Chapter 59: The Political Poles in the Forbidden City
(2nd Update)
"The old minister sees the queen mother"
A figure fell to the ground, and Longyu behind the bead curtain hurriedly called to the eunuchs on both sides, listening to her words without feeling tired.
"King Lao Qing, please get up quickly, Xiao Dezi, show the prince a seat!"
"Thank you for the grace of the Queen Mother!"
Although the new queen mother in front of her is more than 30 years younger than herself, she still said what she should say, there is no mistake in a set of etiquette, and she has not cut corners because she is an important minister of the royal family, or relies on the old and sells the old, for decades, he has relied on this kind of officialdom golden mean, from a declining idle clan to today's point, for a feudal dynasty decision-maker like Cixi, Yixuan may be useless, but rest assured.
"King Qing is an important minister of the Qing Dynasty and an old minister of the royal family, you don't have to be polite, in the future, you don't have to kneel and bow when you see the mourning family." Longyu said with a smile on his face.
"No matter how old the minister is, he doesn't dare to trespass indiscriminately, let alone mess with his respect." Yi immediately responded, not knowing whether the sincerity on his face was deliberate or what he thought in his heart.
"King Qing is not only an important minister, but also a loyal minister." Yi-Xuan's words made Longyu can't help but applaud, but at this point, a trace of worry suddenly appeared on her face, "King Qing is a loyal minister, loyal to the mourning family, to the emperor, and to our Qing Dynasty, but now there are people who do that unsubordinate thing every day, hum!" After all, he is just a prince. ”
Yi-�� is an old man, of course he knows who the person in Longyu's mouth is talking about, but saying it is fundamentally different from knowing it in his heart, after pondering for a moment, Yi-�� said vaguely: "There is such a thing? Who is this man? ”
"Who else? Of course, he carried the little five! ”
Since Zaifeng became the regent, no one dared to mention this childhood title again, but this was in his own bedroom, and Longyu didn't need to hide, so he immediately said.
"King Qing, in the eyes of the mourning family, there is only one loyal minister, there is no one else here, King Qing does not need to be careful."
Longyu's words have all said this, it is very inappropriate for Yi-Liang to pretend to be confused, how big the gap between the royal uncle and sister-in-law is, the entire Forbidden City is probably known to everyone, so he guessed Longyu's mind before coming.
"Although Zaifeng is the regent, he is a courtier after all, the lord's birthday, how can there be a courtier who does not come to visit, King Qing, do you say this is the truth?" Then at this birthday party, Longyu once again counted a lot of things.
"What the Queen Mother said is that Zaifeng has gone a little too far." Yi Xuan finally made his opinion clear.
With Yi-Xuan's support, Longyu felt a little comforted in her heart, and after a while, she continued to say indignantly: "It's still a trivial matter for me to lose some of my face, but we can't afford to lose it, I see, he has long had a heart of disobedience, how can such a person hand over the power of the country to him?" ”
If the accusation just now was just a complaint, then Longyu's words this time were even more explicit, she bluntly expressed her dissatisfaction with Zaifeng and her coveting of the power in his hands.
Longyu and Xiao Dezhang carefully probed Yi-Xuan's face, trying to find a little clue that reflected what she was thinking, as long as she had the latter's support, her plan would not be nonsense, and the success rate would be greatly improved.
"What the Queen Mother said is extremely true, Zaifeng is young and vigorous, but he is weak, and he has been in power for more than 100 days, and has repeatedly squeezed out capable ministers, listened to rumors, and made friends with private parties."
Yi-劻's words are equivalent to a clear attitude, in fact, he has no choice at all, less than a month in power, his confidant Yuan Shikai was deposed, such as a broken arm, he himself is also the object of suppression, but because of the identity of the royal family, Zaifeng does not want to make a boil, moreover, Yi-劻 as a large nail in the empire, if there is no danger for the time being, no one will bother to pull him out, once Zaifeng monopolizes power, when he wants to replace the entire wall, even if he risks collapsing, The e-slash will also be cleared.
