"Sell newspapers! Sell newspapers! ”

"In the first war of Qing Russia, Wang Chenhao Wang was highly meritorious, and the current emperor is afraid of the heroes, following the example of Song Gaozu to release the military power with a cup of wine, and has ordered the seizure of the Pacific Fleet of Lord Wang."

…… In the streets and alleys of Yanjing City, everyone is talking about it.

"Isn't this a robbery?"

"That's it!"

"Is there still a heavenly reason? Lord Wang is loyal to the country, but in the end he is jealous, it is really difficult to be a loyal minister! ”

"Shhhh Don't talk about state affairs! ”

…… The news in the newspapers has been spread all over the world, and it is already known to everyone that Guangxu is preparing to forcibly demand Wang Chenhao's Pacific Fleet, and everyone is indignant about it, sympathizing with Wang Chenhao's suffering, but basically they dare not speak out.

Wang Chenhao's motorcade went all the way to Beijing, and on the road he passed, Li Bing, the chief of the guard, bought more than a dozen newspapers in a row, all of which were well-known newspapers in the capital, both at home and abroad.

Li Bing, who was sitting in the front parking space, turned around and said, "My lord, do you think this pen is too heavy?" Can the emperor stand this anger? ”

Wang Chenhao threw the newspaper aside and said with a smile: "This is what he asked for!" I really thought that the master was easy to bully, so the master would let him remember his surname for a long time! ”

Wang Chenhao swore that several people in the car were henchmen, and there was no taboo.

Just after eleven o'clock, the convoy arrived outside the west gate of the Summer Palace, where Li Lianying's confidant eunuch Fu De was already waiting.

"Minion Fort see Lord Earl!"

"Hey, how dare you bother Father-in-law?"

Wang Chenhao hurriedly got out of the car, like a friend he hadn't seen for many years, and talked about the old days with Fude.

"Your Excellency Earl is gracious! Our family has been waiting here for a long time under the orders of Manager Li! ”

Wang Chenhao laughed a few times and said, "Manager Li is really like a god, how did he know that I was coming?" ”

Fu said with a smile: "Our family doesn't know this, Manager Li is unfathomable, and our family can't figure it out!" ”

The two looked at each other and laughed, and when Fu saw Wang Chenhao's convoy, he stepped forward to look at it in surprise and asked, "The lord entered Beijing with this thing?" ”

Wang Chenhao explained to him and said with a smile: "It took less than five hours to enter Beijing by this thing!" ”

Forde asked in surprise, "My good man, is this faster than a carriage or horse?" ”

Wang Chenhao nodded and said, "How is it?" If my father-in-law likes it, how about I get someone to send one to my father-in-law? ”

Fu hurriedly said: "The lord is generous, and our family is really comfortable when I hear this." However, we don't dare to ask for this thing. There can only be the Queen Mother's car in this Summer Palace, and if there are more, Lafayette will be unhappy. ”

Wang Chenhao was polite to him, and naturally he would not be forced to send him on the pole.

"Manager Li said, as soon as the lord arrives, he will go to the Paiyun Hall immediately, let's go in, shall we?"

Wang Chenhao asked, "Can I get in this car?" ”

Fude thought for a moment and said with a smile: "Naturally!" Do you call a taxi anyway? Why can't I get in? ”

Because Wang Chenhao made great contributions in this Qing-Russian war, Cixi's reward for him included allowing the Summer Palace to ride a horse by car, although it refers to a carriage, but it is a car anyway, which naturally works.

Wang Chenhao then said: "How about the father-in-law also sit on it and try it together?" ”

Fu also felt new to the car, and thought of the joy of the Empress Dowager Cixi when she rode the big car that Wang Chenhao gave her, and he also thought about going up and trying it.

"Then let's get the light of the lord, try it too?"

"Father-in-law, please!"

"Sir, please!"

So, Wang Chenhao and Fu took the same car into the Summer Palace. Forde, who was riding for the first time, suddenly shouted and was very excited.

Entering the Summer Palace again, Wang Chenhao's mood was much better than last time, and he was full of confidence.

The convoy went straight to the corridor of the Paiyun Palace, and Wang Chenhao did not get out of the car until he could no longer drive forward.

