affairs Yamen", which was approved by Yi on the same day. Its speed is quite rare in the history of the Qing Dynasty. Since then, China's modern coastal defense forces have been directly managed by the central government.

It was from this day that a new page was opened in China's modern history.

The establishment of the Navy Yamen was not accidental. It can be said to be a product of the intensifying contradictions between the Chinese nation and the imperialist powers. It can also be said that the feudal ruling group of the late Qing Dynasty increasingly felt the threat from the sea from the great powers, and it was a major move to resist foreign aggression and strengthen coastal defense.