Pan Fei was accompanying his wife at home, and after receiving the will of the court, he didn't dare to be careless, so he immediately put on his official uniform and followed the eunuch to the Taihe Palace. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

Pan Fei took out a piece of twenty taels of silver from his arms and quickly handed it to the eunuch, "Father-in-law, I don't know why Lafayette summoned me?" ”

The eunuch said angrily, "What have you done, you don't know, alas, you are in a big disaster this time, and now Lafayette is furious, I hope you can survive this hurdle." The eunuch still said a few words kindly for the sake of the silver.

Pan Fei was excited, it turned out that when the matter really came to his head, he was still very worried in his heart. Alas, Pan Fei sighed, hoping that he would be lucky and auspicious, and he could escape this catastrophe this time.

Time is simply torture for Pan Fei, he used to walk this distance very easily, but today he feels extremely irritable.

Finally came to the Forbidden City, the inner guards verified Pan Fei's identity, and immediately let Pan Fei enter Bauhinia City, Pan Fei stood trembling at the door of the Taihe Palace, waiting for the summons of the Empress Dowager Cixi.

At this time, all the ministers had already stood up, but no one spoke, and everyone was sitting on pins and needles, but they were a little dissatisfied with Xu Tong and Pan Fei in their hearts.

The Empress Dowager Cixi's current state is much stronger than just now, and she thinks of the kind of poor mountains and bad waters in Guizhou, even if it falls into the hands of the thieves, it will not be able to hit the capital. In this case, what does it matter to yourself, but repression is still needed, otherwise, I don't know how many places will learn from Guizhou in the future.

A voice interrupted the thoughts of the Empress Dowager Cixi and everyone.

"Lafayette, Guizhou Governor Pan Fei is now outside the gate of the Taihe Palace." The eunuch said respectfully.

The Empress Dowager Cixi immediately sat upright, "Let that waste roll in to the mourning family." ”

The eunuch replied equally respectfully, "It's Lafayette." ”

"Xuan Guizhou Governor Pan Fei came to see you."

"Xuan Guizhou Governor Pan Fei came to see you."

"Xuan Guizhou Governor Pan Fei came to see you."

After Pan Fei got the news, he immediately climbed into the Taihe Palace.

"The servant Guizhou Governor Pan Fei visits Lafayette, meets Your Majesty, long live my emperor, long live long live."

The Empress Dowager Cixi opened her eyes and stared at Pan Fei, who was kneeling below, trembling, "Come on, pull it out and cut it!" ”

Li Hongzhang immediately stood up, "Lafayette will take a break from the wrath of the thunder, and let's listen to what Governor Pan Fei has to say." ”

If other ministers spoke, it is estimated that the Empress Dowager Cixi would not change her mind, but Li Hongzhang was different. As an important minister of the late Qing Dynasty, Li Hongzhang was praised as one of the "Four Famous Ministers of the Late Qing Dynasty" by later generations, and Li Hongzhang was called "the three great men of the world in the nineteenth century" along with Bismarck and Grant.

Such a minister's words, of course, the Empress Dowager Cixi should be carefully considered.

Empress Dowager Cixi frowned and said, "Since Li Zhongtang has spoken for you, then you can tell the mourning family and the ministers what is going on?" ”

Pan Fei cast a grateful look at Li Hongzhang, and at the same time looked at his teacher, Xu Tong, the secretary of the ministry, and after getting Xu Tong's eyes, Pan Fei knew what to say.

Pan Fei understands that the most important thing now is to try to defend himself and clear his name. Fortunately, Guizhou Admiral Wang Jie took refuge in Li Zhongju, and he could take advantage of this to make a big fuss.

Pan Fei cried and said, "Lafayette, Your Majesty, the minions don't want to lose Guizhou, but what puzzles the minions is that Wang Jie, the governor of Guizhou, actually colluded with the thief Li Zhongju to capture Guiyang. In order to save the face of the court, the minister led hundreds of elites to fight out of the encirclement, turned to Liangguang, and avoided the crazy pursuit of the thieves. ”

"What, I see!"