Excited all the way, after getting out of the car, he praised the car as a good thing, and then invited Wang Chenhao into the Paiyun Hall to wait, and he went to report to Li Lianying.

Not long after, Li Lianying rushed to see Wang Chenhao, and the two naturally had to be polite when they met.

"Thank you Mr. Li for your help this time!"

"Sir is polite, our family is just doing it."

Wang Chenhao waved his hand, Li Bing took a small box, and Wang Chenhao gave the box to Li Lianying.

"It's a small meaning, but it's not a tribute. I also hope that Mr. Li will smile. ”

"What is this for? Is this still needed between the lord and our family? ”

Li Lianying said this, but her hand was not idle, and she took the box and felt heavy. When I opened it, I saw that it was full of gold bars, and the weight was enough for a hundred taels of gold.

"The lord is so polite, such a heavy gift, how embarrassing is our family!"

"Mr. Li, don't be too little!"

"Where, where!"

Li Lianying gave in and accepted the heavy gift given to him by Wang Chenhao.

Wang Chenhao saw that Li Lianying was willing to accept the gift, and he also had a bottom in his heart. As long as Li Lianying is willing to accept his gift, it means that the danger on Cixi's side is still under control.

"I wonder what the lord plans to do with this matter?"

Wang Chenhao sighed and said, "If the emperor insists on asking for it, then I deserve to be a courtier." ”

Li Lianying asked rhetorically: "Is the lord willing to give it?" I heard that this lord of the Pacific Fleet spent tens of millions of taels of silver! ”

Wang Chenhao said with a bitter face: "It cost me 90 million taels of silver!" All the money I made abroad this time has been taken to this. It's just that the king wants the minister to die, and the minister has to die, what else can he do? Resignation! ”

Li Lianying breathed a sigh of relief when she heard this, and comforted Wang Chenhao and said, "Sir, let's take a look!" As long as the lord is loyal to the imperial court, the emperor will return the fleet to you sooner or later! ”

Wang Chenhao said helplessly: "I hope so!" ”

Li Lianying smiled and said, "It's best if the lord can see it, our family is really afraid that the lord won't be able to resist this breath!" ”

Wang Chenhao smiled faintly, and secretly said in his heart, this Li Lianying should be worried that he would be affected in the end after accepting his bribes.

"I don't know where the Queen Mother is?"

Li Lianying said with a smile: "Don't worry, sir, as long as you tell the Queen Mother what you just said again, the Queen Mother will naturally help you when she is happy!" ”

Without further ado, Li Lianying hurriedly led Wang Chenhao to the Buddha Fragrance Pavilion to see Cixi.

※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※ Prince Gong's Mansion, Prince Gong, Prime Minister Yamen and Minister of the Navy Yamen, has just returned from the military aircraft.

Yi's face was obviously not good, just now at the military aircraft department, Emperor Guangxu ignored the opposition of Yi and several other military aircraft ministers, and forcibly ordered Wang Chenhao to hand over his Pacific Fleet to the imperial court for management, otherwise he would be punished for supporting the army and self-respect, and plotting misdeeds.

Yi strongly objected, because he was afraid that this would force Wang Chenhao to rebel. With Wang Chenhao's current strength, 100,000 new troops in the eight towns of Beiyang, plus a powerful Pacific Fleet, plus the backing of the Beiyang Group, and the funds in his hands, the imperial court is not an opponent at all. Once Wang Chenhao is forced to rebel, the consequences will be unimaginable.

However, Guangxu insisted on his ideas with a tendon. Guangxu's reason is that if Wang Chenhao's strength expansion is not stopped now, it will be even more difficult to stop it in the future. If Wang Chenhao rebels now, the imperial court still has hope to defeat him, once Wang Chenhao's wings are full in the future, the imperial court has no hope of winning him, which will ruin the Qing Dynasty.

Yi understood Guangxu's mood and knew Wang Chenhao's ambitions, but he insisted on taking his time, because most of the power of the imperial court was in the hands of the Empress Dowager Cixi, and it was purely unwise to make enemies with Wang Chenhao before the internal struggle ended.

