Chapter 169: The sad call

Seeing that the Empress Dowager Renxi's eyes turned red instantly, as if there were tears about to fall, the Empress Dowager Ren'an hurriedly comforted her: "Sister, don't be anxious, there is still a way, just think about it slowly, don't be in a hurry and get sick......"

Hearing the conversation between the two queen mothers, Weng Shuping knew that the Empress Dowager Renxi was still thinking about Lin Yizhe's death, and his heart couldn't help but hang again.

Regarding the contradiction between "insufficient national use" and "great water control", when Lin Yizhe was alive, he gave the method of "borrowing foreign debts", suggesting that he follow the example of the westward expedition to Xinjiang and borrow money from foreign consortiums to develop the navy, and with his efforts, he has reached the intention of "interest-free borrowing" with the Rothchild banking group of Britain and France, but his death has put an end to this loan, which makes many civil and military ministers regret it.

But for Uncle Weng and Pingqingliu, they will not feel pity at all.

Lin Yizhe's death can be said to be a festival for them.

As soon as Weng Shuping remembered that Lin Yizhe still didn't let Shilin be peaceful after his death, he couldn't help but grit his teeth secretly.

"What did my sister say? Wait for my sister to help you take a look. Empress Dowager Ren'an said.

"Li Lianying, read the excerpt of Wenge, the governor of Sichuan." Empress Dowager Renxi turned her head and said.

Li Lianying responded respectfully, took a copy of the recital and opened it, and read it in a frustrated voice.

In the excerpt, Wenge first reported that Huang Shulan's family was killed by a cliff on a mountain road, and he and his subordinate officials all thought that this was a "natural disaster", but only Ding Zhihuang, the new political envoy of Sichuan, insisted that this was a "man-made disaster", obstructed the handling of the aftermath, and "intended to cause trouble", and then called Ding Zhihuang "arrogant" and "insulting colleagues", and went through all kinds of wrongs after Ding Zhihuang came to Sichuan, and strongly demanded that the empress dowager transfer Ding Zhihuang out of Sichuan.

After listening to Li Lianying's recitation, cold sweat broke out on Weng Shuping's forehead again.

"Ding Zhihuang, let me think about it...... Oh, I remember, he was the last time he roared in the temple, right? Empress Dowager Ren'an said, frowning.

"Sister has a good memory, it's this person." Empress Dowager Renxi said.

"This Ding Zhihuang, don't I remember that he was the governor of Shandong? Why did he become a political envoy in Sichuan? Empress Dowager Ren'an's tone became a little stern, "Did he do something again?" ”

When I heard the Empress Dowager Ren'an mention Ding Zhihuang, she didn't mention Ding Zhihuang's exploits in cooperating with Prince Jing to kill the favored eunuch Hai Desheng of the Empress Dowager Renxi, but specifically mentioned that Ding Zhihuang almost peed his pants when he roared in order to bring down Lin Yizhe in the palace, and Weng Shuping's heart was stirred again.

"When Ding Zhihuang was the governor of Shandong, he had no way to manage his finances and was in arrears of military salaries, which led to the mutiny of the Rongdeng Naval Division; The Yellow River embankment in the territory was broken shortly after its completion, and the soldiers and civilians were seriously injured. When the government and the opposition heard this, they dismissed him from the post of governor of Shandong, demoted him to the post of political envoy, and transferred him to Sichuan to wear the crime of trying to make meritorious contributions. Empress Dowager Renxi replied, "I never thought that when he arrived in Sichuan, he still didn't change!" If you want to reprimand him, he has a clear hope in Shilin, once he is dismissed, I am afraid that Shilin will be uneasy, but if he is not exempted from his official position, he will continue to do it like this in Sichuan, and I don't know what will happen to Sichuan! It is difficult to decide. ”

"Master Weng, what do you think about this?" After listening to Empress Dowager Renxi's answer, the Empress Dowager Ren'an did not make a decision immediately, but nodded, and asked Weng Shuping about it.

Weng Shuping didn't expect the Empress Dowager Ren'an to ask him a question, and his body trembled involuntarily.

"Back to the Queen Mother's words, the minister thought that Ding Zhihuang was upright by nature, and when Huang Shulan's whole family was killed, he was also conscientious and ...... with talent."

Before Weng Shuping finished speaking, the Empress Dowager Renxi interrupted him sharply: "What kind of duty? It's clearly selling direct invitations! When he forced Lin Yizhe to take a concubine, he roared in the main hall, which startled the Daxing Emperor's holy drive, causing the Daxing Emperor to fall into a panic disease, so that he later urged Bintian to ......"

Thinking of her deceased son Emperor Tongzhi, the Empress Dowager Renxi couldn't help but shed tears.

Although he knew that the Empress Dowager Renxi might be acting, Weng Shuping was still so shocked that he immediately left the embroidery pier and knelt down in panic.

When Empress Dowager Renxi said this, she had already expressed her attitude towards Ding Zhihuang, and it can be said that no matter how Ding Zhihuang "made meritorious contributions" in the future, she could not change anything.

Weng Shuping even thinks now that when he killed Hai Desheng, the Empress Dowager Renxi had already killed Ding Zhihuang, but because she was afraid of the discussion of the government and the opposition, she held back and not only did not punish Ding Zhihuang, but also gave him a commendation. And Ding Zhihuang was unexpectedly uninteresting, in order to defeat Lin Yizhe, an important new figure of the Westernization faction, he did not hesitate to roar in the hall in the form of "forcing the palace", but not only did not participate in Lin Yizhe, but shocked the holy driver, which aggravated the Empress Dowager Renxi's bad feelings towards him.

Now that the Empress Dowager Renxi blames Emperor Tongzhi for his violent illness and death, doesn't it explain the problem?

Thinking that he had written to Ding Zhihuang to take care of Huang Shulan, and took the initiative to speak for Ding Zhihuang when the Empress Dowager Ren'an asked about it just now, Weng Shuping suddenly had an urge to slap his mouth.

It seems that it's better not to contact Ding Zhihuang in the future!

"Master Weng, get up, sit down and talk back." Seeing Weng Shuping's panicked and embarrassed state, Empress Dowager Ren'an smiled slightly and said.

Weng Shuping thanked him and returned to sit on the embroidery pier, at this time, he didn't dare to raise his head, and sat there just hoping that this summons would end soon.

"So be it! Ding Zhihuang has just arrived in Sichuan, and he has not made any big mistakes, so it is better not to be transferred. Empress Dowager Ren'an said.

Hearing the Empress Dowager Ren'an say this, Weng Shuping's heart calmed down slightly, but the Empress Dowager Ren'an's next sentence made his heart lift again: "Ding Zhihuang was originally a member of the guilty team, but he still did not change his life, insulted his colleagues, and went to the rank of governor, but he still remained as a political envoy!" To show a light punishment and watch the after-effect! If you still cause trouble in office in the future, you will be severely punished, and you will never be lenient! ”

"Just as my sister said." Empress Dowager Renxi said, glancing at Weng Shuping.

Although Weng Shuping didn't look up, he could still detect two sharp gazes sweeping over his body, and beads of sweat oozed from his forehead again.

"Master Weng is currently the head of the household, and he must have his own opinions on this 'open source and reduce expenditure'," Empress Dowager Ren'an looked at Weng Shuping, and suddenly changed the topic and asked, "Do you have any good suggestions, talk to our sisters?" For a while, our sisters have been worried about this silver thing to death. ”

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