The Summer Palace, the last royal garden built by the Manchu Qing Dynasty, is also the final work of the Three Seas Project, which began to be built in the Liao Dynasty in 937 AD.

The entire complex is covered in a thick layer of snow. In the night, there are less than three points of the beauty of the scenery, but there are more than three points of the royal style.

The Buddha Xiang Pavilion is built on the main peak of Wanshou Mountain, which is 41 meters high, and you can overlook everything in the Summer Palace from above. Cixi liked the feeling of looking down on the common people from above, so she has lived in the Summer Palace since she moved in.

Cixi is called the Buddha in the Buddha Fragrance Pavilion, but it is a major event in the world.

Although it was returned to Emperor Guangxu, the decision on important matters such as the appointment of the second-rank senior officer and above, the important affairs of the military aircraft and the foreign affairs of the prime minister's yamen had to be nodded by this Lafayette.

Emperor Guangxu had to run from the Forbidden City to Xiyuan every day to report to Cixi, and he showed great filial piety in front of the world, but in fact, only a few people with real power knew the truth.

The feeling of having power is always exciting, but losing it is not a good feeling.

No, after Prince Gong Yi went out of the mountain to regain control of the Prime Minister's Yamen and the Navy Yamen, Prince Qing's heart poured vinegar bottles, how can a "sour" word be expressed.

For a mediocre person, Yixuan knows how many pounds and taels he has, and it doesn't matter if he gives up the prime minister's yamen, but it is as uncomfortable as asking for his life to give up the navy yamen.

Prince Qing's doglegs stared at Prince Gong's mansion 24 hours a day, and the news of Li Hongzhang's visit made Yixuan very unhappy. In Yi Xuan's eyes, Li Hongzhang is the richest person in the dynasty, and his visit to Prince Gong's mansion is a rare benefit to Yi.

Yixiao's eyes were hot, so he immediately ran to the Summer Palace to play right and wrong in front of Cixi.

In the Buddha Fragrance Pavilion, Yi Qian couldn't stop nagging. Cixi sat on the kang with her eyes closed and glued the Buddhist beads in her hands.

Yixuan's little caution couldn't escape Cixi's eyes at all, and said a thousand ways and ten thousand, this Yixuan was just a fat, oily errand that was reluctant to bear the navy yamen.

Cixi closed her eyes and said lightly: "The mourning family knows that you are not happy to let you spit out the navy yamen, isn't it that you have already been crowned Prince Qing?" Still not satisfied? ”

"Don't dare!" Yixuan hurriedly bowed and said: "It's not me chewing my tongue behind my back, I have no opinion on the Queen Mother letting Prince Gong act as the prime minister's yamen, but let him also serve the navy yamen, doesn't this weigh Li Hongzhang's heart?" When the minister came, he happened to see Li Hongzhang's motorcade entering Beijing, but he brought a few carts of gifts and went directly to Prince Gong's mansion! Li Hongzhang and Prince Gong have been old partners for many years, and they hooked up together, and the silver of the Navy Yamen will flow to Beiyang in the future! Li Hongzhang has been the governor of Zhili for 20 years, and this right cannot always be in the hands of the Han people! ”

The power poked into Cixi's heart at once.

Why doesn't she want to take back Li Hongzhang's rights? But the right thing is a double-edged sword, and if you can't cut it down with a sword, the other party will eat you.

Cixi stopped twisting the Buddha beads, opened her eyes and looked at Yixuan, and said: "Over the years, the navy yamen has lost no less than tens of millions of taels of silver in Beiyang, and the Beiyang Navy Division has not added a single gun or cannon for seven years, and the Huai army is decadent to the point of collapsing at the touch of a battle with the people. ”

Yixuan was stunned for a moment, and it took a while to figure out the mystery, so he asked: "Even if Li Hongzhang has no bad intentions, but-"

Before Yixuan finished speaking, Cixi waved his hand to interrupt him and said, "It's true that this Navy Yamen is a fat shortage, but it's also for your good to let you leave the Navy Yamen!" ”

Yi Xuan was puzzled and asked, "What does the Queen Mother mean?" ”

Cixi said lightly: "Over the years, the navy yamen has lost a lot of silver in Beiyang, and this war is almost out of control, I heard the wife of the Russian minister say that the country has a debt of 50 million pounds to start a war with us, which is 40,000 taels of silver." If we lose the war, we will have to pay this amount of reparations alone, which is strange and scary to hear, and it is a fluke that this battle can be drawn. Li Hongzhang was silent, but the mourning family couldn't pretend not to know, now that the garden has been repaired, the hole in the navy's yamen must be filled as soon as possible to block the mouth of the people of the world. On the ability to make money, you have to rely on Li Hongzhang, can you? ”