But Guangxu insisted on this, and several military ministers couldn't twist their arms and thighs, so they had to do so and prepare to issue an edict.

"How's that okay?"

Back in the study, Yi paced back and forth, anxious.

The door of the study opened, and Yun Tong, the lord of Ningxiang County, hurriedly came in and asked.

"Marfa, is this true?"

"What's really fake?"

Yun Tong said: "Is what the newspaper says true?" The emperor wants to take away Wang Chenhao's Pacific Fleet? ”

"What? How do you know? ”

Yi Wenyan was taken aback.

Yun Tong replied angrily: "Why don't I know? Look at the newspapers all over the street! ”

As he spoke, Yun Tong put the newspaper in front of Yi's eyes. Yi hurriedly took it over and read it carefully, and was immediately shocked.

"How so?"

Guangxu naturally had to take into account the emperor's face, and also considered the impact on the emperor and the imperial court if this matter was publicized, so he just ordered the Military Aircraft Department to prepare a telegram to inform Wang Chenhao, asking Wang Chenhao to take the initiative to hand over the Pacific Fleet, and everything was not carried out publicly.

And the matter that has just been decided at this moment, before the telegram has been sent, has already made the front page of the newspaper, and the whole world knows about it. It's incredible.

"The Pacific Fleet was bought back by Wang Chenhao with his own money, and he is also fighting for the country, and you are going to take away other people's fleets just after winning the battle, which is really shameless!"

Yun Tong's pretty face was frosted, and she was upset for Wang Chenhao.

"How do you speak? How can anyone talk to grandpa like this? National events, what do you know? ”

Yi was immediately dissatisfied and scolded Yun Tong. But he also knew in his heart that this matter was indeed very unauthentic.

Yun Tong saw that Yi was angry with her, and immediately covered her eyes with her hands, squeezed tears out, and said aggrievedly: "Marfa, you murder me!" Woooooo ”

Seeing this, Yi immediately said nervously: "What did I do to kill you?" Ok ok! My little ancestor, am I doing the wrong thing? ”

Yun Tong saw Yi begging for mercy, and immediately burst into tears.

Yi shook his head helplessly, there was really no way to take Yun Tong. He is just this granddaughter, holding it for fear of falling off and afraid of melting, the baby is terrible.

"You don't know? Wang Chenhao's strength is now expanding too fast, and it has already posed a serious threat to the imperial court, and it is understandable that the emperor will do this! ”

As the first talented woman in the clan, Yun Tong has won the true biography of Princess Yihe Rongshou, and she can also be insightful of national affairs.

"Even if Wang Chenhao's strength poses a threat to the imperial court, he can't rob it like this? If the imperial court felt that the Pacific Fleet was a threat, it would have ordered Wang Chenhao to disband them. After all, the fleet was bought by the people themselves, and the imperial court took it for its own, what is this called? Doesn't it chill the hearts of the people of the world? Who will dare to contribute to the country in the future, and when the foreigners come over again, who will stop them? Besides, isn't this forcing Wang Chenhao to rebel? ”

Yi smiled bitterly: "You think I don't understand this truth? The emperor's worries are not unreasonable. ”

Yun Tong snorted and said: "That Wang Chenhao has not shown any signs of rebellion, and now he is a big hero in the eyes of the people of the country, even if the court wants to deal with him, it should look at the time, it is simply stupid to deal with him at this time." ”

Yi Dao: "In fact, the emperor still has thoughts and insights, which reminds me of the threat that Emperor Taizu Kangxi posed to the imperial court in order to eliminate Wu Sangui, and deliberately proposed to cut the feudal domain to force Wu Sangui to rebel first. How similar does it seem now? ”

Yun Tong said: "Then you are wrong! Wang Chenhao is better than a monkey, if you look at what is written in the newspaper, almost all of them are one-sided towards Wang Chenhao, saying that the court and the emperor are wrong. In this case, Wang Chenhao has already occupied the moral high ground, and the emperor has already lost the first round. ”

Yi picked up the newspaper again, frowned, and said with doubts: "How can this newspaper know first?" Did the emperor mention this matter to us at the military aircraft office this morning? ”

