Go up, go down, see the minister, go to the Summer Palace, accompany the old lady to dinner, and go back to the imperial study. The people in the palace are used to it, and who dares to say that Lafayette is happy? Guangxu's words are still like this. But outside the court, there were already rumors. It is said that the emperor has changed his surname and reconciled with the queen mother, which is a blessing for the country. Others say that the emperor is just taoguang and obscure, waiting for the opportunity. Anyway, there's everything to say. Guangxu didn't know how much vibration he caused by doing this to the court situation.

For Sun Yuwen, it's not that simple. He is Cixi's most trusted person, and he and Li Lianying are brothers. He knew anything going on in the palace. Holding Cixi's favor, Guangxu is not even a puppet in his eyes, and he regards it as a virtual weapon. But the emperor really panicked when he came up like this.

In the study room of Sun Yuwen's Mansion in Yanjing, Zai Yi and Sun Yuwen sat opposite each other. It is indispensable to turn over the gossip and be homely.

"Sun Zhongtang, all the ministers today will carry on the fold. Why didn't the emperor express his position on the matter of the military academy? Don't even ask when you see the minister in the afternoon? What does the emperor mean? ”

Sun Yuwen also took an excerpt, but he didn't have much of it. This time, if the emperor trains the new army, who doesn't want to take over the command of the new army, the governors in various places dare to disobey the court because they have soldiers in their hands. Today, Duanwang came here, and he just wanted to find an ally.

"Lord Belle, put your heart in your stomach, this matter can still be done without Lafayette's nod from the emperor." Sun Yuwen looked disdainful: "Look, the emperor will go to Lafayette in the afternoon to ask for his will." ”

This time, the ministers of the DPRK and China each handed over the fold. How did the emperor plan to do so many excerpts. Please also teach me the middle hall. ”

"Why didn't Lord Belle ask Devil Six, he is a person who knows the depths."

"It's useless to go, the emperor just mentioned the matter of the military academy, and someone went, but Prince Gong didn't see anyone." Zai Yi looked helpless: "It's strange to say, since the emperor has recovered from his illness, he has changed like a different person." In the past, the Queen Mother was always like leaving, but now she runs into the garden every day, and even the music is brought to the garden for approval. I don't know the bottom of my heart. ”

"To be honest, the old man can't understand it, and he says that he is obscure. I haven't seen anything else. ”

"Not necessarily, there is a word in the palace that the emperor's personal guard Qi Yide left the capital with a few people six days ago, and I heard that he went to Tianjin."

"Tianjin? Where to go and what to do? Sun Yuwen lowered his head and pondered, but he still didn't get the result for a long time.

Zai Yi took a look and said anxiously: "Now there are all kinds of rumors in the market, and there are all kinds of things. Early this morning, there was another word in the palace, and the servant Kou Liancai around the emperor was looking for a seamstress in the palace, saying that the emperor was looking for it, and he didn't know what to do, but he said that he had to serve the emperor's food and lodging in the imperial study. ”

"A seamstress? The emperor wants to open a clothing store? Does this have anything to do with going to Tianjin? Sun Yuwen stroked his beard: "Does the emperor have any unusual behavior?" ”

"Nothing else." Zai Yi thought for a moment: "Oh. Another thing is that the emperor has been staying in the imperial study since he recovered from his illness, and he has never even been to Concubine Zhen. ”

"Interesting, it seems that our emperor is not simple."

"Lord Zhongtang, if the emperor is really Taoguang and obscure, he is stuck in patience. There is really such a saying, you and I are afraid that ......"

"With Lafayette here, nothing can escape her old man's grasp. What should be done. ”

"So we're just waiting? Do you want to find some people to play together? ”

"He's an emperor. Playing the Wenting style is to try the emperor's attitude. ”

The spring breeze is blowing, and the grass grows inside and outside the Jietai Temple, and the warbler flies, and it is already full of spring. In an open space in the courtyard of the North Palace, an energetic old man is leisurely enjoying tea and watching the scenery.

"Lord ......"