Yixuan asked himself if he didn't have Li Hongzhang's ability, but he was still a little unconvinced, and said: "Then it won't drive me out of the navy yamen?" ”

Cixi said angrily: "Don't think that the mourning family doesn't know what you did? Li Hongzhang has been extorted by you for money, and you can only block him if you stay in the navy yamen, how can you let him work with you? ”

Yixuan broke out in a cold sweat and muttered in a low voice: "Isn't it just about building the railway?" Didn't you nod your head against the construction of the railway, so I deliberately stuck him? ”

Cixi was stunned when she heard this, and Yixuan immediately stopped her mouth.

The room suddenly fell silent, Yixuan secretly glanced at Cixi, and saw that she closed her eyes and twisted the Buddha beads again, and couldn't help but pout, secretly saying that she does the good guys, and the bad guys do it themselves, which is really unreasonable.

Suddenly, Yi Liang remembered something, so he said: "Queen Mother, Li Hongzhang recently led his cheap son-in-law Wang Chenhao around to worship Menzi, is there any article here?" ”

Cixi raised her eyelids and glanced at Yixuan, and said, "What article can there be?" ”

Yixuan thought about it for a long time and didn't say why, Cixi saw that the royal prince she was going to cultivate carefully was too low in this regard, and shook her head and sighed: "The mourning family is tired!" ”

"The queen mother's phoenix body is important, and Weichen retires!" Seeing that Cixi had driven away, Yixuan hurriedly got up and retreated.

Li Lianying sent Yixiao back, but saw that Cixi was not sleepy at all, so she still asked: "The slave helps Lafayette go back to rest!" ”

Cixi waved her hand, and she had only been sleeping for a short time as she was old.

Li Lianying has served Cixi for many years, so she naturally understands her master's thoughts, so she asked, "Lafayette is thinking about Wang Chenhao!" Recently, the whole capital has been talking about him, the officials envy his luck, and the foreigners praise his ability, but Li Hongzhang and Master Li are taking Wang Chenhao around to recognize the disciples, lest the people in the yamen not know that he has picked up a capable cheap son-in-law! ”

Cixi nodded and said, "Just now Yixuan mentioned this Wang Chenhao, but the mourning family suddenly found that there was a little negligence!" ”

"What does Galeries Lafayette mean?" Li Lianying asked casually.

Cixi snorted coldly and said, "He's cultivating a successor!" ”

Li Lianying said: "I haven't seen Li Hongzhang choose which one to choose as the successor of Beiyang over the years, when Li Hongzhang accepted Zhang Peilun as his son-in-law a few years ago, the big guys thought that he wanted Zhang Peilun to be his successor, but Zhang Peilun was kicked out of the capital and didn't see Li Hongzhang pleading, obviously not the successor!" This Wang Chenhao is only twenty years old, even if he has some skills, he is not enough to serve the public in Beiyang! ”

Cixi couldn't guess Li Hongzhang's mind in her heart, but after working with Li Hongzhang's ministers for so many years, she still had some understanding and a more sensitive sense of smell.

"Li Hongzhang is too old, and there are too many enemies in Beiyang, but there has been no suitable successor. Li Hongzhang let his three sons engage in foreign diplomacy, which shows that he does not want to give up the wealth of the Li family. In this way, Wang Chenhao has become half of the Li family's son-in-law, and it is logical to train him as the heir of Beiyang! ”

Li Lianying thought about it for a while and knew what Cixi was worried about, Li Lianying didn't eat less of the benefits of taking Li Hongzhang, this is a short hand and a short mouth, at this time Li Lianying knew that he had to dispel Cixi's concerns.

"Galeries Lafayette don't worry! Zeng Gong is a loyal martyr, and the successor Li Hongzhang who he taught and transferred has been loyal to the Qing Dynasty for decades, and the successor selected by Li Hongzhang must also be loyal to the Qing Dynasty! ”

I have to say that Li Lianying's mention of Zeng Guofan and Li Hongzhang's loyalty to the Qing Dynasty dispelled Cixi's worries. But after all, Cixi is an old fritter who has been immersed in politics for many years, and she still has to make some plans and arrangements with her experience.

"Little Plum!"

"The old slave is here!"

Cixi thought for a while and said, "Ming'er will send them over to meet!" ”

"Huh!" Li Lianying took the order.