Yun Tong smiled lightly and said, "That's not easy? The emperor must have consulted with his henchmen in advance before making a decision. Among the eunuchs and palace maids around the emperor, there are many people who eavesdrop on leaks. ”

Yi suddenly exclaimed: "So, these reports were all made by Wang Chenhao? ”

Yun Tong nodded and said, "Is it obvious?" The biggest beneficiary of this is Wang Chenhao, who else will there be? ”

Yi suddenly realized and said: "This Wang Chenhao is really a good method, in this way, the emperor and the court will inevitably be criticized!" In this way, the majesty of the emperor and the court was swept away, and the impact was really bad. ”

Yun Tong sighed: "This Wang Chenhao's ability, is it easy?" If you don't know how powerful your opponent is, you can only attack blindly, and you can only ask for your own hardships. ”

"No, I have to hurry to the military plane, this edict can't be issued!"

Yi said, hurriedly put on his official uniform, and left the house in a hurry.

Looking at Yi's back and looking at the newspaper on the table, Yun Tong couldn't help but admire: "Before the edict was issued, it was already full of wind and rain in the city, and everyone knew it." This Wang Chenhao, what kind of person are you? It's really unpredictable. ”

When ※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※ Yi rushed to the military plane in the Forbidden City, Guangxu was already there.

Next to him were Weng Tongxi, Li Hongzao and other Guangxu henchmen, as well as several Wang ministers and Han ministers from the Military Aircraft Department.

Everyone was silent, but Guangxu's face was full of iron, and he couldn't stop roaring.

After Yi gave Guangxu a salute, he went straight to the side of Prince Li Shixue, and asked in a low voice, "Does the emperor know?" ”

Shi Xue smiled helplessly: "The city is already full of wind and rain, how can the emperor not know?" ”

Yi asked again: "Has the edict been issued?" ”

Shi Xue smiled bitterly again and replied, "Just look at the emperor's face!" Not long after you left, the emperor urged you to send it out! Then the emperor saw the report in the newspaper, and now it's too late to regret it! If we knew this, we wouldn't agree to death! ”

Yi sighed and said, "You are an afterthought, if you support me, you will definitely not be where you are now!" ”

Shi Xue also felt embarrassed and sighed: "I'm not a saint, so I have your foresight?" Besides, you are the sixth prince, the emperor's own uncle, we can't compare to you! Don't dare to compete with the emperor! ”

"What are you two muttering?"

After Guangxu calmed down for a while, he suddenly found that Prince Gong was coming.

"Prince Gong, you have always opposed my approach, and now you have your wish!"

Yi hurriedly bowed down and said, "The old minister doesn't dare!" ”

Guangxu muttered in his heart, 'I don't dare to forgive you', and said: "How does Prince Gong think this matter should be handled?" ”

"This?" Yi Xin said, how can he deal with it? If the edict is not issued, it is fine, as long as a little arrangement is made, public opinion will be self-defeating. Now that the edict has been issued, it has corrected the real surname reported by public opinion, and it is very difficult to redeem it.

Yi couldn't answer for a while, and Shi Xue next to him said: "Just now, Prince Gong and Weichen proposed to immediately withdraw the edict sent to Tianjin, and strictly ordered the Tianjin Zhili Governor's Mansion to block the news and not leak the content of the edict. At the same time, the major newspapers were strictly ordered to immediately revise their editions and clarify the inaccuracies of the report! ”

After Shi Xue finished speaking, he glanced at Yi and whispered: "I'll help you too, it's even!" ”

Guangxu nodded and said, "What Prince Gong and Prince Li said is very true, go and do it immediately!" ”

Yi didn't want to leave, but Shi Xue pulled him out of the military plane and came outside.

"I said you don't want to follow the joining, why don't you slip away if you have a chance? Now the emperor is angry, staying inside and waiting to be scolded? ”

Yi was speechless for a moment, and was about to say something, but was interrupted by Shi Xue: "Don't worry! The sky can't fall! ”

Yi saw that Shixue didn't care, so he asked, "Could it be that you have an inside story?" ”

Shi Ze said: "What's the inside story? Just learned the news that Wang Chenhao has entered Beijing. If he dares to enter Beijing, it means that he has surrendered to the emperor, and it is impossible to rebel as you feared! As long as you don't rebel, anything can be said! ”

It turned out that this was the case, and Yi was relieved in his heart.

