Early the next morning, Li Hongzhang entered the palace and handed over the sign to the Queen Mother. I don't know what was discussed. Li Hongzhang was smiling when he came out. The eunuchs and maids in the palace discussed one after another, and Lafayette must have been rewarded again.

"So happy, picking up the money." Guangxu stopped the pen in his hand: "Sit down." ”

"Your Majesty." Li Hongzhang took out the fold and handed it over: "Weichen has seen the Queen Mother, and Zhang Jian's excerpt of the Queen Mother has been approved." Let Wechen do it, Wechen is so happy. ”

"Let's hear what kind of charter this is."

Li Hongzhang talked in detail about how to restructure the company into a joint-stock system, how to sell shares, how to realize profits, what the articles of association and so on. Guangxu was also very excited when he heard it. Li Hongzhang also said that if this matter can be accomplished, then in the future, it will also be possible to borrow money from the non-governmental sector to run industries. In this way, the situation of the state treasury being short of money and having no money to do things can be alleviated.

"I said, this is also Zhang Jian's profit, why are you so happy."

"The emperor allowed Weichen to become a shareholder, and Weichen had a lot of silver in his hand, just to get a share."

"Have I agreed? You're mistaken. Guangxu regretted it, he didn't expect such a huge profit here. According to the current book, due to the huge profits and in the name of loans, this time I can get at least 10 million taels of silver from the people: "I didn't think it would be like this, I regret not being at the beginning." ”

"The emperor Chrysostom said a word, how can he regret it." Li Hongzhang smiled and took out another fold from his arms: "This is the excerpt that Lang Weili asked Weichen to forward." ”

Guangxu took it and took a look, and Lang Wei mentioned many problems in the fold but needed to be solved urgently. For example, there is no dock of sufficient tonnage on Liugong Island, where the Beiyang Naval Division is stationed all year round, and the Lushun dock is not enough to use. The problem of artillery shells and the stock of ammunition and coal need to be increased. In addition, a specialized naval school should be built in Dalian. Rapid-fire guns are also mentioned.

"By the way, this matter of the speed-firing cannon that Lang Wei is supposed to do, I have already said it last year. How's it going? ”

"Back to the emperor, in April, the Jiangnan Manufacturing Bureau had already provided a sample gun for test firing. Basically able to meet the requirements, now it has been improved, before Weichen entered Beijing, the Jiangnan Manufacturing Bureau passed the word, the new sample gun has been completed, this is said to be packed and shipped. After speaking, Li Hongzhang glanced at Guangxu: "Your Majesty, you have promised." ”

"Are you just waiting for me to say: once Chrysostom is opened, you will never go back. Feel relieved. I said it still counts. Guangxu picked up the pen and wrote the word "quasi" on Lang Weili's fold, and handed it to Li Hongzhang: "Take the fold to Lin Qizhao, and he will allocate the money to you on time." ”

"Then Weichen thanked the emperor." Li Hongzhang asked for peace, turned around and retreated.

Inside the Cining Palace

Cixi wore reading glasses and looked at the folds sent by "over there". It took a long time to put it down.

"These days, the emperor often goes out of the palace. But why didn't the emperor leave the palace on the fold? Cixi asked.

"Back to Lafayette, in recent days, he has not been able to accompany the emperor out of the palace. Therefore, it is impossible to tell. Li Lianying hurriedly replied.

Cixi nodded: "This Tang Shaoyi is deeply favored by the emperor, whether it is court politics or foreign affairs, the emperor asks Tang Shaoyi's opinion without exception." Is this person so powerful? Xiao Lizi, what do you think of that Tang Shaoyi? ”

Li Lianying pretended to be silent for a moment and said: "Back to Lafayette, the slave thinks that this Tang Shaoyi is quite shrewd, not like such a arrogant and arrogant man. Prince Li also mentioned Tang Shaoyi to the servants. But he is a little capable of doing things, and he is good at foreign affairs, and he has a good relationship with the envoys of Western countries, and those foreigners have also invited Tang Shaoyi to dinner. Even Prince Li also had a lot of foreign affairs to Tang Shaoyi to handle. And Tang Shaoyi can also do my great Qing Dynasty prestige, and Prince Li also praised him. It's just that the city is very deep, and the minions can't understand it for a while. ”

"Oh? How did the emperor get such a capable person. ”

Li Lianying thought about it carefully: "When the emperor seemed to mention this person, he just said that he was in North Korea. The person was still found by Prince Li. As for how the emperor learned about this person, it is unknown. ”

"Look, this is what Sedor...... did" Cixi shook her head, dissatisfied.