It was Prince Gong Yixin, he waved his hand: "Didn't the old man say it, no one has seen these words." In today's court situation, the old man can't understand it. As the most staunch supporter of the Qing Dynasty's foreign affairs, he advocated learning foreign science and technology to strengthen the strength of China, diplomatically advocating maintaining peace with the European and American powers, supporting the establishment of China's early modern military industry, and during his tenure as the head of the political axe, he successively put down the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom Movement, the Twist Army and the ** rebellion in the western provinces. Establish industry, education, and modern diplomacy. The once full of retribution and the former high spirits have long been a thing of the past. Now I can only hide here to spend time away from the court.

"It's Li Hongzhang and Li Zhongtang who came this time, and the prince is gone?"

Surrounded by red walls, blue bricks and green tiles. At the end of the long stone steps outside the mountain gate of Jietai Temple, Li Hongzhang stopped his tired footsteps. The emperor invited him to Beijing this time to discuss the matter of the new army. It would have been a good thing. At present, the Huai Army is all kinds of things, and he already knows it. Now that he heard that the emperor and queen had made peace, the emperor sent every time he said that he would send the recital to Cixi to listen to the teachings. My own excerpt has already been presented, but it is left in the middle and not sent. With such a change in the DPRK and China, the officials in Beijing are also unknown, and all kinds of rumors have arisen again, and they really can't make a decision. Today, I came here to ask to see Prince Gong, and I also wanted to find a countermeasure for Ming Ming's face saint.

"The prince is so Yaxing, one person is here to participate in Zen and raise his surname." Li Hongzhang put away his uncertain mood and hit a thousand.

"What gust of wind blew you, the first important minister of the Qing Dynasty, to me, Shaoquan quickly sit down and speak." Yi Xin smiled all over her face: "I heard that you will enter Beijing tomorrow, why do you still have time to find me an idle prince?" ”

"Why does the prince make fun of Hongzhang, I really want to ask the prince for this time." Li Hongzhang smiled bitterly: "The emperor wants to build a new army, but how many taels of silver are left in the treasury." I originally wanted to ask the emperor for this year's military salary, but now it seems that there is no hope. I'm afraid that the emperor has taken a fancy to the Merchants Bureau of his subordinates. ”

"Why should Shaoquan be troubled, if the emperor really wants your China Merchants Bureau, can you not give it as a courtier?"

The prince laughed, since Beiyang became an army, the food and salary allocated by the imperial court, in addition to being punctual at the beginning, is now more and more delayed, and the amount is always insufficient. Over the years, if it weren't for the maintenance of China Merchants Bureau, I am afraid that it would be difficult to cope with the common use. ”

"The emperor is young and vigorous, and it is inevitable that there will be inconsiderate things if he wants to achieve great things, but my old sister-in-law is a reasonable person. Recently, didn't the emperor go to Cining Palace to ask for orders every batch of readings. Yi Xin waved her hand gently: "Don't worry too much." ”

"The prince knows all kinds of rumors in the capital now, I'm really worried. I heard that the emperor's training of the new army was agreed by Lafayette, but the venue, food, and personnel were not specified. Just for the candidates for the new army system, the capital is now full of energy. ”

Yi Xin just smiled slightly: "My old sister-in-law, it's amazing." ”

Summer Palace, Cining Palace, Guangxu reported here every day as usual, and it was not a day for more than half a month.

"Dear Dad, this is the excerpt of today's minister's book about military schools." Guangxu respectfully handed the fold to Cixi.

"The mourning family won't look at it, emperor, you can talk about it."

"Hey, Erchen took a closer look at these twists and turns. The vast majority of the ministers of the DPRK and China are under the command of the new army, and there are only two opinions on how the military academy should be built. Guangxu took out two of them and set them aside. Seeing that Cixi didn't want to see it, he said: "One is 'Imitation of Western Learning to Build a Military Academy', this person's name is Zhou Qin, the word Fang Liang, and he is now a editor of the Hanlin Academy, but this person is a disciple of Rong Hong, and he is also one of the children studying in the United States. To the military academy construction essentials written to be detailed; One is 'Please build a new military fold', the person who folded it is called Ouyang Zhenhua, the word Zi'an, and now it is the military aircraft Zhangjing. This person is writing about the regulations of the military academy, such as recruitment, training, and so on. This person had studied at the German Military Academy in his early years, but he was a little older, and this year he was 40 and 5. The Manchu Dynasty has only two servings, hi ......"