"King Qing is really wise!"
Longyu couldn't suppress his excited look, his body trembled slightly, after so long of bargaining, Yi-Xuan finally fell to her side, thinking of the political combination of Cixi and Yixin back then, Longyu's mood was more than excited, and now he used it on himself in the same way.
"Is there any way for King Qing to take the power of Zaifeng?" Longyu leaned forward and asked impatiently.
"The Queen Mother is not in a hurry, listen to the old minister speak slowly."
also knew that he was a little unsightly just now, Longyu sat upright, tried his best to suppress the agitated mood, and said slowly: "The mourning family is not in a hurry, King Qing said slowly, come here, serve tea to King Qing." ”
"If you want to go to Zaifeng, you must first go to its minions, the tiger can't be powerful without teeth, so the first step that the old minister wants to say is to get rid of Zaitao, Zaixun, Yulang, Shanqi and others, this is one."
Yi took the teacup and said step by step in a hurry, "Again, the old minister is the chief minister of the Military Aircraft Department, according to the regulations, the edict issued by the regent must be countersigned by the Military Aircraft Department, otherwise it is not allowed to be sent privately, the old man has a wide range of friends in the Military Aircraft Department, and he will try his best to obstruct it, so that he is in a dilemma. ”
Speaking of this, Yi-Liang took a sip of tea, and was not in a hurry to continue, but on the other hand, Longyu deeply entered a whirlpool of power, how much influence did Prince Qing have in the military aircraft, and the entire Qing Dynasty officialdom was afraid that no one did not know.
"The mourning family remembered, King Qing continued."
"The last step is to rely on the Queen Mother."
"Mourning?" Longyu looked at Yi in some surprise, "King Qing spoke directly"
"Does the Queen Mother still remember the edict of the Empress Dowager of Daxing, which once wrote that in case of a major event, the regent must ask the Empress Dowager to decide?" Yi-劻 said.
"Yes, there is this sentence, but"
How could Longyu forget that it was this unclear sentence that hurt her, Zaifeng relied on this sentence to openly refute the former's interference in political affairs, saying that the affairs of the court are not major events, and only high-sounding ones like worshipping ancestors and worshipping the sky can be regarded as major events, and the word major event is very vague.
"Big deal, what's big deal?" Yixuan slowly turned his head to Longyu and asked a rather playful question, "Is it a big deal to remove the regent from the power of supervising the country?" ”
Longyu was stunned for a moment, and this sentence echoed repeatedly in her mind.
"When Zaifeng has no power and no one to speak for him, the Queen Mother says that what is a big deal is a big deal!"
Yi-Xuan's sentence made Long Yumao suddenly, yes, since the word itself is vague, why do you have to find out, just find the side that is beneficial to you.
Yi-劻 is worthy of being a veteran of officialdom, and his few moves can be called spicy, and at the same time, it also made Longyu find the light of day.
"King Lao Qing is really the head of the country, and the mourning family suddenly opened up when he heard it!"
"The queen mother praised falsely, the dog Zaizhen was dismissed the year before last because of the "Yang Cuixi" case, if the queen mother is in power, for the sake of the minister's careful planning, I hope to allow her to serve the country. ”
In the 31st year of Guangxu, Zai Zhen, who was the secretary of the Ministry of Agriculture and Industry and Commerce, was involved in the case of selling officials, and the case was in an uproar, and the whole city heard about it.
"Of course!" Longyu immediately agreed, and when she took power, who would go up and who would go down, it would not be a matter of one sentence.
"The old minister is old, so I hereby ask the Queen Mother to allow the old minister to retire first." Yi-劃 leaned over and kowtowed.
"Okay, King Qing retreats, Xiao Dezi, send King Qing home."
A birthday party came to an end, and soon after Yi left, the crowd dispersed, catalyzed by the bottle of power, the banquet itself had long since changed its taste, and the outline of a new political group loomed.
However, among them, there is a question that has always been unresolved, who is on whose side, Yixuan and Longyu think very differently, but at least at this stage, the trajectory of the two is still the same.