After Yi and Shixuan went out, Weng Tongyi said to Guangxu: "Your Majesty, this matter is obviously done by Wang Chenhao!" ”

Li Hongzao also said: "Although there is no evidence yet, according to reasoning, the biggest beneficiary of creating such public opinion is Wang Chenhao, and he can't get out of it!" ”

The Minister of Military Aircraft said resolutely: "Since Lord Wang Chenhao has already entered Beijing, it is better for the emperor to summon him directly and find out as soon as he asks!" ”

Weng Tongyi snorted coldly and said, "Will he admit this?" If he admits it, then the emperor can immediately cut off his head. ”

Guangxu nodded and said, "As soon as the edict was issued, the newspapers outside had already published it. Apparently I already knew. But it was only yesterday at the earliest, which shows that Wang Chenhao has eyeliner in my palace, and he is so bold. If he dares to admit it, I will not be merciful, and immediately cut off his head. ”

Prince Qing has been watching coldly, for him, he really doesn't want Emperor Guangxu to cut off Wang Chenhao's head, in that case, where will he collect money? He has been poor and scared since he was a child, and when he received a large bribe from Wang Chenhao for the first time, he felt that he had really lived in vain before. From that moment on, he was determined to collect more money in the future. And Wang Chenhao, as a super rich man, is a respectful flattery to him, for Yixuan, Wang Chenhao is his cash cow, and he must not be gone.

"Your Majesty, the minister thinks that since Wang Chenhao dares to enter Beijing, it means that he has no ghost in his heart and it is impossible to rebel. According to Weichen's opinion, now public opinion is fiercer than a tiger, and all public opinion reports are on Wang Chenhao's side, which is extremely unfavorable to the emperor and the imperial court. ”

Guangxu was suddenly displeased, although he didn't want Wang Chenhao to continue to hold the Pacific Fleet, but he also didn't want to dismiss the Pacific Fleet, those warships were very rare, and Guangxu would inevitably be reluctant.

Weng Tongyi knew Guangxu's thoughts, so he changed the topic and said: "If Wang Chenhao has no ghost in his heart, why didn't he come to see the emperor after entering Beijing, but went directly to see the queen mother." I think he clearly wants to ask the Queen Mother to intercede for him. As a courtier, not only did he not obey the emperor's orders, but tried his best to evade the emperor's orders, which was a great rebellion. ”

Guangxu said angrily: "This Wang Chenhao must have gone to the Queen Mother to sue me!" How can this be reasonable, Xiao Dezi, set up the Summer Palace, I will go to meet him today! ”

Will he? Or will it be her?

The ministers looked at each other, not knowing who Guangxu was going to meet? If it was Wang Chenhao, it would be better. After all, Wang Chenhao is a courtier, and Guangxu is easy to deal with him. But if it is the Empress Dowager Cixi, then it is another matter, is this "mother" going to have a showdown?

Everyone has their own ghosts in their hearts, but they don't dare to ask. In the spirit of joining in the fun, everyone asked to follow.

※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※ Buddha incense attic.

Li Lianying led Wang Chenhao here to wait first, and then he went up to pass the ceremony.

Wang Chenhao was thinking about how to talk to Cixi in his heart, when he suddenly felt movement behind him, and suddenly turned around, only to see a figure approaching, and his fist was striking at the door in front of him.

Wang Chenhao was taken aback, and hurriedly turned sideways to dodge the enemy's fist attack, and at the same time shot at the same time.

If it had been three years ago, Wang Chenhao had decided not to be able to dodge this punch, and he would definitely end up with a black eye. But after training in the barracks and long-term competition with the guards at home, Wang Chenhao's personal fighting ability has also greatly improved. Especially in St. Petersburg, the assassination of the British minister was actually aimed at him, so Wang Chenhao has been extra concerned about his own safety since then, and when he is idle and bored during the trip, he has strengthened his personal fighting skills and safety awareness. Now although the other party attacked suddenly, Wang Chenhao still dodged.