Li Lianying is such a person who can read people's faces. As soon as he saw that the Queen Mother was dissatisfied, he immediately said: "This person is only a third-grade candidate platform, do you want Prince Li to let him go out?" ”

"This Emperor Tang Shaoyi can use it if he wants to, he can't sweep away the emperor's interest. However, you also make people pay attention to the fact that the court can not only look at the ability, but also look at his heart. Speaking of this, I also think of a person......"

Cixi's gaze stayed in the air for a moment, then turned her head to look at Li Lianying and said, "Ming said that he would send a decree to Shi Duo and summon the governor of Jiangsu to enter Beijing with fortitude, and there are fewer and fewer people in this banner who have the ability, so let him go to the military plane to run an errand." ”

At this time, the emperor came.

The emperor didn't have anything else to do, except to ask Cixi about politics, which was to cheat and eat and drink. Why don't you come in time for dinner every time? When Cixi came, she naturally wouldn't rush the emperor back, so let's dine together.

During the meal, Cixi said that Guangxu had not been to **, and Guangxu did not even raise his head now, bowing his head and eating wildly. Guangxu has been frail and sickly since he was a child, and his foundation is not good. After more than a year of exercise, I have just seen results, if I go to the ** diligent, then my body will not collapse immediately. Can the son born be in good health? Guangxu wanted to leave quickly after eating, and never come over at dinner time in the future.

"Emperor, did you hear what the mourning family said?" Cixi saw that Guangxu ignored her, and put down her chopsticks heavily.

"The sons and daughters have heard it, and my father is angry." Guangxu tried his best to pretend to be a rebellious big boy, and he looked a little righteous and stern: "The country is in ruins, and the son, as the emperor, should take the revitalization of the country as the first term." I'll talk about the rest slowly. ”

Cixi said angrily: "The emperor's birth of a son is also to revitalize the country. ”

"Yes, yes, yes." Guangxu nodded hurriedly. Without waiting for Cixi to speak, Guangxu continued: "Erchen has used it well, and now I have benefited a lot from my father's teachings." Erchen will go back to deal with the twists. Without waiting for Cixi's consent, he waved at Kou Liancai and walked out.

"Stop for the mourners."

Guangxu, who had only taken two steps, could only stop. After a while, he walked back to the table with his head down, and sat down with some reluctance, but his head was still so low. But after sitting for a while, I didn't hear Cixi speak. Guangxu raised his head and glanced at Cixi with a hippie smile. I saw that Cixi was still looking at Guangxu with a serious expression.

Guangxu beckoned Li Lianying to his side, and reached out to take the chopsticks in Li Lianying's hand. Then Guangxu began to pick up the dishes for Cixi, and said in his mouth: "Don't be angry, father, you see that you didn't eat a few bites of the food when you patronized the food all night." Saying that, Guangxu turned his face and swung his face: "This is not good, the body bones are your own, what will happen if you are angry." Come on, come on, this dish is delicious, dear dad, you can try it. ”

Still haven't moved? You're trying to force me to do a trick? I want to coax my mother back then, but I was a top two. Guangxu began to circle around the table, and his hands did not stop: "Erchen also knows that his father is actually kind. Guangxu's kid is too uninteresting, how good the old man of the Queen Mother is to him, not only took him with a handful of and urine, but also helped him take care of such a big country and manage so many courtiers. When he is older, he still cares about his heirs. You said that Guangxu guy still doesn't appreciate it, doesn't this owe smoke? Don't worry, dad, you can sit and eat with peace of mind, and Erchen will go back to help you clean up and clean him up. Don't be angry, no matter how angry you are, it's not that you're angry, if you're angry, it's not you who suffers from taking medicine. It's better to eat vegetables than medicine, and your son respects you. Guangxu said that he still pretended to be harmless to humans and animals, and slowly handed the vegetables to Cixi's mouth to please Cixi. In fact, Guangxu doesn't understand, what's wrong with this Cixi, the court doesn't care about so many serious things, why is there a woman in his bed.