"How did Guizhou Admiral Wang Jie do such an unbelievable thing!"

"Guizhou Admiral Wang Jie should be damned."

"The Admiral is facing outsiders, what do you want the Governor to do?"

……………………

Listening to the whispered discussion below, the Empress Dowager Cixi relented, or said that it was a little inappropriate to kill Pan Fei, "Li Zhongtang, what do you think?" ”

Li Hongzhang said loudly, "Back to Lafayette, now that Guizhou has fallen into the hands of the thieves, the imperial court must send a large army to Guizhou to suppress it." However, the imperial court did not have many troops to adjust, and among the ministers, they could issue an order to Zhang Zhidong, the governor of Liangguang, and Zeng Guoquan, the governor of Liangjiang, so that they could recover Guizhou. ”

Empress Dowager Cixi nodded, "Li Zhongtang, you can do the next thing." Pan Fei's death crime can be avoided, but the living crime cannot be escaped, so you will go to Zeng Guoquan, the governor of Liangjiang, to make meritorious service to the crime. ”

Li Hongzhang immediately received the order, "The minister obeys the order." ”

Pan Fei immediately kowtowed, "Slave thanks, Lafayette Chitose Chitose Chitose." ”

The Empress Dowager Cixi waved her hand and said, "The mourning family is tired, let's retreat." ”

The ministers walked out of the main hall and all gathered around Li Hongzhang to ask questions.

Li Hongzhang said lightly, "This hall only hopes that this Li Zhongju is not too rebellious to genius now, is this a recruitment that is really coming in troubled times." ”

Li Hongzhang glanced at Pan Fei and sighed, he didn't believe that the governor of Guizhou would get together with the thief.

Li Hongzhang immediately wrote two holy decrees to Nanjing and Guangzhou respectively in accordance with the will of the Queen Mother, and at the same time wrote a long letter to his friend Zhang Zhidong, the governor of Liangguang, telling him not to be careless, and it was estimated that Li Zhongju in Guizhou would not be easy to deal with.

Li Hongzhang immediately called his son Li Jingshu, "Jingshu, you immediately lead your relatives to Guizhou to inquire about the news of Guizhou." Be sure to send it to the father as soon as possible. ”

Li Jingshu has always obeyed his father's orders, so he immediately replied, "Dad, the child will go and prepare to leave immediately." ”

Li Hongzhang nodded, "Alas, Dad thinks that Li Zhongju is by no means simple, you must be careful." ”

Li Jingshu nodded, "Dad, don't worry, the child won't let you down." ”

Li Hongzhang patted his son on the shoulder and told him some things that need attention, and at the same time asked him to secretly observe Li Zhongju's style of doing things.

Li Hongzhang watched his son leave, but his heart was heavy.

On June 14, 1888, Zeng Guoquan, the governor of Liangjiang, received an 800-mile expedited from the imperial court, and when he opened it, he knew that it was the same as he guessed.

Zeng Guoquan got the Guizhou Incident a month ago, and since then, Zeng Guoquan has begun to secretly mobilize his army and assemble in the direction of Hunan. After receiving the official order today, Zeng Guoquan immediately set off for Hunan.

On June 17, 1888, Zhang Zhidong finally saw the holy decree, Zhang Zhidong sighed, the court still thought that Li Zhongju was too simple. This incident in Guizhou is definitely more than the one decades ago.

However, when he saw a letter from Li Hongzhang, he understood that the Empress Dowager Cixi was still thinking about herself, and she didn't care much about other people, no matter how chaotic other places were, it was fine, as long as the Jingshi was not chaotic, she could continue to enjoy it.

It seems that he can only shoulder this burden by himself, in Zhang Zhidong's eyes, Li Zhongju is very young, and he should not be able to compare with an old man like himself who has been rolling for decades.