The man let out a 'huh', obviously not expecting Wang Chenhao to be able to dodge that punch. But he quickly turned his fist into a palm, turned his hand and slammed a knife horizontally towards Wang Chenhao's face.

"Who?"

Wang Chenhao shouted, but before he could see the other party's face clearly, the other party's hand knife came. As a last resort, Wang Chenhao took a step back and bent his head at the same time, and the palm wind swept past his face from above. But the other party is obviously a practitioner, and his speed is faster than Wang Chenhao, and the other party's palm wind blew on Wang Chenhao's nose.

The tip of the nose was scraped, it was a little sore, but fortunately there was no nosebleed.

Wang Chenhao thought subconsciously, but the opponent continued to attack, and then hit with a left fist and a right palm, Wang Chenhao had to passively block. However, the other party seemed to only want to hit Wang Chenhao's face, which made Wang Chenhao a little depressed, and he had to protect his face more when blocking, so that he couldn't see who was attacking him for a long time. However, the other party must be a woman, Wang Chenhao can be sure of this, because the other party is dressed in a blue palace suit, and the attack is accompanied by a burst of fragrant wind.

"The Queen Mother save me!"

Wang Chenhao had an idea, thinking that the other party was a woman in the palace, so he shouted at the Queen Mother, intending to scare her to stop.

Sure enough, when the other party heard the word Queen Mother, he immediately stopped.

Wang Chenhao took the opportunity to hurriedly take a few steps back and jumped out of the battle area. Only then did I see each other's clothes and appearances.

I saw that she was wearing a long skirt of sea blue brocade, embroidered with white plum blossoms, and used a white brocade belt to tie the slender waist that could not be grasped. The jet-black hair is curled into a wishful bun, and only a plum blossom white hosta is inserted. Although simple, it looks fresh and elegant. Dressed in a light blue silk silk double-walled cloud goose palace dress, a newly picked white plum hairpin on the head, in addition to only a jasper hairpin, decorated with thin silver silk beaded tassels. Looking at her appearance again, she has a goose egg face, thin powder on her face, eyebrows like green feathers, and teeth like the moon, which is a standard beauty.

It's a pity that the beauty's eyes are wide open at the moment, and what burns in her eyes is not tenderness but anger.

"Silver thief, how dare you lie to your aunt?"

The blue-clothed woman in palace clothes clenched her pink fists again, shouted, and was about to rush over.

Wang Chenhao immediately retreated, not giving her a chance to get close.

The beauty was wearing a long tunic dress, and the constraints of the palace clothes made her unable to speed up her pace, and she couldn't catch up with Wang Chenhao.

"Don't run! Grandma has to blow your pig's head! ”

Wang Chenhao saw that she couldn't catch up, and then he realized that it was no wonder that she just blindly attacked with her fists and didn't make her legs, it turned out that she was wearing a long skirt.

"Hey! I said beauty, we know each other? ”

The woman in the palace costume chased after her for a while, but she was still spinning in place, and the restraint of her skirt made her, a master, very helpless.

"You come over to me and let my aunt beat you, otherwise we won't be done!"

Wang Chenhao rolled his eyes suddenly, and couldn't remember when he had offended this beauty for a while.

"You're not mistaken, are you?"

"Wang Chenhao, I picked up Aunt Pi's bones and recognized you!"

Wang Chenhao couldn't help but swallow his saliva, the other party obviously didn't recognize the wrong person, so he smiled brightly and said, "I don't know how I offended the beauty?" I hope to make it clear! ”

The woman in palace clothes took a few steps closer to Wang Chenhao and said, "Come here and I'll tell you!" ”

Wang Chenhao suddenly took a few steps back and shook his head.

The woman in the palace costume saw that Wang Chenhao was hiding from her, and she was immediately angry and funny, so she stopped and said, "You are a dignified earl, and you are still afraid that I will not be a weak woman?" What are you doing hiding so far away? ”

There was still a slight pain in the nose, Wang Chenhao knew that this woman's kung fu was above him, and this was the Summer Palace, knowing that Wang Chenhao was a first-class earl and dared to beat him, this woman's status was definitely not low, so it was better to keep a distance.

(To be continued)