"Poof." Cixi was not angry in her heart, she pretended to show Guangxu, who made him want to slip away as soon as he mentioned the heir. This time, Guangxu was really angry: "Put it down." Look at you like that, you have the majesty of being an emperor. It's like a cynical rich kid. ”

"That's right. Think about it, in front of the minister, the minister should pay attention to the majesty of the Son of Heaven. But when I go back to the Queen Mother, I still have to put that shelf, so I'm not tired. In front of the minister, I am the emperor, and in front of the queen mother, I am the son of the minister, and when I get home, I will naturally be unrestrained and enjoy the joy of family. If the sons and daughters still have the emperor's shelf, and the queen mother also looks like the queen mother, this place will still be like a home. ”

Family? Guangxu's words reached Cixi's heart, she didn't feel at home since she was a child, and when she was older, she was even more deceitful all night long when she entered the palace. Since ancient times, how can the Son of Heaven enjoy the warmth of a civilian home. Seeing Guangxu "messing around" in front of him, his heart felt a lot calmer. Don't look at the face, in fact, don't mention how happy you are. In the early years, Guangxu was respectful in front of him, but he gave birth to an incomparable life. And now Guangxu's "nonsense" is so bad that he feels that Guangxu no longer has a trace of life with her, and it has become a feeling of children and grandchildren around his knees. No, I don't have grandchildren yet. He can't be let go.

"Emperor, the mourning family has already spoken to Prince Shiduo. Let Shi Duo accept Liu Mei as a righteous daughter, and the mourning family will directly raise a positive yellow flag. This status is enough to be a concubine. Now I'm waiting for you, the emperor, to nod. ”

"Ah, you've got it all arranged? This one...... There's really no urgency. Guangxu looked distressed.

"You're trying to get angry and mourn your family." The matter of this heir ......"

"Yes, Erchen remembered." I really didn't expect it, this Cixi will be almost half an hour after she says it. This girl is old, and there are too many words. As for what was said? I don't know.

"Okay, you didn't listen to the words of the mourning family like this, and the mourning family didn't bother to say it. Go back and rest early. There are so many things in the country, and it is not bad for a while. ”

"Erchen remembers, please also kiss your father well."

"Wait. Your Majesty, sit down first. Cixi suddenly remembered that although the emperor and her were no longer separated, this matter of government affairs could not be sloppy. The emperor's recent actions are a little too big.

"The mourning family remembered something, the mourning family has recently seen that the ministers of the DPRK and China have less and less ability, and the mourning family wants to let the governor of Jiangsu resolutely enter the military aircraft office on an errand. What does the emperor think? ”

"Fortitude did a good job when dealing with floods in southern Jiangsu, and he had some skills. Then the retainers went back and gave the order. ”

Cixi nodded. Guangxu asked rhetorically: "After Gangyi is transferred, who can take over the post of governor of Jiangsu." Please also ask your father to show it, and the sons and daughters will make an order together. ”

Cixi looked at Guangxu and said lightly: "I didn't expect this time of mourning. Otherwise, the emperor will decide on this candidate. "The emperor always comes to ask for orders to handle the government affairs, except for foreign affairs, I have never seen the emperor have any questions about the government affairs. This time, let's see what cards the emperor has in his hand.

"Does this make Erchen go back and think about it? The ...... of this time and a half"

"In this matter, the emperor does not need to ask for the will of the mourning family. Just make your own decisions. After speaking, Cixi waved her hand: "Go back." ”

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