"What does the emperor think?" Cixi said lightly that what Guangxu said was actually reported to her after the court meeting. She said this, but she wanted to see if the emperor had other intentions these days. The more obedient Guangxu is on the surface, the more bottomless she actually is. Who knows if she will turn against her once she wins the military power, and hasn't her own son also had trouble with her? What's more, it's just a nephew.

Erchen thought that Zhou Qin and Ouyang Zhenhua could be assistant to the military academy, one was responsible for building the school building, and the other was responsible for recruiting and training and writing regulations. Erchen is in charge of the preparation of the military academy by Cen Chunxuan. Cen Chunxuan is the head of Dali Temple and is upright. It is also reassuring to be in charge of the use of money and food for the construction of the school. It's just that this is the person in charge of the new army, and the son still wants to ask his father to be judged. "Respectful can no longer be respectful, whoever wants to say that I am not respectful enough, who am I anxious with. Guangxu prayed silently in his heart. There can't be chaos at the critical moment.

"Isn't it under the command of the new army?"

"Dear father, the new army is in charge of fighting, and the general office is in charge of money, food and logistics. In the West, this is called professionalism. If you want to ask again, Guangxu doesn't know when to explain, but fortunately, Cixi doesn't think about this.

"Oh! Who does the emperor mean to control the new army? During this time, Cixi was also hesitant in her heart, and from the bottom of her heart, she still agreed with the emperor's new army school, and since the imperial court was determined to do it, it must be done well. This is also the face of the imperial court. It's just that this new army school is a new charter. She hadn't figured it out yet.

When Kangxi Ping was three times old, he relied on the green battalion soldiers, and the Eight Banners no longer had the courage to enter the customs. Now that the Hongyang Rebellion, the Eight Banners and the Green Camp can be said to have rotted from the roots, not only can they not fight at all, but they have also become a burden on the imperial court. The division of the national economic system could not fight, but it was the Hunan army of Zeng Guofan, the Chu army of Zuo Zongtang and the Huai army of Li Hongzhang, and the regimental training run by these Han people kept the world of the Manchu Dynasty. Today, in this situation, the West is learning from the East. When Zeng Guofan conquered Nanjing, someone asked "There is no owner in half of the south of the Yangtze River, can the teacher be interested." Fortunately, these old ministers are still loyal to the Qing Dynasty. But how can the army that can fight in this world be in the hands of the Han people. As the emperor said, these individuals are now old. If a high position is stolen by someone with a heart, the consequences will be unimaginable.

Every time she thought of this, Cixi felt indescribable panic and worry in her heart, when she and the orphans and widows of Emperor Tongzhi were in the court, the scene of all kinds of suffering appeared in front of her again, and she was out of breath. So not only did she not oppose the emperor's idea of building a new army school, but she also planned to use such an opportunity to train some children who could fight well for the Manchurians.

However, when Cixi was struggling with how to select some available people from the banner people, at this moment, the banner people jumped out one by one, not for the sake of the imperial court, but to find a shortcut to promotion and wealth, thinking of this, Cixi is angry and hateful, why are these people so unlucky!

Cixi's side had a hard time choosing the available people. Guangxu is actually up and down in his heart. I've been pretending to be a grandson for almost a month, and I've bowed to ninety-nine bows, but don't have a problem with this last trembling.

"The ministers have a list of honors, and everyone is there. The governor of Jiangsu, Gangyi, and the minister of military aircraft, Erle and Bu. is more like Zhao Erfeng and others. There are even those who carry the ripples. Son's look, these individuals are not of great use. Erchen Yi ......" hesitated for a while, and Guangxu decided to gamble: "General Ronglu of Xi'an." ”

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